No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act

Bill: 118-hr-5974
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-10-17
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-10-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b>No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for permanent fencing around the perimeter of any U.S. Capitol buildings or grounds.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5974 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 17, 2023 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill October 25, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to install new permanent fencing around the United States Capitol, any of the Capitol Buildings, or any portion of the Capitol Grounds.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act . 2. Prohibiting use of funds for new permanent fencing around United States Capitol (a) In general No Federal funds may be used to install new permanent fencing around— (1) the perimeter of any of the Capitol Buildings described in section 5101 of title 40, United States Code; or (2) the perimeter of the United States Capitol Grounds, or any portion thereof, described in section 5102 of such title. (b) Repair and replacement of existing fencing Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit the repair or replacement of fencing that was in existence on the date of enactment of this Act around an area described in subsection (a).