Capitol Remembrance Act

Bill: 119-hr-212
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-06
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship

Assault and harassment offenses

Civil disturbances

Congressional agencies

Congressional officers and employees

Congressional tributes

Crimes against property

District of Columbia

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Historical and cultural resources

Law enforcement officers

Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Photography and imaging

Protest and dissent

Subversive activities

Terrorism

U.S. Capitol

U.S. history

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Capitol Remembrance Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to design and install in a prominent location in the U.S. Capitol a permanent exhibit that depicts the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.</p><p>To the extent possible, the AOC must preserve property that was damaged during the attack and include it in the exhibit. The AOC must also include (1) existing photographic records relating to the attack; and (2) a plaque to honor the U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies that protected the Capitol, the individuals who died or sustained injuries to protect the Capitol, and the staff who helped restore the Capitol complex after the attack.</p><p>The&nbsp;exhibit shall be installed within two years after the bill's enactment.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 212 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2025 Mr. Crow (for himself, Mr. Correa , Ms. Jacobs , Ms. Jayapal , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Chu , Mr. Aguilar , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Meng , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Titus , Mr. Goldman of New York , Mr. Soto , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Bishop , and Mr. Huffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To direct the Architect of the Capitol to design and install in the United States Capitol an exhibit that depicts the attack on the Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Capitol Remembrance Act . 2. Exhibit depicting the attack on the Capitol (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the Joint Committee on the Library, shall carry out a project to design and install in a prominent location in the United States Capitol a permanent exhibit that depicts the attack on the Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021. (b) Exhibit requirements (1) Inclusion of Capitol property The Architect shall, to the extent practicable, preserve property from the United States Capitol or the United States Capitol Grounds (as described in section 5102 of title 40, United States Code) that was damaged during the attack and include such property in the exhibit described in subsection (a) as the Architect determines appropriate. (2) Photographic records The Architect shall include existing photographic records relating to the attack on the Capitol in the exhibit described in subsection (a) . (3) Plaque The Architect shall include in the exhibit described in subsection (a) a plaque for the purpose of honoring— (A) the United States Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies that participated in protecting the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021; (B) the sacrifice of heroes, including United States Capitol Police Officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, Metropolitan Police Department Officers Jeffrey Smith, Gunther Hashida, and Kyle DeFreytag, and those who sustained injuries as a result of protecting the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021; and (C) the Capitol staff that helped restore the Capitol Complex after the attack. (4) Artwork The Architect may include artwork created to depict the attack on the Capitol in the exhibit described in subsection (a) . (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.