119-hr212

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 212 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 212

 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.

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 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. Barragan, 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

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 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Capitol Remembrance Act''.

SEC. 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.
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