119-hr469

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 469 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 469

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 27, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
 Administration

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 AN ACT

 To provide for the creation of a Congressional time capsule in 
 commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, 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 ``Semiquincentennial Congressional 
Time Capsule Act''.

SEC. 2. SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL TIME CAPSULE.

    (a) Creation by Architect of the Capitol.--The Architect of the 
Capitol shall create a Congressional time capsule, to be known as the 
``Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule'' (in this Act referred 
to as the ``Time Capsule'').

    (b) Contents.--

    (1) Determination by congressional leadership.--The Office 
 of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Office of the 
 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Office of the 
 Majority Leader of the Senate, and Office of the Minority 
 Leader of the Senate shall jointly determine the contents of 
 the Time Capsule, taking into account the requirements of 
 paragraph

    (2) .

    (2) Specifications.--The contents of the Time Capsule shall 
 include--
        (A) a representative portion of all books, 
 manuscripts, miscellaneous printed matter, memorabilia, 
 relics, and other materials relating to the United 
 States Semiquincentennial;
        (B) copies or representations of important 
 legislative and institutional milestones of Congress 
 during the time before the Time Capsule is buried;
            (C) a message from Congress to the future Congress 
 when the Time Capsule will be opened; and
            (D) such other content as the offices described in 
 paragraph

    (1) consider appropriate.

    (3) Consultation.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
 offices described in paragraph

    (1) may consult with the 
 Architect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
 Institution, and such other entities of the Federal Government 
 as the offices consider appropriate.
            (c) Duties of Architect.--The Architect of the Capitol shall--

    (1) prepare the Time Capsule to be sealed and buried on the 
 West Lawn of the Capitol, at a location specified by the 
 Architect, on or before July 4th, 2026, at a time which would 
 permit individuals attending this event to also attend the 
 burial of a time capsule in Independence Mall in Philadelphia, 
 Pennsylvania, under 

section 7

    (f)

    (1) of the United States 
 Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (36 U.S.C. 101 note 
 prec.); and

    (2) install a plaque to provide such information about the 
 Time Capsule as the Architect considers appropriate.
            (d) Unsealing.--The Time Capsule shall be sealed until July 4th, 
2276, on which date the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall 
present the Time Capsule to the 244th Congress, and such Congress shall 
determine how the contents within should be preserved or used.

 Passed the House of Representatives February 26, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.