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The bill creates a permanent Capitol exhibit to preserve artifacts and educate the public about January 6 while honoring responders, but it requires taxpayer funding and could incur ongoing maintenance/security costs and spur partisan controversy.
Visitors and the general public will see a permanent Capitol exhibit memorializing the January 6 attack and informing visitors about the events.
The bill preserves damaged Capitol property and photographic records so historians and the public have artifacts and official records for research and education.
Named law enforcement officers and Capitol staff will receive public recognition for their actions and recovery work, providing formal acknowledgment of their service.
Taxpayers will bear the cost because the bill authorizes “such sums as are necessary” to create and maintain the exhibit.
Including physical damaged property in a permanent exhibit could impose ongoing security, conservation, and maintenance costs on the Architect of the Capitol and taxpayers.
A permanent exhibit about a recent, politically charged event could become a focal point for partisan disagreement over interpretation or commemoration.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to create and install a permanent Capitol exhibit about the January 6, 2021 attack, preserving damaged property, including photos and a plaque honoring officers and staff.
Introduced January 6, 2025 by Jason Crow · Last progress January 6, 2025
Requires the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the Joint Committee on the Library, to design and install a permanent exhibit in a prominent location in the U.S. Capitol that depicts the January 6, 2021 attack. The exhibit must, where practicable, preserve and include Capitol property or grounds damaged during the attack, include existing photographic records, feature a plaque honoring specified law enforcement officers and Capitol staff who aided recovery, may include artwork, and must be completed within two years of enactment. The bill authorizes “such sums as are necessary,” with appropriated funds remaining available until expended.