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Introduced May 14, 2025 by Joseph Morelle · Last progress May 14, 2025
The bill provides an official, permanent Capitol memorial honoring January 6 law-enforcement responders—giving recognition and potential closure to those affected—while imposing modest federal costs and risking political controversy over memorialization choices.
Law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021 attack (and their families/colleagues) will have their names permanently listed on a Capitol plaque, creating an official, visible memorial and public recognition that may aid closure and acknowledgment.
The memorial could generate political controversy and public debate over whose service is commemorated and how, potentially causing division among the public and elected officials.
Creating and installing the plaque requires spending and staff time from the Architect of the Capitol and related agencies, imposing modest costs on federal resources (and therefore taxpayers).
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to install a permanent plaque on the Capitol's western front within 30 days listing officers and agencies that responded to January 6, 2021, per existing placement rules.
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to install, within 30 days of adoption, a permanent honorific plaque on the western front of the U.S. Capitol that lists the names of all officers from the U.S. Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department (D.C.), and other federal, state, and local law enforcement and protective entities who responded to the January 6, 2021 violence. The installation must follow the rules in section 214 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (2 U.S.C. 2131).