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The bill publicly honors January 6 responders with a permanent Capitol plaque to provide recognition and closure, at the cost of modest federal resources and possible political controversy.
Law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021 attack (and their families/colleagues) will have their names placed on a permanent Capitol plaque within 30 days, creating a visible, lasting public recognition and memorial that can aid closure and honor their service.
Taxpayers and federal agencies will incur modest costs and labor to design, produce, install, and maintain the plaque, creating a small financial and resource burden on the Architect of the Capitol and related offices.
The act of formally memorializing specific responders at the Capitol could be perceived as politically symbolic and provoke public or partisan controversy, potentially causing debate or division around memorialization choices.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires a permanent honorific plaque on the Capitol's western front listing names of officers who responded to January 6, 2021, installed within 30 days.
Official title: Directing the Architect of the Capitol to install at a permanent location on the western front of the United States Capitol an honorific plaque listing the names of all of the officers of the United States Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and protective entities who responded to the violence that occurred at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Introduced May 14, 2025 by Joseph Morelle · Last progress May 14, 2025
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 listing the names of all officers from the U.S. Capitol Police, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement and protective entities who responded to the January 6, 2021 violence. The installation must follow the statutory requirements referenced from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022.