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The resolution symbolically honors and memorializes Capitol police and other officers from January 6, 2021—providing recognition and closure with minimal practical or budgetary impact.
Law-enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 are officially recognized and honored, and a memorial plaque will be placed to provide public recognition and closure for officers, their families, and federal colleagues.
No direct drawbacks or risks identified in the text of this resolution; it is largely symbolic with no substantive policy or budgetary changes.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Officially thanks and recognizes officers who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and notes a plaque directive honoring them.
Expresses official recognition and gratitude to United States Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement and protective officers who defended the U.S. Capitol, Members of Congress, and congressional staff on January 6, 2021. Notes that a prior appropriations provision directed placement of a commemorative plaque on the Capitol’s western front to honor those individuals and states that their heroism should not be forgotten.
Official title: Directing the Architect of the Capitol to prominently display, in a publicly accessible location in the Senate wing of the United States Capitol, a plaque honoring the members of law enforcement responding on January 6, 2021, until the plaque can be placed in its permanent location.
Introduced January 8, 2026 by Jeff Merkley · Last progress January 8, 2026