[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5974 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5974

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to install new permanent fencing 
around the United States Capitol, any of the Capitol Buildings, or any 
                    portion of the Capitol Grounds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2023

                Ms. Norton introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

     Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to install new permanent fencing 
around the United States Capitol, any of the Capitol Buildings, or any 
                    portion of the Capitol Grounds.

    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 ``No Fencing at the United States 
Capitol Complex Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR NEW PERMANENT FENCING AROUND 
              UNITED STATES CAPITOL.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used to install new 
permanent fencing around--
            (1) the perimeter of any of the Capitol Buildings described 
        in section 5101 of title 40, United States Code; or
            (2) the perimeter of the United States Capitol Grounds, or 
        any portion thereof, described in section 5102 of such title.
    (b) Repair and Replacement of Existing Fencing.--Nothing in 
subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit the repair or replacement 
of fencing that was in existence on the date of enactment of this Act 
around an area described in subsection (a).
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