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United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2017

Introduced: September 12, 2017 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
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Sep 19, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
Sep 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sep 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Sep 12, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 12, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1200)
Sep 12, 2017
Introduced in House
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United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2017

This bill establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites.

The Commission shall examine: (1) government and private security practices and proposals, building design, public space management, counterterrorism needs, and refurbishment of existing federal facilities; (2) the effect of access to public facilities and spaces on free speech, the right to petition the government, other constitutional rights and civil liberties, economies of affected jurisdictions, architectural aesthetics, traffic and congestion, and employee job performance; (3) technology to augment or replace traditional modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access.

What's happening now September 19, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3753: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3753/
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"H.R. 3753: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3753/.
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H.R. 3753, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3753/.
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