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United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2021

Introduced: February 3, 2021 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Feb 3, 2021
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.
Feb 3, 2021
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E95-96)
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced in House
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United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2021

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 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 February 4, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 770: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-770/
MLA
"H.R. 770: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-770/.
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H.R. 770, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-770/.
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[H.R. 770: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-770/)
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