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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the fencing installed around the perimeter of the United States Capitol should be removed and the mission of the National Guard in the…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the fencing installed around the perimeter of the United States Capitol should be removed and the mission of the National Guard in the District of Columbia in response to the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, should be ended.

Introduced: March 18, 2021 Introduced by: Van Drew, Jefferson Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Mar 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Mar 18, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution urges the U.S. Capitol Police Board to direct the Architect of the Capitol to remove the fencing installed around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol complex in response to the attacks of January 6, 2021, and it recommends the end of the National Guard's mission in the District of Columbia in response to those attacks.

What's happening now March 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 256: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the fencing installed around the perimeter of the United States Capitol should be removed and the mission of the National Guard in the District of Columbia in response to the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, should be ended.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-256/
MLA
"H. Res. 256: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the fencing installed around the perimeter of the United States Capitol should be removed and the mission of the National Guard in the District of Columbia in response to the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, should be ended.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-256/.
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H. Res. 256, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-256/.
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[H. Res. 256: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the fencing installed around the perimeter of the United States Capitol should be removed and the mission of the National Guard in the District of Columbia in response to the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, should be ended.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-256/)
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