HCONRES 9
Passed a chamber
Authorizes the National Fraternal Order of Police to hold a memorial service honoring officers who died in 2024 and a honor guard and bagpipe exhibition on the Capitol Grounds in May 2025, free of charge and open to the public.
Official title: Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Referred
06-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
26-FEB-2025
Reported
25-MAR-2025
Passed
07-APR-2025
Senate
Received
08-APR-2025
Passed
30-APR-2025
- Permits the National Fraternal Order of Police to sponsor the 44th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on May 15, 2025, honoring law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty during 2024.
- Permits the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition on the Capitol Grounds on May 14, 2025, or on another date the Speaker and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration jointly designate.
- Requires both events to be free and open to the public and arranged so they do not interfere with the needs of Congress, with the sponsors responsible for all expenses and liabilities.
- Authorizes sponsors to erect stages, sound equipment, and related structures subject to Architect of the Capitol approval, and directs the Capitol Police Board to enforce restrictions on sales, displays, and solicitations.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (06-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 07-APR-2025).
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