S5396Referred to Committee

No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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119th
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2026-09-15
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Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat · MD · Senator
Votes with party: 85.9% (886 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

2026-09-15

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5396 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5396 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 15, 2026 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration _______________________________________________________________________ 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, as described in section 5102 of such title, or any portion thereof. (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). <all>
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