Overview
- All 100 senators agreed by unanimous consent to direct the Architect of the Capitol to prominently display the plaque in a public area on the Senate side until the House designates a West Front site.
- Congress mandated the plaque in 2022 with a March 2023 deadline for West Front installation, but the piece was produced and never publicly mounted.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office says the statute is “not implementable,” citing a mismatch between the law’s call to list individual officers and the plaque’s listing of responding agencies.
- Two responding officers sued to compel installation, and Justice Department attorneys representing the Architect moved last month to dismiss the case on compliance grounds.
- Sens. Thom Tillis and Jeff Merkley led the measure; possible locations include the Senate’s third-floor public gallery, and the installation timeline has not been set.