House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DCWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5974.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would prohibit the use of funds to install new permanent fencing around the perimeter of the Capitol Buildings and Grounds.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 232 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5974, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23a9259e503d4e11877cec834546cbd63ce917e582ea7e9514e58a5b6a7bcd9d
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Henry Johnson (D-GA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 4688 (118th) To direct the Administrator of General Services to sell the property known as the Webster School.
- H.R. 388 (118th) Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act
- H.R. 8505 (118th) Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 4043 (118th) To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to make the District of Columbia eligible for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other…
- H.R. 51 (118th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.Res. 661 (118th) Honoring the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and calling on Congress to fulfill the demands of the March…
Related bills
- S. 5396 (119th) No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.