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H.Con.Res. 9 · Where this bill is now

Adopted

House: Adopted Apr 7, 2025, by voice vote; Senate: Adopted Apr 30, 2025, by unanimous consent

What this bill does

In plain words · AI-written from the official summary

Allows police memorial events on Capitol grounds

This is a concurrent resolution that gives permission for two public events to be held on the Capitol grounds in Washington. The National Fraternal Order of Police will sponsor the 44th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on May 15, 2025, and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition on May 14, 2025. The resolution also allows the Speaker of the House and the Senate Rules Committee to pick different dates if needed.

How it affects you

This doesn't have a direct effect on most people's daily lives. It's mainly a procedural authorization allowing these memorial events to happen at a specific location. If you attend or have interest in law enforcement memorial services, this makes those events possible at the Capitol.

Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Feb 6, 2025)

This concurrent resolution authorizes the National Fraternal Order of Police to sponsor two public events on Capitol grounds: the 44th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service (on May 15, 2025), and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (on May 14, 2025). The concurrent resolution also authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate to jointly designate alternate dates.

Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.

119th Congress
1st SessionH.Con.Res. 9

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition.

Passed HouseApr 7, 2025 · voice votePassed SenateApr 30, 2025 · unanimous consent

Sponsor: Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA-10) · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Congress · 5 versions of the text

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Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 1, 2025: “Message on Senate action sent to the House.”

Sections

The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 5 official versions.

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