Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act

Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 118th Congress ended.

BWD Watson ColemanSponsor

60 cosponsors · 39 D, 21 R

RAR Aderholt BBD Boyle DDD Davis DED Evans JGD Gottheimer TKR Kean MLR Lawler LMR McClain TNR Nehls CPD Pappas JRD Raskin MSR Salazar GTR Thompson DTD Titus PTD Tonko LTD Trahan RWR Wittman SBD Bishop TCD Carter JMD McClellan DPD Payne CHD Houlahan JVR Van Drew CMR Miller MSD Sherrill JHD Hayes JJD Jackson BWR Wenstrup FPD Pallone STD Thanedar AKD Kim RLR Latta JMD McGovern BOR Owens END Norton KPD Porter JHD Harder ACD Carson AAD Adams JCD Chu DTD Trone JBD Beatty SPD Plaskett RKD Krishnamoorthi MSD Scanlon LFD Fletcher CFR Fleischmann JCD Costa HJD Johnson SJD Jackson Lee RCR Crawford MMR Molinaro TKD Kennedy ESR Stefanik GRR Reschenthaler JCR Ciscomani JMD Morelle DMR Meuser DND Norcross JWR Wilson

17 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill requires the Architect of the Capitol to create a congressional time capsule in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence to be buried on the west lawn of the Capitol on or before July 4, 2026. Congressional leadership will determine the contents of the time capsule, and the time capsule shall be sealed until July 4, 2276.