HCONRES90-119

What This Bill Does

This concurrent resolution is a congressional display directive. It orders the Architect of the Capitol to design, construct, and maintain a motor vehicle gas price tracker in the Hall of the House of Representatives and the Chamber of the Senate. The tracker must be adjusted continuously to reflect the average consumer price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the United States. The practical effect is to put fuel-price information into the legislative chambers as a constant political and public messaging device.

Who Benefits and How

Members of Congress focused on energy affordability benefit because the display gives them a visible chamber-level reference point for gasoline prices. Consumers concerned about fuel prices benefit indirectly from congressional attention to the cost of regular unleaded gasoline. Energy policy advocates benefit from a prominent data display that can frame debates on domestic energy, inflation, and transportation costs. Gasoline price data providers benefit if the Architect of the Capitol must rely on continuously updated national average price feeds.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The Architect of the Capitol must design, construct, install, maintain, and update the gas price trackers. House and Senate chamber operations staff must accommodate physical displays in sensitive legislative spaces. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of construction, maintenance, and data-feed administration. Members who oppose the display must accept a permanent price-tracking message in each chamber unless Congress later changes the directive.

Key Provisions

• Directs the Architect of the Capitol to place gas price trackers in the House and Senate chambers.
• Requires continuous adjustment to reflect the national average price of regular unleaded gasoline.
• Provides a visible energy-affordability metric inside congressional proceedings.
• Creates operational duties for design, construction, maintenance, and data updates.