Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique and one-time arrangements for displays on the National Mall and the Washington Monument during the period beginning on December 31, 2025, and ending on January 5, 2026.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This joint resolution asks the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique, one-time arrangements for United States semiquincentennial displays on and around the National Mall, including projections onto the Washington Monument. The requested display window runs for five nights, from December 31, 2025 through January 5, 2026, and may include artifacts, digital content, film footage, audio, and imagery.
Who Benefits and How
The United States Semiquincentennial Commission and federal commemoration organizers benefit because Congress is formally asking Interior to permit a special National Mall and Washington Monument display package for the 250th-anniversary period. Visitors to Washington, D.C., tourists, educators, and the general public benefit through access to prominent public programming and projected historical materials during the New Year holiday period.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Secretary of the Interior and National Park Service staff responsible for the National Mall bear the administrative burden of authorizing, coordinating, securing, and managing the temporary displays in a heavily regulated public space. The Clerk of the House has a narrow transmittal duty to send the enrolled resolution to Interior and the Semiquincentennial Commission; the resolution does not impose a recurring private-sector compliance program.
Key Provisions
- Requests Interior authorization for one-time semiquincentennial displays around the National Mall and on the Washington Monument.
- Authorizes the requested display package to include artifacts, digital content, film footage, audio, imagery, and projection onto the monument.
- Directs transmittal of the enrolled resolution to the Secretary of the Interior and the United States Semiquincentennial Commission for implementation coordination.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requests one-time Interior Department authorization for semiquincentennial displays on and around the National Mall and Washington Monument from December 31, 2025 through January 5, 2026.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Culture, Public Lands
Primary Purpose
Requests one-time Interior Department authorization for semiquincentennial displays on and around the National Mall and Washington Monument from December 31, 2025 through January 5, 2026.
Policy Domains
One-time semiquincentennial display authorization request
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- United States Semiquincentennial Commission
- National Mall visitors
- Federal commemoration organizers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Secretary of the Interior
- National Park Service National Mall staff
- Clerk of the House of Representatives
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawBecame Public Law No: 119-46.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8399)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous …
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H4758-4759)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
National Park Service National Mall staff, United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Positive-direction: United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Negative-direction: National Park Service National Mall staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "clerk_of_the_house"
- → Clerk of the House of Representatives
- "secretary_of_the_interior"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "semiquincentennial_commission"
- → United States Semiquincentennial Commission
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