H.R. 3237: Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Became law, 30 Jul 2021 · Public Law 117-31. Introduced 14 May 2021.

Official title: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 29 Jul 2021: Passed, 416 Yea, 11 Nay, 0 Present, 4 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate, 29 Jul 2021: Bill Passed, 98 Yea, 0 Nay, 0 Present, 2 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
President: Signed 30 Jul 2021 · Public Law 117-31

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Not in office (2): Donald Trump (R, President); Mike Pence (R, Vice President).

Senate

Yea (98): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT); Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Richard C. Shelby (R-AL); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); James M. Inhofe (R-OK); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Richard Burr (R-NC); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Roy Blunt (R-MO); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); John Thune (R-SD); Rob Portman (R-OH); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Joe Manchin, III (D-WV); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); John Kennedy (R-LA); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Mike Braun (R-IN); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Rick Scott (R-FL); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA).

Not voting (2): Mike Rounds (R-SD); Roger Marshall (R-KS).

Not in office (2): Kamala D. Harris (D-CA); Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

House

Yea (416): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1).

Nay (11): Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Bob Good (R-VA-5).

Not voting (4): David Scott (D-GA-13); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3).

Not in office (18): Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).

Summary

Main subject: Provides emergency appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for National Guard and Capitol security costs tied to January 6, 2021, legislative branch coronavirus costs, and Afghan refugee assistance, and amends special immigrant visa programs for Afghan and Iraqi nationals. Title I, Title III, Title IV, Sec. 401

Its core areas: National Guard costs for the response to the January 6, 2021 events at the Capitol Complex; U.S. Capitol Police funding and Capitol Grounds security; Legislative branch coronavirus response funding; Afghan refugee and humanitarian assistance; Special immigrant visa programs for Afghan and Iraqi nationals; Reimbursement of State and local law enforcement costs for protection of the President-elect.

Unexpected Items: 6 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (3)

Title I, “Overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid”: Appropriates $500,000,000 under Title I for the "Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid" account, to remain available until September 30, 2022. ($500,000,000)
Title III, “Payments to widows and heirs of deceased members of congress”: Directs a payment of $174,000 to the widow of a named late Representative and a payment of $174,000 to the heirs at law of another named late Representative. ($174,000)
Sec. 403: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to add special immigrant status for surviving spouses and children of United States Government employees abroad who served at least 15 years or were killed in the line of duty, and also amends the Afghan and Iraqi programs.

Different amount for specific places or groups (1)

Sec. 302: Sets the maximum annual payable rate for Capitol Police members and civilian employees whose pay includes overtime at Executive Schedule II at $199,300 for calendar year 2021, and excludes retention and hazard bonuses from that limit. ($199,300)

Changes a government process (1)

Sec. 311: For fiscal years 2021 and 2022, lets the Architect of the Capitol, with appropriations committee leadership approval, accept contributions of supplies, products, and services and spend available funds in an emergency declared by the Capitol Police Board.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (1)

Sec. 301: Designates the United States Capitol Police wellness program as the "Howard C. Liebengood Center for Wellness," for fiscal year 2021 and each later fiscal year.

What it does

Title I, “National guard personnel, army”: Provides $231,000,000 for "National Guard Personnel, Army" to respond to the events at the United States Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, and for related purposes.
Title III, “Capitol police buildings, grounds and security”: Provides $300,000,000 for "Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security", of which $283,000,000 is for upgrading or replacing windows and doors in the Capitol Building and the House and Senate office buildings, and $17,000,000 is for cameras at those office buildings.
Title IV, “MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE”: Provides $100,000,000 for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" to address humanitarian needs in Afghanistan and to assist Afghan refugees, to remain available until expended.
Sec. 401: Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 by changing a numerical limit from 26,500 to 34,500 and by moving two December 31, 2022 dates to December 31, 2023.
Sec. 402: Allows the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly waive the medical exam requirement for covered Afghan applicants, in periods of 1 year, and requires that the exam be completed within 30 days after admission to the extent practicable.
Sec. 310: Prohibits the use of funds, in this or any other Act, to install permanent, above-ground fencing around the perimeter, or any portion of the perimeter, of the United States Capitol Grounds.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

Changed after House passage

Compares the bill as passed by the House, 20 May 2021, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 32% of the wording the House passed stands in the final text.

Removed before the final vote (5)

Sec. 101: Enhanced Security for Members of Congress: Lets the House Sergeant at Arms use the Office's appropriated funds for security enhancements for Members of Congress that the Sergeant at Arms deems necessary, with the Committee on House Administration prescribing regulations and setting the effective date.
Sec. 103: Requiring Uniformed United States Capitol Police Officers to Utilize Body-Worn Cameras While on Duty: Requires uniformed United States Capitol Police officers who interact with the public to wear and activate body-worn cameras on duty, except on personal protection detail, and directs the Capitol Police Board to issue regulations on footage retention and on notice before disclosure.
Sec. 104: Report on Evacuation Procedures of the Capitol Buildings and Grounds: Requires the House and Senate security officials to report to congressional committees within 60 days on procedures for evacuating the Capitol, House and Senate office buildings, including past evacuations and emergency plans, in unclassified form with a possible classified annex.
Chapter 1, “Capitol Complex Emergency Response and Infrastructure Security”: Appropriates $350,000,000 until expended for emergency response to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol Complex, including $100,000,000 for security screening vestibules, a ban on permanent perimeter fencing, a spending plan, and Inspector General reports.
Chapter 2, “Library of Congress — Salaries and Expenses”: Appropriates $16,223,000 to the Library of Congress through September 30, 2022, for coronavirus response, with not less than $50,000 transferable for the Congressional Research Service and transfers among Library accounts without Appropriations Committee approval.

Added after House passage (6)

Title III, “United states capitol police mutual aid reimbursements”: Appropriates $35,396,000 until September 30, 2026, for Capitol Police mutual aid and training reimbursements, with up to $9,096,000 for local law enforcement partners' aid on January 6, 2021, and requires notice to committees within 15 days of obligation.
Sec. 302: Sets the maximum annual payable rate for Capitol Police members and civilian employees receiving Fair Labor Standards Act overtime pay at Executive Schedule II, $199,300, for calendar year 2021, excluding retention and hazard bonuses tied to January 6th.
Sec. 401: Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to change employment eligibility, raise the visa cap from 26,500 to 34,500, extend dates, and require a one-year report from the Secretary of State on the Afghan special immigrant visa program.
Sec. 402: Lets the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly waive the pre-visa medical exam for Afghan special immigrant applicants for renewable one-year periods, requires a post-admission exam within 30 days, grants conditional status, and ends after 3 years.
Sec. 403: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Afghan and Iraq special immigrant laws to give special immigrant status to certain surviving spouses and children, effective June 30, 2021, with retroactive effect.
Sec. 604: Limits funds made available in this Act to the purposes specifically described in the Act, except for funds used to restore amounts, directly or through reimbursement, for obligations incurred before the Act's enactment.