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CURRENT AND PROPOSED SECURITY RELATING TO THE U.S.
CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS

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MASTER PLAN FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL GROUNDS AND RELATED

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PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

NOVEMBER 15, 1983

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1984

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION

JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey, Chairman

GLENN M. ANDERSON, California
ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey
JOHN B. BREAUX, Louisiana
NORMAN Y. MINETA, California
ELLIOTT H. LEVITAS, Georgia
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
HENRY J. NOWAK, New York
ROBERT W. EDGAR, Pennsylvania
ROBERT A. YOUNG, Missouri

NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio
GERALDINE A. FERRARO, New York
BRIAN J. DONNELLY, Massachusetts
DONALD JOSEPH ALBOSTA, Michigan
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
GUS SAVAGE, Illinois

FOFO I.F. SUNIA, American Samoa
KATIE HALL, Indiana

DOUGLAS H. BOSCO, California
JAMES F. MCNULTY, JR., Arizona
JIM MOODY, Wisconsin

ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
JOE KOLTER, Pennsylvania
TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina
EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
MICHAEL A. ANDREWS, Texas

TOM J. VANDERGRIFF, Texas

J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia

JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina

ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia

GENE SNYDER, Kentucky

JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania

ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota
NEWT GINGRICH, Georgia

WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania
GUY MOLINARI, New York

E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida
BOB MCEWEN, Ohio
FRANK WOLF, Virginia
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
HAL DAUB, Nebraska
LYNN MARTIN, Illinois
VIN WEBER, Minnesota

ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Oregon
DON SUNDQUIST, Tennessee
NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut
RON PACKARD, California

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CURRENT AND PROPOSED SECURITY RELATING TO THE U.S. CAPITOL
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

WITNESSES

Russ, Hon. Jack, Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives.
Trollinger, James T., Acting Chief, U.S. Capitol Police.
White, Hon. George M., Architect of the Capitol

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MASTER PLAN FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL

H.R. 4332: To approve the master plan for the United States Capitol Grounds
and related areas, and for other purposes......

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WITNESSES

Alder, Thomas P., Chairman, Task Force on the U.S. Capitol Master Plan,
Capitol Hill Restoration Society, Inc.....

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Prepared statement and resolutions..

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Broshar, Robert, President, American Institute of Architects...

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Prepared statement...

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White, Hon. George M., Architect, U.S. Capitol; accompanied by Elliott Car-
roll, Executive Assistant.

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ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD

Grinnell, David, Chairman, Committee of 100 on the Federal City, letter and
resolution..

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McClinton, Curtis Jr., Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, Government
of the District of Columbia, statement of John H. McCoy, Director, Office of
Planning.

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CURRENT AND PROPOSED SECURITY RELATING TO THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1983

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS,
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION,
Washington, DC.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:15 a.m., in room 2247, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Robert A. Young (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Mr. YOUNG. The Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds will please come to order.

I would like to welcome the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Howard, to the meeting.

The CHAIRMAN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. YOUNG. The subcommittee is meeting today to review current and proposed security measures for the Capitol Building complex.

As chairman of the subcommittee I believe the challenge to all of us is clear: How do we insure the proper level of security for the Capitol Building complex without stripping our constituents and the general public of easy access to their own seat of government? Should we install a fence around the Capitol Building itself similar to the fence at the White House? Should we limit vehicular access to the east plaza? These are just a few of the measures which should be reviewed. Obviously, there is a distinct possibility that any terrorist group may plan future bombing attempts, and increased efforts from all sectors of our Government must be undertaken to correct this outrageous intrusion on a free society. We propose to look to the experts for the answers and find out what steps need to be taken to improve security before a tragedy does take place. We should not wait for lives to be lost.

The subcommittee had invited officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service to appear. However, due to the ongoing investigation of the recent bombing on the Senate side of the Capitol, I decided it would be unadvisable for them to appear based on the extremely sensitive national security issues involved. I would urge the press to be prudent in the reporting of this hearing since publicity of this nature tends to encourage threats from the sick minds of terrorists that plant the bombs which only hurt everyone.

It is my understanding the first politically motivated bomb attack occurred in 1915. We in Congress have wrestled with how to

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