United Sta CURRENT AND PROPOSED SECURITY RELATING TO THE U.S. 0370 MASTER PLAN FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL GROUNDS AND RELATED PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 15, 1983 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation 36-667 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1984 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey, Chairman GLENN M. ANDERSON, California NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia FOFO I.F. SUNIA, American Samoa DOUGLAS H. BOSCO, California ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania 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 ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Oregon на 0091 KF27 CURRENT AND PROPOSED SECURITY RELATING TO THE U.S. CAPITOL WITNESSES Russ, Hon. Jack, Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives. Page 3 3 MASTER PLAN FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL H.R. 4332: To approve the master plan for the United States Capitol Grounds 19 WITNESSES Alder, Thomas P., Chairman, Task Force on the U.S. Capitol Master Plan, 59 Prepared statement and resolutions.. 47 Broshar, Robert, President, American Institute of Architects... 43 Prepared statement... 36 White, Hon. George M., Architect, U.S. Capitol; accompanied by Elliott Car- 24 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD Grinnell, David, Chairman, Committee of 100 on the Federal City, letter and 63 McClinton, Curtis Jr., Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, Government (III) 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, 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 (1) |