The Architect is to install a plaque about the Time Capsule
To provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The Architect is to install a plaque about the Time Capsule
The document says “shall”Who acts: Architect of the CapitolHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“install a plaque to provide such information about the Time Capsule as the Architect, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, considers appropriate”
Section 2(c)(2) directs the Architect of the Capitol to install a plaque carrying whatever information about the Time Capsule the Architect considers appropriate, with the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration. The Act prescribes no wording.
What the document actually says
“install a plaque to provide such information about the Time Capsule as the Architect, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, considers appropriate”
That sentence, in plain words
The Architect must put up a sign. The sign tells people about the box. The Architect picks what it says. Two committees must agree.
What this is about
A buried box is easy to walk past. The sign marks the spot. The law does not say what the sign must say.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act, Public Law 119-79, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 748 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ79/html/PLAW-119publ79.htm
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“The Architect is to install a plaque about the Time Capsule,” Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/semiquincentennial-congressional-time-capsule-act/proposal/sec02-plaque/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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