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[S. 3705 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3705

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty six

                                 An Act

     To provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in
 commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States, and for
                             other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Semiquincentennial Congressional
Time Capsule Act''.

SEC. 2. SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL TIME CAPSULE.

SEC. 2. SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL TIME CAPSULE.
    (a) Creation by Architect of the Capitol.--The Architect of the
Capitol shall create a congressional time capsule, to be known as the
``Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule'' (in this Act referred
to as the ``Time Capsule'').
    (b) Contents.--
        (1) Determination by congressional leadership.--The Office of
    the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Office of the Minority
    Leader of the House of Representatives, Office of the Majority
    Leader of the Senate, and Office of the Minority Leader of the
    Senate shall jointly determine the contents of the Time Capsule,
    taking into account the requirements of paragraph (2).
        (2) Contents.--
            (A) In general.--The contents of the Time Capsule shall
        include--
                (i) a single, joint letter from the offices described
            in paragraph (1); and
                (ii) any other item that the offices described in
            paragraph (1) jointly determine appropriate.
            (B) Limitations.--Any item included in the Time Capsule
        under subparagraph (A)--
                (i) shall be made of materials that pose a low risk of
            degrading, such as metal or archival paper; and
                (ii) shall not be made of any organic or inorganic
            material that poses a high risk of degrading.
        (3) Size.--The Time Capsule shall be not more than 50 inches
    wide, 32 inches deep, and 48 inches high.
        (4) Consultation.--In carrying out this subsection, the offices
    described in paragraph (1) may consult with the Architect of the
    Capitol, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and such
    other entities of the Federal Government as the offices consider
    appropriate.
    (c) Duties of Architect.--The Architect of the Capitol shall--
        (1) prepare the Time Capsule to be sealed and buried in the
    Capitol Visitor Center, at a location specified by 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, on or before July 4th, 2026, at a time which
    would permit individuals attending this event to also attend the
    burial of a time capsule in Independence Mall in Philadelphia,
    Pennsylvania, under section 7(f)(1) of the United States
    Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (36 U.S.C. 101 note
    prec.); and
        (2) 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.
    (d) Unsealing.--The Time Capsule shall be sealed until July 4th,
2276, on which date the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
Majority Leader of the Senate shall present the Time Capsule to the
244th Congress, and such Congress shall determine how the contents
within should be preserved or used.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.