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handle is hein.crs/govdcoq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: %Fn $S\l i\s $ch$e November 17, 2020 Inaugural Tickets: Past Practices and Considerations for Congress Since the 20th Amendment was ratified, the oath of office for President of the United States has been administered every four years on January 20. The next presidential inauguration is scheduled to take place on January 20, 2021. On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the first President to be inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in a room now known as the Old Supreme Court Chamber. In 1829, Andrew Jackson became the first President to be inaugurated on the East Front of the Capitol, where the majority of swearing-in ceremonies continued to take place until the late twentieth century. It was not until President Ronald Reagan's inauguration on January 20, I 981, that the swearing-in ceremony moved to the West Front of the Capitol where larger crowds could be accommodated. Sen. Mitch McConnell, Congressional Record, (October 11, 2000), p. S10267 The move to the West Front of the Capitol not only accommodated larger crowds who could view the ceremony from the Capitol grounds, but also allowed for use of the National Mall. Additionally, the Architect of the Capitol has been able to build a larger platform on the West Front, which in recent years has accommodated more than 1,600 people. snaugzura, Tickets As the host of the inauguration, the House and Senate jointly appoint the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) every four years. The JCCIC is primarily responsible for arranging and hosting the swearing-in ceremony and hosting an inaugural luncheon. To accommodate both Members of Congress and constituents who might be interested in attending the swearing-in ceremony in person, the JCCIC has traditionally authorized seated and standing sections on the inaugural platform, the U.S. Capitol grounds, and the National Mall to accommodate attendees. To ease the process of attendees finding their seating or standing locations, the JCCIC and the United States Capitol Police (USCP) have jointly issued a map of ticketed areas showing color-coded sections that correspond to tickets. The map has also included instructions on entering the secured area around the Capitol. Figure 1 shows the 2017 Inauguration Ceremonies Map and Guidelines. Figure I. 2017 Inauguration Ceremonies Map .. C' :a Source: U.S. Capitol Police, Inaugural Ceremonies-Map and Guidance, press release, January 12, 2017, https://www.uscp.gov/ m ed ia-cente r/p ress- rel eases/i naugu rat-ceremonies-map-and- guidelines. Each inauguration, the JCCIC allocates tickets to congressional offices. Allocated tickets are generally a combination of seated tickets-on the inaugural platform and areas closest to the West Front of the Capitol-and standing tickets, which are often behind the seated tickets. As depicted in Figure 1, in 2017, seated tickets were located on the inaugural platform and in the yellow and green sections. Standing tickets were located in the non- numbered yellow, green, blue, orange, red, and gray/silver areas. Areas beyond these locations were not ticketed and were generally open to the public for viewing on large screens. TS cke istiuto Once the JCCIC determines the number of tickets each Member office receives, the Representative or Senator may determine ticket allocation and distribution. For past inaugurations, tickets could not be mailed to recipients and had to be picked up in person. For the 2017 Inauguration, the JCCIC distributed tickets to Member offices on January \n\\\\\\\\\\mm\ \\ \\\ goo \\\\ \ L \N \ I \ \i\ \\ \ \ Q\\ \\\ \\\

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