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handle is hein.crs/goverrb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service ~nforminq th~ legislative debate since 1914 0 Updated December 13, 2024 Inaugural Tickets: Past Practices and Considerations for 2025 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, 2025. 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, AndrewJackson 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, I981, 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. For the 2025 swearing-in ceremony, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) has announced that the ceremony will again be conducted on the West Front of the Capitol. naugura Tickets Overview As the host of the inauguration, the House and Senate jointly appoint the JCCIC every four years. The JCCIC is primarily responsible for arranging and hosting the swearing-in ceremony and 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 has issued a map of seating sections and standing areas for the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies in 2025. Figure 1 shows the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies Seating Section and Standing Area Map. Figure I. 60th Inaugural Ceremonies Seating Section and Standing Area Map 4J Source: U.S. Congress, joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, 60th Inaugural Ceremonies Seating Section and Standing Area Map, November 26, 2024, https://cha.house.gov/ cachelfiles/d/0/d057828a- 8a6I-44e9-b9f6-907b5 I28cO4 I / 4935C4BB7B7F743519AE491A24E5B6E3.20241 126-jccicchair- dearcolleaguehouseticketdistributionlogistics-final-pages.pdf TicketA octo For past inaugurations, the JCCIC has allocated tickets to congressional offices. Allocated tickets were generally a combination of seated tickets-on the inaugural platform and areas closest to the West Front of the Capitol-and standing tickets, which were often behind the seated tickets. As depicted in Figure 1, for 2025, seated tickets are to be located on the numbered sections on the inaugural platform. Standing tickets are to be located in the non-numbered areas behind the seating platform. The standing areas are further labeled by geographic position relative to the Capitol and include Northwest Standing, North Standing, West Standing, South Standing, Southwest Standing, National Mall Standing, and Union Square Standing areas. Open areas beyond these locations do not appear to be ticketed and are generally open to the public. In past years, the JCCIC has set up large screens for viewing in nonticketed sections. Ticket Distribution For previous inaugurations, the JCCIC allocated tickets to each Member office. Each Representative or Senator then determined ticket allocation and distribution. In total, the

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