1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Lying in State or Honor in the U.S. Capitol by Non-Members of Congress Updated April 7, 2021 On April 13, 2021, United States Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” F. Evans, who died on April 2, 2021, from injuries sustai
2、ned protecting the U.S. Capitol during an attack on a vehicular checkpoint, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol. In a press release, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that “due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony will be open to invited guests only,”
3、with specific times set aside for members of the Capitol Police and Members of Congress. Officer Evans will be the 37th individual to have lain in state or honor in the Capitol Rotunda or National Statuary Hall. The most recent to lie in state was Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 2
4、5, 2020. The most recent to lie in honor was Officer Brian Sicknick on February 2-3, 2021. Lying in State v. Honor Lying in State Current or former government officials (e.g., Member of Congress, President, Vice President); military leaders; unknown servicemembers from World War I, World War II, the
