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Want to take a commercial picture of the Capitol, or make a commercial movie starring the iconic national workplace of American democracy? Until last month, I wasn’t sure that would be possible anymore. I met separately with Capitol officials about the transfer of Union Square from the National Park Service (NPS) to the Architect of the Capitol (AOC). Would the one and only place, just below the back of the Capitol, that allowed commercial filmmaking and photography around the Capitol, go dark with the handoff from NPS to the AOC? I was delighted when Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance W. Gainer announced at the end of last month that the Capitol Police Board would maintain existing policies and practices permitting commercial photography and filming at Union Square for 90 days, while working “toward making these practices permanent under the new jurisdictional arrangement.”

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