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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8543

Build the Ballroom Act

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Introduced 2026-04-28Topic: governance ethics · infrastructure utilities · public safety

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This bill would allow the President to build a ballroom on the White House grounds, regardless of any other law. The President alone would approve the ballroom, which would be planned around the needs of the President and the Executive Office of the President. The ballroom would be a permanent structure with heating, electricity, and furniture, and building it could include removing existing structures. The bill also states Congress's view that a ballroom on the grounds is needed because larger formal events are now held off site, and it cites past attacks at off-site events.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-04-28HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.refer
2026-04-28Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-04-28Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.