Monday, January 13, 2025
Prohibited Items on U.S. Capitol Grounds
On Monday, January 20, 2025, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies will host the 60th Inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice-President-elect on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
To keep everyone safe, the Capitol Police Board is prohibiting these items from Capitol Grounds on Inauguration Day:
- Aerosol and non-aerosol sprays
- Alcohol
- All bags, backpacks, roller bags, suitcases exceeding size restrictions (12"x12"x5")
- Ammunition
- Animals (other than service animals)
- Balloons
- Balls
- Beverages
- Bicycles
- Body Armor
- Camera cases
- Camping and climbing equipment, including tents, ropes, and grappling hooks
- Cans, bottles, bottled or boxed liquids
- Chairs (except those for mobility needs)
- Chemicals, to include spillable batteries, paint, artificial blood, etc.
- Commercial audio/video recording equipment and tripods
- Coolers
- Devices or equipment designed or used for jamming, disrupting, or interfering with communications signals or equipment
- Duffle bags
- Explosives of any kind (including fireworks and smoke bombs)
- Firearms
- Flammable liquids
- Glass, thermal and metal containers
- Handcuffs, zip ties, flex cuffs
- Illegal substances, including marijuana
- Knives, blades, box cutters or sharp objects (regardless of size)
- Laptops/tablets/iPads
- Laser lights and laser pointers
- Leatherman or similar tools
- Liquids of any kind (except for medicines).
- This liquid ban is just for Capitol Grounds
- Water will be provided for ticketed guests on Capitol Grounds
- Mace/pepper spray
- Noisemakers, such as air horns, whistles, drums, bullhorns, and other noise amplification devices
- Packages
- Poles, bats, sticks, and clubs, including selfie sticks
- Range finders
- Recreational motorized mobility devices
- Seat cushions
- Signs, placards, or banners
- Spray containers
- Scooters (including commercial/rental)
- Strollers
- Suitcases
- Structures, including tents.
- Supports for signs and placards.
- Thermoses or thermal containers
- Toy guns
- Umbrellas
- Unmanned aircraft systems/Drones
- Weapons of any kind, including blackjacks, slungshots, slingshots, sand clubs,
- Other items that may pose a threat to the security of the event as determined by sandbags, knuckles and at the discretion of the security screeners
For more information, visit: https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases