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This concurrent resolution directs Congress to hold a joint session in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 2026, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The ceremony will take place at Independence National Historical Park, the historic site where the Declaration was approved on July 4, 1776. This will be only the third time since the nation's capital moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 that Congress has convened outside the capital—the previous occasions were in 1987 at Independence Hall to mark the Constitution's bicentennial and in 2002 at Federal Hall in New York to honor September 11 victims. The resolution has no specific funding allocation mentioned, as it is a procedural measure authorizing the congressional meeting rather than an appropriations bill. The bipartisan legislation was introduced by Pennsylvania representatives on February 27, 2025, recognizing Philadelphia's central role in American founding history.

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