To the unfamiliar, the Capitol and its surrounding office buildings are a maze of fluorescent lighting, identical hallways and unmarked tunnels. Even experienced staff and lawmakers sometimes get lost.

But that could start to change next year, if some House members get their way. Wayfinding tools could offer turn-by-turn directions, according to a new proposal from the House Administration Modernization and Innovation Subcommittee.

“It’ll be sort of like a Google Maps, where it will take you through the Capitol, and that’s going to be great for folks that have never been,” said Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., who chairs the subcommittee.

Digital signage would be installed at nine public entrances in the Longworth, Rayburn and Cannon Buildings, complete with daily committee schedules and m

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