HR 5798 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2024

Latest action · Dec 18, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 735.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 28, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 28, 2023 to May 10, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYAnthony D'EspositoOriginalSep 28, 2023
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOct 2, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsOct 19, 2023
R-PADaniel MeuserDec 4, 2023
D-TXHenry CuellarDec 11, 2023
D-NCWiley NickelDec 11, 2023
R-MNPete StauberFeb 23, 2024
R-OHMax L. MillerMar 1, 2024
R-TXBeth Van DuyneMar 5, 2024
R-PAMike KellyMar 11, 2024
R-NJThomas H. Kean, Jr.Mar 11, 2024
D-NCDonald G. DavisMay 10, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Sep 28, 2023Markup Feb 6, 2024Reported Dec 18, 2024

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-900.
  2. Dec 18, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 735.
  3. Feb 6, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. Feb 6, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 19.
  5. Sep 28, 2023Introduced in House
  6. Sep 28, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Mar 7, 2024H.R. 5798, Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on February 6, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation will restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 158, September 28, 2023, page H4856.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2023
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2024Reported in House
  2. Sep 28, 2023Introduced in House

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