Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
Latest action · Jun 11, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 10, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 2025
This bill rescinds certain changes that were made in 2023 to District of Columbia (DC) law governing discipline of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers.
First, the bill reinstates a 90-day statute of limitations (i.e., time limit) for initiating a corrective or adverse action against any MPD officer or civilian employee. The bill also allows officer disciplinary matters to be negotiated as part of a collective bargaining agreement.
Next, the bill eliminates the MPD police chief's authority to increase the police trial board's recommended penalty for officer misconduct.
Finally, the bill eliminates a requirement that MPD publish a schedule online of disciplinary hearings for which the proposed action is termination, including the date, time, and underlying allegations.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 162 | On Passage | Passed235–178 | Jun 10, 2025 |
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2025 to May 19, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 19, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2025Markup May 21, 2025Reported Jun 4, 2025 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2025 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jun 10, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 489. (consideration: CR H2589-2594)
- Jun 10, 2025Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096 and S. 331. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096, and S. 331 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate for each bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, and H.R. 2096, and one motion to commit on S. 331.
- Jun 10, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2096.
- Jun 10, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Jun 10, 2025POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2096, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Comer demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Jun 10, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2600-2601)
- Jun 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 178, 1 Present (Roll no. 162). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2589-2590)
- Jun 10, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 9, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 489 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096 and S. 331. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096, and S. 331 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate for each bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, and H.R. 2096, and one motion to commit on S. 331.
- Jun 4, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-138.
- Jun 4, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 107.
- May 21, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 21, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
- Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E584 | Betty McCollum D-MN | Jun 17, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2581–H2589, H2589–H2594Text printed H2581, H2589Amendments H2587Recorded votes H2588, H2589, H2600consideration (H. Res. 489), previous questionenact | Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Erin Houchin R-IN, James Comer R-KY, James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Lateefah Simon D-CA, Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM, Stephen F. Lynch D-MA | Jun 10, 2025 |
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
- Jun 6, 2025H.R. 2096, Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency ActAs reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 4, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 49, March 14, 2025, page H1162.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47927 | District of Columbia Local Lawmaking and Congressional Authority | Report | Mar 11, 2026 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 30 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 489, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform now printed in the bill is considered adopted. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 6
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 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2025Referred in Senate
- Jun 10, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jun 4, 2025Reported in House
- Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
