Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act passed the House 88 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
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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.
- Committees
- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 79 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 160 words
- Subjects
- District of ColumbiaLabor-management relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officers
- Latest action
- Jun 11, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 119th H.Res. 489 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in election R · Agreed to