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To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to extend the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department.
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to extend the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department.
Summary
This bill amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to extend the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department from 30 days to 180 days. The change applies to all references to the emergency period length in Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act. The bill applies retroactively to emergencies declared by the President before the bill's enactment, meaning previously declared emergencies would now have 180 days instead of 30 days of Presidential control. Under current law, the President can declare an emergency in D.C. and assume control of the police department, but only for the specified period before such authority expires. This extension allows the emergency authority to remain in effect longer.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
5 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Andy Biggs’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
- 21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE $7,500
- ULINE $6,600
- TW LEWIS COMPANY $6,600
- LEE BENSON $6,600
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Actions (2)
- Aug 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Aug 22, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 22, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Harris of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to extend the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY PERIOD.
(a) In General.—Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-207.40, D.C. Official Code) is amended—
(1) by striking “thirty days” and inserting “180 days” each place it appears; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking “thirty-day” and inserting “180-day”.
(b) Applicability to Previously Declared Emergency.—This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply with respect to an emergency declared by the President under section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-207.40, D.C. Official Code) before the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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