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District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025

Introduced Sep 4, 2025

Latest action (Sep 18, 2025) Received in the Senate.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (6)
Computers and information technologyCongressional oversightDistrict of ColumbiaLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersMotor vehicles

Summary

This bill modifies District of Columbia law to establish standards for when police officers can engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects. The bill allows law enforcement officers to pursue a suspect in a motor vehicle unless the officer or a supervisor reasonably believes the pursuit would create an unacceptable risk of harm to someone other than the suspect, would be futile, or could be accomplished more effectively by other means. The bill clarifies that federal law enforcement officers are excluded from these requirements. The bill also requires the Attorney General to study and report to Congress within 3 years on whether the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department should adopt PursuitAlert or similar technology to notify the public when police pursuits are occurring. The report should address the costs and benefits of implementing such technology.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Clay Higgins’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $14,100
  • SAFESOURCE DIRECT $10,500
  • THE PICARD GROUP $8,300
  • WINN CORRECTIONAL $6,666
  • PHI, INC. $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Clay Higgins → · Outside spending →

Actions (15)
  1. Sep 18, 2025 Received in the Senate. · senate
  2. Sep 17, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Sep 17, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 245 - 182 (Roll no. 275). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4379) · house
  4. Sep 17, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 245 - 182 (Roll no. 275). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4379)
  5. Sep 17, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4395) · house
  6. Sep 17, 2025 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 5143, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Garcia (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. · house
  7. Sep 17, 2025 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. · house
  8. Sep 17, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5143. · house
  9. Sep 17, 2025 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure. · house
  10. Sep 17, 2025 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4379) · house
  11. Sep 15, 2025 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 707 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure. · house
  12. Sep 10, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20. · house
  13. Sep 10, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  14. Sep 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  15. Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5107 — Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025 · Passed House Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 8217 — Next Gen Road Safety Act · Introduced Apr 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 7439 — Uniform Standards for Federal Law Enforcement Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%
  • S 3100 — POST Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HRES 405 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2240) to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2243) to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2255) to allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes. · Passed House May 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 8451 — Prevent the Misuse of Federal Law Enforcement Act · Introduced Apr 22, 2026 · Cong. 119 60%

Text versions (2)
  • Engrossed in House · Sep 17, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Sep 4, 2025

Full text

AN ACT

To establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. VEHICULAR PURSUITS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

(a) Amendment.—The Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345) is amended—

(1) in subtitle S of title I—

(A) in the heading, by striking “LIMITATIONS ON THE”;

(B) in section 127(a) (sec. 5-365.01(a), D.C. Official Code)—

(i) by striking paragraphs (1) through (5);

(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “, except that such term does not include a sworn federal law enforcement officer of a covered federal law enforcement agency as defined in section 11712(d) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 5-133.17(d), D.C. Official Code).”;

(iii) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and

(7) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;

(iv) by striking paragraphs (8) through

(11); and

(v) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (3); and

(C) in section 128 (sec. 5-365.02, D.C. Official Code), by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting the following: “If a law enforcement officer encounters a suspect fleeing in a motor vehicle, the officer may engage in a vehicular pursuit of the suspect unless the officer, or a higher-ranking official with supervisory authority over the officer, reasonably believes that—

“(1) vehicular pursuit would—

“(A) entail an unacceptable risk of harm to a person other than the suspect; or

“(B) be futile; or

“(2) the suspect can be apprehended more effectively or expeditiously by a means other than vehicular pursuit.”; and

(2) in the table of contents, by striking the item relating to subtitle S of title I and inserting the following:

“SUBTITLE S. USE OF VEHICULAR PURSUITS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 33”. OFFICERS.

(b) Department of Justice Report on PursuitAlert.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall—

(1) evaluate the costs and benefits of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia adopting PursuitAlert or another similar technology capable of alerting members of the public to the presence of a police pursuit in their immediate vicinity; and

(2) publish a report on the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1) and submit the report to—

(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;

(C) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and

(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 2025.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5143

AN ACT

To establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes.

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