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Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the President to make certain extensions of 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 allow the President to extend the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department. Currently, the law permits such presidential control during emergencies, but this bill allows it to be extended for additional 30-day periods beyond the initial emergency period. To extend the emergency period, the President must notify Congress in writing, specifically the leadership of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and provide the basis for determining that special emergency conditions continue to exist. The bill applies to emergencies that are in effect on or after the date the law is enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] (R-TN)
Actions (2)
- Sep 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Sep 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 8, 2025
Mr. Ogles 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 permit the President to make certain extensions of 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY PERIOD DURING WHICH THE PRESIDENT MAY EXERCISE CONTROL OVER METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
(a) In General.—Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-207.40, D.C. Official Code) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsections (c) and (e)”;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsections (c) and (e)”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(e) Services made available pursuant to the authority of the President under subsection (a) of this section may be extended for additional 30-day periods if the President transmits to the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a written notification of such extension and the basis for determining that special conditions of an emergency nature continue to exist.”.
(b) Applicability.—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) that is in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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