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H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act

Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act

Last action on Jun 11, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the...

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Summary

H.R. 2096 would modify Washington D.C. police disciplinary procedures by reversing key provisions of the 2022 Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act. The bill would restore the right of D.C. police officers to negotiate disciplinary matters through collective bargaining, a right that was removed in 2022. It would also reinstate a 90-business-day timeline requirement for initiating disciplinary cases against officers, which the 2022 law had eliminated. The bill's supporters argue these changes are necessary to improve police recruitment and retention in the District, citing that the Metropolitan Police Department has lost over 1,200 members since 2020 and that violent crime in D.C. has risen significantly in recent years. The bill passed the House on June 10, 2025, and is now in the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the bill would have no cost to the federal government since it only affects D.C. law.

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Lifecycle of the Bill

Congress

119th Congress

Introduced

Mar 14, 2025

Garbarino, Andrew R.

Cosponsors (3)

Rutherford, John H.

Crime and Law Enforcement

District of Columbia

Labor-management relations

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Related Legislation (1)

H.Res. 489Related Bill

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2056) to require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2096) 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; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 331) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.

Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H2581-2587)

Jun 10, 2025

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

SenateReferred Jun 11, 2025

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

HouseReferred Jun 11, 2025

CBO Cost Estimate

Jun 6, 2025CBO Report

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Jun 11, 2025

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Jun 11, 2025