[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2096 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 14, 2025
Mr. Garbarino (for himself and Mr. Stauber) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
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A BILL
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.
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 ``Protecting Our Nation's Capital
Emergency Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) As of September 25, 2023, Washington, DC had recorded
24,996 crimes committed within the city limits, up 30 percent
or almost 5,400 crimes from the same date in 2022.
(2) As of September 25, 2023, 197 homicides had been
committed in Washington, DC, up 29 percent from the same date
in 2022 and nearly twice the total number of homicides in 2012.
(3) As of September 25, 2023, violent crime incidents in
Washington, DC are up over 37 percent from the same time in
2022, including 120 reports of sexual abuse (up 1 percent) and
2,545 reports of robberies (up 65 percent).
(4) As of September 25, 2023, there have been 5,262 reports
of motor vehicle thefts in Washington, DC, up 107 percent from
the same date in 2022.
(5) The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of
Columbia has lost over 1,200 members since 2020. The total
number of members is down 478 since 2020 and the staffing
levels at the Department are the lowest they have been in over
50 years.
(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to combat the rise in
violent crime in our Nation's Capital by eliminating policies which
place law enforcement personnel of the District of Columbia at risk and
discourage them from serving, ensuring that such personnel will be
treated equitably and fairly and the recruitment and retention of such
personnel shall be increased.
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF EQUITABLE AND FAIR TREATMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
PERSONNEL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) Restoration of Right To Negotiate Matters Pertaining to
Discipline of District of Columbia Law Enforcement Officers Through
Collective Bargaining.--Section 1708 of the District of Columbia
Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1-617.08,
D.C. Official Code), as amended by section 116(b) of the Comprehensive
Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345), is
amended by striking subsection (c).
(b) Restoration of Statute of Limitations for Claims Against
Members or Civilian Employees of Metropolitan Police Department.--
Subtitle M of title I of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform
Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345) is repealed, and any provision
of law amended or repealed by such subtitle is restored or revived as
if such subtitle had not been enacted into law.
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