H.R. 5207

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · September 8, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Ogles · Committee: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Table of contents

• H.R. 5207
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Extension of the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over Metropolitan Police Department

SEC. 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—
    • in subsection (b), by striking subsection (c)and inserting subsections (c) and (e);
    • in subsection (d), by striking subsection (c)and inserting subsections (c) and (e); and
      • 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.
    • by adding at the end the following new subsection:
• (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.