District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act

This bill would remove the President’s power to take over the District of Columbia’s police during an emergency. It does this by deleting a section of the D.C. Home Rule Act that currently allows that takeover. In short, control of D.C.’s police would stay with local D.C. leaders, even in a crisis.

Key points:

• Who is affected: D.C. residents, the Metropolitan Police Department, and D.C. local government.
• What changes: Repeals the part of law that lets the President assume emergency control of D.C. police (removes section 740 and its entry in the Act’s table of contents).
• When: Would take effect if enacted into law.