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.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act uses federal legislation to reverse parts of the District of Columbia's Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022. The introduced version included findings about crime, homicides, motor-vehicle theft, and Metropolitan Police Department staffing losses; the House-passed text retains the operative repeal. It strikes subsection (c) from section 1708 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act as amended by the 2022 reform law. It also repeals subtitle M of title I of the 2022 policing reform act and restores or revives any law that subtitle had amended or repealed as if subtitle M had never been enacted.
Who Benefits and How
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department officers, MPD union negotiators, police labor representatives, individual officers facing discipline, police recruitment officials, and supporters of police collective-bargaining rights benefit because discipline-related matters return to bargaining and prior disciplinary-case rules are revived. Law-enforcement workforce advocates gain a federal reversal of local rules they view as discouraging recruitment and retention.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The District of Columbia government, the DC Office of Police Complaints, MPD disciplinary authorities, police-accountability advocates, civilian oversight supporters, District labor-relations staff, and local reform backers must operate under the restored framework, lose the repealed subtitle M reforms, revisit disciplinary timelines, and absorb the legal and administrative work of unwinding the 2022 provisions.
Key Provisions
- Repeals the District policing-reform subsection that limited collective bargaining over MPD discipline matters.
- Repeals subtitle M of title I of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
- Restores any District law amended or repealed by subtitle M as though that subtitle had not been enacted.
- Uses federal authority over the District of Columbia to reverse specific local police-discipline reforms.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals District of Columbia policing-reform provisions so Metropolitan Police Department discipline matters can again be negotiated through collective bargaining and prior disciplinary-case limitations are restored.
Key Policy Areas
Law Enforcement, Labor, District of Columbia
Primary Purpose
Repeals District of Columbia policing-reform provisions so Metropolitan Police Department discipline matters can again be negotiated through collective bargaining and prior disciplinary-case limitations are restored.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department officers
- MPD union negotiators
- Police labor representatives
- Individual officers facing discipline
- Police recruitment officials
- Supporters of police collective-bargaining rights
Identified Costs
- District of Columbia government
- DC Office of Police Complaints
- MPD disciplinary authorities
- Police-accountability advocates
- Civilian oversight supporters
- District labor-relations staff
- Local reform backers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Additional sponsors: Mr. Biggs of Arizona and Mr. Rutherford
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Garbarino (for himself and Mr. Stauber) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department officers, Individual MPD officers facing discipline, MPD disciplinary authorities
Positive-direction: District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department officers, Individual MPD officers facing discipline, Police recruitment officials
Negative-direction: MPD disciplinary authorities
On Passage
Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "mpd"
- → Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
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