District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act repeals section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the provision allowing the President to assume emergency control of the Metropolitan Police Department. It also removes the table-of-contents entry for that section. The practical effect is to strengthen D.C. local control over policing by eliminating a federal emergency takeover authority. The President and federal executive branch lose a tool for directing D.C. police operations, while the D.C. Mayor, D.C. Council, and local residents gain clearer home-rule authority over the police department.
Who Benefits and How
District of Columbia residents benefit because local officials would retain control over city police during emergencies. The D.C. Mayor benefits because presidential emergency takeover authority over the police department is repealed. The D.C. Council benefits from stronger home-rule accountability for police governance. Civil liberties organizations benefit from reduced federal control over local policing decisions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The President loses statutory authority to assume emergency control of the Metropolitan Police Department. Federal emergency planners must rely on other legal authorities rather than Home Rule Act section 740. D.C. officials bear more direct responsibility for police decisions during emergencies. Opponents of D.C. home rule lose a federal intervention mechanism.
Key Provisions
- Repeals Home Rule Act section 740.
- Repeals presidential emergency control authority over the Metropolitan Police Department.
- Modifies the Home Rule Act table of contents.
- Strengthens District of Columbia local control over policing.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals the President's District of Columbia Home Rule Act authority to assume emergency control of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Key Policy Areas
District of Columbia, Policing, Home Rule
Primary Purpose
Repeals the President's District of Columbia Home Rule Act authority to assume emergency control of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- District of Columbia residents
- D.C. Mayor
- D.C. Council
- Civil liberties organizations
Identified Costs
- President of the United States
- Federal emergency planners
- D.C. officials
- Opponents of D.C. home rule
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Federal emergency planners, President of the United States
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