Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025 amends section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. It allows services made available under the President's emergency authority over the Metropolitan Police Department to be extended for additional 30-day periods.
To extend the emergency period, the President must send written notification to the chair and ranking minority member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the chair and ranking minority member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The notification must state the basis for determining that special emergency conditions continue to exist. The bill applies to emergencies declared under section 740 that are in effect on or after enactment.
Who Benefits and How
The President, federal emergency coordinators, and congressional oversight leaders benefit from an explicit process for extending emergency control in 30-day increments. District residents and Metropolitan Police Department operations may be affected by continued federal control during emergencies.
Who Bears the Burden and How
District of Columbia officials and Metropolitan Police Department leadership bear reduced local control for each additional extension period. Congressional committee staff must review extension notifications. The President and White House legal staff must document the emergency basis for each extension.
Key Provisions
- Amends the D.C. Home Rule Act emergency-control provision.
- Authorizes additional 30-day extensions of presidential control over Metropolitan Police Department services.
- Requires written notification to specified House and Senate committee leaders.
- Requires the notification to explain why special emergency conditions continue.
- Applies to emergencies in effect on or after enactment.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to let the President extend emergency control over Metropolitan Police Department services for additional 30-day periods after notifying specified House and Senate committee leaders and explaining why emergency conditions continue.
Key Policy Areas
District of Columbia, Emergency Powers, Law Enforcement
Primary Purpose
Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to let the President extend emergency control over Metropolitan Police Department services for additional 30-day periods after notifying specified House and Senate committee leaders and explaining why emergency conditions continue.
Policy Domains
Section 2 presidential extension of emergency control over Metropolitan Police Department services
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- President of the United States
- Federal emergency coordinators
- Congressional oversight committees
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- District of Columbia government officials
- Metropolitan Police Department leadership
- House and Senate committee staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Ogles introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "mpd"
- → Metropolitan Police Department
- "president"
- → President of the United States
- "house_committee"
- → House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders
- "senate_committee"
- → Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An extension period for presidential emergency control over Metropolitan Police Department services after written notification to specified congressional leaders.
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