Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protect the Capitol Act of 2021”.
Protect the Capitol Act of 2021
A BILL
To limit the deployment of the Capitol Police outside of the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Capitol Police deployment outside of jurisdiction
Deployment outside of jurisdiction— Section 1007 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1978) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
in subsection (a)(2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”;
in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
“(3) The deployment is for a defined, limited duration of no more than 30 days.”
in subsection (b) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “officer” and inserting “officer for a period of no more than 30 days”; and
in subsection (b)(2), by striking “gathering” and inserting “gathering in response to a specific, identified threat”.
Prohibiting regional field offices outside of the District of Columbia— Section 1007 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1978) is amended—
by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
“(c) Regional field offices prohibited—The Chief of the Capitol Police shall not establish or maintain a permanent office outside of the District of Columbia.”