Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025”.
Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the President to make certain extensions of the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department.
Sec. 2 Extension of the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over Metropolitan Police Department
In general— Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40, D.C. Official Code) is amended—
in subsection (b), by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsections (c) and (e)”;
in subsection (d), by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsections (c) and (e)”; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(e) Services made available pursuant to the authority of the President under subsection (a) of this section may be extended for additional 30-day periods if the President transmits to the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a written notification of such extension and the basis for determining that special conditions of an emergency nature continue to exist.”
Applicability— This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply with respect to an emergency declared by the President under section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40, D.C. Official Code) that is in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.