H.R. 2096

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2096 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2096

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 11, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs

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AN ACT

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Nation's Capital 
Emergency Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF EQUITABLE AND FAIR TREATMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

(a) Restoration of Right to Negotiate Matters Pertaining to 
Discipline of District of Columbia Law Enforcement Officers Through 
Collective Bargaining.--Section 1708 of the District of Columbia 
Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1-617.08, 
D.C. Official Code), as amended by section 116(b) of the Comprehensive 
Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345), is 
amended by striking subsection (c).
(b) Restoration of Statute of Limitations for Claims Against 
Members or Civilian Employees of Metropolitan Police Department.--
Subtitle M of title I of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform 
Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345) is repealed, and any provision 
of law amended or repealed by such sub- 

title is restored or revived as if such subtitle had not been enacted 
into law.

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.