H.R. 5143

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5143 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5143

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of 
Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, 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 ``District of Columbia Policing 
Protection Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. VEHICULAR PURSUITS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA.

(a) Amendment.--The Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform 
Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345) is amended--
(1) in subtitle S of title I--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``LIMITATIONS ON 
THE'';
(B) in section 127(a) (sec. 5-365.01(a), D.C. 
Official Code)--
(i) by striking paragraphs (1) through (5);
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting the following: 
``, except that such term does not include a 
sworn federal law enforcement officer of a 
covered federal law enforcement agency as 
defined in section 11712(d) of the National 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 5-133.17(d), D.C. 
Official Code).'';
(iii) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
(iv) by striking paragraphs (8) through 
(11); and
(v) by redesignating paragraph (12) as 
paragraph (3); and
(C) in section 128 (sec. 5-365.02, D.C. Official 
Code), by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and 
inserting the following:
``If a law enforcement officer encounters a suspect fleeing in a 
motor vehicle, the officer may engage in a vehicular pursuit of the 
suspect unless the officer, or a higher-ranking official with 
supervisory authority over the officer, reasonably believes that--
``(1) vehicular pursuit would--
``(A) entail an unacceptable risk of harm to a 
person other than the suspect; or
``(B) be futile; or
``(2) the suspect can be apprehended more effectively or 
expeditiously by a means other than vehicular pursuit.''; and
(2) in the table of contents, by striking the item relating 
to subtitle S of title I and inserting the following:

``SUBTITLE S. USE OF VEHICULAR PURSUITS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 33''.
OFFICERS.
(b) Department of Justice Report on PursuitAlert.--Not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall--
(1) evaluate the costs and benefits of the Metropolitan 
Police Department of the District of Columbia adopting 
PursuitAlert or another similar technology capable of alerting 
members of the public to the presence of a police pursuit in 
their immediate vicinity; and
(2) publish a report on the evaluation conducted under 
paragraph (1) and submit the report to--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives.

Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 2025.

Attest:

Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5143

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of 
Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other 
purposes.