Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2096

Official text excerpt

119 HR 2096 IH: Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2025 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-03-14 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2096 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2025 Mr. Garbarino (for himself and Mr. Stauber ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2025 . 2. Findings; purpose (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) As of September 25, 2023, Washington, DC had recorded 24,996 crimes committed within the city limits, up 30 percent or almost 5,400 crimes from the same date in 2022. (2) As of September 25, 2023, 197 homicides had been committed in Washington, DC, up 29 percent from the same date in 2022 and nearly twice the total number of homicides in 2012. (3) As of September 25, 2023, violent crime incidents in Washington, DC are up over 37 percent from the same time in 2022, including 120 reports of sexual abuse (up 1 percent) and 2,545 reports of robberies (up 65 percent). (4) As of September 25, 2023, there have been 5,262 reports of motor vehicle thefts in Washington, DC, up 107 percent from the same date in 2022. (5) The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia has lost over 1,200 members since 2020. The total number of members is down 478 since 2020 and the staffing levels at the Department are the lowest they have been in over 5…

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