Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5143

Official text excerpt

119 HR 5143 IH: District of Columbia Policing Protection Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-09-04 
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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. 5143 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 4, 2025 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Donalds ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes. 
 1. Short title 
 This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Policing Protection Act . 
 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) 
 by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 
 
 
 (iii) 
 by striking paragraphs (8) through (11); and (iv) 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 shall 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 th…

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