United States 118th Congress Status: Died Bipartisan · 10 R · 3 D cosponsors

HR 5798 — Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2024

Last action — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 735.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The updated version of HR 5798 changes the title from "Emergency Act of 2023" to "Emergency Act of 2024" and introduces additional sponsors for the bill. It removes the findings and purpose section that previously outlined specific crime statistics and trends in Washington, DC. This means that the current text no longer provides context regarding crime rates or the rationale for addressing crime in the Capitol.

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5798 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
5798 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No.
735 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H.
5798 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.
5798 [Report No.
118-900] 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.
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability _______________________________________________________________________ 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.
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability December 18, 2024 Additional sponsors:
Mr.
Rutherford, Mr.
Biggs, Mr.
Meuser, Mr.
Nickel, Mr.
Cuellar, Mr.
Stauber, Mr.
Miller of Ohio, Ms.
Van Duyne, Mr.
Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Kean of New Jersey, and Mr.
Davis of North Carolina December 18, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 28, 2023] _______________________________________________________________________ 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 2023''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 2024''.
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 years.
(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to combat the rise in violent crime in our Nation's Capital by eliminating policies which place law enforcement personnel of the District of Columbia at risk and discourage them from serving, ensuring that such personnel will be treated equitably and fairly and the recruitment and retention of such personnel shall be increased.
SEC.
3.
(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.
(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.
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Union Calendar No.
735 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H.
R.
5798 [Report No.
118-900] _______________________________________________________________________ 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.
_______________________________________________________________________ December 18, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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What Congress says this changes

H. Rept. 118-900

Published by the reporting committee Not generated — this is the committee's own “Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported”.

Text to be removed appears in [brackets]. Newly inserted text is italicised in the official report and cannot be marked in this plain-text rendition — read the official PDF ↗ for the authoritative formatting. 

changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italics, and existing law in which no 
change is proposed is shown in roman):

 SECTION 1-617.08. OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 OFFICIAL CODE

Sec. 1-617.08. Management rights; matters subject to collective 
 bargaining.

 (a) The respective personnel authorities (management) shall 
retain the sole right, in accordance with applicable laws and 
rules and regulations:
 (1) To direct employees of the agencies;
 (2) To hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain 
 employees in positions within the agency and to 
 suspend, demote, discharge, or take other disciplinary 
 action against employees for cause;
 (3) To relieve employees of duties because of lack of 
 work or other legitimate reasons;
 (4) To maintain the efficiency of the District 
 government operations entrusted to them;
 (5) To determine:
 (A) The mission of the agency, its budget, 
 its organization, the number of employees, and 
 to establish the tour of duty;
 (B) The number, types, and grades of 
 positions of employees assigned to an agency's 
 organizational unit, work project, or tour of 
 duty;
 (C) The technology of performing the agency's 
 work; and
 (D) The agency's internal security practices; 
 and
 (6) To take whatever actions may be necessary to 
 carry out the mission of the District government in 
 emergency situations.
 (a-1) An act, exercise, or agreement of the respective 
personnel authorities (management) shall not be interpreted in 
any manner as a waiver of the sole management rights contained 
in subsection (a) of this section.
 (b) All matters shall be deemed negotiable except those that 
are proscribed by this subchapter. Negotiations concerning 
compensation are authorized to the extent provided in Sec. 1-
617.16.
 [(c)(1) All matters pertaining to the discipline of sworn law 
enforcement personnel shall be retained by management and not 
be negotiable through bargaining, including substantive or 
impacts-and-effects bargaining.
 [(2) This subsection shall apply to any collective bargaining 
agreements entered into with the Fraternal Order of Police/
Metropolitan Police Department Labor Committee after September 
30, 2020, and to any collective bargaining agreements 
automatically renewed on or after September 30, 2020.]

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 SUBTITLE M OF TITLE I OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PO-
 LICING AND JUSTICE REFORM AMENDMENT ACT OF
 2022

 [Subtitle M--OFFICER DISCIPLINE REFORMS

 [Sec. 117. Section 502 of the Omnibus Public Safety Agency 
Reform Amendment Act of 2004, effective September 30, 2004 
(D.C. Law 15-194; D.C. Official Code Sec. 5-1031), is amended 
as follows:
 [(a) Subsection (a-1) is repealed.
 [(b) Subsection (b) is amended to read as follows:
 [ ``(b) If the act or occurrence allegedly constituting cause 
is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Metropolitan 
Police Department or any law enforcement or prosecuting agency 
with jurisdiction within the United States, the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, or the 
Office of the Attorney General, or is the subject of an 
investigation by the Office of the Inspector General or the 
Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, the 90-day period 
for commencing a corrective or adverse action under subsection 
(a) of this section shall be tolled until the conclusion of the 
investigation.''.
 [(c) A new subsection (c) is added to read as follows:
 [``(c)(1) MPD shall publish, on a publicly accessible 
website, a schedule of adverse action hearings for cases in 
which the proposed discipline is termination.
 [(2) The schedule shall include:
 [(A) The date, time, and location of the hearing;
 [(B) The name and badge number of the subject 
 officer; and
 [(C) A summary of the alleged misconduct or charges 
 against the subject officer.''.
 [Sec. 118. Section 6-A1001.5 of Chapter 10 of Title 6 of the 
District of Columbia Municipal Regulations is amended by 
striking the phrase ``reduce the penalty'' and inserting the 
phrase ``reduce or increase the penalty'' in its place.]

Source: H. Rept. 118-900 · govinfo

How this bill changes current law

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The bill restores collective bargaining rights for law enforcement discipline and reinstates the statute of limitations for disciplinary cases against Metropolitan Police Department personnel.

  • Section 1708 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1-617.08, D.C. Official Code)

    subsection (c)

    This change restores the ability for law enforcement officers in D.C. to negotiate disciplinary matters.

Action History

  1. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-900.

  2. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-900.

  3. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 735.

  4. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  5. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 19.

  6. Introduced in House

  7. Introduced in House

  8. Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 5798 do?
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.
Who sponsors HR 5798?
HR 5798 is sponsored by D'Esposito, Anthony (Republican), Rutherford, John H. (Republican), Biggs, Andy (Republican), Meuser, Daniel (Republican), Nickel, Wiley (Democratic), Cuellar, Henry (Democratic), Stauber, Pete (Republican), Miller, Max L. (Republican), Van Duyne, Beth (Republican), Kelly, Mike (Republican), Kean, Thomas H. (Republican), Davis, Donald G. (Democratic), and Garbarino, Andrew R. (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 5798?
This bill died with 118th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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