HR 2096 United States House · 119th Congress

Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act

HR 2096, the "Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act," aims to address rising crime in Washington, D.C., by reversing specific District of Columbia police policies. It directly affects Metropolitan Police Department officers and civilian employees by restoring two key provisions: (1) the right for officers to negotiate discipline matters through collective bargaining, and (2) the statute of limitations for claims against police personnel. The bill repeals related sections of the 2022 D.C. Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act, which had previously limited these rights. These changes are intended to improve police recruitment and retention amid staffing shortages and rising crime rates.

Sub-Topics: Policing Collective Bargaining

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action Jun 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 4 edits · Jun 10, 2025

MODERATE

The Engrossed version removes the entire Section 2 containing Congressional findings about rising crime in Washington, DC (including specific statistics on homicides, violent crime, vehicle thefts, and police staffing losses) along with the stated purpose of the Act. The short title also drops the year 'of 2025.' The operative provisions amending DC law remain unchanged.

SCOPE

The entire findings section was deleted. It had documented specific crime statistics in DC (24,996 crimes as of Sept 2023, 197 homicides, 5,262 vehicle thefts) and noted the Metropolitan Police Department lost over 1,200 members since 2020. These findings served as the legislative justification for the bill.

The purpose statement was deleted. It had stated the Act's goal was to combat rising violent crime by eliminating policies that placed DC law enforcement at risk and discouraging them from serving, and to ensure equitable treatment and increased recruitment/retention of personnel.

TECHNICAL

The short title was changed from 'Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 2025' to 'Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act,' removing the year designation.

A capitalization error was corrected: 'right To negotiate' became 'right to negotiate.' Section numbering was adjusted (former Section 3 renumbered to Section 2) to account for the deleted findings section.

Floor votes · House Jun 10, 2025

How they voted

235–178

Passed · 19 other

Total votes 432

Jun 10, 2025

D Democratic212

30 Yea 174 Nay 8

82% Nay

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican219

204 Yea 4 Nay 11

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

upper

Jun 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 178, 1 Present (Roll no. 162). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2589-2590)

lower

Jun 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 178, 1 Present (Roll no. 162). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2589-2590)

lower

Jun 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 489 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096 and S. 331. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096, and S. 331 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate for each bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, and H.R. 2096, and one motion to commit on S. 331.

lower

Jun 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-138.

lower

May 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors