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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7513 

To direct the Chief of the Capitol Police to make available to the public 

semiannual reports on the functions and activities of the United States 

Capitol Police and to provide law enforcement statistics of the Capitol 

Police to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics for incorporation in the National Incident-Based Reporting System, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2020 

Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. WALKER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To direct the Chief of the Capitol Police to make available 

to the public semiannual reports on the functions and 

activities of the United States Capitol Police and to 

provide law enforcement statistics of the Capitol Police 

to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics for 

incorporation in the National Incident-Based Reporting 

System, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Police Ad3 vancement Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI5 TIES. 

6 (a) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after the last 

7 day of each semiannual period, the Chief of the Capitol 

8 Police shall submit to Congress and make available to the 

9 public a detailed report of the functions and activities of 

10 the United States Capitol Police with respect to that pe11 riod. 

12 (b) OPERATIONAL STATUS OF FUNCTIONS.—The 

13 Chief shall include in each report under this section the 

14 following information with respect to each function under 

15 the jurisdiction of the United States Capitol Police during 

16 the period covered by the report: 

17 (1) The operational status of the function, in18 cluding a description of operations. 

19 (2) A description of new policies and procedures 

20 affecting the function, including an assessment of 

21 the implementation of such new policies and proce22 dures. 

23 (3) Plans for the future operations of the func24 tion. 

25 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

26 respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through 


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1 March 31 and April 1 through September 30 of each year, 

2 beginning with the semiannual period during which this 

3 section is enacted. 

4 SEC. 3. PARTICIPATION IN COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION 

5 OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT STATIS6 TICS. 

7 Upon receiving a request from the Director of the 

8 Bureau of Justice Statistics to furnish information, data, 

9 and reports pursuant to section 301(d)(1)(C) of title I of 

10 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

11 (34 U.S.C. 10132(d)(1)(C)), the Chief of the Capitol Po12 lice shall provide such information, data, and reports to 

13 the Director. 

14 SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

15 (a) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.— 

16 (1) INDEPENDENCE.—Section 1004(c) of the 

17 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 

18 U.S.C. 1909(c)) is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(5) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.—The Chief of 

21 the Capitol Police shall include the annual budget 

22 request of the Inspector General of the Capitol Po23 lice in the budget of the Capitol Police without 

24 change.’’. 


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1 (2) SEPARATE ALLOCATION.—For fiscal year 

2 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, Congress shall 

3 provide, within the amounts made available for sala4 ries and expenses of the United States Capitol Po5 lice, a separate allocation of amounts for salaries 

6 and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 

7 of the Capitol Police. 

8 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—Section 

9 1004(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

10 2006 (2 U.S.C. 1909(c)), as amended by subsection 

11 (a)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(6) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The 

14 Inspector General shall make each of its reports 

15 available to the public in the same manner and to 

16 the same extent as the Inspectors General of the Li17 brary of Congress, the Government Publishing Of18 fice, the Government Accountability Office, and the 

19 Architect of the Capitol make reports of their re20 spective offices available to the public. Nothing in 

21 this paragraph shall be construed to affect the au22 thority of the Capitol Police Board with respect to 

23 the treatment of security information under section 

24 1009 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

25 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1979).’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. APPEAL OF TERMINATION DECISIONS. 

2 (a) SPECIAL RULES FOR TERMINATION.—Section 

3 1018(e)(1)(B) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

4 Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1907(e)(1)(B)) is amended to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR TERMI7 NATION.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Chief may 

9 terminate an officer, member, or employee 

10 only after the Chief has provided notice of 

11 the termination to the officer, member, or 

12 employee and to the Capitol Police Board 

13 (in such manner as the Board may from 

14 time to time require) and the Board has 

15 approved the termination, except that— 

16 ‘‘(I) the Board may not approve 

17 the termination prior to the expiration 

18 of the 10-day period which begins on 

19 the date the Board receives the notice; 

20 ‘‘(II) during such 10-day period, 

21 the officer, member, or employee may 

22 file a written appeal of the termi23 nation with the Board; and 

24 ‘‘(III) if the Board has not dis25 approved the termination prior to the 

26 expiration of the 30-day period which 


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1 begins on the date the Board receives 

2 the notice, the Board shall be deemed 

3 to have approved the termination. 

4 ‘‘(ii) NO REVIEW OF APPROVAL.—The 

5 approval of the termination of an officer, 

6 member, or employee by the Capitol Police 

7 Board under this subparagraph is final 

8 and may not be reviewed or appealed, or 

9 subject to grievance procedures, in any ad10 ministrative or judicial forum, except that 

11 nothing in this clause may be construed to 

12 affect the procedures applicable under title 

13 IV of the Congressional Accountability Act 

14 of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) to any 

15 claim alleging a violation of part A of title 

16 II of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.).’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

18 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to terminations ap19 proved by the Capitol Police Board on or after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act. 

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