117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3377 

AN ACT 

To empower the Chief of the United States Capitol Police 

to unilaterally request the assistance of the DC National 

Guard or Federal law enforcement agencies in emergencies without prior approval of the Capitol Police 

Board. 

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 Emer3 gency Assistance Act of 2021’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR THE CAPITOL PO5 LICE. 

6 (a) ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND

7 AGENCIES.—Section 911(a) of division B of the Depart8 ment of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropria9 tions for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks 

10 on the United States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1970(a)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or in ac13 cordance with paragraph (4)’’ before ‘‘and on a per14 manent’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (4)(B)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

17 striking ‘‘advance’’; and 

18 (B) in clause (ii)— 

19 (i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

20 after the semicolon; 

21 (ii) in subclause (II), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon and inserting 

23 ‘‘or’’; and 

24 (iii) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(III) the Chief of the Capitol 

2 Police, if the Chief of the Capitol Po3 lice has determined that the provision 

4 of assistance is necessary to prevent 

5 the significant disruption of govern6 mental function and public order 

7 within the United States Capitol 

8 Buildings and Grounds, as described 

9 in section 9 of the Act entitled ‘An 

10 Act to define the area of the United 

11 States Capitol Grounds, to regulate 

12 the use thereof, and for other pur13 poses’, approved July 31, 1946 (2 

14 U.S.C. 1961); and’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(5) REVOCATION.—The Capitol Police Board 

17 may revoke a request for assistance provided under 

18 paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(III) upon consultation with ap19 propriate Members of the Senate and House of Rep20 resentatives in leadership positions.’’. 

21 (b) CAPITOL POLICE SPECIAL OFFICERS.—Section 

22 1017 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations 

23 Resolution, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1974) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by inserting ‘‘or as determined by the Chief of 

3 the Capitol Police in accordance with section 

4 911(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III) of division B of the De5 partment of Defense and Emergency Supple6 mental Appropriations for Recovery from and 

7 Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United 

8 States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 

9 1970(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III)),’’ after ‘‘Congress,’’; and 

10 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘An appointment under this section due to an emergency 

12 determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police under para13 graph (4)(B)(ii)(III) of section 911(a) of division B of the 

14 Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Ap15 propriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 

16 Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 

17 1970(a)) shall be in effect for the period of the emergency, 

18 unless and until the Capitol Police Board revokes the re19 quest for assistance under paragraph (5) of such section.’’; 

20 (2) by striking subsections (c) and (e); 

21 (3) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), and 

22 (g) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and 

23 (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para24 graph (3) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘President 

25 pro tempore’’ and inserting ‘‘Majority Leader’’. 
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1 SEC. 3. JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Rules and Ad3 ministration of the Senate and the Committee on House 

4 Administration of the House of Representatives (referred 

5 to in this section as the ‘‘Committees’’) are authorized to 

6 jointly conduct oversight hearings regarding the Capitol 

7 Police Board and may request the attendance of all mem8 bers of the Capitol Police Board at any such hearing. 

9 Members of the Capitol Police Board shall attend a joint 

10 hearing under this section, as requested and under such 

11 rules or procedures as may be adopted by the Committees. 

12 (b) TIMING.—The Committees may conduct oversight 

13 hearings under this section as determined appropriate by 

14 the Committees, but shall conduct not less than one over15 sight hearing under this section during each Congress. 

16 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

17 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

18 on October 1, 2021. 

Passed the Senate December 13, 2021. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3377 

AN ACT 

To empower the Chief of the United States Capitol 

proval of the Capitol Police Board. ment agencies in emergencies without prior apthe DC National Guard or Federal law enforcePolice to unilaterally request the assistance of