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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3377 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 13, 2021 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. KING, Mr. WICKER, Mrs. 

FEINSTEIN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. PADILLA, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read 

the third time, and passed 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Police Emer5 gency Assistance Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR THE CAPITOL PO2 LICE. 

3 (a) ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND

4 AGENCIES.—Section 911(a) of division B of the Depart5 ment of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropria6 tions for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks 

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

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or in ac10 cordance with paragraph (4)’’ before ‘‘and on a per11 manent’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (4)(B)— 

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

14 striking ‘‘advance’’; and 

15 (B) in clause (ii)— 

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

17 after the semicolon; 

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

19 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon and inserting 

20 ‘‘or’’; and 

21 (iii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(III) the Chief of the Capitol 

24 Police, if the Chief of the Capitol Po25 lice has determined that the provision 

26 of assistance is necessary to prevent 


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1 the significant disruption of govern2 mental function and public order 

3 within the United States Capitol 

4 Buildings and Grounds, as described 

5 in section 9 of the Act entitled ‘An 

6 Act to define the area of the United 

7 States Capitol Grounds, to regulate 

8 the use thereof, and for other pur9 poses’, approved July 31, 1946 (2 

10 U.S.C. 1961); and’’; and 

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

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

13 may revoke a request for assistance provided under 

14 paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(III) upon consultation with ap15 propriate Members of the Senate and House of Rep16 resentatives in leadership positions.’’. 

17 (b) CAPITOL POLICE SPECIAL OFFICERS.—Section 

18 1017 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations 

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

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

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

23 the Capitol Police in accordance with section 

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1 mental Appropriations for Recovery from and 

2 Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United 

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

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

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

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

7 determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police under para8 graph (4)(B)(ii)(III) of section 911(a) of division B of the 

9 Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Ap10 propriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 

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

12 1970(a)) shall be in effect for the period of the emergency, 

13 unless and until the Capitol Police Board revokes the re14 quest for assistance under paragraph (5) of such section.’’; 

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

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

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

18 (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para19 graph (3) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘President 

20 pro tempore’’ and inserting ‘‘Majority Leader’’. 

21 SEC. 3. JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Rules and Ad23 ministration of the Senate and the Committee on House 

24 Administration of the House of Representatives (referred 

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


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1 jointly conduct oversight hearings regarding the Capitol 

2 Police Board and may request the attendance of all mem3 bers of the Capitol Police Board at any such hearing. 

4 Members of the Capitol Police Board shall attend a joint 

5 hearing under this section, as requested and under such 

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

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

8 hearings under this section as determined appropriate by 

9 the Committees, but shall conduct not less than one over10 sight hearing under this section during each Congress. 

11 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

13 on October 1, 2021. 

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