S. 3377 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Police Emergency Assistance Act of 2021’’. 

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR THE CAPITOL POLICE. 

(a) ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.— 

Section 911(a) of division B of the Department of Defense and 

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and 

Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (2 

U.S.C. 1970(a)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or in accordance with 

paragraph (4)’’ before ‘‘and on a permanent’’; 

(2) in paragraph (4)(B)— 

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

‘‘advance’’; and 

(B) in clause (ii)— 

(i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

semicolon and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(III) the Chief of the Capitol Police, if the 

Chief of the Capitol Police has determined that 

the provision of assistance is necessary to prevent 

the significant disruption of governmental function 

and public order within the United States Capitol 

Buildings and Grounds, as described in section 

9 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to define the area 

of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate 

the use thereof, and for other purposes’, approved 

July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961); and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) REVOCATION.—The Capitol Police Board may revoke 

a request for assistance provided under paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(III) 

upon consultation with appropriate Members of the Senate 

and House of Representatives in leadership positions.’’. 
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(b) CAPITOL POLICE SPECIAL OFFICERS.—Section 1017 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (2 

U.S.C. 1974) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 

‘‘or as determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police in 

accordance with section 911(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III) of division B 

of the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 

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

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

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘An appointment under this section due to an emergency determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police under paragraph 

(4)(B)(ii)(III) of section 911(a) of division B of the Department 

of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for 

Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United 

States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1970(a)) shall be in effect for the period 

of the emergency, unless and until the Capitol Police Board revokes 

the request for assistance under paragraph (5) of such section.’’; 

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

(3) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and 

(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (3) 

of this subsection, by striking ‘‘President pro tempore’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Majority Leader’’. 

SEC. 3. JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Rules and Administration 

of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the 

House of Representatives (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Committees’’) are authorized to jointly conduct oversight hearings regarding 

the Capitol Police Board and may request the attendance of all 

members of the Capitol Police Board at any such hearing. Members 

of the Capitol Police Board shall attend a joint hearing under 

this section, as requested and under such rules or procedures as 

may be adopted by the Committees. 

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

under this section as determined appropriate by the Committees, 

but shall conduct not less than one oversight hearing under this 

section during each Congress. 
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 

1, 2021. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.