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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5798 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 735
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5798

                          [Report No. 118-900]

To restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline 
    of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through 
   collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for 
 bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of 
the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2023

Mr. Garbarino (for himself and Mr. D'Esposito) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                             Accountability

                           December 18, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Nickel, 
Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Kelly 
    of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, and Mr. Davis of North 
                                Carolina

                           December 18, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 28, 2023]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline 
    of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through 
   collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for 
 bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of 
the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for 
                            other purposes.

 

    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 ``Protecting Our Nation's Capital 
Emergency Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF EQUITABLE AND FAIR TREATMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
              PERSONNEL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) Restoration of Right to Negotiate Matters Pertaining to 
Discipline of District of Columbia Law Enforcement Officers Through 
Collective Bargaining.--Section 1708 of the District of Columbia 
Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1-617.08, 
D.C. Official Code), as amended by section 116(b) of the Comprehensive 
Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345), is 
amended by striking subsection (c).
    (b) Restoration of Statute of Limitations for Claims Against 
Members or Civilian Employees of Metropolitan Police Department.--
Subtitle M of title I of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform 
Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345) is repealed, and any provision 
of law amended or repealed by such subtitle is restored or revived as 
if such subtitle had not been enacted into law.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 735

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5798

                          [Report No. 118-900]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline 
    of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through 
   collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for 
 bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of 
the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 18, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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