I 
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 incorpora-
tion 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Police Ad-
vancement Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after the last 
day of each semiannual period, the Chief of the Capitol 
Police shall submit to Congress and make available to the 
public a detailed report of the functions and activities of 
the United States Capitol Police with respect to that pe-
riod. 
(b) OPERATIONAL STATUS
OF FUNCTIONS.—The 
Chief shall include in each report under this section the 
following information with respect to each function under 
the jurisdiction of the United States Capitol Police during 
the period covered by the report: 
(1) The operational status of the function, in-
cluding a description of operations. 
(2) A description of new policies and procedures 
affecting the function, including an assessment of 
the implementation of such new policies and proce-
dures. 
(3) Plans for the future operations of the func-
tion. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through 
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March 31 and April 1 through September 30 of each year, 
beginning with the semiannual period during which this 
section is enacted. 
SEC. 3. PARTICIPATION IN COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION 
OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT STATIS-
TICS. 
Upon receiving a request from the Director of the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics to furnish information, data, 
and reports pursuant to section 301(d)(1)(C) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10132(d)(1)(C)), the Chief of the Capitol Po-
lice shall provide such information, data, and reports to 
the Director. 
SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.— 
(1) INDEPENDENCE.—Section 1004(c) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 
U.S.C. 1909(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.—The Chief of 
the Capitol Police shall include the annual budget 
request of the Inspector General of the Capitol Po-
lice in the budget of the Capitol Police without 
change.’’. 
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(2) SEPARATE
ALLOCATION.—For fiscal year 
2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, Congress shall 
provide, within the amounts made available for sala-
ries and expenses of the United States Capitol Po-
lice, a separate allocation of amounts for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
of the Capitol Police. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF REPORTS.—Section 
1004(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2006 (2 U.S.C. 1909(c)), as amended by subsection 
(a)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The 
Inspector General shall make each of its reports 
available to the public in the same manner and to 
the same extent as the Inspectors General of the Li-
brary of Congress, the Government Publishing Of-
fice, the Government Accountability Office, and the 
Architect of the Capitol make reports of their re-
spective offices available to the public. Nothing in 
this paragraph shall be construed to affect the au-
thority of the Capitol Police Board with respect to 
the treatment of security information under section 
1009 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2005 (2 U.S.C. 1979).’’. 
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SEC. 5. APPEAL OF TERMINATION DECISIONS. 
(a) SPECIAL RULES
FOR TERMINATION.—Section 
1018(e)(1)(B) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1907(e)(1)(B)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) 
SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
TERMI-
NATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Chief may 
terminate an officer, member, or employee 
only after the Chief has provided notice of 
the termination to the officer, member, or 
employee and to the Capitol Police Board 
(in such manner as the Board may from 
time to time require) and the Board has 
approved the termination, except that— 
‘‘(I) the Board may not approve 
the termination prior to the expiration 
of the 10-day period which begins on 
the date the Board receives the notice; 
‘‘(II) during such 10-day period, 
the officer, member, or employee may 
file a written appeal of the termi-
nation with the Board; and 
‘‘(III) if the Board has not dis-
approved the termination prior to the 
expiration of the 30-day period which 
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begins on the date the Board receives 
the notice, the Board shall be deemed 
to have approved the termination. 
‘‘(ii) NO REVIEW OF APPROVAL.—The 
approval of the termination of an officer, 
member, or employee by the Capitol Police 
Board under this subparagraph is final 
and may not be reviewed or appealed, or 
subject to grievance procedures, in any ad-
ministrative or judicial forum, except that 
nothing in this clause may be construed to 
affect the procedures applicable under title 
IV of the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) to any 
claim alleging a violation of part A of title 
II of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to terminations ap-
proved by the Capitol Police Board on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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