I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2096 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mr. GARBARINO (for himself and Mr. STAUBER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
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 Metropoli-
tan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Our Na-
tion’s Capital Emergency Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) As of September 25, 2023, Washington, DC 
had recorded 24,996 crimes committed within the 
city limits, up 30 percent or almost 5,400 crimes 
from the same date in 2022. 
(2) As of September 25, 2023, 197 homicides 
had been committed in Washington, DC, up 29 per-
cent from the same date in 2022 and nearly twice 
the total number of homicides in 2012. 
(3) As of September 25, 2023, violent crime in-
cidents in Washington, DC are up over 37 percent 
from the same time in 2022, including 120 reports 
of sexual abuse (up 1 percent) and 2,545 reports of 
robberies (up 65 percent). 
(4) As of September 25, 2023, there have been 
5,262 reports of motor vehicle thefts in Washington, 
DC, up 107 percent from the same date in 2022. 
(5) The Metropolitan Police Department of the 
District of Columbia has lost over 1,200 members 
since 2020. The total number of members is down 
478 since 2020 and the staffing levels at the De-
partment are the lowest they have been in over 50 
years. 
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to com-
bat the rise in violent crime in our Nation’s Capital by 
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eliminating policies which place law enforcement personnel 
of the District of Columbia at risk and discourage them 
from serving, ensuring that such personnel will be treated 
equitably and fairly and the recruitment and retention of 
such personnel shall be increased. 
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF EQUITABLE AND FAIR TREAT-
MENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL 
OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) RESTORATION OF RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE MAT-
TERS PERTAINING TO DISCIPLINE OF DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THROUGH COL-
LECTIVE 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 sub-
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title is restored or revived as if such subtitle had not been 
enacted into law. 
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