Title: Capitol Police Advancement Act of 2020
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Capitol Police Advancement Act of 2020
This bill establishes reporting duties for the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), provides a separate budget allocation for the USCP Office of Inspector General (OIG), and revises the rules for termination of a USCP officer, member, or employee.
Specifically, the bill requires the USCP to submit a biannual report on its functions and activities and to provide, upon request from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, certain information, data, and reports.
The bill also requires the USCP to include the annual budget request of its OIG in the USCP budget without change. Further, the bill requires Congress to provide a separate allocation, within the amounts made available for salaries and expenses of the USCP, for the salaries and expenses of the OIG. The OIG must make each of its reports publicly available.
In addition, the bill provides that an approval by the Capitol Police Board of the termination of an officer, member, or employee of the USCP shall be final and may not be reviewed or appealed. Under current law, the USCP may not terminate an officer, member, or employee until it has notified both the individual and the Capitol Police Board, and the board has approved the termination.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7513 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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 
incorporation in the National Incident-Based Reporting System, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Capitol Police Advancement Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.

    (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 period.
    (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, including 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 procedures.
            (3) Plans for the future operations of the function.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to the 
semiannual periods of October 1 through 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 STATISTICS.

    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 Police 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 Police in the budget of the Capitol 
        Police without change.''.
            (2) Separate allocation.--For fiscal year 2021 and each 
        fiscal year thereafter, Congress shall provide, within the 
        amounts made available for salaries and expenses of the United 
        States Capitol Police, 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 following 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 Library of Congress, the Government Publishing 
        Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Architect 
        of the Capitol make reports of their respective offices 
        available to the public. Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
        construed to affect the authority 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).''.

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 termination.--
                            ``(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 
                                termination with the Board; and
                                    ``(III) if the Board has not 
                                disapproved the termination prior to 
                                the expiration of the 30-day period 
                                which 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 administrative 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 approved by the Capitol Police Board 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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