Protect the Capitol Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4900
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-07-30
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect the Capitol Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill places additional restrictions on deployments and other activities of the Capitol Police outside of the areas established by law for its jurisdiction.</p> <p>Current law allows the Capitol Police to deploy officers outside of its jurisdiction subject to prior notification and approval requirements. This bill restricts such a deployment to a defined, limited duration of no more than 30 days. </p> <p>Current law also provides exceptions to the prior notification and approval requirements if the purpose of a deployment is to respond to an imminent threat or emergency, provide protective services, or gather intelligence. This bill applies the 30-day limit to excepted deployments and requires that intelligence gathering deployments must be in response to a specific, identified threat to qualify for an exception.</p> <p>Additionally, the Capitol Police shall not establish or maintain a permanent office outside of the District of Columbia.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4900 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2021 Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To limit the deployment of the Capitol Police outside of the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect the Capitol Act of 2021 . 2. Capitol Police deployment outside of jurisdiction (a) Deployment outside of jurisdiction Section 1007 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 ( 2 U.S.C. 1978 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; (3) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: (3) The deployment is for a defined, limited duration of no more than 30 days. ; (4) in subsection (b) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking officer and inserting officer for a period of no more than 30 days ; and (5) in subsection (b)(2), by striking gathering and inserting gathering in response to a specific, identified threat . (b) Prohibiting regional field offices outside of the District of Columbia Section 1007 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 ( 2 U.S.C. 1978 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Regional field offices prohibited The Chief of the Capitol Police shall not establish or maintain a permanent office outside of the District of Columbia. .