119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 14, 2025
Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jun 11, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 14, 2025)
Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 2025
This bill rescinds certain changes that were made in 2023 to District of Columbia (DC) law governing discipline of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers.
First, the bill reinstates a 90-day statute of limitations (i.e., time limit) for initiating a corrective or adverse action against any MPD officer or civilian employee. The bill also allows officer disciplinary matters to be negotiated as part of a collective bargaining agreement.
Next, the bill eliminates the MPD police chief's authority to increase the police trial board's recommended penalty for officer misconduct.
Finally, the bill eliminates a requirement that MPD publish a schedule online of disciplinary hearings for which the proposed action is termination, including the date, time, and underlying allegations.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
House · Jun 10, 2025 · Roll call 162 · Passed
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 178, 1 Present (Roll no. 162). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2589-2590) Roll call details
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 178, 1 Present (Roll no. 162). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2589-2590) Roll call details
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2600-2601)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2096, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Comer demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2096.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096 and S. 331. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096, and S. 331 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate for each bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, and H.R. 2096, and one motion to commit on S. 331.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 489. (consideration: CR H2589-2594)
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 489 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096 and S. 331. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, H.R. 2096, and S. 331 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate for each bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 884, H.R. 2056, and H.R. 2096, and one motion to commit on S. 331.
District of Columbia · Labor-management relations · Law enforcement administration and funding · Law enforcement officers
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-138.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-138.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Coverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 24, 2026.
23 citations.
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Amount not reported
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: District of Columbia
Amount not reported
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.1077 - District of Columbia Local Funds Act S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(HELPER) Act, which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servants salary based on the VA home loan program; H.R. 2096 (Garbarino, R-NY) the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act. which would restore the collective bargaining rights, non-disclosure protections, and disci…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(HELPER) Act, which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servants salary based on the VA home loan program; H.R. 2096 (Garbarino, R-NY) the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act. which would restore the collective bargaining rights, non-disclosure protections, and disci…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(HELPER) Act, which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servants salary based on the VA home loan program; H.R. 2096 (Garbarino, R-NY) the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act. which would restore the collective bargaining rights, non-disclosure protections, and disci…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(HELPER) Act, which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servants salary based on the VA home loan program; H.R. 2096 (Garbarino, R-NY) the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act. which would restore the collective bargaining rights, non-disclosure protections, and disci…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(HELPER) Act, which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servants salary based on the VA home loan program; H.R. 2096 (Garbarino, R-NY) the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act. which would restore the collective bargaining rights, non-disclosure protections, and disci…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(HELPER) Act, which would give law enforcement more opportunities to find homes they can afford on a public servants salary based on the VA home loan program; H.R. 2096 (Garbarino, R-NY) the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act. which would restore the collective bargaining rights, non-disclosure protections, and disci…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 15, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 15, 2026 · issue area: District of Columbia
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.1077 - District of Columbia Local Funds Act S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: District of Columbia
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.1077 - District of Columbia Local Funds Act S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: District of Columbia
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.1077 - District of Columbia Local Funds Act S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: District of Columbia
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.1077 - District of Columbia Local Funds Act S.2687, H.R. 5107 - CLEAN DC Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY · lobbying firm or registrant: LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…al of Sacrifice Act," a bill to establish a medal of service for law enforcement officers and first responders who are killed in the line of duty; entire bill. H.R. 2096, the "Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act," legislation to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement offi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 20, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 20, 2025 · issue area: District of Columbia
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.1077 - District of Columbia Local Funds Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$640,000
Spent on own lobbying
…TQ Rights. H.R. 2617-Say No to Indoctrination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ Rights. H.R. 3218-Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 2096-Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2023; Protect and Serve Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing Reform. H.R. 2240-Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY · lobbying firm or registrant: LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…eau of Prisons to develop and implement a strategy to interdict fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the mail at Federal correctional facilities; entire bill. H.R. 2096, the "Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act," legislation to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement offi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 15, 2025 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DC POLICE UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: MODERN FORTIS LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 15, 2025 · issue area: District of Columbia
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 2096 - Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2025 S.1077 - District of Columbia Local Funds Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing