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H.R. 2096 (119th): Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 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.

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H.R. 2096 (Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 2025) would rescind 2023 changes to DC law governing discipline of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers. It would reinstate a 90-day statute of limitations for initiating corrective or adverse action against MPD officers and civilian employees, allow officer disciplinary matters to be negotiated in collective bargaining agreements, remove the police chief's authority to increase a police trial board's recommended penalty, and eliminate the requirement that MPD publish online a schedule of termination-track disciplinary hearings with dates, times, and underlying allegations.

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Theological note: Scripture grants the civil authority a duty to punish evil and reward good (Romans 13:3-4), and calls for impartial justice (Deuteronomy 1:17). Discipline of public officers therefore bears on whether authority is exercised faithfully and whether the wrongdoing of those who hold the sword is addressed. Limits on time to act, on the discipline available, and on public disclosure touch on accountability, transparency, and fair dealing with workers. These are real but prudential governance questions rather than a direct moral verdict on the bill.

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Roll 162 · 10-Jun-2025 5:30 PM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 235 · Nay 178 · Other 19

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