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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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