H.R. 5207

Summary

H.R. 5207, the Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 8, 2025 by Rep. Andrew Ogles (R). It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Sep 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 5207 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 5207 IH: Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-08
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5207  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 8, 2025   Mr. Ogles  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the President to make certain extensions of the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025  .
2.
Extension of the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over Metropolitan Police Department
(a)
In general
Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40, D.C. Official Code) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (b), by striking  subsection (c)  and inserting  subsections (c) and (e) ;
(2)
in subsection (d), by striking  subsection (c)  and inserting  subsections (c) and (e) ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
(e)
Services made available pursuant to the authority of the President under subsection (a) of this section may be extended for additional 30-day periods if the President transmits to the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a written notification of such extension and the basis for determining that special conditions of an emergency nature continue to exist.
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(b)
Applicability
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply with respect to an emergency declared by the President under section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–207.40, D.C. Official Code) that is in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the President to make certain extensions of the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department.

Sponsors

Rep. Andrew Ogles (R) sponsors H.R. 5207 alone.

Andrew Ogles

Rep. · R–TN-5 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 5207 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Sep 8, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5207 has taken 2 actions since Sep 8, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5207 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5207 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the President to make certain extensions of the emergency period during which the President may exercise control over the Metropolitan Police Department. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 1 registered lobbyist who named H.R. 5207 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5207 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5207’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5207, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. OGLES:H.R. 5207.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3893]

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