Terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 2025, in the Executive Order titled "Declaring a crime emergency in the District of Columbia".

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 115 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 115

  Terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 
 2025, in the Executive Order titled ``Declaring a crime emergency in 
                      the District of Columbia''.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 15, 2025

  Mr. Raskin (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Garcia of California) 
  submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

 
  Terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 
 2025, in the Executive Order titled ``Declaring a crime emergency in 
                      the District of Columbia''.

Whereas the President has failed to identify special conditions of an emergency 
        nature that compel the use of the Metropolitan Police Department for 
        Federal purposes in the District of Columbia;
Whereas, even if properly invoked for an actual emergency, section 740 of the 
        District of Columbia Home Rule Act does not empower the President to 
        federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), but rather limits 
        the President to directing the Mayor to provide him with the use of 
        MPD's services to carry out specific Federal purposes;
Whereas violent crime in the District of Columbia has declined for the past two 
        years and currently stands at a 30-year low; and
Whereas the Federal Government, in 2025, has prevented the District of Columbia 
        from spending $1 billion of its own locally-raised revenues--money that 
        was budgeted for essential public safety purposes, including law 
        enforcement, fire and emergency response services, and schools: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That pursuant to section 
740(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-207.40(b), 
D.C. Official Code), the emergency determined by the President on 
August 11, 2025, in the Executive Order titled ``Declaring a crime 
emergency in the District of Columbia'' is hereby terminated.
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