HR 2096referred119th Congress

Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2025House billPolicy area: Crime and Law EnforcementLast action Jun 11, 2025Sponsor: Andrew R. Garbarino(R-NY)

legalCrime and Law Enforcement

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeOversight and Government Reform Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jun 11, 2025

What the bill does

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.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Lobbying Filings

$98.0M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Jan 24, 2025trade

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. bought K

Mar 14, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 8, 2025trade

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. bought K

Apr 15, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DC POLICE UNION

Apr 24, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

Apr 29, 2025trade

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. bought K

Official Congressional Actions

Jun 11, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Jun 10, 2025Floor

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.

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Jun 10, 2025Floor

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)

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Jun 10, 2025Floor

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION	AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION	$64.0M	Jul 18, 2025	2025Q2	CIV
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE	NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE	$10.0M	Aug 11, 2025	2025Q2	LAWRETTAX
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE	NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.	R	K	K	Buy	Apr 8, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	25d after	SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY	37%
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	D

Conflict Summary

3 trades by 2 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on HR 2096. The average conflict score is 35%.

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (1 trade)Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (2 trades)

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Suzanne Bonamici	D	nay	Jun 10, 2025
Joyce Beatty	D	not_voting	Jun 10, 2025
Andy Barr	R	yea	Jun 10, 2025
Julia Brownley	D	nay	Jun 10, 2025

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.