Capitol Police Advancement Act of 2020

I 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 incorpora- tion in the National Incident-Based Reporting System, and for other purposes. 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 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7513.IH H7513 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7513 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol Police Ad- 2 vancement Act of 2020’’. 3 SEC. 2. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI- 4 TIES. 5 (a) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after the last 6 day of each semiannual period, the Chief of the Capitol 7 Police shall submit to Congress and make available to the 8 public a detailed report of the functions and activities of 9 the United States Capitol Police with respect to that pe- 10 riod. 11 (b) OPERATIONAL STATUS OF FUNCTIONS.—The 12 Chief shall include in each report under this section the 13 following information with respect to each function under 14 the jurisdiction of the United States Capitol Police during 15 the period covered by the report: 16 (1) The operational status of the function, in- 17 cluding a description of operations. 18 (2) A description of new policies and procedures 19 affecting the function, including an assessment of 20 the implementation of such new policies and proce- 21 dures. 22 (3) Plans for the future operations of the func- 23 tion. 24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 25 respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7513.IH H7513 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7513 IH March 31 and April 1 through September 30 of each year, 1 beginning with the semiannual period during which this 2 section is enacted. 3 SEC. 3. PARTICIPATION IN COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION 4 OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT STATIS- 5 TICS. 6 Upon receiving a request from the Director of the 7 Bureau of Justice Statistics to furnish information, data, 8 and reports pursuant to section 301(d)(1)(C) of title I of 9 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 10 (34 U.S.C. 10132(d)(1)(C)), the Chief of the Capitol Po- 11 lice shall provide such information, data, and reports to 12 the Director. 13 SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 14 (a) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.— 15 (1) INDEPENDENCE.—Section 1004(c) of the 16 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 17 U.S.C. 1909(c)) is amended by adding at the end 18 the following new paragraph: 19 ‘‘(5) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.—The Chief of 20 the Capitol Police shall include the annual budget 21 request of the Inspector General of the Capitol Po- 22 lice in the budget of the Capitol Police without 23 change.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7513.IH H7513 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7513 IH (2) SEPARATE ALLOCATION.—For fiscal year 1 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, Congress shall 2 provide, within the amounts made available for sala- 3 ries and expenses of the United States Capitol Po- 4 lice, a separate allocation of amounts for salaries 5 and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 6 of the Capitol Police. 7 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—Section 8 1004(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 9 2006 (2 U.S.C. 1909(c)), as amended by subsection 10 (a)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the fol- 11 lowing new paragraph: 12 ‘‘(6) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—The 13 Inspector General shall make each of its reports 14 available to the public in the same manner and to 15 the same extent as the Inspectors General of the Li- 16 brary of Congress, the Government Publishing Of- 17 fice, the Government Accountability Office, and the 18 Architect of the Capitol make reports of their re- 19 spective offices available to the public. Nothing in 20 this paragraph shall be construed to affect the au- 21 thority of the Capitol Police Board with respect to 22 the treatment of security information under section 23 1009 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 24 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1979).’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7513.IH H7513 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7513 IH SEC. 5. APPEAL OF TERMINATION DECISIONS. 1 (a) SPECIAL RULES FOR TERMINATION.—Section 2 1018(e)(1)(B) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 3 Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1907(e)(1)(B)) is amended to read 4 as follows: 5 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR TERMI- 6 NATION.— 7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Chief may 8 terminate an officer, member, or employee 9 only after the Chief has provided notice of 10 the termination to the officer, member, or 11 employee and to the Capitol Police Board 12 (in such manner as the Board may from 13 time to time require) and the Board has 14 approved the termination, except that— 15 ‘‘(I) the Board may not approve 16 the termination prior to the expiration 17 of the 10-day period which begins on 18 the date the Board receives the notice; 19 ‘‘(II) during such 10-day period, 20 the officer, member, or employee may 21 file a written appeal of the termi- 22 nation with the Board; and 23 ‘‘(III) if the Board has not dis- 24 approved the termination prior to the 25 expiration of the 30-day period which 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7513.IH H7513 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 7513 IH begins on the date the Board receives 1 the notice, the Board shall be deemed 2 to have approved the termination. 3 ‘‘(ii) NO REVIEW OF APPROVAL.—The 4 approval of the termination of an officer, 5 member, or employee by the Capitol Police 6 Board under this subparagraph is final 7 and may not be reviewed or appealed, or 8 subject to grievance procedures, in any ad- 9 ministrative or judicial forum, except that 10 nothing in this clause may be construed to 11 affect the procedures applicable under title 12 IV of the Congressional Accountability Act 13 of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) to any 14 claim alleging a violation of part A of title 15 II of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.).’’. 16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 17 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to terminations ap- 18 proved by the Capitol Police Board on or after the date 19 of the enactment of this Act. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jul 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7513.IH H7513 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS