Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025
H.R. 5207119th Congress

Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025

Introduced in the HouseRep. Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)7 sections · 1 min read
Version: ih · Apr 20, 2026

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Capital Emergency Control Act of 2025.

(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.

(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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