[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4900 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4900

     To limit the deployment of the Capitol Police outside of the 
      jurisdiction of the Capitol Police, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2021

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
     To limit the deployment of the Capitol Police outside of the 
      jurisdiction of the Capitol Police, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect the Capitol Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CAPITOL POLICE DEPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF JURISDICTION.

    (a) Deployment Outside of Jurisdiction.--Section 1007 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1978) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'';
            (3) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) The deployment is for a defined, limited duration of 
        no more than 30 days.'';
            (4) in subsection (b) in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``officer'' and inserting ``officer for a 
        period of no more than 30 days''; and
            (5) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``gathering'' and 
        inserting ``gathering in response to a specific, identified 
        threat''.
    (b) Prohibiting Regional Field Offices Outside of the District of 
Columbia.--Section 1007 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2005 (2 U.S.C. 1978) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Regional Field Offices Prohibited.--The Chief of the Capitol 
Police shall not establish or maintain a permanent office outside of 
the District of Columbia.''.
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