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[S. 3377 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3377

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one


                                 An Act


 
To empower the Chief of the United States Capitol Police to unilaterally 
     request the assistance of the DC National Guard or Federal law 
   enforcement agencies in emergencies without prior approval of the 
                          Capitol Police Board.

    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 ``Capitol Police Emergency Assistance 
Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR THE CAPITOL POLICE.
    (a) Assistance by Executive Departments and Agencies.--Section 
911(a) of division B of the Department of Defense and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 
Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1970(a)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or in accordance with 
    paragraph (4)'' before ``and on a permanent'';
        (2) in paragraph (4)(B)--
            (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
        ``advance''; and
            (B) in clause (ii)--
                (i) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' after the 
            semicolon;
                (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``and'' after the 
            semicolon and inserting ``or''; and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following:

                    ``(III) the Chief of the Capitol Police, if the 
                Chief of the Capitol Police has determined that the 
                provision of assistance is necessary to prevent the 
                significant disruption of governmental function and 
                public order within the United States Capitol Buildings 
                and Grounds, as described in section 9 of the Act 
                entitled `An Act to define the area of the United 
                States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, 
                and for other purposes', approved July 31, 1946 (2 
                U.S.C. 1961); and''; and

        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Revocation.--The Capitol Police Board may revoke a 
    request for assistance provided under paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(III) 
    upon consultation with appropriate Members of the Senate and House 
    of Representatives in leadership positions.''.
    (b) Capitol Police Special Officers.--Section 1017 of division H of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1974) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
        ``or as determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police in 
        accordance with section 911(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III) of division B of 
        the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental 
        Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 
        Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 
        1970(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III)),'' after ``Congress,''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
``An appointment under this section due to an emergency determined by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police under paragraph (4)(B)(ii)(III) of 
section 911(a) of division B of the Department of Defense and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 
Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1970(a)) shall be in 
effect for the period of the emergency, unless and until the Capitol 
Police Board revokes the request for assistance under paragraph (5) of 
such section.'';
        (2) by striking subsections (c) and (e);
        (3) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), and (g) as 
    subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
        (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this 
    subsection, by striking ``President pro tempore'' and inserting 
    ``Majority Leader''.
SEC. 3. JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS.
    (a) In General.--The Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives (referred to in this section as the ``Committees'') are 
authorized to jointly conduct oversight hearings regarding the Capitol 
Police Board and may request the attendance of all members of the 
Capitol Police Board at any such hearing. Members of the Capitol Police 
Board shall attend a joint hearing under this section, as requested and 
under such rules or procedures as may be adopted by the Committees.
    (b) Timing.--The Committees may conduct oversight hearings under 
this section as determined appropriate by the Committees, but shall 
conduct not less than one oversight hearing under this section during 
each Congress.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2021.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.