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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 3377 (Considered and Passed Senate) — To empower the Chief of the United States Capitol Police to unilaterally request the assistance of the DC National Gu... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Emergency assistance for the Capitol Police

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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— in paragraph (1), by inserting or in accordance with paragraph
(4)before and on a permanent ; in paragraph (4)(B)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking advance ; and in clause (ii)— in subclause (I), by striking or after the semicolon; in subclause (II), by striking and after the semicolon and inserting or ; and by adding at the end the following: 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 by adding at the end the following: 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. . Section 1017 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 ( 2 U.S.C. 1974 ) is amended— in subsection (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 ( after 2 U.S.C. 1970(a)(4)(B)(ii)(III) ), Congress, ; and 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. ; by striking subsections
(c)and (e); by redesignating subsections (d), (f), and
(g)as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this subsection, by striking President pro tempore and inserting Majority Leader .
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