[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1538 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1538

   To direct certain Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into 
 cooperative agreements with the Metropolitan Police Department of the 
 District of Columbia to assist the Department in crime prevention and 
        law enforcement activities in the District of Columbia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1997

 Ms.  Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct certain Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into 
 cooperative agreements with the Metropolitan Police Department of the 
 District of Columbia to assist the Department in crime prevention and 
        law enforcement activities in the District of Columbia.

    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 ``District of Columbia Police 
Coordination Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN FEDERAL AGENCIES AND 
              METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

    (a) Requiring Agreements.--Each covered Federal law enforcement 
agency shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan 
Police Department of the District of Columbia to assist the Department 
in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities in the 
District of Columbia.
    (b) Contents of Agreement.--An agreement entered into between a 
covered Federal law enforcement agency and the Metropolitan Police 
Department pursuant to this Act shall include agreements relating to--
            (1) sending personnel of the agency on patrol in areas of 
        the District of Columbia which immediately surround the area of 
        the agency's jurisdiction, and granting personnel of the agency 
        the power to arrest in such areas;
            (2) sharing and donating equipment and supplies with the 
        Metropolitan Police Department;
            (3) operating on shared radio frequencies with the 
        Metropolitan Police Department;
            (4) permitting personnel of the agency to carry out 
        processing and papering of suspects they arrest in the District 
        of Columbia; and
            (5) such other items as the agency and the Metropolitan 
        Police Department may agree to include in the agreement.
    (c) Coordination by U.S. Attorney's Office.--The United States 
Attorney for the District of Columbia shall coordinate the agreements 
entered into pursuant to this Act and shall provide technical 
assistance to covered Federal law enforcement agencies in carrying out 
their responsibilities under this Act and under such agreements.

SEC. 3. COVERED FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DESCRIBED.

    In this Act, the term ``covered Federal law enforcement agency'' 
means any of the following:
            (1) United States Capitol Police.
            (2) United States Marshals Service.
            (3) Library of Congress Police.
            (4) Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police Force.
            (5) Supreme Court Police.
            (6) Amtrak Police Department.
            (7) Department of Protective Services, United States 
        Holocaust Museum.
            (8) Government Printing Office Police.
            (9) United States Park Police.
            (10) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
            (11) Drug Enforcement Administration.
            (12) Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (13) Criminal Investigation Division, Internal Revenue 
        Service.
            (14) Department of the Navy Police Division, Naval District 
        Washington.
            (15) Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
            (16) 11th Security Police Squadron, Bolling Air Force Base.
            (17) United States Army Military District of Washington.
            (18) United States Customs Service.
            (19) Immigration and Naturalization Service.
            (20) Postal Inspection Service, United States Postal 
        Service.
            (21) Uniformed Division, United States Secret Service.
            (22) United States Secret Service.
            (23) National Zoological Park Police.
            (24) Federal Protective Service, General Services 
        Administration, National Capital Region.
            (25) Defense Protective Service, Department of Defense 
        Washington Headquarters Services.
            (26) Office of Protective Services, Smithsonian 
        Institution.
            (27) Office of Protective Services, National Gallery of 
        Art.
            (28) United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, 
        Department of the Army Washington District, 3rd Military Police 
        Group.
            (29) Marine Corps Law Enforcement.
            (30) Department of State Diplomatic Security.
            (31) United States Coast Guard.

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