Terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 2025, in the Executive Order titled "Declaring a crime emergency in the District of Columbia".

Key Points

• This joint resolution would terminate the crime emergency that Trump declared for Washington, D.C. on August 11, 2025. The declaration gave the federal government expanded authority over the city's local police force under the D.C. Home Rule Act.
• The bill's sponsors argue that even if an emergency existed, the law does not give the president the power to take over D.C.'s police department. Instead, it only allows the president to ask the mayor to provide police services for specific federal purposes.
• Supporters say the emergency declaration is not justified because violent crime in D.C. has been falling for two years and is now at its lowest point in three decades.
• The resolution also highlights that the federal government has blocked D.C. from spending $1 billion of its own locally raised tax revenue that was set aside for public safety, schools, and emergency services.
• Introduced by Rep. Raskin along with Del. Norton and Rep. Garcia of California, the resolution was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. As a joint resolution, it would need to pass both chambers and be signed by the president to take effect.

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