Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025
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The bill would repeal the District of Columbia's 2022 police reform law, reviving the policing rules that existed before it — including provisions on neck restraints, body-worn cameras, and disciplinary records — except for two carved-out subtitles.
It reflects a broader dispute over Congress's authority to override District of Columbia self-government on policing policy, reversing measures adopted after the 2020 protests over police accountability.
What this bill would do
What it would do
The bill would repeal the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, a law enacted by the District of Columbia Council, and would restore any provision of law that act had amended or repealed as if the 2022 act had never taken effect. That 2022 law included measures such as prohibiting certain neck restraints by law enforcement officers, requiring additional body-worn camera procedures, and expanding public access to police disciplinary records. The repeal would not be total: it would exempt subtitle S of title I of the 2022 act and subtitle A of title I of the 2022 act, meaning those specific provisions would remain in effect rather than being reversed. The bill does not create new federal policing standards; it simply undoes most of the District's own 2022 reform law and reinstates the prior legal landscape.
Key provisions
- 1Would repeal the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345) in its entirety, subject to listed exceptions
- 2Would restore or revive any law that the 2022 act had amended or repealed, as if that act had never been enacted
- 3Would exempt subtitle S of title I of the 2022 act (sec. 5-365.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) from the repeal
- 4Would exempt subtitle A of title I of the 2022 act (sec. 5-125.01 et seq. and sec. 5-302, D.C. Official Code) from the repeal
Who would be affected
District of Columbia residents, the Metropolitan Police Department and its officers, and DC criminal-justice and civil-liberties advocates who rely on the 2022 law's protections. The DC Council, whose 2022 enactment would be overridden by Congress, is also directly affected, as is anyone seeking police disciplinary records under the current DC rules.
Why it matters
If enacted, DC police officers would no longer be bound by the specific neck-restraint prohibitions, body-camera procedures, and disciplinary-records access rules the 2022 law added, reverting to whatever rules existed before that law passed. The bill also raises questions about Congress's use of its authority over DC home rule to reverse locally enacted policy.
What would change
Changes to existing law
Repeals Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345) (Sec. 2)
Repeals the District's 2022 policing reform law and revives prior law it had amended or repealed, except two subtitles.
Agencies directed to act
Funding and costs
Congressional Budget Office estimate
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 5107, the CLEAN DC Act of 2025, would have no cost to the federal government.
H.R. 5107 would repeal sections of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345), which established certain restrictions and requirements for the Metropolitan Police Department. Because the bill would affect only the District of Columbia — not the federal government's direct spending, revenues, or deficit — CBO estimates it would have no federal budgetary cost. CBO did not identify any intergovernmental or private-sector mandates in the bill.
How implementation would work
The bill is largely self-executing: upon enactment, the 2022 DC law would be repealed and any statute or regulation it had amended or repealed would automatically revert to its prior form, without requiring new agency rulemaking. The two excepted subtitles would remain in force and unaffected. The Metropolitan Police Department and DC Council would need to identify and apply the restored pre-2022 provisions in place of the repealed reforms.
Legislative status & sources
Latest action
Received in the Senate.
Official CRS summary
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This bill repeals the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia.
Any provision of law amended or repealed by that act is restored or revived as if it had not been enacted.
(The act sets forth a variety of measures that focus on policing, including measures prohibiting the use of certain neck restraints by law enforcement officers, requiring additional procedures related to body-worn cameras, and expanding access to police disciplinary records.)
Legislative subjects
Crime and Law Enforcement; District of Columbia; Law enforcement administration and funding; Law enforcement officers
Committee report
H. Rept. 119-317