[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7369 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7369

 To establish a reserve fund for the United States Capitol Police, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2026

  Mr. Mills introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a reserve fund for the United States Capitol Police, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``United States Capitol Police Reserve 
Fund Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE RESERVE FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a fund, to be titled the 
``United States Capitol Police Reserve Fund'', for the payment of 
salaries of employees and necessary expenses of the United States 
Capitol Police during a lapse of appropriations for the United States 
Capitol Police.
    (b) Use of the Fund.--The Chief of the Capitol Police, under the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, may use amounts from the United 
States Capitol Police Reserve Fund only to make payments of salaries of 
employees and necessary expenses of the United States Capitol Police 
after the start, and before the end, of a lapse in appropriations with 
respect to the United States Capitol Police.
    (c) Appropriation.--There is hereby appropriated, out of money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000 for the United 
States Capitol Police Reserve Fund.
    (d) Deposit of Appropriated Funds Into the Fund.--The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall deposit amounts appropriated under this section to 
the United States Capitol Reserve Fund.
    (e) Release of Funds to the Treasury.--Not later than January 31, 
2027, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall transfer any amounts not 
used for the purposes described in subsection (b) remaining in the 
United States Capitol Reserve Fund as of December 31, 2026, to the 
Secretary of the Treasury, and such amounts shall be rescinded.
    (f) Report to Congress.--Not later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of compliance with subsection (e), the Chief of the Capitol Police 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the uses of, and the transactions relating to, the United States 
Capitol Reserve Fund.
    (g) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the following:
            (1) The Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
        Senate.
            (3) The Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (4) The Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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