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Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60

§1978 Deployment Outside of Jurisdiction

Title 2 › Chapter 29— CAPITOL POLICE › Subchapter II— POWERS AND DUTIES › § 1978

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Chief of the Capitol Police must not send officers outside the areas where the Capitol Police are allowed to work unless two things happen first: the Chief gives advance notice about the expected costs to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and the Capitol Police Board approves the deployment. This rule does not apply when officers are sent to deal with an imminent threat or emergency, to gather intelligence, or to provide protective services. It applies to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §1978

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(a)The Chief of the Capitol Police may not deploy any officer outside of the areas established by law for the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police unless—
(1)the Chief provides prior notification to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate of the costs anticipated to be incurred with respect to the deployment; and
(2)the Capitol Police Board gives prior approval to the deployment.
(b)Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to the deployment of any officer for any of the following purposes:
(1)Responding to an imminent threat or emergency.
(2)Intelligence gathering.
(3)Providing protective services.
(c)This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–145 substituted “prior notification to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and” for “prior notification to”.

Reference

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 1978

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60