Bill Hagerty (R-TN)

A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting Temporary Amendment Act of 2026.

S.J.Res. 195 · Senate resolution Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican resolution with 5 Republican cosponsors · See all 5 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This joint resolution states that Congress disapproves of an action taken by the District of Columbia Council. Specifically, it targets the Full Accountability in Arrest Reporting Temporary Amendment Act of 2026. This local act was enacted by the D.C. Council on April 29, 2026. It was then sent to Congress for review pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The resolution uses Congress's oversight power to reject the local D.C. act.