This joint resolution aims to terminate the emergency declared by the President on August 11, 2025, which designated a crime emergency in the District of Columbia. The resolution asserts that the President failed to identify special conditions warranting such an emergency and that violent crime in the District has, in fact, declined over the past two years, reaching a 30-year low. Furthermore, the resolution contends that the President's actions to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) exceed the authority granted by section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act . This section, it argues, only permits the President to direct the Mayor to provide MPD services for specific federal purposes, not to federalize the department. The resolution also highlights that the Federal Government prevented DC from spending $1 billion of its own revenue, which was earmarked for essential public safety services.