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SEC. 740. [D.C. Official Code ' 1-207.40] (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, whenever the President of the United States determines that special conditions of an
emergency nature exist which require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal
purposes, he may direct the Mayor to provide him, and the Mayor shall provide, such services of
the Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and appropriate. In no case,
however, shall such services made available pursuant to any such direction under this subsection
extend for a period in excess of forty-eight hours unless the President has, prior to the expiration
of such period, notified the Chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on the
District of Columbia of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in writing, as to the reason
for such direction and the period of time during which the need for such services is likely to
continue.
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, such services made
available in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall terminate upon the end of such
emergency, the expiration of a period of thirty days following the date on which such services
are first made available, or the enactment into law of a joint resolution by the Congress providing
for such termination, whichever first occurs.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, in any case in which such
services are made available in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section
during any period of an adjournment of the Congress sine die, such services shall terminate upon
the end of the emergency, the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date on which
Congress first convenes following such adjournment, or the enactment into law of a joint
resolution by the Congress providing for such termination, whichever first occurs.
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