ACLU-D.C. Statement on H.R. 5525
March 18, 2026 1:00 pm
On Wednesday, March 18, the Congressional Oversight and Government Reform Committee discussed H.R. 5525, the “Stop DC Capital Authoritarian Motorvehicle Enforcement and Restoration of Autonomy Act” or the “Stop DC CAMERA Act,” which would repeal local D.C. authority to use automated traffic enforcement camera systems.
In response, ACLU-D.C. Executive Director Monica Hopkins said:
“It is inefficient, wrong, and nonsensical for Congress – where the people of D.C. have no vote – to stop local elected leaders from implementing local traffic enforcement measures. Members of Congress should not spend their valuable time micromanaging the people of D.C. who have our own local government. This legislation would also deliver another catastrophic blow to D.C.’s local budget. It is unacceptable to take away approximately $200 million of local funds per year, just months after Congress blocked D.C. from spending over $1 billion of our own local funds last fiscal year. Voters across the country need their members of Congress to bring real results home, not to micromanage the day-to-day affairs of a place often thousands of miles away from their home states.”
To learn more about D.C. Home Rule and congressional interference visit: https://www.acludc.org/news/dc-home-rule-what-it-how-it-works-and-why-it-matters/
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