1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Capitol Police Advancement Act of 2020 . 2. Semiannual reports on functions and activities (a) Reports Not later than 60 days after the last day of each semiannual period, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall submit to Congress and make available to the public a detailed report of the functions and activities of the United States Capitol Police with respect to that period. (b) Operational status of functions The Chief shall include in each report under this section the following information with respect to each function under the jurisdiction of the United States Capitol Police during the period covered by the report: (1) The operational status of the function, including a description of operations. (2) A description of new policies and procedures affecting the function, including an assessment of the implementation of such new policies and procedures. (3) Plans for the future operations of the function. (c) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through March 31 and April 1 through September 30 of each year, beginning with the semiannual period during which this section is enacted. 3. Participation in collection and publication of Federal law enforcement statistics Upon receiving a request from the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to furnish information, data, and reports pursuant to section 301(d)(1)(C) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10132(d)(1)(C) ), the Chief of the Capitol Police shall provide such information, data, and reports to the Director. 4. Inspector General (a) Budget independence (1) Independence Section 1004(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 ( 2 U.S.C. 1909(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Budget independence The Chief of the Capitol Police shall include the annual budget request of the Inspector General of the Capitol Police in the budget of the Capitol Police without change. . (2)