D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she wants to clarify the fact that her order outlining how the District will work with federal law enforcement after Sept. 10 does not extend President Donald Trump’s crime emergency.

“It does the exact opposite. It lays out a framework to exit this period,” Bowser said Wednesday.

Her reassurance comes a day after she issued the order, spelling out how the city will address crime, homelessness, beautification and other challenges facing the city with federal law enforcement.

“It is a framework that we will use inside government to deal during the emergency and after the emergency,” Bowser said.

Bowser said what the order does not do is seek to extend the federal law enforcement surge in the city. She said only Congress can extend the president’s emergency

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