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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7530 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia 

to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct 

the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to 

establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia 

Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District 

of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal 

liability sentences, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘D. C. Criminal Re3 forms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024’’ 

4 or the ‘‘DC CRIMES Act of 2024’’. 

5 SEC. 2. YOUTH OFFENDERS. 

6 (a) LIMITING YOUTH OFFENDER STATUS IN DIS7 TRICT OF COLUMBIA TO INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE

8 OR YOUNGER.—Section 2(6) of the Youth Rehabilitation 

9 Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. Official Code) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘24 years of age or younger’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘18 years of age or younger’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (1) REPEAL CONSIDERATION OF INDIVIDUALS

14 18 THROUGH 24 YEARS OF AGE IN STRATEGIC PLAN

15 FOR FACILITIES, TREATMENT, AND SERVICES.—Sec16 tion 3(a–1) of such Act (sec. 24–902(a–1), D.C. Of17 ficial Code) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 

18 (2) COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS

19 UNDER ORDER OF PROBATION.—Section 4(a)(2) of 

20 such Act (sec. 24–903(a)(2), D.C. Official Code) is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘15 to 24 years of age’’ and in22 serting ‘‘15 to 18 years of age15 to 18 years of 

23 age’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF WEBSITE ON 

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUVENILE CRIME 

3 STATISTICS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—Subchapter 

5 I of chapter 23 of title 16, District of Columbia Official 

6 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 section: 

8 ‘‘§ 16–2340a. Website of updated statistics on juvenile 

9 crime 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF

11 WEBSITE.—The Attorney General of the District of Co12 lumbia shall establish and operate a publicly accessible 

13 website which contains data on juvenile crime in the Dis14 trict of Columbia, including each of the following statis15 tical measures: 

16 ‘‘(1) The total number of juveniles arrested 

17 each year. 

18 ‘‘(2) The total number and percentage of juve19 niles arrested each year, broken down by age, race, 

20 and sex. 

21 ‘‘(3) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 

22 each year, the total number and percentage arrested 

23 for petty crime, including the following crimes: 

24 ‘‘(A) Vandalism. 

25 ‘‘(B) Theft. 

26 ‘‘(C) Shoplifting. 


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1 ‘‘(4) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 

2 each year, the total number and percentage arrested 

3 for crime of violence (as defined in section 23– 

4 1331(4)). 

5 ‘‘(5) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 

6 each year, the total number and percentage who 

7 were arrested for their first offense. 

8 ‘‘(6) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 

9 each year, the total number and percentage who had 

10 been arrested previously. 

11 ‘‘(7) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 

12 each year who had been arrested previously, the 

13 total number and percentage of the number of ar14 rests. 

15 ‘‘(8) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 

16 each year, the declination rate for prosecutions by 

17 the Office of the Attorney General for the District 

18 of Columbia. 

19 ‘‘(9) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced 

20 each year, the number and percentage who were 

21 tried as adults. 

22 ‘‘(10) Of the total number of juveniles pros23 ecuted each year, the number and percentage who 

24 were not sentenced, who were sentenced to a mis25 demeanor, and who were sentenced to a felony. 


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1 ‘‘(11) Of the total number of juveniles sen2 tenced each year, the number and percentage of the 

3 length of time that will be served in a correctional 

4 facility as provided by the sentence. 

5 ‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Attorney General shall update 

6 the information contained on the website on a monthly 

7 basis. 

8 ‘‘(c) MAINTAINING ARCHIVE OF INFORMATION.—The 

9 Attorney General shall ensure that the information con10 tained on the website is archived appropriately to provide 

11 indefinite public access to historical data of juvenile ar12 rests and prosecutions. 

13 ‘‘(d) FORMAT.—The Attorney General shall ensure 

14 that the information contained in the website, including 

15 historical data described in subsection (c), is available in 

16 a machine-readable format available for bulk download. 

17 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY

18 IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.—In carrying out this sec19 tion, the Attorney General shall ensure that the website 

20 does not include any juvenile’s personally identifiable in21 formation. 

22 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

23 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime’ has the meaning given the 

24 term ‘offense’ in section 23–1331(2); and 


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1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘juvenile’ has the meaning given 

2 the term ‘youth offender’ in section 2(6) of the 

3 Youth Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), 

4 D.C. Official Code).’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU6 THORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION.— 

7 (1) JUVENILE CASE RECORDS OF FAMILY

8 COURT.—Section 16–2331, District of Columbia Of9 ficial Code, is amended— 

10 (A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub11 section (j); and 

12 (B) by inserting after subsection (h) the 

13 following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 

15 a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 

16 case records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 

17 website established and operated under section 16– 

18 2340a.’’. 

19 (2) JUVENILE SOCIAL RECORDS OF FAMILY

20 COURT.—Section 16–2332, District of Columbia Of21 ficial Code, is amended— 

22 (A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub23 section (i); and 

24 (B) by inserting after subsection (g) the 

25 following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(h) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 

2 a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 

3 social records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 

4 website established and operated under section 16– 

5 2340a.’’. 

6 (3) POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT

7 RECORDS.—Section 16–2333, District of Columbia 

8 Official Code, is amended— 

9 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub10 section (h); and 

11 (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 

12 following new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(g) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, 

14 a person shall provide information contained in law en15 forcement records and files concerning a child to the At16 torney General for purposes of the website established and 

17 operated under section 16–2340a.’’. 

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Attorney General of the 

19 District of Columbia shall establish the website under sec20 tion 16–2341, District of Columbia Official Code, as 

21 added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. PROHIBITING COUNCIL FROM ENACTING CHANGES 

2 TO EXISTING CRIMINAL LIABILITY SEN3 TENCES. 

4 Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home 

5 Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

8 (9); 

9 (2) by striking the period at the end of para10 graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, or rule to 

14 change any criminal liability sentence in effect on 

15 the date of the enactment of the DC CRIMES Act 

16 of 2024.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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