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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7530 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. PALMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

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’’ or the 

4 ‘‘DC CRIMES Act’’. 

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.— 

9 (1) LIMITATION.—Section 2(6) of the Youth 

10 Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. 

11 Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘24 years of 

12 age or younger’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of age or 

13 younger’’. 

14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (A) REPEAL CONSIDERATION OF INDIVID16 UALS 18 THROUGH 24 YEARS OF AGE IN STRA17 TEGIC PLAN FOR FACILITIES, TREATMENT, AND

18 SERVICES.—Section 3(a–1) of such Act (sec. 

19 24–902(a–1), D.C. Official Code) is amended 

20 by striking paragraph (3). 

21 (B) COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR INDIVID22 UALS UNDER ORDER OF PROBATION.—Section 

23 4(a)(2) of such Act (sec. 24–903(a)(2), D.C. 

24 Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘15 to 24 

25 years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘15 to 18 years of 

26 age’’. 


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1 (b) PROHIBITING ISSUANCE OF SENTENCE LESS

2 THAN MANDATORY-MINIMUM TERM.—Section 4(b) of 

3 such Act (sec. 24–903(b), D.C. Official Code) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)’’; 

6 and 

7 (2) by striking paragraph (2). 

8 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF WEBSITE ON 

9 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUVENILE CRIME 

10 STATISTICS. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—Subchapter 

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

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

14 section: 

15 ‘‘§ 16–2340a. Website of updated statistics on juvenile 

16 crime 

17 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF

18 WEBSITE.—The Attorney General of the District of Co19 lumbia shall establish and operate a publicly accessible 

20 website which contains data on juvenile crime in the Dis21 trict of Columbia, including each of the following statis22 tical measures: 

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

24 each year. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The total number and percentage of juve2 niles arrested each year, broken down by age, race, 

3 and sex. 

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

5 each year, the total number and percentage arrested 

6 for petty crime, including the following crimes: 

7 ‘‘(A) Vandalism. 

8 ‘‘(B) Theft. 

9 ‘‘(C) Shoplifting. 

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

11 each year, the total number and percentage arrested 

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

13 1331(4)). 

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

15 each year, the total number and percentage who 

16 were arrested for their first offense. 

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

18 each year, the total number and percentage who had 

19 been arrested previously. 

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

21 each year who had been arrested previously, the 

22 total number and percentage of the number of ar23 rests. 

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

25 each year, the declination rate for prosecutions by 


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1 the Office of the Attorney General for the District 

2 of Columbia. 

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

4 each year, the number and percentage who were 

5 tried as adults. 

6 ‘‘(10) Of the total number of juveniles pros7 ecuted each year, the number and percentage who 

8 were not sentenced, who were sentenced to a mis9 demeanor, and who were sentenced to a felony. 

10 ‘‘(11) Of the total number of juveniles sen11 tenced each year, the number and percentage of the 

12 length of time that will be served in a correctional 

13 facility as provided by the sentence. 

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

15 the information contained on the website on a monthly 

16 basis. 

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

18 Attorney General shall ensure that the information con19 tained on the website is archived appropriately to provide 

20 indefinite public access to historical data of juvenile ar21 rests and prosecutions. 

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

23 that the information contained in the website, including 

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

25 a machine-readable format available for bulk download. 


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1 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY

2 IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.—In carrying out this sec3 tion, the Attorney General shall ensure that the website 

4 does not include any juvenile’s personally identifiable in5 formation. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 D.C. Official Code).’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU14 THORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION.— 

15 (1) JUVENILE CASE RECORDS OF FAMILY

16 COURT.—Section 16–2331, District of Columbia Of17 ficial Code, is amended— 

18 (A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub19 section (j); and 

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

21 following new subsection: 

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

23 a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 

24 case records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 


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1 website established and operated under section 16– 

2 2340a.’’. 

3 (2) JUVENILE SOCIAL RECORDS OF FAMILY

4 COURT.—Section 16–2332, District of Columbia Of5 ficial Code, is amended— 

6 (A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub7 section (i); and 

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

9 following new subsection: 

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

11 a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 

12 social records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 

13 website established and operated under section 16– 

14 2340a.’’. 

15 (3) POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT

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

17 Official Code, is amended— 

18 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub19 section (h); and 

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

21 following new subsection: 

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

23 a person shall provide information contained in law en24 forcement records and files concerning a child to the AtVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 Mar 06, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7530.IH H7530

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1 torney General for purposes of the website established and 

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

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

4 District of Columbia shall establish the website under sec5 tion 16–2341, District of Columbia Official Code, as 

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

7 date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 4. PROHIBITING COUNCIL FROM ENACTING CHANGES 

9 TO EXISTING CRIMINAL LIABILITY SEN10 TENCES. 

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

12 Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amend13 ed— 

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

15 (9); 

16 (2) by striking the period at the end of para17 graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

19 paragraph: 

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

21 change any criminal liability sentence in effect on 

22 the date of the enactment of the DC CRIMES 

23 Act.’’. 

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