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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4969 

To require the Attorney General to make recommendations to the Interstate 

Commission for Adult Offender Supervision on policies and minimum 

standards to better protect public and officer safety. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 25, 2010 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Attorney General to make recommendations 

to the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision on policies and minimum standards to better protect public and officer safety. 

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

3 SECTION 1. RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO INTER4 STATE COMPACTS. 

5 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Attorney General shall make recommenda7 tions to the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Su8 pervision established by the Interstate Compact for the 


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1 Supervision of Adult Offenders pursuant to section 112 

2 of title 4, United States Code, and to submit to Congress 

3 a report on whether minimum standards in such Inter4 state Compacts should be updated to better protect public 

5 and officer safety. The report shall investigate whether 

6 Interstate Compact rules should be amended to better pro7 tect public safety and improve officer safety. Policies ex8 amined should include at least the following, with respect 

9 to the transfer of supervision of an adult offender from 

10 an originating State of jurisdiction to a receiving State: 

11 (1) ICAOS RULE 3.107 ON RELEVANT INFORMA12 TION PROVIDED BY SENDING STATES TO RECEIVING

13 STATES BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF AN ADULT OF

14 FENDER.— 

15 (A) Whether sending States should provide 

16 additional relevant information requested by the 

17 receiving State before the transfer is accepted. 

18 (B) Whether a complete criminal history of 

19 the offender, including their juvenile and 

20 misdemeanant record should be required. 

21 (C) Whether a description of the offender’s 

22 criminal activity, including a description of 

23 what each crime entailed and pre-sentence in24 vestigations for previous convictions, should be 

25 required. 


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1 (D) Whether it is critical for the receiving 

2 State to know if an offense was sexually moti3 vated. 

4 (E) Whether a copy of an up-to-date men5 tal health evaluation when there is an indication 

6 of mental health issues should be required. 

7 (2) MANDATORY ‘‘RETAKING’’ AN ADULT OF8 FENDER.— 

9 (A) Whether amendments should be made 

10 to allow the receiving State to return the of11 fender to the originating State. 

12 (B) Under what process a retaking of an 

13 offender by the originating State could occur at 

14 the petition of such originating State. 

15 (C) Whether an originating State’s super16 vision responsibilities have been terminated by 

17 the issuance of an abscond warrant from the re18 ceiving State. 

19 (3) ISSUANCE OF ABSCOND WARRANTS FROM

20 SENDING STATES.— 

21 (A) Whether an originating State is obli22 gated to keep the abscond warrant in place 

23 until the offender has been returned to the orig24 inating State. 


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1 (B) What information-sharing responsibil2 ities originating and receiving States should 

3 have with respect to other States for purposes 

4 of protecting other States’ public safety. 

5 (C) Whether the originating State, appre6 hending State, or previously receiving State has 

7 supervision responsibilities. 

8 (4) RECEIVING STATE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE

9 WARRANTS.— 

10 (A) Whether receiving States should be 

11 vested with the authority to issue a warrant for 

12 the offender’s arrest and detention until the 

13 originating State has retaken the offender. 

14 (B) Whether additional authority is nec15 essary for receiving States when community 

16 safety is at risk. 

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