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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 658 

To transfer from the United States Parole Commission to the District of 

Columbia the authority to grant, deny, and revoke parole and impose 

conditions on an order of parole, and the authority to modify, revoke, 

and terminate a term of supervised release and impose conditions on 

an order of supervised release, in the case of individuals who are imprisoned felons eligible for parole, reparole, or supervised release under 

the laws of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2021 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To transfer from the United States Parole Commission to 

the District of Columbia the authority to grant, deny, 

and revoke parole and impose conditions on an order 

of parole, and the authority to modify, revoke, and terminate a term of supervised release and impose conditions 

on an order of supervised release, in the case of individuals who are imprisoned felons eligible for parole, reparole, or supervised release under the laws of the District of Columbia, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia 

3 Parole and Supervised Release Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OVER PA5 ROLE AND SUPERVISED RELEASE UNDER 

6 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAWS. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Effective November 1, 

8 2022— 

9 (1) the District of Columbia shall have the au10 thority— 

11 (A) to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and 

12 impose conditions on an order of parole, in the 

13 case of any individual who is an imprisoned 

14 felon who is eligible for parole or reparole, and 

15 in the case of any individual who is on parole 

16 or reparole, under the laws of the District of 

17 Columbia; 

18 (B) to set conditions on, revoke, and termi19 nate a term of supervised release imposed on 

20 any individual who is subject to supervised re21 lease under the laws of the District of Colum22 bia; and 

23 (C) to exercise any other jurisdiction or 

24 authority the United States Parole Commission 

25 had prior to such date over individuals de26 scribed in subparagraphs (A) or (B) (whether 


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1 such individuals are sentenced before, on, or 

2 after such date), as provided under subchapter 

3 3 of subtitle C of title XI of the National Cap4 ital Revitalization and Self-Government Im5 provement Act of 1997 (sec. 24–131 et seq., 

6 D.C. Official Code); and 

7 (2) the District of Columbia shall have the au8 thority to enact legislation, promulgate regulations 

9 and guidelines, and take other actions to carry out 

10 paragraph (1). 

11 (b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY OF UNITED

12 STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.— 

13 (1) PAROLE.—Section 11231(a) of the National 

14 Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improve15 ment Act of 1997 (sec. 24–131(a), D.C. Official 

16 Code) is amended by adding at the end the following 

17 new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The jurisdiction and au19 thority of the United States Parole Commission 

20 under this section shall terminate on November 1, 

21 2022.’’. 

22 (2) RULEMAKING AND LEGISLATIVE RESPONSI23 BILITY.—Section 11231(c) of such Act (sec. 24– 

24 131(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at 


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1 the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This subsection 

2 shall terminate on November 1, 2022.’’. 

3 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU4 THORITY OF COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPER5 VISION AGENCY.— 

6 (1) POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Sec7 tion 11233(b)(2)(B) of such Act (sec. 24– 

8 133(b)(2)(B), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘and the Chairman of the United States 

10 Parole Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘and the District 

11 of Columbia’’. 

12 (2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS.— 

13 Section 11233(c)(2) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(2), 

14 D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFEND16 ERS.—The Agency shall supervise any offender who 

17 is released from imprisonment for any term of su18 pervised release imposed by the Superior Court of 

19 the District of Columbia. Such offender shall be sub20 ject to the authority of the District of Columbia.’’. 

21 (3) SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES.—Section 

22 11233(c)(4) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(4), D.C. 

23 Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(4) SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES.—The Agency 

25 shall supervise all individuals on parole pursuant to 


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1 the laws of the District of Columbia. The Agency 

2 shall carry out the conditions of release imposed by 

3 the District of Columbia and shall make such re4 ports to the District of Columbia with respect to an 

5 individual on parole supervision as the District of 

6 Columbia may require.’’. 

7 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

8 by this subsection shall take effect November 1, 

9 2022, and shall apply to individuals who are subject 

10 to supervised release or parole under the laws of the 

11 District of Columbia before, on, or after such date. 

12 (d) CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR

13 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF PAROLE COMMISSION.— 

14 (1) CONTINUATION.—Any individual who is an 

15 employee of the United States Parole Commission as 

16 of October 31, 2022, and who, on or after such date, 

17 is an employee of the office of the District of Colum18 bia which exercises the authority described in para19 graph (1) of subsection (a), shall continue to be 

20 treated as an employee of the Federal Government 

21 for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 

22 of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 

23 Code. 

24 (2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON25 TRIBUTION.—Beginning on November 1, 2022, the 


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1 District of Columbia shall be treated as the employ2 ing agency with respect to the benefits described in 

3 paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 

4 who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con5 tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 

6 Government under such paragraph. 

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