District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act

Subjects: Government Operations and Politics, Congressional oversight, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Criminal procedure and sentencing, District of Columbia, Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management, Intergovernmental relations, Law enforcement administration and funding, Legislative rules and procedure, State and local government operations

Summary:  <p><b>District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act</b></p> <p>This bill shifts the responsibility for prosecuting violations of the laws, ordinances, and regulations of the District of Columbia (DC) to a local prosecutor's office. Currently, the responsibility for prosecuting such violations is shared between DC and the federal government.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 387 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 387

To assign the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations 
    of the laws of the District of Columbia to the head of a local 
   prosecutor's office designated under local law of the District of 
                               Columbia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2023

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
To assign the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations 
    of the laws of the District of Columbia to the head of a local 
   prosecutor's office designated under local law of the District of 
                               Columbia.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Prosecutor Home 
Rule Act''.

SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FOR CONDUCT OF ALL 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROSECUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 23-101, D.C. Official Code, is amended by 
striking subsections (a) through (f) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Prosecutions for violations of all police or municipal 
ordinances or regulations of the District of Columbia and for 
violations of all penal statutes of the District of Columbia in the 
nature of police or municipal regulations shall be conducted in the 
name of the District of Columbia by the head of the local prosecutor's 
office or the assistants of the head of such office, except as may 
otherwise be provided in any such ordinance, regulation, or statute of 
the District of Columbia.
    ``(b) In this section, the `local prosecutor's office' is the 
office designated under local law of the District of Columbia as the 
office responsible for conducting prosecutions under this section.
    ``(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the 
Attorney General of the United States or the United States Attorney for 
the District of Columbia to exercise jurisdiction concerning violations 
of the laws of the United States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to violations of District of Columbia ordinances, 
regulations, and statutes which occur after the expiration of the 1-
year period which begins on the date on which a local law of the 
District of Columbia which designates the local prosecutor's office for 
purposes of section 23-101(b), D.C. Official Code (as amended by 
subsection (a)), takes effect.
    (c) Retention of Federal Benefits by Continuing Employees.--With 
respect to any individual who is an employee of the United States 
Attorney for the District of Columbia as of the day before the date 
described in subsection (b) and continues to be employed by the local 
prosecutor's office designated for purposes of section 23-101(b), D.C. 
Official Code (as amended by subsection (a))--
            (1) such individual shall continue to be treated as an 
        employee of the Federal Government for purposes of receiving 
        benefits under any chapter of subpart G of part III of title 5, 
        United States Code; and
            (2) such designated local prosecutor's office shall be 
        treated as the employing agency of the individual with respect 
        to such benefits.
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