such vacancy occurs, unless the Board of Elections 
and Ethics determines that such vacancy could be 
more practically filled in a special election held on 
the same day as the next general election to be held 
in the District occurring within sixty days of the 
date on which a special election would otherwise 
have been held under the provisions of this sub-
section. The person shall take office on the day in 
which the Board of Elections and Ethics certifies his 
or her election and shall serve as District Attorney 
only for the remainder of the term during which 
such vacancy occurred. 
‘‘(3) INITIAL
APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of the Dis-
trict of Columbia District Attorney Establishment 
Act of 2009, the Mayor, by resolution, shall appoint 
a District Attorney who shall serve until succeeded 
by an elected District Attorney. The proposed reso-
lution shall be submitted to the Council for a 30-day 
period of review, excluding days of Council recess. If 
the Council does not approve or disapprove the pro-
posed resolution within the 30-day review period, the 
resolution shall be deemed approved.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of part F of title IV of the District of Columbia Home 
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Rule Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 497. Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia.’’. 
SEC. 3. RESPONSIBILITY OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CONDUCT OF 
ALL 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 munic-
ipal 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 District Attorney for the District of Columbia or 
the District Attorney’s assistants, except as may otherwise 
be provided in any such ordinance, regulation, or statute. 
‘‘(b) An indictment or information brought in the 
name of the United States in the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia may include charges 
of offenses prosecutable by the District of Columbia if the 
District Attorney for the District of Columbia consents to 
the inclusion of such charges in writing. 
‘‘(c) An indictment or information brought in the 
name of the District of Columbia in the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia may be joined for trial in the 
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
with an indictment or information brought in that court 
if the offenses charged therein could have been joined in 
the same indictment or information and if the District At-
torney for the District of Columbia consents to such join-
der. 
‘‘(d) 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) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) APPEALS.—Section 23–104, D.C. Official 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Corporation Counsel’’ 
each place it appears in subsections (a)(1), (b), and 
(d), and inserting ‘‘District Attorney for the District 
of Columbia’’. 
(2) PROCEEDINGS
TO
ESTABLISH
PREVIOUS 
CONVICTIONS.—Section 23–111(a)(1), D.C. Official 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Corporation Counsel’’ 
and inserting ‘‘District Attorney for the District of 
Columbia’’. 
(3) DEFINITION OF PROSECUTOR.—Section 23– 
501, D.C. Official Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘District Attorney for the District of 
Columbia’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to violations of Dis-
trict of Columbia ordinances, regulations, and statutes 
which occur after the expiration of the 6-month period 
which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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