I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6962 
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide information 
on certain persons under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons 
to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2022 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide 
information on certain persons under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Prisons to the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE MAYOR OF 
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RELATED TO 
CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER THE JURISDIC-
TION OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS. 
Notwithstanding any provision of law described in 
section 3, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall pro-
vide to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for each 
person under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons 
pursuant to the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105– 
33), the following: 
(1) Annually, the following information: 
(A) The name, date of birth, and Federal 
Register Number of the person. 
(B) The Bureau of Prisons facility where 
the person is housed. 
(C) The scheduled release date. 
(2) Upon the request of the Mayor, the infor-
mation that the Director provides for such person to 
the Director of the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 3. PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED. 
The provisions of law described in this section are 
as follows: 
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(1) Title II of the Health Insurance Portability 
and Accountability Act of 1996 (including parts 160 
and 165 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations). 
(2) Section 543 of the Public Health Service 
Act (including part 2 of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations). 
(3) Section 552a of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Privacy Act’’). 
(4) Any other provision of Federal law that pro-
vides substantially similar protections for the privacy 
of information as the provisions of law described in 
paragraphs (1) through (3). 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF PRIVACY ACT. 
The provision of information under this Act shall be 
deemed to be a lawful disclosure under section 552a(b)(7) 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISCLO-
SURE. 
The Mayor of the District of Columbia may not dis-
close the information provided pursuant to this Act out-
side of the District of Columbia government, except that 
the Mayor may provide the information provided under 
paragraph (1) of section 2 to counsel for the detained indi-
viduals, and to organizations that provide legal representa-
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tion to individuals in criminal or post-conviction matters, 
or in matters related to re-entry. 
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