I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7530 
To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 
18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the 
District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website 
containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Colum-
bia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit 
the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing 
criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2024 
Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. PALMER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia 
to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct 
the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to 
establish and operate a publicly accessible website con-
taining updated statistics on juvenile crime in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District 
of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal 
liability sentences, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(b) PROHIBITING ISSUANCE
OF SENTENCE LESS 
THAN MANDATORY-MINIMUM TERM.—Section 4(b) of 
such Act (sec. 24–903(b), D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)’’; 
and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF WEBSITE ON 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUVENILE CRIME 
STATISTICS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—Subchapter 
I of chapter 23 of title 16, District of Columbia Official 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 16–2340a. Website of updated statistics on juvenile 
crime 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
OPERATION
OF 
WEBSITE.—The Attorney General of the District of Co-
lumbia shall establish and operate a publicly accessible 
website which contains data on juvenile crime in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, including each of the following statis-
tical measures: 
‘‘(1) The total number of juveniles arrested 
each year. 
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‘‘(2) The total number and percentage of juve-
niles arrested each year, broken down by age, race, 
and sex. 
‘‘(3) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage arrested 
for petty crime, including the following crimes: 
‘‘(A) Vandalism. 
‘‘(B) Theft. 
‘‘(C) Shoplifting. 
‘‘(4) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage arrested 
for crime of violence (as defined in section 23– 
1331(4)). 
‘‘(5) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage who 
were arrested for their first offense. 
‘‘(6) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage who had 
been arrested previously. 
‘‘(7) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year who had been arrested previously, the 
total number and percentage of the number of ar-
rests. 
‘‘(8) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the declination rate for prosecutions by 
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the Office of the Attorney General for the District 
of Columbia. 
‘‘(9) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced 
each year, the number and percentage who were 
tried as adults. 
‘‘(10) Of the total number of juveniles pros-
ecuted each year, the number and percentage who 
were not sentenced, who were sentenced to a mis-
demeanor, and who were sentenced to a felony. 
‘‘(11) Of the total number of juveniles sen-
tenced each year, the number and percentage of the 
length of time that will be served in a correctional 
facility as provided by the sentence. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Attorney General shall update 
the information contained on the website on a monthly 
basis. 
‘‘(c) MAINTAINING ARCHIVE OF INFORMATION.—The 
Attorney General shall ensure that the information con-
tained on the website is archived appropriately to provide 
indefinite public access to historical data of juvenile ar-
rests and prosecutions. 
‘‘(d) FORMAT.—The Attorney General shall ensure 
that the information contained in the website, including 
historical data described in subsection (c), is available in 
a machine-readable format available for bulk download. 
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‘‘(e) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE
OF PERSONALLY 
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall ensure that the website 
does not include any juvenile’s personally identifiable in-
formation. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘crime’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘offense’ in section 23–1331(2); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘juvenile’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘youth offender’ in section 2(6) of the 
Youth Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), 
D.C. Official Code).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU-
THORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) JUVENILE
CASE
RECORDS
OF
FAMILY 
COURT.—Section 16–2331, District of Columbia Of-
ficial Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-
section (j); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 
a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 
case records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 
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website established and operated under section 16– 
2340a.’’. 
(2) JUVENILE
SOCIAL
RECORDS
OF
FAMILY 
COURT.—Section 16–2332, District of Columbia Of-
ficial Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (g) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 
a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 
social records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 
website established and operated under section 16– 
2340a.’’. 
(3) POLICE
AND
OTHER
LAW
ENFORCEMENT 
RECORDS.—Section 16–2333, District of Columbia 
Official Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, 
a person shall provide information contained in law en-
forcement records and files concerning a child to the At-
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torney General for purposes of the website established and 
operated under section 16–2340a.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Attorney General of the 
District of Columbia shall establish the website under sec-
tion 16–2341, District of Columbia Official Code, as 
added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITING COUNCIL FROM ENACTING CHANGES 
TO 
EXISTING 
CRIMINAL 
LIABILITY 
SEN-
TENCES. 
Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(9); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, or rule to 
change any criminal liability sentence in effect on 
the date of the enactment of the DC CRIMES 
Act.’’. 
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