I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8890 
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 impris-
oned 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 
DECEMBER 7, 2020 
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 termi-
nate a term of supervised release and impose conditions 
on an order of supervised release, in the case of individ-
uals who are imprisoned felons eligible for parole, re-
parole, or supervised release under the laws of the Dis-
trict 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Parole and Supervised Release Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OVER PA-
ROLE AND SUPERVISED RELEASE UNDER 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAWS. 
(a) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Effective November 1, 
2022— 
(1) the District of Columbia shall have the au-
thority— 
(A) to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and 
impose conditions on an order of parole, in the 
case of any individual who is an imprisoned 
felon who is eligible for parole or reparole, and 
in the case of any individual who is on parole 
or reparole, under the laws of the District of 
Columbia; 
(B) to set conditions on, revoke, and termi-
nate a term of supervised release imposed on 
any individual who is subject to supervised re-
lease under the laws of the District of Colum-
bia; and 
(C) to exercise any other jurisdiction or 
authority the United States Parole Commission 
had prior to such date over individuals de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) or (B) (whether 
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the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This subsection 
shall terminate on November 1, 2022.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU-
THORITY OF COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPER-
VISION AGENCY.— 
(1) POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Sec-
tion 
11233(b)(2)(B) 
of 
such 
Act 
(sec. 
24– 
133(b)(2)(B), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and the Chairman of the United States 
Parole Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘and the District 
of Columbia’’. 
(2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS.— 
Section 11233(c)(2) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(2), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) SUPERVISION
OF
RELEASED
OFFEND-
ERS.—The Agency shall supervise any offender who 
is released from imprisonment for any term of su-
pervised release imposed by the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia. Such offender shall be sub-
ject to the authority of the District of Columbia.’’. 
(3) 
SUPERVISION
OF
PAROLEES.—Section 
11233(c)(4) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(4), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES.—The Agency 
shall supervise all individuals on parole pursuant to 
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the laws of the District of Columbia. The Agency 
shall carry out the conditions of release imposed by 
the District of Columbia and shall make such re-
ports to the District of Columbia with respect to an 
individual on parole supervision as the District of 
Columbia may require.’’. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect November 1, 
2022, and shall apply to individuals who are subject 
to supervised release or parole under the laws of the 
District of Columbia before, on, or after such date. 
(d) CONTINUATION
OF FEDERAL BENEFITS
FOR 
FORMER EMPLOYEES OF PAROLE COMMISSION.— 
(1) CONTINUATION.—Any individual who is an 
employee of the United States Parole Commission as 
of October 31, 2022, and who, on or after such date, 
is an employee of the office of the District of Colum-
bia which exercises the authority described in para-
graph (1) of subsection (a), 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. 
(2) RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
EMPLOYER
CON-
TRIBUTION.—Beginning on November 1, 2022, the 
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District of Columbia shall be treated as the employ-
ing agency with respect to the benefits described in 
paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 
who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-
tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 
Government under such paragraph. 
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