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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3012 
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to place certain individuals 
in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons within 250 miles of the District 
of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to place 
certain individuals in the custody of the Bureau of Pris-
ons within 250 miles 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 ‘‘Improving Reentry for 
District of Columbia Residents in the Bureau of Prisons 
Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PLACEMENT NEAR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR 
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTODY OF BU-
REAU OF PRISONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than two 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons shall not place a covered indi-
vidual in a Bureau of Prisons facility that is located more 
than 250 miles from the District of Columbia, unless such 
individual requests or consents to such a placement. 
(b) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a), the Director may place a covered individual in 
a Bureau of Prisons facility that is more than 250 
miles from the District of Columbia if the Director 
determines that extraordinary circumstances war-
rant such a placement. 
(2) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not longer than 30 
days after a placement under paragraph (1), the Di-
rector shall provide a written explanation to the cov-
ered congressional committees on the extraordinary 
circumstances warranting such a placement. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be constructed to prohibit the Director from placing 
a covered individual in prerelease custody pursuant to sec-
tion 3624(g)(2) of title 18, United States Code, or on 
transferring an individual to begin a term of supervised 
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release pursuant to section 3624(g)(3) of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
The term ‘‘covered congressional committees’’ means 
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
individual’’ means an individual committed to the 
custody of the Bureau of Prisons pursuant to chap-
ter 1 of subtitle C of title XI of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement 
Act of 1997 (sec. 24–101 et seq., D.C. Official 
Code) who is a resident of the District of Columbia 
at the time at which the individual was sentenced. 
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