State has appointed attorneys of the State to carry out 
the functions described in subsection (b). 
(e) CLARIFICATION
REGARDING
CLEMENCY
AU-
THORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective upon the admission 
of the State into the Union, the authority to grant 
clemency for offenses against the District of Colum-
bia or the State shall be exercised by such person or 
persons, and under such terms and conditions, as 
provided by the State Constitution and the laws of 
the State, without regard to whether the prosecution 
for the offense was conducted by the District of Co-
lumbia, the State, or the United States. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘clemency’’ means a pardon, reprieve, or commuta-
tion of sentence, or a remission of a fine or other 
financial penalty. 
SEC. 313. SERVICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHALS. 
(a) PROVISION
OF
SERVICES
FOR
COURTS
OF 
STATE.—The United States Marshals Service shall pro-
vide services with respect to the courts and court system 
of the State in the same manner and to the same extent 
as the Service provided services with respect to the courts 
and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 
day before the date of the admission of the State into the
Union, except that the President shall not appoint a 
United States Marshal under section 561 of title 28, 
United States Code, for any court of the State. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The obligation of the United 
States Marshals Service to provide services under this sec-
tion shall terminate upon written certification by the State 
to the President that the State has appointed personnel 
of the State to provide such services. 
SEC. 314. DESIGNATION OF FELONS TO FACILITIES OF BU-
REAU OF PRISONS. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF DESIGNATION.—Chapter 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) and the amendments 
made by such chapter— 
(1) shall continue to apply with respect to indi-
viduals convicted of offenses under the laws of the 
District of Columbia prior to the date of the admis-
sion of the State into the Union; and 
(2) shall apply with respect to individuals con-
victed of offenses under the laws of the State after 
the date of the admission of the State into the 
Union in the same manner and to the same extent 
as such chapter and amendments applied with re-
spect to individuals convicted of offenses under the
laws of the District of Columbia prior to the date of 
the admission of the State into the Union. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 
shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 
the President that the State has in effect laws for the 
housing of individuals described in subsection (a) in cor-
rectional facilities. 
SEC. 315. PAROLE AND SUPERVISION. 
(a) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.— 
(1) PAROLE.—The United States Parole Com-
mission— 
(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 
to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and to im-
pose conditions upon an order of parole, in the 
case of any individual who is an imprisoned 
felon who is eligible for parole or reparole under 
the laws of the District of Columbia as of the 
day before the date of the admission of the 
State into the Union, as provided under section 
11231 of the National Capital Revitalization 
and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 
(sec. 24–131, D.C. Official Code); and 
(B) shall exercise the authority to grant, 
deny, and revoke parole, and to impose condi-
tions upon an order of parole, in the case of
any individual who is an imprisoned felon who 
is eligible for parole or reparole under the laws 
of the State in the same manner and to the 
same extent as the Commission exercised in the 
case of any individual described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS.— 
The United States Parole Commission— 
(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 
over individuals who are released offenders of 
the District of Columbia as of the day before 
the date of the admission of the State into the 
Union, as provided under section 11233(c)(2) 
of the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 
24–133(c)(2), D.C. Official Code); and 
(B) shall exercise authority over individ-
uals who are released offenders of the State in 
the same manner and to the same extent as the 
Commission exercised authority over individuals 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(3) CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 
EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) CONTINUATION.—Any individual who 
is an employee of the United States Parole
Commission as of the later of the day before 
the date described in subparagraph (A) of para-
graph (4) or the day before the date described 
in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) and who, 
on or after such date, is an employee of the of-
fice of the State which exercises the authority 
described in either such subparagraph, 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, notwith-
standing the termination of the provisions of 
this subsection under paragraph (4). 
(B) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON-
TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the later of the date 
described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) 
or the date described in subparagraph (B) of 
paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as the 
employing agency with respect to the benefits 
described in subparagraph (A) which are pro-
vided to an individual who, for purposes of re-
ceiving such benefits, is continued to be treated 
as an employee of the Federal Government 
under such subparagraph.