I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 194 
To amend chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, to modify venue 
for certain offenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. SELF (for himself and Mr. NEHLS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, 
to modify venue for certain offenses. 
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 ‘‘Venue Named Under 
Exception Act’’ or the ‘‘VENUE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. VENUE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 211 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 3245. Offenses committed in the National Capital 
Region 
‘‘(a) OFFENSES IN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.—In 
the case of an offense that is committed in the National 
Capital Region on property under the control of the Fed-
eral Government, an indictment or information shall be 
filed in the district of the last known residence of the of-
fender or of any one of two or more joint offenders, or 
if no such residence is known, the indictment or informa-
tion may be filed in the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(b) TRANSFER.— 
‘‘(1) RIGHT
TO
TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), a district court shall, upon motion of 
the defendant, grant a transfer of an indictment or 
information to the district court encompassing the 
jurisdiction where the defendant is domiciled. 
‘‘(2) MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS.—If multiple de-
fendants file a motion to transfer an indictment or 
information under paragraph (1), the district court 
shall grant the motion of the defendant who filed the 
motion first. 
‘‘(3) DEFENDANTS
NOT
DOMICILED
IN
THE 
UNITED STATES.—A defendant not domiciled in the 
United States may not file a motion to transfer an 
indictment or information under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘National Capital Region’ means 
the geographic area located within the boundaries 
of— 
‘‘(A) the District of Columbia; 
‘‘(B) Montgomery and Prince George’s 
Counties in the State of Maryland; 
‘‘(C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and 
Prince William Counties and the Cities of Alex-
andria and Falls Church in the Commonwealth 
of Virginia; and 
‘‘(D) all cities and other units of govern-
ment within the geographic areas of such Dis-
trict, Counties, and City. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘property under the control of 
the Federal Government’ means property owned or 
leased by the United States, or any agency thereof, 
except in the case of the United States Postal Serv-
ice. 
‘‘(d) PENDING CASES.—This section shall apply to 
any offense with respect to which a trial has not been 
scheduled as of the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—This section shall only apply to 
an offense not otherwise subject to section 3235, 3236, 
3237, 3238, 3239, 3241, 3242, 3243 or 3244.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘3245. Offenses committed in the National Capital Region.’’. 
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