Title: District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act
This bill requires the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide, every 90 days, specified information (e.g., the scheduled release date) to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for each person under the jurisdiction of the BOP pursuant to the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997. The BOP must also provide, upon the request of the Mayor, such information to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia may not disclose the provided information outside of the District government or to any District of Columbia law enforcement agency, but may disclose such information to counsel for the detained individuals, and to organizations that provide legal representation to individuals in criminal or post-conviction matters, or in matters related to re-entry.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7686 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7686

To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide information 
 on certain persons under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons to 
     the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2022

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide information 
 on certain persons under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons to 
     the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Code Returning 
Citizens Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA RELATED TO CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER THE 
              JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall provide to the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia for each person under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Prisons pursuant to the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), the following:
            (1) Every 90 days, the following information:
                    (A) The name, age, and Federal Register Number of 
                the person.
                    (B) The facility where the person is housed.
                    (C) The scheduled release date.
            (2) Upon the request of the Mayor, the information that the 
        Director provides for such person to the Director of the Court 
        Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
        Columbia.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISCLOSURE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia may not disclose the information provided pursuant 
to this Act outside of the District of Columbia government, except that 
the Mayor--
            (1) may not provide such information to any District of 
        Columbia law enforcement agency; and
            (2) may provide the information provided under paragraph 
        (1) of section 2 to counsel for the detained persons, and to 
        organizations that provide legal representation to persons in 
        criminal or post-conviction matters, or in matters related to 
        reentry.
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