Improving Reentry for District of Columbia Residents in the Bureau of Prisons Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3339
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Improving Reentry for District of Columbia Residents in the Bureau of Prisons Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill requires, subject to limited exceptions, that the Bureau of Prisons place an individual who is convicted of a felony under District of Columbia (DC) laws and who is a resident of DC when sentenced at a facility within 250 miles of DC unless the individual requests or consents to a more distant placement.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3339 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2023 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 Prisons within 250 miles of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Reentry for District of Columbia Residents in the Bureau of Prisons Act of 2023 . 2. Placement near District of Columbia for certain individuals in custody of Bureau 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 individual 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 warrant such a placement. (2) Report required Not longer than 30 days after a placement under paragraph (1), the Director shall provide a written explanation to the covered 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 section 3624(g)(2) of title 18, United States Code, or on transferring an individual to begin a term of supervised 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 Representatives 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 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) who is a resident of the District of Columbia at the time at which the individual was sentenced.