District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act

Bill: 119-hr-806
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-28
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Criminal justice information and records

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Detention of persons

District of Columbia

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Lawyers and legal services
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) periodically provide the District of Columbia (DC) with information about individuals who are serving sentences in a BOP facility for DC felony convictions. (Generally, an individual who is convicted of a felony under DC laws serves the prison term in a BOP facility.)</p><p>Every 90 days, BOP must provide DC with each individual's name, age, inmate registration number assigned by BOP, and scheduled release date, as well as the facility where the individual is housed.</p><p>The information may be disclosed to (1) DC government agencies that are not law enforcement agencies; (2) legal representatives of incarcerated individuals, and (3) organizations that provide legal representation in criminal matters or in matters related to the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals into their communities.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 806 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2025 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act . 2. Provision of information to 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. 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 persons, and to organizations that provide legal representation to persons in criminal or post-conviction matters, or in matters related to reentry.