District of Columbia Police Authorization and Expansion Act of 1989
PL 101-223 (H.R.1502), enacted 12/12/1989

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PUBLIC LAW 101-223—DEC. 12, 1989 
103 STAT. 1901 
Public Law 101-223 
101st Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the appropriation of funds to the District of Columbia for additional 
officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
Columbia, to provide for the implementation in the District of Columbia of a 
community-oriented policing system, 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 Police 
Authorization and Expansion Act of 1989". 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL OFFI-
CERS 
AND 
MEMBERS 
FOR 
THE 
METROPOLITAN 
POLICE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502 of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c)(1) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the District of Columbia, for sala-
ries and expenses (including benefits) of 700 additional officers and 
members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
Columbia, $23,149,000 for fiscal year 1990, $23,338,000 for fiscal year 
1991, $25,199,000 for fiscal year 1992, $27,252,000 for fiscal year 1993, 
and $28,367,000 for fiscal year 1994. 
"(2) Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall be available 
only for salaries and expenses (including benefits) of officers and 
members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
Columbia in excess of 4,355 officers and members (and supplies, 
equipment, and protective vests for reserve officers of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department). 
"(3)(A) For fiscal year 1990, no funds authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended until 120 
days after the Mayor develops and submits a plan for the im-
plementation in the District of Columbia of a community-oriented 
policing system (modeled after, though not limited to, such a system 
in Houston, Texas) to the Committee on the District of Columbia of 
the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on General 
Services, Federalism, and the District of Columbia of the Committee 
on Governmental AffJairs of the United States Senate. 
"(B) For fiscal years after 1990, no funds authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended until the 
Mayor submits a notification to the Committee on the District of 
Columbia of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
General Services, Federalism, and the District of Columbia of the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the United States Senate 
that the District of Columbia has implemented for such fiscal year a 
community-oriented policing system in the District of Columbia.". 
Dec. 12, 1989 
[H.R. 1502] 
District of 
Columbia Police 
Authorization 
and Expansion 
Act of 1989. 
103 STAT. 1902 
PUBLIC LAW 101-223—DEC. 12, 1989 
Reports. 
Drugs and drug 
abuse. 
Records. 
Prisoners. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect October 1,1989. 
SEC. 3. STUDY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT RESOURCES. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of 
Columbia shall prepare and submit to Congress a report— 
(1) analyzing resources available to District of Columbia 
courts; 
(2) analyzing the feasibility of, and the costs associated with, 
an increase in the number of support personnel and judges 
assigned to District of Columbia courts; and 
(3) evaluating the need for changes in the District of Columbia 
Pre-Trial Detention Act, the proposed felony sentencing guide-
lines for the District of Columbia Superior Court, and the social 
services program managed by and under the direction of the 
District of Columbia courts. 
SEC. i. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF INCREASED DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ON CRIME IN METROPOLITAN 
AREA. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to Congress a report 
analyzing the potential effects of increased efforts to eliminate drug-
related criminal activity in the District of Columbia on crime and 
law enforcement in the metropolitan area surrounding the District, 
including the effects of such efforts on the caseload of prosecuting 
attorneys (including United States Attorneys) in such area. 
SEC. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALS 
CONVICTED OF CRIMES IN DISTRICT. 
(a) ASSISTANCE FROM BUREAU OF PRISONS AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE 
OF CORRECTIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the District of Columbia shall request the 
Director of the Bureau of Prisons and the Director of the National 
Institute of Corrections to provide the District of Columbia with 
technical assistance and training in the development of a criminal 
recordkeeping and classification system, which will provide a basis 
for a uniform strategy for managing and evaluating the processing 
in the District of Columbia's criminal justice system of individuals 
convicted of crimes in the District of Columbia. 
(b) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN SYSTEM DATA BASE.—The record-
keeping and classification system described in subsection (a) shall 
include a data base continuously updated to provide current 
information on the prison population of the District of Columbia, 
including, but not limited to, the following: 
(1) Aggregate inmate profiles and classifications based on 
individual records and files. 
(2) Escape and other risk assessments for individual inmates. 
(3) Ongoing counts of the number of persons at various stages 
of processing in the criminal justice system. 
(4) Projections for future prison populations. 
SEC. 6. USE OF PROCEEDS OF FORFEITED PROPERTY FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(d)(3)(B) of the District of Columbia 
Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981 (section 33-552(d)(3)(B), 
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103 STAT. 1903 
D.C. Code) is amended by striking "shall be used to finance pro-
grams" and inserting "shall be used, and shall remain available 
until expended regardless of the expiration of the fiscal year in 
which they were collected, to finance law enforcement activities of 
the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, 
with any remaining balance used to finance programs". 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraphs (3) and (3a) of section 
502(d) of the District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances 
Act of 1981 (sections 33-552(d) (3) and (3a), D.C. Code) are amended 
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(1) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
(2) redesignating paragraph (3a) as paragraph (3); and 
(3) reordering the paragraphs so that paragraph (3), as re-
designated, precedes paragraph (4), as redesignated. 
SEC. 7. PARTICIPATION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN 
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION 
SYSTEM. 
(a) DISSEMINATION OF ADULT ARREST RECORDS TO LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENTS.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia shall 
disseminate its unexpurgated adult arrest records to members of the 
court and law enforcement agents, including the Identification Divi-
sion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such dissemination 
shall be done without cost and without the authorization of the 
persons to whom such records relate. 
(2) Any records disseminated under this section shall be used in a 
manner that complies with applicable Federal law and regulations. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term "member of the court" shall include judges, 
prosecutors, defense attorneys (with respect to the records of 
their client defendants), clerks of the court, and penal and 
probation officers; 
(2) the term "law enforcement gigent" shall include police 
officers and Federal agents having the power to arrest; and 
(3) the term "unexpurgated adult arrest records" shall in-
clude arrest fingerprint cards. 
SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE CORPS PRO- Education. 
GRAM. 
Loans. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in 
consultation with the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department 
of the District of Columbia, shall establish a pilot program under 
which the District shall agree to assist not more than 25 eligible 
college students or graduates in paying loans or other financial 
obligations incurred in obtaining a baccalaureate or graduate degree 
if such a student or graduate agrees to serve not less than 4 years as 
a member of the Metropolitan Police Department. 
(b) APPROVAL OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall submit a description of the program described in subsection (a), 
including any regulations proposed to implement such program, to 
the Committee on the District of Columbia of the United States 
House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on General Serv-
ices, Federalism, and the District of Columbia of the Committee on 
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Governmental Affairs of the United States Senate for the commit-
tees' approval. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
Education. 
SEC. 9. ESTABLISHMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA POLICE CORPS PROGRAM. 
Loans. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Governor of West Virginia, in consulta-
tion with the West Virginia Superintendent of Police, shall establish 
a pilot program under which West Virginia shall agree to assist not 
more than 25 eligible college students or graduates in paying loans 
or other financial obligations incurred in obtaining a baccalaureate 
or graduate degree if such a student or graduate agrees to serve not 
less than 4 years as a law enforcement officer in West Virginia. 
(b) APPROVAL OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Governor of West Virginia shall 
submit a description of the program described in subsection (a), 
including any regulations proposed to implement such program, to 
the Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism, and the District 
of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
United States Senate for the subcommittee's approval. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
Approved December 12, 1989. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1502: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-123 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
June 13, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 14, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Nov. 2, House concurred in Senate amendment with amendments. 
Nov. 20, Senate concurred in House amendments.