United States HR 658: District of Columbia Parole and Supervised Release Act

Bill Text

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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 658
To transfer from the United States Parole Commission to the District of
Columbia the authority to grant, deny, and revoke parole and impose
conditions on an order of parole, and the authority to modify, revoke,
and terminate a term of supervised release and impose conditions on
an order of supervised release, in the case of individuals who are impris-
oned felons eligible for parole, reparole, or supervised release under
the laws of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Reform
A BILL
To transfer from the United States Parole Commission to
the District of Columbia the authority to grant, deny,
and revoke parole and impose conditions on an order
of parole, and the authority to modify, revoke, and termi-
nate a term of supervised release and impose conditions
on an order of supervised release, in the case of individ-
uals who are imprisoned felons eligible for parole, re-
parole, or supervised release under the laws of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 2
Parole and Supervised Release Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OVER PA-4
ROLE AND SUPERVISED RELEASE UNDER 5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAWS. 6
(a) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Effective November 1, 7
2022— 8
(1) the District of Columbia shall have the au-9
thority— 10
(A) to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and 11
impose conditions on an order of parole, in the 12
case of any individual who is an imprisoned 13
felon who is eligible for parole or reparole, and 14
in the case of any individual who is on parole 15
or reparole, under the laws of the District of 16
Columbia; 17
(B) to set conditions on, revoke, and termi-18
nate a term of supervised release imposed on 19
any individual who is subject to supervised re-20
lease under the laws of the District of Colum-21
bia; and 22
(C) to exercise any other jurisdiction or 23
authority the United States Parole Commission 24
had prior to such date over individuals de-25
scribed in subparagraphs (A) or (B) (whether 26
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such individuals are sentenced before, on, or 1
after such date), as provided under subchapter 2
3 of subtitle C of title XI of the National Cap-3
ital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-4
provement Act of 1997 (sec. 24–131 et seq., 5
D.C. Official Code); and 6
(2) the District of Columbia shall have the au-7
thority to enact legislation, promulgate regulations 8
and guidelines, and take other actions to carry out 9
paragraph (1). 10
(b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY OF UNITED 11
STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.— 12
(1) PAROLE.—Section 11231(a) of the National 13
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improve-14
ment Act of 1997 (sec. 24–131(a), D.C. Official 15
Code) is amended by adding at the end the following 16
new paragraph: 17
‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The jurisdiction and au-18
thority of the United States Parole Commission 19
under this section shall terminate on November 1, 20
2022.’’. 21
(2) RULEMAKING AND LEGISLATIVE RESPONSI-22
BILITY.—Section 11231(c) of such Act (sec. 24– 23
131(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at 24
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the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This subsection 1
shall terminate on November 1, 2022.’’. 2
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU-3
THORITY OF COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPER-4
VISION AGENCY.— 5
(1) POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Sec-6
tion 11233(b)(2)(B) of such Act (sec. 24– 7
133(b)(2)(B), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 8
striking ‘‘and the Chairman of the United States 9
Parole Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘and the District 10
of Columbia’’. 11
(2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS.— 12
Section 11233(c)(2) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(2), 13
D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 14
‘‘(2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFEND-15
ERS.—The Agency shall supervise any offender who 16
is released from imprisonment for any term of su-17
pervised release imposed by the Superior Court of 18
the District of Columbia. Such offender shall be sub-19
ject to the authority of the District of Columbia.’’. 20
(3) SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES.—Section 21
11233(c)(4) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(4), D.C. 22
Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 23
‘‘(4) SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES.—The Agency 24
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