District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
Latest action · Jan 28, 2016 Became Public Law No: 114-118.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2015
- Passed SenateSep 10, 2015
- Passed HouseJan 11, 2016
- To the PresidentJan 19, 2016
- Became lawJan 28, 2016Public Law 114-118
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the District of Columbia Code to authorize the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to:
- collect debts owed to the District of Columbia courts because of erroneous payments made to current and former court employees, or any other debt; and
- purchase uniforms to be worn by certain nonjudicial employees of the District courts, so long as the cost of furnishing a uniform during a year does not exceed the amount applicable to the uniform allowance for federal employees.
(Sec. 3) Amends the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to authorize the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to develop and operate intermediate incentive programs for sentenced offenders.
Makes permanent the Director's authority to accept, solicit, and use on behalf of the Agency: (1) any monetary or nonmonetary gift, donation, bequest, or use of facilities, property, or services to aid or facilitate the work of the Agency; and (2) reimbursements from the District government for space and services provided, on a cost reimbursable basis.
(Sec. 4) Amends the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 to:
- authorize the Public Defender Service, upon approval of the Board of Trustees, to accept (as currently allowed) and use public grants, private contributions, and voluntary and uncompensated (gratuitous) services to assist it; and
- deem members of the Board of Trustees, as of October 21, 1998, to be employees of the Service instead of District employees for purposes of any action brought against them.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 18, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Jun 18, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 18, 2015Markup Jun 24, 2015Reported Aug 3, 2015 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2015Reported Dec 3, 2015 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2016Signed by President.
- Jan 28, 2016Became Public Law No: 114-118.
- Jan 19, 2016Presented to President.
- Jan 11, 2016Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 11, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H242-244)
- Jan 11, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1629.
- Jan 11, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-244)
- Jan 11, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 3, 2015Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-368.
- Dec 3, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 281.
- Oct 9, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 11, 2015Received in the House.
- Sep 11, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 11, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Sep 10, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6610-6611; text as passed Senate: CR S6610-6611)
- Aug 3, 2015Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 114-110.
- Aug 3, 2015Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 190.
- Jun 24, 2015Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 18, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Jun 18, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H242–H244Text printed H242–H244 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Jason Chaffetz R-UT | Jan 11, 2016 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6610Text printed S6610 | Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Sep 10, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 22, 2015S. 1629, District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 9, 2015
- Jul 2, 2015S. 1629, District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2015
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44395 | Amending Senate Rules at the Start of a New Congress, 1953-1975: An Analysis with an Afterword to 2015 Archived | Report | Feb 23, 2016 |
| R44062 | Congressional Action on FY2016 Appropriations Measures Archived | Report | Nov 23, 2015 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to revise certain authorities of the District of Columbia courts, the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Enacted
- District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Debt collection
- District of Columbia
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Lawyers and legal services
- State and local courts
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 3, 2015Reported in House
- Sep 11, 2015Referred in House
- Sep 10, 2015Engrossed in Senate
- Aug 3, 2015Reported to Senate
- Jun 18, 2015Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
