District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act
Latest action · Jan 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act
This bill shifts the responsibility for prosecuting all violations of the laws, ordinances, and regulations of the District of Columbia (DC) to a local prosecutor's office.
Currently, the responsibility for prosecuting such violations is shared between DC and the federal government. Generally, the local Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia prosecutes crimes committed by juveniles and criminal violations of municipal regulations, and the federal U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia prosecutes all other crimes.
The bill also specifies that current employees of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia who continue to be employed by the local prosecutor's office retain their eligibility as federal employees for purposes of health insurance, retirement, and other federal benefits.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Jan 13, 2025Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- District of Columbia
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Legislative rules and procedure
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2025Introduced in House
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