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2+Union Calendar No. 397
13 118THCONGRESS
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35 DSESSION H. R. 7530
4-AN ACT
6+[Report No. 118–479]
7+To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals
8+18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the
9+District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website
10+containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Colum-
11+bia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit
12+the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing
13+criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes.
14+IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
15+MARCH5, 2024
16+Mr. D
17+ONALDS(for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. PALMER) in-
18+troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
19+sight and Accountability
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21+PRIL30, 2024
22+Additional sponsor: Mr. C
23+LYDE
24+A
25+PRIL30, 2024
26+Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
27+House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
28+[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
29+[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 5, 2024]
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33+A BILL
534 To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia
635 to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct
736 the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to
837 establish and operate a publicly accessible website con-
938 taining updated statistics on juvenile crime in the Dis-
1039 trict of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia
1140 Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District
1241 of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal
1342 liability sentences, and for other purposes.
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1446 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
15-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
16-•HR 7530 EH
17-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
18-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘D. C. Criminal Re-2
19-forms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024’’ 3
20-or the ‘‘DC CRIMES Act of 2024’’. 4
21-SEC. 2. YOUTH OFFENDERS. 5
47+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
48+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
49+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘D. C. Criminal Reforms 4
50+to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2024’’ or the 5
51+‘‘DC CRIMES Act of 2024’’. 6
52+SEC. 2. YOUTH OFFENDERS. 7
2253 (a) L
23-IMITINGYOUTHOFFENDERSTATUS INDIS-6
24-TRICT OFCOLUMBIA TOINDIVIDUALS18 YEARS OFAGE 7
25-ORYOUNGER.—Section 2(6) of the Youth Rehabilitation 8
26-Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. Official Code) is 9
27-amended by striking ‘‘24 years of age or younger’’ and 10
28-inserting ‘‘18 years of age or younger’’. 11
54+IMITINGYOUTHOFFENDERSTATUS INDISTRICT 8
55+OFCOLUMBIA TOINDIVIDUALS18 YEARS OFAGE OR 9
56+Y
57+OUNGER.—Section 2(6) of the Youth Rehabilitation Act 10
58+of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 11
59+striking ‘‘24 years of age or younger’’ and inserting ‘‘18 12
60+years of age or younger’’. 13
2961 (b) C
30-ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 12
62+ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 14
3163 (1) R
32-EPEAL CONSIDERATION OF INDIVIDUALS 13
33-18 THROUGH 24 YEARS OF AGE IN STRATEGIC PLAN 14
34-FOR FACILITIES, TREATMENT, AND SERVICES.—Sec-15
35-tion 3(a–1) of such Act (sec. 24–902(a–1), D.C. Of-16
36-ficial Code) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 17
64+EPEAL CONSIDERATION OF INDIVIDUALS 18 15
65+THROUGH 24 YEARS OF AGE IN STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 16
66+FACILITIES, TREATMENT, AND SERVICES.—Section 17
67+3(a–1) of such Act (sec. 24–902(a–1), D.C. Official 18
68+Code) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 19
3769 (2) C
38-OMMUNITY SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS 18
39-UNDER ORDER OF PROBATION .—Section 4(a)(2) of 19
40-such Act (sec. 24–903(a)(2), D.C. Official Code) is 20
41-amended by striking ‘‘15 to 24 years of age’’ and in-21
42-serting ‘‘15 to 18 years of age15 to 18 years of 22
43-age’’. 23 3
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70+OMMUNITY SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS 20
71+UNDER ORDER OF PROBATION .—Section 4(a)(2) of 21
72+such Act (sec. 24–903(a)(2), D.C. Official Code) is 22
73+amended by striking ‘‘15 to 24 years of age’’ and in-23
74+serting ‘‘15 to 18 years of age15 to 18 years of age’’. 24
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4578 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF WEBSITE ON 1
4679 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUVENILE CRIME 2
4780 STATISTICS. 3
4881 (a) E
49-STABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—Subchapter 4
50-I of chapter 23 of title 16, District of Columbia Official 5
51-Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 6
52-section: 7
53-‘‘§ 16–2340a. Website of updated statistics on juvenile 8
54-crime 9
82+STABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—Subchapter I 4
83+of chapter 23 of title 16, District of Columbia Official Code, 5
84+is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 6
85+‘‘§ 16–2340a. Website of updated statistics on juvenile 7
86+crime 8
5587 ‘‘(a) E
56-STABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF 10
88+STABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF 9
5789 W
58-EBSITE.—The Attorney General of the District of Co-11
59-lumbia shall establish and operate a publicly accessible 12
60-website which contains data on juvenile crime in the Dis-13
61-trict of Columbia, including each of the following statis-14
62-tical measures: 15
63-‘‘(1) The total number of juveniles arrested 16
64-each year. 17
65-‘‘(2) The total number and percentage of juve-18
66-niles arrested each year, broken down by age, race, 19
67-and sex. 20
68-‘‘(3) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 21
69-each year, the total number and percentage arrested 22
70-for petty crime, including the following crimes: 23
71-‘‘(A) Vandalism. 24
72-‘‘(B) Theft. 25
73-‘‘(C) Shoplifting. 26 4
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90+EBSITE.—The Attorney General of the District of Colum-10
91+bia shall establish and operate a publicly accessible website 11
92+which contains data on juvenile crime in the District of 12
93+Columbia, including each of the following statistical meas-13
94+ures: 14
95+‘‘(1) The total number of juveniles arrested each 15
96+year. 16
97+‘‘(2) The total number and percentage of juve-17
98+niles arrested each year, broken down by age, race, 18
99+and sex. 19
100+‘‘(3) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 20
101+each year, the total number and percentage arrested 21
102+for petty crime, including the following crimes: 22
103+‘‘(A) Vandalism. 23
104+‘‘(B) Theft. 24
105+‘‘(C) Shoplifting. 25
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75109 ‘‘(4) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 1
76110 each year, the total number and percentage arrested 2
77111 for crime of violence (as defined in section 23– 3
78112 1331(4)). 4
79113 ‘‘(5) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 5
80-each year, the total number and percentage who 6
81-were arrested for their first offense. 7
114+each year, the total number and percentage who were 6
115+arrested for their first offense. 7
82116 ‘‘(6) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 8
83117 each year, the total number and percentage who had 9
84118 been arrested previously. 10
85119 ‘‘(7) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 11
86-each year who had been arrested previously, the 12
87-total number and percentage of the number of ar-13
88-rests. 14
89-‘‘(8) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 15
90-each year, the declination rate for prosecutions by 16
91-the Office of the Attorney General for the District 17
92-of Columbia. 18
93-‘‘(9) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced 19
94-each year, the number and percentage who were 20
95-tried as adults. 21
96-‘‘(10) Of the total number of juveniles pros-22
97-ecuted each year, the number and percentage who 23
98-were not sentenced, who were sentenced to a mis-24
99-demeanor, and who were sentenced to a felony. 25 5
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101-‘‘(11) Of the total number of juveniles sen-1
102-tenced each year, the number and percentage of the 2
103-length of time that will be served in a correctional 3
104-facility as provided by the sentence. 4
120+each year who had been arrested previously, the total 12
121+number and percentage of the number of arrests. 13
122+‘‘(8) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 14
123+each year, the declination rate for prosecutions by the 15
124+Office of the Attorney General for the District of Co-16
125+lumbia. 17
126+‘‘(9) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced 18
127+each year, the number and percentage who were tried 19
128+as adults. 20
129+‘‘(10) Of the total number of juveniles prosecuted 21
130+each year, the number and percentage who were not 22
131+sentenced, who were sentenced to a misdemeanor, and 23
132+who were sentenced to a felony. 24
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136+‘‘(11) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced 1
137+each year, the number and percentage of the length of 2
138+time that will be served in a correctional facility as 3
139+provided by the sentence. 4
105140 ‘‘(b) U
106141 PDATES.—The Attorney General shall update 5
107142 the information contained on the website on a monthly 6
108143 basis. 7
109144 ‘‘(c) M
110145 AINTAININGARCHIVE OFINFORMATION.—The 8
111146 Attorney General shall ensure that the information con-9
112147 tained on the website is archived appropriately to provide 10
113-indefinite public access to historical data of juvenile ar-11
114-rests and prosecutions. 12
148+indefinite public access to historical data of juvenile arrests 11
149+and prosecutions. 12
115150 ‘‘(d) F
116-ORMAT.—The Attorney General shall ensure 13
117-that the information contained in the website, including 14
118-historical data described in subsection (c), is available in 15
119-a machine-readable format available for bulk download. 16
151+ORMAT.—The Attorney General shall ensure that 13
152+the information contained in the website, including histor-14
153+ical data described in subsection (c), is available in a ma-15
154+chine-readable format available for bulk download. 16
120155 ‘‘(e) P
121156 ROHIBITINGDISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY 17
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123-DENTIFIABLEINFORMATION.—In carrying out this sec-18
124-tion, the Attorney General shall ensure that the website 19
125-does not include any juvenile’s personally identifiable in-20
126-formation. 21
158+DENTIFIABLEINFORMATION.—In carrying out this section, 18
159+the Attorney General shall ensure that the website does not 19
160+include any juvenile’s personally identifiable information. 20
127161 ‘‘(f) D
128-EFINITIONS.—In this section— 22
129-‘‘(1) the term ‘crime’ has the meaning given the 23
130-term ‘offense’ in section 23–1331(2); and 24 6
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132-‘‘(2) the term ‘juvenile’ has the meaning given 1
133-the term ‘youth offender’ in section 2(6) of the 2
134-Youth Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), 3
135-D.C. Official Code).’’. 4
162+EFINITIONS.—In this section— 21
163+‘‘(1) the term ‘crime’ has the meaning given the 22
164+term ‘offense’ in section 23–1331(2); and 23
165+‘‘(2) the term ‘juvenile’ has the meaning given 24
166+the term ‘youth offender’ in section 2(6) of the Youth 25
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170+Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. Offi-1
171+cial Code).’’. 2
136172 (b) C
137-ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS RELATING TOAU-5
138-THORIZEDRELEASE OFINFORMATION.— 6
173+ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS RELATING TOAU-3
174+THORIZEDRELEASE OFINFORMATION.— 4
139175 (1) J
140-UVENILE CASE RECORDS OF FAMILY 7
141-COURT.—Section 16–2331, District of Columbia Of-8
142-ficial Code, is amended— 9
143-(A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-10
144-section (j); and 11
145-(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the 12
146-following new subsection: 13
147-‘‘(i) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 14
148-a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 15
149-case records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 16
150-website established and operated under section 16– 17
151-2340a.’’. 18
176+UVENILE CASE RECORDS OF FAMILY 5
177+COURT.—Section 16–2331, District of Columbia Offi-6
178+cial Code, is amended— 7
179+(A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-8
180+section (j); and 9
181+(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-10
182+lowing new subsection: 11
183+‘‘(i) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a 12
184+person shall provide information contained in juvenile case 13
185+records to the Attorney General for purposes of the website 14
186+established and operated under section 16–2340a.’’. 15
152187 (2) J
153-UVENILE SOCIAL RECORDS OF FAMILY 19
154-COURT.—Section 16–2332, District of Columbia Of-20
155-ficial Code, is amended— 21
156-(A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-22
157-section (i); and 23
158-(B) by inserting after subsection (g) the 24
159-following new subsection: 25 7
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161-‘‘(h) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 1
162-a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 2
163-social records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 3
164-website established and operated under section 16– 4
165-2340a.’’. 5
188+UVENILE SOCIAL RECORDS OF FAMILY 16
189+COURT.—Section 16–2332, District of Columbia Offi-17
190+cial Code, is amended— 18
191+(A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-19
192+section (i); and 20
193+(B) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-21
194+lowing new subsection: 22
195+‘‘(h) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a 23
196+person shall provide information contained in juvenile so-24
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200+cial records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 1
201+website established and operated under section 16–2340a.’’. 2
166202 (3) P
167-OLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT 6
168-RECORDS.—Section 16–2333, District of Columbia 7
169-Official Code, is amended— 8
170-(A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-9
171-section (h); and 10
172-(B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 11
173-following new subsection: 12
174-‘‘(g) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, 13
175-a person shall provide information contained in law en-14
176-forcement records and files concerning a child to the At-15
177-torney General for purposes of the website established and 16
178-operated under section 16–2340a.’’. 17
203+OLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT 3
204+RECORDS.—Section 16–2333, District of Columbia 4
205+Official Code, is amended— 5
206+(A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-6
207+section (h); and 7
208+(B) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-8
209+lowing new subsection: 9
210+‘‘(g) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a 10
211+person shall provide information contained in law enforce-11
212+ment records and files concerning a child to the Attorney 12
213+General for purposes of the website established and operated 13
214+under section 16–2340a.’’. 14
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180-FFECTIVEDATE.—The Attorney General of the 18
181-District of Columbia shall establish the website under sec-19
182-tion 16–2341, District of Columbia Official Code, as 20
183-added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the 21
184-date of the enactment of this Act. 22 8
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186-SEC. 4. PROHIBITING COUNCIL FROM ENACTING CHANGES 1
187-TO EXISTING CRIMINAL LIABILITY SEN-2
188-TENCES. 3
189-Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home 4
190-Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amend-5
191-ed— 6
192-(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 7
193-(9); 8
194-(2) by striking the period at the end of para-9
195-graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 10
196-(3) by adding at the end the following new 11
197-paragraph: 12
198-‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, or rule to 13
199-change any criminal liability sentence in effect on 14
200-the date of the enactment of the DC CRIMES Act 15
201-of 2024.’’. 16
202-Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2024.
203-Attest:
204-Clerk. 118
216+FFECTIVEDATE.—The Attorney General of the 15
217+District of Columbia shall establish the website under sec-16
218+tion 16–2341, District of Columbia Official Code, as added 17
219+by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the date 18
220+of the enactment of this Act. 19
221+SEC. 4. PROHIBITING COUNCIL FROM ENACTING CHANGES 20
222+TO EXISTING CRIMINAL LIABILITY SEN-21
223+TENCES. 22
224+Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 23
225+Act (sec. 1–206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 24
226+(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (9); 25
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230+(2) by striking the period at the end of para-1
231+graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 2
232+(3) by adding at the end the following new para-3
233+graph: 4
234+‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, or rule to change 5
235+any criminal liability sentence in effect on the date 6
236+of the enactment of the DC CRIMES Act of 2024.’’. 7
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205241 TH
206242 CONGRESS
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208244 D
209245 S
210246 ESSION
211247
212248 H. R. 7530
213-AN ACT
249+[Report No. 118–479]
250+A BILL
214251 To limit youth offender status in the District of Co-
215252 lumbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger,
216253 to direct the Attorney General of the District of
217254 Columbia to establish and operate a publicly ac-
218255 cessible website containing updated statistics on
219256 juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to
220257 amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
221258 to prohibit the Council of the District of Colum-
222259 bia from enacting changes to existing criminal li-
223260 ability sentences, and for other purposes.
261+A
262+PRIL
263+30, 2024
264+Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
265+mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
266+and ordered to be printed
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