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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 194 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, to modify venue |
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| 6 | 6 | | for certain offenses. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELF(for himself and Mr. NEHLS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, |
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| 14 | 14 | | to modify venue for certain offenses. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Venue Named Under 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Exception Act’’ or the ‘‘VENUE Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. VENUE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) I |
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| 22 | 22 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 211 of title 18, United 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | lowing: 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 194 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | ‘‘§ 3245. Offenses committed in the National Capital 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Region 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(a) O |
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| 31 | 31 | | FFENSES INNATIONALCAPITALREGION.—In 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the case of an offense that is committed in the National 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Capital Region on property under the control of the Fed-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | eral Government, an indictment or information shall be 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | filed in the district of the last known residence of the of-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | fender or of any one of two or more joint offenders, or 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | if no such residence is known, the indictment or informa-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tion may be filed in the District of Columbia. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(b) T |
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| 40 | 40 | | RANSFER.— 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(1) R |
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| 42 | 42 | | IGHT TO TRANSFER .—Notwithstanding 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsection (a), a district court shall, upon motion of 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the defendant, grant a transfer of an indictment or 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | information to the district court encompassing the 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | jurisdiction where the defendant is domiciled. 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(2) M |
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| 48 | 48 | | ULTIPLE DEFENDANTS .—If multiple de-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | fendants file a motion to transfer an indictment or 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | information under paragraph (1), the district court 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | shall grant the motion of the defendant who filed the 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | motion first. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 54 | 54 | | EFENDANTS NOT DOMICILED IN THE 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | UNITED STATES.—A defendant not domiciled in the 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | United States may not file a motion to transfer an 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | indictment or information under paragraph (1). 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 59 | 59 | | EFINITION.—In this section: 26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •HR 194 IH |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(1) The term ‘National Capital Region’ means 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the geographic area located within the boundaries 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of— 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(A) the District of Columbia; 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(B) Montgomery and Prince George’s 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Counties in the State of Maryland; 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(C) Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Prince William Counties and the Cities of Alex-8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | andria and Falls Church in the Commonwealth 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | of Virginia; and 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(D) all cities and other units of govern-11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ment within the geographic areas of such Dis-12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | trict, Counties, and City. 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘property under the control of 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the Federal Government’ means property owned or 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | leased by the United States, or any agency thereof, 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | except in the case of the United States Postal Serv-17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ice. 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(d) P |
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| 82 | 82 | | ENDINGCASES.—This section shall apply to 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | any offense with respect to which a trial has not been 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | scheduled as of the date of enactment of this section. 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(e) L |
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| 86 | 86 | | IMITATION.—This section shall only apply to 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | an offense not otherwise subject to section 3235, 3236, 23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3237, 3238, 3239, 3241, 3242, 3243 or 3244.’’. 24 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | for chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ed by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘3245. Offenses committed in the National Capital Region.’’. |
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