What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to share information about certain federal prisoners with the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The shared information must be provided every 90 days and includes the prisoner's name, age, location and expected release date.
Who It Affects
The Bureau of Prisons (the federal agency that runs prisons), the Mayor of the District of Columbia, people in federal prisons under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, lawyers representing those prisoners and organizations providing legal services for criminal cases or reentry matters.
Key Provisions
• The Director of the Bureau of Prisons must provide the Mayor every 90 days with each prisoner's name, age, federal register number, the prison facility where they live and their scheduled release date (Sec. 2)
• Upon the Mayor's request, the Director must provide information about each prisoner that is normally given to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (Sec. 2)
• The Mayor cannot share this information with District of Columbia law enforcement agencies (Sec. 3)
• The Mayor can share the 90-day information with prisoner lawyers and organizations that provide legal representation in criminal, post-conviction or reentry cases (Sec. 3)
What Changes
The Bureau of Prisons becomes required to send regular reports to the Mayor. The Mayor gains access to prisoner information but faces restrictions on who can receive that information.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1813
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide information
on certain persons under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons
to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 27, 2023
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Accountability
A BILL
To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide
information on certain persons under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Prisons to the Mayor of the District
of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
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Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT OF
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COLUMBIA RELATED TO CERTAIN PERSONS
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UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU
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OF PRISONS.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Di-
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rector of the Bureau of Prisons shall provide to the Mayor
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of the District of Columbia for each person under the ju-
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risdiction of the Bureau of Prisons pursuant to the Na-
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tional Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
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provement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33), the fol-
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lowing:
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(1) Every 90 days, the following information:
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(A) The name, age, and Federal Register
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Number of the person.
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(B) The facility where the person is
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housed.
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(C) The scheduled release date.
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(2) Upon the request of the Mayor, the infor-
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mation that the Director provides for such person to
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the Director of the Court Services and Offender Su-
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pervision Agency for the District of Columbia.
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISCLO-
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SURE.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
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Mayor of the District of Columbia may not disclose the
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information provided pursuant to this Act outside of the
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District of Columbia government, except that the Mayor—
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(1) may not provide such information to any
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District of Columbia law enforcement agency; and
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(2) may provide the information provided under
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paragraph (1) of section 2 to counsel for the per-
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sons, and to organizations that provide legal rep-
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resentation to persons in criminal or post-conviction
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matters, or in matters related to reentry.
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