I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8890 To transfer from the United States Parole Commission to the District of Columbia the authority to grant, deny, and revoke parole and impose conditions on an order of parole, and the authority to modify, revoke, and terminate a term of supervised release and impose conditions on an order of supervised release, in the case of individuals who are impris- oned felons eligible for parole, reparole, or supervised release under the laws of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 7, 2020 Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To transfer from the United States Parole Commission to the District of Columbia the authority to grant, deny, and revoke parole and impose conditions on an order of parole, and the authority to modify, revoke, and termi- nate a term of supervised release and impose conditions on an order of supervised release, in the case of individ- uals who are imprisoned felons eligible for parole, re- parole, or supervised release under the laws of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 Dec 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8890.IH H8890 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8890 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 2 Parole and Supervised Release Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OVER PA- 4 ROLE AND SUPERVISED RELEASE UNDER 5 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAWS. 6 (a) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Effective November 1, 7 2022— 8 (1) the District of Columbia shall have the au- 9 thority— 10 (A) to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and 11 impose conditions on an order of parole, in the 12 case of any individual who is an imprisoned 13 felon who is eligible for parole or reparole, and 14 in the case of any individual who is on parole 15 or reparole, under the laws of the District of 16 Columbia; 17 (B) to set conditions on, revoke, and termi- 18 nate a term of supervised release imposed on 19 any individual who is subject to supervised re- 20 lease under the laws of the District of Colum- 21 bia; and 22 (C) to exercise any other jurisdiction or 23 authority the United States Parole Commission 24 had prior to such date over individuals de- 25 scribed in subparagraphs (A) or (B) (whether 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 Dec 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8890.IH H8890 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8890 IH such individuals are sentenced before, on, or 1 after such date), as provided under subchapter 2 3 of subtitle C of title XI of the National Cap- 3 ital Revitalization and Self-Government Im- 4 provement Act of 1997 (sec. 24–131 et seq., 5 D.C. Official Code); and 6 (2) the District of Columbia shall have the au- 7 thority to enact legislation, promulgate regulations 8 and guidelines, and take other actions to carry out 9 paragraph (1). 10 (b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY OF UNITED 11 STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.— 12 (1) PAROLE.—Section 11231(a) of the National 13 Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improve- 14 ment Act of 1997 (sec. 24–131(a), D.C. Official 15 Code) is amended by adding at the end the following 16 new paragraph: 17 ‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The jurisdiction and au- 18 thority of the United States Parole Commission 19 under this section shall terminate on November 1, 20 2022.’’. 21 (2) RULEMAKING AND LEGISLATIVE RESPONSI- 22 BILITY.—Section 11231(c) of such Act (sec. 24– 23 131(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 Dec 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8890.IH H8890 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8890 IH the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This subsection 1 shall terminate on November 1, 2022.’’. 2 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU- 3 THORITY OF COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPER- 4 VISION AGENCY.— 5 (1) POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Sec- 6 tion 11233(b)(2)(B) of such Act (sec. 24– 7 133(b)(2)(B), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 8 striking ‘‘and the Chairman of the United States 9 Parole Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘and the District 10 of Columbia’’. 11 (2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS.— 12 Section 11233(c)(2) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(2), 13 D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 14 ‘‘(2) SUPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFEND- 15 ERS.—The Agency shall supervise any offender who 16 is released from imprisonment for any term of su- 17 pervised release imposed by the Superior Court of 18 the District of Columbia. Such offender shall be sub- 19 ject to the authority of the District of Columbia.’’. 20 (3) SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES.—Section 21 11233(c)(4) of such Act (sec. 24–133(c)(4), D.C. 22 Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 23 ‘‘(4) SUPERVISION OF PAROLEES.—The Agency 24 shall supervise all individuals on parole pursuant to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 Dec 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8890.IH H8890 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 8890 IH the laws of the District of Columbia. The Agency 1 shall carry out the conditions of release imposed by 2 the District of Columbia and shall make such re- 3 ports to the District of Columbia with respect to an 4 individual on parole supervision as the District of 5 Columbia may require.’’. 6 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 7 by this subsection shall take effect November 1, 8 2022, and shall apply to individuals who are subject 9 to supervised release or parole under the laws of the 10 District of Columbia before, on, or after such date. 11 (d) CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 12 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF PAROLE COMMISSION.— 13 (1) CONTINUATION.—Any individual who is an 14 employee of the United States Parole Commission as 15 of October 31, 2022, and who, on or after such date, 16 is an employee of the office of the District of Colum- 17 bia which exercises the authority described in para- 18 graph (1) of subsection (a), shall continue to be 19 treated as an employee of the Federal Government 20 for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 21 of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 22 Code. 23 (2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON- 24 TRIBUTION.—Beginning on November 1, 2022, the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 Dec 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8890.IH H8890 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 8890 IH District of Columbia shall be treated as the employ- 1 ing agency with respect to the benefits described in 2 paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 3 who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con- 4 tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 5 Government under such paragraph. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 Dec 19, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8890.IH H8890 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS