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HR 356 · in committee · significant

District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act

What this bill does

  • This bill transfers all prosecution of DC laws and regulations from shared federal-local control to a single local prosecutor's office.
  • The change affects DC's criminal justice system, federal prosecutors, and local Attorney General's office.
  • Federal employees who move to the local office retain their federal benefits; no funding mechanism is specified.

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  1. 01

    How would consolidating prosecution under a single local office affect coordination between DC and federal law enforcement on cases involving both local and federal crimes?

  2. 02

    What specific funding mechanism would support federal employee benefits if prosecutors transfer from federal to local employment without an identified revenue source?

  3. 03

    Which categories of cases currently handled by federal prosecutors would become the local prosecutor's responsibility under this transfer?

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Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Introduced 2025-01-13

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

  2. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22)

  4. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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