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HR 917 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation District of Columbia Lawyers and legal services State and local government operations

District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Home Rule Act of 2019

Introduced: January 30, 2019 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 30, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E109)
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Home Rule Act of 2019

This bill shifts the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations of District of Columbia laws from the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia (Attorney General for the District) or his or her assistants to the head of the office designated under District local law as the one responsible for conducting such prosecutions (local prosecutor's office) or his or her assistants.

An indictment or information brought in the name of

  • the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia may include charges of offenses prosecutable by the District if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such inclusion in writing, and
  • the District in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be joined for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with an indictment or information brought in that court if the offenses charged could have been joined in the same indictment or information and if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such joinder.
What's happening now January 30, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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