H.R. 1523 · 115th Congress
District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017
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District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 13, 2017
District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017
This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to shift the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations of Washington, DC 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 DC 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 DC if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such inclusion in writing, and
- DC 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.
Nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of the Attorney General or the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to exercise jurisdiction concerning violations of federal laws.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2017
Latest action (Mar 13, 2017): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 13, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.