119-hr3012

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3012 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3012

 To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to place certain 
individuals in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons within 250 miles of 
 the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 24, 2025

 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to place certain 
individuals in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons within 250 miles of 
 the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Reentry for District of 
Columbia Residents in the Bureau of Prisons Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PLACEMENT NEAR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN 
 CUSTODY OF BUREAU OF PRISONS.

    (a) In General.--Beginning not later than two years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 
not place a covered individual in a Bureau of Prisons facility that is 
located more than 250 miles from the District of Columbia, unless such 
individual requests or consents to such a placement.

    (b) Extraordinary Circumstances.--

    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection

    (a) , the 
 Director may place a covered individual in a Bureau of Prisons 
 facility that is more than 250 miles from the District of 
 Columbia if the Director determines that extraordinary 
 circumstances warrant such a placement.

    (2) Report required.--Not longer than 30 days after a 
 placement under paragraph

    (1) , the Director shall provide a 
 written explanation to the covered congressional committees on 
 the extraordinary circumstances warranting such a placement.
            (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be constructed 
to prohibit the Director from placing a covered individual in 
prerelease custody pursuant to 

section 3624

    (g)

    (2) of title 18, United 
States Code, or on transferring an individual to begin a term of 
supervised release pursuant to 

section 3624

    (g)

    (3) of title 18, United 
States Code.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Covered congressional committees.--The term ``covered 
 congressional committees'' means the Committee on the Judiciary 
 and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
 Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
 Senate.

    (2) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual'' 
 means an individual committed to the custody of the Bureau of 
 Prisons pursuant to chapter 1 of subtitle C of title XI of the 
 National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement 
 Act of 1997 (

sec. 24-101 et seq., D.C. Official Code) who is a 
 resident of the District of Columbia at the time at which the 
 individual was sentenced.
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