119-hr4922

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4922

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

 To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to 
individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General 
 of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly 
 accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in 
 the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule 
 Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting 
 changes to existing criminal liability sentences, 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 ``D. C. Criminal Reforms to 
Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025'' or the ``DC CRIMES Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. YOUTH OFFENDERS.

    (a) Limiting Youth Offender Status in District of Columbia to 
Individuals Under 18 Years of Age.--

    (1) Limitation.--

Section 2

    (6) of the Youth Rehabilitation 
 Act of 1985 (

sec. 24-901

    (6) , D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
 striking ``24 years of age or younger'' and inserting ``under 
 18 years of age''.

    (2) Conforming amendments.--
        (A) Repeal of consideration of individuals 18 
 through 24 years of age in strategic plan for 
 facilities, treatment, and services.--

Section 3(a-1) of 
 such Act (

sec. 24-902(a-1), D.C. Official Code) is 
 amended by striking paragraph

    (3) .
        (B) Community service for individuals under order 
 of probation.--

Section 4

    (a)

    (2) of such Act (

sec. 24-
 903

    (a)

    (2) , D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
 ``15 to 24 years of age'' and inserting ``15 to 18 
 years of age''.

    (b) Prohibiting Issuance of Sentence Less Than Mandatory-minimum 
Term.--

Section 4

    (b) of such Act (

sec. 24-903

    (b) , D.C. Official Code) is 
amended--

    (1) by striking ``

    (b)

    (1) '' and inserting ``

    (b) '';

    (2) by striking paragraph

    (2) ; and

    (3) by redesignating paragraph

    (3) as paragraph

    (2) .

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF WEBSITE ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
 JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS.

    (a) Establishment and Operation.--Subchapter I of chapter 23 of 
title 16, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section:
``

Sec. 16-2340a. Website of updated statistics on juvenile crime
 ``

    (a) Establishment and Operation of Website.--The Attorney General 
of the District of Columbia shall establish and operate a publicly 
accessible website which contains data on juvenile crime in the 
District of Columbia, including each of the following statistical 
measures:
 ``

    (1) The total number of juveniles arrested each year.
 ``

    (2) The total number and percentage of juveniles arrested 
 each year, broken down by age, race, and sex.
 ``

    (3) Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, 
 the total number and percentage arrested for petty crime, 
 including the following crimes:
 ``
        (A) Vandalism.
 ``
        (B) Theft.
 ``
            (C) Shoplifting.
 ``

    (4) Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, 
 the total number and percentage arrested for crime of violence 
 (as defined in 

section 23-1331

    (4) ).
 ``

    (5) Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, 
 the total number and percentage who were arrested for their 
 first offense.
 ``

    (6) Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, 
 the total number and percentage who had been arrested 
 previously.
 ``

    (7) Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year 
 who had been arrested previously, the total number and 
 percentage of the number of arrests.
 ``

    (8) Of the total number of juveniles arrested each year, 
 the declination rate for prosecutions by the Office of the 
 Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
 ``

    (9) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced each year, 
 the number and percentage who were tried as adults.
 ``

    (10) Of the total number of juveniles prosecuted each 
 year, the number and percentage who were not sentenced, who 
 were sentenced to a misdemeanor, and who were sentenced to a 
 felony.
 ``

    (11) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced each 
 year, the number and percentage of the length of time that will 
 be served in a correctional facility as provided by the 
 sentence.
 ``

    (b) Updates.--The Attorney General shall update the information 
contained on the website on a monthly basis.
 ``
            (c) Maintaining Archive of Information.--The Attorney General 
shall ensure that the information contained on the website is archived 
appropriately to provide indefinite public access to historical data of 
juvenile arrests and prosecutions.
 ``
            (d) Format.--The Attorney General shall ensure that the 
information contained in the website, including historical data 
described in subsection
            (c) , is available in a machine-readable format 
available for bulk download.
 ``

    (e) Prohibiting Disclosure of Personally Identifiable 
Information.--In carrying out this section, the Attorney General shall 
ensure that the website does not include any juvenile's personally 
identifiable information.
 ``

    (f) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section--
 ``

    (1) the term `crime' has the meaning given the term 
 `offense' in 

section 23-1331

    (2) ; and
 ``

    (2) the term `juvenile' has the meaning given the term 
 `youth offender' in 

section 2

    (6) of the Youth Rehabilitation 
 Act of 1985 (

sec. 24-901

    (6) , D.C. Official Code).''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Authorized Release of 
Information.--

    (1) Juvenile case records of family court.--

Section 16-
 2331, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended--
        (A) by redesignating subsection
            (i) as subsection

    (j) ; and
        (B) by inserting after subsection (h-2) the 
 following new subsection:
 ``
            (i) Notwithstanding subsection

    (b) of this section, a person 
shall provide information contained in juvenile case records to the 
Attorney General for purposes of the website established and operated 
under 

section 16-2340a.''.

    (2) Juvenile social records of family court.--

Section 16-
 2332, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended--
        (A) by redesignating subsection

    (h) as subsection
            (i) ; and
        (B) by inserting after subsection

    (g) the following 
 new subsection:
 ``

    (h) Notwithstanding subsection

    (b) of this section, a person 
shall provide information contained in juvenile social records to the 
Attorney General for purposes of the website established and operated 
under 

section 16-2340a.''.

    (3) Police and other law enforcement records.--

Section 16-
 2333, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended--
        (A) by redesignating subsection

    (g) as subsection

    (h) ; and
        (B) by inserting after subsection

    (f) the following 
 new subsection:
 ``

    (g) Notwithstanding subsection

    (a) of this section, a person 
shall provide information contained in law enforcement records and 
files concerning a child to the Attorney General for purposes of the 
website established and operated under 

section 16-2340a.''.
            (c) Effective Date.--The Attorney General of the District of 
Columbia shall establish the website under 

section 16-2341, District of 
Columbia Official Code, as added by subsection

    (a) , not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

 Passed the House of Representatives September 16, 2025.

 Attest:

 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 4922

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

 To limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to 
individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General 
 of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly 
 accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in 
 the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule 
 Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting 
 changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other 
 purposes.