[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 206 (Monday, December 7, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1096]
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INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAROLE AND SUPERVISED RELEASE 
                                  ACT

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 7, 2020

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to introduce the District of 
Columbia Parole and Supervised Release Act. This bill would give the 
District of Columbia the authority to make parole and supervised 
release determinations for D.C. Code offenders beginning on November 1, 
2022.
  Currently, the U.S. Parole Commission makes these determinations for 
D.C. Code offenders. This bill would give D.C. the same authority over 
parole and supervised release determinations for D.C. Code offenders 
that the Commission has today. The District has asked to have this 
authority for its own local offenders. D.C. would have the same 
authority the states possess over their own local offenders on these 
matters, including the authority to devise an adjudication system as it 
sees fit.
  The National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement 
Act of 1997 transferred the functions of the D.C. Parole Board to the 
Commission. By transferring the costs associated with the Commission's 
work on D.C. Code offenders to the District, the federal government 
would save money with passage of this bill.
  I ask my colleagues to support this bill.

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