,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #c1        
#bjai,ms4 ,norton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,reform1 and in addition to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide that1 for purposes of certain   
,federal privacy laws1 agencies of the  
,district of ,columbia are treated as   
,federal agencies1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as ,the ,district of       
,columbia ,returning ,citizens          
,coordination ,act of #bjai4  #b4       
,district of ,columbia agencies to be   
treated as ,federal agencies for        
purposes of certain privacy laws ,for   
purposes of a provision of law set forth

 in section #c1 to the extent that such 
provision of law applies to any         
communication for purposes of providing 
public benefits or services to any      
person resuming or commencing residence 
in the ,district of ,columbia 7including
 any person resuming or commencing      
residence in the ,district of ,columbia 
upon release from any term of           
imprisonment7 between--  7#a7 the       
,director of the ,bureau of ,prisons and
 any agency of the ,district of         
,columbia2 or  7#b7 the ,director of the
 ,court ,services and ,offender         
,supervision ,agency for the ,district  
of ,columbia and any agency of the      
,district of ,columbia1  the agency of  
the ,district of ,columbia shall be     
treated as a ,federal agency for        
purposes of such provision of law4  #c4 
,provisions of law described ,the       
provisions of law set forth in this     
section are as follows3 7#a7 ,title ,,ii
 of the ,health ,insurance ,portability 
and ,accountability ,act of #aiif       

7including parts #afj and #afe of title 
#de1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations74   
7#b7 ,section #edc of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act 7including part #b
 of title #db1 ,code of ,federal        
,regulations74  7#c7 ,section #eeb;a of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code         
7commonly referred to as the ,privacy   
,act74  7#d7 ,any other provision of law
 setting forth substantially similar    
protections for the privacy of          
information4  #d4 ,rule of construction 
,nothing in this ,act may be construed  
to expand the authority of the ,director
 of the ,bureau of ,prisons or the      
,director of the ,court ,services and   
,offender ,supervision ,agency for the  
,district of ,columbia to disclose      
information to any law enforcement      
officer4  #e4 ,district of ,columbia    
,council ,for purposes of this ,act1 the
 ,council of the ,district of ,columbia 
shall be considered an agency of the    
,district of ,columbia4  #f4            
,application of ,privacy ,act ,a        

communication under this ,act shall be  
deemed to be a lawful disclosure under  
section #eeb;a7b77#g7 of title #e1      
,united ,states ,code4