,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,ms4 ,norton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to assign the             
responsibility for conducting           
prosecutions for violations of the laws 
of the ,district of ,columbia to the    
head of a local prosecutor's office     
designated under local law of the       
,district of ,columbia4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,district of ,columbia ,local           
,prosecutor ,home ,rule ,act of #bjai4  
#b4 ,responsibility of local            
prosecutor's office for conduct of all  
,district of ,columbia prosecutions  7a7
 ,in general ,section #bc-aja1 ,d4,c4   
,official ,code1 is amended by striking 
subsections 7a7 through 7f7 and         
inserting the following3  7a7           
,prosecutions for violations of all     
police or municipal ordinances or       

regulations of the ,district of         
,columbia and for violations of all     
penal statutes of the ,district of      
,columbia in the nature of police or    
municipal regulations shall be conducted
 in the name of the ,district of        
,columbia by the head of the local      
prosecutor's office or the assistants of
 the head of such office1 except as may 
otherwise be provided in any such       
ordinance1 regulation1 or statute4  7b7 
,an indictment or information brought in
 the name of the ,united ,states in the 
,united ,states ,district ,court for the
 ,district of ,columbia may include     
charges of offenses prosecutable by the 
,district of ,columbia if the head of   
the local prosecutor's office consents  
to the inclusion of such charges in     
writing4  7c7 ,an indictment or         
information brought in the name of the  
,district of ,columbia in the ,superior 
,court of the ,district of ,columbia may
 be joined for trial in the ,united     
,states ,district ,court for the        

,district of ,columbia with an          
indictment or information brought in    
that court if the offenses charged      
therein could have been joined in the   
same indictment or information and if   
the head of the local prosecutor's      
office consents to such joinder4  7d7   
,in this section1 the local prosecutor's
 office is the office designated under  
local law of the ,district of ,columbia 
as the office responsible for conducting
 prosecutions under this section4  7e7  
,nothing in this section shall affect   
the authority of the ,attorney ,general 
of the ,united ,states or the ,united   
,states ,attorney for the ,district of  
,columbia to exercise jurisdiction      
concerning violations of the laws of the
 ,united ,states4  4  7b7 ,conforming   
amendments  7#a7 ,appeals ,section      
#bc-ajd1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code1 is     
amended by striking ,corporation        
,counsel each place it appears in       
subsections 7a77#a71 7b71 and 7d71 and  
inserting head of the local prosecutor's

 office 7as defined in section          
#bc-aja7;d774  7#b7 ,proceedings to     
establish previous convictions ,section 
#bc-aaa7;a77#a71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code1
 is amended by striking ,corporation    
,counsel and inserting head of the local
 prosecutor's office 7as defined in     
section #bc-aja7;d774  7#c7 ,definition 
of prosecutor ,section #bc-eja7c71      
,d4,c4 ,official ,code1 is amended by   
striking ,corporation ,counsel of the   
,district of ,columbia and inserting    
head of the local prosecutor's office   
7as defined in section #bc-aja7;d774    
7#d7 ,disposition of property seized    
under search warrant ,section #bc-ebe1  
,d4,c4 ,official ,code1 is amended by   
striking ,corporation ,counsel for the  
,district of ,columbia and inserting    
head of the local prosecutor's office   
7as defined in section #bc-aja7;d774    
7#e7 ,deposit of seized currency        
,section #bc-ecb7;b77#a71 ,d4,c4        
,official ,code1 is amended by striking 
,corporation ,counsel for the ,district 

of ,columbia and inserting head of the  
local prosecutor's office 7as defined in
 section #bc-aja7;d774  7#f7            
,consultation in promulgation of        
regulations regarding warrant and arrest
 procedures ,section #bc-ecc1 ,d4,c4    
,official ,code1 is amended by striking 
,corporation ,counsel and inserting head
 of the local prosecutor's office 7as   
defined in section #bc-aja7;d774  7#g7  
,recommendations by ,pretrial ,services 
,agency regarding release or detention2 
notice regarding failure to comply with 
conditions of release ,section #bc-acjc1
 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code1 is amended--   
7,a7 in the sixth sentence of subsection
 7a71 by striking ,corporation ,counsel 
of the ,district of ,columbia and       
inserting head of the local prosecutor's
 office 7as defined in section          
#bc-aja7;d772 and  7,b7 in subsection   
7h77#e71 by striking ,corporation       
,counsel of the ,district of ,columbia  
and inserting head of the local         
prosecutor's office 7as defined in      

section #bc-aja7;d774  7c7 ,effective   
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply with respect to     
violations of ,district of ,columbia    
ordinances1 regulations1 and statutes   
which occur after the expiration of the 
#f-month period which begins on the date
 on which a local law of the ,district  
of ,columbia which designates the local 
prosecutor's office for purposes of     
section #bc-aja7;d71 ,d4,c4 ,official   
,code 7as amended by subsection 7a77    
takes effect4