,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjbc,ms4  
,norton introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct   
the ,director of the ,bureau of ,prisons
 to place certain individuals in the    
custody of the ,bureau of ,prisons      
within #bej miles of the ,district of   
,columbia1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,improving ,reentry for ,district of
 ,columbia ,residents in the ,bureau of 
,prisons ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,placement 
near ,district of ,columbia for certain 
individuals in custody of ,bureau of    
,prisons  7a7 ,in general ,beginning not
 later than two years after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,bureau of ,prisons shall not place
 a covered individual in a ,bureau of   
,prisons facility that is located more  
than #bej miles from the ,district of   
,columbia1 unless such individual       

requests or consents to such a          
placement4  7b7 ,extraordinary          
circumstances  7#a7 ,in general         
,notwithstanding subsection 7a71 the    
,director may place a covered individual
 in a ,bureau of ,prisons facility that 
is more than #bej miles from the        
,district of ,columbia if the ,director 
determines that extraordinary           
circumstances warrant such a placement4 
7#b7 ,report required ,not longer than  
#cj days after a placement under        
paragraph 7#a71 the ,director shall     
provide a written explanation to the    
covered congressional committees on the 
extraordinary circumstances warranting  
such a placement4  7c7 ,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  
#cfbd7;g77#b7 of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 or on transferring an    
individual to begin a term of supervised
 release pursuant to section            

#cfbd7;g77#c7 of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7d7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3  7#a7 ,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 ,senate4  
7#b7 ,covered individual ,the term      
covered individual means an individual  
committed to the custody of the ,bureau 
of ,prisons pursuant to chapter #a of   
subtitle ,c of title ,,xi of the        
,national ,capital ,revitalization and  
,self-,government ,improvement ,act of  
#aiig 7sec4 #bd-aja et seq41 ,d4,c4     
,official ,code7 who is a resident of   
the ,district of ,columbia at the time  
at which the individual was sentenced4