,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,norton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,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 ,prosecutor ,home
 ,rule ,act4  #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 statute of the
 ,district of ,columbia4  7b7 ,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  7c7   
,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 ,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 
#a-year 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;b71 ,d4,c4 ,official   
,code 7as amended by subsection 7a771   
takes effect4  7c7 ,retention of federal
 benefits by continuing employees ,with 
respect to any individual who is an     
employee of the ,united ,states         
,attorney for the ,district of ,columbia
 as of the day before the date described
 in subsection 7b7 and continues to be  
employed by the local prosecutor's      
office designated for purposes of       
section #bc-aja7;b71 ,d4,c4 ,official   
,code 7as amended by subsection 7a77--  
7#a7 such individual shall continue to  
be treated as an employee of the        
,federal ,government for purposes of    
receiving benefits under any chapter of 
subpart ,g of part ,,iii of title #e1   

,united ,states ,code2 and  7#b7 such   
designated local prosecutor's office    
shall be treated as the employing agency
 of the individual with respect to such 
benefits4