,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bb1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana1   
,mr4 ,nehls1 and ,mr4 ,harris of        
,maryland7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit in the
 ,district of ,columbia an individual   
charged with an offense from being      
released pending trial without executing
 an secured appearance bond4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,keep ,offenders ,off ,our ,streets     
,act44  #b4 ,prohibition in district of 
columbia on release of individual       
charged with offense pending trial      
without executing a secured appearance  
bond  7a7 ,in general ,the ,council of  
the ,district of ,columbia may not      
enact1 and the ,mayor of the ,district  
of ,columbia may not enforce1 any act1  
resolution1 regulation1 or other        

requirement which permits an individual 
charged with an offense in the ,district
 of ,columbia who appears before a      
judicial officer1 as defined in section 
#bc-acca7a71 ,district of ,columbia     
,official ,code1 to be released1 pending
 trial1 without such person executing a 
bail bond with solvent sureties in      
whatever amount is reasonably necessary 
to assure the appearance of the         
individual as required4  7b7 ,conforming
 amendments  7#a7 ,repeal of release on 
personal recognizance ,section #bc-acba 
,district of ,columbia #aa ,official    
,code1 is amended-- 7,a7 in subsection  
7a7-- 7i7 by striking subsection 7#a72  
and  7ii7 redesignating subsections     
7#b71 7#c71 and 7#d7 as subsections     
7#a71 7#b71 and 7#c71 respectively2     
7,b7 by striking subsection 7b72  7,c7  
by redesignating subsections 7c71 7d71  
and 7e7 as subsections 7b71 7c71 and    
7d71 respectively2 and  7,d7 in         
subsection 7b71 as so redesignated-- 7i7
 in subsection 7#a71 by striking        

everything before the judicial officer2 
7ii7 in subsection 7,a71 by striking and
 after the semicolon2  7iii7            
redesignating subsection 7,b7 as        
subsection 7,c72  7iv7 after subsection 
7,a71 insert the following3  7,b7       
,execution of a bail bond with solvent  
sureties in whatever amount is          
reasonably necessary to assure the      
appearance of the person as required2   
and  2 and  7v7 in subsection 7,c71 as  
so redesignated1 strike subsection      
7xii71 and redesignate subsection 7xiv7 
as subsection 7xiii74  7#b7 ,inclusion  
of prohibition in home rule act ,section
 #fjb7;a7 of the ,district of ,columbia 
,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjf4jb7;a71   
,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended--    
7,a7 in paragraph 7#i71 by striking     
office2 or and inserting a office22     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#aj71 by striking the
 period at the end and inserting 2 or2  
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#aa7 enact   
any act1 resolution1 regulation or other

 requirement which permits a person     
charged with an offense in the ,district
 of ,columbia to be released1 pending   
trial1 without such person executing an 
bail bond with solvent sureties in      
whatever amount is reasonably necessary 
to assure the appearance of the person  
as required4  4  7c7 ,applicability     
,this ,act1 and the amendments made by  
this ,act1 shall apply with respect to  
an individual charged with an offense in
 the ,district of ,columbia who appears 
before a judicial officer1 as defined in
 section #bc- #acca7a71 ,district of    
,columbia ,official ,code1 before1 on1  
or after the date of the enactment of   
this ,act4  7d7 ,severability ,if1 for  
any reason1 any provision of this ,act1 
or an amendment made by this ,act1 is   
held invalid1 such invalidity shall not 
affect the validity of the remaining    
provisions of this ,act4