Home Rule for All Americans Act of 2022
This bill allows an individual who is on trial for a crime committed in the District of Columbia to change the venue of the trial to the U.S. district court that covers the individual's primary residence.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8963 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8963
To transfer venue of certain criminal prosecutions of offenses
committed in the District of Columbia.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 2022
Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To transfer venue of certain criminal prosecutions of offenses
committed in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Home Rule for All Americans Act of
2022''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF VENUE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the criminal trial
of any individual for the commission of a criminal offense in the
District of Columbia, the individual on trial may choose venue for the
proceedings and trial to be in the district court for the district and
division embracing that individual's primary residence.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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