A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.

This joint resolution nullifies the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, enacted by the council of the District of Columbia (DC). The act makes a variety of changes to DC criminal laws, including by providing statutory definitions for various elements of criminal offenses, modifying sentencing guidelines and penalties, and expanding the right to a jury trial for certain misdemeanor crimes.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 12 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 12

    Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in 
            approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2023

Mr. Hagerty (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Blackburn, 
Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, 
 Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, 
  Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
  Hawley, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Lankford, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Moran, Mr. Mullin, Mr. 
 Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Mr. Romney, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Schmitt, 
   Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
     Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Vance, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Young) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in 
            approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress disapproves 
of the action of the District of Columbia Council described as follows: 
The Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24-789), enacted by the 
District of Columbia Council on January 17, 2023, and transmitted to 
Congress pursuant to section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act on February 1, 2023.
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