Keep Offenders Off Our Streets Act.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5016 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5016

 To prohibit in the District of Columbia an individual charged with an 
offense from being released pending trial without executing an secured 
                            appearance bond.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 22, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Nehls, 
 and Mr. Harris of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 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 bond.

    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 ``Keep Offenders Off Our Streets 
Act.''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ON RELEASE OF INDIVIDUAL 
              CHARGED WITH OFFENSE PENDING TRIAL WITHOUT EXECUTING A 
              SECURED APPEARANCE BOND.

    (a) In General.--The Council of the District of Columbia may not 
enact, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia may not enforce, any 
act, resolution, regulation, or other requirement which permits an 
individual charged with an offense in the District of Columbia who 
appears before a judicial officer, as defined in section 23-1331(1), 
District of Columbia Official Code, to be released, pending trial, 
without such person executing a bail bond with solvent sureties in 
whatever amount is reasonably necessary to assure the appearance of the 
individual as required.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Repeal of release on personal recognizance.--Section 
        23-1321 District of Columbia 11 Official Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking subsection (1); and
                            (ii) redesignating subsections (2), (3), 
                        and (4) as subsections (1), (2), and (3), 
                        respectively;
                    (B) by striking subsection (b);
                    (C) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) 
                as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively; and
                    (D) in subsection (b), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in subsection (1), by striking 
                        everything before ``the judicial officer'';
                            (ii) in subsection (A), by striking ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                            (iii) redesignating subsection (B) as 
                        subsection (C);
                            (iv) after subsection (A), insert the 
                        following:
                    ``(B) Execution of a bail bond with solvent 
                sureties in whatever amount is reasonably necessary to 
                assure the appearance of the person as required; and''; 
                and
                            (v) in subsection (C), as so redesignated, 
                        strike subsection (xii), and redesignate 
                        subsection (xiv) as subsection (xiii).
            (2) Inclusion of prohibition in home rule act.--Section 
        602(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-
        206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ``office; or'' 
                and inserting a ``office;'';
                    (B) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(11) enact any act, resolution, regulation or other 
        requirement which permits a person charged with an offense in 
        the District of Columbia to be released, pending trial, without 
        such person executing an bail bond with solvent sureties in 
        whatever amount is reasonably necessary to assure the 
        appearance of the person as required.''.
    (c) Applicability.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall apply with respect to an individual charged with an offense in 
the District of Columbia who appears before a judicial officer, as 
defined in section 23- 1331(1), District of Columbia Official Code, 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Severability.--If, for any reason, any provision of this Act, 
or an amendment made by this Act, is held invalid, such invalidity 
shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Act.
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