No Convicts Running the Capital Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7068 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7068

    To prohibit the District of Columbia government from appointing 
  individuals convicted of crimes of violence or dangerous crimes as 
   employees of the government or from entering into contracts with 
   vendors who employ individuals convicted of crimes of violence or 
               dangerous crimes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2026

Ms. Mace (for herself and Mr. Burchett) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the District of Columbia government from appointing 
  individuals convicted of crimes of violence or dangerous crimes as 
   employees of the government or from entering into contracts with 
   vendors who employ individuals convicted of crimes of violence or 
               dangerous crimes, and for other purposes.

    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 ``No Convicts Running the Capital 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT WITH DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT OF 
              INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF VIOLENT CRIMES.

    (a) Prohibition.--An employing authority of an office of the 
District of Columbia government may not appoint an individual to a 
position in the District of Columbia government unless the individual 
certifies that the individual has not been finally convicted of a crime 
of violence or a dangerous crime.
    (b) Effective Date; Termination of Current Employees.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
        an individual appointed to a position in the District of 
        Columbia government after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Termination.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the District of Columbia shall 
        terminate the employment of any individual who has been finally 
        convicted of a crime of violence or a dangerous crime who holds 
        a position in the District of Columbia government on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT FROM ENTERING INTO 
              CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS EMPLOYING INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF 
              VIOLENT CRIMES.

    (a) Prohibition.--An office of the District of Columbia government 
may not enter into a contract with a vendor for the provision of goods 
or services unless the vendor certifies that the vendor is not a 
covered vendor.
    (b) Covered Vendor Defined.--In this section, a vendor is a 
``covered vendor'' with respect to a contract if either of the 
following applies:
            (1) In the case of a vendor who is an individual, the 
        vendor has been finally convicted of a crime of violence or a 
        dangerous crime.
            (2) In the case of a vendor who is an entity--
                    (A) the vendor employs an individual who has been 
                finally convicted of a crime of violence or a dangerous 
                crime to provide goods or services under the contract;
                    (B) an individual who has been finally convicted of 
                a crime of violence or a dangerous crime serves as an 
                officer or director of the vendor, including by serving 
                on the vendor's board of directors; or
                    (C) an individual who has been finally convicted of 
                a crime of violence or a dangerous crime has a 
                controlling ownership interest in the vendor.
    (c) Effective Date; Termination of Current Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
        contracts entered into after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Termination.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the District of Columbia shall 
        terminate any contract with a vendor who is a covered vendor 
        which is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) The term ``crime of violence'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 23-1331(4), District of Columbia Official 
        Code, except that such term includes an offense under Federal, 
        State, or local law which is substantially similar to an 
        offense described in such section.
            (2) The term ``dangerous crime'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 23-1331(3), District of Columbia Official Code, 
        except that such term includes an offense under Federal, State, 
        or local law which is substantially similar to an offense 
        described in such section.
            (3) The term ``finally convicted'' means a conviction--
                    (A) which has not been appealed and is no longer 
                appealable because the time for taking an appeal has 
                expired; or
                    (B) which has been appealed and the appeals process 
                for which is completed.
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