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81 STAT. 740

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47 Stat. 1485.

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D.C. Bail
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D.C. Code 23-
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D.C. Code 28903.

criminal offense within the District of Columbia, or a false or fictitious
report of any other matter or occurrence of which such Metropolitan
Police force is required to receive reports, or in connection with which
such Metropolitan Police force is required to conduct an investigation,
knowing such report to be false or fictitious; or who shall communicate
or cause to be communicated to such Metropolitan Police force, or any
officer or member thereof, any false information concerning the com-
mission of any criminal offense within the District of Columbia or
concerning any other matter or occurrence of which such Metro-
politan Police force is required to receive reports, or in connection with
which such Metropolitan Police force is required to conduct an in-
vestigation, knowing such information to be false, shall be punished
by a fine of not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days.

TITLE VII

SEC. 701. Section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (D.C. Code, sec. 23-610), is amended by inserting "(a)" immediately after "SEC. 10.", and by adding the following new subsections:

"(b) An officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force who, in accordance with section 397 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia, arrests without a warrant a person for committing a misdemeanor may, instead of taking him into custody, issue a citation requiring such person to appear before an official of the Metropolitan Police force designated under subsection (a) of this section to act as a clerk of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions.

"(c) Whenever a person is arrested without a warrant for committing a misdemeanor and is booked and processed pursuant to law, an official of the Metropolitan Police force designated under subsection (a) of this section to act as a clerk of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions may issue a citation to him for an appearance in court or at some other designated place, and release him from custody. "(d) No citation may be issued under subsection (b) or (c) of this section unless the person authorized to issue the citation has reason to believe that the arrested person will not cause injury to persons or damage to property and that he will make an appearance in answer to the citation.

"(e) Whoever willfully fails to appear as required in a citation,
shall be fined not more than the maximum provided for the mis-
demeanor for which such citation was issued or imprisoned for not
more than one year, or both. Prosecution under this subsection shall
be by the prosecuting officer responsible for prosecuting the offense
for which the citation is issued."

SEC. 702. (a) Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish the
District of Columbia Bail Agency, and for other purposes" approved
July 26, 1966 (80 Stat. 327) is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. There is hereby created for the District of Columbia the
District of Columbia Bail Agency (hereinafter referred to as the
'agency') which shall secure pertinent data and provide for any
judicial officer in the District of Columbia or any officer or member of
the Metropolitan Police force issuing citations, reports containing
verified information concerning any individual with respect to whom
a bail or citation determination is to be made.”

(b) (1) Section 4 of such Act is amended by redesignating subsec-
tions (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively, and by
inserting the following new subsection after subsection (c):

"(d) The agency, when requested by a member or officer of the

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the issuance of citations in the District of Columbia, shall furnish to such member or officer a report as provided in subsection (a).“

(2) The second sentence of subsection (f) of such section 4 (as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is amended by inserting", including requiring the execution of a bail bond with sufficient solvent sureties," immediately after "such conditions”.

TITLE VIII

SEC. 801. (a) Section 5024 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out ", and to youth offenders convicted in the District of Columbia of offenses under any law of the United States not applicable exclusively to such District and to other youth offenders convicted in the District to the extent authorized under section 5025.“ and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and in the District of Columbia."

(b) Section 5025 of such title is amended to read as follows: "§ 5025. Applicability to the District of Columbia

"(a) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized to provide facilities and personnel for the treatment and rehabilitation of youth offenders convicted of violations of any law of the United States applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia or to contract with the Director of the Bureau of Prisons for their treatment and rehabilitation, the cost of which may be paid from the appropriation for the District of Columbia.

"(b) When facilities of the District of Columbia are utilized by the Attorney General for the treatment and rehabilitation of youth offenders convicted of violations of laws of the United States not applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia, the cost shall be paid from the 'Appropriation for Support of United States Prisoners.

"(c) All youth offenders committed to institutions of the District of Columbia shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and he shall provide for their maintenance. treatment, rehabilitation, supervision, conditional release, and discharge in conformity with the objectives of this chapter."

(c) The table of sections of chapter 402 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating to section 5025 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“5025. Applicability to the District of Columbia."

SEC. 802. Section 4122 of title 18, United States Code, is amended(1) by inserting in subsection (d) "(1)" immediately after "(d)",

(2) by amending subsection (e) by striking out "(e)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(2)", and by striking out "subsection (d) of this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1) of this subsection", and

(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) (1) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the industrial employment and training of prisoners confined in any penal or correctional institution under the direction of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to the extent and under terms and conditions agreed upon by the Commissioner, the Attorney General, and the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries.

"(2) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia may, without exchange of funds, transfer to the Federal Prison Industries any property or equipment suitable for use in performing the functions and duties covered by an agreement entered into under subsection

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78 Stat. 1000.

Witness fees. 77 Stat. 536.

Riot.

Penalties.

"(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the provisions of the Act approved October 3, 1964 (D.C. Code, sections 24-451 et seq.), entitled 'An Act to establish in the Treasury a correctional industries fund for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.''

SEC. 803. (a) Section 15-714(a) of the District of Columbia Code is amended to read as follows:

"(a) The fees and travel allowances to be paid any witness attending in a criminal case in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall be the same as those paid to witnesses who attend before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia." (b) Section 15-716 of the District of Columbia Code is amended by striking "not exceeding $500 at any one time,”.

TITLE IX

SEC. 901. (a) A riot in the District of Columbia is a public disturbance involving an assemblage of five or more persons which by tumultuous and violent conduct or the threat thereof creates grave danger of damage or injury to property or persons.

(b) Whoever willfully engages in a riot in the District of Columbia shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.

(c) Whoever willfully incites or urges other persons to engage in a riot shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.

(d) If in the course and as a result of a riot a person suffers serious bodily harm or there is property damage in excess of $5,000, every person who willfully incited or urged others to engage in the riot shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

TITLE X

SEC. 1001. CREATION OF COMMISSION.-The Commission on Revision of the Criminal Laws of the District of Columbia is hereby established. SEC. 1002. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.-The Commission shall be composed of eleven members, as follows:

(1) Two Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2) Two Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(3) Four members appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia one of whom the Commissioner shall designate as Chairman;

(4) (a) One circuit judge appointed by the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit;

(b) One district judge appointed by the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and

(c) One general sessions judge appointed by the Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions. SEC. 1003. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION.-The Commission shall make a full and complete review and study of the statutory and case law applicable in the District of Columbia for the purpose of formulating and recommending to the Congress a revised code of criminal law and procedure for the District of Columbia. The Commission shall include in its recommendations proposals for the repeal of unnecessary or undesirable statutes and such changes in the penalty structure

SEC. 1004. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.—(a) Members of Congress and members of the executive and judicial branches of the Federal or District of Columbia governments who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services in such other branch of government; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of duties. vested in the Commission.

(b) Members from private life shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.

SEC. 1005. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The Commission shall have the power to appoint an advisory committee, the functions of which shall include advising, counseling, proffering to the Commission appropriate recommendations, and the performance of such other functions, not inconsistent with the purposes of this title, as may be assigned to it by the Commission.

(b) Members of the advisory committee shall not be deemed to be officers or employees of the United States by virtue of such service and shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them by virtue of such service to the Commission.

SEC. 1006. STAFF of the COMMISSION.-The Chairman of the Commission is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as he deems necessary to carry out the Commission's functions. He is also authorized to procure services to the same extent as is authorized for the executive departments by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals.

SEC. 1007. COOPERATION BY Department aND AGENCIES.-The Commission is authorized to request from any department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the Government any information and assistance it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this title; and each such department, agency, or instrumentality is authorized to cooperate with the Commission and, to the extent permitted by law, to furnish such information and assistance to the Commission upon request made by the Chairman or any other member when acting as Chairman.

SEC. 1008. REPORT OF THE COMMISSION; TERMINATION.-The Commission shall submit interim reports to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia and the Congress at such times as the Commission may deem appropriate, and in any event within two years after the date of this enactment, and shall submit its final report within three years after the date of enactment. The Commission shall cease to exist sixty days after the date of the submission of its final report.

SEC. 1009. AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATION.-There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the District of Columbia out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sum, not to exceed $150,000, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.

TITLE XI

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80 Stat. 416.

SEC. 1101. Whoever, prior to the date of enactment of this Act, com- Applicablilty mits any act or engages in any conduct which constitutes an offense of penalties.

under provision of law amended by this Act, shall be sentenced in accordance with the law in effect on the date he commits such acts or

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SEC. 1102. If any provision of or any amendment made by this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the other provisions of or other amendments made by this Act and the application of such provisions and amendments to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Approved December 27, 1967, 3:05 p. m.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 387 (Comm. on the District of Columbia).
SENATE REPORT No. 912 (Comm. on the District of Columbia).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 113 (1967):

June 26: Considered and passed House.

Dec. 11, 12: Considered and passed Senate, amended.
Dec. 13: House concurred in Senate amendment.

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