To require the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the Director of the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia to reside in the District of Columbia.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4687.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 122, July 17, 2023, Page H3641):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would require the Directors of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency to reside in the District of Columbia during their terms.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4687, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4687

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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