S. 1629: District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015

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S. 1629: District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-118.

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District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the District of Columbia Code to authorize the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to: collect debts owed to the District of Columbia courts because of erroneous payments made to current and former court employees, or any other debt; and purchase uniforms to be worn by certain nonjudicial employees of the District courts, so long as the cost of furnishing a uniform during a year does not exceed the amount applicable to the uniform allowance for federal employees. (Sec. 3) Amends the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to authorize the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to develop and operate intermediate incentive programs for sentenced offenders. Makes permanent the Director's authority to accept, solicit, and use on behalf of the Agency: (1) any monetary or nonmonetary gift, donation, bequest, or use of facilities, property, or services to aid or facilitate the work of the Agency; and (2) reimbursements from the District government for space and services provided, on a cost reimbursable basis. (Sec. 4) Amends the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 to: authorize the Public Defender Service, upon approval of the Board of Trustees, to accept (as currently allowed) and use public grants, private contributions, and voluntary and uncompensated (gratuitous) services to assist it; and deem members of the Board of Trustees, as of October 21, 1998, to be employees of the Service instead of District employees for purposes of any action brought against them.

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Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1629, District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015 (2015-07-02); CBO cost estimate: S. 1629, District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2015 (2015-10-22)

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Agencies named in this bill

• Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency: its federal spending and other bills that name it
• District of Columbia Courts: its federal spending and other bills that name it

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Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1629.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1629 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114