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District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2014

Floor Speech

Date: July 14, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending Legal Criminal Justice

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Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

This legislation, introduced by Ms. Norton, would provide increased flexibility to the District of Columbia courts and related entities.

Among other provisions, H.R. 4185 would allow the D.C. courts to collect outstanding employee debts or overpayments, and authorizes its executive officer to purchase and provide uniforms for employees whose responsibilities warrant wearing uniforms.

The bill authorizes the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to develop and operate incentive programs for sentenced offenders, such as vocational and educational training, and it allows the Public Defender Service to accept volunteer service.

I want to thank Ms. Norton for all of her work on this bill, and I urge all Members to support this.

I reserve the balance of my time.

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