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Home Rule for All Americans Act of 2022

To transfer venue of certain criminal prosecutions of offenses committed in the District of Columbia.

Introduced Sep 22, 2022

Latest action (Nov 1, 2022) Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee
Policy area
Law

Summary

This bill allows individuals charged with criminal offenses committed in the District of Columbia to choose the venue for their criminal trial. Under current law, crimes committed in DC are tried in the District of Columbia courts. The bill would permit defendants to instead have their trial transferred to the federal district court in the district where they reside. This change applies notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding venue.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (4)
  1. Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. · house
  2. Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. · house
  3. Sep 22, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  4. Sep 22, 2022 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5092 — District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act · Introduced Sep 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 356 — District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act · Introduced Jan 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 4574 — District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act · Introduced Jul 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 3850 — District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 3214 — HOME Act of 2025 · Introduced May 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 2689 — District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act · Introduced Sep 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 22, 2022

Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To transfer venue of certain criminal prosecutions of offenses committed in the District of Columbia.

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 “Home Rule for All Americans Act of 2022”.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF VENUE.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the criminal trial of any individual for the commission of a criminal offense in the District of Columbia, the individual on trial may choose venue for the proceedings and trial to be in the district court for the district and division embracing that individual’s primary residence. <all>

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