Judiciary & Public Safety Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY & PUBLIC SAFETY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY & PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON B24-0760, the “Omnibus Firearm and Ghost Gun Clarification Amendment Act of 2022” Thursday, May 26, 2022, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Virtual Hearing via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.html https://www.facebook.com/CMcharlesallen On Thursday, May 26, 2022, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, will convene a public hearing to consider Bill 24-0760, the “Omnibus Firearm and Ghost Gun Clarification Amendment Act of 2022”. The hearing will be conducted virtually via Zoom beginning at 12 p.m. and ending no later than 2 p.m. The stated purpose of B24-0760, the “Omnibus Firearm and Ghost Gun Clarification Amendment Act of 2022”, is to amend the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 to clarify requirements involving ghost guns, permit the possession of properly serialized self-manufactured firearms that are not otherwise prohibited, regulate carrying of firearms by off-duty law enforcement officers, and expand the prohibition on carrying a pistol while impaired. The bill further amends An Act To control the possession, sale, transfer and use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia, to provide penalties, to prescribe rules of evidence, and for other purposes, to clarify restrictions on the lawful transportation of firearms, apply the same rules to stay-away orders that apply to orders prohibiting harassment, assault, threats, and stalking, and authorize and limit the carrying of pistols by off-duty law enforcement officers, other United States officers while on duty, manufacturers, and those transporting firearms for limited purposes. The Committee invites the public to provide oral and written testimony. Public witnesses seeking to provide oral testimony at the Committee’s hearing must thoroughly review the following instructions: 1  • Anyone wishing to provide oral testimony must email the Committee at judiciary@dccouncil.us with their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any), by the close of business on Friday, May 20. • The Committee will approve witnesses’ registrations based on the total time allotted for public testimony. The Committee will also determine the order of witnesses’ testimony. • Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals (and any subsequent representatives of the same organizations) will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. In order to accommodate additional public witnesses, the Committee may reduce witnesses’ allotted time for testimony but will inform witnesses if it plans to do so. • Witnesses are not permitted to yield their time to, or substitute their testimony for, the testimony of another individual or organization. • If possible, witnesses should submit a copy of their testimony electronically in advance to judiciary@dccouncil.us. • Witnesses who anticipate needing language interpretation are requested to inform the Committee as soon as possible, but no later than five business days before the hearing. The Committee will make every effort to fulfill timely requests; however, requests received fewer than five business days before the hearing may not be fulfilled. For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee at judiciary@dccouncil.us. The record will close at the end of the business day on Thursday, June 9. 2