This Act may be cited as the Keep Offenders Off Our Streets Act..

(a) In general The Council of the District of Columbia may not enact, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia may not enforce, any act, resolution, regulation, or other requirement which permits an individual charged with an offense in the District of Columbia who appears before a judicial officer, as defined in section 23–1331(1), District of Columbia Official Code, to be released, pending trial, without such person executing a bail bond with solvent sureties in whatever amount is reasonably necessary to assure the appearance of the individual as required. (b) Conforming amendments (1) Repeal of release on personal recognizance Section 23–1321 District of Columbia 11 Official Code, is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking subsection (1); and (ii) redesignating subsections (2), (3), and (4) as subsections (1), (2), and (3), respectively; (B) by striking subsection (b); (C) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively; and (D) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— (i) in subsection (1), by striking everything before the judicial officer; (ii) in subsection (A), by striking and after the semicolon; (iii) redesignating subsection (B) as subsection (C); (iv) after subsection (A), insert the following: (B) Execution of a bail bond with solvent sureties in whatever amount is reasonably necessary to assure the appearance of the person as required; and; and (v) in subsection (C), as so redesignated, strike subsection (xii), and redesignate subsection (xiv) as subsection (xiii). (2) Inclusion of prohibition in home rule act Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended— (A) in paragraph (9), by striking office; or and inserting a office;; (B) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (11) enact any act, resolution, regulation or other requirement which permits a person charged with an offense in the District of Columbia to be released, pending trial, without such person executing an bail bond with solvent sureties in whatever amount is reasonably necessary to assure the appearance of the person as required.. (c) Applicability This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply with respect to an individual charged with an offense in the District of Columbia who appears before a judicial officer, as defined in section 23– 1331(1), District of Columbia Official Code, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Severability If, for any reason, any provision of this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Act.