On September 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4922, the DC Crimes Act of 2025, which limits the District of Columbia’s authority over criminal sentencing and revises provisions related to youth offenders. The bill immediately prohibits DC from enacting any law or regulation that modifies existing criminal liability sentences, keeping current penalties in place. It also lowers the maximum age for youth offender status from 24 to 18 and repeals provisions that allow courts to impose sentences below mandatory minimums, including the option of probation in certain cases. In addition, the bill directs the DC Office of the Attorney General to publish youth offender crime data on a publicly accessible website, updated monthly. The Senate companion bill, S. 2686, has yet to be considered by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which must approve it before it can proceed to a full Senate vote.