119-hr214

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 214 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 214

 To amend the District of Columba Home Rule Act to eliminate the 
 Congressional review period for District of Columbia acts.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 6, 2025

 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To amend the District of Columba Home Rule Act to eliminate the 
 Congressional review period for District of Columbia acts.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``District of 
Columbia Legislative Home Rule Act''.

    (b) References in Act.--Except as may otherwise be provided, 
whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to that section or other provision of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD FOR DISTRICT OF 
 COLUMBIA ACTS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 602 (

sec. 1-206.02, D.C. Official Code) is 
amended by striking subsection
            (c) .

    (b) Congressional Resolutions of Disapproval.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 604 (

sec. 1-206.04, D.C. Official 
 Code) is repealed.

    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents is amended 
 by striking the item relating to 

section 604.

    (3) Exercise of rulemaking power.--This subsection and the 
 amendments made by this subsection are enacted by Congress--
        (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
 House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 
 and as such they shall be considered as a part of the 
 rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to 
 which they specifically apply, and such rules shall 
 supersede other rules only to the extent that they are 
 inconsistent therewith; and
        (B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
 right of either House to change such rules (so far as 
 relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 
 other rule of such House.
            (c) Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) District of columbia home rule act.--
        (A) Section 303 
 (

sec. 1-203.03, D.C. Official Code) is amended--
            (i) in subsection

    (a) , by striking the second 
 sentence; and
            (ii) by striking subsection

    (b) and redesignating 
 subsections
            (c) and
            (d) as subsections

    (b) and
            (c) .
        (B) Section 404 (

sec. 1-204.04, D.C. Official Code) is 
 amended by striking ``subject to the provisions of 

section 602
            (c) '' each place it appears in subsections

    (e) and

    (f) .
            (C) Section 446 (

sec. 1-204.46, D.C. Official Code) is 
 amended--
            (i) in subsection

    (a) , by striking the third 
 sentence; and
            (ii) in paragraph

    (1) of subsection
            (c) , by 
 striking ``and such act has been transmitted by the 
 Chairman to the Congress and has completed the review 
 process under 

section 602
            (c) (3) ''.
            (D) Section 462 (

sec. 1-204.62, D.C. Official Code) is 
 amended--
            (i) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``

    (a) The 
 Council'' and inserting ``The Council''; and
            (ii) by striking subsections

    (b) and
            (c) .
        (E) Section 472
            (d) (1) (

sec. 1-204.72
            (d) (1) , D.C. Official 
 Code) is amended by striking ``Notwithstanding 

section 602
            (c) (1) , any act of the Council'' and inserting ``Any act of 
 the Council''.
        (F) Section 475

    (e)

    (1) (

sec. 1-204.75

    (e)

    (1) , D.C. Official 
 Code) is amended by striking ``Notwithstanding 

section 602
            (c) (1) , any act of the Council'' and inserting ``Any act of 
 the Council''.

    (2) Other laws.--
        (A) Section 2

    (b)

    (1) of Amendment No. 1 
 (relating to initiative and referendum) to title IV (the 
 District Charter) (

sec. 1-204.102

    (b)

    (1) , D.C. Official Code) is 
 amended by striking ``the appropriate custodian'' and all that 
 follows through ``portion of such act to''.
        (B) Section 5 of Amendment No. 1 (relating to initiative 
 and referendum) to title IV (the District Charter) (

sec. 1-
 204.105, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``, and 
 such act'' and all that follows and inserting a period.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to each 
act of the District of Columbia--

    (1) passed by the Council of the District of Columbia and 
 signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia;

    (2) vetoed by the Mayor and repassed by the Council;

    (3) passed by the Council and allowed to become effective 
 by the Mayor without the Mayor's signature; or

    (4) in the case of initiated acts and acts subject to 
 referendum, ratified by a majority of the registered qualified 
 electors voting on the initiative or referendum,
on or after the first day of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
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