119-hr2693

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2693 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2693

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Chairman 
 of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit Acts of the 
 District of Columbia to Congress in electronic form.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 7, 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 Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Chairman 
 of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit Acts of the 
 District of Columbia to Congress in electronic form.

 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 ``District of Columbia Electronic 
Transmittal of Legislation Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO TRANSMIT ACTS OF DISTRICT IN 
 ELECTRONIC FORM.

    (a) Acts of Council.--

Section 602
            (c) of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (

sec. 1-206.02
            (c) , D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (4) The Chairman of the Council may transmit an Act under this 
subsection in such form as the Chairman may choose, including 
electronic form.''.

    (b) Charter Amendments.--

Section 303 of such Act (

sec. 1-203.03, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
 ``

    (e) The Chairman of the Council may submit an Act under this 
section in such form as the Chairman may choose, including electronic 
form.''.

SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE BY HOUSE AND SENATE.

    (a) Acceptance.--For purposes of determining whether the Chairman 
of the Council of the District of Columbia has transmitted an Act to 
Congress pursuant to 

section 602
            (c) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (

sec. 1-206.02
            (c) , D.C. Official Code) or has submitted an Act 
to Congress pursuant to 

section 303 of such Act (

sec. 1-203.03, D.C. 
Official Code), the House of Representatives and Senate shall treat 
such an Act which the Chairman transmits or submits in electronic form 
in the same manner as an Act which the Chairman submits in paper form.

    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Authority.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--

    (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
 and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is 
 deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
 applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
 that House in the case of Acts described in subsection

    (a) , and 
 supersede other rules only to the extent that it is 
 inconsistent with such rules; and

    (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
 either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
 procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
 to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
 House.
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