119-hr3877

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3877

 To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to 
 Maryland, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 10, 2025

 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Oversight and Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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 provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to 
 Maryland, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Washington, D.C. 
Residents Voting Act''.

    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
 TITLE I--RETROCESSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO MARYLAND

 Subtitle A--Retrocession

Sec. 101. Retrocession of District of Columbia to Maryland.

Sec. 102. Proclamation regarding acceptance of retrocession by 
 Maryland.
Subtitle B--Federal District as Seat of Government of the United States

Sec. 111. Description of Federal District.

Sec. 112. National Guard.

Sec. 113. Effect of retrocession on laws in effect in seat of 
 Government of the United States.

Sec. 114. Termination of legal status of seat of Government of United 
 States as municipal corporation.
 Subtitle C--General Provisions

Sec. 121. Pending actions and proceedings.

Sec. 122. Effect on judicial proceedings pending in District of 
 Columbia.

Sec. 123. Effect on existing contracts.
 TITLE II--INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

 Subtitle A--Property

Sec. 201. Title to property.

Sec. 202. Treatment of military lands.
 Subtitle B--Federal Courts

Sec. 211. Residency requirements for certain Federal officials.

Sec. 212. Renaming of Federal courts.

Sec. 213. Conforming amendments relating to Department of Justice.
 Subtitle C--Federal Elections

Sec. 221. Permitting individuals residing in Federal District to vote 
 in Federal elections in State of most 
 recent domicile.

Sec. 222. Repeal of Office of District of Columbia Delegate.

Sec. 223. Repeal of law providing for participation of seat of 
 government in election of President and 
 Vice-President.
 TITLE III--TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 
 RESPONSIBILITIES

Subtitle A--Continuation of Benefits for Certain Employees of District 
 of Columbia

Sec. 301. Federal benefit payments under certain retirement programs.

Sec. 302. Continuation of Federal civil service benefits for employees 
 first employed prior to establishment of 
 District of Columbia merit personnel 
 system.

Sec. 303. Obligations of Federal Government under judges' retirement 
 program.

Sec. 304. Employees of Public Defender Service.

Sec. 305. Employees exercising authority over parole and supervision.

Sec. 306. Employees of courts and court system.
 Subtitle B--Other Programs and Authorities

Sec. 311. Designation of District of Columbia felons to facilities of 
 Bureau of Prisons.

Sec. 312. Application of the College Access Act.

Sec. 313. Application of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results 
 Act.

Sec. 314. Federal planning commissions.

Sec. 315. Role of Army Corps of Engineers in supplying water.

Sec. 316. Requirements to be located in District of Columbia.
 TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Definition.

Sec. 402. Effect on other laws.

Sec. 403. Effective date.

 TITLE I--RETROCESSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO MARYLAND

 Subtitle A--Retrocession

SEC. 101. RETROCESSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO MARYLAND.

    (a) In General.--Upon the issuance of a proclamation by the 
President under 

section 102

    (b) and except as provided in subsection

    (b) , the territory ceded to Congress by the State of Maryland to serve 
as the District constituting the permanent seat of the Government of 
the United States is ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland.

    (b) Continuation of Federal Control Over Federal District.--
Notwithstanding subsection

    (a) , the Federal District described in 

section 111 shall not be ceded and relinquished to the State of 
Maryland and shall continue to serve as the permanent seat of the 
Government of the United States, and Congress shall continue to 
exercise exclusive legislative authority and control over such 
District.

SEC. 102. PROCLAMATION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF RETROCESSION BY 
 MARYLAND.

    (a) Enactment of Law Accepting Retrocession.--Retrocession under 

section 101 shall not take place unless the State of Maryland enacts 
legislation to accept such retrocession.

    (b) Proclamation by President.--Not later than 30 days after the 
State of Maryland enacts legislation accepting the retrocession under 

section 101, the President shall issue a proclamation announcing such 
acceptance and declaring that the territory ceded to Congress by the 
State of Maryland to serve as the District constituting the permanent 
seat of the Government of the United States has been ceded back to the 
State of Maryland.

Subtitle B--Federal District as Seat of Government of the United States

SEC. 111. DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL DISTRICT.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsections
            (c) ,
            (d) , and

    (e) , upon the 
retrocession under 

section 101, the Federal District shall consist of 
the property described in subsection

    (b) and shall include the 
principal Federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the 
United States Supreme Court Building, and the Federal executive, 
legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall 
and the Capitol Building (as such terms are used in 

section 8501

    (a) of 
title 40, United States Code).

    (b) General Description.--Upon the retrocession under 

section 101, 
the boundaries of the Federal District shall be as follows: Beginning 
at the intersection of the southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the 
eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street NE;

    (1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
 Street NE to its intersection with the northeastern right-of-
 way of Maryland Avenue NE;

    (2) thence southwest along said northeastern right-of-way 
 of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersection with the northern 
 right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NE;

    (3) thence west along said northern right-of-way of 
 Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection with the eastern 
 right-of-way of 1st Street NE;

    (4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 1st 
 Street NE to its intersection with the southeastern right-of-
 way of Maryland Avenue NE;

    (5) thence northeast along said southeastern right-of-way 
 of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersection with the eastern 
 right-of-way of 2nd Street SE;

    (6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
 Street SE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE;

    (7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
 Street SE to its intersection with the northern property 
 boundary of the property designated as Square 760 Lot 803;

    (8) thence east along said northern property boundary of 
 Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection with the western right-
 of-way of 3rd Street SE;

    (9) thence south along said western right-of-way of 3rd 
 Street SE to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
 Independence Avenue SE;

    (10) thence west along said northern right-of-way of 
 Independence Avenue SE to its intersection with the 
 northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE;

    (11) thence northwest along said northwestern right-of-way 
 of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its intersection with the eastern 
 right-of-way of 2nd Street SE;

    (12) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
 Street SE to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
 C Street SE;

    (13) thence west along said southern right-of-way of C 
 Street SE to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
 1st Street SE;

    (14) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 1st 
 Street SE to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
 D Street SE;

    (15) thence west along said southern right-of-way of D 
 Street SE to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
 South Capitol Street;

    (16) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of South 
 Capitol Street to its intersection with the northwestern right-
 of-way of Canal Street SE;

    (17) thence southeast along said northwestern right-of-way 
 of Canal Street SE to its intersection with the southern right-
 of-way of E Street SE;

    (18) thence east along said southern right-of-way of said E 
 Street SE to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
 1st Street SE;

    (19) thence south along said western right-of-way of 1st 
 Street SE to its intersection with the southernmost corner of 
 the property designated as Square 736S Lot 801;

    (20) thence west along a line extended due west from said 
 corner of said property designated as Square 736S Lot 801 to 
 its intersection with the southwestern right-of-way of New 
 Jersey Avenue SE;

    (21) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
 of New Jersey Avenue SE to its intersection with the 
 northwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE;

    (22) thence northwest along said northwestern right-of-way 
 of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersection with the western 
 right-of-way of South Capitol Street;

    (23) thence north along said western right-of-way of South 
 Capitol Street to its intersection with the southern right-of-
 way of E Street SW;

    (24) thence west along said southern right-of-way of E 
 Street SW to its end;

    (25) thence west along a line extending said southern 
 right-of-way of E Street SW westward to its intersection with 
 the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SW;

    (26) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
 Street SW to its intersection with the southwestern right-of-
 way of Virginia Avenue SW;

    (27) thence northwest along said southwestern right-of-way 
 of Virginia Avenue SW to its intersection with the western 
 right-of-way of 3rd Street SW;

    (28) thence north along said western right-of-way of 3rd 
 Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
 D Street SW;

    (29) thence west along said northern right-of-way of D 
 Street SW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
 4th Street SW;

    (30) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 4th 
 Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
 C Street SW;

    (31) thence west along said northern right-of-way of C 
 Street SW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
 6th Street SW;

    (32) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 6th 
 Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
 Independence Avenue SW;

    (33) thence west along said northern right-of-way of 
 Independence Avenue SW to its intersection with the western 
 right-of-way of 12th Street SW;

    (34) thence south along said western right-of-way of 12th 
 Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
 D Street SW;

    (35) thence west along said northern right-of-way of D 
 Street SW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
 14th Street SW;

    (36) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 14th 
 Street SW to its intersection with the northeastern boundary of 
 the Consolidated Rail Corporation railroad easement;

    (37) thence southwest along said northeastern boundary of 
 the Consolidated Rail Corporation railroad easement to its 
 intersection with the eastern shore of the Potomac River;

    (38) thence generally northwest along said eastern shore of 
 the Potomac River to its intersection with a line extending 
 westward the northern boundary of the property designated as 
 Square 12 Lot 806;

    (39) thence east along said line extending westward the 
 northern boundary of the property designated as Square 12 Lot 
 806 to the northern property boundary of the property 
 designated as Square 12 Lot 806, and continuing east along said 
 northern boundary of said property designated as Square 12 Lot 
 806 to its northeast corner;

    (40) thence east along a line extending east from said 
 northeast corner of the property designated as Square 12 Lot 
 806 to its intersection with the western boundary of the 
 property designated as Square 33 Lot 87;

    (41) thence south along said western boundary of the 
 property designated as Square 33 Lot 87 to its intersection 
 with the northwest corner of the property designated as Square 
 33 Lot 88;

    (42) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
 property designated as Square 33 Lot 88 to its southeast 
 corner, which is along the northern right-of-way of E Street 
 NW;

    (43) thence east along said northern right-of-way of E 
 Street NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
 18th Street NW;

    (44) thence south along said western right-of-way of 18th 
 Street NW to its intersection with the southwestern right-of-
 way of Virginia Avenue NW;

    (45) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
 of Virginia Avenue NW to its intersection with the northern 
 right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NW;

    (46) thence east along said northern right-of-way of 
 Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection with the eastern 
 right-of-way of 17th Street NW;

    (47) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 17th 
 Street NW to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
 H Street NW;

    (48) thence east along said southern right-of-way of H 
 Street NW to its intersection with the northwest corner of the 
 property designated as Square 221 Lot 35;

    (49) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
 property designated as Square 221 Lot 35 to its southeast 
 corner, which is along the boundary of the property designated 
 as Square 221 Lot 37;

    (50) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
 property designated as Square 221 Lot 37 to its southwest 
 corner, which it shares with the property designated as Square 
 221 Lot 818;

    (51) thence south along the boundary of said property 
 designated as Square 221 Lot 818 to its southwest corner, which 
 it shares with the property designated as Square 221 Lot 40;

    (52) thence south along the boundary of said property 
 designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its southwest corner;

    (53) thence east along the southern border of said property 
 designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its intersection with the 
 northwest corner of the property designated as Square 221 Lot 
 820;

    (54) thence south along the western boundary of said 
 property designated as Square 221 Lot 820 to its southwest 
 corner, which it shares with the property designated as Square 
 221 Lot 39;

    (55) thence south along the western boundary of said 
 property designated as Square 221 Lot 39 to its southwest 
 corner, which is along the northern right-of-way of 
 Pennsylvania Avenue NW;

    (56) thence east along said northern right-of-way of 
 Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection with the western 
 right-of-way of 15th Street NW;

    (57) thence south along said western right-of-way of 15th 
 Street NW to its intersection with a line extending northwest 
 from the southern right-of-way of the portion of Pennsylvania 
 Avenue NW north of Pershing Square;

    (58) thence southeast along said line extending the 
 southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the southern 
 right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and continuing 
 southeast along said southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 
 Avenue NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
 14th Street NW;

    (59) thence south along said western right-of-way of 14th 
 Street NW to its intersection with a line extending west from 
 the southern right-of-way of D Street NW;

    (60) thence east along said line extending west from the 
 southern right-of-way of D Street NW to the southern right-of-
 way of D Street NW, and continuing east along said southern 
 right-of-way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 
 eastern right-of-way of 13\1/2\ Street NW;

    (61) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 13\1/
 2\ Street NW to its intersection with the southern right-of-way 
 of Pennsylvania Avenue NW;

    (62) thence east and southeast along said southern right-
 of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection with the 
 western right-of-way of 12th Street NW;

    (63) thence south along said western right-of-way of 12th 
 Street NW to its intersection with a line extending to the west 
 the southern boundary of the property designated as Square 324 
 Lot 809;

    (64) thence east along said line to the southwest corner of 
 said property designated as Square 324 Lot 809, and continuing 
 northeast along the southern boundary of said property 
 designated as Square 324 Lot 809 to its eastern corner, which 
 it shares with the property designated as Square 323 Lot 802;

    (65) thence east along the southern boundary of said 
 property designated as Square 323 Lot 802 to its southeast 
 corner, which it shares with the property designated as Square 
 324 Lot 808;

    (66) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
 property designated as Square 324 Lot 808 to its northeastern 
 corner, which is along the southern right-of-way of 
 Pennsylvania Avenue NW;

    (67) thence southeast along said southern right-of-way of 
 Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection with the eastern 
 right-of-way of 4th Street NW;

    (68) thence north along a line extending north from said 
 eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW to its intersection with 
 the southern right-of-way of C Street NW;

    (69) thence east along said southern right-of-way of C 
 Street NW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
 3rd Street NW;

    (70) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 3rd 
 Street NW to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
 D Street NW;

    (71) thence east along said southern right-of-way of D 
 Street NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
 1st Street NW;

    (72) thence south along said western right-of-way of 1st 
 Street NW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
 C Street NW;

    (73) thence west along said northern right-of-way of C 
 Street NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
 2nd Street NW;

    (74) thence south along said western right-of-way of 2nd 
 Street NW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
 Constitution Avenue NW;

    (75) thence east along said northern right-of-way of 
 Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection with the 
 northeastern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW;

    (76) thence northeast along said northeastern right-of-way 
 of Louisiana Avenue NW to its intersection with the 
 southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue NW;

    (77) thence northwest along said southwestern right-of-way 
 of New Jersey Avenue NW to its intersection with the northern 
 right-of-way of D Street NW;

    (78) thence east along said northern right-of-way of D 
 Street NW to its intersection with the northeastern right-of-
 way of Louisiana Avenue NW;

    (79) thence northeast along said northwestern right-of-way 
 of Louisiana Avenue NW to its intersection with the western 
 right-of-way of North Capitol Street;

    (80) thence north along said western right-of-way of North 
 Capitol Street to its intersection with the southwestern right-
 of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NW;

    (81) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
 of Massachusetts Avenue NW to the southwestern right-of-way of 
 Massachusetts Avenue NE;

    (82) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
 of Massachusetts Avenue NE to the southern right-of-way of 
 Columbus Circle NE;

    (83) thence counter-clockwise along said southern right-of-
 way of Columbus Circle NE to its intersection with the southern 
 right-of-way of F Street NE; and

    (84) thence east along said southern right-of-way of F 
 Street NE to the point of beginning.
            (c) Streets and Sidewalks.--The Federal District shall include any 
street (and sidewalk thereof) that bounds the area described in 
subsection

    (b) .
            (d) Metes and Bounds Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President (in consultation with 
the Chair of the National Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a 
metes and bounds survey of the Federal District, as described in 
subsection

    (b) .

    (e) Clarification of Treatment of Frances Perkins Building.--The 
entirety of the Frances Perkins Building, including any portion of the 
Building which is north of D Street Northwest, shall be included in the 
Federal District.

SEC. 112. NATIONAL GUARD.

    (a) Establishment.--Title 32, United States Code, is amended as 
follows:

    (1) === Definitions. ===
-In 

section 101--
        (A) in paragraphs

    (4) and

    (6) , by striking ``Puerto 
 Rico, and the District of Columbia'' both places it 
 appears and inserting ``and Puerto Rico''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (19) , by striking ``the 
 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``or of the Commonwealth of 
 Puerto Rico''.

    (2) Branches and organizations.--In 

section 103, by 
 striking ``the District of Columbia,''.

    (3) Units: location; organization; command.--In subsections
            (c) and
            (d) of 

section 104, by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia,'' both places it appears.

    (4) Availability of appropriations.--In 

section 107

    (b) , by 
 striking ``the District of Columbia,''.

    (5) Maintenance of other troops.--In 

section 109--
        (A) in subsections

    (a) ,

    (b) , and
            (c) , by striking 
 ``the District of Columbia,'' each place it appears; 
 and
        (B) in subsection
            (c) , by striking ``(or commanding 
 general in the case of the District of Columbia)''.

    (6) Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities.--In 
 

section 112

    (h) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia,''; and
        (B) by striking paragraph

    (2) and redesignating 
 paragraph

    (3) , as amended, as paragraph

    (2) .

    (7) Enlistment oath.--In 

section 304, by striking ``or the 
 District of Columbia,''.

    (8) Adjutants general.--In 

section 314--
        (A) in subsections

    (a) and
            (d) , by striking ``the 
 District of Columbia,'' both places it appears; and
        (B) by striking subsections

    (b) and
            (c) and 
 redesdignating subsection
            (d) , as amended, as 
 subsection

    (b) .

    (9) Detail of regular members of army and air force to duty 
 with national guard.--In 

section 315, by striking ``the 
 District of Columbia,'' each place it appears.

    (10) Discharge of officers; termination of appointment.--In 
 

section 324

    (b) , by striking ``or the District of Columbia,''.

    (11) Relief from national guard duty when ordered to active 
 duty.--In subsections

    (a) and

    (b) of 

section 325--
        (A) by striking ``or the District of Columbia'' 
 both places it appears; and
        (B) by striking ``or the commanding general of the 
 District of Columbia National Guard,'' both places it 
 appears.

    (12) Courts-martial of national guard not in federal 
 service: composition, jurisdiction, and procedures; convening 
 authority.--In sections 326 and 327, by striking ``the District 
 of Columbia,'' each place it appears.

    (13) Active guard and reserve duty: governors authority.--
 In 

section 328, by striking ``or the commanding general of the 
 District of Columbia National Guard,'' each place it appears.

    (14) Training generally.--In 

section 501

    (b) , by striking 
 ``the District of Columbia,''.

    (15) Participation in field exercises.--In 

section 503

    (b) , 
 by striking ``the District of Columbia,''.

    (16) National guard schools and small arms competitions.--
 In 

section 504

    (b) , by striking ``Puerto Rico, or the District 
 of Columbia'' and inserting ``or Puerto Rico,''.

    (17) Army and air force schools and field exercises.--In 
 

section 505, in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by striking 
 ``and the Virgin Islands or of the commanding general of the 
 National Guard of the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``or 
 the Virgin Islands''.

    (18) National guard youth challenge program.--In 

section 509--
        (A) in subsection
            (c) (1) --
            (i) by striking ``or, in the case of the 
 District of Columbia, with the commanding 
 general of the District of Columbia National 
 Guard,''; and
            (ii) by striking ``or the commanding 
 general'';
        (B) in subsection

    (g)

    (2) , by striking ``and the 
 commanding general of the District of Columbia National 
 Guard (if the District of Columbia National Guard is 
 participating in the Program)'';
            (C) in subsection

    (j) --
            (i) by striking ``or, in the case of the 
 District of Columbia, the commanding general of 
 the District of Columbia National Guard''; and
            (ii) by striking ``or the commanding 
 general'' both places it appears;
            (D) in subsection

    (k) , by striking ``and, if the 
 Program is carried out in the District of Columbia, 
 with the commanding general of the District of Columbia 
 National Guard''; and
        (E) in subsection
            (l) (1) , by striking ``the 
 territories, and the District of Columbia'' and 
 inserting ``and the Territories''.

    (19) Issue of supplies.--In 

section 702--
        (A) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``or the 
 commanding general of the National Guard of the 
 District of Columbia''; and
        (B) in subsections

    (b) ,
            (c) , and
            (d) , by striking 
 ``Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia'' each place 
 it appears and inserting ``or Puerto Rico''.

    (20) Purchases of supplies from army or air force.--In 
 subsections

    (a) and

    (b) of 

section 703, by striking ``the 
 District of Columbia,'' both places it appears.

    (21) Accountability: relief from upon order to active 
 duty.--In 

section 704, by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia,''.

    (22) Property and fiscal officers.--In 

section 708--
        (A) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``and the 
 commanding general of the National Guard of the 
 District of Columbia,''; and
        (B) in subsection
            (d) , by striking ``the District 
 of Columbia,''.

    (23) Accountability for property issued to the national 
 guard.--In subsections
            (c) ,
            (d) ,

    (e) , and

    (f) of 

section 710, 
 by striking ``the District of Columbia,'' each place it 
 appears.

    (24) Disposition of obsolete or condemned property.--In 
 

section 711, by striking ``the District of Columbia,''.

    (25) Disposition of proceeds of condemned stores issued to 
 national guard.--In paragraph

    (1) of 

section 712, by striking 
 ``the District of Columbia,''.

    (26) Property loss; personal injury or death.--In 

section 715
            (c) , by striking ``or the District of Columbia''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) Federal district defined.--
        (A) In general.--

Section 101 of title 32, United 
 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
 following new paragraph:
 ``

    (20) `Federal District' means the area serving as the 
 seat of the Government of the United States, as described in 
 

section 111 of the Washington, DC. Residents Voting Act.''.
        (B) With regards to homeland defense activities.--
 

Section 901 of title 32, United States Code, is amended 
 in paragraph

    (2) by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia,''.

    (2) Title 10, united states code.--Title 10, United States 
 Code, is amended as follows:
        (A) === Definitions. ===
-In 

section 101--
            (i) in subsection

    (a) --
            (I) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking 
 ``District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``Federal District''; and
            (II) by adding at the end the 
 following new paragraph:
 ``

    (19) The term `Federal District' means the area serving 
 as the seat of the Government of the United States, as 
 described in 

section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents 
 Voting Act.'';
            (ii) in paragraphs

    (2) and

    (4) of 
 subsection
            (c) , by striking ``Puerto Rico, and 
 the District of Columbia'' both places it 
 appears and inserting ``and Puerto Rico''; and
            (iii) in subsection
            (d) (5) , by striking 
 ``the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the 
 District of Columbia'' and inserting ``or the 
 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico''.
        (B) Disposition on discharge.--In 

section 771a
            (c) , 
 by striking ``Puerto Rico, or the District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``or Puerto Rico''.
            (C) TRICARE coverage for certain members of the 
 national guard and dependents during certain disaster 
 response duty.--In 

section 1076f--
            (i) in subsections

    (a) and
            (c) (1) , by 
 striking ``(or, with respect to the District of 
 Columbia, the mayor of the District of 
 Columbia)'' both places it appears; and
            (ii) in subsection
            (c) (2) , by striking 
 ``the District of Columbia,''.
            (D) Payment of claims: availability of 
 appropriations.--In paragraph

    (2)
        (B) of 

section 2732, 
 by striking ``or the District of Columbia''.
        (E) Members of army national guard: detail as 
 students, observers, and investigators at educational 
 institutions, industrial plants, and hospitals.--In 
 

section 7401
            (c) , by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia,''.
        (F) Members of air national guard: detail as 
 students, observers, and investigators at educational 
 institutions, industrial plants, and hospitals.--In 
 

section 9401
            (c) , by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia,''.
        (G) Ready reserve: failure to satisfactorily 
 perform prescribed training.--In 

section 10148

    (b) , by 
 striking ``(or, in the case of the District of 
 Columbia, the commanding general of the District of 
 Columbia National Guard)''.
        (H) Chief of the national guard bureau.--In 

section 10502

    (a)

    (1) , by striking ``or, in the case of the 
 District of Columbia, the commanding general of the 
 District of Columbia National Guard''.
            (I) Vice chief of the national guard bureau.--In 
 

section 10505

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) , by striking ``or, in the case 
 of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of 
 the District of Columbia National Guard''.
        (J) Other senior national guard bureau officers.--
 In subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of 

section 10506

    (a)

    (1) , by 
 striking ``or, in the case of the District of Columbia, 
 the commanding general of the District of Columbia 
 National Guard'' both places it appears.
        (K) National guard bureau: general provisions.--In 
 

section 10508

    (b)

    (1) , by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia,''.
            (L) Commissioned officers: original appointment; 
 limitation.--In 

section 12204

    (b) , by striking ``Puerto 
 Rico, and the District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``and Puerto Rico''.
            (M) Reserve components generally.--In 

section 12301

    (b) , by striking ``(or, in the case of the 
 District of Columbia National Guard, the commanding 
 general of the District of Columbia National Guard)''.
        (N) National guard in federal service: call.--In 
 

section 12406, by striking ``or, in the case of the 
 District of Columbia, through the commanding general of 
 the National Guard of the District of Columbia''.
        (O) Result of failure to comply with standards and 
 qualifications.--In 

section 12642
            (c) , by striking 
 ``States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia'' 
 and inserting ``States or Puerto Rico''.
        (P) Limitation on relocation of national guard 
 units.--In 

section 18238, by striking ``or, in the case 
 of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of 
 the National Guard of the District of Columbia''.
            (c) Transfer of Personnel and Assets.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall transfer the personnel and assets of the District of Columbia 
National Guard to the Maryland National Guard.

SEC. 113. EFFECT OF RETROCESSION ON LAWS IN EFFECT IN SEAT OF 
 GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

 Except as otherwise provided in this Act and any other Act of 
Congress, upon the retrocession under 

section 102, the criminal laws of 
the State of Maryland, and any laws of the State of Maryland which 
regulate vehicular traffic, shall apply in the Federal District in the 
same manner and to the same extent as such laws apply in the State of 
Maryland, and shall be deemed laws of the United States which are 
applicable only in or to the Federal District.

SEC. 114. TERMINATION OF LEGAL STATUS OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF UNITED 
 STATES AS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

 Notwithstanding 

section 2 of the Revised Statutes relating to the 
District of Columbia (

sec. 1-102, D.C. Official Code) or any other 
provision of law codified in subchapter I of chapter 1 of the District 
of Columbia Official Code, effective upon the date of the retrocession 
under 

section 102, the Federal District (or any portion thereof) shall 
not serve as a government and shall not be a body corporate for 
municipal purposes.

 Subtitle C--General Provisions

SEC. 121. PENDING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS.

    (a) State as Legal Successor to District of Columbia.--The State of 
Maryland shall be the legal successor to the District of Columbia in 
all matters.

    (b) No Effect on Pending Proceedings.--All existing writs, actions, 
suits, judicial and administrative proceedings, civil or criminal 
liabilities, prosecutions, judgments, sentences, orders, decrees, 
appeals, causes of action, claims, demands, titles, and rights in any 
court shall continue unaffected by the retrocession under 

section 102, 
except as may be provided under this Act and as may be modified by the 
laws of the State of Maryland or the United States, as the case may be.

SEC. 122. EFFECT ON JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS PENDING IN DISTRICT OF 
 COLUMBIA.

    (a) Continuation of Suits.--No writ, action, indictment, cause, or 
proceeding pending in any court of the District of Columbia on the 
effective date of this Act shall abate as a result of the enactment of 
this Act, but shall be transferred and shall proceed within such 
appropriate court of the State of Maryland as established under the 
laws or constitution of the State of Maryland.

    (b) Appeals.--An order or decision of any court of the District of 
Columbia for which no appeal has been filed as of the effective date of 
this Act shall be considered an order or decision of a court of the 
State of Maryland for purposes of appeal from and appellate review of 
such order or decision in an appropriate court of the State of 
Maryland.

SEC. 123. EFFECT ON EXISTING CONTRACTS.

    (a) No Effect on Existing Contracts.--Nothing in the retrocession 
under 

section 102 shall affect any obligation under any contract or 
agreement under which the District of Columbia or the United States is 
a party, as in effect on the day before the date of the retrocession.

    (b) Succession in Interstate Compacts.--The State of Maryland shall 
be deemed to be the successor to the District of Columbia for purposes 
of any interstate compact which is in effect on the day before the date 
of retrocession under 

section 102.

 TITLE II--INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

 Subtitle A--Property

SEC. 201. TITLE TO PROPERTY.

    (a) Retention of Federal Title.--The United States shall have and 
retain title to, or jurisdiction over, for purposes of administration 
and maintenance, all real and personal property which, on the day 
before the date of the retrocession under 

section 102, is located in 
the District of Columbia and with respect to which, on such day, the 
United States holds title or jurisdiction for such purpose.

    (b) Title to Property Formerly Held by District of Columbia.--The 
State of Maryland shall have title to, or jurisdiction over, for 
purposes of administration and maintenance, all real and personal 
property with respect to which, on the day before the date of the 
retrocession under 

section 102, the District of Columbia holds title or 
jurisdiction for such purposes.

SEC. 202. TREATMENT OF MILITARY LANDS.

    (a) Reservation of Federal Authority.--

    (1) In general.--Subject to subparagraph
        (B) and paragraph

    (2) and notwithstanding the retrocession under 

section 2, 
 authority is reserved in the United States for the exercise by 
 Congress of the power of exclusive legislation in all cases 
 whatsoever over such tracts or parcels of land located in the 
 District of Columbia that, on the day before the date of the 
 retrocession, are controlled or owned by the United States and 
 held for defense or Coast Guard purposes.

    (2) Limitation on authority.--The power of exclusive 
 legislation described in subparagraph
        (A) shall vest and remain 
 in the United States only so long as the particular tract or 
 parcel of land involved is controlled or owned by the United 
 States and held for defense or Coast Guard purposes.

    (b) Authority of State of Maryland.--

    (1) In general.--The reservation of authority in the United 
 States under paragraph

    (1) shall not operate to prevent such 
 tracts or parcels of land from being a part of the State of 
 Maryland, or to prevent the State from exercising over or upon 
 such lands, concurrently with the United States, any 
 jurisdiction which it would have in the absence of such 
 reservation of authority and which is consistent with the laws 
 hereafter enacted by Congress pursuant to such reservation of 
 authority.

    (2) Service of process.--The State of Maryland shall have 
 the right to serve civil or criminal process in such tracts or 
 parcels of land in which the authority of the United States is 
 reserved under paragraph

    (1) in suits or prosecutions for or on 
 account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes 
 committed in the State but outside of such lands.

 Subtitle B--Federal Courts

SEC. 211. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

    (a) Circuit Judges.--

Section 44
            (c) of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended--

    (1) by striking ``Except in the District of Columbia, 
 each'' and inserting ``Each''; and

    (2) by striking ``within fifty miles of the District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``within fifty miles of the Federal 
 District''.

    (b) District Judges.--

Section 134

    (b) of such title is amended in 
the first sentence by striking ``the District of Columbia, the Southern 
District of New York, and'' and inserting ``the Southern District of 
New York and''.
            (c) United States Attorneys.--

Section 545

    (a) of such title is 
amended by striking the first sentence and inserting ``Each United 
States attorney shall reside in the district for which he or she is 
appointed, except that those officers of the Southern District of New 
York and the Eastern District of New York may reside within 20 miles 
thereof.''.
            (d) United States Marshals.--

Section 561

    (e)

    (1) of such title is 
amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (1) the marshal for the Southern District of New York may 
 reside within 20 miles of the district; and''.

    (e) Clerks of District Courts.--

Section 751
            (c) of such title is 
amended by striking ``the District of Columbia and''.

    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply only to individuals appointed after the date of the retrocession 
under 

section 102.

SEC. 212. RENAMING OF FEDERAL COURTS.

    (a) Renaming.--

    (1) Circuit court.--

Section 41 of title 28, United States 
 Code, is amended--
        (A) in the first column, by striking ``District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal District''; and
        (B) in the second column, by striking ``District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal District''.

    (2) District court.--

Section 88 of such title is amended--
        (A) in the heading, by striking ``District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal District'';
        (B) by amending the first paragraph to read as 
 follows:
 ``The Federal District comprise one judicial district.''; 
 and
            (C) in the second paragraph, by striking 
 ``Washington'' and inserting ``the Federal District''.

    (3) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to 

section 88 in 
 the table of sections for chapter 5 of such title is amended to 
 read as follows:

``88. The Federal District.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Court of Appeals.--Title 28, 
United States Code, is amended as follows:

    (1) Appointment of judges.--

Section 44

    (a) of such title is 
 amended in the first column by striking ``District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal District''.

    (2) Terms of court.--

Section 48

    (a) of such title is 
 amended--
        (A) in the first column, by striking ``District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal District'';
        (B) in the second column, by striking 
 ``Washington'' and inserting ``Federal District''; and
            (C) in the second column, by striking ``District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal District''.

    (3) Appointment of independent counsels by chief judge of 
 circuit.--

Section 49 of such title is amended by striking 
 ``District of Columbia'' each place it appears and inserting 
 ``Federal District''.

    (4) Circuit court jurisdiction over certification of death 
 penalty counsels.--

Section 2265
            (c) (2) of such title is amended 
 by striking ``the District of Columbia Circuit'' and inserting 
 ``the Federal District Circuit''.

    (5) Circuit court jurisdiction over review of federal 
 agency orders.--

Section 2343 of such title is amended by 
 striking ``the District of Columbia Circuit'' and inserting 
 ``the Federal District Circuit''.
            (c) Conforming Amendments Relating to District Court.--Title 28, 
United States Code, is amended as follows:

    (1) Appointment and number of district court judges.--
 

Section 133

    (a) of such title is amended in the first column by 
 striking ``District of Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal 
 District''.

    (2) District court jurisdiction of tax cases brought 
 against united states.--

Section 1346

    (e) of such title is 
 amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``the Federal District''.

    (3) District court jurisdiction over proceedings for 
 forfeiture of foreign property.--

Section 1355

    (b)

    (2) of such 
 title is amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and 
 inserting ``the Federal District''.

    (4) District court jurisdiction over civil actions brought 
 against a foreign state.--

Section 1391

    (f)

    (4) of such title is 
 amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``the Federal District''.

    (5) District court jurisdiction over actions brought by 
 corporations against united states.--

Section 1402

    (a)

    (2) of such 
 title is amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and 
 inserting ``the Federal District''.

    (6) Venue in district court of certain actions brought by 
 employees of executive office of the president.--

Section 1413 
 of such title is amended by striking ``the District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``the Federal District''.

    (7) Venue in district court of action enforcing foreign 
 judgment.--

Section 2467
            (c) (2)
        (B) of such title is amended by 
 striking ``the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the 
 Federal District''.
            (d) Conforming Amendments Relating to Other Courts.--Title 28, 
United States Code, is amended as follows:

    (1) Appointment of bankruptcy judges.--

Section 152

    (a)

    (2) of 
 such title is amended in the first column by striking 
 ``District of Columbia'' and inserting ``Federal District''.

    (2) Location of court of federal claims.--

Section 173 of 
 such title is amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' 
 and inserting ``the Federal District''.

    (3) Duty station of judges of court of federal claims.--
 

Section 175 of such title is amended by striking ``the District 
 of Columbia'' each place it appears and inserting ``the Federal 
 District''.

    (4) Duty station of judges for purposes of traveling 
 expenses.--

Section 456

    (b) of such title is amended to read as 
 follows:
 ``

    (b) The official duty station of the Chief Justice of the United 
States, the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 
judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
shall be the Federal District.''.

    (5) Court accommodations for federal circuit and court of 
 federal claims.--

Section 462
            (d) of such title is amended by 
 striking ``the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the 
 Federal District''.

    (6) Places of holding court of court of federal claims.--
 

Section 798

    (a) of such title is amended--
        (A) by striking ``Washington, District of 
 Columbia'' and inserting ``the Federal District''; and
        (B) by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and 
 inserting ``the Federal District''.

    (e) Other Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) Service of process on foreign parties at state 
 department office.--

Section 1608

    (a)

    (4) of such title is amended 
 by striking ``Washington, District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``the Federal District''.

    (2) Service of process in property cases at attorney 
 general office.--

Section 2410

    (b) of such title is amended by 
 striking ``Washington, District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``the Federal District''.

    (f) 

=== Definition. ===
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Section 451 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new undesignated paragraph:
 ``The term `Federal District' means the area serving as the seat of 
the Government of the United States, as described in 

section 111 of the 
Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act.''.

    (g) References in Other Laws.--Any reference in any Federal law 
(other than a law amended by this section), rule, or regulation--

    (1) to the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
 of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the United States Court 
 of Appeals for the Federal District;

    (2) to the District of Columbia Circuit shall be deemed to 
 refer to the Federal District Circuit; and

    (3) to the United States District Court for the District of 
 Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the United States District 
 Court for the Federal District.

    (h) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect upon the retrocession under 

section 102.

SEC. 213. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

    (a) Appointment of United States Trustees.--

Section 581

    (a)

    (4) of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking ``the District of 
Columbia'' and inserting ``the Federal District''.

    (b) Independent Counsels.--

    (1) Appointment of additional personnel.--

Section 594
            (c) of 
 such title is amended--
        (A) by striking ``the District of Columbia'' the 
 first place it appears and inserting ``the Federal 
 District''; and
        (B) by striking ``the District of Columbia'' the 
 second place it appears and inserting ``the Federal 
 District''.

    (2) Judicial review of removal.--

Section 596

    (a)

    (3) of such 
 title is amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and 
 inserting ``the Federal District''.
            (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect upon the retrocession under 

section 102.

 Subtitle C--Federal Elections

SEC. 221. PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN FEDERAL DISTRICT TO VOTE 
 IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN STATE OF MOST RECENT DOMICILE.

    (a) Requirement for States To Permit Individuals To Vote by 
Absentee Ballot.--

    (1) In general.--Each State shall--
        (A) permit absent Federal District voters to use 
 absentee registration procedures and to vote by 
 absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and 
 runoff elections for Federal office; and
        (B) accept and process, with respect to any 
 general, special, primary, or runoff election for 
 Federal office, any otherwise valid voter registration 
 application from an absent Federal District voter, if 
 the application is received by the appropriate State 
 election official not less than 30 days before the 
 election.

    (2) Absent federal district voter defined.--In this 
 section, the term ``absent Federal district voter'' means, with 
 respect to a State, a person who resides in the Federal 
 District and is qualified to vote in the State (or who would be 
 qualified to vote in the State but for residing in the Federal 
 District), but only if the State is the last place in which the 
 person was domiciled before residing in the Federal district.

    (3) State defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' 
 means each of the several States.

    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect upon the date 
of the retrocession under 

section 102, and shall apply with respect to 
elections for Federal office taking place on or after such date.

SEC. 222. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELEGATE.

    (a) Repeal of Office.--

    (1) In general.--Sections 202 and 204 of the District of 
 Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91-405; sections 1-401 and 1-
 402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, and the provisions of 
 law amended or repealed by such sections are restored or 
 revived as if such sections had not been enacted.

    (2) Conforming amendments to district of columbia elections 
 code of 1955.--The District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 
 is amended--
        (A) in 

section 1 (

sec. 1-1001.01, D.C. Official 
 Code), by striking ``the Delegate to the House of 
 Representatives,'';
        (B) in 

section 2 (

sec. 1-1001.02, D.C. Official 
 Code)--
            (i) by striking paragraph

    (6) ,
            (ii) in paragraph

    (12) , by striking 
 ``(except the Delegate to Congress for the 
 District of Columbia)'', and
            (iii) in paragraph

    (13) , by striking ``the 
 Delegate to Congress for the District of 
 Columbia,'';
            (C) in 

section 8 (

sec. 1-1001.08, D.C. Official 
 Code)--
            (i) by striking ``Delegate,'' in the 
 heading, and
            (ii) by striking ``Delegate,'' each place 
 it appears in subsections
            (d) ,

    (h)

    (1)
        (A) ,

    (h)

    (2) ,
            (i) (1) ,

    (j)

    (1) ,

    (j)

    (3) , and

    (k)

    (3) ;
            (D) in 

section 10 (

sec. 1-1001.10, D.C. Official 
 Code)--
            (i) by striking subparagraph
        (A) of 
 subsection

    (a)

    (3) , and
            (ii) in subsection
            (d) --
            (I) by striking ``Delegate,'' each 
 place it appears in paragraph

    (1) , and
            (II) by striking paragraph

    (2) and 
 redesignating paragraph

    (3) as 
 paragraph

    (2) ;
        (E) in 

section 11

    (a)

    (2) (

sec. 1-1001.11

    (a)

    (2) , D.C. 
 Official Code), by striking ``Delegate to the House of 
 Representatives,'';
        (F) in 

section 15

    (b) (

sec. 1-1001.15

    (b) , D.C. 
 Official Code), by striking ``Delegate,''; and
        (G) in 

section 17

    (a) (

sec. 1-1001.17

    (a) , D.C. 
 Official Code), by striking ``except the Delegate to 
 the Congress from the District of Columbia''.

    (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
 shall take effect on the date on which the individual serving 
 as the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the 
 District of Columbia first serves as a member of the House of 
 Representatives from the State of Maryland.

    (b) Temporary Increase in Apportionment.--

    (1) In general.--Until the taking effect of the first 
 reapportionment occurring after the effective date of this 
 Act--
        (A) the individual serving as the Delegate to the 
 House of Representatives from the District of Columbia 
 shall serve as a member of the House of Representatives 
 from the State of Maryland;
        (B) the State of Maryland shall be entitled to 1 
 additional Representative until the taking effect of 
 such reapportionment; and
            (C) such Representative shall be in addition to the 
 membership of the House of Representatives as now 
 prescribed by law.

    (2) Increase not counted against total number of members.--
 The temporary increase in the membership of the House of 
 Representatives provided under paragraph

    (1) shall not operate 
 to either increase or decrease the permanent membership of the 
 House of Representatives as prescribed in the Act of August 8, 
 1911 (37 Stat. 13; 2 U.S.C. 2), nor shall such temporary 
 increase affect the basis of reapportionment established by the 
 Act of November 15, 1941 (55 Stat. 761; 2 U.S.C. 2a), for the 
 82nd Congress and each Congress thereafter.

SEC. 223. REPEAL OF LAW PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION OF SEAT OF 
 GOVERNMENT IN ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 3, United States Code, is 
amended--

    (1) by striking 

section 21; and

    (2) in the table of sections, by striking the item relating 
 to 

section 21.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
take effect upon the date of the retrocession under 

section 102, and 
shall apply to any election of the President and Vice-President taking 
place on or after such date.

 TITLE III--TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 
 RESPONSIBILITIES

Subtitle A--Continuation of Benefits for Certain Employees of District 
 of Columbia

SEC. 301. FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN RETIREMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Continuation of Entitlement to Payments.--Any individual who, 
as of the day before the date of the retrocession under 

section 102, is 
entitled to a Federal benefit payment under the District of Columbia 
Retirement Protection Act of 1997 (subtitle A of title XI of the 
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997; 

sec. 1-801.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall continue to be 
entitled to such a payment after such retrocession, in the same manner, 
to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions 
applicable under such Act.

    (b) Obligations of Federal Government.--

    (1) In general.--Any obligation of the Federal Government 
 under the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 
 1997 which exists with respect to any individual or with 
 respect to the District of Columbia as of the day before the 
 date of the retrocession under 

section 102 shall remain in 
 effect with respect to such an individual and with respect to 
 the State of Maryland after such retrocession, in the same 
 manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and 
 conditions applicable under such Act.

    (2) D.C. federal pension fund.--Any obligation of the 
 Federal Government under chapter 9 of the District of Columbia 
 Retirement Protection Act of 1997 (

sec. 1-817.01 et seq., D.C. 
 Official Code) with respect to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund 
 which exists as of the day before the date of the retrocession 
 under 

section 102 shall remain in effect with respect to such 
 Fund after such retrocession, in the same manner, to the same 
 extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions applicable 
 under such chapter.
            (c) Obligations of State.--Any obligation of the District of 
Columbia under the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 
1997 which exists with respect to any individual or with respect to the 
Federal Government as of the day before the date of the retrocession 
under 

section 102 shall become an obligation of the State of Maryland 
with respect to such an individual and with respect to the Federal 
Government after such retrocession, in the same manner, to the same 
extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions applicable under 
such Act.

SEC. 302. CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES 
 FIRST EMPLOYED PRIOR TO ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT OF 
 COLUMBIA MERIT PERSONNEL SYSTEM.

    (a) Obligations of Federal Government.--Any obligation of the 
Federal Government under title 5, United States Code, which exists with 
respect to an individual described in subsection
            (c) or with respect to 
the District of Columbia as of the day before the date of the 
retrocession under 

section 102 shall remain in effect with respect to 
such individual and with respect to the State of Maryland after such 
retrocession, in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to 
the same terms and conditions applicable under such title.

    (b) Obligations of State of Maryland.--Any obligation of the 
District of Columbia under title 5, United States Code, which exists 
with respect to an individual described in subsection
            (c) or with 
respect to the Federal Government as of the day before the date of the 
retrocession under 

section 102 shall become an obligation of the State 
of Maryland with respect to such individual and with respect to the 
Federal Government after such retrocession, in the same manner, to the 
same extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions applicable 
under such title.
            (c) Individuals Described.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual who was first employed by the Government of 
the District of Columbia before October 1, 1987.

SEC. 303. OBLIGATIONS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER JUDGES' RETIREMENT 
 PROGRAM.

 Any obligation of the Federal Government under subchapter III of 
chapter 15 of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code--

    (1) which exists with respect to any individual and the 
 District of Columbia as the result of service accrued prior to 
 the date of the retrocession under 

section 102 shall remain in 
 effect with respect to such an individual and with respect to 
 the State of Maryland after such retrocession, in the same 
 manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and 
 conditions applicable under such subchapter; and

    (2) shall exist with respect to any individual and the 
 State of Maryland as the result of service accrued after the 
 date of such retrocession in the same manner, to the same 
 extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions applicable 
 under such subchapter as such obligation existed with respect 
 to individuals and the District of Columbia as of the date of 
 such retrocession, but only in the case of an individual who 
 serves as a judge in the State of Maryland on or after the date 
 of such retrocession.

SEC. 304. EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE.

    (a) Continuation of Federal Benefits for Employees.--Any individual 
who, as of the day before the date of the retrocession under 

section 102, is an employee of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service 
and who, pursuant to 

section 305
            (c) of the District of Columbia Court 
Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (

sec. 2-1605
            (c) , D.C. 
Official Code), is treated as an employee of the Federal Government for 
purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter of subpart G of part 
III of title 5, United States Code, shall continue to be treated as an 
employee of the Federal Government for such purposes, but only in the 
case of an individual who serves as an employee of the public defender 
service of the State of Maryland (or, if applicable, a jurisdiction of 
the State of Maryland which operates a public defender service in the 
territory ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to 
such retrocession) on or after the date of such retrocession.

    (b) Responsibility for Employer Contribution.--The Federal 
Government shall be treated as the employing agency with respect to the 
benefits described in subsection

    (a) which are provided to an 
individual who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is continued 
to be treated as an employee of the Federal Government under such 
paragraph.

SEC. 305. EMPLOYEES EXERCISING AUTHORITY OVER PAROLE AND SUPERVISION.

    (a) United States Parole Commission.--

    (1) Continuation of federal benefits for employees.--
        (A) Continuation.--Any individual who, as of the 
 day before the date of the retrocession under 

section 102, is an employee of the United States Parole 
 Commission and who, on or after such date, is an 
 employee of the office of the State of Maryland which 
 exercises the authority described in paragraph

    (2) (or, 
 if applicable, a jurisdiction of the State of Maryland 
 which exercises the authority described in paragraph

    (2) in the territory ceded and relinquished to the 
 State of Maryland pursuant to such retrocession) shall 
 continue to be treated as an employee of the Federal 
 Government for purposes of receiving benefits under any 
 chapter of subpart G of part III of title 5, United 
 States Code.
        (B) Responsibility for employer contribution.--The 
 Federal Government shall be treated as the employing 
 agency with respect to the benefits described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) which are provided to an individual 
 who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is 
 continued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 
 Government under such paragraph.

    (2) Authorities described.--The authorities described in 
 this paragraph are--
        (A) the authority to grant, deny, and revoke 
 parole, and to impose conditions upon an order of 
 parole, in the case of any individual who is an 
 imprisoned felon who is eligible for parole or reparole 
 under the laws of the State of Maryland; and
        (B) the authority to exercise authority over 
 individuals who are released offenders of the State of 
 Maryland.

    (b) Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.--

    (1) Continuation of federal benefits for employees.--
        (A) Continuation.--Any individual who, as of the 
 day before the date of the retrocession under 

section 102, is an employee of the Court Services and Offender 
 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and 
 who, on or after such date, is an employee of the 
 office of the State of Maryland which provides the 
 services described in paragraph

    (2) (or, if applicable, 
 a jurisdiction of the State of Maryland which provides 
 the services described in paragraph

    (2) in the 
 territory ceded and relinquished to the State of 
 Maryland pursuant to such retrocession) shall continue 
 to be treated as an employee of the Federal Government 
 for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter of 
 subpart G of part III of title 5, United States Code.
        (B) Responsibility for employer contribution.--The 
 Federal Government shall be treated as the employing 
 agency with respect to the benefits described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) which are provided to an individual 
 who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is 
 continued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 
 Government under such paragraph.

    (2) Services described.--The services described in this 
 paragraph are as follows:
        (A) Pretrial services with respect to individuals 
 who are charged with an offense in the State of 
 Maryland.
        (B) Supervision for individuals who are offenders 
 on probation, parole, and supervised release pursuant 
 to the laws of the State of Maryland.
            (C) Sex offender registration functions with 
 respect to individuals who are sex offenders in the 
 State of Maryland.

SEC. 306. EMPLOYEES OF COURTS AND COURT SYSTEM.

    (a) Continuation of Federal Benefits for Employees.--Any individual 
who is an employee of the courts or court system of the District of 
Columbia as of the day before the date of the retrocession under 

section 102 and who, pursuant to 

section 11-1726

    (b) or 

section 11-
1726
            (c) , District of Columbia Official Code, is treated as an employee 
of the Federal Government for purposes of receiving benefits under any 
chapter of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States Code, shall 
continue to be treated as an employee of the Federal Government for 
such purposes, but only in the case of an individual who serves as an 
employee of the courts or court system of the State of Maryland (or, if 
applicable, the courts or court system of the jurisdiction of the State 
of Maryland which operates the courts or court system in the territory 
ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to such 
retrocession) on or after the date of such retrocession.

    (b) Responsibility for Employer Contribution.--The Federal 
Government shall be treated as the employing agency with respect to the 
benefits described in subsection

    (a) which are provided to an 
individual who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is continued 
to be treated as an employee of the Federal Government under such 
paragraph.

 Subtitle B--Other Programs and Authorities

SEC. 311. DESIGNATION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FELONS TO FACILITIES OF 
 BUREAU OF PRISONS.

    (a) Continuation for Certain Individuals.--Chapter 1 of subtitle C 
of title XI of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (

sec. 24-101 et seq., D.C. Official Code) and 
the amendments made by such chapter shall apply with respect to an 
individual described in subsection

    (b) after the date of the 
retrocession under 

section 102 in the same manner and to the same 
extent as such chapter and such amendments applied with respect to the 
individual as of the day before such date.

    (b) Individuals Described.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual who, as of the date of the retrocession 
under 

section 102, is serving a sentence of incarceration pursuant to 
the District of Columbia Official Code at a penal or correctional 
facility operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons.

SEC. 312. APPLICATION OF THE COLLEGE ACCESS ACT.

    (a) Continuation for Certain Individuals.--The District of Columbia 
College Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-98; 

sec. 38-2701 et seq., 
D.C. Official Code) shall apply with respect to an individual described 
in subsection

    (b) after the date of the retrocession under 

section 102 
in the same manner and to the same extent as such Act applied with 
respect to the individual as of the day before such date.

    (b) Individuals Described.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual with respect to whom the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia made a payment on the individual's behalf under 
the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 for the award year 
during which the date of the retrocession under 

section 102 occurs.

SEC. 313. APPLICATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS 
 ACT.

    (a) Continuation for Certain Individuals.--The Scholarships for 
Opportunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112-10; 

sec. 38-
1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall apply with respect to an 
individual described in subsection

    (b) after the date of the 
retrocession under 

section 102 in the same manner and to the same 
extent as such Act applied with respect to the individual as of the day 
before such date.

    (b) Individuals Described.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual with respect to whom an eligible entity 
under the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act awarded an 
opportunity scholarship under such Act for the school year during which 
the date of the retrocession under 

section 102 occurs.

SEC. 314. FEDERAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS.

    (a) National Capital Planning Commission.--

    (1) Continuing application.--Subject to the amendments made 
 by paragraphs

    (2) and

    (3) , upon the retrocession under 

section 102, chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, shall apply 
 with respect to the Federal District in the same manner and to 
 the same extent as such chapter applied with respect to the 
 District of Columbia as of the day before the date of such 
 retrocession.

    (2) Composition of national capital planning commission.--
 

Section 8711

    (b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
        (A) by amending subparagraph
        (B) of paragraph

    (1) to read as follows:
 ``
        (B) four citizens with experience in city or 
 regional planning, who shall be appointed by the 
 President.''; and
        (B) by amending paragraph

    (2) to read as follows:
 ``

    (2) Residency requirement.--Of the four citizen members, 
 one shall be a resident of Virginia, one shall be a resident of 
 Maryland, and one shall be a resident of the territory ceded 
 and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to the 
 retrocession under 

section 102 of the Washington, D.C. 
 Residents Voting Act.''.

    (3) Conforming amendments to definitions of terms.--
        (A) Environs.--Paragraph

    (1) of 

section 8702 of 
 such title is amended by striking ``the territory 
 surrounding the District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``the territory surrounding the Federal District''.
        (B) Federal district.--Paragraph

    (2) of 

section 8702 of such title is amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (2) Federal district.--The term `Federal District' means 
 the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United 
 States, as described in 

section 111 of the Washington, D.C. 
 Residents Voting Act, and the territory the Federal Government 
 owns in the environs.''.
            (C) National capital region.--Subparagraph
        (A) of 
 paragraph

    (3) of 

section 8702 of such title is amended 
 to read as follows:
 ``
        (A) the Federal District and the territory ceded 
 and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to 
 the retrocession under 

section 102 of the Washington, 
 D.C. Residents Voting Act;''.

    (b) Commission of Fine Arts.--

    (1) Limiting application to federal district.--

Section 9102

    (a)

    (1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
 striking ``the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the 
 Federal District''.

    (2) === Definition. ===
-

Section 9102 of such title is amended by 
 adding at the end the following new subsection:
 ``
            (d) === Definition. ===
-In this chapter, the term `Federal District' 
means the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United 
States, as described in 

section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents 
Voting Act.''.

    (3) Conforming amendment.--

Section 9101
            (d) of such title is 
 amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and inserting 
 ``the Capital''.
            (c) Commemorative Works Act.--

    (1) Limiting application to federal district.--

Section 8902 
 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
 end the following new subsection:
 ``
            (c) Limiting Application to Federal District.--This chapter 
applies only with respect to commemorative works in the Federal 
District and its environs.''.

    (2) === Definition. ===
-Paragraph

    (2) of 

section 8902

    (a) of such 
 title is amended to read as follows:
 ``

    (2) Federal district and its environs.--The term `Capital 
 and its environs' means--
 ``
        (A) the area serving as the seat of the 
 Government of the United States, as described in 
 

section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting 
 Act; and
 ``
        (B) those lands and properties administered by 
 the National Park Service and the General Services 
 Administration located in the Reserve, Area I, and Area 
 II as depicted on the map entitled `Commemorative Areas 
 Washington, DC and Environs', numbered \869/86501\ B, 
 and dated June 24, 2003, that are located outside of 
 the territory ceded and relinquished to the State of 
 Maryland pursuant to the retrocession under 

section 102 
 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act.''.

    (3) Temporary site designation.--

Section 8907

    (a) of such 
 title is amended by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and 
 inserting ``the Federal District and its environs''.

    (4) General conforming amendments.--Chapter 89 of such 
 title is amended by striking ``the District of Columbia and its 
 environs'' each place it appears in the following sections and 
 inserting ``the Federal District and its environs'':
        (A) Section 8901

    (2) and 8901

    (4) .
        (B) Section 8902

    (a)

    (4) .
            (C) Section 8903
            (d) .
            (D) Section 8904
            (c) .
        (E) Section 8905

    (a) .
        (F) Section 8906

    (a) .
        (G) Section 8909

    (a) and 8909

    (b) .

    (5) Additional conforming amendment.--

Section 8901

    (2) of 
 such title is amended by striking ``the urban fabric of the 
 District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the urban fabric of the 
 area serving as the seat of the Government of the United 
 States, as described in 

section 112 of the Washington, D.C. 
 Residents Voting Act''.
            (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the retrocession under 

section 102.

SEC. 315. ROLE OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN SUPPLYING WATER.

    (a) Continuation of Role.--Chapter 95 of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``

Sec. 9508. Applicability to Federal District and certain portion of 
 State of Maryland
 ``

    (a) In General.--Effective upon the retrocession under 

section 102 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act, any reference in this 
chapter to the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the 
Federal District or the territory ceded and relinquished to the State 
of Maryland pursuant to the retrocession under 

section 102 of such Act, 
as the case may be.
 ``

    (b) 

=== Definition. ===
-In this section, the term `Federal District' 
means the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United 
States, as described in 

section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents 
Voting Act.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections of chapter 95 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

``9508. Applicability to Federal District and certain portion of State 
 of Maryland.''.

SEC. 316. REQUIREMENTS TO BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

 The location of any person in the Federal District or the territory 
ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland pursuant to the 
retrocession under 

section 102 on the day after the date of such 
retrocession shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement under any law 
in effect as of the day before such date that the person be located in 
the District of Columbia, including the requirements of 

section 72 of 
title 4, United States Code (relating to offices of the seat of the 
Government of the United States), and title 36, United States Code 
(relating to patriotic and national organizations).

 TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. DEFINITION.

 In this Act, the term ``Federal District'' means the area serving 
as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in 

section 111.

SEC. 402. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

 No law or regulation which is in force on the effective date of 
this Act shall be deemed amended or repealed by this Act except to the 
extent specifically provided in this Act, or to the extent that such 
law or regulation is inconsistent with this Act.

SEC. 403. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 The provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date the President issues a proclamation under 

section 102

    (b) or the date of the ratification of an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States repealing the twenty-third article of 
amendment to the Constitution, whichever comes later.
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