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| 6 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 10 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 12 | | - | January 17, 2023 |
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| 13 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need |
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| 14 | | - | to amend the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Act of 1975 to extend pandemic |
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| 15 | | - | provisions related to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, including revised election procedures to fill vacancies on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and authorization |
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| 16 | | - | for Advisory Neighborhood Commissions to meet remotely. |
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| 17 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 18 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “ Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Pandemic Provisions |
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| 19 | | - | Extension Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023” . |
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| 20 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) Since the onset of the pandemic, the Council has amended existing law to |
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| 21 | | - | provide Advisory Neighborhood Commissions with the necessary flexibility and authority to continue their important work. |
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| 22 | | - | (b) Among other things, t hese amendments established revised procedures to fill |
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| 23 | | - | vacancies on Advisory Neighborhood commissions and permitted Advisory Neighborhood |
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| 24 | | - | Commissions to meet and vote remotely . |
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| 25 | | - | (c) The experience of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions during the pandemic |
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| 26 | | - | demonstrated that the procedures established by this emergency and temporary legislation have improved both the efficiency and efficacy of Commissions and should continue. |
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| 27 | | - | (d) Most recently, the Council passed the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions |
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| 28 | | - | Pandemic Provisions Extension Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, which expires on February 19, 2023. The accompanying temporary legislation is still awaiting congressional review. Therefore, a congressional review emergency is necessary to avoid any gap in |
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| 29 | | - | applicability. |
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| 31 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances |
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| 32 | | - | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Pandemic Provisions Extension Congressional Review |
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| 33 | | - | Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 34 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 2 | + | _______________________________ 1 |
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| 3 | + | Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 2 |
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| 9 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 |
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| 11 | + | ______ 10 |
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| 13 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12 |
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| 15 | + | __________________ 14 |
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| 16 | + | 15 |
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| 17 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency , due to c ongressional review, with respect to the need 16 |
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| 18 | + | to amend the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Act of 1975 to extend pandemic 17 |
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| 19 | + | provisions related to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, including revised election 18 |
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| 20 | + | procedures to fill vacancies on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and authorization 19 |
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| 21 | + | for Advisory Neighborhood Commissions to meet remotely. 20 |
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| 22 | + | 21 |
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| 23 | + | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 22 |
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| 24 | + | resolution may be cited as the “ Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Pandemic Provisions 23 |
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| 25 | + | Extension Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023” . 24 |
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| 26 | + | Sec. 2. (a) Since the onset of the pandemic, the Council has amended existing law to 25 |
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| 27 | + | provide Advisory Neighborhood Commissions with the necessary flexibility and authority to 26 |
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| 28 | + | continue their important work. 27 |
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| 29 | + | (b) Among other things, these amendments established revised procedures to fill 28 |
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| 30 | + | vacancies on Advisory Neighborhood commissions and permitted Advisory Neighborhood 29 |
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| 31 | + | Commissions to meet and vote remotely . 30 |
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| 32 | + | (c) The experience of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions during the pandemic 31 |
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| 33 | + | demonstrated that the procedures established by this emergency and temporary legislation have 32 |
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| 34 | + | improved both the efficiency and efficacy of Commissions and should continue. 33 2 |
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| 35 | + | (d) Most recently, the Council passed the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions 1 |
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| 36 | + | Pandemic Provisions Extension Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, which expires on 2 |
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| 37 | + | February 19, 2023. The accompanying temporary legislation is still awaiting congressional 3 |
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| 38 | + | review. Therefore, a congressional review emergency is necessary to avoid any gap in 4 |
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| 39 | + | applicability. 5 |
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| 40 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 6 |
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| 41 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 7 |
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| 42 | + | “Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Pandemic Provisions Extension Congressional Review 8 |
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| 43 | + | Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 ” be adopted after a single reading. 9 |
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| 44 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 10 |
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