| 7 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 9 | | - | 25-8 |
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| 11 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 13 | | - | January 17, 2023 |
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| 14 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need |
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| 15 | | - | to allow consumers to request that credit reporting agencies include a statement with their |
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| 16 | | - | credit reports to indicate they were financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| 18 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 19 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Public Health Emergency Credit Alert Extension Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. |
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| 20 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) On October 4, 2022, the Council adopted the Public Health Emergency Credit |
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| 21 | | - | Alert Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, enacted October 31, 2022 (D.C. Act 24- |
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| 22 | | - | 622; 69 DCR 16001) (“emergency act”). The emergency a ct will expire on January 29, 2023. |
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| 23 | | - | (b) On October 18, 2022, the Council passed the Public Health Emergency Credit Alert |
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| 24 | | - | Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2022, enacted November 21, 2022 (D.C. Act 24- 647; |
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| 25 | | - | 69 DCR 14645) (“temporary measure”). The temporary measure was signed by the Mayor on |
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| 26 | | - | November 21, 2022. |
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| 27 | | - | (c) The temporary measure has not completed its 30 -day congressional review period. |
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| 28 | | - | (d) This identical emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between |
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| 29 | | - | the expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary measure. |
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| 30 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances |
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| 31 | | - | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Public |
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| 32 | | - | Health Emergency Credit Alert Extension Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of |
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| 33 | | - | 2023 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 34 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 3 | + | ______________________________ 1 |
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| 4 | + | Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 2 |
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| 8 | + | 6 |
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| 9 | + | 7 |
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| 10 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 |
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| 11 | + | 9 |
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| 12 | + | ______ 10 |
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| 13 | + | 11 |
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| 14 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12 |
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| 15 | + | 13 |
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| 16 | + | __________________ 14 |
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| 17 | + | 15 |
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| 18 | + | 16 |
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| 19 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to 17 |
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| 20 | + | the need to allow consumers to request that credit reporting agencies include a 18 |
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| 21 | + | statement with their credit reports to indicate they were financially impacted by 19 |
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| 22 | + | the COVID-19 pandemic. 20 |
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| 23 | + | 21 |
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| 24 | + | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That 22 |
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| 25 | + | this resolution may be cited as the “Public Health Emergency Credit Alert Extension 23 |
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| 26 | + | Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 24 |
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| 27 | + | Sec. 2. (a) On October 4, 2022, the Council adopted the “Public Health 25 |
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| 28 | + | Emergency Credit Alert Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2022”. The Act 26 |
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| 29 | + | became law on October 31, 2022 and will expire on January 29, 2023. 27 |
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| 30 | + | (b) On October 18, 2022, the Council adopted the “Public Health Emergency 28 |
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| 31 | + | Credit Alert Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2022.” The temporary measure 29 |
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| 32 | + | was signed by the Mayor on November 21, 2022. 30 |
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| 33 | + | (c) The measure has not completed its 30-day Congressional review period. 31 |
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| 34 | + | (d) This identical emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law 32 |
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| 35 | + | between the expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary act. 33 |
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| 36 | + | 34 |
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| 38 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the 35 |
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| 39 | + | circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it 36 |
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| 40 | + | necessary that the Public Health Emergency Credit Alert Extension Congressional 37 |
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| 41 | + | Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 must be adopted after a single reading. 38 |
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| 42 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 39 |
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