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Councilmember Charles Allen 2
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
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To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to 16
amend the Fair Meals Delivery Act of 2022, to restrict third-party meal delivery services 17
from reducing a restaurant’s placement within a given list of restaurants on a third-party 18
food delivery platform based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, to restrict 19
third-party meal delivery services from reducing a restaurant’s delivery radius based on the 20
level or percentage of commissions paid, to restrict third-party meal delivery services from 21
limiting driver availability based on the level or percentage of commissions paid, to require 22
third-party meal delivery services to disclose, in plain language, all fees, commissions, and 23
charges related to contracted services for covered restaurants, and to make other clarifying 24
changes. 25
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 27
resolution may be cited as the “Food Delivery Fees Transparency Congressional Review 28
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 29
Sec. 2. (a) On May 2, 2023, the Council passed the Food Delivery Fees Transparency 30
Emergency Amendment Act of 2023, effective May 24, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-108; 70 DCR 7927) 31
(“emergency act”). The emergency act will expire on August 22, 2023. 32
(b) On June 6, 2023, the Council passed the Food Delivery Fees Temporary Amendment 33
Act of 2023, enacted on June 29, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-153; __ DCR _____) (“temporary act”). The 34
temporary act is now pending transmittal to Congress. 35
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(c) To prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the emergency act and the 36
effective date of the temporary act, it is now necessary to pass this congressional review emergency 37
legislation. 38
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 39
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Food 40
Delivery Fees Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a 41
single reading. 42
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 43