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Chairman Phil Mendelson 2
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 7
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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 15
to amend the District of Columbia Applications Insurance Implementation Act to repeal 16
the direction to the Mayor that the functions enumerated in the act be delegated to the 17
Director of the Department of Buildings. 18
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 20
resolution may be cited as the “Floodplain Review Authority Congressional Review Emergency 21
Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 22
Sec. 2. (a) On July 11, 2023, the Council approved the Floodplain Review Authority 23
Emergency Amendment Act of 2023, effective July 27, 2023 (D.C. Act 25- 188; 70 DCR 10716) 24
(“emergency measure”). The emergency measure is set to expire on October 25, 2023. 25
(b) The Floodplain Temporary Amendment Act of 2023 (Bill 25 -355) was approved by 26
the Council on final reading at the September 19, 2023 legislative meeting. Because the 27
temporary measure must undergo congressional review, it will not be in effect before the 28
emergency measure expires. 29
(c) This congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between 30
the expiration of the emergency measure and effective date of the temporary measure. 31
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 32
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 33 2
Floodplain Review Authority Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be 34
adopted after a single reading. 35
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 36