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| 4 | + | Chairman Phil Mendelson 2 |
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| 10 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 |
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| 14 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12 |
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| 18 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need 16 |
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| 19 | + | to amend Chapter 39 of Title 28 of the District of Columbia Official Code to clarify that 17 |
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| 20 | + | the District government is not a merchant under the District’s consumer protection law, 18 |
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| 21 | + | except with respect to the application of that chapter’s landlord-tenant relations 19 |
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| 22 | + | provisions to the District of Columbia Housing Authority. 20 |
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| 24 | + | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 22 |
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| 25 | + | resolution may be cited as the “Consumer Protection Clarification Congressional Review 23 |
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| 26 | + | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”. 24 |
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| 27 | + | Sec. 2. (a) On November 26, 2024, the Council unanimously approved the Consumer 25 |
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| 28 | + | Protection Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-667; 71 DCR 26 |
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| 29 | + | 16306)(“emergency measure”). The emergency measure will expire on March 19, 2025. 27 |
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| 30 | + | (b) On December 17, 2024, the Council unanimously approved the Consumer Protection 28 |
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| 31 | + | Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-707)(“temporary measure”) on 29 |
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| 32 | + | second reading. The temporary measure has yet to complete congressional review. Therefore, 30 |
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| 33 | + | this congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between the 31 |
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| 34 | + | expiration of the emergency measure and the effective date of the temporary measure. 32 2 |
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| 7 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 9 | | - | 26-40 |
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| 11 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 13 | | - | March 4, 2025 |
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| 15 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need |
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| 16 | | - | to amend Chapter 39 of Title 28 of the District of Columbia Official Code to clarify that |
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| 17 | | - | the District government is not a merchant under the District’s consumer protection law |
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| 18 | | - | except with respect to the application of that chapter’s landlord- tenant relations |
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| 19 | | - | provisions to the District of Columbia Housing Authority. |
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| 21 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 22 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Consumer Protection Clarification Congressional Review |
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| 23 | | - | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”. |
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| 25 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) On November 26, 2024, the Council approved the Consumer Protection |
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| 26 | | - | Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, effective December 19, 2024 (D.C. Act 25- |
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| 27 | | - | 667; 71 DCR 16306) (“Emergency Act”). The Emergency Act will expire on March 19, 2025. |
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| 28 | | - | (b) On December 17, 2024, the Council approved the Consumer Protection Clarification |
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| 29 | | - | Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, enacted on January 15, 2025 (D.C. Act 25- 707; 72 DCR |
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| 30 | | - | 830) (“Temporary Act”) on second reading. The Temporary Act has yet to complete |
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| 31 | | - | congressional review. Therefore, this congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a |
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| 32 | | - | gap in the law between the expiration of the E mergency Act and the effective date of the |
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| 33 | | - | Temporary Act. |
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| 35 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances |
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| 36 | | - | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the |
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| 37 | | - | Consumer Protection Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 |
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| 38 | | - | be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 40 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 36 | + | Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute 33 |
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| 37 | + | emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Consumer Protection Clarification 34 |
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| 38 | + | Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading. 35 |
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| 39 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 36 |
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