ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
26-40
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
March 4, 2025
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend Chapter 39 of Title 28 of the District of Columbia Official Code to clarify that
the District government is not a merchant under the District’s consumer protection law
except with respect to the application of that chapter’s landlord- tenant relations
provisions to the District of Columbia Housing Authority.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Consumer Protection Clarification Congressional Review
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.
Sec. 2. (a) On November 26, 2024, the Council approved the Consumer Protection
Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, effective December 19, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-
667; 71 DCR 16306) (“Emergency Act”). The Emergency Act will expire on March 19, 2025.
(b) On December 17, 2024, the Council approved the Consumer Protection Clarification
Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, enacted on January 15, 2025 (D.C. Act 25- 707; 72 DCR
830) (“Temporary Act”) on second reading. The Temporary Act has yet to complete
congressional review. Therefore, this congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a
gap in the law between the expiration of the E mergency Act and the effective date of the
Temporary Act.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Consumer Protection Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025
be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.