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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 51
5	5	To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the
6	6	Union.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY9, 2023
9	9	Ms. N
10	10	ORTON(for herself, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. BEYER, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. WAT-
11	11	SONCOLEMAN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. ESCOBAR,
12	12	Ms. W
13	13	ILLIAMSof Georgia, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr.
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15	15	RISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. CORREA, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof
16	16	Georgia, Mr. T
17	17	AKANO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CARSON, Mr.
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19	19	ARBANES, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. JACOBS,
20	20	Mr. H
21	21	UFFMAN, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr. BISHOPof Georgia, Mr.
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23	23	HOMPSONof Mississippi, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CARTER
24	24	of Louisiana, Ms. J
25	25	AYAPAL, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. LEEof California, Mr.
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27	27	UPPERSBERGER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. LARSENof Wash-
28	28	ington, Ms. H
29	29	OULAHAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LYNCH, Mr.
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31	31	ARAMENDI, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Mr. TORRESof New York, Mr.
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33	33	A´RDENAS, Mr. CASTROof Texas, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. WASSERMAN
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35	35	CHULTZ, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. TRONE, Ms. PINGREE,
36	36	Ms. D
37	37	EANof Pennsylvania, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. THOMPSONof California,
38	38	Mr. G
39	39	REENof Texas, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. EVANS, Mr. MFUME, Ms.
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41	41	RAIG, Ms. MENG, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. CASTORof Florida,
42	42	Ms. S
43	43	TEVENS, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Mr. LIEU, Mr. SOTO, Mr. TONKO,
44	44	Mr. C
45	45	ARBAJAL, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. TITUS, Ms. KELLYof Illi-
46	46	nois, Mr. N
47	47	EGUSE, Mr. BERA, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr.
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49	49	LEAVER, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Mr. CASE, Mr. GOMEZ,
50	50	Ms. T
51	51	LAIB, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. KILMER, Mr.
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53	53	OHNSONof Georgia, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr.
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55	55	OSTA, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr.
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57	57	ARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. KIMof New Jersey, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. CLARKE
58	58	of New York, Mr. N
59	59	EAL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. FOSTER,
60	60	Mr. B
61	61	OYLEof Pennsylvania, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr.
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63	63	ACKSONof Illinois, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mrs.
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65	65	RAHAN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Mr. STANTON, Ms.
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67	67	OISFRANKELof Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. LARSONof Connecticut,
68	68	Mr. K
69	69	HANNA, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. ROSS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. PAL-
70	70	LONE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SCOTTof Vir-
71	71	ginia, Mr. S
72	72	CHNEIDER, Mrs. TORRESof California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.
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76	76	GALLEGO, Mr. CROW, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COHEN, Mr.
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78	78	ORCROSS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MORELLE,
79	79	Mr. A
80	80	GUILAR, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. CHU, Ms.
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82	82	LARKof Massachusetts, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JACKSON
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84	84	EE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. OMAR, Ms. WATERS, Mr. GRI-
85	85	JALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. KEATING, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. WILD, Mrs.
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87	87	HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. HIGGINSof New York,
88	88	Ms. C
89	89	ROCKETT, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. TOKUDA, and Ms. LEGER
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91	91	ERNANDEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
92	92	Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Com-
93	93	mittees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Com-
94	94	merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
95	95	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
96	96	tion of the committee concerned
97	97	A BILL
98	98	To provide for the admission of the State of Washington,
99	99	D.C. into the Union.
100	100	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
101	101	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
102	102	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
103	103	(a) S
104	104	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
105	105	‘‘Washington, D.C. Admission Act’’. 5
106	106	(b) T
107	107	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 6
108	108	this Act is as follows: 7
109	109	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
110	110	TITLE I—STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
111	111	Subtitle A—Procedures for Admission
112	112	Sec. 101. Admission into the Union.
113	113	Sec. 102. Election of Senators and Representative.
114	114	Sec. 103. Issuance of Presidential proclamation.
115	115	Subtitle B—Seat of Government of the United States
116	116	Sec. 111. Territory and boundaries.
117	117	Sec. 112. Description of Capital.
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121	121	Sec. 113. Retention of title to property.
122	122	Sec. 114. Effect of admission on current laws of seat of Government of United
123	123	States.
124	124	Sec. 115. Capital National Guard.
125	125	Sec. 116. Termination of legal status of seat of Government of United States
126	126	as municipal corporation.
127	127	Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of State
128	128	Sec. 121. Effect of admission on current laws.
129	129	Sec. 122. Pending actions and proceedings.
130	130	Sec. 123. Limitation on authority to tax Federal property.
131	131	Sec. 124. United States nationality.
132	132	TITLE II—INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
133	133	Subtitle A—Federal Property
134	134	Sec. 201. Treatment of military lands.
135	135	Sec. 202. Waiver of claims to Federal property.
136	136	Subtitle B—Federal Courts
137	137	Sec. 211. Residency requirements for certain Federal officials.
138	138	Sec. 212. Renaming of Federal courts.
139	139	Sec. 213. Conforming amendments relating to Department of Justice.
140	140	Sec. 214. Treatment of pretrial services in United States District Court.
141	141	Subtitle C—Federal Elections
142	142	Sec. 221. Permitting individuals residing in Capital to vote in Federal elections
143	143	in State of most recent domicile.
144	144	Sec. 222. Repeal of Office of District of Columbia Delegate.
145	145	Sec. 223. Repeal of law providing for participation of seat of government in
146	146	election of President and Vice President.
147	147	Sec. 224. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment
148	148	repealing 23rd Amendment.
149	149	TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND
150	150	RESPONSIBILITIES
151	151	Subtitle A—Employee Benefits
152	152	Sec. 301. Federal benefit payments under certain retirement programs.
153	153	Sec. 302. Continuation of Federal civil service benefits for employees first em-
154	154	ployed prior to establishment of District of Columbia merit
155	155	personnel system.
156	156	Sec. 303. Obligations of Federal Government under judges’ retirement pro-
157	157	gram.
158	158	Subtitle B—Agencies
159	159	Sec. 311. Public Defender Service.
160	160	Sec. 312. Prosecutions.
161	161	Sec. 313. Service of United States Marshals.
162	162	Sec. 314. Designation of felons to facilities of Bureau of Prisons.
163	163	Sec. 315. Parole and supervision.
164	164	Sec. 316. Courts.
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168	168	Subtitle C—Other Programs and Authorities
169	169	Sec. 321. Application of the College Access Act.
170	170	Sec. 322. Application of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act.
171	171	Sec. 323. Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage.
172	172	Sec. 324. Federal planning commissions.
173	173	Sec. 325. Role of Army Corps of Engineers in supplying water.
174	174	Sec. 326. Requirements to be located in District of Columbia.
175	175	TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
176	176	Sec. 401. General definitions.
177	177	Sec. 402. Statehood Transition Commission.
178	178	Sec. 403. Certification of enactment by President.
179	179	Sec. 404. Severability.
180	180	TITLE I—STATE OF 1
181	181	WASHINGTON, D.C. 2
182	182	Subtitle A—Procedures for 3
183	183	Admission 4
184	184	SEC. 101. ADMISSION INTO THE UNION. 5
185	185	(a) I
186	186	NGENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 6
187	187	Act, upon the issuance of the proclamation required by 7
188	188	section 103(a), the State of Washington, Douglass Com-8
189	189	monwealth is declared to be a State of the United States 9
190	190	of America, and is declared admitted into the Union on 10
191	191	an equal footing with the other States in all respects what-11
192	192	ever. 12
193	193	(b) C
194	194	ONSTITUTION OFSTATE.—The State Constitu-13
195	195	tion shall always be republican in form and shall not be 14
196	196	repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the 15
197	197	principles of the Declaration of Independence. 16
198	198	(c) N
199	199	ONSEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec-17
200	200	tion, or the application thereof to any person or cir-18
201	201	cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions 19
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205	205	of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall 1
206	206	be treated as invalid. 2
207	207	SEC. 102. ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE. 3
208	208	(a) I
209	209	SSUANCE OFPROCLAMATION.— 4
210	210	(1) I
211	211	N GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 5
212	212	receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 6
213	213	from the President pursuant to section 403, the 7
214	214	Mayor shall issue a proclamation for the first elec-8
215	215	tions for 2 Senators and one Representative in Con-9
216	216	gress from the State, subject to the provisions of 10
217	217	this section. 11
218	218	(2) S
219	219	PECIAL RULE FOR ELECTIONS OF SEN -12
220	220	ATORS.—In the elections of Senators from the State 13
221	221	pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 14
222	222	be separately identified and designated, and no per-15
223	223	son may be a candidate for both offices. No such 16
224	224	identification or designation of either of the offices 17
225	225	shall refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of 18
226	226	such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of 19
227	227	the Senate to determine the class to which each of 20
228	228	the Senators shall be assigned. 21
229	229	(b) R
230	230	ULES FORCONDUCTINGELECTIONS.— 22
231	231	(1) I
232	232	N GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 23
233	233	Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 24
234	234	the holding of a primary election and a general elec-25
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238	238	tion, and at such elections the officers required to be 1
239	239	elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 2
240	240	by the qualified voters of the District of Columbia 3
241	241	in the manner required by the laws of the District 4
242	242	of Columbia. 5
243	243	(2) C
244	244	ERTIFICATION OF RESULTS .—Election re-6
245	245	sults shall be certified in the manner required by the 7
246	246	laws of the District of Columbia, except that the 8
247	247	Mayor shall also provide written certification of the 9
248	248	results of such elections to the President. 10
249	249	(c) A
250	250	SSUMPTION OFDUTIES.—Upon the admission 11
251	251	of the State into the Union, the Senators and Representa-12
252	252	tive elected at the elections described in subsection (a) 13
253	253	shall be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and 14
254	254	to all the rights and privileges of Senators and Represent-15
255	255	atives of the other States in Congress. 16
256	256	(d) E
257	257	FFECT OFADMISSION ONHOUSE OFREP-17
258	258	RESENTATIVESMEMBERSHIP.— 18
259	259	(1) P
260	260	ERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF 19
261	261	MEMBERS.—Effective with respect to the Congress 20
262	262	during which the State is admitted into the Union 21
263	263	and each succeeding Congress, the House of Rep-22
264	264	resentatives shall be composed of 436 Members, in-23
265	265	cluding any Members representing the State. 24
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268	268	•HR 51 IH
269	269	(2) INITIAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES 1
270	270	FOR STATE.—Until the taking effect of the first ap-2
271	271	portionment of Members occurring after the admis-3
272	272	sion of the State into the Union, the State shall be 4
273	273	entitled to one Representative in the House of Rep-5
274	274	resentatives upon its admission into the Union. 6
275	275	(3) A
276	276	PPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 7
277	277	FROM ADMISSION OF STATE .— 8
278	278	(A) A
279	279	PPORTIONMENT.—Section 22(a) of 9
280	280	the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif-10
281	281	teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 11
282	282	to provide for apportionment of Representatives 12
283	283	in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 13
284	284	U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘the then 14
285	285	existing number of Representatives’’ and insert-15
286	286	ing ‘‘436 Representatives’’. 16
287	287	(B) E
288	288	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 17
289	289	made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with re-18
290	290	spect to the first regular decennial census con-19
291	291	ducted after the admission of the State into the 20
292	292	Union and each subsequent regular decennial 21
293	293	census. 22
294	294	SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 23
295	295	(a) I
296	296	NGENERAL.—The President, upon the certifi-24
297	297	cation of the results of the elections of the officers re-25
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301	301	quired to be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, 1
302	302	not later than 90 days after receiving such certification 2
303	303	pursuant to section 102(b)(2), issue a proclamation an-3
304	304	nouncing the results of such elections as so ascertained. 4
305	305	(b) A
306	306	DMISSION OFSTATEUPONISSUANCE OFPROC-5
307	307	LAMATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 6
308	308	President under subsection (a), the State shall be declared 7
309	309	admitted into the Union as provided in section 101(a). 8
310	310	Subtitle B—Seat of Government of 9
311	311	the United States 10
312	312	SEC. 111. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES. 11
313	313	(a) I
314	314	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 12
315	315	(b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the 13
316	316	District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of 14
317	317	this Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds 15
318	318	survey conducted under subsection (c). 16
319	319	(b) E
320	320	XCLUSION OFPORTIONREMAINING ASSEAT OF 17
321	321	G
322	322	OVERNMENT OF UNITEDSTATES.—The territory of the 18
323	323	State shall not include the area described in section 112, 19
324	324	which shall be known as the ‘‘Capital’’ and shall serve as 20
325	325	the seat of the Government of the United States, as pro-21
326	326	vided in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitu-22
327	327	tion of the United States. 23
328	328	(c) M
329	329	ETES ANDBOUNDSSURVEY.—Not later than 24
330	330	180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25
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334	334	President (in consultation with the Chair of the National 1
335	335	Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and 2
336	336	bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 3
337	337	112(b). 4
338	338	SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL. 5
339	339	(a) I
340	340	NGENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), upon 6
341	341	the admission of the State into the Union, the Capital 7
342	342	shall consist of the property described in subsection (b) 8
343	343	and shall include the principal Federal monuments, the 9
344	344	White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Su-10
345	345	preme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legisla-11
346	346	tive, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the 12
347	347	Mall and the Capitol Building (as such terms are used 13
348	348	in section 8501(a) of title 40, United States Code). 14
349	349	(b) G
350	350	ENERALDESCRIPTION.—Upon the admission of 15
351	351	the State into the Union, the boundaries of the Capital 16
352	352	shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the 17
353	353	southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern 18
354	354	right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 19
355	355	(1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 20
356	356	of 2nd Street NE to its intersection with the north-21
357	357	eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 22
358	358	(2) thence southwest along said northeastern 23
359	359	right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-24
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362	362	•HR 51 IH
363	363	tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 1
364	364	Avenue NE; 2
365	365	(3) thence west along said northern right-of- 3
366	366	way of Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection 4
367	367	with the eastern right-of-way of 1st Street NE; 5
368	368	(4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 6
369	369	of 1st Street NE to its intersection with the south-7
370	370	eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 8
371	371	(5) thence northeast along said southeastern 9
372	372	right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-10
373	373	tion with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE; 11
374	374	(6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 12
375	375	of 2nd Street SE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 13
376	376	Street SE; 14
377	377	(7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 15
378	378	of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the north-16
379	379	ern property boundary of the property designated as 17
380	380	Square 760 Lot 803; 18
381	381	(8) thence east along said northern property 19
382	382	boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 20
383	383	with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 21
384	384	(9) thence south along said western right-of- 22
385	385	way of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the 23
386	386	northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 24
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390	390	(10) thence west along said northern right-of- 1
391	391	way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 2
392	392	with the northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 3
393	393	Avenue SE; 4
394	394	(11) thence northwest along said northwestern 5
395	395	right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its inter-6
396	396	section with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 7
397	397	SE; 8
398	398	(12) thence south along said eastern right-of- 9
399	399	way of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the 10
400	400	southern right-of-way of C Street SE; 11
401	401	(13) thence west along said southern right-of- 12
402	402	way of C Street SE to its intersection with the east-13
403	403	ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 14
404	404	(14) thence south along said eastern right-of- 15
405	405	way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 16
406	406	southern right-of-way of D Street SE; 17
407	407	(15) thence west along said southern right-of- 18
408	408	way of D Street SE to its intersection with the east-19
409	409	ern right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 20
410	410	(16) thence south along said eastern right-of- 21
411	411	way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 22
412	412	the northwestern right-of-way of Canal Street SE; 23
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416	416	(17) thence southeast along said northwestern 1
417	417	right-of-way of Canal Street SE to its intersection 2
418	418	with the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 3
419	419	(18) thence east along said southern right-of- 4
420	420	way of said E Street SE to its intersection with the 5
421	421	western right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 6
422	422	(19) thence south along said western right-of- 7
423	423	way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 8
424	424	southernmost corner of the property designated as 9
425	425	Square 736S Lot 801; 10
426	426	(20) thence west along a line extended due west 11
427	427	from said corner of said property designated as 12
428	428	Square 736S Lot 801 to its intersection with the 13
429	429	southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue 14
430	430	SE; 15
431	431	(21) thence southeast along said southwestern 16
432	432	right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue SE to its inter-17
433	433	section with the northwestern right-of-way of Vir-18
434	434	ginia Avenue SE; 19
435	435	(22) thence northwest along said northwestern 20
436	436	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersec-21
437	437	tion with the western right-of-way of South Capitol 22
438	438	Street; 23
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441	441	•HR 51 IH
442	442	(23) thence north along said western right-of- 1
443	443	way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 2
444	444	the southern right-of-way of E Street SW; 3
445	445	(24) thence west along said southern right-of- 4
446	446	way of E Street SW to its end; 5
447	447	(25) thence west along a line extending said 6
448	448	southern right-of-way of E Street SW westward to 7
449	449	its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 8
450	450	Street SW; 9
451	451	(26) thence north along said eastern right-of- 10
452	452	way of 2nd Street SW to its intersection with the 11
453	453	southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW; 12
454	454	(27) thence northwest along said southwestern 13
455	455	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW to its intersec-14
456	456	tion with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SW; 15
457	457	(28) thence north along said western right-of- 16
458	458	way of 3rd Street SW to its intersection with the 17
459	459	northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 18
460	460	(29) thence west along said northern right-of- 19
461	461	way of D Street SW to its intersection with the east-20
462	462	ern right-of-way of 4th Street SW; 21
463	463	(30) thence north along said eastern right-of- 22
464	464	way of 4th Street SW to its intersection with the 23
465	465	northern right-of-way of C Street SW; 24
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467	467	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 14
468	468	•HR 51 IH
469	469	(31) thence west along said northern right-of- 1
470	470	way of C Street SW to its intersection with the east-2
471	471	ern right-of-way of 6th Street SW; 3
472	472	(32) thence north along said eastern right-of- 4
473	473	way of 6th Street SW to its intersection with the 5
474	474	northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SW; 6
475	475	(33) thence west along said northern right-of- 7
476	476	way of Independence Avenue SW to its intersection 8
477	477	with the western right-of-way of 12th Street SW; 9
478	478	(34) thence south along said western right-of- 10
479	479	way of 12th Street SW to its intersection with the 11
480	480	northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 12
481	481	(35) thence west along said northern right-of- 13
482	482	way of D Street SW to its intersection with the east-14
483	483	ern right-of-way of 14th Street SW; 15
484	484	(36) thence south along said eastern right-of- 16
485	485	way of 14th Street SW to its intersection with the 17
486	486	northeastern boundary of the Consolidated Rail Cor-18
487	487	poration railroad easement; 19
488	488	(37) thence southwest along said northeastern 20
489	489	boundary of the Consolidated Rail Corporation rail-21
490	490	road easement to its intersection with the eastern 22
491	491	shore of the Potomac River; 23
492	492	(38) thence generally northwest along said east-24
493	493	ern shore of the Potomac River to its intersection 25
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495	495	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 15
496	496	•HR 51 IH
497	497	with a line extending westward the northern bound-1
498	498	ary of the property designated as Square 12 Lot 2
499	499	806; 3
500	500	(39) thence east along said line extending west-4
501	501	ward the northern boundary of the property des-5
502	502	ignated as Square 12 Lot 806 to the northern prop-6
503	503	erty boundary of the property designated as Square 7
504	504	12 Lot 806, and continuing east along said northern 8
505	505	boundary of said property designated as Square 12 9
506	506	Lot 806 to its northeast corner; 10
507	507	(40) thence east along a line extending east 11
508	508	from said northeast corner of the property des-12
509	509	ignated as Square 12 Lot 806 to its intersection 13
510	510	with the western boundary of the property des-14
511	511	ignated as Square 33 Lot 87; 15
512	512	(41) thence south along said western boundary 16
513	513	of the property designated as Square 33 Lot 87 to 17
514	514	its intersection with the northwest corner of the 18
515	515	property designated as Square 33 Lot 88; 19
516	516	(42) thence counter-clockwise around the 20
517	517	boundary of said property designated as Square 33 21
518	518	Lot 88 to its southeast corner, which is along the 22
519	519	northern right-of-way of E Street NW; 23
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522	522	•HR 51 IH
523	523	(43) thence east along said northern right-of- 1
524	524	way of E Street NW to its intersection with the 2
525	525	western right-of-way of 18th Street NW; 3
526	526	(44) thence south along said western right-of- 4
527	527	way of 18th Street NW to its intersection with the 5
528	528	southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW; 6
529	529	(45) thence southeast along said southwestern 7
530	530	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW to its intersec-8
531	531	tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 9
532	532	Avenue NW; 10
533	533	(46) thence east along said northern right-of- 11
534	534	way of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection 12
535	535	with the eastern right-of-way of 17th Street NW; 13
536	536	(47) thence north along said eastern right-of- 14
537	537	way of 17th Street NW to its intersection with the 15
538	538	southern right-of-way of H Street NW; 16
539	539	(48) thence east along said southern right-of- 17
540	540	way of H Street NW to its intersection with the 18
541	541	northwest corner of the property designated as 19
542	542	Square 221 Lot 35; 20
543	543	(49) thence counter-clockwise around the 21
544	544	boundary of said property designated as Square 221 22
545	545	Lot 35 to its southeast corner, which is along the 23
546	546	boundary of the property designated as Square 221 24
547	547	Lot 37; 25
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549	549	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 17
550	550	•HR 51 IH
551	551	(50) thence counter-clockwise around the 1
552	552	boundary of said property designated as Square 221 2
553	553	Lot 37 to its southwest corner, which it shares with 3
554	554	the property designated as Square 221 Lot 818; 4
555	555	(51) thence south along the boundary of said 5
556	556	property designated as Square 221 Lot 818 to its 6
557	557	southwest corner, which it shares with the property 7
558	558	designated as Square 221 Lot 40; 8
559	559	(52) thence south along the boundary of said 9
560	560	property designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its 10
561	561	southwest corner; 11
562	562	(53) thence east along the southern border of 12
563	563	said property designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to 13
564	564	its intersection with the northwest corner of the 14
565	565	property designated as Square 221 Lot 820; 15
566	566	(54) thence south along the western boundary 16
567	567	of said property designated as Square 221 Lot 820 17
568	568	to its southwest corner, which it shares with the 18
569	569	property designated as Square 221 Lot 39; 19
570	570	(55) thence south along the western boundary 20
571	571	of said property designated as Square 221 Lot 39 21
572	572	to its southwest corner, which is along the northern 22
573	573	right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 23
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575	575	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 18
576	576	•HR 51 IH
577	577	(56) thence east along said northern right-of- 1
578	578	way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection 2
579	579	with the western right-of-way of 15th Street NW; 3
580	580	(57) thence south along said western right-of- 4
581	581	way of 15th Street NW to its intersection with a line 5
582	582	extending northwest from the southern right-of-way 6
583	583	of the portion of Pennsylvania Avenue NW north of 7
584	584	Pershing Square; 8
585	585	(58) thence southeast along said line extending 9
586	586	the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue 10
587	587	NW to the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 11
588	588	Avenue NW, and continuing southeast along said 12
589	589	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 13
590	590	to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 14
591	591	14th Street NW; 15
592	592	(59) thence south along said western right-of- 16
593	593	way of 14th Street NW to its intersection with a line 17
594	594	extending west from the southern right-of-way of D 18
595	595	Street NW; 19
596	596	(60) thence east along said line extending west 20
597	597	from the southern right-of-way of D Street NW to 21
598	598	the southern right-of-way of D Street NW, and con-22
599	599	tinuing east along said southern right-of-way of D 23
600	600	Street NW to its intersection with the eastern right- 24
601	601	of-way of 13
602	602	1
603	603	∕2Street NW; 25
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606	606	•HR 51 IH
607	607	(61) thence north along said eastern right-of- 1
608	608	way of 13
609	609	1
610	610	∕2Street NW to its intersection with the 2
611	611	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 3
612	612	(62) thence east and southeast along said 4
613	613	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 5
614	614	to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 6
615	615	12th Street NW; 7
616	616	(63) thence south along said western right-of- 8
617	617	way of 12th Street NW to its intersection with a line 9
618	618	extending to the west the southern boundary of the 10
619	619	property designated as Square 324 Lot 809; 11
620	620	(64) thence east along said line to the south-12
621	621	west corner of said property designated as Square 13
622	622	324 Lot 809, and continuing northeast along the 14
623	623	southern boundary of said property designated as 15
624	624	Square 324 Lot 809 to its eastern corner, which it 16
625	625	shares with the property designated as Square 323 17
626	626	Lot 802; 18
627	627	(65) thence east along the southern boundary 19
628	628	of said property designated as Square 323 Lot 802 20
629	629	to its southeast corner, which it shares with the 21
630	630	property designated as Square 324 Lot 808; 22
631	631	(66) thence counter-clockwise around the 23
632	632	boundary of said property designated as Square 324 24
633	633	Lot 808 to its northeastern corner, which is along 25
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635	635	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 20
636	636	•HR 51 IH
637	637	the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue 1
638	638	NW; 2
639	639	(67) thence southeast along said southern right- 3
640	640	of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersec-4
641	641	tion with the eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW; 5
642	642	(68) thence north along a line extending north 6
643	643	from said eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW to 7
644	644	its intersection with the southern right-of-way of C 8
645	645	Street NW; 9
646	646	(69) thence east along said southern right-of- 10
647	647	way of C Street NW to its intersection with the east-11
648	648	ern right-of-way of 3rd Street NW; 12
649	649	(70) thence north along said eastern right-of- 13
650	650	way of 3rd Street NW to its intersection with the 14
651	651	southern right-of-way of D Street NW; 15
652	652	(71) thence east along said southern right-of- 16
653	653	way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 17
654	654	western right-of-way of 1st Street NW; 18
655	655	(72) thence south along said western right-of- 19
656	656	way of 1st Street NW to its intersection with the 20
657	657	northern right-of-way of C Street NW; 21
658	658	(73) thence west along said northern right-of- 22
659	659	way of C Street NW to its intersection with the 23
660	660	western right-of-way of 2nd Street NW; 24
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663	663	•HR 51 IH
664	664	(74) thence south along said western right-of- 1
665	665	way of 2nd Street NW to its intersection with the 2
666	666	northern right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NW; 3
667	667	(75) thence east along said northern right-of- 4
668	668	way of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection 5
669	669	with the northeastern right-of-way of Louisiana Ave-6
670	670	nue NW; 7
671	671	(76) thence northeast along said northeastern 8
672	672	right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-9
673	673	section with the southwestern right-of-way of New 10
674	674	Jersey Avenue NW; 11
675	675	(77) thence northwest along said southwestern 12
676	676	right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue NW to its inter-13
677	677	section with the northern right-of-way of D Street 14
678	678	NW; 15
679	679	(78) thence east along said northern right-of- 16
680	680	way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 17
681	681	northeastern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW; 18
682	682	(79) thence northeast along said northwestern 19
683	683	right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-20
684	684	section with the western right-of-way of North Cap-21
685	685	itol Street; 22
686	686	(80) thence north along said western right-of- 23
687	687	way of North Capitol Street to its intersection with 24
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690	690	•HR 51 IH
691	691	the southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Ave-1
692	692	nue NW; 2
693	693	(81) thence southeast along said southwestern 3
694	694	right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NW to the 4
695	695	southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue 5
696	696	NE; 6
697	697	(82) thence southeast along said southwestern 7
698	698	right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NE to the 8
699	699	southern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE; 9
700	700	(83) thence counter-clockwise along said south-10
701	701	ern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE to its inter-11
702	702	section with the southern right-of-way of F Street 12
703	703	NE; and 13
704	704	(84) thence east along said southern right-of- 14
705	705	way of F Street NE to the point of beginning. 15
706	706	(c) E
707	707	XCLUSION OFBUILDINGSERVING ASSTATE 16
708	708	C
709	709	APITOL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 17
710	710	section, after the admission of the State into the Union, 18
711	711	the Capital shall not be considered to include the building 19
712	712	known as the ‘‘John A. Wilson Building’’, as described 20
713	713	and designated under section 601(a) of the Omnibus 21
714	714	Spending Reduction Act of 1993 (sec. 10–1301(a), D.C. 22
715	715	Official Code). 23
716	716	(d) C
717	717	LARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF FRANCES 24
718	718	P
719	719	ERKINSBUILDING.—The entirety of the Frances Per-25
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722	722	•HR 51 IH
723	723	kins Building, including any portion of the Building which 1
724	724	is north of D Street Northwest, shall be included in the 2
725	725	Capital. 3
726	726	SEC. 113. RETENTION OF TITLE TO PROPERTY. 4
727	727	(a) R
728	728	ETENTION OFFEDERALTITLE.—The United 5
729	729	States shall have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, 6
730	730	for purposes of administration and maintenance, all real 7
731	731	and personal property with respect to which the United 8
732	732	States holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the 9
733	733	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 10
734	734	Union. 11
735	735	(b) R
736	736	ETENTION OFSTATETITLE.—The State shall 12
737	737	have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, for purposes 13
738	738	of administration and maintenance, all real and personal 14
739	739	property with respect to which the District of Columbia 15
740	740	holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the day 16
741	741	before the date of the admission of the State into the 17
742	742	Union. 18
743	743	SEC. 114. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS OF 19
744	744	SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES. 20
745	745	Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the laws 21
746	746	of the District of Columbia which are in effect on the day 22
747	747	before the date of the admission of the State into the 23
748	748	Union (without regard to whether such laws were enacted 24
749	749	by Congress or by the District of Columbia) shall apply 25
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752	752	•HR 51 IH
753	753	in the Capital in the same manner and to the same extent 1
754	754	beginning on the date of the admission of the State into 2
755	755	the Union, and shall be deemed laws of the United States 3
756	756	which are applicable only in or to the Capital. 4
757	757	SEC. 115. CAPITAL NATIONAL GUARD. 5
758	758	(a) E
759	759	STABLISHMENT.—Title 32, United States Code, 6
760	760	is amended as follows: 7
761	761	(1) D
762	762	EFINITIONS.—In paragraphs (4), (6), and 8
763	763	(19) of section 101, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-9
764	764	bia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 10
765	765	(2) B
766	766	RANCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS .—In sec-11
767	767	tion 103, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and in-12
768	768	serting ‘‘Capital’’. 13
769	769	(3) U
770	770	NITS: LOCATION; ORGANIZATION; COM-14
771	771	MAND.—In subsections (c) and (d) of section 104, 15
772	772	by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places it ap-16
773	773	pears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 17
774	774	(4) A
775	775	VAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 18
776	776	section 107(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 19
777	777	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
778	778	(5) M
779	779	AINTENANCE OF OTHER TROOPS .—In 21
780	780	subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 109, by strik-22
781	781	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it appears and 23
782	782	inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 24
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785	785	•HR 51 IH
786	786	(6) DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER -DRUG 1
787	787	ACTIVITIES.—In section 112(h)— 2
788	788	(A) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 3
789	789	both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; 4
790	790	and 5
791	791	(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Na-6
792	792	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 7
793	793	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 8
794	794	(7) E
795	795	NLISTMENT OATH .—In section 304, by 9
796	796	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-10
797	797	ital’’. 11
798	798	(8) A
799	799	DJUTANTS GENERAL .—In section 314, by 12
800	800	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it ap-13
801	801	pears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
802	802	(9) D
803	803	ETAIL OF REGULAR MEMBERS OF ARMY 15
804	804	AND AIR FORCE TO DUTY WITH NATIONAL GUARD .— 16
805	805	In section 315, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 17
806	806	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 18
807	807	(10) D
808	808	ISCHARGE OF OFFICERS ; TERMINATION 19
809	809	OF APPOINTMENT.—In section 324(b), by striking 20
810	810	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 21
811	811	(11) R
812	812	ELIEF FROM NATIONAL GUARD DUTY 22
813	813	WHEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY .—In subsections 23
814	814	(a) and (b) of section 325, by striking ‘‘District of 24
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817	817	•HR 51 IH
818	818	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-1
819	819	ital’’. 2
820	820	(12) C
821	821	OURTS-MARTIAL OF NATIONAL GUARD 3
822	822	NOT IN FEDERAL SERVICE : COMPOSITION, JURISDIC-4
823	823	TION, AND PROCEDURES; CONVENING AUTHORITY .— 5
824	824	In sections 326 and 327, by striking ‘‘District of Co-6
825	825	lumbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-7
826	826	ital’’. 8
827	827	(13) A
828	828	CTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY : GOV-9
829	829	ERNOR’S AUTHORITY.—In section 328(a), by strik-10
830	830	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 11
831	831	(14) T
832	832	RAINING GENERALLY .—In section 12
833	833	501(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and in-13
834	834	serting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
835	835	(15) P
836	836	ARTICIPATION IN FIELD EXERCISES .—In 15
837	837	section 503(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 16
838	838	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 17
839	839	(16) N
840	840	ATIONAL GUARD SCHOOLS AND SMALL 18
841	841	ARMS COMPETITIONS .—In section 504(b), by strik-19
842	842	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
843	843	(17) A
844	844	RMY AND AIR FORCE SCHOOLS AND 21
845	845	FIELD EXERCISES.—In section 505, by striking 22
846	846	‘‘National Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 23
847	847	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 24
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850	850	•HR 51 IH
851	851	(18) NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE 1
852	852	PROGRAM.—In subsections (c)(1), (g)(2), (j), (k), 2
853	853	and (l)(1) of section 509, by striking ‘‘District of 3
854	854	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-4
855	855	ital’’. 5
856	856	(19) I
857	857	SSUE OF SUPPLIES.—In section 702— 6
858	858	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Na-7
859	859	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 8
860	860	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 9
861	861	(B) in subsections (b), (c), and (d), by 10
862	862	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it 11
863	863	appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 12
864	864	(20) P
865	865	URCHASES OF SUPPLIES FROM ARMY OR 13
866	866	AIR FORCE.—In subsections (a) and (b) of section 14
867	867	703, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places 15
868	868	it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 16
869	869	(21) A
870	870	CCOUNTABILITY: RELIEF FROM UPON 17
871	871	ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY .—In section 704, by strik-18
872	872	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 19
873	873	(22) P
874	874	ROPERTY AND FISCAL OFFICERS .—In 20
875	875	section 708— 21
876	876	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Na-22
877	877	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 23
878	878	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 24
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881	881	•HR 51 IH
882	882	(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘District 1
883	883	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 2
884	884	(23) A
885	885	CCOUNTABILITY FOR PROPERTY ISSUED 3
886	886	TO THE NATIONAL GUARD .—In subsections (c), (d), 4
887	887	(e), and (f) of section 710, by striking ‘‘District of 5
888	888	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-6
889	889	ital’’. 7
890	890	(24) D
891	891	ISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE OR CON -8
892	892	DEMNED PROPERTY .—In section 711, by striking 9
893	893	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 10
894	894	(25) D
895	895	ISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF CON -11
896	896	DEMNED STORES ISSUED TO NATIONAL GUARD .—In 12
897	897	paragraph (1) of section 712, by striking ‘‘District 13
898	898	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
899	899	(26) P
900	900	ROPERTY LOSS; PERSONAL INJURY OR 15
901	901	DEATH.—In section 715(c), by striking ‘‘District of 16
902	902	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 17
903	903	(b) C
904	904	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 18
905	905	(1) C
906	906	APITAL DEFINED.— 19
907	907	(A) I
908	908	N GENERAL.—Section 101 of title 32, 20
909	909	United States Code, is amended by adding at 21
910	910	the end the following new paragraph: 22
911	911	‘‘(20) ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the 23
912	912	seat of the Government of the United States, as de-24
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915	915	•HR 51 IH
916	916	scribed in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Ad-1
917	917	mission Act.’’. 2
918	918	(B) W
919	919	ITH REGARDS TO HOMELAND DE -3
920	920	FENSE ACTIVITIES.—Section 901 of title 32, 4
921	921	United States Code, is amended— 5
922	922	(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Dis-6
923	923	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 7
924	924	and 8
925	925	(ii) by adding at the end the following 9
926	926	new paragraph: 10
927	927	‘‘(3) The term ‘Governor’ means, with respect 11
928	928	to the Capital, the commanding general of the Cap-12
929	929	ital National Guard.’’. 13
930	930	(2) T
931	931	ITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 14
932	932	United States Code, is amended as follows: 15
933	933	(A) D
934	934	EFINITIONS.—In section 101— 16
935	935	(i) in subsection (a), by adding at the 17
936	936	end the following new paragraph: 18
937	937	‘‘(19) The term ‘Capital’ means the area serv-19
938	938	ing as the seat of the Government of the United 20
939	939	States, as described in section 112 of the Wash-21
940	940	ington, D.C. Admission Act.’’; 22
941	941	(ii) in paragraphs (2) and (4) of sub-23
942	942	section (c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-24
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945	945	•HR 51 IH
946	946	bia’’ both places it appears and inserting 1
947	947	‘‘Capital’’; and 2
948	948	(iii) in subsection (d)(5), by striking 3
949	949	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 4
950	950	‘‘Capital’’. 5
951	951	(B) D
952	952	ISPOSITION ON DISCHARGE .—In sec-6
953	953	tion 771a(c), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 7
954	954	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 8
955	955	(C) TRICARE
956	956	COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 9
957	957	MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DE -10
958	958	PENDENTS DURING CERTAIN DISASTER RE -11
959	959	SPONSE DUTY.—In section 1076f— 12
960	960	(i) in subsections (a) and (c)(1), by 13
961	961	striking ‘‘with respect to the District of 14
962	962	Columbia, the mayor of the District of Co-15
963	963	lumbia’’ both places it appears and insert-16
964	964	ing ‘‘with respect to the Capital, the com-17
965	965	manding general of the Capital National 18
966	966	Guard’’; and 19
967	967	(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 20
968	968	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 21
969	969	‘‘Capital’’. 22
970	970	(D) P
971	971	AYMENT OF CLAIMS : AVAILABILITY 23
972	972	OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In paragraph (2)(B) of 24
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975	975	•HR 51 IH
976	976	section 2732, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-1
977	977	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 2
978	978	(E) M
979	979	EMBERS OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD : 3
980	980	DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-4
981	981	TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS , IN-5
982	982	DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In sec-6
983	983	tion 7401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-7
984	984	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 8
985	985	(F) M
986	986	EMBERS OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD : 9
987	987	DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-10
988	988	TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS , IN-11
989	989	DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In sec-12
990	990	tion 9401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-13
991	991	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
992	992	(G) R
993	993	EADY RESERVE: FAILURE TO SATIS-15
994	994	FACTORILY PERFORM PRESCRIBED TRAINING .— 16
995	995	In section 10148(b)— 17
996	996	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 18
997	997	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 19
998	998	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 20
999	999	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 21
1000	1000	National Guard’’. 22
1001	1001	(H) C
1002	1002	HIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BU -23
1003	1003	REAU.—In section 10502(a)(1)— 24
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1006	1006	•HR 51 IH
1007	1007	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 1
1008	1008	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 2
1009	1009	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 3
1010	1010	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 4
1011	1011	National Guard’’. 5
1012	1012	(I) V
1013	1013	ICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 6
1014	1014	BUREAU.—In section 10505(a)(1)(A)— 7
1015	1015	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 8
1016	1016	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 9
1017	1017	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 10
1018	1018	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 11
1019	1019	National Guard’’. 12
1020	1020	(J) O
1021	1021	THER SENIOR NATIONAL GUARD BU -13
1022	1022	REAU OFFICERS.—In subparagraphs (A) and 14
1023	1023	(B) of section 10506(a)(1)— 15
1024	1024	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 16
1025	1025	both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-17
1026	1026	ital,’’; and 18
1027	1027	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 19
1028	1028	National Guard’’ both places it appears 20
1029	1029	and inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 21
1030	1030	(K) N
1031	1031	ATIONAL GUARD BUREAU : GENERAL 22
1032	1032	PROVISIONS.—In section 10508(b)(1), by strik-23
1033	1033	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-24
1034	1034	ital’’. 25
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1037	1037	•HR 51 IH
1038	1038	(L) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS : ORIGINAL 1
1039	1039	APPOINTMENT; LIMITATION.—In section 2
1040	1040	12204(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 3
1041	1041	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 4
1042	1042	(M) R
1043	1043	ESERVE COMPONENTS GEN -5
1044	1044	ERALLY.—In section 12301(b), by striking 6
1045	1045	‘‘District of Columbia National Guard’’ both 7
1046	1046	places it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital Na-8
1047	1047	tional Guard’’. 9
1048	1048	(N) N
1049	1049	ATIONAL GUARD IN FEDERAL SERV -10
1050	1050	ICE: CALL.—In section 12406— 11
1051	1051	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 12
1052	1052	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 13
1053	1053	(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of 14
1054	1054	the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 15
1055	1055	‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 16
1056	1056	(O) R
1057	1057	ESULT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY 17
1058	1058	WITH STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS .—In 18
1059	1059	section 12642(c), by striking ‘‘District of Co-19
1060	1060	lumbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
1061	1061	(P) L
1062	1062	IMITATION ON RELOCATION OF NA -21
1063	1063	TIONAL GUARD UNITS.—In section 18238— 22
1064	1064	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 23
1065	1065	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 24
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1069	1069	(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of 1
1070	1070	the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 2
1071	1071	‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 3
1072	1072	SEC. 116. TERMINATION OF LEGAL STATUS OF SEAT OF 4
1073	1073	GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES AS MUNIC-5
1074	1074	IPAL CORPORATION. 6
1075	1075	Notwithstanding section 2 of the Revised Statutes re-7
1076	1076	lating to the District of Columbia (sec. 1–102, D.C. Offi-8
1077	1077	cial Code) or any other provision of law codified in sub-9
1078	1078	chapter I of chapter 1 of the District of Columbia Official 10
1079	1079	Code, effective upon the date of the admission of the State 11
1080	1080	into the Union, the Capital (or any portion thereof) shall 12
1081	1081	not serve as a government and shall not be a body cor-13
1082	1082	porate for municipal purposes. 14
1083	1083	Subtitle C—General Provisions 15
1084	1084	Relating to Laws of State 16
1085	1085	SEC. 121. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS. 17
1086	1086	(a) L
1087	1087	EGISLATIVEPOWER.—The legislative power of 18
1088	1088	the State shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation 19
1089	1089	in the State, consistent with the Constitution of the 20
1090	1090	United States (including the restrictions and limitations 21
1091	1091	imposed upon the States by article I, section 10) and sub-22
1092	1092	ject to the provisions of this Act. 23
1093	1093	(b) C
1094	1094	ONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY ANDDUTIES OF 24
1095	1095	M
1096	1096	EMBERS OFEXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, ANDJUDICIAL 25
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1100	1100	OFFICES.—Upon the admission of the State into the 1
1101	1101	Union, members of executive, legislative, and judicial of-2
1102	1102	fices of the District of Columbia shall be deemed members 3
1103	1103	of the respective executive, legislative, and judicial offices 4
1104	1104	of the State, as provided by the State Constitution and 5
1105	1105	the laws of the State. 6
1106	1106	(c) T
1107	1107	REATMENT OFFEDERALLAWS.—To the extent 7
1108	1108	that any law of the United States applies to the States 8
1109	1109	generally, the law shall have the same force and effect in 9
1110	1110	the State as elsewhere in the United States, except as such 10
1111	1111	law may otherwise provide. 11
1112	1112	(d) N
1113	1113	OEFFECT ONEXISTINGCONTRACTS.—Nothing 12
1114	1114	in the admission of the State into the Union shall affect 13
1115	1115	any obligation under any contract or agreement under 14
1116	1116	which the District of Columbia or the United States is 15
1117	1117	a party, as in effect on the day before the date of the 16
1118	1118	admission of the State into the Union. 17
1119	1119	(e) S
1120	1120	UCCESSION ININTERSTATECOMPACTS.—The 18
1121	1121	State shall be deemed to be the successor to the District 19
1122	1122	of Columbia for purposes of any interstate compact which 20
1123	1123	is in effect on the day before the date of the admission 21
1124	1124	of the State into the Union. 22
1125	1125	(f) C
1126	1126	ONTINUATION OF SERVICE OFFEDERALMEM-23
1127	1127	BERS ONBOARDS ANDCOMMISSIONS.—Nothing in the ad-24
1128	1128	mission of the State into the Union shall affect the author-25
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1131	1131	•HR 51 IH
1132	1132	ity of a representative of the Federal Government who, 1
1133	1133	as of the day before the date of the admission of the State 2
1134	1134	into the Union, is a member of a board or commission 3
1135	1135	of the District of Columbia to serve as a member of such 4
1136	1136	board or commission or as a member of a successor to 5
1137	1137	such board or commission after the admission of the State 6
1138	1138	into the Union, as may be provided by the State Constitu-7
1139	1139	tion and the laws of the State. 8
1140	1140	(g) S
1141	1141	PECIALRULEREGARDINGENFORCEMENT AU-9
1142	1142	THORITY OFUNITEDSTATESCAPITOLPOLICE, UNITED 10
1143	1143	S
1144	1144	TATESPARKPOLICE, ANDUNITEDSTATESSECRET 11
1145	1145	S
1146	1146	ERVICEUNIFORMEDDIVISION.—The United States 12
1147	1147	Capitol Police, the United States Park Police, and the 13
1148	1148	United States Secret Service Uniformed Division may not 14
1149	1149	enforce any law of the State in the State, except to the 15
1150	1150	extent authorized by the State. Nothing in this subsection 16
1151	1151	may be construed to affect the authority of the United 17
1152	1152	States Capitol Police, the United States Park Police, and 18
1153	1153	the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to 19
1154	1154	enforce any law in the Capital. 20
1155	1155	SEC. 122. PENDING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. 21
1156	1156	(a) S
1157	1157	TATE ASLEGALSUCCESSOR TODISTRICT OF 22
1158	1158	C
1159	1159	OLUMBIA.—The State shall be the legal successor to the 23
1160	1160	District of Columbia in all matters. 24
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1164	1164	(b) NOEFFECT ONPENDINGPROCEEDINGS.—All 1
1165	1165	existing writs, actions, suits, judicial and administrative 2
1166	1166	proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judg-3
1167	1167	ments, sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, causes of ac-4
1168	1168	tion, claims, demands, titles, and rights shall continue un-5
1169	1169	affected by the admission of the State into the Union with 6
1170	1170	respect to the State or the United States, except as may 7
1171	1171	be provided under this Act, as may be modified in accord-8
1172	1172	ance with the provisions of the State Constitution, and 9
1173	1173	as may be modified by the laws of the State or the United 10
1174	1174	States, as the case may be. 11
1175	1175	SEC. 123. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO TAX FEDERAL 12
1176	1176	PROPERTY. 13
1177	1177	The State may not impose any tax on any real or 14
1178	1178	personal property owned or acquired by the United States, 15
1179	1179	except to the extent that Congress may permit. 16
1180	1180	SEC. 124. UNITED STATES NATIONALITY. 17
1181	1181	No provision of this Act shall operate to confer 18
1182	1182	United States nationality, to terminate nationality lawfully 19
1183	1183	acquired, or to restore nationality terminated or lost under 20
1184	1184	any law of the United States or under any treaty to which 21
1185	1185	the United States is or was a party. 22
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1189	1189	TITLE II—INTERESTS OF 1
1190	1190	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 2
1191	1191	Subtitle A—Federal Property 3
1192	1192	SEC. 201. TREATMENT OF MILITARY LANDS. 4
1193	1193	(a) R
1194	1194	ESERVATION OFFEDERALAUTHORITY.— 5
1195	1195	(1) I
1196	1196	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 6
1197	1197	and subsection (b) and notwithstanding the admis-7
1198	1198	sion of the State into the Union, authority is re-8
1199	1199	served in the United States for the exercise by Con-9
1200	1200	gress of the power of exclusive legislation in all cases 10
1201	1201	whatsoever over such tracts or parcels of land lo-11
1202	1202	cated in the State that, on the day before the date 12
1203	1203	of the admission of the State into the Union, are 13
1204	1204	controlled or owned by the United States and held 14
1205	1205	for defense or Coast Guard purposes. 15
1206	1206	(2) L
1207	1207	IMITATION ON AUTHORITY .—The power of 16
1208	1208	exclusive legislation described in paragraph (1) shall 17
1209	1209	vest and remain in the United States only so long 18
1210	1210	as the particular tract or parcel of land involved is 19
1211	1211	controlled or owned by the United States and held 20
1212	1212	for defense or Coast Guard purposes. 21
1213	1213	(b) A
1214	1214	UTHORITY OFSTATE.— 22
1215	1215	(1) I
1216	1216	N GENERAL.—The reservation of authority 23
1217	1217	in the United States under subsection (a) shall not 24
1218	1218	operate to prevent such tracts or parcels of land 25
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1221	1221	•HR 51 IH
1222	1222	from being a part of the State, or to prevent the 1
1223	1223	State from exercising over or upon such lands, con-2
1224	1224	currently with the United States, any jurisdiction 3
1225	1225	which it would have in the absence of such reserva-4
1226	1226	tion of authority and which is consistent with the 5
1227	1227	laws hereafter enacted by Congress pursuant to such 6
1228	1228	reservation of authority. 7
1229	1229	(2) S
1230	1230	ERVICE OF PROCESS .—The State shall 8
1231	1231	have the right to serve civil or criminal process in 9
1232	1232	such tracts or parcels of land in which the authority 10
1233	1233	of the United States is reserved under subsection (a) 11
1234	1234	in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights 12
1235	1235	acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed 13
1236	1236	in the State but outside of such lands. 14
1237	1237	SEC. 202. WAIVER OF CLAIMS TO FEDERAL PROPERTY. 15
1238	1238	(a) I
1239	1239	NGENERAL.—As a compact with the United 16
1240	1240	States, the State and its people disclaim all right and title 17
1241	1241	to any real or personal property not granted or confirmed 18
1242	1242	to the State by or under the authority of this Act, the 19
1243	1243	right or title to which is held by the United States or sub-20
1244	1244	ject to disposition by the United States. 21
1245	1245	(b) E
1246	1246	FFECT ONCLAIMSAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.— 22
1247	1247	(1) I
1248	1248	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall 23
1249	1249	recognize, deny, enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect 24
1250	1250	any claim against the United States, and any such 25
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1253	1253	•HR 51 IH
1254	1254	claim shall be governed by applicable laws of the 1
1255	1255	United States. 2
1256	1256	(2) R
1257	1257	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 3
1258	1258	Act is intended or shall be construed as a finding, 4
1259	1259	interpretation, or construction by Congress that any 5
1260	1260	applicable law authorizes, establishes, recognizes, or 6
1261	1261	confirms the validity or invalidity of any claim re-7
1262	1262	ferred to in paragraph (1), and the determination of 8
1263	1263	the applicability to or the effect of any law on any 9
1264	1264	such claim shall be unaffected by anything in this 10
1265	1265	Act. 11
1266	1266	Subtitle B—Federal Courts 12
1267	1267	SEC. 211. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FED-13
1268	1268	ERAL OFFICIALS. 14
1269	1269	(a) C
1270	1270	IRCUITJUDGES.—Section 44(c) of title 28, 15
1271	1271	United States Code, is amended— 16
1272	1272	(1) by striking ‘‘Except in the District of Co-17
1273	1273	lumbia, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 18
1274	1274	(2) by striking ‘‘within fifty miles of the Dis-19
1275	1275	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘within fifty miles 20
1276	1276	of the Capital’’. 21
1277	1277	(b) D
1278	1278	ISTRICTJUDGES.—Section 134(b) of such title 22
1279	1279	is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the District 23
1280	1280	of Columbia, the Southern District of New York, and’’ and 24
1281	1281	inserting ‘‘the Southern District of New York and’’. 25
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1285	1285	(c) UNITEDSTATESATTORNEYS.—Section 545(a) of 1
1286	1286	such title is amended by striking the first sentence and 2
1287	1287	inserting ‘‘Each United States attorney shall reside in the 3
1288	1288	district for which he or she is appointed, except that those 4
1289	1289	officers of the Southern District of New York and the 5
1290	1290	Eastern District of New York may reside within 20 miles 6
1291	1291	thereof.’’. 7
1292	1292	(d) U
1293	1293	NITEDSTATESMARSHALS.—Section 561(e)(1) 8
1294	1294	of such title is amended to read as follows: 9
1295	1295	‘‘(1) the marshal for the Southern District of 10
1296	1296	New York may reside within 20 miles of the district; 11
1297	1297	and’’. 12
1298	1298	(e) C
1299	1299	LERKS OFDISTRICTCOURTS.—Section 751(c) 13
1300	1300	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Co-14
1301	1301	lumbia and’’. 15
1302	1302	(f) E
1303	1303	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16
1304	1304	this section shall apply only to individuals appointed after 17
1305	1305	the date of the admission of the State into the Union. 18
1306	1306	SEC. 212. RENAMING OF FEDERAL COURTS. 19
1307	1307	(a) R
1308	1308	ENAMING.— 20
1309	1309	(1) C
1310	1310	IRCUIT COURT.—Section 41 of title 28, 21
1311	1311	United States Code, is amended— 22
1312	1312	(A) in the first column, by striking ‘‘Dis-23
1313	1313	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; and 24
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1317	1317	(B) in the second column, by striking 1
1318	1318	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital; 2
1319	1319	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 3
1320	1320	(2) D
1321	1321	ISTRICT COURT.—Section 88 of such title 4
1322	1322	is amended— 5
1323	1323	(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘District 6
1324	1324	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 7
1325	1325	Douglass Commonwealth and the 8
1326	1326	Capital’’; 9
1327	1327	(B) by amending the first paragraph to 10
1328	1328	read as follows: 11
1329	1329	‘‘The State of Washington, Douglass Common-12
1330	1330	wealth and the Capital comprise one judicial dis-13
1331	1331	trict.’’; and 14
1332	1332	(C) in the second paragraph, by striking 15
1333	1333	‘‘Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 16
1334	1334	(3) C
1335	1335	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The item relating 17
1336	1336	to section 88 in the table of sections for chapter 5 18
1337	1337	of such title is amended to read as follows: 19
1338	1338	‘‘88. Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital.’’.
1339	1339	(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 20
1340	1340	C
1341	1341	OURT OFAPPEALS.—Title 28, United States Code, is 21
1342	1342	amended as follows: 22
1343	1343	(1) A
1344	1344	PPOINTMENT OF JUDGES .—Section 44(a) 23
1345	1345	of such title is amended in the first column by strik-24
1346	1346	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 25
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1350	1350	(2) TERMS OF COURT.—Section 48(a) of such 1
1351	1351	title is amended— 2
1352	1352	(A) in the first column, by striking ‘‘Dis-3
1353	1353	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 4
1354	1354	(B) in the second column, by striking 5
1355	1355	‘‘Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; and 6
1356	1356	(C) in the second column, by striking 7
1357	1357	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 8
1358	1358	(3) A
1359	1359	PPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT COUNSELS 9
1360	1360	BY CHIEF JUDGE OF CIRCUIT .—Section 49 of such 10
1361	1361	title is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 11
1362	1362	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 12
1363	1363	(4) C
1364	1364	IRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CER -13
1365	1365	TIFICATION OF DEATH PENALTY COUNSELS .—Sec-14
1366	1366	tion 2265(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking 15
1367	1367	‘‘the District of Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting 16
1368	1368	‘‘the Capital Circuit’’. 17
1369	1369	(5) C
1370	1370	IRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION OVER RE -18
1371	1371	VIEW OF FEDERAL AGENCY ORDERS .—Section 2343 19
1372	1372	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of 20
1373	1373	Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital Cir-21
1374	1374	cuit’’. 22
1375	1375	(c) C
1376	1376	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS RELATING TODIS-23
1377	1377	TRICTCOURT.—Title 28, United States Code, is amended 24
1378	1378	as follows: 25
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1382	1382	(1) APPOINTMENT AND NUMBER OF DISTRICT 1
1383	1383	COURT JUDGES.—Section 133(a) of such title is 2
1384	1384	amended in the first column by striking ‘‘District of 3
1385	1385	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass 4
1386	1386	Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 5
1387	1387	(2) D
1388	1388	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OF TAX 6
1389	1389	CASES BROUGHT AGAINST UNITED STATES .—Section 7
1390	1390	1346(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 8
1391	1391	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 9
1392	1392	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 10
1393	1393	(3) D
1394	1394	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER PRO -11
1395	1395	CEEDINGS FOR FORFEITURE OF FOREIGN PROP -12
1396	1396	ERTY.—Section 1355(b)(2) of such title is amended 13
1397	1397	by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 14
1398	1398	‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the 15
1399	1399	Capital’’. 16
1400	1400	(4) D
1401	1401	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL 17
1402	1402	ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST A FOREIGN STATE .— 18
1403	1403	Section 1391(f)(4) of such title is amended by strik-19
1404	1404	ing ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Wash-20
1405	1405	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 21
1406	1406	(5) D
1407	1407	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER AC -22
1408	1408	TIONS BROUGHT BY CORPORATIONS AGAINST 23
1409	1409	UNITED STATES.—Section 1402(a)(2) of such title is 24
1410	1410	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and 25
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1414	1414	inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth 1
1415	1415	and the Capital’’. 2
1416	1416	(6) V
1417	1417	ENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF CERTAIN AC -3
1418	1418	TIONS BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEES OF EXECUTIVE OF -4
1419	1419	FICE OF THE PRESIDENT .—Section 1413 of such 5
1420	1420	title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Colum-6
1421	1421	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Common-7
1422	1422	wealth and the Capital’’. 8
1423	1423	(7) V
1424	1424	ENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF ACTION EN -9
1425	1425	FORCING FOREIGN JUDGMENT .—Section 10
1426	1426	2467(c)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking 11
1427	1427	‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Wash-12
1428	1428	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 13
1429	1429	(d) C
1430	1430	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 14
1431	1431	O
1432	1432	THERCOURTS.—Title 28, United States Code, is 15
1433	1433	amended as follows: 16
1434	1434	(1) A
1435	1435	PPOINTMENT OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES .— 17
1436	1436	Section 152(a)(2) of such title is amended in the 18
1437	1437	first column by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and 19
1438	1438	inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth 20
1439	1439	and the Capital’’. 21
1440	1440	(2) L
1441	1441	OCATION OF COURT OF FEDERAL 22
1442	1442	CLAIMS.—Section 173 of such title is amended by 23
1443	1443	striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 24
1444	1444	‘‘the Capital’’. 25
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1448	1448	(3) DUTY STATION OF JUDGES OF COURT OF 1
1449	1449	FEDERAL CLAIMS.—Section 175 of such title is 2
1450	1450	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 3
1451	1451	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 4
1452	1452	(4) D
1453	1453	UTY STATION OF JUDGES FOR PURPOSES 5
1454	1454	OF TRAVELING EXPENSES .—Section 456(b) of such 6
1455	1455	title is amended to read as follows: 7
1456	1456	‘‘(b) The official duty station of the Chief Justice of 8
1457	1457	the United States, the Justices of the Supreme Court of 9
1458	1458	the United States, and the judges of the United States 10
1459	1459	Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be the Cap-11
1460	1460	ital.’’. 12
1461	1461	(5) C
1462	1462	OURT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FEDERAL 13
1463	1463	CIRCUIT AND COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS .—Section 14
1464	1464	462(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the Dis-15
1465	1465	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 16
1466	1466	(6) P
1467	1467	LACES OF HOLDING COURT OF COURT OF 17
1468	1468	FEDERAL CLAIMS.—Section 798(a) of such title is 18
1469	1469	amended— 19
1470	1470	(A) by striking ‘‘Washington, District of 20
1471	1471	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’; and 21
1472	1472	(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 22
1473	1473	and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 23
1474	1474	(e) O
1475	1475	THERCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 24
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1479	1479	(1) SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FOREIGN PARTIES 1
1480	1480	AT STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICE .—Section 2
1481	1481	1608(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking 3
1482	1482	‘‘Washington, District of Columbia’’ and inserting 4
1483	1483	‘‘the Capital’’. 5
1484	1484	(2) S
1485	1485	ERVICE OF PROCESS IN PROPERTY CASES 6
1486	1486	AT ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE .—Section 2410(b) 7
1487	1487	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Washington, 8
1488	1488	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 9
1489	1489	(f) D
1490	1490	EFINITION.—Section 451 of title 28, United 10
1491	1491	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-11
1492	1492	lowing new undesignated paragraph: 12
1493	1493	‘‘The term ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the 13
1494	1494	seat of the Government of the United States, as described 14
1495	1495	in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 15
1496	1496	(g) R
1497	1497	EFERENCES INOTHERLAWS.—Any reference 16
1498	1498	in any Federal law (other than a law amended by this 17
1499	1499	section), rule, or regulation— 18
1500	1500	(1) to the United States Court of Appeals for 19
1501	1501	the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to 20
1502	1502	the United States Court of Appeals for the Capital; 21
1503	1503	(2) to the District of Columbia Circuit shall be 22
1504	1504	deemed to refer to the Capital Circuit; and 23
1505	1505	(3) to the United States District Court for the 24
1506	1506	District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the 25
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1510	1510	United States District Court for Washington, Doug-1
1511	1511	lass Commonwealth and the Capital. 2
1512	1512	(h) E
1513	1513	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-3
1514	1514	ments made by this section shall take effect upon the ad-4
1515	1515	mission of the State into the Union. 5
1516	1516	SEC. 213. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DE-6
1517	1517	PARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 7
1518	1518	(a) A
1519	1519	PPOINTMENT OFUNITEDSTATESTRUSTEES.— 8
1520	1520	Section 581(a)(4) of title 28, United States Code, is 9
1521	1521	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and in-10
1522	1522	serting ‘‘the Capital and Washington, Douglass Common-11
1523	1523	wealth’’. 12
1524	1524	(b) I
1525	1525	NDEPENDENTCOUNSELS.— 13
1526	1526	(1) A
1527	1527	PPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL PER -14
1528	1528	SONNEL.—Section 594(c) of such title is amended— 15
1529	1529	(A) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 16
1530	1530	the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘Wash-17
1531	1531	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Cap-18
1532	1532	ital’’; and 19
1533	1533	(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 20
1534	1534	the second place it appears and inserting 21
1535	1535	‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 22
1536	1536	(2) J
1537	1537	UDICIAL REVIEW OF REMOVAL .—Section 23
1538	1538	596(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 24
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1541	1541	•HR 51 IH
1542	1542	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 1
1543	1543	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 2
1544	1544	(c) E
1545	1545	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 3
1546	1546	this section shall take effect upon the admission of the 4
1547	1547	State into the Union. 5
1548	1548	SEC. 214. TREATMENT OF PRETRIAL SERVICES IN UNITED 6
1549	1549	STATES DISTRICT COURT. 7
1550	1550	Section 3152 of title 18, United States Code, is 8
1551	1551	amended— 9
1552	1552	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(other than 10
1553	1553	the District of Columbia)’’ and inserting ‘‘(subject to 11
1554	1554	subsection (d), other than the District of Colum-12
1555	1555	bia)’’; and 13
1556	1556	(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-14
1557	1557	section: 15
1558	1558	‘‘(d) In the case of the judicial district of Washington, 16
1559	1559	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital— 17
1560	1560	‘‘(1) upon the admission of the State of Wash-18
1561	1561	ington, Douglass Commonwealth into the Union, the 19
1562	1562	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth Pretrial Serv-20
1563	1563	ices Agency shall continue to provide pretrial serv-21
1564	1564	ices in the judicial district in the same manner and 22
1565	1565	to the same extent as the District of Columbia Pre-23
1566	1566	trial Services Agency provided such services in the 24
1567	1567	judicial district of the District of Columbia as of the 25
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1571	1571	day before the date of the admission of the State 1
1572	1572	into the Union; and 2
1573	1573	‘‘(2) upon the receipt by the President of the 3
1574	1574	certification from the State of Washington, Douglass 4
1575	1575	Commonwealth under section 315(b)(4) of the 5
1576	1576	Washington, D.C. Admission Act that the State has 6
1577	1577	in effect laws providing for the State to provide pre- 7
1578	1578	trial services, paragraph (1) shall no longer apply, 8
1579	1579	and the Director shall provide for the establishment 9
1580	1580	of pretrial services in the judicial district under this 10
1581	1581	section.’’. 11
1582	1582	Subtitle C—Federal Elections 12
1583	1583	SEC. 221. PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN CAPITAL 13
1584	1584	TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN STATE 14
1585	1585	OF MOST RECENT DOMICILE. 15
1586	1586	(a) R
1587	1587	EQUIREMENT FOR STATESTOPERMITINDIVID-16
1588	1588	UALSTOVOTE BYABSENTEEBALLOT.— 17
1589	1589	(1) I
1590	1590	N GENERAL.—Each State shall— 18
1591	1591	(A) permit absent Capital voters to use ab-19
1592	1592	sentee registration procedures and to vote by 20
1593	1593	absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and 21
1594	1594	runoff elections for Federal office; and 22
1595	1595	(B) accept and process, with respect to any 23
1596	1596	general, special, primary, or runoff election for 24
1597	1597	Federal office, any otherwise valid voter reg-25
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1601	1601	istration application from an absent Capital 1
1602	1602	voter, if the application is received by the ap-2
1603	1603	propriate State election official not less than 30 3
1604	1604	days before the election. 4
1605	1605	(2) A
1606	1606	BSENT CAPITAL VOTER DEFINED .—In this 5
1607	1607	section, the term ‘‘absent Capital voter’’ means, with 6
1608	1608	respect to a State, a person who resides in the Cap-7
1609	1609	ital and is qualified to vote in the State (or who 8
1610	1610	would be qualified to vote in the State but for resid-9
1611	1611	ing in the Capital), but only if the State is the last 10
1612	1612	place in which the person was domiciled before resid-11
1613	1613	ing in the Capital. 12
1614	1614	(3) S
1615	1615	TATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 13
1616	1616	‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, including 14
1617	1617	the State. 15
1618	1618	(b) R
1619	1619	ECOMMENDATIONS TO STATESTOMAXIMIZE 16
1620	1620	A
1621	1621	CCESS TOPOLLS BYABSENTCAPITALVOTERS.—To af-17
1622	1622	ford maximum access to the polls by absent Capital voters, 18
1623	1623	it is the sense of Congress that the States should— 19
1624	1624	(1) waive registration requirements for absent 20
1625	1625	Capital voters who, by reason of residence in the 21
1626	1626	Capital, do not have an opportunity to register; 22
1627	1627	(2) expedite processing of balloting materials 23
1628	1628	with respect to such individuals; and 24
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1632	1632	(3) assure that absentee ballots are mailed to 1
1633	1633	such individuals at the earliest opportunity. 2
1634	1634	(c) E
1635	1635	NFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General may 3
1636	1636	bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the 4
1637	1637	United States for such declaratory or injunctive relief as 5
1638	1638	may be necessary to carry out this section. 6
1639	1639	(d) E
1640	1640	FFECT ONCERTAINOTHERLAWS.—The exer-7
1641	1641	cise of any right under this section shall not affect, for 8
1642	1642	purposes of a Federal tax, a State tax, or a local tax, the 9
1643	1643	residence or domicile of a person exercising such right. 10
1644	1644	(e) E
1645	1645	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 11
1646	1646	upon the date of the admission of the State into the 12
1647	1647	Union, and shall apply with respect to elections for Fed-13
1648	1648	eral office taking place on or after such date. 14
1649	1649	SEC. 222. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15
1650	1650	DELEGATE. 16
1651	1651	(a) I
1652	1652	NGENERAL.—Sections 202 and 204 of the Dis-17
1653	1653	trict of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91–405; sec-18
1654	1654	tions 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, 19
1655	1655	and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such 20
1656	1656	sections are restored or revived as if such sections had 21
1657	1657	not been enacted. 22
1658	1658	(b) C
1659	1659	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OFCO-23
1660	1660	LUMBIAELECTIONSCODE OF1955.—The District of Co-24
1661	1661	lumbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended— 25
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1665	1665	(1) in section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 1
1666	1666	Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of 2
1667	1667	Representatives,’’; 3
1668	1668	(2) in section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official 4
1669	1669	Code)— 5
1670	1670	(A) by striking paragraph (6), 6
1671	1671	(B) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘(except 7
1672	1672	the Delegate to Congress for the District of Co-8
1673	1673	lumbia)’’, and 9
1674	1674	(C) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘the 10
1675	1675	Delegate to Congress for the District of Colum-11
1676	1676	bia,’’; 12
1677	1677	(3) in section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 13
1678	1678	Code)— 14
1679	1679	(A) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ in the heading, 15
1680	1680	and 16
1681	1681	(B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 17
1682	1682	appears in subsections (d), (h)(1)(A), (h)(2), 18
1683	1683	(i)(1), (j)(1), (j)(3), and (k)(3); 19
1684	1684	(4) in section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 20
1685	1685	Code)— 21
1686	1686	(A) by striking subparagraph (A) of sub-22
1687	1687	section (a)(3), and 23
1688	1688	(B) in subsection (d)— 24
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1691	1691	•HR 51 IH
1692	1692	(i) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place 1
1693	1693	it appears in paragraph (1), and 2
1694	1694	(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and re-3
1695	1695	designating paragraph (3) as paragraph 4
1696	1696	(2); 5
1697	1697	(5) in section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), 6
1698	1698	D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate to the 7
1699	1699	House of Representatives,’’; 8
1700	1700	(6) in section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. 9
1701	1701	Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’; and 10
1702	1702	(7) in section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. 11
1703	1703	Official Code), by striking ‘‘except the Delegate to 12
1704	1704	the Congress from the District of Columbia’’. 13
1705	1705	(c) E
1706	1706	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
1707	1707	this section shall take effect upon the admission of the 15
1708	1708	State into the Union. 16
1709	1709	SEC. 223. REPEAL OF LAW PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION 17
1710	1710	OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN ELECTION OF 18
1711	1711	PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. 19
1712	1712	(a) I
1713	1713	NGENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 3, United 20
1714	1714	States Code, is amended— 21
1715	1715	(1) by striking section 21; and 22
1716	1716	(2) in the table of sections, by striking the item 23
1717	1717	relating to section 21. 24
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1720	1720	•HR 51 IH
1721	1721	(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
1722	1722	subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of the admis-2
1723	1723	sion of the State into the Union, and shall apply to any 3
1724	1724	election of the President and Vice President taking place 4
1725	1725	on or after such date. 5
1726	1726	SEC. 224. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION 6
1727	1727	OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REPEAL-7
1728	1728	ING 23RD AMENDMENT. 8
1729	1729	(a) J
1730	1730	OINTRESOLUTIONDESCRIBED.—In this sec-9
1731	1731	tion, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means a joint resolu-10
1732	1732	tion— 11
1733	1733	(1) entitled ‘‘A joint resolution proposing an 12
1734	1734	amendment to the Constitution of the United States 13
1735	1735	to repeal the 23rd article of amendment’’; and 14
1736	1736	(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 15
1737	1737	which consists solely of text to amend the Constitu-16
1738	1738	tion of the United States to repeal the 23rd article 17
1739	1739	of amendment to the Constitution. 18
1740	1740	(b) E
1741	1741	XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INHOUSE OFREP-19
1742	1742	RESENTATIVES.— 20
1743	1743	(1) P
1744	1744	LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-21
1745	1745	duction in the House of Representatives, the joint 22
1746	1746	resolution shall be placed immediately on the appro-23
1747	1747	priate calendar. 24
1748	1748	(2) P
1749	1749	ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 25
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1752	1752	•HR 51 IH
1753	1753	(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be in order, not 1
1754	1754	later than 30 legislative days after the date the 2
1755	1755	joint resolution is introduced in the House of 3
1756	1756	Representatives, to move to proceed to consider 4
1757	1757	the joint resolution in the House of Representa-5
1758	1758	tives. 6
1759	1759	(B) P
1760	1760	ROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-7
1761	1761	ceed to consider the joint resolution— 8
1762	1762	(i) all points of order against the mo-9
1763	1763	tion are waived; 10
1764	1764	(ii) such a motion shall not be in 11
1765	1765	order after the House of Representatives 12
1766	1766	has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 13
1767	1767	joint resolution; 14
1768	1768	(iii) the previous question shall be 15
1769	1769	considered as ordered on the motion to its 16
1770	1770	adoption without intervening motion; 17
1771	1771	(iv) the motion shall not be debatable; 18
1772	1772	and 19
1773	1773	(v) a motion to reconsider the vote by 20
1774	1774	which the motion is disposed of shall not 21
1775	1775	be in order. 22
1776	1776	(3) C
1777	1777	ONSIDERATION.—When the House of Rep-23
1778	1778	resentatives proceeds to consideration of the joint 24
1779	1779	resolution— 25
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1782	1782	•HR 51 IH
1783	1783	(A) the joint resolution shall be considered 1
1784	1784	as read; 2
1785	1785	(B) all points of order against the joint 3
1786	1786	resolution and against its consideration are 4
1787	1787	waived; 5
1788	1788	(C) the previous question shall be consid-6
1789	1789	ered as ordered on the joint resolution to its 7
1790	1790	passage without intervening motion except 10 8
1791	1791	hours of debate equally divided and controlled 9
1792	1792	by the proponent and an opponent; 10
1793	1793	(D) an amendment to the joint resolution 11
1794	1794	shall not be in order; and 12
1795	1795	(E) a motion to reconsider the vote on pas-13
1796	1796	sage of the joint resolution shall not be in 14
1797	1797	order. 15
1798	1798	(c) E
1799	1799	XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INSENATE.— 16
1800	1800	(1) P
1801	1801	LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-17
1802	1802	duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 18
1803	1803	placed immediately on the calendar. 19
1804	1804	(2) P
1805	1805	ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 20
1806	1806	(A) I
1807	1807	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 21
1808	1808	XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 22
1809	1809	in order, not later than 30 legislative days after 23
1810	1810	the date the joint resolution is introduced in the 24
1811	1811	Senate (even though a previous motion to the 25
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1814	1814	•HR 51 IH
1815	1815	same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 1
1816	1816	proceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-2
1817	1817	tion. 3
1818	1818	(B) P
1819	1819	ROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-4
1820	1820	ceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-5
1821	1821	tion— 6
1822	1822	(i) all points of order against the mo-7
1823	1823	tion are waived; 8
1824	1824	(ii) the motion is not debatable; 9
1825	1825	(iii) the motion is not subject to a mo-10
1826	1826	tion to postpone; 11
1827	1827	(iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 12
1828	1828	which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 13
1829	1829	to shall not be in order; and 14
1830	1830	(v) if the motion is agreed to, the 15
1831	1831	joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 16
1832	1832	business until disposed of. 17
1833	1833	(3) F
1834	1834	LOOR CONSIDERATION.— 18
1835	1835	(A) I
1836	1836	N GENERAL.—If the Senate proceeds 19
1837	1837	to consideration of the joint resolution— 20
1838	1838	(i) all points of order against the joint 21
1839	1839	resolution (and against consideration of 22
1840	1840	the joint resolution) are waived; 23
1841	1841	(ii) consideration of the joint resolu-24
1842	1842	tion, and all debatable motions and appeals 25
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1845	1845	•HR 51 IH
1846	1846	in connection therewith, shall be limited to 1
1847	1847	not more than 30 hours, which shall be di-2
1848	1848	vided equally between the majority and mi-3
1849	1849	nority leaders or their designees; 4
1850	1850	(iii) a motion further to limit debate 5
1851	1851	is in order and not debatable; 6
1852	1852	(iv) an amendment to, a motion to 7
1853	1853	postpone, or a motion to commit the joint 8
1854	1854	resolution is not in order; and 9
1855	1855	(v) a motion to proceed to the consid-10
1856	1856	eration of other business is not in order. 11
1857	1857	(B) V
1858	1858	OTE ON PASSAGE.—In the Senate the 12
1859	1859	vote on passage shall occur immediately fol-13
1860	1860	lowing the conclusion of the consideration of the 14
1861	1861	joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the 15
1862	1862	conclusion of the debate if requested in accord-16
1863	1863	ance with the rules of the Senate. 17
1864	1864	(C) R
1865	1865	ULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE -18
1866	1866	DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 19
1867	1867	relating to the application of this subsection or 20
1868	1868	the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 21
1869	1869	the procedure relating to the joint resolution 22
1870	1870	shall be decided without debate. 23
1871	1871	(d) R
1872	1872	ULESRELATING TOSENATE ANDHOUSE OF 24
1873	1873	R
1874	1874	EPRESENTATIVES.— 25
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1877	1877	•HR 51 IH
1878	1878	(1) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER 1
1879	1879	HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of the 2
1880	1880	joint resolution of that House, that House receives 3
1881	1881	from the other House the joint resolution— 4
1882	1882	(A) the joint resolution of the other House 5
1883	1883	shall not be referred to a committee; and 6
1884	1884	(B) with respect to the joint resolution of 7
1885	1885	the House receiving the resolution— 8
1886	1886	(i) the procedure in that House shall 9
1887	1887	be the same as if no joint resolution had 10
1888	1888	been received from the other House; and 11
1889	1889	(ii) the vote on passage shall be on 12
1890	1890	the joint resolution of the other House. 13
1891	1891	(2) T
1892	1892	REATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF 14
1893	1893	OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce or 15
1894	1894	consider the joint resolution under this section, the 16
1895	1895	joint resolution of the other House shall be entitled 17
1896	1896	to expedited floor procedures under this section. 18
1897	1897	(3) T
1898	1898	REATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES .— 19
1899	1899	If, following passage of the joint resolution in the 20
1900	1900	Senate, the Senate receives the companion measure 21
1901	1901	from the House of Representatives, the companion 22
1902	1902	measure shall not be debatable. 23
1903	1903	(e) R
1904	1904	ULES OFHOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES AND 24
1905	1905	S
1906	1906	ENATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 25
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1909	1909	•HR 51 IH
1910	1910	(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 1
1911	1911	the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-2
1912	1912	tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 3
1913	1913	each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-4
1914	1914	spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 5
1915	1915	in the case of the joint resolution, and supersede 6
1916	1916	other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 7
1917	1917	with such rules; and 8
1918	1918	(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 9
1919	1919	right of either House to change the rules (so far as 10
1920	1920	relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 11
1921	1921	in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 12
1922	1922	the case of any other rule of that House. 13
1923	1923	TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF 14
1924	1924	CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 15
1925	1925	RESPONSIBILITIES 16
1926	1926	Subtitle A—Employee Benefits 17
1927	1927	SEC. 301. FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN 18
1928	1928	RETIREMENT PROGRAMS. 19
1929	1929	(a) C
1930	1930	ONTINUATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO PAY-20
1931	1931	MENTS.—Any individual who, as of the day before the date 21
1932	1932	of the admission of the State into the Union, is entitled 22
1933	1933	to a Federal benefit payment under the District of Colum-23
1934	1934	bia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 (subtitle A of title 24
1935	1935	XI of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Govern-25
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1938	1938	•HR 51 IH
1939	1939	ment Improvement Act of 1997; sec. 1–801.01 et seq., 1
1940	1940	D.C. Official Code) shall continue to be entitled to such 2
1941	1941	a payment after the admission of the State into the Union, 3
1942	1942	in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to 4
1943	1943	the same terms and conditions applicable under such Act. 5
1944	1944	(b) O
1945	1945	BLIGATIONS OFFEDERALGOVERNMENT.— 6
1946	1946	(1) I
1947	1947	N GENERAL.—Any obligation of the Fed-7
1948	1948	eral Government under the District of Columbia Re-8
1949	1949	tirement Protection Act of 1997 which exists with 9
1950	1950	respect to any individual or with respect to the Dis-10
1951	1951	trict of Columbia as of the day before the date of 11
1952	1952	the admission of the State into the Union shall re-12
1953	1953	main in effect with respect to such an individual and 13
1954	1954	with respect to the State after the admission of the 14
1955	1955	State into the Union, in the same manner, to the 15
1956	1956	same extent, and subject to the same terms and con-16
1957	1957	ditions applicable under such Act. 17
1958	1958	(2) D.C.
1959	1959	FEDERAL PENSION FUND .—Any obli-18
1960	1960	gation of the Federal Government under chapter 9 19
1961	1961	of the District of Columbia Retirement Protection 20
1962	1962	Act of 1997 (sec. 1–817.01 et seq., D.C. Official 21
1963	1963	Code) with respect to the D.C. Federal Pension 22
1964	1964	Fund which exists as of the day before the date of 23
1965	1965	the admission of the State into the Union shall re-24
1966	1966	main in effect with respect to such Fund after the 25
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1969	1969	•HR 51 IH
1970	1970	admission of the State into the Union, in the same 1
1971	1971	manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same 2
1972	1972	terms and conditions applicable under such chapter. 3
1973	1973	(c) O
1974	1974	BLIGATIONS OFSTATE.—Any obligation of the 4
1975	1975	District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Re-5
1976	1976	tirement Protection Act of 1997 which exists with respect 6
1977	1977	to any individual or with respect to the Federal Govern-7
1978	1978	ment as of the day before the date of the admission of 8
1979	1979	the State into the Union shall become an obligation of the 9
1980	1980	State with respect to such an individual and with respect 10
1981	1981	to the Federal Government after the admission of the 11
1982	1982	State into the Union, in the same manner, to the same 12
1983	1983	extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions ap-13
1984	1984	plicable under such Act. 14
1985	1985	SEC. 302. CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE BEN-15
1986	1986	EFITS FOR EMPLOYEES FIRST EMPLOYED 16
1987	1987	PRIOR TO ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT OF 17
1988	1988	COLUMBIA MERIT PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 18
1989	1989	(a) O
1990	1990	BLIGATIONS OFFEDERALGOVERNMENT.—Any 19
1991	1991	obligation of the Federal Government under title 5, United 20
1992	1992	States Code, which exists with respect to an individual de-21
1993	1993	scribed in subsection (c) or with respect to the District 22
1994	1994	of Columbia as of the day before the date of the admission 23
1995	1995	of the State into the Union shall remain in effect with 24
1996	1996	respect to such individual and with respect to the State 25
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1999	1999	•HR 51 IH
2000	2000	after the admission of the State into the Union, in the 1
2001	2001	same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same 2
2002	2002	terms and conditions applicable under such title. 3
2003	2003	(b) O
2004	2004	BLIGATIONS OFSTATE.—Any obligation of the 4
2005	2005	District of Columbia under title 5, United States Code, 5
2006	2006	which exists with respect to an individual described in sub-6
2007	2007	section (c) or with respect to the Federal Government as 7
2008	2008	of the day before the date of the admission of the State 8
2009	2009	into the Union shall become an obligation of the State with 9
2010	2010	respect to such individual and with respect to the Federal 10
2011	2011	Government after the admission of the State into the 11
2012	2012	Union, in the same manner, to the same extent, and sub-12
2013	2013	ject to the same terms and conditions applicable under 13
2014	2014	such title. 14
2015	2015	(c) I
2016	2016	NDIVIDUALSDESCRIBED.—An individual de-15
2017	2017	scribed in this subsection is an individual who was first 16
2018	2018	employed by the government of the District of Columbia 17
2019	2019	before October 1, 1987. 18
2020	2020	SEC. 303. OBLIGATIONS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER 19
2021	2021	JUDGES’ RETIREMENT PROGRAM. 20
2022	2022	(a) C
2023	2023	ONTINUATION OFOBLIGATIONS.— 21
2024	2024	(1) I
2025	2025	N GENERAL.—Any obligation of the Fed-22
2026	2026	eral Government under subchapter III of chapter 15 23
2027	2027	of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code— 24
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2030	2030	•HR 51 IH
2031	2031	(A) which exists with respect to any indi-1
2032	2032	vidual and the District of Columbia as the re-2
2033	2033	sult of service accrued prior to the date of the 3
2034	2034	admission of the State into the Union shall re-4
2035	2035	main in effect with respect to such an indi-5
2036	2036	vidual and with respect to the State after the 6
2037	2037	admission of the State into the Union, in the 7
2038	2038	same manner, to the same extent, and subject 8
2039	2039	to the same terms and conditions applicable 9
2040	2040	under such subchapter; and 10
2041	2041	(B) subject to paragraph (2), shall exist 11
2042	2042	with respect to any individual and the State as 12
2043	2043	the result of service accrued after the date of 13
2044	2044	the admission of the State into the Union in the 14
2045	2045	same manner, to the same extent, and subject 15
2046	2046	to the same terms and conditions applicable 16
2047	2047	under such subchapter as such obligation ex-17
2048	2048	isted with respect to individuals and the Dis-18
2049	2049	trict of Columbia as of the date of the admis-19
2050	2050	sion of the State into the Union. 20
2051	2051	(2) T
2052	2052	REATMENT OF SERVICE ACCRUED AFTER 21
2053	2053	TAKING EFFECT OF STATE RETIREMENT PRO -22
2054	2054	GRAM.—Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) does 23
2055	2055	not apply to service accrued on or after the termi-24
2056	2056	nation date described in subsection (b). 25
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2059	2059	•HR 51 IH
2060	2060	(b) TERMINATIONDATE.—The termination date de-1
2061	2061	scribed in this subsection is the date on which the State 2
2062	2062	provides written certification to the President that the 3
2063	2063	State has in effect laws requiring the State to appropriate 4
2064	2064	and make available funds for the retirement of judges of 5
2065	2065	the State. 6
2066	2066	Subtitle B—Agencies 7
2067	2067	SEC. 311. PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE. 8
2068	2068	(a) C
2069	2069	ONTINUATION OF OPERATIONS AND FUND-9
2070	2070	ING.— 10
2071	2071	(1) I
2072	2072	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11
2073	2073	graph (2) and subsection (b), title III of the District 12
2074	2074	of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure 13
2075	2075	Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1601 et seq., D.C. Official 14
2076	2076	Code) shall apply with respect to the State and to 15
2077	2077	the public defender service of the State after the 16
2078	2078	date of the admission of the State into the Union in 17
2079	2079	the same manner and to the same extent as such 18
2080	2080	title applied with respect to the District of Columbia 19
2081	2081	and the District of Columbia Public Defender Serv-20
2082	2082	ice as of the day before the date of the admission 21
2083	2083	of the State into the Union. 22
2084	2084	(2) R
2085	2085	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -23
2086	2086	TRIBUTION.—For purposes of paragraph (2) of sec-24
2087	2087	tion 305(c) of such Act (sec. 2–1605(c)(2), D.C. Of-25
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2090	2090	•HR 51 IH
2091	2091	ficial Code), the Federal Government shall be treat-1
2092	2092	ed as the employing agency with respect to the bene-2
2093	2093	fits provided under such section to an individual who 3
2094	2094	is an employee of the public defender service of the 4
2095	2095	State and who, pursuant to section 305(c) of such 5
2096	2096	Act (sec. 2–1605(c), D.C. Official Code), is treated 6
2097	2097	as an employee of the Federal Government for pur-7
2098	2098	poses of receiving benefits under any chapter of sub-8
2099	2099	part G of part III of title 5, United States Code. 9
2100	2100	(b) R
2101	2101	ENAMING OFSERVICE.—Effective upon the date 10
2102	2102	of the admission of the State into the Union, the State 11
2103	2103	may rename the public defender service of the State. 12
2104	2104	(c) C
2105	2105	ONTINUATION OFFEDERALBENEFITS FOREM-13
2106	2106	PLOYEES.— 14
2107	2107	(1) I
2108	2108	N GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 15
2109	2109	employee of the public defender service of the State 16
2110	2110	as of the day before the date described in subsection 17
2111	2111	(d) and who, pursuant to section 305(c) of the Dis-18
2112	2112	trict of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Proce-19
2113	2113	dure Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1605(c), D.C. Official 20
2114	2114	Code), is treated as an employee of the Federal Gov-21
2115	2115	ernment for purposes of receiving benefits under any 22
2116	2116	chapter of subpart G of part III of title 5, United 23
2117	2117	States Code, shall continue to be treated as an em-24
2118	2118	ployee of the Federal Government for such purposes, 25
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2121	2121	•HR 51 IH
2122	2122	notwithstanding the termination of the provisions of 1
2123	2123	subsection (a) under subsection (d). 2
2124	2124	(2) R
2125	2125	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -3
2126	2126	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 4
2127	2127	subsection (d), the State shall be treated as the em-5
2128	2128	ploying agency with respect to the benefits described 6
2129	2129	in paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 7
2130	2130	who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-8
2131	2131	tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 9
2132	2132	Government under such paragraph. 10
2133	2133	(d) T
2134	2134	ERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall terminate 11
2135	2135	upon the date on which the State provides written certifi-12
2136	2136	cation to the President that the State has in effect laws 13
2137	2137	requiring the State to appropriate and make available 14
2138	2138	funds for the operation of the office of the State which 15
2139	2139	provides the services described in title III of the District 16
2140	2140	of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act 17
2141	2141	of 1970 (sec. 2–1601 et seq., D.C. Official Code). 18
2142	2142	SEC. 312. PROSECUTIONS. 19
2143	2143	(a) A
2144	2144	SSIGNMENT OFASSISTANTUNITEDSTATESAT-20
2145	2145	TORNEYS.— 21
2146	2146	(1) I
2147	2147	N GENERAL.—In accordance with sub-22
2148	2148	chapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 23
2149	2149	Code, the Attorney General, with the concurrence of 24
2150	2150	the District of Columbia or the State (as the case 25
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2153	2153	•HR 51 IH
2154	2154	may be), shall provide for the assignment of assist-1
2155	2155	ant United States attorneys to the State to carry 2
2156	2156	out the functions described in subsection (b). 3
2157	2157	(2) A
2158	2158	SSIGNMENTS MADE ON DETAIL WITHOUT 4
2159	2159	REIMBURSEMENT BY STATE .—In accordance with 5
2160	2160	section 3373 of title 5, United States Code— 6
2161	2161	(A) an assistant United States attorney 7
2162	2162	who is assigned to the State under this section 8
2163	2163	shall be deemed under subsection (a) of such 9
2164	2164	section to be on detail to a regular work assign-10
2165	2165	ment in the Department of Justice; and 11
2166	2166	(B) the assignment of an assistant United 12
2167	2167	States attorney to the State under this section 13
2168	2168	shall be made without reimbursement by the 14
2169	2169	State of the pay of the attorney or any related 15
2170	2170	expenses. 16
2171	2171	(b) F
2172	2172	UNCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The functions de-17
2173	2173	scribed in this subsection are criminal prosecutions con-18
2174	2174	ducted in the name of the State which would have been 19
2175	2175	conducted in the name of the United States by the United 20
2176	2176	States attorney for the District of Columbia or his or her 21
2177	2177	assistants, as provided under section 23–101(c), District 22
2178	2178	of Columbia Official Code, but for the admission of the 23
2179	2179	State into the Union. 24
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2182	2182	•HR 51 IH
2183	2183	(c) MINIMUMNUMBERASSIGNED.—The number of 1
2184	2184	assistant United States attorneys who are assigned under 2
2185	2185	this section may not be less than the number of assistant 3
2186	2186	United States attorneys whose principal duties as of the 4
2187	2187	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 5
2188	2188	Union were to conduct criminal prosecutions in the name 6
2189	2189	of the United States under section 23–101(c), District of 7
2190	2190	Columbia Official Code. 8
2191	2191	(d) T
2192	2192	ERMINATION.—The obligation of the Attorney 9
2193	2193	General to provide for the assignment of assistant United 10
2194	2194	States attorneys under this section shall terminate upon 11
2195	2195	written certification by the State to the President that the 12
2196	2196	State has appointed attorneys of the State to carry out 13
2197	2197	the functions described in subsection (b). 14
2198	2198	(e) C
2199	2199	LARIFICATIONREGARDINGCLEMENCYAU-15
2200	2200	THORITY.— 16
2201	2201	(1) I
2202	2202	N GENERAL.—Effective upon the admission 17
2203	2203	of the State into the Union, the authority to grant 18
2204	2204	clemency for offenses against the District of Colum-19
2205	2205	bia or the State shall be exercised by such person or 20
2206	2206	persons, and under such terms and conditions, as 21
2207	2207	provided by the State Constitution and the laws of 22
2208	2208	the State, without regard to whether the prosecution 23
2209	2209	for the offense was conducted by the District of Co-24
2210	2210	lumbia, the State, or the United States. 25
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2213	2213	•HR 51 IH
2214	2214	(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 1
2215	2215	‘‘clemency’’ means a pardon, reprieve, or commuta-2
2216	2216	tion of sentence, or a remission of a fine or other 3
2217	2217	financial penalty. 4
2218	2218	SEC. 313. SERVICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHALS. 5
2219	2219	(a) P
2220	2220	ROVISION OF SERVICES FOR COURTS OF 6
2221	2221	S
2222	2222	TATE.—The United States Marshals Service shall pro-7
2223	2223	vide services with respect to the courts and court system 8
2224	2224	of the State in the same manner and to the same extent 9
2225	2225	as the Service provided services with respect to the courts 10
2226	2226	and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 11
2227	2227	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 12
2228	2228	Union, except that the President shall not appoint a 13
2229	2229	United States Marshal under section 561 of title 28, 14
2230	2230	United States Code, for any court of the State. 15
2231	2231	(b) T
2232	2232	ERMINATION.—The obligation of the United 16
2233	2233	States Marshals Service to provide services under this sec-17
2234	2234	tion shall terminate upon written certification by the State 18
2235	2235	to the President that the State has appointed personnel 19
2236	2236	of the State to provide such services. 20
2237	2237	SEC. 314. DESIGNATION OF FELONS TO FACILITIES OF BU-21
2238	2238	REAU OF PRISONS. 22
2239	2239	(a) C
2240	2240	ONTINUATION OFDESIGNATION.—Chapter 1 of 23
2241	2241	subtitle C of title XI of the National Capital Revitalization 24
2242	2242	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 24– 25
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2245	2245	•HR 51 IH
2246	2246	101 et seq., D.C. Official Code) and the amendments 1
2247	2247	made by such chapter— 2
2248	2248	(1) shall continue to apply with respect to indi-3
2249	2249	viduals convicted of offenses under the laws of the 4
2250	2250	District of Columbia prior to the date of the admis-5
2251	2251	sion of the State into the Union; and 6
2252	2252	(2) shall apply with respect to individuals con-7
2253	2253	victed of offenses under the laws of the State after 8
2254	2254	the date of the admission of the State into the 9
2255	2255	Union in the same manner and to the same extent 10
2256	2256	as such chapter and amendments applied with re-11
2257	2257	spect to individuals convicted of offenses under the 12
2258	2258	laws of the District of Columbia prior to the date of 13
2259	2259	the admission of the State into the Union. 14
2260	2260	(b) T
2261	2261	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 15
2262	2262	shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 16
2263	2263	the President that the State has in effect laws for the 17
2264	2264	housing of individuals described in subsection (a) in cor-18
2265	2265	rectional facilities. 19
2266	2266	SEC. 315. PAROLE AND SUPERVISION. 20
2267	2267	(a) U
2268	2268	NITEDSTATESPAROLECOMMISSION.— 21
2269	2269	(1) P
2270	2270	AROLE.—The United States Parole Com-22
2271	2271	mission— 23
2272	2272	(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 24
2273	2273	to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and to im-25
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2276	2276	•HR 51 IH
2277	2277	pose conditions upon an order of parole, in the 1
2278	2278	case of any individual who is an imprisoned 2
2279	2279	felon who is eligible for parole or reparole under 3
2280	2280	the laws of the District of Columbia as of the 4
2281	2281	day before the date of the admission of the 5
2282	2282	State into the Union, as provided under section 6
2283	2283	11231 of the National Capital Revitalization 7
2284	2284	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 8
2285	2285	(sec. 24–131, D.C. Official Code); and 9
2286	2286	(B) shall exercise the authority to grant, 10
2287	2287	deny, and revoke parole, and to impose condi-11
2288	2288	tions upon an order of parole, in the case of 12
2289	2289	any individual who is an imprisoned felon who 13
2290	2290	is eligible for parole or reparole under the laws 14
2291	2291	of the State in the same manner and to the 15
2292	2292	same extent as the Commission exercised in the 16
2293	2293	case of any individual described in subpara-17
2294	2294	graph (A). 18
2295	2295	(2) S
2296	2296	UPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS .— 19
2297	2297	The United States Parole Commission— 20
2298	2298	(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 21
2299	2299	over individuals who are released offenders of 22
2300	2300	the District of Columbia as of the day before 23
2301	2301	the date of the admission of the State into the 24
2302	2302	Union, as provided under section 11233(c)(2) 25
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2305	2305	•HR 51 IH
2306	2306	of the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 1
2307	2307	Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 2
2308	2308	24–133(c)(2), D.C. Official Code); and 3
2309	2309	(B) shall exercise authority over individ-4
2310	2310	uals who are released offenders of the State in 5
2311	2311	the same manner and to the same extent as the 6
2312	2312	Commission exercised authority over individuals 7
2313	2313	described in subparagraph (A). 8
2314	2314	(3) C
2315	2315	ONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 9
2316	2316	EMPLOYEES.— 10
2317	2317	(A) C
2318	2318	ONTINUATION.—Any individual who 11
2319	2319	is an employee of the United States Parole 12
2320	2320	Commission as of the later of the day before 13
2321	2321	the date described in subparagraph (A) of para-14
2322	2322	graph (4) or the day before the date described 15
2323	2323	in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) and who, 16
2324	2324	on or after such date, is an employee of the of-17
2325	2325	fice of the State which exercises the authority 18
2326	2326	described in either such subparagraph, shall 19
2327	2327	continue to be treated as an employee of the 20
2328	2328	Federal Government for purposes of receiving 21
2329	2329	benefits under any chapter of subpart G of part 22
2330	2330	III of title 5, United States Code, notwith-23
2331	2331	standing the termination of the provisions of 24
2332	2332	this subsection under paragraph (4). 25
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2335	2335	•HR 51 IH
2336	2336	(B) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -1
2337	2337	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the later of the date 2
2338	2338	described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) 3
2339	2339	or the date described in subparagraph (B) of 4
2340	2340	paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as the 5
2341	2341	employing agency with respect to the benefits 6
2342	2342	described in subparagraph (A) which are pro-7
2343	2343	vided to an individual who, for purposes of re-8
2344	2344	ceiving such benefits, is continued to be treated 9
2345	2345	as an employee of the Federal Government 10
2346	2346	under such subparagraph. 11
2347	2347	(4) T
2348	2348	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this sub-12
2349	2349	section shall terminate— 13
2350	2350	(A) in the case of paragraph (1), on the 14
2351	2351	date on which the State provides written certifi-15
2352	2352	cation to the President that the State has in ef-16
2353	2353	fect laws providing for the State to exercise the 17
2354	2354	authority to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and 18
2355	2355	to impose conditions upon an order of parole, in 19
2356	2356	the case of any individual who is an imprisoned 20
2357	2357	felon who is eligible for parole or reparole under 21
2358	2358	the laws of the State; and 22
2359	2359	(B) in the case of paragraph (2), on the 23
2360	2360	date on which the State provides written certifi-24
2361	2361	cation to the President that the State has in ef-25
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2364	2364	•HR 51 IH
2365	2365	fect laws providing for the State to exercise au-1
2366	2366	thority over individuals who are released offend-2
2367	2367	ers of the State. 3
2368	2368	(b) C
2369	2369	OURTSERVICES ANDOFFENDERSUPERVISION 4
2370	2370	A
2371	2371	GENCY.— 5
2372	2372	(1) R
2373	2373	ENAMING.—Effective upon the date of the 6
2374	2374	admission of the State into the Union— 7
2375	2375	(A) the Court Services and Offender Su-8
2376	2376	pervision Agency for the District of Columbia 9
2377	2377	shall be known and designated as the Court 10
2378	2378	Services and Offender Supervision Agency for 11
2379	2379	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and any 12
2380	2380	reference in any law, rule, or regulation to the 13
2381	2381	Court Services and Offender Supervision Agen-14
2382	2382	cy for the District of Columbia shall be deemed 15
2383	2383	to refer to the Court Services and Offender Su-16
2384	2384	pervision Agency for Washington, Douglass 17
2385	2385	Commonwealth; and 18
2386	2386	(B) the District of Columbia Pretrial Serv-19
2387	2387	ices Agency shall be known and designated as 20
2388	2388	the Washington, Douglass Commonwealth Pre-21
2389	2389	trial Services Agency, and any reference in any 22
2390	2390	law, rule or regulation to the District of Colum-23
2391	2391	bia Pretrial Services Agency shall be deemed to 24
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2394	2394	•HR 51 IH
2395	2395	refer to the Washington, Douglass Common-1
2396	2396	wealth Pretrial Services Agency. 2
2397	2397	(2) I
2398	2398	N GENERAL.—The Court Services and Of-3
2399	2399	fender Supervision Agency for Washington, Doug-4
2400	2400	lass Commonwealth, including the Washington, 5
2401	2401	Douglass Commonwealth Pretrial Services Agency 6
2402	2402	(as renamed under paragraph (1))— 7
2403	2403	(A) shall continue to provide pretrial serv-8
2404	2404	ices with respect to individuals who are charged 9
2405	2405	with an offense in the District of Columbia, 10
2406	2406	provide supervision for individuals who are of-11
2407	2407	fenders on probation, parole, and supervised re-12
2408	2408	lease pursuant to the laws of the District of Co-13
2409	2409	lumbia, and carry out sex offender registration 14
2410	2410	functions with respect to individuals who are 15
2411	2411	sex offenders in the District of Columbia, as of 16
2412	2412	the day before the date of the admission of the 17
2413	2413	State into the Union, as provided under section 18
2414	2414	11233 of the National Capital Revitalization 19
2415	2415	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 20
2416	2416	(sec. 24–133, D.C. Official Code); and 21
2417	2417	(B) shall provide pretrial services with re-22
2418	2418	spect to individuals who are charged with an of-23
2419	2419	fense in the State, provide supervision for of-24
2420	2420	fenders on probation, parole, and supervised re-25
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2423	2423	•HR 51 IH
2424	2424	lease pursuant to the laws of the State, and 1
2425	2425	carry out sex offender registration functions in 2
2426	2426	the State, in the same manner and to the same 3
2427	2427	extent as the Agency provided such services and 4
2428	2428	supervision and carried out such functions for 5
2429	2429	individuals described in subparagraph (A). 6
2430	2430	(3) C
2431	2431	ONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 7
2432	2432	EMPLOYEES.— 8
2433	2433	(A) C
2434	2434	ONTINUATION.—Any individual who 9
2435	2435	is an employee of the Court Services and Of-10
2436	2436	fender Supervision Agency for Washington, 11
2437	2437	Douglass Commonwealth as of the day before 12
2438	2438	the date described in paragraph (4), and who, 13
2439	2439	on or after such date, is an employee of the of-14
2440	2440	fice of the State which provides the services and 15
2441	2441	carries out the functions described in paragraph 16
2442	2442	(4), shall continue to be treated as an employee 17
2443	2443	of the Federal Government for purposes of re-18
2444	2444	ceiving benefits under any chapter of subpart G 19
2445	2445	of part III of title 5, United States Code, not-20
2446	2446	withstanding the termination of the provisions 21
2447	2447	of paragraph (2) under paragraph (4). 22
2448	2448	(B) R
2449	2449	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -23
2450	2450	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described 24
2451	2451	in paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as 25
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2454	2454	•HR 51 IH
2455	2455	the employing agency with respect to the bene-1
2456	2456	fits described in subparagraph (A) which are 2
2457	2457	provided to an individual who, for purposes of 3
2458	2458	receiving such benefits, is continued to be treat-4
2459	2459	ed as an employee of the Federal Government 5
2460	2460	under such subparagraph. 6
2461	2461	(4) T
2462	2462	ERMINATION.—Paragraph (2) shall termi-7
2463	2463	nate on the date on which the State provides written 8
2464	2464	certification to the President that the State has in 9
2465	2465	effect laws providing for the State to provide pretrial 10
2466	2466	services, supervise offenders on probation, parole, 11
2467	2467	and supervised release, and carry out sex offender 12
2468	2468	registration functions in the State. 13
2469	2469	SEC. 316. COURTS. 14
2470	2470	(a) C
2471	2471	ONTINUATION OFOPERATIONS.— 15
2472	2472	(1) I
2473	2473	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-16
2474	2474	graphs (2) and (3) and subsection (b), title 11, Dis-17
2475	2475	trict of Columbia Official Code, as in effect on the 18
2476	2476	date before the date of the admission of the State 19
2477	2477	into the Union, shall apply with respect to the State 20
2478	2478	and the courts and court system of the State after 21
2479	2479	the date of the admission of the State into the 22
2480	2480	Union in the same manner and to the same extent 23
2481	2481	as such title applied with respect to the District of 24
2482	2482	Columbia and the courts and court system of the 25
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2485	2485	•HR 51 IH
2486	2486	District of Columbia as of the day before the date 1
2487	2487	of the admission of the State into the Union. 2
2488	2488	(2) R
2489	2489	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -3
2490	2490	TRIBUTION.—For purposes of paragraph (2) of sec-4
2491	2491	tion 11–1726(b) and paragraph (2) of section 11– 5
2492	2492	1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, the 6
2493	2493	Federal Government shall be treated as the employ-7
2494	2494	ing agency with respect to the benefits provided 8
2495	2495	under such section to an individual who is an em-9
2496	2496	ployee of the courts and court system of the State 10
2497	2497	and who, pursuant to either such paragraph, is 11
2498	2498	treated as an employee of the Federal Government 12
2499	2499	for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 13
2500	2500	of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 14
2501	2501	Code. 15
2502	2502	(3) O
2503	2503	THER EXCEPTIONS.— 16
2504	2504	(A) S
2505	2505	ELECTION OF JUDGES .—Effective 17
2506	2506	upon the date of the admission of the State into 18
2507	2507	the Union, the State shall select judges for any 19
2508	2508	vacancy on the courts of the State. 20
2509	2509	(B) R
2510	2510	ENAMING OF COURTS AND OTHER 21
2511	2511	OFFICES.—Effective upon the date of the ad-22
2512	2512	mission of the State into the Union, the State 23
2513	2513	may rename any of its courts and any of the 24
2514	2514	other offices of its court system. 25
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2517	2517	•HR 51 IH
2518	2518	(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 1
2519	2519	in this paragraph shall be construed— 2
2520	2520	(i) to affect the service of any judge 3
2521	2521	serving on a court of the District of Co-4
2522	2522	lumbia on the day before the date of the 5
2523	2523	admission of the State into the Union, or 6
2524	2524	to require the State to select such a judge 7
2525	2525	for a vacancy on a court of the State; or 8
2526	2526	(ii) to waive any of the requirements 9
2527	2527	of chapter 15 of title 11, District of Co-10
2528	2528	lumbia Official Code (other than section 11
2529	2529	11–1501(a) of such Code), including sub-12
2530	2530	chapter II of such chapter (relating to the 13
2531	2531	District of Columbia Commission on Judi-14
2532	2532	cial Disabilities and Tenure), with respect 15
2533	2533	to the appointment and service of judges of 16
2534	2534	the courts of the State. 17
2535	2535	(b) C
2536	2536	ONTINUATION OFFEDERALBENEFITS FOREM-18
2537	2537	PLOYEES.— 19
2538	2538	(1) I
2539	2539	N GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 20
2540	2540	employee of the courts or court system of the State 21
2541	2541	as of the day before the date described in subsection 22
2542	2542	(e) and who, pursuant to section 11–1726(b) or sec-23
2543	2543	tion 11–1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, 24
2544	2544	is treated as an employee of the Federal Government 25
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2547	2547	•HR 51 IH
2548	2548	for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 1
2549	2549	of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 2
2550	2550	Code, shall continue to be treated as an employee of 3
2551	2551	the Federal Government for such purposes, notwith-4
2552	2552	standing the termination of the provisions of this 5
2553	2553	section under subsection (e). 6
2554	2554	(2) R
2555	2555	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -7
2556	2556	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 8
2557	2557	subsection (e), the State shall be treated as the em-9
2558	2558	ploying agency with respect to the benefits described 10
2559	2559	in paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 11
2560	2560	who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-12
2561	2561	tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 13
2562	2562	Government under such paragraph. 14
2563	2563	(c) C
2564	2564	ONTINUATION OFFUNDING.—Section 11241 of 15
2565	2565	the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 16
2566	2566	Improvement Act of 1997 (section 11–1743 note, District 17
2567	2567	of Columbia Official Code) shall apply with respect to the 18
2568	2568	State and the courts and court system of the State after 19
2569	2569	the date of the admission of the State into the Union in 20
2570	2570	the same manner and to the same extent as such section 21
2571	2571	applied with respect to the Joint Committee on Judicial 22
2572	2572	Administration in the District of Columbia and the courts 23
2573	2573	and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 24
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2576	2576	•HR 51 IH
2577	2577	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 1
2578	2578	Union. 2
2579	2579	(d) T
2580	2580	REATMENT OFCOURTRECEIPTS.— 3
2581	2581	(1) D
2582	2582	EPOSIT OF RECEIPTS INTO TREASURY .— 4
2583	2583	Except as provided in paragraph (2), all money re-5
2584	2584	ceived by the courts and court system of the State 6
2585	2585	shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 7
2586	2586	States. 8
2587	2587	(2) C
2588	2588	RIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND .— 9
2589	2589	Section 16 of the Victims of Violent Crime Com-10
2590	2590	pensation Act of 1996 (sec. 4–515, D.C. Official 11
2591	2591	Code), relating to the Crime Victims Compensation 12
2592	2592	Fund, shall apply with respect to the courts and 13
2593	2593	court system of the State in the same manner and 14
2594	2594	to the same extent as such section applied to the 15
2595	2595	courts and court system of the District of Columbia 16
2596	2596	as of the day before the date of the admission of the 17
2597	2597	State into the Union. 18
2598	2598	(e) T
2599	2599	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 19
2600	2600	other than paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and except as 20
2601	2601	provided under subsection (b), shall terminate on the date 21
2602	2602	on which the State provides written certification to the 22
2603	2603	President that the State has in effect laws requiring the 23
2604	2604	State to appropriate and make available funds for the op-24
2605	2605	eration of the courts and court system of the State. 25
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2608	2608	•HR 51 IH
2609	2609	Subtitle C—Other Programs and 1
2610	2610	Authorities 2
2611	2611	SEC. 321. APPLICATION OF THE COLLEGE ACCESS ACT. 3
2612	2612	(a) C
2613	2613	ONTINUATION.—The District of Columbia Col-4
2614	2614	lege Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; sec. 38– 5
2615	2615	2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall apply with respect 6
2616	2616	to the State, and to the public institution of higher edu-7
2617	2617	cation designated by the State as the successor to the Uni-8
2618	2618	versity of the District of Columbia, after the date of the 9
2619	2619	admission of the State into the Union in the same manner 10
2620	2620	and to the same extent as such Act applied with respect 11
2621	2621	to the District of Columbia and the University of the Dis-12
2622	2622	trict of Columbia as of the day before the date of the ad-13
2623	2623	mission of the State into the Union. 14
2624	2624	(b) T
2625	2625	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 15
2626	2626	other than with respect to the public institution of higher 16
2627	2627	education designated by the State as the successor to the 17
2628	2628	University of the District of Columbia, shall terminate 18
2629	2629	upon written certification by the State to the President 19
2630	2630	that the State has in effect laws requiring the State to 20
2631	2631	provide tuition assistance substantially similar to the as-21
2632	2632	sistance provided under the District of Columbia College 22
2633	2633	Access Act of 1999. 23
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2636	2636	•HR 51 IH
2637	2637	SEC. 322. APPLICATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OP-1
2638	2638	PORTUNITY AND RESULTS ACT. 2
2639	2639	(a) C
2640	2640	ONTINUATION.—The Scholarships for Oppor-3
2641	2641	tunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112– 4
2642	2642	10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall 5
2643	2643	apply with respect to the State after the date of the admis-6
2644	2644	sion of the State into the Union in the same manner and 7
2645	2645	to the same extent as such Act applied with respect to 8
2646	2646	the District of Columbia as of the day before the date of 9
2647	2647	the admission of the State into the Union. 10
2648	2648	(b) T
2649	2649	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 11
2650	2650	shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 12
2651	2651	the President that the State has in effect laws requiring 13
2652	2652	the State— 14
2653	2653	(1) to provide tuition assistance substantially 15
2654	2654	similar to the assistance provided under the Scholar-16
2655	2655	ships for Opportunity and Results Act; and 17
2656	2656	(2) to provide supplemental funds to the public 18
2657	2657	schools and public charter schools of the State in the 19
2658	2658	amounts provided in the most recent fiscal year for 20
2659	2659	public schools and public charter schools of the State 21
2660	2660	or the District of Columbia (as the case may be) 22
2661	2661	under such Act. 23
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2664	2664	•HR 51 IH
2665	2665	SEC. 323. MEDICAID FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PER-1
2666	2666	CENTAGE. 2
2667	2667	(a) C
2668	2668	ONTINUATION.—Notwithstanding section 3
2669	2669	1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), 4
2670	2670	during the period beginning on the date of the admission 5
2671	2671	of the State into the Union and ending on September 30 6
2672	2672	of the fiscal year during which the State submits the cer-7
2673	2673	tification described in subsection (b), the Federal medical 8
2674	2674	assistance percentage for the State under title XIX of 9
2675	2675	such Act shall be the Federal medical assistance percent-10
2676	2676	age for the District of Columbia under such title as of 11
2677	2677	the day before the date of the admission of the State into 12
2678	2678	the Union. 13
2679	2679	(b) T
2680	2680	ERMINATION.—The certification described in 14
2681	2681	this subsection is a written certification by the State to 15
2682	2682	the President that, during each of the first 5 fiscal years 16
2683	2683	beginning after the date of the certification, the estimated 17
2684	2684	revenues of the State will be sufficient to cover any reduc-18
2685	2685	tion in revenues which may result from the termination 19
2686	2686	of the provisions of this section. 20
2687	2687	SEC. 324. FEDERAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS. 21
2688	2688	(a) N
2689	2689	ATIONALCAPITALPLANNINGCOMMISSION.— 22
2690	2690	(1) C
2691	2691	ONTINUING APPLICATION .—Subject to the 23
2692	2692	amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3), upon 24
2693	2693	the admission of the State into the Union, chapter 25
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2696	2696	•HR 51 IH
2697	2697	87 of title 40, United States Code, shall apply as 1
2698	2698	follows: 2
2699	2699	(A) Such chapter shall apply with respect 3
2700	2700	to the Capital in the same manner and to the 4
2701	2701	same extent as such chapter applied with re-5
2702	2702	spect to the District of Columbia as of the day 6
2703	2703	before the date of the admission of the State 7
2704	2704	into the Union. 8
2705	2705	(B) Such chapter shall apply with respect 9
2706	2706	to the State in the same manner and to the 10
2707	2707	same extent as such chapter applied with re-11
2708	2708	spect to the State of Maryland and the Com-12
2709	2709	monwealth of Virginia as of the day before the 13
2710	2710	date of the admission of the State into the 14
2711	2711	Union. 15
2712	2712	(2) C
2713	2713	OMPOSITION OF NATIONAL CAPITAL PLAN -16
2714	2714	NING COMMISSION.—Section 8711(b) of title 40, 17
2715	2715	United States Code, is amended— 18
2716	2716	(A) by amending subparagraph (B) of 19
2717	2717	paragraph (1) to read as follows: 20
2718	2718	‘‘(B) four citizens with experience in city 21
2719	2719	or regional planning, who shall be appointed by 22
2720	2720	the President.’’; and 23
2721	2721	(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 24
2722	2722	follows: 25
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2725	2725	•HR 51 IH
2726	2726	‘‘(2) RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT .—Of the four 1
2727	2727	citizen members, one shall be a resident of Virginia, 2
2728	2728	one shall be a resident of Maryland, and one shall 3
2729	2729	be a resident of Washington, Douglass Common-4
2730	2730	wealth.’’. 5
2731	2731	(3) C
2732	2732	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DEFINI -6
2733	2733	TIONS OF TERMS.— 7
2734	2734	(A) E
2735	2735	NVIRONS.—Paragraph (1) of section 8
2736	2736	8702 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 9
2737	2737	territory surrounding the District of Columbia’’ 10
2738	2738	and inserting ‘‘the territory surrounding the 11
2739	2739	National Capital’’. 12
2740	2740	(B) N
2741	2741	ATIONAL CAPITAL.—Paragraph (2) 13
2742	2742	of section 8702 of such title is amended to read 14
2743	2743	as follows: 15
2744	2744	‘‘(2) N
2745	2745	ATIONAL CAPITAL.—The term ‘National 16
2746	2746	Capital’ means the area serving as the seat of the 17
2747	2747	Government of the United States, as described in 18
2748	2748	section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, 19
2749	2749	and the territory the Federal Government owns in 20
2750	2750	the environs.’’. 21
2751	2751	(C) N
2752	2752	ATIONAL CAPITAL REGION .—Sub-22
2753	2753	paragraph (A) of paragraph (3) of section 8702 23
2754	2754	of such title is amended to read as follows: 24
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2757	2757	•HR 51 IH
2758	2758	‘‘(A) the National Capital and the State of 1
2759	2759	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth;’’. 2
2760	2760	(b) C
2761	2761	OMMISSION OFFINEARTS.— 3
2762	2762	(1) L
2763	2763	IMITING APPLICATION TO THE CAPITAL .— 4
2764	2764	Section 9102(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, 5
2765	2765	is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 6
2766	2766	and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 7
2767	2767	(2) D
2768	2768	EFINITION.—Section 9102 of such title is 8
2769	2769	amended by adding at the end the following new 9
2770	2770	subsection: 10
2771	2771	‘‘(d) D
2772	2772	EFINITION.—In this chapter, the term ‘Cap-11
2773	2773	ital’ means the area serving as the seat of the Government 12
2774	2774	of the United States, as described in section 112 of the 13
2775	2775	Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 14
2776	2776	(3) C
2777	2777	ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 15
2778	2778	9101(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 16
2779	2779	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 17
2780	2780	(c) C
2781	2781	OMMEMORATIVE WORKSACT.— 18
2782	2782	(1) L
2783	2783	IMITING APPLICATION TO CAPITAL .—Sec-19
2784	2784	tion 8902 of title 40, United States Code, is amend-20
2785	2785	ed by adding at the end the following new sub-21
2786	2786	section: 22
2787	2787	‘‘(c) L
2788	2788	IMITINGAPPLICATION TO CAPITAL.—This 23
2789	2789	chapter applies only with respect to commemorative works 24
2790	2790	in the Capital and its environs.’’. 25
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2793	2793	•HR 51 IH
2794	2794	(2) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (2) of section 1
2795	2795	8902(a) of such title is amended to read as follows: 2
2796	2796	‘‘(2) C
2797	2797	APITAL AND ITS ENVIRONS .—The term 3
2798	2798	‘Capital and its environs’ means— 4
2799	2799	‘‘(A) the area serving as the seat of the 5
2800	2800	Government of the United States, as described 6
2801	2801	in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admis-7
2802	2802	sion Act; and 8
2803	2803	‘‘(B) those lands and properties adminis-9
2804	2804	tered by the National Park Service and the 10
2805	2805	General Services Administration located in the 11
2806	2806	Reserve, Area I, and Area II as depicted on the 12
2807	2807	map entitled ‘Commemorative Areas Wash-13
2808	2808	ington, DC and Environs’, numbered 869/ 14
2809	2809	86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, that are lo-15
2810	2810	cated outside of the State of Washington, 16
2811	2811	Douglass Commonwealth.’’. 17
2812	2812	(3) T
2813	2813	EMPORARY SITE DESIGNATION .—Section 18
2814	2814	8907(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 19
2815	2815	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital 20
2816	2816	and its environs’’. 21
2817	2817	(4) G
2818	2818	ENERAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 22
2819	2819	Chapter 89 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 23
2820	2820	District of Columbia and its environs’’ each place it 24
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2823	2823	•HR 51 IH
2824	2824	appears in the following sections and inserting ‘‘the 1
2825	2825	Capital and its environs’’: 2
2826	2826	(A) Section 8901(2) and 8901(4). 3
2827	2827	(B) Section 8902(a)(4). 4
2828	2828	(C) Section 8903(d). 5
2829	2829	(D) Section 8904(c). 6
2830	2830	(E) Section 8905(a). 7
2831	2831	(F) Section 8906(a). 8
2832	2832	(G) Section 8909(a) and 8909(b). 9
2833	2833	(5) A
2834	2834	DDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENT .— 10
2835	2835	Section 8901(2) of such title is amended by striking 11
2836	2836	‘‘the urban fabric of the District of Columbia’’ and 12
2837	2837	inserting ‘‘the urban fabric of the area serving as 13
2838	2838	the seat of the Government of the United States, as 14
2839	2839	described in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. 15
2840	2840	Admission Act’’. 16
2841	2841	(d) E
2842	2842	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-17
2843	2843	ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 18
2844	2844	of the admission of the State into the Union. 19
2845	2845	SEC. 325. ROLE OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN SUP-20
2846	2846	PLYING WATER. 21
2847	2847	(a) C
2848	2848	ONTINUATION OF ROLE.—Chapter 95 of title 22
2849	2849	40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 23
2850	2850	the following new section: 24
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2853	2853	•HR 51 IH
2854	2854	‘‘§ 9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Wash-1
2855	2855	ington, Douglass Commonwealth 2
2856	2856	‘‘(a) I
2857	2857	NGENERAL.—Effective upon the admission of 3
2858	2858	the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth into 4
2859	2859	the Union, any reference in this chapter to the District 5
2860	2860	of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the Capital or 6
2861	2861	the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, as the 7
2862	2862	case may be. 8
2863	2863	‘‘(b) D
2864	2864	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Capital’ 9
2865	2865	means the area serving as the seat of the Government of 10
2866	2866	the United States, as described in section 112 of the 11
2867	2867	Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 12
2868	2868	(b) C
2869	2869	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 13
2870	2870	of chapter 95 of such title is amended by adding at the 14
2871	2871	end the following: 15
2872	2872	‘‘9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Washington, Douglass Common-
2873	2873	wealth.’’.
2874	2874	SEC. 326. REQUIREMENTS TO BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT OF
2875	2875	16
2876	2876	COLUMBIA. 17
2877	2877	The location of any person in the Capital or Wash-18
2878	2878	ington, Douglass Commonwealth on the day after the date 19
2879	2879	of the admission of the State into the Union shall be 20
2880	2880	deemed to satisfy any requirement under any law in effect 21
2881	2881	as of the day before the date of the admission of the State 22
2882	2882	into the Union that the person be located in the District 23
2883	2883	of Columbia, including the requirements of section 72 of 24
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2886	2886	•HR 51 IH
2887	2887	title 4, United States Code (relating to offices of the seat 1
2888	2888	of the Government of the United States), and title 36, 2
2889	2889	United States Code (relating to patriotic and national or-3
2890	2890	ganizations). 4
2891	2891	TITLE IV—GENERAL 5
2892	2892	PROVISIONS 6
2893	2893	SEC. 401. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 7
2894	2894	In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 8
2895	2895	(1) The term ‘‘Capital’’ means the area serving 9
2896	2896	as the seat of the Government of the United States, 10
2897	2897	as described in section 112. 11
2898	2898	(2) The term ‘‘Council’’ means the Council of 12
2899	2899	the District of Columbia. 13
2900	2900	(3) The term ‘‘Mayor’’ means the Mayor of the 14
2901	2901	District of Columbia. 15
2902	2902	(4) Except as otherwise provided, the term 16
2903	2903	‘‘State’’ means the State of Washington, Douglass 17
2904	2904	Commonwealth. 18
2905	2905	(5) The term ‘‘State Constitution’’ means the 19
2906	2906	proposed Constitution of the State of Washington, 20
2907	2907	D.C., as approved by the Council on October 18, 21
2908	2908	2016, pursuant to the Constitution and Boundaries 22
2909	2909	for the State of Washington, D.C. Approval Resolu-23
2910	2910	tion of 2016 (D.C. Resolution R21–621), ratified by 24
2911	2911	District of Columbia voters in Advisory Referendum 25
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2914	2914	•HR 51 IH
2915	2915	B approved on November 8, 2016, and certified by 1
2916	2916	the District of Columbia Board of Elections on No-2
2917	2917	vember 18, 2016. 3
2918	2918	SEC. 402. STATEHOOD TRANSITION COMMISSION. 4
2919	2919	(a) E
2920	2920	STABLISHMENT.—There is established the 5
2921	2921	Statehood Transition Commission (hereafter in this sec-6
2922	2922	tion referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 7
2923	2923	(b) C
2924	2924	OMPOSITION.— 8
2925	2925	(1) I
2926	2926	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 9
2927	2927	composed of 18 members as follows: 10
2928	2928	(A) Three members appointed by the 11
2929	2929	President. 12
2930	2930	(B) Two members appointed by the Speak-13
2931	2931	er of the House of Representatives. 14
2932	2932	(C) Two members appointed by the Minor-15
2933	2933	ity Leader of the House of Representatives. 16
2934	2934	(D) Two members appointed by the Major-17
2935	2935	ity Leader of the Senate. 18
2936	2936	(E) Two members appointed by the Minor-19
2937	2937	ity Leader of the Senate. 20
2938	2938	(F) Three members appointed by the 21
2939	2939	Mayor. 22
2940	2940	(G) Three members appointed by the 23
2941	2941	Council. 24
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2944	2944	•HR 51 IH
2945	2945	(H) The Chief Financial Officer of the 1
2946	2946	District of Columbia. 2
2947	2947	(2) A
2948	2948	PPOINTMENT DATE.— 3
2949	2949	(A) I
2950	2950	N GENERAL.—The appointments of 4
2951	2951	the members of the Commission shall be made 5
2952	2952	not later than 90 days after the date of the en-6
2953	2953	actment of this Act. 7
2954	2954	(B) E
2955	2955	FFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT 8
2956	2956	BY APPOINTMENT DATE .—If one or more ap-9
2957	2957	pointments under any of the subparagraphs of 10
2958	2958	paragraph (1) is not made by the appointment 11
2959	2959	date specified in subparagraph (A), the author-12
2960	2960	ity to make such appointment or appointments 13
2961	2961	shall expire, and the number of members of the 14
2962	2962	Commission shall be reduced by the number 15
2963	2963	equal to the number of appointments so not 16
2964	2964	made. 17
2965	2965	(3) T
2966	2966	ERM OF SERVICE.—Each member shall be 18
2967	2967	appointed for the life of the Commission. 19
2968	2968	(4) V
2969	2969	ACANCY.—A vacancy in the Commission 20
2970	2970	shall be filled in the manner in which the original 21
2971	2971	appointment was made. 22
2972	2972	(5) N
2973	2973	O COMPENSATION.—Members shall serve 23
2974	2974	without pay, but shall receive travel expenses, in-24
2975	2975	cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accord-25
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2979	2979	ance with applicable provisions under subchapter I 1
2980	2980	of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 2
2981	2981	(6) C
2982	2982	HAIR AND VICE CHAIR .—The Chair and 3
2983	2983	Vice Chair of the Commission shall be elected by the 4
2984	2984	members of the Commission— 5
2985	2985	(A) with respect to the Chair, from among 6
2986	2986	the members described in subparagraphs (A) 7
2987	2987	through (E) of paragraph (1); and 8
2988	2988	(B) with respect to the Vice Chair, from 9
2989	2989	among the members described in subparagraphs 10
2990	2990	(F) and (G) of paragraph (1). 11
2991	2991	(c) S
2992	2992	TAFF.— 12
2993	2993	(1) D
2994	2994	IRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a 13
2995	2995	Director, who shall be appointed by the Chair. 14
2996	2996	(2) O
2997	2997	THER STAFF.—The Director may appoint 15
2998	2998	and fix the pay of such additional personnel as the 16
2999	2999	Director considers appropriate. 17
3000	3000	(3) N
3001	3001	ON-APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL 18
3002	3002	SERVICE LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Com-19
3003	3003	mission may be appointed without regard to the pro-20
3004	3004	visions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap-21
3005	3005	pointments in the competitive service, and may be 22
3006	3006	paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 23
3007	3007	and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relat-24
3008	3008	ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 25
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3012	3012	except that an individual so appointed may not re-1
3013	3013	ceive pay in excess of the rate payable for level V 2
3014	3014	of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 3
3015	3015	such title. 4
3016	3016	(4) E
3017	3017	XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Com-5
3018	3018	mission may procure temporary and intermittent 6
3019	3019	services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 7
3020	3020	States Code, at rates for individuals not to exceed 8
3021	3021	the daily equivalent of the rate payable for level V 9
3022	3022	of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 10
3023	3023	such title. 11
3024	3024	(d) D
3025	3025	UTIES.—The Commission shall advise the Presi-12
3026	3026	dent, Congress, the Mayor (or, upon the admission of the 13
3027	3027	State into the Union, the chief executive officer of the 14
3028	3028	State), and the Council (or, upon the admission of the 15
3029	3029	State into the Union, the legislature of the State) con-16
3030	3030	cerning an orderly transition to statehood for the District 17
3031	3031	of Columbia or the State (as the case may be) and to a 18
3032	3032	reduced geographical size of the seat of the Government 19
3033	3033	of the United States, including with respect to property, 20
3034	3034	funding, programs, projects, and activities. 21
3035	3035	(e) P
3036	3036	OWERS.— 22
3037	3037	(1) H
3038	3038	EARINGS AND SESSIONS .—The Commis-23
3039	3039	sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 24
3040	3040	hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 25
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3044	3044	testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 1
3045	3045	considers appropriate. 2
3046	3046	(2) O
3047	3047	BTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-3
3048	3048	sion may secure directly from any department or 4
3049	3049	agency of the United States information necessary 5
3050	3050	to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of 6
3051	3051	the Chair of the Commission, the head of that de-7
3052	3052	partment or agency shall furnish that information to 8
3053	3053	the Commission. 9
3054	3054	(3) M
3055	3055	AILS.—The Commission may use the 10
3056	3056	United States mails in the same manner and under 11
3057	3057	the same conditions as other departments and agen-12
3058	3058	cies of the United States. 13
3059	3059	(4) A
3060	3060	DMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES .— 14
3061	3061	Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis-15
3062	3062	trator of General Services shall provide to the Com-16
3063	3063	mission the administrative support services nec-17
3064	3064	essary for the Commission to carry out its respon-18
3065	3065	sibilities under this Act. 19
3066	3066	(f) M
3067	3067	EETINGS.— 20
3068	3068	(1) I
3069	3069	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall meet 21
3070	3070	at the call of the Chair. 22
3071	3071	(2) I
3072	3072	NITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 23
3073	3073	hold its first meeting not later than the earlier of— 24
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3077	3077	(A) 30 days after the date on which all 1
3078	3078	members of the Commission have been ap-2
3079	3079	pointed; or 3
3080	3080	(B) if the number of members of the Com-4
3081	3081	mission is reduced under subsection (b)(2)(B), 5
3082	3082	90 days after the date of the enactment of this 6
3083	3083	Act. 7
3084	3084	(3) Q
3085	3085	UORUM.—A majority of the members of 8
3086	3086	the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a 9
3087	3087	lesser number of members may hold hearings. 10
3088	3088	(g) R
3089	3089	EPORTS.—The Commission shall submit such 11
3090	3090	reports as the Commission considers appropriate or as 12
3091	3091	may be requested by the President, Congress, or the Dis-13
3092	3092	trict of Columbia (or, upon the admission of the State into 14
3093	3093	the Union, the State). 15
3094	3094	(h) T
3095	3095	ERMINATION.—The Commission shall cease to 16
3096	3096	exist 2 years after the date of the admission of the State 17
3097	3097	into the Union. 18
3098	3098	SEC. 403. CERTIFICATION OF ENACTMENT BY PRESIDENT. 19
3099	3099	Not more than 60 days after the date of the enact-20
3100	3100	ment of this Act, the President shall provide written cer-21
3101	3101	tification of such enactment to the Mayor. 22
3102	3102	SEC. 404. SEVERABILITY. 23
3103	3103	Except as provided in section 101(c), if any provision 24
3104	3104	of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the applica-25
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3107	3107	•HR 51 IH
3108	3108	tion thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be 1
3109	3109	invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and any 2
3110	3110	amendments made by this Act shall not be affected by the 3
3111	3111	holding. 4
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