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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 51
5	5	To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the
6	6	Union.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JANUARY24 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023
9	9	Mr. C
10	10	ARPER(for himself, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr.
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12	12	LUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN,
13	13	Mr. C
14	14	ASEY, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr.
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16	16	URBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Ms. HASSAN, Mr.
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18	18	ICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LUJA´N,
19	19	Mr. M
20	20	ARKEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MUR-
21	21	RAY, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. SANDERS,
22	22	Mr. S
23	23	CHATZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. WARNER,
24	24	Mr. W
25	25	ARNOCK, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr.
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27	27	YDEN, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following
28	28	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
29	29	Security and Governmental Affairs
30	30	A BILL
31	31	To provide for the admission of the State of Washington,
32	32	D.C. into the Union.
33	33	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
34	34	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
35	35	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
36	36	(a) S
37	37	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
38	38	‘‘Washington, D.C. Admission Act’’. 5
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42	42	(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 1
43	43	this Act is as follows: 2
44	44	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
45	45	TITLE I—STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
46	46	Subtitle A—Procedures for Admission
47	47	Sec. 101. Admission into the Union.
48	48	Sec. 102. Election of Senators and Representative.
49	49	Sec. 103. Issuance of Presidential proclamation.
50	50	Subtitle B—Seat of Government of the United States
51	51	Sec. 111. Territory and boundaries.
52	52	Sec. 112. Description of Capital.
53	53	Sec. 113. Retention of title to property.
54	54	Sec. 114. Effect of admission on current laws of seat of Government of United
55	55	States.
56	56	Sec. 115. Capital National Guard.
57	57	Sec. 116. Termination of legal status of seat of Government of United States
58	58	as municipal corporation.
59	59	Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of State
60	60	Sec. 121. Effect of admission on current laws.
61	61	Sec. 122. Pending actions and proceedings.
62	62	Sec. 123. Limitation on authority to tax Federal property.
63	63	Sec. 124. United States nationality.
64	64	TITLE II—INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
65	65	Subtitle A—Federal Property
66	66	Sec. 201. Treatment of military lands.
67	67	Sec. 202. Waiver of claims to Federal property.
68	68	Subtitle B—Federal Courts
69	69	Sec. 211. Residency requirements for certain Federal officials.
70	70	Sec. 212. Renaming of Federal courts.
71	71	Sec. 213. Conforming amendments relating to Department of Justice.
72	72	Sec. 214. Treatment of pretrial services in United States District Court.
73	73	Subtitle C—Federal Elections
74	74	Sec. 221. Permitting individuals residing in Capital to vote in Federal elections
75	75	in State of most recent domicile.
76	76	Sec. 222. Repeal of Office of District of Columbia Delegate.
77	77	Sec. 223. Repeal of law providing for participation of seat of Government in
78	78	election of President and Vice President.
79	79	Sec. 224. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment
80	80	repealing 23rd Amendment.
81	81	TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND
82	82	RESPONSIBILITIES
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86	86	Subtitle A—Employee Benefits
87	87	Sec. 301. Federal benefit payments under certain retirement programs.
88	88	Sec. 302. Continuation of Federal civil service benefits for employees first em-
89	89	ployed prior to establishment of District of Columbia merit
90	90	personnel system.
91	91	Sec. 303. Obligations of Federal Government under judges’ retirement pro-
92	92	gram.
93	93	Subtitle B—Agencies
94	94	Sec. 311. Public Defender Service.
95	95	Sec. 312. Prosecutions.
96	96	Sec. 313. Service of United States Marshals.
97	97	Sec. 314. Designation of felons to facilities of Bureau of Prisons.
98	98	Sec. 315. Parole and supervision.
99	99	Sec. 316. Courts.
100	100	Subtitle C—Other Programs and Authorities
101	101	Sec. 321. Application of the College Access Act.
102	102	Sec. 322. Application of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act.
103	103	Sec. 323. Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage.
104	104	Sec. 324. Federal planning commissions.
105	105	Sec. 325. Role of Army Corps of Engineers in supplying water.
106	106	Sec. 326. Requirements to be located in District of Columbia.
107	107	TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
108	108	Sec. 401. General definitions.
109	109	Sec. 402. Statehood Transition Commission.
110	110	Sec. 403. Certification of enactment by President.
111	111	Sec. 404. Severability.
112	112	TITLE I—STATE OF 1
113	113	WASHINGTON, D.C. 2
114	114	Subtitle A—Procedures for 3
115	115	Admission 4
116	116	SEC. 101. ADMISSION INTO THE UNION. 5
117	117	(a) I
118	118	NGENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 6
119	119	Act, upon the issuance of the proclamation required by 7
120	120	section 103(a), the State of Washington, Douglass Com-8
121	121	monwealth is declared to be a State of the United States 9
122	122	of America, and is declared admitted into the Union on 10
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126	126	an equal footing with the other States in all respects what-1
127	127	ever. 2
128	128	(b) C
129	129	ONSTITUTION OFSTATE.—The State Constitu-3
130	130	tion shall always be republican in form and shall not be 4
131	131	repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the 5
132	132	principles of the Declaration of Independence. 6
133	133	(c) N
134	134	ONSEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec-7
135	135	tion, or the application thereof to any person or cir-8
136	136	cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions 9
137	137	of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall 10
138	138	be treated as invalid. 11
139	139	SEC. 102. ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE. 12
140	140	(a) I
141	141	SSUANCE OFPROCLAMATION.— 13
142	142	(1) I
143	143	N GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 14
144	144	receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 15
145	145	from the President pursuant to section 403, the 16
146	146	Mayor shall issue a proclamation for the first elec-17
147	147	tions for 2 Senators and one Representative in Con-18
148	148	gress from the State, subject to the provisions of 19
149	149	this section. 20
150	150	(2) S
151	151	PECIAL RULE FOR ELECTIONS OF SEN -21
152	152	ATORS.—In the elections of Senators from the State 22
153	153	pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 23
154	154	be separately identified and designated, and no per-24
155	155	son may be a candidate for both offices. No such 25
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159	159	identification or designation of either of the offices 1
160	160	shall refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of 2
161	161	such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of 3
162	162	the Senate to determine the class to which each of 4
163	163	the Senators shall be assigned. 5
164	164	(b) R
165	165	ULES FORCONDUCTINGELECTIONS.— 6
166	166	(1) I
167	167	N GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 7
168	168	Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 8
169	169	the holding of a primary election and a general elec-9
170	170	tion, and at such elections the officers required to be 10
171	171	elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 11
172	172	by the qualified voters of the District of Columbia 12
173	173	in the manner required by the laws of the District 13
174	174	of Columbia. 14
175	175	(2) C
176	176	ERTIFICATION OF RESULTS .—Election re-15
177	177	sults shall be certified in the manner required by the 16
178	178	laws of the District of Columbia, except that the 17
179	179	Mayor shall also provide written certification of the 18
180	180	results of such elections to the President. 19
181	181	(c) A
182	182	SSUMPTION OFDUTIES.—Upon the admission 20
183	183	of the State into the Union, the Senators and Representa-21
184	184	tive elected at the elections described in subsection (a) 22
185	185	shall be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and 23
186	186	to all the rights and privileges of Senators and Represent-24
187	187	atives of the other States in Congress. 25
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191	191	(d) EFFECT OFADMISSION ONHOUSE OFREP-1
192	192	RESENTATIVESMEMBERSHIP.— 2
193	193	(1) P
194	194	ERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF 3
195	195	MEMBERS.—Effective with respect to the Congress 4
196	196	during which the State is admitted into the Union 5
197	197	and each succeeding Congress, the House of Rep-6
198	198	resentatives shall be composed of 436 Members, in-7
199	199	cluding any Members representing the State. 8
200	200	(2) I
201	201	NITIAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES 9
202	202	FOR STATE.—Until the taking effect of the first ap-10
203	203	portionment of Members occurring after the admis-11
204	204	sion of the State into the Union, the State shall be 12
205	205	entitled to one Representative in the House of Rep-13
206	206	resentatives upon its admission into the Union. 14
207	207	(3) A
208	208	PPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 15
209	209	FROM ADMISSION OF STATE .— 16
210	210	(A) A
211	211	PPORTIONMENT.—Section 22(a) of 17
212	212	the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif-18
213	213	teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 19
214	214	to provide for apportionment of Representatives 20
215	215	in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 21
216	216	U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘the then 22
217	217	existing number of Representatives’’ and insert-23
218	218	ing ‘‘436 Representatives’’. 24
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222	222	(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 1
223	223	made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with re-2
224	224	spect to the first regular decennial census con-3
225	225	ducted after the admission of the State into the 4
226	226	Union and each subsequent regular decennial 5
227	227	census. 6
228	228	SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 7
229	229	(a) I
230	230	NGENERAL.—The President, upon the certifi-8
231	231	cation of the results of the elections of the officers re-9
232	232	quired to be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, 10
233	233	not later than 90 days after receiving such certification 11
234	234	pursuant to section 102(b)(2), issue a proclamation an-12
235	235	nouncing the results of such elections as so ascertained. 13
236	236	(b) A
237	237	DMISSION OFSTATEUPONISSUANCE OFPROC-14
238	238	LAMATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 15
239	239	President under subsection (a), the State shall be declared 16
240	240	admitted into the Union as provided in section 101(a). 17
241	241	Subtitle B—Seat of Government of 18
242	242	the United States 19
243	243	SEC. 111. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES. 20
244	244	(a) I
245	245	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 21
246	246	(b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the 22
247	247	District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of 23
248	248	this Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds 24
249	249	survey conducted under subsection (c). 25
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253	253	(b) EXCLUSION OFPORTIONREMAINING ASSEAT OF 1
254	254	G
255	255	OVERNMENT OF UNITEDSTATES.—The territory of the 2
256	256	State shall not include the area described in section 112, 3
257	257	which shall be known as the ‘‘Capital’’ and shall serve as 4
258	258	the seat of the Government of the United States, as pro-5
259	259	vided in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitu-6
260	260	tion of the United States. 7
261	261	(c) M
262	262	ETES ANDBOUNDSSURVEY.—Not later than 8
263	263	180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 9
264	264	President (in consultation with the Chair of the National 10
265	265	Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and 11
266	266	bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 12
267	267	112(b). 13
268	268	SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL. 14
269	269	(a) I
270	270	NGENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), upon 15
271	271	the admission of the State into the Union, the Capital 16
272	272	shall consist of the property described in subsection (b) 17
273	273	and shall include the principal Federal monuments, the 18
274	274	White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Su-19
275	275	preme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legisla-20
276	276	tive, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the 21
277	277	Mall and the Capitol Building (as such terms are used 22
278	278	in section 8501(a) of title 40, United States Code). 23
279	279	(b) G
280	280	ENERALDESCRIPTION.—Upon the admission of 24
281	281	the State into the Union, the boundaries of the Capital 25
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285	285	shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the 1
286	286	southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern 2
287	287	right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 3
288	288	(1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 4
289	289	of 2nd Street NE to its intersection with the north-5
290	290	eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 6
291	291	(2) thence southwest along said northeastern 7
292	292	right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-8
293	293	tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 9
294	294	Avenue NE; 10
295	295	(3) thence west along said northern right-of- 11
296	296	way of Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection 12
297	297	with the eastern right-of-way of 1st Street NE; 13
298	298	(4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 14
299	299	of 1st Street NE to its intersection with the south-15
300	300	eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 16
301	301	(5) thence northeast along said southeastern 17
302	302	right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-18
303	303	tion with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE; 19
304	304	(6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 20
305	305	of 2nd Street SE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 21
306	306	Street SE; 22
307	307	(7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 23
308	308	of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the north-24
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312	312	ern property boundary of the property designated as 1
313	313	Square 760 Lot 803; 2
314	314	(8) thence east along said northern property 3
315	315	boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 4
316	316	with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 5
317	317	(9) thence south along said western right-of- 6
318	318	way of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the 7
319	319	northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 8
320	320	(10) thence west along said northern right-of- 9
321	321	way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 10
322	322	with the northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 11
323	323	Avenue SE; 12
324	324	(11) thence northwest along said northwestern 13
325	325	right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its inter-14
326	326	section with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 15
327	327	SE; 16
328	328	(12) thence south along said eastern right-of- 17
329	329	way of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the 18
330	330	southern right-of-way of C Street SE; 19
331	331	(13) thence west along said southern right-of- 20
332	332	way of C Street SE to its intersection with the east-21
333	333	ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 22
334	334	(14) thence south along said eastern right-of- 23
335	335	way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 24
336	336	southern right-of-way of D Street SE; 25
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340	340	(15) thence west along said southern right-of- 1
341	341	way of D Street SE to its intersection with the east-2
342	342	ern right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 3
343	343	(16) thence south along said eastern right-of- 4
344	344	way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 5
345	345	the northwestern right-of-way of Canal Street SE; 6
346	346	(17) thence southeast along said northwestern 7
347	347	right-of-way of Canal Street SE to its intersection 8
348	348	with the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 9
349	349	(18) thence east along said southern right-of- 10
350	350	way of said E Street SE to its intersection with the 11
351	351	western right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 12
352	352	(19) thence south along said western right-of- 13
353	353	way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 14
354	354	southernmost corner of the property designated as 15
355	355	Square 736S Lot 801; 16
356	356	(20) thence west along a line extended due west 17
357	357	from said corner of said property designated as 18
358	358	Square 736S Lot 801 to its intersection with the 19
359	359	southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue 20
360	360	SE; 21
361	361	(21) thence southeast along said southwestern 22
362	362	right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue SE to its inter-23
363	363	section with the northwestern right-of-way of Vir-24
364	364	ginia Avenue SE; 25
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368	368	(22) thence northwest along said northwestern 1
369	369	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersec-2
370	370	tion with the western right-of-way of South Capitol 3
371	371	Street; 4
372	372	(23) thence north along said western right-of- 5
373	373	way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 6
374	374	the southern right-of-way of E Street SW; 7
375	375	(24) thence west along said southern right-of- 8
376	376	way of E Street SW to its end; 9
377	377	(25) thence west along a line extending said 10
378	378	southern right-of-way of E Street SW westward to 11
379	379	its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 12
380	380	Street SW; 13
381	381	(26) thence north along said eastern right-of- 14
382	382	way of 2nd Street SW to its intersection with the 15
383	383	southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW; 16
384	384	(27) thence northwest along said southwestern 17
385	385	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW to its intersec-18
386	386	tion with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SW; 19
387	387	(28) thence north along said western right-of- 20
388	388	way of 3rd Street SW to its intersection with the 21
389	389	northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 22
390	390	(29) thence west along said northern right-of- 23
391	391	way of D Street SW to its intersection with the east-24
392	392	ern right-of-way of 4th Street SW; 25
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396	396	(30) thence north along said eastern right-of- 1
397	397	way of 4th Street SW to its intersection with the 2
398	398	northern right-of-way of C Street SW; 3
399	399	(31) thence west along said northern right-of- 4
400	400	way of C Street SW to its intersection with the east-5
401	401	ern right-of-way of 6th Street SW; 6
402	402	(32) thence north along said eastern right-of- 7
403	403	way of 6th Street SW to its intersection with the 8
404	404	northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SW; 9
405	405	(33) thence west along said northern right-of- 10
406	406	way of Independence Avenue SW to its intersection 11
407	407	with the western right-of-way of 12th Street SW; 12
408	408	(34) thence south along said western right-of- 13
409	409	way of 12th Street SW to its intersection with the 14
410	410	northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 15
411	411	(35) thence west along said northern right-of- 16
412	412	way of D Street SW to its intersection with the east-17
413	413	ern right-of-way of 14th Street SW; 18
414	414	(36) thence south along said eastern right-of- 19
415	415	way of 14th Street SW to its intersection with the 20
416	416	northeastern boundary of the Consolidated Rail Cor-21
417	417	poration railroad easement; 22
418	418	(37) thence southwest along said northeastern 23
419	419	boundary of the Consolidated Rail Corporation rail-24
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423	423	road easement to its intersection with the eastern 1
424	424	shore of the Potomac River; 2
425	425	(38) thence generally northwest along said east-3
426	426	ern shore of the Potomac River to its intersection 4
427	427	with a line extending westward the northern bound-5
428	428	ary of the property designated as Square 12 Lot 6
429	429	806; 7
430	430	(39) thence east along said line extending west-8
431	431	ward the northern boundary of the property des-9
432	432	ignated as Square 12 Lot 806 to the northern prop-10
433	433	erty boundary of the property designated as Square 11
434	434	12 Lot 806, and continuing east along said northern 12
435	435	boundary of said property designated as Square 12 13
436	436	Lot 806 to its northeast corner; 14
437	437	(40) thence east along a line extending east 15
438	438	from said northeast corner of the property des-16
439	439	ignated as Square 12 Lot 806 to its intersection 17
440	440	with the western boundary of the property des-18
441	441	ignated as Square 33 Lot 87; 19
442	442	(41) thence south along said western boundary 20
443	443	of the property designated as Square 33 Lot 87 to 21
444	444	its intersection with the northwest corner of the 22
445	445	property designated as Square 33 Lot 88; 23
446	446	(42) thence counter-clockwise around the 24
447	447	boundary of said property designated as Square 33 25
448	448	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S51.IS S51
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450	450	•S 51 IS
451	451	Lot 88 to its southeast corner, which is along the 1
452	452	northern right-of-way of E Street NW; 2
453	453	(43) thence east along said northern right-of- 3
454	454	way of E Street NW to its intersection with the 4
455	455	western right-of-way of 18th Street NW; 5
456	456	(44) thence south along said western right-of- 6
457	457	way of 18th Street NW to its intersection with the 7
458	458	southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW; 8
459	459	(45) thence southeast along said southwestern 9
460	460	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW to its intersec-10
461	461	tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 11
462	462	Avenue NW; 12
463	463	(46) thence east along said northern right-of- 13
464	464	way of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection 14
465	465	with the eastern right-of-way of 17th Street NW; 15
466	466	(47) thence north along said eastern right-of- 16
467	467	way of 17th Street NW to its intersection with the 17
468	468	southern right-of-way of H Street NW; 18
469	469	(48) thence east along said southern right-of- 19
470	470	way of H Street NW to its intersection with the 20
471	471	northwest corner of the property designated as 21
472	472	Square 221 Lot 35; 22
473	473	(49) thence counter-clockwise around the 23
474	474	boundary of said property designated as Square 221 24
475	475	Lot 35 to its southeast corner, which is along the 25
476	476	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S51.IS S51
477	477	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 16
478	478	•S 51 IS
479	479	boundary of the property designated as Square 221 1
480	480	Lot 37; 2
481	481	(50) thence counter-clockwise around the 3
482	482	boundary of said property designated as Square 221 4
483	483	Lot 37 to its southwest corner, which it shares with 5
484	484	the property designated as Square 221 Lot 818; 6
485	485	(51) thence south along the boundary of said 7
486	486	property designated as Square 221 Lot 818 to its 8
487	487	southwest corner, which it shares with the property 9
488	488	designated as Square 221 Lot 40; 10
489	489	(52) thence south along the boundary of said 11
490	490	property designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its 12
491	491	southwest corner; 13
492	492	(53) thence east along the southern border of 14
493	493	said property designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to 15
494	494	its intersection with the northwest corner of the 16
495	495	property designated as Square 221 Lot 820; 17
496	496	(54) thence south along the western boundary 18
497	497	of said property designated as Square 221 Lot 820 19
498	498	to its southwest corner, which it shares with the 20
499	499	property designated as Square 221 Lot 39; 21
500	500	(55) thence south along the western boundary 22
501	501	of said property designated as Square 221 Lot 39 23
502	502	to its southwest corner, which is along the northern 24
503	503	right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 25
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506	506	•S 51 IS
507	507	(56) thence east along said northern right-of- 1
508	508	way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection 2
509	509	with the western right-of-way of 15th Street NW; 3
510	510	(57) thence south along said western right-of- 4
511	511	way of 15th Street NW to its intersection with a line 5
512	512	extending northwest from the southern right-of-way 6
513	513	of the portion of Pennsylvania Avenue NW north of 7
514	514	Pershing Square; 8
515	515	(58) thence southeast along said line extending 9
516	516	the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue 10
517	517	NW to the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 11
518	518	Avenue NW, and continuing southeast along said 12
519	519	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 13
520	520	to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 14
521	521	14th Street NW; 15
522	522	(59) thence south along said western right-of- 16
523	523	way of 14th Street NW to its intersection with a line 17
524	524	extending west from the southern right-of-way of D 18
525	525	Street NW; 19
526	526	(60) thence east along said line extending west 20
527	527	from the southern right-of-way of D Street NW to 21
528	528	the southern right-of-way of D Street NW, and con-22
529	529	tinuing east along said southern right-of-way of D 23
530	530	Street NW to its intersection with the eastern right- 24
531	531	of-way of 13
532	532	1
533	533	∕2Street NW; 25
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535	535	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 18
536	536	•S 51 IS
537	537	(61) thence north along said eastern right-of- 1
538	538	way of 13
539	539	1
540	540	∕2Street NW to its intersection with the 2
541	541	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 3
542	542	(62) thence east and southeast along said 4
543	543	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 5
544	544	to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 6
545	545	12th Street NW; 7
546	546	(63) thence south along said western right-of- 8
547	547	way of 12th Street NW to its intersection with a line 9
548	548	extending to the west the southern boundary of the 10
549	549	property designated as Square 324 Lot 809; 11
550	550	(64) thence east along said line to the south-12
551	551	west corner of said property designated as Square 13
552	552	324 Lot 809, and continuing northeast along the 14
553	553	southern boundary of said property designated as 15
554	554	Square 324 Lot 809 to its eastern corner, which it 16
555	555	shares with the property designated as Square 323 17
556	556	Lot 802; 18
557	557	(65) thence east along the southern boundary 19
558	558	of said property designated as Square 323 Lot 802 20
559	559	to its southeast corner, which it shares with the 21
560	560	property designated as Square 324 Lot 808; 22
561	561	(66) thence counter-clockwise around the 23
562	562	boundary of said property designated as Square 324 24
563	563	Lot 808 to its northeastern corner, which is along 25
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565	565	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 19
566	566	•S 51 IS
567	567	the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue 1
568	568	NW; 2
569	569	(67) thence southeast along said southern right- 3
570	570	of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersec-4
571	571	tion with the eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW; 5
572	572	(68) thence north along a line extending north 6
573	573	from said eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW to 7
574	574	its intersection with the southern right-of-way of C 8
575	575	Street NW; 9
576	576	(69) thence east along said southern right-of- 10
577	577	way of C Street NW to its intersection with the east-11
578	578	ern right-of-way of 3rd Street NW; 12
579	579	(70) thence north along said eastern right-of- 13
580	580	way of 3rd Street NW to its intersection with the 14
581	581	southern right-of-way of D Street NW; 15
582	582	(71) thence east along said southern right-of- 16
583	583	way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 17
584	584	western right-of-way of 1st Street NW; 18
585	585	(72) thence south along said western right-of- 19
586	586	way of 1st Street NW to its intersection with the 20
587	587	northern right-of-way of C Street NW; 21
588	588	(73) thence west along said northern right-of- 22
589	589	way of C Street NW to its intersection with the 23
590	590	western right-of-way of 2nd Street NW; 24
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592	592	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 20
593	593	•S 51 IS
594	594	(74) thence south along said western right-of- 1
595	595	way of 2nd Street NW to its intersection with the 2
596	596	northern right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NW; 3
597	597	(75) thence east along said northern right-of- 4
598	598	way of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection 5
599	599	with the northeastern right-of-way of Louisiana Ave-6
600	600	nue NW; 7
601	601	(76) thence northeast along said northeastern 8
602	602	right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-9
603	603	section with the southwestern right-of-way of New 10
604	604	Jersey Avenue NW; 11
605	605	(77) thence northwest along said southwestern 12
606	606	right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue NW to its inter-13
607	607	section with the northern right-of-way of D Street 14
608	608	NW; 15
609	609	(78) thence east along said northern right-of- 16
610	610	way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 17
611	611	northeastern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW; 18
612	612	(79) thence northeast along said northwestern 19
613	613	right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-20
614	614	section with the western right-of-way of North Cap-21
615	615	itol Street; 22
616	616	(80) thence north along said western right-of- 23
617	617	way of North Capitol Street to its intersection with 24
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620	620	•S 51 IS
621	621	the southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Ave-1
622	622	nue NW; 2
623	623	(81) thence southeast along said southwestern 3
624	624	right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NW to the 4
625	625	southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue 5
626	626	NE; 6
627	627	(82) thence southeast along said southwestern 7
628	628	right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NE to the 8
629	629	southern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE; 9
630	630	(83) thence counter-clockwise along said south-10
631	631	ern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE to its inter-11
632	632	section with the southern right-of-way of F Street 12
633	633	NE; and 13
634	634	(84) thence east along said southern right-of- 14
635	635	way of F Street NE to the point of beginning. 15
636	636	(c) E
637	637	XCLUSION OFBUILDINGSERVING ASSTATE 16
638	638	C
639	639	APITOL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 17
640	640	section, after the admission of the State into the Union, 18
641	641	the Capital shall not be considered to include the building 19
642	642	known as the ‘‘John A. Wilson Building’’, as described 20
643	643	and designated under section 601(a) of the Omnibus 21
644	644	Spending Reduction Act of 1993 (sec. 10–1301(a), D.C. 22
645	645	Official Code). 23
646	646	(d) C
647	647	LARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF FRANCES 24
648	648	P
649	649	ERKINSBUILDING.—The entirety of the Frances Per-25
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651	651	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 22
652	652	•S 51 IS
653	653	kins Building, including any portion of the Building which 1
654	654	is north of D Street Northwest, shall be included in the 2
655	655	Capital. 3
656	656	SEC. 113. RETENTION OF TITLE TO PROPERTY. 4
657	657	(a) R
658	658	ETENTION OFFEDERALTITLE.—The United 5
659	659	States shall have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, 6
660	660	for purposes of administration and maintenance, all real 7
661	661	and personal property with respect to which the United 8
662	662	States holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the 9
663	663	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 10
664	664	Union. 11
665	665	(b) R
666	666	ETENTION OFSTATETITLE.—The State shall 12
667	667	have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, for purposes 13
668	668	of administration and maintenance, all real and personal 14
669	669	property with respect to which the District of Columbia 15
670	670	holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the day 16
671	671	before the date of the admission of the State into the 17
672	672	Union. 18
673	673	SEC. 114. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS OF 19
674	674	SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES. 20
675	675	Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the laws 21
676	676	of the District of Columbia which are in effect on the day 22
677	677	before the date of the admission of the State into the 23
678	678	Union (without regard to whether such laws were enacted 24
679	679	by Congress or by the District of Columbia) shall apply 25
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681	681	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 23
682	682	•S 51 IS
683	683	in the Capital in the same manner and to the same extent 1
684	684	beginning on the date of the admission of the State into 2
685	685	the Union, and shall be deemed laws of the United States 3
686	686	which are applicable only in or to the Capital. 4
687	687	SEC. 115. CAPITAL NATIONAL GUARD. 5
688	688	(a) E
689	689	STABLISHMENT.—Title 32, United States Code, 6
690	690	is amended as follows: 7
691	691	(1) D
692	692	EFINITIONS.—In paragraphs (4), (6), and 8
693	693	(19) of section 101, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-9
694	694	bia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 10
695	695	(2) B
696	696	RANCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS .—In sec-11
697	697	tion 103, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and in-12
698	698	serting ‘‘Capital’’. 13
699	699	(3) U
700	700	NITS: LOCATION; ORGANIZATION; COM-14
701	701	MAND.—In subsections (c) and (d) of section 104, 15
702	702	by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places it ap-16
703	703	pears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 17
704	704	(4) A
705	705	VAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 18
706	706	section 107(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 19
707	707	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
708	708	(5) M
709	709	AINTENANCE OF OTHER TROOPS .—In 21
710	710	subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 109, by strik-22
711	711	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it appears and 23
712	712	inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 24
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715	715	•S 51 IS
716	716	(6) DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER -DRUG 1
717	717	ACTIVITIES.—In section 112(h)— 2
718	718	(A) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 3
719	719	both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; 4
720	720	and 5
721	721	(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Na-6
722	722	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 7
723	723	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 8
724	724	(7) E
725	725	NLISTMENT OATH .—In section 304, by 9
726	726	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-10
727	727	ital’’. 11
728	728	(8) A
729	729	DJUTANTS GENERAL .—In section 314, by 12
730	730	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it ap-13
731	731	pears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
732	732	(9) D
733	733	ETAIL OF REGULAR MEMBERS OF ARMY 15
734	734	AND AIR FORCE TO DUTY WITH NATIONAL GUARD .— 16
735	735	In section 315, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 17
736	736	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 18
737	737	(10) D
738	738	ISCHARGE OF OFFICERS ; TERMINATION 19
739	739	OF APPOINTMENT.—In section 324(b), by striking 20
740	740	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 21
741	741	(11) R
742	742	ELIEF FROM NATIONAL GUARD DUTY 22
743	743	WHEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY .—In subsections 23
744	744	(a) and (b) of section 325, by striking ‘‘District of 24
745	745	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S51.IS S51
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747	747	•S 51 IS
748	748	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-1
749	749	ital’’. 2
750	750	(12) C
751	751	OURTS-MARTIAL OF NATIONAL GUARD 3
752	752	NOT IN FEDERAL SERVICE : COMPOSITION, JURISDIC-4
753	753	TION, AND PROCEDURES; CONVENING AUTHORITY .— 5
754	754	In sections 326 and 327, by striking ‘‘District of Co-6
755	755	lumbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-7
756	756	ital’’. 8
757	757	(13) A
758	758	CTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY : GOV-9
759	759	ERNOR’S AUTHORITY.—In section 328(a), by strik-10
760	760	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 11
761	761	(14) T
762	762	RAINING GENERALLY .—In section 12
763	763	501(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and in-13
764	764	serting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
765	765	(15) P
766	766	ARTICIPATION IN FIELD EXERCISES .—In 15
767	767	section 503(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 16
768	768	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 17
769	769	(16) N
770	770	ATIONAL GUARD SCHOOLS AND SMALL 18
771	771	ARMS COMPETITIONS .—In section 504(b), by strik-19
772	772	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
773	773	(17) A
774	774	RMY AND AIR FORCE SCHOOLS AND 21
775	775	FIELD EXERCISES.—In section 505, by striking 22
776	776	‘‘National Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 23
777	777	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 24
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779	779	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 26
780	780	•S 51 IS
781	781	(18) NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE 1
782	782	PROGRAM.—In subsections (c)(1), (g)(2), (j), (k), 2
783	783	and (l)(1) of section 509, by striking ‘‘District of 3
784	784	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-4
785	785	ital’’. 5
786	786	(19) I
787	787	SSUE OF SUPPLIES.—In section 702— 6
788	788	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Na-7
789	789	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 8
790	790	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 9
791	791	(B) in subsections (b), (c), and (d), by 10
792	792	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it 11
793	793	appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 12
794	794	(20) P
795	795	URCHASES OF SUPPLIES FROM ARMY OR 13
796	796	AIR FORCE.—In subsections (a) and (b) of section 14
797	797	703, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places 15
798	798	it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 16
799	799	(21) A
800	800	CCOUNTABILITY: RELIEF FROM UPON 17
801	801	ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY .—In section 704, by strik-18
802	802	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 19
803	803	(22) P
804	804	ROPERTY AND FISCAL OFFICERS .—In 20
805	805	section 708— 21
806	806	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Na-22
807	807	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 23
808	808	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 24
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811	811	•S 51 IS
812	812	(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘District 1
813	813	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 2
814	814	(23) A
815	815	CCOUNTABILITY FOR PROPERTY ISSUED 3
816	816	TO THE NATIONAL GUARD .—In subsections (c), (d), 4
817	817	(e), and (f) of section 710, by striking ‘‘District of 5
818	818	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-6
819	819	ital’’. 7
820	820	(24) D
821	821	ISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE OR CON -8
822	822	DEMNED PROPERTY .—In section 711, by striking 9
823	823	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 10
824	824	(25) D
825	825	ISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF CON -11
826	826	DEMNED STORES ISSUED TO NATIONAL GUARD .—In 12
827	827	paragraph (1) of section 712, by striking ‘‘District 13
828	828	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
829	829	(26) P
830	830	ROPERTY LOSS; PERSONAL INJURY OR 15
831	831	DEATH.—In section 715(c), by striking ‘‘District of 16
832	832	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 17
833	833	(b) C
834	834	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 18
835	835	(1) C
836	836	APITAL DEFINED.— 19
837	837	(A) I
838	838	N GENERAL.—Section 101 of title 32, 20
839	839	United States Code, is amended by adding at 21
840	840	the end the following new paragraph: 22
841	841	‘‘(20) ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the 23
842	842	seat of the Government of the United States, as de-24
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845	845	•S 51 IS
846	846	scribed in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Ad-1
847	847	mission Act.’’. 2
848	848	(B) W
849	849	ITH REGARDS TO HOMELAND DE -3
850	850	FENSE ACTIVITIES.—Section 901 of title 32, 4
851	851	United States Code, is amended— 5
852	852	(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Dis-6
853	853	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 7
854	854	and 8
855	855	(ii) by adding at the end the following 9
856	856	new paragraph: 10
857	857	‘‘(3) The term ‘Governor’ means, with respect 11
858	858	to the Capital, the commanding general of the Cap-12
859	859	ital National Guard.’’. 13
860	860	(2) T
861	861	ITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 14
862	862	United States Code, is amended as follows: 15
863	863	(A) D
864	864	EFINITIONS.—In section 101— 16
865	865	(i) in subsection (a), by adding at the 17
866	866	end the following new paragraph: 18
867	867	‘‘(21) The term ‘Capital’ means the area serv-19
868	868	ing as the seat of the Government of the United 20
869	869	States, as described in section 112 of the Wash-21
870	870	ington, D.C. Admission Act.’’; 22
871	871	(ii) in paragraphs (2) and (4) of sub-23
872	872	section (c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-24
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875	875	•S 51 IS
876	876	bia’’ both places it appears and inserting 1
877	877	‘‘Capital’’; and 2
878	878	(iii) in subsection (d)(5), by striking 3
879	879	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 4
880	880	‘‘Capital’’. 5
881	881	(B) D
882	882	ISPOSITION ON DISCHARGE .—In sec-6
883	883	tion 771a(c), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 7
884	884	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 8
885	885	(C) TRICARE
886	886	COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 9
887	887	MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DE -10
888	888	PENDENTS DURING CERTAIN DISASTER RE -11
889	889	SPONSE DUTY.—In section 1076f— 12
890	890	(i) in subsections (a) and (c)(1), by 13
891	891	striking ‘‘with respect to the District of 14
892	892	Columbia, the mayor of the District of Co-15
893	893	lumbia’’ both places it appears and insert-16
894	894	ing ‘‘with respect to the Capital, the com-17
895	895	manding general of the Capital National 18
896	896	Guard’’; and 19
897	897	(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 20
898	898	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 21
899	899	‘‘Capital’’. 22
900	900	(D) P
901	901	AYMENT OF CLAIMS : AVAILABILITY 23
902	902	OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In paragraph (2)(B) of 24
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906	906	section 2732, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-1
907	907	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 2
908	908	(E) M
909	909	EMBERS OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD : 3
910	910	DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-4
911	911	TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS , IN-5
912	912	DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In sec-6
913	913	tion 7401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-7
914	914	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 8
915	915	(F) M
916	916	EMBERS OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD : 9
917	917	DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-10
918	918	TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS , IN-11
919	919	DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In sec-12
920	920	tion 9401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-13
921	921	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
922	922	(G) R
923	923	EADY RESERVE: FAILURE TO SATIS-15
924	924	FACTORILY PERFORM PRESCRIBED TRAINING .— 16
925	925	In section 10148(b)— 17
926	926	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 18
927	927	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 19
928	928	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 20
929	929	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 21
930	930	National Guard’’. 22
931	931	(H) C
932	932	HIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BU -23
933	933	REAU.—In section 10502(a)(1)— 24
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936	936	•S 51 IS
937	937	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 1
938	938	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 2
939	939	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 3
940	940	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 4
941	941	National Guard’’. 5
942	942	(I) V
943	943	ICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 6
944	944	BUREAU.—In section 10505(a)(1)(A)— 7
945	945	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 8
946	946	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 9
947	947	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 10
948	948	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 11
949	949	National Guard’’. 12
950	950	(J) O
951	951	THER SENIOR NATIONAL GUARD BU -13
952	952	REAU OFFICERS.—In subparagraphs (A) and 14
953	953	(B) of section 10506(a)(1)— 15
954	954	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 16
955	955	both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-17
956	956	ital,’’; and 18
957	957	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 19
958	958	National Guard’’ both places it appears 20
959	959	and inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 21
960	960	(K) N
961	961	ATIONAL GUARD BUREAU : GENERAL 22
962	962	PROVISIONS.—In section 10508(b)(1), by strik-23
963	963	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-24
964	964	ital’’. 25
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967	967	•S 51 IS
968	968	(L) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS : ORIGINAL 1
969	969	APPOINTMENT; LIMITATION.—In section 2
970	970	12204(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 3
971	971	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 4
972	972	(M) R
973	973	ESERVE COMPONENTS GEN -5
974	974	ERALLY.—In section 12301(b), by striking 6
975	975	‘‘District of Columbia National Guard’’ both 7
976	976	places it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital Na-8
977	977	tional Guard’’. 9
978	978	(N) N
979	979	ATIONAL GUARD IN FEDERAL SERV -10
980	980	ICE: CALL.—In section 12406— 11
981	981	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 12
982	982	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 13
983	983	(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of 14
984	984	the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 15
985	985	‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 16
986	986	(O) R
987	987	ESULT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY 17
988	988	WITH STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS .—In 18
989	989	section 12642(c), by striking ‘‘District of Co-19
990	990	lumbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
991	991	(P) L
992	992	IMITATION ON RELOCATION OF NA -21
993	993	TIONAL GUARD UNITS.—In section 18238— 22
994	994	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 23
995	995	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 24
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998	998	•S 51 IS
999	999	(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of 1
1000	1000	the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 2
1001	1001	‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 3
1002	1002	SEC. 116. TERMINATION OF LEGAL STATUS OF SEAT OF 4
1003	1003	GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES AS MUNIC-5
1004	1004	IPAL CORPORATION. 6
1005	1005	Notwithstanding section 2 of the Revised Statutes re-7
1006	1006	lating to the District of Columbia (sec. 1–102, D.C. Offi-8
1007	1007	cial Code) or any other provision of law codified in sub-9
1008	1008	chapter I of chapter 1 of the District of Columbia Official 10
1009	1009	Code, effective upon the date of the admission of the State 11
1010	1010	into the Union, the Capital (or any portion thereof) shall 12
1011	1011	not serve as a government and shall not be a body cor-13
1012	1012	porate for municipal purposes. 14
1013	1013	Subtitle C—General Provisions 15
1014	1014	Relating to Laws of State 16
1015	1015	SEC. 121. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS. 17
1016	1016	(a) L
1017	1017	EGISLATIVEPOWER.—The legislative power of 18
1018	1018	the State shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation 19
1019	1019	in the State, consistent with the Constitution of the 20
1020	1020	United States (including the restrictions and limitations 21
1021	1021	imposed upon the States by article I, section 10) and sub-22
1022	1022	ject to the provisions of this Act. 23
1023	1023	(b) C
1024	1024	ONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY ANDDUTIES OF 24
1025	1025	M
1026	1026	EMBERS OFEXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, ANDJUDICIAL 25
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1029	1029	•S 51 IS
1030	1030	OFFICES.—Upon the admission of the State into the 1
1031	1031	Union, members of executive, legislative, and judicial of-2
1032	1032	fices of the District of Columbia shall be deemed members 3
1033	1033	of the respective executive, legislative, and judicial offices 4
1034	1034	of the State, as provided by the State Constitution and 5
1035	1035	the laws of the State. 6
1036	1036	(c) T
1037	1037	REATMENT OFFEDERALLAWS.—To the extent 7
1038	1038	that any law of the United States applies to the States 8
1039	1039	generally, the law shall have the same force and effect in 9
1040	1040	the State as elsewhere in the United States, except as such 10
1041	1041	law may otherwise provide. 11
1042	1042	(d) N
1043	1043	OEFFECT ONEXISTINGCONTRACTS.—Nothing 12
1044	1044	in the admission of the State into the Union shall affect 13
1045	1045	any obligation under any contract or agreement under 14
1046	1046	which the District of Columbia or the United States is 15
1047	1047	a party, as in effect on the day before the date of the 16
1048	1048	admission of the State into the Union. 17
1049	1049	(e) S
1050	1050	UCCESSION ININTERSTATECOMPACTS.—The 18
1051	1051	State shall be deemed to be the successor to the District 19
1052	1052	of Columbia for purposes of any interstate compact which 20
1053	1053	is in effect on the day before the date of the admission 21
1054	1054	of the State into the Union. 22
1055	1055	(f) C
1056	1056	ONTINUATION OF SERVICE OFFEDERALMEM-23
1057	1057	BERS ONBOARDS ANDCOMMISSIONS.—Nothing in the ad-24
1058	1058	mission of the State into the Union shall affect the author-25
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1061	1061	•S 51 IS
1062	1062	ity of a representative of the Federal Government who, 1
1063	1063	as of the day before the date of the admission of the State 2
1064	1064	into the Union, is a member of a board or commission 3
1065	1065	of the District of Columbia to serve as a member of such 4
1066	1066	board or commission or as a member of a successor to 5
1067	1067	such board or commission after the admission of the State 6
1068	1068	into the Union, as may be provided by the State Constitu-7
1069	1069	tion and the laws of the State. 8
1070	1070	(g) S
1071	1071	PECIALRULEREGARDINGENFORCEMENT AU-9
1072	1072	THORITY OFUNITEDSTATESCAPITOLPOLICE, UNITED 10
1073	1073	S
1074	1074	TATESPARKPOLICE, ANDUNITEDSTATESSECRET 11
1075	1075	S
1076	1076	ERVICEUNIFORMEDDIVISION.—The United States 12
1077	1077	Capitol Police, the United States Park Police, and the 13
1078	1078	United States Secret Service Uniformed Division may not 14
1079	1079	enforce any law of the State in the State, except to the 15
1080	1080	extent authorized by the State. Nothing in this subsection 16
1081	1081	may be construed to affect the authority of the United 17
1082	1082	States Capitol Police, the United States Park Police, and 18
1083	1083	the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to 19
1084	1084	enforce any law in the Capital. 20
1085	1085	SEC. 122. PENDING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. 21
1086	1086	(a) S
1087	1087	TATE ASLEGALSUCCESSOR TODISTRICT OF 22
1088	1088	C
1089	1089	OLUMBIA.—The State shall be the legal successor to the 23
1090	1090	District of Columbia in all matters. 24
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1093	1093	•S 51 IS
1094	1094	(b) NOEFFECT ONPENDINGPROCEEDINGS.—All 1
1095	1095	existing writs, actions, suits, judicial and administrative 2
1096	1096	proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judg-3
1097	1097	ments, sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, causes of ac-4
1098	1098	tion, claims, demands, titles, and rights shall continue un-5
1099	1099	affected by the admission of the State into the Union with 6
1100	1100	respect to the State or the United States, except as may 7
1101	1101	be provided under this Act, as may be modified in accord-8
1102	1102	ance with the provisions of the State Constitution, and 9
1103	1103	as may be modified by the laws of the State or the United 10
1104	1104	States, as the case may be. 11
1105	1105	SEC. 123. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO TAX FEDERAL 12
1106	1106	PROPERTY. 13
1107	1107	The State may not impose any tax on any real or 14
1108	1108	personal property owned or acquired by the United States, 15
1109	1109	except to the extent that Congress may permit. 16
1110	1110	SEC. 124. UNITED STATES NATIONALITY. 17
1111	1111	No provision of this Act shall operate to confer 18
1112	1112	United States nationality, to terminate nationality lawfully 19
1113	1113	acquired, or to restore nationality terminated or lost under 20
1114	1114	any law of the United States or under any treaty to which 21
1115	1115	the United States is or was a party. 22
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1118	1118	•S 51 IS
1119	1119	TITLE II—INTERESTS OF 1
1120	1120	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 2
1121	1121	Subtitle A—Federal Property 3
1122	1122	SEC. 201. TREATMENT OF MILITARY LANDS. 4
1123	1123	(a) R
1124	1124	ESERVATION OFFEDERALAUTHORITY.— 5
1125	1125	(1) I
1126	1126	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 6
1127	1127	and subsection (b) and notwithstanding the admis-7
1128	1128	sion of the State into the Union, authority is re-8
1129	1129	served in the United States for the exercise by Con-9
1130	1130	gress of the power of exclusive legislation in all cases 10
1131	1131	whatsoever over such tracts or parcels of land lo-11
1132	1132	cated in the State that, on the day before the date 12
1133	1133	of the admission of the State into the Union, are 13
1134	1134	controlled or owned by the United States and held 14
1135	1135	for defense or Coast Guard purposes. 15
1136	1136	(2) L
1137	1137	IMITATION ON AUTHORITY .—The power of 16
1138	1138	exclusive legislation described in paragraph (1) shall 17
1139	1139	vest and remain in the United States only so long 18
1140	1140	as the particular tract or parcel of land involved is 19
1141	1141	controlled or owned by the United States and held 20
1142	1142	for defense or Coast Guard purposes. 21
1143	1143	(b) A
1144	1144	UTHORITY OFSTATE.— 22
1145	1145	(1) I
1146	1146	N GENERAL.—The reservation of authority 23
1147	1147	in the United States under subsection (a) shall not 24
1148	1148	operate to prevent such tracts or parcels of land 25
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1151	1151	•S 51 IS
1152	1152	from being a part of the State, or to prevent the 1
1153	1153	State from exercising over or upon such lands, con-2
1154	1154	currently with the United States, any jurisdiction 3
1155	1155	which it would have in the absence of such reserva-4
1156	1156	tion of authority and which is consistent with the 5
1157	1157	laws hereafter enacted by Congress pursuant to such 6
1158	1158	reservation of authority. 7
1159	1159	(2) S
1160	1160	ERVICE OF PROCESS .—The State shall 8
1161	1161	have the right to serve civil or criminal process in 9
1162	1162	such tracts or parcels of land in which the authority 10
1163	1163	of the United States is reserved under subsection (a) 11
1164	1164	in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights 12
1165	1165	acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed 13
1166	1166	in the State but outside of such lands. 14
1167	1167	SEC. 202. WAIVER OF CLAIMS TO FEDERAL PROPERTY. 15
1168	1168	(a) I
1169	1169	NGENERAL.—As a compact with the United 16
1170	1170	States, the State and its people disclaim all right and title 17
1171	1171	to any real or personal property not granted or confirmed 18
1172	1172	to the State by or under the authority of this Act, the 19
1173	1173	right or title to which is held by the United States or sub-20
1174	1174	ject to disposition by the United States. 21
1175	1175	(b) E
1176	1176	FFECT ONCLAIMSAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.— 22
1177	1177	(1) I
1178	1178	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall 23
1179	1179	recognize, deny, enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect 24
1180	1180	any claim against the United States, and any such 25
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1183	1183	•S 51 IS
1184	1184	claim shall be governed by applicable laws of the 1
1185	1185	United States. 2
1186	1186	(2) R
1187	1187	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 3
1188	1188	Act is intended or shall be construed as a finding, 4
1189	1189	interpretation, or construction by Congress that any 5
1190	1190	applicable law authorizes, establishes, recognizes, or 6
1191	1191	confirms the validity or invalidity of any claim re-7
1192	1192	ferred to in paragraph (1), and the determination of 8
1193	1193	the applicability to or the effect of any law on any 9
1194	1194	such claim shall be unaffected by anything in this 10
1195	1195	Act. 11
1196	1196	Subtitle B—Federal Courts 12
1197	1197	SEC. 211. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FED-13
1198	1198	ERAL OFFICIALS. 14
1199	1199	(a) C
1200	1200	IRCUITJUDGES.—Section 44(c) of title 28, 15
1201	1201	United States Code, is amended— 16
1202	1202	(1) by striking ‘‘Except in the District of Co-17
1203	1203	lumbia, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 18
1204	1204	(2) by striking ‘‘within fifty miles of the Dis-19
1205	1205	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘within fifty miles 20
1206	1206	of the Capital’’. 21
1207	1207	(b) D
1208	1208	ISTRICTJUDGES.—Section 134(b) of such title 22
1209	1209	is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the District 23
1210	1210	of Columbia, the Southern District of New York, and’’ and 24
1211	1211	inserting ‘‘the Southern District of New York and’’. 25
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1214	1214	•S 51 IS
1215	1215	(c) UNITEDSTATESATTORNEYS.—Section 545(a) of 1
1216	1216	such title is amended by striking the first sentence and 2
1217	1217	inserting ‘‘Each United States attorney shall reside in the 3
1218	1218	district for which he or she is appointed, except that those 4
1219	1219	officers of the Southern District of New York and the 5
1220	1220	Eastern District of New York may reside within 20 miles 6
1221	1221	thereof.’’. 7
1222	1222	(d) U
1223	1223	NITEDSTATESMARSHALS.—Section 561(e)(1) 8
1224	1224	of such title is amended to read as follows: 9
1225	1225	‘‘(1) the marshal for the Southern District of 10
1226	1226	New York may reside within 20 miles of the district; 11
1227	1227	and’’. 12
1228	1228	(e) C
1229	1229	LERKS OFDISTRICTCOURTS.—Section 751(c) 13
1230	1230	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Co-14
1231	1231	lumbia and’’. 15
1232	1232	(f) E
1233	1233	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16
1234	1234	this section shall apply only to individuals appointed after 17
1235	1235	the date of the admission of the State into the Union. 18
1236	1236	SEC. 212. RENAMING OF FEDERAL COURTS. 19
1237	1237	(a) R
1238	1238	ENAMING.— 20
1239	1239	(1) C
1240	1240	IRCUIT COURT.—Section 41 of title 28, 21
1241	1241	United States Code, is amended— 22
1242	1242	(A) in the first column, by striking ‘‘Dis-23
1243	1243	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; and 24
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1247	1247	(B) in the second column, by striking 1
1248	1248	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital; 2
1249	1249	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 3
1250	1250	(2) D
1251	1251	ISTRICT COURT.—Section 88 of such title 4
1252	1252	is amended— 5
1253	1253	(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘District 6
1254	1254	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 7
1255	1255	Douglass Commonwealth and the 8
1256	1256	Capital’’; 9
1257	1257	(B) by amending the first paragraph to 10
1258	1258	read as follows: 11
1259	1259	‘‘The State of Washington, Douglass Common-12
1260	1260	wealth and the Capital comprise one judicial dis-13
1261	1261	trict.’’; and 14
1262	1262	(C) in the second paragraph, by striking 15
1263	1263	‘‘Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 16
1264	1264	(3) C
1265	1265	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The item relating 17
1266	1266	to section 88 in the table of sections for chapter 5 18
1267	1267	of such title is amended to read as follows: 19
1268	1268	‘‘88. Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital.’’.
1269	1269	(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 20
1270	1270	C
1271	1271	OURT OFAPPEALS.—Title 28, United States Code, is 21
1272	1272	amended as follows: 22
1273	1273	(1) A
1274	1274	PPOINTMENT OF JUDGES .—Section 44(a) 23
1275	1275	of such title is amended in the first column by strik-24
1276	1276	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 25
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1280	1280	(2) TERMS OF COURT.—Section 48(a) of such 1
1281	1281	title is amended— 2
1282	1282	(A) in the first column, by striking ‘‘Dis-3
1283	1283	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 4
1284	1284	(B) in the second column, by striking 5
1285	1285	‘‘Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; and 6
1286	1286	(C) in the second column, by striking 7
1287	1287	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 8
1288	1288	(3) A
1289	1289	PPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT COUNSELS 9
1290	1290	BY CHIEF JUDGE OF CIRCUIT .—Section 49 of such 10
1291	1291	title is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 11
1292	1292	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 12
1293	1293	(4) C
1294	1294	IRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CER -13
1295	1295	TIFICATION OF DEATH PENALTY COUNSELS .—Sec-14
1296	1296	tion 2265(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking 15
1297	1297	‘‘the District of Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting 16
1298	1298	‘‘the Capital Circuit’’. 17
1299	1299	(5) C
1300	1300	IRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION OVER RE -18
1301	1301	VIEW OF FEDERAL AGENCY ORDERS .—Section 2343 19
1302	1302	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of 20
1303	1303	Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital Cir-21
1304	1304	cuit’’. 22
1305	1305	(c) C
1306	1306	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS RELATING TODIS-23
1307	1307	TRICTCOURT.—Title 28, United States Code, is amended 24
1308	1308	as follows: 25
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1311	1311	•S 51 IS
1312	1312	(1) APPOINTMENT AND NUMBER OF DISTRICT 1
1313	1313	COURT JUDGES.—Section 133(a) of such title is 2
1314	1314	amended in the first column by striking ‘‘District of 3
1315	1315	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass 4
1316	1316	Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 5
1317	1317	(2) D
1318	1318	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OF TAX 6
1319	1319	CASES BROUGHT AGAINST UNITED STATES .—Section 7
1320	1320	1346(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 8
1321	1321	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 9
1322	1322	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 10
1323	1323	(3) D
1324	1324	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER PRO -11
1325	1325	CEEDINGS FOR FORFEITURE OF FOREIGN PROP -12
1326	1326	ERTY.—Section 1355(b)(2) of such title is amended 13
1327	1327	by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 14
1328	1328	‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the 15
1329	1329	Capital’’. 16
1330	1330	(4) D
1331	1331	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL 17
1332	1332	ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST A FOREIGN STATE .— 18
1333	1333	Section 1391(f)(4) of such title is amended by strik-19
1334	1334	ing ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Wash-20
1335	1335	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 21
1336	1336	(5) D
1337	1337	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER AC -22
1338	1338	TIONS BROUGHT BY CORPORATIONS AGAINST 23
1339	1339	UNITED STATES.—Section 1402(a)(2) of such title is 24
1340	1340	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and 25
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1343	1343	•S 51 IS
1344	1344	inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth 1
1345	1345	and the Capital’’. 2
1346	1346	(6) V
1347	1347	ENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF CERTAIN AC -3
1348	1348	TIONS BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEES OF EXECUTIVE OF -4
1349	1349	FICE OF THE PRESIDENT .—Section 1413 of such 5
1350	1350	title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Colum-6
1351	1351	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Common-7
1352	1352	wealth and the Capital’’. 8
1353	1353	(7) V
1354	1354	ENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF ACTION EN -9
1355	1355	FORCING FOREIGN JUDGMENT .—Section 10
1356	1356	2467(c)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking 11
1357	1357	‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Wash-12
1358	1358	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 13
1359	1359	(d) C
1360	1360	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 14
1361	1361	O
1362	1362	THERCOURTS.—Title 28, United States Code, is 15
1363	1363	amended as follows: 16
1364	1364	(1) A
1365	1365	PPOINTMENT OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES .— 17
1366	1366	Section 152(a)(2) of such title is amended in the 18
1367	1367	first column by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and 19
1368	1368	inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth 20
1369	1369	and the Capital’’. 21
1370	1370	(2) L
1371	1371	OCATION OF COURT OF FEDERAL 22
1372	1372	CLAIMS.—Section 173 of such title is amended by 23
1373	1373	striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 24
1374	1374	‘‘the Capital’’. 25
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1377	1377	•S 51 IS
1378	1378	(3) DUTY STATION OF JUDGES OF COURT OF 1
1379	1379	FEDERAL CLAIMS.—Section 175 of such title is 2
1380	1380	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 3
1381	1381	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 4
1382	1382	(4) D
1383	1383	UTY STATION OF JUDGES FOR PURPOSES 5
1384	1384	OF TRAVELING EXPENSES .—Section 456(b) of such 6
1385	1385	title is amended to read as follows: 7
1386	1386	‘‘(b) The official duty station of the Chief Justice of 8
1387	1387	the United States, the Justices of the Supreme Court of 9
1388	1388	the United States, and the judges of the United States 10
1389	1389	Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be the Cap-11
1390	1390	ital.’’. 12
1391	1391	(5) C
1392	1392	OURT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FEDERAL 13
1393	1393	CIRCUIT AND COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS .—Section 14
1394	1394	462(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the Dis-15
1395	1395	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 16
1396	1396	(6) P
1397	1397	LACES OF HOLDING COURT OF COURT OF 17
1398	1398	FEDERAL CLAIMS.—Section 798(a) of such title is 18
1399	1399	amended— 19
1400	1400	(A) by striking ‘‘Washington, District of 20
1401	1401	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’; and 21
1402	1402	(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 22
1403	1403	and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 23
1404	1404	(e) O
1405	1405	THERCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 24
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1408	1408	•S 51 IS
1409	1409	(1) SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FOREIGN PARTIES 1
1410	1410	AT STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICE .—Section 2
1411	1411	1608(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking 3
1412	1412	‘‘Washington, District of Columbia’’ and inserting 4
1413	1413	‘‘the Capital’’. 5
1414	1414	(2) S
1415	1415	ERVICE OF PROCESS IN PROPERTY CASES 6
1416	1416	AT ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE .—Section 2410(b) 7
1417	1417	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Washington, 8
1418	1418	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 9
1419	1419	(f) D
1420	1420	EFINITION.—Section 451 of title 28, United 10
1421	1421	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-11
1422	1422	lowing new undesignated paragraph: 12
1423	1423	‘‘The term ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the 13
1424	1424	seat of the Government of the United States, as described 14
1425	1425	in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 15
1426	1426	(g) R
1427	1427	EFERENCES INOTHERLAWS.—Any reference 16
1428	1428	in any Federal law (other than a law amended by this 17
1429	1429	section), rule, or regulation— 18
1430	1430	(1) to the United States Court of Appeals for 19
1431	1431	the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to 20
1432	1432	the United States Court of Appeals for the Capital; 21
1433	1433	(2) to the District of Columbia Circuit shall be 22
1434	1434	deemed to refer to the Capital Circuit; and 23
1435	1435	(3) to the United States District Court for the 24
1436	1436	District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the 25
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1439	1439	•S 51 IS
1440	1440	United States District Court for Washington, Doug-1
1441	1441	lass Commonwealth and the Capital. 2
1442	1442	(h) E
1443	1443	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-3
1444	1444	ments made by this section shall take effect upon the ad-4
1445	1445	mission of the State into the Union. 5
1446	1446	SEC. 213. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DE-6
1447	1447	PARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 7
1448	1448	(a) A
1449	1449	PPOINTMENT OFUNITEDSTATESTRUSTEES.— 8
1450	1450	Section 581(a)(4) of title 28, United States Code, is 9
1451	1451	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and in-10
1452	1452	serting ‘‘the Capital and Washington, Douglass Common-11
1453	1453	wealth’’. 12
1454	1454	(b) I
1455	1455	NDEPENDENTCOUNSELS.— 13
1456	1456	(1) A
1457	1457	PPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL PER -14
1458	1458	SONNEL.—Section 594(c) of such title is amended— 15
1459	1459	(A) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 16
1460	1460	the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘Wash-17
1461	1461	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Cap-18
1462	1462	ital’’; and 19
1463	1463	(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 20
1464	1464	the second place it appears and inserting 21
1465	1465	‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 22
1466	1466	(2) J
1467	1467	UDICIAL REVIEW OF REMOVAL .—Section 23
1468	1468	596(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 24
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1471	1471	•S 51 IS
1472	1472	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 1
1473	1473	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 2
1474	1474	(c) E
1475	1475	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 3
1476	1476	this section shall take effect upon the admission of the 4
1477	1477	State into the Union. 5
1478	1478	SEC. 214. TREATMENT OF PRETRIAL SERVICES IN UNITED 6
1479	1479	STATES DISTRICT COURT. 7
1480	1480	Section 3152 of title 18, United States Code, is 8
1481	1481	amended— 9
1482	1482	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(other than 10
1483	1483	the District of Columbia)’’ and inserting ‘‘(subject to 11
1484	1484	subsection (d), other than the District of Colum-12
1485	1485	bia)’’; and 13
1486	1486	(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-14
1487	1487	section: 15
1488	1488	‘‘(d) In the case of the judicial district of Washington, 16
1489	1489	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital— 17
1490	1490	‘‘(1) upon the admission of the State of Wash-18
1491	1491	ington, Douglass Commonwealth into the Union, the 19
1492	1492	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth Pretrial Serv-20
1493	1493	ices Agency shall continue to provide pretrial serv-21
1494	1494	ices in the judicial district in the same manner and 22
1495	1495	to the same extent as the District of Columbia Pre-23
1496	1496	trial Services Agency provided such services in the 24
1497	1497	judicial district of the District of Columbia as of the 25
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1501	1501	day before the date of the admission of the State 1
1502	1502	into the Union; and 2
1503	1503	‘‘(2) upon the receipt by the President of the 3
1504	1504	certification from the State of Washington, Douglass 4
1505	1505	Commonwealth under section 315(b)(4) of the 5
1506	1506	Washington, D.C. Admission Act that the State has 6
1507	1507	in effect laws providing for the State to provide pre- 7
1508	1508	trial services, paragraph (1) shall no longer apply, 8
1509	1509	and the Director shall provide for the establishment 9
1510	1510	of pretrial services in the judicial district under this 10
1511	1511	section.’’. 11
1512	1512	Subtitle C—Federal Elections 12
1513	1513	SEC. 221. PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN CAPITAL 13
1514	1514	TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN STATE 14
1515	1515	OF MOST RECENT DOMICILE. 15
1516	1516	(a) R
1517	1517	EQUIREMENT FOR STATESTOPERMITINDIVID-16
1518	1518	UALSTOVOTE BYABSENTEEBALLOT.— 17
1519	1519	(1) I
1520	1520	N GENERAL.—Each State shall— 18
1521	1521	(A) permit absent Capital voters to use ab-19
1522	1522	sentee registration procedures and to vote by 20
1523	1523	absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and 21
1524	1524	runoff elections for Federal office; and 22
1525	1525	(B) accept and process, with respect to any 23
1526	1526	general, special, primary, or runoff election for 24
1527	1527	Federal office, any otherwise valid voter reg-25
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1530	1530	•S 51 IS
1531	1531	istration application from an absent Capital 1
1532	1532	voter, if the application is received by the ap-2
1533	1533	propriate State election official not less than 30 3
1534	1534	days before the election. 4
1535	1535	(2) A
1536	1536	BSENT CAPITAL VOTER DEFINED .—In this 5
1537	1537	section, the term ‘‘absent Capital voter’’ means, with 6
1538	1538	respect to a State, a person who resides in the Cap-7
1539	1539	ital and is qualified to vote in the State (or who 8
1540	1540	would be qualified to vote in the State but for resid-9
1541	1541	ing in the Capital), but only if the State is the last 10
1542	1542	place in which the person was domiciled before resid-11
1543	1543	ing in the Capital. 12
1544	1544	(3) S
1545	1545	TATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 13
1546	1546	‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, including 14
1547	1547	the State. 15
1548	1548	(b) R
1549	1549	ECOMMENDATIONS TO STATESTOMAXIMIZE 16
1550	1550	A
1551	1551	CCESS TOPOLLS BYABSENTCAPITALVOTERS.—To af-17
1552	1552	ford maximum access to the polls by absent Capital voters, 18
1553	1553	it is the sense of Congress that the States should— 19
1554	1554	(1) waive registration requirements for absent 20
1555	1555	Capital voters who, by reason of residence in the 21
1556	1556	Capital, do not have an opportunity to register; 22
1557	1557	(2) expedite processing of balloting materials 23
1558	1558	with respect to such individuals; and 24
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1561	1561	•S 51 IS
1562	1562	(3) assure that absentee ballots are mailed to 1
1563	1563	such individuals at the earliest opportunity. 2
1564	1564	(c) E
1565	1565	NFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General may 3
1566	1566	bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the 4
1567	1567	United States for such declaratory or injunctive relief as 5
1568	1568	may be necessary to carry out this section. 6
1569	1569	(d) E
1570	1570	FFECT ONCERTAINOTHERLAWS.—The exer-7
1571	1571	cise of any right under this section shall not affect, for 8
1572	1572	purposes of a Federal tax, a State tax, or a local tax, the 9
1573	1573	residence or domicile of a person exercising such right. 10
1574	1574	(e) E
1575	1575	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 11
1576	1576	upon the date of the admission of the State into the 12
1577	1577	Union, and shall apply with respect to elections for Fed-13
1578	1578	eral office taking place on or after such date. 14
1579	1579	SEC. 222. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15
1580	1580	DELEGATE. 16
1581	1581	(a) I
1582	1582	NGENERAL.—Sections 202 and 204 of the Dis-17
1583	1583	trict of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91–405; sec-18
1584	1584	tions 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, 19
1585	1585	and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such 20
1586	1586	sections are restored or revived as if such sections had 21
1587	1587	not been enacted. 22
1588	1588	(b) C
1589	1589	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OFCO-23
1590	1590	LUMBIAELECTIONSCODE OF1955.—The District of Co-24
1591	1591	lumbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended— 25
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1594	1594	•S 51 IS
1595	1595	(1) in section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 1
1596	1596	Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of 2
1597	1597	Representatives,’’; 3
1598	1598	(2) in section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official 4
1599	1599	Code)— 5
1600	1600	(A) by striking paragraph (6), 6
1601	1601	(B) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘(except 7
1602	1602	the Delegate to Congress for the District of Co-8
1603	1603	lumbia)’’, and 9
1604	1604	(C) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘the 10
1605	1605	Delegate to Congress for the District of Colum-11
1606	1606	bia,’’; 12
1607	1607	(3) in section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 13
1608	1608	Code)— 14
1609	1609	(A) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ in the heading, 15
1610	1610	and 16
1611	1611	(B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 17
1612	1612	appears in subsections (d), (h)(1)(A), (h)(2), 18
1613	1613	(i)(1), (j)(1), (j)(3), and (k)(3); 19
1614	1614	(4) in section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 20
1615	1615	Code)— 21
1616	1616	(A) by striking subparagraph (A) of sub-22
1617	1617	section (a)(3), and 23
1618	1618	(B) in subsection (d)— 24
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1621	1621	•S 51 IS
1622	1622	(i) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place 1
1623	1623	it appears in paragraph (1), and 2
1624	1624	(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and re-3
1625	1625	designating paragraph (3) as paragraph 4
1626	1626	(2); 5
1627	1627	(5) in section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), 6
1628	1628	D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate to the 7
1629	1629	House of Representatives,’’; 8
1630	1630	(6) in section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. 9
1631	1631	Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’; and 10
1632	1632	(7) in section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. 11
1633	1633	Official Code), by striking ‘‘except the Delegate to 12
1634	1634	the Congress from the District of Columbia’’. 13
1635	1635	(c) E
1636	1636	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 14
1637	1637	this section shall take effect upon the admission of the 15
1638	1638	State into the Union. 16
1639	1639	SEC. 223. REPEAL OF LAW PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION 17
1640	1640	OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN ELECTION OF 18
1641	1641	PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. 19
1642	1642	(a) I
1643	1643	NGENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 3, United 20
1644	1644	States Code, is amended— 21
1645	1645	(1) by striking section 21; and 22
1646	1646	(2) in the table of sections, by striking the item 23
1647	1647	relating to section 21. 24
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1650	1650	•S 51 IS
1651	1651	(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
1652	1652	subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of the admis-2
1653	1653	sion of the State into the Union, and shall apply to any 3
1654	1654	election of the President and Vice President taking place 4
1655	1655	on or after such date. 5
1656	1656	SEC. 224. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION 6
1657	1657	OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REPEAL-7
1658	1658	ING 23RD AMENDMENT. 8
1659	1659	(a) J
1660	1660	OINTRESOLUTIONDESCRIBED.—In this sec-9
1661	1661	tion, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means a joint resolu-10
1662	1662	tion— 11
1663	1663	(1) entitled ‘‘A joint resolution proposing an 12
1664	1664	amendment to the Constitution of the United States 13
1665	1665	to repeal the 23rd article of amendment’’; and 14
1666	1666	(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 15
1667	1667	which consists solely of text to amend the Constitu-16
1668	1668	tion of the United States to repeal the 23rd article 17
1669	1669	of amendment to the Constitution. 18
1670	1670	(b) E
1671	1671	XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INHOUSE OFREP-19
1672	1672	RESENTATIVES.— 20
1673	1673	(1) P
1674	1674	LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-21
1675	1675	duction in the House of Representatives, the joint 22
1676	1676	resolution shall be placed immediately on the appro-23
1677	1677	priate calendar. 24
1678	1678	(2) P
1679	1679	ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 25
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1682	1682	•S 51 IS
1683	1683	(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be in order, not 1
1684	1684	later than 30 legislative days after the date the 2
1685	1685	joint resolution is introduced in the House of 3
1686	1686	Representatives, to move to proceed to consider 4
1687	1687	the joint resolution in the House of Representa-5
1688	1688	tives. 6
1689	1689	(B) P
1690	1690	ROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-7
1691	1691	ceed to consider the joint resolution— 8
1692	1692	(i) all points of order against the mo-9
1693	1693	tion are waived; 10
1694	1694	(ii) such a motion shall not be in 11
1695	1695	order after the House of Representatives 12
1696	1696	has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 13
1697	1697	joint resolution; 14
1698	1698	(iii) the previous question shall be 15
1699	1699	considered as ordered on the motion to its 16
1700	1700	adoption without intervening motion; 17
1701	1701	(iv) the motion shall not be debatable; 18
1702	1702	and 19
1703	1703	(v) a motion to reconsider the vote by 20
1704	1704	which the motion is disposed of shall not 21
1705	1705	be in order. 22
1706	1706	(3) C
1707	1707	ONSIDERATION.—When the House of Rep-23
1708	1708	resentatives proceeds to consideration of the joint 24
1709	1709	resolution— 25
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1713	1713	(A) the joint resolution shall be considered 1
1714	1714	as read; 2
1715	1715	(B) all points of order against the joint 3
1716	1716	resolution and against its consideration are 4
1717	1717	waived; 5
1718	1718	(C) the previous question shall be consid-6
1719	1719	ered as ordered on the joint resolution to its 7
1720	1720	passage without intervening motion except 10 8
1721	1721	hours of debate equally divided and controlled 9
1722	1722	by the proponent and an opponent; 10
1723	1723	(D) an amendment to the joint resolution 11
1724	1724	shall not be in order; and 12
1725	1725	(E) a motion to reconsider the vote on pas-13
1726	1726	sage of the joint resolution shall not be in 14
1727	1727	order. 15
1728	1728	(c) E
1729	1729	XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INSENATE.— 16
1730	1730	(1) P
1731	1731	LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-17
1732	1732	duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 18
1733	1733	placed immediately on the calendar. 19
1734	1734	(2) P
1735	1735	ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 20
1736	1736	(A) I
1737	1737	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 21
1738	1738	XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 22
1739	1739	in order, not later than 30 legislative days after 23
1740	1740	the date the joint resolution is introduced in the 24
1741	1741	Senate (even though a previous motion to the 25
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1744	1744	•S 51 IS
1745	1745	same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 1
1746	1746	proceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-2
1747	1747	tion. 3
1748	1748	(B) P
1749	1749	ROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-4
1750	1750	ceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-5
1751	1751	tion— 6
1752	1752	(i) all points of order against the mo-7
1753	1753	tion are waived; 8
1754	1754	(ii) the motion is not debatable; 9
1755	1755	(iii) the motion is not subject to a mo-10
1756	1756	tion to postpone; 11
1757	1757	(iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 12
1758	1758	which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 13
1759	1759	to shall not be in order; and 14
1760	1760	(v) if the motion is agreed to, the 15
1761	1761	joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 16
1762	1762	business until disposed of. 17
1763	1763	(3) F
1764	1764	LOOR CONSIDERATION.— 18
1765	1765	(A) I
1766	1766	N GENERAL.—If the Senate proceeds 19
1767	1767	to consideration of the joint resolution— 20
1768	1768	(i) all points of order against the joint 21
1769	1769	resolution (and against consideration of 22
1770	1770	the joint resolution) are waived; 23
1771	1771	(ii) consideration of the joint resolu-24
1772	1772	tion, and all debatable motions and appeals 25
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1776	1776	in connection therewith, shall be limited to 1
1777	1777	not more than 30 hours, which shall be di-2
1778	1778	vided equally between the majority and mi-3
1779	1779	nority leaders or their designees; 4
1780	1780	(iii) a motion further to limit debate 5
1781	1781	is in order and not debatable; 6
1782	1782	(iv) an amendment to, a motion to 7
1783	1783	postpone, or a motion to commit the joint 8
1784	1784	resolution is not in order; and 9
1785	1785	(v) a motion to proceed to the consid-10
1786	1786	eration of other business is not in order. 11
1787	1787	(B) V
1788	1788	OTE ON PASSAGE.—In the Senate the 12
1789	1789	vote on passage shall occur immediately fol-13
1790	1790	lowing the conclusion of the consideration of the 14
1791	1791	joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the 15
1792	1792	conclusion of the debate if requested in accord-16
1793	1793	ance with the rules of the Senate. 17
1794	1794	(C) R
1795	1795	ULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE -18
1796	1796	DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 19
1797	1797	relating to the application of this subsection or 20
1798	1798	the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 21
1799	1799	the procedure relating to the joint resolution 22
1800	1800	shall be decided without debate. 23
1801	1801	(d) R
1802	1802	ULESRELATING TOSENATE ANDHOUSE OF 24
1803	1803	R
1804	1804	EPRESENTATIVES.— 25
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1807	1807	•S 51 IS
1808	1808	(1) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER 1
1809	1809	HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of the 2
1810	1810	joint resolution of that House, that House receives 3
1811	1811	from the other House the joint resolution— 4
1812	1812	(A) the joint resolution of the other House 5
1813	1813	shall not be referred to a committee; and 6
1814	1814	(B) with respect to the joint resolution of 7
1815	1815	the House receiving the resolution— 8
1816	1816	(i) the procedure in that House shall 9
1817	1817	be the same as if no joint resolution had 10
1818	1818	been received from the other House; and 11
1819	1819	(ii) the vote on passage shall be on 12
1820	1820	the joint resolution of the other House. 13
1821	1821	(2) T
1822	1822	REATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF 14
1823	1823	OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce or 15
1824	1824	consider the joint resolution under this section, the 16
1825	1825	joint resolution of the other House shall be entitled 17
1826	1826	to expedited floor procedures under this section. 18
1827	1827	(3) T
1828	1828	REATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES .— 19
1829	1829	If, following passage of the joint resolution in the 20
1830	1830	Senate, the Senate receives the companion measure 21
1831	1831	from the House of Representatives, the companion 22
1832	1832	measure shall not be debatable. 23
1833	1833	(e) R
1834	1834	ULES OFHOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES AND 24
1835	1835	S
1836	1836	ENATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 25
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1839	1839	•S 51 IS
1840	1840	(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 1
1841	1841	the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-2
1842	1842	tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 3
1843	1843	each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-4
1844	1844	spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 5
1845	1845	in the case of the joint resolution, and supersede 6
1846	1846	other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 7
1847	1847	with such rules; and 8
1848	1848	(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 9
1849	1849	right of either House to change the rules (so far as 10
1850	1850	relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 11
1851	1851	in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 12
1852	1852	the case of any other rule of that House. 13
1853	1853	TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF 14
1854	1854	CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 15
1855	1855	RESPONSIBILITIES 16
1856	1856	Subtitle A—Employee Benefits 17
1857	1857	SEC. 301. FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN 18
1858	1858	RETIREMENT PROGRAMS. 19
1859	1859	(a) C
1860	1860	ONTINUATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO PAY-20
1861	1861	MENTS.—Any individual who, as of the day before the date 21
1862	1862	of the admission of the State into the Union, is entitled 22
1863	1863	to a Federal benefit payment under the District of Colum-23
1864	1864	bia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 (subtitle A of title 24
1865	1865	XI of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Govern-25
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1868	1868	•S 51 IS
1869	1869	ment Improvement Act of 1997; sec. 1–801.01 et seq., 1
1870	1870	D.C. Official Code) shall continue to be entitled to such 2
1871	1871	a payment after the admission of the State into the Union, 3
1872	1872	in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to 4
1873	1873	the same terms and conditions applicable under such Act. 5
1874	1874	(b) O
1875	1875	BLIGATIONS OFFEDERALGOVERNMENT.— 6
1876	1876	(1) I
1877	1877	N GENERAL.—Any obligation of the Fed-7
1878	1878	eral Government under the District of Columbia Re-8
1879	1879	tirement Protection Act of 1997 which exists with 9
1880	1880	respect to any individual or with respect to the Dis-10
1881	1881	trict of Columbia as of the day before the date of 11
1882	1882	the admission of the State into the Union shall re-12
1883	1883	main in effect with respect to such an individual and 13
1884	1884	with respect to the State after the admission of the 14
1885	1885	State into the Union, in the same manner, to the 15
1886	1886	same extent, and subject to the same terms and con-16
1887	1887	ditions applicable under such Act. 17
1888	1888	(2) D.C.
1889	1889	FEDERAL PENSION FUND .—Any obli-18
1890	1890	gation of the Federal Government under chapter 9 19
1891	1891	of the District of Columbia Retirement Protection 20
1892	1892	Act of 1997 (sec. 1–817.01 et seq., D.C. Official 21
1893	1893	Code) with respect to the D.C. Federal Pension 22
1894	1894	Fund which exists as of the day before the date of 23
1895	1895	the admission of the State into the Union shall re-24
1896	1896	main in effect with respect to such Fund after the 25
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1900	1900	admission of the State into the Union, in the same 1
1901	1901	manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same 2
1902	1902	terms and conditions applicable under such chapter. 3
1903	1903	(c) O
1904	1904	BLIGATIONS OFSTATE.—Any obligation of the 4
1905	1905	District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Re-5
1906	1906	tirement Protection Act of 1997 which exists with respect 6
1907	1907	to any individual or with respect to the Federal Govern-7
1908	1908	ment as of the day before the date of the admission of 8
1909	1909	the State into the Union shall become an obligation of the 9
1910	1910	State with respect to such an individual and with respect 10
1911	1911	to the Federal Government after the admission of the 11
1912	1912	State into the Union, in the same manner, to the same 12
1913	1913	extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions ap-13
1914	1914	plicable under such Act. 14
1915	1915	SEC. 302. CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE BEN-15
1916	1916	EFITS FOR EMPLOYEES FIRST EMPLOYED 16
1917	1917	PRIOR TO ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT OF 17
1918	1918	COLUMBIA MERIT PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 18
1919	1919	(a) O
1920	1920	BLIGATIONS OFFEDERALGOVERNMENT.—Any 19
1921	1921	obligation of the Federal Government under title 5, United 20
1922	1922	States Code, which exists with respect to an individual de-21
1923	1923	scribed in subsection (c) or with respect to the District 22
1924	1924	of Columbia as of the day before the date of the admission 23
1925	1925	of the State into the Union shall remain in effect with 24
1926	1926	respect to such individual and with respect to the State 25
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1930	1930	after the admission of the State into the Union, in the 1
1931	1931	same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same 2
1932	1932	terms and conditions applicable under such title. 3
1933	1933	(b) O
1934	1934	BLIGATIONS OFSTATE.—Any obligation of the 4
1935	1935	District of Columbia under title 5, United States Code, 5
1936	1936	which exists with respect to an individual described in sub-6
1937	1937	section (c) or with respect to the Federal Government as 7
1938	1938	of the day before the date of the admission of the State 8
1939	1939	into the Union shall become an obligation of the State with 9
1940	1940	respect to such individual and with respect to the Federal 10
1941	1941	Government after the admission of the State into the 11
1942	1942	Union, in the same manner, to the same extent, and sub-12
1943	1943	ject to the same terms and conditions applicable under 13
1944	1944	such title. 14
1945	1945	(c) I
1946	1946	NDIVIDUALSDESCRIBED.—An individual de-15
1947	1947	scribed in this subsection is an individual who was first 16
1948	1948	employed by the government of the District of Columbia 17
1949	1949	before October 1, 1987. 18
1950	1950	SEC. 303. OBLIGATIONS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER 19
1951	1951	JUDGES’ RETIREMENT PROGRAM. 20
1952	1952	(a) C
1953	1953	ONTINUATION OFOBLIGATIONS.— 21
1954	1954	(1) I
1955	1955	N GENERAL.—Any obligation of the Fed-22
1956	1956	eral Government under subchapter III of chapter 15 23
1957	1957	of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code— 24
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1960	1960	•S 51 IS
1961	1961	(A) which exists with respect to any indi-1
1962	1962	vidual and the District of Columbia as the re-2
1963	1963	sult of service accrued prior to the date of the 3
1964	1964	admission of the State into the Union shall re-4
1965	1965	main in effect with respect to such an indi-5
1966	1966	vidual and with respect to the State after the 6
1967	1967	admission of the State into the Union, in the 7
1968	1968	same manner, to the same extent, and subject 8
1969	1969	to the same terms and conditions applicable 9
1970	1970	under such subchapter; and 10
1971	1971	(B) subject to paragraph (2), shall exist 11
1972	1972	with respect to any individual and the State as 12
1973	1973	the result of service accrued after the date of 13
1974	1974	the admission of the State into the Union in the 14
1975	1975	same manner, to the same extent, and subject 15
1976	1976	to the same terms and conditions applicable 16
1977	1977	under such subchapter as such obligation ex-17
1978	1978	isted with respect to individuals and the Dis-18
1979	1979	trict of Columbia as of the date of the admis-19
1980	1980	sion of the State into the Union. 20
1981	1981	(2) T
1982	1982	REATMENT OF SERVICE ACCRUED AFTER 21
1983	1983	TAKING EFFECT OF STATE RETIREMENT PRO -22
1984	1984	GRAM.—Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) does 23
1985	1985	not apply to service accrued on or after the termi-24
1986	1986	nation date described in subsection (b). 25
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1989	1989	•S 51 IS
1990	1990	(b) TERMINATIONDATE.—The termination date de-1
1991	1991	scribed in this subsection is the date on which the State 2
1992	1992	provides written certification to the President that the 3
1993	1993	State has in effect laws requiring the State to appropriate 4
1994	1994	and make available funds for the retirement of judges of 5
1995	1995	the State. 6
1996	1996	Subtitle B—Agencies 7
1997	1997	SEC. 311. PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE. 8
1998	1998	(a) C
1999	1999	ONTINUATION OF OPERATIONS AND FUND-9
2000	2000	ING.— 10
2001	2001	(1) I
2002	2002	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11
2003	2003	graph (2) and subsection (b), title III of the District 12
2004	2004	of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure 13
2005	2005	Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1601 et seq., D.C. Official 14
2006	2006	Code) shall apply with respect to the State and to 15
2007	2007	the public defender service of the State after the 16
2008	2008	date of the admission of the State into the Union in 17
2009	2009	the same manner and to the same extent as such 18
2010	2010	title applied with respect to the District of Columbia 19
2011	2011	and the District of Columbia Public Defender Serv-20
2012	2012	ice as of the day before the date of the admission 21
2013	2013	of the State into the Union. 22
2014	2014	(2) R
2015	2015	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -23
2016	2016	TRIBUTION.—For purposes of paragraph (2) of sec-24
2017	2017	tion 305(c) of such Act (sec. 2–1605(c)(2), D.C. Of-25
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2020	2020	•S 51 IS
2021	2021	ficial Code), the Federal Government shall be treat-1
2022	2022	ed as the employing agency with respect to the bene-2
2023	2023	fits provided under such section to an individual who 3
2024	2024	is an employee of the public defender service of the 4
2025	2025	State and who, pursuant to section 305(c) of such 5
2026	2026	Act (sec. 2–1605(c), D.C. Official Code), is treated 6
2027	2027	as an employee of the Federal Government for pur-7
2028	2028	poses of receiving benefits under any chapter of sub-8
2029	2029	part G of part III of title 5, United States Code. 9
2030	2030	(b) R
2031	2031	ENAMING OFSERVICE.—Effective upon the date 10
2032	2032	of the admission of the State into the Union, the State 11
2033	2033	may rename the public defender service of the State. 12
2034	2034	(c) C
2035	2035	ONTINUATION OFFEDERALBENEFITS FOREM-13
2036	2036	PLOYEES.— 14
2037	2037	(1) I
2038	2038	N GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 15
2039	2039	employee of the public defender service of the State 16
2040	2040	as of the day before the date described in subsection 17
2041	2041	(d) and who, pursuant to section 305(c) of the Dis-18
2042	2042	trict of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Proce-19
2043	2043	dure Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1605(c), D.C. Official 20
2044	2044	Code), is treated as an employee of the Federal Gov-21
2045	2045	ernment for purposes of receiving benefits under any 22
2046	2046	chapter of subpart G of part III of title 5, United 23
2047	2047	States Code, shall continue to be treated as an em-24
2048	2048	ployee of the Federal Government for such purposes, 25
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2051	2051	•S 51 IS
2052	2052	notwithstanding the termination of the provisions of 1
2053	2053	subsection (a) under subsection (d). 2
2054	2054	(2) R
2055	2055	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -3
2056	2056	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 4
2057	2057	subsection (d), the State shall be treated as the em-5
2058	2058	ploying agency with respect to the benefits described 6
2059	2059	in paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 7
2060	2060	who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-8
2061	2061	tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 9
2062	2062	Government under such paragraph. 10
2063	2063	(d) T
2064	2064	ERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall terminate 11
2065	2065	upon the date on which the State provides written certifi-12
2066	2066	cation to the President that the State has in effect laws 13
2067	2067	requiring the State to appropriate and make available 14
2068	2068	funds for the operation of the office of the State which 15
2069	2069	provides the services described in title III of the District 16
2070	2070	of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act 17
2071	2071	of 1970 (sec. 2–1601 et seq., D.C. Official Code). 18
2072	2072	SEC. 312. PROSECUTIONS. 19
2073	2073	(a) A
2074	2074	SSIGNMENT OFASSISTANTUNITEDSTATESAT-20
2075	2075	TORNEYS.— 21
2076	2076	(1) I
2077	2077	N GENERAL.—In accordance with sub-22
2078	2078	chapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 23
2079	2079	Code, the Attorney General, with the concurrence of 24
2080	2080	the District of Columbia or the State (as the case 25
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2083	2083	•S 51 IS
2084	2084	may be), shall provide for the assignment of assist-1
2085	2085	ant United States attorneys to the State to carry 2
2086	2086	out the functions described in subsection (b). 3
2087	2087	(2) A
2088	2088	SSIGNMENTS MADE ON DETAIL WITHOUT 4
2089	2089	REIMBURSEMENT BY STATE .—In accordance with 5
2090	2090	section 3373 of title 5, United States Code— 6
2091	2091	(A) an assistant United States attorney 7
2092	2092	who is assigned to the State under this section 8
2093	2093	shall be deemed under subsection (a) of such 9
2094	2094	section to be on detail to a regular work assign-10
2095	2095	ment in the Department of Justice; and 11
2096	2096	(B) the assignment of an assistant United 12
2097	2097	States attorney to the State under this section 13
2098	2098	shall be made without reimbursement by the 14
2099	2099	State of the pay of the attorney or any related 15
2100	2100	expenses. 16
2101	2101	(b) F
2102	2102	UNCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The functions de-17
2103	2103	scribed in this subsection are criminal prosecutions con-18
2104	2104	ducted in the name of the State which would have been 19
2105	2105	conducted in the name of the United States by the United 20
2106	2106	States attorney for the District of Columbia or his or her 21
2107	2107	assistants, as provided under section 23–101(c), District 22
2108	2108	of Columbia Official Code, but for the admission of the 23
2109	2109	State into the Union. 24
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2112	2112	•S 51 IS
2113	2113	(c) MINIMUMNUMBERASSIGNED.—The number of 1
2114	2114	assistant United States attorneys who are assigned under 2
2115	2115	this section may not be less than the number of assistant 3
2116	2116	United States attorneys whose principal duties as of the 4
2117	2117	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 5
2118	2118	Union were to conduct criminal prosecutions in the name 6
2119	2119	of the United States under section 23–101(c), District of 7
2120	2120	Columbia Official Code. 8
2121	2121	(d) T
2122	2122	ERMINATION.—The obligation of the Attorney 9
2123	2123	General to provide for the assignment of assistant United 10
2124	2124	States attorneys under this section shall terminate upon 11
2125	2125	written certification by the State to the President that the 12
2126	2126	State has appointed attorneys of the State to carry out 13
2127	2127	the functions described in subsection (b). 14
2128	2128	(e) C
2129	2129	LARIFICATIONREGARDINGCLEMENCYAU-15
2130	2130	THORITY.— 16
2131	2131	(1) I
2132	2132	N GENERAL.—Effective upon the admission 17
2133	2133	of the State into the Union, the authority to grant 18
2134	2134	clemency for offenses against the District of Colum-19
2135	2135	bia or the State shall be exercised by such person or 20
2136	2136	persons, and under such terms and conditions, as 21
2137	2137	provided by the State Constitution and the laws of 22
2138	2138	the State, without regard to whether the prosecution 23
2139	2139	for the offense was conducted by the District of Co-24
2140	2140	lumbia, the State, or the United States. 25
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2143	2143	•S 51 IS
2144	2144	(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 1
2145	2145	‘‘clemency’’ means a pardon, reprieve, or commuta-2
2146	2146	tion of sentence, or a remission of a fine or other 3
2147	2147	financial penalty. 4
2148	2148	SEC. 313. SERVICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHALS. 5
2149	2149	(a) P
2150	2150	ROVISION OF SERVICES FOR COURTS OF 6
2151	2151	S
2152	2152	TATE.—The United States Marshals Service shall pro-7
2153	2153	vide services with respect to the courts and court system 8
2154	2154	of the State in the same manner and to the same extent 9
2155	2155	as the Service provided services with respect to the courts 10
2156	2156	and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 11
2157	2157	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 12
2158	2158	Union, except that the President shall not appoint a 13
2159	2159	United States Marshal under section 561 of title 28, 14
2160	2160	United States Code, for any court of the State. 15
2161	2161	(b) T
2162	2162	ERMINATION.—The obligation of the United 16
2163	2163	States Marshals Service to provide services under this sec-17
2164	2164	tion shall terminate upon written certification by the State 18
2165	2165	to the President that the State has appointed personnel 19
2166	2166	of the State to provide such services. 20
2167	2167	SEC. 314. DESIGNATION OF FELONS TO FACILITIES OF BU-21
2168	2168	REAU OF PRISONS. 22
2169	2169	(a) C
2170	2170	ONTINUATION OFDESIGNATION.—Chapter 1 of 23
2171	2171	subtitle C of title XI of the National Capital Revitalization 24
2172	2172	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 24– 25
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2175	2175	•S 51 IS
2176	2176	101 et seq., D.C. Official Code) and the amendments 1
2177	2177	made by such chapter— 2
2178	2178	(1) shall continue to apply with respect to indi-3
2179	2179	viduals convicted of offenses under the laws of the 4
2180	2180	District of Columbia prior to the date of the admis-5
2181	2181	sion of the State into the Union; and 6
2182	2182	(2) shall apply with respect to individuals con-7
2183	2183	victed of offenses under the laws of the State after 8
2184	2184	the date of the admission of the State into the 9
2185	2185	Union in the same manner and to the same extent 10
2186	2186	as such chapter and amendments applied with re-11
2187	2187	spect to individuals convicted of offenses under the 12
2188	2188	laws of the District of Columbia prior to the date of 13
2189	2189	the admission of the State into the Union. 14
2190	2190	(b) T
2191	2191	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 15
2192	2192	shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 16
2193	2193	the President that the State has in effect laws for the 17
2194	2194	housing of individuals described in subsection (a) in cor-18
2195	2195	rectional facilities. 19
2196	2196	SEC. 315. PAROLE AND SUPERVISION. 20
2197	2197	(a) U
2198	2198	NITEDSTATESPAROLECOMMISSION.— 21
2199	2199	(1) P
2200	2200	AROLE.—The United States Parole Com-22
2201	2201	mission— 23
2202	2202	(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 24
2203	2203	to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and to im-25
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2206	2206	•S 51 IS
2207	2207	pose conditions upon an order of parole, in the 1
2208	2208	case of any individual who is an imprisoned 2
2209	2209	felon who is eligible for parole or reparole under 3
2210	2210	the laws of the District of Columbia as of the 4
2211	2211	day before the date of the admission of the 5
2212	2212	State into the Union, as provided under section 6
2213	2213	11231 of the National Capital Revitalization 7
2214	2214	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 8
2215	2215	(sec. 24–131, D.C. Official Code); and 9
2216	2216	(B) shall exercise the authority to grant, 10
2217	2217	deny, and revoke parole, and to impose condi-11
2218	2218	tions upon an order of parole, in the case of 12
2219	2219	any individual who is an imprisoned felon who 13
2220	2220	is eligible for parole or reparole under the laws 14
2221	2221	of the State in the same manner and to the 15
2222	2222	same extent as the Commission exercised in the 16
2223	2223	case of any individual described in subpara-17
2224	2224	graph (A). 18
2225	2225	(2) S
2226	2226	UPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS .— 19
2227	2227	The United States Parole Commission— 20
2228	2228	(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 21
2229	2229	over individuals who are released offenders of 22
2230	2230	the District of Columbia as of the day before 23
2231	2231	the date of the admission of the State into the 24
2232	2232	Union, as provided under section 11233(c)(2) 25
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2235	2235	•S 51 IS
2236	2236	of the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 1
2237	2237	Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 2
2238	2238	24–133(c)(2), D.C. Official Code); and 3
2239	2239	(B) shall exercise authority over individ-4
2240	2240	uals who are released offenders of the State in 5
2241	2241	the same manner and to the same extent as the 6
2242	2242	Commission exercised authority over individuals 7
2243	2243	described in subparagraph (A). 8
2244	2244	(3) C
2245	2245	ONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 9
2246	2246	EMPLOYEES.— 10
2247	2247	(A) C
2248	2248	ONTINUATION.—Any individual who 11
2249	2249	is an employee of the United States Parole 12
2250	2250	Commission as of the later of the day before 13
2251	2251	the date described in subparagraph (A) of para-14
2252	2252	graph (4) or the day before the date described 15
2253	2253	in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) and who, 16
2254	2254	on or after such date, is an employee of the of-17
2255	2255	fice of the State which exercises the authority 18
2256	2256	described in either such subparagraph, shall 19
2257	2257	continue to be treated as an employee of the 20
2258	2258	Federal Government for purposes of receiving 21
2259	2259	benefits under any chapter of subpart G of part 22
2260	2260	III of title 5, United States Code, notwith-23
2261	2261	standing the termination of the provisions of 24
2262	2262	this subsection under paragraph (4). 25
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2265	2265	•S 51 IS
2266	2266	(B) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -1
2267	2267	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the later of the date 2
2268	2268	described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) 3
2269	2269	or the date described in subparagraph (B) of 4
2270	2270	paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as the 5
2271	2271	employing agency with respect to the benefits 6
2272	2272	described in subparagraph (A) which are pro-7
2273	2273	vided to an individual who, for purposes of re-8
2274	2274	ceiving such benefits, is continued to be treated 9
2275	2275	as an employee of the Federal Government 10
2276	2276	under such subparagraph. 11
2277	2277	(4) T
2278	2278	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this sub-12
2279	2279	section shall terminate— 13
2280	2280	(A) in the case of paragraph (1), on the 14
2281	2281	date on which the State provides written certifi-15
2282	2282	cation to the President that the State has in ef-16
2283	2283	fect laws providing for the State to exercise the 17
2284	2284	authority to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and 18
2285	2285	to impose conditions upon an order of parole, in 19
2286	2286	the case of any individual who is an imprisoned 20
2287	2287	felon who is eligible for parole or reparole under 21
2288	2288	the laws of the State; and 22
2289	2289	(B) in the case of paragraph (2), on the 23
2290	2290	date on which the State provides written certifi-24
2291	2291	cation to the President that the State has in ef-25
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2294	2294	•S 51 IS
2295	2295	fect laws providing for the State to exercise au-1
2296	2296	thority over individuals who are released offend-2
2297	2297	ers of the State. 3
2298	2298	(b) C
2299	2299	OURTSERVICES ANDOFFENDERSUPERVISION 4
2300	2300	A
2301	2301	GENCY.— 5
2302	2302	(1) R
2303	2303	ENAMING.—Effective upon the date of the 6
2304	2304	admission of the State into the Union— 7
2305	2305	(A) the Court Services and Offender Su-8
2306	2306	pervision Agency for the District of Columbia 9
2307	2307	shall be known and designated as the Court 10
2308	2308	Services and Offender Supervision Agency for 11
2309	2309	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and any 12
2310	2310	reference in any law, rule, or regulation to the 13
2311	2311	Court Services and Offender Supervision Agen-14
2312	2312	cy for the District of Columbia shall be deemed 15
2313	2313	to refer to the Court Services and Offender Su-16
2314	2314	pervision Agency for Washington, Douglass 17
2315	2315	Commonwealth; and 18
2316	2316	(B) the District of Columbia Pretrial Serv-19
2317	2317	ices Agency shall be known and designated as 20
2318	2318	the Washington, Douglass Commonwealth Pre-21
2319	2319	trial Services Agency, and any reference in any 22
2320	2320	law, rule or regulation to the District of Colum-23
2321	2321	bia Pretrial Services Agency shall be deemed to 24
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2324	2324	•S 51 IS
2325	2325	refer to the Washington, Douglass Common-1
2326	2326	wealth Pretrial Services Agency. 2
2327	2327	(2) I
2328	2328	N GENERAL.—The Court Services and Of-3
2329	2329	fender Supervision Agency for Washington, Doug-4
2330	2330	lass Commonwealth, including the Washington, 5
2331	2331	Douglass Commonwealth Pretrial Services Agency 6
2332	2332	(as renamed under paragraph (1))— 7
2333	2333	(A) shall continue to provide pretrial serv-8
2334	2334	ices with respect to individuals who are charged 9
2335	2335	with an offense in the District of Columbia, 10
2336	2336	provide supervision for individuals who are of-11
2337	2337	fenders on probation, parole, and supervised re-12
2338	2338	lease pursuant to the laws of the District of Co-13
2339	2339	lumbia, and carry out sex offender registration 14
2340	2340	functions with respect to individuals who are 15
2341	2341	sex offenders in the District of Columbia, as of 16
2342	2342	the day before the date of the admission of the 17
2343	2343	State into the Union, as provided under section 18
2344	2344	11233 of the National Capital Revitalization 19
2345	2345	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 20
2346	2346	(sec. 24–133, D.C. Official Code); and 21
2347	2347	(B) shall provide pretrial services with re-22
2348	2348	spect to individuals who are charged with an of-23
2349	2349	fense in the State, provide supervision for of-24
2350	2350	fenders on probation, parole, and supervised re-25
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2353	2353	•S 51 IS
2354	2354	lease pursuant to the laws of the State, and 1
2355	2355	carry out sex offender registration functions in 2
2356	2356	the State, in the same manner and to the same 3
2357	2357	extent as the Agency provided such services and 4
2358	2358	supervision and carried out such functions for 5
2359	2359	individuals described in subparagraph (A). 6
2360	2360	(3) C
2361	2361	ONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 7
2362	2362	EMPLOYEES.— 8
2363	2363	(A) C
2364	2364	ONTINUATION.—Any individual who 9
2365	2365	is an employee of the Court Services and Of-10
2366	2366	fender Supervision Agency for Washington, 11
2367	2367	Douglass Commonwealth as of the day before 12
2368	2368	the date described in paragraph (4), and who, 13
2369	2369	on or after such date, is an employee of the of-14
2370	2370	fice of the State which provides the services and 15
2371	2371	carries out the functions described in paragraph 16
2372	2372	(4), shall continue to be treated as an employee 17
2373	2373	of the Federal Government for purposes of re-18
2374	2374	ceiving benefits under any chapter of subpart G 19
2375	2375	of part III of title 5, United States Code, not-20
2376	2376	withstanding the termination of the provisions 21
2377	2377	of paragraph (2) under paragraph (4). 22
2378	2378	(B) R
2379	2379	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -23
2380	2380	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described 24
2381	2381	in paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as 25
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2384	2384	•S 51 IS
2385	2385	the employing agency with respect to the bene-1
2386	2386	fits described in subparagraph (A) which are 2
2387	2387	provided to an individual who, for purposes of 3
2388	2388	receiving such benefits, is continued to be treat-4
2389	2389	ed as an employee of the Federal Government 5
2390	2390	under such subparagraph. 6
2391	2391	(4) T
2392	2392	ERMINATION.—Paragraph (2) shall termi-7
2393	2393	nate on the date on which the State provides written 8
2394	2394	certification to the President that the State has in 9
2395	2395	effect laws providing for the State to provide pretrial 10
2396	2396	services, supervise offenders on probation, parole, 11
2397	2397	and supervised release, and carry out sex offender 12
2398	2398	registration functions in the State. 13
2399	2399	SEC. 316. COURTS. 14
2400	2400	(a) C
2401	2401	ONTINUATION OFOPERATIONS.— 15
2402	2402	(1) I
2403	2403	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-16
2404	2404	graphs (2) and (3) and subsection (b), title 11, Dis-17
2405	2405	trict of Columbia Official Code, as in effect on the 18
2406	2406	date before the date of the admission of the State 19
2407	2407	into the Union, shall apply with respect to the State 20
2408	2408	and the courts and court system of the State after 21
2409	2409	the date of the admission of the State into the 22
2410	2410	Union in the same manner and to the same extent 23
2411	2411	as such title applied with respect to the District of 24
2412	2412	Columbia and the courts and court system of the 25
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2415	2415	•S 51 IS
2416	2416	District of Columbia as of the day before the date 1
2417	2417	of the admission of the State into the Union. 2
2418	2418	(2) R
2419	2419	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -3
2420	2420	TRIBUTION.—For purposes of paragraph (2) of sec-4
2421	2421	tion 11–1726(b) and paragraph (2) of section 11– 5
2422	2422	1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, the 6
2423	2423	Federal Government shall be treated as the employ-7
2424	2424	ing agency with respect to the benefits provided 8
2425	2425	under such section to an individual who is an em-9
2426	2426	ployee of the courts and court system of the State 10
2427	2427	and who, pursuant to either such paragraph, is 11
2428	2428	treated as an employee of the Federal Government 12
2429	2429	for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 13
2430	2430	of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 14
2431	2431	Code. 15
2432	2432	(3) O
2433	2433	THER EXCEPTIONS.— 16
2434	2434	(A) S
2435	2435	ELECTION OF JUDGES .—Effective 17
2436	2436	upon the date of the admission of the State into 18
2437	2437	the Union, the State shall select judges for any 19
2438	2438	vacancy on the courts of the State. 20
2439	2439	(B) R
2440	2440	ENAMING OF COURTS AND OTHER 21
2441	2441	OFFICES.—Effective upon the date of the ad-22
2442	2442	mission of the State into the Union, the State 23
2443	2443	may rename any of its courts and any of the 24
2444	2444	other offices of its court system. 25
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2448	2448	(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 1
2449	2449	in this paragraph shall be construed— 2
2450	2450	(i) to affect the service of any judge 3
2451	2451	serving on a court of the District of Co-4
2452	2452	lumbia on the day before the date of the 5
2453	2453	admission of the State into the Union, or 6
2454	2454	to require the State to select such a judge 7
2455	2455	for a vacancy on a court of the State; or 8
2456	2456	(ii) to waive any of the requirements 9
2457	2457	of chapter 15 of title 11, District of Co-10
2458	2458	lumbia Official Code (other than section 11
2459	2459	11–1501(a) of such Code), including sub-12
2460	2460	chapter II of such chapter (relating to the 13
2461	2461	District of Columbia Commission on Judi-14
2462	2462	cial Disabilities and Tenure), with respect 15
2463	2463	to the appointment and service of judges of 16
2464	2464	the courts of the State. 17
2465	2465	(b) C
2466	2466	ONTINUATION OFFEDERALBENEFITS FOREM-18
2467	2467	PLOYEES.— 19
2468	2468	(1) I
2469	2469	N GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 20
2470	2470	employee of the courts or court system of the State 21
2471	2471	as of the day before the date described in subsection 22
2472	2472	(e) and who, pursuant to section 11–1726(b) or sec-23
2473	2473	tion 11–1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, 24
2474	2474	is treated as an employee of the Federal Government 25
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2477	2477	•S 51 IS
2478	2478	for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 1
2479	2479	of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 2
2480	2480	Code, shall continue to be treated as an employee of 3
2481	2481	the Federal Government for such purposes, notwith-4
2482	2482	standing the termination of the provisions of this 5
2483	2483	section under subsection (e). 6
2484	2484	(2) R
2485	2485	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -7
2486	2486	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 8
2487	2487	subsection (e), the State shall be treated as the em-9
2488	2488	ploying agency with respect to the benefits described 10
2489	2489	in paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 11
2490	2490	who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-12
2491	2491	tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 13
2492	2492	Government under such paragraph. 14
2493	2493	(c) C
2494	2494	ONTINUATION OFFUNDING.—Section 11241 of 15
2495	2495	the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 16
2496	2496	Improvement Act of 1997 (section 11–1743 note, District 17
2497	2497	of Columbia Official Code) shall apply with respect to the 18
2498	2498	State and the courts and court system of the State after 19
2499	2499	the date of the admission of the State into the Union in 20
2500	2500	the same manner and to the same extent as such section 21
2501	2501	applied with respect to the Joint Committee on Judicial 22
2502	2502	Administration in the District of Columbia and the courts 23
2503	2503	and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 24
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2506	2506	•S 51 IS
2507	2507	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 1
2508	2508	Union. 2
2509	2509	(d) T
2510	2510	REATMENT OFCOURTRECEIPTS.— 3
2511	2511	(1) D
2512	2512	EPOSIT OF RECEIPTS INTO TREASURY .— 4
2513	2513	Except as provided in paragraph (2), all money re-5
2514	2514	ceived by the courts and court system of the State 6
2515	2515	shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 7
2516	2516	States. 8
2517	2517	(2) C
2518	2518	RIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND .— 9
2519	2519	Section 16 of the Victims of Violent Crime Com-10
2520	2520	pensation Act of 1996 (sec. 4–515, D.C. Official 11
2521	2521	Code), relating to the Crime Victims Compensation 12
2522	2522	Fund, shall apply with respect to the courts and 13
2523	2523	court system of the State in the same manner and 14
2524	2524	to the same extent as such section applied to the 15
2525	2525	courts and court system of the District of Columbia 16
2526	2526	as of the day before the date of the admission of the 17
2527	2527	State into the Union. 18
2528	2528	(e) T
2529	2529	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 19
2530	2530	other than paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and except as 20
2531	2531	provided under subsection (b), shall terminate on the date 21
2532	2532	on which the State provides written certification to the 22
2533	2533	President that the State has in effect laws requiring the 23
2534	2534	State to appropriate and make available funds for the op-24
2535	2535	eration of the courts and court system of the State. 25
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2539	2539	Subtitle C—Other Programs and 1
2540	2540	Authorities 2
2541	2541	SEC. 321. APPLICATION OF THE COLLEGE ACCESS ACT. 3
2542	2542	(a) C
2543	2543	ONTINUATION.—The District of Columbia Col-4
2544	2544	lege Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; sec. 38– 5
2545	2545	2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall apply with respect 6
2546	2546	to the State, and to the public institution of higher edu-7
2547	2547	cation designated by the State as the successor to the Uni-8
2548	2548	versity of the District of Columbia, after the date of the 9
2549	2549	admission of the State into the Union in the same manner 10
2550	2550	and to the same extent as such Act applied with respect 11
2551	2551	to the District of Columbia and the University of the Dis-12
2552	2552	trict of Columbia as of the day before the date of the ad-13
2553	2553	mission of the State into the Union. 14
2554	2554	(b) T
2555	2555	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 15
2556	2556	other than with respect to the public institution of higher 16
2557	2557	education designated by the State as the successor to the 17
2558	2558	University of the District of Columbia, shall terminate 18
2559	2559	upon written certification by the State to the President 19
2560	2560	that the State has in effect laws requiring the State to 20
2561	2561	provide tuition assistance substantially similar to the as-21
2562	2562	sistance provided under the District of Columbia College 22
2563	2563	Access Act of 1999. 23
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2566	2566	•S 51 IS
2567	2567	SEC. 322. APPLICATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OP-1
2568	2568	PORTUNITY AND RESULTS ACT. 2
2569	2569	(a) C
2570	2570	ONTINUATION.—The Scholarships for Oppor-3
2571	2571	tunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112– 4
2572	2572	10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall 5
2573	2573	apply with respect to the State after the date of the admis-6
2574	2574	sion of the State into the Union in the same manner and 7
2575	2575	to the same extent as such Act applied with respect to 8
2576	2576	the District of Columbia as of the day before the date of 9
2577	2577	the admission of the State into the Union. 10
2578	2578	(b) T
2579	2579	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 11
2580	2580	shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 12
2581	2581	the President that the State has in effect laws requiring 13
2582	2582	the State— 14
2583	2583	(1) to provide tuition assistance substantially 15
2584	2584	similar to the assistance provided under the Scholar-16
2585	2585	ships for Opportunity and Results Act; and 17
2586	2586	(2) to provide supplemental funds to the public 18
2587	2587	schools and public charter schools of the State in the 19
2588	2588	amounts provided in the most recent fiscal year for 20
2589	2589	public schools and public charter schools of the State 21
2590	2590	or the District of Columbia (as the case may be) 22
2591	2591	under such Act. 23
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2594	2594	•S 51 IS
2595	2595	SEC. 323. MEDICAID FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PER-1
2596	2596	CENTAGE. 2
2597	2597	(a) C
2598	2598	ONTINUATION.—Notwithstanding section 3
2599	2599	1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), 4
2600	2600	during the period beginning on the date of the admission 5
2601	2601	of the State into the Union and ending on September 30 6
2602	2602	of the fiscal year during which the State submits the cer-7
2603	2603	tification described in subsection (b), the Federal medical 8
2604	2604	assistance percentage for the State under title XIX of 9
2605	2605	such Act shall be the Federal medical assistance percent-10
2606	2606	age for the District of Columbia under such title as of 11
2607	2607	the day before the date of the admission of the State into 12
2608	2608	the Union. 13
2609	2609	(b) T
2610	2610	ERMINATION.—The certification described in 14
2611	2611	this subsection is a written certification by the State to 15
2612	2612	the President that, during each of the first 5 fiscal years 16
2613	2613	beginning after the date of the certification, the estimated 17
2614	2614	revenues of the State will be sufficient to cover any reduc-18
2615	2615	tion in revenues which may result from the termination 19
2616	2616	of the provisions of this section. 20
2617	2617	SEC. 324. FEDERAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS. 21
2618	2618	(a) N
2619	2619	ATIONALCAPITALPLANNINGCOMMISSION.— 22
2620	2620	(1) C
2621	2621	ONTINUING APPLICATION .—Subject to the 23
2622	2622	amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3), upon 24
2623	2623	the admission of the State into the Union, chapter 25
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2626	2626	•S 51 IS
2627	2627	87 of title 40, United States Code, shall apply as 1
2628	2628	follows: 2
2629	2629	(A) Such chapter shall apply with respect 3
2630	2630	to the Capital in the same manner and to the 4
2631	2631	same extent as such chapter applied with re-5
2632	2632	spect to the District of Columbia as of the day 6
2633	2633	before the date of the admission of the State 7
2634	2634	into the Union. 8
2635	2635	(B) Such chapter shall apply with respect 9
2636	2636	to the State in the same manner and to the 10
2637	2637	same extent as such chapter applied with re-11
2638	2638	spect to the State of Maryland and the Com-12
2639	2639	monwealth of Virginia as of the day before the 13
2640	2640	date of the admission of the State into the 14
2641	2641	Union. 15
2642	2642	(2) C
2643	2643	OMPOSITION OF NATIONAL CAPITAL PLAN -16
2644	2644	NING COMMISSION.—Section 8711(b) of title 40, 17
2645	2645	United States Code, is amended— 18
2646	2646	(A) by amending subparagraph (B) of 19
2647	2647	paragraph (1) to read as follows: 20
2648	2648	‘‘(B) four citizens with experience in city 21
2649	2649	or regional planning, who shall be appointed by 22
2650	2650	the President.’’; and 23
2651	2651	(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 24
2652	2652	follows: 25
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2655	2655	•S 51 IS
2656	2656	‘‘(2) RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT .—Of the four 1
2657	2657	citizen members, one shall be a resident of Virginia, 2
2658	2658	one shall be a resident of Maryland, and one shall 3
2659	2659	be a resident of Washington, Douglass Common-4
2660	2660	wealth.’’. 5
2661	2661	(3) C
2662	2662	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DEFINI -6
2663	2663	TIONS OF TERMS.— 7
2664	2664	(A) E
2665	2665	NVIRONS.—Paragraph (1) of section 8
2666	2666	8702 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 9
2667	2667	territory surrounding the District of Columbia’’ 10
2668	2668	and inserting ‘‘the territory surrounding the 11
2669	2669	National Capital’’. 12
2670	2670	(B) N
2671	2671	ATIONAL CAPITAL.—Paragraph (2) 13
2672	2672	of section 8702 of such title is amended to read 14
2673	2673	as follows: 15
2674	2674	‘‘(2) N
2675	2675	ATIONAL CAPITAL.—The term ‘National 16
2676	2676	Capital’ means the area serving as the seat of the 17
2677	2677	Government of the United States, as described in 18
2678	2678	section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, 19
2679	2679	and the territory the Federal Government owns in 20
2680	2680	the environs.’’. 21
2681	2681	(C) N
2682	2682	ATIONAL CAPITAL REGION .—Sub-22
2683	2683	paragraph (A) of paragraph (3) of section 8702 23
2684	2684	of such title is amended to read as follows: 24
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2687	2687	•S 51 IS
2688	2688	‘‘(A) the National Capital and the State of 1
2689	2689	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth;’’. 2
2690	2690	(b) C
2691	2691	OMMISSION OFFINEARTS.— 3
2692	2692	(1) L
2693	2693	IMITING APPLICATION TO THE CAPITAL .— 4
2694	2694	Section 9102(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, 5
2695	2695	is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 6
2696	2696	and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 7
2697	2697	(2) D
2698	2698	EFINITION.—Section 9102 of such title is 8
2699	2699	amended by adding at the end the following new 9
2700	2700	subsection: 10
2701	2701	‘‘(d) D
2702	2702	EFINITION.—In this chapter, the term ‘Cap-11
2703	2703	ital’ means the area serving as the seat of the Government 12
2704	2704	of the United States, as described in section 112 of the 13
2705	2705	Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 14
2706	2706	(3) C
2707	2707	ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 15
2708	2708	9101(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 16
2709	2709	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 17
2710	2710	(c) C
2711	2711	OMMEMORATIVE WORKSACT.— 18
2712	2712	(1) L
2713	2713	IMITING APPLICATION TO CAPITAL .—Sec-19
2714	2714	tion 8902 of title 40, United States Code, is amend-20
2715	2715	ed by adding at the end the following new sub-21
2716	2716	section: 22
2717	2717	‘‘(c) L
2718	2718	IMITINGAPPLICATION TO CAPITAL.—This 23
2719	2719	chapter applies only with respect to commemorative works 24
2720	2720	in the Capital and its environs.’’. 25
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2723	2723	•S 51 IS
2724	2724	(2) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (2) of section 1
2725	2725	8902(a) of such title is amended to read as follows: 2
2726	2726	‘‘(2) C
2727	2727	APITAL AND ITS ENVIRONS .—The term 3
2728	2728	‘Capital and its environs’ means— 4
2729	2729	‘‘(A) the area serving as the seat of the 5
2730	2730	Government of the United States, as described 6
2731	2731	in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admis-7
2732	2732	sion Act; and 8
2733	2733	‘‘(B) those lands and properties adminis-9
2734	2734	tered by the National Park Service and the 10
2735	2735	General Services Administration located in the 11
2736	2736	Reserve, Area I, and Area II as depicted on the 12
2737	2737	map entitled ‘Commemorative Areas Wash-13
2738	2738	ington, DC and Environs’, numbered 869/ 14
2739	2739	86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, that are lo-15
2740	2740	cated outside of the State of Washington, 16
2741	2741	Douglass Commonwealth.’’. 17
2742	2742	(3) T
2743	2743	EMPORARY SITE DESIGNATION .—Section 18
2744	2744	8907(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 19
2745	2745	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital 20
2746	2746	and its environs’’. 21
2747	2747	(4) G
2748	2748	ENERAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 22
2749	2749	Chapter 89 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 23
2750	2750	District of Columbia and its environs’’ each place it 24
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2753	2753	•S 51 IS
2754	2754	appears in the following sections and inserting ‘‘the 1
2755	2755	Capital and its environs’’: 2
2756	2756	(A) Section 8901(2) and 8901(4). 3
2757	2757	(B) Section 8902(a)(4). 4
2758	2758	(C) Section 8903(d). 5
2759	2759	(D) Section 8904(c). 6
2760	2760	(E) Section 8905(a). 7
2761	2761	(F) Section 8906(a). 8
2762	2762	(G) Section 8909(a) and 8909(b). 9
2763	2763	(5) A
2764	2764	DDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENT .— 10
2765	2765	Section 8901(2) of such title is amended by striking 11
2766	2766	‘‘the urban fabric of the District of Columbia’’ and 12
2767	2767	inserting ‘‘the urban fabric of the area serving as 13
2768	2768	the seat of the Government of the United States, as 14
2769	2769	described in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. 15
2770	2770	Admission Act’’. 16
2771	2771	(d) E
2772	2772	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-17
2773	2773	ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 18
2774	2774	of the admission of the State into the Union. 19
2775	2775	SEC. 325. ROLE OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN SUP-20
2776	2776	PLYING WATER. 21
2777	2777	(a) C
2778	2778	ONTINUATION OF ROLE.—Chapter 95 of title 22
2779	2779	40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 23
2780	2780	the following new section: 24
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2783	2783	•S 51 IS
2784	2784	‘‘§ 9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Wash-1
2785	2785	ington, Douglass Commonwealth 2
2786	2786	‘‘(a) I
2787	2787	NGENERAL.—Effective upon the admission of 3
2788	2788	the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth into 4
2789	2789	the Union, any reference in this chapter to the District 5
2790	2790	of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the Capital or 6
2791	2791	the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, as the 7
2792	2792	case may be. 8
2793	2793	‘‘(b) D
2794	2794	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Capital’ 9
2795	2795	means the area serving as the seat of the Government of 10
2796	2796	the United States, as described in section 112 of the 11
2797	2797	Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 12
2798	2798	(b) C
2799	2799	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 13
2800	2800	of chapter 95 of such title is amended by adding at the 14
2801	2801	end the following: 15
2802	2802	‘‘9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Washington, Douglass Common-
2803	2803	wealth.’’.
2804	2804	SEC. 326. REQUIREMENTS TO BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT OF
2805	2805	16
2806	2806	COLUMBIA. 17
2807	2807	The location of any person in the Capital or Wash-18
2808	2808	ington, Douglass Commonwealth on the day after the date 19
2809	2809	of the admission of the State into the Union shall be 20
2810	2810	deemed to satisfy any requirement under any law in effect 21
2811	2811	as of the day before the date of the admission of the State 22
2812	2812	into the Union that the person be located in the District 23
2813	2813	of Columbia, including the requirements of section 72 of 24
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2816	2816	•S 51 IS
2817	2817	title 4, United States Code (relating to offices of the seat 1
2818	2818	of the Government of the United States), and title 36, 2
2819	2819	United States Code (relating to patriotic and national or-3
2820	2820	ganizations). 4
2821	2821	TITLE IV—GENERAL 5
2822	2822	PROVISIONS 6
2823	2823	SEC. 401. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 7
2824	2824	In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 8
2825	2825	(1) The term ‘‘Capital’’ means the area serving 9
2826	2826	as the seat of the Government of the United States, 10
2827	2827	as described in section 112. 11
2828	2828	(2) The term ‘‘Council’’ means the Council of 12
2829	2829	the District of Columbia. 13
2830	2830	(3) The term ‘‘Mayor’’ means the Mayor of the 14
2831	2831	District of Columbia. 15
2832	2832	(4) Except as otherwise provided, the term 16
2833	2833	‘‘State’’ means the State of Washington, Douglass 17
2834	2834	Commonwealth. 18
2835	2835	(5) The term ‘‘State Constitution’’ means the 19
2836	2836	proposed Constitution of the State of Washington, 20
2837	2837	D.C., as approved by the Council on October 18, 21
2838	2838	2016, pursuant to the Constitution and Boundaries 22
2839	2839	for the State of Washington, D.C. Approval Resolu-23
2840	2840	tion of 2016 (D.C. Resolution R21–621), ratified by 24
2841	2841	District of Columbia voters in Advisory Referendum 25
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2844	2844	•S 51 IS
2845	2845	B approved on November 8, 2016, and certified by 1
2846	2846	the District of Columbia Board of Elections on No-2
2847	2847	vember 18, 2016. 3
2848	2848	SEC. 402. STATEHOOD TRANSITION COMMISSION. 4
2849	2849	(a) E
2850	2850	STABLISHMENT.—There is established the 5
2851	2851	Statehood Transition Commission (hereafter in this sec-6
2852	2852	tion referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 7
2853	2853	(b) C
2854	2854	OMPOSITION.— 8
2855	2855	(1) I
2856	2856	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 9
2857	2857	composed of 18 members as follows: 10
2858	2858	(A) 3 members appointed by the President. 11
2859	2859	(B) 2 members appointed by the Speaker 12
2860	2860	of the House of Representatives. 13
2861	2861	(C) 2 members appointed by the minority 14
2862	2862	leader of the House of Representatives. 15
2863	2863	(D) 2 members appointed by the majority 16
2864	2864	leader of the Senate. 17
2865	2865	(E) 2 members appointed by the minority 18
2866	2866	leader of the Senate. 19
2867	2867	(F) 3 members appointed by the Mayor. 20
2868	2868	(G) 3 members appointed by the Council. 21
2869	2869	(H) The Chief Financial Officer of the 22
2870	2870	District of Columbia. 23
2871	2871	(2) A
2872	2872	PPOINTMENT DATE.— 24
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2875	2875	•S 51 IS
2876	2876	(A) IN GENERAL.—The appointments of 1
2877	2877	the members of the Commission shall be made 2
2878	2878	not later than 90 days after the date of the en-3
2879	2879	actment of this Act. 4
2880	2880	(B) E
2881	2881	FFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT 5
2882	2882	BY APPOINTMENT DATE .—If one or more ap-6
2883	2883	pointments under any of the subparagraphs of 7
2884	2884	paragraph (1) is not made by the appointment 8
2885	2885	date specified in subparagraph (A), the author-9
2886	2886	ity to make such appointment or appointments 10
2887	2887	shall expire, and the number of members of the 11
2888	2888	Commission shall be reduced by the number 12
2889	2889	equal to the number of appointments so not 13
2890	2890	made. 14
2891	2891	(3) T
2892	2892	ERM OF SERVICE.—Each member shall be 15
2893	2893	appointed for the life of the Commission. 16
2894	2894	(4) V
2895	2895	ACANCY.—A vacancy in the Commission 17
2896	2896	shall be filled in the manner in which the original 18
2897	2897	appointment was made. 19
2898	2898	(5) N
2899	2899	O COMPENSATION.—Members shall serve 20
2900	2900	without pay, but shall receive travel expenses, in-21
2901	2901	cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accord-22
2902	2902	ance with applicable provisions under subchapter I 23
2903	2903	of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 24
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2906	2906	•S 51 IS
2907	2907	(6) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR .—The Chair and 1
2908	2908	Vice Chair of the Commission shall be elected by the 2
2909	2909	members of the Commission— 3
2910	2910	(A) with respect to the Chair, from among 4
2911	2911	the members described in subparagraphs (A) 5
2912	2912	through (E) of paragraph (1); and 6
2913	2913	(B) with respect to the Vice Chair, from 7
2914	2914	among the members described in subparagraphs 8
2915	2915	(F) and (G) of paragraph (1). 9
2916	2916	(c) S
2917	2917	TAFF.— 10
2918	2918	(1) D
2919	2919	IRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a 11
2920	2920	Director, who shall be appointed by the Chair. 12
2921	2921	(2) O
2922	2922	THER STAFF.—The Director may appoint 13
2923	2923	and fix the pay of such additional personnel as the 14
2924	2924	Director considers appropriate. 15
2925	2925	(3) N
2926	2926	ON-APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL 16
2927	2927	SERVICE LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Com-17
2928	2928	mission may be appointed without regard to the pro-18
2929	2929	visions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap-19
2930	2930	pointments in the competitive service, and may be 20
2931	2931	paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 21
2932	2932	and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relat-22
2933	2933	ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 23
2934	2934	except that an individual so appointed may not re-24
2935	2935	ceive pay in excess of the rate payable for level V 25
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2939	2939	of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 1
2940	2940	such title. 2
2941	2941	(4) E
2942	2942	XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Com-3
2943	2943	mission may procure temporary and intermittent 4
2944	2944	services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 5
2945	2945	States Code, at rates for individuals not to exceed 6
2946	2946	the daily equivalent of the rate payable for level V 7
2947	2947	of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 8
2948	2948	such title. 9
2949	2949	(d) D
2950	2950	UTIES.—The Commission shall advise the Presi-10
2951	2951	dent, Congress, the Mayor (or, upon the admission of the 11
2952	2952	State into the Union, the chief executive officer of the 12
2953	2953	State), and the Council (or, upon the admission of the 13
2954	2954	State into the Union, the legislature of the State) con-14
2955	2955	cerning an orderly transition to statehood for the District 15
2956	2956	of Columbia or the State (as the case may be) and to a 16
2957	2957	reduced geographical size of the seat of the Government 17
2958	2958	of the United States, including with respect to property, 18
2959	2959	funding, programs, projects, and activities. 19
2960	2960	(e) P
2961	2961	OWERS.— 20
2962	2962	(1) H
2963	2963	EARINGS AND SESSIONS .—The Commis-21
2964	2964	sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 22
2965	2965	hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 23
2966	2966	testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 24
2967	2967	considers appropriate. 25
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2971	2971	(2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-1
2972	2972	sion may secure directly from any department or 2
2973	2973	agency of the United States information necessary 3
2974	2974	to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of 4
2975	2975	the Chair of the Commission, the head of that de-5
2976	2976	partment or agency shall furnish that information to 6
2977	2977	the Commission. 7
2978	2978	(3) M
2979	2979	AILS.—The Commission may use the 8
2980	2980	United States mails in the same manner and under 9
2981	2981	the same conditions as other departments and agen-10
2982	2982	cies of the United States. 11
2983	2983	(4) A
2984	2984	DMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES .— 12
2985	2985	Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis-13
2986	2986	trator of General Services shall provide to the Com-14
2987	2987	mission the administrative support services nec-15
2988	2988	essary for the Commission to carry out its respon-16
2989	2989	sibilities under this Act. 17
2990	2990	(f) M
2991	2991	EETINGS.— 18
2992	2992	(1) I
2993	2993	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall meet 19
2994	2994	at the call of the Chair. 20
2995	2995	(2) I
2996	2996	NITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 21
2997	2997	hold its first meeting not later than the earlier of— 22
2998	2998	(A) 30 days after the date on which all 23
2999	2999	members of the Commission have been ap-24
3000	3000	pointed; or 25
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3004	3004	(B) if the number of members of the Com-1
3005	3005	mission is reduced under subsection (b)(2)(B), 2
3006	3006	90 days after the date of the enactment of this 3
3007	3007	Act. 4
3008	3008	(3) Q
3009	3009	UORUM.—A majority of the members of 5
3010	3010	the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a 6
3011	3011	lesser number of members may hold hearings. 7
3012	3012	(g) R
3013	3013	EPORTS.—The Commission shall submit such 8
3014	3014	reports as the Commission considers appropriate or as 9
3015	3015	may be requested by the President, Congress, or the Dis-10
3016	3016	trict of Columbia (or, upon the admission of the State into 11
3017	3017	the Union, the State). 12
3018	3018	(h) T
3019	3019	ERMINATION.—The Commission shall cease to 13
3020	3020	exist 2 years after the date of the admission of the State 14
3021	3021	into the Union. 15
3022	3022	SEC. 403. CERTIFICATION OF ENACTMENT BY PRESIDENT. 16
3023	3023	Not more than 60 days after the date of the enact-17
3024	3024	ment of this Act, the President shall provide written cer-18
3025	3025	tification of such enactment to the Mayor. 19
3026	3026	SEC. 404. SEVERABILITY. 20
3027	3027	Except as provided in section 101(c), if any provision 21
3028	3028	of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the applica-22
3029	3029	tion thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be 23
3030	3030	invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and any 24
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3034	3034	amendments made by this Act shall not be affected by the 1
3035	3035	holding. 2
3036	3036	Æ
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