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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2693 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Chairman |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit Acts of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | District of Columbia to Congress in electronic form. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. N |
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| 11 | 11 | | ORTONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 12 | 12 | | mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 15 | 15 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia |
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| 19 | 19 | | to transmit Acts of the District of Columbia to Congress |
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| 20 | 20 | | in electronic form. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2693 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PERMITTING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO TRANSMIT 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ACTS OF DISTRICT IN ELECTRONIC FORM. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) A |
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| 32 | 32 | | CTS OFCOUNCIL.—Section 602(c) of the Dis-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lowing new paragraph: 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(4) The Chairman of the Council may transmit an 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act under this subsection in such form as the Chairman 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | may choose, including electronic form.’’. 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) C |
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| 40 | 40 | | HARTERAMENDMENTS.—Section 303 of such 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act (sec. 1–203.03, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | adding at the end the following new subsection: 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(e) The Chairman of the Council may submit an Act 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | under this section in such form as the Chairman may 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | choose, including electronic form.’’. 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE BY HOUSE AND SENATE. 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) A |
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| 48 | 48 | | CCEPTANCE.—For purposes of determining 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | whether the Chairman of the Council of the District of 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Columbia has transmitted an Act to Congress pursuant 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | to section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code) or has sub-21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | mitted an Act to Congress pursuant to section 303 of such 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act (sec. 1–203.03, D.C. Official Code), the House of Rep-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | resentatives and Senate shall treat such an Act which the 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Chairman transmits or submits in electronic form in the 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 2693 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | same manner as an Act which the Chairman submits in 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | paper form. 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (b) E |
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| 63 | 63 | | XERCISE OFRULEMAKINGAUTHORITY.—This 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | section is enacted by Congress— 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | in the case of Acts described in subsection (a), and 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | supersede other rules only to the extent that it is in-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | consistent with such rules; and 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | right of either House to change the rules (so far as 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the case of any other rule of that House. 17 |
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