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1	1	IV
2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 374
5	5	Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling
6	6	for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of
7	7	the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the
8	8	designation of May 1, 2025, as ‘‘D.C. Statehood Day’’.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	MAY1, 2025
11	11	Ms. N
12	12	ORTONsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
13	13	Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the
14	14	Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and
15	15	Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
16	16	in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
17	17	diction of the committee concerned
18	18	RESOLUTION
19	19	Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia
20	20	residents, calling for statehood for the District of Colum-
21	21	bia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Ad-
22	22	mission Act, and expressing support for the designation
23	23	of May 1, 2025, as ‘‘D.C. Statehood Day’’.
24	24	Whereas the United States was founded on the principles of
25	25	consent of the governed and no taxation without rep-
26	26	resentation;
27	27	Whereas District of Columbia residents are denied voting rep-
28	28	resentation in Congress and full local self-government;
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31	31	•HRES 374 IH
32	32	Whereas the District of Columbia pays more per capita Fed-
33	33	eral taxes than any State and pays more Federal taxes
34	34	than 19 States;
35	35	Whereas statehood would give District of Columbia residents
36	36	voting representation in Congress and full local self-gov-
37	37	ernment;
38	38	Whereas Congress has the constitutional authority to pass
39	39	the District of Columbia statehood bill, the Washington,
40	40	D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51), which would
41	41	admit the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth,
42	42	and reduce the size of the Federal district;
43	43	Whereas the Admissions Clause of the Constitution gives
44	44	Congress the authority to admit new States, and all 37
45	45	new States were admitted by Congress;
46	46	Whereas no State would have to consent to the admission of
47	47	the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth;
48	48	Whereas the District Clause of the Constitution gives Con-
49	49	gress plenary authority over the Federal district and es-
50	50	tablishes a maximum size of the Federal district, but not
51	51	a minimum size nor a location of the Federal district;
52	52	Whereas the 23d Amendment to the Constitution allows the
53	53	Federal district to participate in the electoral college,
54	54	while not establishing a minimum size nor a location of
55	55	the Federal district;
56	56	Whereas the Constitution does not establish any prerequisites
57	57	for new States, but Congress has generally considered 3
58	58	factors—
59	59	(1) population and resources;
60	60	(2) support for statehood; and
61	61	(3) commitment to democracy;
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64	64	•HRES 374 IH
65	65	Whereas the District of Columbia has a larger population
66	66	than 2 States;
67	67	Whereas the District of Columbia has a larger gross domestic
68	68	product than 15 States and a higher per capita gross do-
69	69	mestic product than any State;
70	70	Whereas the District of Columbia has a higher per capita
71	71	personal income than any State;
72	72	Whereas 86 percent of District of Columbia residents voted
73	73	for statehood in 2016; and
74	74	Whereas District of Columbia residents have been fighting
75	75	for voting representation in Congress and full local self-
76	76	government for more than 200 years: Now, therefore, be
77	77	it
78	78	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
79	79	(1) supports the designation of ‘‘D.C. Statehood 2
80	80	Day’’; and 3
81	81	(2) calls on Congress to pass the Washington, 4
82	82	D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51). 5
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