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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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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	JANUARY9, 2025
9	9	Mr. V
10	10	ANHOLLEN(for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. PETERS, Ms.
11	11	A
12	12	LSOBROOKS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr.
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14	14	OOKER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Ms.
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16	16	UCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HEIN-
17	17	RICH, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KIM, Ms. KLO-
18	18	BUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.
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20	20	ADILLA, Mr. REED, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr.
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22	22	CHIFF, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms.
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24	24	ARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. SLOTKIN,
25	25	and Mr. L
26	26	UJA´N) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
27	27	referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
28	28	fairs A BILL
29	29	To provide for the admission of the State of Washington,
30	30	D.C. into the Union.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
32	32	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
33	33	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
34	34	(a) S
35	35	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
36	36	‘‘Washington, D.C. Admission Act’’. 5
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40	40	(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 1
41	41	this Act is as follows: 2
42	42	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
43	43	TITLE I—STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
44	44	Subtitle A—Procedures for Admission
45	45	Sec. 101. Admission into the Union.
46	46	Sec. 102. Elections of Senators and Representative.
47	47	Sec. 103. Issuance of Presidential proclamation.
48	48	Subtitle B—Seat of Government of the United States
49	49	Sec. 111. Territory and boundaries.
50	50	Sec. 112. Description of Capital.
51	51	Sec. 113. Retention of title to property.
52	52	Sec. 114. Effect of admission on current laws of seat of Government of United
53	53	States.
54	54	Sec. 115. Capital National Guard.
55	55	Sec. 116. Termination of legal status of seat of Government of United States
56	56	as municipal corporation.
57	57	Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of State
58	58	Sec. 121. Effect of admission on current laws.
59	59	Sec. 122. Pending actions and proceedings.
60	60	Sec. 123. Limitation on authority to tax Federal property.
61	61	Sec. 124. United States nationality.
62	62	TITLE II—INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
63	63	Subtitle A—Federal Property
64	64	Sec. 201. Treatment of military lands.
65	65	Sec. 202. Waiver of claims to Federal property.
66	66	Subtitle B—Federal Courts
67	67	Sec. 211. Residency requirements for certain Federal officials.
68	68	Sec. 212. Renaming of Federal courts.
69	69	Sec. 213. Conforming amendments relating to Department of Justice.
70	70	Sec. 214. Treatment of pretrial services in United States District Court.
71	71	Subtitle C—Federal Elections
72	72	Sec. 221. Permitting individuals residing in Capital to vote in Federal elections
73	73	in State of most recent domicile.
74	74	Sec. 222. Repeal of Office of District of Columbia Delegate.
75	75	Sec. 223. Repeal of law providing for participation of seat of government in
76	76	election of President and Vice President.
77	77	Sec. 224. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment
78	78	repealing 23rd Amendment.
79	79	TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND
80	80	RESPONSIBILITIES
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84	84	Subtitle A—Employee Benefits
85	85	Sec. 301. Federal benefit payments under certain retirement programs.
86	86	Sec. 302. Continuation of Federal civil service benefits for employees first em-
87	87	ployed prior to establishment of District of Columbia merit
88	88	personnel system.
89	89	Sec. 303. Obligations of Federal Government under judges’ retirement pro-
90	90	gram.
91	91	Subtitle B—Agencies
92	92	Sec. 311. Public Defender Service.
93	93	Sec. 312. Prosecutions.
94	94	Sec. 313. Service of United States Marshals.
95	95	Sec. 314. Designation of felons to facilities of Bureau of Prisons.
96	96	Sec. 315. Parole and supervision.
97	97	Sec. 316. Courts.
98	98	Subtitle C—Other Programs and Authorities
99	99	Sec. 321. Application of the College Access Act.
100	100	Sec. 322. Application of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act.
101	101	Sec. 323. Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage.
102	102	Sec. 324. Federal planning commissions.
103	103	Sec. 325. Role of Army Corps of Engineers in supplying water.
104	104	Sec. 326. Requirements to be located in District of Columbia.
105	105	TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
106	106	Sec. 401. General definitions.
107	107	Sec. 402. Statehood Transition Commission.
108	108	Sec. 403. Certification of enactment by President.
109	109	Sec. 404. Severability.
110	110	TITLE I—STATE OF 1
111	111	WASHINGTON, D.C. 2
112	112	Subtitle A—Procedures for 3
113	113	Admission 4
114	114	SEC. 101. ADMISSION INTO THE UNION. 5
115	115	(a) I
116	116	NGENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 6
117	117	Act, upon the issuance of the proclamation required by 7
118	118	section 103(a), the State of Washington, Douglass Com-8
119	119	monwealth is declared to be a State of the United States 9
120	120	of America, and is declared admitted into the Union on 10
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124	124	an equal footing with the other States in all respects what-1
125	125	ever. 2
126	126	(b) C
127	127	ONSTITUTION OFSTATE.—The State Constitu-3
128	128	tion shall always be republican in form and shall not be 4
129	129	repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the 5
130	130	principles of the Declaration of Independence. 6
131	131	(c) N
132	132	ONSEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec-7
133	133	tion, or the application thereof to any person or cir-8
134	134	cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions 9
135	135	of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall 10
136	136	be treated as invalid. 11
137	137	SEC. 102. ELECTIONS OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTA-12
138	138	TIVE. 13
139	139	(a) I
140	140	SSUANCE OFPROCLAMATION.— 14
141	141	(1) I
142	142	N GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 15
143	143	receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 16
144	144	from the President pursuant to section 403, the 17
145	145	Mayor shall issue a proclamation for the first elec-18
146	146	tions for 2 Senators and one Representative in Con-19
147	147	gress from the State, subject to the provisions of 20
148	148	this section. 21
149	149	(2) S
150	150	PECIAL RULE FOR ELECTIONS OF SEN -22
151	151	ATORS.—In the elections of Senators from the State 23
152	152	pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 24
153	153	be separately identified and designated, and no per-25
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157	157	son may be a candidate for both offices. No such 1
158	158	identification or designation of either of the offices 2
159	159	shall refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of 3
160	160	such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of 4
161	161	the Senate to determine the class to which each of 5
162	162	the Senators shall be assigned. 6
163	163	(b) R
164	164	ULES FORCONDUCTINGELECTIONS.— 7
165	165	(1) I
166	166	N GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 8
167	167	Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 9
168	168	the holding of a primary election and a general elec-10
169	169	tion, and in such elections the officers required to be 11
170	170	elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 12
171	171	by the qualified voters of the District of Columbia 13
172	172	in the manner required by the laws of the District 14
173	173	of Columbia. 15
174	174	(2) C
175	175	ERTIFICATION OF RESULTS .—Election re-16
176	176	sults shall be certified in the manner required by the 17
177	177	laws of the District of Columbia, except that the 18
178	178	Mayor shall also provide written certification of the 19
179	179	results of such elections to the President. 20
180	180	(c) A
181	181	SSUMPTION OFDUTIES.—Upon the admission 21
182	182	of the State into the Union, the Senators and Representa-22
183	183	tive elected in the elections described in subsection (a) 23
184	184	shall be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and 24
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188	188	to all the rights and privileges of Senators and Represent-1
189	189	atives of the other States in Congress. 2
190	190	(d) E
191	191	FFECT OFADMISSION ONHOUSE OFREP-3
192	192	RESENTATIVESMEMBERSHIP.— 4
193	193	(1) P
194	194	ERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF 5
195	195	MEMBERS.—Effective with respect to the Congress 6
196	196	during which the State is admitted into the Union 7
197	197	and each succeeding Congress, the House of Rep-8
198	198	resentatives shall be composed of 436 Members, in-9
199	199	cluding any Members representing the State. 10
200	200	(2) I
201	201	NITIAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES 11
202	202	FOR STATE.—Until the taking effect of the first ap-12
203	203	portionment of Members occurring after the admis-13
204	204	sion of the State into the Union, the State shall be 14
205	205	entitled to one Representative in the House of Rep-15
206	206	resentatives upon its admission into the Union. 16
207	207	(3) A
208	208	PPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 17
209	209	FROM ADMISSION OF STATE .— 18
210	210	(A) A
211	211	PPORTIONMENT.—Section 22(a) of 19
212	212	the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif-20
213	213	teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 21
214	214	to provide for apportionment of Representatives 22
215	215	in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 23
216	216	U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘the then 24
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220	220	existing number of Representatives’’ and insert-1
221	221	ing ‘‘436 Representatives’’. 2
222	222	(B) E
223	223	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 3
224	224	made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with re-4
225	225	spect to the first regular decennial census con-5
226	226	ducted after the admission of the State into the 6
227	227	Union and each subsequent regular decennial 7
228	228	census. 8
229	229	SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 9
230	230	The President, upon the certification of the results 10
231	231	of the elections of the officers required to be elected as 11
232	232	provided in section 102(a), shall, not later than 90 days 12
233	233	after receiving such certification pursuant to section 13
234	234	102(b)(2), issue a proclamation announcing the results of 14
235	235	such elections as so ascertained. 15
236	236	Subtitle B—Seat of Government of 16
237	237	the United States 17
238	238	SEC. 111. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES. 18
239	239	(a) I
240	240	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 19
241	241	(b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the 20
242	242	District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of 21
243	243	this Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds 22
244	244	survey conducted under subsection (c). 23
245	245	(b) E
246	246	XCLUSION OFPORTIONREMAINING ASSEAT OF 24
247	247	G
248	248	OVERNMENT OF UNITEDSTATES.—The territory of the 25
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252	252	State shall not include the area described in section 112, 1
253	253	which shall be known as the ‘‘Capital’’ and shall serve as 2
254	254	the seat of the Government of the United States, as pro-3
255	255	vided in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitu-4
256	256	tion of the United States. 5
257	257	(c) M
258	258	ETES ANDBOUNDSSURVEY.—Not later than 6
259	259	180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 7
260	260	President (in consultation with the Chair of the National 8
261	261	Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and 9
262	262	bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 10
263	263	112(b). 11
264	264	SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL. 12
265	265	(a) I
266	266	NGENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) and (d), 13
267	267	upon the admission of the State into the Union, the Cap-14
268	268	ital shall consist of the property described in subsection 15
269	269	(b) and shall include the principal Federal monuments, 16
270	270	the White House, the Capitol Building, the United States 17
271	271	Supreme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legis-18
272	272	lative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the 19
273	273	Mall and the Capitol Building (as such terms are used 20
274	274	in section 8501(a) of title 40, United States Code). 21
275	275	(b) G
276	276	ENERALDESCRIPTION.—Upon the admission of 22
277	277	the State into the Union, the boundaries of the Capital 23
278	278	shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the 24
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282	282	southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern 1
283	283	right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 2
284	284	(1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 3
285	285	of 2nd Street NE to its intersection with the north-4
286	286	eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 5
287	287	(2) thence southwest along said northeastern 6
288	288	right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-7
289	289	tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 8
290	290	Avenue NE; 9
291	291	(3) thence west along said northern right-of- 10
292	292	way of Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection 11
293	293	with the eastern right-of-way of 1st Street NE; 12
294	294	(4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 13
295	295	of 1st Street NE to its intersection with the south-14
296	296	eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 15
297	297	(5) thence northeast along said southeastern 16
298	298	right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-17
299	299	tion with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 18
300	300	(6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 19
301	301	of 2nd Street NE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 20
302	302	Street SE; 21
303	303	(7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 22
304	304	of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the north-23
305	305	ern property boundary of the property designated as 24
306	306	Square 760 Lot 803; 25
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310	310	(8) thence east along said northern property 1
311	311	boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 2
312	312	with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 3
313	313	(9) thence south along said western right-of- 4
314	314	way of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the 5
315	315	northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 6
316	316	(10) thence west along said northern right-of- 7
317	317	way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 8
318	318	with the northeastern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 9
319	319	Avenue SE; 10
320	320	(11) thence northwest along said northeastern 11
321	321	right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its inter-12
322	322	section with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 13
323	323	SE; 14
324	324	(12) thence south along said eastern right-of- 15
325	325	way of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the 16
326	326	southern right-of-way of C Street SE; 17
327	327	(13) thence west along said southern right-of- 18
328	328	way of C Street SE to its intersection with the east-19
329	329	ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 20
330	330	(14) thence south along said eastern right-of- 21
331	331	way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 22
332	332	southern right-of-way of D Street SE; 23
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336	336	(15) thence west along said southern right-of- 1
337	337	way of D Street SE to its intersection with the east-2
338	338	ern right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 3
339	339	(16) thence south along said eastern right-of- 4
340	340	way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 5
341	341	the northeastern right-of-way of Canal Street SE; 6
342	342	(17) thence southeast along said northeastern 7
343	343	right-of-way of Canal Street SE to its intersection 8
344	344	with the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 9
345	345	(18) thence east along said southern right-of- 10
346	346	way of E Street SE to its intersection with the west-11
347	347	ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 12
348	348	(19) thence south along said western right-of- 13
349	349	way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 14
350	350	southernmost corner of the property designated as 15
351	351	Square 736S Lot 801; 16
352	352	(20) thence west along a line extended due west 17
353	353	from said corner of said property designated as 18
354	354	Square 736S Lot 801 to its intersection with the 19
355	355	southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue 20
356	356	SE; 21
357	357	(21) thence southeast along said southwestern 22
358	358	right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue SE to its inter-23
359	359	section with the northeastern right-of-way of Vir-24
360	360	ginia Avenue SE; 25
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364	364	(22) thence northwest along said northeastern 1
365	365	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersec-2
366	366	tion with the western right-of-way of South Capitol 3
367	367	Street; 4
368	368	(23) thence north along said western right-of- 5
369	369	way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 6
370	370	the southern right-of-way of E Street SW; 7
371	371	(24) thence west along said southern right-of- 8
372	372	way of E Street SW to its end; 9
373	373	(25) thence west along a line extending said 10
374	374	southern right-of-way of E Street SW westward to 11
375	375	its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 12
376	376	Street SW; 13
377	377	(26) thence north along said eastern right-of- 14
378	378	way of 2nd Street SW to its intersection with the 15
379	379	southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW; 16
380	380	(27) thence northwest along said southwestern 17
381	381	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW to its intersec-18
382	382	tion with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SW; 19
383	383	(28) thence north along said western right-of- 20
384	384	way of 3rd Street SW to its intersection with the 21
385	385	northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 22
386	386	(29) thence west along said northern right-of- 23
387	387	way of D Street SW to its intersection with the east-24
388	388	ern right-of-way of 4th Street SW; 25
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392	392	(30) thence north along said eastern right-of- 1
393	393	way of 4th Street SW to its intersection with the 2
394	394	northern right-of-way of C Street SW; 3
395	395	(31) thence west along said northern right-of- 4
396	396	way of C Street SW to its intersection with the east-5
397	397	ern right-of-way of 6th Street SW; 6
398	398	(32) thence north along said eastern right-of- 7
399	399	way of 6th Street SW to its intersection with the 8
400	400	northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SW; 9
401	401	(33) thence west along said northern right-of- 10
402	402	way of Independence Avenue SW to its intersection 11
403	403	with the western right-of-way of 12th Street SW; 12
404	404	(34) thence south along said western right-of- 13
405	405	way of 12th Street SW to its intersection with the 14
406	406	northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 15
407	407	(35) thence west along said northern right-of- 16
408	408	way of D Street SW to its intersection with the east-17
409	409	ern right-of-way of 14th Street SW; 18
410	410	(36) thence south along said eastern right-of- 19
411	411	way of 14th Street SW to its intersection with the 20
412	412	northwestern boundary of the Consolidated Rail Cor-21
413	413	poration railroad easement; 22
414	414	(37) thence southwest along said northwestern 23
415	415	boundary of the Consolidated Rail Corporation rail-24
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419	419	road easement to its intersection with the eastern 1
420	420	shore of the Potomac River; 2
421	421	(38) thence generally northwest along said east-3
422	422	ern shore of the Potomac River to its intersection 4
423	423	with a line extending westward from the northern 5
424	424	boundary of the property designated as Square 12 6
425	425	Lot 806; 7
426	426	(39) thence east along said line extending west-8
427	427	ward from the northern boundary of the property 9
428	428	designated as Square 12 Lot 806 to the northern 10
429	429	boundary of the property designated as Square 12 11
430	430	Lot 806, and continuing east along the northern 12
431	431	boundary of the property designated as Square 12 13
432	432	Lot 806 to its northeast corner; 14
433	433	(40) thence east along a line extending east 15
434	434	from said northeast corner of the property des-16
435	435	ignated as Square 12 Lot 806 to its intersection 17
436	436	with the western boundary of the property des-18
437	437	ignated as Square 33 Lot 87; 19
438	438	(41) thence south along said western boundary 20
439	439	of the property designated as Square 33 Lot 87 to 21
440	440	its intersection with the northwest corner of the 22
441	441	property designated as Square 33 Lot 88; 23
442	442	(42) thence counter-clockwise around the 24
443	443	boundary of said property designated as Square 33 25
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447	447	Lot 88 to its southeast corner, which is along the 1
448	448	northern right-of-way of E Street NW; 2
449	449	(43) thence east along said northern right-of- 3
450	450	way of E Street NW to its intersection with the 4
451	451	western right-of-way of 18th Street NW; 5
452	452	(44) thence south along said western right-of- 6
453	453	way of 18th Street NW to its intersection with the 7
454	454	southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW; 8
455	455	(45) thence southeast along said southwestern 9
456	456	right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW to its intersec-10
457	457	tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 11
458	458	Avenue NW; 12
459	459	(46) thence east along said northern right-of- 13
460	460	way of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection 14
461	461	with the eastern right-of-way of 17th Street NW; 15
462	462	(47) thence north along said eastern right-of- 16
463	463	way of 17th Street NW to its intersection with the 17
464	464	southern right-of-way of H Street NW; 18
465	465	(48) thence east along said southern right-of- 19
466	466	way of H Street NW to its intersection with the 20
467	467	northwest corner of the property designated as 21
468	468	Square 221 Lot 35; 22
469	469	(49) thence counter-clockwise around the 23
470	470	boundary of said property designated as Square 221 24
471	471	Lot 35 to its southeast corner, which is along the 25
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474	474	•S 51 IS
475	475	boundary of the property designated as Square 221 1
476	476	Lot 37; 2
477	477	(50) thence counter-clockwise around the 3
478	478	boundary of said property designated as Square 221 4
479	479	Lot 37 to its southwest corner, which it shares with 5
480	480	the property designated as Square 221 Lot 42; 6
481	481	(51) thence south along the boundary of said 7
482	482	property designated as Square 221 Lot 42 to its 8
483	483	southwest corner; 9
484	484	(52) thence east along the southern border of 10
485	485	said property designated as Square 221 Lot 42 to 11
486	486	its intersection with the northwest corner of the 12
487	487	property designated as Square 221 Lot 41; 13
488	488	(53) thence south along the western boundary 14
489	489	of said property designated as Square 221 Lot 41 15
490	490	to its southwest corner, which is along the northern 16
491	491	right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 17
492	492	(54) thence east along said northern right-of- 18
493	493	way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection 19
494	494	with the western right-of-way of 15th Street NW; 20
495	495	(55) thence south along said western right-of- 21
496	496	way of 15th Street NW to its intersection with a line 22
497	497	extending northwest from the southern right-of-way 23
498	498	of the portion of Pennsylvania Avenue NW north of 24
499	499	Pershing Square; 25
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502	502	•S 51 IS
503	503	(56) thence southeast along said line extending 1
504	504	the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue 2
505	505	NW to the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 3
506	506	Avenue NW, and continuing southeast along said 4
507	507	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 5
508	508	to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 6
509	509	14th Street NW; 7
510	510	(57) thence south along said western right-of- 8
511	511	way of 14th Street NW to its intersection with a line 9
512	512	extending west from the southern right-of-way of D 10
513	513	Street NW; 11
514	514	(58) thence east along said line extending west 12
515	515	from the southern right-of-way of D Street NW to 13
516	516	the southern right-of-way of D Street NW, and con-14
517	517	tinuing east along said southern right-of-way of D 15
518	518	Street NW to its intersection with the eastern right- 16
519	519	of-way of 13
520	520	1
521	521	⁄2Street NW; 17
522	522	(59) thence north along said eastern right-of- 18
523	523	way of 13
524	524	1
525	525	⁄2Street NW to its intersection with the 19
526	526	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 20
527	527	(60) thence east and southeast along said 21
528	528	southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 22
529	529	to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 23
530	530	12th Street NW; 24
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533	533	•S 51 IS
534	534	(61) thence south along said western right-of- 1
535	535	way of 12th Street NW to its intersection with a line 2
536	536	extending to the west from the southern boundary of 3
537	537	the property designated as Square 324 Lot 809; 4
538	538	(62) thence east along said line to the south-5
539	539	west corner of said property designated as Square 6
540	540	324 Lot 809, and continuing northeast along the 7
541	541	southern boundary of said property designated as 8
542	542	Square 324 Lot 809 to its eastern corner, which it 9
543	543	shares with the property designated as Square 323 10
544	544	Lot 802; 11
545	545	(63) thence east along the southern boundary 12
546	546	of said property designated as Square 323 Lot 802 13
547	547	to its southeast corner, which it shares with the 14
548	548	property designated as Square 324 Lot 808; 15
549	549	(64) thence counter-clockwise around the 16
550	550	boundary of said property designated as Square 324 17
551	551	Lot 808 to its northeastern corner, which is along 18
552	552	the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue 19
553	553	NW; 20
554	554	(65) thence southeast along said southern right- 21
555	555	of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersec-22
556	556	tion with the eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW; 23
557	557	(66) thence north along a line extending north 24
558	558	from said eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW to 25
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561	561	•S 51 IS
562	562	its intersection with the southern right-of-way of C 1
563	563	Street NW; 2
564	564	(67) thence east along said southern right-of- 3
565	565	way of C Street NW to its intersection with the east-4
566	566	ern right-of-way of 3rd Street NW; 5
567	567	(68) thence north along said eastern right-of- 6
568	568	way of 3rd Street NW to its intersection with the 7
569	569	southern right-of-way of D Street NW; 8
570	570	(69) thence east along said southern right-of- 9
571	571	way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 10
572	572	western right-of-way of 1st Street NW; 11
573	573	(70) thence south along said western right-of- 12
574	574	way of 1st Street NW to its intersection with the 13
575	575	northern right-of-way of C Street NW; 14
576	576	(71) thence west along said northern right-of- 15
577	577	way of C Street NW to its intersection with the 16
578	578	western right-of-way of 2nd Street NW; 17
579	579	(72) thence south along said western right-of- 18
580	580	way of 2nd Street NW to its intersection with the 19
581	581	northern right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NW; 20
582	582	(73) thence east along said northern right-of- 21
583	583	way of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection 22
584	584	with the northwestern right-of-way of Louisiana Av-23
585	585	enue NW; 24
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588	588	•S 51 IS
589	589	(74) thence northeast along said northwestern 1
590	590	right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-2
591	591	section with the southwestern right-of-way of New 3
592	592	Jersey Avenue NW; 4
593	593	(75) thence northwest along said southwestern 5
594	594	right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue NW to its inter-6
595	595	section with the northern right-of-way of D Street 7
596	596	NW; 8
597	597	(76) thence east along said northern right-of- 9
598	598	way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 10
599	599	northwestern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW; 11
600	600	(77) thence northeast along said northwestern 12
601	601	right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-13
602	602	section with the western right-of-way of North Cap-14
603	603	itol Street; 15
604	604	(78) thence north along said western right-of- 16
605	605	way of North Capitol Street to its intersection with 17
606	606	the southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Ave-18
607	607	nue NW; 19
608	608	(79) thence southeast along said southwestern 20
609	609	right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NW to the 21
610	610	southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue 22
611	611	NE; 23
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614	614	•S 51 IS
615	615	(80) thence southeast along said southwestern 1
616	616	right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NE to the 2
617	617	southern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE; 3
618	618	(81) thence counter-clockwise along said south-4
619	619	ern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE to its inter-5
620	620	section with the southern right-of-way of F Street 6
621	621	NE; and 7
622	622	(82) thence east along said southern right-of- 8
623	623	way of F Street NE to the point of beginning. 9
624	624	(c) E
625	625	XCLUSION OFBUILDINGSERVING ASSTATE 10
626	626	C
627	627	APITOL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 11
628	628	section, after the admission of the State into the Union, 12
629	629	the Capital shall not be considered to include the building 13
630	630	known as the ‘‘John A. Wilson Building’’, as described 14
631	631	and designated under section 601(a) of the Omnibus 15
632	632	Spending Reduction Act of 1993 (sec. 10–1301(a), D.C. 16
633	633	Official Code). 17
634	634	(d) C
635	635	LARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF FRANCES 18
636	636	P
637	637	ERKINSBUILDING.—The entirety of the Frances Per-19
638	638	kins Building, including any portion of the Building which 20
639	639	is north of D Street NW, shall be considered to be in-21
640	640	cluded in the Capital. 22
641	641	SEC. 113. RETENTION OF TITLE TO PROPERTY. 23
642	642	(a) R
643	643	ETENTION OFFEDERALTITLE.—The United 24
644	644	States shall have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, 25
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647	647	•S 51 IS
648	648	for purposes of administration and maintenance, all real 1
649	649	and personal property with respect to which the United 2
650	650	States holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the 3
651	651	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 4
652	652	Union. 5
653	653	(b) R
654	654	ETENTION OFSTATETITLE.—The State shall 6
655	655	have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, for purposes 7
656	656	of administration and maintenance, all real and personal 8
657	657	property with respect to which the District of Columbia 9
658	658	holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the day 10
659	659	before the date of the admission of the State into the 11
660	660	Union. 12
661	661	SEC. 114. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS OF 13
662	662	SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES. 14
663	663	Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the laws 15
664	664	of the District of Columbia which are in effect on the day 16
665	665	before the date of the admission of the State into the 17
666	666	Union (without regard to whether such laws were enacted 18
667	667	by Congress or by the District of Columbia) shall apply 19
668	668	in the Capital in the same manner and to the same extent 20
669	669	beginning on the date of the admission of the State into 21
670	670	the Union, and shall be deemed laws of the United States 22
671	671	which are applicable only in or to the Capital. 23
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674	674	•S 51 IS
675	675	SEC. 115. CAPITAL NATIONAL GUARD. 1
676	676	(a) E
677	677	STABLISHMENT.—Title 32, United States Code, 2
678	678	is amended as follows: 3
679	679	(1) D
680	680	EFINITIONS.—In paragraphs (4), (6), and 4
681	681	(19) of section 101, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-5
682	682	bia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 6
683	683	(2) B
684	684	RANCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS .—In sec-7
685	685	tion 103, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and in-8
686	686	serting ‘‘Capital’’. 9
687	687	(3) U
688	688	NITS: LOCATION; ORGANIZATION; COM-10
689	689	MAND.—In subsections (c) and (d) of section 104, 11
690	690	by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places it ap-12
691	691	pears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 13
692	692	(4) A
693	693	VAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS .—In 14
694	694	section 107(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 15
695	695	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 16
696	696	(5) M
697	697	AINTENANCE OF OTHER TROOPS .—In 17
698	698	subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 109, by strik-18
699	699	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it appears and 19
700	700	inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
701	701	(6) D
702	702	RUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER -DRUG 21
703	703	ACTIVITIES.—In section 112(h)— 22
704	704	(A) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 23
705	705	both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; 24
706	706	and 25
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709	709	•S 51 IS
710	710	(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Na-1
711	711	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 2
712	712	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 3
713	713	(7) E
714	714	NLISTMENT OATH .—In section 304, by 4
715	715	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-5
716	716	ital’’. 6
717	717	(8) A
718	718	DJUTANTS GENERAL .—In section 314, by 7
719	719	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it ap-8
720	720	pears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 9
721	721	(9) D
722	722	ETAIL OF REGULAR MEMBERS OF ARMY 10
723	723	AND AIR FORCE TO DUTY WITH NATIONAL GUARD .— 11
724	724	In section 315, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 12
725	725	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 13
726	726	(10) D
727	727	ISCHARGE OF OFFICERS ; TERMINATION 14
728	728	OF APPOINTMENT.—In section 324(b), by striking 15
729	729	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 16
730	730	(11) R
731	731	ELIEF FROM NATIONAL GUARD DUTY 17
732	732	WHEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY .—In subsections 18
733	733	(a) and (b) of section 325, by striking ‘‘District of 19
734	734	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-20
735	735	ital’’. 21
736	736	(12) C
737	737	OURTS-MARTIAL OF NATIONAL GUARD 22
738	738	NOT IN FEDERAL SERVICE : COMPOSITION, JURISDIC-23
739	739	TION, AND PROCEDURES; CONVENING AUTHORITY .— 24
740	740	In sections 326 and 327, by striking ‘‘District of Co-25
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743	743	•S 51 IS
744	744	lumbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-1
745	745	ital’’. 2
746	746	(13) A
747	747	CTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY : GOV-3
748	748	ERNOR’S AUTHORITY.—In section 328(a), by strik-4
749	749	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 5
750	750	(14) T
751	751	RAINING GENERALLY .—In section 6
752	752	501(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and in-7
753	753	serting ‘‘Capital’’. 8
754	754	(15) P
755	755	ARTICIPATION IN FIELD EXERCISES .—In 9
756	756	section 503(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 10
757	757	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 11
758	758	(16) N
759	759	ATIONAL GUARD SCHOOLS AND SMALL 12
760	760	ARMS COMPETITIONS .—In section 504(b), by strik-13
761	761	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 14
762	762	(17) A
763	763	RMY AND AIR FORCE SCHOOLS AND 15
764	764	FIELD EXERCISES.—In section 505, by striking 16
765	765	‘‘National Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 17
766	766	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 18
767	767	(18) N
768	768	ATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE 19
769	769	PROGRAM.—In subsections (c)(1), (g)(2), (j), (k), 20
770	770	and (l)(1) of section 509, by striking ‘‘District of 21
771	771	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-22
772	772	ital’’. 23
773	773	(19) I
774	774	SSUE OF SUPPLIES.—In section 702— 24
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777	777	•S 51 IS
778	778	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Na-1
779	779	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 2
780	780	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 3
781	781	(B) in subsections (b), (c), and (d), by 4
782	782	striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it 5
783	783	appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 6
784	784	(20) P
785	785	URCHASES OF SUPPLIES FROM ARMY OR 7
786	786	AIR FORCE.—In subsections (a) and (b) of section 8
787	787	703, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places 9
788	788	it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 10
789	789	(21) A
790	790	CCOUNTABILITY: RELIEF FROM UPON 11
791	791	ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY .—In section 704, by strik-12
792	792	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 13
793	793	(22) P
794	794	ROPERTY AND FISCAL OFFICERS .—In 14
795	795	section 708— 15
796	796	(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Na-16
797	797	tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and 17
798	798	inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 18
799	799	(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘District 19
800	800	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
801	801	(23) A
802	802	CCOUNTABILITY FOR PROPERTY ISSUED 21
803	803	TO THE NATIONAL GUARD .—In subsections (c), (d), 22
804	804	(e), and (f) of section 710, by striking ‘‘District of 23
805	805	Columbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-24
806	806	ital’’. 25
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809	809	•S 51 IS
810	810	(24) DISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE OR CON -1
811	811	DEMNED PROPERTY .—In section 711, by striking 2
812	812	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 3
813	813	(25) D
814	814	ISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF CON -4
815	815	DEMNED STORES ISSUED TO NATIONAL GUARD .—In 5
816	816	paragraph (1) of section 712, by striking ‘‘District 6
817	817	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 7
818	818	(26) P
819	819	ROPERTY LOSS; PERSONAL INJURY OR 8
820	820	DEATH.—In section 715(c), by striking ‘‘District of 9
821	821	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 10
822	822	(b) C
823	823	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 11
824	824	(1) C
825	825	APITAL DEFINED.— 12
826	826	(A) I
827	827	N GENERAL.—Section 101 of title 32, 13
828	828	United States Code, is amended by adding at 14
829	829	the end the following new paragraph: 15
830	830	‘‘(20) ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the 16
831	831	seat of the Government of the United States, as de-17
832	832	scribed in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Ad-18
833	833	mission Act.’’. 19
834	834	(B) W
835	835	ITH REGARDS TO HOMELAND DE -20
836	836	FENSE ACTIVITIES.—Section 901 of title 32, 21
837	837	United States Code, is amended— 22
838	838	(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Dis-23
839	839	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 24
840	840	and 25
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844	844	(ii) by adding at the end the following 1
845	845	new paragraph: 2
846	846	‘‘(3) The term ‘Governor’ means, with respect 3
847	847	to the Capital, the commanding general of the Cap-4
848	848	ital National Guard.’’. 5
849	849	(2) T
850	850	ITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 6
851	851	United States Code, is amended as follows: 7
852	852	(A) D
853	853	EFINITIONS.—In section 101— 8
854	854	(i) in subsection (a), by adding at the 9
855	855	end the following new paragraph: 10
856	856	‘‘(21) The term ‘Capital’ means the area serv-11
857	857	ing as the seat of the Government of the United 12
858	858	States, as described in section 112 of the Wash-13
859	859	ington, D.C. Admission Act.’’; 14
860	860	(ii) in paragraphs (2) and (4) of sub-15
861	861	section (c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-16
862	862	bia’’ both places it appears and inserting 17
863	863	‘‘Capital’’; and 18
864	864	(iii) in subsection (d)(5), by striking 19
865	865	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 20
866	866	‘‘Capital’’. 21
867	867	(B) D
868	868	ISPOSITION ON DISCHARGE .—In sec-22
869	869	tion 771a(c), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 23
870	870	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 24
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874	874	(C) TRICARE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 1
875	875	MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DE -2
876	876	PENDENTS DURING CERTAIN DISASTER RE -3
877	877	SPONSE DUTY.—In section 1076f— 4
878	878	(i) in subsections (a) and (c)(1), by 5
879	879	striking ‘‘with respect to the District of 6
880	880	Columbia, the mayor of the District of Co-7
881	881	lumbia’’ both places it appears and insert-8
882	882	ing ‘‘with respect to the Capital, the com-9
883	883	manding general of the Capital National 10
884	884	Guard’’; and 11
885	885	(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 12
886	886	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 13
887	887	‘‘Capital’’. 14
888	888	(D) P
889	889	AYMENT OF CLAIMS : AVAILABILITY 15
890	890	OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In paragraph (2)(B) of 16
891	891	section 2732, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-17
892	892	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 18
893	893	(E) M
894	894	EMBERS OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD : 19
895	895	DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-20
896	896	TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS , IN-21
897	897	DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In sec-22
898	898	tion 7401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-23
899	899	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 24
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903	903	(F) MEMBERS OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD : 1
904	904	DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-2
905	905	TIGATORS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS , IN-3
906	906	DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In sec-4
907	907	tion 9401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-5
908	908	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 6
909	909	(G) R
910	910	EADY RESERVE: FAILURE TO SATIS-7
911	911	FACTORILY PERFORM PRESCRIBED TRAINING .— 8
912	912	In section 10148(b)— 9
913	913	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 10
914	914	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 11
915	915	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 12
916	916	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 13
917	917	National Guard’’. 14
918	918	(H) C
919	919	HIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BU -15
920	920	REAU.—In section 10502(a)(1)— 16
921	921	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 17
922	922	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 18
923	923	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 19
924	924	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 20
925	925	National Guard’’. 21
926	926	(I) V
927	927	ICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 22
928	928	BUREAU.—In section 10505(a)(1)(A)— 23
929	929	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 24
930	930	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 25
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934	934	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 1
935	935	National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 2
936	936	National Guard’’. 3
937	937	(J) O
938	938	THER SENIOR NATIONAL GUARD BU -4
939	939	REAU OFFICERS.—In subparagraphs (A) and 5
940	940	(B) of section 10506(a)(1)— 6
941	941	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 7
942	942	both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-8
943	943	ital,’’; and 9
944	944	(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 10
945	945	National Guard’’ both places it appears 11
946	946	and inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 12
947	947	(K) N
948	948	ATIONAL GUARD BUREAU : GENERAL 13
949	949	PROVISIONS.—In section 10508(b)(1), by strik-14
950	950	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-15
951	951	ital’’. 16
952	952	(L) C
953	953	OMMISSIONED OFFICERS : ORIGINAL 17
954	954	APPOINTMENT; LIMITATION.—In section 18
955	955	12204(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 19
956	956	and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 20
957	957	(M) R
958	958	ESERVE COMPONENTS GEN -21
959	959	ERALLY.—In section 12301(b), by striking 22
960	960	‘‘District of Columbia National Guard’’ both 23
961	961	places it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital Na-24
962	962	tional Guard’’. 25
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966	966	(N) NATIONAL GUARD IN FEDERAL SERV -1
967	967	ICE: CALL.—In section 12406— 2
968	968	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 3
969	969	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 4
970	970	(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of 5
971	971	the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 6
972	972	‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 7
973	973	(O) R
974	974	ESULT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY 8
975	975	WITH STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS .—In 9
976	976	section 12642(c), by striking ‘‘District of Co-10
977	977	lumbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 11
978	978	(P) L
979	979	IMITATION ON RELOCATION OF NA -12
980	980	TIONAL GUARD UNITS.—In section 18238— 13
981	981	(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 14
982	982	and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 15
983	983	(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of 16
984	984	the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 17
985	985	‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 18
986	986	SEC. 116. TERMINATION OF LEGAL STATUS OF SEAT OF 19
987	987	GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES AS MUNIC-20
988	988	IPAL CORPORATION. 21
989	989	Notwithstanding section 2 of the Revised Statutes re-22
990	990	lating to the District of Columbia (sec. 1–102, D.C. Offi-23
991	991	cial Code) or any other provision of law codified in sub-24
992	992	chapter I of chapter 1 of the District of Columbia Official 25
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996	996	Code, effective upon the date of the admission of the State 1
997	997	into the Union, the Capital (or any portion thereof) shall 2
998	998	not serve as a government and shall not be a body cor-3
999	999	porate for municipal purposes. 4
1000	1000	Subtitle C—General Provisions 5
1001	1001	Relating to Laws of State 6
1002	1002	SEC. 121. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS. 7
1003	1003	(a) L
1004	1004	EGISLATIVEPOWER.—The legislative power of 8
1005	1005	the State shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation 9
1006	1006	in the State, consistent with the Constitution of the 10
1007	1007	United States (including the restrictions and limitations 11
1008	1008	imposed upon the States by article I, section 10) and sub-12
1009	1009	ject to the provisions of this Act. 13
1010	1010	(b) C
1011	1011	ONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY ANDDUTIES OF 14
1012	1012	M
1013	1013	EMBERS OFEXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, ANDJUDICIAL 15
1014	1014	O
1015	1015	FFICES.—Upon the admission of the State into the 16
1016	1016	Union, members of executive, legislative, and judicial of-17
1017	1017	fices of the District of Columbia shall be deemed members 18
1018	1018	of the respective executive, legislative, and judicial offices 19
1019	1019	of the State, as provided by the State Constitution and 20
1020	1020	the laws of the State. 21
1021	1021	(c) T
1022	1022	REATMENT OFFEDERALLAWS.—To the extent 22
1023	1023	that any law of the United States applies to the States 23
1024	1024	generally, the law shall have the same force and effect in 24
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1028	1028	the State as elsewhere in the United States, except as such 1
1029	1029	law may otherwise provide. 2
1030	1030	(d) N
1031	1031	OEFFECT ONEXISTINGCONTRACTS.—Nothing 3
1032	1032	in the admission of the State into the Union shall affect 4
1033	1033	any obligation under any contract or agreement under 5
1034	1034	which the District of Columbia or the United States is 6
1035	1035	a party, as in effect on the day before the date of the 7
1036	1036	admission of the State into the Union. 8
1037	1037	(e) S
1038	1038	UCCESSION ININTERSTATECOMPACTS.—The 9
1039	1039	State shall be deemed to be the successor to the District 10
1040	1040	of Columbia for purposes of any interstate compact which 11
1041	1041	is in effect on the day before the date of the admission 12
1042	1042	of the State into the Union. 13
1043	1043	(f) C
1044	1044	ONTINUATION OF SERVICE OFFEDERALMEM-14
1045	1045	BERS ONBOARDS ANDCOMMISSIONS.—Nothing in the ad-15
1046	1046	mission of the State into the Union shall affect the author-16
1047	1047	ity of a representative of the Federal Government who, 17
1048	1048	as of the day before the date of the admission of the State 18
1049	1049	into the Union, is a member of a board or commission 19
1050	1050	of the District of Columbia to serve as a member of such 20
1051	1051	board or commission or as a member of a successor to 21
1052	1052	such board or commission after the admission of the State 22
1053	1053	into the Union, as may be provided by the State Constitu-23
1054	1054	tion and the laws of the State. 24
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1058	1058	(g) SPECIALRULEREGARDINGENFORCEMENT AU-1
1059	1059	THORITY OFUNITEDSTATESCAPITOLPOLICE, UNITED 2
1060	1060	S
1061	1061	TATESPARKPOLICE, ANDUNITEDSTATESSECRET 3
1062	1062	S
1063	1063	ERVICEUNIFORMEDDIVISION.—The United States 4
1064	1064	Capitol Police, the United States Park Police, and the 5
1065	1065	United States Secret Service Uniformed Division may not 6
1066	1066	enforce any law of the State in the State, except to the 7
1067	1067	extent authorized by the State. Nothing in this subsection 8
1068	1068	may be construed to affect the authority of the United 9
1069	1069	States Capitol Police, the United States Park Police, and 10
1070	1070	the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to 11
1071	1071	enforce any law in the Capital. 12
1072	1072	SEC. 122. PENDING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. 13
1073	1073	(a) S
1074	1074	TATE ASLEGALSUCCESSOR TODISTRICT OF 14
1075	1075	C
1076	1076	OLUMBIA.—The State shall be the legal successor to the 15
1077	1077	District of Columbia in all matters. 16
1078	1078	(b) N
1079	1079	OEFFECT ONPENDINGPROCEEDINGS.—All 17
1080	1080	existing writs, actions, suits, judicial and administrative 18
1081	1081	proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judg-19
1082	1082	ments, sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, causes of ac-20
1083	1083	tion, claims, demands, titles, and rights shall continue un-21
1084	1084	affected by the admission of the State into the Union with 22
1085	1085	respect to the State or the United States, except as may 23
1086	1086	be provided under this Act, as may be modified in accord-24
1087	1087	ance with the provisions of the State Constitution, and 25
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1091	1091	as may be modified by the laws of the State or the United 1
1092	1092	States, as the case may be. 2
1093	1093	SEC. 123. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO TAX FEDERAL 3
1094	1094	PROPERTY. 4
1095	1095	The State may not impose any tax on any real or 5
1096	1096	personal property owned or acquired by the United States, 6
1097	1097	except to the extent that Congress may permit. 7
1098	1098	SEC. 124. UNITED STATES NATIONALITY. 8
1099	1099	No provision of this Act shall operate to confer 9
1100	1100	United States nationality, to terminate nationality lawfully 10
1101	1101	acquired, or to restore nationality terminated or lost under 11
1102	1102	any law of the United States or under any treaty to which 12
1103	1103	the United States is or was a party. 13
1104	1104	TITLE II—INTERESTS OF 14
1105	1105	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 15
1106	1106	Subtitle A—Federal Property 16
1107	1107	SEC. 201. TREATMENT OF MILITARY LANDS. 17
1108	1108	(a) R
1109	1109	ESERVATION OFFEDERALAUTHORITY.— 18
1110	1110	(1) I
1111	1111	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 19
1112	1112	and subsection (b) and notwithstanding the admis-20
1113	1113	sion of the State into the Union, authority is re-21
1114	1114	served in the United States for the exercise by Con-22
1115	1115	gress of the power of exclusive legislation in all cases 23
1116	1116	whatsoever over such tracts or parcels of land lo-24
1117	1117	cated in the State that, on the day before the date 25
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1121	1121	of the admission of the State into the Union, are 1
1122	1122	controlled or owned by the United States and held 2
1123	1123	for defense or Coast Guard purposes. 3
1124	1124	(2) L
1125	1125	IMITATION ON AUTHORITY .—The power of 4
1126	1126	exclusive legislation described in paragraph (1) shall 5
1127	1127	vest and remain in the United States only so long 6
1128	1128	as the particular tract or parcel of land involved is 7
1129	1129	controlled or owned by the United States and held 8
1130	1130	for defense or Coast Guard purposes. 9
1131	1131	(b) A
1132	1132	UTHORITY OFSTATE.— 10
1133	1133	(1) I
1134	1134	N GENERAL.—The reservation of authority 11
1135	1135	in the United States under subsection (a) shall not 12
1136	1136	operate to prevent such tracts or parcels of land 13
1137	1137	from being a part of the State, or to prevent the 14
1138	1138	State from exercising over or upon such lands, con-15
1139	1139	currently with the United States, any jurisdiction 16
1140	1140	which it would have in the absence of such reserva-17
1141	1141	tion of authority and which is consistent with the 18
1142	1142	laws hereafter enacted by Congress pursuant to such 19
1143	1143	reservation of authority. 20
1144	1144	(2) S
1145	1145	ERVICE OF PROCESS .—The State shall 21
1146	1146	have the right to serve civil or criminal process in 22
1147	1147	such tracts or parcels of land in which the authority 23
1148	1148	of the United States is reserved under subsection (a) 24
1149	1149	in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights 25
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1153	1153	acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed 1
1154	1154	in the State but outside of such lands. 2
1155	1155	SEC. 202. WAIVER OF CLAIMS TO FEDERAL PROPERTY. 3
1156	1156	(a) I
1157	1157	NGENERAL.—As a compact with the United 4
1158	1158	States, the State and its people disclaim all right and title 5
1159	1159	to any real or personal property not granted or confirmed 6
1160	1160	to the State by or under the authority of this Act, the 7
1161	1161	right or title to which is held by the United States or sub-8
1162	1162	ject to disposition by the United States. 9
1163	1163	(b) E
1164	1164	FFECT ONCLAIMSAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.— 10
1165	1165	(1) I
1166	1166	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall 11
1167	1167	recognize, deny, enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect 12
1168	1168	any claim against the United States, and any such 13
1169	1169	claim shall be governed by applicable laws of the 14
1170	1170	United States. 15
1171	1171	(2) R
1172	1172	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 16
1173	1173	Act is intended or shall be construed as a finding, 17
1174	1174	interpretation, or construction by Congress that any 18
1175	1175	applicable law authorizes, establishes, recognizes, or 19
1176	1176	confirms the validity or invalidity of any claim re-20
1177	1177	ferred to in paragraph (1), and the determination of 21
1178	1178	the applicability to or the effect of any law on any 22
1179	1179	such claim shall be unaffected by anything in this 23
1180	1180	Act. 24
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1184	1184	Subtitle B—Federal Courts 1
1185	1185	SEC. 211. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FED-2
1186	1186	ERAL OFFICIALS. 3
1187	1187	(a) C
1188	1188	IRCUITJUDGES.—Section 44(c) of title 28, 4
1189	1189	United States Code, is amended— 5
1190	1190	(1) by striking ‘‘Except in the District of Co-6
1191	1191	lumbia, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 7
1192	1192	(2) by striking ‘‘within fifty miles of the Dis-8
1193	1193	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘within fifty miles 9
1194	1194	of the Capital’’. 10
1195	1195	(b) D
1196	1196	ISTRICTJUDGES.—Section 134(b) of such title 11
1197	1197	is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the District 12
1198	1198	of Columbia, the Southern District of New York, and’’ and 13
1199	1199	inserting ‘‘the Southern District of New York and’’. 14
1200	1200	(c) U
1201	1201	NITEDSTATESATTORNEYS.—Section 545(a) of 15
1202	1202	such title is amended by striking the first sentence and 16
1203	1203	inserting ‘‘Each United States attorney shall reside in the 17
1204	1204	district for which he or she is appointed, except that those 18
1205	1205	officers of the Southern District of New York and the 19
1206	1206	Eastern District of New York may reside within 20 miles 20
1207	1207	thereof.’’. 21
1208	1208	(d) U
1209	1209	NITEDSTATESMARSHALS.—Section 561(e)(1) 22
1210	1210	of such title is amended to read as follows: 23
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1214	1214	‘‘(1) the marshal for the Southern District of 1
1215	1215	New York may reside within 20 miles of the district; 2
1216	1216	and’’. 3
1217	1217	(e) C
1218	1218	LERKS OFDISTRICTCOURTS.—Section 751(c) 4
1219	1219	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Co-5
1220	1220	lumbia and’’. 6
1221	1221	(f) E
1222	1222	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 7
1223	1223	this section shall apply only to individuals appointed after 8
1224	1224	the date of the admission of the State into the Union. 9
1225	1225	SEC. 212. RENAMING OF FEDERAL COURTS. 10
1226	1226	(a) R
1227	1227	ENAMING.— 11
1228	1228	(1) C
1229	1229	IRCUIT COURT.—Section 41 of title 28, 12
1230	1230	United States Code, is amended— 13
1231	1231	(A) in the first column, by striking ‘‘Dis-14
1232	1232	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; and 15
1233	1233	(B) in the second column, by striking 16
1234	1234	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital; 17
1235	1235	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 18
1236	1236	(2) D
1237	1237	ISTRICT COURT.—Section 88 of such title 19
1238	1238	is amended— 20
1239	1239	(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘District 21
1240	1240	of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 22
1241	1241	Douglass Commonwealth and the 23
1242	1242	Capital’’; 24
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1246	1246	(B) by amending the first paragraph to 1
1247	1247	read as follows: 2
1248	1248	‘‘The State of Washington, Douglass Common-3
1249	1249	wealth and the Capital comprise one judicial dis-4
1250	1250	trict.’’; and 5
1251	1251	(C) in the second paragraph, by striking 6
1252	1252	‘‘Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 7
1253	1253	(3) C
1254	1254	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The item relating 8
1255	1255	to section 88 in the table of sections for chapter 5 9
1256	1256	of such title is amended to read as follows: 10
1257	1257	‘‘88. Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital.’’.
1258	1258	(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 11
1259	1259	C
1260	1260	OURT OFAPPEALS.—Title 28, United States Code, is 12
1261	1261	amended as follows: 13
1262	1262	(1) A
1263	1263	PPOINTMENT OF JUDGES .—Section 44(a) 14
1264	1264	of such title is amended in the first column by strik-15
1265	1265	ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 16
1266	1266	(2) T
1267	1267	ERMS OF COURT.—Section 48(a) of such 17
1268	1268	title is amended— 18
1269	1269	(A) in the first column, by striking ‘‘Dis-19
1270	1270	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 20
1271	1271	(B) in the second column, by striking 21
1272	1272	‘‘Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; and 22
1273	1273	(C) in the second column, by striking 23
1274	1274	‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 24
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1278	1278	(3) APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT COUNSELS 1
1279	1279	BY CHIEF JUDGE OF CIRCUIT .—Section 49 of such 2
1280	1280	title is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 3
1281	1281	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 4
1282	1282	(4) C
1283	1283	IRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CER -5
1284	1284	TIFICATION OF DEATH PENALTY COUNSELS .—Sec-6
1285	1285	tion 2265(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking 7
1286	1286	‘‘the District of Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting 8
1287	1287	‘‘the Capital Circuit’’. 9
1288	1288	(5) C
1289	1289	IRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION OVER RE -10
1290	1290	VIEW OF FEDERAL AGENCY ORDERS .—Section 2343 11
1291	1291	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of 12
1292	1292	Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital Cir-13
1293	1293	cuit’’. 14
1294	1294	(c) C
1295	1295	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS RELATING TODIS-15
1296	1296	TRICTCOURT.—Title 28, United States Code, is amended 16
1297	1297	as follows: 17
1298	1298	(1) A
1299	1299	PPOINTMENT AND NUMBER OF DISTRICT 18
1300	1300	COURT JUDGES.—Section 133(a) of such title is 19
1301	1301	amended in the first column by striking ‘‘District of 20
1302	1302	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass 21
1303	1303	Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 22
1304	1304	(2) D
1305	1305	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OF TAX 23
1306	1306	CASES BROUGHT AGAINST UNITED STATES .—Section 24
1307	1307	1346(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 25
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1311	1311	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 1
1312	1312	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 2
1313	1313	(3) D
1314	1314	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER PRO -3
1315	1315	CEEDINGS FOR FORFEITURE OF FOREIGN PROP -4
1316	1316	ERTY.—Section 1355(b)(2) of such title is amended 5
1317	1317	by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 6
1318	1318	‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the 7
1319	1319	Capital’’. 8
1320	1320	(4) D
1321	1321	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL 9
1322	1322	ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST A FOREIGN STATE .— 10
1323	1323	Section 1391(f)(4) of such title is amended by strik-11
1324	1324	ing ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Wash-12
1325	1325	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 13
1326	1326	(5) D
1327	1327	ISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER AC -14
1328	1328	TIONS BROUGHT BY CORPORATIONS AGAINST 15
1329	1329	UNITED STATES.—Section 1402(a)(2) of such title is 16
1330	1330	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and 17
1331	1331	inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth 18
1332	1332	and the Capital’’. 19
1333	1333	(6) V
1334	1334	ENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF CERTAIN AC -20
1335	1335	TIONS BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEES OF EXECUTIVE OF -21
1336	1336	FICE OF THE PRESIDENT .—Section 1413 of such 22
1337	1337	title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Colum-23
1338	1338	bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Common-24
1339	1339	wealth and the Capital’’. 25
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1343	1343	(7) VENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF ACTION EN -1
1344	1344	FORCING FOREIGN JUDGMENT .—Section 2
1345	1345	2467(c)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking 3
1346	1346	‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Wash-4
1347	1347	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 5
1348	1348	(d) C
1349	1349	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 6
1350	1350	O
1351	1351	THERCOURTS.—Title 28, United States Code, is 7
1352	1352	amended as follows: 8
1353	1353	(1) A
1354	1354	PPOINTMENT OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES .— 9
1355	1355	Section 152(a)(2) of such title is amended in the 10
1356	1356	first column by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and 11
1357	1357	inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth 12
1358	1358	and the Capital’’. 13
1359	1359	(2) L
1360	1360	OCATION OF COURT OF FEDERAL 14
1361	1361	CLAIMS.—Section 173 of such title is amended by 15
1362	1362	striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 16
1363	1363	‘‘the Capital’’. 17
1364	1364	(3) D
1365	1365	UTY STATION OF JUDGES OF COURT OF 18
1366	1366	FEDERAL CLAIMS.—Section 175 of such title is 19
1367	1367	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 20
1368	1368	each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 21
1369	1369	(4) D
1370	1370	UTY STATION OF JUDGES FOR PURPOSES 22
1371	1371	OF TRAVELING EXPENSES .—Section 456(b) of such 23
1372	1372	title is amended to read as follows: 24
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1376	1376	‘‘(b) The official duty station of the Chief Justice of 1
1377	1377	the United States, the Justices of the Supreme Court of 2
1378	1378	the United States, and the judges of the United States 3
1379	1379	Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be the Cap-4
1380	1380	ital.’’. 5
1381	1381	(5) C
1382	1382	OURT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FEDERAL 6
1383	1383	CIRCUIT AND COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS .—Section 7
1384	1384	462(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the Dis-8
1385	1385	trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 9
1386	1386	(6) P
1387	1387	LACES OF HOLDING COURT OF COURT OF 10
1388	1388	FEDERAL CLAIMS.—Section 798(a) of such title is 11
1389	1389	amended— 12
1390	1390	(A) by striking ‘‘Washington, District of 13
1391	1391	Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’; and 14
1392	1392	(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 15
1393	1393	and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 16
1394	1394	(e) O
1395	1395	THERCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 17
1396	1396	(1) S
1397	1397	ERVICE OF PROCESS ON FOREIGN PARTIES 18
1398	1398	AT STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICE .—Section 19
1399	1399	1608(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking 20
1400	1400	‘‘Washington, District of Columbia’’ and inserting 21
1401	1401	‘‘the Capital’’. 22
1402	1402	(2) S
1403	1403	ERVICE OF PROCESS IN PROPERTY CASES 23
1404	1404	AT ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE .—Section 2410(b) 24
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1408	1408	of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Washington, 1
1409	1409	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 2
1410	1410	(f) D
1411	1411	EFINITION.—Section 451 of title 28, United 3
1412	1412	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
1413	1413	lowing new undesignated paragraph: 5
1414	1414	‘‘The term ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the 6
1415	1415	seat of the Government of the United States, as described 7
1416	1416	in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 8
1417	1417	(g) R
1418	1418	EFERENCES INOTHERLAWS.—Any reference 9
1419	1419	in any Federal law (other than a law amended by this 10
1420	1420	section), rule, or regulation— 11
1421	1421	(1) to the United States Court of Appeals for 12
1422	1422	the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to 13
1423	1423	the United States Court of Appeals for the Capital; 14
1424	1424	(2) to the District of Columbia Circuit shall be 15
1425	1425	deemed to refer to the Capital Circuit; and 16
1426	1426	(3) to the United States District Court for the 17
1427	1427	District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the 18
1428	1428	United States District Court for Washington, Doug-19
1429	1429	lass Commonwealth and the Capital. 20
1430	1430	(h) E
1431	1431	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-21
1432	1432	ments made by this section shall take effect upon the ad-22
1433	1433	mission of the State into the Union. 23
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1437	1437	SEC. 213. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DE-1
1438	1438	PARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 2
1439	1439	(a) A
1440	1440	PPOINTMENT OFUNITEDSTATESTRUSTEES.— 3
1441	1441	Section 581(a)(4) of title 28, United States Code, is 4
1442	1442	amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and in-5
1443	1443	serting ‘‘the Capital and Washington, Douglass Common-6
1444	1444	wealth’’. 7
1445	1445	(b) I
1446	1446	NDEPENDENTCOUNSELS.— 8
1447	1447	(1) A
1448	1448	PPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL PER -9
1449	1449	SONNEL.—Section 594(c) of such title is amended— 10
1450	1450	(A) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 11
1451	1451	the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘Wash-12
1452	1452	ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Cap-13
1453	1453	ital’’; and 14
1454	1454	(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 15
1455	1455	the second place it appears and inserting 16
1456	1456	‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 17
1457	1457	(2) J
1458	1458	UDICIAL REVIEW OF REMOVAL .—Section 18
1459	1459	596(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 19
1460	1460	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 20
1461	1461	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 21
1462	1462	(c) E
1463	1463	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 22
1464	1464	this section shall take effect upon the admission of the 23
1465	1465	State into the Union. 24
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1469	1469	SEC. 214. TREATMENT OF PRETRIAL SERVICES IN UNITED 1
1470	1470	STATES DISTRICT COURT. 2
1471	1471	Section 3152 of title 18, United States Code, is 3
1472	1472	amended— 4
1473	1473	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(other than 5
1474	1474	the District of Columbia)’’ and inserting ‘‘(subject to 6
1475	1475	subsection (d), other than the District of Colum-7
1476	1476	bia)’’; and 8
1477	1477	(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-9
1478	1478	section: 10
1479	1479	‘‘(d) In the case of the judicial district of Washington, 11
1480	1480	Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital— 12
1481	1481	‘‘(1) upon the admission of the State of Wash-13
1482	1482	ington, Douglass Commonwealth into the Union, the 14
1483	1483	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth Pretrial Serv-15
1484	1484	ices Agency shall continue to provide pretrial serv-16
1485	1485	ices in the judicial district in the same manner and 17
1486	1486	to the same extent as the District of Columbia Pre-18
1487	1487	trial Services Agency provided such services in the 19
1488	1488	judicial district of the District of Columbia as of the 20
1489	1489	day before the date of the admission of the State 21
1490	1490	into the Union; and 22
1491	1491	‘‘(2) upon the receipt by the President of the 23
1492	1492	certification from the State of Washington, Douglass 24
1493	1493	Commonwealth under section 315(b)(4) of the 25
1494	1494	Washington, D.C. Admission Act that the State has 26
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1498	1498	in effect laws providing for the State to provide pre- 1
1499	1499	trial services, paragraph (1) shall no longer apply, 2
1500	1500	and the Director shall provide for the establishment 3
1501	1501	of pretrial services in the judicial district under this 4
1502	1502	section.’’. 5
1503	1503	Subtitle C—Federal Elections 6
1504	1504	SEC. 221. PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN CAPITAL 7
1505	1505	TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN STATE 8
1506	1506	OF MOST RECENT DOMICILE. 9
1507	1507	(a) R
1508	1508	EQUIREMENT FOR STATESTOPERMITINDIVID-10
1509	1509	UALSTOVOTE BYABSENTEEBALLOT.— 11
1510	1510	(1) I
1511	1511	N GENERAL.—Each State shall— 12
1512	1512	(A) permit absent Capital voters to use ab-13
1513	1513	sentee registration procedures and to vote by 14
1514	1514	absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and 15
1515	1515	runoff elections for Federal office; and 16
1516	1516	(B) accept and process, with respect to any 17
1517	1517	general, special, primary, or runoff election for 18
1518	1518	Federal office, any otherwise valid voter reg-19
1519	1519	istration application from an absent Capital 20
1520	1520	voter, if the application is received by the ap-21
1521	1521	propriate State election official not less than 30 22
1522	1522	days before the election. 23
1523	1523	(2) A
1524	1524	BSENT CAPITAL VOTER DEFINED .—In this 24
1525	1525	section, the term ‘‘absent Capital voter’’ means, with 25
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1529	1529	respect to a State, a person who resides in the Cap-1
1530	1530	ital and is qualified to vote in the State (or who 2
1531	1531	would be qualified to vote in the State but for resid-3
1532	1532	ing in the Capital), but only if the State is the last 4
1533	1533	place in which the person was domiciled before resid-5
1534	1534	ing in the Capital. 6
1535	1535	(3) S
1536	1536	TATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 7
1537	1537	‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, including 8
1538	1538	the State. 9
1539	1539	(b) R
1540	1540	ECOMMENDATIONS TO STATESTOMAXIMIZE 10
1541	1541	A
1542	1542	CCESS TOPOLLS BYABSENTCAPITALVOTERS.—To af-11
1543	1543	ford maximum access to the polls by absent Capital voters, 12
1544	1544	it is the sense of Congress that the States should— 13
1545	1545	(1) waive registration requirements for absent 14
1546	1546	Capital voters who, by reason of residence in the 15
1547	1547	Capital, do not have an opportunity to register; 16
1548	1548	(2) expedite processing of balloting materials 17
1549	1549	with respect to such individuals; and 18
1550	1550	(3) assure that absentee ballots are mailed to 19
1551	1551	such individuals at the earliest opportunity. 20
1552	1552	(c) E
1553	1553	NFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General may 21
1554	1554	bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the 22
1555	1555	United States for such declaratory or injunctive relief as 23
1556	1556	may be necessary to carry out this section. 24
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1560	1560	(d) EFFECT ONCERTAINOTHERLAWS.—The exer-1
1561	1561	cise of any right under this section shall not affect, for 2
1562	1562	purposes of a Federal tax, a State tax, or a local tax, the 3
1563	1563	residence or domicile of a person exercising such right. 4
1564	1564	(e) E
1565	1565	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 5
1566	1566	upon the date of the admission of the State into the 6
1567	1567	Union, and shall apply with respect to elections for Fed-7
1568	1568	eral office taking place on or after such date. 8
1569	1569	SEC. 222. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9
1570	1570	DELEGATE. 10
1571	1571	(a) I
1572	1572	NGENERAL.—Sections 202 and 204 of the Dis-11
1573	1573	trict of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91–405; sec-12
1574	1574	tions 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, 13
1575	1575	and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such 14
1576	1576	sections are restored or revived as if such sections had 15
1577	1577	not been enacted. 16
1578	1578	(b) C
1579	1579	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OFCO-17
1580	1580	LUMBIAELECTIONSCODE OF1955.—The District of Co-18
1581	1581	lumbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended— 19
1582	1582	(1) in section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 20
1583	1583	Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of 21
1584	1584	Representatives,’’; 22
1585	1585	(2) in section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official 23
1586	1586	Code)— 24
1587	1587	(A) by striking paragraph (6); 25
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1591	1591	(B) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘(except 1
1592	1592	the Delegate to Congress for the District of Co-2
1593	1593	lumbia)’’; and 3
1594	1594	(C) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘the 4
1595	1595	Delegate to Congress for the District of Colum-5
1596	1596	bia,’’; 6
1597	1597	(3) in section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 7
1598	1598	Code)— 8
1599	1599	(A) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ in the heading; 9
1600	1600	and 10
1601	1601	(B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 11
1602	1602	appears in subsections (d), (h)(1)(A), (h)(2), 12
1603	1603	(i)(1), (j)(1), (j)(3), and (k)(3); 13
1604	1604	(4) in section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 14
1605	1605	Code)— 15
1606	1606	(A) by striking subparagraph (A) of sub-16
1607	1607	section (a)(3); and 17
1608	1608	(B) in subsection (d)— 18
1609	1609	(i) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place 19
1610	1610	it appears in paragraph (1); and 20
1611	1611	(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and re-21
1612	1612	designating paragraph (3) as paragraph 22
1613	1613	(2); 23
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1617	1617	(5) in section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), 1
1618	1618	D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate to the 2
1619	1619	House of Representatives,’’; 3
1620	1620	(6) in section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. 4
1621	1621	Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’; and 5
1622	1622	(7) in section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. 6
1623	1623	Official Code), by striking ‘‘except the Delegate to 7
1624	1624	the Congress from the District of Columbia’’. 8
1625	1625	(c) E
1626	1626	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 9
1627	1627	this section shall take effect upon the admission of the 10
1628	1628	State into the Union. 11
1629	1629	SEC. 223. REPEAL OF LAW PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION 12
1630	1630	OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN ELECTION OF 13
1631	1631	PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. 14
1632	1632	(a) I
1633	1633	NGENERAL.—Section 21 of title 3, United 15
1634	1634	States Code, is amended— 16
1635	1635	(1) by striking paragraph (2); 17
1636	1636	(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-18
1637	1637	graph (2); and 19
1638	1638	(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 20
1639	1639	striking ‘‘(or, in the case of the District of Colum-21
1640	1640	bia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia)’’. 22
1641	1641	(b) E
1642	1642	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 23
1643	1643	subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of the admis-24
1644	1644	sion of the State into the Union, and shall apply to any 25
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1648	1648	election of the President and Vice President taking place 1
1649	1649	on or after such date. 2
1650	1650	SEC. 224. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION 3
1651	1651	OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REPEAL-4
1652	1652	ING 23RD AMENDMENT. 5
1653	1653	(a) J
1654	1654	OINTRESOLUTIONDESCRIBED.—In this sec-6
1655	1655	tion, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means a joint resolu-7
1656	1656	tion— 8
1657	1657	(1) entitled ‘‘A joint resolution proposing an 9
1658	1658	amendment to the Constitution of the United States 10
1659	1659	to repeal the 23rd article of amendment’’; and 11
1660	1660	(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 12
1661	1661	which consists solely of text to amend the Constitu-13
1662	1662	tion of the United States to repeal the 23rd article 14
1663	1663	of amendment to the Constitution. 15
1664	1664	(b) E
1665	1665	XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INHOUSE OFREP-16
1666	1666	RESENTATIVES.— 17
1667	1667	(1) P
1668	1668	LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-18
1669	1669	duction in the House of Representatives, the joint 19
1670	1670	resolution shall be placed immediately on the appro-20
1671	1671	priate calendar. 21
1672	1672	(2) P
1673	1673	ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 22
1674	1674	(A) I
1675	1675	N GENERAL.—It shall be in order, not 23
1676	1676	later than 30 legislative days after the date the 24
1677	1677	joint resolution is introduced in the House of 25
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1681	1681	Representatives, to move to proceed to consider 1
1682	1682	the joint resolution in the House of Representa-2
1683	1683	tives. 3
1684	1684	(B) P
1685	1685	ROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-4
1686	1686	ceed to consider the joint resolution— 5
1687	1687	(i) all points of order against the mo-6
1688	1688	tion are waived; 7
1689	1689	(ii) such a motion shall not be in 8
1690	1690	order after the House of Representatives 9
1691	1691	has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 10
1692	1692	joint resolution; 11
1693	1693	(iii) the previous question shall be 12
1694	1694	considered as ordered on the motion to its 13
1695	1695	adoption without intervening motion; 14
1696	1696	(iv) the motion shall not be debatable; 15
1697	1697	and 16
1698	1698	(v) a motion to reconsider the vote by 17
1699	1699	which the motion is disposed of shall not 18
1700	1700	be in order. 19
1701	1701	(3) C
1702	1702	ONSIDERATION.—When the House of Rep-20
1703	1703	resentatives proceeds to consideration of the joint 21
1704	1704	resolution— 22
1705	1705	(A) the joint resolution shall be considered 23
1706	1706	as read; 24
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1710	1710	(B) all points of order against the joint 1
1711	1711	resolution and against its consideration are 2
1712	1712	waived; 3
1713	1713	(C) the previous question shall be consid-4
1714	1714	ered as ordered on the joint resolution to its 5
1715	1715	passage without intervening motion except 10 6
1716	1716	hours of debate equally divided and controlled 7
1717	1717	by the proponent and an opponent; 8
1718	1718	(D) an amendment to the joint resolution 9
1719	1719	shall not be in order; and 10
1720	1720	(E) a motion to reconsider the vote on pas-11
1721	1721	sage of the joint resolution shall not be in 12
1722	1722	order. 13
1723	1723	(c) E
1724	1724	XPEDITEDCONSIDERATION INSENATE.— 14
1725	1725	(1) P
1726	1726	LACEMENT ON CALENDAR .—Upon intro-15
1727	1727	duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 16
1728	1728	placed immediately on the calendar. 17
1729	1729	(2) P
1730	1730	ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 18
1731	1731	(A) I
1732	1732	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 19
1733	1733	XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 20
1734	1734	in order, not later than 30 legislative days after 21
1735	1735	the date the joint resolution is introduced in the 22
1736	1736	Senate (even though a previous motion to the 23
1737	1737	same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 24
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1741	1741	proceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-1
1742	1742	tion. 2
1743	1743	(B) P
1744	1744	ROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-3
1745	1745	ceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-4
1746	1746	tion— 5
1747	1747	(i) all points of order against the mo-6
1748	1748	tion are waived; 7
1749	1749	(ii) the motion is not debatable; 8
1750	1750	(iii) the motion is not subject to a mo-9
1751	1751	tion to postpone; 10
1752	1752	(iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 11
1753	1753	which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 12
1754	1754	to shall not be in order; and 13
1755	1755	(v) if the motion is agreed to, the 14
1756	1756	joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 15
1757	1757	business until disposed of. 16
1758	1758	(3) F
1759	1759	LOOR CONSIDERATION.— 17
1760	1760	(A) I
1761	1761	N GENERAL.—If the Senate proceeds 18
1762	1762	to consideration of the joint resolution— 19
1763	1763	(i) all points of order against the joint 20
1764	1764	resolution (and against consideration of 21
1765	1765	the joint resolution) are waived; 22
1766	1766	(ii) consideration of the joint resolu-23
1767	1767	tion, and all debatable motions and appeals 24
1768	1768	in connection therewith, shall be limited to 25
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1772	1772	not more than 30 hours, which shall be di-1
1773	1773	vided equally between the majority and mi-2
1774	1774	nority leaders or their designees; 3
1775	1775	(iii) a motion further to limit debate 4
1776	1776	is in order and not debatable; 5
1777	1777	(iv) an amendment to, a motion to 6
1778	1778	postpone, or a motion to commit the joint 7
1779	1779	resolution is not in order; and 8
1780	1780	(v) a motion to proceed to the consid-9
1781	1781	eration of other business is not in order. 10
1782	1782	(B) V
1783	1783	OTE ON PASSAGE.—In the Senate the 11
1784	1784	vote on passage shall occur immediately fol-12
1785	1785	lowing the conclusion of the consideration of the 13
1786	1786	joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the 14
1787	1787	conclusion of the debate if requested in accord-15
1788	1788	ance with the rules of the Senate. 16
1789	1789	(C) R
1790	1790	ULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE -17
1791	1791	DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 18
1792	1792	relating to the application of this subsection or 19
1793	1793	the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 20
1794	1794	the procedure relating to the joint resolution 21
1795	1795	shall be decided without debate. 22
1796	1796	(d) R
1797	1797	ULESRELATING TOSENATE ANDHOUSE OF 23
1798	1798	R
1799	1799	EPRESENTATIVES.— 24
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1803	1803	(1) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER 1
1804	1804	HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one House of the 2
1805	1805	joint resolution of that House, that House receives 3
1806	1806	from the other House the joint resolution— 4
1807	1807	(A) the joint resolution of the other House 5
1808	1808	shall not be referred to a committee; and 6
1809	1809	(B) with respect to the joint resolution of 7
1810	1810	the House receiving the resolution— 8
1811	1811	(i) the procedure in that House shall 9
1812	1812	be the same as if no joint resolution had 10
1813	1813	been received from the other House; and 11
1814	1814	(ii) the vote on passage shall be on 12
1815	1815	the joint resolution of the other House. 13
1816	1816	(2) T
1817	1817	REATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF 14
1818	1818	OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce or 15
1819	1819	consider the joint resolution under this section, the 16
1820	1820	joint resolution of the other House shall be entitled 17
1821	1821	to expedited floor procedures under this section. 18
1822	1822	(3) T
1823	1823	REATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES .— 19
1824	1824	If, following passage of the joint resolution in the 20
1825	1825	Senate, the Senate receives the companion measure 21
1826	1826	from the House of Representatives, the companion 22
1827	1827	measure shall not be debatable. 23
1828	1828	(e) R
1829	1829	ULES OFHOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES AND 24
1830	1830	S
1831	1831	ENATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 25
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1835	1835	(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 1
1836	1836	the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-2
1837	1837	tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 3
1838	1838	each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-4
1839	1839	spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 5
1840	1840	in the case of the joint resolution, and supersede 6
1841	1841	other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 7
1842	1842	with such rules; and 8
1843	1843	(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 9
1844	1844	right of either House to change the rules (so far as 10
1845	1845	relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 11
1846	1846	in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 12
1847	1847	the case of any other rule of that House. 13
1848	1848	TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF 14
1849	1849	CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 15
1850	1850	RESPONSIBILITIES 16
1851	1851	Subtitle A—Employee Benefits 17
1852	1852	SEC. 301. FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN 18
1853	1853	RETIREMENT PROGRAMS. 19
1854	1854	(a) C
1855	1855	ONTINUATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO PAY-20
1856	1856	MENTS.—Any individual who, as of the day before the date 21
1857	1857	of the admission of the State into the Union, is entitled 22
1858	1858	to a Federal benefit payment under the District of Colum-23
1859	1859	bia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 (subtitle A of title 24
1860	1860	XI of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Govern-25
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1864	1864	ment Improvement Act of 1997; sec. 1–801.01 et seq., 1
1865	1865	D.C. Official Code) shall continue to be entitled to such 2
1866	1866	a payment after the admission of the State into the Union, 3
1867	1867	in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to 4
1868	1868	the same terms and conditions applicable under such Act. 5
1869	1869	(b) O
1870	1870	BLIGATIONS OFFEDERALGOVERNMENT.— 6
1871	1871	(1) I
1872	1872	N GENERAL.—Any obligation of the Fed-7
1873	1873	eral Government under the District of Columbia Re-8
1874	1874	tirement Protection Act of 1997 which exists with 9
1875	1875	respect to any individual or with respect to the Dis-10
1876	1876	trict of Columbia as of the day before the date of 11
1877	1877	the admission of the State into the Union shall re-12
1878	1878	main in effect with respect to such an individual and 13
1879	1879	with respect to the State after the admission of the 14
1880	1880	State into the Union, in the same manner, to the 15
1881	1881	same extent, and subject to the same terms and con-16
1882	1882	ditions applicable under such Act. 17
1883	1883	(2) D.C.
1884	1884	FEDERAL PENSION FUND .—Any obli-18
1885	1885	gation of the Federal Government under chapter 9 19
1886	1886	of the District of Columbia Retirement Protection 20
1887	1887	Act of 1997 (sec. 1–817.01 et seq., D.C. Official 21
1888	1888	Code) with respect to the D.C. Federal Pension 22
1889	1889	Fund which exists as of the day before the date of 23
1890	1890	the admission of the State into the Union shall re-24
1891	1891	main in effect with respect to such Fund after the 25
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1895	1895	admission of the State into the Union, in the same 1
1896	1896	manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same 2
1897	1897	terms and conditions applicable under such chapter. 3
1898	1898	(c) O
1899	1899	BLIGATIONS OFSTATE.—Any obligation of the 4
1900	1900	District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Re-5
1901	1901	tirement Protection Act of 1997 which exists with respect 6
1902	1902	to any individual or with respect to the Federal Govern-7
1903	1903	ment as of the day before the date of the admission of 8
1904	1904	the State into the Union shall become an obligation of the 9
1905	1905	State with respect to such an individual and with respect 10
1906	1906	to the Federal Government after the admission of the 11
1907	1907	State into the Union, in the same manner, to the same 12
1908	1908	extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions ap-13
1909	1909	plicable under such Act. 14
1910	1910	SEC. 302. CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE BEN-15
1911	1911	EFITS FOR EMPLOYEES FIRST EMPLOYED 16
1912	1912	PRIOR TO ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT OF 17
1913	1913	COLUMBIA MERIT PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 18
1914	1914	(a) O
1915	1915	BLIGATIONS OFFEDERALGOVERNMENT.—Any 19
1916	1916	obligation of the Federal Government under title 5, United 20
1917	1917	States Code, which exists with respect to an individual de-21
1918	1918	scribed in subsection (c) or with respect to the District 22
1919	1919	of Columbia as of the day before the date of the admission 23
1920	1920	of the State into the Union shall remain in effect with 24
1921	1921	respect to such individual and with respect to the State 25
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1924	1924	•S 51 IS
1925	1925	after the admission of the State into the Union, in the 1
1926	1926	same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same 2
1927	1927	terms and conditions applicable under such title. 3
1928	1928	(b) O
1929	1929	BLIGATIONS OFSTATE.—Any obligation of the 4
1930	1930	District of Columbia under title 5, United States Code, 5
1931	1931	which exists with respect to an individual described in sub-6
1932	1932	section (c) or with respect to the Federal Government as 7
1933	1933	of the day before the date of the admission of the State 8
1934	1934	into the Union shall become an obligation of the State with 9
1935	1935	respect to such individual and with respect to the Federal 10
1936	1936	Government after the admission of the State into the 11
1937	1937	Union, in the same manner, to the same extent, and sub-12
1938	1938	ject to the same terms and conditions applicable under 13
1939	1939	such title. 14
1940	1940	(c) I
1941	1941	NDIVIDUALSDESCRIBED.—An individual de-15
1942	1942	scribed in this subsection is an individual who was first 16
1943	1943	employed by the government of the District of Columbia 17
1944	1944	before October 1, 1987. 18
1945	1945	SEC. 303. OBLIGATIONS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER 19
1946	1946	JUDGES’ RETIREMENT PROGRAM. 20
1947	1947	(a) C
1948	1948	ONTINUATION OFOBLIGATIONS.— 21
1949	1949	(1) I
1950	1950	N GENERAL.—Any obligation of the Fed-22
1951	1951	eral Government under subchapter III of chapter 15 23
1952	1952	of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code— 24
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1955	1955	•S 51 IS
1956	1956	(A) which exists with respect to any indi-1
1957	1957	vidual and the District of Columbia as the re-2
1958	1958	sult of service accrued prior to the date of the 3
1959	1959	admission of the State into the Union shall re-4
1960	1960	main in effect with respect to such an indi-5
1961	1961	vidual and with respect to the State after the 6
1962	1962	admission of the State into the Union, in the 7
1963	1963	same manner, to the same extent, and subject 8
1964	1964	to the same terms and conditions applicable 9
1965	1965	under such subchapter; and 10
1966	1966	(B) subject to paragraph (2), shall exist 11
1967	1967	with respect to any individual and the State as 12
1968	1968	the result of service accrued after the date of 13
1969	1969	the admission of the State into the Union in the 14
1970	1970	same manner, to the same extent, and subject 15
1971	1971	to the same terms and conditions applicable 16
1972	1972	under such subchapter as such obligation ex-17
1973	1973	isted with respect to individuals and the Dis-18
1974	1974	trict of Columbia as of the date of the admis-19
1975	1975	sion of the State into the Union. 20
1976	1976	(2) T
1977	1977	REATMENT OF SERVICE ACCRUED AFTER 21
1978	1978	TAKING EFFECT OF STATE RETIREMENT PRO -22
1979	1979	GRAM.—Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) does 23
1980	1980	not apply to service accrued on or after the termi-24
1981	1981	nation date described in subsection (b). 25
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1984	1984	•S 51 IS
1985	1985	(b) TERMINATIONDATE.—The termination date de-1
1986	1986	scribed in this subsection is the date on which the State 2
1987	1987	provides written certification to the President that the 3
1988	1988	State has in effect laws requiring the State to appropriate 4
1989	1989	and make available funds for the retirement of judges of 5
1990	1990	the State. 6
1991	1991	Subtitle B—Agencies 7
1992	1992	SEC. 311. PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE. 8
1993	1993	(a) C
1994	1994	ONTINUATION OF OPERATIONS AND FUND-9
1995	1995	ING.— 10
1996	1996	(1) I
1997	1997	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11
1998	1998	graph (2) and subsection (b), title III of the District 12
1999	1999	of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure 13
2000	2000	Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1601 et seq., D.C. Official 14
2001	2001	Code) shall apply with respect to the State and to 15
2002	2002	the public defender service of the State after the 16
2003	2003	date of the admission of the State into the Union in 17
2004	2004	the same manner and to the same extent as such 18
2005	2005	title applied with respect to the District of Columbia 19
2006	2006	and the District of Columbia Public Defender Serv-20
2007	2007	ice as of the day before the date of the admission 21
2008	2008	of the State into the Union. 22
2009	2009	(2) R
2010	2010	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -23
2011	2011	TRIBUTION.—For purposes of paragraph (2) of sec-24
2012	2012	tion 305(c) of such Act (sec. 2–1605(c)(2), D.C. Of-25
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2015	2015	•S 51 IS
2016	2016	ficial Code), the Federal Government shall be treat-1
2017	2017	ed as the employing agency with respect to the bene-2
2018	2018	fits provided under such section to an individual who 3
2019	2019	is an employee of the public defender service of the 4
2020	2020	State and who, pursuant to section 305(c) of such 5
2021	2021	Act (sec. 2–1605(c), D.C. Official Code), is treated 6
2022	2022	as an employee of the Federal Government for pur-7
2023	2023	poses of receiving benefits under any chapter of sub-8
2024	2024	part G of part III of title 5, United States Code. 9
2025	2025	(b) R
2026	2026	ENAMING OFSERVICE.—Effective upon the date 10
2027	2027	of the admission of the State into the Union, the State 11
2028	2028	may rename the public defender service of the State. 12
2029	2029	(c) C
2030	2030	ONTINUATION OFFEDERALBENEFITS FOREM-13
2031	2031	PLOYEES.— 14
2032	2032	(1) I
2033	2033	N GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 15
2034	2034	employee of the public defender service of the State 16
2035	2035	as of the day before the date described in subsection 17
2036	2036	(d) and who, pursuant to section 305(c) of the Dis-18
2037	2037	trict of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Proce-19
2038	2038	dure Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1605(c), D.C. Official 20
2039	2039	Code), is treated as an employee of the Federal Gov-21
2040	2040	ernment for purposes of receiving benefits under any 22
2041	2041	chapter of subpart G of part III of title 5, United 23
2042	2042	States Code, shall continue to be treated as an em-24
2043	2043	ployee of the Federal Government for such purposes, 25
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2047	2047	notwithstanding the termination of the provisions of 1
2048	2048	subsection (a) under subsection (d). 2
2049	2049	(2) R
2050	2050	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -3
2051	2051	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 4
2052	2052	subsection (d), the State shall be treated as the em-5
2053	2053	ploying agency with respect to the benefits described 6
2054	2054	in paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 7
2055	2055	who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-8
2056	2056	tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 9
2057	2057	Government under such paragraph. 10
2058	2058	(d) T
2059	2059	ERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall terminate 11
2060	2060	upon the date on which the State provides written certifi-12
2061	2061	cation to the President that the State has in effect laws 13
2062	2062	requiring the State to appropriate and make available 14
2063	2063	funds for the operation of the office of the State which 15
2064	2064	provides the services described in title III of the District 16
2065	2065	of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act 17
2066	2066	of 1970 (sec. 2–1601 et seq., D.C. Official Code). 18
2067	2067	SEC. 312. PROSECUTIONS. 19
2068	2068	(a) A
2069	2069	SSIGNMENT OFASSISTANTUNITEDSTATESAT-20
2070	2070	TORNEYS.— 21
2071	2071	(1) I
2072	2072	N GENERAL.—In accordance with sub-22
2073	2073	chapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 23
2074	2074	Code, the Attorney General, with the concurrence of 24
2075	2075	the District of Columbia or the State (as the case 25
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2078	2078	•S 51 IS
2079	2079	may be), shall provide for the assignment of assist-1
2080	2080	ant United States attorneys to the State to carry 2
2081	2081	out the functions described in subsection (b). 3
2082	2082	(2) A
2083	2083	SSIGNMENTS MADE ON DETAIL WITHOUT 4
2084	2084	REIMBURSEMENT BY STATE .—In accordance with 5
2085	2085	section 3373 of title 5, United States Code— 6
2086	2086	(A) an assistant United States attorney 7
2087	2087	who is assigned to the State under this section 8
2088	2088	shall be deemed under subsection (a) of such 9
2089	2089	section to be on detail to a regular work assign-10
2090	2090	ment in the Department of Justice; and 11
2091	2091	(B) the assignment of an assistant United 12
2092	2092	States attorney to the State under this section 13
2093	2093	shall be made without reimbursement by the 14
2094	2094	State of the pay of the attorney or any related 15
2095	2095	expenses. 16
2096	2096	(b) F
2097	2097	UNCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The functions de-17
2098	2098	scribed in this subsection are criminal prosecutions con-18
2099	2099	ducted in the name of the State which would have been 19
2100	2100	conducted in the name of the United States by the United 20
2101	2101	States attorney for the District of Columbia or his or her 21
2102	2102	assistants, as provided under section 23–101(c), District 22
2103	2103	of Columbia Official Code, but for the admission of the 23
2104	2104	State into the Union. 24
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2107	2107	•S 51 IS
2108	2108	(c) MINIMUMNUMBERASSIGNED.—The number of 1
2109	2109	assistant United States attorneys who are assigned under 2
2110	2110	this section may not be less than the number of assistant 3
2111	2111	United States attorneys whose principal duties as of the 4
2112	2112	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 5
2113	2113	Union were to conduct criminal prosecutions in the name 6
2114	2114	of the United States under section 23–101(c), District of 7
2115	2115	Columbia Official Code. 8
2116	2116	(d) T
2117	2117	ERMINATION.—The obligation of the Attorney 9
2118	2118	General to provide for the assignment of assistant United 10
2119	2119	States attorneys under this section shall terminate upon 11
2120	2120	written certification by the State to the President that the 12
2121	2121	State has appointed attorneys of the State to carry out 13
2122	2122	the functions described in subsection (b). 14
2123	2123	(e) C
2124	2124	LARIFICATIONREGARDINGCLEMENCYAU-15
2125	2125	THORITY.— 16
2126	2126	(1) I
2127	2127	N GENERAL.—Effective upon the admission 17
2128	2128	of the State into the Union, the authority to grant 18
2129	2129	clemency for offenses against the District of Colum-19
2130	2130	bia or the State shall be exercised by such person or 20
2131	2131	persons, and under such terms and conditions, as 21
2132	2132	provided by the State Constitution and the laws of 22
2133	2133	the State, without regard to whether the prosecution 23
2134	2134	for the offense was conducted by the District of Co-24
2135	2135	lumbia, the State, or the United States. 25
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2138	2138	•S 51 IS
2139	2139	(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 1
2140	2140	‘‘clemency’’ means a pardon, reprieve, or commuta-2
2141	2141	tion of sentence, or a remission of a fine or other 3
2142	2142	financial penalty. 4
2143	2143	SEC. 313. SERVICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHALS. 5
2144	2144	(a) P
2145	2145	ROVISION OF SERVICES FOR COURTS OF 6
2146	2146	S
2147	2147	TATE.—The United States Marshals Service shall pro-7
2148	2148	vide services with respect to the courts and court system 8
2149	2149	of the State in the same manner and to the same extent 9
2150	2150	as the Service provided services with respect to the courts 10
2151	2151	and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 11
2152	2152	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 12
2153	2153	Union, except that the President shall not appoint a 13
2154	2154	United States Marshal under section 561 of title 28, 14
2155	2155	United States Code, for any court of the State. 15
2156	2156	(b) T
2157	2157	ERMINATION.—The obligation of the United 16
2158	2158	States Marshals Service to provide services under this sec-17
2159	2159	tion shall terminate upon written certification by the State 18
2160	2160	to the President that the State has appointed personnel 19
2161	2161	of the State to provide such services. 20
2162	2162	SEC. 314. DESIGNATION OF FELONS TO FACILITIES OF BU-21
2163	2163	REAU OF PRISONS. 22
2164	2164	(a) C
2165	2165	ONTINUATION OFDESIGNATION.—Chapter 1 of 23
2166	2166	subtitle C of title XI of the National Capital Revitalization 24
2167	2167	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 24– 25
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2170	2170	•S 51 IS
2171	2171	101 et seq., D.C. Official Code) and the amendments 1
2172	2172	made by such chapter— 2
2173	2173	(1) shall continue to apply with respect to indi-3
2174	2174	viduals convicted of offenses under the laws of the 4
2175	2175	District of Columbia prior to the date of the admis-5
2176	2176	sion of the State into the Union; and 6
2177	2177	(2) shall apply with respect to individuals con-7
2178	2178	victed of offenses under the laws of the State after 8
2179	2179	the date of the admission of the State into the 9
2180	2180	Union in the same manner and to the same extent 10
2181	2181	as such chapter and amendments applied with re-11
2182	2182	spect to individuals convicted of offenses under the 12
2183	2183	laws of the District of Columbia prior to the date of 13
2184	2184	the admission of the State into the Union. 14
2185	2185	(b) T
2186	2186	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 15
2187	2187	shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 16
2188	2188	the President that the State has in effect laws for the 17
2189	2189	housing of individuals described in subsection (a) in cor-18
2190	2190	rectional facilities. 19
2191	2191	SEC. 315. PAROLE AND SUPERVISION. 20
2192	2192	(a) U
2193	2193	NITEDSTATESPAROLECOMMISSION.— 21
2194	2194	(1) P
2195	2195	AROLE.—The United States Parole Com-22
2196	2196	mission— 23
2197	2197	(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 24
2198	2198	to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and to im-25
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2201	2201	•S 51 IS
2202	2202	pose conditions upon an order of parole, in the 1
2203	2203	case of any individual who is an imprisoned 2
2204	2204	felon who is eligible for parole or reparole under 3
2205	2205	the laws of the District of Columbia as of the 4
2206	2206	day before the date of the admission of the 5
2207	2207	State into the Union, as provided under section 6
2208	2208	11231 of the National Capital Revitalization 7
2209	2209	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 8
2210	2210	(sec. 24–131, D.C. Official Code); and 9
2211	2211	(B) shall exercise the authority to grant, 10
2212	2212	deny, and revoke parole, and to impose condi-11
2213	2213	tions upon an order of parole, in the case of 12
2214	2214	any individual who is an imprisoned felon who 13
2215	2215	is eligible for parole or reparole under the laws 14
2216	2216	of the State in the same manner and to the 15
2217	2217	same extent as the Commission exercised in the 16
2218	2218	case of any individual described in subpara-17
2219	2219	graph (A). 18
2220	2220	(2) S
2221	2221	UPERVISION OF RELEASED OFFENDERS .— 19
2222	2222	The United States Parole Commission— 20
2223	2223	(A) shall continue to exercise the authority 21
2224	2224	over individuals who are released offenders of 22
2225	2225	the District of Columbia as of the day before 23
2226	2226	the date of the admission of the State into the 24
2227	2227	Union, as provided under section 11233(c)(2) 25
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2230	2230	•S 51 IS
2231	2231	of the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 1
2232	2232	Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 2
2233	2233	24–133(c)(2), D.C. Official Code); and 3
2234	2234	(B) shall exercise authority over individ-4
2235	2235	uals who are released offenders of the State in 5
2236	2236	the same manner and to the same extent as the 6
2237	2237	Commission exercised authority over individuals 7
2238	2238	described in subparagraph (A). 8
2239	2239	(3) C
2240	2240	ONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 9
2241	2241	EMPLOYEES.— 10
2242	2242	(A) C
2243	2243	ONTINUATION.—Any individual who 11
2244	2244	is an employee of the United States Parole 12
2245	2245	Commission as of the later of the day before 13
2246	2246	the date described in subparagraph (A) of para-14
2247	2247	graph (4) or the day before the date described 15
2248	2248	in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) and who, 16
2249	2249	on or after such date, is an employee of the of-17
2250	2250	fice of the State which exercises the authority 18
2251	2251	described in either such subparagraph, shall 19
2252	2252	continue to be treated as an employee of the 20
2253	2253	Federal Government for purposes of receiving 21
2254	2254	benefits under any chapter of subpart G of part 22
2255	2255	III of title 5, United States Code, notwith-23
2256	2256	standing the termination of the provisions of 24
2257	2257	this subsection under paragraph (4). 25
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2260	2260	•S 51 IS
2261	2261	(B) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -1
2262	2262	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the later of the date 2
2263	2263	described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) 3
2264	2264	or the date described in subparagraph (B) of 4
2265	2265	paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as the 5
2266	2266	employing agency with respect to the benefits 6
2267	2267	described in subparagraph (A) which are pro-7
2268	2268	vided to an individual who, for purposes of re-8
2269	2269	ceiving such benefits, is continued to be treated 9
2270	2270	as an employee of the Federal Government 10
2271	2271	under such subparagraph. 11
2272	2272	(4) T
2273	2273	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this sub-12
2274	2274	section shall terminate— 13
2275	2275	(A) in the case of paragraph (1), on the 14
2276	2276	date on which the State provides written certifi-15
2277	2277	cation to the President that the State has in ef-16
2278	2278	fect laws providing for the State to exercise the 17
2279	2279	authority to grant, deny, and revoke parole, and 18
2280	2280	to impose conditions upon an order of parole, in 19
2281	2281	the case of any individual who is an imprisoned 20
2282	2282	felon who is eligible for parole or reparole under 21
2283	2283	the laws of the State; and 22
2284	2284	(B) in the case of paragraph (2), on the 23
2285	2285	date on which the State provides written certifi-24
2286	2286	cation to the President that the State has in ef-25
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2289	2289	•S 51 IS
2290	2290	fect laws providing for the State to exercise au-1
2291	2291	thority over individuals who are released offend-2
2292	2292	ers of the State. 3
2293	2293	(b) C
2294	2294	OURTSERVICES ANDOFFENDERSUPERVISION 4
2295	2295	A
2296	2296	GENCY.— 5
2297	2297	(1) R
2298	2298	ENAMING.—Effective upon the date of the 6
2299	2299	admission of the State into the Union— 7
2300	2300	(A) the Court Services and Offender Su-8
2301	2301	pervision Agency for the District of Columbia 9
2302	2302	shall be known and designated as the Court 10
2303	2303	Services and Offender Supervision Agency for 11
2304	2304	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and any 12
2305	2305	reference in any law, rule, or regulation to the 13
2306	2306	Court Services and Offender Supervision Agen-14
2307	2307	cy for the District of Columbia shall be deemed 15
2308	2308	to refer to the Court Services and Offender Su-16
2309	2309	pervision Agency for Washington, Douglass 17
2310	2310	Commonwealth; and 18
2311	2311	(B) the District of Columbia Pretrial Serv-19
2312	2312	ices Agency shall be known and designated as 20
2313	2313	the Washington, Douglass Commonwealth Pre-21
2314	2314	trial Services Agency, and any reference in any 22
2315	2315	law, rule or regulation to the District of Colum-23
2316	2316	bia Pretrial Services Agency shall be deemed to 24
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2319	2319	•S 51 IS
2320	2320	refer to the Washington, Douglass Common-1
2321	2321	wealth Pretrial Services Agency. 2
2322	2322	(2) I
2323	2323	N GENERAL.—The Court Services and Of-3
2324	2324	fender Supervision Agency for Washington, Doug-4
2325	2325	lass Commonwealth, including the Washington, 5
2326	2326	Douglass Commonwealth Pretrial Services Agency 6
2327	2327	(as renamed under paragraph (1))— 7
2328	2328	(A) shall continue to provide pretrial serv-8
2329	2329	ices with respect to individuals who are charged 9
2330	2330	with an offense in the District of Columbia, 10
2331	2331	provide supervision for individuals who are of-11
2332	2332	fenders on probation, parole, and supervised re-12
2333	2333	lease pursuant to the laws of the District of Co-13
2334	2334	lumbia, and carry out sex offender registration 14
2335	2335	functions with respect to individuals who are 15
2336	2336	sex offenders in the District of Columbia, as of 16
2337	2337	the day before the date of the admission of the 17
2338	2338	State into the Union, as provided under section 18
2339	2339	11233 of the National Capital Revitalization 19
2340	2340	and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 20
2341	2341	(sec. 24–133, D.C. Official Code); and 21
2342	2342	(B) shall provide pretrial services with re-22
2343	2343	spect to individuals who are charged with an of-23
2344	2344	fense in the State, provide supervision for of-24
2345	2345	fenders on probation, parole, and supervised re-25
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2348	2348	•S 51 IS
2349	2349	lease pursuant to the laws of the State, and 1
2350	2350	carry out sex offender registration functions in 2
2351	2351	the State, in the same manner and to the same 3
2352	2352	extent as the Agency provided such services and 4
2353	2353	supervision and carried out such functions for 5
2354	2354	individuals described in subparagraph (A). 6
2355	2355	(3) C
2356	2356	ONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR 7
2357	2357	EMPLOYEES.— 8
2358	2358	(A) C
2359	2359	ONTINUATION.—Any individual who 9
2360	2360	is an employee of the Court Services and Of-10
2361	2361	fender Supervision Agency for Washington, 11
2362	2362	Douglass Commonwealth as of the day before 12
2363	2363	the date described in paragraph (4), and who, 13
2364	2364	on or after such date, is an employee of the of-14
2365	2365	fice of the State which provides the services and 15
2366	2366	carries out the functions described in paragraph 16
2367	2367	(4), shall continue to be treated as an employee 17
2368	2368	of the Federal Government for purposes of re-18
2369	2369	ceiving benefits under any chapter of subpart G 19
2370	2370	of part III of title 5, United States Code, not-20
2371	2371	withstanding the termination of the provisions 21
2372	2372	of paragraph (2) under paragraph (4). 22
2373	2373	(B) R
2374	2374	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -23
2375	2375	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described 24
2376	2376	in paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as 25
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2379	2379	•S 51 IS
2380	2380	the employing agency with respect to the bene-1
2381	2381	fits described in subparagraph (A) which are 2
2382	2382	provided to an individual who, for purposes of 3
2383	2383	receiving such benefits, is continued to be treat-4
2384	2384	ed as an employee of the Federal Government 5
2385	2385	under such subparagraph. 6
2386	2386	(4) T
2387	2387	ERMINATION.—Paragraph (2) shall termi-7
2388	2388	nate on the date on which the State provides written 8
2389	2389	certification to the President that the State has in 9
2390	2390	effect laws providing for the State to provide pretrial 10
2391	2391	services, supervise offenders on probation, parole, 11
2392	2392	and supervised release, and carry out sex offender 12
2393	2393	registration functions in the State. 13
2394	2394	SEC. 316. COURTS. 14
2395	2395	(a) C
2396	2396	ONTINUATION OFOPERATIONS.— 15
2397	2397	(1) I
2398	2398	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-16
2399	2399	graphs (2) and (3) and subsection (b), title 11, Dis-17
2400	2400	trict of Columbia Official Code, as in effect on the 18
2401	2401	day before the date of the admission of the State 19
2402	2402	into the Union, shall apply with respect to the State 20
2403	2403	and the courts and court system of the State after 21
2404	2404	the date of the admission of the State into the 22
2405	2405	Union in the same manner and to the same extent 23
2406	2406	as such title applied with respect to the District of 24
2407	2407	Columbia and the courts and court system of the 25
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2410	2410	•S 51 IS
2411	2411	District of Columbia as of the day before the date 1
2412	2412	of the admission of the State into the Union. 2
2413	2413	(2) R
2414	2414	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -3
2415	2415	TRIBUTION.—For purposes of paragraph (2) of sec-4
2416	2416	tion 11–1726(b) and paragraph (2) of section 11– 5
2417	2417	1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, the 6
2418	2418	Federal Government shall be treated as the employ-7
2419	2419	ing agency with respect to the benefits provided 8
2420	2420	under such section to an individual who is an em-9
2421	2421	ployee of the courts and court system of the State 10
2422	2422	and who, pursuant to either such paragraph, is 11
2423	2423	treated as an employee of the Federal Government 12
2424	2424	for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 13
2425	2425	of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 14
2426	2426	Code. 15
2427	2427	(3) O
2428	2428	THER EXCEPTIONS.— 16
2429	2429	(A) S
2430	2430	ELECTION OF JUDGES .—Effective 17
2431	2431	upon the date of the admission of the State into 18
2432	2432	the Union, the State shall select judges for any 19
2433	2433	vacancy on the courts of the State. 20
2434	2434	(B) R
2435	2435	ENAMING OF COURTS AND OTHER 21
2436	2436	OFFICES.—Effective upon the date of the ad-22
2437	2437	mission of the State into the Union, the State 23
2438	2438	may rename any of its courts and any of the 24
2439	2439	other offices of its court system. 25
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2443	2443	(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 1
2444	2444	in this paragraph shall be construed— 2
2445	2445	(i) to affect the service of any judge 3
2446	2446	serving on a court of the District of Co-4
2447	2447	lumbia on the day before the date of the 5
2448	2448	admission of the State into the Union, or 6
2449	2449	to require the State to select such a judge 7
2450	2450	for a vacancy on a court of the State; or 8
2451	2451	(ii) to waive any of the requirements 9
2452	2452	of chapter 15 of title 11, District of Co-10
2453	2453	lumbia Official Code (other than section 11
2454	2454	11–1501(a) of such Code), including sub-12
2455	2455	chapter II of such chapter (relating to the 13
2456	2456	District of Columbia Commission on Judi-14
2457	2457	cial Disabilities and Tenure), with respect 15
2458	2458	to the appointment and service of judges of 16
2459	2459	the courts of the State. 17
2460	2460	(b) C
2461	2461	ONTINUATION OFFEDERALBENEFITS FOREM-18
2462	2462	PLOYEES.— 19
2463	2463	(1) I
2464	2464	N GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 20
2465	2465	employee of the courts or court system of the State 21
2466	2466	as of the day before the date described in subsection 22
2467	2467	(e) and who, pursuant to section 11–1726(b) or sec-23
2468	2468	tion 11–1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, 24
2469	2469	is treated as an employee of the Federal Government 25
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2472	2472	•S 51 IS
2473	2473	for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 1
2474	2474	of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 2
2475	2475	Code, shall continue to be treated as an employee of 3
2476	2476	the Federal Government for such purposes, notwith-4
2477	2477	standing the termination of the provisions of this 5
2478	2478	section under subsection (e). 6
2479	2479	(2) R
2480	2480	ESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON -7
2481	2481	TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 8
2482	2482	subsection (e), the State shall be treated as the em-9
2483	2483	ploying agency with respect to the benefits described 10
2484	2484	in paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual 11
2485	2485	who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-12
2486	2486	tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 13
2487	2487	Government under such paragraph. 14
2488	2488	(c) C
2489	2489	ONTINUATION OFFUNDING.—Section 11241 of 15
2490	2490	the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 16
2491	2491	Improvement Act of 1997 (section 11–1743 note, District 17
2492	2492	of Columbia Official Code) shall apply with respect to the 18
2493	2493	State and the courts and court system of the State after 19
2494	2494	the date of the admission of the State into the Union in 20
2495	2495	the same manner and to the same extent as such section 21
2496	2496	applied with respect to the Joint Committee on Judicial 22
2497	2497	Administration in the District of Columbia and the courts 23
2498	2498	and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 24
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2501	2501	•S 51 IS
2502	2502	day before the date of the admission of the State into the 1
2503	2503	Union. 2
2504	2504	(d) T
2505	2505	REATMENT OFCOURTRECEIPTS.— 3
2506	2506	(1) D
2507	2507	EPOSIT OF RECEIPTS INTO TREASURY .— 4
2508	2508	Except as provided in paragraph (2), all money re-5
2509	2509	ceived by the courts and court system of the State 6
2510	2510	shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 7
2511	2511	States. 8
2512	2512	(2) C
2513	2513	RIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND .— 9
2514	2514	Section 16 of the Victims of Violent Crime Com-10
2515	2515	pensation Act of 1996 (sec. 4–515, D.C. Official 11
2516	2516	Code), relating to the Crime Victims Compensation 12
2517	2517	Fund, shall apply with respect to the courts and 13
2518	2518	court system of the State in the same manner and 14
2519	2519	to the same extent as such section applied to the 15
2520	2520	courts and court system of the District of Columbia 16
2521	2521	as of the day before the date of the admission of the 17
2522	2522	State into the Union. 18
2523	2523	(e) T
2524	2524	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 19
2525	2525	other than paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and except as 20
2526	2526	provided under subsection (b), shall terminate on the date 21
2527	2527	on which the State provides written certification to the 22
2528	2528	President that the State has in effect laws requiring the 23
2529	2529	State to appropriate and make available funds for the op-24
2530	2530	eration of the courts and court system of the State. 25
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2534	2534	Subtitle C—Other Programs and 1
2535	2535	Authorities 2
2536	2536	SEC. 321. APPLICATION OF THE COLLEGE ACCESS ACT. 3
2537	2537	(a) C
2538	2538	ONTINUATION.—The District of Columbia Col-4
2539	2539	lege Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; sec. 38– 5
2540	2540	2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall apply with respect 6
2541	2541	to the State, and to the public institution of higher edu-7
2542	2542	cation designated by the State as the successor to the Uni-8
2543	2543	versity of the District of Columbia, after the date of the 9
2544	2544	admission of the State into the Union in the same manner 10
2545	2545	and to the same extent as such Act applied with respect 11
2546	2546	to the District of Columbia and the University of the Dis-12
2547	2547	trict of Columbia as of the day before the date of the ad-13
2548	2548	mission of the State into the Union. 14
2549	2549	(b) T
2550	2550	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 15
2551	2551	other than with respect to the public institution of higher 16
2552	2552	education designated by the State as the successor to the 17
2553	2553	University of the District of Columbia, shall terminate 18
2554	2554	upon written certification by the State to the President 19
2555	2555	that the State has in effect laws requiring the State to 20
2556	2556	provide tuition assistance substantially similar to the as-21
2557	2557	sistance provided under the District of Columbia College 22
2558	2558	Access Act of 1999. 23
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2562	2562	SEC. 322. APPLICATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OP-1
2563	2563	PORTUNITY AND RESULTS ACT. 2
2564	2564	(a) C
2565	2565	ONTINUATION.—The Scholarships for Oppor-3
2566	2566	tunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112– 4
2567	2567	10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall 5
2568	2568	apply with respect to the State after the date of the admis-6
2569	2569	sion of the State into the Union in the same manner and 7
2570	2570	to the same extent as such Act applied with respect to 8
2571	2571	the District of Columbia as of the day before the date of 9
2572	2572	the admission of the State into the Union. 10
2573	2573	(b) T
2574	2574	ERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 11
2575	2575	shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 12
2576	2576	the President that the State has in effect laws requiring 13
2577	2577	the State— 14
2578	2578	(1) to provide tuition assistance substantially 15
2579	2579	similar to the assistance provided under the Scholar-16
2580	2580	ships for Opportunity and Results Act; and 17
2581	2581	(2) to provide supplemental funds to the public 18
2582	2582	schools and public charter schools of the State in the 19
2583	2583	amounts provided in the most recent fiscal year for 20
2584	2584	public schools and public charter schools of the State 21
2585	2585	or the District of Columbia (as the case may be) 22
2586	2586	under such Act. 23
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2590	2590	SEC. 323. MEDICAID FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PER-1
2591	2591	CENTAGE. 2
2592	2592	(a) C
2593	2593	ONTINUATION.—Notwithstanding section 3
2594	2594	1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), 4
2595	2595	during the period beginning on the date of the admission 5
2596	2596	of the State into the Union and ending on September 30 6
2597	2597	of the fiscal year during which the State submits the cer-7
2598	2598	tification described in subsection (b), the Federal medical 8
2599	2599	assistance percentage for the State under title XIX of 9
2600	2600	such Act shall be the Federal medical assistance percent-10
2601	2601	age for the District of Columbia under such title as of 11
2602	2602	the day before the date of the admission of the State into 12
2603	2603	the Union. 13
2604	2604	(b) T
2605	2605	ERMINATION.—The certification described in 14
2606	2606	this subsection is a written certification by the State to 15
2607	2607	the President that, during each of the first 5 fiscal years 16
2608	2608	beginning after the date of the certification, the estimated 17
2609	2609	revenues of the State will be sufficient to cover any reduc-18
2610	2610	tion in revenues which may result from the termination 19
2611	2611	of the provisions of this section. 20
2612	2612	SEC. 324. FEDERAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS. 21
2613	2613	(a) N
2614	2614	ATIONALCAPITALPLANNINGCOMMISSION.— 22
2615	2615	(1) C
2616	2616	ONTINUING APPLICATION .—Subject to the 23
2617	2617	amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3), upon 24
2618	2618	the admission of the State into the Union, chapter 25
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2621	2621	•S 51 IS
2622	2622	87 of title 40, United States Code, shall apply as 1
2623	2623	follows: 2
2624	2624	(A) Such chapter shall apply with respect 3
2625	2625	to the Capital in the same manner and to the 4
2626	2626	same extent as such chapter applied with re-5
2627	2627	spect to the District of Columbia as of the day 6
2628	2628	before the date of the admission of the State 7
2629	2629	into the Union. 8
2630	2630	(B) Such chapter shall apply with respect 9
2631	2631	to the State in the same manner and to the 10
2632	2632	same extent as such chapter applied with re-11
2633	2633	spect to the State of Maryland and the Com-12
2634	2634	monwealth of Virginia as of the day before the 13
2635	2635	date of the admission of the State into the 14
2636	2636	Union. 15
2637	2637	(2) C
2638	2638	OMPOSITION OF NATIONAL CAPITAL PLAN -16
2639	2639	NING COMMISSION.—Section 8711(b) of title 40, 17
2640	2640	United States Code, is amended— 18
2641	2641	(A) by amending subparagraph (B) of 19
2642	2642	paragraph (1) to read as follows: 20
2643	2643	‘‘(B) four citizens with experience in city 21
2644	2644	or regional planning, who shall be appointed by 22
2645	2645	the President.’’; and 23
2646	2646	(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 24
2647	2647	follows: 25
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2651	2651	‘‘(2) RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT .—Of the four 1
2652	2652	citizen members, one shall be a resident of Virginia, 2
2653	2653	one shall be a resident of Maryland, and one shall 3
2654	2654	be a resident of Washington, Douglass Common-4
2655	2655	wealth.’’. 5
2656	2656	(3) C
2657	2657	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DEFINI -6
2658	2658	TIONS OF TERMS.— 7
2659	2659	(A) E
2660	2660	NVIRONS.—Paragraph (1) of section 8
2661	2661	8702 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 9
2662	2662	territory surrounding the District of Columbia’’ 10
2663	2663	and inserting ‘‘the territory surrounding the 11
2664	2664	National Capital’’. 12
2665	2665	(B) N
2666	2666	ATIONAL CAPITAL.—Paragraph (2) 13
2667	2667	of section 8702 of such title is amended to read 14
2668	2668	as follows: 15
2669	2669	‘‘(2) N
2670	2670	ATIONAL CAPITAL.—The term ‘National 16
2671	2671	Capital’ means the area serving as the seat of the 17
2672	2672	Government of the United States, as described in 18
2673	2673	section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, 19
2674	2674	and the territory the Federal Government owns in 20
2675	2675	the environs.’’. 21
2676	2676	(C) N
2677	2677	ATIONAL CAPITAL REGION .—Sub-22
2678	2678	paragraph (A) of paragraph (3) of section 8702 23
2679	2679	of such title is amended to read as follows: 24
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2683	2683	‘‘(A) the National Capital and the State of 1
2684	2684	Washington, Douglass Commonwealth;’’. 2
2685	2685	(b) C
2686	2686	OMMISSION OFFINEARTS.— 3
2687	2687	(1) L
2688	2688	IMITING APPLICATION TO THE CAPITAL .— 4
2689	2689	Section 9102(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, 5
2690	2690	is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 6
2691	2691	and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 7
2692	2692	(2) D
2693	2693	EFINITION.—Section 9102 of such title is 8
2694	2694	amended by adding at the end the following new 9
2695	2695	subsection: 10
2696	2696	‘‘(d) D
2697	2697	EFINITION.—In this chapter, the term ‘Cap-11
2698	2698	ital’ means the area serving as the seat of the Government 12
2699	2699	of the United States, as described in section 112 of the 13
2700	2700	Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 14
2701	2701	(3) C
2702	2702	ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 15
2703	2703	9101(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 16
2704	2704	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 17
2705	2705	(c) C
2706	2706	OMMEMORATIVE WORKSACT.— 18
2707	2707	(1) L
2708	2708	IMITING APPLICATION TO CAPITAL .—Sec-19
2709	2709	tion 8902 of title 40, United States Code, is amend-20
2710	2710	ed by adding at the end the following new sub-21
2711	2711	section: 22
2712	2712	‘‘(c) L
2713	2713	IMITINGAPPLICATION TO CAPITAL.—This 23
2714	2714	chapter applies only with respect to commemorative works 24
2715	2715	in the Capital and its environs.’’. 25
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2719	2719	(2) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (2) of section 1
2720	2720	8902(a) of such title is amended to read as follows: 2
2721	2721	‘‘(2) C
2722	2722	APITAL AND ITS ENVIRONS .—The term 3
2723	2723	‘Capital and its environs’ means— 4
2724	2724	‘‘(A) the area serving as the seat of the 5
2725	2725	Government of the United States, as described 6
2726	2726	in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admis-7
2727	2727	sion Act; and 8
2728	2728	‘‘(B) those lands and properties adminis-9
2729	2729	tered by the National Park Service and the 10
2730	2730	General Services Administration located in the 11
2731	2731	Reserve, Area I, and Area II as depicted on the 12
2732	2732	map entitled ‘Commemorative Areas Wash-13
2733	2733	ington, DC and Environs’, numbered 869/ 14
2734	2734	86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, that are lo-15
2735	2735	cated outside of the State of Washington, 16
2736	2736	Douglass Commonwealth.’’. 17
2737	2737	(3) T
2738	2738	EMPORARY SITE DESIGNATION .—Section 18
2739	2739	8907(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 19
2740	2740	District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital 20
2741	2741	and its environs’’. 21
2742	2742	(4) G
2743	2743	ENERAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 22
2744	2744	Chapter 89 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 23
2745	2745	District of Columbia and its environs’’ each place it 24
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2749	2749	appears in the following sections and inserting ‘‘the 1
2750	2750	Capital and its environs’’: 2
2751	2751	(A) Section 8901(2) and 8901(4). 3
2752	2752	(B) Section 8902(a)(4). 4
2753	2753	(C) Section 8903(d). 5
2754	2754	(D) Section 8904(c). 6
2755	2755	(E) Section 8905(a). 7
2756	2756	(F) Section 8906(a). 8
2757	2757	(G) Section 8909(a) and 8909(b). 9
2758	2758	(5) A
2759	2759	DDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENT .— 10
2760	2760	Section 8901(2) of such title is amended by striking 11
2761	2761	‘‘the urban fabric of the District of Columbia’’ and 12
2762	2762	inserting ‘‘the urban fabric of the area serving as 13
2763	2763	the seat of the Government of the United States, as 14
2764	2764	described in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. 15
2765	2765	Admission Act’’. 16
2766	2766	(d) E
2767	2767	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-17
2768	2768	ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 18
2769	2769	of the admission of the State into the Union. 19
2770	2770	SEC. 325. ROLE OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN SUP-20
2771	2771	PLYING WATER. 21
2772	2772	(a) C
2773	2773	ONTINUATION OF ROLE.—Chapter 95 of title 22
2774	2774	40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 23
2775	2775	the following new section: 24
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2779	2779	‘‘§ 9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Wash-1
2780	2780	ington, Douglass Commonwealth 2
2781	2781	‘‘(a) I
2782	2782	NGENERAL.—Effective upon the admission of 3
2783	2783	the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth into 4
2784	2784	the Union, any reference in this chapter to the District 5
2785	2785	of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the Capital or 6
2786	2786	the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, as the 7
2787	2787	case may be. 8
2788	2788	‘‘(b) D
2789	2789	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Capital’ 9
2790	2790	means the area serving as the seat of the Government of 10
2791	2791	the United States, as described in section 112 of the 11
2792	2792	Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 12
2793	2793	(b) C
2794	2794	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 13
2795	2795	of chapter 95 of such title is amended by adding at the 14
2796	2796	end the following: 15
2797	2797	‘‘9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Washington, Douglass Common-
2798	2798	wealth.’’.
2799	2799	SEC. 326. REQUIREMENTS TO BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT OF
2800	2800	16
2801	2801	COLUMBIA. 17
2802	2802	The location of any person in the Capital or Wash-18
2803	2803	ington, Douglass Commonwealth on the day after the date 19
2804	2804	of the admission of the State into the Union shall be 20
2805	2805	deemed to satisfy any requirement under any law in effect 21
2806	2806	as of the day before the date of the admission of the State 22
2807	2807	into the Union that the person be located in the District 23
2808	2808	of Columbia, including the requirements of section 72 of 24
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2812	2812	title 4, United States Code (relating to offices of the seat 1
2813	2813	of the Government of the United States), and title 36, 2
2814	2814	United States Code (relating to patriotic and national or-3
2815	2815	ganizations). 4
2816	2816	TITLE IV—GENERAL 5
2817	2817	PROVISIONS 6
2818	2818	SEC. 401. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 7
2819	2819	In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 8
2820	2820	(1) The term ‘‘Capital’’ means the area serving 9
2821	2821	as the seat of the Government of the United States, 10
2822	2822	as described in section 112. 11
2823	2823	(2) The term ‘‘Council’’ means the Council of 12
2824	2824	the District of Columbia. 13
2825	2825	(3) The term ‘‘Mayor’’ means the Mayor of the 14
2826	2826	District of Columbia. 15
2827	2827	(4) Except as otherwise provided, the term 16
2828	2828	‘‘State’’ means the State of Washington, Douglass 17
2829	2829	Commonwealth. 18
2830	2830	(5) The term ‘‘State Constitution’’ means the 19
2831	2831	proposed Constitution of the State of Washington, 20
2832	2832	D.C., as approved by the Council on October 18, 21
2833	2833	2016, pursuant to the Constitution and Boundaries 22
2834	2834	for the State of Washington, D.C. Approval Resolu-23
2835	2835	tion of 2016 (D.C. Resolution R21–621), ratified by 24
2836	2836	District of Columbia voters in Advisory Referendum 25
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2840	2840	B approved on November 8, 2016, and certified by 1
2841	2841	the District of Columbia Board of Elections on No-2
2842	2842	vember 18, 2016. 3
2843	2843	SEC. 402. STATEHOOD TRANSITION COMMISSION. 4
2844	2844	(a) E
2845	2845	STABLISHMENT.—There is established the 5
2846	2846	Statehood Transition Commission (hereafter in this sec-6
2847	2847	tion referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 7
2848	2848	(b) C
2849	2849	OMPOSITION.— 8
2850	2850	(1) I
2851	2851	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 9
2852	2852	composed of 18 members as follows: 10
2853	2853	(A) Three members appointed by the 11
2854	2854	President. 12
2855	2855	(B) Two members appointed by the Speak-13
2856	2856	er of the House of Representatives. 14
2857	2857	(C) Two members appointed by the Minor-15
2858	2858	ity Leader of the House of Representatives. 16
2859	2859	(D) Two members appointed by the Major-17
2860	2860	ity Leader of the Senate. 18
2861	2861	(E) Two members appointed by the Minor-19
2862	2862	ity Leader of the Senate. 20
2863	2863	(F) Three members appointed by the 21
2864	2864	Mayor. 22
2865	2865	(G) Three members appointed by the 23
2866	2866	Council. 24
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2870	2870	(H) The Chief Financial Officer of the 1
2871	2871	District of Columbia. 2
2872	2872	(2) A
2873	2873	PPOINTMENT DATE.— 3
2874	2874	(A) I
2875	2875	N GENERAL.—The appointments of 4
2876	2876	the members of the Commission shall be made 5
2877	2877	not later than 90 days after the date of the en-6
2878	2878	actment of this Act. 7
2879	2879	(B) E
2880	2880	FFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT 8
2881	2881	BY APPOINTMENT DATE .—If one or more ap-9
2882	2882	pointments under any of the subparagraphs of 10
2883	2883	paragraph (1) is not made by the appointment 11
2884	2884	date specified in subparagraph (A), the author-12
2885	2885	ity to make such appointment or appointments 13
2886	2886	shall expire, and the number of members of the 14
2887	2887	Commission shall be reduced by the number 15
2888	2888	equal to the number of appointments so not 16
2889	2889	made. 17
2890	2890	(3) T
2891	2891	ERM OF SERVICE.—Each member shall be 18
2892	2892	appointed for the life of the Commission. 19
2893	2893	(4) V
2894	2894	ACANCY.—A vacancy in the Commission 20
2895	2895	shall be filled in the manner in which the original 21
2896	2896	appointment was made. 22
2897	2897	(5) N
2898	2898	O COMPENSATION.—Members shall serve 23
2899	2899	without pay, but shall receive travel expenses, in-24
2900	2900	cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accord-25
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2904	2904	ance with applicable provisions under subchapter I 1
2905	2905	of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 2
2906	2906	(6) C
2907	2907	HAIR AND VICE CHAIR .—The Chair and 3
2908	2908	Vice Chair of the Commission shall be elected by the 4
2909	2909	members of the Commission— 5
2910	2910	(A) with respect to the Chair, from among 6
2911	2911	the members described in subparagraphs (A) 7
2912	2912	through (E) of paragraph (1); and 8
2913	2913	(B) with respect to the Vice Chair, from 9
2914	2914	among the members described in subparagraphs 10
2915	2915	(F) and (G) of paragraph (1). 11
2916	2916	(c) S
2917	2917	TAFF.— 12
2918	2918	(1) D
2919	2919	IRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a 13
2920	2920	Director, who shall be appointed by the Chair. 14
2921	2921	(2) O
2922	2922	THER STAFF.—The Director may appoint 15
2923	2923	and fix the pay of such additional personnel as the 16
2924	2924	Director considers appropriate. 17
2925	2925	(3) N
2926	2926	ON-APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL 18
2927	2927	SERVICE LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Com-19
2928	2928	mission may be appointed without regard to the pro-20
2929	2929	visions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap-21
2930	2930	pointments in the competitive service, and may be 22
2931	2931	paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 23
2932	2932	and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relat-24
2933	2933	ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 25
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2937	2937	except that an individual so appointed may not re-1
2938	2938	ceive pay in excess of the rate payable for level V 2
2939	2939	of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 3
2940	2940	such title. 4
2941	2941	(4) E
2942	2942	XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Com-5
2943	2943	mission may procure temporary and intermittent 6
2944	2944	services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 7
2945	2945	States Code, at rates for individuals not to exceed 8
2946	2946	the daily equivalent of the rate payable for level V 9
2947	2947	of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 10
2948	2948	such title. 11
2949	2949	(d) D
2950	2950	UTIES.—The Commission shall advise the Presi-12
2951	2951	dent, Congress, the Mayor (or, upon the admission of the 13
2952	2952	State into the Union, the chief executive officer of the 14
2953	2953	State), and the Council (or, upon the admission of the 15
2954	2954	State into the Union, the legislature of the State) con-16
2955	2955	cerning an orderly transition to statehood for the District 17
2956	2956	of Columbia or the State (as the case may be) and to a 18
2957	2957	reduced geographical size of the seat of the Government 19
2958	2958	of the United States, including with respect to property, 20
2959	2959	funding, programs, projects, and activities. 21
2960	2960	(e) P
2961	2961	OWERS.— 22
2962	2962	(1) H
2963	2963	EARINGS AND SESSIONS .—The Commis-23
2964	2964	sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 24
2965	2965	hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 25
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2969	2969	testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 1
2970	2970	considers appropriate. 2
2971	2971	(2) O
2972	2972	BTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-3
2973	2973	sion may secure directly from any department or 4
2974	2974	agency of the United States information necessary 5
2975	2975	to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of 6
2976	2976	the Chair of the Commission, the head of that de-7
2977	2977	partment or agency shall furnish that information to 8
2978	2978	the Commission. 9
2979	2979	(3) M
2980	2980	AILS.—The Commission may use the 10
2981	2981	United States mails in the same manner and under 11
2982	2982	the same conditions as other departments and agen-12
2983	2983	cies of the United States. 13
2984	2984	(4) A
2985	2985	DMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES .— 14
2986	2986	Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis-15
2987	2987	trator of General Services shall provide to the Com-16
2988	2988	mission the administrative support services nec-17
2989	2989	essary for the Commission to carry out its respon-18
2990	2990	sibilities under this Act. 19
2991	2991	(f) M
2992	2992	EETINGS.— 20
2993	2993	(1) I
2994	2994	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall meet 21
2995	2995	at the call of the Chair. 22
2996	2996	(2) I
2997	2997	NITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 23
2998	2998	hold its first meeting not later than the earlier of— 24
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3002	3002	(A) 30 days after the date on which all 1
3003	3003	members of the Commission have been ap-2
3004	3004	pointed; or 3
3005	3005	(B) if the number of members of the Com-4
3006	3006	mission is reduced under subsection (b)(2)(B), 5
3007	3007	90 days after the date of the enactment of this 6
3008	3008	Act. 7
3009	3009	(3) Q
3010	3010	UORUM.—A majority of the members of 8
3011	3011	the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a 9
3012	3012	lesser number of members may hold hearings. 10
3013	3013	(g) R
3014	3014	EPORTS.—The Commission shall submit such 11
3015	3015	reports as the Commission considers appropriate or as 12
3016	3016	may be requested by the President, Congress, or the Dis-13
3017	3017	trict of Columbia (or, upon the admission of the State into 14
3018	3018	the Union, the State). 15
3019	3019	(h) T
3020	3020	ERMINATION.—The Commission shall cease to 16
3021	3021	exist 2 years after the date of the admission of the State 17
3022	3022	into the Union. 18
3023	3023	SEC. 403. CERTIFICATION OF ENACTMENT BY PRESIDENT. 19
3024	3024	Not more than 60 days after the date of the enact-20
3025	3025	ment of this Act, the President shall provide written cer-21
3026	3026	tification of such enactment to the Mayor. 22
3027	3027	SEC. 404. SEVERABILITY. 23
3028	3028	Except as provided in section 101(c), if any provision 24
3029	3029	of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the applica-25
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3033	3033	tion thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be 1
3034	3034	invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and any 2
3035	3035	amendments made by this Act shall not be affected by the 3
3036	3036	holding. 4
3037	3037	Æ
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