HR 51 · in committee · major
Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- This bill creates a new state from most of Washington, D.C., excluding federal buildings and monuments.
- D.C. residents would gain voting representation in Congress as a state, while federal property remains under federal control.
- The state would assume certain federal obligations like judicial retirement funds and public defender services upon meeting readiness requirements.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would the proposed state handle the financial obligations it assumes, such as judicial retirement funds and public defender services, without generating tax revenue from federal property?
- 02
What specific readiness requirements should the new state meet before taking on federal obligations, and who decides whether those requirements have been satisfied?
- 03
How would the federal government manage operations in the remaining federal enclave, and what governing structure would exist between the new state and federal authorities?
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Sponsor · D-DC
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
206/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-03
Joining the bill
Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44 · original
Pete Aguilar
D-CA-33 · original
Gabe Amo
D-RI-1 · original
Alma S. Adams
D-NC-12 · original
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
D-GA-2 · original
Suzanne Bonamici
D-OR-1 · original
Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3 · original
Julia Brownley
D-CA-26 · original
Ami Bera
D-CA-6 · original
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
D-VA-8 · original
Brendan F. Boyle
D-PA-2 · original
Shontel M. Brown
D-OH-11 · original
+ 194 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1-2)
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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