HR51Referred to Committee

Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2025-01-03

Introduced

207

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Democrat · DC · Representative

Votes with party: 96.6% (59 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (207)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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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

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on RulesReferred To · 2025-01-03
House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-01-03
House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-01-03
House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2025-01-03
House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-01-03

Previously

Armed Services CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-03
Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-03
Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-03
Rules CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-03
Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-03

Plain-English Summary

Washington, D.C. Admission Act This bill provides for the establishment of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and its admission into the United States. The state is composed of most of the territory of the District of Columbia (DC), excluding a specified area that encompasses the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the U.S. Supreme Court building, federal monuments, and federal office buildings adjacent to the National Mall and the U.S. Capitol. The excluded territory shall be known as the Capital and serve as the seat of the government of the United States, as provided for in Article I of the Constitution. The state may not impose taxes on federal property except as Congress permits. The bill provides for the DC Mayor to issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two Senators and one Representative of the state. The bill eliminates the office of Delegate to the House of Representatives. The bill applies current DC laws to the state. DC judicial proceedings and contractual obligations shall continue under the state’s authority. The bill also provides for specified federal obligations to transfer to the state upon its certification that it has funds and laws in place to assume the obligations. These include maintaining a retirement fund for judges and operating public defender services. The bill establishes a commission that is generally comprised of members who are appointed by DC and federal government officials to advise on an orderly transition to statehood.

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Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

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