HRES374Referred to Committee
Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2025, as "D.C. Statehood Day".
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-05-01
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HRES
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Sponsor
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democrat · DC · Representative
Votes with party: 98.1% (54 recorded votes)
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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.
2025-05-01
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-05-01
- House Committee on RulesReferred To · 2025-05-01
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2025-05-01
- House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-05-01
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-05-01
Previously
- Rules CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-01
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-01
- Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-01
- Armed Services CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-01
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-01
Plain-English Summary
This resolution calls for making Washington, D.C. a state rather than a federal district, which would give its roughly 700,000 residents voting representation in Congress and the ability to elect a senator and representative like other states. Currently, D.C. residents can vote in presidential elections but have no voting members in Congress, making them unable to directly influence federal laws that affect them. The resolution also designates May 1, 2025, as "D.C. Statehood Day" to recognize this issue.
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