Washington, D.C. Admission Act

117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 51 AN ACT To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 •HR 51 EH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2 ‘‘Washington, D.C. Admission Act’’. 3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 4 this Act is as follows: 5 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. Subtitle A—Procedures for Admission Sec. 101. Admission into the Union. Sec. 102. Election of Senators and Representative. Sec. 103. Issuance of presidential proclamation. Subtitle B—Seat of Government of the United States Sec. 111. Territory and boundaries. Sec. 112. Description of Capital. Sec. 113. Retention of title to property. Sec. 114. Effect of admission on current laws of seat of Government of United States. Sec. 115. Capital National Guard. Sec. 116. Termination of legal status of seat of Government of United States as municipal corporation. Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of State Sec. 121. Effect of admission on current laws. Sec. 122. Pending actions and proceedings. Sec. 123. Limitation on authority to tax Federal property. Sec. 124. United States nationality. TITLE II—INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Subtitle A—Federal Property Sec. 201. Treatment of military lands. Sec. 202. Waiver of claims to Federal property. Subtitle B—Federal Courts Sec. 211. Residency requirements for certain Federal officials. Sec. 212. Renaming of Federal courts. Sec. 213. Conforming amendments relating to Department of Justice. Sec. 214. Treatment of pretrial services in United States District Court. Subtitle C—Federal Elections Sec. 221. Permitting individuals residing in Capital to vote in Federal elections in State of most recent domicile. Sec. 222. Repeal of Office of District of Columbia Delegate. 3 •HR 51 EH Sec. 223. Repeal of law providing for participation of seat of government in election of President and Vice-President. Sec. 224. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment repealing 23rd Amendment. TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Subtitle A—Employee Benefits Sec. 301. Federal benefit payments under certain retirement programs. Sec. 302. Continuation of Federal civil service benefits for employees first em- ployed prior to establishment of District of Columbia merit personnel system. Sec. 303. Obligations of Federal Government under judges’ retirement pro- gram. Subtitle B—Agencies Sec. 311. Public Defender Service. Sec. 312. Prosecutions. Sec. 313. Service of United States Marshals. Sec. 314. Designation of felons to facilities of Bureau of Prisons. Sec. 315. Parole and supervision. Sec. 316. Courts. Subtitle C—Other Programs and Authorities Sec. 321. Application of the College Access Act. Sec. 322. Application of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act. Sec. 323. Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage. Sec. 324. Federal planning commissions. Sec. 325. Role of Army Corps of Engineers in supplying water. Sec. 326. Requirements to be located in District of Columbia. TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 401. General definitions. Sec. 402. Statehood Transition Commission. Sec. 403. Certification of enactment by President. Sec. 404. Severability. TITLE I—STATE OF 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. 2 Subtitle A—Procedures for 3 Admission 4 SEC. 101. ADMISSION INTO THE UNION. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 6 Act, upon the issuance of the proclamation required by 7 4 •HR 51 EH section 103(a), the State of Washington, Douglass Com- 1 monwealth is declared to be a State of the United States 2 of America, and is declared admitted into the Union on 3 an equal footing with the other States in all respects what- 4 ever. 5 (b) CONSTITUTION OF STATE.—The State Constitu- 6 tion shall always be republican in form and shall not be 7 repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the 8 principles of the Declaration of Independence. 9 (c) NONSEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec- 10 tion, or the application thereof to any person or cir- 11 cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions 12 of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall 13 be treated as invalid. 14 SEC. 102. ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE. 15 (a) ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION.— 16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 17 receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 18 from the President pursuant to section 403, the 19 Mayor shall issue a proclamation for the first elec- 20 tions for 2 Senators and one Representative in Con- 21 gress from the State, subject to the provisions of 22 this section. 23 (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR ELECTIONS OF SEN- 24 ATORS.—In the elections of Senators from the State 25 5 •HR 51 EH pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 1 be separately identified and designated, and no per- 2 son may be a candidate for both offices. No such 3 identification or designation of either of the offices 4 shall refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of 5 such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of 6 the Senate to determine the class to which each of 7 the Senators shall be assigned. 8 (b) RULES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.— 9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 10 Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 11 the holding of a primary election and a general elec- 12 tion, and at such elections the officers required to be 13 elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 14 by the qualified voters of the District of Columbia 15 in the manner required by the laws of the District 16 of Columbia. 17 (2) CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS.—Election re- 18 sults shall be certified in the manner required by the 19 laws of the District of Columbia, except that the 20 Mayor shall also provide written certification of the 21 results of such elections to the President. 22 (c) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES.—Upon the admission 23 of the State into the Union, the Senators and Representa- 24 tive elected at the elections described in subsection (a) 25 6 •HR 51 EH shall be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and 1 to all the rights and privileges of Senators and Represent- 2 atives of the other States in Congress. 3 (d) EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON HOUSE OF REP- 4 RESENTATIVES MEMBERSHIP.— 5 (1) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF 6 MEMBERS.—Effective with respect to the Congress 7 during which the State is admitted into the Union 8 and each succeeding Congress, the House of Rep- 9 resentatives shall be composed of 436 Members, in- 10 cluding any Members representing the State. 11 (2) INITIAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 FOR STATE.—Until the taking effect of the first ap- 13 portionment of Members occurring after the admis- 14 sion of the State into the Union, the State shall be 15 entitled to one Representative in the House of Rep- 16 resentatives upon its admission into the Union. 17 (3) APPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 18 FROM ADMISSION OF STATE.— 19 (A) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 22(a) of 20 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif- 21 teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 22 to provide for apportionment of Representatives 23 in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 24 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘the then 25 7 •HR 51 EH existing number of Representatives’’ and insert- 1 ing ‘‘436 Representatives’’. 2 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 3 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with re- 4 spect to the first regular decennial census con- 5 ducted after the admission of the State into the 6 Union and each subsequent regular decennial 7 census. 8 SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, upon the certifi- 10 cation of the results of the elections of the officers re- 11 quired to be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, 12 not later than 90 days after receiving such certification 13 pursuant to section 102(b)(2), issue a proclamation an- 14 nouncing the results of such elections as so ascertained. 15 (b) ADMISSION OF STATE UPON ISSUANCE OF PROC- 16 LAMATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 17 President under subsection (a), the State shall be declared 18 admitted into the Union as provided in section 101(a). 19 Subtitle B—Seat of Government of 20 the United States 21 SEC. 111. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES. 22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 23 (b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the 24 District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of 25 8 •HR 51 EH this Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds 1 survey conducted under subsection (c). 2 (b) EXCLUSION OF PORTION REMAINING AS SEAT OF 3 GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES.—The territory of the 4 State shall not include the area described in section 112, 5 which shall be known as the ‘‘Capital’’ and shall serve as 6 the seat of the Government of the United States, as pro- 7 vided in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitu- 8 tion of the United States. 9 (c) METES AND BOUNDS SURVEY.—Not later than 10 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 11 President (in consultation with the Chair of the National 12 Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and 13 bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 14 112(b). 15 SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL. 16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), upon 17 the admission of the State into the Union, the Capital 18 shall consist of the property described in subsection (b) 19 and shall include the principal Federal monuments, the 20 White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Su- 21 preme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legisla- 22 tive, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the 23 Mall and the Capitol Building (as such terms are used 24 in section 8501(a) of title 40, United States Code). 25 9 •HR 51 EH (b) GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Upon the admission of 1 the State into the Union, the boundaries of the Capital 2 shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the 3 southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern 4 right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 5 (1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 6 of 2nd Street NE to its intersection with the north- 7 eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 8 (2) thence southwest along said northeastern 9 right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec- 10 tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 11 Avenue NE; 12 (3) thence west along said northern right-of- 13 way of Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection 14 with the eastern right-of-way of 1st Street NE; 15 (4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 16 of 1st Street NE to its intersection with the south- 17 eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 18 (5) thence northeast along said southeastern 19 right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec- 20 tion with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE; 21 (6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 22 of 2nd Street SE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 23 Street SE; 24 10 •HR 51 EH (7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 1 of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the north- 2 ern property boundary of the property designated as 3 Square 760 Lot 803; 4 (8) thence east along said northern property 5 boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 6 with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 7 (9) thence south along said western right-of- 8 way of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the 9 northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 10 (10) thence west along said northern right-of- 11 way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 12 with the northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 13 Avenue SE; 14 (11) thence northwest along said northwestern 15 right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its inter- 16 section with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 17 SE; 18 (12) thence south along said eastern right-of- 19 way of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the 20 southern right-of-way of C Street SE; 21 (13) thence west along said southern right-of- 22 way of C Street SE to its intersection with the east- 23 ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 24 11 •HR 51 EH (14) thence south along said eastern right-of- 1 way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 2 southern right-of-way of D Street SE; 3 (15) thence west along said southern right-of- 4 way of D Street SE to its intersection with the east- 5 ern right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 6 (16) thence south along said eastern right-of- 7 way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 8 the northwestern right-of-way of Canal Street SE; 9 (17) thence southeast along said northwestern 10 right-of-way of Canal Street SE to its intersection 11 with the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 12 (18) thence east along said southern right-of- 13 way of said E Street SE to its intersection with the 14 western right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 15 (19) thence south along said western right-of- 16 way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 17 southernmost corner of the property designated as 18 Square 736S Lot 801; 19 (20) thence west along a line extended due west 20 from said corner of said property designated as 21 Square 736S Lot 801 to its intersection with the 22 southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue 23 SE; 24 12 •HR 51 EH (21) thence southeast along said southwestern 1 right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue SE to its inter- 2 section with the northwestern right-of-way of Vir- 3 ginia Avenue SE; 4 (22) thence northwest along said northwestern 5 right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersec- 6 tion with the western right-of-way of South Capitol 7 Street; 8 (23) thence north along said western right-of- 9 way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 10 the southern right-of-way of E Street SW; 11 (24) thence west along said southern right-of- 12 way of E Street SW to its end; 13 (25) thence west along a line extending said 14 southern right-of-way of E Street SW westward to 15 its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 16 Street SW; 17 (26) thence north along said eastern right-of- 18 way of 2nd Street SW to its intersection with the 19 southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW; 20 (27) thence northwest along said southwestern 21 right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW to its intersec- 22 tion with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SW; 23 13 •HR 51 EH (28) thence north along said western right-of- 1 way of 3rd Street SW to its intersection with the 2 northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 3 (29) thence west along said northern right-of- 4 way of D Street SW to its [Text truncated for display. 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