Washington, D.C. Admission Act

II Calendar No. 522 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 51 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 29, 2020 Received AUGUST 13, 2020 Read the first time SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Washington, D.C. Admission Act’’. 5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 6 this Act is as follows: 7 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 51 PCS 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. 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 51 PCS 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 section 103(a), the State of Washington, Douglass Com- 8 monwealth is declared to be a State of the United States 9 of America, and is declared admitted into the Union on 10 an equal footing with the other States in all respects what- 11 ever. 12 (b) CONSTITUTION OF STATE.—The State Constitu- 13 tion shall always be republican in form and shall not be 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 51 PCS repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the 1 principles of the Declaration of Independence. 2 (c) NONSEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec- 3 tion, or the application thereof to any person or cir- 4 cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions 5 of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall 6 be treated as invalid. 7 SEC. 102. ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE. 8 (a) ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION.— 9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 10 receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 11 from the President pursuant to section 403, the 12 Mayor shall issue a proclamation for the first elec- 13 tions for 2 Senators and one Representative in Con- 14 gress from the State, subject to the provisions of 15 this section. 16 (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR ELECTIONS OF SEN- 17 ATORS.—In the elections of Senators from the State 18 pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 19 be separately identified and designated, and no per- 20 son may be a candidate for both offices. No such 21 identification or designation of either of the offices 22 shall refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of 23 such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 HR 51 PCS the Senate to determine the class to which each of 1 the Senators shall be assigned. 2 (b) RULES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.— 3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 4 Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 5 the holding of a primary election and a general elec- 6 tion, and at such elections the officers required to be 7 elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 8 by the qualified voters of the District of Columbia 9 in the manner required by the laws of the District 10 of Columbia. 11 (2) CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS.—Election re- 12 sults shall be certified in the manner required by the 13 laws of the District of Columbia, except that the 14 Mayor shall also provide written certification of the 15 results of such elections to the President. 16 (c) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES.—Upon the admission 17 of the State into the Union, the Senators and Representa- 18 tive elected at the elections described in subsection (a) 19 shall be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and 20 to all the rights and privileges of Senators and Represent- 21 atives of the other States in Congress. 22 (d) EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON HOUSE OF REP- 23 RESENTATIVES MEMBERSHIP.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 HR 51 PCS (1) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF 1 MEMBERS.—Effective with respect to the Congress 2 during which the State is admitted into the Union 3 and each succeeding Congress, the House of Rep- 4 resentatives shall be composed of 436 Members, in- 5 cluding any Members representing the State. 6 (2) INITIAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES 7 FOR STATE.—Until the taking effect of the first ap- 8 portionment of Members occurring after the admis- 9 sion of the State into the Union, the State shall be 10 entitled to one Representative in the House of Rep- 11 resentatives upon its admission into the Union. 12 (3) APPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 13 FROM ADMISSION OF STATE.— 14 (A) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 22(a) of 15 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fif- 16 teenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 17 to provide for apportionment of Representatives 18 in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 19 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘the then 20 existing number of Representatives’’ and insert- 21 ing ‘‘436 Representatives’’. 22 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 23 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with re- 24 spect to the first regular decennial census con- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 HR 51 PCS ducted after the admission of the State into the 1 Union and each subsequent regular decennial 2 census. 3 SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, upon the certifi- 5 cation of the results of the elections of the officers re- 6 quired to be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, 7 not later than 90 days after receiving such certification 8 pursuant to section 102(b)(2), issue a proclamation an- 9 nouncing the results of such elections as so ascertained. 10 (b) ADMISSION OF STATE UPON ISSUANCE OF PROC- 11 LAMATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 12 President under subsection (a), the State shall be declared 13 admitted into the Union as provided in section 101(a). 14 Subtitle B—Seat of Government of 15 the United States 16 SEC. 111. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES. 17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 18 (b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the 19 District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of 20 this Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds 21 survey conducted under subsection (c). 22 (b) EXCLUSION OF PORTION REMAINING AS SEAT OF 23 GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES.—The territory of the 24 State shall not include the area described in section 112, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 HR 51 PCS which shall be known as the ‘‘Capital’’ and shall serve as 1 the seat of the Government of the United States, as pro- 2 vided in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitu- 3 tion of the United States. 4 (c) METES AND BOUNDS SURVEY.—Not later than 5 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 6 President (in consultation with the Chair of the National 7 Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and 8 bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 9 112(b). 10 SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL. 11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), upon 12 the admission of the State into the Union, the Capital 13 shall consist of the property described in subsection (b) 14 and shall include the principal Federal monuments, the 15 White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Su- 16 preme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legisla- 17 tive, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the 18 Mall and the Capitol Building (as such terms are used 19 in section 8501(a) of title 40, United States Code). 20 (b) GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Upon the admission of 21 the State into the Union, the boundaries of the Capital 22 shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the 23 southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern 24 right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 HR 51 PCS (1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 1 of 2nd Street NE to its intersection with the north- 2 eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 3 (2) thence southwest along said northeastern 4 right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec- 5 tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 6 Avenue NE; 7 (3) thence west along said northern right-of- 8 way of Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection 9 with the eastern right-of-way of 1st Street NE; 10 (4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 11 of 1st Street NE to its intersection with the south- 12 eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 13 (5) thence northeast along said southeastern 14 right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec- 15 tion with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE; 16 (6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 17 of 2nd Street SE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 18 Street SE; 19 (7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 20 of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the north- 21 ern property boundary of the property designated as 22 Square 760 Lot 803; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 HR 51 PCS (8) thence east along said northern property 1 boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 2 with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 3 (9) thence south along said western right-of- 4 way of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the 5 northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 6 (10) thence west along said northern right-of- 7 way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 8 with the northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 9 Avenue SE; 10 (11) thence northwest along said northwestern 11 right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its inter- 12 section with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 13 SE; 14 (12) thence south along said eastern right-of- 15 way of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the 16 southern right-of-way of C Street SE; 17 (13) thence west along said southern right-of- 18 way of C Street SE to its intersection with the east- 19 ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 20 (14) thence south along said eastern right-of- 21 way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 22 southern right-of-way of D Street SE; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Sep 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H51.PCS H51 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 HR 51 PCS (15) thence west along said southern right-of- 1 way of D Street SE to its intersection with the east- 2 ern right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 3 (16) thence south along said eastern right-of- 4 way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 5 the northwestern right-of-way of Canal Street SE; 6 (17) thence southeast along said northwestern 7 right-of-way of Canal Street SE to its intersection 8 with the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 9 (18) thence east along said southern right-of- 10 way of said E Street SE to its intersection with the 11 western right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 12 (19) thence south along said western right-of- 13 way of 1s [Text truncated for display. 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