Washington, D.C. Admission Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 631 To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SAND- ERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. SMITH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern- mental Affairs A BILL 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 631 IS 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 officials of State. Sec. 103. Issuance of presidential proclamation. Subtitle B—Description of Washington, D.C. Territory Sec. 111. Territories and boundaries of Washington, D.C. Sec. 112. Description of District of Columbia after admission of State. Sec. 113. Continuation of title to lands and property. Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of Washington, D.C. Sec. 121. Limitation on authority of State to tax Federal property. Sec. 122. Effect of admission of State on current laws. Sec. 123. Continuation of judicial proceedings. Sec. 124. United States nationality. TITLE II—RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Sec. 201. Continuation of revised District of Columbia as seat of Federal Gov- ernment. Sec. 202. Treatment of military lands. Sec. 203. Waiver of claims to Federal lands and property. Sec. 204. Permitting individuals residing in new seat of government to vote in Federal elections in State of most recent domicile. Sec. 205. Repeal of law providing for participation of District of Columbia in election of President and Vice President. Sec. 206. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment repealing 23rd Amendment. TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 301. General definitions. Sec. 302. Certification of enactment by President. 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 issuance of the proclamation required by section 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 631 IS 103(b), the State of Washington, Douglass Common- 1 wealth is declared to be a State of the United States of 2 America, and is declared admitted into the Union on an 3 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 and 8 the principles of the Declaration of Independence. 9 SEC. 102. ELECTION OF OFFICIALS OF STATE. 10 (a) ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION.— 11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 12 receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 13 from the President pursuant to section 302, the 14 Mayor of the District of Columbia shall issue a proc- 15 lamation for the first elections, subject to the provi- 16 sions of this section, for two Senators and one Rep- 17 resentative in Congress. 18 (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR ELECTION OF SEN- 19 ATORS.—In the election of Senators from the State 20 pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 21 be separately identified and designated, and no per- 22 son may be a candidate for both offices. No such 23 identification or designation of either of the offices 24 shall refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 631 IS such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of 1 the Senate to determine the class to which each of 2 the Senators elected shall be assigned. 3 (b) RULES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTION.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 5 Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 6 the holding of a primary election and a general elec- 7 tion and at such elections the officers required to be 8 elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 9 by the qualified electors of the District of Columbia 10 in the manner required by law. 11 (2) CERTIFICATION OF RETURNS.—Election re- 12 turns shall be made and certified in the manner re- 13 quired by law, except that the Mayor shall also cer- 14 tify the results of such elections to the President of 15 the United States. 16 (c) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES.—Upon the admission 17 of the State into the Union, the Senators and Representa- 18 tive elected at the election described in subsection (a) shall 19 be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and to all 20 the rights and privileges of Senators and Representatives 21 of other States in the Congress of the United States. 22 (d) TRANSFER OF OFFICES OF MAYOR AND MEM- 23 BERS AND CHAIR OF COUNCIL.—Upon the admission of 24 the State into the Union, the Mayor, members of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 5 •S 631 IS Council, and the Chair of the Council at the time of admis- 1 sion shall be deemed the Governor, members of the Legis- 2 lative Assembly, and the Speaker of the Legislative As- 3 sembly of the State, respectively, as provided by the State 4 Constitution and the laws of the State. 5 (e) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY AND DUTIES AND 6 JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.—Upon the admis- 7 sion of the State into the Union, members of executive 8 and judicial offices of the District of Columbia shall be 9 deemed members of the respective executive and judicial 10 offices of the State, as provided by the State Constitution 11 and the laws of the State. 12 (f) SPECIAL RULE FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- 13 TIVES MEMBERSHIP.—The State upon its admission into 14 the Union shall be entitled to one Representative until the 15 taking effect of the next reapportionment, and such Rep- 16 resentative shall be in addition to the membership of the 17 House of Representatives as prescribed by law on the day 18 before the date of enactment of this Act, except that such 19 temporary increase in the membership shall not operate 20 to either increase or decrease the permanent membership 21 of the House of Representatives or affect the basis of ap- 22 portionment for the Congress. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 6 •S 631 IS SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, upon certification 2 of the returns of the election of the officers required to 3 be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, not later 4 than 90 days after receiving such certification, issue a 5 proclamation announcing the results of such elections as 6 so ascertained. 7 (b) ADMISSION OF STATE UPON ISSUANCE OF PROC- 8 LAMATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 9 President under subsection (a), the State shall be deemed 10 admitted into the Union as provided in section 101. 11 Subtitle B—Description of 12 Washington, D.C. Territory 13 SEC. 111. TERRITORIES AND BOUNDARIES OF WASH- 14 INGTON, D.C. 15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 16 (b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the 17 District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of 18 this Act, subject to the results of the technical survey con- 19 ducted under subsection (c). 20 (b) EXCLUSION OF PORTION OF DISTRICT OF CO- 21 LUMBIA REMAINING AS NATIONAL CAPITAL.—The terri- 22 tory of the State shall not include the area described in 23 section 112, which shall remain as the District of Colum- 24 bia for purposes of serving as the seat of the Government 25 of the United States. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 7 •S 631 IS (c) TECHNICAL SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days 1 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 2 (in consultation with the Chair of the National Capital 3 Planning Commission) shall conduct a technical survey of 4 the metes and bounds of the District of Columbia and of 5 the territory described in section 112(b). 6 SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFTER 7 ADMISSION OF STATE. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), after 9 the admission of the State into the Union, the District 10 of Columbia shall consist of the property described in sub- 11 section (b) and shall include the principal Federal monu- 12 ments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the United 13 States Supreme Court Building, and the Federal execu- 14 tive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adja- 15 cent to the Mall and the Capitol Building (as such terms 16 are used in section 8501(a) of title 40, United States 17 Code). 18 (b) SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF METES AND 19 BOUNDS.—After the admission of the State into the 20 Union, the specific metes and bounds of the District of 21 Columbia shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection 22 of the southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the east- 23 ern right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 8 •S 631 IS (1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 1 of 2nd Street NE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 2 Street SE; 3 (2) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 4 of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the north- 5 ern property boundary of the property designated as 6 Square 760 Lot 803; 7 (3) thence east along said northern property 8 boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 9 with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 10 (4) thence south along said western right-of- 11 way of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the 12 northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 13 (5) thence west along said northern right-of- 14 way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 15 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 its intersection with the south- 18 ern right-of-way of C Street SE; 19 (7) thence west along said southern right-of- 20 way of C Street SE to its intersection with the east- 21 ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 22 (8) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 23 of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the southern 24 right-of-way of D Street SE; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 9 •S 631 IS (9) thence west along said southern right-of- 1 way of D Street SE to its intersection with the west- 2 ern right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 3 (10) thence south along said western right-of- 4 way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 5 the southwestern right-of-way of the northwest- 6 bound lanes of Canal Street SE; 7 (11) thence southeast along said southwestern 8 right-of-way of the northwest-bound lanes of Canal 9 Street SE to its intersection with the southern right- 10 of-way of E Street SE; 11 (12) thence east along said southern right-of- 12 way of said E Street SE to its intersection with the 13 western right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 14 (13) thence south along said western right-of- 15 way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 16 southernmost corner of the property designated as 17 Square 736S Lot 801; 18 (14) thence west along a line extended due west 19 from said corner of said property designated as 20 Square 736S Lot 801 to its intersection with the 21 southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue 22 SE; 23 (15) thence southeast along said southwestern 24 right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue SE to its inter- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 10 •S 631 IS section with the northwestern right-of-way of Vir- 1 ginia Avenue SE; 2 (16) thence northwest along said northwestern 3 right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersec- 4 tion with the eastern right-of-way of South Capitol 5 Street; 6 (17) thence north along said eastern right-of- 7 way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 8 the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 9 (18) thence west along a line extending west- 10 ward said southern right-of-way of E Street SE to 11 its intersection with the western right-of-way of 12 South Capitol Street; 13 (19) thence north along said western right-of- 14 way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 15 the southwestern right-of-way of Washington Avenue 16 SW; 17 (20) thence northwest along said southwestern 18 right-of-way of Washington Avenue SW to its inter- 19 section with the southeastern boundary of the prop- 20 erty designated as Square 640 Lot 70; 21 (21) thence clockwise around said boundary of 22 said property designated as Square 640 Lot 70 to 23 its northernmost point; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S631.IS S631 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 11 •S 631 IS (22) thence generally northeast along a line ex- 1 tending the boundary of said property designated as 2 Square 640 Lot 70 northeast to its intersection with 3 the southwestern right-of-way of Washington Avenue 4 SW; 5 (23) thence northwest along said southwestern 6 right-of-way of Washington Avenue SW to its inter- 7 section with a line extending northward the western 8 boundary of the property designated as Square 582 9 Lot 49; 10 (24) thence south along said line extending 11 northward the western boundary of said property 12 designated as Square 582 Lot 49 to the north- 13 western corner of said [Text truncated for display. 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