District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1538 To revise the composition of the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia so that the Commission will consist solely of members ap- pointed by the government of the District of Columbia. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 5, 2019 Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To revise the composition of the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia so that the Commission will consist solely of members appointed by the government of the District of Columbia. 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. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 4 Zoning Commission Home Rule Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1538.IH H1538 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1538 IH SEC. 2. REVISION OF COMPOSITION OF ZONING COMMIS- 1 SION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 2 (a) REVISION.—The first section of the Act of March 3 1, 1920 (sec. 6–621.01, D.C. Official Code), is amended— 4 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 5 striking ‘‘the Architect of the Capitol, the Director 6 of the National Park Service, and’’; and 7 (2) by striking ‘‘appointed by the Mayor’’ each 8 place it appears in the second sentence of subsection 9 (a), subsection (b), and subsection (c). 10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 206(i) of 11 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 12 U.S.C. 4306(i)) is amended to read as follows: 13 ‘‘(i) Whenever the Board of Zoning Adjustment is 14 performing functions regarding an application by a foreign 15 mission with respect to the location, expansion, or replace- 16 ment of a chancery— 17 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 18 the Interior, the Administrator of General Services, 19 or the Director of the National Park Service (or 20 such alternate as such official may from time to 21 time designate), as designated by the President, 22 shall serve as a member of the Board in lieu of the 23 representative from the Zoning Commission; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1538.IH H1538 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1538 IH ‘‘(2) the representative from the National Cap- 1 ital Planning Commission shall be the Executive Di- 2 rector of that Commission.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1538.IH H1538 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS