Washington, D.C. Admission Act

IB Union Calendar No. 347 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5803 [Report No. 116–433, Part I] To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Oversight and 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 com- mittee concerned JUNE 18, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Reform with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] JUNE 18, 2020 Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Com- merce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 7, 2020] VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5803 RH A BILL To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5803 RH 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 this 6 Act is as follows: 7 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6213 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 5803 RH 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 elec- tion of President and Vice-President. Sec. 224. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment re- pealing 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 per- sonnel system. Sec. 303. Obligations of Federal Government under judges’ retirement program. 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6213 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 5803 RH 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 sec- 7 tion 103(a), the State of Washington, Douglass Common- 8 wealth is declared to be a State of the United States of 9 America, and is declared admitted into the Union on an 10 equal footing with the other States in all respects whatever. 11 (b) CONSTITUTION OF STATE.—The State Constitution 12 shall always be republican in form and shall not be repug- 13 nant to the Constitution of the United States or the prin- 14 ciples of the Declaration of Independence. 15 (c) NONSEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec- 16 tion, or the application thereof to any person or cir- 17 cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions 18 of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall 19 be treated as invalid. 20 SEC. 102. ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE. 21 (a) ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION.— 22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 23 receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 24 from the President pursuant to section 403, the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 5803 RH Mayor shall issue a proclamation for the first elec- 1 tions for 2 Senators and one Representative in Con- 2 gress from the State, subject to the provisions of this 3 section. 4 (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR ELECTIONS OF SEN- 5 ATORS.—In the elections of Senators from the State 6 pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 7 be separately identified and designated, and no per- 8 son may be a candidate for both offices. No such iden- 9 tification or designation of either of the offices shall 10 refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of such of- 11 fices, or in any way impair the privilege of the Sen- 12 ate to determine the class to which each of the Sen- 13 ators shall be assigned. 14 (b) RULES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.— 15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 16 Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 17 the holding of a primary election and a general elec- 18 tion, and at such elections the officers required to be 19 elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 20 by the qualified voters of the District of Columbia in 21 the manner required by the laws of the District of Co- 22 lumbia. 23 (2) CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS.—Election re- 24 sults shall be certified in the manner required by the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 5803 RH laws of the District of Columbia, except that the 1 Mayor shall also provide written certification of the 2 results of such elections to the President. 3 (c) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES.—Upon the admission of 4 the State into the Union, the Senators and Representative 5 elected at the elections described in subsection (a) shall be 6 entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and to all the 7 rights and privileges of Senators and Representatives of the 8 other States in Congress. 9 (d) EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON HOUSE OF REP- 10 RESENTATIVES MEMBERSHIP.— 11 (1) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MEM- 12 BERS.—Effective with respect to the Congress during 13 which the State is admitted into the Union and each 14 succeeding Congress, the House of Representatives 15 shall be composed of 436 Members, including any 16 Members representing the State. 17 (2) INITIAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR 18 STATE.—Until the taking effect of the first apportion- 19 ment of Members occurring after the admission of the 20 State into the Union, the State shall be entitled to one 21 Representative in the House of Representatives upon 22 its admission into the Union. 23 (3) APPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 24 FROM ADMISSION OF STATE.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 5803 RH (A) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 22(a) of the 1 Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth 2 and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide 3 for apportionment of Representatives in Con- 4 gress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), 5 is amended by striking ‘‘the then existing num- 6 ber of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘436 Rep- 7 resentatives’’. 8 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 9 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with re- 10 spect to the first regular decennial census con- 11 ducted after the admission of the State into the 12 Union and each subsequent regular decennial 13 census. 14 SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, upon the certifi- 16 cation of the results of the elections of the officers required 17 to be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, not later 18 than 90 days after receiving such certification pursuant to 19 section 102(b)(2), issue a proclamation announcing the re- 20 sults of such elections as so ascertained. 21 (b) ADMISSION OF STATE UPON ISSUANCE OF PROCLA- 22 MATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 23 President under subsection (a), the State shall be declared 24 admitted into the Union as provided in section 101(a). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 5803 RH Subtitle B—Seat of Government of 1 the United States 2 SEC. 111. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 4 (b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the Dis- 5 trict of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of this 6 Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds survey 7 conducted under subsection (c). 8 (b) EXCLUSION OF PORTION REMAINING AS SEAT OF 9 GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES.—The territory of the 10 State shall not include the area described in section 112, 11 which shall be known as the ‘‘Capital’’ and shall serve as 12 the seat of the Government of the United States, as provided 13 in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 14 of the United States. 15 (c) METES AND BOUNDS SURVEY.—Not later than 180 16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi- 17 dent (in consultation with the Chair of the National Cap- 18 ital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and 19 bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 112(b). 20 SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL. 21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), upon the 22 admission of the State into the Union, the Capital shall 23 consist of the property described in subsection (b) and shall 24 include the principal Federal monuments, the White House, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 5803 RH the Capitol Building, the United States Supreme Court 1 Building, and the Federal executive, legislative, and judi- 2 cial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the 3 Capitol Building (as such terms are used in section 8501(a) 4 of title 40, United States Code). 5 (b) GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Upon the admission of 6 the State into the Union, the boundaries of the Capital shall 7 be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southern 8 right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern right-of-way 9 of 2nd Street NE; 10 (1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 11 of 2nd Street NE to its intersection with the north- 12 eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 13 (2) thence southwest along said northeastern 14 right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec- 15 tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 16 Avenue NE; 17 (3) thence west along said northern right-of-way 18 of Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection with the 19 eastern right-of-way of 1st Street NE; 20 (4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 21 of 1st Street NE to its intersection with the south- 22 eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 5803 RH (5) thence northeast along said southeastern 1 right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec- 2 tion with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE; 3 (6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 4 of 2nd Street SE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 5 Street SE; 6 (7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 7 of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the northern 8 property boundary of the property designated as 9 Square 760 Lot 803; 10 (8) thence east along said northern property 11 boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 12 with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 13 (9) thence south along said western right-of-way 14 of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the northern 15 right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 16 (10) thence west along said northern right-of- 17 way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 18 with the northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 19 Avenue SE; 20 (11) thence northwest along said northwestern 21 right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its inter- 22 section with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 23 SE; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:53 Jun 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5803.RH H5803 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 5803 RH (12) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 1 of 2nd St [Text truncated for display. 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