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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5410 

To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a State for 

purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and Senate, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2006 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government 

Reform, 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 committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia 

as a State for purposes of representation in the House 

of Representatives and Senate, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Taxation Without 

5 Representation Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The residents of the District of Columbia 

2 are the only Americans who pay Federal income 

3 taxes and who have fought and died in every Amer4 ican war but are denied voting representation in the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

6 (2) The residents of the District of Columbia 

7 suffer the very injustice against which our Founding 

8 Fathers fought, because they do not have voting rep9 resentation as other taxpaying Americans do and are 

10 nevertheless required to pay Federal income taxes 

11 unlike the Americans who live in the territories. 

12 (3) The principle of one person, one vote re13 quires that residents of the District of Columbia are 

14 afforded full voting representation in the House and 

15 the Senate. 

16 (4) Despite the denial of voting representation, 

17 Americans in the Nation’s Capital are third among 

18 residents of all States in per capita income taxes 

19 paid to the Federal Government. 

20 (5) Unequal voting representation in our rep21 resentative democracy is inconsistent with the found22 ing principles of the Nation and the strongly held 

23 principles of the American people today. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS FOR DISTRICT OF 

2 COLUMBIA. 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Dis4 trict of Columbia shall be treated as a State for the pur5 poses of representation in the House of Representatives 

6 and the Senate. 

7 SEC. 4. ELECTIONS. 

8 (a) FIRST ELECTIONS.— 

9 (1) PROCLAMATION.—Not later than 30 days 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Mayor 

11 of the District of Columbia shall issue a proclama12 tion for elections to be held to fill the 2 Senate seats 

13 and the seat in the House of Representatives to rep14 resent the District of Columbia in Congress. 

15 (2) MANNER OF ELECTIONS.—The proclama16 tion of the Mayor of the District of Columbia re17 quired by paragraph (1) shall provide for the holding 

18 of a primary election and a general election and at 

19 such elections the officers to be elected shall be cho20 sen by a popular vote of the residents of the District 

21 of Columbia. The manner in which such elections 

22 shall be held and the qualification of voters shall be 

23 the same as those for local elections, as prescribed 

24 by the District of Columbia. 

25 (3) CLASSIFICATION OF SENATORS.—In the 

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1 bia, the 2 senatorial offices shall be separately iden2 tified and designated, and no person may be a can3 didate for both offices. No such identification or des4 ignation of either of the 2 senatorial offices shall 

5 refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of such 

6 offices, or in any way impair the privilege of the 

7 Senate to determine the class to which each of the 

8 Senators elected shall be assigned. 

9 (b) CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION.—The results of 

10 an election for the Senators and Representative from the 

11 District of Columbia shall be certified by the Mayor of 

12 the District of Columbia in the manner required by law 

13 and the Senators and Representative shall be entitled to 

14 be admitted to seats in Congress and to all the rights and 

15 privileges of Senators and Representatives of the States 

16 in the Congress of the United States. 

17 SEC. 5. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERSHIP. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the date of enactment of 

19 this Act, the District of Columbia shall be entitled to 1 

20 Representative until the taking effect of the next reappor21 tionment. Such Representative shall be in addition to the 

22 membership of the House of Representatives as now pre23 scribed by law. 

24 (b) INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP25 RESENTATIVES.—Upon the date of enactment of this Act, 


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1 the permanent membership of the House of Representa2 tives shall increase by 1 seat for the purpose of future 

3 reapportionment of Representatives. 

4 (c) REAPPORTIONMENT.—Upon reapportionment, 

5 the District of Columbia shall be entitled to as many seats 

6 in the House of Representatives as a similarly populous 

7 State would be entitled to under the law. 

8 SEC. 6. PROVIDING FOR ELECTIONS FOR HOUSE MEMBERS 

9 AND SENATORS FROM DISTRICT OF COLUM10 BIA. 

11 (a) APPLICATION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELEC12 TIONS CODE OF 1955.—The District of Columbia Elec13 tions Code of 1955 is amended as follows: 

14 (1) In section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 

15 Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of 

16 Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative 

17 in the Congress, Senator,’’. 

18 (2) In section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official 

19 Code)— 

20 (A) by striking paragraph (6); and 

21 (B) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘the 

22 Delegate to Congress for the District of Colum23 bia, United States Senator and Representa24 tive,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative in the 

25 Congress, Senator,’’. 


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1 (3) In section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 

2 Code)— 

3 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Delegate’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘Representative, Senator,’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 

6 appears in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and 

7 (j)(1) and inserting ‘‘Representative in the Con8 gress, Senator,’’. 

9 (4) In section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 

10 Code)— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘or section 206(d) of 

13 the District of Columbia Delegate Act’’, 

14 and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘the office of Delegate 

16 to the House of Representatives’’ and in17 serting ‘‘the office of Representative in the 

18 Congress’’; 

19 (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘Dele20 gate,’’ each place it appears; 

21 (C) in subsection (d)(2)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘(A) In the event’’ and 

23 all that follows through ‘‘term of office,’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘In the event that a vacancy 

25 occurs in the office of Representative in 


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1 the Congress before May 1 of the last year 

2 of the Representative’s term of office,’’ and 

3 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

4 (D) by amending subsection (d)(3) to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(3) In the event of a vacancy in the office of Sen7 ator, the Mayor shall appoint a successor to complete the 

8 remainder of the term of office.’’. 

9 (5) In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), 

10 D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate to the 

11 House of Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘Rep12 resentative in the Congress, Senator,’’. 

13 (6) In section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. 

14 Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘Representative in the Congress, Senator,’’. 

16 (7) In section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. 

17 Official Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the Con18 gress from the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘the Representative in the Congress and Senator’’. 

20 (b) TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELE21 GATE.— 

22 (1) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.—Until the 

23 first Representative from the District of Columbia is 

24 seated in the House of Representatives, the Delegate 


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1 in Congress from the District of Columbia shall con2 tinue to discharge the duties of his or her office. 

3 (2) REPEAL OF OFFICE UPON ELECTION OF

4 FIRST REPRESENTATIVE.—Sections 202 and 204 of 

5 the District of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 

6 91–405; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official 

7 Code) are repealed, and the provisions of law 

8 amended or repealed by such sections are restored or 

9 revived as if such sections had not been enacted. 

10 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in section 

11 4(a), the amendments made by this section shall apply 

12 with respect to the election of the first Representative and 

13 Senators from the District of Columbia pursuant to this 

14 Act and each subsequent election of Representatives and 

15 Senators from the District of Columbia pursuant to this 

16 Act. 

17 SEC. 7. REPEAL OF OFFICES OF STATEHOOD REPRESENTA18 TIVE AND SENATOR. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the District of Co20 lumbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 

21 1979 (sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik22 ing subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g). 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) STATEHOOD COMMISSION.—Section 6 of 

2 such Initiative (sec. 1–125, D.C. Official Code) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘27 voting members’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘24 voting members’’; 

7 (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

8 paragraph (4); and 

9 (iii) by striking paragraphs (5) and 

10 (6) and redesignating paragraph (7) as 

11 paragraph (5); and 

12 (B) in subsection (a–1)(1), by striking sub13 paragraphs (F), (G), and (H). 

14 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 Section 8 of such Initiative (sec. 1–127, D.C. Offi16 cial Code) is repealed. 

17 (3) APPLICATION OF HONORARIA LIMITA18 TIONS.—Section 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131, 

19 D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 

20 (4) APPLICATION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE

21 LAWS.—Section 3 of the Statehood Convention Pro22 cedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1–135, D.C. 

23 Official Code) is repealed. 

24 (5) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS CODE

25 OF 1955.—Section 2(13) of the District of Columbia 


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1 Elections Code of 1955 (sec. 1–1001.02(13), D.C. 

2 Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘United States 

3 Senator and Representative,’’. 

4 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

5 this section shall take effect upon the taking office of the 

6 first Representative and Senators from the District of Co7 lumbia pursuant to this Act. 

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