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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3677
To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority
with respect to the National Guard of the District of Columbia as
the Governor of a State exercises with respect to the National Guard
of that State.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
Ms. NORTON (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred
jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and the District of Columbia
A BILL
To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the
same authority with respect to the National Guard of
the District of Columbia as the Governor of a State
exercises with respect to the National Guard of that
State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAYOR OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) MAYOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.—Section 6 of
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the organization
of the militia of the District of Columbia, and for other
purposes’’, approved March 1, 1889 (sec. 39–109, D.C.
Code), is amended by striking out ‘‘President of the
United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Mayor of the
District of Columbia’’.
(b) RESERVE CORPS.—Section 72 of such Act (sec.
39–107, D.C. Code) is amended by striking out ‘‘President
of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Mayor
of the District of Columbia’’.
(c) APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—
(1) Section 7(a) of such Act (sec. 39–301(a), D.C. Code)
is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘President of the United
States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Mayor of the
District of Columbia’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘President.’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Mayor.’’.
(2) Section 9 of such Act (sec. 39–304, D.C. Code)
is amended by striking out ‘‘President’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’.
(3) Section 13 of such Act (sec. 39–305, D.C. Code)
is amended by striking out ‘‘President of the United
States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’.
(4) Section 19 of such Act (sec. 39–311, D.C. Code)
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘to the
Secretary of the Army’’ and all that follows through
‘‘which board’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘to a
board of examination appointed by the Commanding
General, which’’; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary of the Army’’ and all that follows through the
period and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Mayor of
the District of Columbia, together with any rec-
ommendations of the Commanding General.’’.
(5) Section 20 of such Act (sec. 39–312, D.C. Code)
is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘President of the United
States’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘the President may retire’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Mayor may re-
tire’’.
(d) CALL FOR DUTY.—(1) Section 45 of such Act
(sec. 39–603, D.C. Code) is amended by striking out ‘‘,
or for the United States Marshal’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘shall thereupon order’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘to order’’.
(2) Section 46 of such Act (sec. 39–604, D.C. Code)
is amended by striking out ‘‘the President’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’.
(e) GENERAL COURTS MARTIAL.—Section 51 of such
Act (sec. 39–803, D.C. Code) is amended by striking out
‘‘the President of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’.
SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED
STATES CODE.
(a) CONSENT FOR ACTIVE DUTY OR RELOCATION.—
(1) Section 672 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘com-
manding general of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard’’ in the second sentence and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’;
and
(B) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘governor
or other appropriate authority of the State or Terri-
tory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Governor of the State, Ter-
ritory, or Puerto Rico or the Mayor of the District
of Columbia’’.
(2) Section 2238 of such title is amended by striking
out ‘‘, in the case of the District of Columbia, the com-