86501 B, and dated June 24, 2003, that are lo-
cated outside of the State of Washington, 
Douglass Commonwealth.’’. 
(3) TEMPORARY
SITE
DESIGNATION.—Section 
8907(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital 
and its environs’’. 
(4) GENERAL
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.— 
Chapter 89 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia and its environs’’ each place it 
appears in the following sections and inserting ‘‘the 
Capital and its environs’’: 
(A) Section 8901(2) and 8901(4). 
(B) Section 8902(a)(4). 
(C) Section 8903(d). 
(D) Section 8904(c). 
(E) Section 8905(a). 
(F) Section 8906(a). 
(G) Section 8909(a) and 8909(b). 
(5) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 8901(2) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘the urban fabric of the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the urban fabric of the area serving as 
the seat of the Government of the United States, as
described in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. 
Admission Act’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 
of the admission of the State into the Union. 
SEC. 325. ROLE OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN SUP-
PLYING WATER. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF ROLE.—Chapter 95 of title 
40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective upon the admission of 
the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth into 
the Union, any reference in this chapter to the District 
of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the Capital or 
the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, as the 
case may be. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Capital’ 
means the area serving as the seat of the Government of 
the United States, as described in section 112 of the 
Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of chapter 95 of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
‘‘9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Washington, Douglass Common-
wealth.’’. 
SEC. 326. REQUIREMENTS TO BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
The location of any person in the Capital or Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth on the day after the date 
of the admission of the State into the Union shall be 
deemed to satisfy any requirement under any law in effect 
as of the day before the date of the admission of the State 
into the Union that the person be located in the District 
of Columbia, including the requirements of section 72 of 
title 4, United States Code (relating to offices of the seat 
of the Government of the United States), and title 36, 
United States Code (relating to patriotic and national or-
ganizations). 
TITLE IV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘Capital’’ means the area serving 
as the seat of the Government of the United States, 
as described in section 112. 
(2) The term ‘‘Council’’ means the Council of 
the District of Columbia. 
(3) The term ‘‘Mayor’’ means the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia.
(4) Except as otherwise provided, the term 
‘‘State’’ means the State of Washington, Douglass 
Commonwealth. 
(5) The term ‘‘State Constitution’’ means the 
proposed Constitution of the State of Washington, 
D.C., as approved by the Council on October 18, 
2016, pursuant to the Constitution and Boundaries 
for the State of Washington, D.C. Approval Resolu-
tion of 2016 (D.C. Resolution R21–621), ratified by 
District of Columbia voters in Advisory Referendum 
B approved on November 8, 2016, and certified by 
the District of Columbia Board of Elections on No-
vember 18, 2016. 
SEC. 402. STATEHOOD TRANSITION COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Statehood Transition Commission (hereafter in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
composed of 18 members as follows: 
(A) Three members appointed by the 
President. 
(B) Two members appointed by the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives.
(C) Two members appointed by the Minor-
ity Leader of the House of Representatives. 
(D) Two members appointed by the Major-
ity Leader of the Senate. 
(E) Two members appointed by the Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate. 
(F) Three members appointed by the 
Mayor. 
(G) Three members appointed by the 
Council. 
(H) The Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia. 
(2) APPOINTMENT DATE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The appointments of 
the members of the Commission shall be made 
not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(B) EFFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT 
BY APPOINTMENT DATE.—If one or more ap-
pointments under any of the subparagraphs of 
paragraph (1) is not made by the appointment 
date specified in subparagraph (A), the author-
ity to make such appointment or appointments 
shall expire, and the number of members of the 
Commission shall be reduced by the number