established with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the reg-
ular decennial census conducted for 2010 and each 
subsequent regular decennial census. 
(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO 2012 RE-
APPORTIONMENT.— 
(1) TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED STATEMENT OF 
APPORTIONMENT
BY
PRESIDENT.—Not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President shall transmit to Congress a revised 
version of the most recent statement of apportion-
ment submitted under section 22(a) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse-
quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 
June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into ac-
count this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act. 
(2) REPORT BY CLERK.—Not later than 15 cal-
endar days after receiving the revised version of the 
statement of apportionment under paragraph (1), 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in ac-
cordance with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
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2a(b)), shall send to the executive of each State a 
certificate of the number of Representatives to which 
such State is entitled under section 22 of such Act, 
and shall submit a report to the Speaker of the 
House
of
Representatives
identifying
the
State 
(other than the District of Columbia) which is enti-
tled to one additional Representative pursuant to 
this section. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTION OF ADDI-
TIONAL MEMBER.—During the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, and 
the One Hundred Twelfth Congress— 
(A) notwithstanding the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo 
Samala and to provide for congressional redis-
tricting’’,
approved
December
14,
1967
(2 
U.S.C. 2c), the additional Representative to 
which the State identified by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives in the report sub-
mitted under paragraph (2) is entitled shall be 
elected from the State at large; and 
(B) the other Representatives to which 
such State is entitled shall be elected on the 
basis of the Congressional districts in effect in 
the State for the One Hundred Ninth Congress. 
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(d) SEATING OF NEW MEMBERS.—The first Rep-
resentative from the District of Columbia and the first ad-
ditional Representative to which the State identified by the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives in the report sub-
mitted under subsection (c) is entitled shall each be sworn 
in and seated as Members of the House of Representatives 
on the same date. 
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
DELEGATE. 
(a) REPEAL OF OFFICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 202 and 204 of the 
District of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91– 
405; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) 
are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or 
repealed by such sections are restored or revived as 
if such sections had not been enacted. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date on 
which a Representative from the District of Colum-
bia takes office for the One Hundred Tenth Con-
gress. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA ELECTIONS CODE OF 1955.—The District of Co-
lumbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended as follows: 
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(1) In section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 
Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of 
Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative 
in the Congress,’’. 
(2) In section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and 
(B) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘the 
Delegate to Congress for the District of Colum-
bia,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative in the 
Congress,’’. 
(3) In section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Delegate’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Representative’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 
appears in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and 
(j)(1) and inserting ‘‘Representative in the Con-
gress,’’. 
(4) In section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or section 206(d) of 
the District of Columbia Delegate Act’’, 
and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘the office of Delegate 
to the House of Representatives’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the office of Representative in the 
Congress’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘Dele-
gate,’’ each place it appears; and 
(C) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) In the event’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘term of office,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘In the event that a vacancy 
occurs in the office of Representative in 
the Congress before May 1 of the last year 
of the Representative’s term of office,’’ and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(5) In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), 
D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate to the 
House of Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘Rep-
resentative in the Congress,’’. 
(6) In section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. 
Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Representative in the Congress,’’. 
(7) In section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. 
Official Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the Con-
gress from the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Representative in the Congress’’. 
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SEC. 6. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF STATEHOOD REPRESENTA-
TIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the District of Co-
lumbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 
1979 (sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code) is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘offices of Senator and Rep-
resentative’’ each place it appears in subsection (d) 
and inserting ‘‘office of Senator’’. 
(2) In subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Representative or’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Representative or’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Representative shall be 
elected for a 2-year term and each’’. 
(3) In subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 1 
United States Representative’’. 
(4) By striking ‘‘Representative or’’ each place 
it appears in subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h). 
(5)
By
striking
‘‘Representative’s
or’’
each 
place it appears in subsections (g) and (h). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) STATEHOOD
COMMISSION.—Section 6 of 
such Initiative (sec. 1–125, D.C. Official Code) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘27 voting members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘26 voting members’’; 
(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
paragraph (5); and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (6) and re-
designating paragraph (7) as paragraph 
(6); and 
(B) in subsection (a–1)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (H). 
(2)
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 8 of such Initiative (sec. 1–127, D.C. Offi-
cial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘and House’’. 
(3)
APPLICATION
OF
HONORARIA
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Section 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘or Rep-
resentative’’ each place it appears. 
(4)
APPLICATION
OF
CAMPAIGN
FINANCE 
LAWS.—Section 3 of the Statehood Convention Pro-
cedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1–135, D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘and United 
States Representative’’. 
(5) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS CODE 
OF 1955.—The District of Columbia Elections Code 
of 1955 is amended— 
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(A) in section 2(13) (sec. 1–1001.02(13), 
D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘United States 
Senator
and
Representative,’’
and
inserting 
‘‘United States Senator,’’; and 
(B) in section 10(d) (sec. 1–1001.10(d)(3), 
D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘United States 
Representative or’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date on which a Rep-
resentative from the District of Columbia takes office for 
the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 
SEC. 7. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. 
If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made 
by this Act, is declared or held invalid or unenforceable, 
the remaining provisions of this Act and any amendment 
made by this Act shall be treated and deemed invalid and 
shall have no force or effect of law. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
House Voting Rights Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Over half a million people living in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the capital of our democratic Na-
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tion, lack direct voting representation in the United 
States Senate and House of Representatives. 
(2) District of Columbia residents have fought 
and died to defend our democracy in every war since 
the War of Independence. 
(3) District of Columbia residents pay billions of 
dollars in Federal taxes each year. 
(4) Our Nation is founded on the principles of 
‘‘one person, one vote’’ and ‘‘government by the con-
sent of the governed’’. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CON-
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 
(a) REPRESENTATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Whereas the District of Co-
lumbia is drawn from the State of Maryland, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the District 
of Columbia shall be considered a Congressional dis-
trict for purposes of representation in the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) NO
REPRESENTATION
PROVIDED
IN
SEN-
ATE.—The District of Columbia shall not be consid-
ered a State for purposes of representation in the Sen-
ate. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO APPOR-
TIONMENT
OF MEMBERS
OF HOUSE
OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF SINGLE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA
MEMBER
IN
REAPPORTIONMENT
OF
MEMBERS 
AMONG STATES.—Section 22 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decen-
nial censuses and to provide for apportionment of 
Representatives in Congress’’, approved June 28, 
1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) This section shall apply with respect to the Dis-
trict of Columbia in the same manner as this section ap-
plies to a State, except that the District of Columbia may 
not receive more than one Member under any reapportion-
ment of Members.’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF NUM-
BER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ON BASIS OF 23RD 
AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of title 3, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘come into office;’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘come into office (subject to 
the twenty-third article of amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States in the case of the Dis-
trict of Columbia);’’. 
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REGARDING APPOINT-
MENTS TO SERVICE ACADEMIES.— 
(1) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Sec-
tion 4342 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph 
(5); and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia,’’. 
(2) UNITED
STATES
NAVAL
ACADEMY.—Such 
title is amended— 
(A) in section 6954(a), by striking para-
graph (5); and 
(B) in section 6958(b), by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia,’’. 
(3) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Sec-
tion 9342 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph 
(5); and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia,’’. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection and the 
amendments made by this subsection shall take effect 
on the date on which a Representative from the Dis-
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trict of Columbia takes office for the One Hundred 
Tenth Congress. 
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) PERMANENT INCREASE
IN NUMBER
OF MEM-
BERS.—Effective with respect to the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of Rep-
resentatives shall be composed of 437 Members, including 
any Members representing the District of Columbia pursu-
ant to section 3(a). 
(b) REAPPORTIONMENT
OF
MEMBERS
RESULTING 
FROM INCREASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 22(a) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse-
quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 
June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the then existing number of Representatives’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the number of Representatives estab-
lished with respect to the One Hundred Tenth Con-
gress’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the regular 
decennial census conducted for 2010 and each subse-
quent regular decennial census. 
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(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR PERIOD PRIOR TO 2012 RE-
APPORTIONMENT.— 
(1) TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED STATEMENT OF 
APPORTIONMENT BY PRESIDENT.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall transmit to Congress a revised version 
of the most recent statement of apportionment sub-
mitted under section 22(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial 
censuses and to provide for apportionment of Rep-
resentatives in Congress’’, approved June 28, 1929 (2 
U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into account this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act. 
(2) REPORT BY CLERK.—Not later than 15 cal-
endar days after receiving the revised version of the 
statement of apportionment under paragraph (1), the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance 
with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), shall 
send to the executive of each State a certificate of the 
number of Representatives to which such State is en-
titled under section 22 of such Act, and shall submit 
a report to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives identifying the State (other than the District of 
Columbia) which is entitled to one additional Rep-
resentative pursuant to this section. 
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(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ELECTION
OF
ADDI-
TIONAL MEMBER.—During the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, and 
the One Hundred Twelfth Congress— 
(A) notwithstanding the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo 
Samala and to provide for congressional redis-
tricting’’, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 
2c), the additional Representative to which the 
State identified by the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives in the report submitted under para-
graph (2) is entitled shall be elected from the 
State at large; and 
(B) the other Representatives to which such 
State is entitled shall be elected on the basis of 
the Congressional districts in effect in the State 
for the One Hundred Ninth Congress. 
(d) SEATING OF NEW MEMBERS.—The first Represent-
ative from the District of Columbia and the first additional 
Representative to which the State identified by the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives in the report submitted 
under subsection (c) is entitled shall each be sworn in and 
seated as Members of the House of Representatives on the 
same date. 
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SEC. 5. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEL-
EGATE. 
(a) REPEAL OF OFFICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 202 and 204 of the 
District of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91– 
405; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) 
are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or 
repealed by such sections are restored or revived as if 
such sections had not been enacted. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date on 
which a Representative from the District of Columbia 
takes office for the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA ELECTIONS CODE OF 1955.—The District of Co-
lumbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 
Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of Rep-
resentatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative in 
the Congress,’’ . 
(2) In section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and 
(B) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘the 
Delegate to Congress for the District of Colum-
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bia,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative in the 
Congress,’’. 
(3) In section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Delegate’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Representative’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 
appears in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and 
(j)(1) and inserting ‘‘Representative in the Con-
gress,’’. 
(4) In section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or section 206(a) of the 
District of Columbia Delegate Act’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the office of Delegate 
to the House of Representatives’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the office of Representative in the Con-
gress’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘Dele-
gate,’’ each place it appears; and 
(C) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) In the event’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘term of office,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘In the event that a vacancy 
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occurs in the office of Representative in the 
Congress before May 1 of the last year of the 
Representative’s term of office,’’ and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(5) In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), 
D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate to the 
House of Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘Represent-
ative in the Congress,’’. 
(6) In section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. Of-
ficial Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Representative in the Congress,’’. 
(7) In section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. Of-
ficial Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the Congress 
from the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Representative in the Congress’’. 
SEC. 6. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF STATEHOOD REPRESENTA-
TIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the District of Colum-
bia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 1979 
(sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code) is amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘offices of Senator and Rep-
resentative’’ each place it appears in subsection (d) 
and inserting ‘‘office of Senator’’. 
(2) In subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Representative or’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘the Representative or’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Representative shall be 
elected for a 2-year term and each’’. 
(3) In subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 1 
United States Representative’’. 
(4) By striking ‘‘Representative or’’ each place it 
appears in subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h). 
(5) By striking ‘‘Representative’s or’’ each place 
it appears in subsections (g) and (h). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) STATEHOOD COMMISSION.—Section 6 of such 
Initiative (sec. 1–125, D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘27 voting members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘26 voting members’’; 
(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
paragraph (5); and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (6) and re-
designating paragraph (7) as paragraph 
(6); and 
(B) in subsection (a–1)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (H). 
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