I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1291 
To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the 
Union. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2017 
Ms. NORTON (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, 
Mr. BISHOP
of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, 
Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KELLY 
of Illinois, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSON of 
Connecticut, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 
Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, 
Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, 
Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. LARSEN of Washington) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
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Rules, 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 admission of the State of Washington, 
D.C. into the Union. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Washington, D.C. Admission Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
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 officials of State. 
Sec. 103. Issuance of presidential proclamation. 
Subtitle B—Description of Washington, D.C. Territory 
Sec. 111. Territories and boundaries of Washington, D.C.. 
Sec. 112. Description of District of Columbia after admission of State. 
Sec. 113. Continuation of title to lands and property. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of Washington, D.C. 
Sec. 121. Limitation on authority of State to tax Federal property. 
Sec. 122. Effect of admission of State on current laws. 
Sec. 123. Continuation of judicial proceedings. 
Sec. 124. United States nationality. 
TITLE II—RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERESTS OF FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
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Sec. 201. Continuation of revised District of Columbia as seat of Federal Gov-
ernment. 
Sec. 202. Treatment of military lands. 
Sec. 203. Waiver of claims to Federal lands and property. 
Sec. 204. Permitting individuals residing in new seat of government to vote in 
Federal elections in State of most recent domicile. 
Sec. 205. Repeal of law providing for participation of District of Columbia in 
election of President and Vice-President. 
Sec. 206. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment 
repealing 23rd Amendment. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. General definitions. 
Sec. 302. Certification of enactment by President. 
TITLE I—STATE OF 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
Subtitle A—Procedures for 
Admission 
SEC. 101. ADMISSION INTO THE UNION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 
Act, upon issuance of the proclamation required by section 
103(b), the State of Washington, Douglass Common-
wealth is declared to be a State of the United States of 
America, and is declared admitted into the Union on an 
equal footing with the other States in all respects what-
ever. 
(b) CONSTITUTION OF STATE.—The State Constitu-
tion shall always be republican in form and shall not be 
repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and 
the principles of the Declaration of Independence. 
SEC. 102. ELECTION OF OFFICIALS OF STATE. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 
receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 
from the President pursuant to section 302, the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia shall issue a proc-
lamation for the first elections, subject to the provi-
sions of this section, for two Senators and one Rep-
resentative in Congress. 
(2) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
ELECTION
OF
SEN-
ATORS.—In the election of Senators from the State 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall 
be separately identified and designated, and no per-
son may be a candidate for both offices. No such 
identification or designation of either of the offices 
shall refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of 
such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of 
the Senate to determine the class to which each of 
the Senators elected shall be assigned. 
(b) RULES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The proclamation of the 
Mayor issued under subsection (a) shall provide for 
the holding of a primary election and a general elec-
tion and at such elections the officers required to be 
elected as provided in subsection (a) shall be chosen 
by the qualified electors of the District of Columbia 
in the manner required by law. 
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offices of the State, as provided by the State Constitution 
and the laws of the State. 
(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES MEMBERSHIP.—The State upon its admission into 
the Union shall be entitled to one Representative until the 
taking effect of the next reapportionment, and such Rep-
resentative shall be in addition to the membership of the 
House of Representatives as prescribed by law on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act, except that such 
temporary increase in the membership shall not operate 
to either increase or decrease the permanent membership 
of the House of Representatives or affect the basis of ap-
portionment for the Congress. 
SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, upon certification 
of the returns of the election of the officers required to 
be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, not later 
than 90 days after receiving such certification, issue a 
proclamation announcing the results of such elections as 
so ascertained. 
(b) ADMISSION OF STATE UPON ISSUANCE OF PROC-
LAMATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 
President under subsection (a), the State shall be deemed 
admitted into the Union as provided in section 101. 
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Subtitle B—Description of 
Washington, D.C. Territory 
SEC. 111. TERRITORIES AND BOUNDARIES OF WASH-
INGTON, D.C.. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the 
District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act, subject to the results of the technical survey con-
ducted under subsection (c). 
(b) EXCLUSION OF PORTION OF DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA REMAINING AS NATIONAL CAPITAL.—The terri-
tory of the State shall not include the area described in 
section 112, which shall remain as the District of Colum-
bia for purposes of serving as the seat of the Government 
of the United States. 
(c) TECHNICAL SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
(in consultation with the Chair of the National Capital 
Planning Commission) shall conduct a technical survey of 
the metes and bounds of the District of Columbia and of 
the territory described in section 112(b). 
SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFTER 
ADMISSION OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), after 
the admission of the State into the Union, the District 
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of Columbia shall consist of the property described in sub-
section (b) and shall include the principal Federal monu-
ments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the United 
States Supreme Court Building, and the Federal execu-
tive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adja-
cent to the Mall and the Capitol Building (as such terms 
are used in section 8501(a) of title 40, United States 
Code). 
(b) 
SPECIFIC
DESCRIPTION
OF
METES
AND 
BOUNDS.—After the admission of the State into the 
Union, the specific metes and bounds of the District of 
Columbia shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection 
of the southern right-of-way of F Street NE and the east-
ern right-of-way of 2nd Street NE; 
(1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street NE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
Street SE; 
(2) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the north-
ern property boundary of the property designated as 
Square 760 Lot 803; 
(3) thence east along said northern property 
boundary of Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection 
with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SE; 
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(4) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 3rd Street SE to its intersection with the 
northern right-of-way of Independence Avenue SE; 
(5) thence west along said northern right-of- 
way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 
with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE; 
(6) thence south along said eastern right-of way 
of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the south-
ern right-of-way of C Street SE; 
(7) thence west along said southern right-of- 
way of C Street SE to its intersection with the east-
ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 
(8) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the southern 
right-of-way of D Street SE; 
(9) thence west along said southern right-of- 
way of D Street SE to its intersection with the west-
ern right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 
(10) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 
the southwestern right-of-way of the northwest- 
bound lanes of Canal Street SE; 
(11) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of the northwest-bound lanes of Canal 
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Street SE to its intersection with the southern right- 
of-way of E Street SE; 
(12) thence east along said southern right-of- 
way of said E Street SE to its intersection with the 
western right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 
(13) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the 
southernmost corner of the property designated as 
Square 736S Lot 801. 
(14) thence west along a line extended due west 
from said corner of said property designated as 
Square 736S Lot 801 to its intersection with the 
southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue 
SE; 
(15) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue SE to its inter-
section with the northwestern right-of-way of Vir-
ginia Avenue SE; 
(16) thence northwest along said northwestern 
right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersec-
tion with the eastern right-of-way of South Capitol 
Street; 
(17) thence north along said eastern right-of- 
way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 
the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 
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(18) thence west along a line extending west-
ward said southern right-of-way of E Street SE to 
its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
South Capitol Street; 
(19) thence north along said western right-of- 
way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 
the southwestern right-of-way of Washington Avenue 
SW; 
(20) thence northwest along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Washington Avenue SW to its inter-
section with the southeastern boundary of the prop-
erty designated as Square 640 Lot 70; 
(21) thence clockwise around said boundary of 
said property designated as Square 640 Lot 70 to 
its northernmost point; 
(22) thence generally northeast along a line ex-
tending the boundary of said property designated as 
Square 640 Lot 70 northeast to its intersection with 
the southwestern right-of-way of Washington Avenue 
SW; 
(23) thence northwest along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Washington Avenue SW to its inter-
section with a line extending northward the western 
boundary of the property designated as Square 582 
Lot 49; 
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(24) thence south along said line extending 
northward the western boundary of said property 
designated as Square 582 Lot 49 to the north-
western corner of said property designated as 
Square 582 Lot 49; 
(25) thence clockwise along the boundary of 
said property designated as Square 582 Lot 49 to 
its southwestern corner; 
(26) thence west along a line extended west 
from said southwestern corner of said property des-
ignated as Square 582 Lot 49 to its intersection 
with the western right-of-way of 2nd Street SW; 
(27) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 2nd Street SW to its intersection with the 
southwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW; 
(28) thence northwest along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW to its intersec-
tion with the western right-of-way of 3rd Street SW; 
(29) thence north along said western right-of- 
way of 3rd Street SW to its intersection with the 
northern right-of-way of D Street SW; 
(30) thence west along said northern right-of- 
way of D Street SW to its intersection with the east-
ern right-of-way of 4th Street SW; 
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(80) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 2nd Street NW to its intersection with the 
northern right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NW; 
(81) thence east along said northern right-of- 
way of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection 
with the northwestern right-of-way of Louisiana Av-
enue NW; 
(82) thence northeast along said northwestern 
right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-
section with the southwestern right-of-way of New 
Jersey Avenue NW; 
(83) thence northwest along said southwestern 
right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue NW to its inter-
section with the northern right-of-way of D Street 
NW; 
(84) thence east along said northern right-of- 
way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 
northwestern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW; 
(85) thence northeast along said northwestern 
right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its inter-
section with the western right-of-way of North Cap-
itol Street; 
(86) thence north along said western right-of- 
way of North Capitol Street to its intersection with 
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the southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Ave-
nue NW; 
(87) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NW to the 
southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue 
NE; 
(88) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NE to the 
southwestern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE; 
(89) thence counter-clockwise along said south-
western, then southern, southeastern, and eastern 
right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE to its intersec-
tion with the southern right-of way of F Street NE; 
and 
(90) thence east along said southern right-of- 
way of F Street NE to the point of beginning. 
(c) EXCLUSION OF DISTRICT BUILDING.— 
(1) EXCLUSION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the District of Columbia 
shall not be considered to include the District Build-
ing after the admission of the State into the Union. 
(2) DISTRICT
BUILDING
DEFINED.—In para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘District Building’’ means the 
John A. Wilson Building described and designated 
under section 601(a) of the Omnibus Spending Re-
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duction Act of 1993 (sec. 10–1301(a), D.C. Official 
Code). 
SEC. 113. CONTINUATION OF TITLE TO LANDS AND PROP-
ERTY. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF TITLE TO LANDS OF DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State and its political 
subdivisions shall have and retain title to, or juris-
diction over, for purposes of administration and 
maintenance, all property, real and personal, with 
respect to which title or jurisdiction for purposes of 
administration and maintenance is held by the Dis-
trict of Columbia on the day before the State is ad-
mitted into the Union. 
(2) CONVEYANCE
OF
INTEREST
IN
CERTAIN 
BRIDGES
AND
TUNNELS.—On the day before the 
State is admitted into the Union, the District of Co-
lumbia shall convey to the United States any and all 
interest of the District of Columbia in any bridge or 
tunnel that will connect the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia with the District of Columbia after the admis-
sion of the State into the Union. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL TITLE TO PROP-
ERTY IN STATE.—The United States shall have and retain 
title to, or jurisdiction over, for purposes of administration 
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and maintenance, all property in the State with respect 
to which the United States holds title or jurisdiction on 
the day before the State is admitted into the Union. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions Re-
lating to Laws of Washington, 
D.C. 
SEC. 121. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF STATE TO TAX 
FEDERAL PROPERTY. 
The State may not impose any taxes upon any lands 
or other property owned or acquired by the United States, 
except to the extent as Congress may permit. 
SEC. 122. EFFECT OF ADMISSION OF STATE ON CURRENT 
LAWS. 
(a) LEGISLATIVE POWER OF STATE.—The legislative 
power of the State shall extend to all rightful subjects of 
legislation within the State, consistent with the Constitu-
tion of the United States (including the restrictions and 
limitations imposed upon the States by article I, section 
10) and subject to the provisions of this Act. 
(b) TREATMENT OF FEDERAL LAWS.—To the extent 
that any law of the United States applies to the States 
generally, the law shall have the same force and effect 
within the State as elsewhere in the United States, except 
as such law may otherwise provide. 
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SEC. 123. CONTINUATION OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. 
(a) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No writ, action, indictment, 
cause, or proceeding pending in any court of the 
District of Columbia or in the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia shall abate by 
reason of the admission of the State into the Union, 
but shall be transferred and shall proceed within 
such appropriate State courts as shall be established 
under the State Constitution, or shall continue in 
the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia, as the nature of the case may require. 
(2) SUCCESSION OF COURTS.—The appropriate 
courts of the State shall be the successors of the 
courts of the District of Columbia as to all cases 
arising within the limits embraced within the juris-
diction of such courts, with full power to proceed 
with such cases, and award mesne or final process 
therein, and all files, records, indictments, and pro-
ceedings relating to any such writ, action, indict-
ment, cause, or proceeding shall be transferred to 
such appropriate State courts and shall be proceeded 
with therein in due course of law. 
(b) UNFILED PROCEEDINGS BASED
ON ACTIONS 
PRIOR TO ADMISSION.—All civil causes of action and all 
criminal offenses which shall have arisen or been com-
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mitted prior to the admission of the State into the Union, 
but as to which no writ, action, indictment, or proceeding 
shall be pending at the date of such admission, shall be 
subject to prosecution in the appropriate State courts or 
in the United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia in like manner, to the same extent, and with like 
right of appellate review, as if the State had been admitted 
and such State courts had been established prior to the 
accrual of such causes of action or the commission of such 
offenses. 
(c) MAINTENANCE OF RIGHTS TO AND JURISDICTION 
OVER APPEALS.— 
(1) CASES DECIDED PRIOR TO ADMISSION.— 
Parties shall have the same rights of appeal from 
and appellate review of final decisions of the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia or 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in any 
case finally decided prior to the admission of the 
State into the Union, whether or not an appeal 
therefrom shall have been perfected prior to such ad-
mission. The United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit and the Supreme Court 
of the United States shall have the same jurisdiction 
in such cases as by law provided prior to the admis-
sion of the State into the Union. 
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(2) CASES DECIDED AFTER ADMISSION.—Par-
ties shall have the same rights of appeal from and 
appellate review of all orders, judgments, and de-
crees of the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia and of the highest court of the 
State, as successor to the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, in any case pending at the time 
of admission of the State into the Union, and the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
Columbia Circuit and the Supreme Court of the 
United States shall have the same jurisdiction there-
in, as by law provided in any case arising subsequent 
to the admission of the State into the Union. 
(3) ISSUANCE OF SUBSEQUENT MANDATES.— 
Any mandate issued subsequent to the admission of 
the State shall be to the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia or a court of the 
State, as appropriate. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO FED-
ERAL COURTS.—Effective upon the admission of the State 
into the Union— 
(1) section 41 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended in the second column by inserting ‘‘, 
Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’ after ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia’’; and 
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(2) the first paragraph of section 88 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘The District of Columbia and the State of 
Washington, Douglass Commonwealth comprise one 
judicial district.’’. 
SEC. 124. UNITED STATES NATIONALITY. 
No provision of this Act shall operate to confer 
United States nationality, to terminate nationality lawfully 
acquired, or to restore nationality terminated or lost under 
any law of the United States or under any treaty to which 
the United States is or was a party. 
TITLE 
II—RESPONSIBILITIES 
AND INTERESTS OF FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
SEC. 201. CONTINUATION OF REVISED DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA AS SEAT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
After the admission of the State into the Union, the 
seat of the Government of the United States shall be the 
District of Columbia as described in section 112. 
SEC. 202. TREATMENT OF MILITARY LANDS. 
(a) RESERVATION OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and subsection (b) and notwithstanding the admis-
sion of the State into the Union, authority is re-
served in the United States for the exercise by Con-
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gress of the power of exclusive legislation in all cases 
whatsoever over such tracts or parcels of land lo-
cated within the State that, immediately prior to the 
admission of the State, are controlled or owned by 
the United States and held for defense or Coast 
Guard purposes. 
(2) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The power of 
exclusive legislation described in paragraph (1) shall 
vest and remain in the United States only so long 
as the particular tract or parcel of land involved is 
controlled or owned by the United States and used 
for defense or Coast Guard purposes. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF STATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The reservation of authority 
in the United States for the exercise by the Congress 
of the United States of the power of exclusive legis-
lation over military lands under subsection (a) shall 
not operate to prevent such lands from being a part 
of the State, or to prevent the State from exercising 
over or upon such lands, concurrently with the 
United States, any jurisdiction which it would have 
in the absence of such reservation of authority and 
which is consistent with the laws hereafter enacted 
by Congress pursuant to such reservation of author-
ity. 
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(2) SERVICE
OF
PROCESS.—The State shall 
have the right to serve civil or criminal process with-
in such tracts or parcels of land in which the author-
ity of the United States is reserved under subsection 
(a) in suits or prosecutions for or on account of 
rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes com-
mitted within the State but outside of such tracts or 
parcels of land. 
SEC. 203. WAIVER OF CLAIMS TO FEDERAL LANDS AND 
PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a compact with the United 
States, the State and its people disclaim all right and title 
to any lands or other property not granted or confirmed 
to the State or its political subdivisions by or under the 
authority of this Act, the right or title to which is held 
by the United States or subject to disposition by the 
United States. 
(b) EFFECT ON CLAIMS AGAINST UNITED STATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing contained in this 
Act shall recognize, deny, enlarge, impair, or other-
wise affect any claim against the United States, and 
any such claim shall be governed by applicable laws 
of the United States. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
Act is intended or shall be construed as a finding, 
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interpretation, or construction by the Congress that 
any applicable law authorizes, establishes, recog-
nizes, or confirms the validity or invalidity of any 
claim referred to in paragraph (1), and the deter-
mination of the applicability or effect of any law to 
any such claim shall be unaffected by anything in 
this Act. 
SEC. 204. PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN NEW 
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT TO VOTE IN FEDERAL 
ELECTIONS IN STATE OF MOST RECENT 
DOMICILE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STATES TO PERMIT INDIVID-
UALS TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall— 
(A) permit absent District of Columbia 
voters to use absentee registration procedures 
and to vote by absentee ballot in general, spe-
cial, primary, and runoff elections for Federal 
office; and 
(B) accept and process, with respect to any 
general, special, primary, or runoff election for 
Federal office, any otherwise valid voter reg-
istration application from an absent District of 
Columbia voter, if the application is received by 
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the appropriate State election official not less 
than 30 days before the election. 
(2) ABSENT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VOTER DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘absent District 
of Columbia voter’’ means, with respect to a State, 
a person who resides in the District of Columbia 
after the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. 
into the Union and is qualified to vote in the State 
(or who would be qualified to vote in the State but 
for residing in the District of Columbia), but only if 
the State is the last place in which the person was 
domiciled before residing in the District of Colum-
bia. 
(3) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, including 
the State of Washington, D.C. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS TO STATES TO MAXIMIZE 
ACCESS TO POLLS BY ABSENT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
VOTERS.—To afford maximum access to the polls by ab-
sent District of Columbia voters, it is the sense of Con-
gress that the States should— 
(1) waive registration requirements for absent 
District of Columbia voters who, by reason of resi-
dence in the District of Columbia, do not have an 
opportunity to register; 
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(2) expedite processing of balloting materials 
with respect to such individuals; and 
(3) assure that absentee ballots are mailed to 
such individuals at the earliest opportunity. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General may 
bring a civil action in appropriate district court of the 
United States for such declaratory or injunctive relief as 
may be necessary to carry out this section. 
(d) EFFECT ON CERTAIN OTHER LAWS.—The exer-
cise of any right under this section shall not affect, for 
purposes of any Federal, State, or local tax, the residence 
or domicile of a person exercising such right. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
upon the date of the admission of the State of Wash-
ington, D.C. into the Union, and shall apply with respect 
to elections for Federal office taking place on or after such 
date. 
SEC. 205. REPEAL OF LAW PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION 
OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN ELECTION OF 
PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 3, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking section 21; and 
(2) in the table of sections, by striking the item 
relating to section 21. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of the admis-
sion of the State into the Union, and shall apply to any 
election of the President and Vice-President of the United 
States taking place on or after such date. 
SEC. 206. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION 
OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REPEAL-
ING 23RD AMENDMENT. 
(a) JOINT RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means a joint resolu-
tion— 
(1) entitled ‘‘A joint resolution proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
to repeal the 23rd article of amendment’’; and 
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which consists solely of text to amend the Constitu-
tion of the United States to repeal the 23rd article 
of amendment to the Constitution. 
(b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro-
duction in the House of Representatives, the joint 
resolution shall be placed immediately on the appro-
priate calendar. 
(2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be in order, not 
later than 30 legislative days after the date the 
joint resolution is introduced in the House of 
Representatives, to move to proceed to consider 
the joint resolution in the House of Representa-
tives. 
(B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-
ceed to consider the joint resolution— 
(i) all points of order against the mo-
tion are waived; 
(ii) such a motion shall not be in 
order after the House of Representatives 
has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 
joint resolution; 
(iii) the previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion; 
(iv) the motion shall not be debatable; 
and 
(v) a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is disposed of shall not 
be in order. 
(3) CONSIDERATION.—When the House of Rep-
resentatives proceeds to consideration of the joint 
resolution— 
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(A) the joint resolution shall be considered 
as read; 
(B) all points of order against the joint 
resolution and against its consideration are 
waived; 
(C) the previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the joint resolution to its 
passage without intervening motion except 10 
hours of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the proponent and an opponent; 
(D) an amendment to the joint resolution 
shall not be in order; and 
(E) a motion to reconsider the vote on pas-
sage of the joint resolution shall not be in 
order. 
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.— 
(1) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro-
duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 
placed immediately on the calendar. 
(2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 
in order, not later than 30 legislative days after 
the date the joint resolution is introduced in the 
Senate (even though a previous motion to the 
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same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 
proceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-
tion. 
(B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-
tion— 
(i) all points of order against the mo-
tion are waived; 
(ii) the motion is not debatable; 
(iii) the motion is not subject to a mo-
tion to postpone; 
(iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 
to shall not be in order; and 
(v) if the motion is agreed to, the 
joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 
business until disposed of. 
(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate proceeds 
to consideration of the joint resolution— 
(i) all points of order against the joint 
resolution (and against consideration of 
the joint resolution) are waived; 
(ii) consideration of the joint resolu-
tion, and all debatable motions and appeals 
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