(F) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘(except a 
District bank)’’; 
(G) in subsection (i)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (A) and by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), 
respectively; 
(H) in subsection (i)(2)(A) (as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (G)), by striking ‘‘(except a Dis-
trict bank)’’; and 
(I) in subsection (i)(2)(B) (as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (G)), by striking ‘‘(except a Dis-
trict bank)’’. 
(b) NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.—Section 203(s)(5) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(s)(5)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘or District bank’’. 
(c) BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT.—The Bank 
Holding Company Act of 1956 is amended— 
(1) in section 2(c) (12 U.S.C. 1841(c)), by 
striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) in section 3(b)(1) (12 U.S.C. 1842(b)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘or a District bank’’. 
(d) BANK PROTECTION ACT OF 1968.—Section 2(1) 
of the Bank Protection Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1881(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and district banks’’.
(e) DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION MANAGEMENT INTER-
LOCKS ACT.—The Depository Institution Management 
Interlocks Act (12 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 207(1), by striking ‘‘and banks 
located in the District of Columbia’’; and 
(2) in section 209(1), by striking ‘‘and banks 
located in the District of Columbia’’. 
(f) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.—The Se-
curities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended— 
(1) in section 3(a)(34) (15 U.S.C. 78c(34)), by 
striking ‘‘or a bank operating under the Code of 
Law for the District of Columbia’’ each place such 
term appears in clause (i) of subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), (D), and (F); 
(2) in section 3(a)(34)(G)(i) (15 U.S.C. 
78c(34)(G)(i)), by striking ‘‘, a bank in the District 
of Columbia examined by the Comptroller of the 
Currency,’’; 
(3) in section 3(a)(34)(H)(i) (15 U.S.C. 
78c(34)(H)(i)), by striking ‘‘ or a bank in the Dis-
trict of Columbia examined by the Comptroller of 
the Currency’’; 
(4) in section 12(i)(1) (15 U.S.C. 78l(i)(1)), by 
striking ‘‘and banks operating under the Code of 
Law for the District of Columbia’’;
(5) 
in 
section 
17(f)(4)(A) 
(15 
U.S.C. 
78q(f)(4)(A)), by striking ‘‘and banks operating 
under the Code of Law for the District of Colum-
bia’’; and 
(6) 
in 
section 
17(f)(4)(B) 
(15 
U.S.C. 
78q(f)(4)(B)), by striking ‘‘or a bank operating 
under the Code of Law for the District of Colum-
bia’’. 
(g) NATIONAL BANK RECEIVERSHIP ACT.—The Na-
tional Bank Receivership Act is amended by striking sec-
tion 6. 
(h) FEDERAL RESERVE ACT.—The last sentence of 
the 3rd undesignated paragraph of section 9 of the Fed-
eral Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 321) is amended by striking 
‘‘(except within the District of Columbia)’’. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Union Calendar No. 319 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3797 
[Report No. 108–551, Part I] 
A BILL 
To authorize improvements in the operations of the 
government of the District of Columbia, and for 
other purposes. 
JUNE 17, 2004 
Reported from the Committee on Government Reform 
Referral to the Committees on Education and the Work-
force and Financial Services extended for a period end-
ing not later than June 17, 2004 
The Committees on Education and the Workforce and 
Financial Services discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed