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Union Calendar No. 347 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5803 
[Report No. 116–433, Part I] 
To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the 
Union. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on 
Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Reform with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Com-
merce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 7, 2020] 
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A BILL 
To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, 
D.C. into the Union. 
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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 Senators and Representative. 
Sec. 103. Issuance of presidential proclamation. 
Subtitle B—Seat of Government of the United States 
Sec. 111. Territory and boundaries. 
Sec. 112. Description of Capital. 
Sec. 113. Retention of title to property. 
Sec. 114. Effect of admission on current laws of seat of Government of United 
States. 
Sec. 115. Capital National Guard. 
Sec. 116. Termination of legal status of seat of Government of United States as 
municipal corporation. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of State 
Sec. 121. Effect of admission on current laws. 
Sec. 122. Pending actions and proceedings. 
Sec. 123. Limitation on authority to tax Federal property. 
Sec. 124. United States nationality. 
TITLE II—INTERESTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
Subtitle A—Federal Property 
Sec. 201. Treatment of military lands. 
Sec. 202. Waiver of claims to Federal property. 
Subtitle B—Federal Courts 
Sec. 211. Residency requirements for certain Federal officials. 
Sec. 212. Renaming of Federal courts. 
Sec. 213. Conforming amendments relating to Department of Justice. 
Sec. 214. Treatment of pretrial services in United States District Court. 
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Subtitle C—Federal Elections 
Sec. 221. Permitting individuals residing in Capital to vote in Federal elections 
in State of most recent domicile. 
Sec. 222. Repeal of Office of District of Columbia Delegate. 
Sec. 223. Repeal of law providing for participation of seat of government in elec-
tion of President and Vice-President. 
Sec. 224. Expedited procedures for consideration of constitutional amendment re-
pealing 23rd Amendment. 
TITLE III—CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 
RESPONSIBILITIES 
Subtitle A—Employee Benefits 
Sec. 301. Federal benefit payments under certain retirement programs. 
Sec. 302. Continuation of Federal civil service benefits for employees first em-
ployed prior to establishment of District of Columbia merit per-
sonnel system. 
Sec. 303. Obligations of Federal Government under judges’ retirement program. 
Subtitle B—Agencies 
Sec. 311. Public Defender Service. 
Sec. 312. Prosecutions. 
Sec. 313. Service of United States Marshals. 
Sec. 314. Designation of felons to facilities of Bureau of Prisons. 
Sec. 315. Parole and supervision. 
Sec. 316. Courts. 
Subtitle C—Other Programs and Authorities 
Sec. 321. Application of the College Access Act. 
Sec. 322. Application of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act. 
Sec. 323. Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage. 
Sec. 324. Federal planning commissions. 
Sec. 325. Role of Army Corps of Engineers in supplying water. 
Sec. 326. Requirements to be located in District of Columbia. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. General definitions. 
Sec. 402. Statehood Transition Commission. 
Sec. 403. Certification of enactment by President. 
Sec. 404. Severability. 
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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 the issuance of the proclamation required by sec-
tion 103(a), 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 whatever. 
(b) CONSTITUTION OF STATE.—The State Constitution 
shall always be republican in form and shall not be repug-
nant to the Constitution of the United States or the prin-
ciples of the Declaration of Independence. 
(c) NONSEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec-
tion, or the application thereof to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions 
of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall 
be treated as invalid. 
SEC. 102. ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 30 days after 
receiving certification of the enactment of this Act 
from the President pursuant to section 403, the 
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Mayor shall issue a proclamation for the first elec-
tions for 2 Senators and one Representative in Con-
gress from the State, subject to the provisions of this 
section. 
(2) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
ELECTIONS
OF
SEN-
ATORS.—In the elections 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 iden-
tification or designation of either of the offices shall 
refer to or be taken to refer to the terms of such of-
fices, or in any way impair the privilege of the Sen-
ate to determine the class to which each of the Sen-
ators shall be assigned. 
(b) RULES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.— 
(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 voters of the District of Columbia in 
the manner required by the laws of the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(2) CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS.—Election re-
sults shall be certified in the manner required by the 
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laws of the District of Columbia, except that the 
Mayor shall also provide written certification of the 
results of such elections to the President. 
(c) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES.—Upon the admission of 
the State into the Union, the Senators and Representative 
elected at the elections described in subsection (a) shall be 
entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and to all the 
rights and privileges of Senators and Representatives of the 
other States in Congress. 
(d) EFFECT
OF ADMISSION
ON HOUSE
OF REP-
RESENTATIVES MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MEM-
BERS.—Effective with respect to the Congress during 
which the State is admitted into the Union and each 
succeeding Congress, the House of Representatives 
shall be composed of 436 Members, including any 
Members representing the State. 
(2) INITIAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR 
STATE.—Until the taking effect of the first apportion-
ment of Members occurring after the admission of the 
State into the Union, the State shall be entitled to one 
Representative in the House of Representatives upon 
its admission into the Union. 
(3) APPORTIONMENT
OF
MEMBERS
RESULTING 
FROM ADMISSION OF STATE.— 
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(A) APPORTIONMENT.—Section 22(a) of the 
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth 
and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide 
for apportionment of Representatives in Con-
gress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), 
is amended by striking ‘‘the then existing num-
ber of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘436 Rep-
resentatives’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with re-
spect to the first regular decennial census con-
ducted after the admission of the State into the 
Union and each subsequent regular decennial 
census. 
SEC. 103. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, upon the certifi-
cation of the results of the elections of the officers required 
to be elected as provided in section 102(a), shall, not later 
than 90 days after receiving such certification pursuant to 
section 102(b)(2), issue a proclamation announcing the re-
sults of such elections as so ascertained. 
(b) ADMISSION OF STATE UPON ISSUANCE OF PROCLA-
MATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation by the 
President under subsection (a), the State shall be declared 
admitted into the Union as provided in section 101(a). 
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Subtitle B—Seat of Government of 
the United States 
SEC. 111. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the State shall consist of all of the territory of the Dis-
trict of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, subject to the results of the metes and bounds survey 
conducted under subsection (c). 
(b) EXCLUSION OF PORTION REMAINING AS SEAT OF 
GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES.—The territory of the 
State shall not include the area described in section 112, 
which shall be known as the ‘‘Capital’’ and shall serve as 
the seat of the Government of the United States, as provided 
in clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 
of the United States. 
(c) METES AND BOUNDS SURVEY.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent (in consultation with the Chair of the National Cap-
ital Planning Commission) shall conduct a metes and 
bounds survey of the Capital, as described in section 112(b). 
SEC. 112. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), upon the 
admission of the State into the Union, the Capital shall 
consist of the property described in subsection (b) and shall 
include the principal Federal monuments, the White House, 
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the Capitol Building, the United States Supreme Court 
Building, and the Federal executive, legislative, and judi-
cial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the 
Capitol Building (as such terms are used in section 8501(a) 
of title 40, United States Code). 
(b) GENERAL DESCRIPTION.—Upon the admission of 
the State into the Union, the boundaries of the Capital shall 
be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southern 
right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street NE; 
(1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street NE to its intersection with the north-
eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 
(2) thence southwest along said northeastern 
right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-
tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 
Avenue NE; 
(3) thence west along said northern right-of-way 
of Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection with the 
eastern right-of-way of 1st Street NE; 
(4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 1st Street NE to its intersection with the south-
eastern right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE; 
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(5) thence northeast along said southeastern 
right-of-way of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersec-
tion with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SE; 
(6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street SE to the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
Street SE; 
(7) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the northern 
property boundary of the property designated as 
Square 760 Lot 803; 
(8) 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; 
(9) 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; 
(10) thence west along said northern right-of- 
way of Independence Avenue SE to its intersection 
with the northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 
Avenue SE; 
(11) thence northwest along said northwestern 
right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its inter-
section with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 
SE; 
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(12) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street SE to its intersection with the southern 
right-of-way of C Street SE; 
(13) thence west along said southern right-of-way 
of C Street SE to its intersection with the eastern 
right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 
(14) 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; 
(15) thence west along said southern right-of-way 
of D Street SE to its intersection with the eastern 
right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 
(16) thence south along said eastern right-of-way 
of South Capitol Street to its intersection with the 
northwestern right-of-way of Canal Street SE; 
(17) thence southeast along said northwestern 
right-of-way of Canal Street SE to its intersection 
with the southern right-of-way of E Street SE; 
(18) thence east along said southern right-of-way 
of said E Street SE to its intersection with the west-
ern right-of-way of 1st Street SE; 
(19) thence south along said western right-of-way 
of 1st Street SE to its intersection with the southern-
most corner of the property designated as Square 
736S Lot 801; 
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(20) 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; 
(21) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue SE to its intersec-
tion with the northwestern right-of-way of Virginia 
Avenue SE; 
(22) thence northwest along said northwestern 
right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersection 
with the western right-of-way of South Capitol Street; 
(23) thence north along said western right-of- 
way of South Capitol Street to its intersection with 
the southern right-of-way of E Street SW; 
(24) thence west along said southern right-of-way 
of E Street SW to its end; 
(25) thence west along a line extending said 
southern right-of-way of E Street SW westward to its 
intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
Street SW; 
(26) thence north along said eastern right-of-way 
of 2nd Street SW to its intersection with the south-
western right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SW; 
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(27) 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; 
(28) 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; 
(29) 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; 
(30) thence north along said eastern right-of-way 
of 4th Street SW to its intersection with the northern 
right-of-way of C Street SW; 
(31) thence west along said northern right-of- 
way of C Street SW to its intersection with the east-
ern right-of-way of 6th Street SW; 
(32) thence north along said eastern right-of-way 
of 6th Street SW to its intersection with the northern 
right-of-way of Independence Avenue SW; 
(33) thence west along said northern right-of- 
way of Independence Avenue SW to its intersection 
with the western right-of-way of 12th Street SW; 
(34) thence south along said western right-of-way 
of 12th Street SW to its intersection with the north-
ern right-of-way of D Street SW; 
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boundary of the property designated as Square 33 Lot 
87; 
(41) thence south along said western boundary of 
the property designated as Square 33 Lot 87 to its 
intersection with the northwest corner of the property 
designated as Square 33 Lot 88; 
(42) thence counter-clockwise around the bound-
ary of said property designated as Square 33 Lot 88 
to its southeast corner, which is along the northern 
right-of-way of E Street NW; 
(43) thence east along said northern right-of-way 
of E Street NW to its intersection with the western 
right-of-way of 18th Street NW; 
(44) thence south along said western right-of-way 
of 18th Street NW to its intersection with the south-
western right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW; 
(45) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Virginia Avenue NW to its intersec-
tion with the northern right-of-way of Constitution 
Avenue NW; 
(46) thence east along said northern right-of-way 
of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection with 
the eastern right-of-way of 17th Street NW; 
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(47) thence north along said eastern right-of-way 
of 17th Street NW to its intersection with the south-
ern right-of-way of H Street NW; 
(48) thence east along said southern right-of-way 
of H Street NW to its intersection with the northwest 
corner of the property designated as Square 221 Lot 
35; 
(49) thence counter-clockwise around the bound-
ary of said property designated as Square 221 Lot 35 
to its southeast corner, which is along the boundary 
of the property designated as Square 221 Lot 37; 
(50) thence counter-clockwise around the bound-
ary of said property designated as Square 221 Lot 37 
to its southwest corner, which it shares with the prop-
erty designated as Square 221 Lot 818; 
(51) thence south along the boundary of said 
property designated as Square 221 Lot 818 to its 
southwest corner, which it shares with the property 
designated as Square 221 Lot 40; 
(52) thence south along the boundary of said 
property designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its 
southwest corner; 
(53) thence east along the southern border of said 
property designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its 
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(71) thence east along said southern right-of-way 
of D Street NW to its intersection with the western 
right-of-way of 1st Street NW; 
(72) thence south along said western right-of-way 
of 1st Street NW to its intersection with the northern 
right-of-way of C Street NW; 
(73) thence west along said northern right-of- 
way of C Street NW to its intersection with the west-
ern right-of-way of 2nd Street NW; 
(74) 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; 
(75) thence east along said northern right-of-way 
of Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection with 
the northeastern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue 
NW; 
(76) thence northeast along said northeastern 
right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its intersec-
tion with the southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey 
Avenue NW; 
(77) thence northwest along said southwestern 
right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue NW to its intersec-
tion with the northern right-of-way of D Street NW; 
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(78) thence east along said northern right-of-way 
of D Street NW to its intersection with the north-
eastern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW; 
(79) thence northeast along said northwestern 
right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW to its intersec-
tion with the western right-of-way of North Capitol 
Street; 
(80) thence north along said western right-of- 
way of North Capitol Street to its intersection with 
the southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Ave-
nue NW; 
(81) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NW to the 
southwestern right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue 
NE; 
(82) thence southeast along said southwestern 
right-of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NE to the 
southern right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE; 
(83) thence counter-clockwise along said southern 
right-of-way of Columbus Circle NE to its intersection 
with the southern right-of way of F Street NE; and 
(84) thence east along said southern right-of-way 
of F Street NE to the point of beginning. 
(c) EXCLUSION OF BUILDING SERVING AS STATE CAP-
ITOL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
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after the admission of the State into the Union, the Capital 
shall not be considered to include the building known as 
the ‘‘John A. Wilson Building’’, as described and designated 
under section 601(a) of the Omnibus Spending Reduction 
Act of 1993 (sec. 10–1301(a), D.C. Official Code). 
SEC. 113. RETENTION OF TITLE TO PROPERTY. 
(a) RETENTION
OF FEDERAL TITLE.—The United 
States shall have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, 
for purposes of administration and maintenance, all real 
and personal property with respect to which the United 
States holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the 
day before the date of the admission of the State into the 
Union. 
(b) RETENTION OF STATE TITLE.—The State shall 
have and retain title to, or jurisdiction over, for purposes 
of administration and maintenance, all real and personal 
property with respect to which the District of Columbia 
holds title or jurisdiction for such purposes on the day be-
fore the date of the admission of the State into the Union. 
SEC. 114. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS OF 
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the laws of 
the District of Columbia which are in effect on the day be-
fore the date of the admission of the State into the Union 
(without regard to whether such laws were enacted by Con-
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gress or by the District of Columbia) shall apply in the 
Capital in the same manner and to the same extent begin-
ning on the date of the admission of the State into the 
Union, and shall be deemed laws of the United States which 
are applicable only in or to the Capital. 
SEC. 115. CAPITAL NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title 32, United States Code, 
is amended as follows: 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In paragraphs (4), (6), and 
(19) of section 101, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(2) BRANCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS.—In section 
103, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘Capital’’. 
(3) UNITS: 
LOCATION; 
ORGANIZATION; 
COM-
MAND.—In subsections (c) and (d) of section 104, by 
striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(4) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In sec-
tion 107(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(5) MAINTENANCE OF OTHER TROOPS.—In sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 109, by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Capital’’. 
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(6) DRUG
INTERDICTION
AND
COUNTER-DRUG 
ACTIVITIES.—In section 112(h)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘National 
Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 
(7) ENLISTMENT
OATH.—In section 304, by 
striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-
ital’’. 
(8) ADJUTANTS GENERAL.—In section 314, by 
striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(9) DETAIL
OF
REGULAR
MEMBERS
OF
ARMY 
AND AIR FORCE TO DUTY WITH NATIONAL GUARD.— 
In section 315, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(10) DISCHARGE OF OFFICERS; TERMINATION OF 
APPOINTMENT.—In section 324(b), by striking ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(11) RELIEF
FROM
NATIONAL
GUARD
DUTY 
WHEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY.—In subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 325, by striking ‘‘District of Co-
lumbia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-
ital’’. 
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(12) COURTS-MARTIAL OF NATIONAL GUARD NOT 
IN FEDERAL SERVICE: COMPOSITION, JURISDICTION, 
AND PROCEDURES; CONVENING AUTHORITY.—In sec-
tions 326 and 327, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(13) ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY: GOV-
ERNOR’S AUTHORITY.—In section 328(a), by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(14) TRAINING GENERALLY.—In section 501(b), 
by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘Capital’’. 
(15) PARTICIPATION IN FIELD EXERCISES.—In 
section 503(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(16) NATIONAL
GUARD
SCHOOLS
AND
SMALL 
ARMS COMPETITIONS.—In section 504(b), by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(17) ARMY AND AIR FORCE SCHOOLS AND FIELD 
EXERCISES.—In section 505, by striking ‘‘National 
Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 
(18) NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PRO-
GRAM.—In subsections (c)(1), (g)(2), (j), (k), and 
(l)(1) of section 509, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
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(19) ISSUE OF SUPPLIES.—In section 702— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘National 
Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 
(B) in subsections (b), (c), and (d), by strik-
ing ‘‘District of Columbia’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(20) PURCHASES OF SUPPLIES FROM ARMY OR 
AIR FORCE.—In subsections (a) and (b) of section 
703, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(21) ACCOUNTABILITY: 
RELIEF
FROM
UPON 
ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY.—In section 704, by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(22) PROPERTY AND FISCAL OFFICERS.—In sec-
tion 708— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘National 
Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Capital National Guard’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘District 
of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(23) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROPERTY ISSUED TO 
THE NATIONAL GUARD.—In subsections (c), (d), (e), 
and (f) of section 710, by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
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(24) DISPOSITION OF OBSOLETE OR CONDEMNED 
PROPERTY.—In section 711, by striking ‘‘District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(25) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF CONDEMNED 
STORES ISSUED TO NATIONAL GUARD.—In paragraph 
(1) of section 712, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(26) PROPERTY
LOSS; PERSONAL
INJURY
OR 
DEATH.—In section 715(c), by striking ‘‘District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CAPITAL DEFINED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of title 32, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(20) ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the 
seat of the Government of the United States, as de-
scribed in section 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admis-
sion Act.’’. 
(B) WITH
REGARDS
TO
HOMELAND
DE-
FENSE
ACTIVITIES.—Section 901 of title 32, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 
and 
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(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Governor’ means, with respect to 
the Capital, the commanding general of the Capital 
National Guard.’’. 
(2) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In section 101— 
(i) in subsection (a), by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) 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.’’; 
(ii) in paragraphs (2) and (4) of sub-
section (c), by striking ‘‘District of Colum-
bia’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘Capital’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (d)(5), by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-
ital’’. 
(B) DISPOSITION ON DISCHARGE.—In sec-
tion 771a(c), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
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(C) TRICARE COVERAGE
FOR
CERTAIN 
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DE-
PENDENTS
DURING
CERTAIN
DISASTER
RE-
SPONSE DUTY.—In section 1076f— 
(i) in subsections (a) and (c)(1), by 
striking ‘‘with respect to the District of Co-
lumbia, the mayor of the District of Colum-
bia’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘with respect to the Capital, the com-
manding general of the Capital National 
Guard’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-
ital’’. 
(D) PAYMENT OF CLAIMS: AVAILABILITY OF 
APPROPRIATIONS.—In paragraph (2)(B) of sec-
tion 2732, by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(E) MEMBERS OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD: 
DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-
TIGATORS
AT
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, IN-
DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In section 
7401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
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(F) MEMBERS
OF
AIR
NATIONAL
GUARD: 
DETAIL AS STUDENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVES-
TIGATORS
AT
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, IN-
DUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND HOSPITALS.—In section 
9401(c), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(G) READY RESERVE: FAILURE TO SATIS-
FACTORILY PERFORM PRESCRIBED TRAINING.— 
In section 10148(b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 
National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 
National Guard’’. 
(H) CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BU-
REAU.—In section 10502(a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 
National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 
National Guard’’. 
(I) VICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU.—In section 10505(a)(1)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 
National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital 
National Guard’’. 
(J) OTHER SENIOR NATIONAL GUARD BU-
REAU
OFFICERS.—In subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of section 10506(a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Cap-
ital,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia 
National Guard’’ both places it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 
(K) NATIONAL
GUARD
BUREAU: GENERAL 
PROVISIONS.—In section 10508(b)(1), by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(L) COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS: ORIGINAL 
APPOINTMENT; 
LIMITATION.—In 
section 
12204(b), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(M) RESERVE COMPONENTS GENERALLY.— 
In section 12301(b), by striking ‘‘District of Co-
lumbia National Guard’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Capital National Guard’’. 
(N) NATIONAL GUARD IN FEDERAL SERVICE: 
CALL.—In section 12406— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of the 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-
ital National Guard’’. 
(O) RESULT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH 
STANDARDS
AND
QUALIFICATIONS.—In section 
12642(c), by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(P) LIMITATION
ON
RELOCATION
OF
NA-
TIONAL GUARD UNITS.—In section 18238— 
(i) by striking ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Capital,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘National Guard of the 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Cap-
ital National Guard’’. 
SEC. 116. TERMINATION OF LEGAL STATUS OF SEAT OF 
GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES AS MUNIC-
IPAL CORPORATION. 
Notwithstanding section 2 of the Revised Statutes re-
lating to the District of Columbia (sec. 1–102, D.C. Official 
Code) or any other provision of law codified in subchapter 
I of chapter 1 of the District of Columbia Official Code, 
effective upon the date of the admission of the State into 
the Union, the Capital (or any portion thereof) shall not 
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serve as a government and shall not be a body corporate 
for municipal purposes. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions 
Relating to Laws of State 
SEC. 121. EFFECT OF ADMISSION ON CURRENT LAWS. 
(a) LEGISLATIVE POWER.—The legislative power of the 
State shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation in 
the State, consistent with the Constitution 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) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF 
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL 
OFFICES.—Upon the admission of the State into the Union, 
members of executive, legislative, and judicial offices of the 
District of Columbia shall be deemed members of the respec-
tive executive, legislative, and judicial offices of the State, 
as provided by the State Constitution and the laws of the 
State. 
(c) TREATMENT OF FEDERAL LAWS.—To the extent 
that any law of the United States applies to the States gen-
erally, the law shall have the same force and effect in the 
State as elsewhere in the United States, except as such law 
may otherwise provide. 
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(d) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING CONTRACTS.—Nothing 
in the admission of the State into the Union shall affect 
any obligation under any contract or agreement under 
which the District of Columbia or the United States is a 
party, as in effect on the day before the date of the admis-
sion of the State into the Union. 
(e) SUCCESSION
IN INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—The 
State shall be deemed to be the successor to the District of 
Columbia for purposes of any interstate compact which is 
in effect on the day before the date of the admission of the 
State into the Union. 
(f) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE OF FEDERAL MEM-
BERS ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.—Nothing in the ad-
mission of the State into the Union shall affect the author-
ity of a representative of the Federal Government who, as 
of the day before the date of the admission of the State into 
the Union, is a member of a board or commission of the 
District of Columbia to serve as a member of such board 
or commission or as a member of a successor to such board 
or commission after the admission of the State into the 
Union, as may be provided by the State Constitution and 
the laws of the State. 
(g) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING ENFORCEMENT AU-
THORITY OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE, UNITED 
STATES PARK POLICE, AND UNITED STATES SECRET 
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SERVICE UNIFORMED DIVISION.—The United States Cap-
itol Police, the United States Park Police, and the United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division may not enforce 
any law of the State in the State, except to the extent au-
thorized by the State. Nothing in this subsection may be 
construed to affect the authority of the United States Cap-
itol Police, the United States Park Police, and the United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division to enforce any 
law in the Capital. 
SEC. 122. PENDING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS. 
(a) STATE AS LEGAL SUCCESSOR TO DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA.—The State shall be the legal successor to the Dis-
trict of Columbia in all matters. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON PENDING PROCEEDINGS.—All ex-
isting writs, actions, suits, judicial and administrative pro-
ceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judg-
ments, sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, causes of action, 
claims, demands, titles, and rights shall continue unaffected 
by the admission of the State into the Union with respect 
to the State or the United States, except as may be provided 
under this Act, as may be modified in accordance with the 
provisions of the State Constitution, and as may be modi-
fied by the laws of the State or the United States, as the 
case may be. 
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SEC. 123. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO TAX FEDERAL 
PROPERTY. 
The State may not impose any tax on any real or per-
sonal property owned or acquired by the United States, ex-
cept to the extent that Congress may permit. 
SEC. 124. UNITED STATES NATIONALITY. 
No provision of this Act shall operate to confer United 
States nationality, to terminate nationality lawfully ac-
quired, 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—INTERESTS OF 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
Subtitle A—Federal Property 
SEC. 201. TREATMENT OF MILITARY LANDS. 
(a) RESERVATION OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) and 
subsection (b) and notwithstanding the admission of 
the State into the Union, authority is reserved in the 
United States for the exercise by Congress of the 
power of exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever 
over such tracts or parcels of land located in the State 
that, on the day before the date of the admission of 
the State into the Union, are controlled or owned by 
the United States and held for defense or Coast Guard 
purposes. 
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(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 con-
trolled or owned by the United States and held for de-
fense or Coast Guard purposes. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF STATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The reservation of authority 
in the United States under subsection (a) shall not 
operate to prevent such tracts or parcels of land 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 en-
acted by Congress pursuant to such reservation of au-
thority. 
(2) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—The State shall have 
the right to serve civil or criminal process in such 
tracts or parcels of land in which the authority of the 
United States is reserved under subsection (a) in suits 
or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, 
obligations incurred, or crimes committed in the 
State but outside of such lands. 
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SEC. 202. WAIVER OF CLAIMS TO FEDERAL PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a compact with the United 
States, the State and its people disclaim all right and title 
to any real or personal property not granted or confirmed 
to the State 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 in this Act shall rec-
ognize, deny, enlarge, impair, or otherwise 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, in-
terpretation, or construction by Congress that any ap-
plicable law authorizes, establishes, recognizes, or con-
firms the validity or invalidity of any claim referred 
to in paragraph (1), and the determination of the ap-
plicability to or the effect of any law on any such 
claim shall be unaffected by anything in this Act. 
Subtitle B—Federal Courts 
SEC. 211. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FED-
ERAL OFFICIALS. 
(a) CIRCUIT JUDGES.—Section 44(c) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘Except in the District of Colum-
bia, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘within fifty miles of the District 
of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘within fifty miles of the 
Capital’’. 
(b) DISTRICT JUDGES.—Section 134(b) of such title is 
amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the District of 
Columbia, the Southern District of New York, and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Southern District of New York and’’. 
(c) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—Section 545(a) of 
such title is amended by striking the first sentence and in-
serting ‘‘Each United States attorney shall reside in the dis-
trict for which he or she is appointed, except that those offi-
cers of the Southern District of New York and the Eastern 
District of New York may reside within 20 miles thereof.’’. 
(d) UNITED STATES MARSHALS.—Section 561(e)(1) of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) the marshal for the Southern District of 
New York may reside within 20 miles of the district; 
and’’. 
(e) CLERKS OF DISTRICT COURTS.—Section 751(c) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia 
and’’. 
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(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 88 in the table of sections for chapter 5 of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘88. Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO COURT 
OF APPEALS.—Title 28, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES.—Section 44(a) of 
such title is amended in the first column by striking 
‘‘District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(2) TERMS OF COURT.—Section 48(a) of such 
title is amended— 
(A) in the first column, by striking ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’; 
(B) in the second column, by striking 
‘‘Washington’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’ ; and 
(C) in the second column, by striking ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(3) APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT COUNSELS 
BY CHIEF JUDGE OF CIRCUIT.—Section 49 of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Capital’’. 
(4) CIRCUIT
COURT
JURISDICTION
OVER
CER-
TIFICATION OF DEATH PENALTY COUNSELS.—Section 
2265(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
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District of Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Capital Circuit’’. 
(5) CIRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION OVER REVIEW 
OF FEDERAL AGENCY ORDERS.—Section 2343 of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia 
Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital Circuit’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DIS-
TRICT COURT.—Title 28, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) APPOINTMENT
AND
NUMBER
OF
DISTRICT 
COURT
JUDGES.—Section 133(a) of such title is 
amended in the first column by striking ‘‘District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass 
Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 
(2) DISTRICT
COURT
JURISDICTION
OF
TAX 
CASES BROUGHT AGAINST UNITED STATES.—Section 
1346(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Doug-
lass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 
(3) DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER PRO-
CEEDINGS
FOR
FORFEITURE
OF
FOREIGN
PROP-
ERTY.—Section 1355(b)(2) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Cap-
ital’’. 
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(4) DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL 
ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST A FOREIGN STATE.—Sec-
tion 1391(f)(4) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 
(5) DISTRICT
COURT
JURISDICTION
OVER
AC-
TIONS BROUGHT BY CORPORATIONS AGAINST UNITED 
STATES.—Section 1402(a)(2) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Cap-
ital’’. 
(6) VENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF CERTAIN AC-
TIONS BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEES OF EXECUTIVE OF-
FICE OF THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1413 of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth 
and the Capital’’. 
(7) VENUE IN DISTRICT COURT OF ACTION EN-
FORCING FOREIGN JUDGMENT.—Section 2467(c)(2)(B) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass 
Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO OTHER 
COURTS.—Title 28, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows: 
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(1) APPOINTMENT OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES.— 
Section 152(a)(2) of such title is amended in the first 
column by striking ‘‘District of Columbia’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and 
the Capital’’. 
(2) LOCATION OF COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS.— 
Section 173 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
(3) DUTY STATION OF JUDGES OF COURT OF 
FEDERAL
CLAIMS.—Section 175 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
(4) DUTY STATION OF JUDGES FOR PURPOSES OF 
TRAVELING EXPENSES.—Section 456(b) of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) The official duty station of the Chief Justice of 
the United States, the Justices of the Supreme Court of the 
United States, and the judges of the United States Court 
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be the Capital.’’. 
(5) COURT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FEDERAL CIR-
CUIT
AND
COURT
OF
FEDERAL
CLAIMS.—Section 
462(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
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(6) PLACES OF HOLDING COURT OF COURT OF 
FEDERAL
CLAIMS.—Section 798(a) of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Washington, District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
(e) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FOREIGN PARTIES 
AT STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICE.—Section 1608(a)(4) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Washington, 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
(2) SERVICE OF PROCESS IN PROPERTY CASES 
AT ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.—Section 2410(b) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
(f) DEFINITION.—Section 451 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new undesignated paragraph: 
‘‘The term ‘Capital’ means the area serving as the seat 
of the Government of the United States, as described in sec-
tion 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 
(g) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—Any reference in 
any Federal law (other than a law amended by this sec-
tion), rule, or regulation— 
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(1) to the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Capital; 
(2) to the District of Columbia Circuit shall be 
deemed to refer to the Capital Circuit; and 
(3) to the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the 
United States District Court for Washington, Doug-
lass Commonwealth and the Capital. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect upon the admis-
sion of the State into the Union. 
SEC. 213. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DE-
PARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES TRUSTEES.— 
Section 581(a)(4) of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Capital and Washington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 
(b) INDEPENDENT COUNSELS.— 
(1) 
APPOINTMENT
OF
ADDITIONAL
PER-
SONNEL.—Section 594(c) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 
the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth and the Cap-
ital’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ 
the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth’’. 
(2) JUDICIAL
REVIEW
OF
REMOVAL.—Section 
596(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 
Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect upon the admission of the State into 
the Union. 
SEC. 214. TREATMENT OF PRETRIAL SERVICES IN UNITED 
STATES DISTRICT COURT. 
Section 3152 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(other than 
the District of Columbia)’’ and inserting ‘‘(subject to 
subsection (d), other than the District of Columbia)’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) In the case of the judicial district of Washington, 
Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital— 
‘‘(1) upon the admission of the State of Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth into the Union, the 
Washington, Douglass Commonwealth Pretrial Serv-
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(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 
same effect has been disagreed to) to move to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the joint resolution. 
(B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to proceed 
to the consideration of the joint resolution— 
(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 busi-
ness until disposed of. 
(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate proceeds to 
consideration of the joint resolution— 
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