3(b), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS DISAPPROVING 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND REGULATIONS.—The provisions 
of this section shall apply with respect to the issuance of 
an executive order by the Mayor and the promulgation of 
a regulation by an officer of the executive branch of the Dis-
trict government in the same manner as such provisions 
apply with respect to a Council action, except that for pur-
poses of subsection (b) a ‘resolution’ means only a joint reso-
lution, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
follows: ‘That the lllllllll approves/dis-
approves of the action of the Mayor or an officer of the exec-
utive branch of the District government described as follows: 
llllllllll’, with the blank spaces therein 
being appropriately filled, and either approval or dis-
approval being appropriately indicated, but does not in-
clude a resolution which specifies more than one action.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 604(b) 
of such Act (sec. 1–206.04(b), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended by striking ‘‘(b) For the purpose of this sec-
tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘(b) For the purpose of this sec-
tion with respect to a Council action,’’. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relat-
ing to title VI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 605. Limitations on regulatory authority of Mayor.’’. 
SEC. 6. PROHIBITING COUNCIL FROM WITHDRAWING ACTS 
ALREADY TRANSMITTED. 
Section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code), as amended by 
section 2(c), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) After the Council has transmitted an Act under 
this subsection, the Council may not withdraw the Act from 
the Speaker of the House or the President of the Senate dur-
ing the period described with respect to the Act under para-
graph (1), and the Act shall be subject to this subsection 
without regard to any attempt by the Council to withdraw 
the Act.’’. 
SEC. 7. PROHIBITING TRANSMISSION OF ACTS SUBSTAN-
TIALLY THE SAME AS DISAPPROVED ACTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 602 of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITING TRANSMISSION OF ACTS SUBSTAN-
TIALLY THE SAME AS DISAPPROVED ACTS.—If a joint reso-
lution has been enacted into law to disapprove an Act 
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transmitted by the Council under this section, the Council 
may not transmit another Act under this section which is 
substantially the same as the Act disapproved by the joint 
resolution, unless the Council is specifically authorized to 
transmit such an Act by a law enacted after the date of 
the enactment of the joint resolution to disapprove the origi-
nal Act.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to acts of the District 
of Columbia which are disapproved by a joint resolution 
enacted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. ANNUAL HEARING AND REPORT ON STATE OF DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
Not less frequently than once every calendar year, the 
Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia and the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia shall appear at a hearing 
of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives and a hearing of the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate to present a report on the state of the District, 
including recommendations for such measures as they deem 
necessary and expedient. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 7(b), this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act, shall apply with respect to 
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acts of the District of Columbia which are transmitted to 
Congress by the Council of the District of Columbia under 
section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code), and with respect to 
executive orders and regulations with are transmitted to 
Congress by the Mayor under section 605 of such Act, as 
added by section 5, on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 396 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5183 
[Report No. 119–463, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
to establish a uniform 60-day congressional re-
view period for District of Columbia laws, to clar-
ify the expedited procedures applicable to consid-
eration of resolutions of disapproval of District of 
Columbia laws, to authority the use of resolu-
tions of disapproval to disapprove provisions of 
District of Columbia laws and District of Colum-
bia executive orders and regulations, and for 
other purposes. 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform with an amendment 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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