I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5410 
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a State for 
purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and Senate, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2006 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia 
as a State for purposes of representation in the House 
of Representatives and Senate, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Taxation Without 
Representation Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The residents of the District of Columbia 
are the only Americans who pay Federal income 
taxes and who have fought and died in every Amer-
ican war but are denied voting representation in the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) The residents of the District of Columbia 
suffer the very injustice against which our Founding 
Fathers fought, because they do not have voting rep-
resentation as other taxpaying Americans do and are 
nevertheless required to pay Federal income taxes 
unlike the Americans who live in the territories. 
(3) The principle of one person, one vote re-
quires that residents of the District of Columbia are 
afforded full voting representation in the House and 
the Senate. 
(4) Despite the denial of voting representation, 
Americans in the Nation’s Capital are third among 
residents of all States in per capita income taxes 
paid to the Federal Government. 
(5) Unequal voting representation in our rep-
resentative democracy is inconsistent with the found-
ing principles of the Nation and the strongly held 
principles of the American people today. 
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SEC. 3. REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS FOR DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall be treated as a State for the pur-
poses of representation in the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 4. ELECTIONS. 
(a) FIRST ELECTIONS.— 
(1) PROCLAMATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia shall issue a proclama-
tion for elections to be held to fill the 2 Senate seats 
and the seat in the House of Representatives to rep-
resent the District of Columbia in Congress. 
(2) MANNER OF ELECTIONS.—The proclama-
tion of the Mayor of the District of Columbia re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall provide for the holding 
of a primary election and a general election and at 
such elections the officers to be elected shall be cho-
sen by a popular vote of the residents of the District 
of Columbia. The manner in which such elections 
shall be held and the qualification of voters shall be 
the same as those for local elections, as prescribed 
by the District of Columbia. 
(3) CLASSIFICATION
OF
SENATORS.—In the 
first election of Senators from the District of Colum-
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bia, the 2 senatorial offices shall be separately iden-
tified and designated, and no person may be a can-
didate for both offices. No such identification or des-
ignation of either of the 2 senatorial 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) CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION.—The results of 
an election for the Senators and Representative from the 
District of Columbia shall be certified by the Mayor of 
the District of Columbia in the manner required by law 
and the Senators and Representative shall be entitled to 
be admitted to seats in Congress and to all the rights and 
privileges of Senators and Representatives of the States 
in the Congress of the United States. 
SEC. 5. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the date of enactment of 
this Act, the District of Columbia shall be entitled to 1 
Representative until the taking effect of the next reappor-
tionment. Such Representative shall be in addition to the 
membership of the House of Representatives as now pre-
scribed by law. 
(b) INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—Upon the date of enactment of this Act, 
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the permanent membership of the House of Representa-
tives shall increase by 1 seat for the purpose of future 
reapportionment of Representatives. 
(c) REAPPORTIONMENT.—Upon reapportionment, 
the District of Columbia shall be entitled to as many seats 
in the House of Representatives as a similarly populous 
State would be entitled to under the law. 
SEC. 6. PROVIDING FOR ELECTIONS FOR HOUSE MEMBERS 
AND SENATORS FROM DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA. 
(a) APPLICATION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELEC-
TIONS CODE OF 1955.—The District of Columbia Elec-
tions Code of 1955 is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 
Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of 
Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative 
in the Congress, Senator,’’. 
(2) In section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and 
(B) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘the 
Delegate to Congress for the District of Colum-
bia, United States Senator and Representa-
tive,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Representative in the 
Congress, Senator,’’. 
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(3) In section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Delegate’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Representative, Senator,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 
appears in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and 
(j)(1) and inserting ‘‘Representative in the Con-
gress, Senator,’’. 
(4) In section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or section 206(d) of 
the District of Columbia Delegate Act’’, 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the office of Delegate 
to the House of Representatives’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the office of Representative in the 
Congress’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘Dele-
gate,’’ each place it appears; 
(C) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) In the event’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘term of office,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘In the event that a vacancy 
occurs in the office of Representative in 
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the Congress before May 1 of the last year 
of the Representative’s term of office,’’ and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(D) by amending subsection (d)(3) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(3) In the event of a vacancy in the office of Sen-
ator, the Mayor shall appoint a successor to complete the 
remainder of the term of office.’’. 
(5) In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), 
D.C. Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate to the 
House of Representatives,’’ and inserting ‘‘Rep-
resentative in the Congress, Senator,’’. 
(6) In section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. 
Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Representative in the Congress, Senator,’’. 
(7) In section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. 
Official Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the Con-
gress from the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Representative in the Congress and Senator’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELE-
GATE.— 
(1) CONTINUATION
OF
SERVICE.—Until the 
first Representative from the District of Columbia is 
seated in the House of Representatives, the Delegate 
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in Congress from the District of Columbia shall con-
tinue to discharge the duties of his or her office. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
OFFICE
UPON
ELECTION
OF 
FIRST REPRESENTATIVE.—Sections 202 and 204 of 
the District of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 
91–405; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official 
Code) are repealed, and the provisions of law 
amended or repealed by such sections are restored or 
revived as if such sections had not been enacted. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in section 
4(a), the amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to the election of the first Representative and 
Senators from the District of Columbia pursuant to this 
Act and each subsequent election of Representatives and 
Senators from the District of Columbia pursuant to this 
Act. 
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF OFFICES OF STATEHOOD REPRESENTA-
TIVE AND SENATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the District of Co-
lumbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 
1979 (sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik-
ing subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) STATEHOOD
COMMISSION.—Section 6 of 
such Initiative (sec. 1–125, D.C. Official Code) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘27 voting members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘24 voting members’’; 
(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
paragraph (4); and 
(iii) by striking paragraphs (5) and 
(6) and redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(B) in subsection (a–1)(1), by striking sub-
paragraphs (F), (G), and (H). 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 8 of such Initiative (sec. 1–127, D.C. Offi-
cial Code) is repealed. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
HONORARIA
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Section 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131, 
D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 
(4) 
APPLICATION
OF
CAMPAIGN
FINANCE 
LAWS.—Section 3 of the Statehood Convention Pro-
cedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1–135, D.C. 
Official Code) is repealed. 
(5) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS CODE 
OF 1955.—Section 2(13) of the District of Columbia 
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Elections Code of 1955 (sec. 1–1001.02(13), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘United States 
Senator and Representative,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon the taking office of the 
first Representative and Senators from the District of Co-
lumbia pursuant to this Act. 
Æ 
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