(B) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CON-
TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 
paragraph (4), the State shall be treated as the 
employing agency with respect to the benefits de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) which are provided 
to an individual who, for purposes of receiving 
such benefits, is continued to be treated as an 
employee of the Federal Government under such 
subparagraph. 
(4) TERMINATION.—Paragraph (2) shall termi-
nate on the date on which the State provides written 
certification to the President that the State has in ef-
fect laws providing for the State to provide pretrial 
services, supervise offenders on probation, parole, and 
supervised release, and carry out sex offender registra-
tion functions in the State. 
SEC. 316. COURTS. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF OPERATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3) and subsection (b), title 11, Dis-
trict of Columbia Official Code, as in effect on the 
date before the date of the admission of the State into 
the Union, shall apply with respect to the State and 
the courts and court system of the State after the date 
of the admission of the State into the Union in the 
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same manner and to the same extent as such title ap-
plied with respect to the District of Columbia and the 
courts and court system of the District of Columbia 
as of the day before the date of the admission of the 
State into the Union. 
(2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBU-
TION.—For purposes of paragraph (2) of section 11– 
1726(b) and paragraph (2) of section 11–1726(c), 
District of Columbia Official Code, the Federal Gov-
ernment shall be treated as the employing agency 
with respect to the benefits provided under such sec-
tion to an individual who is an employee of the 
courts and court system of the State and who, pursu-
ant to either such paragraph, is treated as an em-
ployee of the Federal Government for purposes of re-
ceiving benefits under any chapter of subpart G of 
part III of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) 
SELECTION
OF
JUDGES.—Effective 
upon the date of the admission of the State into 
the Union, the State shall select judges for any 
vacancy on the courts of the State. 
(B) RENAMING OF COURTS AND OTHER OF-
FICES.—Effective upon the date of the admission 
of the State into the Union, the State may re-
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name any of its courts and any of the other of-
fices of its court system. 
(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this paragraph shall be construed— 
(i) to affect the service of any judge 
serving on a court of the District of Colum-
bia on the day before the date of the admis-
sion of the State into the Union, or to re-
quire the State to select such a judge for a 
vacancy on a court of the State; or 
(ii) to waive any of the requirements of 
chapter 15 of title 11, District of Columbia 
Official Code (other than section 11– 
1501(a) of such Code), including subchapter 
II of such chapter (relating to the District 
of Columbia Commission on Judicial Dis-
abilities and Tenure), with respect to the 
appointment and service of judges of the 
courts of the State. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR EM-
PLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who is an em-
ployee of the courts or court system of the State as of 
the day before the date described in subsection (e) and 
who, pursuant to section 11–1726(b) or section 11– 
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1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, is treated 
as an employee of the Federal Government for pur-
poses of receiving benefits under any chapter of sub-
part G of part III of title 5, United States Code, shall 
continue to be treated as an employee of the Federal 
Government for such purposes, notwithstanding the 
termination of the provisions of this section under 
subsection (e). 
(2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBU-
TION.—Beginning on the date described in subsection 
(e), the State shall be treated as the employing agency 
with respect to the benefits described in paragraph (1) 
which are provided to an individual who, for pur-
poses of receiving such benefits, is continued to be 
treated as an employee of the Federal Government 
under such paragraph. 
(c) CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.—Section 11241 of the 
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
provement Act of 1997 (section 11–1743 note, District of 
Columbia Official Code) shall apply with respect to the 
State and the courts and court system of the State after 
the date of the admission of the State into the Union in 
the same manner and to the same extent as such section 
applied with respect to the Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration in the District of Columbia and the courts 
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and court system of the District of Columbia as of the day 
before the date of the admission of the State into the Union. 
(d) TREATMENT OF COURT RECEIPTS.— 
(1) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS INTO TREASURY.— 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), all money re-
ceived by the courts and court system of the State 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States. 
(2) CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND.—Sec-
tion 16 of the Victims of Violent Crime Compensation 
Act of 1996 (sec. 4–515, D.C. Official Code), relating 
to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, shall 
apply with respect to the courts and court system of 
the State in the same manner and to the same extent 
as such section applied to the courts and court system 
of the District of Columbia as of the day before the 
date of the admission of the State into the Union. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 
other than paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and except as 
provided under subsection (b), shall terminate on the date 
on which the State provides written certification to the 
President that the State has in effect laws requiring the 
State to appropriate and make available funds for the oper-
ation of the courts and court system of the State. 
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Subtitle C—Other Programs and 
Authorities 
SEC. 321. APPLICATION OF THE COLLEGE ACCESS ACT. 
(a) CONTINUATION.—The District of Columbia College 
Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; sec. 38–2701 et 
seq., D.C. Official Code) shall apply with respect to the 
State, and to the public institution of higher education des-
ignated by the State as the successor to the University of 
the District of Columbia, after the date of the admission 
of the State into the Union in the same manner and to 
the same extent as such Act applied with respect to the Dis-
trict of Columbia and the University of the District of Co-
lumbia as of the day before the date of the admission of 
the State into the Union. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 
other than with respect to the public institution of higher 
education designated by the State as the successor to the 
University of the District of Columbia, shall terminate 
upon written certification by the State to the President that 
the State has in effect laws requiring the State to provide 
tuition assistance substantially similar to the assistance 
provided under the District of Columbia College Access Act 
of 1999. 
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SEC. 322. APPLICATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OP-
PORTUNITY AND RESULTS ACT. 
(a) CONTINUATION.—The Scholarships for Oppor-
tunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112–10; 
sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall apply with 
respect to the State after the date of the admission of the 
State into the Union in the same manner and to the same 
extent as such Act applied with respect to the District of 
Columbia as of the day before the date of the admission 
of the State into the Union. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this section shall 
terminate upon written certification by the State to the 
President that the State has in effect laws requiring the 
State— 
(1) to provide tuition assistance substantially 
similar to the assistance provided under the Scholar-
ships for Opportunity and Results Act; and 
(2) to provide supplemental funds to the public 
schools and public charter schools of the State in the 
amounts provided in the most recent fiscal year for 
public schools and public charter schools of the State 
or the District of Columbia (as the case may be) 
under such Act. 
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SEC. 323. MEDICAID FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PER-
CENTAGE. 
(a) CONTINUATION.—Notwithstanding section 1905(b) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), during the 
period beginning on the date of the admission of the State 
into the Union and ending on September 30 of the fiscal 
year during which the State submits the certification de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Federal medical assistance 
percentage for the State under title XIX of such Act shall 
be the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District 
of Columbia under such title as of the day before the date 
of the admission of the State into the Union. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The certification described in this 
subsection is a written certification by the State to the 
President that, during each of the first 5 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of the certification, the estimated reve-
nues of the State will be sufficient to cover any reduction 
in revenues which may result from the termination of the 
provisions of this section. 
SEC. 324. FEDERAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS. 
(a) NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION.— 
(1) CONTINUING
APPLICATION.—Subject to the 
amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3), upon 
the admission of the State into the Union, chapter 87 
of title 40, United States Code, shall apply as follows: 
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(A) Such chapter shall apply with respect to 
the Capital in the same manner and to the same 
extent as such chapter applied with respect to the 
District of Columbia as of the day before the date 
of the admission of the State into the Union. 
(B) Such chapter shall apply with respect 
to the State in the same manner and to the same 
extent as such chapter applied with respect to the 
State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of 
Virginia as of the day before the date of the ad-
mission of the State into the Union. 
(2) COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL CAPITAL PLAN-
NING
COMMISSION.—Section 8711(b) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (B) of 
paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) four citizens with experience in city or 
regional planning, who shall be appointed by the 
President.’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENT.—Of the four 
citizen members, one shall be a resident of Virginia, 
one shall be a resident of Maryland, and one shall be 
a resident of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.’’. 
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS 
OF TERMS.— 
(A) ENVIRONS.—Paragraph (1) of section 
8702 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
territory surrounding the District of Columbia’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the territory surrounding the Na-
tional Capital’’. 
(B) NATIONAL CAPITAL.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 8702 of such title is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL
CAPITAL.—The term ‘National 
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, and 
the territory the Federal Government owns in the en-
virons.’’. 
(C) NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.—Subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (3) of section 8702 of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) the National Capital and the State of 
Washington, Douglass Commonwealth;’’. 
(b) COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS.— 
(1) LIMITING APPLICATION TO THE CAPITAL.— 
Section 9102(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is 
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amended by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 9102 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this chapter, the term ‘Capital’ 
means the area serving as the seat of the Government of 
the United States, as described in section 112 of the Wash-
ington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9101(d) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital’’. 
(c) COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.— 
(1) LIMITING APPLICATION TO CAPITAL.—Section 
8902 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) LIMITING APPLICATION TO CAPITAL.—This chap-
ter applies only with respect to commemorative works in 
the Capital and its environs.’’. 
(2) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (2) of section 
8902(a) of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) CAPITAL
AND
ITS
ENVIRONS.—The term 
‘Capital and its environs’ means— 
‘‘(A) the area serving as the seat of the Gov-
ernment of the United States, as described in sec-
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tion 112 of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act; 
and 
‘‘(B) those lands and properties adminis-
tered by the National Park Service and the Gen-
eral Services Administration located in the Re-
serve, Area I, and Area II as depicted on the 
map entitled ‘Commemorative Areas Wash-
ington, DC and Environs’, numbered 869/86501 
B, and dated June 24, 2003, that are located 
outside of the State of Washington, Douglass 
Commonwealth.’’. 
(3) TEMPORARY
SITE
DESIGNATION.—Section 
8907(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital and its 
environs’’. 
(4) GENERAL
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.— 
Chapter 89 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia and its environs’’ each place it 
appears in the following sections and inserting ‘‘the 
Capital and its environs’’: 
(A) Section 8901(2) and 8901(4). 
(B) Section 8902(a)(4). 
(C) Section 8903(d). 
(D) Section 8904(c). 
(E) Section 8905(a). 
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(F) Section 8906(a). 
(G) Section 8909(a) and 8909(b). 
(5) ADDITIONAL
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.— 
Section 8901(2) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘the urban fabric of the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the urban fabric of 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’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date of 
the admission of the State into the Union. 
SEC. 325. ROLE OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN SUP-
PLYING WATER. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF ROLE.—Chapter 95 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective upon the admission of 
the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth into the 
Union, any reference in this chapter to the District of Co-
lumbia shall be deemed to refer to the Capital or the State 
of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, as the case may 
be. 
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‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Capital’ 
means the area serving as the seat of the Government of 
the United States, as described in section 112 of the Wash-
ington, D.C. Admission Act.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections of 
chapter 95 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘9508. Applicability to Capital and State of Washington, Douglass Common-
wealth.’’. 
SEC. 326. REQUIREMENTS TO BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
The location of any person in the Capital or Wash-
ington, Douglass Commonwealth on the day after the date 
of the admission of the State into the Union shall be deemed 
to satisfy any requirement under any law in effect as of 
the day before the date of the admission of the State into 
the Union that the person be located in the District of Co-
lumbia, including the requirements of section 72 of title 4, 
United States Code (relating to offices of the seat of the Gov-
ernment of the United States), and title 36, United States 
Code (relating to patriotic and national organizations). 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 
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(1) The term ‘‘Capital’’ means the area serving 
as the seat of the Government of the United States, 
as described in section 112. 
(2) The term ‘‘Council’’ means the Council of the 
District of Columbia. 
(3) The term ‘‘Mayor’’ means the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia. 
(4) Except as otherwise provided, the term 
‘‘State’’ means the State of Washington, Douglass 
Commonwealth. 
(5) The term ‘‘State Constitution’’ means the 
proposed Constitution of the State of Washington, 
D.C., as approved by the Council on October 18, 
2016, pursuant to the Constitution and Boundaries 
for the State of Washington, D.C. Approval Resolu-
tion of 2016 (D.C. Resolution R21–621), ratified by 
District of Columbia voters in Advisory Referendum 
B approved on November 8, 2016, and certified by the 
District of Columbia Board of Elections on November 
18, 2016. 
SEC. 402. STATEHOOD TRANSITION COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the State-
hood Transition Commission (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be com-
posed of 18 members as follows: 
(A) 3 members appointed by the President. 
(B) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives. 
(C) 2 members appointed by the Minority 
Leader of the House of Representatives. 
(D) 2 members appointed by the Majority 
Leader of the Senate. 
(E) 2 members appointed by the Minority 
Leader of the Senate. 
(F) 3 members appointed by the Mayor. 
(G) 3 members appointed by the Council. 
(H) The Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
(2) APPOINTMENT DATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The appointments of the 
members of the Commission shall be made not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) EFFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT BY 
APPOINTMENT DATE.—If one or more appoint-
ments under any of the subparagraphs of para-
graph (1) is not made by the appointment date 
specified in subparagraph (A), the authority to 
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make such appointment or appointments shall 
expire, and the number of members of the Com-
mission shall be reduced by the number equal to 
the number of appointments so not made. 
(3) TERM OF SERVICE.—Each member shall be 
appointed for the life of the Commission. 
(4) VACANCY.—A vacancy in the Commission 
shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
appointment was made. 
(5) NO
COMPENSATION.—Members shall serve 
without pay, but shall receive travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance 
with applicable provisions under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(6) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The Chair and 
Vice Chair of the Commission shall be elected by the 
members of the Commission— 
(A) with respect to the Chair, from among 
the members described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1); and 
(B) with respect to the Vice Chair, from 
among the members described in subparagraphs 
(F) and (G) of paragraph (1). 
(c) STAFF.— 
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(1) DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a 
Director, who shall be appointed by the Chair. 
(2) OTHER STAFF.—The Director may appoint 
and fix the pay of such additional personnel as the 
Director considers appropriate. 
(3) NON-APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERV-
ICE LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Commission 
may be appointed without regard to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 
in the competitive service, and may be paid without 
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification 
and General Schedule pay rates, except that an indi-
vidual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of 
the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title. 
(4) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commis-
sion may procure temporary and intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equiv-
alent of the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
(d) DUTIES.—The Commission shall advise the Presi-
dent, Congress, the Mayor (or, upon the admission of the 
State into the Union, the chief executive officer of the State), 
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and the Council (or, upon the admission of the State into 
the Union, the legislature of the State) concerning an or-
derly transition to statehood for the District of Columbia 
or the State (as the case may be) and to a reduced geo-
graphical size of the seat of the Government of the United 
States, including with respect to property, funding, pro-
grams, projects, and activities. 
(e) POWERS.— 
(1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commission 
may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold 
hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testi-
mony, and receive evidence as the Commission con-
siders appropriate. 
(2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-
sion may secure directly from any department or 
agency of the United States information necessary to 
enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the 
Chair of the Commission, the head of that department 
or agency shall furnish that information to the Com-
mission. 
(3) MAILS.—The Commission may use the 
United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agen-
cies of the United States. 
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(4) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon 
the request of the Commission, the Administrator of 
General Services shall provide to the Commission the 
administrative support services necessary for the 
Commission to carry out its responsibilities under 
this Act. 
(f) MEETINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall meet at 
the call of the Chair. 
(2) INITIAL
MEETING.—The Commission shall 
hold its first meeting not later than the earlier of— 
(A) 30 days after the date on which all 
members of the Commission have been appointed; 
or 
(B) if the number of members of the Com-
mission is reduced under subsection (b)(2)(B), 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 
Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser 
number of members may hold hearings. 
(g) REPORTS.—The Commission shall submit such re-
ports as the Commission considers appropriate or as may 
be requested by the President, Congress, or the District of 
Columbia (or, upon the admission of the State into the 
Union, the State). 
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(h) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall cease to 
exist 2 years after the date of the admission of the State 
into the Union. 
SEC. 403. CERTIFICATION OF ENACTMENT BY PRESIDENT. 
Not more than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the President shall provide written certification 
of such enactment to the Mayor. 
SEC. 404. SEVERABILITY. 
Except as provided in section 101(c), if any provision 
of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the applica-
tion thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and any 
amendments made by this Act shall not be affected by the 
holding. 
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Union Calendar No. 347 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5803 
[Report No. 116–433, Part I] 
A BILL 
To provide for the admission of the State of 
Washington, D.C. into the Union. 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
with an amendment 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and 
Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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