I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 214 
To amend the District of Columba Home Rule Act to eliminate the 
Congressional review period for District of Columbia acts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2025 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Rules, 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 committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the District of Columba Home Rule Act to elimi-
nate the Congressional review period for District of Co-
lumbia acts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘District of Columbia Legislative Home Rule Act’’. 
(b) REFERENCES IN ACT.—Except as may otherwise 
be provided, whenever in this Act an amendment is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section 
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or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to that section or other provision of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD 
FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 602 (sec. 1–206.02, D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking subsection (c). 
(b) 
CONGRESSIONAL
RESOLUTIONS
OF
DIS-
APPROVAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 604 (sec. 1–206.04, 
D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 604. 
(3) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This 
subsection and the amendments made by this sub-
section are enacted by Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, respectively, and as such they shall be con-
sidered as a part of the rules of each House, re-
spectively, or of that House to which they spe-
cifically apply, and such rules shall supersede 
other rules only to the extent that they are in-
consistent therewith; and 
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(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change such 
rules (so far as relating to such House) at any 
time, in the same manner, and to the same ex-
tent as in the case of any other rule of such 
House. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE ACT.— 
(A) Section 303 (sec. 1–203.03, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking the second 
sentence; and 
(ii) by striking subsection (b) and redesig-
nating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
(b) and (c). 
(B) Section 404 (sec. 1–204.04, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘subject to the provi-
sions of section 602(c)’’ each place it appears in sub-
sections (e) and (f). 
(C) Section 446 (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking the third 
sentence; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1) of subsection (c), by 
striking ‘‘and such act has been transmitted by 
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the Chairman to the Congress and has com-
pleted 
the 
review 
process 
under 
section 
602(c)(3)’’. 
(D) Section 462 (sec. 1–204.62, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) The 
Council’’ and inserting ‘‘The Council’’; and 
(ii) by striking subsections (b) and (c). 
(E) Section 472(d)(1) (sec. 1–204.72(d)(1), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘Not-
withstanding section 602(c)(1), any act of the Coun-
cil’’ and inserting ‘‘Any act of the Council’’. 
(F) Section 475(e)(1) (sec. 1–204.75(e)(1), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘Not-
withstanding section 602(c)(1), any act of the Coun-
cil’’ and inserting ‘‘Any act of the Council’’. 
(2) OTHER
LAWS.—(A) Section 2(b)(1) of 
Amendment No. 1 (relating to initiative and ref-
erendum) to title IV (the District Charter) (sec. 1– 
204.102(b)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the appropriate custodian’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘portion of such act to’’. 
(B) Section 5 of Amendment No. 1 (relating to 
initiative and referendum) to title IV (the District 
Charter) (sec. 1–204.105, D.C. Official Code) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘, and such act’’ and all that 
follows and inserting a period. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to each act of the District of Columbia— 
(1) passed by the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia and signed by the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia; 
(2) vetoed by the Mayor and repassed by the 
Council; 
(3) passed by the Council and allowed to be-
come effective by the Mayor without the Mayor’s sig-
nature; or 
(4) in the case of initiated acts and acts subject 
to referendum, ratified by a majority of the reg-
istered qualified electors voting on the initiative or 
referendum, 
on or after the first day of the One Hundred Nineteenth 
Congress. 
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