I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5313 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Chairman 
of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit Acts of the 
District of Columbia to Congress in electronic form. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 29, 2023 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit 
the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia 
to transmit Acts of the District of Columbia to Congress 
in electronic form. 
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 ‘‘District of Columbia 
Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PERMITTING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO TRANSMIT 
ACTS OF DISTRICT IN ELECTRONIC FORM. 
(a) ACTS OF COUNCIL.—Section 602(c) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Chairman of the Council may transmit an 
Act under this subsection in such form as the Chairman 
may choose, including electronic form.’’. 
(b) CHARTER AMENDMENTS.—Section 303 of such 
Act (sec. 1–203.03, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) The Chairman of the Council may submit an Act 
under this section in such form as the Chairman may 
choose, including electronic form.’’. 
SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE BY HOUSE AND SENATE. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE.—For purposes of determining 
whether the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
Columbia has transmitted an Act to Congress pursuant 
to section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code) or has sub-
mitted an Act to Congress pursuant to section 303 of such 
Act (sec. 1–203.03, D.C. Official Code), the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate shall treat such an Act which the 
Chairman transmits or submits in electronic form in the 
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same manner as an Act which the Chairman submits in 
paper form. 
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—This 
section is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 
each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-
spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 
in the case of Acts described in subsection (a), and 
supersede other rules only to the extent that it is in-
consistent with such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
Æ 
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