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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4640
To establish the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes 
of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2004
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. CANNON, Mr. 
BISHOP of Utah, and Mr. PLATTS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the District of Columbia as a Congressional 
district for purposes of representation in the House of 
Representatives, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia 
Fairness in Representation Act’’ . 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Over half a million people living in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the capital of our democratic Na-
tion, lack direct voting representation in the United 
States Senate and House of Representatives. 
(2) District of Columbia residents have fought 
and died to defend our democracy in every war since 
the War of Independence. 
(3) District of Columbia residents pay billions 
of dollars in Federal taxes each year. 
(4) Our Nation is founded on the principles of 
‘‘one person, one vote’’ and ‘‘government by the con-
sent of the governed’’. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CON-
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the District of Columbia shall be considered 
a Congressional district for purposes of representation in 
the House of Representatives. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING APPLI-
CATION OF METHOD OF EQUAL PROPORTIONS IN APPOR-
TIONMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 
2(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for appor-
tioning Representatives in Congress among the several 
States by the equal proportion method’’, approved Novem-
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to the 
One Hundred Ninth Congress and each succeeding Con-
gress. 
SEC. 4. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN APPORTIONMENT OF 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective January 3, 2005, and 
until the taking effect of the first reapportionment occur-
ring after the regular decennial census conducted for 
2010—
(1) the membership of the House of Represent-
atives shall be increased by 2 members; 
(2) each such Representative shall be in addi-
tion to the membership of the House of Representa-
tives as now prescribed by law; and 
(3) the State identified by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives in the report submitted 
under subsection (b) shall be entitled to one addi-
tional Representative. 
(b) TRANSMITTAL OF REVISED APPORTIONMENT IN-
FORMATION BY PRESIDENT AND CLERK.—
(1) STATEMENT OF APPORTIONMENT BY PRESI-
DENT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 
to Congress a revised version of the most recent
(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’’; 
(3) in section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 
Code)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Delegate’’ in the heading, 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place it 
appears in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and 
(j)(1); 
(4) in section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official 
Code)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) of sub-
section (a)(3), and 
(B) in subsection (d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’ each place 
it appears in paragraph (1), and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and re-
designating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(2); 
(5) in section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. 
Official Code), by striking ‘‘Delegate,’’; and
(6) in section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. 
Official Code), by striking ‘‘except the Delegate to 
the Congress from the District of Columbia’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring 
during 2004 and any succeeding year. 
SEC. 6. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF STATEHOOD REPRESENTA-
TIVE. 
(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 as fol-
lows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘offices of Senator and Rep-
resentative’’ each place it appears in subsection (d) 
and inserting ‘‘office of Senator’’. 
(2) In subsection (d)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘a Representative or’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Representative or’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Representative shall be 
elected for a 2-year term and each’’. 
(3) In subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 1 
United States Representative’’. 
(4) By striking ‘‘Representative or’’ each place 
it appears in subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h).
(5) By striking ‘‘Representative’s or’’ each 
place it appears in subsections (g) and (h). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(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 ‘‘26 voting members’’, 
(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
paragraph (5); and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (6) and re-
designating paragraph (7) as paragraph 
(6); and 
(B) in subsection (a–1)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (H). 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
Section 8 of such Initiative (sec. 1–127, D.C. Offi-
cial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘and House’’. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
HONORARIA
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Section 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘or Rep-
resentative’’ each place it appears. 
(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 amended by striking ‘‘and United 
States Representative’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring 
during 2004 and any succeeding year. 
SEC. 7. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. 
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this 
Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be treated 
as invalid.
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