SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS FOR DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
(a) REPRESENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, effective with respect to the One 
Hundred Thirteenth Congress and each succeeding 
Congress, the District of Columbia shall be treated 
as a State for the purposes of representation in the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) CLASSIFICATION
OF
SENATORS.—In the 
first election of Senators from the District of Colum-
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) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AP-
PORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN 
REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS AMONG STATES.— 
Section 22 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for 
the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 
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to provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
Congress’’, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) This section shall apply with respect to the Dis-
trict of Columbia in the same manner as this section ap-
plies to a State.’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION
OF
DETERMINATION
OF 
NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ON BASIS OF 
23RD
AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of title 3, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘come into of-
fice;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘come into office 
(subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States in the case of 
the District of Columbia);’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REGARDING AP-
POINTMENTS TO SERVICE ACADEMIES.— 
(1) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Sec-
tion 4342 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking para-
graph (5); and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia,’’. 
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(2) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Such 
title is amended— 
(A) in section 6954(a), by striking para-
graph (5); and 
(B) in section 6958(b), by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia,’’. 
(3) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.— 
Section 9342 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking para-
graph (5); and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict of Columbia,’’. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection and the 
amendments made by this subsection shall take ef-
fect on the date on which a Representative from the 
District of Columbia takes office for the One Hun-
dred Thirteenth Congress. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) PERMANENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MEM-
BERS.—Effective with respect to the One Hundred Thir-
teenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House 
of Representatives shall be composed of 436 Members, in-
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cluding any Members representing the District of Colum-
bia pursuant to section 2(a). 
(b) REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS RESULTING 
FROM INCREASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 22(a) of the Act en-
titled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse-
quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved 
June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by 
striking ‘‘the then existing number of Representa-
tives’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of Representatives 
established with respect to the One Hundred Thir-
teenth Congress’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the reg-
ular decennial census conducted for 2020 and each 
subsequent regular decennial census. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
DELEGATE. 
(a) REPEAL OF OFFICE.—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. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date on which a Rep-
resentative from the District of Columbia takes office for 
the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. 
SEC. 5. 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,’’. 
(3) In section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official 
Code)— 
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(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 
the Congress before May 1 of the last year 
of the Representative’s term of office,’’ and 
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(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) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to the election of the 
first Representative and Senators from the District of Co-
lumbia pursuant to this Act and each subsequent election 
of Representatives and Senators from the District of Co-
lumbia pursuant to this Act. 
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SEC. 6. 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.— 
(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. 
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(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 
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. 
SEC. 7. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
If any action is brought to challenge the constitu-
tionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act, the following rules shall apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia 
and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur-
suant to section 2284 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and the Secretary of the Senate. 
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(3) A final decision in the action shall be re-
viewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme 
Court of the United States. Such appeal shall be 
taken by the filing of a notice of appeal within 10 
days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement 
within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision. 
(4) It shall be the duty of the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia and the 
Supreme Court of the United States to advance on 
the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible 
extent the disposition of the action and appeal. 
SEC. 8. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. 
If any provision of section 2(a), 2(b)(1), or 3, or any 
amendment made by any such section, is declared or held 
invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this 
Act and any amendment made by this Act shall be treated 
and deemed invalid and shall have no force or effect of 
law. 
Æ 
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