(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 12. SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE OF MARYLAND AND 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
‘‘For purposes of this Act, the following shall apply: 
‘‘(1) The District of Columbia shall be consid-
ered a registrar’s jurisdiction within the State of 
Maryland. 
‘‘(2) An election for Federal office taking place 
in the District of Columbia shall be considered to 
take place in the State of Maryland. 
‘‘(3) The State of Maryland, and the election 
officials of the State of Maryland, shall be respon-
sible for carrying out this Act with respect to the 
District of Columbia, except that—
‘‘(A) section 5 shall apply to motor vehicle 
driver’s license applications and the motor vehi-
cle authority of the District of Columbia in the 
same manner as that section applies to a State, 
and the State of Maryland shall provide the 
District of Columbia with such forms and other 
materials as the District of Columbia may re-
quire to carry out that section; and 
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia shall des-
ignate voter registration agencies under section 
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7 in the same manner as a State, and the State 
of Maryland shall provide the District of Co-
lumbia with such forms and other materials as 
the District of Columbia may require to carry 
out that section.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
3(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. gg–1(4)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’. 
(3) VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY 
AND HANDICAPPED ACT.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Voting Accessi-
bility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 
U.S.C. 1973ee et seq.) is amended—
(i) by redesignating section 8 as sec-
tion 9; and 
(ii) by inserting after section 7 the 
following new section: 
‘‘SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE OF MARYLAND AND DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
‘‘SEC. 8. For purposes of this Act, the following shall 
apply: 
‘‘(1) The District of Columbia shall be consid-
ered a political subdivision of the State of Maryland. 
‘‘(2) An election for Federal office taking place 
in the District of Columbia shall be considered to 
take place in the State of Maryland. 
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‘‘(3) The State of Maryland shall be responsible 
for carrying out this Act with respect to the District 
of Columbia.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
8(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee–6(5)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the District of Colum-
bia,’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT
TO HOME RULE 
ACT.—Section 752 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (sec. 1–207.52, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking the period at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘, except to the extent required under section 5 of the 
District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 
2004.’’. 
(e) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA ELECTION LAW.—The District of Columbia 
Elections Code of 1955 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 18. APPLICABILITY OF MARYLAND ELECTION LAW 
FOR ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL ELEC-
TIONS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or 
other law or regulation of the District of Columbia—
‘‘(1) any election for Federal office in the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall be administered and carried 
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out by the State of Maryland, in accordance with the 
applicable law of the State of Maryland; and 
‘‘(2) no provision of this Code shall apply with 
respect to any election for Federal office to the ex-
tent that the provision is inconsistent with the appli-
cable law of the State of Maryland.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to 
elections for Federal office occurring during 2006 and any 
succeeding year. 
SEC. 6. TRANSITION PROVISIONS FOR HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) NUMBER AND APPORTIONMENT OF MARYLAND 
MEMBERS.—For purposes of determining the number and 
apportionment of the members of the House of Represent-
atives from the State of Maryland for the One Hundred 
Tenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, the popu-
lation of the District of Columbia shall be added to the 
population of Maryland under the decennial census. 
(b) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN APPORTIONMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective January 3, 2007, 
and until the taking effect of the first reapportion-
ment occurring after the regular decennial census 
conducted for 2010—
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(A) the membership of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall be increased by 2; 
(B) the State of Maryland, together with 
the State identified by the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives in the report submitted 
under paragraph (2), shall each be entitled to 
one additional Representative; and 
(C) each such Representative shall be in 
addition to the membership of the House of 
Representatives as now prescribed by law. 
(2) TRANSMITTAL
OF
REVISED
APPORTION-
MENT INFORMATION BY PRESIDENT AND CLERK.—
(A) STATEMENT OF APPORTIONMENT BY 
PRESIDENT.—Not later than December 1, 
2004, the President shall transmit to Congress 
a revised version of the most recent statement 
of apportionment submitted under section 22(a) 
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the 
fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 
to provide for apportionment of Representatives 
in Congress’’, approved June 28, 1929 (2 
U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into account the provi-
sions of this section. 
(B) REPORT BY CLERK.—Not later than 
15 calendar days after receiving the revised 
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version of the statement of apportionment 
under subparagraph (A), the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives, in accordance with 
section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), 
shall send to the executive of the State (other 
than the State of Maryland) entitled to one ad-
ditional Representative pursuant to this section 
a certificate of the number of Representatives 
to which such State is entitled under section 22 
of such Act, and shall submit a report identi-
fying that State to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) INCREASE NOT COUNTED AGAINST TOTAL 
NUMBER OF MEMBERS.—The temporary increase in 
the membership of the House of Representatives 
provided under paragraph (1) shall not operate to ei-
ther increase or decrease the permanent membership 
of the House of Representatives as prescribed in the 
Act of August 8, 1911 (2 U.S.C. 2), nor shall such 
temporary increase affect the basis of reapportion-
ment established by the Act of June 28, 1929, as 
amended (2 U.S.C. 2a), for the Eighty Second Con-
gress and each Congress thereafter. 
(c) PROHIBITING DIVISION OF DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA INTO SEPARATE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a), in establishing Congressional districts after the 
effective date of this section, the State of Maryland 
shall ensure that the entire area of the District of 
Columbia is included in the same Congressional dis-
trict (except as provided in paragraph (2)). 
(2) SPECIAL RULE IF POPULATION OF DISTRICT 
EQUALS
OR
EXCEEDS
AVERAGE
POPULATION
OF 
MARYLAND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.—If the pop-
ulation of the District of Columbia equals or exceeds 
the average population of a Congressional district in 
the State of Maryland under the decennial census 
used for the apportionment of the Members of the 
House of Representatives from the State of Mary-
land, the State of Maryland shall ensure that at 
least one Congressional district in the State consists 
exclusively of territory within the District of Colum-
bia. 
(3) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
INITIAL
DISTRICT.—
Until the State of Maryland establishes Congres-
sional districts to take into account the enactment of 
this section, the Congressional district of the addi-
tional Representative to which the State is entitled 
under this section shall consist exclusively of the 
area of the District of Columbia. 
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SEC. 7. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
DELEGATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 202 and 204 of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91–405; sec-
tions 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. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA ELECTIONS CODE OF 1955.—The District of Co-
lumbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended—
(1) in section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official 
Code), by striking ‘‘the Delegate to the House of 
Representatives’’; 
(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 
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(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 2006 and any succeeding year. 
SEC. 8. 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 
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1979 (sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik-
ing subsections (d) through (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 ‘‘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 hereby repealed. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
HONORARIA
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Section 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131, 
D.C. Official Code) is hereby repealed. 
(4) 
APPLICATION
OF
CAMPAIGN
FINANCE 
LAWS.—Section 3 of the Statehood Convention Pro-
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cedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1–135, D.C. 
Official Code) is hereby repealed. 
(5) LIST
OF
ELECTED
OFFICIALS.—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,’’. 
SEC. 9. NONSEVERABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 
If any provision of sections 3, 6(a), or 6(b) of this 
Act, or the application thereof to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this 
Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be treated 
as invalid. 
SEC. 10. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed—
(1) to permit residents of the District of Colum-
bia to vote in elections for State or local office in the 
State of Maryland or to permit nonresidents of the 
District of Columbia to vote in elections for local of-
fice in the District of Columbia; 
(2) to affect the power of Congress under arti-
cle I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution to ex-
ercise exclusive legislative authority over the District 
of Columbia; or 
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(3) to affect the powers of the Government of 
the District of Columbia under the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (except as specifically pro-
vided in this Act).
Æ
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