I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5825 
To revise the composition of the Board of Zoning Adjustment for the District 
of Columbia so that the Board will consist solely of members appointed 
by the government of the District of Columbia, except when the Board 
is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission 
with respect to a chancery. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2021 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To revise the composition of the Board of Zoning Adjustment 
for the District of Columbia so that the Board will 
consist solely of members appointed by the government 
of the District of Columbia, except when the Board is 
performing functions regarding an application by a for-
eign mission with respect to a chancery. 
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 
Board of Zoning Adjustment Home Rule Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVISION OF COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF ZONING 
ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) REVISION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The first undesignated para-
graph of section 8 of the Act of June 20, 1938 (52 
Stat. 799; sec. 6–641.07(a), D.C. Official Code), is 
amended by striking ‘‘which shall be composed’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘a resident of the District 
of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘which shall be com-
posed of 5 members appointed by the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia with the advice and consent of 
the Council of the District of Columbia, each of 
whom shall have been a resident of the District of 
Columbia’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The second 
undesignated paragraph of section 8 of such Act (52 
Stat. 799; sec. 6–641.07(b), D.C. Official Code), is 
amended— 
(A) by striking the first and second sen-
tences; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the 3 members appointed 
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia with 
the advice and consent of the Council of the 
District of Columbia’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘the members’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO FUNC-
TIONS REGARDING FOREIGN MISSIONS.—Section 206(i) 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 4306(i)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) Whenever the Board of Zoning Adjustment is 
performing functions regarding an application by a foreign 
mission with respect to the location, expansion, or replace-
ment of a chancery— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
the Interior, the Administrator of General Services, 
or the Director of the National Park Service (or 
such alternate as such official may from time to 
time designate), as designated by the President, 
shall serve as a member of the Board in lieu of one 
of the other members of the Board (as designated by 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia); and 
‘‘(2) the Executive Director of the National 
Capital Planning Commission shall serve as a mem-
ber of the Board in lieu of one of the other members 
of the Board (as designated by the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of the 90- 
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day period which begins on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
Æ 
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