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Union Calendar No. 396 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5183 
[Report No. 119–463, Part I] 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish a uniform 
60-day congressional review period for District of Columbia laws, to 
clarify the expedited procedures applicable to consideration of resolutions 
of disapproval of District of Columbia laws, to authority the use of 
resolutions of disapproval to disapprove provisions of District of Columbia 
laws and District of Columbia executive orders and regulations, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. COMER, and Ms. HAGEMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Additional sponsor: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 8, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to estab-
lish a uniform 60-day congressional review period for 
District of Columbia laws, to clarify the expedited proce-
dures applicable to consideration of resolutions of dis-
approval of District of Columbia laws, to authority the 
use of resolutions of disapproval to disapprove provisions 
of District of Columbia laws and District of Columbia 
executive orders and regulations, and for other purposes. 
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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 
Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. UNIFORM 60-DAY CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD 
FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAWS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF 60-DAY PERIOD; CLARIFICA-
TION OF BEGINNING OF PERIOD AND DAYS EXCLUDED.— 
Section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (sec. 1–206.02(c)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the 30-calendar-day period (ex-
cluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and any 
day on which neither House is in session because of 
an adjournment sine die, a recess of more than three 
days, or an adjournment of more than three days) be-
ginning on the day such act is transmitted by the 
Chairman to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President of the Senate’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘the 60-day period (excluding days ei-
ther House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 
days during a session of Congress) beginning on the 
later of the day such act is transmitted by the Chair-
man to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
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or the day such act is transmitted by the Chairman 
to the President of the Senate’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘such 30-day period’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘such 60-day period’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF ALTERNATIVE PERIOD FOR ACTS 
AFFECTING CRIMINAL LAWS.—Section 602(c) of such Act 
(sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR ACTS DESIGNATED BY COUN-
CIL AS INVOLVING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
(1) NO RENEWAL OF WAIVER OF REVIEW FOR 
SUCCEEDING ACTS.—Section 602(c) of such Act (sec. 
1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code), as amended by sub-
section (b), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) If an Act is exempt from the requirements of 
paragraph (1) because of a determination by the Council 
under section 412(a) that the Act should take effect imme-
diately because of emergency circumstances, an Act of the 
Council to extend the period during which such Act is effec-
tive, or any Act of the Council which is substantially the 
same as such Act, shall not be exempt from the requirements 
of paragraph (1).’’. 
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 412(a) 
of such Act (sec. 1–204.12(a), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended by striking ‘‘ninety days’’ and inserting 
‘‘ninety days, subject to section 602(c)(3)’’. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES AP-
PLICABLE TO CONSIDERATION OF RESOLU-
TIONS OF DISAPPROVAL. 
(a) APPLICATION OF ALL PROCEDURES TO ALL RESO-
LUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL.—The fourth sentence of section 
602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 
1–206.02(c)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 604, except subsections (d), (e), and (f) of such sec-
tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 604’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF PROCEDURES.—Section 604 of 
such Act (sec. 1–206.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking subsections (c) through (j) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—A resolution with 
respect to Council action shall be referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, or the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, by the President of the 
Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as 
the case may be. 
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‘‘(d) PROCEDURES
IN
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—(1) In the House of Representatives, if the com-
mittee to which a resolution has been referred has not re-
ported it at the end of twenty calendar days after its intro-
duction, it is in order to move to discharge the committee 
from further consideration of any other resolution with re-
spect to the same Council action which has been referred 
to the committee. 
‘‘(2) In the House, a motion to discharge may be made 
only by an individual favoring the resolution, is highly 
privileged (except that it may not be made after the com-
mittee has reported a resolution with respect to the same 
action), and debate thereon shall be limited to not more 
than one hour, to be divided equally between those favoring 
and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the 
motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move to 
reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-
agreed to. 
‘‘(3) In the House, if the motion to discharge is agreed 
to or disagreed to, the motion may not be renewed, nor may 
another motion to discharge the committee be made with 
respect to any other resolution with respect to the same ac-
tion. 
‘‘(4) In the House, when the committee has reported, 
or has been discharged from further consideration of, a reso-
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lution, it is at any time thereafter in order (even though 
a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 
to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. 
The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable. An 
amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is not 
in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(5) In the House, debate on the resolution shall be 
limited to not more than one hour, which shall be divided 
equally between those favoring and those opposing the reso-
lution. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. 
An amendment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution 
is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider 
the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed 
to. 
‘‘(6) In the House, motions to postpone made with re-
spect to the discharge from committee or the consideration 
of a resolution, and motions to proceed to the consideration 
of other business, shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(7) In the House, appeals from the decisions of the 
Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives to the procedure relating to a resolution 
shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(e) PROCEDURES IN SENATE.—(1) In the Senate, if 
the committee to which is referred a resolution described 
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in subsection (b) has not reported such joint resolution (or 
an identical joint resolution) at the end of 20 calendar days 
after its introduction, such committee may be discharged 
from further consideration of such joint resolution upon a 
written demand by any Member of the Senate, and such 
joint resolution shall be placed on the calendar. 
‘‘(2)(A) In the Senate, when the committee to which 
a resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee 
is discharged (under paragraph (1)) from further consider-
ation of a resolution described in subsection (b), it is at 
any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 
to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion to 
proceed to the consideration of the resolution, and all points 
of order against the resolution (and against consideration 
of the resolution) are waived. The motion is not subject to 
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion 
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed 
to the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, the resolu-
tion shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 
disposed of. 
‘‘(B) In the Senate, debate on the resolution, and on 
all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 
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divided equally between those favoring and those opposing 
the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is in order 
and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to post-
pone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business, or a motion to recommit the resolution is not in 
order. 
‘‘(C) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-
sion of the debate on a resolution described in subsection 
(b), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 
if requested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, the 
vote on final passage of the resolution shall occur. 
‘‘(D) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
to the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure 
relating to a resolution described in subsection (a) shall be 
decided without debate. 
‘‘(3) In the Senate the procedure specified in para-
graph (1) or (2) shall not apply to the consideration of a 
resolution after the expiration of the 60 session days begin-
ning with the date of the introduction of the joint resolution. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION BETWEEN HOUSES.—If, before the 
passage by one House of a resolution of that House de-
scribed in subsection (b), that House receives from the other 
House a resolution described in subsection (b), then the fol-
lowing procedures shall apply: 
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‘‘(1) The resolution of the other House shall not 
be referred to a committee. 
‘‘(2) Any Member of that House may at any 
time offer a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
the resolution of the other House, and such motion 
shall be considered in accordance with paragraph (4) 
of subsection (d) (in the case of a motion in the 
House) or in accordance with paragraph (2) of sub-
section (e) (in the case of a motion in the Senate). 
‘‘(3) With respect to a resolution described in 
subsection (a) of the House receiving the resolution— 
‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no resolution had been received 
from the other House; but 
‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the resolution of the other House.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZING USE OF RESOLUTIONS OF DIS-
APPROVAL TO DISAPPROVE PROVISIONS OF 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAWS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 602(c)(1) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(c)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘such act shall take effect’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such act and each provision 
thereof shall take effect’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a joint resolution dis-
approving such act.’’ and inserting ‘‘a joint reso-
lution disapproving such act or any provision 
thereof.’’; 
(2) in the third sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘disapproving such an act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘disapproving such an act or any 
provision thereof’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘to have repealed such act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to have repealed such act or such 
provision (as the case may be)’’; and 
(3) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘dis-
approving any act’’ and inserting ‘‘disapproving any 
act or any provision thereof’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 604(b) of 
such Act (sec. 1–206.04(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended 
by striking ‘‘; but does not include a resolution which speci-
fies more than one action’’. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 602(c)(1) of 
such Act (sec. 1–206.02(c)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 
enactment of a resolution disapproving a provision of an 
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act pursuant to this paragraph may not be construed to 
repeal any of the remaining provisions of such act or pro-
hibit the enactment of any subsequent resolution dis-
approving any other provision of such act pursuant to this 
paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZING USE OF RESOLUTIONS OF DIS-
APPROVAL TO DISAPPROVE EXECUTIVE OR-
DERS AND REGULATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Title VI of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.01 et seq., D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘LIMITATIONS ON REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF MAYOR 
‘‘SEC. 605. (a) TRANSMISSION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
AND REGULATIONS.—The Mayor shall transmit to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President 
of the Senate a copy of each executive order issued by the 
Mayor and each regulation promulgated by an officer of 
the executive branch of the District government. 
‘‘(b) DELAY
IN IMPLEMENTATION.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), an executive order or regulation 
transmitted under subsection (a) shall take effect upon the 
expiration of the 60-day period (excluding days either 
House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during 
a session of Congress) beginning on the later of the day such 
executive order or regulation is transmitted by the Mayor 
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to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the day 
such executive order or regulation is transmitted by the 
Mayor to the President of the Senate, or upon the date pre-
scribed by such executive order or regulation, whichever is 
later, unless during such 60-day period, there has been en-
acted into law a joint resolution disapproving such execu-
tive order or regulation. 
‘‘(c) DEEMED REPEAL.—In any case in which any 
joint resolution described in subsection (b) disapproving an 
executive order or regulation has, within the 60-day period 
described in subsection (b), passed both Houses of Congress 
and has been transmitted to the President, such joint resolu-
tion, upon becoming law, subsequent to the expiration of 
such 60-day period, shall be deemed to have repealed such 
executive order or regulation, as of the date such joint reso-
lution becomes law. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR 
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS.—The provisions of sec-
tion 604 shall apply with respect to any joint resolution 
disapproving any executive order or regulation pursuant 
to this section.’’. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR 
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 604 of such Act (sec. 
1–206.04, D.C. Official Code), as amended by section 
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