District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act
Bill: S.1361 | Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger (R-KS)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act
This bill cedes the District of Columbia to Maryland after Maryland's acceptance of the retrocession. Furthermore, the bill declares that the National Capital Service Area in the District shall not be ceded and relinquished to Maryland and shall continue to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. The bill maintains the exclusive legislative authority and control of Congress over the area.
Finally, excluding the John A. Wilson Building, the area shall include the principal federal monuments, the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the U.S. Capitol, and the Frances Perkins Building, including any portion of it north of D Street NW.

To reduce the size of the seat of the Government of the United States 
  to the area composed of the principal Federal monuments, the White 
   House, the United States Capitol, the United States Supreme Court 
 Building, and the Federal executive, legislative, and judicial office 
 buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the United States Capitol, 
 to provide for the retrocession of the remaining area of the District 
     of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia-Maryland 
Reunion Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Article I, section 2, clause 1 of the Constitution of 
        the United States states that the ``House of Representatives 
        shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the 
        People of the several States''.
            (2) The Founding Fathers did not consider the proposed 
        district that would become Washington, DC, a State under the 
        Constitution, as evidenced when Alexander Hamilton offered an 
        amendment to the Constitution during the New York ratification 
        to provide full congressional representation to Washington, DC, 
        which was rejected by the convention on July 22, 1788.
            (3) The Supreme Court of the United States held in Hepburn 
        v. Ellzey, 6 U.S. 445 (1805), in an opinion authored by Chief 
        Justice John Marshall, that the term ``states'' in article I, 
        section 2, clause 1 of the Constitution does not include 
        Washington, DC, for representation purposes.
            (4) Seven Supreme Court Justices affirmed Chief Justice 
        Marshall's reasoning from Hepburn v. Ellzey in National Mutual 
        Insurance Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co., 337 U.S. 582 (1949).
            (5) In 1978, a Congress controlled by Democrats attempted 
        to amend the Constitution to provide Washington, DC, with full 
        congressional representation. The Committee on the Judiciary of 
        the House of Representatives reported the joint resolution and 
        stated that granting congressional representation to the 
        District of Columbia as it is presently constituted would 
        require a constitutional amendment, because ``statutory action 
        alone will not suffice''.
            (6) Amending the Constitution requires two-thirds approval 
        by each house of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of 
        the States. In 1978, two-thirds of both the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate voted for the constitutional 
        amendment to provide Washington, DC, with full congressional 
        representation, but the amendment was not ratified by three-
        fourths of the States.
            (7) An alternative to a potentially lengthy and difficult 
        constitutional amendment process is ceding Washington, DC, back 
        to Maryland, just as an area of 31 square miles that was 
        originally ceded by Virginia was returned to that State by 
        Federal legislation in 1847, thereby ensuring that the portion 
        of Washington, DC, in Virginia would have representation in the 
        Senate and the House of Representatives.
            (8) In 1847, there was a desire to allow the District of 
        Columbia land on the west side of the Potomac River that was 
        not being used by the Federal Government to have its own proper 
        representation in Congress.
            (9) Obtaining the desired representation for that portion 
        of Washington, DC, would have required a constitutional 
        amendment unless the land were given back to Virginia.
            (10) Instead of trying to pass a constitutional amendment, 
        in 1847, Congress legislatively ceded back to Virginia from the 
        District of Columbia the non-Federal land composed of 31 square 
        miles on the west side of the Potomac River.
            (11) Accordingly, the District of Columbia would clearly 
        and constitutionally have 2 Senators and a Representative with 
        full voting rights by ceding the District of Columbia to 
        Maryland after Maryland's acceptance of such retrocession, 
        while maintaining the exclusive legislative authority and 
        control of Congress over the Federal District in the District 
        of Columbia.

SEC. 3. RETROCESSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO MARYLAND.

    (a) In General.--Upon the issuance of a proclamation by the 
President under section 8 and except as provided in subsection (b) of 
this section, the territory ceded to Congress by the State of Maryland 
to serve as the District constituting the permanent seat of the 
Government of the United States is ceded and relinquished to the State 
of Maryland.
    (b) Continuation of Federal Control Over Federal District.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Federal District described in 
section 5 shall not be ceded and relinquished to the State of Maryland 
and shall continue to serve as the permanent seat of the Government of 
the United States, and Congress shall continue to exercise exclusive 
legislative authority and control over such District.

SEC. 4. EFFECT ON JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) Continuation of Suits.--No writ, action, indictment, cause, or 
proceeding pending in any court of the District of Columbia on the 
effective date of this Act shall abate as a result of the enactment of 
this Act, but shall be transferred and shall proceed within such 
appropriate court of the State of Maryland as established under the 
laws or constitution of the State of Maryland.
    (b) Appeals.--An order or decision of any court of the District of 
Columbia for which no appeal has been filed as of the effective date of 
this Act shall be considered an order or decision of a court of the 
State of Maryland for purposes of appeal from and appellate review of 
such order or decision in an appropriate court of the State of 
Maryland.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL DISTRICT DESCRIBED.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e), upon the 
retrocession under section 3(a), the Federal District referred to in 
section 3(b)--
            (1) shall consist of the territory located within the 
        boundaries described in subsection (b) of this section;
            (2) shall include the principal Federal monuments, the 
        White House, the United States Capitol, the United States 
        Supreme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legislative, 
        and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and 
        the United States Capitol; and
            (3) shall not include the building known as the ``John A. 
        Wilson Building'', as described and designated under section 
        601(a) of the Omnibus Spending Reduction Act of 1993 (sec. 10-
        1301(a), D.C. Official Code).
    (b) General Description.--The boundaries of the Federal District 
shall be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southern 
right-of-way of F Street NE and the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street 
NE;
            (1) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
        Street NE to its intersection with the northeastern right-of-
        way of Maryland Avenue NE;
            (2) thence southwest along said northeastern right-of-way 
        of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersection with the northern 
        right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NE;
            (3) thence west along said northern right-of-way of 
        Constitution Avenue NE to its intersection with the eastern 
        right-of-way of 1st Street NE;
            (4) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 1st 
        Street NE to its intersection with the southeastern right-of-
        way of Maryland Avenue NE;
            (5) thence northeast along said southeastern right-of-way 
        of Maryland Avenue NE to its intersection with the eastern 
        right-of-way of 2nd Street SE;
            (6) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
        Street SE to its intersection with the northern property 
        boundary of the property designated as Square 760 Lot 803;
            (7) thence east along said northern property boundary of 
        Square 760 Lot 803 to its intersection with the western right-
        of-way of 3rd Street SE;
            (8) thence south along said western right-of-way of 3rd 
        Street SE to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
        Independence Avenue SE;
            (9) thence west along said northern right-of-way of 
        Independence Avenue SE to its intersection with the 
        northwestern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue SE;
            (10) thence northwest along said northwestern right-of-way 
        of Pennsylvania Avenue SE to its intersection with the eastern 
        right-of-way of 2nd Street SE;
            (11) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
        Street SE to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
        C Street SE;
            (12) thence west along said southern right-of-way of C 
        Street SE to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
        1st Street SE;
            (13) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 1st 
        Street SE to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
        D Street SE;
            (14) thence west along said southern right-of-way of D 
        Street SE to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
        South Capitol Street;
            (15) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of South 
        Capitol Street to its intersection with the northwestern right-
        of-way of Canal Street SE;
            (16) thence southeast along said northwestern right-of-way 
        of Canal Street SE to its intersection with the southern right-
        of-way of E Street SE;
            (17) thence east along said southern right-of-way of said E 
        Street SE to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
        1st Street SE;
            (18) thence south along said western right-of-way of 1st 
        Street SE to its intersection with the southernmost corner of 
        the property designated as Square 736S Lot 801;
            (19) thence west along a line extended due west from said 
        corner of said property designated as Square 736S Lot 801 to 
        its intersection with the southwestern right-of-way of New 
        Jersey Avenue SE;
            (20) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
        of New Jersey Avenue SE to its intersection with the 
        northwestern right-of-way of Virginia Avenue SE;
            (21) thence northwest along said northwestern right-of-way 
        of Virginia Avenue SE to its intersection with the western 
        right-of-way of South Capitol Street;
            (22) thence north along said western right-of-way of South 
        Capitol Street to its intersection with the southern right-of-
        way of E Street SW;
            (23) thence west along said southern right-of-way of E 
        Street SW to its end;
            (24) thence west along a line extending said southern 
        right-of-way of E Street SW westward to its intersection with 
        the eastern right-of-way of 2nd Street SW;
            (25) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 2nd 
        Street SW to its intersection with the southwestern right-of-
        way of Virginia Avenue SW;
            (26) thence northwest along said southwestern right-of-way 
        of Virginia Avenue SW to its intersection with the western 
        right-of-way of 3rd Street SW;
            (27) thence north along said western right-of-way of 3rd 
        Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
        D Street SW;
            (28) thence west along said northern right-of-way of D 
        Street SW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
        4th Street SW;
            (29) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 4th 
        Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
        C Street SW;
            (30) thence west along said northern right-of-way of C 
        Street SW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
        6th Street SW;
            (31) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 6th 
        Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
        Independence Avenue SW;
            (32) thence west along said northern right-of-way of 
        Independence Avenue SW to its intersection with the western 
        right-of-way of 12th Street SW;
            (33) thence south along said western right-of-way of 12th 
        Street SW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
        D Street SW;
            (34) thence west along said northern right-of-way of D 
        Street SW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
        14th Street SW;
            (35) thence south along said eastern right-of-way of 14th 
        Street SW to its intersection with the northeastern boundary of 
        the Consolidated Rail Corporation railroad easement;
            (36) thence southwest along said northeastern boundary of 
        the Consolidated Rail Corporation railroad easement to its 
        intersection with the eastern shore of the Potomac River;
            (37) thence generally northwest along said eastern shore of 
        the Potomac River to its intersection with a line extending 
        westward the northern boundary of the property designated as 
        Square 12 Lot 806;
            (38) thence east along said line extending westward the 
        northern boundary of the property designated as Square 12 Lot 
        806 to the northern property boundary of the property 
        designated as Square 12 Lot 806, and continuing east along said 
        northern boundary of said property designated as Square 12 Lot 
        806 to its northeast corner;
            (39) thence east along a line extending east from said 
        northeast corner of the property designated as Square 12 Lot 
        806 to its intersection with the western boundary of the 
        property designated as Square 33 Lot 87;
            (40) thence south along said western boundary of the 
        property designated as Square 33 Lot 87 to its intersection 
        with the northwest corner of the property designated as Square 
        33 Lot 88;
            (41) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
        property designated as Square 33 Lot 88 to its southeast 
        corner, which is along the northern right-of-way of E Street 
        NW;
            (42) thence east along said northern right-of-way of E 
        Street NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
        18th Street NW;
            (43) thence south along said western right-of-way of 18th 
        Street NW to its intersection with the southwestern right-of-
        way of Virginia Avenue NW;
            (44) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
        of Virginia Avenue NW to its intersection with the northern 
        right-of-way of Constitution Avenue NW;
            (45) thence east along said northern right-of-way of 
        Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection with the eastern 
        right-of-way of 17th Street NW;
            (46) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 17th 
        Street NW to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
        H Street NW;
            (47) thence east along said southern right-of-way of H 
        Street NW to its intersection with the northwest corner of the 
        property designated as Square 221 Lot 35;
            (48) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
        property designated as Square 221 Lot 35 to its southeast 
        corner, which is along the boundary of the property designated 
        as Square 221 Lot 37;
            (49) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
        property designated as Square 221 Lot 37 to its southwest 
        corner, which it shares with the property designated as Square 
        221 Lot 818;
            (50) thence south along the boundary of said property 
        designated as Square 221 Lot 818 to its southwest corner, which 
        it shares with the property designated as Square 221 Lot 40;
            (51) thence south along the boundary of said property 
        designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its southwest corner;
            (52) thence east along the southern border of said property 
        designated as Square 221 Lot 40 to its intersection with the 
        northwest corner of the property designated as Square 221 Lot 
        820;
            (53) thence south along the western boundary of said 
        property designated as Square 221 Lot 820 to its southwest 
        corner, which it shares with the property designated as Square 
        221 Lot 39;
            (54) thence south along the western boundary of said 
        property designated as Square 221 Lot 39 to its southwest 
        corner, which is along the northern right-of-way of 
        Pennsylvania Avenue NW;
            (55) thence east along said northern right-of-way of 
        Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection with the western 
        right-of-way of 15th Street NW;
            (56) thence south along said western right-of-way of 15th 
        Street NW to its intersection with a line extending northwest 
        from the southern right-of-way of the portion of Pennsylvania 
        Avenue NW north of Pershing Square;
            (57) thence southeast along said line extending the 
        southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the southern 
        right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and continuing 
        southeast along said southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 
        Avenue NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
        14th Street NW;
            (58) thence south along said western right-of-way of 14th 
        Street NW to its intersection with a line extending west from 
        the southern right-of-way of D Street NW;
            (59) thence east along said line extending west from the 
        southern right-of-way of D Street NW to the southern right-of-
        way of D Street NW, and continuing east along said southern 
        right-of-way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 
        eastern right-of-way of 13\1/2\ Street NW;
            (60) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 13\1/
        2\ Street NW to its intersection with the southern right-of-way 
        of Pennsylvania Avenue NW;
            (61) thence east and southeast along said southern right-
        of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection with the 
        western right-of-way of 12th Street NW;
            (62) thence south along said western right-of-way of 12th 
        Street NW to its intersection with a line extending to the west 
        the southern boundary of the property designated as Square 324 
        Lot 809;
            (63) thence east along said line to the southwest corner of 
        said property designated as Square 324 Lot 809, and continuing 
        northeast along the southern boundary of said property 
        designated as Square 324 Lot 809 to its eastern corner, which 
        it shares with the property designated as Square 323 Lot 802;
            (64) thence east along the southern boundary of said 
        property designated as Square 323 Lot 802 to its southeast 
        corner, which it shares with the property designated as Square 
        324 Lot 808;
            (65) thence counter-clockwise around the boundary of said 
        property designated as Square 324 Lot 808 to its northeastern 
        corner, which is along the southern right-of-way of 
        Pennsylvania Avenue NW;
            (66) thence southeast along said southern right-of-way of 
        Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersection with the eastern 
        right-of-way of 4th Street NW;
            (67) thence north along a line extending north from said 
        eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW to its intersection with 
        the southern right-of-way of C Street NW;
            (68) thence east along said southern right-of-way of C 
        Street NW to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of 
        3rd Street NW;
            (69) thence north along said eastern right-of-way of 3rd 
        Street NW to its intersection with the southern right-of-way of 
        D Street NW;
            (70) thence east along said southern right-of-way of D 
        Street NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
        1st Street NW;
            (71) thence south along said western right-of-way of 1st 
        Street NW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
        C Street NW;
            (72) thence west along said northern right-of-way of C 
        Street NW to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
        2nd Street NW;
            (73) thence south along said western right-of-way of 2nd 
        Street NW to its intersection with the northern right-of-way of 
        Constitution Avenue NW;
            (74) thence east along said northern right-of-way of 
        Constitution Avenue NW to its intersection with the 
        northeastern right-of-way of Louisiana Avenue NW;
            (75) thence northeast along said northeastern right-of-way 
        of Louisiana Avenue NW to its intersection with the 
        southwestern right-of-way of New Jersey Avenue NW;
            (76) thence northwest along said southwestern right-of-way 
        of New Jersey Avenue NW to its intersection with the northern 
        right-of-way of D Street NW;
            (77) thence east along said northern right-of-way of D 
        Street NW to its intersection with the northeastern right-of-
        way of Louisiana Avenue NW;
            (78) thence northeast along said northeastern right-of-way 
        of Louisiana Avenue NW to its intersection with the western 
        right-of-way of North Capitol Street;
            (79) thence north along said western right-of-way of North 
        Capitol Street to its intersection with the southwestern right-
        of-way of Massachusetts Avenue NW;
            (80) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
        of Massachusetts Avenue NW to the southwestern right-of-way of 
        Massachusetts Avenue NE;
            (81) thence southeast along said southwestern right-of-way 
        of Massachusetts Avenue NE to the southern right-of-way of 
        Columbus Circle NE;
            (82) thence counter-clockwise along said southern right-of-
        way of Columbus Circle NE to its intersection with the southern 
        right-of-way of F Street NE; and
            (83) thence east along said southern right-of-way of F 
        Street NE to the point of beginning.
    (c) Streets and Sidewalks.--The Federal District shall include any 
street (and sidewalk thereof) that bounds the area described in 
subsection (b).
    (d) Metes and Bounds Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President (in consultation with 
the Chair of the National Capital Planning Commission) shall conduct a 
metes and bounds survey of the Federal District, as described in 
subsection (b).
    (e) Clarification of Treatment of Frances Perkins Building.--The 
entirety of the Frances Perkins Building, including any portion of the 
Building which is north of D Street Northwest, shall be included in the 
Federal District.

SEC. 6. TRANSITION PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Temporary Increase in Apportionment.--
            (1) In general.--Until the taking effect of the first 
        reapportionment occurring after the effective date of this 
        Act--
                    (A) the State of Maryland shall be entitled to 1 
                additional Representative, relative to the number of 
                Representatives to which the State was entitled as of 
                the day before that effective date;
                    (B) the additional Representative described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall replace the Delegate to the 
                House of Representatives from the District of Columbia; 
                and
                    (C) the additional Representative described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall be in addition to the membership 
                of the House of Representatives as prescribed by law as 
                of the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Temporary appointment of dc delegate as representative 
        of maryland.--During the period beginning on the effective date 
        of this Act and ending when a new Congress convenes, the 
        individual who was serving as the Delegate to the House of 
        Representatives from the District of Columbia on the day before 
        that effective date shall serve as the additional 
        Representative from the State of Maryland described in 
        paragraph (1)(A).
            (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--
                    (A) operate to increase or decrease the permanent 
                membership of the House of Representatives as 
                prescribed in sections 1 and 2 of the Act entitled ``An 
                Act for the apportionment of Representatives in 
                Congress among the several States under the Thirteenth 
                Census'', approved August 8, 1911 (2 U.S.C. 2); or
                    (B) affect the basis of reapportionment established 
                by section 22 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 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a).
    (b) Repeal of Laws Providing for Delegate From the District of 
Columbia.--
            (1) In general.--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.
            (2) Conforming amendments to federal law.--
                    (A) Congress.--
                            (i) Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of 
                        the United States (2 U.S.C. 8) is amended--
                                    (I) in subsection (a), by striking 
                                ``, District,''; and
                                    (II) in subsection (b)(6)--
                                            (aa) in the heading, by 
                                        striking ``District of columbia 
                                        and''; and
                                            (bb) in subparagraph (B), 
                                        by striking ``the District of 
                                        Columbia,''.
                            (ii) Section 310(b) of the Legislative 
                        Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 
                        30a(b)) is amended by striking ``the District 
                        of Columbia,''.
                            (iii) Section 130(c) of the Joint 
                        Resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution making 
                        continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
                        1982, and for other purposes'', approved 
                        October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 4502), is amended by 
                        striking ``the District of Columbia,''.
                            (iv) Paragraph (2) of the second section of 
                        House Resolution 732, Ninety-fourth Congress, 
                        agreed to November 4, 1975, as enacted into 
                        permanent law by section 101 of the Legislative 
                        Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 4556) 
                        is amended by striking ``the District of 
                        Columbia, Guam,'' and inserting ``Guam''.
                    (B) Flag and seal, seat of government, and the 
                states.--Section 113(b)(1) of title 4, United States 
                Code, is amended by striking ``the District of 
                Columbia, Guam,'' and inserting ``Guam''.
                    (C) Armed forces.--Title 10, United States Code, is 
                amended--
                            (i) in section 7442--
                                    (I) in subsection (a)--
                                            (aa) by striking paragraph 
                                        (5); and
                                            (bb) by redesignating 
                                        paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
                                        paragraphs (5) through (9), 
                                        respectively;
                                    (II) in subsection (d), by striking 
                                ``(9)'' and inserting ``(8)''; and
                                    (III) in subsection (f)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``(9) and 
                                        (10)'' and inserting ``(8) and 
                                        (9)''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``the 
                                        District of Columbia,'';
                            (ii) in section 8454--
                                    (I) in subsection (a)--
                                            (aa) by striking paragraph 
                                        (5); and
                                            (bb) by redesignating 
                                        paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
                                        paragraphs (5) through (9), 
                                        respectively; and
                                    (II) in subsection (d), by striking 
                                ``(9)'' and inserting ``(8)''; and
                            (iii) in section 9442--
                                    (I) in subsection (a)--
                                            (aa) by striking paragraph 
                                        (5); and
                                            (bb) by redesignating 
                                        paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
                                        paragraphs (5) through (9), 
                                        respectively;
                                    (II) in subsection (d), by striking 
                                ``(9)'' and inserting ``(8)''; and
                                    (III) in subsection (f)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``(9)'' 
                                        and inserting ``(8)''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``the 
                                        District of Columbia,''.
                    (D) Crimes and criminal procedure.--Chapter 29 of 
                title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                            (i) in section 594, by striking ``Delegate 
                        from the District of Columbia,'';
                            (ii) in section 595, by striking ``Delegate 
                        from the District of Columbia,''; and
                            (iii) in section 611(a), by striking 
                        ``Delegate from the District of Columbia,''.
                    (E) Public printing and documents.--Section 906 of 
                title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking 
                ``the Delegate from the District of Columbia,''.
                    (F) Shipping.--Section 51302 of title 46, United 
                States Code, is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``the 
                        District of Columbia,''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)--
                                    (I) by striking paragraph (2); and
                                    (II) by redesignating paragraphs 
                                (3) through (6) as paragraphs (2) 
                                through (5).
                    (G) Voting and elections.--Section 11 of the Voting 
                Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10307) is amended by 
                striking ``the District of Columbia, Guam,'' each place 
                it appears and inserting ``Guam''.
            (3) Conforming amendments to district of columbia election 
        code of 1955.--The District of Columbia Election Code of 1955 
        is amended--
                    (A) in section 1 (sec. 1-1001.01, D.C. Official 
                Code), by striking ``the Delegate to the House of 
                Representatives,'';
                    (B) in section 2 (sec. 1-1001.02, D.C. Official 
                Code)--
                            (i) by striking paragraph (6);
                            (ii) in paragraph (12), by striking 
                        ``(except the Delegate to Congress for the 
                        District of Columbia)''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (13), by striking ``the 
                        Delegate to Congress for the District of 
                        Columbia,'';
                    (C) in section 8 (sec. 1-1001.08, D.C. Official 
                Code)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``Delegate,'';
                            (ii) by striking ``Delegate,'' each place 
                        it appears in subsections (d), (h)(1)(A), 
                        (h)(2), (i)(1), (j)(1), and (j)(3); and
                            (iii) in subsection (k)(3), by striking 
                        ``Delegate, Mayor,'' and inserting ``Mayor'';
                    (D) in section 10 (sec. 1-1001.10, D.C. Official 
                Code)--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(3), by striking 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) in subsection (d)--
                                    (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                                ``Delegate,'' each place it appears;
                                    (II) by striking paragraph (2); and
                                    (III) by redesignating paragraph 
                                (3) as paragraph (2);
                    (E) in section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1-1001.11(a)(2), D.C. 
                Official Code), by striking ``Delegate to the House of 
                Representatives,'';
                    (F) in section 15(b) (sec. 1-1001.15(b), D.C. 
                Official Code), by striking ``Delegate,''; and
                    (G) 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''.
            (4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall take effect on the date on which the individual serving 
        as the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the 
        District of Columbia first serves as a member of the House of 
        Representatives from the State of Maryland.

SEC. 7. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

    No law or regulation in effect on the effective date of this Act 
shall be deemed amended or repealed by this Act except to the extent 
specifically provided in this Act, or to the extent that such law or 
regulation is inconsistent with this Act.

SEC. 8. PROCLAMATION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF RETROCESSION BY MARYLAND.

    (a) Proclamation by President.--Not later than 30 days after the 
State of Maryland enacts legislation accepting the retrocession 
described in section 3(a), the President shall issue a proclamation 
announcing such acceptance and declaring that the territory ceded to 
Congress by the State of Maryland to serve as the District constituting 
the permanent seat of the Government of the United States has been 
ceded back to the State of Maryland.
    (b) Report by Congressional Budget Office on Economic Impact.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the Congressional Budget 
        Office shall prepare a report analyzing the anticipated 
        economic impact on the State of Maryland of the State's 
        acceptance of the retrocession described in section 3(a), 
        including the anticipated effect on the budgets of the State 
        government and local governments, and shall submit the report 
        to Congress and the governor of Maryland.
            (2) Delay in enactment of legislation.--The State of 
        Maryland may not enact legislation accepting the retrocession 
        described in section 3(a) until the expiration of the 1-year 
        period that begins on the date on which the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office submits the report prepared under 
        paragraph (1) to the governor of Maryland.

SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
the earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the President issues a proclamation 
        under section 8; or
            (2) the date of the ratification of an amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States repealing the twenty-third 
        article of amendment to the Constitution.
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