District of Columbia Bridges Home Rule Act

Bill: 117-hr-5979
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-11-15
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia

Roads and highways

State and local government operations

Transportation safety and security

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>District of Columbia Bridges Home Rule Act</b></p> <p>This bill repeals a law that makes it a crime for a person in the District of Columbia to knowingly and willfully obstruct any bridge connecting the District and Virginia.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2021 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to repeal a specific criminal penalty on a person in the District of Columbia for obstructing a bridge between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Bridges Home Rule Act . 2. Repeal of specific criminal penalty for obstructing bridge between District of Columbia and Virginia Section 11712(e) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 22–1323, D.C. Official Code) is repealed.