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Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-02-04 00:00:00

District of Columbia Paperwork Reduction Act

 Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-02-24 00:00:00

District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2015

This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to shift the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations of District of Columbia laws from the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia [Attorney General for the District] or the Attorney General's assistants to the head of the office designated under District local law as the one responsible for conducting such prosecutions (local prosecutor's office) or the local prosecutor's assistants.

An indictment or information brought in the name of:

 the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District may include charges of offenses prosecutable by the District if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such inclusion in writing, and the District in the Superior Court of the District may be joined for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District with an indictment or information brought in that court if the offenses charged could have been joined in the same indictment or information and if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such joinder. Nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of the Attorney General or the U.S. Attorney for the District to exercise jurisdiction concerning violations of federal laws.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-03-02 00:00:00

District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act Amends the District of Columbia Code to make the Mayor of the District of Columbia (under current law, the President of the United States) the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the District. Provides that, notwithstanding the authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia as such Commander-in-Chief, the President shall retain control over units and members of the District of Columbia National Guard to conduct necessary and appropriate homeland defense activities.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2015-04-15 00:00:00

No Taxation Without Representation Act

 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow bona fide residents of the District of Columbia an exclusion from gross income for income derived from sources within the District of Columbia and for income effectively connected with a trade or business within the District of Columbia.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-04-30 00:00:00

Directs the Office of Management and Budget to consider Brunswick County, North Carolina, to be part of the metropolitan statistical area that contains Wilmington, North Carolina.

Terminates this Act on January 1, 2021.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2015-06-23 00:00:00

Amends the District of Columbia Code to add the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act.

Directs the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, to establish a program that allows the Mayor to provide educational assistance for a first undergraduate, masters, vocational, or technical degree or certification to a member of the District of Columbia National Guard who:

 has satisfactorily completed initial active duty service, agrees to serve for at least six years, and is not receiving a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-09-28 00:00:00

District of Columbia Government Shutdown Avoidance Act of 2015 

This bill amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the District of Columbia to obligate and expend local funds in accordance with the local budget act during any portion of a fiscal year in which a federal law providing appropriations for the District of Columbia is not in effect. Under current law, the District of Columbia's local budget must be approved by Congress during the annual appropriations process before the funds become available.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Health
Date: 2015-11-04 00:00:00

District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2015

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for the District of Columbia from 70% to 80%. Under current law, a state's FMAP is based on its per capita income and may range from 50% to 83%.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-11-17 00:00:00

District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2015

This bill removes exceptions to residency requirements for federal district court judges, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals serving in the District of Columbia.

Under the bill: (1) federal district court judges serving in the District of Columbia must reside in the District of Columbia or one of the districts for which they are appointed; and (2) U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals appointed for the District of Columbia, and U.S. marshals for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, must reside in the District of Columbia.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2016-01-06 00:00:00

District of Columbia Home Rule Clemency Act

This bill declares that the authority to grant clemency for offenses against the District of Columbia shall be exercised by such person or persons, and under such terms and conditions, as may be provided under a law enacted by the District of Columbia.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Education
Date: 2016-02-02 00:00:00

Educational Freedom Accounts Act 

This bill requires the District of Columbia to provide education savings accounts for children who are eligible to receive a free public education in the District, but whose parents choose not to enroll them in a public school or home schooling.

To receive an account, a child must be either entering kindergarten or prekindergarten or have been enrolled in a public school in the District during the previous year.

The Chief Financial Officer of the District must award a contract to a tax-exempt entity based in the District to administer the program.

The District must fund the accounts with amounts that are adjusted based on the family's income and range from 80% to 90% of the funds that the District of Columbia Public School System would otherwise spend on the child.

Upon the direction of a parent, the administering entity must distribute the funds for educational expenses, including:

 tuition at a nonpublic school or for distance education, tutoring, curricula or online courses, special education, individual courses or extracurricular activities at a public school within the District, dual credit courses that qualify for both secondary and postsecondary education credit, examinations, transportation to and from a provider, contributions to qualified tuition programs (529 plans) or Coverdell education savings accounts, or other educational expenses approved by the administering entity. At the end of the contract period, any remaining balances must be returned to the District.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-04-21 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 20, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to authorize the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration to establish a voluntary separation incentive payments program for nonjudicial employees of the District courts substantially similar to that for certain federal employees and members of the uniformed services, except that the maximum payment amount to any individual may not exceed $25,000.

(Sec. 3) The District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 is amended to authorize the District of Columbia Public Defender Service also to establish such a program for the Service's employees, again limiting the maximum payment amount to any individual to $25,000.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2016-04-28 00:00:00

WMATA Governance Reform Act

This bill prohibits the government from approving an amendment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact unless its signatories (the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) certify that after implementation of the amended compact each signatory will appoint an absolute majority of the Board of Directors of the Authority that includes one or more of the following:

 a certified transit expert who has served in a senior executive capacity, or the equivalent, of a U.S. transit authority; a certified management expert who is currently serving, or has served for five or more years, in a capacity managing more than 1,000 full-time employees of a nonprofit entity or a corporation, partnership, or limited liability entity that is engaged primarily in operating activities and not investing activities; a certified financial expert who meets the standards of an audit committee financial expert under New York Stock Exchange rules; or a certified safety expert who has at least five years of experience as a chairman, director, senior investigator or equivalent position of a U.S. transportation or transit safety board. If a signatory appoints an individual who does not meet such qualifications, it shall provide the Board with an explanation of the individual's qualifications and why such qualifications will be beneficial to the Board.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall ensure that the next three federal appointments to the Board and an absolute majority thereafter have such qualifications and include appointees who reflect the diversity of the communities in the region served. If DOT appoints an individual who does not meet such qualifications, it shall provide the Board with an explanation.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-05-13 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill repeals the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19-321) and restores previous law as though the Act had never been enacted.

(Sec. 3) The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended to declare that nothing in it shall be construed as creating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund of the District.

All funds provided for the District of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal year basis through the federal appropriations process.

The District of Columbia Code is amended to declare that nothing in it shall be construed as authorizing the District of Columbia to make any change in law, regulation, or basic procedure and practice relating to the respective roles of Congress, the President, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Government Accountability Office in the preparation, review, submission, examination, authorization, and appropriation of the total budget of the District of Columbia government.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Congress
Date: 2016-05-17 00:00:00

This bill modifies the use of the Library of Congress (LOC) revolving fund associated with the national audiovisual conservation center to include preservation and storage of audiovisual materials and associated collections.

Use of the LOC revolving fund currently devoted to the gift shop, decimal classification, photo duplication, and related services shall extend to traveling exhibitions and exhibition materials as well as to training services.

The Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) program shall provide specified services on behalf of tribal governments.

The types of gifts the LOC may accept shall include bequests of personal property, nonpersonal services, voluntary and uncompensated personal services, or securities.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Congress
Date: 2016-07-07 00:00:00

This bill establishes a Flag Office Revolving Fund for the Architect of the Capitol to use for expenses in connection with services provided by the Flag Office, including: (1) supplies, inventories, equipment, and other expenses; and (2) reimbursement of any appropriations account for the salaries of employees of the Flag Office.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Congress
Date: 2016-07-08 00:00:00

This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Eli Wiesel.

The Joint Committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement as well as related contracts.

The Joint Committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-07-13 00:00:00

This bill amends the Act that authorized the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in Washington, D.C., to honor John Adams and his legacy to, instead, establish the Adams Memorial Commission to establish a permanent memorial in Washington, D.C., for such purpose.

The commission shall: (1) consider, formulate, and report plans for such memorial; and (2) terminate seven years after this bill's enactment.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-09-06 00:00:00

This bill requires the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff upon the death of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, by order of the President, from the day of death until interment.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Date: 2016-09-12 00:00:00

Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act

This bill allows the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation to establish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial as a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

 No federal funds may be used to pay any expense to establish the memorial.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Arts, culture, religion
Date: 2016-09-13 00:00:00

Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act

 This bill establishes a museum to be known as the Smithsonian American Latino Museum in the Smithsonian Institution.

 The Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution, which is located on the National Mall in Washington, DC, including a new underground annex facility, is designated as the location of the museum.

 The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may plan and construct the museum and may prepare a plan of action for the museum.

 The Secretary of the Interior and the Board of Regents shall enter into an agreement that allows for the construction of the underground annex facility by the Board in a manner that is harmonious with, and protects the open space and visual sight lines of, the National Mall.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2015-06-25 00:00:00

New Columbia Admission Act Sets forth procedures for admission into the United States of the state of New Columbia. Requires the Mayor of the District of Columbia to: (1) submit to the eligible voters propositions for statehood and adoption of a State Constitution, and (2) issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two Senators and one Representative of New Columbia. Requires the President, upon adoption of such propositions and certification of such elections, to issue a proclamation announcing the results and admitting New Columbia into the Union. Provides for conversion of District government offices to state offices. Provides that New Columbia shall consist of all territory of the District as of enactment of this Act, excluding land within specified metes and bounds that shall remain the District of Columbia and that shall include the principal federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the Supreme Court Building, the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the Capitol Building, and certain military property. Prohibits New Columbia from imposing taxes on federal property except as provided by Congress. Maintains the applicability to New Columbia of current District laws and continues pending judicial proceedings. Maintains: (1) the District of Columbia as the seat of the federal government, and (2) the federal government's authority over military lands and specified other property. Requires each state that is the last place an individual resided before residing in the District of Columbia to permit such individual to vote in federal elections by absentee ballot. Sets forth a rule for expedited consideration of a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to repeal the 23rd amendment (which provides for the appointment of electors for President and Vice President for the District).
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Transportation and public works
Date: 2015-09-29 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill grants the Department of Transportation sole authority to appoint Federal Directors to the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

The signatory parties to the WMATA Compact shall amend it to reflect such authority.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-01-20 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill designates as "Liu Xiaobo Plaza" the area between the intersections of International Drive Northwest and Van Ness Street Northwest and International Drive Northwest and International Place Northwest in Washington, DC.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2016-05-23 00:00:00

District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency Act 

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to revise the financial disclosure requirements for District of Columbia judges. The revisions establish new dollar thresholds and requirements for reporting to the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure the financial interests of the judges and specified family members with respect to:

 income; dividends, rents, interest, and capital gains; liabilities; gifts; real and personal property; honoraria; expense accounts or reimbursements for expenses; and waivers or partial waivers of fees or charges. The financial disclosure reports must be available for public inspection and copying, unless revealing personal and sensitive information could endanger the judge or a family member. A report may be redacted only: (1) to the extent necessary to protect the individual or family member, and (2) as long as the danger to the individual exists.

(Sec. 3) The Probate Divisions of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may use magistrate judges. (Sec. 4) DC courts may accept payment of fines, fees, escrow payments, restitution, bonds, and other payments by credit card or electronic funds transfer. The executive officer of the courts may contract with a bank or credit card vendor, or other third party provider, to accept such payments, making every effort to find the lowest cost vendor among them. (Sec. 5) The maximum amount in controversy for cases under the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of DC Superior Court shall increase from $5,000 to $10,000. (Sec. 6) Each chief judge of the Superior Court or of the Court of Appeals, as appropriate, may delegate to an active or senior judge (in the court in which the chief judge sits) the authority to approve any compensation for court-appointed criminal defense or child abuse and neglect attorneys exceeding the usual maximum.
Topic: Government Operations — Capital City
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2016-09-28 00:00:00

Vietnam Helicopter Crew Memorial Act

This bill directs the Department of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring helicopter pilots and crew members who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, subject to an agreement with the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association under which the association shall pay all costs to construct, install, and maintain the memorial.
Topic: Housing — Rural Development
Subject: Housing and community development
Date: 2007-01-09 00:00:00

Amends provisions concerning Appalachian regional development to revise the definition of "Appalachian region" to include Franklin, Henry, and Patrick Counties.
Topic: Housing — Rural Development
Subject: Commerce
Date: 2007-01-10 00:00:00

HUBZone Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act redefine a Hubzone Qualified Area to count as a qualified nonmetropolitan county any county located within a metropolitan statistical area if: (1) its total population is 80,000 or less; (2) the population residing within the county's urbanized areas is 10% or less of the county's total population; and (3) the county meets either a specified median household income or a specified unemployment rate requirement.
Topic: Housing — Rural Development
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2007-01-22 00:00:00

Rural Economic Development and Opportunities Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer to claim a work opportunity tax credit during the next five years for the hiring of employees who live in a rural area and perform services for such employer in a rural area.