H.R. 51 - Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 51 PDF XML

    (as reported by the Committee on Oversight and Reform)

    H. Rept. 117-19, Part 1 PDF

    Report from the Committee on Oversight and Reform to accompany H.R. 51

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 7-4 on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 330: 
Agreed to by record vote of 214-207, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 216-206, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

MANAGERS: Raskin/Reschenthaler

1. Closed rule for H.R. 51.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform or their designees.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides one motion to recommit.

7. Closed rule for H.R. 1573.
8. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their designees.
9. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
10. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
11. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
12. Provides one motion to recommit.
13. Closed rule for H.R. 1333.
14. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their designees.
15. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
16. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
17. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
18. Provides one motion to recommit.
19. House Resolution 316 is hereby adopted.
20. Provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021, is amended (1) in section 11, by striking “April 22, 2021” and inserting “May 20, 2021”; (2) in section 16, by striking “calendar day of April 22, 2021” and inserting “legislative day of May 20, 2021”; and (3) in section 17, by striking “April 22, 2021” and inserting “May 20, 2021”.
21. Provides that at any time through the legislative day of Thursday, April 22, 2021, the Speaker may entertain motions offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the House suspend the rules with respect to multiple measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative days of April 19 or 20, 2021, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered and further proceedings postponed. The Chair shall put the question on any such motion without debate or intervening motion, and the ordering of the yeas and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with respect to such measures is vacated.
22. House Concurrent Resolution 30 is hereby adopted.
23. Provides that for purposes of the joint session to receive the President of the United States on April 28, 2021, former Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners shall not be admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto.

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 2Comer (KY)RepublicanRevised Amends the bill such that H.R. 51 will only take effect upon repeal of the 23rd amendment; the amendment which grants Presidential electors to the District.Revised
2Version 1Griffith (VA)RepublicanSUBSTITUTE Strikes all and adds the text of the "Compact Federal District Act", which retrocedes most of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland.Submitted
3Version 1Higgins, Clay (LA)RepublicanAmends H.R. 51 so that the new state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth will take control of its prisoners from the Bureau of Prisons within 180 days of admission into the Union and for the state to reimburse the federal government for housing its inmates.Submitted
4Version 1Biggs (AZ)RepublicanAdds congressional findings to the bill that recognizes 1) the unconstitutionality of enacting legislation that ignores the 23rd Amendment, 2) recognizes every Department of Justice since the Kennedy Administration has opined on the unconstitutionality of the issue, and 3) recognizes the Founders’ intentions for a separate federal district.Submitted
5Version 1Keller (PA)RepublicanRequires the Statehood Transition Commission established under Sec. 402 of the bill to create a report showing what expenses the new state will need to assume responsibility for on the first day of admission into the union and prevents subsidization of the new state by federal taxpayers.Submitted
6Version 1Budd (NC)RepublicanRevises and repeals various District of Columbia gun laws.Submitted
7Version 1Sessions (TX)RepublicanStates this Act shall not take effect until Congress, under the authority of section 2 of the 23rd article of amendment to the United States Constitution, enacts a law to provide for the participation of the Capital in the election of the President and Vice President.Submitted
8Version 1Hice (GA)RepublicanSUBSTITUTE Strikes all and adds the "District Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2021, which revives the founding-era practice of letting D.C. residents vote in Maryland’s federal elections.Submitted
9Version 1Hice (GA)RepublicanRequires the election of the governor and state legislature instead of the elevation of the mayor and city counselors to those positions as provided for in Sec. 121(b) of H.R. 51.Submitted
10Version 1Foxx (NC)RepublicanEnsures ongoing federal corruption cases involving District of Columbia officials and assets are not dropped or otherwise abated due to the District of Columbia’s admission into the Union. Keeps ongoing federal bribery, theft, and extortion cases with federal prosecutors and federal courts until they are resolved.Submitted
11Version 1Johnson, Dusty (SD), Rice, Tom (SC), Feenstra (IA), Baird (IN), Fallon (TX)RepublicanSUBSTITUTE Strikes all and adds the text of the "District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act", which retrocedes residential areas of D.C. back to Maryland.Submitted