United States HR 5313: District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act

Bill Text

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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 5313
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Chairman
of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit Acts of the
District of Columbia to Congress in electronic form.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 29, 2023
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee
on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit
the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
to transmit Acts of the District of Columbia to Congress
in electronic form.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 4
Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PERMITTING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO TRANSMIT 1
ACTS OF DISTRICT IN ELECTRONIC FORM. 2
(a) ACTS OF COUNCIL.—Section 602(c) of the Dis-3
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. 4
Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the fol-5
lowing new paragraph: 6
‘‘(4) The Chairman of the Council may transmit an 7
Act under this subsection in such form as the Chairman 8
may choose, including electronic form.’’. 9
(b) CHARTER AMENDMENTS.—Section 303 of such 10
Act (sec. 1–203.03, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 11
adding at the end the following new subsection: 12
‘‘(e) The Chairman of the Council may submit an Act 13
under this section in such form as the Chairman may 14
choose, including electronic form.’’. 15
SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE BY HOUSE AND SENATE. 16
(a) ACCEPTANCE.—For purposes of determining 17
whether the Chairman of the Council of the District of 18
Columbia has transmitted an Act to Congress pursuant 19
to section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 20
Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code) or has sub-21
mitted an Act to Congress pursuant to section 303 of such 22
Act (sec. 1–203.03, D.C. Official Code), the House of Rep-23
resentatives and Senate shall treat such an Act which the 24
Chairman transmits or submits in electronic form in the 25
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same manner as an Act which the Chairman submits in 1
paper form. 2
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—This 3
section is enacted by Congress— 4
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 5
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-6
tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 7
each House, respectively, but applicable only with re-8
spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 9
in the case of Acts described in subsection (a), and 10
supersede other rules only to the extent that it is in-11
consistent with such rules; and 12
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 13
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 14
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 15
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 16
the case of any other rule of that House. 17
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