Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Latest action · Mar 2, 2017 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1524-1526)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Washington, D.C. Admission Act
This bill provides for admission into the United States of the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The Commonwealth shall be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two Senators and one Representative of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth shall consist of all Washington, DC territory as of enactment of this bill, with specified exclusions for federal buildings and monuments.
The Commonwealth may not impose taxes on federal property except as Congress permits.
The bill applies current DC laws to the Commonwealth and continues pending judicial proceedings.
The bill maintains: (1) DC as the seat of the federal government, and (2) the federal government's authority over military lands and specified other property.
The bill provides for expedited consideration of a joint resolution repealing the Twenty-Third Amendment to the Constitution (which provides for the appointment of electors for President and Vice President).
Cosponsors 181
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2018; 116 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Mar 7, 2017 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | May 24, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jun 12, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 14, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Jun 20, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jul 12, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 24, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Jul 26, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 1, 2017 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Nov 30, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Dec 22, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Feb 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Feb 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 13, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Mar 14, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 17, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jul 24, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Aug 3, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Sep 20, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Sep 20, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Sep 20, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Sep 25, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Sep 27, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Sep 28, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Oct 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Nov 9, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Nov 14, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Nov 16, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Dec 20, 2018 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Dec 20, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Dec 31, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1524-1526)
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E261-262)
- Mar 1, 2017Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7713–H7716 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Jul 26, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H10407–H10410 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Dec 21, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1524–H1526 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Mar 2, 2017 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E261 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Mar 1, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 36, March 1, 2017, page H1464.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-15 | COMPARING 21ST CENTURY TRUST LAND ACQUISITION WITH THE INTENT OF THE 73RD CONGRESS IN SECTION 5 OF THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT68 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 13, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 51 | Washington, D.C. Admission Act | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 8, 2020 |
| S 1278 | Washington, D.C. Admission Act | Identical bill | May 25, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Congressional districts and representation
- Congressional elections
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- District of Columbia
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government Operations and Politics
- House of Representatives
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Members of Congress
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.