District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 27, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 396.
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.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act
This bill establishes a uniform 60-day period of congressional review for all nonemergency legislation enacted by the District of Columbia (DC). It also authorizes congressional disapproval of DC regulations and other executive actions, specific provisions in legislation, and extensions of emergency legislation.
Currently, DC legislation is generally subject to a 30-day period of congressional review during which time Congress may enact a joint resolution of disapproval to nullify the legislation. Legislation involving criminal law is subject to a 60-day period of congressional review. Emergency legislation is not subject to congressional review.
The bill applies a 60-day period of congressional review to all DC legislation other than emergency legislation. It also authorizes Congress to nullify (1) extensions of emergency DC legislation, and (2) one or more discrete provisions in DC legislation. The bill prohibits the DC Council from withdrawing legislation that it has transmitted to Congress for review or enacting legislation that is substantially the same as legislation that Congress disapproved.
The bill also establishes a 60-day period of congressional review for DC executive orders and regulations according to procedures comparable to those for legislation.
The bill additionally specifies the procedures for expedited consideration of joint resolutions of disapproval for DC legislation in each chamber, particularly the Senate.
Finally, the bill requires the DC Mayor and the chair of the DC Council to present a report on DC to specified congressional committees at least once every calendar year.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2025 to Sep 9, 2025; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Sep 9, 2025 |
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 Sep 8, 2025Markup Sep 10, 2025Reported Jan 27, 2026 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Sep 8, 2025Discharged Jan 27, 2026 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-463, Part I.
- Jan 27, 2026Committee on Rules discharged.
- Jan 27, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 396.
- Sep 10, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 10, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 8, 2025Referred 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.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 3, 2025H.R. 5183, District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 146, September 8, 2025, page H3893.
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. 119-50 | OVERSIGHT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA120 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Sep 18, 2025 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47927 | District of Columbia Local Lawmaking and Congressional Authority | Report | Mar 11, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4150 | District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2026 | Related bill | Mar 19, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish a uniform 60-day congressional review period for District of Columbia laws, to clarify the expedited procedures applicable to consideration of resolutions of disapproval of District of Columbia laws, to authority the use of resolutions of disapproval to disapprove provisions of District of Columbia laws and District of Columbia executive orders and regulations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2026Reported in House
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced 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.
