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<dc:title>93 S440 IS: Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-02-06</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 440</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250206" legis-day="20250205">February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S346">Mr. Lee</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S404">Mr. Scott of Florida</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S396">Mrs. Blackburn</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H51370B9A4C774195A47517BEC485AF09"><section section-type="section-one" id="H2D857C83F32A416CA86FB4F7E1BC50F9"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>BOWSER Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H887FCCB7499D4807AE40BA67B7E02B4C"><enum>2.</enum><header>Repeal of District of Columbia Home Rule Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/198">Public Law 93–198</external-xref>; 87 Stat. 774) is repealed.</text></section></legis-body></bill> 

