3.0.0 1361 2023-01-11T13:49:10Z 2023-01-11T13:49:10Z Senate S 2021-04-22 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-22T21:11:33Z District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act 117 472 HR 2021-03-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2021-04-22 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS N 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 studies and investigations House of Representatives Land transfers Legislative rules and procedure Maryland Members of Congress State and local courts State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-04T13:31:08Z District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

This bill cedes the District of Columbia to Maryland after Maryland's acceptance of the retrocession. Furthermore, the bill declares that the National Capital Service Area in the District shall not be ceded and relinquished to Maryland and shall continue to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. The bill maintains the exclusive legislative authority and control of Congress over the area.

Finally, excluding the John A. Wilson Building, the area shall include the principal federal monuments, the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the U.S. Capitol, and the Frances Perkins Building, including any portion of it north of D Street NW.

]]> District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act Display Title District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce the size of the seat of the Government of the United States to the area comprised of the principal Federal monuments, the White House, the United States Capitol, the United States Supreme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the United States Capitol, to provide for the retrocession of the remaining area of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1361is/xml/BILLS-117s1361is.xml 2021-04-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.