3.0.0 5856 2026-04-06T16:30:37Z 2026-04-06T16:30:37Z House H HR 2025-10-28 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5856 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 179 (Tuesday, October 28, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. NORTON:H.R. 5856.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution[Page H4560]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-10-28T17:02:30Z 2025-10-28 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-10-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-10-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1009) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2025-10-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Eleanor Norton D DC Holmes N Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 2025-12-02T21:52:39Z 00 2025-10-28 Introduced in House 2026-04-06T16:29:01Z District of Columbia Government Title Equality Act

This bill amends the District of Columbia (DC) Home Rule Act to change the titles of DC elected officials and offices so that the titles correspond to terms used by state governments. Under the bill, the Office of the Mayor becomes the Office of the Governor, the Council becomes the Legislative Assembly, and the Chairman of the Council becomes the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. 

]]> District of Columbia Government Title Equality Act Display Title 45 District of Columbia Government Title Equality Act 2025-10-29T08:53:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 District of Columbia Government Title Equality Act 2025-10-29T08:53:17Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to redesignate the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia as the Office of the Governor of the District of Columbia and to redesignate the Council of the District of Columbia as the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 2025-10-29T08:48:51Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-10-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5856ih/xml/BILLS-119hr5856ih.xml 2025-10-28 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.