[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3918 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3918

    To amend title 5, United States Code, to treat employees of the 
Government of the District of Columbia in the same manner as employees 
  of State and local governments are treated for the purposes of the 
                               Hatch Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 1996

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 5, United States Code, to treat employees of the 
Government of the District of Columbia in the same manner as employees 
  of State and local governments are treated for the purposes of the 
                               Hatch Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) Treatment as a State.--(1) Section 1501(1) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``, the District of Columbia,'' 
after ``State''.
    (2) Section 1501(4) of such title is amended--
            (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively;
            (B) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(4)''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), a payment by 
        the United States to the District of Columbia pursuant to 
        section 503 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
        Governmental Reorganization Act is not financing in whole or in 
        part by a loan or grant.''.
    (3) Section 1502(c) of such title is amended--
            (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3);
            (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia.''.
    (b) Federal Employees.--Section 7322(1) of such title is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B); and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (C).
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 717(b) of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Sec. 1-
208, D.C. Code) is amended by striking ``, except that'' and all that 
follows through the end and inserting a period.
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