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[H.R. 1433 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  Union Calendar No. 32
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1433

                  [Report No. 110-52, Parts I and II]

     To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a 
 Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of 
                Representatives, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2007

 Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
  Platts, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Shays, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Issa, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
  Porter, and Mr. Matheson) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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

                             March 19, 2007

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an 
                               amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             March 20, 2007

Additional sponsors: Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Wasserman 
 Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Delahunt, and Mr. 
                        English of Pennsylvania

                             March 20, 2007

    Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a 
 Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of 
                Representatives, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia House 
Voting Rights Act of 2007''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Over half a million people living in the 
        District of Columbia, the capital of our democratic Nation, 
        lack direct voting representation in the United States Senate 
        and House of Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) District of Columbia residents have fought and 
        died to defend our democracy in every war since the War of 
        Independence.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) District of Columbia residents pay billions of 
        dollars in Federal taxes each year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Our Nation is founded on the principles of 
        ``one person, one vote'' and ``government by the consent of the 
        governed''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CONGRESSIONAL 
              DISTRICT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the District of Columbia shall be considered a Congressional 
district for purposes of representation in the House of 
Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Apportionment of 
Members of House of Representatives.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Inclusion of single district of columbia 
        member in reapportionment of members among states.--Section 22 
        of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the fifteenth and 
        subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment 
        of Representatives in Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 
        U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) This section shall apply with respect to the 
District of Columbia in the same manner as this section applies to a 
State, except that the District of Columbia may not receive more than 
one Member under any reapportionment of Members.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Clarification of determination of number of 
        presidential electors on basis of 23rd amendment.--Section 3 of 
        title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``come into 
        office;'' and inserting the following: ``come into office 
        (subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States in the case of the District 
        of Columbia);''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conforming Amendments Regarding Appointments to 
Service Academies.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) United states military academy.--Section 4342 
        of title 10, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a), by striking 
                paragraph (5); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``the 
                District of Columbia,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) United states naval academy.--Such title is 
        amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in section 6954(a), by striking 
                paragraph (5); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in section 6958(b), by striking ``the 
                District of Columbia,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) United states air force academy.--Section 9342 
        of title 10, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a), by striking 
                paragraph (5); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``the 
                District of Columbia,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Effective date.--This subsection and the 
        amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the 
        date on which a Representative from the District of Columbia 
        takes office for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Permanent Increase in Number of Members.--Effective 
with respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and each succeeding 
Congress, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 437 
Members, including any Members representing the District of Columbia 
pursuant to section 3(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Reapportionment of Members Resulting From Increase.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled 
        ``An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial 
        censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
        Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended 
        by striking ``the then existing number of Representatives'' and 
        inserting ``the number of Representatives established with 
        respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by 
        paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the regular decennial 
        census conducted for 2010 and each subsequent regular decennial 
        census.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Special Rules for Period Prior to 2012 
Reapportionment.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Transmittal of revised statement of 
        apportionment by president.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 
        to Congress a revised version of the most recent statement of 
        apportionment submitted under section 22(a) of the Act entitled 
        ``An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial 
        censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
        Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take 
        into account this Act and the amendments made by this 
        Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Report by clerk.--Not later than 15 calendar 
        days after receiving the revised version of the statement of 
        apportionment under paragraph (1), the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives, in accordance with section 22(b) of such Act 
        (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), shall send to the executive of each State a 
        certificate of the number of Representatives to which such 
        State is entitled under section 22 of such Act, and shall 
        submit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
        identifying the State (other than the District of Columbia) 
        which is entitled to one additional Representative pursuant to 
        this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Requirements for election of additional 
        member.--During the One Hundred Tenth Congress, the One Hundred 
        Eleventh Congress, and the One Hundred Twelfth Congress--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) notwithstanding the Act entitled ``An 
                Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and 
                to provide for congressional redistricting'', approved 
                December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), the additional 
                Representative to which the State identified by the 
                Clerk of the House of Representatives in the report 
                submitted under paragraph (2) is entitled shall be 
                elected from the State at large; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the other Representatives to which 
                such State is entitled shall be elected on the basis of 
                the Congressional districts in effect in the State for 
                the One Hundred Ninth Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Seating of New Members.--The first Representative from 
the District of Columbia and the first additional Representative to 
which the State identified by the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
in the report submitted under subsection (c) is entitled shall each be 
sworn in and seated as Members of the House of Representatives on the 
same date.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
              DELEGATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Repeal of Office.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Sections 202 and 204 of the 
        District of Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91-405; sections 
        1-401 and 1-402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, and the 
        provisions of law amended or repealed by such sections are 
        restored or revived as if such sections had not been 
        enacted.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this 
        subsection shall take effect on the date on which a 
        Representative from the District of Columbia takes office for 
        the One Hundred Tenth Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments to District of Columbia 
Elections Code of 1955.--The District of Columbia Elections Code of 
1955 is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In section 1 (sec. 1-1001.01, D.C. Official 
        Code), by striking ``the Delegate to the House of 
        Representatives,'' and inserting ``the Representative in the 
        Congress,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) In section 2 (sec. 1-1001.02, D.C. Official 
        Code)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking paragraph (6); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (13), by striking ``the 
                Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia,'' 
                and inserting ``the Representative in the 
                Congress,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) In section 8 (sec. 1-1001.08, D.C. Official 
        Code)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the heading, by striking 
                ``Delegate'' and inserting ``Representative''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``Delegate,'' each place 
                it appears in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and (j)(1) 
                and inserting ``Representative in the 
                Congress,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) In section 10 (sec. 1-1001.10, D.C. Official 
        Code)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``or section 
                        206(d) of the District of Columbia Delegate 
                        Act'', and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``the office of 
                        Delegate to the House of Representatives'' and 
                        inserting ``the office of Representative in the 
                        Congress'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking 
                ``Delegate,'' each place it appears; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subsection (d)(2)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``(A) In the 
                        event'' and all that follows through ``term of 
                        office,'' and inserting ``In the event that a 
                        vacancy occurs in the office of Representative 
                        in the Congress before May 1 of the last year 
                        of the Representative's term of office,'' 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking subparagraph 
                        (B).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1-1001.11(a)(2), 
        D.C. Official Code), by striking ``Delegate to the House of 
        Representatives,'' and inserting ``Representative in the 
        Congress,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) In section 15(b) (sec. 1-1001.15(b), D.C. 
        Official Code), by striking ``Delegate,'' and inserting 
        ``Representative in the Congress,''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) In section 17(a) (sec. 1-1001.17(a), D.C. 
        Official Code), by striking ``the Delegate to the Congress from 
        the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the Representative 
        in the Congress''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF STATEHOOD 
              REPRESENTATIVE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 1979 (sec. 1-123, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) By striking ``offices of Senator and 
        Representative'' each place it appears in subsection (d) and 
        inserting ``office of Senator''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) In subsection (d)(2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``a Representative 
                or'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``the Representative or''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by striking ``Representative shall be 
                elected for a 2-year term and each''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) In subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking ``and 1 
        United States Representative''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) By striking ``Representative or'' each place 
        it appears in subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) By striking ``Representative's or'' each place 
        it appears in subsections (g) and (h).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Statehood commission.--Section 6 of such 
        Initiative (sec. 1-125, D.C. Official Code) is amended--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``27 voting 
                        members'' and inserting ``26 voting 
                        members'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by adding ``and'' at the end 
                        of paragraph (5); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) by striking paragraph (6) 
                        and redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph 
                        (6); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (a-1)(1), by striking 
                subparagraph (H).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 8 of 
        such Initiative (sec. 1-127, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
        striking ``and House''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Application of honoraria limitations.--Section 
        4 of D.C. Law 8-135 (sec. 1-131, D.C. Official Code) is amended 
        by striking ``or Representative'' each place it 
        appears.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Application of campaign finance laws.--Section 
        3 of the Statehood Convention Procedural Amendments Act of 1982 
        (sec. 1-135, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``and 
        United States Representative''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) District of columbia elections code of 1955.--
        The District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in section 2(13) (sec. 1-1001.02(13), 
                D.C. Official Code), by striking ``United States 
                Senator and Representative,'' and inserting ``United 
                States Senator,''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in section 10(d) (sec. 1-
                1001.10(d)(3), D.C. Official Code), by striking 
                ``United States Representative or''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date on which a Representative from the 
District of Columbia takes office for the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 7. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by 
this Act, is declared or held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining 
provisions of this Act and any amendment made by this Act shall be 
treated and deemed invalid and shall have no force or effect of 
law.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia House Voting 
Rights Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Over half a million people living in the District of 
        Columbia, the capital of our democratic Nation, lack direct 
        voting representation in the United States Senate and House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) District of Columbia residents have fought and died to 
        defend our democracy in every war since the War of 
        Independence.
            (3) District of Columbia residents pay billions of dollars 
        in Federal taxes each year.
            (4) Our Nation is founded on the principles of ``one 
        person, one vote'' and ``government by the consent of the 
        governed''.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

    (a) Representation in House of Representatives.--
            (1) In general.--Whereas the District of Columbia is drawn 
        from the State of Maryland, notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, the District of Columbia shall be considered a 
        Congressional district for purposes of representation in the 
        House of Representatives.
            (2) No representation provided in senate.--The District of 
        Columbia shall not be considered a State for purposes of 
        representation in the Senate.
    (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Apportionment of Members of 
House of Representatives.--
            (1) Inclusion of single district of columbia member in 
        reapportionment of members among states.--Section 22 of the Act 
        entitled ``An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent 
        decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of 
        Representatives in Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 
        2a), is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) This section shall apply with respect to the District of 
Columbia in the same manner as this section applies to a State, except 
that the District of Columbia may not receive more than one Member 
under any reapportionment of Members.''.
            (2) Clarification of determination of number of 
        presidential electors on basis of 23rd amendment.--Section 3 of 
        title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``come into 
        office;'' and inserting the following: ``come into office 
        (subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States in the case of the District 
        of Columbia);''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments Regarding Appointments to Service 
Academies.--
            (1) United states military academy.--Section 4342 of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``the District 
                of Columbia,''.
            (2) United states naval academy.--Such title is amended--
                    (A) in section 6954(a), by striking paragraph (5); 
                and
                    (B) in section 6958(b), by striking ``the District 
                of Columbia,''.
            (3) United states air force academy.--Section 9342 of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``the District 
                of Columbia,''.
            (4) Effective date.--This subsection and the amendments 
        made by this subsection shall take effect on the date on which 
        a Representative from the District of Columbia takes office for 
        the One Hundred Tenth Congress.

SEC. 4. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Permanent Increase in Number of Members.--Effective with 
respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, 
the House of Representatives shall be composed of 437 Members, 
including any Members representing the District of Columbia pursuant to 
section 3(a).
    (b) Reapportionment of Members Resulting From Increase.--
            (1) In general.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act 
        to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses 
        and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
        Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended 
        by striking ``the then existing number of Representatives'' and 
        inserting ``the number of Representatives established with 
        respect to the One Hundred Tenth Congress''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census 
        conducted for 2010 and each subsequent regular decennial 
        census.
    (c) Special Rules For Period Prior to 2012 Reapportionment.--
            (1) Transmittal of revised statement of apportionment by 
        president.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress 
        a revised version of the most recent statement of apportionment 
        submitted under section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and 
        to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress'', 
        approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into account 
        this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
            (2) Report by clerk.--Not later than 15 calendar days after 
        receiving the revised version of the statement of apportionment 
        under paragraph (1), the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
        in accordance with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), 
        shall send to the executive of each State a certificate of the 
        number of Representatives to which such State is entitled under 
        section 22 of such Act, and shall submit a report to the 
        Speaker of the House of Representatives identifying the State 
        (other than the District of Columbia) which is entitled to one 
        additional Representative pursuant to this section.
            (3) Requirements for election of additional member.--During 
        the One Hundred Tenth Congress, the One Hundred Eleventh 
        Congress, and the One Hundred Twelfth Congress--
                    (A) notwithstanding the Act entitled ``An Act for 
                the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to 
                provide for congressional redistricting'', approved 
                December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), the additional 
                Representative to which the State identified by the 
                Clerk of the House of Representatives in the report 
                submitted under paragraph (2) is entitled shall be 
                elected from the State at large; and
                    (B) the other Representatives to which such State 
                is entitled shall be elected on the basis of the 
                Congressional districts in effect in the State for the 
                One Hundred Ninth Congress.
    (d) Seating of New Members.--The first Representative from the 
District of Columbia and the first additional Representative to which 
the State identified by the Clerk of the House of Representatives in 
the report submitted under subsection (c) is entitled shall each be 
sworn in and seated as Members of the House of Representatives on the 
same date.

SEC. 5. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELEGATE.

    (a) Repeal of Office.--
            (1) In general.--Sections 202 and 204 of the District of 
        Columbia Delegate Act (Public Law 91-405; sections 1-401 and 1-
        402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, and the provisions of 
        law amended or repealed by such sections are restored or 
        revived as if such sections had not been enacted.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall take effect on the date on which a Representative from 
        the District of Columbia takes office for the One Hundred Tenth 
        Congress.
    (b) Conforming Amendments to District of Columbia Elections Code of 
1955.--The District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended as 
follows:
            (1) In section 1 (sec. 1-1001.01, D.C. Official Code), by 
        striking ``the Delegate to the House of Representatives,'' and 
        inserting ``the Representative in the Congress,'' .
            (2) In section 2 (sec. 1-1001.02, D.C. Official Code)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (6); and
                    (B) in paragraph (13), by striking ``the Delegate 
                to Congress for the District of Columbia,'' and 
                inserting ``the Representative in the Congress,''.
            (3) In section 8 (sec. 1-1001.08, D.C. Official Code)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Delegate'' and 
                inserting ``Representative''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Delegate,'' each place it appears 
                in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and (j)(1) and 
                inserting ``Representative in the Congress,''.
            (4) In section 10 (sec. 1-1001.10, D.C. Official Code)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``or section 206(a) of the 
                        District of Columbia Delegate Act'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``the office of Delegate 
                        to the House of Representatives'' and inserting 
                        ``the office of Representative in the 
                        Congress'';
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``Delegate,'' 
                each place it appears; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)(2)--
                            (i) by striking ``(A) In the event'' and 
                        all that follows through ``term of office,'' 
                        and inserting ``In the event that a vacancy 
                        occurs in the office of Representative in the 
                        Congress before May 1 of the last year of the 
                        Representative's term of office,'' and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B).
            (5) In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1-1001.11(a)(2), D.C. 
        Official Code), by striking ``Delegate to the House of 
        Representatives,'' and inserting ``Representative in the 
        Congress,''.
            (6) In section 15(b) (sec. 1-1001.15(b), D.C. Official 
        Code), by striking ``Delegate,'' and inserting ``Representative 
        in the Congress,''.
            (7) In section 17(a) (sec. 1-1001.17(a), D.C. Official 
        Code), by striking ``the Delegate to the Congress from the 
        District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the Representative in 
        the Congress''.

SEC. 6. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF STATEHOOD REPRESENTATIVE.

    (a) In General.--Section 4 of the District of Columbia Statehood 
Constitutional Convention Initiative of 1979 (sec. 1-123, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended as follows:
            (1) By striking ``offices of Senator and Representative'' 
        each place it appears in subsection (d) and inserting ``office 
        of Senator''.
            (2) In subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``a Representative or'';
                    (B) by striking ``the Representative or''; and
                    (C) by striking ``Representative shall be elected 
                for a 2-year term and each''.
            (3) In subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking ``and 1 United 
        States Representative''.
            (4) By striking ``Representative or'' each place it appears 
        in subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h).
            (5) By striking ``Representative's or'' each place it 
        appears in subsections (g) and (h).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Statehood commission.--Section 6 of such Initiative 
        (sec. 1-125, D.C. Official Code) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``27 voting members'' and 
                        inserting ``26 voting members'';
                            (ii) by adding ``and'' at the end of 
                        paragraph (5); and
                            (iii) by striking paragraph (6) and 
                        redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6); 
                        and
                    (B) in subsection (a-1)(1), by striking 
                subparagraph (H).
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 8 of such 
        Initiative (sec. 1-127, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
        striking ``and House''.
            (3) Application of honoraria limitations.--Section 4 of 
        D.C. Law 8-135 (sec. 1-131, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
        striking ``or Representative'' each place it appears.
            (4) Application of campaign finance laws.--Section 3 of the 
        Statehood Convention Procedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1-
        135, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``and United 
        States Representative''.
            (5) District of columbia elections code of 1955.--The 
        District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended--
                    (A) in section 2(13) (sec. 1-1001.02(13), D.C. 
                Official Code), by striking ``United States Senator and 
                Representative,'' and inserting ``United States 
                Senator,''; and
                    (B) in section 10(d) (sec. 1-1001.10(d)(3), D.C. 
                Official Code), by striking ``United States 
                Representative or''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date on which a Representative from the District of 
Columbia takes office for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.

SEC. 7. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.

    If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, is 
declared or held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of 
this Act and any amendment made by this Act shall be treated and deemed 
invalid and shall have no force or effect of law.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 32

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1433

                  [Report No. 110-52, Parts I and II]

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                                 A BILL

     To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a 
 Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of 
                Representatives, and for other purposes.

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                             March 20, 2007

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed