1.This Act may cited as the
District of Columbia Full Self-Government
Act
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Status of the
District of Columbia</header>
<section id="H82965D32D2114E2E95CB313CB9E50AC3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Status of the
District</header>
<subsection id="H95705E6DE4BA4C93873D4B2454331D0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All of the territory
constituting the permanent seat of the Government of the United States shall
continue to be designated as the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia
shall remain and continue a body corporate, as provided in section 2 of the
Revised Statutes relating to the District (sec. 1–102, D.C. Official
Code).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDB3C3AA0F4A6494BBC6DF8CF420790E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No Effect on
Existing Laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No law or
regulation which is in force on the effective date of this Act shall be deemed
amended or repealed by this Act except to the extent specifically provided
herein or to the extent that such law or regulation is inconsistent with this
Act, but any such law or regulation may be amended or repealed by act or
resolution as authorized in this Act, or by Act of Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2A21B1E274940D796F0632992594EF8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No Effect on
Boundary Line</header><text>Nothing contained in this section shall affect the
boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia
as the same was established or may be subsequently established under the
provisions of title I of the Act of October 31, 1945 (59 Stat. 552).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAADEBD0F14A04831A4DF6E54CE41E201" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Legislative power of
district of Columbia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as
provided in section 202, the legislative power of the District of Columbia
shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within the District
consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of
this Act subject to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the
States by the tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the
United States.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Legislative
Branch</header>
<section id="H2D60BB5F42DE48248F7895FA859944F4"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Council</header>
<subsection id="H929DC3D9FF6C40BBAF045D114FCBBF73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established a Council of the District of Columbia (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the <quote>Council</quote>), and the members of the Council
shall be elected by the registered qualified electors of the District.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4B67D56E20464A4DB09F2E8B0BC54179"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Powers,
Organization, and Procedure</header><text>The powers, organization, and
procedure of the Council shall be set forth under such laws as may be enacted
by the District of Columbia consistent with the provisions of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H48F0259BFA624849AC05A7627B72FA12"><enum>202.</enum><header>Limitations on
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Council shall
have no authority to pass any act contrary to the provisions of this Act except
as specifically provided in this Act, or to—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E7393C9EF8A4268A1A36ADA64ADF53C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>impose any tax on
property of the United States or any of the several States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD44B7958E284388B23A66CBE4CC3247"><enum>(2)</enum><text>lend the public
credit for support of any private undertaking;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A7B8DA2391249EE824E2FE523877001"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enact any act, or
enact any act to amend or repeal any Act of Congress, which concerns the
functions or property of the United States or which is not restricted in its
application exclusively in or to the District of Columbia;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17E47B459858422E8115FCEF04F160AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>enact any act,
resolution, or rule with respect to any provision of title 11 of the District
of Columbia Official Code (relating to organization and jurisdiction of the
District of Columbia courts);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E81B7E82E224C738058EF40E1A121B5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>impose any tax on
the whole or any portion of the personal income, either directly or at the
source thereof, of any individual not a resident of the District (the terms
<term>individual</term> and <term>resident</term> in this paragraph to have the
meaning given such terms in section 47–1801.04, D.C. Official Code);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2709A386635415E84B48C18C219DB82"><enum>(6)</enum><text>enact any act,
resolution, or rule which permits the building of any structure within the
District of Columbia in excess of the height limitations contained in section 5
of the Act of June 1, 1910 (sec. 5–405, D.C. Official Code), and in effect on
the effective date of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9A8DEED0B744C63858CC7C3B2166E1B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>enact any act,
resolution, or regulation with respect to the Commission of Mental
Health;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F74EE3B93D54E6F93CACC93C6461CE7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>enact any act or
regulation relating to the United States District Court for the District of
Columbia or any other court of the United States in the District other than the
District courts, or relating to the duties or powers of the United States
attorney or the United States Marshal for the District of Columbia; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26C97BA9B1FE40CFB2BE379E74D77A96"><enum>(9)</enum><text>enact any act,
resolution, or rule with respect to the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority established under section
101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Act of 1995.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Executive
Branch</header>
<section id="H5096ABD205AB4B71B4430DC9CA74F631"><enum>301.</enum><header>Office of the
Mayor</header>
<subsection id="H8373290EF1184FA2AA362064C25846F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established the Office of the
Mayor of the District of Columbia, and the Mayor shall be elected by the
registered qualified electors of the District.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H626E764DAF3F466CBAD3704A28F32232"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Powers and
Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The powers and duties
of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and the organization of the Office of
the Mayor of the District of Columbia, shall be set forth under such laws as
may be enacted by the District of Columbia consistent with the provisions of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2D513101759C443692E3F3D39874B2F4"><enum>302.</enum><header>Treatment of
employees formerly covered by Federal civil service system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of persons employed by the
District government immediately preceding the effective date of the personnel
system established by the District government pursuant to section 422(3) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the personnel system of the District
government may provide for continued participation in all or part of the
Federal Civil Service System and shall provide for benefits, including but not
limited to pay, tenure, leave, residence, retirement, health and life
insurance, and employee disability and death benefits, all at least equal to
those provided by legislation enacted by Congress, or regulation adopted
pursuant thereto, and applicable to such officers and employees immediately
prior to such date, except that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the District
from separating an officer or employee subject to such system in the
implementation of a financial plan and budget for the District government
approved under subtitle A of title II of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995.</text>
</section><section id="H79F75C8CA60A4C37809145F0B645A930"><enum>303.</enum><header>Restrictions on
certain municipal planning activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Mayor's planning responsibility shall
not extend to Federal and international projects and developments in the
District, as determined by the National Capital Planning Commission, or to the
United States Capitol buildings and grounds as defined in chapter 51 of title
40, United States Code, or to any extension thereof or addition thereto, or to
buildings and grounds under the care of the Architect of the Capitol.</text>
</section><section id="HC609D030382547B38CD1AA76E413990B"><enum>304.</enum><header>Emergency
control of metropolitan police department</header>
<subsection id="HFD7FACA041CA4029962554707B13C521"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority of
president To exercise control in emergencies</header>
<paragraph id="H108BCA9612444F1B9BA8F27FBC30A89C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, whenever the President of the United States
determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require
the use of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal purposes, he may direct
the Mayor to provide him, and the Mayor shall provide, such services of the
Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC085C48AB5740F6ADCDACCB2419767F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation of
duration of authority</header><text>In no case shall services made available
pursuant to any direction of the President under this subsection extend—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B45A4752A6842CC88E93E1F3FD9EC04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a period in
excess of 48 hours unless the President has, prior to the expiration of such
period, notified the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, in writing, as to the reason for such
direction and the period of time during which the need for such services is
likely to continue; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09016E408A0345EDB80AB55AD56A6C4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any period in excess of 30 days, unless
the Senate and the House of Representatives enact into law a joint resolution
authorizing such an extension.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0D879E0437D41DA899EC60C50CA6EBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<paragraph id="HEC30436D98054382B7FCDED5AEEB51DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the services made available in
accordance with subsection (a) shall terminate upon the end of such emergency,
the expiration of a period of 30 days following the date on which such services
are first made available, or the enactment into law of a joint resolution by
the Congress providing for such termination, whichever first occurs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01179DA0198741B6A7E93B75B54A9428"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule in
case of adjournment of congress sine die</header><text>Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), in any case in which services are made available in accordance
with subsection (a) during any period of an adjournment of the Congress sine
die, such services shall terminate upon the end of the emergency, the
expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which Congress first
convenes following such adjournment, or the enactment into law of a joint
resolution by the Congress providing for such termination, whichever first
occurs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Judicial
Branch</header>
<section id="HA3D1B6FD7D2B4D52B7B6856B55130ED1"><enum>401.</enum><header>Judicial
Branch</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The judicial powers of
the District of Columbia, and the provisions of the charter of the District of
Columbia government which are applicable to the judges and courts of the
District of Columbia, shall be those set forth in part C of title IV of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.31 et seq., D.C. Official Code),
as in effect on the effective date of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Budget and
Financial Management</header>
<section id="H5FB6D00DAD124B9499A684276479983F"><enum>501.</enum><header>Application of
laws established by district of Columbia</header>
<subsection id="HACA29BFDA08A42B2BADA77186384A2D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Budget and
Financial Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject
to this Act, the process by which the District of Columbia develops and enacts
the budget for the District government for a fiscal year, and the activities
carried out with respect to the financial management of the District government
for a fiscal year, shall be established under such laws as may be enacted by
the District.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H328422789FF840AC925C4FAEA7D3ECC4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Borrowing</header><text>Subject
to this Act, the process and rules by which the District of Columbia issues
bonds or otherwise borrows money shall be established under such laws as may be
enacted by the District.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3C61B4EE4832438EBFBE263DA91EDA72"><enum>502.</enum><header>Full faith and
credit of United States not pledged</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The full faith and credit of the United
States is not pledged for the payment of any principal of or interest on any
bond, note, or other obligation issued by the District of Columbia, and the
United States is not responsible or liable for the payment of any principal of
or interest on any bond, note, or other obligation issued by the
District.</text>
</section><section id="H4C79B18E751647E5B170D02E1A6FCEE4"><enum>503.</enum><header>Federal tax
exemption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Bonds and notes
issued by the District of Columbia and the interest thereon shall be exempt
from all Federal taxation except estate, inheritance, and gift taxes.</text>
</section><section id="H3DE821D0516A491389130699163DCE44"><enum>504.</enum><header>Legal
investment in bonds and notes issued by District of Columbia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any restriction on the
investment of funds by fiduciaries contained in any other law, all domestic
insurance companies, domestic insurance associations, executors,
administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries within the District
of Columbia may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, trust funds, or other
funds belonging to them or under or within their control in any bonds issued by
the District of Columbia. National banking associations are authorized to deal
in, underwrite, purchase and sell, for their own accounts or for the accounts
of customers, bonds and notes issued by the District to the same extent as
national banking associations are authorized by paragraph seven of section 5136
of the Revised Statutes (12 U.S.C. 24), to deal in, underwrite, purchase and
sell obligations of the United States, States, or political subdivision
thereof. All Federal building and loan associations and Federal savings and
loan associations, and banks, trust companies, building and loan associations,
and savings and loan associations, domiciled in the District may purchase,
sell, underwrite, and deal in, for their own account or for the account of
others, all bonds or notes issued by the District of Columbia. Nothing
contained in this section shall be construed as relieving any person, firm,
association, or corporation from any duty of exercising due and reasonable care
in selecting securities for purchase or investment.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Retention of
Federal Authorities</header>
<section id="H58C2A24E1D324E1393E0E6D9DA7138D4"><enum>601.</enum><header>Retention of
congressional authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, Congress reserves the right, at any time, to exercise its constitutional
authority as legislature for the District of Columbia, by enacting legislation
for the District on any subject, whether within or without the scope of
legislative power granted to the Council by this Act, including legislation to
amend or repeal any law in force in the District prior to or after the
effective date of this Act and any act passed by the Council.</text>
</section><section id="HB84E343AB5F44CB98435D3BD73FF922C"><enum>602.</enum><header>Limitation on
authority of district over certain agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
vesting in the District of Columbia government any greater authority over the
National Zoological Park, the National Guard of the District of Columbia, the
Washington Aqueduct, the National Capital Planning Commission, or over any
Federal agency, than was vested in the Commissioner of the District of Columbia
established under Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967 prior to January 2,
1975.</text>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Termination of
existing charter; Transition</header>
<section id="H38543CD65EC241DBA216B26C53EC068A"><enum>701.</enum><header>Termination of
existing charter</header>
<subsection id="H260579FF65BF47C9AA48344239BADA97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
section 401 and subsection (b), the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec.
1–201.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A4A57274F5B4192B5568782CDDA93F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No effect on
amendatory provisions</header><text>Nothing in subsection (a) shall be
construed to affect any provision of law which is amended or repealed by the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6221A8404BD24F83BEB2444523C7E616"><enum>702.</enum><header>No effect on
existing obligations</header>
<subsection id="HDCC3253471D544949B2B45EF365229F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Budgets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or in the amendment
made by section 701 may be construed to relieve the District of Columbia of any
contractual or other financial obligations incurred by the District under a
budget enacted for a fiscal year prior to the effective date of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD84320C32F5A46E086EEE11346E0F1F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Borrowing</header><text>Nothing
in this Act or in the amendment made by section 701 may be construed—</text>
<paragraph id="HB31F0B2D144F4C6BB569A4AF3747C115"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to relieve the
District of Columbia of any obligation incurred with respect to bonds or other
forms of borrowing issued prior to the effective date of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38AA66ABE744479CAD4A3FECC050D7F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to waive the
application to the District of Columbia of any other Federal law governing the
borrowing of funds by States or units of local government, including the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4E4B76F053BC4BC597B19FED341159F5"><enum>703.</enum><header>No effect on
individuals holding positions within district government</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or in the amendment made
by section 701 may be construed to affect the status of any individual who
holds elective or appointed office in, or is an officer or employee of, the
government of the District of Columbia as of the effective date of this
Act.</text>
</section><section id="H71DD94F0ED95480EB460F697E98E22D2"><enum>704.</enum><header>No effect on
pending actions or proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No suit, action, or other judicial
proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any officer or agency in his or its
official capacity or in relation to the exercise of his or its official
functions, and no administrative action or proceeding lawfully commenced, shall
abate by reason of this Act or the amendment made by section 701.</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Effective
Date</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35323C8F415D47EBA88FBAB373FB51A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act and the
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the effective date of
legislation enacted by the District of Columbia after the date of the enactment
of this Act which establishes—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A859595ECF14F2E9C8E86E3BB038F5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the powers, organization, and procedure of
the Council of the District of Columbia; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9893136D5E334E74A1272473D046260E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the powers and duties of the Mayor of the
District of Columbia, and the organization of the Office of the Mayor of the
District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></section>