111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 160 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.
<enum>I</enum><header>District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85dbab1e-ac28-4cb4-9cba-0054891ef787" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4ad349e-e8fc-437a-aac2-2636681342df" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of District of Columbia as Congressional district</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id227a7bbe-43a5-4c01-a42f-fe4198390648"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional district and no Senate representation</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae89e3df-3470-4b1c-af29-50ecd3f70ad6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87c84749-2e0c-46be-9997-307e8342645b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No representation provided in Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The District of Columbia shall not be considered a State for purposes of representation in the United States Senate.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33014071-de7b-419e-952e-ca69bb4f513d"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming Amendments Relating to Apportionment of Members of House of Representatives</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530daf88-ca18-4301-825e-817e91ec69c4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion of single District of Columbia member in reapportionment of members among States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c1fbb05-bc48-427a-a42f-e8a93345e62c" style="traditional"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e445725-20ec-474f-a8e4-9f7a323f41fe"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a0e6a10-ef04-4abb-9d28-b2f3a75794e5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of determination of number of Presidential electors on basis of 23rd Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>come into office;</quote> and inserting <quote>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);</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c43f206-3c63-4042-8a13-07cb07b2d6c9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increase in Membership of House of Representatives</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf9d784e-a8eb-4ea0-8a8d-11256d3135df"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permanent increase in number of members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective with respect to the 112th Congress, or the first Congress sworn in after the implementation of this Act, and each succeeding Congress, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 437 Members, including the Member representing the District of Columbia pursuant to section 2(a).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f542b2b-36d7-461d-92d9-c1e452b8f2c5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reapportionment of members resulting from increase</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2de765b5-9708-4754-9cc7-a15d61b58f3d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22(a) of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking <quote>the then existing number of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>the number of Representatives established with respect to the 112th Congress, or the first Congress sworn in after implementation of the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6da8dd51-8059-4b58-8767-f3b8395a27bc"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census conducted for 2010 and each subsequent regular decennial census.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ae4f45b-395c-451c-93ee-2cb74aeb141e"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transmittal of Revised Apportionment Information by President</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1672b0d-111f-4d41-8d92-246b331fc854"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statement of apportionment by President</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), to take into account this Act and the amendments made by this Act. The statement shall reflect that the District of Columbia is entitled to one Representative and shall identify the other State entitled to one representative under this section. Pursuant to section 22 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), as amended by this Act, and the regular decennial census conducted for 2000, the State entitled to the one additional representative is Utah.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd818690-7c58-4c10-b31a-23dcc7e9cc09"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report by clerk</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives indicating that the District of Columbia is entitled to one Representative and identifying the State which is entitled to one additional Representative pursuant to this section. Pursuant to section 22 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), as amended by this Act, and the regular decennial census conducted for 2000, the State entitled to the one additional representative is Utah.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51D065C0EE4045E6AD4CC721474EA4BD"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional statements and reports</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C50D4F98B584A04B5242D874AE5444E"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B) and following the revised statement of apportionment and subsequent report under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Statement of Apportionment by the President and subsequent reports by the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall continue to be issued at the intervals and pursuant to the methodology specified under section 22 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), as amended by this Act.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CF2BD2759D14BE5B65958D1302142CC"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to complete</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that the revised statement of apportionment and subsequent report under paragraphs (1) and (2) can not be completed prior to the issuance of the regular statement of apportionment and subsequent report under section 22 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress</quote>, approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), as amended by this Act, the President and Clerk may disregard paragraphs (1) and (2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id342aa803-9f09-4942-9aa8-8ddf8654618e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Utah redistricting plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The general election for the additional Representative to which the State of Utah is entitled for the 112th Congress, pursuant to section 3(c), shall be elected pursuant to a redistricting plan enacted by the State, such as the plan the State of Utah signed into law on December 5, 2006, which—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff53ecb4-cd2d-4887-912f-40b32ac45708"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">revises the boundaries of congressional districts in the State to take into account the additional Representative to which the State is entitled under section 3; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2791e2e4-3194-4104-9e1b-91815bd011df"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remains in effect until the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2010.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21F6C70C2C81484EA39F1F6F232929A2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The additional Representative other than the Representative from the District of Columbia, pursuant to section 3(c), and the Representative from the District of Columbia shall be sworn in and seated as Members of the House of Representatives on the same date as other Members of the 112th Congress or the first Congress sworn in after implementation of this Act.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91f128ab-ed76-47b0-8b55-984b5ffe943e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03291719-ee0a-4fbd-938a-24d785511ee1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of office of District of Columbia delegate</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1eb0a071-c1ee-40ae-a639-61dcb5108cbd"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of office</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id826f24cb-1795-4755-a6b6-e151ad3332b4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8304383b-3528-4eb1-888d-fbea0e2c3290"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date on which a Representative from the District of Columbia takes office.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f3fdceb-fd4c-4a93-9003-ed9f29d95d43"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments to District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b3be3e7-f461-42c0-9ce6-092cf61cf04b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official Code), by striking <quote>the Delegate to the House of Representatives,</quote> and inserting <quote>the Representative in Congress,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide482cd9a-488d-4cee-8f2c-e172a3518aec"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official Code)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b962a01-fbaa-49b2-895e-6cbe5844d7cf"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc80a9023-2aa5-4bf8-b606-b71ce012cbed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>the Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia,</quote> and inserting <quote>the Representative in Congress,</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb43c68a9-441a-4185-8565-7e90cb5fc316"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official Code)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fff397a-1d28-4271-ab07-3678dda66728"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote>Delegate</quote> and inserting <quote>Representative</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14247e76-dc6f-4255-928f-3d03ab5cee31"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Delegate,</quote> each place it appears in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and (j)(1) and inserting <quote>Representative in Congress,</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7eb6c01f-944a-4520-a5a2-06564c07d72c"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official Code)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3226404a-e897-469a-83f1-4a42f39c2d87"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3)(A)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d67b3fc-2f73-4604-86ee-dfad0c6ab6ba"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or section 206(a) of the District of Columbia Delegate Act</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f12d9a1-fa16-4494-a626-facb45cbcaed"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the office of Delegate to the House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>the office of Representative in Congress</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff350b27-2b8f-41a5-a7ef-b008b7e6b7b1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1), by striking <quote>Delegate,</quote> each place it appears; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82685ea9-a748-46d3-a69c-92efe392f454"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c8461ff-6c0c-41a4-9aa1-33e8bc4dceed"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(A) In the event</quote> and all that follows through <quote>term of office,</quote> and inserting <quote>In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of Representative in Congress before May 1 of the last year of the Representative's term of office,</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52a4c452-87ec-4a82-9c3c-aa950fdbafb7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7d704ce-10a2-4ee1-8ac4-421673775a05"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), D.C. Official Code), by striking <quote>Delegate to the House of Representatives,</quote> and inserting <quote>Representative in Congress,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id128224d0-8ee9-4a8c-a659-75d4acc7d145"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. Official Code), by striking <quote>Delegate,</quote> and inserting <quote>Representative in Congress,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e0f640e-95e3-40e3-ace2-805d818423d0"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. Official Code), by striking <quote>the Delegate to Congress from the District of Columbia</quote> and inserting <quote>the Representative in Congress</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62e93f9d-cc66-409b-8fba-d80923d9c8b5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of Office of Statehood Representative</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8f51c1b-072d-4426-8171-fd95af15067d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 1979 (sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code) is amended as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55270a1d-9ddc-43ab-8473-21aa6044e5df"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By striking <quote>offices of Senator and Representative</quote> each place it appears in subsection (d) and inserting <quote>office of Senator</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide42d3f45-95e1-4399-b823-c9edc81dcbfe"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subsection (d)(2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25955d8b-5d07-4651-afed-2e25d4f6cf0c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a Representative or</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe231958-27f1-4f40-a49d-9e6ef78a736b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Representative or</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f18b463-d76c-4c5c-aa06-24df7be774d7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Representative shall be elected for a 2-year term and each</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida879c43d-c5e4-4db0-84b1-f75cfe0f6668"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking <quote>and 1 United States Representative</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id209ef0b9-ad49-4982-b930-71a0ef453aae"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By striking <quote>Representative or</quote> each place it appears in subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd8359ad-3e93-414c-bb94-94575e843776"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By striking <quote>Representative's or</quote> each place it appears in subsections (g) and (h).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id652cedcf-91cc-4cbf-aeb0-6c481d58966c"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc82053ec-4dff-4d99-9c0e-f7b18f8c0783"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statehood commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of such Initiative (sec. 1–125, D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84cea256-f3a4-4258-82da-787d1130188e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2f711d6-b7de-4769-b0af-c6d1b7aebe05"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>27 voting members</quote> and inserting <quote>26 voting members</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcce6e8ca-7eb9-43ad-a6e9-a0cf12d2343d"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5); and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7e97f55-e42b-4cc0-aa51-9b88dc0d964a"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6) and redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6); and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id160001d4-180b-49d5-be31-20604dc05bea"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a–1)(1), by striking subparagraph (H).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide98591c4-85c1-4ef0-b866-81c450a2e344"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 of such Initiative (sec. 1–127, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>and House</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb3353cf-c0e3-427a-9f0b-6c273df94265"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application of honoraria limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>or Representative</quote> each place it appears.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530754e4-9396-4183-8c00-dacabbc269b1"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application of campaign finance laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Statehood Convention Procedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1–135, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>and United States Representative</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida165433c-58f2-4354-aef2-76fbf4055c2f"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">District of Columbia elections code of 1955</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8844efff-9b3c-4ef9-9d8d-e857bf8324b9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 2(13) (sec. 1–1001.02(13), D.C. Official Code), by striking <quote>United States Senator and Representative,</quote> and inserting <quote>United States Senator,</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5859f9b6-294d-4a4e-9bdb-0d14cf216ce0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 10(d) (sec. 1–1001.10(d)(3), D.C. Official Code), by striking <quote>United States Representative or</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04f09c36-b314-4bca-8271-e98818bbf0f2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date on which a Representative from the District of Columbia takes office.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8006a9ba-fe82-4bed-8e9f-f2d95b05bf9b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments regarding appointments to service academies</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f3481f7-96f9-4d35-b929-3d83ff19dc5a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Military Academy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4342 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12249cc1-bdef-43e1-87e2-e55bdd2cdf32"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f7c575b-e17e-4e5f-8f30-2d8037c8d8a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>the District of Columbia,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ad655bf-3f91-4dd5-a0ef-6db9c6ec9880"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Naval Academy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such title is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cbb5ced-daa2-41d7-adea-4493315fe805"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6954(a), by striking paragraph (5); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bb8dd19-f8c0-4909-8cbc-b4d065879f63"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6958(b), by striking <quote>the District of Columbia,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id976206ab-415a-41e7-b306-7c40e9e4d603"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Air Force Academy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9342 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9bdcaeb5-fe35-4393-a71d-55330717cd98"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0c48817-d7cb-419c-a8ef-df2addff52e7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>the District of Columbia,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32439cc2-f398-4b6c-83c2-adac65fa2242"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id478c105e-e6d6-4ed3-a4d8-90033c557d0c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonseverability of provisions and nonapplicability</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ca6d8bb-d827-4fd7-b3ce-04b5acecb689"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonseverability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any provision of section 2(a)(1), 2(b)(1), or 3 or any amendment made by those sections is declared or held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be treated and deemed invalid and shall have no force or effect of law.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53322953-404c-4c8e-b568-a5a933071c8a"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonapplicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the Act shall be construed to affect the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2010 if this Act has not taken effect.</text> </subsection></section><section id="IDf83bca5012e54278a9ab0c4779294a1e"><enum>8.</enum><header>Judicial review</header> <subsection id="IDcc7d1cb810074669b15c1069f48e5f8d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special rules for actions brought on constitutional grounds</header><text>If any action is brought to challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act, the following rules shall apply:</text> <paragraph id="ID83140f0cf5144cbf9d5f952adccb11c6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The action shall be filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID166d921f802541d8b8e896e1e23a3fad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A copy of the complaint shall be delivered promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID15ac145b0a7d48019c34e3f0783693a9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A final decision in the action shall be reviewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United States. Such appeal shall be taken by the filing of a notice of appeal within 10 days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID3ff0969b693f4005b6ed0a8b2d6f2dec"><enum>(4)</enum><text>It shall be the duty of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition of the action and appeal.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd11441af5555430194ad919c6115bd64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Intervention by members of Congress</header> <paragraph id="idE8128CB98F804E268D0A018254843CAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any action in which the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act is challenged (including an action described in subsection (a)), any member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or the Senate shall have the right to intervene or file legal pleadings or briefs either in support of or opposition to the position of a party to the case regarding the constitutionality of the provision or amendment.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id28A4B08BD1FE4D96BE6B1124C5FE07FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Court efficiency</header><text>To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce the burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court in any action described in paragraph (1) may make such orders as it considers necessary, including orders to require intervenors taking similar positions to file joint papers or to be represented by a single attorney at oral argument.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6409db4e46e143d090d47deaf860f1bf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Challenge by members of congress</header><text>Any Member of Congress may bring an action, subject to the special rules described in subsection (a), to challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id50B72A360C424FEBB2B214D1C527482A"><enum>9.</enum><header>FCC authorities</header> <subsection id="id21B71B1A54A14A5982E464CE30303210"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification of general powers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after section 303 (47 U.S.C. 303) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8500A2BAF4F94CB78E6AB48C17E9D2F3" style="OLC"> <section id="idB1D83F9CB0804178B67E7CABFED40FA4"><enum>303B.</enum><header>Clarification of general powers</header> <subsection id="id57F423E45D9E43FCAF08BE16DB7F0080"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certain affirmative actions required</header><text>The Commission shall take actions to encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership and to ensure that broadcast station licenses are used in the public interest.</text> </subsection><subsection id="idFAB36A498CA146099D1553D9C1845A39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in section 303A shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commission regarding matters unrelated to a requirement that broadcasters present or ascertain opposing viewpoints on issues of public importance.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="id81E41B1BDA27491CB9308448642ED83D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 7(a), if any provision of section 2(a)(1), 2(b)(1), or 3 or any amendment made by those sections is declared or held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the amendment made by subsection (a) and the application of such amendment to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected by such holding.</text> </subsection></section><section id="idAA23EA6AFC3049149C7A902130394ED6"><enum>10.</enum><header>Fairness doctrine prohibited</header> <subsection id="idF01843BDA8D2470A808D8C9A72813259"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on general powers: fairness doctrine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after section 303 (47 U.S.C. 303) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBD110C620024EB6A20328682388E9E5" style="OLC"> <section id="id028C26F88E6045CAB24DBCCD1BE6D616"><enum>303A.</enum><header>Limitation on general powers: fairness doctrine</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 303 or any other provision of this Act or any other Act authorizing the Commission to prescribe rules, regulations, policies, doctrines, standards, guidelines, or other requirements, the Commission shall not have the authority to prescribe any rule, regulation, policy, doctrine, standard, guideline, or other requirement that has the purpose or effect of reinstating or repromulgating (in whole or in part)—</text> <paragraph id="id1D837D995928458BBC80C6DC3A146628"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirement that broadcasters present or ascertain opposing viewpoints on issues of public importance, commonly referred to as the <quote>Fairness Doctrine</quote>, as repealed in In re Complaint of Syracuse Peace Council against Television Station WTVH, Syracuse New York, 2 FCC Rcd. 5043 (1987); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3718A4D4D20146FAA8E9C98FBDF5CA46"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any similar requirement that broadcasters meet programming quotas or guidelines for issues of public importance.</text> </paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="id36191197C54A42DFBC11D512E7DA44E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 7(a), if any provision of section 2(a)(1), 2(b)(1), or 3 or any amendment made by those sections is declared or held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the amendment made by subsection (a) and the application of such amendment to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected by such holding.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Second Amendment Enforcement Act</header> <section id="id8426F0E7CCE74E0EBD688E2FDF9FAD01"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Second Amendment Enforcement Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HC934176EFBFA4A76B63B87B1808EAF7B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Congressional findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H71BB063F0CA7487E93D0EC5EDA3C5800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H23471426BBF54D66A79B88B1559FCD25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>As the Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States have recognized, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the rights of individuals, including those who are not members of a militia or engaged in military service or training, to keep and bear arms.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H16D7480E96714C7A9641F8159497E465"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The law-abiding citizens of the District of Columbia are deprived by local laws of handguns, rifles, and shotguns that are commonly kept by law-abiding persons throughout the United States for sporting use and for lawful defense of their persons, homes, businesses, and families.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7B8BED552DAF48DBB4D058AADCDC9850"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The District of Columbia has the highest per capita murder rate in the Nation, which may be attributed in part to local laws prohibiting possession of firearms by law-abiding persons who would otherwise be able to defend themselves and their loved ones in their own homes and businesses.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB1E23F1EE486424F9B9124D79FB7D0B9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Federal <act-name parsable-cite="GCA68">Gun Control Act of 1968</act-name>, as amended by the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986, and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, provide comprehensive Federal regulations applicable in the District of Columbia as elsewhere. In addition, existing District of Columbia criminal laws punish possession and illegal use of firearms by violent criminals and felons. Consequently, there is no need for local laws which only affect and disarm law-abiding citizens.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0BFBDAB519374599AF42C400FBF1C945"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officials of the District of Columbia have indicated their intention to continue to unduly restrict lawful firearm possession and use by citizens of the District.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7A2DF2DC0DB94D54B2A9006661E0A3A6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Legislation is required to correct the District of Columbia’s law in order to restore the fundamental rights of its citizens under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and thereby enhance public safety.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H5C52FBFCA9C4405CB5656F52C1168785"><enum>203.</enum><header>Reform D.C. council’s authority to restrict firearms</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to prohibit the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia</quote>, approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 809; sec. 1–303.43, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall authorize, or shall be construed to permit, the Council, the Mayor, or any governmental or regulatory authority of the District of Columbia to prohibit, constructively prohibit, or unduly burden the ability of persons not prohibited from possessing firearms under Federal law from acquiring, possessing in their homes or businesses, or using for sporting, self-protection or other lawful purposes, any firearm neither prohibited by Federal law nor subject to the <act-name parsable-cite="NFA">National Firearms Act</act-name>. The District of Columbia shall not have authority to enact laws or regulations that discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms. Nothing in the previous two sentences shall be construed to prohibit the District of Columbia from regulating or prohibiting the carrying of firearms by a person, either concealed or openly, other than at the person's dwelling place, place of business, or on other land possessed by the person.</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H9A7D280DBD2741F780D88475870615B"><enum>204.</enum><header>Repeal D.C. semiautomatic ban</header> <subsection id="H57EC18792B9745BC00F1D5F100DC2CB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(10) of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7–2501.01(10), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HD7A7721944E9470C94EBFEC100FDF3A9"> <paragraph id="H7EF8F06B3B8540AD83A1E1C0009CF91C"><enum>(10)</enum><text><quote>Machine gun</quote> means any firearm which shoots, is designed to shoot, or may be readily restored to shoot automatically, more than 1 shot without manual reloading by a single function of the trigger, and includes the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H3EA9764FDABC43398FD535288368B1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendment to Provisions Setting Forth Criminal Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1(c) of the Act of July 8, 1932 (47 Stat. 651; sec. 22–4501(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE0B43DC57C74B24B600C4CD2D2065B4" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HC8981B99AA1D4324A5DE2D69E51244DC"><enum>(c)</enum><text><quote>Machine gun</quote>, as used in this Act, has the meaning given such term in section 101(10) of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HCEE53F64EF9E47809F5300DDC4874C31"><enum>205.</enum><header>Repeal registration requirement</header> <subsection id="HA48983B6FC19457196D4883004003DF8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of requirement</header> <paragraph id="H31E03FA1439F4A27A4F21EB93519ECB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 201(a) of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7–2502.01(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>any firearm, unless</quote> and all that follows through paragraph (3) and inserting the following: <quote>any firearm described in subsection (c).</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H18B215A4CCC64171007935E352178B33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of firearms remaining illegal</header><text>Section 201 of such Act (sec. 7–2502.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HF4511A2C6B8A4135A07CFE7C1FC09735"> <subsection id="H17DEE1C5631A416A969787B8BE2157B6"><enum>(c)</enum><text>A firearm described in this subsection is any of the following:</text> <paragraph id="HDA82831DA8A844DD87327B65213B13FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A sawed-off shotgun.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H899F317A83A64E1A8F5DD22359A0DA79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A machine gun.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H79C421DEDBF4483C84343912687DBC8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A short-barreled rifle.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5DDC55E5B6D14CB49B1CF1FDB4009200"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading of section 201 of such Act (sec. 7–2502.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>Registration requirements</quote> and inserting <quote>Firearm Possession</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A3359BDB0A0404F84F5CA8CE03072F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendments to Firearms Control Regulations Act</header><text>The Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H8B7B518A9E404BA7B125DE4B1FB2BAE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 202 through 211 (secs. 7–2502.02 through 7–2502.11, D.C. Official Code) are repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA6880EAEBDEF4832A1CED2A6E743662C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 101 (sec. 7–2501.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (13).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H50158434A5324211AD812BF4856F56F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 401 (sec. 7–2504.01, D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD1726B14CBAC4DBA913CEF759350DA6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>the District;</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following: <quote>the District, except that a person may engage in hand loading, reloading, or custom loading of ammunition for firearms lawfully possessed under this Act.</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H728A8AAF6DED4CBE97C5F6987F957EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>which are unregisterable under section 202</quote> and inserting <quote>which are prohibited under section 201</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF42F8B03F9414023A7942C00007E344B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 402 (sec. 7–2504.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H9F63254F0F6A4E24A224DB497EB6ADF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Any person eligible to register a firearm</quote> and all that follows through <quote>such business,</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>Any person not otherwise prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or District law, or from being licensed under section 923 of title 18, United States Code,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54ED43324D9F4907A353DCD237EE62BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1599D1EEC09140A7AB607BC050BECECA" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H0315C5F29D3F43C0987EDF298E916E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The applicant’s name;</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5694303E570A489199FAAA25D4039EE4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 403(b) (sec. 7–2504.03(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>registration certificate</quote> and inserting <quote>dealer’s license</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H20F40185647F4AEDB8874D7D4F1D96DF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 404(a)(3) (sec. 7–2504.04(a)(3)), D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H8614C6C21AAF427F8DFE28C6DA00E7B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>registration certificate number (if any) of the firearm,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA34D661FE7D746C792DB0700C925953"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(iv), by striking <quote>holding the registration certificate</quote> and inserting <quote>from whom it was received for repair</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FD46A85F62E4FE0B73F89524B01E0D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking <quote>and registration certificate number (if any) of the firearm</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7D76D51E27045C49FEF006286D6DFB4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking <quote>registration certificate number or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DC7C17F6E9148568F7DBDAED4033D6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H673E3FDE9D74459BA1A39F1D8043BE39"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 406(c) (sec. 7–2504.06(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58FA9AD1BE1B47B08F1FEBFF0000FCD6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9663CCEE1369472F8FF82C6058615E6"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Within 45 days of a decision becoming effective which is unfavorable to a licensee or to an applicant for a dealer’s license, the licensee or application shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF26CEF3748014276B1B4F8A420CF57A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>lawfully remove from the District all destructive devices in his inventory, or peaceably surrender to the Chief all destructive devices in his inventory in the manner provided in section 705; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H74A762DA4A3F4DAFB2509328A63FA73B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>lawfully dispose, to himself or to another, any firearms and ammunition in his inventory.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5AAB5C4B3FCA449294870023EBE12184"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 407(b) (sec. 7–2504.07(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>would not be eligible</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or District law.</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H304668D69F824D648EC0CF4D60568845"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 502 (sec. 7–2505.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD41BC18691644068520FBE28F3DB4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6843EB568A9947A000927024755E91D4" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H1080F010C8FA4766BDD5002B6266B478"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Any person or organization not prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under Federal or District law may sell or otherwise transfer ammunition or any firearm, except those which are prohibited under section 201, to a licensed dealer.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DBD1FCEF44A47DB9902C237E7008CD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C8AAA675F3A441800F17F9DFD6D0859" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF2C2C42EC43A4A48805B00DDBD351335"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Any licensed dealer may sell or otherwise transfer a firearm to any person or organization not otherwise prohibited from possessing or receiving such firearm under Federal or District law.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4853BA15EA06430D00D5DCDDC901981F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FB1ACB1244940F8B2AA34E8D5009C58"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F76887E2CE04E4BBA8FBDE9818D436"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 704 (sec. 7–2507.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H2D17AA711ADB4DB1A9C42894A28E5DD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>any registration certificate or</quote> and inserting <quote>a</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF439C5591A74D5DB6ADEF3D501FE1C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>registration certificate,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7AD71D837B2D4C898116C3B890F7D26D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other Conforming Amendments</header><text>Section 2(4) of the Illegal Firearm Sale and Distribution Strict Liability Act of 1992 (sec. 7–2531.01(4), D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H965E26A08B2446838757C99B00AEAB06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or ignoring proof of the purchaser’s residence in the District of Columbia</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDDAC51AD2C9946B299C49968A3B2003D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>registration and</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFD452CA729AD4CBEB0D7F571C9599BD"><enum>206.</enum><header>Repeal handgun ammunition ban</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(3) of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7–2506.01(3), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking <quote>is the holder of the valid registration certificate for</quote> and inserting <quote>owns</quote>.</text> </section><section id="HC8B513E4EF9042890015E6F4696541C"><enum>207.</enum><header>Restore right of self defense in the home</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 702 of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7–2507.02, D.C. Official Code) is repealed.</text> </section><section id="H7E71FC624BA949479B6627FA4538AC00"><enum>208.</enum><header>Remove criminal penalties for possession of unregistered firearms</header> <subsection id="H7F3EC7BBAC5C46C6BB417387D96000E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 706 of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7–2507.06, D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE9CD079F9E9F4A40906700FF62B6B46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that:</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(1) A</quote> and inserting <quote>that a</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4A35E7BA6640463BA5B01114932541CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H410A8AC28AF7414BB674FD8559E515F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring after the 60-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H87AA72BE84284539B5C72CEB4925C0A0"><enum>209.</enum><header>Remove criminal penalties for carrying a firearm in one’s dwelling or other premises</header> <subsection id="HBAFBBD982B0E41EF9BF392E44BCA39A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a) of the Act of July 8, 1932 (47 Stat. 651; sec. 22–4504(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1645D3955040481AAF00897751F05459"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>a pistol,</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>except in his dwelling house or place of business or on other land possessed by that person, whether loaded or unloaded, a firearm,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8DA9B1B3CF5D4FA08606EA7576592600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>except that:</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(2) If the violation</quote> and inserting <quote>except that if the violation</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1C4053AA7CB44FB8A63300623322AFB0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming Amendment</header><text>Section 5 of such Act (47 Stat. 651; sec. 22–4505, D.C. Official Code) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H192B70F4BD514B4CAA59528193910815"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>pistol</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>firearm</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H663C01447ACD464FB64984ABD7CE44B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>pistols</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>firearms</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H610EE867BAEA4D7190C6D09ECB7E1230"><enum>210.</enum><header>Authorizing Purchases of Firearms by District Residents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (b)(3) by inserting after “other than a State in which the licensee’s place of business is located” the following: <quote>, or to the sale or delivery of a handgun to a resident of the District of Columbia by a licensee whose place of business is located in Maryland or Virginia,</quote>.</text> </section><section id="id19E722738DB74C5C99F9553EB3712B69"><enum>211.</enum><header>Repeals of District of Columbia Acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Firearms Registration Amendment Act of 2008 and the Firearms Registration Emergency Amendment Act of 2008, as passed by the District of Columbia, are repealed.</text> </section><section id="id01D3079FE75D45EF81ED4611AA13DC51"><enum>212.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, this title and amendments made by this title, and the application of such provision or amendment to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.</text> </section> Passed the Senate February 26, 2009. Secretary