1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the New Columbia Admission Act
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—State of New Columbia
Subtitle A—Procedures for Admission
Sec. 101. Admission into the Union.
Sec. 102. Process for admission.
Sec. 103. Election of officials of State.
Sec. 104. Issuance of presidential proclamation.
Subtitle B—Description of New Columbia Territory
Sec. 111. Territories and boundaries of New
Columbia.
Sec. 112. Description of District of Columbia after admission
of State.
Sec. 113. Continuation of title to lands and
property.
Subtitle C—General Provisions Relating to Laws of New
Columbia
Sec. 121. Limitation on authority of State to tax Federal
property.
Sec. 122. Effect of admission of State on current
laws.
Sec. 123. Continuation of judicial proceedings.
Sec. 124. United States nationality.
Title II—Responsibilities and Interests of Federal
Government
Sec. 201. Continuation of revised District of Columbia as seat
of Federal Government.
Sec. 202. Treatment of military lands.
Sec. 203. Waiver of claims to Federal lands and
property.
Sec. 204. Permitting individuals residing in new seat of
government to vote in Federal elections in State of most recent
domicile.
Sec. 205. Repeal of law providing for participation of District
of Columbia in election of President and Vice President.
Sec. 206. Expedited consideration of constitutional
amendment.
Title III—General Provisions
Sec. 301. General definitions.
Sec. 302. Certification of enactment by President.
<enum>I</enum><header>State
of New Columbia</header>
<subtitle id="HF2D6A87A5C54498CA63EC62BA90C8D18"><enum>A</enum><header>Procedures for
Admission</header>
<section id="H9C8A20993C294512AB4603C5DB882298"><enum>101.</enum><header>Admission into
the union</header>
<subsection id="H8B91E517FF644AE1892547C33DBF71E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the provisions of this Act, upon issuance of
the proclamation required by section 104(b), the State of New Columbia is
declared to be a State of the United States of America, and is declared
admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the other States in all
respects whatever.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8DA72BBFA91548AD8C8BC2EEF0AEDA0F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Constitution of
state</header><text>The State Constitution shall always be republican in form
and shall not be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the
principles of the Declaration of Independence.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCEFE75EAD8EB4809B604130E6110404A"><enum>102.</enum><header>Process for
admission</header>
<subsection id="HA8BAB9E52A2A4323BE4DE3579D371494"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval of
admission by voters of district of columbia</header>
<paragraph id="H16A08C28844740E4B9420A1ABEA450F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Election
procedures</header><text>At an election designated by proclamation of the
Mayor, which may be the primary or the general election held pursuant to
section 103(a), a general election, or a special election, there shall be
submitted to the electors qualified to vote in such election the following
propositions for adoption or rejection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H39D6471B46954449979AD7DF99C9E3F3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H675264E73DE944E8AD574FC45D9A16C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>New Columbia shall
immediately be admitted into the Union as a State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA02588C29714E2CB15D424028A4C3C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The proposed
Constitution for the State of New Columbia, as adopted by the Council of the
District of Columbia pursuant to the Constitution for the State of New Columbia
Approval Act of 1987 (DC Law 7–8), shall be deemed ratified and shall replace
the Constitution for the State of New Columbia ratified on November 2,
1982.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0340F597DDC4D9988CBE4F053BEAE5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The boundaries of
the State of New Columbia shall be as prescribed in the New Columbia Admission
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6363778BED84850BD1E03518DF6A5BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>All provisions of
the New Columbia Admission Act, including provisions reserving rights or powers
to the United States and provisions prescribing the terms or conditions of the
grants of lands or other property made to the State of New Columbia, are
consented to fully by the State and its
people.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4108548E71154986A1D346D67FA1DA2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of mayor</header><text>The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and
directed to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure the
submission of such propositions to the people. The return of the votes cast on
such propositions shall be made by the election officers directly to the Board
of Elections of the District of Columbia, which shall certify the results of
the submission to the Mayor. The Mayor shall certify the results of such
submission to the President of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3DE8AD5709754553968D9394F32D7839"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of
vote</header>
<paragraph id="H59671A57764544A28585239C9B66A8C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adoption of
propositions</header><text>In the event the propositions described in
subsection (a) are adopted in an election under such subsection by a majority
of the legal votes cast on such submission—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE4ED3FE2198248769874D888DF7EE7A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State
Constitution shall be deemed ratified; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H267497628E274415A17D6A145206196B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President
shall issue a proclamation pursuant to section 104.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB40639BE6D1E49B8967722B39582FE2C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rejection of
proposition</header><text>In the event any one of the propositions described in
subsection (a) is not adopted in an election under such subsection by a
majority of the legal votes cast on such submission, the provisions of this Act
shall cease to be effective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H19AFBDCA538F4220B719315202618DDF"><enum>103.</enum><header>Election of
officials of State</header>
<subsection id="H889DD436CB464D589AF9F903ACC59369"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Issuance of
proclamation</header>
<paragraph id="H4475DC9C97E940458145C2455C98C9B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not more than 30 days after receiving certification of
the enactment of this Act from the President pursuant to section 302, the Mayor
of the District of Columbia shall issue a proclamation for the first elections,
subject to the provisions of this section, for two Senators and one
Representative in Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE089B0D7A94B4D57A0F82B3F11FB9FF2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for
election of senators</header><text>In the election of Senators from the State
pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall be separately identified
and designated, and no person may be a candidate for both offices. No such
identification or designation of either of the offices shall refer to or be
taken to refer to the terms of such offices, or in any way impair the privilege
of the Senate to determine the class to which each of the Senators elected
shall be assigned.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3CC098CED5C74A4E844AB4A8469B5F13"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules for
conducting election</header>
<paragraph id="HFC6218CE6D64424C994839FBE7B4AC0D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The proclamation of the Mayor issued under subsection (a)
shall provide for the holding of a primary election and a general election and
at such elections the officers required to be elected as provided in subsection
(a) shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the District of Columbia in
the manner required by law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3D4518D39E745E9B862C295EC435D75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification of
returns</header><text>Election returns shall be made and certified in the
manner required by law, except that the Mayor shall also certify the results of
such elections to the President of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H92AE208DC8E140FC9651DD947B1C8D97"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assumption of
duties</header><text>Upon the admission of the State into the Union, the
Senators and Representative elected at the election described in subsection (a)
shall be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress and to all the rights and
privileges of Senators and Representatives of other States in the Congress of
the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H152D94DAB24B42AFBF8327B8A1CBDB16"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer of
offices of mayor and members and chair of council</header><text>Upon the
admission of the State into the Union, the Mayor, members of the Council, and
the Chair of the Council at the time of admission shall be deemed the Governor,
members of the House of Delegates, and the President of the House of Delegates
of the State, respectively, as provided by the State Constitution and the laws
of the State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD655879485D146B2895EC1770D461612"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Continuation of
authority and duties and judicial and executive officers</header><text>Upon the
admission of the State into the Union, members of executive and judicial
offices of the District of Columbia shall be deemed members of the respective
executive and judicial offices of the State, as provided by the State
Constitution and the laws of the State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E4977226E5A4704920CC5A39C2CE588"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special rule for
house of representatives membership</header><text>The State upon its admission
into the Union shall be entitled to one Representative until the taking effect
of the next reapportionment, and such Representative shall be in addition to
the membership of the House of Representatives as now prescribed by law, except
that such temporary increase in the membership shall not operate to either
increase or decrease the permanent membership of the House of Representatives
or affect the basis of apportionment for the Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6B3934BC919E4644B9D637CF38B538C5"><enum>104.</enum><header>Issuance of
presidential proclamation</header>
<subsection id="H460A802A75CD4D4F8931C8CBDAB0309F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the President finds that the propositions set forth in
section 102(a) have been duly adopted by the people of the State, the
President, upon certification of the returns of the election of the officers
required to be elected as provided in section 103(a), shall, not later than 90
days after receiving such certification, issue a proclamation announcing the
results of such elections as so ascertained.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61FFF1C064A542E892BBCD97A85EE846"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Admission of
state upon issuance of proclamation</header><text>Upon the issuance of the
proclamation by the President under subsection (a), the State shall be deemed
admitted into the Union as provided in section 101.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H4093EBBFDD174CAF8EA96698713A7C91"><enum>B</enum><header>Description of New
Columbia Territory</header>
<section id="HB7C071FEDA3242E3ACAD7CDBE31F832C"><enum>111.</enum><header>Territories and
boundaries of New Columbia</header>
<subsection id="H32A543C7563E4767B99B570C1815A9A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the State shall
consist of all of the territory of the District of Columbia as of the date of
the enactment of this Act, subject to the results of the technical survey
conducted under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D5C2D1647E44C0192D210BD68EF8E37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusion of
portion of district of columbia remaining as national capital</header><text>The
territory of the State shall not include the area described in section 112,
which shall remain as the District of Columbia for purposes of serving as the
seat of the government of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1AACED7798E448C9BBF24BC6CD594385"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
survey</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President (in consultation with the Chair of the National Capital
Planning Commission) shall conduct a technical survey of the metes and bounds
of the District of Columbia and of the territory described in section
112(b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9D74187FA1C4459785635BC946CCF75D"><enum>112.</enum><header>Description of
District of Columbia after admission of State</header>
<subsection id="H9C550D3060F248E69B150802BDD5B028"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section,
after the admission of the State into the Union, the District of Columbia shall
consist of the property described in subsection (b) and shall include the
principal Federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the United
States Supreme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legislative, and
judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the Capitol
Building.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H130691483D0E491DAEC86CAC57EF142C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific
description of metes and bounds</header><text>After the admission of the State
into the Union, the specific metes and bounds of the District of Columbia shall
be as follows:</text>
<list level="paragraph" list-type="none">
<list-item>Beginning at the point on the present
Virginia-District of Columbia boundary due west of the northernmost point of
Theodore Roosevelt Island and running due east of the eastern shore of the
Potomac River; </list-item>
<list-item>thence generally south along the shore at the mean
high water mark to the northwest corner of the Kennedy Center;
</list-item>
<list-item>thence east along the north side of the Kennedy Center
to a point where it reaches the E Street Expressway; </list-item>
<list-item>thence east on the expressway to E Street Northwest
and thence east on E Street Northwest to Eighteenth Street Northwest;
</list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Eighteenth Street Northwest to
Constitution Avenue Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence east on Constitution Avenue to Seventeenth
Street Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence north on Seventeenth Street Northwest to
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence east on Pennsylvania Avenue to Jackson Place
Northwest; thence north on Jackson Place to H Street Northwest;
</list-item>
<list-item>thence east on H Street Northwest to Madison Place
Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Madison Place Northwest to
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence east on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest to
Fifteenth Street Northwest;</list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Fifteenth Street Northwest to
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence southeast on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest to
John Marshall Place Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence north on John Marshall Place Northwest to C
Street Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence east on C Street Northwest to Third Street
Northwest;</list-item>
<list-item>thence north on Third Street Northwest to D Street
Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence east on D Street Northwest to Second Street
Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Second Street Northwest to the
intersection of Constitution Avenue Northwest and Louisiana Avenue
Northwest;</list-item>
<list-item>thence northeast on Louisiana Avenue Northwest to
North Capitol Street; </list-item>
<list-item>thence north on North Capitol Street to Massachusetts
Avenue Northwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence southeast on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest so
as to encompass Union Square;</list-item>
<list-item>thence following Union Square to F Street
Northeast;</list-item>
<list-item>thence east on F Street Northeast to Second Street
Northeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Second Street Northeast to D Street
Northeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence west on D Street Northeast to First Street
Northeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence south on First Street Northeast to Maryland
Avenue Northeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence generally north and east on Maryland Avenue to
Second Street Northeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Second Street Northeast to C Street
Southeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence west on C Street Southeast to New Jersey Avenue
Southeast;</list-item>
<list-item>thence south on New Jersey Avenue Southeast to D
Street Southeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence west on D Street Southeast to Washington Avenue
Southwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence southeast on Washington Avenue Southwest to E
Street Southeast; </list-item>
<list-item>thence west on E Street Southeast to the intersection
of Washington Avenue Southwest and South Capitol Street; </list-item>
<list-item>thence northwest on Washington Avenue Southwest to
Second Street Southwest;</list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Second Street Southwest to Virginia
Avenue Southwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence generally west on Virginia Avenue to Third
Street Southwest;</list-item>
<list-item>thence north on Third Street Southwest to C Street
Southwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence west on C Street Southwest to Sixth Street
Southwest;</list-item>
<list-item>thence north on Sixth Street Southwest to Independence
Avenue; </list-item>
<list-item>thence west on Independence Avenue to Twelfth Street
Southwest;</list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Twelfth Street Southwest to D Street
Southwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence west on D Street Southwest to Fourteenth Street
Southwest; </list-item>
<list-item>thence south on Fourteenth Street Southwest to the
middle of the Washington Channel; </list-item>
<list-item>thence generally south and east along the midchannel
of the Washington Channel to a point due west of the northern boundary line of
Fort Lesley McNair; </list-item>
<list-item>thence due east to the side of the Washington
Channel;</list-item>
<list-item>thence following generally south and east along the
side of the Washington Channel at the mean high water mark, to the point of
confluence with the Anacostia River, and along the northern shore at the mean
high water mark to the northernmost point of the Eleventh Street
Bridge;</list-item>
<list-item>thence generally south and east along the northern
side of the Eleventh Street Bridge to the eastern shore of the Anacostia River;
</list-item>
<list-item>thence generally south and west along such shore at
the mean high water mark to the point of confluence of the Anacostia and
Potomac Rivers;</list-item>
<list-item>thence generally south along the eastern shore at the
mean high water mark of the Potomac River to the point where it meets the
present southeastern boundary line of the District of
Columbia;</list-item>
<list-item>thence south and west along such southeastern boundary
line to the point where it meets the present Virginia-District of Columbia
boundary; and</list-item>
<list-item>thence generally north and west up the Potomac River
along the present Virginia-District of Columbia boundary to the point of
beginning.</list-item></list>
</subsection><subsection id="H19AC6D3210E643D3AC26CA20F39592B4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of
certain property</header>
<paragraph id="H26036F1316474024B7505C613A1C7454"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Streets and
sidewalks bounding area</header><text>After the admission of the State into the
Union, the District of Columbia shall be deemed to include any street (together
with any sidewalk thereof) bounding the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB91D29C444284B5CB811931ACC5DD43B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion of
district building</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, the District of Columbia shall not be considered to include the
District Building after the admission of the State into the Union.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8A53D4D4EFF4113B10AAD5F41CC5D81"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusion of
certain military property</header><text>After the admission of the State into
the Union, the District of Columbia shall be deemed to include Fort Lesley
McNair, the Washington Navy Yard, the Anacostia Naval Annex, the United States
Naval Station, Bolling Air Force Base, and the Naval Research
Laboratory.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1F2E282B0DFD4026B8BAE905BEC736EA"><enum>113.</enum><header>Continuation of
title to lands and property</header>
<subsection id="H76A7EB515ABE4C00A1F9262594B768CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Continuation of
title to lands of district of columbia</header>
<paragraph id="HEF68ED13AA1741C399D078CE670178AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The State and its political subdivisions shall have and
retain title or jurisdiction for purposes of administration and maintenance to
all property, real and personal, with respect to which title or jurisdiction
for purposes of administration and maintenance is held by the District of
Columbia on the day before the State is admitted into the Union.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB35B3AEB8841427F9676F1241AF21C4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conveyance of
interest in certain bridges and tunnels</header><text>On the day before the
State is admitted into the Union, the District of Columbia shall convey to the
United States any and all interest of the District of Columbia in any bridge or
tunnel that will connect the Commonwealth of Virginia with the District of
Columbia after the admission of the State into the Union.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76717FD5D43541DA8A261B6F6DEE6F95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continuation of
federal title to property in state</header><text>The United States shall have
and retain title or jurisdiction for purposes of administration and maintenance
to all property in the State with respect to which the United States holds
title or jurisdiction on the day before the State is admitted into the
Union.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBD1A8D5281B24944B858DEB1B9EC1A33"><enum>C</enum><header>General Provisions
Relating to Laws of New Columbia</header>
<section id="H77E9D45B35FD418D9F5970C22E546FF0"><enum>121.</enum><header>Limitation on
authority of State to tax Federal property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The State may not impose any taxes upon any
lands or other property owned or acquired by the United States, except to the
extent as Congress may permit.</text>
</section><section id="HD54AF22A42264F50988EBCD37225969C"><enum>122.</enum><header>Effect of
admission of State on current laws</header>
<subsection id="H96A1F8B6C53949FAAF97FFD24A0AE278"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Legislative
power of State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
legislative power of the State shall extend to all rightful subjects of
legislation within the State, consistent with the Constitution of the United
States (including the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the States by
article I, section 10) and subject to the provisions of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H16C9413E59DC415AAD4D3FB00889A8A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
federal laws</header><text>To the extent that any law of the United States
applies to the States generally, the law shall have the same force and effect
within the State as elsewhere in the United States, except as such law may
otherwise provide.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H37FCBFFFB4CF421084909BA2550780D6"><enum>123.</enum><header>Continuation of
judicial proceedings</header>
<subsection id="H0FFA15C832204DE7A7B6C11DD5270FA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pending
proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="HE4738C66FB7748FFA15BFE9DACC45C15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No writ, action, indictment, cause, or proceeding pending
in any court of the District of Columbia or in the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia shall abate by reason of the admission of the
State into the Union, but shall be transferred and shall proceed within such
appropriate State courts as shall be established under the State Constitution,
or shall continue in the United States District Court for the District of
Columbia, as the nature of the case may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25E822832CEB4C539162E9ECC9C4C364"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Succession of
courts</header><text>The appropriate courts of the State shall be the
successors of the courts of the District of Columbia as to all cases arising
within the limits embraced within the jurisdiction of such courts, with full
power to proceed with such cases, and award mesne or final process therein, and
all files, records, indictments, and proceedings relating to any such writ,
action, indictment, cause, or proceeding shall be transferred to such
appropriate State courts and shall be proceeded with therein in due course of
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEE0E578ED214633B9B0033FB1E20B57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Unfiled
proceedings based on actions prior to admission</header><text>All civil causes
of action and all criminal offenses which shall have arisen or been committed
prior to the admission of the State into the Union, but as to which no writ,
action, indictment, or proceeding shall be pending at the date of such
admission, shall be subject to prosecution in the appropriate State courts or
in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in like
manner, to the same extent, and with like right of appellate review, as if the
State had been admitted and such State courts had been established prior to the
accrual of such causes of action or the commission of such offenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC3DC3A39DC8244A487CA5826FBA24932"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maintenance of
rights to and jurisdiction over appeals</header>
<paragraph id="HAD2466977CB3424AA5ABCAC05B1762C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cases decided
prior to admission</header><text>Parties shall have the same rights of appeal
from and appellate review of final decisions of the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
in any case finally decided prior to the admission of the State into the Union,
whether or not an appeal therefrom shall have been perfected prior to such
admission. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States shall have the same
jurisdiction in such cases as by law provided prior to the admission of the
State into the Union.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H943D42B8E48F4720B3FB4728797F0587"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cases decided
after admission</header><text>Parties shall have the same rights of appeal from
and appellate review of all orders, judgments, and decrees of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia and of the highest court of the
State, as successor to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, in any case
pending at the time of admission of the State into the Union, and the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Supreme
Court of the United States shall have the same jurisdiction therein, as by law
provided in any case arising subsequent to the admission of the State into the
Union.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD72BD6E5E9243A4AFE0926352215176"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issuance of
subsequent mandates</header><text>Any mandate issued subsequent to the
admission of the State shall be to the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia or a court of the State, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBCE07E1D34F24369B81C8D70AE85FB7A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments relating to federal courts</header><text>Effective upon the
admission of the State into the Union—</text>
<paragraph id="HD081556258DF49D4B678E1E9A1E0771A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 41 of
title 28, United States Code, is amended in the second column by inserting
<quote>, New Columbia</quote> after <quote>District of Columbia</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD53E9916CDF646F1886F163BA8ABA19A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the first
paragraph of section 88 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF62B3AE88BEB4A47BFD271B3F7E252CB" style="OLC"><list level="paragraph">
<list-item>The District of Columbia and the State of New
Columbia comprise one judicial
district.</list-item></list>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2C914680841D45599C3367F3343AEE48"><enum>124.</enum><header>United States
nationality</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No provision of
this Act shall operate to confer United States nationality, to terminate
nationality lawfully acquired, or to restore nationality terminated or lost
under any law of the United States or under any treaty to which the United
States is or was a party.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Responsibilities
and Interests of Federal Government</header>
<section id="HE9456EFE48BA44A98794C12796A3E0B4"><enum>201.</enum><header>Continuation of
revised District of Columbia as seat of Federal Government</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the admission of the State into the
Union, the seat of the Government of the United States shall be the District of
Columbia as described in section 112 (also known as <quote>Washington,
DC</quote>).</text>
</section><section id="H1E3A01866F4E4AC39743E69D010F4713"><enum>202.</enum><header>Treatment of
military lands</header>
<subsection id="H1ED7A492A89646119D3DA925486D2315"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservation of
federal authority</header>
<paragraph id="H23003AA1EC244D76BDC54F3DF711EC52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (b) and
notwithstanding the admission of the State into the Union, authority is
reserved in the United States for the exercise by Congress of the power of
exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such tracts or parcels of
land located within the State that, immediately prior to the admission of the
State, are controlled or owned by the United States and held for defense or
Coast Guard purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8ED18EF9B304A4AB77AA74859928622"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
authority</header><text>The power of exclusive legislation described in
paragraph (1) shall vest and remain in the United States only so long as the
particular tract or parcel of land involved is controlled or owned by the
United States and used for defense or Coast Guard purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H90B07EA6C14B4510B8741939B9CC9A63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority of
state</header>
<paragraph id="H8D170D3F84CF4EDFBEA08D1F97249F49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The reservation of authority in the United States for the
exercise by the Congress of the United States of the power of exclusive
legislation over military lands under subsection (a) shall not operate to
prevent such lands from being a part of the State, or to prevent the State from
exercising over or upon such lands, concurrently with the United States, any
jurisdiction which it would have in the absence of such reservation of
authority and which is consistent with the laws hereafter enacted by Congress
pursuant to such reservation of authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A5517955FE3435FB0CC896C76209C3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Service of
process</header><text>The State shall have the right to serve civil or criminal
process within such tracts or parcels of land in which the authority of the
United States is reserved under subsection (a) in suits or prosecutions for or
on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed within
the State but outside of such tracts or parcels of land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF57F1ADCF6AB430B99B1E71D135BDE55"><enum>203.</enum><header>Waiver of
claims to Federal lands and property</header>
<subsection id="H58F0F3F2267545B6984122C31A7CFD87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a compact with the United States, the State and its
people disclaim all right and title to any lands or other property not granted
or confirmed to the State or its political subdivisions by or under the
authority of this Act, the right or title to which is held by the United States
or subject to disposition by the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCFFA7201D7DC42DBA9C749DE4446FCCA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect on claims
against united states</header>
<paragraph id="HCD89624B299644808AAA1A41B797B4CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing contained in this Act shall recognize, deny,
enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any claim against the United States, and
any such claim shall be governed by applicable laws of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5EF50C032624D7EBB9FA63A3C495246"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this Act is intended or shall be
construed as a finding, interpretation, or construction by the Congress that
any applicable law authorizes, establishes, recognizes, or confirms the
validity or invalidity of any claim referred to in paragraph (1), and the
determination of the applicability or effect of any law to any such claim shall
be unaffected by anything in this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8860C975619B41E490F77C61E87AED2E"><enum>204.</enum><header>Permitting
individuals residing in new seat of government to vote in Federal elections in
State of most recent domicile</header>
<subsection id="H486E1DB83DE54C4B8C7043AA11F51B88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
states to permit individuals to vote by absentee ballot</header>
<paragraph id="H7E4C62F508AC4363B47582951029423F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE23E9D370024D98A67E7D145345A019"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permit absent
District of Columbia voters to use absentee registration procedures and to vote
by absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff elections for
Federal office; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E105617219E4BBA963B8D691D65ED63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accept and
process, with respect to any general, special, primary, or runoff election for
Federal office, any otherwise valid voter registration application from an
absent District of Columbia voter, if the application is received by the
appropriate State election official not less than 30 days before the
election.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6195897C740045589C44423F08057131"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Absent district
of columbia voter defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>absent
District of Columbia voter</quote> means, with respect to a State—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62C24EC0166C4709951132C17C0D0D5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person who
resides in the District of Columbia after the admission of the State into the
Union and is qualified to vote in the State, but only if the State is the last
place in which the person was domiciled before residing in the District of
Columbia; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3351529D37A6402D8912163DF03CDF09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a person who
resides in the District of Columbia after the admission of the State into the
Union and (but for such residence) would be qualified to vote in the State, but
only if the State is the last place in which the person was domiciled before
residing in the District of Columbia.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE764F09A0A02410D9F270F01254E5E8D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>State</quote> means each
of the several States, including the State of New Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D5D6C1B35C64FD19E6A1578967952A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recommendations
to states To maximize access to polls by absent district of columbia
voters</header><text>To afford maximum access to the polls by absent District
of Columbia voters, it is recommended that the States—</text>
<paragraph id="H26BA7384318D404CBF186F02B7EE8DE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>waive registration
requirements for absent District of Columbia voters who, by reason of residence
in the District of Columbia, do not have an opportunity to register;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC26CC7B80EDA4AF9A6FE61FFF6E9A141"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expedite
processing of balloting materials with respect to such individuals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EE4615FA86746E5B0876A5BEBF08A37"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assure that
absentee ballots are mailed to such individuals at the earliest
opportunity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF42BDAC3208746B688D8A86752AE754C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>The
Attorney General may bring a civil action in appropriate district court for
such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H459D6B2C9E55471C88AC8D50CFF1B72C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect on
certain other laws</header><text>The exercise of any right under this section
shall not affect, for purposes of any Federal, State, or local tax, the
residence or domicile of a person exercising such right.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED4148B47FB1457EB42250A3FB50E7EF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall take effect upon the date of the
admission of the State into the Union, and shall apply with respect to
elections for Federal office taking place on or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE5E71255A99A4541BF3979E795B3101B"><enum>205.</enum><header>Repeal of law
providing for participation of District of Columbia in election of President
and Vice President</header>
<subsection id="H69055FEEA6AA4AD68B4068AA1B10A41A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking
section 21.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E5CB63B01724F87AF32C4F5274DBF80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect upon
the date of the admission of the State into the Union, and shall apply to any
election of the President and Vice President of the United States taking place
on or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD2AAB34D6F704A1AB10B6F07FE41687D"><enum>206.</enum><header>Expedited
consideration of constitutional amendment</header>
<subsection id="H45BDFD40A9DF4EE9A78820931C320770"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exercise of
rulemaking authority</header><text>This section is enacted by Congress—</text>
<paragraph id="HB80F74BE18024E04ADB5CB2003BEE7EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as an exercise of
the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
respectively, and as such these provisions are deemed a part of the rule of
each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to
be followed in that House in the case of a joint resolution described in
subsection (b), and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are
inconsistent therewith; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7EA506E2C0D456AB6BFC7CD215E2000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with full
recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rule (so
far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner
and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38CEB508EC7740C6AFCF31A4ED46578D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expedited
consideration of repeal of 23rd amendment</header>
<paragraph id="HE6DBD16DD9194FAEB6713D7E56D9B3D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Motion made in
order</header><text>At any time after the date of the enactment of this Act, it
shall be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to offer
a motion to proceed to the consideration of a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing the 23rd article
of amendment to the Constitution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A9FA8BCFBEC44368B6CEDA2C3A766C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures
relating to motion</header><text>With respect to the motion described in
paragraph (1), the following rules shall apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H53424DD86D2448E3A1AA796E6D0764FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The motion is
highly privileged and is not debatable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86774683486E41359BBF884F66A0EDBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An amendment to
the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the
vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C98CCF759B445089978B61B186F9A77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A motion to
postpone shall be decided without debate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="HECA92F166B4B413AA4A6B4194EEBF5C2"><enum>301.</enum><header>General
definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act, the
following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H905F0D71A38E4FCD8951848DDE2F0319"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Commission</quote> means the Statehood Transition Commission established
under section 303.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE84928434BBE479E83FCAE452914F217"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Council</quote> means the Council of the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E593238FDB44EB0B53A82B1D461FB5A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Governor</quote> means the Governor of the State of New Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0577120651042C6990B743B97A423DD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Mayor</quote> means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B5C3700368444ABAECE80DD3E941FD7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term
<quote>State Constitution</quote> means the constitution of the State of New
Columbia, as adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia in the
Constitution for the State of New Columbia Approval Act of 1987 (DC Law
7–8).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC37BEA7CDA8F4989B7440E0B46AB2F39"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Except as
otherwise provided, the term <quote>State</quote> means the State of New
Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H43B1505CF98C4AC49169FC488A6ABEC4"><enum>302.</enum><header>Certification
of enactment by President</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
more than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall
certify such enactment to the Mayor of the District of Columbia.</text>
</section>