[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 267 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 267

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2011

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia House Voting 
Rights Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA.

    (a) Representation in House.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, effective with respect to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress and 
each succeeding Congress, the District of Columbia shall be treated as 
a State for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives.
    (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Apportionment of Members of 
House of Representatives.--
            (1) Inclusion of district of columbia in reapportionment of 
        members among states.--Section 22 of the Act entitled ``An Act 
        to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses 
        and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
        Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) This section shall apply with respect to the District of 
Columbia in the same manner as this section applies to a State.''.
            (2) Clarification of determination of number of 
        presidential electors on basis of 23rd amendment.--Section 3 of 
        title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking ``come into 
        office;'' and inserting the following: ``come into office 
        (subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States in the case of the District 
        of Columbia);''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments Regarding Appointments to Service 
Academies.--
            (1) United states military academy.--Section 4342 of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``the District 
                of Columbia,''.
            (2) United states naval academy.--Such title is amended--
                    (A) in section 6954(a), by striking paragraph (5); 
                and
                    (B) in section 6958(b), by striking ``the District 
                of Columbia,''.
            (3) United states air force academy.--Section 9342 of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``the District 
                of Columbia,''.
            (4) Effective date.--This subsection and the amendments 
        made by this subsection shall take effect on the date on which 
        a Representative from the District of Columbia takes office for 
        the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Permanent Increase in Number of Members.--Effective with 
respect to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress and each succeeding 
Congress, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 436 
Members, including any Members representing the District of Columbia 
pursuant to section 2(a).
    (b) Reapportionment of Members Resulting From Increase.--
            (1) In general.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act 
        to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses 
        and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
        Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended 
        by striking ``the then existing number of Representatives'' and 
        inserting ``the number of Representatives established with 
        respect to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census 
        conducted for 2020 and each subsequent regular decennial 
        census.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELEGATE.

    (a) Repeal of Office.--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.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection shall 
take effect on the date on which a Representative from the District of 
Columbia takes office for the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.

SEC. 5. PROVIDING FOR ELECTIONS FOR HOUSE MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA.

    (a) Application of District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955.--
The District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 1 (sec. 1-1001.01, D.C. Official Code), by 
        striking ``the Delegate to the House of Representatives,'' and 
        inserting ``the Representative in the Congress,''.
            (2) In section 2 (sec. 1-1001.02, D.C. Official Code)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (6); and
                    (B) in paragraph (13), by striking ``the Delegate 
                to Congress for the District of Columbia,'' and 
                inserting ``the Representative in the Congress,''.
            (3) In section 8 (sec. 1-1001.08, D.C. Official Code)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Delegate'' and 
                inserting ``Representative''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Delegate,'' each place it appears 
                in subsections (h)(1)(A), (i)(1), and (j)(1) and 
                inserting ``Representative in the Congress,''.
            (4) In section 10 (sec. 1-1001.10, D.C. Official Code)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``or section 206(d) of the 
                        District of Columbia Delegate Act'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``the office of Delegate 
                        to the House of Representatives'' and inserting 
                        ``the office of Representative in the 
                        Congress'';
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``Delegate,'' 
                each place it appears; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)(2)--
                            (i) by striking ``(A) In the event'' and 
                        all that follows through ``term of office,'' 
                        and inserting ``In the event that a vacancy 
                        occurs in the office of Representative in the 
                        Congress before May 1 of the last year of the 
                        Representative's term of office,'' and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B).
            (5) In section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1-1001.11(a)(2), D.C. 
        Official Code), by striking ``Delegate to the House of 
        Representatives,'' and inserting ``Representative in the 
        Congress,''.
            (6) In section 15(b) (sec. 1-1001.15(b), D.C. Official 
        Code), by striking ``Delegate,'' and inserting ``Representative 
        in the Congress,''.
            (7) In section 17(a) (sec. 1-1001.17(a), D.C. Official 
        Code), by striking ``the Delegate to the Congress from the 
        District of Columbia'' and inserting ``the Representative in 
        the Congress''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to the election of the first Representative from the 
District of Columbia pursuant to this Act and each subsequent election 
of Representatives from the District of Columbia pursuant to this Act.

SEC. 6. REPEAL OF OFFICE OF STATEHOOD REPRESENTATIVE.

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

SEC. 7. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    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:
            (1) 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.
            (2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered promptly to 
        the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of 
        the Senate.
            (3) 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.
            (4) 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.

SEC. 8. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.

    If any provision of section 2(a), 2(b)(1), or 3, or any amendment 
made by any such section, is declared or held invalid or unenforceable, 
the remaining provisions of this Act and any amendment made by this Act 
shall be treated and deemed invalid and shall have no force or effect 
of law.
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