[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4192 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4192

To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to regulate the height of buildings 
 in the District of Columbia'' to clarify the rules of the District of 
Columbia regarding human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of 
            the building upon which the penthouse is placed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2014

 Mr. Issa (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to regulate the height of buildings 
 in the District of Columbia'' to clarify the rules of the District of 
Columbia regarding human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of 
            the building upon which the penthouse is placed.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF RULES APPLYING TO HUMAN OCCUPANCY OF 
              PENTHOUSES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUILDINGS.

    (a) Permitting Human Occupancy of Penthouses Within Certain Height 
Limit.--The eighth paragraph of section 5 of the Act entitled ``An Act 
to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia'', 
approved June 1, 1910 (sec. 6-601.05(h), D.C. Official Code) is amended 
by striking ``and no floor or compartment thereof shall be constructed 
or used for human occupancy above the top story of the building upon 
which such structures are placed'' and inserting ``and, except in the 
case of a penthouse which is erected to a height of one story of 20 
feet or less above the level of the roof, no floor or compartment 
thereof shall be constructed or used for human occupancy above the top 
story of the building upon which such structures are placed''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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