[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4136 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4136

   To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
  Improvement Act of 1997 to repeal a specific criminal penalty on a 
person in the District of Columbia for obstructing a bridge between the 
         District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2019

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
  Improvement Act of 1997 to repeal a specific criminal penalty on a 
person in the District of Columbia for obstructing a bridge between the 
         District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

    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 Bridges Home 
Rule Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SPECIFIC CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR OBSTRUCTING BRIDGE 
              BETWEEN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND VIRGINIA.

    Section 11712(e) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 22-1323, D.C. Official Code) 
is repealed.
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