[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6361 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6361

To require the commanding general of the District of Columbia National 
              Guard to reside in the District of Columbia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2022

                Ms. Norton introduced the following bill

                            January 10, 2022

            Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the commanding general of the District of Columbia National 
              Guard to reside in the District of Columbia.

    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 National Guard 
Commanding General Residency Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 7 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide 
for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia, and 
for other purposes'', approved March 1, 1889 (sec. 49-301, D.C. 
Official Code), is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) The Commanding General of the District of Columbia National 
Guard shall reside in the District of Columbia.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the day that is one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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