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handle is hein.crs/govecuu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 4 Congressional aResearch Service District of Columbia Voting Representation Proposals in the 117th Congress Updated March 25, 2021 In the 117h Congress, several Members of Congress have introduced bills that would grant voting representation in Congress to residents of the District of Columbia (DC), by admitting DC to the Union as a state, or through retrocession of DC land to Maryland. In the past, some Members of Congress have opposed such proposals and recommended maintaining the status quo. This Insight provides an overview of recent DC voting representation proposals and discusses potential policy considerations. It does not provide legal or constitutional analysis on DC statehood or voting representation, nor does it analyze territorial statehood issues. Proposals in the 117th Congress Statehood On January 4, 2021, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton reintroduced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, H.R. 51. The bill was referred to the House Committees on: Oversight and Reform; Rules; Armed Services; the Judiciary; and Energy and Commerce. On January 26, 2021, Senator Thomas Carper of Delaware introduced S. 51, the companion bill to H.R. 51. The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. On March 22, 2021, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing on H.R. 51. If enacted, H.R. 51 would admit Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, as the 51St state of the United States, on an equal footing with the other States in all respects whatever. The new state would include most of the land in the current District of Columbia. The bill excludes principal Federal monuments, the U.S. Capitol Building, the White House, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, and federal office buildings adjacent to the National Mall and the U.S. Capitol. The legislation names the resulting federal enclave the Capital, and establishes it as the seat of the Government of the United States. Under the legislation, Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, would elect two Senators and at least one Representative to the House. Legislative enactments by the new state would no longer be subject to Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11599 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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