,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,rohrabacher introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committees on ,oversight and           
,government ,reform and the ,judiciary1 
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
restore the ,federal electoral rights of
 the residents of the ,district of      
,columbia1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short ,title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,district of ,columbia ,voting     
,rights ,restoration ,act of #bjac4  #b4
 ,findings ,the ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,there is no reason1   
either historically or by virtue of law1
 why the people of the ,district of     
,columbia1 the capital of the ,united   

,states of ,america1 should not have    
full voting representation in the       
,congress of the ,united ,states4  7#b7 
,article ,i1 section #h1 clause #ag of  
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 which authorized the creation  
of the ,district of ,columbia1 provides 
only that the ,congress shall have      
exclusive legislation in all cases      
whatsoever over that ,district4  7#c7   
,the same clause of the ,constitution   
provides that ,congress shall exercise  
like authority over other ,federal      
territories that have been purchased    
from the ,states for ,federal purposes4 
,residents of other ,federal enclaves1  
though also denied voting rights after  
becoming subject to exclusive ,federal  
jurisdiction1 have had restored their   
right to vote for and serve as elected  
,federal officials from their respective
 ,states which ceded the ,federal       
enclaves to the ,united ,states4  7#d7  
,congress has exercised its authority to
 regulate ,federal elections under      

article ,i1 section #d of the           
,constitution to set the legal          
requirements that ,states must follow in
 establishing ,congressional districts4 
,congress has also exercised this       
authority to require ,states to allow   
,united ,states citizens who are former 
residents1 and their children who are   
,united ,states citizens1 who are living
 overseas to vote in ,federal elections 
in the previous ,state of residence1    
notwithstanding the fact that such      
former residents and their children may 
have no intention of returning or       
establishing residence in that ,state1  
and notwithstanding the fact that such  
citizens are not subject to the laws of 
that ,state1 including tax laws4  7#e7  
,the entire territory of the current    
,district of ,columbia was ceded to the 
,united ,states by the ,state of        
,maryland1 one of the original #ac      
,states of the ,united ,states4 ,the    
portion of the original ,district of    
,columbia ceded to the ,united ,states  

by the ,commonwealth of ,virginia was   
returned to the authority of that state 
in #ahdf1 and the people who now reside 
in that area vote as citizens of the    
,commonwealth of ,virginia4  7#f7 ,the  
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
has found that the cession of           
legislative authority over the territory
 that became the ,district of ,columbia 
by the ,states of ,maryland and         
,virginia did not remove that territory 
from the ,united ,states1 and that the  
people who live in that territory are   
entitled to all the rights1 guarantees1 
and immunities of the ,constitution that
 they formerly enjoyed as citizens of   
those ,states4 ,o',donoghue v4 ,united  
,states1 #bhi ,u4,s4 #eaf 7#aicc72      
,downes v4 ,bidwell1 #ahb ,u4,s4 #bdd   
7#aija74 ,among those guarantees are the
 right to equal protection of the laws  
and the right to participate1 equally   
with other ,americans1 in a ,republican 
form of government4  7#g7 ,since the    
people who lived in the territory that  

now makes up the ,district of ,columbia 
once voted in ,maryland as citizens of  
,maryland1 and ,congress by adoption of 
the ,organic ,act of #ahja severed the  
political connection between ,maryland  
and the ,district of ,columbia by       
statute1 ,congress has the power by     
statute to restore ,maryland state      
citizenship rights1 including ,federal  
electoral rights1 that it took away by  
enacting the ,organic ,act of #ahja4    
#c4 ,restoration of ,right of ,district 
of ,columbia ,residents to ,participate 
as ,maryland ,residents in              
,congressional ,elections  7a7 ,in      
,general ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 for purposes of       
representation in the ,house of         
,representatives and ,senate1 the right 
of the people of the ,district of       
,columbia to be eligible to participate 
in elections for the ,house of          
,representatives and ,senate as         
,maryland residents in accordance with  
the laws of the ,state of ,maryland1 is 

hereby restored4  7b7 ,eligibility ,to  
,hold ,congressional ,office            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 for purposes of determining        
eligibility to serve as a ,member of the
 ,house of ,representatives or ,senate1 
the right of the residents of the       
,district of ,columbia to be considered 
inhabitants of the ,state of ,maryland  
is hereby restored4  7c7 ,effective     
,date ,this section shall apply with    
respect to elections for ,federal office
 occurring during #bjad and any         
succeeding year4  #d4 ,restoration of   
,right of ,district of ,columbia        
,residents to ,participate as ,maryland 
,residents in ,presidential ,elections  
7a7 ,in ,general ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of law1 the right of the
 people of the ,district of ,columbia to
 be eligible to participate in elections
 for electors of ,president and ,vice   
,president1 and to serve as such        
electors as ,maryland residents in      
accordance with the laws of the ,state  

of ,maryland1 is hereby restored4  7b7  
,eligibility ,to ,serve as ,electors    
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 for purposes of determining        
eligibility to serve as electors of     
,president and ,vice ,president1 the    
right of the residents of the ,district 
of ,columbia to be considered           
inhabitants of the ,state of ,maryland  
is hereby restored4  7c7 ,termination of
 ,appointment of ,separate ,electors by 
,district of ,columbia ,in accordance   
with the authority under sections #a and
 #b of the #bcrd amendment to the       
,constitution and the authority under   
article ,i1 section #h1 to legislate for
 the ,district of ,columbia1 and        
notwithstanding any other provision of  
law1 ,congress directs that no electors 
of ,president and ,vice ,president shall
 be appointed by the ,district of       
,columbia and that no votes from such   
electors shall be cast or counted in the
 electoral vote for ,president and ,vice
 ,president4  7d7 ,conforming ,amendment

  7#a7 ,in general ,chapter #a of title 
#c1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by
 striking section #ba4  7#b7 ,clerical  
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #a of title #c1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by striking the item  
relating to section #ba4  #e4           
,composition of ,house of               
,representatives  7a7 ,number and       
,apportionment of ,maryland ,members    
,for purposes of determining the number 
and apportionment of the ,members of the
 ,house of ,representatives from the    
,state of ,maryland for the ,one        
,hundred ,fourteenth ,congress and each 
succeeding ,congress1 the population of 
the ,district of ,columbia shall be     
added to the population of ,maryland    
under the decennial census4  7b7        
,increase in ,membership of ,house of   
,representatives  7#a7 ,permanent       
increase in number of members ,effective
 with respect to the ,one ,hundred      
,fourteenth ,congress and each          
succeeding ,congress1 the ,house of     

,representatives shall be composed of   
#dcf ,members4  7#b7 ,reapportionment of
 members resulting from increase  7,a7  
,in general ,section #bb7;a7 of the ,act
 entitled ,an ,act to provide for the   
fifteenth and subsequent decennial      
censuses and to provide for             
apportionment of ,representatives in    
,congress1 approved ,june #bh1 #aibi 7#b
 ,u4,s4,c4 #b;a7a771 is amended by      
striking the then existing number of    
,representatives and inserting the      
number of ,representatives established  
with respect to the ,one ,hundred       
,fourteenth ,congress4  7,b7 ,effective 
date ,the amendment made by subparagraph
 7,a7 shall apply with respect to the   
regular decennial census conducted for  
#bjbj and each subsequent regular       
decennial census4  7c7 ,prohibiting     
,division of ,district of ,columbia     
,into ,separate ,congressional          
,districts  7#a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding subsection 7a71 in     
establishing ,congressional districts   

after the effective date of this        
section1 the ,state of ,maryland shall  
ensure that the entire area of the      
,district of ,columbia is included in   
the same ,congressional district 7except
 as provided in paragraph 7#b774  7#b7  
,special rule if population of district 
equals or exceeds average population of 
,maryland congressional districts ,if   
the population of the ,district of      
,columbia equals or exceeds the average 
population of a ,congressional district 
in the ,state of ,maryland under the    
decennial census used for the           
apportionment of the ,members of the    
,house of ,representatives from the     
,state of ,maryland1 the ,state of      
,maryland shall ensure that at least one
 ,congressional district in the ,state  
consists exclusively of territory within
 the ,district of ,columbia4  7#c7      
,special rule for initial district      
,until the ,state of ,maryland          
establishes ,congressional districts to 
take into account the enactment of this 

section1 the ,congressional district of 
the additional ,representative to which 
the ,state is entitled under this       
section shall consist exclusively of the
 area of the ,district of ,columbia4    
#f4 ,coordination of ,election          
,administration  7a7 ,application of    
,maryland ,election ,laws  7#a7 ,in     
general ,federal elections in the       
,district of ,columbia shall be         
administered and carried out by the     
,state of ,maryland1 in accordance with 
the applicable laws of the ,state of    
,maryland4  7#b7 ,treatment of ,district
 as unit of local government ,for       
purposes of the laws of the ,state of   
,maryland which apply to ,federal       
elections in the ,district of ,columbia 
pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 the         
,district of ,columbia shall be         
considered to be a unit of local        
government within the ,state of         
,maryland with responsibility for the   
administration of ,federal elections4   
7b7 ,conforming ,amendments to ,help    

,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb  7#a7      
,treatment of ,district of ,columbia as 
part of ,maryland ,section #ija of the  
,help ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeeda7 is amended--  7,a7 by 
striking the ,district of ,columbia2    
7,b7 by striking ,in this ,act and      
inserting 7a7 ,in ,general4--,in this   
,act2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the
 following new subsection3  7b7 ,special
 ,rule for ,state of ,maryland and      
,district of ,columbia ,for purposes of 
this ,act1 the following shall apply3   
7#a7 ,the voting age population of the  
,state of ,maryland shall be considered 
to include the voting age population of 
the ,district of ,columbia for purposes 
of sections #aja7;d77#d7 and #beb7;b74  
7#b7 ,the ,district of ,columbia shall  
be considered a unit of local government
 or jurisdiction located within the     
,state of ,maryland4  7#c7 ,an election 
for ,federal office taking place in the 
,district of ,columbia shall be         
considered to take place in the ,state  

of ,maryland4  4  7c7 ,conforming       
,amendments to ,other ,federal ,election
 ,laws  7#a7 ,uniformed and ,overseas   
,citizens ,absentee ,voting ,act  7,a7  
,in general ,title ,i of the ,uniformed 
and ,overseas ,citizens ,absentee       
,voting ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;ff et 
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new section3  #ajh4       
,special ,rule for ,state of ,maryland  
and ,district of ,columbia ,for purposes
 of this title1 the following shall     
apply3  7#a7 ,an absent uniformed       
services voter or overseas voter who is 
a resident of the ,district of ,columbia
 shall be considered to be a resident of
 the ,state of ,maryland4  7#b7 ,an     
election for ,federal office taking     
place in the ,district of ,columbia     
shall be considered to take place in the
 ,state of ,maryland4  7#c7 ,the ,state 
of ,maryland1 and the election officials
 of the ,state of ,maryland1 shall be   
responsible for carrying out the        
provisions of this title with respect to

 voters who are residents of the        
,district of ,columbia4  4  7,b7        
,conforming amendment ,section #ajg7f7  
of the ,uniformed and ,overseas         
,citizens ,absentee ,voting ,act 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;ff-#f7 is amended by    
striking the ,district of ,columbia14   
7#b7 ,national ,voter ,registration ,act
 of #aigc  7,a7 ,in general ,the        
,national ,voter ,registration ,act of  
#aigc 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;gg et seq47  
is amended--  7i7 by redesignating      
section #ac as section #ad2 and  7ii7 by
 adding at the end the following new    
section3  #ab4 ,special ,rule ,for      
,state of ,maryland and ,district of    
,columbia ,for purposes of this ,act1   
the following shall apply3  7#a7 ,the   
,district of ,columbia shall be         
considered a registrar's jurisdiction   
within the ,state of ,maryland4  7#b7   
,an election for ,federal office taking 
place in the ,district of ,columbia     
shall be considered to take place in the
 ,state of ,maryland4  7#c7 ,the ,state 

of ,maryland1 and the election officials
 of the ,state of ,maryland1 shall be   
responsible for carrying out this ,act  
with respect to the ,district of        
,columbia1 except that--  7,a7 section  
#e shall apply to motor vehicle driver's
 license applications and the motor     
vehicle authority of the ,district of   
,columbia in the same manner as that    
section applies to a ,state1 and the    
,state of ,maryland shall provide the   
,district of ,columbia with such forms  
and other materials as the ,district of 
,columbia may require to carry out that 
section2 and  7,b7 the ,district of     
,columbia shall designate voter         
registration agencies under section #g  
in the same manner as a ,state1 and the 
,state of ,maryland shall provide the   
,district of ,columbia with such forms  
and other materials as the ,district of 
,columbia may require to carry out that 
section4  4  7,b7 ,conforming amendment 
,section #c7d7 of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 gg-#a7d77 is amended by       

striking and the ,district of ,columbia4
  7#c7 ,voting ,accessibility for the   
,elderly and ,handicapped ,act  7,a7 ,in
 general ,the ,voting ,accessibility for
 the ,elderly and ,handicapped ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;ee et seq47 is         
amended--  7i7 by redesignating section 
#h as section #i2 and  7ii7 by inserting
 after section #g the following new     
section3  #h4 special rule for state of 
maryland and district of columbia ,for  
purposes of this ,act1 the following    
shall apply3  7#a7 ,the ,district of    
,columbia shall be considered a         
political subdivision of the ,state of  
,maryland4  7#b7 ,an election for       
,federal office taking place in the     
,district of ,columbia shall be         
considered to take place in the ,state  
of ,maryland4  7#c7 ,the ,state of      
,maryland shall be responsible for      
carrying out this ,act with respect to  
the ,district of ,columbia4  4  7,b7    
,conforming amendment ,section #h7e7 of 
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;ee-#f7e77

 is amended by striking the ,district of
 ,columbia14  7d7 ,conforming ,amendment
 to ,home ,rule ,act ,section #geb of   
the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule  
,act 7sec4 #a-bjg4eb1 ,d4,c4 ,official  
,code7 is amended by striking the period
 at the end and inserting the following3
 1 except to the extent required under  
section #e of the ,district of ,columbia
 ,voting ,rights ,restoration ,act of   
#bjac44  7e7 ,other ,conforming         
,amendment to ,district of ,columbia    
,election ,law ,the ,district of        
,columbia ,elections ,code of #aiee is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #ah4            
,applicability of ,maryland ,election   
,law ,for ,administration of ,federal   
,elections ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of this ,code or other law or 
regulation of the ,district of          
,columbia--  7#a7 any election for      
,federal office in the ,district of     
,columbia shall be administered and     
carried out by the ,state of ,maryland1 

in accordance with the applicable law of
 the ,state of ,maryland2 and  7#b7 no  
provision of this ,code shall apply with
 respect to any election for ,federal   
office to the extent that the provision 
is inconsistent with the applicable law 
of the ,state of ,maryland4  4  7f7     
,effective ,date ,this section and the  
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to elections for     
,federal office occurring during #bjad  
and any succeeding year4  #g4 ,repeal of
 ,office of ,district of ,columbia      
,delegate  7a7 ,in ,general ,sections   
#bjb and #bjd of the ,district of       
,columbia ,delegate ,act 7,public ,law  
#ia-dje2 sections #a-dja and #a-djb1    
,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 are repealed1   
and the provisions of law amended or    
repealed by such sections are restored  
or revived as if such sections had not  
been enacted4  7b7 ,conforming          
,amendments to ,district of ,columbia   
,elections ,code of #aiee ,the ,district
 of ,columbia ,elections ,code of #aiee 

is amended--  7#a7 in section #a 7sec4  
#a-ajja4ja1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code71 by 
striking the ,delegate to the ,house of 
,representatives2  7#b7 in section #b   
7sec4 #a-ajja4jb1 ,d4,c4 ,official      
,code7--  7,a7 by striking paragraph    
7#f71 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#ac71 by  
striking the ,delegate to ,congress for 
the ,district of ,columbia2  7#c7 in    
section #h 7sec4 #a-ajja4jh1 ,d4,c4     
,official ,code7--  7,a7 by striking    
,delegate in the heading1 and  7,b7 by  
striking ,delegate1 each place it       
appears in subsections 7h77#a77;,a71    
7i77#a71 and 7j77#a72  7#d7 in section  
#aj 7sec4 #a-ajja4aj1 ,d4,c4 ,official  
,code7--  7,a7 by striking subparagraph 
7,a7 of subsection 7a77#c71 and  7,b7 in
 subsection 7d7--  7i7 by striking      
,delegate1 each place it appears in     
paragraph 7#a71 and  7ii7 by striking   
paragraph 7#b7 and redesignating        
paragraph 7#c7 as paragraph 7#b72  7#e7 
in section #ae7;b7 7sec4 #a-ajja4ae7;b71
 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code71 by striking   

,delegate12 and  7#f7 in section #ag7;a7
 7sec4 #a-ajja4ag7;a71 ,d4,c4 ,official 
,code71 by striking except the ,delegate
 to the ,congress from the ,district of 
,columbia4  7c7 ,effective ,date ,the   
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to elections         
occurring during #bjad and any          
succeeding year4  #h4 ,repeal of        
,offices of ,statehood ,representative  
and ,senator  7a7 ,in ,general ,section 
#d of the ,district of ,columbia        
,statehood ,constitutional ,convention  
,initiative of #aigi 7sec4 #a-abc1      
,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by   
striking subsections 7d7 through 7h74   
7b7 ,conforming ,amendments  7#a7       
,statehood ,commission ,section #f of   
such ,initiative 7sec4 #a-abe1 ,d4,c4   
,official ,code7 is amended--  7,a7 in  
subsection 7a7--  7i7 by striking #bg   
voting members and inserting #bd voting 
members1  7ii7 by adding and at the end 
of paragraph 7#d72 and  7iii7 by        
striking paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f7 and   

redesignating paragraph 7#g7 as         
paragraph 7#e72 and  7,b7 in subsection 
7a-#a77a71 by striking subparagraphs    
7,f71 7,g71 and 7,h74  7#b7             
,authorization of appropriations        
,section #h of such ,initiative 7sec4   
#a-abg1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is      
hereby repealed4  7#c7 ,application of  
honoraria limitations ,section #d of    
,d4,c4 ,law #h-ace 7sec4 #a-aca1 ,d4,c4 
,official ,code7 is hereby repealed4    
7#d7 ,application of campaign finance   
laws ,section #c of the ,statehood      
,convention ,procedural ,amendments ,act
 of #aihb 7sec4 #a-ace1 ,d4,c4 ,official
 ,code7 is hereby repealed4  7#e7 ,list 
of elected officials ,section #b7ac7 of 
the ,district of ,columbia ,elections   
,code of #aiee 7sec4 #a-ajja4jb7ac71    
,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by   
striking ,united ,states ,senator and   
,representative14  #i4 ,nonseverability 
of ,certain ,provisions ,if any         
provision of sections #c1 #e7;a71 or    
#e7;b7 of this ,act1 or the application 

thereof to any person or circumstance1  
is held invalid1 the remaining          
provisions of this ,act or any amendment
 made by this ,act shall be treated as  
invalid4  #aj4 ,rules of ,construction  
,nothing in this ,act may be construed--
  7#a7 to permit residents of the       
,district of ,columbia to vote in       
elections for ,state or local office in 
the ,state of ,maryland or to permit    
nonresidents of the ,district of        
,columbia to vote in elections for local
 office in the ,district of ,columbia2  
7#b7 to affect the power of ,congress   
under article ,i1 section #h1 clause #ag
 of the ,constitution to exercise       
exclusive legislative authority over the
 ,district of ,columbia2 or  7#c7 to    
affect the powers of the ,government of 
the ,district of ,columbia under the    
,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 
7except as specifically provided in this
 ,act74