,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ibi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #ag1         
#bjbj,ms4 ,norton submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,reform  ,,resolution  ,recognizing the 
enduring cultural and historical        
significance of emancipation in the     
,nation's capital on the anniversary of 
,president ,abraham ,lincoln's signing  
of the ,district of ,columbia           
,compensated ,emancipation ,act1 which  
established the first freed on ,april   
#af1 #ahfb1 and celebrating attaining   
the requisite number of cosponsors for  
passage of the ,district of ,columbia   
statehood bill in the ,house of         
,representatives4  ,whereas the         
,district of ,columbia has been a focal 
point of the ,nation's complex racial   
history1 which has included slavery1 the
 ,civil ,war1 brutal and unjustified    
killings of innocent citizens1 racial   
segregation1 and legal                  

disenfranchisement1 among other         
violations of human rights2 ,whereas1 on
 ,april #af1 #ahfb1 in the midst of the 
,civil ,war1 ,president ,abraham        
,lincoln signed the ,district of        
,columbia ,compensated ,emancipation    
,act1 which authorized the ,united      
,states ,treasury to expend nearly      
#a1jjj1jjj1 up to #cjj per slave1 to    
effect the freeing of about #c1ajj      
persons of ,african descent1 and offered
 #ajj to former slaves who agreed to    
emigrate to countries outside of the    
,united ,states2 ,whereas1 on ,january  
#a1 #ahfc1 ,president ,abraham ,lincoln 
issued the ,emancipation ,proclamation1 
which established a new birth of freedom
 by legally emancipating millions of    
slaves in the #aj ,states of the        
,confederacy not under ,union control1  
freeing the majority of the ,nation's   
slaves2 ,whereas the ,thirteenth        
,amendment to the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states1 which reads ,neither   
slavery nor involuntary servitude1      

except as a punishment for crime whereof
 the party shall have been duly         
convicted1 shall exist within the       
,united ,states1 or any place subject to
 their jurisdiction4 ,congress shall    
have power to enforce this article by   
appropriate legislation1 was adopted on 
,december #f1 #ahfe1 and effectively    
outlawed slavery in the ,united ,states2
 ,whereas the enslavement of persons of 
,african descent endured for more than  
two centuries in what is now the ,united
 ,states1 including the ,district of    
,columbia2 ,whereas in #bjje1 ,district 
of ,columbia ,emancipation ,day1        
commemorating ,april #af1 the date      
slaves were freed1 was made a legal     
public holiday in the ,district of      
,columbia to be celebrated annually on  
,april #af2 ,whereas the residents of   
the ,district of ,columbia pay more per 
capita in ,federal taxes than the       
residents of any ,state2 ,whereas1 on   
,february #aa1 #bjbj1 the ,house        
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform    

passed ,h4,r4 #ehjc1 the ,washington1   
,d4,c4 ,admission ,act1 the first time  
the ,d4,c4 statehood bill has been voted
 out of a committee since #aiic2        
,whereas the residents of the ,district 
of ,columbia1 who pay the full freight  
of ,federal taxes1 serve in the ,united 
,states ,armed ,forces1 are subject to  
all of the requirements of citizenship1 
and otherwise have long made            
contributions to the life1 culture1 and 
leadership of the ,united ,states1 still
 are denied the voting representation in
 the ,united ,states ,congress and      
independence from congressional         
interference in local matters afforded  
to other ,united ,states jurisdictions  
in violation of the basic principles of 
taxation requiring representation and   
local governance2 ,whereas ,h4,r4 #ea1  
the ,washington1 ,d4,c4 ,admission ,act1
 has a record #bbc cosponsors1 more than
 enough votes to pass the ,house of     
,representatives with cosponsors alone2 
and ,whereas the ,senate should pass ,s4

 #fca1 the ,washington1 ,d4,c4          
,admission ,act1 which has a record #ce 
cosponsors3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that
 the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7  
recognizes ,district of ,columbia       
,emancipation ,day1 marking the         
anniversary of the end of slavery in the
 ,district of ,columbia and symbolizing 
the aspirations of the citizens of the  
,district of ,columbia for the same     
rights and freedoms afforded to all     
,united ,states citizens2 and  7#b7     
recognizes that the ,washington1 ,d4,c4 
,admission ,act has more than the       
requisite number of cosponsors necessary
 to pass in the ,house of               
,representatives and that the ,house of 
,representatives should pass the        
,washington1 ,d4,c4 ,admission ,act in  
#bjbj4