,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bb1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,mc,cormick 7for himself and ,mr4      
,carter of ,georgia7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 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     
repeal an ,act entitled ,an ,act to     
retrocede the county of ,alexandria1 in 
the ,district of ,columbia1 to the      
,state of ,virginia1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,make ,,dc ,square  
,again ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress   
finds the following3  7#a7 ,article ,i1 
section #h1 clause #ag of the           
,constitution known as the ,enclave     
,clause enumerates the power of the     

,federal ,government to exercise        
exclusive legislation in all cases      
whatsoever over such ,district 7not     
exceeding ten miles square7 as may1 by  
cession of particular ,states1 and the  
acceptance of ,congress1 become the seat
 of government of the ,united ,states4  
7#b7 ,the ,constitution does not        
enumerate authority for the ,federal    
,government to retrocede portions of    
such a district back to states4  7#c7   
,an ,act of ,congress approved ,july    
#af1 #agij1 ten miles square of         
territory was accepted from the ,states 
of ,maryland and ,virginia to serve the 
permanent seat of government            
subsequently being known as the         
,district of ,columbia4  7#d7 ,act of   
,congress approved on ,july #i1 #ahdf1  
the portion of the ,district of         
,columbia lying south of the ,potomac   
,river was ceded back to the ,state of  
,virginia in violation of the intent and
 meaning of the ,constitution of the    
,united ,states4  7#e7 ,senator         

,benjamin ,wade of ,ohio introduced ,s4 
#bhj to repeal the #ahdf ,act of        
retrocession on ,april #bc1 #ahff1      
during the #ast ,session of the #cith   
,congress4  #c4 ,repeal of retrocession 
and restoration of territory  7a7       
,repeal  ,the ,act of ,july #i1 #ahdf   
7#i ,stat4 #ce1 ,chapter #ce71 entitled 
,an ,act to ,retrocede the ,county of   
,alexandria1 in the ,district of        
,columbia1 to the ,state of ,virginia1  
is repealed4  7b7 ,restoration ,the     
territory retroceded under the ,act     
repealed by subsection 7a71 consisting  
of the area now comprising ,arlington   
,county1 ,virginia1 and the independent 
,city of ,alexandria1 ,virginia1 is     
restored to1 and shall constitute part  
of1 the ,district of ,columbia4  7c7    
,governing law ,effective on the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 the laws of the
 ,district of ,columbia shall apply to  
the territory restored under subsection 
7b71 and the laws of the ,commonwealth  
of ,virginia shall cease to apply to    

such territory1 except that--  7#a7 all 
rights1 titles1 and interests in        
property held by any person on such date
 shall remain undisturbed2 and  7#b7 any
 civil or criminal proceeding pending in
 a court of the ,commonwealth of        
,virginia on such date arising in such  
territory may be concluded in that court
 as if this ,act had not been enacted4  
7d7 ,effective date ,this ,act shall    
take effect on the first day of the     
first fiscal year beginning after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4