,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #daej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1    
#bjbf ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for      
himself and ,mrs4 ,blackburn7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,a bill to amend   
the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule  
,act to establish a uniform #fj-;day    
congressional review period for         
,district of ,columbia laws1 to clarify 
the expedited procedures applicable to  
consideration of resolutions of         
disapproval of ,district of ,columbia   
laws1 to authorize the use of           
resolutions of disapproval to disapprove
 provisions of ,district of ,columbia   
laws and ,district of ,columbia         
executive orders and regulations1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,district
 of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,improvement  
,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,uniform #fj-;day   

,congressional review period for        
,district of ,columbia laws  7a7        
,establishment of #fj-;,day period2     
clarification of beginning of period and
 days excluded ,section #fjb7;c77#a7 of 
the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule  
,act 7sec4 #a-bjf4jb7;c77#a71 ,d4,c4    
,official ,code7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
striking the #cj-;calendar-day period   
7excluding ,saturdays1 ,sundays1 and    
holidays1 and any day on which neither  
,house is in session because of an      
adjournment sine die1 a recess of more  
than three days1 or an adjournment of   
more than three days7 beginning on the  
day such act is transmitted by the      
,chairman to the ,speaker of the ,house 
of ,representatives and the ,president  
of the ,senate and inserting the        
following3 the #fj-;day period          
7excluding days either ,house of        
,congress is adjourned for more than #c 
days during a session of ,congress7     
beginning on the later of the day such  
act is transmitted by the ,chairman to  

the ,speaker of the ,house of           
,representatives or the day such act is 
transmitted by the ,chairman to the     
,president of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 by 
striking such #cj-;day period each place
 it appears and inserting such #fj-;day 
period4  7b7 ,elimination of alternative
 period for acts affecting criminal laws
 ,section #fjb7;c7 of such ,act 7sec4   
#a-bjf4jb7;c71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7  
is amended-- 7#a7 by striking paragraph 
7#b72 and  7#b7 by redesignating        
paragraph 7#c7 as paragraph 7#b74  7c7  
,special rule for acts designated by    
,council as involving emergency         
circumstances  7#a7 ,no renewal of      
waiver of review for succeeding ,acts   
,section #fjb7;c7 of such ,act 7sec4    
#a-bjf4jb7;c71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code71 
as amended by subsection 7b71 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#c7 ,if an ,act is exempt from the     
requirements of paragraph 7#a7 because  
of a determination by the ,council under
 section #dab7;a7 that the ,act should  

take effect immediately because of      
emergency circumstances1 an ,act of the 
,council to extend the period during    
which such ,act is effective1 or any    
,act of the ,council that is            
substantially the same as such ,act1    
shall not be exempt from the            
requirements of paragraph 7#a74  4  7#b7
 ,conforming amendment ,section #dab7;a7
 of such ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4ab7;a71      
,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by   
striking ninety days and inserting      
ninety days1 subject to section         
#fjb7;c77#c74  #c4 ,clarification of    
expedited procedures applicable to      
consideration of resolutions of         
disapproval  7a7 ,application of all    
procedures to all resolutions of        
disapproval ,the fourth sentence of     
section #fjb7;c77#a7 of the ,district of
 ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4       
#a-bjf4jb7;c77#a71 ,d4,c4 ,official     
,code7 is amended by striking section   
#fjd1 except subsections 7d71 7e71 and  
7f7 of such section1 and inserting      

section #fjd4  7b7 ,clarification of    
procedures ,section #fjd of such ,act   
7sec4 #a-bjf4jd1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7
 is amended by striking subsections 7c7 
through 7j7 and inserting the following3
  7c7 ,referral to ,committees ,a       
resolution with respect to ,council     
action shall be referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives1 or the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate1 by the         
,president of the ,senate or the        
,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives1 as the case may be4   
7d7 ,procedures in ,house of            
,representatives  7#a7 ,in the ,house of
 ,representatives1 if the committee to  
which a resolution has been referred has
 not reported it at the end of twenty   
calendar days after its introduction1 it
 is in order to move to discharge the   
committee from further consideration of 
any other resolution with respect to the

 same ,council action which has been    
referred to the committee4  7#b7 ,in the
 ,house1 a motion to discharge may be   
made only by an individual favoring the 
resolution1 is highly privileged 7except
 that it may not be made after the      
committee has reported a resolution with
 respect to the same action71 and debate
 thereon shall be limited to not more   
than one hour1 to be divided equally    
between those favoring and those        
opposing the resolution4 ,an amendment  
to the motion is not in order1 and it is
 not in order to move to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or
 disagreed to4  7#c7 ,in the ,house1 if 
the motion to discharge is agreed to or 
disagreed to1 the motion may not be     
renewed1 nor may another motion to      
discharge the committee be made with    
respect to any other resolution with    
respect to the same action4  7#d7 ,in   
the ,house1 when the committee has      
reported1 or has been discharged from   
further consideration of1 a resolution1 

it is at any time thereafter in order   
7even though a previous motion to the   
same effect has been disagreed to7 to   
move to proceed to the consideration of 
the resolution4 ,the motion is highly   
privileged and is not debatable4 ,an    
amendment to the motion is not in order1
 and it is not in order to move to      
reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is agreed to or disagreed to4  7#e7 ,in 
the ,house1 debate on the resolution    
shall be limited to not more than one   
hour1 which shall be divided equally    
between those favoring and those        
opposing the resolution4 ,a motion      
further to limit debate is not          
debatable4 ,an amendment to1 or motion  
to recommit1 the resolution is not in   
order1 and it is not in order to move to
 reconsider the vote by which the       
resolution is agreed to or disagreed to4
  7#f7 ,in the ,house1 motions to       
postpone made with respect to the       
discharge from committee or the         
consideration of a resolution1 and      

motions to proceed to the consideration 
of other business1 shall be decided     
without debate4  7#g7 ,in the ,house1   
appeals from the decisions of the ,chair
 relating to the application of the     
,rules of the ,house of ,representatives
 to the procedure relating to a         
resolution shall be decided without     
debate4  7e7 ,procedures in ,senate     
7#a7 ,in the ,senate1 if the committee  
to which is referred a resolution       
described in subsection 7b7 has not     
reported such joint resolution 7or an   
identical joint resolution7 at the end  
of #bj calendar days after its          
introduction1 such committee may be     
discharged from further consideration of
 such joint resolution upon a written   
demand by any ,member of the ,senate1   
and such joint resolution shall be      
placed on the calendar4  7#b7 7,a7 ,in  
the ,senate1 when the committee to which
 a resolution is referred has reported1 
or when a committee is discharged 7under
 paragraph 7#a77 from further           

consideration of a resolution described 
in subsection 7b71 it is at any time    
thereafter in order 7even though a      
previous motion to the same effect has  
been disagreed to7 for a motion to      
proceed to the consideration of the     
resolution1 and all points of order     
against the resolution 7and against     
consideration of the resolution7 are    
waived4 ,the motion is not subject to   
amendment1 or to a motion to postpone1  
or to a motion to proceed to the        
consideration of other business4 ,a     
motion to reconsider the vote by which  
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4 ,if a motion to  
proceed to the consideration of the     
resolution is agreed to1 the resolution 
shall remain the unfinished business of 
the ,senate until disposed of4  7,b7 ,in
 the ,senate1 debate on the resolution1 
and on all debatable motions and appeals
 in connection therewith1 shall be      
limited to not more than #aj hours1     
which shall be divided equally between  

those favoring and those opposing the   
resolution4 ,a motion further to limit  
debate is in order and not debatable4   
,an amendment to1 or a motion to        
postpone1 or a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business1 or a   
motion to recommit the resolution is not
 in order4  7,c7 ,in the ,senate1       
immediately following the conclusion of 
the debate on a resolution described in 
subsection 7b71 and a single quorum call
 at the conclusion of the debate if     
requested in accordance with the rules  
of the ,senate1 the vote on final       
passage of the resolution shall occur4  
7,d7 ,appeals from the decisions of the 
,chair relating to the application of   
the rules of the ,senate to the         
procedure relating to a resolution      
described in subsection 7a7 shall be    
decided without debate4  7#c7 ,in the   
,senate the procedure specified in      
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 shall not apply  
to the consideration of a resolution    
after the expiration of the #fj session 

days beginning with the date of the     
introduction of the joint resolution4   
7f7 ,coordination between ,houses ,if1  
before the passage by one ,house of a   
resolution of that ,house described in  
subsection 7b71 that ,house receives    
from the other ,house a resolution      
described in subsection 7b71 then the   
following procedures shall apply3 7#a7  
,the resolution of the other ,house     
shall not be referred to a committee4   
7#b7 ,any ,member of that ,house may at 
any time offer a motion to proceed to   
the consideration of the resolution of  
the other ,house1 and such motion shall 
be considered in accordance with        
paragraph 7#d7 of subsection 7d7 7in the
 case of a motion in the ,house7 or in  
accordance with paragraph 7#b7 of       
subsection 7e7 7in the case of a motion 
in the ,senate74  7#c7 ,with respect to 
a resolution described in subsection 7a7
 of the ,house receiving the            
resolution--  7,a7 the procedure in that
 ,house shall be the same as if no      

resolution had been received from the   
other ,house2 but  7,b7 the vote on     
final passage shall be on the resolution
 of the other ,house4  4  #d4           
,authorizing use of resolutions of      
disapproval to disapprove provisions of 
,district of ,columbia laws  7a7        
,authorization ,section #fjb7;c77#a7 of 
the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule  
,act 7sec4 #a-bjf4jb7;c77#a71 ,d4,c4    
,official ,code7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
the second sentence--  7,a7 by striking 
such act shall take effect and inserting
 such act and each provision thereof    
shall take effect2 and  7,b7 by striking
 a joint resolution disapproving such   
act4 and inserting a joint resolution   
disapproving such act or any provision  
thereof42  7#b7 in the third sentence-- 
7,a7 by striking disapproving such an   
act and inserting disapproving such an  
act or any provision thereof2 and  7,b7 
by striking to have repealed such act   
and inserting to have repealed such act 
or such provision 7as the case may be72 

and  7#c7 in the fourth sentence1 by    
striking disapproving any act and       
inserting disapproving any act or any   
provision thereof4  7b7 ,conforming     
amendment ,section #fjd7;b7 of such ,act
 7sec4 #a-bjf4jd7;b71 ,d4,c4 ,official  
,code7 is amended by striking 2 but does
 not include a resolution which         
specifies more than one action4  7c7    
,rule of construction ,section          
#fjb7;c77#a7 of such ,act 7sec4         
#a-bjf4jb7;c77#a71 ,d4,c4 ,official     
,code7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3 ,the enactment of a      
resolution disapproving a provision of  
an act pursuant to this paragraph may   
not be construed to repeal any of the   
remaining provisions of such act or     
prohibit the enactment of any subsequent
 resolution disapproving any other      
provision of such act pursuant to this  
paragraph44  #e4 ,authorizing use of    
resolutions of disapproval to disapprove
 executive orders and regulations  7a7  
,authorization ,title ,,vi of the       

,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 
7sec4 #a-bjf4ja et seq41 ,d4,c4         
,official ,code7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  #fje4          
,limitations on regulatory authority of 
,mayor  7a7 ,transmission of executive  
orders and regulations ,the ,mayor shall
 transmit to the ,speaker of the ,house 
of ,representatives and the ,president  
of the ,senate a copy of each executive 
order issued by the ,mayor and each     
regulation promulgated by an officer of 
the executive branch of the ,district   
government4  7b7 ,delay in              
implementation ,except as provided in   
paragraph 7#b71 an executive order or   
regulation transmitted under subsection 
7a7 shall take effect upon the          
expiration of the #fj-;day period       
7excluding days either ,house of        
,congress is adjourned for more than #c 
days during a session of ,congress7     
beginning on the later of the day such  
executive order or regulation is        
transmitted by the ,mayor to the        

,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives or the day such        
executive order or regulation is        
transmitted by the ,mayor to the        
,president of the ,senate1 or upon the  
date prescribed by such executive order 
or regulation1 whichever is later1      
unless during such #fj-;day period1     
there has been enacted into law a joint 
resolution disapproving such executive  
order or regulation4  7c7 ,deemed repeal
 ,in any case in which any joint        
resolution described in subsection 7b7  
disapproving an executive order or      
regulation has1 within the #fj-;day     
period described in subsection 7b71     
passed both ,houses of ,congress and has
 been transmitted to the ,president1    
such joint resolution1 upon becoming    
law1 subsequent to the expiration of    
such #fj-;day period1 shall be deemed to
 have repealed such executive order or  
regulation1 as of the date such joint   
resolution becomes law4  7d7            
,application of expedited procedures for

 consideration of resolutions ,the      
provisions of section #fjd shall apply  
with respect to any joint resolution    
disapproving any executive order or     
regulation pursuant to this section4  4 
7b7 ,description of expedited procedures
 for consideration of resolutions  7#a7 
,in general ,section #fjd of such ,act  
7sec4 #a-bjf4jd1 ,d4,c4 ,official       
,code71 as amended by section #c7;b71 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new subsection3  7g7          
,consideration of resolutions           
disapproving executive orders and       
regulations ,the provisions of this     
section shall apply with respect to the 
issuance of an executive order by the   
,mayor and the promulgation of a        
regulation by an officer of the         
executive branch of the ,district       
government in the same manner as such   
provisions apply with respect to a      
,council action1 except that for        
purposes of subsection 7b7 a resolution 
means only a joint resolution1 the      

matter after the resolving clause of    
which is as follows3 ,that the          
approves_/disapproves of the action of  
the ,mayor or an officer of the         
executive branch of the ,district       
government described as follows3 1 with 
the blank spaces therein being          
appropriately filled1 and either        
approval or disapproval being           
appropriately indicated1 but does not   
include a resolution which specifies    
more than one action4  4  7#b7          
,conforming amendment ,section #fjd7;b7 
of such ,act 7sec4 #a-bjf4jd7;b71 ,d4,c4
 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking
 7b7 ,for the purpose of this section1  
and inserting 7b7 ,for the purpose of   
this section with respect to a ,council 
action14  7c7 ,clerical amendment ,the  
table of contents of such ,act is       
amended by adding at the end of the     
items relating to title ,,vi the        
following3  ,sec4 #fje4 ,limitations on 
regulatory authority of ,mayor4  4  #f4 
,prohibiting ,council from withdrawing  

,acts already transmitted ,section      
#fjb7;c7 of the ,district of ,columbia  
,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjf4jb7;c71   
,d4,c4 ,official ,code71 as amended by  
section #b7;c71 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7#d7 ,after the 
,council has transmitted an ,act under  
this subsection1 the ,council may not   
withdraw the ,act from the ,speaker of  
the ,house or the ,president of the     
,senate during the period described with
 respect to the ,act under paragraph    
7#a71 and the ,act shall be subject to  
this subsection without regard to any   
attempt by the ,council to withdraw the 
,act4  4  #g4 ,prohibiting transmission 
of acts substantially the same as       
disapproved acts  7a7 ,prohibition      
,section #fjb of the ,district of       
,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4        
#a-bjf4jb1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7d7 ,prohibiting            
transmission of ,acts substantially the 
same as disapproved acts ,if a joint    

resolution has been enacted into law to 
disapprove an ,act transmitted by the   
,council under this section1 the        
,council may not transmit another ,act  
under this section that is substantially
 the same as the ,act disapproved by the
 joint resolution1 unless the ,council  
is specifically authorized to transmit  
such an ,act by a law enacted after the 
date of enactment of the joint          
resolution to disapprove the original   
,act4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the      
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply with respect to acts of the       
,district of ,columbia that are         
disapproved by a joint resolution       
enacted on or after the date of         
enactment of this ,act4  #h4 ,annual    
hearing and report on state of ,district
 of ,columbia ,not less frequently than 
once every calendar year1 the ,chair of 
the ,council of the ,district of        
,columbia and the ,mayor of the         
,district of ,columbia shall appear at a
 hearing of the ,committee on ,homeland 

,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate and at a hearing of the     
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives to present a report on 
the state of the ,district1 including   
recommendations for such measures as    
they deem necessary and expedient4  #i4 
,effective date ,except as provided in  
section #g7;b71 this ,act1 and the      
amendments made by this ,act1 shall     
apply with respect to acts of the       
,district of ,columbia that are         
transmitted to ,congress by the ,council
 of the ,district of ,columbia under    
section #fjb7;c7 of the ,district of    
,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4        
#a-bjf4jb7;c71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code71 
and with respect to executive orders and
 regulations which are transmitted to   
,congress by the ,mayor under section   
#fje of such ,act1 as added by section  
#e1 on or after the date of enactment of
 this ,act4