Allows the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia to send D.C. Acts to Congress electronically instead of only on paper, and requires the House and Senate to accept those electronic transmittals the same way they accept paper ones.

Official title: District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 07-APR-2025

Referred 07-APR-2025

Approved by committee 10-SEP-2025

Key points

Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to let the Council Chairman transmit Acts to Congress in any form the Chairman chooses, including electronic form.
Applies the same electronic option to Acts submitted for charter amendments under Section 303 of the Home Rule Act.
Requires the House and Senate to treat electronically transmitted D.C. Acts the same as paper submissions for purposes of the Home Rule Act.
States that the acceptance provision is an exercise of each House's rulemaking power and can be changed by either House at any time.

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 07-APR-2025).

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Committee referrals (2)

Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) Cosponsors · 1

■ 1 R

1 Republican

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