District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act
Summary
District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act This bill cedes the District of Columbia to Maryland after Maryland's acceptance of the retrocession. Furthermore, the bill declares that the National Capital Service Area in the District shall not be ceded and relinquished to Maryland and shall continue to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. The bill maintains the exclusive legislative authority and control of Congress over the area. Finally, excluding the District Building, the area shall include the principal federal monuments, the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the U.S. Capitol, including any federal real property affronting or abutting such area, such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Energy buildings.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 19, 2021
Last action Oct 19, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Oct 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Louie Gohmert
RRepublican
Co
Andy Biggs
RRepublican
Co
Brian Babin
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Webster
RRepublican
Co
Doug LaMalfa
RRepublican
Co
Marjorie Taylor Greene
RRepublican
Co
Michael Waltz
RRepublican
Co
Mo Brooks
RRepublican
Co
Paul A. Gosar
RRepublican
Co
Ralph Norman
RRepublican
Co
Yvette Herrell
RRepublican
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