Sec. 6. Repeal of office of statehood Representative

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Section 4 of the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 1979 (sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code) is amended as follows: By striking offices of Senator and Representative each place it appears in subsection

(d)and inserting office of Senator . In subsection (d)(2)— by striking a Representative or ; by striking the Representative or ; and by striking Representative shall be elected for a 2-year term and each . In subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking and 1 United States Representative . By striking Representative or each place it appears in subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h). By striking Representative’s or each place it appears in subsections

(g)and (h). Section 6 of such Initiative (sec. 1–125, D.C. Official Code) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking 27 voting members and inserting 26 voting members ; by adding and at the end of paragraph (5); and by striking paragraph

(6)and redesignating paragraph

(7)as paragraph (6); and in subsection (a–1)(1), by striking subparagraph (H). Section 8 of such Initiative (sec. 1–127, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking and House . Section 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking or Representative each place it appears. Section 3 of the Statehood Convention Procedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1–135, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking and United States Representative . The District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended— in section 2(13) (sec. 1–1001.02(13), D.C. Official Code), by striking United States Senator and Representative, and inserting United States Senator, ; and in section 10(d) (sec. 1–1001.10(d)(3), D.C. Official Code), by striking United States Representative or . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date on which a Representative from the District of Columbia takes office for the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.