Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 51 (Engrossed in House) — To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. · Sec. 122

Sec. 122. Pending actions and proceedings

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The State shall be the legal successor to the District of Columbia in all matters. All existing writs, actions, suits, judicial and administrative proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judgments, sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, causes of action, claims, demands, titles, and rights shall continue unaffected by the admission of the State into the Union with respect to the State or the United States, except as may be provided under this Act, as may be modified in accordance with the provisions of the State Constitution, and as may be modified by the laws of the State or the United States, as the case may be.