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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 8539 (Introduced in House) — To reduce the size of the seat of the Government of the United States to the area comprised of the principal Federal... · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Proclamation regarding acceptance of retrocession by Maryland

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Not later than 30 days after the State of Maryland enacts legislation accepting the retrocession described in section 3(a), the President shall issue a proclamation announcing such acceptance and declaring that the territory ceded to Congress by the State of Maryland to serve as the District constituting the permanent seat of the Government of the United States has been ceded back to the State of Maryland. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall prepare a report analyzing the anticipated economic impact on the State of Maryland of the State's acceptance of the retrocession described in section 3(a), including the anticipated effect on the budgets of the State government and local governments, and shall submit the report to Congress and the Governor of Maryland.
The State of Maryland may not enact legislation accepting the retrocession described in section 3(a) until the expiration of the 1-year period which begins on the date the Director of the Congressional Budget Office submits the report prepared under paragraph
(1)to the Governor of Maryland.
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