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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 51 (Reported in House) · Preamble

Preamble. To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.

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To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union. — Sponsor: Ms. Norton — Cosponsors: Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Carson, Mr. Welch, Mr. Brown, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Trone, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Waters, Mr. McEachin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pocan, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr.
Sherman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Speier, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Evans, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rush, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Demings, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Dingell, Mr.
Payne, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Casten, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Crist, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Meng, Mr. Correa, Mr. Crow, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Vargas, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Case, Ms. Brownley, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Takano, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Sablan, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cartwright, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Danny K.
Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Adams, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Neal, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Vela, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Bass, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Himes, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Sires, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Omar, Mr. Bera, Ms. Wild, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms.
Scanlon, Ms. Dean, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Costa, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Chu, Mr. Jones, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Foster, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Bush, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Porter, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Craig, Mr. Allred, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Bowman, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms.
Newman, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Keating, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Soto, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Peters, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Ross, Ms. Manning, Mr. Kahele, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Levin of California, Ms.
Bourdeaux, Mr. Gottheimer — Actions: January 4, 2021 — Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Carson, Mr. Welch, Mr. Brown, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Trone, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Waters, Mr. McEachin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pocan, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr.
Meeks, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Speier, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Evans, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rush, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Cleaver, Mrs. Demings, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Butterfield, Mr.
Huffman, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Casten, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Crist, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Meng, Mr. Correa, Mr. Crow, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs.
Kirkpatrick, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Case, Ms. Brownley, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Takano, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Sablan, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cartwright, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms.
Lee of California, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Adams, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Neal, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Vela, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Bass, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Himes, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Sires, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Omar, Mr. Bera, Ms. Wild, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Dean, Ms.
Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Costa, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Chu, Mr. Jones, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Foster, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Bush, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Porter, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Craig, Mr. Allred, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Bowman, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Newman, Mrs.
Hayes, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Keating, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Soto, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Richmond) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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;
April 16, 2021 — Additional sponsors: Mr. Hastings, Ms. Ross, Ms. Manning, Mr. Kahele, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Levin of California, Ms. Bourdeaux, and Mr. Gottheimer; April 16, 2021 — Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Reform with an amendment; April 16, 2021 — Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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