Sec. 6. Transition provisions relating to House of Representatives

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Until the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the effective date of this Act— the State of Maryland shall be entitled to 1 additional Representative, relative to the number of Representatives to which the State was entitled as of the day before that effective date; the additional Representative described in subparagraph

(A)shall replace the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia; and the additional Representative described in subparagraph

(A)shall be in addition to the membership of the House of Representatives as prescribed by law as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act. During the period beginning on the effective date of this Act and ending when a new Congress convenes, the individual who was serving as the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia on the day before that effective date shall serve as the additional Representative from the State of Maryland described in paragraph (1)(A). The temporary increase in the membership of the House of Representatives provided under paragraph

(1)shall not— operate to increase or decrease the permanent membership of the House of Representatives as prescribed in sections 1 and 2 of the Act entitled An Act for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Thirteenth Census , approved August 8, 1911 ( 2 U.S.C. 2 ); or affect the basis of reapportionment established by section 22 of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 18, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a ). Sections 202 and 204 of the District of Columbia Delegate Act ( Public Law 91–405 ; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such sections are restored or revived as if such sections had not been enacted. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 2 U.S.C. 8 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking , District, ; and in subsection (b)(6)— in the heading, by striking ; and District of Columbia and in subparagraph (B), by striking the District of Columbia, . Section 310(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 ( 2 U.S.C. 30a(b) ) is amended by striking the District of Columbia, . Section 130(c) of the Joint Resolution entitled Joint Resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes , approved October 1, 1981 ( 2 U.S.C. 4502 ), is amended by striking the District of Columbia, . Paragraph

(2)of the second section of House Resolution 732, Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to November 4, 1975, as enacted into permanent law by section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 ( 2 U.S.C. 4556 ) is amended by striking the District of Columbia, Guam, and inserting Guam . Section 113(b)(1) of title 4, United States Code, is amended by striking the District of Columbia, Guam, and inserting Guam . Title 10, United States Code, is amended— in section 7442— in subsection (a)— by striking paragraph (5); and by redesignating paragraphs

(6)through

(10)as paragraphs

(5)through (9), respectively; in subsection (d), by striking

(9)and inserting

(8); and in subsection (f)— by striking

(9)and

(10)and inserting

(8)and

(9); and by striking the District of Columbia, ; in section 8454— in subsection (a)— by striking paragraph (5); and by redesignating paragraphs

(6)through

(10)as paragraphs

(5)through (9), respectively; and in subsection (d), by striking

(9)and inserting

(8); and in section 9442— in subsection (a)— by striking paragraph (5); and by redesignating paragraphs

(6)through

(10)as paragraphs

(5)through (9), respectively; in subsection (d), by striking

(9)and inserting

(8); and in subsection (f)— by striking

(9)and inserting

(8); and by striking the District of Columbia, . Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in section 594, by striking Delegate from the District of Columbia, ; in section 595, by striking Delegate from the District of Columbia, ; and in section 611(a), by striking Delegate from the District of Columbia, . Section 906 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the Delegate from the District of Columbia, . Section 51302 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)(3), by striking the District of Columbia, ; and in subsection (c)— by striking paragraph (2); and by redesignating paragraphs

(3)through

(6)as paragraphs

(2)through (5). Section 11 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10307 ) is amended by striking the District of Columbia, Guam, each place it appears and inserting Guam . The District of Columbia Election Code of 1955 is amended— in section 1 (sec. 1–1001.01, D.C. Official Code), by striking the Delegate to the House of Representatives, ; in section 2 (sec. 1–1001.02, D.C. Official Code)— by striking paragraph (6); in paragraph (12), by striking (except the Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia) ; and in paragraph (13), by striking the Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia, ; in section 8 (sec. 1–1001.08, D.C. Official Code)— in the heading, by striking Delegate, ; by striking Delegate, each place it appears in subsections (d), (h)(1)(A), (h)(2), (i)(1), (j)(1), and (j)(3); and in subsection (k)(3), by striking Delegate, Mayor, and inserting Mayor ; in section 10 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official Code)— in subsection (a)(3), by striking subparagraph (A); and in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1), by striking Delegate, each place it appears; by striking paragraph (2); and by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (2); in section 11(a)(2) (sec. 1–1001.11(a)(2), D.C. Official Code), by striking Delegate to the House of Representatives, ; in section 15(b) (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. Official Code), by striking Delegate, ; and in section 17(a) (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. Official Code), by striking except the Delegate to the Congress from the District of Columbia . The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date on which the individual serving as the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia first serves as a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Maryland.

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