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BOWSER Act

To repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

Introduced Feb 6, 2025

Latest action (Feb 6, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

Referred to
Rules Committee Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative subjects (3)
District of ColumbiaIntergovernmental relationsState and local government operations

Summary

This bill repeals the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which was enacted in 1973 and granted the District of Columbia limited home rule authority to establish local government and elect a mayor and city council. The repeal would take effect one year after the bill's enactment.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
10 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 6, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. · house
  2. Feb 6, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 5183 — District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5342 — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1077 — District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 440 — BOWSER Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 356 — District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 214 — District of Columbia Legislative Home Rule Act (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 440 — BOWSER Act · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 214 — District of Columbia Legislative Home Rule Act · Introduced Jan 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 4259 — National Capital Planning Commission District of Columbia Home Rule Act · Introduced Jun 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 3850 — District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 5183 — District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 5092 — District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act · Introduced Sep 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 6, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 6, 2025

Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Roy, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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

A BILL

To repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident Act” or the “BOWSER Act”.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE ACT.

Effective on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; 87 Stat. 774) is repealed. <all>

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