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Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act

To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide that, for the purpose of determining eligibility for Federal funds, the District of Columbia shall be treated as a State and any political subdivision of a State or unit of local government, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 10, 2025

Latest action (Feb 10, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Civil Rights
Legislative subjects (3)
District of ColumbiaState and local financeState and local government operations

Summary
  • Amends federal law to treat the District of Columbia as a State for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal funds.
  • Requires the District of Columbia to be treated as a political subdivision of a State or unit of local government for Federal funding purposes.
  • Takes effect on October 1, 2026.

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)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Eleanor Holmes Norton’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • THE DONOHOE COMPANIES INC. $16,550
  • TGV ROCKETS $4,000
  • THE DONOHUE COMPANIES INC. $3,500
  • HILTON CORPORATION $3,300
  • RAM CUSTOM SERVICES $3,300

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Eleanor Holmes Norton → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Feb 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Feb 10, 2025 Introduced in House
  3. Feb 10, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E109)

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 9720 — D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025. (shares 3 subjects)
  • SJRES 102 — A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025. (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)
  • HR 10326 — PROOF Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 8873 — Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 8872 — Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act (shares 2 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.

  • HR 5856 — District of Columbia Government Title Equality Act · Introduced Oct 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 6950 — District of Columbia Transportation Funding Equality Act · Introduced Jan 7, 2026 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 69 — Freedom to Petition the Government Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 1077 — District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025 · Passed Senate Mar 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 1156 — District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998 · Introduced Sep 10, 1998 · Cong. 105 67%
  • S 402 — Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act · Introduced Feb 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 10, 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 10, 2025

Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide that, for the purpose of determining eligibility for Federal funds, the District of Columbia shall be treated as a State and any political subdivision of a State or unit of local government, and for other purposes.

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 “Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act”.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS STATE AND ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF STATE OR UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

(a) In General.—Chapter 1 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Sec. 9. District of Columbia treated as State and political subdivision of State or unit of local government “In determining eligibility for Federal funds or relating to the use of Federal funds, the District of Columbia shall be treated as a State and as any political subdivision of a State or unit of local government, unless otherwise provided.”.

(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

“9. District of Columbia treated as State and political subdivision of State or unit of local government.”.

(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2026. <all>

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