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District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit Acts of the District of Columbia to Congress in electronic form.

Introduced Apr 7, 2025

Latest action (Sep 10, 2025) Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Rules Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative subjects (6)
Computers and information technologyCongressional oversightDistrict of ColumbiaGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsLegislative rules and procedure

Summary
  • Permits the Chairman of the District of Columbia Council to transmit Acts to Congress in electronic form instead of requiring paper form.
  • Permits the Chairman to submit District of Columbia charter amendments to Congress in electronic form.
  • Requires the House and Senate to treat electronically transmitted acts the same as acts transmitted in paper form.

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)
1 cosponsor

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 (5)
  1. Sep 10, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0. · house
  2. Sep 10, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  3. Apr 7, 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
  4. Apr 7, 2025 Introduced in House
  5. Apr 7, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E287)

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 9497 — Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 5183 — District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 5342 — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 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 214 — District of Columbia Legislative Home Rule Act · Introduced Jan 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 4055 — District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 1998 · Introduced Jun 17, 1998 · Cong. 105 72%
  • HR 4574 — District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act · Introduced Jul 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 5092 — District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act · Introduced Sep 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 2689 — District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act · Introduced Sep 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 69 — Freedom to Petition the Government Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 7, 2025

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

Committee action

What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.

  • Final Passageagreed40–0
    Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeSep 10, 2025report measure▶ watch

    As published:Vote #02: Final Passage – H.R. 2693, District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act. The bill passed by a recorded vote of 40-0.

Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 7, 2025

Ms. Norton 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 amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit Acts of the District of Columbia to Congress in electronic form.

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 “District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act”.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO TRANSMIT ACTS OF DISTRICT IN ELECTRONIC FORM.

(a) Acts of Council.—Section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-206.02(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(4) The Chairman of the Council may transmit an Act under this subsection in such form as the Chairman may choose, including electronic form.”.

(b) Charter Amendments.—Section 303 of such Act (sec. 1-203.03, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(e) The Chairman of the Council may submit an Act under this section in such form as the Chairman may choose, including electronic form.”.

SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE BY HOUSE AND SENATE.

(a) Acceptance.—For purposes of determining whether the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia has transmitted an Act to Congress pursuant to section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-206.02(c), D.C. Official Code) or has submitted an Act to Congress pursuant to section 303 of such Act (sec. 1-203.03, D.C. Official Code), the House of Representatives and Senate shall treat such an Act which the Chairman transmits or submits in electronic form in the same manner as an Act which the Chairman submits in paper form.

(b) Exercise of Rulemaking Authority.—This section is enacted by Congress—

(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of Acts described in subsection (a), and supersede other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House. <all>

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