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HR5183119th Congress

District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]

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Summary

Establishes a uniform 60-day congressional review period for laws sent from the District of Columbia and expands Congress's power to disapprove parts of D.C. laws as well as mayoral executive orders and local regulations. It also tightens and speeds House and Senate procedures for considering disapproval measures.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Annual D.C. reports to Congress

This bill would require the Chair of the D.C. Council and the Mayor to appear at least once each year before the House Oversight Committee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee. They would present a report on the state of the District and recommend measures they think are necessary. The requirement would start on or after the date of enactment.

Stronger congressional review for D.C.

This bill would give Congress a uniform 60-day review for D.C. laws, mayoral executive orders, and regulations. The 60 days would start on the later of transmission to the Speaker or the Senate President and would exclude days when either House is adjourned more than three days. A law, order, or regulation would not take effect if Congress enacts a joint resolution disapproving it during those 60 days. The bill would let Congress disapprove whole Acts or individual provisions, speed up consideration (committees would have 20 calendar days to report or face discharge, House debate would be capped at one hour, Senate debate at 10 hours), bar the D.C. Council from withdrawing a transmitted Act during review, and block retransmission of substantially the same Act Congress already disapproved unless a later federal law allows it.

When D.C. rules take effect

This bill would generally make its new timing and review rules apply to D.C. Acts sent by the Council and to executive orders and regulations sent by the Mayor on or after the date of enactment. A special rule in section 7(b) would handle retransmission of laws that are substantially the same as ones Congress already disapproved.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]

AZ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2025

  • Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 9/8/2025

  • Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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