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The bill centralizes legislative authority in Congress over the District of Columbia—giving federal lawmakers direct control over local policy—trading away locally elected self-government, accountability, and responsiveness and risking transitional disruption and potential local costs.
Local governments and D.C. taxpayers will see federal lawmakers regain full legislative control over District laws one year after enactment, allowing Congress to directly set or override local policy.
District of Columbia residents and their locally elected officials lose self-government when the mayor and council's authority is repealed, removing locally accountable decision-making.
Federal takeover of local decisions reduces accountability to District residents and raises the risk that policies will diverge from local preferences.
D.C. residents could face less responsive policymaking for local needs as federal officials and Congress assume decisions formerly made locally.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, effective one year after enactment, removing the statutory framework for much of D.C.'s local self-government.
Introduced February 6, 2025 by Mike Lee · Last progress February 6, 2025
Repeals the District of Columbia Home Rule Act and removes that statute from law one year after the bill becomes effective. It also assigns a short title for the Act. The repeal would eliminate the statutory framework that currently delegates many local governing powers to the District of Columbia's mayor and council and replaces them with whatever federal governance framework Congress or federal authorities choose to apply after the effective date, creating legal and administrative uncertainty for local government, residents, and businesses.