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Amends section 8124: revises the second sentence of subsection (a) to require that the National Capital Planning Commission shall recommend transfers among Federal authorities or between Federal and District of Columbia authorities before completion; strikes subsection (b) and redesignates subsection (c) as subsection (b).
Amends section 8722 by striking specified text in the section heading; removing specified provisions in subsection (a); striking specified text in the first sentence of subsection (b)(1); striking specified text in subsection (c)(1); and striking subsection (e).
Strikes and repeals section 8734 (approval of the Commission to sell land) and removes the corresponding item from the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter IV of chapter 87 of title 40.
This bill shifts more control over land and development to the D.C. government. It removes the National Capital Planning Commission’s approval power over projects on land owned by the District, and it ends the requirement that the Commission sign off before the District can sell land. The Commission would still give recommendations when land is transferred among federal agencies or between federal and D.C. authorities, but it would no longer have final say over D.C.-owned property decisions.
These changes take effect as soon as the bill becomes law. In short, D.C. leaders would be able to make more of their own planning and land sale decisions without needing outside approval from the federal planning body.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced June 30, 2025 by Eleanor Holmes Norton · Last progress June 30, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E636)
Introduced in House