Washington DC the 51st state hr157



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There is a bill on the floor of the House right now H.R. 157 This bill would give the Washington D.C. Area Statehood rights 1 representive in the house and 2 Senators. This is the latest effort to create a super majority in the Senate in order to not have to have any input from Republicans creating a 1 party government.


A BILL





To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a

Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of

Representatives, 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 District of Columbia House Voting

Rights Act of 2009''.


SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.


(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

District of Columbia shall be considered a Congressional district for

purposes of representation in the House of Representatives.

(b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Apportionment of Members of

House of Representatives.--

(1) Inclusion of single district of columbia member in

reapportionment of members among states.--Section 22 of the Act

entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent

decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of

Representatives in Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C.

2a), is amended by adding at the end the following new

subsection:

(d) This section shall apply with respect to the District of

Columbia in the same manner as this section applies to a State, except

that the District of Columbia may not receive more than one Member

under any reapportionment of Members.''.

(2) Clarification of determination of number of

presidential electors on basis of 23rd amendment.--Section 3 of

title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking come into

office;'' and inserting the following: come into office

(subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to the

Constitution of the United States in the case of the District

of Columbia);''.


SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


(a) Permanent Increase in Number of Members.--Effective with

respect to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and each succeeding

Congress, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 437

Members, including any Members representing the District of Columbia

pursuant to section 2(a).

(b) Reapportionment of Members Resulting From Increase.--

(1) In general.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act

to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses

and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in

Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended

by striking the then existing number of Representatives'' and

inserting the number of Representatives established with

respect to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress''.

(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)

shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census

conducted for 2010 and each subsequent regular decennial

census.

(c) Special Rules for Period Prior to 2012 Reapportionment.--

(1) Transmittal of revised statement of apportionment by

president.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress

a revised version of the most recent statement of apportionment

submitted under section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to

provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and

to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress'',

approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), to take into account

this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

(2) Report by clerk.--Not later than 15 calendar days after

receiving the revised version of the statement of apportionment

under paragraph (1), the Clerk of the House of Representatives,

in accordance with section 22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)),

shall send to the executive of each State a certificate of the

number of Representatives to which such State is entitled under

section 22 of such Act, and shall submit a report to the

Speaker of the House of Representatives identifying the State

(other than the District of Columbia) which is entitled to one

additional Representative pursuant to this section.

(3) Requirements for election of additional member.--During

the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and the One Hundred Twelfth

Congress--

(A) notwithstanding the final undesignated

paragraph of the Act entitled An Act for the relief

of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for

congressional redistricting'', approved December 14,

1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), the additional Representative to

which the State identified by the Clerk of the House of

Representatives in the report submitted under paragraph

(2) is entitled shall be elected from the State at

large; and

(B) the other Representatives to which such State

is entitled shall be elected on the basis of the

Congressional districts in effect in the State for the

One Hundred Tenth Congress.


SEC. 4. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.


If any provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, is

declared or held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of

this Act and any amendment made by this Act shall be treated and deemed

invalid and shall have no force or effect of law.




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