US Congress Senate Bill 51

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-1)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-06-22 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides for admission into the United States of the state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, composed of most of the territory of the District of Columbia. The commonwealth shall be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two Senators and one Representative of the commonwealth. The bill applies current District laws to the commonwealth and continues pending judicial proceedings. The commonwealth (1) shall consist of all District territory, with specified exclusions for federal buildings and monuments, including the principal federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, and the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the Capitol Building; and (2) may not impose taxes on federal property except as Congress permits. District territory excluded from the commonwealth shall be known as the Capital and shall be the seat of the federal government. The bill maintains the federal government's authority over military lands and specified other property. The bill provides for expedited consideration of a joint resolution repealing the Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for the appointment of electors of the President and Vice President. The bill continues certain federal authorities and responsibilities, including regarding employee benefits, agencies, courts, and college tuition assistance, until the commonwealth certifies that it is prepared to take over the authorities and responsibilities. The bill establishes the Statehood Transition Commission to advise the President, Congress, and District and commonwealth leaders on the transition.

Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Sen. Raphael Warnock [D-GA]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Jon Ossoff [D-GA]
Sen. John Hickenlooper [D-CO]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-22	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
2021-01-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB51 (Same As) 2021-04-22 - Received in the Senate.
HR330 (Similar To) 2021-04-20 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/51/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s51/BILLS-117s51is.pdf