Joint resolution to amend the Constitution to provide for representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect two Senators and the number of Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. States that each Senator or Representative so elected shall be an inhabitant of the District and shall possess the same qualifications as to age and citizenship and have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Senator or Representative from a State.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 5 March 1975

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 5 March 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 March 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 11 December 1975

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, H. Rept. 94-714.

   Source: Committee

5. 11 December 1975

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, H. Rept. 94-714.

   Source: Committee

6. 16 March 1976

   Floor

   Measure called up by special rule in House.

   Source: Floor

7. 23 March 1976

   Vote

   Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #129 (229-181).

   Source: Floor

8. 23 March 1976

   Vote

   Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #129 (229-181).

   Source: Floor

9. 23 March 1976

   Floor

   Measure considered in House.

   Source: Floor

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

2 official files

• Motion to recommit bill as amended in Senate

  summary · EN · 23 March 1976

  Open at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 5 March 1975

  Open at official source

  Leesvertaling

  Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

  Vertaal naarNL · DutchDE · GermanFR · FrenchES · SpanishIT · ItalianPL · PolishPT · PortugueseSV · SwedishDA · DanishFI · FinnishEL · GreekCS · CzechHU · HungarianRO · RomanianBG · BulgarianHR · CroatianSK · SlovakSL · SlovenianLT · LithuanianLV · LatvianET · EstonianGA · IrishMT · Maltese

  Vertaal document

  Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

• Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Joint resolution to amend the Constitution to provide for representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress.