New Columbia Admission Act

Summary

New Columbia Admission Act - Declares the State of New Columbia (presently the District of Columbia) to be a State of the United States of America. Admits New Columbia into the Union on an equal footing with the other States in all respects. Reserves Federal title to certain lands and property. Sets forth election protocol for popular ratification of statehood. Provides for election of one member of the House of Representatives as well as two Senators. Maintains the laws that were territorially in effect. Continues any law suits already pending in District of Columbia courts.

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

Timeline

1. 26 March 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 May 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Federalism.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

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

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 26 March 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssga00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → New Columbia Admission Act