District of Columbia Special Elections Home Rule Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6866 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6866 To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the District of Columbia to establish the timing of special elections for local office in the District of Columbia. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2023 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the District of Columbia to establish the timing of special elections for local office in the District of Columbia. 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 Special Elections Home Rule Act''. SEC. 2. TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL OFFICE IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (a) Council.-- (1) Chair.--The first sentence of section 401(b)(3) of t…