PART 2 ANNUAL POST AUDIT BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Sec. 921. Independent annual post audit. TITLE X-THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS Sec. 1001. General provisions. Sec. 1005. Department of Public Safety. Sec. 1007. Department of Law. Sec. 1008. Department of Public Works. Sec. 1009. Department of Libraries. Sec. 1010. Department of Labor. Sec. 1011. Department of Commerce. Sec. 1012. Department of Corrections. Sec. 1013. Department of Professional and Occupational Standards. TITLE XI-BOARD OF EDUCATION Sec. 1101. Creation and membership. Sec. 1102. Transfer of functions. Sec. 1103. Functions and limitations. Sec. 1104. Qualifications for holding office. Sec. 1105. Compensation of members. Sec. 1106. President of the Board of Education. Sec. 1107. Staff of the Board of Education; records. Sec. 1108. Meetings. Sec. 1109. Conduct of business. Sec. 1110. Free instruction for nonresident pupils denied. TITLE XII-CERTAIN AGENCIES NOT UNDER THE DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT MANAGER Sec. 1201. Zoning Adjustment Board. Sec. 1202. Public Utilities Commission. Sec. 1203. Board of Tax Appeals. Sec. 1204. Redevelopment Land Agency. Sec. 1205. Executive officers. TITLE XIII-ELECTIONS IN THE DISTRICT Sec. 1301. Board of Elections. Sec. 1302. What elections shall be held. Sec. 1303. Elective offices; terms of office. Sec. 1304. Vacancies. Sec. 1305. What candidates are elected. Sec. 1306. Qualified electors. Sec. 1307. Registration. Sec. 1308. Qualified candidates. Sec. 1309. Nominations. Sec. 1310. Nonpartisan elections. Sec. 1311. Method of voting. Sec. 1312. Recounts and contests. Sec. 1313. Interference with registration or voting. Sec. 1314. Violations. TITLE XIV-MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 1401. Agreements with the United States. Sec. 1402. Publicity of records. Sec. 1403. Personal interest in contracts or transactions. Sec. 1404. Investigations by District Council. Sec. 1405. Amendment of Budget and Accounting Act. Sec. 1406. Review of proposed legislation by Bureau of the Budget. Sec. 1407. Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Sec. 1408. Register of wills and clerk of Probate Court. Sec. 1409. National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Sec. 1410. Certain functions now administered by Federal agencies. Sec. 1411. National Capital Housing Authority. Sec. 1412. Compensation from more than one source. Sec. 1413. Support of United States courts. Sec. 1414. Payment to retirement fund. TITLE XV-SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT Sec. 1501. Transfer of personnel, property, and funds. Sec. 1504. Vacancies resulting from abolition of Board of Commissioners. TITLE XVI-SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS Sec. 1601. Separability of provisions. TITLE XVII-TEMPORARY PROVISIONS Sec. 1701. Powers of the President during transition period. Sec. 1702. Reimbursable appropriation for the District for the period ending June 30, 1950. Sec. 1801. Effective dates. TITLE XVIII-EFFECTIVE DATES SECTION 101. For the purposes of this Act (1) The term "Joint Committee" means the Joint Committee on the District of Columbia provided for by title II. (2) The term "District" means the District of Columbia. (3) The term "Delegate" means the Delegate from the District of Columbia provided for by title III. (4) The term "District Council" means the Council of the District of Columbia provided for by title IV. (5) The term "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Washington provided for by title IV. (6) The term "District Manager" means the District Manager provided for by title VI. (7) The term "qualified elector” means a qualified elector of the District as specified in section 1306 (b). (8) The term "expenditure", when applied to any period of time, includes an obligation to expend incurred during such period, but does not include a disbursement made in such period if the obligation to make such disbursement was incurred in a prior period. (9) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, association, jointstock company, trust, or corporation. (10) The term “budget year" means the fiscal year for which any particular budget becomes effective and in which such budget is administered. (11) The term "capital project", or "project", means (a) any physical public betterment or improvement and any preliminary studies and surveys relative thereto; (b) the acquisition of property of a permanent nature; or (c) the purchase of equipment for any public betterment or improvement when first erected or acquired. (12) The term "pending", when applied to any capital project, means authorized but not yet completed. TITLE II-JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CREATION AND FUNCTIONS SEC. 201. (a) There is hereby created a joint congressional committee known as the Joint Committee on the District of Columbia, to be composed of (1) twentyfour members as follows: Eleven members who are Members of the Senate (of whom one shall be a member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate) to be elected by the Senate, and thirteen members who are Members of the House of Representatives (of whom two shall be members of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) to be elected by the House of Representatives, and (2) an additional member who shall be the Delegate from the District of Columbia. The Delegate shall possess in such committee the same powers and privileges as in the House of Representatives, and may make any motion except to reconsider. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, no person who, at the time of his election to the Joint Committee, is a member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall continue to serve as a member of the Joint Committee after he has ceased to be a member of such Committee on Appropriations. (2) The members of the Joint Committee elected by the House of Representatives who have been reelected to the House of Representatives may continue to serve as members of the Joint Committee notwithstanding the expiration of the Congress. (c) A majority of the individuals (other than the Delegate) serving as members of the Joint Committee shall constitute a quorum of the Joint Committee. A vacancy in the Joint Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original selection. (d) The Joint Committee, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such places and times, to require, by subpena (to be issued under the signature of the chairman or any member designated by him) or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, documents, and tangible things, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes shall apply in case of any failure of any witness to comply with a subpena or to testify when summoned under authority of this subsection. (e) (1) There shall be an executive officer of the Joint Committee who shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Joint Committee on a permanent basis without regard to political affiliations and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office; but the Joint Committee is authorized to terminate, by a majority vote of the committee, the services of such executive officer. The executive officer shall perform such duties as are assigned to him by this Act and such other duties as may be assigned to him by the chairman of the Joint Committee with the approval of the Joint Committee. The executive officer shall not engage in any work other than committee business and no other duties may be assigned to him. The executive officer shall receive compensation at the basic rate of $8,000 per annum. (2) The Joint Committee shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such experts and such clerical, stenographic, and other assistants as it deems advisable. CHAIRMANSHIP SEC. 202. The chairman of the Joint Committee shall be elected by the committee from among the members of one House serving thereon, and the vice chairman shall be elected by the committee from among the members of the other House serving thereon. During each odd-numbered Congress the chairman shall be a Member of the House of Representatives, and during each evennumbered Congress the chairman shall be a Member of the Senate. DUTIES IN RELATION TO THE DISTRICT SEC. 203. The Joint Committee shall make continuing studies and investigations of the government of the District and the conduct of its affairs. For such purposes the Joint Committee or any member or representative thereof designated by the committee shall have access to all buildings and other places, books, papers, documents, and tangible things, owned by or under the control of the District. The Joint Committee shall from time to time report the results of its studies and investigations, together with its recommendations, to the Senate and to the House of Representatives. RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE SEC. 204. (a) The provisions of this section are enacted by the Congress (1) as an exercise of the rule-making power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply; and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure in such House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. (b) All bills, resolutions, and other matters in the Senate and House of Representatives, relating to the District, shall be referred to the Joint Committee on the District of Columbia. Bills, resolutions, and other matters so referred shall not be reported to the Senate or to the House of Representatives by the Joint Committee as such or as a result of any vote in the Joint Committee as such; but members of the Joint Committee who are members of the Senate shall from time to time report to the Senate, and members of the Joint Committee who are members of the House of Representatives shall from time to time report to the House, together with their recommendations, bills, resolutions, or other matters within the jurisdiction of their respective Houses which are referred to the Joint Committee. Any such action by the Senate members or by the House members shall be taken only if approved by a majority vote of a quorum of such respective group of members, a quorum in the case of each group being a majority of the members thereof then serving as members of the Joint Committee. (c) Rule XXV (1) of the Standing Rules of the Senate is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (f) thereof. (d) Rule XXV (4) of the Standing Rules of the Senate is hereby amended by striking out "of the Committee on the District of Columbia or". (e) Rule XVI 6 (a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate is hereby amended by striking out "Committee on the District of Columbia-For the District of Columbia". (f) Rule X (a) of the Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby amended by striking out "6. Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of twentyfive Members". (g) Rule X (b) (3) of the Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby amended by striking out "on the Committee on the District of Columbia or". (h) Rule XI (1) of the Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (f) thereof. (i) Paragraph 8 of rule XXIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby amended to read as follows: "8. The second and fourth Mondays in each month, after the disposition of motions to discharge committees and after the disposal of such business on the Speaker's table as requires reference only, shall, when claimed by the House members of the Joint Committee on the District of Columbia, be set apart for the consideration of such business as may be presented by said House members." TITLE III-DELEGATE TO CONGRESS CREATION SEC. 301. The people of the District shall be represented by a Delegate in the House of Representatives of the United States, to be elected as provided in title XIII and to be designated "Delegate from the District of Columbia". FUNCTIONS SEC. 302. The Delegate shall have a seat in the House of Representatives, with the right of debate, but not of voting. QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLDING OFFICE SEC. 303. No person shall hold the office of Delegate unless he (1) is a qualified elector, (2) resides and is domiciled in the District, (3) is at least twenty-five years old, and (4) holds no other public office. CHANGES IN FEDERAL LAW SEC. 304. (a) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 601 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, are hereby amended by striking out "from the Territories". (b) Paragraph (10) of section 3A of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "from a Territory". (c) The second paragraph under the heading "House of Representatives" in the Act of July 16, 1914 (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 2, sec. 37), is hereby amended by striking out "from Territories". (d) Paragraph (i) of section 302 of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after "United States" the following: "and the District of Columbia". (e) The seventh paragraph of section 591 of title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting after "United States" the following: "and the District of Columbia". Section 594 of such title is hereby amended by inserting after "Territories and possessions" the following: "or the District of Columbia". The first paragraph of section 595 of such title is amended by inserting after "from any Territory or possession" the following: "or the District of Columbia". TITLE IV-THE DISTRICT COUNCIL PART 1-CREATION OF DISTRICT COUNCIL CREATION AND MEMBERSHIP SEC. 401. There is hereby created a Council of the District of Columbia consisting of twelve members elected as provided in title XIII. QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLDING OFFICE SEC. 402. No person shall hold the office of member of the District Council unless he (1) is a qualified elector, (2) resides and is domiciled in the District, (3) holds no other elective public office, and (4) holds no appointive office for which compensation is provided out of District funds. COMPENSATION SEC. 403. Each member of the District Council shall receive compensation at the rate of $3,000 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments. PART 2-PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL FUNCTIONS HERETOFORE EXERCISED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SEC. 421. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all functions granted to or imposed upon the Board of Commissioners of the District are hereby transferred to the District Council. (b) The Board of Commissioners of the District is hereby abolished. FUNCTIONS RELATING TO ZONING SEC. 422. (a) The Zoning Commission created by the first section of the Act of March 1, 1920, creating a Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 5-412), is hereby abolished, and its functions are, to the extent not inconsistent with section 1409 (c), transfrered to the District Council. (b) The Zoning Advisory Council created by section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1938, providing for the zoning of the District (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 5-417) is hereby abolished, and its functions are transferred to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. CERTAIN DELEGATED FUNCTIONS SEC. 423. No function of the Board of Commissioners of the District which such Board has delegated to an officer or agency of the District shall, for the purposes of section 421, be considered as a function granted to or imposed upon the Board. Except as otherwise provided in section 1013 (a), each such function is hereby transferred to the officer or agency to whom or to which it was delegated. ORDINANCES SEC. 424. (a) The District Council (1) may pass ordinances to carry out those functions of a legislative character transferred to it by section 421; (2) may pass ordinances (hereinafter referred to as "zoning ordinances") to carry out those functions of a legislative character transferred to it by section 422 (a); and (3) may pass ordinances providing for the exercise, otherwise than by the District Council itself, of functions (other than functions of a legislative character) transferred to it by sections 421 and 422 (a). (b) An ordinance (other than a zoning ordinance) shall take effect as law upon passage by the District Council. (c) A zoning ordinance shall take effect as law only as provided in section 436. |