Bill > HR2693

This bill amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to allow the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit legislative acts to Congress electronically, instead of solely through paper documents. Specifically, the bill permits the Chairman to choose the form of transmission for two types of acts: regular acts of the Council and charter amendments. The House of Representatives and Senate are required to treat electronically transmitted acts the same as paper-based acts for official purposes. The bill is enacted as an exercise of Congressional rulemaking authority, which means it sets a procedural guideline for how legislative documents from the D.C. Council will be processed, while explicitly preserving each chamber's constitutional right to modify its own rules in the future. This change modernizes the process of legislative communication between the D.C. Council and Congress by enabling electronic transmission, which can potentially reduce paper usage, improve efficiency, and speed up the legislative review process.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2693/all-info