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                    119TH CONGRESS                                     REPT.119-463
                       2d Session  J  HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           Part 1






                    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE IMPROVEMENT ACT
                                                 OF  2025



                     JANUARY 27, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                      of the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr. COMER,  from the Committee  on  Oversight and Government
                                     Reform,  submitted the following

                                               REPORT

                                               together with

                                           MINORITY VIEWS

                                           [To accompany H.R. 5183]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee  on Oversight  and Government   Reform,  to whom
                    was referred the bill (H.R. 5183) to amend the District of Columbia
                    Home  Rule  Act to establish a uniform 60-day congressional review
                    period for District of Columbia laws, to clarify the expedited proce-
                    dures applicable to consideration of resolutions of disapproval of
                    District of Columbia laws, to authority the use of resolutions of dis-
                    approval to disapprove provisions of District of Columbia laws and
                    District of Columbia executive orders and regulations, and for other
                    purposes, having  considered the  same, reports favorably  thereon
                    with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
                    pass.
                                                CONTENTS
                                                                                   Page
                    Summary and Purpose of Legislation  ....................................................................  5
                    Background and Need for Legislation  ....................................................................  6
                    Section by  Section  Analysis  ....................................................................................  7
                    Legislative  H istory  ..................................................................................................  10
                    Com m ittee  Consideration  ........................................................................................  10
                    R oll  C all  V otes  .........................................................................................................  10
                    Explanation of Am endm ents  ...................................................................................  15
                    List of Related  Com m ittee  Hearings  .....................................................................  15
                    Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ......  15
                    Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  15


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