No formula for a Federal payment to the District is included, but the bills state it is intended that the Federal Government will annu- ally pay an equitable share of the expenses of the District government. A BILL To provide for the District of Columbia an appointed Governor and Secretary, and an elected legislative assembly and nonvoting Delegate to the House of Represent- atives, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to the retention by Con- gress of the ultimate legislative authority over the Nation's Capital which is granted by the Constitution, it is the intent of Congress to restore to the in- habitants of the District of Columbia the powers of local self-government which are a basic privilege of all American citizens; to reaffirm through such action the confidence of the American people in the strengthened validity of princi- ples of local self-government by the elective process; to promote among the in- habitants of the District the sense of responsibility for the development and well-being of their community which will result from the enjoyment of such powers of self-government; to provide for the more effective participation in the development of the District and in the solution of its local problems by those persons who are most closely concerned; and to relieve the National Legislature of the burden of legislating upon purely local District matters. It is the further intention of Congress to exercise its retained ultimate legislative authority over the District only insofar as such action shall be necessary or desirable in the interest of the Nation. Finally, it is recognized that the restoration of the powers of local self-government to the inhabitants of the District by this Act will in no way change the need, which arises from the unique character of the District as the Nation's Capital, for the payment by the Federal Govern- ment of a share of the expenses of the District government, and it is intended Sec. 304. Changes in membership and compensation of Assembly members. PART 2-PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Sec. 321. Functions heretofore exercised by the Board of Commissioners and the Board Sec. 321. Board of Commissioners abolished. Sec. 321. Board of Education abolished. Sec. 322. Functions relating to zoning. Sec. 601. Borrowing power; debt limitations. Sec. 602. Contents of borrowing legislation; referendum on bond issue. Sec. 604. Short period of limitation. Sec. 605. Acts for issuance of bonds. Sec. 606. Public sale. Sec. 901. Agreements with United States. Sec. 902. Personal interest in contracts or transactions. Sec. 903. Compensation from more than one source. Sec. 904. Assistance of United States Civil Service Commission in development of District merit system. TITLE X-SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT Sec. 1001. Transfer of personnel, property, and funds. Sec. 1004. Vacancies resulting from abolition of Board Commissioners. TITLE XI-SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS Sec. 1101. Separability of provisions. TITLE XII-TEMPORARY PROVISIONS Sec. 1201. Powers of the President during transition period. SEC. 101. For the purposes of this Act (1) The term "District" means the District of Columbia. (2) The terms "Legislative Assembly" and "Assembly" mean the Assembly of the District of Columbia provided for by title III. (3) The terms "Chairman" and "Assembly Chairman" mean the Chairman of the Assembly provided for by title III. (4) The terms "Governor" and "Secretary" mean the Governor and Secretary, respectively, provided for by title IV. (5) The term "qualified elector" means a qualified elector of the District as specified in section 806, except as otherwise specifically provided. (6) The term “act" includes any legislation adopted by the Assembly, except where the term "Act" is used to refer to this Act or other Acts of Congress herein specified. (7) The term "District Primary Act" means the Act of August 12, 1955 (Public Law 376. Eighty-fourth Congress; 69 Stat. 699). (8) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, association, jointstock company, trust or corporation. (9) The terms "capital project" and "project" mean (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. (10) The term "pending", when applied to any capital project, means authorized but not yet completed. (11) The term "Board of Elections" means the Board of Elections created by section 3 of the District Primary Act. (12) The term "election", unless the context otherwise indicates means an election held pursuant to the provisions of this Act. (13) The term "domicile" means that place where a person has his true, fixed. and permanent home and to which, when he is absent, he has the intention of returning. (14) The term "municipal office" means an office of any governmental unit subordinate to a State or Territorial government. (15) The terms "publish" and "publication", unless otherwise specifically provided herein, mean publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the District. TITLE II-STATUS OF THE DISTRICT STATUS OF THE DISTRICT SEC. 201. (a) All of the territory consituting the permanent seat of the Government of the United States shall continue to be designated as the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia shall remain and continue a body-corporate, as provided in section 2 of the Revised Statutes relating to said District. Said Corporation shall continue to be charged with all the duties, obligations, responsibilities and liabilities, and to be vested with all of the powers, rights, privileges, immunities and assets, respectively imposed upon and vested in said Corporation, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, any person appointed from civil life as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the District or the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia. (b) No law or regulation which is in force on the effective date of part 2. title III, of this Act shall be deemed amended or repealed by this Act except to the extent that such law or regulation is inconsistent with this Act: Provided, That any such law or regulation may be amended or repealed by legislation or regulation as authorized in this Act, or by Act of Congress. (c) The judicial courts of the District of Columbia shall remain as now organized until abolished or changed by Act of Congress; but the Assembly shall have power to enact Acts conferring such additional jurisdiction on the juvenile court of the District of Columbia, the municipal court for the District of Columbia, and the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia as may be appropriate to the due execution and enforcement of the laws of the District of Columbia. TITLE III—THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PART I-CREATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CREATION AND MEMBERSHIP SEC. 301. There is hereby created the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia consisting of fifteen members elected as provided in title VIII. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the legislative power and authority of the District, as hereinafter set forth, is hereby vested in the Assembly. QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLDING OFFICE SEC. 302. No person shall hold the office of member of the Assembly unless he (1) is a qualified elector, (2) is domiciled in the District and resides in the ward from which he is nominated, and has (a) during the three years next preceding his nomination resided and been domiciled in the District and (b) during the one year next preceding his nomination has not voted in any election (other than in the District) for any candidate for public office, and has resided in the ward from which he is nominated, (3) holds no other elective public office, and (4) holds no appointive office of a full-time, continuing nature for which compensation is provided out of Federal or District funds. A member of the Assembly shall forfeit his office upon failure to maintain the qualifications required by this section. COMPENSATION SEC. 303. Each member of the Assembly, except the Chairman, shall receive compensation at a rate of $10,000 per annum, payable in periodic installments. The Chairman shall receive compensation at a rate of $12,000 per annum, payable in periodic installments. All members shall receive such additional allowance for expenses as may be approved by the Assembly to be paid out of funds duly appropriated therefor. CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP AND COMPENSATION OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SEC. 304. (a) The number of members constituting the Assembly may be changed by act passed by the Assembly: Provided, That no such act shall take effect until after it has been assented to by a majority of the qualified electors of the District voting at an election on the proposition set forth in any such act. (b) The compensation of members of the Assembly may be changed by act passed by the Assembly: Provided, That no such act shall take effect until January 1 of the first odd-numbered year following its approval. PART 2-PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FUNCTIONS HERETOFORE EXERCISED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SEC. 321. (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 Assembly except those powers hereinafter specifically conferred on the Governor. (b) The Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia is hereby abolished, and all provisions of law providing for the Board of Commissioners of the District, and the offices of Commissioner, Engineer Commissioner, and Assistants to the Engineer Commissioner of the District, are hereby repealed. (c) The Board of Education provided for in section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved June 20, 1906, is hereby abolished and its functions are hereby transferred to the Legislative Assembly for exercise in such manner and by such person or persons as the Assembly may direct. FUNCTIONS RELATING TO ZONING SEC. 322. 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, 1951 edition, sec. 5-412), is hereby abolished, and its functions are transferred to the Assembly. CERTAIN DELEGATED FUNCTIONS SEC. 323. No function of the Board of Commissioners of the District which such Board has delegated to an officer or agency of the District shall be considered as a function transferred to the Assembly by section 321. Each such function is hereby transferred to the officer or agency to whom or to which it was delegated, until the Governor or Assembly, or both, pursuant to the powers herein granted, shall revoke, modify, or transfer such delegation. LEGISLATIVE POWERS AND LIMITATIONS THEREON SEC. 324. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the legislative power of the District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within said District, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this Act, subject nevertheless, to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon States by the tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States; but all acts of the Assembly shall at all times be subject to repeal or modification by the Congress of the United States, and nothing herein shall be construed to deprive Congress of the power of legislation over said District in as ample manner as if this Act had not been enacted: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed as vesting in the District government any greater authority over the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, the Armory Board, the National Guard of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, the National Capital Housing Authority, or any Federal agency than was vested in the Board of Commissioners of the District prior to the effective date of part 2, title III of this Act. or (b) The Assembly may not pass any act contrary to the provisions of this Act, (1) impose any tax on property of the United States; (2) lend the public credit for support of any private undertaking; (3) authorize the issuance of bonds except in compliance with the provisions of title VI ; (4) grant any exclusive privilege, immunity, or franchise; (5) authorize the use of public money in support of any sectarian, denominational, or private school except as now or hereafter authorized by Congress: (6) enact any act to amend or repeal any Act of Congress which concerns the functions or property of the United States or which is not restricted in its application exclusively in or to the District; (7) pass any act inconsistent with or contrary to the Act of June 6, 1924 (43 Stat. 463), as amended by the Act of April 30, 1926 (44 Stat. 374), and |