H.R. 2080 To Amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act

Bill Status

  • Bill Introduction

    5/1/2007

  • Passed by Committee

    5/1/2007

  • Passed by House

    5/8/2007 by voice vote

  • Passed by Senate

    5/22/2007 by voice vote

  • Signed into Law

    6/1/2007


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H.R. 2080 on THOMAS

On June 1, 2007, H.R. 2080: To Amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act became public law. This legislation, introduced by Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Tom Davis revises the District of Columbia’s charter to conform to revisions made by the Council of the District of Columbia relating to public education.

The bill repeals the grant of authority to the Mayor and the District Council to establish the annual budget for the District’s Board of Education, which also prohibits the Mayor and Council from specifying the amounts of and purposes for which funds may be expended.