House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
District of Columbia Special Elections Home Rule Act
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DCWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6866.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6999):clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would give the District of Columbia complete authority to set the date of special elections for local offices.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 219 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6866, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6866
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
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- H.R. 388 (118th) Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act
- H.R. 8505 (118th) Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 4043 (118th) To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to make the District of Columbia eligible for certain wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other…
- H.R. 51 (118th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.Res. 661 (118th) Honoring the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and calling on Congress to fulfill the demands of the March…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.