House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Official title: To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 51.
- 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. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H37):Clause 1 of section 3 of article IV and clause 17 of section 8 of article I. The single subject of this legislation is:Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 51, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/51
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 October 10, 2026). 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
209 cosponsors — 209 Democrats
0 of 209 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Everton Blair (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA) and 179 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 189 (119th) Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act
- H.R. 2693 (119th) District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act
- H.R. 880 (119th) Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 1888 (119th) Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
- H.R. 7441 (119th) Bayard Rustin Stamp Act
- H.R. 5805 (119th) Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act
Related bills
- S. 51 (119th) Washington, D.C. Admission ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.