Uniform 60-day Congressional review period for District of Columbia laws

(a) Establishment of 60-Day period; clarification of beginning of period and days excluded Section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(c)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amended— (1) by striking the 30-calendar-day period (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and any day on which neither House is in session because of an adjournment sine die, a recess of more than three days, or an adjournment of more than three days) beginning on the day such act is transmitted by the Chairman to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate and inserting the following: the 60-day period (excluding days either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of Congress) beginning on the later of the day such act is transmitted by the Chairman to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the day such act is transmitted by the Chairman to the President of the Senate; and (2) by striking such 30-day period each place it appears and inserting such 60-day period. (b) Elimination of alternative period for acts affecting criminal laws Section 602(c) of such Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (2); and (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (c) Special rule for acts designated by Council as involving emergency circumstances (1) No renewal of waiver of review for succeeding Acts Section 602(c) of such Act (sec. 1–206.02(c), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) If an Act is exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) because of a determination by the Council under section 412(a) that the Act should take effect immediately because of emergency circumstances, an Act of the Council to extend the period during which such Act is effective, or any Act of the Council which is substantially the same as such Act, shall not be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1).. (2) Conforming amendment Section 412(a) of such Act (sec. 1–204.12(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ninety days and inserting ninety days, subject to section 602(c)(3).