Redesignation of Chair of Council of District of Columbia as Speaker of Legislative Assembly of District of Columbia

(a) Redesignation Section 411(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.11(a) D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: (a) The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia shall be the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly.. (b) Treatment of current chair For purposes of section 411(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, as amended by subsection (a), the individual holding the Office of Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to have been elected to the Office of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia by the registered qualified electors of the District. (c) References in law Any reference to the Office of the Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia in any law, rule, or regulation of the United States or the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the Office of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, and any reference to the Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia in any law, rule, or regulation of the United States or the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia.