H.R. 51: Making D.C. the 51st State
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
H.R. 51 was introduced by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on January 3, 2019. The bill would admit the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth into the Union. The State would consist of most of the territory of the present-day District of Columbia. Congress would retain plenary authority over the reduced federal district. The bill has 219 cosponsors and is endorsed by 102 national organizations.
CHAIRMAN CUMMINGS' OPENING STATEMENT
WITNESSES
The Honorable Muriel Bowser
Mayor
District of Columbia
Jeffrey S. DeWitt
Chief Financial Officer
District of Columbia
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
Kerwin Miller
Veteran and District of Columbia Resident
Dr. Roger Pilon
B. Kenneth Simon Chair, Constitutional Studies
Cato Institute
Kenneth Thomas
Legislative Attorney
Congressional Research Service
DOCUMENTS
- Notice
- Memo
- Attendance
- UC - Rep Norton - American Civil Liberties Analysis
- UC - Rep Norton - Bush Administration's Attorney General Viet Dinh 2014 declaring H.R. 51 to be constitutional.
- UC - Rep Norton- Letter of Support and list of 128 organizations endorsing HR 51.
- Chairman Cummings' Opening Statement Read & UCed by Rep Norton
- Rep Gerald Connolly Statement for the Record
- UC - Rep Norton - SEIU support for H.R. 51 Statehood
- UC - Rep Norton - Georgetown University support
- UC - Rep Norton - NAACP Endorsement
- UC - Rep Norton - NARFE Letter of Support
- UC - Rep Norton - NUL Letter of Support
- UC - Rep Norton - PPFA & PPMW Letter of Support for DC Statehood
- UC - Rep Norton - Senator Michael Brown Testimony
- UC - Rep Norton - List of DC hospitality organizations endorsing legislation
- UC - Rep Norton - Statement for the Record
- UC - Rep Raskin - Politico Article - GSA Ignored the Constitution on Trump DC Hotel Lease
- UC - Rep Jordan - Letter requesting minority hearing day
- UC - Federal City and DC Alumnae Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta
- UC - Rep Norton - Ralph Nader's Statement
- UC - Rep Norton - DC Vote & Coalition
- Hearing Transcript