District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5093 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5093 To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States with respect to administration of the National Guard. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 2, 2025 Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States with respect to administration of the National Guard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act''. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL GUARD AUTHORITIES TO MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (a) Mayor as Commander-in-Chief.--Section 6 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes'', approved March 1, 1889 (sec. 49- 409, D.C. Official Code), is amended by striking ``President of the United States'' and inserting ``Mayor of the District of Columbia''. (b) Reserve Corps.--Section 72 of such Act (sec. 49-407, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``President of the United States'' each place it appears and inserting ``Mayor of the District of Columbia''. (c) Appointment of Commissioned Officers.--(1) Section 7(a) of such Act (sec. 49-301(a), D.C. Official Co