Home Rule: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 6 of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, First and Second Sessions, on H.R. 141, H.R. 461, H.R. 501, H.R. 502, H.R. 503, H.R. 504, H.R. 1576, H.R. 1805, H.R. 2579, H.R. 2893, H.R. 3352, H.R. 3568, H.R. 3963, H.R. 4237, H.R. 4821, H.R. 5564, H.R. 5732, H.R. 5794, H.R. 8105, H.R. 9128, H.J. Res. 91, and H.J. Res. 195, Bills to Provide Some Form of Home Rule for the District of Columbia, Proponents' Testimony. November 18, 19, and 20, 1963, and February 24, 1964 |
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Page 350 - A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by...
Page 178 - ... rule-making power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in such House in the case of resolutions (as defined in section 202) ; and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith...
Page 158 - ... effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and other assets for which the agency is responsible, including appropriate internal audit...
Page 243 - ... will have had their voice in the election of the government which is to exercise authority over them ; as a municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will of course be allowed them...
Page 167 - Council is hereby exempted with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 281, 283, 284, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 USC 99) except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Page 310 - That the Legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 151 - Any failure to obey such order may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 385 - The Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States...
Page 197 - An Act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved June 20.
Page 102 - The audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts are normally kept. The representatives of the General Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the District and necessary to facilitate the audit, and they shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians...