119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 3877
H.R. 3877, the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act, proposes to return most of Washington, D.C. to Maryland while preserving a smaller "Federal District" containing core government buildings under exclusive congressional control. The bill establishes detailed procedures requiring Maryland's acceptance and includes extensive legal and administrative changes, such as transferring the D.C. National Guard to Maryland, renaming federal courts from "District of Columbia" to "Federal District," and eliminating D.C.'s non-voting House Delegate position (temporarily reassigning the seat to Maryland). To protect affected residents and workers, the legislation maintains federal retirement and civil service benefits for D.C. employees hired before 1987, federal judges, court staff, and other federal workers, while establishing voting rights for Federal District residents to cast absentee ballots in their last state of domicile for federal elections. The bill requires Maryland's acceptance before implementation, mandates a survey of the Federal District's geographic boundaries to be completed within 180 days of enactment, and creates a transitional planning commission with presidential appointees to oversee the reorganization.