The report says: 1. Introduced on January 5, 1983 by Councilman John Ray with four co-sponsors (Hilda Mason, Wilhelmina Rolark, Nadine Winter, and Frank Smith); 2. Bill 5-18 assigned to Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (John Ray, Chair) on January 10,1983; 3. Committee held public hearings with testimony from 32 witnesses on March 3 and 4, 1983; 4. Committee held public roundtable to receive additional testimony from the DC Retirement Board and the DC Housing Finance Agency on May 23, 1983; 5. Mark-up session of the Committee held on June 21, 1983; 6. Committee approved Bill 5-18 by voice vote of 4-0 on June 27, 1983, Councilmember Mason abstained, Council member Jarvis was absent...
The report says: 1. Introduced on January 5, 1983 by Councilman John Ray with four co-sponsors (Hilda Mason, Wilhelmina Rolark, Nadine Winter, and Frank Smith); 2. Bill 5-18 assigned to Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (John Ray, Chair) on January 10,1983; 3. Committee held public hearings with testimony from 32 witnesses on March 3 and 4, 1983; 4. Committee held public roundtable to receive additional testimony from the DC Retirement Board and the DC Housing Finance Agency on May 23, 1983; 5. Mark-up session of the Committee held on June 21, 1983; 6. Committee approved Bill 5-18 by voice vote of 4-0 on June 27, 1983, Councilmember Mason abstained, Council member Jarvis was absent at the time of the vote; 7. Council sitting as "Committee of the Whole" on the first reading considered and approved Bill 5-18 by a unanimous voice vote on the consent calendar of September 6, 1983; 8. Council is likely to consider Bill 5-18 for a second reading on October 4 or November 1, 1983; 9. Bill 5-18 sent to Mayor Barry; the Mayor can sign or allow to become law without signature, if Mayor vetoes, the Bill goes back to the Council, which can override the veto with a 2/3 majority; 10. If Mayor signs, Bill 5-18 will be transferred by Council Chair to the House District Committee and the Senate Governmental Operations Committee Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia; 11. The Congress has a 30-day review period (excluding weekends, holidays, and days on which neither house is in session) within which to act on a DC bill, if it does not adopt a resolution of disapproval the bill automatically becomes law; 12. A resolution of disapproval may be introduced by any member of the House or Senate at any time after the bill is transmitted by the City Council to House and Senate leaders, the resolution is referred to the relevant committee; 13. If the committee has not favorably acted on the resolution of disapproval and reported it to the full House or Senate at the end of 20 calendar days after the date on which the resolution was introduced, then any member favoring the resolution may introduce on the floor a highly privileged motion to discharge the committee from further consideration of the resolution, the full House or Senate then debates the motion for one hour and votes on it; 14. If the full House or Senate approves the motion of discharge by a majority vote, it is possible anytime thereafter for the full House or Senate to proceed to consideration of the resolution of disapproval, debate on the resolution of disapproval is limited to not more than ten hours, the result is determined by a simple majority of those voting. [Note: This report most likely was created by DC Divest which coordinated the effort in support of the Bill 5-18.]
