Long title | To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union |
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Announced in | the 118th United States Congress |
Sponsored by | Eleanor Holmes Norton (D–DC) |
Number of co-sponsors | 206 |
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The Washington, D.C., Admission Act, often referred to simply as the D.C. Admission Act, is a bill introduced during the 116th United States Congress. The bill would grant Washington, D.C., admission into the Union as a state (which would also make it the country's first and only city-state). The bill was originally introduced in the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019, and was reintroduced on January 4, 2021, and January 9, 2023, in the 117th and 118th Congresses. The United States House of Representatives passed it on April 22, 2021.