{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-introduces-bill-help-ensure-dc-deemed-eligible-federal-funding-going", "Norton Introduces Bill to Help Ensure D.C. Deemed Eligible for Federal Funding Going to States, Counties and Cities", "2024-02-14", "2024", "2024-02", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a bill to amend title 1 of the United States Code to deem D.C. as both a state and political subdivision of a state \u2013 such as a city or county \u2013 for federal funding eligibility.\n\n\u201cD.C. already provides state, county and city-level services for residents, and D.C. residents pay full federal taxes,\u201d Norton said. \u201cAmending the United States Code, as my bill would do, is the fairest solution for D.C. residents, who are currently subject to the inconsistent interpretations of individual federal agencies about whether the District is eligible for federal funding.\u201d\n\nNorton\u2019s introductory statement follows.\n\nStatement of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton\n\non the Introduction of the\n\nEqual Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act\n\nFebruary 13, 2024\n\nToday, I introduce the Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act, which would amend title 1 of the United States Code to deem the District of Columbia as both a state and political subdivision of a state (such as a city or county) for the purpose of eligibility for federal funding, unless otherwise provided in a statute. D.C. operates as the functional equivalent of a state, city and county, and D.C. residents pay all federal taxes. Therefore, D.C. deserves to be eligible for federal funding available for each level of government.\n\nWhile federal statutes generally expressly treat D.C. as a state for federal funding\u2014and most federal grants go to states\u2014federal statutes that provide federal funding directly to political subdivisions are often silent on whether D.C. is to be treated as a political subdivision. In the absence of clear language in a statute, federal agencies are inconsistent in their treatment of D.C.\u2019s eligibility for federal funding.\n\nBy amending title 1 of the U.S. Code to deem D.C. as both a state and political subdivision for federal funding, this bill would automatically correct imprecise treatment of D.C.\u2019s eligibility for federal funding in existing and future statutes and remove discretion from federal agencies in their treatment of D.C.\u2019s eligibility for federal funding.\n\nI urge my colleagues to support this bill.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:21:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-introduces-bill-help-ensure-dc-deemed-eligible-federal-funding-going"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9324508719146252, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}