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H.Res. 1588 (94th): Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to create a standing committee to be known as the Committee on Urban and District of Columbia Affairs.

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The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress, and was published on Sep 30, 1976.


Amends Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives by replacing the Committee on the District of Columbia with the Committee on Urban and District of Columbia Affairs. States that the Committee shall have jurisdiction over all measures relating to the municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in general, other than appropriations therefor. Provides that the committee shall have the function of studying and investigating the problems confronting urban areas, including problems relating to municipal fiscal affairs.