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Pat Fallon (R-TX)

District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025

H.R. 5179 · House bill Law

A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 270.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill is called the "District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025." It changes the District of Columbia Home Rule Act so that the President appoints the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. This appointee serves at the pleasure of the President and does not need Senate approval. The appointee's term matches the President's term of office. Additionally, the current Attorney General's service would end on the date the Act becomes law.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    Shifts appointment of DC Attorney General from local/home rule to the President of the United States.

The opposite

  • Scored -5

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    Reduces the autonomy of the District of Columbia's home rule government.

  • Scored -3

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    Removes Senate advice and consent, reducing legislative oversight of the appointment.