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50 Stat. 664. "State."

PUBLIC LAW 93.198-DEC. 24, 1973

[87 STAT.

effective the day after the day on which the District establishes an independent personnel system or systems, ^^^ ®° much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, available, or to be made available in connection -with functions transferred to the Commisisoner by the provisions of this section, as the Director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget shall determine, are authorized to be transferred from the Secretary to the Commissioner. (g) Any employee in the competitive service of the United States transferred to the government of the District under the provisions of this section shall retain all the rights, benefits, and privileges pertaining thereto held prior to such transfer. When such an employee vacates the position into which he was transferred, such position shall no longer be a position in such competitive service. (h) The first section of the Act of August 16, 1937 (29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) (relating to the welfare of apprentices) j is amended by inserting at the end thereof "For the purposes of this Act the term 'State' shall include the District of Columbia.". TITLE III—DISTKICT CHARTER PREAMBLE, LEGISLATIVE P O W E R, AND C H A R T E R A M E N D I N G P R O C E DURE DISTRICT

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CHARTER

SEC. 301. The charter for the District of Columbia set forth in ^^^|g j y gj^a^jj establish the means of governance of the District fol-' lowing its acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors of the District voting thereon in the charter referendum held with respect thereto. LEGISLATIVE

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PREAMBLE

POWER

gjj^_ 3Q2. Except as provided in sections 601, 602, and 603, the legislative power of the District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within the District consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this Act subject to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the States by the tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States. CHARTER A M E N D I N G

PROCEDURE

SEC. 303. (a) The charter set forth in title IV (including any provision of law amended by such title), except sections 401(a) and 421 (a), and part C of such title, may be amended by an act passed by the Council and ratified by a majority of the registered qualified electors of the District voting in the referendum held for such ratification. The Chairman of the Council shall submit all such acts to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on the day the Board of Elections certifies that such act was ratified by a majority of the registered qualified electors voting thereon in such referendum. (b) An amendment to the charter ratified by the registered qualified electors shall take effect only if within thirty-five calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and days on which either House of Congress is not in session) of the date such amendment was submitted to the Congress both Houses of Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, according to the procedures specified in section 604 of this Act, approving such amendment.

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