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 88 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-379-AUG. 21, 1974

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relevant judicial decisions, for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law relating to the criminal law in the District of Columbia and recommending needed reforms. (b) In addition to those duties of the Commission specified in subsection (a), the Commission shall prepare and recommend proposed uniform rules of practice, including rules relating to the conduct of hearings, for administrative agencies of the District of Columbia, including both independent and subordinate agencies, which conduct on-the-record hearings. The Commission shall also make a study of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act for the purpose of preparing a manual, including relevant legis- i^\^^^°'^^ ^' lative history and legal precedents, for the guidance of the respective administrative agencies. SEC. -1. (a) The Commission shall make an annual report of its pr^s?j°Jnt*°conproceedings to the President, to the Congress, to the Commissioner gress, commisof the District of Columbia, and to the District of Columbia Council D'i°s"rict°^of^coium by March 31 of each year. All reports of the Commission to the bra,"and°Dis°ri'cT Congress, including reports made under section 3(a)(4), shall be of Columbia filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secre- D^'.'c^.'code 49tary of the Senate, and where appropriate, include drafts of proposed 403. bills to carry out any of its recommendations. (b) Upon the filing of the Commission's annual report at the end d aTermination te. of the fourth full calendar year after the date that funds are first appropriated to the Commission, the Commission shall cease to exist, unless extended by Congress. SEC. 5. (a) Section 7 of the District of Columbia Administrative Municipal code Procedure Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1507) is amended by adding at the columMi!"""' °' end thereof the following: " (d) P^very regulation in the nature of a law or municipal ordinance adopted by the Council under authority specified in Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967, or under authority of any Act of Congress, ^ use app. upon enactment, shall be codified and published in a Municipal Code of the District of Columbia which shall conform as closely as possible and shall be cross-indexed with the District of Columbia Code compiled by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. The Council shall from time to time issue such supplements or otherwise update and keep current the Municipal Code of the District of Columbia established under this subsection. The first such codification and publication of the Municipal Code of the District of Columbia shall be completed within one year after the date of enactment of this subsection.". ^ (b) The District of Columbia Council shall provide for public ^^^•''- "^""^ ^^distribution (at cost) of the Municipal Code of the District of Columbia established by the amendment made by subsection (a). SEC. 6. For the purpose of carrying out this Act, including the Appropriation. amendment made by this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated, 405!*^" '^"^^ "*'" out of moneys in the Treasury credited to the District of Columbia and not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. Approved August 21, 1974.

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