Norton Says Disapproval Resolution on D.C. Policing Reform Would Have No Legal Effect

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the disapproval resolution the Senate passed today on D.C.’s policing reform law would have no legal effect, even if enacted.

“I am disappointed at today’s Senate passage of a disapproval resolution aimed at D.C.’s democratically-passed policing reform law, but there are two reasons to expect that this action will have no effect,” Norton said. “First, I worked to get President Biden’s commitment to veto the resolution should it reach his desk, which his administration agreed to in an April Statement of Administration Policy.

“Second, because the congressional review period outlined in the Home Rule Act expired before today’s Senate vote, the disapproval resolution would have no legal effect. Today D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb released an opinion concluding the same.”

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