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WASHINGTON, DC – Concerned by recent hearings that showed valuable vacant federal properties spoiling D.C. neighborhoods, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to require the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide immediate public notice of federal properties identified as excess to their needs. The early public notification will help eliminate GSA's extended delays in using or disposing of federal properties for redevelopment, giving relief to taxpayers.

WASHINGTON, DC – As the House goes on the Fourth of July recess, and with the District of Columbia at the peak of tourist season, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce three bills tomorrow to make the first significant changes to the Smithsonian Institution in nearly a century. The Smithsonian Modernization Act makes changes to the Smithsonian's governance structure by expanding its Board of Regents from 17 members, which today includes six Members of Congress, the Vice President of the United States, and the Chief Justice of the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will get tested and participate in two National HIV Testing Day events today, Thursday, June 27, 2013, to raise awareness of HIV testing and to call attention to the District of Columbia's success in reducing the rate of HIV/AIDS here. From 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Norton will go to a mobile clinic HIV testing event, hosted by the National Council of Negro Women, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and WHUR 96.3, in front of the NCNW headquarters, at 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has learned that freshman Representative Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) has been seeking cosponsors to a bill he has drafted, but not yet introduced, that would prohibit the District of Columbia, and no other jurisdiction, from using automated traffic enforcement systems, such as red light and speed cameras, which are used throughout the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wrote the Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Architect of the Capitol calling on them to take action to depict the seal of the District of Columbia on the stained-glass windows in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress, where the seals of the states are depicted. Currently, the stained-glass windows contain the seals of all states and territories that existed when the building was constructed, except for the District of Columbia's.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the Supreme Court bar and a tenured Georgetown University law professor, issued the following statement on today's Supreme Court ruling in Windsor v. United States, which struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on today's Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement extending her deepest condolences to the family of Angel Irene on his passing.