S. 4695 seeks to repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which currently grants the District of Columbia powers to govern itself. The bill, known as the “Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident Act” or the “BOWSER Act,” proposes that this repeal...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to take away the special rules that let Washington, D.C., make its own local laws and decisions. If it becomes law, this change will happen in one year, but there are no new plans yet for how D.C. will be run after that.