H.R. 1774

119 HR 1774 IH: To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold certain apportionment funds from the District of Columbia unless the Mayor of the District of Columbia removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza, redesignates such street as Liberty Plaza, and removes such phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-03
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1774  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 3, 2025   Mr. Clyde  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold certain apportionment funds from the District of Columbia unless the Mayor of the District of Columbia removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza, redesignates such street as Liberty Plaza, and removes such phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.
1.
Redesignation of Black Lives Matter Plaza and removal of Black Lives Matter phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia
(a)
In general
 Chapter 1  of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
180.
Redesignation of Black Lives Matter Plaza and removal of Black Lives Matter phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia
(a)
Withholding of funds for noncompliance
The Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to the District of Columbia under section 104(b) on the first day of each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this section in which the Mayor of the District of Columbia has not complied with the requirements of subsection (b).
(b)
In general
To be in compliance with this section, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, shall—
(1)
remove the phrase  Black Lives Matter  from—
(A)
16th Street, N.W., between H Street, N.W., and K Street, N.W., in the District of Columbia (symbolically designated as  Black Lives Matter Plaza  under the Black Lives Matter Plaza Designation Act of 2020 (sec. 9–204.01 note, D.C. Official Code); and
(B)
each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia; and
(2)
redesignate such street as  Liberty Plaza .
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(b)
Clerical amendment
The analysis for  chapter 1  of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
180. Redesignation of Black Lives Matter Plaza and removal of Black Lives Matter phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.
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