[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7196 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7196

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council 
of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia 
    and assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2026

  Mr. Barrett (for himself and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council 
of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia 
    and assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FROM ENACTING LAW TO PERMIT 
              EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (sec. 1-206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (9);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) enact any act, resolution, rule, regulation, 
        guidance, or other law to permit any person to carry out any 
        activity, or to reduce the penalties imposed with respect to 
        any activity, to which subsection (a) of section 3 of the 
        Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
        14402) applies (taking into consideration subsection (b) of 
        such section)''.
    (b) Repeal of Existing Law.--The Death With Dignity Act of 2016 
(sec. 7-661.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed.
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