ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-685
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 29, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
order the closing of a 10-foot-wide unimproved public alley in Square 3701 abutting Lots
85 and 88 in Ward 5.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3701, S.O. 23-06220,
Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) On July 9, 2024, the Council approved the Closing of a Public Alley in Square
3701, S.O. 23-06220, Emergency Act of 2024, effective July 26, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-548; 71
DCR 9986)(“Emergency Act”). The Emergency Act is set to expire on October 24, 2024.
(b) The Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3701, S.O. 23-06220, Act of 2024, enacted
on October 28, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-607; 71 DCR ____)(“Permanent Act”) was approved by the
Council on final reading on October 1, 2024, and signed by the Mayor, but still must undergo
congressional review. Because the Permanent Act must undergo congressional review, it will not
be in effect before the Emergency Act expires.
(c) This congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between
the expiration of the Emergency Act and the effective date of the Permanent Act.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3701,
S.O. 23-06220, Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.