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                                       A RESOLUTION

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                                        February 2, 2021

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need

       to amend Chapter 10 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code to provide a

       real property tax exemption to the properties designated as Lots 824 and 826, Square

       2950, to provide recordation and transfer tax exemptions for documents recorded with

       respect to such properties, to require the developer to spend a certain percentage of its

       total project budget with certified and small business enterprises, and to require the

       developer to report that spending to the Department of Small and Local Business

       Development.

        RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

resolution may be cited as the Childrens Hospital Research and Innovation Campus Equitable

Tax Relief Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2021.

        Sec. 2. (a) In 2020, the Council passed emergency and temporary legislation to continue

Childrens Hospital tax exemption to aide it in completing the development of its research and

innovation campus. The Childrens Hospital Research and Innovation Campus Equitable Tax

Relief Temporary Amendment Act of 2020, effective June 24, 2020 (D.C. Law 23-124; 67 DCR

8984) (temporary act), will expire on February 4, 2021.

        (b) On December 1, 2020, the Council passed the Childrens Hospital Research and

Innovation Campus Equitable Tax Relief Act of 2020, enacted on December 22, 2020 (D.C. Act

23-546; 68 DCR 00110 (permanent act), which has not completed the 30-daycongressional

review period required by section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,

approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code  1-206.02(c)(1)), and has not

yet become law.

        (c) It is important that the provisions of the temporary act continue in effect, without

interruption, until the permanent act is law.

       Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances

enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the

Childrens Hospital Research and Innovation Campus Equitable Tax Relief Congressional

Review Emergency Act of 2021 be adopted after a single reading.

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Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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