H.R. 5179

Summary

H.R. 5179, the District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 8, 2025 by Rep. Patrick Fallon (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Sep 30, 2025: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 270.

Record

Text

H.R. 5179 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 5179 IH: District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-08
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5179  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 8, 2025   Mr. Fallon  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the appointment of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia by the President, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act  .
2.
Appointment of Attorney General for District of Columbia by President
(a)
Appointment
Part C–i of title IV of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.35, D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows:
C–i
Attorney General
435.
Attorney General for the District of Columbia
(a)
Appointment
The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall be appointed by the President.
(b)
Service
The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall serve at the pleasure of the President, and the appointment of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia does not require the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c)
Term
The term of office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall coincide with the term of office of the President.
(d)
Rule of construction regarding treatment of employees
Nothing in this section shall be construed to treat an employee of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia who is appointed by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia as a Federal employee for any purpose except as may be specified in law.
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(b)
Termination of service of current Attorney General
The term of service of the individual serving as the Attorney General for the District of Columbia on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall terminate on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Patrick Fallon (R) sponsors H.R. 5179, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Patrick Fallon

Rep. · R–TX-4 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 8, 2025

Clay Higgins

Rep. · R–LA-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5179 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Reported By · Sep 30, 2025 · 696 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 5179, the latest H. Rept. 119-316.

• H. Rept. 119-316 — DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT REFORM ACT OF 2025

Actions

H.R. 5179 has taken 6 actions since Sep 8, 2025, the latest on Sep 30, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5179 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5179 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025 — Display Title
• District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the appointment of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia by the President, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 5179, the latest on Oct 3, 2025.

• H.R. 5179, District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025 — 2025-10-03As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025

Lobbying

12 clients hired 12 firms and 64 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5179 in 21 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Government Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, District of Columbia, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Agriculture, Clean Air and Water (quality), Environment/Superfund.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 64.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5179 under Law, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5179’s is Law.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 5179 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from District of Columbia to Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5179, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FALLON:H.R. 5179.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3893]

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