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CP 24 Committees and Chairs Committee on Business and Economic Development Kenyan Mcduffie, Chair Charles Allen Mary Cheh Vincen CP 24 Committees and Chairs Committee on Business and Economic Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Development Charles Allen, Chair Kenyan McDuffie, Chair Anita Bonds Charles Allen Mary Cheh Mary Cheh Vincent Gray Vincent Gray Brooke Pinto Brooke Pinto Committee on Government Operations and Committee on Labor and Workforce Facilities Development Robert White, Chair Elissa Silverman, Chair Christina Henderson Christina Henderson Brianne Nadeau Janeese Lewis George Brooke Pinto Robert White Trayon White Trayon White Committee on Health Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Vincent Gray, Chair Affairs Charles Allen Trayon White, Chair Mary Cheh Anita Bonds Christina Henderson Janeese Lewis George Brianne Nadeau Kenyan McDuffie Brianne Nadeau Committee on Housing and Executive Committee on Transportation and the Administration Environment Anita Bonds, Chair Mary Cheh, Chair Kenyan McDuffie Charles Allen Brooke Pinto Christina Henderson Elissa Silverman Janeese Lewis George Robert White Kenyan McDuffie Committee on Human Services Brianne Nadeau, Chair Janeese Lewis George Elissa Silverman Robert White Trayon White Sub-Committee on Redistricting Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Elissa Silverman, Chair Recovery Anita Bonds Vincent Gray, Co-Chair Christina Henderson Charles Allen, Co-Chair Janeese Lewis George Kenyan McDuffie Brooke Pinto 231. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. (a) The Committee of the Whole is responsible for the annual budget, and amendments, additions, or supplements to the budget; coordinating the Council’s relationships with the Congress and the Federal executive branch; monitoring the progress of Council legislation through Congress; monitoring the status of original legislative proposals in Congress that may affect the District, the Council, or its legislation; amendments to the District Charter; Council appointments to Boards and Commissions; public-space naming; street and alley acquisition and closing; reapportionment and realignment of the political subdivisions of the District; Council administration and personnel; the scheduling of all matters for consideration by the Council in the legislative meeting; legislative matters related to the District as a political entity, including voting rights and statehood; matters affecting the Freedom of Information Act; coordinating the Council’s relationships with appropriate regional, state, and national associations and organizations; the Council’s relationship with regional authorities and other regional bodies and organizations not specifically assigned to other committees; all matters related to public-education, including matters exclusively concerning the University of the District of Columbia or the Community College of the District of Columbia; redistricting; District employees’ retirement; the development of the Comprehensive Plan and other matters pertaining to land use; matters related to statehood and self- determination for the District; revision and codification of Title 49 of the D.C. Official Code; international business and affairs; consumer and regulatory affairs; and other matters assigned to it by these Rules or by the Chairman. (e) The following agencies come within the purview of the Committee of the Whole: Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings Board of Industrial Trades Board of Review of Anti-Deficiency Violations Board of Zoning Adjustment Bullying Prevention Task Force Commemorative Works Committee Commission on Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes Commission on the Arts and Humanities Common Lottery Board Community College of the District of Columbia Community College Transition to Independence Advisory Board Community Schools Advisory Committee Construction Codes Coordinating Board Council of the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs District of Columbia Auditor District of Columbia Educational Opportunity for Military Children State Council District of Columbia Public Charter School Board District of Columbia Public Schools District of Columbia Retirement Board, including the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund and the Teachers’ Retirement Fund District of Columbia State Athletics Commission District Retiree Health Contribution Education Licensure Commission Healthy Youth and Schools Commission Higher Education Licensure Commission Historic Preservation Review Board Interagency Coordinating Council Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission Law Revision Commission Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments National Capital Planning Commission New Columbia Statehood Commission Office of Budget and Planning Office of Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes Office of Planning Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education Office of the Ombudsman for Public Education Office of the State Superintendent of Education (including Advisory Panel on Special Education, Early Childhood Development Coordinating Council) Office of the Statehood Delegation Office of the Student Advocate Office of Zoning Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund Advisory Committee Our Schools Leadership Committee Public Charter School Credit Enhancement Fund Committee State Board of Education Tax Revision Commission Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation University of the District of Columbia Zoning Commission (e)(1) The Subcommittee on Redistricting, as delegated by the Committee of the Whole, shall be responsible for developing a realignment and reapportionment of the District’s political subdivisions based on the 2020 Census. (2) The following agencies come within the purview of the Subcommittee on Redistricting: Any entity created to develop a redistricting proposal. 232. COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (a) The Committee on Business and Economic Development is responsible for matters concerning small and local business development policy; matters related to economic, industrial, and commercial development; the disposition of property for economic-development purposes; joint jurisdiction with the Committee on Housing and Executive Administration for New Communities; the regulation of alcoholic beverages; public utilities; the operation of business improvement districts (“BIDs”) and oversight of BIDs; the establishment of business improvement districts; matters relating to taxation and revenue for the operation of the government of the District of Columbia; industrial-revenue bonds; general-obligation bond acts and revenue anticipation notes; the regulation of banks and banking activities, securities, and insurance, including private health insurance, but not including the Health Benefit Exchange; and the regulation of for-hire vehicles. (b) The following agencies come within the purview of the Committee on Business and Economic Development: Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Board of Accountancy Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture Board of Barber and Cosmetology Board of Consumer Claims Arbitration for the District of Columbia Board of Funeral Directors Board of Professional Engineering Captive Insurance Agency Combat Sports Commission Commission on Nightlife and Culture Commission to Commemorate and Recognize Charles Hamilton Houston and for His Contributions to the American Civil Rights Movement, Education, and the Legal Profession Department of For-Hire Vehicles Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking Department of Small and Local Business Development Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Destination DC District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Financial Literacy Council For-Hire Vehicle Advisory Council Innovation and Technology Inclusion Council Kennedy Street NW Economic Development and Small Business Revitalization Advisory Committee Multistate Tax Commission Office of Nightlife and Culture Office of People’s Counsel Office of the Chief Financial Officer (not including the Office of Budget and Planning) Public Service Commission St. Elizabeth’s East Redevelopment Initiative Advisory Board Walter Reed Army Medical Center Site Reuse Advisory Committee Washington Convention and Sports Authority/Events DC 233. COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES. (a) The Committee on Government Operations and Facilities is responsible for matters relating to the general operation and services of government including procurement; maintenance of public buildings and property management, including the declaration of government property as no longer required for public purposes; human rights; partnerships and grants management; matters relating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning affairs; issues related to women; veterans affairs; matters affecting administrative law and procedure; matters regarding Advisory Neighborhood Commissions; matters regarding returning citizens; and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; (b) The following agencies come within the purview of the Committee on Government Operations and Facilities: Advisory Board on Veterans Affairs for the District of Columbia Advisory Committee to the Office of Administrative Hearings Advisory Committee to the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Affairs Advisory Committee on Street Harassment Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Commission for Women Commission on Fashion Arts and Events Commission on Human Rights Commission on Re-Entry and Returning Citizen Affairs Contract Appeals Board Department of General Services Interfaith
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