5782672 Resolution 21-291, Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force Report Extension Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

21-291

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

December 1, 2015

 

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend the Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Act of 2014 to extend the date by which the Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force shall submit its report to the Council and the Sexual Assault Response Team.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force Report Extension Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) There is an immediate need to amend the Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Act of 2014, effective November 20, 2014 (D.C. law 20-139; D.C. Official Code § 4-561.01 et seq.), to extend the date by which the Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force shall submit its report to the Council and the Sexual Assault Response Team.

(b) This emergency act is necessary to prevent a gap in the law as the emergency legislation, the Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force Report Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2015, effective October 16, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-0159; 62 DCR 13720), expires on January 14, 2016.

(c) Temporary legislation, the Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force Report Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2015, enacted on October 22, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-0173; 62 DCR 13988), was transmitted to Congress for the 30-day 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)).

(d) The temporary legislation may not become law until after the expiration of the emergency legislation; therefore, a congressional review emergency is needed to prevent a gap in the 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 Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force Report Extension Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.