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1973

In 1973, Congress approved a bill that provided District residents with an elected form of government with limited home rule authority; as a result, District residents voted for a mayor and a council for the first time in more than 100 years.

December 24, 1973: Congress approves the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, P.L. 93-198, which establishes an elected mayor and a 13-member council.

1974

May 7, 1974: Voters of the District of Columbia approve by referendum the District Charter and the establishment of advisory neighborhood commissions.

1975

January 2, 1975: The newly elected Mayor Walter Washington and first elected council take office.

Both the District of Colombia APA and the 1975 "District of Columbia Codification Act" (D.C. Law 1-19) required the preparation and publication of all District rules and regulations in a "code of municipal regulations."

1976

February 3, 1976: The first election for advisory neighborhood commissioners is held.

1978

March 29, 1978: The first segment of the Metrorail Red Line opens.

1979

January 2, 1979: The Mayor Marion Barry takes office.

1983

FC2 helps formulate plans for a convention center, which would open in 1983.

1984

October 1, 1984: The District enters the municipal bond market.

1987

The authority begins operating the airports on June 7, 1987.

1988

The Administrative Issuance power was added to the Office of Documents in 1988 pursuant to Mayor's Order 88-104, dated April 26, 1988, which established the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances.

1992

January 2, 1992: Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon, the first woman mayor, takes office.

1995

Created through the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (Public Law 104-8, 109 Stat.

July 13, 1995: The newly appointed financial control board holds its first public meeting.

1999

January 2, 1999: Anthony A. Williams takes office as Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Bill histories, committee reports, and vote records from 1999 to present.

2000

FC2 receives a grant to study the transit needs of the region through the year 2000—the first time an entity independent of Metro was authorized by the federal government to conduct such a study.

2021

Doctor Fitzroy Lee was appointed by the Mayor to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer effective March 10, 2021 and is responsible for the city’s finances, including its approximately $10 billion in annual operating and capital funds.

State Legislative Sourcebook (in print, Call Number: Reference Desk JK2495 .S689), though ceased in 2021, is a 50-state guide on legislative information resources.

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