Council of the District of Columbia

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government agency of Washington, D.C. legislative body subnational legislature unicameral legislature

The Council of the District of Columbia is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making local laws and overseeing the government of Washington, D.C.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Council of the District of Columbia canonical	84
District of Columbia Council	3
Council of the District of Columbia (for enabling statutes)	1
Council of the District of Columbia (for oversight)	1
Washington City Council	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency of Washington, D.C. ⓘ legislative body ⓘ subnational legislature ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesStatutoryLaw	Code of the District of Columbia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia
canOverrideVetoOf	Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effectiveDate	1974 ⓘ
follows	District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	District of Columbia agencies ⓘ District of Columbia budget ⓘ local laws in the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasLegislativeProcess	committee review ⓘ congressional review ⓘ council vote ⓘ introduction of bills ⓘ mayoral review ⓘ
hasMotto	Council of the District of Columbia (no official motto widely cited) ⓘ
hasNumberOfSeats	13 ⓘ
hasPart	At-large members of the Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ Ward members of the Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasSession	Council Periods of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://dccouncil.gov ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
houseType	unicameral ⓘ
inception	1973 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia
legalBasis	District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia
legislativeChamberOf	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
meetsIn	John A. Wilson Building ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
oversees	Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ
partOf	Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ
replaces	Council of the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia Council
seat	John A. Wilson Building ⓘ
streetAddress	1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW ⓘ
supervises	Mayor of the District of Columbia (through oversight) ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
usesBuilding	John A. Wilson Building ⓘ
votingSystem	at-large plurality voting for at-large seats ⓘ single-member districts for ward seats ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington, D.C. → hasLegislature → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Council of the District of Columbia → replaces → Council of the District of Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia Council

District of Columbia Home Rule Act → establishes → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Dupont Circle → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Capitol Hill → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

John A. Wilson Building → occupant → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Public Law 93-198 → createsBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Code of the District of Columbia → isUsedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia Council

Government of the District of Columbia → legislativeBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department → governingBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Mayor of the District of Columbia → reportsTo → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of the District of Columbia (for oversight)

District of Columbia Municipal Regulations → governingBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of the District of Columbia (for enabling statutes)

Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. → representedIn → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia Board of Elections → independentFrom → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Lanier Heights neighborhood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Lanier Heights

District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer → independentOf → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer → reportsTo → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia → hasCouncil → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Southwest Washington, D.C. → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Ward 3 of Washington, D.C. → representedIn → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Woodley Park → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Law of the District of Columbia → administeredBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia statehood referendum, 2016 → supportedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Home Rule Act of 1973 → establishesBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Ward 2 of Washington, D.C. → representedIn → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Georgetown → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

John A. Wilson → politicalOffice → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) → governingBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

Shaw → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Mount Pleasant → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Petworth → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Tenleytown → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Palisades → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Capitol Hill neighborhood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Lincoln Heights neighborhood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

West End neighborhood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Benning → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Marshall Heights → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Benning neighborhood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Chinatown (Gallery Place area) → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Capitol View neighborhood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Deanwood neighborhood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Deanwood

River Terrace → hasLocalGovernment → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Deanwood → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

NoMa → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

DCFEMS → governingBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Brookland → governedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Commissioner of the District of Columbia → legislativeBody → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

District of Columbia boards → confirmedBy → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1D → advises → Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ