To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold certain apportionment funds from the District of Columbia unless the Mayor of the District of Columbia removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza, redesignates such street as Liberty Plaza, and removes such phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  "constitutionalAuthorityStatementText": "<pre>\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 40 (Monday, March 3, 2025)]\n[House]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href=\"https://www.gpo.gov\">www.gpo.gov</a>]\nBy Mr. CLYDE:\nH.R. 1774.\nCongress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\nto the following:\nUnder Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S.\nConstitution Congress has the exclusive power to address\nlegislation governing the affairs of the District of\nColumbia, to which Congress has the exclsuive power ``to\nexcercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsover, over\nsuch District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may . . .''\n[Page H945]\n</pre>"
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