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Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

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What this chapter is about

Washington, D.C. passed a tax law. Congress voted to say no to it. The law does not take effect.

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The document says “shall notWho acts: CongressHow: statute 1 in the PDF
What the document says

“That the Congress disapproves of the action of the District of Columbia Council described as follows: The D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-217), enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia on December 20, 2025, and transmitted to Congress pursuant to section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act on December 30, 2025.”

Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025,  1

A disapproval of an act of the District of Columbia Council under section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which gives Congress a window to reject an act the Council has passed. The resolution names the act and the dates it was passed and sent, and gives no reason.

What the document actually says

“That the Congress disapproves of the action of the District of Columbia Council described as follows: The D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-217), enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia on December 20, 2025, and transmitted to Congress pursuant to section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act on December 30, 2025.”

Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025,  1
That sentence, in plain words

Congress says no to a tax law passed by the city council in Washington.

What this is about

Washington, D.C. is not a state. Its council passes laws. But Congress may say no within a set time. The council passed a tax law in December 2025. Congress voted to reject it. The resolution gives no reason.

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  1. The document itself

    Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise…, Public Law 119-78, sec. 1, 140 Stat. 747 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ78/html/PLAW-119publ78.htm

  2. This page

    “Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025,” Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise…, provision 1. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-78/provision-1/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The one thing the resolution does: it names an act of the District of Columbia Council and rejects it.

The act being rejected. It is a District of Columbia act, not a federal law, and it is named here rather than summarized.

The resolution gives no reason, so none is recorded.