Volunteer Services Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official text cuts off before stating the exact expiration date beyond 'no longer than 90 days', though it cites D.C. Official Code §1-204.12(a) for details.

Volunteer Services Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This law updates the Volunteers Services Act of 1977 to give the Attorney General for the District of Columbia the authority to create rules about using volunteers.

What This Bill Does

• Amends Section 3 of the Volunteers Services Act of 1977 on an emergency basis due to congressional review.
• Updates the list in the law by adding 'Attorney General for the District of Columbia' alongside the existing reference to the Board of Education.
• Clarifies that the Attorney General has the authority to make regulations governing their use of volunteers.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
• Volunteers working with the Attorney General

Terms To Know

Promulgate regulations

To officially create and publish rules that people must follow.

Emergency basis

A special process used when a law needs to take effect quickly, in this case due to congressional review requirements.

Limits and Unknowns

• The act remains in effect for no longer than 90 days after it takes effect.
• The specific rules the Attorney General will create are not described in this text.
• The law only becomes effective after approval by the Mayor or if the Council overrides a veto.

Official Summary Text

Volunteer Services Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
ACT 26-170

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
OCTOBER 23, 2025
Toamend,onanemergencybasis,duetocongressionalreview,theVolunteersServicesActof
1977toclarifythattheAttorneyGeneralfortheDistrictofColumbiahastheauthoritytopromulgateregulationsgoverningtheAttorneyGeneral’suseofvolunteers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
actmay be citedas the“VolunteerServicesClarificationCongressionalReview Emergency
Amendment Act of 2025”.
Sec,2.Section3 of theVolunteersServicesAct of 1977,effectiveJune 28, 1977 (D.C.
Law 2-12;D.C. OfficialCode § 1-319.02),isamended by strikingthephrase“Districtof
Columbia Board of Education”and insertingthephrase“Districtof Columbia Board of
Education,AttorneyGeneralfortheDistrictof Columbia,” initsplace.
Sec,3.Fiscalimpact statement.
The Counciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementof theBudget Directoras thefiscalimpact
statementrequiredby section4a of theGeneralLegislativeProceduresAct of 1975,approved.
October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038; D.C. OfficialCode § 1-301.47a).
Sec,4,Effectivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
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OCTOBER 23, 2025

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