District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

The District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act proposes to return most of the land currently comprising Washington, D.C., to the state of Maryland. Under this plan, the majority of the city’s residents would become citizens of Maryland, gaining the right to participate in Maryland’s state elections and securing full voting representation in the U.S. Congress.

A small portion of the city—encompassing the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court, and other major federal buildings and monuments—would remain a separate federal district known as the National Capital Service Area. This central core would stay under the exclusive control of the federal government, while the surrounding residential and commercial neighborhoods would be integrated into Maryland’s legal and political jurisdiction.