Brookland Neighborhood Civic Association

The New Columbia Admission Act (H.R. 265) is a bill that would grant Statehood to the residential and commercial portions of the District while keeping areas around the National Mall, the White House, and the Capitol as the National Capital as articulated in the U.S. Constitution. All lands included in the revised National Capital area are currently owned and managed by the Federal Government. A simple majority vote of both Houses of Congress and President Obama's signature would enact the bill into law and New Columbia would be admitted into the Union as the 51st State.

To view the New Columbia Admission Act, learn where it stands in the Congress, and to see who has co- sponsored it, click here:

The BNCA Statehood Committee encourages all Brookland and DC residents and our friends and neighbors across the country to join us in our quest for DC Statehood. Here are a few suggestions of things you can do to help:

o Host a Statehood teach-in in your home for your neighbors
o Put up a sign or flag in your front yard in support of DC Statehood
o Organize a Statehood group at your place of worship, school, or civic asociation
o Adopt a Member of Congress to lobby him/her to co-sponsor and pass the New Columbia Admission Act
o Participate in a march or rally organized to promote DC Statehood
o Educate and inform your friends and relatives around the USA about the lack of democracy and autonomy afforded to 600,000+ citizens of the District of Columbia