District of Columbia Sister City Integrity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4519 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4519

  To prohibit the District of Columbia government from entering into 
    Sister City relationships with jurisdictions located in foreign 
              adversary countries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

Mr. Moolenaar (for himself, Mr. Comer, Ms. Foxx, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Dunn 
  of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. Moran) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the District of Columbia government from entering into 
    Sister City relationships with jurisdictions located in foreign 
              adversary countries, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Sister City 
Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ``SISTER CITY'' RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA AND FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--The District of Columbia government may 
        not enter into any Sister City relationship with a jurisdiction 
        located in a foreign adversary country.
            (2) Definition.--In this section, the term ``foreign 
        adversary country'' has the meaning given the term ``covered 
        nation'' in section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
    (b) Treatment of Existing Relationships.--If a Sister City 
relationship between the District of Columbia and a jurisdiction 
located in a foreign adversary country is in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the District of Columbia shall terminate the 
relationship not later than the earlier of--
            (1) the date provided under the terms of the relationship; 
        or
            (2) 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Loss of Certain Funds.--The District of Columbia may not use 
any Federal funds to provide liaison and outreach services to the 
diplomatic and international communities unless the District certifies 
to the President that the District is in compliance with this Act.
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