HI HR81

Urges the 113th United States Congress to enact federal legislation or propose a constitutional amendment granting full voting rights to District of Columbia residents for congressional representation.

Notes that DC residents (601,723 people) pay federal taxes, serve on federal juries, and serve in the Armed Forces but lack voting representation in Congress, unlike states with comparable populations like Wyoming and Vermont.

References that Hawaii was the first state to ratify the Twenty-third Amendment in 1961 granting DC residents the right to vote for President, and that Congress passed a voting rights constitutional amendment in 1978 (ratified by Hawaii and 15 other states) that ultimately failed.

Cites the 2003 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights finding that the United States violated international human rights law by disenfranchising DC residents, and notes the US is signatory to international treaties requiring full voting rights for adult citizens.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the President, congressional leaders, DC's delegate, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.