HI SCR135

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

Notes that D.C. residents (601,723 according to 2010 census) pay federal taxes, serve on federal juries, and serve in the Armed Forces but lack voting representation in Congress.

Cites the 1978 failed constitutional amendment that was ratified by Hawaii and 15 other states but did not achieve the required number of ratifications.

References the 2003 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights finding that the United States violated international human rights law by disenfranchising D.C. residents.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the President, congressional leadership, D.C.'s delegate, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.