Email Record: Automobile Weight and Gasoline Taxes in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Efficiency Transmitting a Report of H.R. 5823 -- an Act to Increase the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax in the District of Columbia, and H.R. 5824 -- an Act to Require the Registration of Motor Vehicles in the District of Columbia and Prescribe Registration Fees Based Upon their Weight.