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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4166

To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to revise and reauthorize the use of a formula based

on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for determining

the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 12, 1994

Mr. BLILEY (for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SAXTON, and Mr.

BALLENGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the District of Columbia

A BILL

To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and

Governmental Reorganization Act to revise and reauthorize the use of a formula based on adjusted District

General Fund revenues as the basis for determining the

amount of the annual Federal payment to the District

of Columbia, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Payment

5 Formula Reauthorization Act of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REVISION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF FORMULA TO

2 DETERMINE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL FEDERAL

3 PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 503 of the District of Co5 lumbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza6 tion Act (sec. 47–3406.1, D.C. Code) is amended to read

7 as follows:

8 ‘‘FEDERAL PAYMENT FORMULA

9 ‘‘SEC. 503. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated

10 as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia

11 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1998 an amount

12 equal to 24 percent of the adjusted District General Fund

13 revenues for the second fiscal year preceding such fiscal

14 year, as the components of such revenues are presented

15 in the audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of

16 the District of Columbia for such second fiscal year con17 ducted under section 4(a) of Public Law 94–399, and as

18 reviewed by the Comptroller General under section 715(e)

19 of title 31, United States Code.

20 ‘‘(b) In this section, the following definitions shall

21 apply:

22 ‘‘(1) The term ‘adjusted District General Fund

23 revenues’ means all revenues of the General Fund of

24 the government of the District of Columbia, adjusted

25 to include transfers of revenue from the Lottery and

26 Games Fund to such General Fund (but no other
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1 payments or transfers to such fund from any other

2 intragovernmental source), and not including—

3 ‘‘(A) revenues that are required to be ac4 counted for in a fund other than such General

5 Fund;

6 ‘‘(B) revenues from Federal sources; and

7 ‘‘(C) nonappropriated revenues.

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘revenues from Federal sources’

9 means revenues derived from payments made by the

10 Federal Government to the District of Columbia, in11 cluding fees or charges for products or services,

12 grants, payments in lieu of taxes, and direct appro13 priations.’’.

14 SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

15 (a) INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT OF DISTRICT FI16 NANCIAL OPERATIONS.—The first sentence of section 4(a)

17 of Public Law 94–399 (sec. 47–119(a), D.C. Code) is

18 amended by striking ‘‘a report of the revenues’’ and all

19 that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘a report of the

20 adjusted District General Fund revenues for the fiscal

21 year (as described in section 503(b)(1) of the District of

22 Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza23 tion Act).’’.

24 (b) REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Section

25 715(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
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1 striking ‘‘report of the breakdown’’ and all that follows

2 and inserting the following: ‘‘report of the adjusted Dis3 trict General Fund revenues for the preceding fiscal year

4 that is included in the independent annual audit of the

5 financial operations of the government of the District of

6 Columbia presented in the Comprehensive Annual Finan7 cial Report of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year,

8 as conducted under section 4(a) of Public Law 94–399.’’.

9 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

10 The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fis11 cal years beginning with fiscal year 1996.

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