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29–012 2012

112th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–157 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’S 2013 BUDGET AND 

FINANCIAL PLAN 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’S FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET REQUEST ACT, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 93–198, SEC. 446 (87 STAT. 

806) 

DECEMBER 17, 2012.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed 


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To the Congress of the United States: 

Pursuant to my constitutional authority and as contemplated by 

section 446 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act as amended in 1989, I am transmitting the District of Columbia’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 Budget and Financial Plan. This transmittal does not represent an endorsement 

of the contents of the D.C. government’s requests. 

The proposed FY 2013 Budget and Financial Plan reflects the 

major programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the 

District of Columbia. For FY 2013, the District estimates total revenues and expenditures of $11.4 billion. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, December 14, 2012. 


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AN ACT 

D.C. ACT 19-381 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

JUNE 15, 2012 

To approve the request oflhe District of Columbia government for appropriation and authorization 

for the fiscal year ending September 30,2013. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 

act may be cited as the "Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request Act of2012". 

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia approves the following expenditure levels 

and appropriation language for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 

ending September 30,2013. 

DIVISION A 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATION REQUEST 

TITLE I-FEDERAL FUNDS 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 

For salaries and expenses forthe District of Columbia Courts, $219,651,000 to be allocated 

as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $13,118,000, of which not to exceed 

$1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior 

Court, $111,746,000, of which not (0 exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation 

expenses; for the District of Columbia COUli System, $66,037,000, of which not (0 exceed $1,500 

is for official reception and representation expenses; and $28,750,000, to remain available until 

September 30,2014, for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: 

Provided, that funds made available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent with 

the District of Columbia Courts' master plan study and building evaluation report: Provided 

further, that, notwithstanding any other provision oflaw, all amounts under this heading shall be 

apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the 

same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 

jurther, that, 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Honse of Representatives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more 

than $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the items and entities funded 

under this heading but no such allocation shall be increased by more than 4%. 
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 

For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605, D.C. Official Code 

(relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), 

payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual 

agreements to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical assistance, and such 

other services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 oftitle 16, D.C. Official 

Code, and payments authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services 

provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable 

Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, that 

funds provided under this heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 

Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, that, notwithstanding any other 

provision oflaw, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management 

and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 

other Federal agencies. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GENERAL AND SPECIAL PAYMENTS 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited into a dedicated 

account, for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia 

resident tuition support, $35,100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, that such 

funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of 

Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 

tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

institutions of higher education: Provided further, that the awarding of such funds may be 

prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and 

such other factors as may be authorized: Provided further, that the District of Columbia 

government shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall 

consist of the Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent 

appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or 

any fiscal year: Provided further, that the account shall be under the control of the District of 

Cohunbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying 

out the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, that the Office ofthe Chief Financial 

Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appropriations ofthe 

House of Representatives and the Senate for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 

made and their purpose. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 

For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the District of Columbia, 

$60,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized under the Scholarship for 

Opportunity and Results Act, approved April 15, 2011 (Pub. L. No. 112-10; 125 Stat. 38), to be 

allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $36,600,000 to improve public 

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school education in the District ofColumhia; for the Office of the State Superintendent of 

Education, $23,400,000 to expand quality puhlic charter schools in the District of Columbia. 

FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT REFORMS 

IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, 

$11,500,000, to remain available until expended, to continue implementation of the Comhined 

Sewer Overflow Long- Tenn Plan; Provided, that the District ofColumhia Water and Sewer 

Authority provides a 100% match for this payment. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL 

For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, $1,800,000, to remain 

availahle until expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local 

criminal justice resources in the District of Columbia. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 

For a Federal payment, to remain availahle until Septemher 30, 2014, to the Commission 

on Judicial Disahilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, 

$205,000. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National Guard, $500,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV I AIDS 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columhia for the testing of individuals for, and the 

treatment of individuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency 

syndrome in the District of Columbia, $5,000,000. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL CAMPUS 

For a Federal Payment to the District of Columbia, $9,565,000, for activities to support 

redevelopment efforts at the site of the fonner St. Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES GRANTS 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and 

Humanities, $2,500,000, to fund competitively awarded grants for nonprofit fine and performing 

arts organizations based in and primarily serving the District of Columbia. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS 

For a Federal Payment to the District of Columbia, $2,000,000, to fund pilot programs to 

support workforce development efforts in the District of Columbia. 

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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF 

COLUMBIA 

For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the District of 

Columbia in written consultation with the elected county or city officials of surrounding 

jurisdictions, $24,700,000, to remain available until expended and in addition any funds that 

remain available from prior year appropriations under this heading for the District of Columbia 

government, for the costs of providing public safety at events related to the presence of the national 

capital in the District of Columbia, including support requested by the Director of the United 

States Secret Service Division in carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 

of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided. that 

of the amount provided under this heading at least $9,800,000 shall be used for costs associated 

with the presidential inauguration. 

TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS--SUMMARY OF EXPENSES 

The following -amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the current fiscal 

year out of the General Fund ofthe District of Columbia ("General Fund"), except as otherwise 

specifically provided; Provided, that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 

provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved Novembcr 2,2000 

(114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.50a), and provisions of this Act, the total amount 

appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2013 

under this heading shall not exceed the lesser ofthe sum of the total revenues of the District of 

Columbia for such fiscal year or $11,367,050,000 (of which $6,379,906,000 shall be from local 

funds (including $402,984,000 from dedicated taxes), $998,179,000 shall be from Federal grant 

funds, $1,672,243,000 from Medicaid payments, $2,165,470,000 shall be from other funds, and 

$9,352,000 shall be from private funds, and $141,900,000 shall be from funds previously 

appropriated in this Act as Federal payments, which does not include funds appropriated under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009, approved February 17,2009 (123 Stat. 115; 

26 U.S.C. § I, note); Providedforther, that of the local funds, such amounts as maybe necessary 

may be derived from the District's General Fund balance; Provided further, that of these funds the 

District's intra-District authority shall be $579,594,000; in addition, for capital constmction 

projects, an increase of $1,702,797,000, of which $1,194,327,000 shall be from local funds, 

$86,535,000 from the Local Transportation Fund, $64,817,000 from the District ofCoJumbia 

Highway Trust Fund, $357,118,000 from Federal grant funds, and a rescission of $609,739,000 

of which $357,317,000 is from local funds, and $10,619,000 from the Local Transportation Fund, 

$58,442,000 from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, and $183,362,000 from Federal 

grant funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years for a net amount of 

$1,093,058,000, to remain available until expended; Providedforther, that the amounts provided 

under this heading are to be available, allocated, and expended as proposed under Title III of this 

Act, at the rate set forth under "District of Columbia Funds Division of Expenses" as included in 

the Fiscal Year 2013 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress by the 

District of Columbia; Providedfurther, that, notwithstanding any other provision oflaw, upon the 

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first enactment ofthe District's budget request under this Act, through September 30, 2013, during 

a period in which there is an absence of a federal appropriations act authorizing the expenditure of 

local funds, the District of Columbia is authorized to obligate and expend local funds for programs 

and activities at the rate set forth in this Act and to approve and execute reprogramming requests of 

local funds pursuant to section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 

December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.46); Provided further, that the 

amount provided under this heading may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which 

are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs; Provided further, that 

such increases shall be approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply with all 

reserve requirements contained in the District of Colnmbia Home Rule Act, approved December 

24, 1973 (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Official Code § 1-201.01 et seq.), as amended by this Act; Provided 

further, that the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are 

necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the 

apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropliations and funds made available to the 

District duling fiscal year 2013; except, that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 

operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital 

projects. 

TITLE III--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS - - DIVISION OF EXPENSES 

OPERATING EXPENSES 

Governmental Direction and Support 

Governmental direction and support, $631,986,000 (including $552,261,000 from local 

funds, $29,556,000 from Federal grant funds, and $50,169,000 from other funds); Provided, that 

there are appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to account for vendor fees that are paid 

as a fixed percentage of revenue recovered from third parties on behalf ofthe District under 

contracts that provide for payments of fees based upon such revenue as may be collected by the 

vendor; Provided further, that any program fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be 

available for the payment of expenses of the debt management program of the District of 

Columbia, to be allocated as follows: 

(I) Council of the Dishict of Columbia. - $21,007,000 from local funds; 

Provided, that not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for the Chairman of the Council of the 

District of Columbia from tbis appropriation for official reception and representation expenses; 

Provided fUrther, that, beginning in fiscal year 2012, such amounts on deposit and any such future 

deposits into the Council Technology Projects Fund, established by section 1082 of the District of 

Columbia Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Support Act of2011, effective September 14, 2011 (D.C. Law 

19-210; D.C. Official Code § 1-325.201), shall be available upon deposit and shall remain 

available until expended, consistent with the purposes set forth in that section; 

(2) Office of the District of Columbia Auditor. - $3,951,000 from local funds; 

(3) Advisory Neighborhood Commission. - $894,000 from local funds; Provided, 

that the Advisory Neighborhood Commission allotments shall not revert to the General Fund of 

the District of Columbia at the end of the fiscal year, or at any time, but shall be continually 

available until expended; 

(4) Office of the Mayor. - $11,992,000 (including $8,435,000 from local funds and 

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$3,556,000 from Federal grant funds); Provided, that not to exceed $10,600 shall be available for 

the Mayor from this appropriation for official reception and representation expenses; Provided 

further, that such amounts on deposit and any such future deposits into the Home Rule Act 40th 

Anniversary Celebration and Commemoration Fund, established by section 1085 of the Fiscal 

. Year 2013 Budget Support Act of2012, shall be available upon deposit and shall remain available 

until expended, consistent with the purposes set fOl1h in that section; 

(5) Office of the Secretary. - $3,246,000 (including $2,246,000 from local funds 

and $1,000,000 from other funds); Provided, that such amounts on deposit and any such future 

deposits into the Emancipation Day Fund, established by section 4 ofthe DislJict of Columbia 

Emancipation Parade and Fund Act 0[2004, effective March 17, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-240; D.C. 

Official Code § 1-183), shall be available upon deposit and shall remain available until expended, 

consistent with the purposes set forth in that section; 

(6) City Administrator. - $3,401 ,000 from local funds; Provided, that not to exceed 

$10,600 shall be available for the City Administrator from this appropriation for official reception 

and representation expenses; 

(7) Office of Risk Management. - $2,962,000 from local funds; 

(8) Department of Human Resources. - $7,814,000 (including $7,536,000 from 

local funds and $278,000 from other funds); 

(9) Office of Disability Rights. - $1,688,000 (including $970,000 from local funds 

and $718,000 from Federal grant funds); 

(10) Medical Liability Captive Insurance Agency. - $2,496,000 (including 

$2,430,000 from local funds and $66,000 from other funds); and all unexpended fiscal year 2012 

local and other funds as of September 30,2012, to remain available until expended; 

(11) Office of Finance and Resource Management. - $19,667,000 (including 

$19,373,000 from local funds and $294,000 from other funds); 

(12) Office of Contracting and Procurement. - $8,971,000 from local funds; 

(13) Office of Chief Technology Officer. $53,416,000 (including $39,974,000 

from local funds; $2,498,000 from Federal grant funds; and $10,943,000 from other funds); 

(14) Department of General Services. $250,917,000 (including $244,338,000 

from local funds and $6,579,000 from other funds); Provided, that amounts on deposit in, and any 

such future deposits to, the Commodities Cost Reserve Fund, established under D.C. Official Code 

§ 47-368.04, shall be available upon deposit and shall remain available until expended, consistent 

with the pU1lloses established under D.C. Official Code § 47-368.04(b); 

(15) Contract Appeals Board. - $1,051,000 from local funds; 

(16) Board of Elections. - $5,962,000 (including $5,812,000 from local funds and 

$150,000 from Federal grant funds); 

funds; 

(17) Office of Campaign Finance. - $2,601,000 from local funds; 

(18) Public Employee Relations Board. $1,151,000 from local funds; 

(19) Office of EmpJoyee Appeals. - $1,468,000 from local funds; 

(20) Metropolitan Washington Council of Govemments. $408,000 fi'om local 

(21) Office of the Attorney General. - $80,755,000 (including $58,688,000 from 

local funds, $20,257,000 from Federal grant funds, and $1,810,000 from other funds); 

(22) District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. -

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$1,039,000 ($979,000 from local funds and $60,000 from other funds); 

(23) Office of the Inspector General. - $15,686,000 (including $13,308,000 from 

local funds and $2,377,000 from Federal grant funds); and 

(24) Office of the Chief Financial Officer. - $129,445,000 (including $100,306,000 

from local funds and $29, 140,000 from other funds); Provided, that not to exceed $10,600 shall be 

available for the Chief Financial Officer of the District from this appropriation for official 

reception and representation expenses; Provided further, that amounts appropriated by this Act 

may be increased by the amount required to pay banking fees for maintaining the funds of the 

District of Columbia; Providedfilrther, that amounts on deposit in, and any such future deposits to, 

the Delinquent Debt Fund, established under the Delinquent Debt Recovery Act of2012 within the 

Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Act of2012, shall be available upon deposit and shall remain 

available until expended consistent with the purposes set forth in that act; Provided further, that of 

the amount budgeted for the Tax Revision Commission in fiscal year 2012, any portion left 

unexpended at the end of fiscal year 2012 shall be available for the same purpose in fiscal year 

2013; Providedfurther, that amounts appropriated by this Act may be increased by the amount 

required to pay banking fees for maintaining the funds of the District of Columbia. 

Economic Development and Regulation 

Economic development and regulation,$393,538,000 (including $147,873,000 from local 

funds (including $460,000 from dedicated taxes), $86,920,000 from Federal grant funds, 

$143,918,000 from other funds, $528,000 from private funds, and $9,800,000 from funds 

previously appropriated from this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for Redevelopment of 

the St. Elizabeths Hospital Campus" and $2,500,000 from funds previously appropriated from this 

Act under the heading "Federal Payment for D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities 

Grants" and $2,000,000 from funds previously appropriated from this Act under the heading 

"Federal Payment for Job Training Program"); to be allocated as follows: 

(I) Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. - $41,749,000 

(including $11,753,000 from local funds, $3,000,000 fl:om Federal grant funds, $17,431,000 from 

other funds, and $9,565,000 from funds previously appropriated from this Act under the heading 

"Federal Payment for Redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths Hospital Campus"); Provided, that up 

to $12,000,000 of funds available under this heading received from the Louis Dreyfus Property 

Group, LLC, or one of its affiliates or assigns approved by the Mayor, for the purchase of the real 

property and airspace constituting the Center Leg Freeway PILOT Area to be paid to The 

Washington Development Group, Inc., or its assigns, to settle the lawsnit regarding the Center Leg 

Freeway PILOT Area; Provided forther, that any funds deposited into the Neighborhood Parade 

and Festival Fund, established in the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development 

Limited Grant-Making Authority Act of2012 within the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Act of 

2012, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund ofthe District of 

Columbia at the end ofa fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available until 

expended; 

(2) Office of Planning. $7,347,000 (including $6,559,000 from local funds, 

$523,000 from Federal grant funds, $30,000 from other funds, and $235,000 from funds 

previously appropriated from this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for Redevelopment of 

the St. Elizabeths Hospital Campus"); Provided, that the local funds provided to the Office of 

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Planning in previous fiscal years for Neighborhood Historic Preservation, including the Targeted 

Homeowner Grant funds authorized by section 11 bek) ofthe Historic Landmark and Historic 

District Protection Act of 1978, effective March 2, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-189; D.C. Official Code 

§ 6-111 0.02(k», shall remain available until expended; Provided further, that any funds deposited 

into the Historic Landmark-District Protection Fund, established by section 11a of the Historic 

Landmark and Historic District Protection Act of 1978, effective November 16, 2006 (D.C. Law 

16-185; D.C. Official Code § 6-1101.01), and any interest earned on those funds, shall not revert to 

the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal 

year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available until expended; 

(3) Department of Small and Local Business Development. - $6,185,000, 

(including $5,276,000 from local funds and $909,000 from Federal grant funds); Provided, that 

any funds deposited into the Small Business Micro Loan Fund, established by section 2375 of the 

Small, Local, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Act of 2005, 

effective September 18, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-20; D.C. Official Code § 2-218.75), and any interest 

earned on those funds, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund ofthe 

District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually 

available until expended; 

(4) Office of Motion Pictures and Television Development. $869,000 (including 

$784,000 from local funds and $85,000 from other funds); Provided, that any funds deposited into 

the Film DC Economic Incentive Fund, established by section 2 of the Film DC Economic 

Incentive Act of2006, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-290; D.C. Official Code § 39-501), 

and any interest eamed on those funds, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the 

General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall 

be continually available until expended; 

(5) Office of Zoning. - $2,596,000 from local funds; 

(6) Department of Housing and Community Development. - $57,238,000 

(including $12,591,000 from local funds, $38,147,000 from Federal grant funds, and $6,500,000 

from other funds); 

(7) Department of Employment Services. - $121,000,000 (including $47,457,000 

from local funds, $40,588,000 from Federal grant funds, $30,876,000 from other funds, $80,000 

from private funds, and $2,000,000 from funds previously appropriated from this Act under the 

heading "Federal Payment for Job Training Program"); Provided, that $1,024,000 shall be 

transferred to the Office of Administrative Hearings for hearing appeals related to unemployment 

insurance benefits; 

(8) Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals. - $1,663,000 from local 

funds; 

(9) Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. - $32,952,000 (including 

$16,365,000 from local funds and $16,586,000 from other funds); 

(10) Office ofthe Tenant Advocate. - $2,064,000 from local funds; 

(J 1) COl1Unission on Arts and Humanities. - $14,435,000 (including $11,090,000 

from local funds, $746,000 from Federal grant funds, $100,000 from other funds, and $2,500,000 

from funds previously appropriated from this Act, under the heading "Federal Payment for D.C. 

Commission on the Arts and Humanities Grants", to fund competitively awarded grants for 

nonprofit fine and performing arts organizations based in and primarily serving the District of 

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Columbia); 

(12) Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. - $6,835,000 (including 

$460,000 !Tom local funds (including $460,000 from dedicated taxes) and $6,375,000 !Tom other 

funds); 

(13) Public Service Commission. - $10,823,000 (including $463,000 from Federal 

grant funds and $10,360,000 from other funds); 

(14) Office of the People's CounseL - $6,116,000 !Tom other funds; 

(i 5) Department ofInsurance, Securities, and Banking. - $20,860,000 (including 

$2,544,000 from Federal grants, $17,868,000 from other funds, and $448,000 from private funds); 

(16) Office of Cable Television. - $8,592,000 from other funds; 

(17) Housing Authority Subsidy Payment - $14,213,000 from local funds; 

(18) Housing Production Trust Fund Subsidy. - $15,000,000 from local funds; and 

(19) Business Improvement District Transfer. - $23,000,000 !Tom other funds. 

Public Safety and Justice 

Public safety and justice, $1,112,704,000 (including $944,599,000 from local funds, 

$114,029,000 from Federal grant funds, $50,976,000 from other funds, $300,000 from private 

funds, $500,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Aet under the heading "Federal 

Payment for the D.C. National Guard", $1,800,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act 

under the heading "Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council", and $500,000 

from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for Judicial 

Commissions"); to be allocated as follows: 

(1) Metropolitan Police Department. - $473,655,000 (including $462,390,000 

from local funds, $2,730,000 from Federal grant funds, and $8,535,000 from other funds); 

(2) Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. --$199,374,000 (including 

$197,854,000 from local funds and $1,520,000 from other funds); 

(3) Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System. --$96,314,000 from local 

funds; 

(4) Department ofCorrcctions. - $139,289,000 (including $117,148,000 from local 

funds and $22,141,000 from other funds); 

(5) District of Columbia National Guard. - $8,815,000 (including $2,796,000 from 

local funds, $5,519,000 from Federal grant funds, and $500,000 from funds previously 

appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for the District of Columbia National 

Guard"); Provided, that the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for 

expenses incurred in connection with services that are performed in emergencies by the National 

Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly 

determined and certified as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding 

General of the District of Columbia National Guard; Provided further, that such sums as may be 

necessary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard under the preceding 

proviso shall be available pursuant (0 this Act, and the availability ofthe sums shall be deemed as 

constituting payment in advance for emergency services involved; 

(6) Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. $102,039,000 

(including $2,007,000 from local funds and $100,032,000 from Federal grant funds); 

(7) Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. - $295,000 from funds 

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previously appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for Judicial 

Commissions"; 

(8) Judicial Nomination Commission. - $205,000 from funds previously 

appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions"; 

(9) Office of Police Complaints. - $2,091,000 from local funds; 

(10) District of Columbia Sentencing and Criminal Code Review Commissioll.-

$1,389,000 from local funds; 

(11) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. - $7,834,000 from local funds; 

(12) Office of Administrative Hearings. - $7,962,000 from local funds; 

(13) Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. - $2,249,000 (including $449,000 

from local funds and $1,800,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading 

"Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council"); 

(14) Department of Forensic Sciences. - $8,935,000 (including $8,505,000 from 

local funds and $431,000 from Federal grant funds); 

(15) Office of Unified Corrnnunications. - $43,840,000 (including $26,714,000 

from local funds, $16,826,000 from other funds, and $300,000 from private funds); and 

(16) Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice - $18,416,000 (including 

$11,144,000 from local funds, $5,317,000 from Federal grant funds, and $1,954,000 from other 

funds); Provided, that not less than $299,000 of this appropriation shall be available to fund the 

District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer Loan Assistance Program, established by the Access to 

Justice Initiative Amendment Act of 2011, effective September 14,2011 (D.C. Law 19-21; D.C. 

Official Code § 4-1701.01 et seq.); Providedfurlher, that $2,951,000 shall be made available to 

award a grant to the District of Columbia Bar Foundation for the purpose of providing support to 

nonprofit organizations that deliver civil legal services to low-income and under-served District 

residents; Providedfurther, that $900,000 shall be transferred to the Community-based Violence 

Reduction Fund, established by section 3014 ofthe Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Support Act of2008, 

effective August 16,2008 (D.C. Law 17-219; D.C. Official Code § 1-325.121), for use by the 

Justice Grants Administration for the purpose of providing grants for the development of programs 

to intervene with children who are chronically truant. 

Public Education System 

Public education system, including the development of national defense education 

programs, $1,956,869,000 (including $1,599,444,000 from local funds (including $4,266,000 

from dedicated taxes), $237,927,000 from Federal grant funds, $20,557,000 fi'om other funds, 

$3,841,000 from private funds, and $35,100,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act 

under the heading "Federal Payment for Resident Tuition SUppOlt", and $60,000,000 from funds 

previously appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for School Improvement 

in the District of Columbia"; to be allocated as follows: 

(1) District of Columbia Public Schools.- $707,020,000 (including 

$646,176,000 from local funds, $8,595,000 from Federal grant funds, $11,808,000 from other 

funds, $3,841,000 from private funds, and $36,600,000 from funds previously appropriated in this 

Act under the heading "Federal Payment for School Improvement"); Provided, that this . 

appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education of any nonresident ofthe District of 

Columbia at any District of Columbia public elementary or secondary school during fiscal year 

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2013 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate t11at covers 100% of 

the costs incurred by the District of Columbia that are attributable to the education ofthe 

nonresident (as established by the Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools); 

Provided jurther, that not to exceed $10,600 for the Chancellor shall be available from this 

appropriation for official reception and representation expenses; Provided jurther, that, 

notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision oflaw, 

there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on July I, 2012, an amount 

equal to 10% of the total amount of the local funds appropriations request provided for the District 

of Columbia Public Schools in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2013 

(as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final 

amount provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools under the District of Columbia 

Appropriations Act, 2013; 

(2) Teachers Retirement System. - $6,407,000 from local funds; 

(3) Office of the State Superintendent ofEducation.- $392,727,000 (including 

$100,006,000 from local funds (including $4,266,000 from dedicated taxes), $228,411,00 from 

Federal grant funds, $5,810,000 from other funds, $35,100,000 from funds previously 

appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support," and 

$23,400,000 from fimds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment 

for School Improvement" to expand quality public charter schools in the District of Columbia); 

Provided, that of the amounts provided to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, 

$1,000,000 from local funds shall remain available until June 30, 2013, for an audit of the student 

enrollment of each District of Columbia public school and of each District of Columbia public 

charter school; Providedfurther, that $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2012 unexpended local funds shall 

remain available until expended for the Blackman and Jones v. District oj Columbia consent 

decree; 

(4) District of Columbia Public Charter Schools.- $535,364,000 from local funds; 

Provided, that there shall be quarterly disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia public 

charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year; 

Provided jurther, that if the entirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments to any 

public charter schools cun'ently in operation through the per pupil funding formula, the fimds shall 

remain available until expended for public education in accordance with section 2403(b )(2) ofthe 

District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D,C. 

Official Code § 38-1804.03(b)(2»; Provided further, that of the amounts made available to 

District of Columbia public charter schools, $110,000 shall be made available to the Office ofthe 

Chief Financial Officer as authorized by section 2403(b )(5) of the District of Columbia School 

Reform Act of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (1I0 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code 

§ 38-1804.03(b)(5»; Providedjurther, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided 

under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of 

Columbia public charter schools on July 1, 2012, an amount equal to 25% ofthe total amount of 

the local fimds appropriations request provided for payments to public charter schools in the 

proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2013 (as submitted to Congress), and 

the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for such 

payments under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2013; Providedjurther, that the 

annual financial audit for the perfonnance of an individual District of Columbia public charter 

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school shall be funded by the charter school; 

(5) University of the District of Columbia Subsidy.- $64,955,000 from local 

funds; Provided, that this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education of 

nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the University of the District of Columbia, unless the 

Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2013, a tuition rate schedule that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident 

students at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable public 

institutions of higher education in the metropolitan area; Provided further, that, notwithstanding 

the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be 

appropriated to the University ofthe District of Columbia on July 1, 2012, an amount equal to 10% 

of the total amount ofthe local funds appropriations request provided for the University ofthe 

District of Columbia in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2013 (as 

submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final 

amount provided for the University of the District of Columbia under the District of Columbia 

Appropriations Act, 2013; Providedforther, that not to exceed $10,600 for the President ofthe 

University ofthe District of Columbia shall be available from this appropriation for official 

reception and representation expenses; Provided forther, that $14,480,000, shall be used for the 

direct operational costs associated with the Community College and that all tuition funds 

generated through the Community College shall also be solely used for the direct operational costs 

associated with the Community College; 

(6) District of Columbia Public Libraries. $43,468,000 (including $42,027,000 

from local funds, $922,000 from Federal grant funds, and $520,000 from other funds); Provided, 

that not to exceed $8,500 for the Public Librarian shall be available from this appropriation for 

official reception and representation expenses; Provided further, that any funds deposited into the 

Library Collections Account, established by the Library Collections Account Amendment Act of 

2012 within the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Act of2012, and any interest earned on those 

funds, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of 

Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available until 

expended; 

(7) Public Charter School Board. -$3,495,000 (including $1,076,000 from local 

funds and $2,419,000 from other funds); 

(8) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education. $2,303,000 from local funds; 

(9) Non-Public Tuition. - $109,941,000 from local funds; and 

(10) Special Education Transportation. -$91,190,000 from local funds; Provided, 

that, notwi thstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of 

law, there shall be appropriated to the Special Education Transportation agency under the direction 

ofthe Office ofthe State Superintendent of Education, on July 1, 2012, an amount equal to 10% of 

the lotal amount of the local funds appropriations request provided for the Special Education 

Transportation agency in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2013 (as 

submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final 

amount provided for the Special Education Transportation agency under the District of Columbia 

Appropriations Act, 2013; Provided further, that amounts appropriated under this heading may be 

used to offer financial incentives as necessary to rcduce the number of routes serving 2 or fewer 

students. 

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Human Support Services 

Human support services, $3,767,381,000 (including $1,612,861,000 from local funds 

(including $62,940,000 from dedicated taxes), $445,781,000 from Federal grant funds, 

$1,672,243,000 from Medicaid payments, $31,011,000 from other funds, $486,000 from private 

funds, and $5,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal 

Payment for Hrv/AIDS Prevention"); to be allocated as follows; 

(1) Department of Human Services. - $335,789,000 (including $166,060,000 from 

local funds, $154,753,000 from Federal grant funds, $13,901,000 from Medicaid payments, and 

$1,075,000 from other funds; 

(2) Child and Family Services Agency. $246,281,000 (including $191,153,000 

from local funds, $53,910,000 from Federal grant funds, $1,200,000 from other funds, and 

$18,000 from private funds); 

(3) Department of Mental Health. - $178,561,000 (including $167,877,000 from 

local funds, $1,561,000 from Federal grant funds, $4,926,000 from Medicaid payments, 

$4,040,000 from other funds, and $157,000 from private funds); Providedfurther, that any fnnds 

deposited into the Department of Mental Health Enterprise Fund, established by the Department of 

Mental Health Enterprise Fund Establishment Amendment Act of2012 within the Fiscal Year 

2013 Budget Support At of2012, and any interest earned on those funds, shall not revert to the 

unrestricted fund balance ofthe General Fund of the Disttict of Columbia at the end of a fiscal 

year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available until expended; in addition to the funds 

otherwise appropriated under this Act, the Department of Mental Health may expend any funds 

that are to be or were paid by the United States Virgin Islands to the District in fiscal year 2012 or 

fiscal year 2013 to compensate the District for care previously provided by the District to patients 

at the St. Elizabeths hospital and are not otherwise appropriated under this act; Provided, that the 

availability of the funds is certified by the Chief Financial Officer plior to any expenditure; 

Provided further, that the funds shall be expended in a manner determined by the Director of the 

Department of Mental Health; 

(4) Department of Health. - $241,289,000 (including $88,379,000 from local 

funds, $136,056,000 from Federal grant funds, $11,544,000 from other funds, $311,000 from 

private funds, and $5,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading 

"Federal Payment for HIV/AIDS Prevention"); Providedfurther, that any funds deposited into the 

Health Professional Recruitment Fnnd, established by section 16a of the Disttict of Columbia 

Health Professionals Recruitment Program Act of2005, effective March 2, 2007 (D.c. Law 

16-192; D.C. Official Code § 7-751.l5a), including unspent funds from prior fiscal years, shall 

remain available until expended; 

(5) Department of Parks and Recreation. - $35,866,000 (including $34,067,000 

from local fnnds, and $1,799,000 from other funds); 

(6) Office on Aging. $23,926,000 (including $16,620,000 from local funds and 

$7,307,000 from Federal grant funds); 

(7) District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Fund. -$6,512,000 from 

local funds; 

(8) Employees' Compensation Fund. -$19,822,000 from local funds, and all 

unexpended fiscal year 2012 funds as of September 30,2012 to remain available until expended; 

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(9) Office of Human Rights. - $2,436,000 (including $2,193,000 from local funds 

and $244,000 from Federal grant funds); 

(10) Office of Latino Affairs. - $2,685,000 from local funds; 

(11) Children and Youth Investment Collaborative. $3,000,000 from local funds; 

(12) Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. - $780,000 from local funds; 

(13) Office on Veterans Affairs. - $394,000 (including $382,000 from local funds 

and $12,000 from other funds); 

(14) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. - $106,384,000 from local 

funds; Provided, that amounts appropriated herein may be expended to implement the provisions 

of section I05(k) ofthe Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services Establishment Act of 2004, 

effective April 12, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-335; D.C. Official Code § 2-1515.05(k»; Providedforther, 

that of the local funds appropriated for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, $12,000 

shall be used to fund the requirements of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles; 

(15) Department on Disability Services. - $92,753,000 (including $54,376,000 

from local funds, $26,403,000 from Federal grant funds, $5,074,000 from Medicaid payments, and 

$6,900,000 from other funds); 

(16) Depatiment of Health care Finance. - $2,470,305,000 (including $751,974,000 

from local funds (including $62,940,000 from dedicated taxes), $65,547,000 from Federal grant 

funds, $1,648,342,000 from Medicaid payments, and $4,441,000 from other funds); Provided, that 

any funds deposited into the Healthy DC Fund, established by section 15b ofthe Hospital and 

Medical Services Corporation Regulatory Act of 1996, effective March 2,2007 (D.C. Law 

16-192; D.C. Official Code § 31-3514.02), including unspent funds from prior fiscal years, shall 

remain available until expended; Providedfurther, that any funds deposited into the Nursing 

Facility Quality of Care Fund, established by D.C. Official Code § 47-1262, including unspent 

funds from prior fiscal years, shall remain available until expended; and 

(17) Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. - $597,000 from local funds. 

Public Works 

Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle for use by the Mayor and 

3 passenger-carrying vehicles for use by the Council ofthe District of Columbia and the leasing of 

passenger-carrying vehicles, $601,757,000 (including $464,839,000 from local funds (including 

$57,202,000 from dedicated taxes), $30,668,000 from Federal grant funds, $105,100,000 from 

other funds, and $1,150,000 from private funds), to be allocated as follows: 

(1) Department of Public Works. $111,153,000 (including $104,047,000 from 

local funds and $7,105,000 from other funds); 

(2) Department of Transportation. - $74,578,000 (including $65,182,000 from 

local funds, $3,956,000 from Federal grant funds, and $5,441,000 from other funds); Provided, 

that any funds deposited into the Sustainable Transportation Fund, established by the District 

Department of Transportation Omnibus Amendment Act of2012 within the Fiscal Year 2013 

Budget Support Act of2012, and any interest earned on those funds, shall not revert to the 

unrestricted fund balance ofthe General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal 

year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available until expended; 

(3) Depatiment of Motor Vehicles. - $34,060,000 (including $24,330,000 from 

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local funds and $9,731,000 from other funds); 

(4) Department of the Environment. - $93,296,000 (including $14,796,000 ITom 

local funds, $26,713,000 from Federal grant funds, $50,637,000 from other funds, and $1 ,150,000 

from private funds); 

(5) Taxi Cab Commission. $1,607,000 from other funds; 

(6) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission. -$126,000 from local 

funds; and 

(7) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. - $286,937,000 (including 

$256,358,000 from local funds (including $57,202,000 from dedicated taxes), and $30,579,000 

from other funds). 

Financing and Other 

Financing and Other, $951,575,000 (including $850,662,000 from local funds (including 

$135,701,000 from dedicated taxes), $2,250,000 from Federal grant funds, $73,963,000 from 

other funds, and $24,700,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading 

"Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia"), to be 

allocated as follows: 

(1) Repayment of Loans and Interest. - $467,424,000 (including $462,877,000 

from local funds and $4,547,000 from other funds); for payment of principal, interest, and certain 

fees directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia to fund District of Columbia 

capital projects as authorized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 

Act, approved December 24,1973 (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Official Code §§ 1- 204.62,1-204.75, and 

1-204.90); 

(2) Short-Term Borrowing. - $4,390,000 from local funds for payment of interest 

on short-term borrowing; 

(3) Certificates of Participation. - for lease payments representing principal and 

interest on the District's Certificates of Participation issued to finance land and buildings located at 

One Judiciary Square, and for the Unified Communications Center and Office of Unified 

Communications, located on the St. Elizabeths Campus, $32,542,000 from local funds; 

(4) Debt Issuance Costs. for the payment of debt service issuance costs, 

$6,000,000 from local funds; 

(5) Schools Modernization Fund. - for the Schools Modernization Fund, 

established by section 4042 of the Schools Modernization Amendment Act of2005, effective 

October 20,2005 (D.C. Law 16-33; D.C. Official Code § 1-325.41), $8,626,000 from local funds; 

(6) Revenue Bonds. - for the repayment of revenue bonds, $8,222,000 from local 

funds (including $8,222,000 from dedicated taxes); 

(7) Settlements and Judgments. - for making refunds and for the payment ofIegal 

settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia government, 

$21,477,000 from local funds; Provided, that this appropriation shall not be construed as 

modifying or affecting the provisions of section 103 of this Act; 

(8) Wilson Building. - for expenses associated with the Jolm A. Wilson building, 

$4,193,000 from local funds; 

(9) Non-Departmental. - to account for anticipated costs that cannot be allocated to 

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specific agencies during the development of the proposed budget, $34,161,000 (including 

$9,000,000 from local funds and $25,161,000 from other funds), to be transferred by the Mayor of 

the District of Columbia within the various appropriations headings in this Act; 

(10) Emergency Planning and Security Costs. - $24,700,000 from funds previously 

appropriated in this Act under the heading "Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security 

Costs in the District of Columbia"; Provided, that, notwithstanding any other law, the District of 

Columbia may charge obligations and expenditures that are pending reimbursement under the 

heading "Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of 

Columbia" to this local appropriations heading; 

(11) Equipment Lease Operating. - $50,036,000 from local funds; 

(12) Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds. - in lieu of capital financing, $35,803,000 

($4,270,000 from local funds and $31,533,000 from other funds) to be transferred to the Capital 

Fund; Provided, that the Office of the Chief Financial Officer reconciles the capital budgets 

recorded in the District's Financial Accounting System of Record ("SOAR"), with budgets 

approved by the Council annually and provides the Mayor with a report on the reconciliation at the 

project level by February 1, following the end of every fiscal year; 

(13) District Retiree Health Contribution. - for a District Retiree Health 

Contribution, $107,800,000 from local funds; 

(14) Convention Center Transfer. $106,729,000 from local funds (including 

$103,729,000 from dedicated taxes); 

(15) Highway Trust Fund Transfer. - $36,472,000 (including $23,750,000 from 

local funds (including $23,750,000 from dedicated taxes) and $12,722,000 from other funds); and 

(16) Emergency and Contingency Funds. -$3,000,000 (including $750,000 from 

local funds and $2,250,000 from Federal grant funds) for the emergency reserve fund and the 

contingency reserve fund under section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, 

approved November 2, 2000 (114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code § 1- 204.50a); the amounts 

appropriated herein may be increased by such additional amounts from the funds of the District 

goverrunent as are necessary to meet the balance requirements for such funds under section 450A. 

Revised Revenue Estimate Contingency Priority 

(a) The amount appropriated as District of Columbia local funds shall be increased by the 

amounts the June 2012, September 2012, and December 2012 revised revenue estimates exceed 

the revenue estimate ofthe Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia dated February 29, 

2012. 

(b) The funds authorized to be obligated and expended by this section shall be obligated as 

follows: 

(1) Twenty-five percent shall be deposi ted in the Cash Flow Reserve Account 

established by section 47-392.02(j-2) of the District of Columbia Official Code. 

(2) Seventy-five percent shall be allocated as set forth in the Revised Revenue 

Estimate Contingency Priority List Act of2012 within the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Act of 

2012. 

(c) The District of Columbia may obligate and expend any increase in the amount offunds 

authorized by this section only if the Chief Financial Officer certifies the increase in revenue and 

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certifies that the use of the amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact on the long-term 

financial plan of the District. 

ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS 

The amount of$I,951,241 (including $207,369,000 from local funds (including 

$142,414,000 from dedicated taxes), $51,048,000 from Federal grants, $1,689,777 from other 

funds, and $3,047,000 from private funds) shall be provided to enterprise funds as follows; 

Provided, that, in the event that certain dedicated revenues exceed budgeted amounts, the District 

may increase its General Fund budget authority as needed to transfer all such revenues, pursuant to 

local law, to the Highway Trust Fund, the Washington Convention Center, the TIP and PILOT 

debt service agencies, the Ballpark Fund, and the Housing Production Trust Fund. 

Water and Sewer Authority 

Pursuant to section 445a of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved August 6, 

1996 (110 Stat. 1698; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.45a), which provides that the Council may 

comment and make recommendations concerning such annual estimates but shall have no 

authority to revise the budget for the District ofColurnbia Water and Sewer Authority, the Council 

forwards this non-appropriated budget request: for operation of the Water and Sewer Authority, 

$456,775,000 from other funds, of which no outstanding debt exists for repayment ofloans and 

interest incurred for capital improvement projects and payable to the District's debt service fund; 

for construction projects, $606,090,000 to be distributed as follows: $277,007,000 for the Blue 

Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant, $88,795,000 for the Sanitary Sewer System, $91,894,000 for 

the Water System, $124,734,000 for the Combined Sewer Overflow Program, $2,683,000 for the 

Stonnwater System, $10,848,000 for the Washington Aqueduct, and $10,129,000 for the capital 

equipment program; in addition, $11,500,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under 

the heading "Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority"; Provided, 

that the requirements and restrictions that are applicable to General Fund capital improvement 

projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay appropriation account shall apply to 

projects approved under this appropriation account. 

Washington Aqueduct 

For operation of the Washington Aqueduct, $63,041,000 from other funds. 

Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund 

For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, established by the District of 

Columbia Appropriations Act, 1982, approved December 4,1981 (Pub. L. No. 97-91; 95 Stat. 

1174), for the purpose ofimplementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and 

Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 

(D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Official Code § 3-1301 et seq. and § 22-1716 et seq.), $250,000,000 from 

other funds; Provided, that the District of Columbia shall identify the source of funding for this 

appropriation title from the District's own locally generated revenues; Providedfurther, that no 

revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations or activities ofthe Lottery 

and Charitable Games Control Board; Providedforther, that, after notification to the Mayor, 

amounts appropriated herein may be increased by an amount necessary for the Lottery and 

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Charitable Games Enterprise Fund to make transfers to the General Fund of the District of 

Columbia and to cover prizes, agent commissions, and gaming-related fees directly associated 

with unanticipated excess lottery revenues not included in this appropriation. 

District of Columbia Retirement Board 

For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established pursuant to section 121 of the 

District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act of 1979, approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat 866; 

D.C. Official Code § 1·711), $30,338,000 from the earnings of the applicable retirement funds to 

pay legal, management, investment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the District of 

Columbia Retirement Board; Provided, that the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall 

provide to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report of the 

allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds; Provided further, that the District 

of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the 

District of Columbia, an itemized accounting ofthe planned use of appropriated funds in time for 

each annual budget submission and the actual use of such funds in time for each annual audited 

financial report. 

Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund 

For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, including for functions 

previously performed by the District of Columbia SPOtts and Entertainment Commission, 

$115,711,000 from other funds. 

Housing Finance Agency 

For the Housing Finance Agency, $8,735,000 from other funds. 

University of the District of Columbia 

For the University of the District of Columbia, $169,270,000 (including, $64,955,000 from 

local funds, $51,048,000 ii'om Federal grant funds, $50,221,000 from other funds, and $3,047,000 

from private funds). 

District of Columbia Public Library Trust Fund 

For the District of Columbia Public Library Trust Fund, $17,000 from other funds. 

Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund 

For the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, $480,000,000 from other funds. 

Housing Production Trust Fund 

For the Housing Production Trust Fund, $84,453,000 (including $69,453,000 from 

dedicated taxes and $15,000,000 in other funds), to remain available until expended for purposes 

identified by the Housing Production Trust Fund Act of 1988, effective March 16, 1989 (D.C. Law 

7·202; D.C. Official Code § 42-2801 el seq.). 

Tax Increment Financing 

For Tax Increment Financing, $60,468,000 from other funds. 

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Ballpark Revenue Fund 

For the Ballpark Revenue Fund, $83,961,000 (including $72,961,000 from local funds 

(including $72,961,000 from dedicated taxes), and $11,000,000 from other funds). 

Repayment of Payment in Lieu of Taxes Financing 

For Repayment of Payment in Lieu of Taxes Financing, $15,993,000 from other funds. 

Not-Far-Profit Hospital Corporation 

For the Not-For-Profit Hospital Corporation, $132,477,000 from other funds. 

Capital Outlay 

For capital construction projects, an increase of$I,702,797,000, of which $1,194,327,000 

shall be from local funds, $86,535,000 from the Local Transportation Fund, $64,817,000 from the 

District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, $357,118,000 from Federal grant funds, and a 

rescission of $609,739,000 of which $357,316,000 is from local funds, $10,619,000 from the 

Local Transportation Fund, $58,442,000 from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, and 

$183,362,000 from Federal grant funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a 

net amount of$I,093,058,000, to remain available until expended; Provided, that $4,270,000 in 

local funds shall be available for Metropolitan Police Department vehicle replacement; Provided 

fUrther, that all funds provided by this appropriation title shall be available only for the specific 

projects and purposes intended; Provided further, that amounts appropriated under this heading 

may be increased by the amount transferred from funds appropriated in this act as Pay As You Go 

Capital funds. 

TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified within an appropriation for 

particular purposes or objects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be 

considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an 

amount set apart exclusively therefore. 

SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses of travel and for the 

payment of dues of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia 

government, when authorized by the Mayor, or, in the case of the Council of the District of 

Columbia, funds may be expended with the authorization of the Chairman ofthe Council. 

SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the District of Columbia 

such sums as may be necessary for making refunds and for the payment oflegal settlements or 

judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia government. 

SEC. lO4. The District of Columbia may use local funds provided in this Act to carry out 

lobbying activities on any matter. 

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SEC. 105. The District of Columbia government is authorized to approve and execute 

reprogramming and transfer requests of local funds under this Act through November 1, 2013. 

SEC. 1 06.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds made 

available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the 

District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 

the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties. For the purposes of this section, the 

term "official duties" does not include travel between the officer's or employee's residence and 

workplace, except in the case of: 

(1) An officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in 

the District of Columbia or a District of Columbia government employee as may otherwise be 

designated by the Chief ofPoJice; 

(2) At the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee ofthe District of 

Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the District of 

Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire Chief; 

(3) At the discretion of the Director ofthe Department of Corrections, an officer or 

employee of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 

Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Director; 

(4) The Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

(5) The Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. 

(b) This section does not supersede any provision in local law that is more restrictive with 

regard to the use of official vehicles. 

SEC. 107. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date ofthe enactment of this Act, the 

Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

operating budget in the format of the budget that the District of Columbia govemment submitted 

pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 

(87 Stat. 798; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia 

government for fiscal year 2013 that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and that 

realigns all budgeted data for personal services and other-than-personal services, respectively, 

with anticipated actual expenditures. 

(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the Chief Financial Officer for the 

District of Columbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in 

program requirements. 

SEC. 108. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

Congress, the Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

operating budget for the District of Columbia Public Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual 

enrollment. The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of the budget that the 

District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 

Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 798; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.42). 

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SEC. 109. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds maybe transferred to 

the District of Columbia's enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall 

retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 

(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to reprogram or transfer for 

operating expenses any local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 4 prior fiscal years 

from operating funds to capital funds, and such anlOunts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall 

retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 

SEC. llO. Notwithstanding any otherlaws, the Director of the District of Columbia Public 

Defender Service shall, to the extent the Director considers appropriate, provide representation for 

and hold harmless, or provide liability insurance for, any person who is an employee, member of 

the Board of Trustees, or officer of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service for money 

damages arising out of any claim, proceeding, or case at Jaw relating to the furnishing of 

representational services or management services or related services while acting within the scope 

of that person's office or employment, including, but not limited, to such claims, proceedings, or 

cases at law involving employment actions, iruury, loss ofliberty, property damage, loss of 

property, or personal injury, or death arising from malpractice or negligence of any such officer or 

employee. 

SEC. 111. Section 446 ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 

24, 1973 (87 Stat. 801; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.46), is amended by adding the following at the 

end of the fourth sentence, before the period ": Provided, that, notwithstanding any other provision 

ofthis Act, effective for fiscal year 2013, and for each succeeding fiscal year, during a period in 

which there is an absence of a federal appropriations act authorizing the expenditure of District of 

Columbia local funds, the District of Columbia may obligate and expend local funds for programs 

and activities at the rate set forth in the Budget Request Act adopted by the Council, or a 

reprogramming adopted pursuant to this section.". 

SEC. 112. Ifrevenues exceed projections for dedicated taxes that are transferred outside 

the General Food of the District of Columbia, the District may increase its budget authOlity to 

enable it to transfer all such revenues consistent with local law. 

SEC. 113. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to "this Act" contained 

in this division shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of this division. 

SEC. 114. This division may be cited as the "Financial Services and General 

Government Appropriations Act, 2013". 

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DIVISION -B 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AUTHORIZATION REQUEST 

SEC. 201. The Attorney General for the District of Columbia Clarification and Elected 

Term Amendment Act of 2010, effective May 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-160; D.C. Official Code 

§ 1-301.81 et seq,), is amended by adding a new section 106a to read as follows: 

"Sec, 106a. Contingency fee contracts. 

"(a)(l) The Attorney General may make contracts retaining private counsel to furnish legal 

services, including representation in negotiation, compromise, settlement, and litigation, in claims 

and other legal matters affecting the interests ofthe District of Columbia. 

"(2) Each contract shall include such terms and conditions as the Attorney General 

considers necessary or appropriate, including a provision specifying the amount of any fee to be 

paid to the private counsel under the contract or the method for calculating that fee. The amount of 

the fee payable for legal services furnished under any such contract shall not exceed the fee that 

counsel engaged in the private practice of law in the District lypically charges clients for 

furnishing similar legal services, as determined by the Attorney General. 

"(b) Notwithstanding any provision of federal or District of Columbia law, a contract 

entered into by the District of Columbia pursuant to this section may provide that costs, expenses, 

and fees that the private counsel charges for legal services are payable from the amount recovered. 

In such circumstances, the costs, expenses, and fees need not be included in an amount provided in 

an appropriations law.", 

SEC. 202. Section 11201 ofthe National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 

Improvement Act of1997, approved August 5,1997 (Ill Stat. 734; D,C. Official Code § 24-101), 

is amended by adding a new subsection (a-I) to read as follows: 

"(a-I) Reimbursement to District of Columbia Department of Corrections.- The United 

States Government shall reimburse the District of Columbia Department of Corrections its costs of 

providing custody and care for: 

"(1) Felons committed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia frOIl1 the 

date of sentencing until transfer lo a penal or correctional facility operated or contracted for by the 

Bureau of Prisons; 

"(2) Previously sentenced felons committed to the Department of Corrections as 

violators of parole, supervised release, or probation from the date ofcommitmcnt until transfer to a 

penal or correctional facility operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons; and ' 

"(3) Previously sentenced felons held by or committed to the Department of 

Corrections OIl writs from the date of commitment until transfer to a penal or correctional facility 

operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons.". 

SEC. 203. The following proviso under the heading "Lottery and Charitable Games 

Enterprise Fund" in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1982, approved December 4, 

1981 (Pub. 1. No. 97-91; 95 Stat. 1174;), is repealed: 

"Provided forther, that the advertising, sale, operation, or playing of the lotteries, raffles, 

bingos, or other games authorized by D.C. Law 3-172 is prohibited on the Federal enclave, and in 

adjacent public buildings and land controlled by the Shipstead-Luce Act as amended by 53 Stat. 

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1144, as well as in the Old Georgetown Historic District:". 

SEC. 204. Notwithstanding any other law, the following sales shall be subject to the sales 

and use taxes ofthe District of Columbia: 

(1) Sales at gift shops, souvenir shops, kiosks, convenience stores, food shops, 

cafeterias, restaurants, and similar establishments in federal buildings, including, but not limited 

to, memorials and museums, in the District of Columbia that make sales to: 

(A) The general public, whether operated by the federal government, an 

agent of the federal government, or a contractor; and 

(B) Other than the general public, ifoperated by an agent of the federal 

government or a contractor; and 

(2) Sales of goods and services by government-sponsored enterprises and 

corporations, institutions, and organizations established by federal statute or regulation 

(collectively, "federal enterprises and organizations"), including, but not limited to, the 

Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, National Building Museum, Federal National 

Mortgage Association, and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, if the federal enterprise or 

organization is otherwise exempt from such taxation, to the extent such sales would otherwise be 

subject to the sales and use taxes of the District of Columbia if the federal enterprise or 

organization were organized as a nonprofit corporation established pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 

29 ofthe District of Columbia Official Code, and exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to 

section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22,1986 (100 Stat. 

2085; 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3». 

SEC. 205. Section 424b of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 

24, 1973 (87 Stat. 774; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.26), is amended by striking the phrase 

"Procurement Practices Act of 1986" and inserting the phrase "Procurement Practices RefOlill Act 

of 20 10" in its place. 

SEC. 206. Sections 107(b) and 109 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 

and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 136; D.C. Official 

Code §§ 47-392.07(b) and 47-392.09), are repealed. 

SEC. 207. (a) Updated Description of Property- Section 1 ofthe Act entitled 'An Act to 

authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United States to transfer 

from the United States to the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain 

real property in said District', approved September 8, 1960 (sec. 6-321.01, D.C. Official Code), is 

amended by striking all that follows the colon and inserting the following: 

"The property located within the bounds of the site the legal description of which is the 

Southwest Waterfront Project Site (dated October 8, 2009) under Exhibit A of the document titled 

"Intent to Clarify the Legal Description in furtherance of Land Disposition Agreement," as filed 

with the Recorder of Deeds on October 27, 2009 as Instrument Number 0000016776.". 

(b) Clarification of Method of Transfer- Section 1 of such Act (sec. 6-321.01, D.C. Official 

Code) is amended by inserting the phrase "by one or more quitclaim deeds" immediately after the 

phrase "to transfer". 

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(c) Clarification of Relation to Master Development Plan- Section 2 of such Act (sec. 

6-321.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended as follows: 

(1) Strike the phrase "an urban renewal plan" and insert the phrase "a master plan" 

in its place. 

(2) Strike the phrase "such urban renewal plan" and insert the phrase "such master 

plan" in its place. 

(d) Expanding Permitted Dispositions and Uses of Certain Property- Section 4 of such Act 

(sec. 6-321.04, D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 

"Sec. 4. The Agency is hereby authorized, in accordance with the District of Columbia 

Redevelopment Act of 1945 and section I, to lease or sell to a redevelopment company or other 

lessee or purchaser such real property as may be transferred to the Agency under the authority of 

this Act.". 

(e) Repeal of Reversion-

(1) REPEAL- Section 5 of such Act (sec. 6-321.05, D.C. Official Code) is repealed. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT-Section 3 of such Act (sec. 6-321.03, D.C. 

Official Code) is amended by striking the phrase "Subject to the provisions of section 5 of this Act, 

the" and inserting the word "The". 

(f) Clarification of Role of District of Columbia as Successor in Interest- Section 8 of such 

Act (sec. 6-321.08, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking the phrase "the terms" and all that 

follows and inserting the phrase "any reference to the "Agency" shall be deemed to be a reference 

to the District of Columbia as the successor in interest to the Agency.". 

SEC. 208. An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make 

regulations respecting the rights and privilege ofthe fish wharf, approved March 19,1906 (34 Stat. 

72; D.C. Official Code § 37-205.01), is amended to read as follows: 

"The Mayor is authorized and directed in the name of the District of Columbia to 

exclusively control, regulate, and operate as a market and for other uses as the Mayor detelmines 

appropriate the water frontage on the Potomac River lying south of Water Street, between 11 th and 

12th Streets, including the buildings and wharves. The Mayor shall have power to make leases, fix 

and determine rentals, wharfage and dockage fees, and to collect and pay the same into the treasury 

ofthe United States to the credit ofthe General Fund ofthe District of Columbia and to make and 

amend, from time to time, all regulations as considered proper for the control, regulation, and 

operation of the market.". 

SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision oflaw or other requirement: 

(1) With respect to the urban renewal program, any urban renewal plans or projects, 

and any property acquired under the urban renewal program, the District of Columbia shall no 

longer have any obligations (including, but not limited to, obligations related to the treatment of 

income from the lease, use, or disposition of urban renewal properties as community development 

block grant ("CDBG") program income (including such lease, use, and disposition income 

received by the District prior to the effective date ofthis section), obligations related to payments 

to the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), and obligations related to 

recordkeeping and accounting), including obligations pursuant to: 

(A) Previous agreements with HUD (including the District of Columbia 

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Urban Renewal Closeout agreements); 

(B) HUD regulations (including urban renewal and CDBG regulations); 

and 

(C) The terms of any previous loans, grants, or other financial assistance 

provided by HUD to the District, the Redevelopment Land Agency ("RLA"), or any other entity of 

the District government; 

(2) With respect to any property acquired pursuant to the urban renewal program or 

otherwise acquired with the proceeds of an urban renewal grant, loan, or other form of financial 

assistance that remains in the ownership or jurisdiction of the District, or any entity of the District, 

the District, or the entity ofthe District, may dispose of or lease the property for any purpose the 

District, or the entity ofthe District, considers appropriate, and no prior requirements imposed on 

the disposition or lease of the property by regulation, by prior agreement with HUD (including the 

District of Columbia Urban Renewal Closeout Agreements), by an urban renewal plan, or by any 

other prior agreement between HUD and the District, RLA, or any other entity ofthe District shall 

apply; 

(3) With respect to any income received from the lease, use, or disposition of a 

property acquired pursuant to the urban renewal program or otherwise acquired with the proceeds 

of an urban renewal grant, loan, or other form of financial assistance, which income remains in the 

possession or control of the District, or any entity of the District, the District, or entity of the 

District, may expend such income for any purpose the District, or entity of the District, considers 

appropriate, and no requirement imposed on the income by regulation, by prior agreement 

(including the District of Columbia Urban Renewal Closeout Agreements) between HUD and the 

District, RLA, or any entity of the District, or by an urban renewal plan, shall apply; 

(4) The urban renewal plans for the District of Columbia urban renewal areas, 

including 14th Street, Columbia Plaza, Downtown, Fort Lincoln, H Street, Northeast No.1, 

Northwest No.1, Shaw School, Southwest B, Southwest C, and Southwest C-l, shall no longer be 

of any force or effect. 

(b) For the purposes of this section, the tcml "District of Columbia Urban Renewal 

Closeout Agreements" means closeout agreements between HUD and the District, RLA, or any 

entity of the District with respect to the urban renewal projects (including but not limited to all 

neighborhood development programs) oflhe District of Columbia, including but not limited to the 

following: 14th Street Urban Renewal Project, Columbia Plaza Urban Renewal Project, 

Downtown Urban Renewal Project, Fort Lincoln Urban Renewal Project, H Street Urban Renewal 

Project, Northeast No. I Urban Renewal Project, Northwest No.1 Urban Renewal Project, Shaw 

School Urban Renewal Project, Southwest B Urban Renewal Project, Southwest C Urban 

Renewal Project, and Southwest C-l Urban Renewal Project. 

SEC. 210. An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public 

works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, approved August 30, 1935 (pub. L. No. 

74-409; 49 Stat. 1028), is amended by adding a new section 15 to read as follows: 

"Sec. 15. The Secretary ofthe Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall modify 

the Washington Channel portion ofthe Washington Harbor project for navigation, District of 

Columbia, authorized by this act as follows: 

"The following portion ofthe existing Washington Channel is deauthorized: beginning at 

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Washington Harbor Channel Geometry Centerline of the 400 foot wide main navigational ship 

channel, Centerline Station No. 103+73.12, coordinates North 441948.20, East 1303969.30, as 

stated and depicted on the Condition Survey Anacostia, Virginia, Washington and Magazine Bar 

Shoal Channels, Washington, D.C., Sheet 6 of6, prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Baltimore district, July 2007; thence departing the aforementioned centerline traveling the 

following courses and distances: N. 40° 10' 45" E., 200.00 feet to a point, on the outline of said 

400' wide channel thence binding on said outline the following three (3) courses and distances: S. 

49° 49' 15" E., 1,507.86 feet to a point, thence; S. 290 44' 42" E., 2,083.17 feet to a point, thence; S. 

11 0 27' 04" E., 363.00 feet to a point, thence; S. 78° 32' 56" W., 200.00 feet to a point binding on 

the centerline oHhe 400 foot wide main navigational channel at Centerline Station No. 65+54.31, 

thence; continuing with the aforementioned centerline the following courses and distances: N. II ° 

27' 04" W., 330.80 feet to a point, Centerline Station No. 68+85.10, thence; N. 29° 44' 42" W., 

2,015.56 feet to a point, Centerline Station No. 89+00.67, thence; N. 49° 49' IS" W., 1,472.45 feet 

to the point of beginning, such area in total containing a computed area of777,284 square feet or 

17.84399 acres of riparian water way." 

SEC. 211. (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this section, the director of each 

federal agency with jurisdiction over the following properties in the District of Columbia shall 

transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in each property to the government of the 

District of Columbia. If jurisdiction over a property is held by the District of Columbia, the District 

of Columbia may execute a quitclaim deed on behalf of the United States to transfer all right, title, 

and interest of the United States in the property to the government of the District of Columbia: 

(1) Parcel 255, Lots 13, IS, and 24 (Southwest Waterfront), including the riparian 

area designated as Pier 5; 

Waterfront); 

(2) Square 473, Lots 819, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 884 (Southwest Waterfront); 

(3) Square 503, Lot 884 (Southwest Waterfront); 

(4) Square 390, Lot 54 (Southwest Waterfront); 

(5) Square 391, Lots 804, 805, and 806 (Southwest Waterfront); 

(6) Square 471, Lot 810 (Southwest Waterfront); 

(7) Square 472, Lot 827 (Southwest Waterfront) 

(8) Square 473, Lots 814, 815, 819, 837, 839,843, and 844 (Southwest 

(9) Square 503, Lots 883 and 884 (Southwest Waterfront); 

(10) Reservation 277A (North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue, N.W.); 

(11) Square 2558, Lot 0810 (a portion of the Marie H. Reed Community Learning 

Center, a District of Columbia Public School); 

(12) Square 2901, Lot 0816 (Raymond Recreation Center, a portion of the 

Raymond Elementary School campus); 

campus); 

(13) Square 2901, Lot 0815 (a portion of the Raymond Elementary School 

(14) Square 0364, Lot 0837 (a portion ofthe Shaw Junior High School campus); 

(15) Parcel 246, Lot 0051 (p.R. Harris School); 

(16) Square 2864, Lot 0830 (Meyer Elementary School, closed); 

(17) Square 3327, Lot 0800 (Rudolph Elementary, closed); 

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(18) Square 0511, Lot 0822 (fields and parking of Bundy School, closed); 

(19) Square 0767, Lot 0829 (Canal Park, north parcel); 

(20) Square 0769, Lot 0821 (Canal Park, south parcel); 

(21) Square 0768, Lot 0810 (Canal Park, center parcel); 

(22) Square 2882, Lot 0936 (Banneker Senior High School campus, western 

(23) Square 2880, Lot 0859 (Banneker Senior High School, eastern portion); 

(24) Square 0336, Lot 0828 (Shaw Jr. High School recreation fields); 

(25) Square 0593, Lot 0823 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(26) Square 0593, Lot 0822 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(27) Square 0595, Lot 0810 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(28) Square 0593, Lot 0826 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(29) Square 0595, Lot 0807 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(30) Square 0647, Lot 0802 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(31) Square 0595, Lot 0809 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(32) Square 0645, Lot 0816 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(33) Square 0650N, Lot 0808 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(34) Square 0647, Lot 0803 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(35) Square 0645W, Lot 0808 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(36) Square 0593, Lot 0050 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(37) Square 0593, Lot 0051 (portion of Bowen Elementary School campus); 

(38) Square 0542, Lot 0085 (Southwest Library site); 

(39) All of Reservation 542 between Albermale Street, N.W., and Chesapeake 

Street, N.W., including Lots 800 and 801 in Square 1772 and Lot 0807 in Square 1768, and Fort 

Drive, N. W. in Reservation 542 (Wilson Senior High School and Wilson Aquatic Center); 

(40) The northern comer portion of Reservation 470 containing approximately 

31,000 square feet, abutting both the east property line of Lot 0811 in Square 1759 and Fessenden 

Street, N.W. (Deal Middle School); 

(41) Howard Street, N.W. in Reservation 470 (Deal Middle School); 

(42) Fort Drive, N.W. in Reservation 515 (Deal Middle School); 

(43) All of Reservation 519 in Square 5876 and Square 5884, including Lot 940 in 

Square 5876 (Jolmson Middle School); 

(44) The play field portion of Reservation 360 in Square 23 (Francis Middle 

School); 

(45) The area described in unnumbered section I of An Act To authorize the 

Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United States to transfer from the 

United States to the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency title to certain real 

property in said District, approved September 8,1960 (74 Stat. 871; Pub. 1. No. 86-736; D.C. 

Official Code § 6-321.01) (Southwest Waterfi'ont), to the extent not previously conveyed to the 

District; 

(46) Square 2673, Lot 890 (offices of the District of Columbia Department of Parks 

and Recreation); 

(47) Square 5862, Lots 0135, 0954, and 0958 (Barry Fmm New Communities 

Initiative); 

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(48) All of Reservation 487, including Square 5556, Lots 823 and 824, and Square 

5560, Lots 814 and Lot 815 (Pennsylvania Avenue and Minnesota Avenue redevelopment); and 

(49) All of Reservation 8, including all improvements thereon, which is bounded 

on the north by Mount Vernon Place, N.W., on the south by K Street, N.W., on the west by 9th 

Street, N.W., and on the east by 7'h Street, N.W. (Camegie Library). 

SEC. 212. Section 485 ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 

24,1973 (87 Stat. 807; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.85), is amended to read as follows: 

"SEC. 485. Except for estate, inheritance, and gift taxes, Bonds and notes issued by the 

District pursuant to this title and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all District, State, and 

Federal taxation, including from taxation by any county, municipality, or other political 

subdivision of a State and any Territory or possession of the United States.". 

SEC. 213. Section 424(b)(2)(E) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 

April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 142; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.24b(b)(5», is amended by striking the 

phrase "equal" and inserting the phrase "at least equal" in its place. 

SEC. 214. Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Domestic Partnership Police and Fire Amendment 

Act of2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-358; 56 DCR 1188), are enacted into law. 

SEC. 215. Section 602(a)(5) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 

December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(a)(5», is amended by striking the 

phrase "of the District" the first time it appears and inserting the phrase "of the District, unless his 

or her source of income derives fi'om Distlict locally appropriated funds" in its place. 

SEC. 216. (a)(l) IN GENERAL.--The District of Columbia is authorized to renew or enter 

into a new Interstate Compact for Juveniles for the purposes of placing youth in appropriate 

therapeutic settings and providing and receiving supervision for youth in other jurisdictions. 

(2) DELEGATION.--Any compact for juveniles that the Council of the District of 

Columbia authorizes the Mayor to execute on behalf of the District may contain provisions that 

delegate the requisite power and authority to the Interstate Commission for Juveniles to achieve 

the purposes for which the interstate compact is established. 

(b) Section 406 of An Act To reorganize the courts of the District of Columbia, to revise 

the procedures for handling juveniles in the District of Columbia, to codify title 23 of the District 

of Columbia Code, and for other purposes, approved July 29, 1970 (84 Stat. 666; D.C. Official 

Code § 24-1106), is repealed. 

SEC. 217. Section 103 ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 

24, 1973 (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Official Code § 1-201.03), is amended by adding a new paragraph 

(16) to read as follows: 

"(16) The term "Attorney General" means the Attorney General for the District of 

Columbia provided for by part C-I of title IV.". 

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SEC. 218. Section 602(a)(5) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 

December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(a)(5»), is amended by striking the 

phrase "of any individual not a resident of the District" and inserting the phrase "of any individual 

not a resident of the District, except professional athletes," in its place. 

SEC. 219. (a) Within 120 days ofthe effective date of this section, the District government 

shall require every remote-vendor not qualifying as an exempted vendor to collect and remit to the 

District remote sales taxes on sales made via the internet to a purchaser in the District of Columbia; 

Provided, that the District government has established pursuant to local law: 

(1) A registry, with privacy and confidentiality controls so that it cannot be used for 

any purpose other than the administration ofremote sales taxes, where each remote vendor, not 

qualifying as an exempted vendor, shall be required to register; 

(2) Appropriate protections for consumer privacy; 

(3) A means for a remote-vendor to detelmine the current District sales and use tax 

rate and taxability; 

(4)(A) A formula and procedure that permits a remote-vendor to deduct reasonable 

compensation for expenses incurred in the administration, collection, and remittance of remote 

sales taxes, other than remote sales taxes paid by the remote-vendor for goods or services 

purchased for its own consumption. 

(B) The compensation authorized by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 

may be claimed by a third-party service provider that the remote-vendor has contracted with to 

perform the responsibilities related to the administration, collection, and remittance of remote 

sales taxes; 

(5) The date that the collection of remote sales taxes shall commence; 

(6) A small-vendor exemption, including a process for an exempted vendor to 

apply for a certificate of exemption; 

(7) Subject to subsection (e) of this section, the products and types of products that 

shall be exempt from the remote sales taxes; 

multiple items; 

(8) Rules: 

(A) For accounting for bad debts and rounding; 

(B) That address refunds and credits for remote sales taxes relating to: 

(i) Customer returns; 

(ii) Restocking fees; 

(iii) Discounts; and 

(iv) Coupons; 

(e) For allocating shipping and handling and discounts that apply to 

(D) Regarding notice and procedural requirements for registry enrollment 

by remote-vendors; and 

(E) That the Mayor determines are necessary or appropriate to further the 

purposes of this section; and 

(9) A plan to substantially reduce the administrative burdens associated with sales 

and use taxes, including remote sales taxes. 

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(b) Every remote-vendor that does not qualify as an exempted vendor shall register with 

the District pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, in accordance with local law or rules 

issued pursuant to local law or this section. 

(c) Nothing in this section shall require the District to exempt or to impose a tax on any 

product or to adopt any pruiicular type of tax, or to impose the sruue rate of tax as any other taxing 

jurisdiction that collects remote sales taxes. 

or 

(d) Nothing in this section permits or prohibits the District from: 

(A) Licensing or regulating a person; 

(B) Requiring a person to qualifY to transact remote selling; 

(C) Subjecting a person to District taxes not related to the sale of goods or services; 

(D) Exercising authority over matters of interstate commerce. 

(e) For the purposes of this section, the term; 

(I) "Exempted vendor" means a remote-vendor that in accordance with local law 

has a specified level of cumulative gross receipts from internet sales to purchasers in the District 

that exempts it from the requirement to collect remote sales taxes pursuant to this section. 

(2) "Person" means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, corporation, 

limited liability company, Of any other legal entity. 

(3) "Remote-vendor" means a seller, whether or not it has a physical presence or 

other nexus within the District of Columbia, selling via the internet property or rendering a 

service to a purchaser in the District. 

(4) "Remote sales taxes" means District sales and use taxes when applied to a 

propeliy or service sold by a vendor via the internet to a purchaser in the District 

(5) "Vendor" means a person or retailer, including a remote-vendor, selling 

property or rendering a service to a purchaser in the District of Columbia, the receipts from which 

a sales and use tax may be imposed pursuant to District law or this section. 

(f) This section may be cited as the "District of Columbia Main Street Tax Fairness Act of 

2012". 

SEC. 220. BUDGET AUTONOMY. 

(a) Fiscal Year for District a/Columbia. Section 441(b) of the District of Columbia Home 

Rule Act (sec. 1-204.41(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 

"(b) Authorization To Establish Fiscal Yeru' by Act of Council- The District may change 

the fiscal year of the District by an Act of the Council. If a change occurs, such fiscal year shall 

also constitute the budget and accounting year.". 

(b) Enactment of District a/Columbia Local Budget. 

(1) In Gencral- Section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 

1-204.46, D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 

"ENACTMENT OF LOCAL BUDGET BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

"Sec. 446. (a) Adoption of Budgets and Supplements - The Council, within 70 calendar 

days after receipt ofthe budget proposal from the Mayor, and after public hearing, and by a vote of 

a majority ofthe members present and voting, shall by Act adopt the annual budget for the District 

of Columbia government. Any supplements thereto shall also be adopted by Act of the Council 

after public hearing by a vote of a majority of the members present and voting. 

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"(b) Transmission to President During Control Years - In the case of a budget for a fiscal 

year which is a control year, the budget so adopted shall be submitted by the Mayor to the 

President for transmission by the President to the Congress; except, that the Mayor shall not 

transmit any such budget, or amendments or supplements thereto, to the President until the 

completion of the budget procedures contained in this Act and the Distlict of Columbia Financial 

Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995. 

"(c) Prohibiting Obligations and Expenditures Not Authorized Under Budget- Except as 

provided in section 445A(b), section 446B, section 467(d), section 471(c), section 472(d)(2), 

section 475( e )(2), section 483( d), and subsections (I), (g), (h)(3), and (i)(3) of section 490, no 

amount may be obligated or expended by any officer or employee of the District of Columbia 

govemment unless--

"(1) such amount has been approved by an Act ofthe Council (and then only in 

accordance with such authorization) and such Act has been transmitted by the Chairman to the 

Congress and has completed the review process under section 602(c)(3); or 

"(2) in the case of an amount obligated or expended during a control year, such 

amolilt has been approved by an Act of Congress (and then only in accordance with such 

authorization). 

"(d) Restrictions on Reprogramming of Amounts After the adoption of the annual budget 

for a fiscal year (beginning with the annual budget for fiscal year 1995), no reprogramming of 

amounts in the budget may occur unless the Mayor submits to the Council a request for such 

reprogramming and the Council approves the request, but and only if any additional expenditures 

provided under such request for an activity are offset by reductions in expenditures for another 

activity. 

"(e) Definition - In this part, the term "control year" has the meaning given such teun in 

section 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 

ActofI995.". 

(2) Conforming Amendments- (A) Sections 467(d), 471(c), 472(d)(2), 475(e)(2), 

and 483(d), and subsections (I), (g)(3), (h)(3), and (i)(3) of section 490 of such Act are each 

amended by striking "The fourth sentence of section 446" and inserting "Section 446(c)'''. 

-(B) Section 202(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 

and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47-392.02(c)(2), D.C. Official Code) is anlended 

by striking "the first sentence of section 446" and inserting "section 446(a)". 

(C) Section 202( c)( 4)(A)(ii) of the District of Columbia Financial 

Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47-392.02 (c)(4)(A)(ii), D.C. 

Official Code) is amended by striking "446" and inserting "446(b)". 

(D) Section 202(c)(5)(C)(ii) of the District of Columbia Financial 

Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47-392.02 (c)(5)(C)(ii), D.C. 

Official Code) is amended by striking "446" and inserting "446(b)". 

(E) Section 202(d)(3)(A) ofthe District of Columbia Financial 

Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47-392.02(d)(3)(A), D.C. Official 

Code) is amended by striking "the first sentence of section 446" and inserting "section 446(a)". 

(F) Section 11206 of the National Capital Revitalization and 

Self-Govemment lnlprovement Act of 1997 (sec. 24-106, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 

smking "the fourth sentence of section 446" and inserting "section 446(c)". 

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(3) Clerical Amendment- The item relating to section 446 in the table of contents of 

such Act is amended to read as follows: 

"Sec. 446. Enactment oflocal budget by District of Columbia.", 

(c) Action by Council of District of Columbia on Line-Item Vetoes by Mayor of Provisions 

of Budget Acts. Section 404(f) of the District ofCoJumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-204.04(f), D.C. 

Official Code) is amended by striking "transmitted by the Chairman to the President of the United 

States" both places it appears and inserting "incorporated in such Act", 

(d) Permitting Employees to be Hired if Position Authorized by Act of the Council, Section 

447 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec, 1-204.47, D,C. Official Code) is amended--

(1) by striking "Act of Congress" each place it appears and inserting "act of the 

Council (or Act of Congress, in the case of a year which is a control year)"; and 

(2) by stliking "Acts of Congress" and inserting "acts ofthe Council (or Acts of 

Congress, in the case of a year which is a control year)". 

(e) Other Conforming Amendments To Home Rule Act Relating To Changes In Federal 

Role In Budget Process. Section 603 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-206,03, 

D,C, Official Code) is amended--

(I) in subsection (a), by inserting before the period at the end the foHowing: "for a 

fiscal year which is a control year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia 

Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995"; and 

(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: 

"(d) Except as provided in subsection (f), the Council shall not transmit an Act under 

section 446(a) which is not balanced according to the provisions of subsection (c).". 

(f) Congressional Review, Section 602(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 

1-206,02, D,C. Official Code) is amended--

(1) by striking "paragraph (2) of this subsection" and inserting "paragraphs (2) and 

(3) of this subsection"; 

(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 

"(3) In the case of any Act transmitted under the first sentence of paragraph (1) to 

which section 446 applies and for which the fiscal year involved is not a control year, such Act 

shall take effect upon the expiration of the 30-calendar-day period beginning on the day such Act 

is transmitted, or upon the date prescribed by such Act, whichever is later, except as follows: 

"(A) If such 30-day period expires and if either chamber has not been in 

session for at least 5 calendar days during such period, the effective date period applicable under 

this paragraph shall be extended for 5 additional days. 

"(B) If during the period described in subparagraph (A), a joint resolution 

disapproving such Act has passed both Houses of Congress and has been transmitted to the 

President, such resolntion, upon becoming law, subsequent to the expiration of such period, shall 

be deemed to have repealed such Act, as of the date such resolution becomes law. The provisions 

of section 604 shall apply with respect to any joint resolution disapproving any Act pursuant to this 

subparagraph.", 

(g) Conforming Amendments Relating to Federally Authorized A4fustments to Local 

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(A) Authority to Accept Amounts - Section 446B(a) of the District of 

Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-204.46b(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended--

(i) by striking "the fourth sentence of section 446" and inserting 

"section 446( c)"; and 

(ii) by striking "approved by Act of Congress". 

(B) Reports to Congress - Section 446B(e) ofsueh Act (sec. 1-204.46b(e), 

D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking "submitted to the Council and to the" and inserting 

"submitted to the Council, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 

Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

and the". 

(2) Authority To Increase Spending in Case of General Fund Surplus - Section 816 

of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (sec. 47-369.01, 

D.C. Official Code), is amended--

(A) by striking "the amount appropriated to the District of Columbia" and 

inserting the following: "the amount oflocal funds under the budget ofthe District of Columbia"; 

and 

(B) in paragraph (5), by striking "the Mayor notifies" and inserting the 

following: "the Mayor notifies the Committee on Oversight and Government Refonn of the House 

of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

and". 

(3) Authority To Increase Spending in Case ofIncreased Revenue Collections 

(A) Authority to Increase Spending - Section 817(a) of such Act (sec. 

47-369.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended--

(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 'the amount 

appropriated as District of Columbia funds' and inserting the following: "the amount oflocal funds 

under the budget for the District of Columbia"; 

(ii) in paragraph (I), by striking "in the annual Proposed Budget and 

Financial Plan submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia" and inserting the following: "in 

such budget (or, in the case ofa fiscal year which is a control year, as defined in section 305(4) of 

the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, in the 

annual Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia)"; 

and 

(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking "in such Proposed Budget and 

Financial Plan" and inserting "in such budget (or such Proposed Budget and Financial Plan)". 

(B) REPORTS TO CONGRESS - Section 817(b)(4) of such Act (sec. 

47-369.02(b)(4), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking "the Mayor has notified" and 

inserting the following: "the Mayor has notified the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs of the Senate, and". 

(h) Effective date. The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal 

year 2013 (as described in section 441 (a) ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act, as amended 

by subsection (a) of this section), and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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SEC. 221. Section 446A(c) ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 

October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2020; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.46a(c), is amended by striking the 

phrase "fiscal years 2006 through 2001" and inserting the phrase "fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal 

year thereafter" in its place. 

SEC. 222. The District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of2011, H.R. 506, 11th 

Cong., 1

st Sess. (2011), as introduced by Congresswomen Norton, is enacted into law. 

SEC. 223. Title N ofthe Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Establishment 

and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act of2011, effective April 27, 2012 (D.C. Law 

19-124; 59 DCR 1862), is enacted into law. 

SEC. 224. Any interest accumulated on the funds that the District of Columbia received 

pursuant to the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000, approved November 29, 1999 (113 

Stat. 1501; Pub. 1. No. 106-113), under the heading "Federal Payment for the Incentives for 

Adoption of Children" and for the establishment of a scholarship fund for District of Columbia 

children without parents due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack under this same heading, 

pursuant to the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 200 I, approved December 21, 2001 (115 

Stat. 923; Pub. 1. No. 107-96), shall be available to the District of Columbia until expended. 

SEC. 225. Congressional Review Streamlining. 

(a) Section 602(c)(1) ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-206.02(c)(1), 

D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking the phrase "(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 

holidays, and any day on which neither House is in session because of an adjournmimt sine die, a 

recess of more than 3 days, or an adjournment of more than three days)." 

(b) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to each act ofthe District 

of Columbia-

(1) passed by the Council of the District of Columbia and signed by the Mayor of 

the District of Columbia; 

(2) vetoed by the Mayor and repassed by the Council; or 

(3) passed by the Council and allowed to become effective without the Mayor's 

signature, on or after the effective date of this section. 

This division may be cited as the "District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, 2013". 

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Sec. 3. Effective date. 

This act shall take effect as provided in section 446 ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule 

Act, approved December 24,1973 (87 Stat. 801; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.46). 

MA{iwAC.~ District of Columbia 

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