Union Calendar No. 414

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2902

[Report No. 103–754]

A BILL

To amend the District of Columbia Self-GovernColumbia, and for other purposes. the annual Federal payment to the District of nues as the basis for determining the amount of based on adjusted District General Fund reve- revise and make permanent the use of a formula ment and Governmental Reorganization Act to

SEPTEMBER 27, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 414

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2902

[Report No. 103–754]

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

based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for

determining the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District

of Columbia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5, 1993

Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. WHEAT)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the

District of Columbia

SEPTEMBER 27, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 5, 1993]

A BILL

To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and

Governmental Reorganization Act to revise and make

permanent the use of a formula based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for determining

the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Payment Reau5 thorization Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ANNUAL FEDERAL PAYMENT

7 TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR FISCAL YEAR

8 1996.

9 Section 503 of the District of Columbia Self-Govern10 ment and Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 47–

11 3406.1, D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end the

12 following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(c) There is authorized to be appropriated as the an14 nual Federal payment to the District of Columbia for fiscal

15 year 1996 $660,000,000.’’.

16 SEC. 3. PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

17 REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRICT GOVERN18 MENT.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of part D of title IV of

20 the District of Columbia Self-Government and Govern21 mental Reorganization Act is amended—

22 (1) in the heading for such subpart, by striking

23 ‘‘Audit’’ and inserting ‘‘Audits and Accountability

24 Requirements’’; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sec2 tion:

3 ‘‘PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

4 ‘‘SEC. 456. (a) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY

5 PLAN.—

6 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL PLAN.—Not later

7 than March 1 of each year (beginning with 1995), the

8 Mayor shall develop and submit to the Committee on

9 the District of Columbia of the House of Representa10 tives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the

11 Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the

12 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the

13 Comptroller General a performance accountability

14 plan for all departments, agencies, and programs of

15 the government of the District of Columbia for the

16 subsequent fiscal year.

17 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The performance ac18 countability plan for a fiscal year shall contain the

19 following:

20 ‘‘(A) A statement of measurable, objective

21 performance goals established for all significant

22 activities of the government of the District of Co23 lumbia during the fiscal year (including activi24 ties funded in whole or in part by the District

25 but performed in whole or in part by some other

26 public or private entity) that describe an accept-
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1 able level of performance by the government and

2 a superior level of performance by the govern3 ment.

4 ‘‘(B) A description of the measures of per5 formance to be used in determining whether the

6 government has met the goals established under

7 subparagraph (A) with respect to an activity for

8 a fiscal year. Such measures shall analyze the

9 quantity and quality of the activities involved,

10 and shall include measures of program outcomes

11 and results.

12 ‘‘(C) The title of the District of Columbia

13 management employee most directly responsible

14 for the achievement of each goal and the title of

15 such employee’s immediate supervisor or supe16 rior.

17 ‘‘(3) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO

18 COURT ORDER.—In addition to the material included

19 in the performance accountability plan for a fiscal

20 year under paragraph (2), the plan shall include a

21 description of the activities of the government of the

22 District of Columbia that are subject to a court order

23 during the fiscal year and the requirements placed on

24 such activities by the court order.

25 ‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.—
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1 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than

2 March 1 of each year (beginning with 1997), the

3 Mayor shall develop and submit to the Committee on

4 the District of Columbia of the House of Representa5 tives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the

6 Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the

7 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the

8 Comptroller General a performance accountability re9 port on activities of the government of the District of

10 Columbia during the fiscal year ending on the pre11 vious September 30.

12 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The performance

13 accountability report for a fiscal year shall contain

14 the following:

15 ‘‘(A) For each goal of the performance ac16 countability plan submitted under subsection (a)

17 for the year, a statement of the actual level of

18 performance achieved compared to the stated

19 goal for an acceptable level of performance and

20 the goal for a superior level of performance.

21 ‘‘(B) The title of the District of Columbia

22 management employee most directly responsible

23 for the achievement of each goal and the title of

24 such employee’s immediate supervisor or supe25 rior.
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1 ‘‘(C) A statement of the status of any court

2 orders applicable to the government of the Dis3 trict of Columbia during the year and the steps

4 taken by the government to comply with such or5 ders.

6 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION OF REPORT.—The Comptroller

7 General, in consultation with the Director of the Of8 fice of Management and Budget, shall review and

9 evaluate each performance accountability report sub10 mitted under this subsection and not later than April

11 15 of each year shall submit comments on such report

12 to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the

13 House of Representatives, the Committee on Govern14 mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on

15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and

16 the Senate.

17 ‘‘(c) FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN AND RE18 PORT.—

19 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION.—Not later

20 than March 1, of each year (beginning with 1995) the

21 Mayor shall develop and submit to the Committee on

22 the District of Columbia of the House of Representa23 tives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the

24 Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the

25 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the
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1 Comptroller General a 5-year financial plan for the

2 government of the District of Columbia that contains

3 a description of the steps the government will take to

4 eliminate any differences between expenditures from,

5 and revenues attributable to, each fund of the District

6 of Columbia during the first 5 fiscal years beginning

7 after the submission of the plan.

8 ‘‘(2) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE.—

9 ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later

10 than March 1 of every year (beginning with

11 1997), the Mayor shall submit a report to the

12 Committee on the District of Columbia of the

13 House of Representatives, the Committee on Gov14 ernmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representa16 tives and the Senate, the Comptroller General,

17 and the Director of the Congressional Budget Of18 fice on the extent to which the government of the

19 District of Columbia was in compliance during

20 the preceding fiscal year with the applicable re21 quirements of the financial accountability plan

22 submitted for such fiscal year under this sub23 section.

24 ‘‘(B) EVALUATION OF REPORT.—The Comp25 troller General, in consultation with the Director
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1 of the Congressional Budget Office, shall review

2 and evaluate the financial accountability com3 pliance report submitted under subparagraph

4 (A) and not later than April 15 of each year

5 shall submit comments on such report to the

6 Committee on the District of Columbia of the

7 House of Representatives, the Committee on Gov8 ernmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate.

11 ‘‘(d) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS.—

12 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RE13 PORTS.—Not later than fifteen days after the end of

14 every calendar quarter (beginning with a report for

15 the quarter beginning October 1, 1994), the Mayor

16 shall submit to the Committee on the District of Co17 lumbia of the House of Representatives, the Commit18 tee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the

19 Subcommittees on the District of Columbia of the

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Senate, a report on the financial

22 and budgetary status of the government of the District

23 of Columbia for the previous quarter.
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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each quarterly fi2 nancial report submitted under paragraph (1) shall

3 include the following information:

4 ‘‘(A) A comparison of actual to forecasted

5 cash receipts and disbursements for each month

6 of the quarter, as presented in the District’s fis7 cal year consolidated cash forecast which shall be

8 supported and accompanied by cash forecasts for

9 the general fund and each of the District govern10 ment’s other funds other than the capital projects

11 fund and trust and agency funds.

12 ‘‘(B) A projection of the remaining months

13 cash forecast for that fiscal year.

14 ‘‘(C) Explanations of (i) the differences be15 tween actual and forecasted cash amounts for

16 each of the months in the quarter, and (ii) any

17 changes in the remaining months forecast as

18 compared to the original forecast for such

19 months of that fiscal year.

20 ‘‘(D) The effect of such changes, actual and

21 projected, on the total cash balance of the re22 maining months and for the fiscal year.

23 ‘‘(E) Explanations of the impact on meet24 ing the budget, how the results may be reflected

25 in a supplemental budget request, or how other
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1 policy decisions may be necessary which may re2 quire the agencies to reduce expenditures in other

3 areas.

4 ‘‘(F) An aging of the outstanding receiv5 ables and payables, with an explanation of how

6 they are reflected in the forecast of cash receipts

7 and disbursements.

8 ‘‘(G) For each department or agency, the

9 actual number of full-time equivalent positions,

10 the actual number of full-time employees, the ac11 tual number of part-time employees, and the ac12 tual number of temporary employees, together

13 with the source of funding for each such category

14 of positions and employees.’’.

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents of

16 the District of Columbia Self-Government and Govern17 mental Reorganization Act is amended—

18 (1) in the item relating to subpart 2 of part D

19 of title IV, by striking ‘‘Audit’’ and inserting ‘‘Audits

20 and Accountability Requirements’’; and

21 (2) by inserting after the item relating to section

22 455 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 456. Performance and financial accountability.’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the

District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental

Reorganization Act to reauthorize the annual Federal
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payment to the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1996,

and for other purposes.’’.