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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2793 

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Government 

of the District of Columbia to determine the fiscal year for the Government of the District of Columbia, to amend such Act to make local 

funds of the District of Columbia available for use by the District 

at the beginning of the District’s fiscal year at the rate of operations 

provided under the local budget act for the fiscal year if neither the 

regular District of Columbia appropriation bill nor a District of Columbia 

continuing resolution for the year does not become law prior to the 

beginning of such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit 

the Government of the District of Columbia to determine 

the fiscal year for the Government of the District of 

Columbia, to amend such Act to make local funds of 

the District of Columbia available for use by the District 

at the beginning of the District’s fiscal year at the rate 

of operations provided under the local budget act for 

the fiscal year if neither the regular District of Columbia 

appropriation bill nor a District of Columbia continuing 

resolution for the year does not become law prior to 

the beginning of such fiscal year, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia 

5 Financial Efficiency Act of 2013’’. 

6 TITLE I—FISCAL AND BUDGET 

7 EFFICIENCY 

8 SEC. 101. FISCAL YEAR FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

9 Section 441(b) of the District of Columbia Home 

10 Rule Act (sec. 1–204.41, D.C. Official Code) is amended 

11 to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH FISCAL YEAR

13 BY ACT OF COUNCIL.—The District may change the fiscal 

14 year of the District by an Act of the Council. If a change 

15 occurs, such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget 

16 and accounting year.’’. 

17 SEC. 102. AVAILABILITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOCAL 

18 FUNDS UPON FAILURE BY CONGRESS TO 

19 ENACT LOCAL BUDGET. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 1 of part D of title IV 

21 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended 

22 by inserting after section 446B the following new section: 

23 ‘‘AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDS UPON FAILURE BY

24 CONGRESS TO ENACT BUDGET

25 ‘‘SEC. 446C. (a) AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDS AT

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1 ACTED PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 FISCAL YEAR.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, as of the first day of a 

4 fiscal year of the District of Columbia (as estab5 lished under section 441), neither the regular Dis6 trict of Columbia appropriation bill for the fiscal 

7 year nor a District of Columbia continuing resolu8 tion for the fiscal year is in effect, there is appro9 priated, out of any moneys of the government of the 

10 District of Columbia not otherwise appropriated, and 

11 out of applicable corporate or other revenues, re12 ceipts, and funds, the amount provided for any 

13 project or activity for which funds are provided in 

14 the local budget act for such fiscal year. 

15 ‘‘(2) RATE OF FUNDING.—An appropriation 

16 and funds made available or authority granted for a 

17 project or activity for a fiscal year pursuant to this 

18 section shall be at the rate of operations provided 

19 for such project or activity under the local budget 

20 act for such fiscal year. 

21 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION OF PERIOD OF AVAIL22 ABILITY.—An appropriation and funds made avail23 able or authority granted for a project or activity for 

24 a fiscal year pursuant to this section shall cease to 

25 be available— 


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1 ‘‘(A) during any period of the fiscal year in 

2 which a District of Columbia continuing resolu3 tion for the fiscal year is in effect; or 

4 ‘‘(B) upon the enactment into law of the 

5 regular District of Columbia appropriation bill 

6 for such fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—An appropriation 

8 and funds made available or authority granted for a 

9 project or activity for a fiscal year pursuant to this section 

10 shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed with 

11 respect to the appropriation made and funds made avail12 able for the preceding fiscal year, or the authority granted 

13 for such project or activity under the applicable law in ef14 fect at the time. 

15 ‘‘(c) PERIOD OF COVERAGE.—An appropriation and 

16 funds made available or authority granted for a project 

17 or activity for a fiscal year pursuant to this section shall 

18 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

19 project or activity during the portion of such fiscal year 

20 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

21 ‘‘(d) RESTRICTIONS ON PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES

22 SUBJECT TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.—This sec23 tion shall not apply to a project or activity during any 

24 period of a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other 

25 than an authorization of appropriations)— 


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1 ‘‘(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds 

2 available, or grants authority for such project or ac3 tivity to continue for such period, or 

4 ‘‘(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

5 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

6 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac7 tivity to continue for such period. 

8 ‘‘(e) PROTECTION OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS.—Noth9 ing in this section shall be construed to effect obligations 

10 of the government of the District of Columbia mandated 

11 by other law. 

12 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘District of Columbia continuing 

14 resolution’ means, with respect to a fiscal year, any 

15 joint resolution making continuing appropriations 

16 for the fiscal year which includes continuing appro17 priations for the government of the District of Co18 lumbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in 

19 part against the revenues of the District; 

20 ‘‘(2) the term ‘local budget act’ means, with re21 spect to a fiscal year, the act of the Council adopt22 ing the annual budget for the District of Columbia 

23 government for such fiscal year, as submitted by the 

24 Mayor to the President for transmission to Congress 

25 pursuant to section 446; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) the term ‘regular District of Columbia ap2 propriation bill’ means, with respect to a fiscal year, 

3 an annual appropriation bill making appropriations, 

4 otherwise making funds available, or granting au5 thority, for the fiscal year for the government of the 

6 District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 

7 in whole or in part against the revenues of the Dis8 trict. 

9 ‘‘(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 

10 with respect to fiscal year 2015 and each succeeding fiscal 

11 year.’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 446 of 

13 such Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official Code) is amended 

14 by inserting ‘‘section 446C,’’ after ‘‘section 446B,’’. 

15 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

16 of subpart 1 of part D of title IV of the District of Colum17 bia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting after the item 

18 relating to section 446B the following: 

‘‘446C. Availability of local funds upon failure by Congress to enact budget.’’. 

19 TITLE II—COMPENSATION OF 

20 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 

21 SEC. 201. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM COMPENSATION. 

22 (a) MAXIMUM COMPENSATION.—Section 

23 424(b)(2)(E) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

24 (sec. 1–204.24(b)(2)(E), D.C. Official Code) is amended 

25 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(E) PAY.—The Chief Financial Officer 

2 shall be paid at a rate such that the total 

3 amount of compensation paid during any cal4 endar year does not exceed an amount equal to 

5 the limit on total pay which is applicable during 

6 the year under section 5307 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, to an employee described in sec8 tion 5307(d) of such title.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

10 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to pay periods be11 ginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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