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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5233 

To repeal the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012, to amend 

the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to clarify the respective roles 

of the District government and Congress in the local budget process 

of the District government, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 13, 2016 

Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To repeal the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 

2012, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule 

Act to clarify the respective roles of the District government and Congress in the local budget process of the 

District government, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clarifying Congres5 sional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 

6 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF LOCAL BUDGET AUTONOMY AMEND2 MENT ACT OF 2012. 

3 Effective with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each 

4 succeeding fiscal year, the Local Budget Autonomy 

5 Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19–321) is hereby 

6 repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed 

7 by such Act shall be restored or revived as if such Act 

8 had not been enacted into law. 

9 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES OF DISTRICT GOVERN10 MENT AND CONGRESS IN LOCAL BUDGET 

11 PROCESS. 

12 (a) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FEDERAL

13 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS TO GENERAL FUND.—Section 

14 450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1– 

15 204.50, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

16 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Gen17 eral Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The 

18 General Fund’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub20 section: 

21 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS

22 PROCESS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as cre23 ating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund de24 scribed in subsection (a). All funds provided for the Dis25 trict of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal 

26 year basis through the Federal appropriations process. 


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1 For each fiscal year, the District shall be subject to all 

2 applicable requirements of subchapter III of chapter 13 

3 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States 

4 Code (commonly known as the ‘Anti-Deficiency Act’), the 

5 Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and all other require6 ments and restrictions applicable to appropriations for 

7 such fiscal year.’’. 

8 (b) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY

9 OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO CHANGE EXISTING BUDG10 ET PROCESS LAWS.—Section 603(a) of such Act (sec. 1– 

11 206.03(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘existing’’; and 

13 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert14 ing the following: ‘‘, or as authorizing the District 

15 of Columbia to make any such change.’’. 

16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact18 ment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. 

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