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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5233 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 26, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clarifying Congres3 sional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 

4 2016’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF LOCAL BUDGET AUTONOMY AMEND6 MENT ACT OF 2012. 

7 Effective with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each 

8 succeeding fiscal year, the Local Budget Autonomy 

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

10 repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed 

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

12 had not been enacted into law. 

13 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES OF DISTRICT GOVERN14 MENT AND CONGRESS IN LOCAL BUDGET 

15 PROCESS. 

16 (a) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FEDERAL

17 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS TO GENERAL FUND.—Section 

18 450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1– 

19 204.50, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

20 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Gen21 eral Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The 

22 General Fund’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub24 section: 

25 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS

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1 ating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund de2 scribed in subsection (a). All funds provided for the Dis3 trict of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal 

4 year basis through the Federal appropriations process. 

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

6 applicable requirements of subchapter III of chapter 13 

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

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

9 Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and all other require10 ments and restrictions applicable to appropriations for 

11 such fiscal year.’’. 

12 (b) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY

13 OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO CHANGE EXISTING BUDG14 ET PROCESS LAWS.—Section 603(a) of such Act (sec. 1– 

15 206.03(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘existing’’; and 

17 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert18 ing the following: ‘‘, or as authorizing the District 

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


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

2 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact3 ment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 25, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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