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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1246 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 16, 2013 

Received 

AN ACT 

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the District of Columbia Treasurer or one 

of the Deputy Chief Financial Officers of the Office 

of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

may perform the functions and duties of the Office in 

an acting capacity if there is a vacancy in the Office. 


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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 Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TREASURER 

7 OR DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF 

8 OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF 

9 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO SERVE AS 

10 ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IN 

11 EVENT OF VACANCY IN OFFICE. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZING SERVICE IN ACTING CAPACITY IN

13 EVENT OF VACANCY IN OFFICE.—Section 424(b) of the 

14 District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.24(b), 

15 D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the 

16 following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZING TREASURER OR DEPUTY

18 CFO TO PERFORM DUTIES IN ACTING CAPACITY IN

19 EVENT OF VACANCY IN OFFICE.— 

20 ‘‘(A) SERVICE AS CFO.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro22 vided in clause (ii), if there is a vacancy in 

23 the Office of Chief Financial Officer be24 cause the Chief Financial Officer has died, 


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1 resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform 

2 the functions and duties of the Office— 

3 ‘‘(I) the District of Columbia 

4 Treasurer shall serve as the Chief Fi5 nancial Officer in an acting capacity, 

6 subject to the time limitation of sub7 paragraph (B); or 

8 ‘‘(II) the Mayor may direct one 

9 of the Deputy Chief Financial Officers 

10 of the Office referred to in subpara11 graphs (A) through (D) of subsection 

12 (a)(3) to serve as the Chief Financial 

13 Officer in an acting capacity, subject 

14 to the time limitation of subparagraph 

15 (B). 

16 ‘‘(ii) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INDI17 VIDUALS.—Notwithstanding clause (i), an 

18 individual may not serve as the Chief Fi19 nancial Officer under such clause if the in20 dividual did not serve as the District of 

21 Columbia Treasurer or as one of such Dep22 uty Chief Financial Officers of the Office 

23 of the Chief Financial Officer (as the case 

24 may be) for at least 90 days during the 1- 


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1 year period which ends on the date the va2 cancy occurs. 

3 ‘‘(B) TIME LIMITATION.—A vacancy in the 

4 Office of the Chief Financial Officer may not be 

5 filled by the service of any individual in an act6 ing capacity under subparagraph (A) after the 

7 expiration of the 210-day period which begins 

8 on the date the vacancy occurs.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

10 424(b)(2)(D) of such Act (sec. 1–204.24(b)(2)(D), D.C. 

11 Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘Any vacancy’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), any vacancy’’. 

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

14 this Act shall apply with respect to vacancies occurring 

15 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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