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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1246 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1246

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen

                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Chief Financial 
Officer Vacancy Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TREASURER OR DEPUTY CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER OF OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA TO SERVE AS ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IN EVENT OF 
VACANCY IN OFFICE.
    (a) Authorizing Service in Acting Capacity in Event of Vacancy in 
Office.--Section 424(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 
1-204.24(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
        ``(3) Authorizing treasurer or deputy cfo to perform duties in 
    acting capacity in event of vacancy in office.--
            ``(A) Service as cfo.--
                ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), 
            if there is a vacancy in the Office of Chief Financial 
            Officer because the Chief Financial Officer has died, 
            resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions 
            and duties of the Office--

                    ``(I) the District of Columbia Treasurer shall 
                serve as the Chief Financial Officer in an acting 
                capacity, subject to the time limitation of 
                subparagraph (B); or
                    ``(II) the Mayor may direct one of the Deputy Chief 
                Financial Officers of the Office referred to in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(3) to 
                serve as the Chief Financial Officer in an acting 
                capacity, subject to the time limitation of 
                subparagraph (B).

                ``(ii) Exclusion of certain individuals.--
            Notwithstanding clause (i), an individual may not serve as 
            the Chief Financial Officer under such clause if the 
            individual did not serve as the District of Columbia 
            Treasurer or as one of such Deputy Chief Financial Officers 
            of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (as the case 
            may be) for at least 90 days during the 1-year period which 
            ends on the date the vacancy occurs.
            ``(B) Time limitation.--A vacancy in the Office of the 
        Chief Financial Officer may not be filled by the service of any 
        individual in an acting capacity under subparagraph (A) after 
        the expiration of the 210-day period which begins on the date 
        the vacancy occurs.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 424(b)(2)(D) of such Act (sec. 
1-204.24(b)(2)(D), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``Any 
vacancy'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (3), any vacancy''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to vacancies occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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