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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1246 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2013 

Ms. NORTON 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 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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TREASURER 

2 OR DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF 

3 OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF 

4 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO SERVE AS 

5 ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IN 

6 EVENT OF VACANCY IN OFFICE. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZING SERVICE IN ACTING CAPACITY IN

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

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

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

11 following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZING TREASURER OR DEPUTY

13 CFO TO PERFORM DUTIES IN ACTING CAPACITY IN

14 EVENT OF VACANCY IN OFFICE.— 

15 ‘‘(A) SERVICE AS CFO.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro17 vided in clause (ii), if there is a vacancy in 

18 the Office of Chief Financial Officer be19 cause the Chief Financial Officer has died, 

20 resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform 

21 the functions and duties of the Office— 

22 ‘‘(I) the District of Columbia 

23 Treasurer shall serve as the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer in an acting capacity, 

25 subject to the time limitation of sub26 paragraph (B); or 


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1 ‘‘(II) the Mayor may direct one 

2 of the Deputy Chief Financial Officers 

3 of the Office referred to in subpara4 graphs (A) through (D) of subsection 

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

6 Officer in an acting capacity, subject 

7 to the time limitation of subparagraph 

8 (B). 

9 ‘‘(ii) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INDI10 VIDUALS.—Notwithstanding clause (i), an 

11 individual may not serve as the Chief Fi12 nancial Officer under such clause if the in13 dividual did not serve as the District of 

14 Columbia Treasurer or as one of such Dep15 uty Chief Financial Officers of the Office 

16 of the Chief Financial Officer (as the case 

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

18 year period which ends on the date the va19 cancy occurs. 

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

21 Office of the Chief Financial Officer may not be 

22 filled by the service of any individual in an act23 ing capacity under subparagraph (A) after the 

24 expiration of the 210-day period which begins 

25 on the date the vacancy occurs.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

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

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

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

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

6 this Act shall apply with respect to vacancies occurring 

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

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