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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3002 

To make local funds of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2012 available 

for use by the District at the beginning of the fiscal year at the rate 

of operations provided under the local budget act for such fiscal year 

if the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for such fiscal 

year does not become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To make local funds of the District of Columbia for fiscal 

year 2012 available for use by the District at the beginning of the fiscal year at the rate of operations provided 

under the local budget act for such fiscal year if the 

regular District of Columbia appropriation bill for such 

fiscal year does not become law prior to the beginning 

of such fiscal year. 

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 Fiscal Year 2012 Local Funds Continuation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FISCAL 

2 YEAR 2012 LOCAL FUNDS UPON FAILURE BY 

3 CONGRESS TO ENACT LOCAL BUDGET. 

4 (a) AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the fourth 

6 sentence of section 446 of the District of Columbia 

7 Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official Code), 

8 if the regular District of Columbia appropriation bill 

9 for fiscal year 2012 does not become law prior to the 

10 beginning of such fiscal year, there is appropriated, 

11 out of any moneys of the government of the District 

12 of Columbia not otherwise appropriated, and out of 

13 applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 

14 funds, the amount provided for any project or activ15 ity for which funds are provided in the local budget 

16 act for such fiscal year. 

17 (2) RATE OF FUNDING.—An appropriation and 

18 funds made available or authority granted for a 

19 project or activity pursuant to this section shall be 

20 at the rate of operations provided for such project 

21 or activity under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds— 

22 Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal 

23 Year 2012 Budget Request Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 

24 19–92), as modified as of the date of the enactment 

25 of this Act. 


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1 (3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—An appropria2 tion and funds made available or authority granted 

3 for a project or activity pursuant to this section 

4 shall be available for the period— 

5 (A) beginning with October 1, 2011; and 

6 (B) ending with the date on which the reg7 ular District of Columbia appropriation bill for 

8 fiscal year 2012 becomes law. 

9 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—An appropriation and 

10 funds made available or authority granted for a project 

11 or activity pursuant to this section shall be subject to the 

12 terms and conditions imposed with respect to the appro13 priation made and funds made available for fiscal year 

14 2011, or the authority granted for such project or activity 

15 under the applicable law in effect at the time. 

16 (c) PERIOD OF COVERAGE.—An appropriation and 

17 funds made available or authority granted for a project 

18 or activity pursuant to this section shall cover all obliga19 tions or expenditures incurred for such project or activity 

20 during the portion of fiscal year 2012 for which this sec21 tion applies to such project or activity. 

22 (d) RESTRICTIONS ON PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES

23 SUBJECT TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.—This sec24 tion shall not apply to a project or activity during any 


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1 period of fiscal year 2012 if any other provision of law 

2 (other than an authorization of appropriations)— 

3 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail4 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

5 to continue for such period; or 

6 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

7 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

8 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac9 tivity to continue for such period. 

10 (e) PROTECTION OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS.—Nothing 

11 in this section shall be construed to effect obligations of 

12 the government of the District of Columbia mandated by 

13 other law. 

14 (f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the ‘‘regular Dis15 trict of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2012’’ 

16 means the annual appropriation bill making appropria17 tions, otherwise making funds available, or granting au18 thority, for the government of the District of Columbia 

19 and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 

20 the revenues of the District for fiscal year 2012. 

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