Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016

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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016 2. Repeal of Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 Effective with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19–321) is hereby repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed by such Act shall be restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted into law. 3. Clarification of roles of District government and Congress in local budget process (a) Clarification of application of Federal appropriations process to General Fund Section 450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.50, D.C. Official Code) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking The General Fund (a) In general (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Application of Federal appropriations process Nothing in this Act shall be construed as creating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund described in subsection (a). All funds provided for the District of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal year basis through the Federal appropriations process. For each fiscal year, the District shall be subject to all applicable requirements of subchapter III of chapter 13 and subchapter II of chapter 15 Anti-Deficiency Act . (b) Clarification of limitation on authority of District of Columbia To change existing budget process laws Section 603(a) of such Act (sec. 1–206.03(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended— (1) by striking existing (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: , or as authorizing the District of Columbia to make any such change. (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. May 23, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill repeals the Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19-321) and restores previous law as though the Act had never been enacted. (Sec. 3) The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended to declare that nothing in it shall be construed as creating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund of the District. All funds provided for the District of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal year basis through the federal appropriations process. The District of Columbia Code is amended to declare that nothing in it shall be construed as authorizing the District of Columbia to make any change in law, regulation, or basic procedure and practice relating to the respective roles of Congress, the President, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Government Accountability Office in the preparation, review, submission, examination, authorization, and appropriation of the total budget of the District of Columbia government.