I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5233 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2016 
Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
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 govern-
ment and Congress in the local budget process of the 
District government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clarifying Congres-
sional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 
2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF LOCAL BUDGET AUTONOMY AMEND-
MENT 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repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed 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. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES OF DISTRICT GOVERN-
MENT 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 Gen-
eral Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The 
General Fund’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION
OF FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS 
PROCESS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as cre-
ating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund de-
scribed in subsection (a). All funds provided for the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal 
year basis through the Federal appropriations process. 
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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 of title 31, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘Anti-Deficiency Act’), the 
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and all other require-
ments and restrictions applicable to appropriations for 
such fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY 
OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO CHANGE EXISTING BUDG-
ET PROCESS LAWS.—Section 603(a) of such Act (sec. 1– 
206.03(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘existing’’; and 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing 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 enact-
ment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. 
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