Union Calendar No. 318
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3663
[Report No. 104–635]
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Govern-
ment and Governmental Reorganization Act to
permit the Council of the District of Columbia to
authorize the issuance of revenue bonds with re-
spect to water and sewer facilities, and for other
purposes.
JUNE 25, 1996
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 318
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3663
[Report No. 104–635]
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reor-
ganization Act to permit the Council of the District of Columbia to
authorize the issuance of revenue bonds with respect to water and sewer
facilities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 1996
Mr. DAVIS (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr.
LATOURETTE, Mr. FLANAGAN, Mr. TOWNS, Miss COLLINS of Michigan,
Mr. HOYER, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. WYNN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Re-
form and Oversight
JUNE 25, 1996
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act to permit the Council
of the District of Columbia to authorize the issuance
of revenue bonds with respect to water and sewer facili-
ties, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia
Water and Sewer Authority Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. PERMITTING ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR
WASTEWATER TREATMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section
490(a)(1) of the District of Columbia Self-Govern-
ment and Governmental Reorganization Act (sec.
47–334(a)(1), D.C. Code) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and industrial’’ and in-
serting ‘‘industrial’’; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and
inserting the following: ‘‘, and water and sewer
facilities (as defined in paragraph (5)).’’.
(2) WATER
AND
SEWER
FACILITIES
DE-
FINED.—Section 490(a) of such Act (sec. 47–
334(a), D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) In paragraph (1), the term ‘water and sewer fa-
cilities’ means facilities for the obtaining, treatment, stor-
age, and distribution of water, the collection, storage,
treatment, and transportation of wastewater, storm drain-
age, and the disposal of liquids and solids resulting from
treatment.’’.
(b) USE OF REVENUES TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON
BONDS.—The second sentence of section 490(a)(3) of
such Act (sec. 47–334(a)(3), D.C. Code) is amended by
inserting after ‘‘property’’ each place it appears in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) the following: ‘‘(including water
and sewer enterprise fund revenues, assets, or other prop-
erty in the case of bonds, notes, or obligations issued with
respect to water and sewer facilities)’’.
(c) PERMITTING DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO
ISSUE REVENUE BONDS TO WATER AND SEWER AU-
THORITY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 490 of such Act
(sec. 47–334, D.C. Code) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h)(1) The Council may delegate to the District of
Columbia Water and Sewer Authority established pursu-
ant to the Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and
Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996
the authority of the Council under subsection (a) to issue
revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations to borrow
money to finance or assist in the financing or refinancing
of undertakings in the area of utilities facilities, pollution
control facilities, and water and sewer facilities (as defined