I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 980 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to make local funds 
of the District of Columbia for a fiscal year 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 the fiscal year if the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become 
law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2011 
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 make 
local funds of the District of Columbia for a fiscal year 
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 the fiscal year if the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for a fiscal year 
does not become law prior to the beginning of such 
fiscal year. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Local Funds Continuation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOCAL 
FUNDS UPON FAILURE BY CONGRESS TO 
ENACT LOCAL BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 1 of part D of title IV 
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended 
by inserting after section 446B the following new section: 
‘‘AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDS UPON FAILURE BY 
CONGRESS TO ENACT BUDGET 
‘‘SEC. 446C. (a) AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL FUNDS AT 
RATE ESTABLISHED BY LOCAL LAW IF NO BUDGET EN-
ACTED PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the regular District of 
Columbia appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not 
become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal 
year, there is appropriated, out of any moneys of the 
government of the District of Columbia not other-
wise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or 
other revenues, receipts, and funds, the amount pro-
vided for any project or activity for which funds are 
provided in the local budget act for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) RATE
OF
FUNDING.—An appropriation 
and funds made available or authority granted for a 
project or activity for a fiscal year pursuant to this 
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section shall be at the rate of operations provided 
for such project or activity under the local budget 
act for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—An appropria-
tion and funds made available or authority granted 
for a project or activity for a fiscal year pursuant to 
this section shall be available for the period— 
‘‘(A) beginning with the first day of the 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) ending with the date on which the 
regular District of Columbia appropriation bill 
for such fiscal year becomes law. 
‘‘(b) TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—An appropriation 
and funds made available or authority granted for a 
project or activity for a fiscal year pursuant to this section 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed with 
respect to the appropriation made and funds made avail-
able for the preceding fiscal year, or the authority granted 
for such project or activity under the applicable law in ef-
fect at the time. 
‘‘(c) PERIOD OF COVERAGE.—An appropriation and 
funds made available or authority granted for a project 
or activity for a fiscal year pursuant to this section shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
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project or activity during the portion of such fiscal year 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTIONS ON PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES 
SUBJECT TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.—This sec-
tion shall not apply to a project or activity during any 
period of a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other 
than an authorization of appropriations)— 
‘‘(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds 
available, or grants authority for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period, or 
‘‘(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
‘‘(e) PROTECTION OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to effect obligations 
of the government of the District of Columbia mandated 
by other law. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘local budget act’ means, with re-
spect to a fiscal year, the act of the Council adopt-
ing the annual budget for the District of Columbia 
government for such fiscal year, as submitted by the 
Mayor to the President for transmission to Congress 
pursuant to section 446; and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘regular District of Columbia ap-
propriation bill’ means an annual appropriation bill 
making appropriations, otherwise making funds 
available, or granting authority, for the government 
of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues 
of the District. 
‘‘(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 446 of 
such Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official Code) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘section 446C,’’ after ‘‘section 446B,’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of subpart 1 of part D of title IV of the District of Colum-
bia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 446B the following: 
‘‘446C. Availability of local funds upon failure by Congress to enact budget.’’. 
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