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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2103
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reor-
ganization Act to place the budget of the District of Columbia courts
on equal footing with other branches of the District government, to
permit the severance of the salaries of local judges from the Federal
compensation system, and to authorize multiyear contracts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 24, 1995
Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. DAVIS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act to place the budget
of the District of Columbia courts on equal footing with
other branches of the District government, to permit
the severance of the salaries of local judges from the
Federal compensation system, and to authorize multiyear
contracts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘District of Columbia Budget Efficiency Act of 1995’’.
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(b) REFERENCES IN ACT.—Whenever in this Act an
amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to,
or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to that section or other
provision of the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act.
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY CONTROL OVER INDEPENDENT AGEN-
CIES.
(a) SUBMISSION
OF
ANNUAL
BUDGET.—Section
442(b) (D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘the District of Columbia courts, the Board of Edu-
cation,’’ after ‘‘Council,’’.
(b) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS’ BUDGET.—
Section 445 (title 11, Appendix, § 445, D.C. Code) is
amended—
(1) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘, with-
out revision but subject to his recommendations’’;
and
(2) by striking the third sentence.
(c) REDUCTIONS
IN BUDGETS
OF INDEPENDENT
AGENCIES.—Section 453 (D.C. Code, sec. 47–304) is
amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘(a) In accordance with subsection (b), and except
as provided in subsection (c), the Mayor may reduce
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to inde-
pendent agencies of the District of Columbia (including
the Board of Education) and the District of Columbia
courts for a fiscal year if the Mayor determines that it
is necessary to reduce such amounts to balance the Dis-
trict’s budget for the fiscal year.’’.
(2) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by adding at
the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Mayor
shall notify the District of Columbia courts of any
proposed reductions in the budget of the courts that
is a part of the Mayor’s submission to the Council.’’.
(3) Subsection (c) is amended by striking ‘‘the
District of Columbia courts or’’.
(d) 
LIMITATIONS
ON
THE
COUNCIL.—Section
602(a)(4) (D.C. Code, sec. 1–233(a)(4)) is amended by
inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘; except for
provisions establishing the rates of compensation for
judges in the District of Columbia courts’’.
SEC. 3. CONTRACTS EXTENDING BEYOND ONE YEAR.
Section 451(a) (D.C. Code, sec. 1–1130(a)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘No contract’’ and inserting
‘‘(1) No contract’’; and