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SEC. 106. FUNDING FOR OPERATION OF AUTHORITY.
(a) ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS.—
(1) SUBMISSION OF BUDGET.—The Authority
shall submit a proposed budget for each fiscal year
to the President for inclusion in the annual budget
for the District of Columbia under part D of title IV
of the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act not later than the
May 1 prior to the first day of the fiscal year. In
the case of the budget for fiscal year 1996, the Au-
thority shall submit its proposed budget not later
than July 15, 1995.
(2) CONTENTS OF BUDGET.—The budget shall
describe—
(A) expenditures of the Authority by each
object class, including expenditures for staff of
the Authority;
(B) services of personnel and other services
provided by or on behalf of the Authority for
which the Authority made no reimbursement;
and
(C) any gifts or bequests made to the au-
thority during the previous fiscal year.
(3) APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED.—No amount
may be obligated or expended by the Authority for
a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1996) unless
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such amount has been approved by Act of Congress,
and then only according to such Act.
(4) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
453(c) of the District of Columbia Self-Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 47–
304.1(c), D.C. Code) is amended by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, or to
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority established
under section 101(a) of the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995.’’.
(b) SPECIAL RULE FOR FUNDING OF OPERATIONS
DURING FISCAL YEAR 1995.—As soon as practicable
after the appointment of its members, the Authority shall
submit to the Mayor and the President—
(1) a request for reprogramming of funds under
subsection (c)(1); and
(2) a description of anticipated expenditures of
the Authority for fiscal year 1995 (which shall be
transmitted to Congress).
(c) SOURCES OF FUNDS.—
(1) USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS
IN
DISTRICT
BUDGET.—The Mayor shall transfer
funds previously appropriated to the District govern-
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ment for a fiscal year for auditing and consulting
services to the Authority (in such amounts as are
provided in the budget request of the Authority
under subsection (a) or, with respect to fiscal year
1995, the request submitted under subsection
(b)(1)) for the purpose of carrying out the
Authority’s activities during the fiscal year.
(2) OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS.—For provi-
sions describing the sources of funds available for
the operations of the Authority during a fiscal year
(in addition to any interest earned on accounts of
the 
Authority 
during 
the 
year), 
see 
section
204(b)(1)(A) (relating to the set-aside of amounts
requisitioned from the Treasury by the Mayor) and
section 213(b)(3) (relating to the use of interest ac-
crued from amounts in a debt service reserve fund
of the Authority).
SEC. 107. SUSPENSION OF ACTIVITIES.
(a) SUSPENSION UPON PAYMENT
OF AUTHORITY
OBLIGATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the expiration of the
12-month period which begins on the date that the
Authority certifies that all obligations arising from
the issuance by the Authority of bonds, notes, or
other obligations pursuant to subtitle B of title II
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have been discharged, and that all borrowings by the
Authority pursuant to title VI of the District of Co-
lumbia Revenue Act of 1939 (sec. 47–3401, D.C.
Code) have been repaid, the Authority shall suspend
any activities carried out under this Act and the
terms of the members of the Authority shall expire.
(2) NO SUSPENSION DURING CONTROL YEAR.—
The Authority may not suspend its activities pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) at any time during a control
year.
(b) REACTIVATION UPON INITIATION OF CONTROL
PERIOD.—Upon receiving notice from the Chairs of the
Appropriations Committees of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that a control period has been initi-
ated (as described in section 209) at any time after the
Authority suspends its activities under subsection (a), the
President shall appoint members of the Authority, and the
Authority shall carry out activities under this Act, in the
same manner as the President appointed members and the
Authority carried out activities prior to such suspension.
SEC. 108. APPLICATION OF LAWS OF DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA TO AUTHORITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following laws of the District
of Columbia (as in effect on the date of the enactment
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of this Act) shall apply to the members and activities of
the Authority:
(1) Section 742 of the District of Columbia
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization
Act (sec. 1–1504, D.C. Code).
(2) Sections 201 through 206 of the District of
Columbia Freedom of Information Act (secs. 1–1521
through 1–1526, D.C. Code).
(3) Section 601 of the District of Columbia
Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest
Act (sec. 1–1461, D.C. Code).
(b) NO CONTROL, SUPERVISION, OVERSIGHT, OR RE-
VIEW BY MAYOR OR COUNCIL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Neither the Mayor nor the
Council may exercise any control, supervision, over-
sight, or review over the Authority or its activities.
(2) PROHIBITION
AGAINST
LEGISLATION
AF-
FECTING AUTHORITY.—Section 602(a) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Self-Government and Govern-
mental Reorganization Act (sec. 1–233(a), D.C.
Code) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (8);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (9) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(10) enact any act, resolution, or rule with re-
spect to the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority estab-
lished under section 101(a) of the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Act of 1995.’’.
(c) AUTHORITY NOT SUBJECT TO REPRESENTATION
BY CORPORATION COUNSEL.—In any action brought by
or on behalf of the Authority, and in any action brought
against the Authority, the Authority shall be represented
by such counsel as it may select, but in no instance may
the Authority be represented by the Corporation Counsel
of the District of Columbia.
TITLE II—RESPONSIBILITIES OF
AUTHORITY
Subtitle A—Establishment and En-
forcement of Financial Plan and
Budget for District Government
SEC. 201. DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDG-
ET FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDG-
ET.—For each fiscal year for which the District govern-
ment is in a control period, the Mayor shall develop and
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(C) contain estimates of short-term and
long-term debt (both outstanding and antici-
pated to be issued); and
(D) contain cash flow forecasts for each
fund of the District government at such inter-
vals as the Authority may require.
(4) The financial plan and budget shall include
a statement describing methods of estimations and
significant assumptions.
(5) The financial plan and budget shall include
any other provisions and shall meet such other cri-
teria as the Authority considers appropriate to meet
the purposes of this Act, including provisions for
changes in personnel policies and levels for each de-
partment or agency of the District government,
changes in the structure and organization of the
District government, and management initiatives to
promote productivity, improvement in the delivery of
services, or cost savings.
(c) STANDARDS TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL STABILITY
DESCRIBED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The standards to promote
the financial stability of the District government ap-
plicable to the financial plan and budget for a fiscal
year are as follows:
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(A) In the case of the financial plan and
budget for fiscal year 1996, the expenditures of
the District government for each fiscal year (be-
ginning with fiscal year 1999) may not exceed
the revenues of the District government for
each such fiscal year.
(B) During fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998, the District government shall make con-
tinuous, substantial progress towards equalizing
the expenditures and revenues of the District
government for such fiscal years (in equal an-
nual installments to the greatest extent pos-
sible).
(C) The District government shall provide
for the orderly liquidation of the cumulative
fund balance deficit of the District government,
as evidenced by financial statements prepared
in accordance with generally accepted account-
ing principles.
(D) If funds in accounts of the District
government which are dedicated for specific
purposes have been withdrawn from such ac-
counts for other purposes, the District govern-
ment shall fully restore the funds to such ac-
counts.
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(E) The financial plan and budget shall as-
sure the continuing long-term financial stability
of the District government, as indicated by fac-
tors including access to short-term and long-
term capital markets, the efficient management
of the District government’s workforce, and the
effective provision of services by the District
government.
(2) APPLICATION OF SOUND BUDGETARY PRAC-
TICES.—In meeting the standards described in para-
graph (1) with respect to a financial plan and budg-
et for a fiscal year, the District government shall
apply sound budgetary practices, including reducing
costs and other expenditures, improving productivity,
increasing revenues, or combinations of such prac-
tices.
(3) ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON CURRENT LAW.—
In meeting the standards described in paragraph (1)
with respect to a financial plan and budget for a fis-
cal year, the District government shall base esti-
mates of revenues and expenditures on Federal law
as in effect at the time of the preparation of the fi-
nancial plan and budget.
(d) REPEAL OF OFFSETS AGAINST FEDERAL PAY-
MENT AND OTHER DISTRICT REVENUES.—Section 138 of
Title II, Subtitle A
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1995, is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (c) and (d).
SEC. 202. PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF FI-
NANCIAL 
PLAN 
AND 
ANNUAL 
DISTRICT
BUDGET.
(a) SUBMISSION OF PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL PLAN
AND BUDGET BY MAYOR.—Not later than the February
1 preceding a fiscal year for which the District govern-
ment is in a control period, the Mayor shall submit to the
Authority and the Council a financial plan and budget for
the fiscal year which meets the requirements of section
201.
(b) REVIEW BY AUTHORITY.—Upon receipt of the fi-
nancial plan and budget for a fiscal year from the Mayor
under subsection (a), the Authority shall promptly review
the financial plan and budget. In conducting the review,
the Authority may request any additional information it
considers necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties
under this subtitle.
(c) ACTION UPON APPROVAL OF MAYOR’S PRELIMI-
NARY FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(1) CERTIFICATION TO MAYOR.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Authority deter-
mines that the financial plan and budget for the
fiscal year submitted by the Mayor under sub-
section (a) meets the requirements applicable
under section 201—
(i) the Authority shall approve the fi-
nancial plan and budget and shall provide
the Mayor, the Council, the President, and
Congress with a notice certifying its ap-
proval; and
(ii) the Mayor shall promptly submit
the financial plan and budget to the Coun-
cil pursuant to section 442 of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Govern-
mental Reorganization Act.
(B) 
DEEMED
APPROVAL
AFTER
DAYS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—If the Authority
has not provided the Mayor, the Council,
and Congress with a notice certifying ap-
proval under subparagraph (A)(i) or a
statement of disapproval under subsection
(d)(1) upon the expiration of the 30-day
period which begins on the date the Au-
thority receives the financial plan and
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budget from the Mayor under subsection
(a), the Authority shall be deemed to have
approved the financial plan and budget
and to have provided the Mayor, the Coun-
cil, the President, and Congress with the
notice certifying approval described in sub-
paragraph (A)(i).
(ii) EXPLANATION
OF
FAILURE
TO
RESPOND.—If clause (i) applies with re-
spect to a financial plan and budget, the
Authority shall provide the Mayor, the
Council, the President and Congress with
an explanation for its failure to provide the
notice certifying approval or the statement
of disapproval during the 30-day period de-
scribed in such clause.
(2) ADOPTION OF FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDG-
ET BY COUNCIL AFTER RECEIPT OF APPROVED FI-
NANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—Notwithstanding the
first sentence of section 446 of the District of Co-
lumbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorga-
nization Act, not later than 30 days after receiving
the financial plan and budget for the fiscal year
from the Mayor under paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the
Council shall by Act adopt a financial plan and
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budget for the fiscal year which shall serve as the
adoption of the budgets of the District government
for the fiscal year under such section, and shall sub-
mit such financial plan and budget to the Mayor and
the Authority.
(3) REVIEW OF COUNCIL FINANCIAL PLAN AND
BUDGET BY AUTHORITY.—Upon receipt of the finan-
cial plan and budget for a fiscal year from the Coun-
cil under paragraph (2) (taking into account any
items or provisions disapproved by the Mayor or dis-
approved by the Mayor and reenacted by the Council
under section 404(f) of the District of Columbia
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization
Act, as amended by subsection (f)(3)), the Authority
shall promptly review the financial plan and budget.
In conducting the review, the Authority may request
any additional information it considers necessary
and appropriate to carry out its duties under this
subtitle.
(4) RESULTS OF AUTHORITY REVIEW OF COUN-
CIL’S INITIAL FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(A) APPROVAL OF COUNCIL’S INITIAL FI-
NANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—If the Authority
determines that the financial plan and budget
for the fiscal year submitted by the Council
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under paragraph (2) meets the requirements
applicable under section 201—
(i) the Authority shall approve the fi-
nancial plan and budget and shall provide
the Mayor, the Council, the President, and
Congress with a notice certifying its ap-
proval; and
(ii) the Council shall promptly submit
the financial plan and budget to the Mayor
for transmission to the President and Con-
gress under section 446 of the District of
Columbia Self-Government and Govern-
mental Reorganization Act.
(B) DISAPPROVAL OF COUNCIL’S INITIAL
BUDGET.—If the Authority determines that the
financial plan and budget for the fiscal year
submitted by the Council under paragraph (2)
does not meet the requirements applicable
under section 201, the Authority shall dis-
approve the financial plan and budget, and
shall provide the Mayor, the Council, the Presi-
dent, and Congress with a statement contain-
ing—
(i) the reasons for such disapproval;
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(ii) the amount of any shortfall in the
budget or financial plan; and
(iii) any recommendations for revi-
sions to the budget the Authority considers
appropriate to ensure that the budget is
consistent with the financial plan and
budget.
(C) DEEMED APPROVAL AFTER 15 DAYS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—If the Authority
has not provided the Mayor, the Council,
the President, and Congress with a notice
certifying approval under subparagraph
(A)(i) or a statement of disapproval under
subparagraph (B) upon the expiration of
the 15-day period which begins on the date
the Authority receives the financial plan
and budget from the Council under para-
graph (2), the Authority shall be deemed
to have approved the financial plan and
budget and to have provided the Mayor,
the Council, the President, and Congress
with the notice certifying approval de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i).
(ii) EXPLANATION
OF
FAILURE
TO
RESPOND.—If clause (i) applies with re-
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spect to a financial plan and budget, the
Authority shall provide the Mayor, the
Council, the President and Congress with
an explanation for its failure to provide the
notice certifying approval or the statement
of disapproval during the 15-day period de-
scribed in such clause.
(5) AUTHORITY REVIEW OF COUNCIL’S REVISED
FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(A) SUBMISSION
OF
COUNCIL’S
REVISED
FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—Not later than
15 days after receiving the statement from the
Authority under paragraph (4)(B), the Council
shall promptly by Act adopt a revised financial
plan and budget for the fiscal year which ad-
dresses the reasons for the Authority’s dis-
approval cited in the statement, and shall sub-
mit such financial plan and budget to the
Mayor and the Authority.
(B) APPROVAL OF COUNCIL’S REVISED FI-
NANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—If, after review-
ing the revised financial plan and budget for a
fiscal year submitted by the Council under sub-
paragraph (A) in accordance with the proce-
dures described in this subsection, the Author-
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ity determines that the revised financial plan
and budget meets the requirements applicable
under section 201—
(i) the Authority shall approve the fi-
nancial plan and budget and shall provide
the Mayor, the Council, the President, and
Congress with a notice certifying its ap-
proval; and
(ii) the Council shall promptly submit
the financial plan and budget to the Mayor
for transmission to the President and Con-
gress under section 446 of the District of
Columbia Self-Government and Govern-
mental Reorganization Act.
(C) DISAPPROVAL OF COUNCIL’S REVISED
FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—If, after reviewing
the revised financial plan and budget for a
fiscal year submitted by the Council under
subparagraph (A) in accordance with the
procedures described in this subsection, the
Authority determines that the revised fi-
nancial plan and budget does not meet the
applicable requirements under section 201,
the Authority shall—
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(I) disapprove the financial plan
and budget;
(II) provide the Mayor, the
Council, the President, and Congress
with a statement containing the rea-
sons for such disapproval and describ-
ing the amount of any shortfall in the
financial plan and budget; and
(III) approve and recommend a
financial plan and budget for the Dis-
trict government which meets the ap-
plicable requirements under section
201, and submit such financial plan
and budget to the Mayor, the Council,
the President, and Congress.
(ii) TRANSMISSION OF REJECTED FI-
NANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—The Coun-
cil shall promptly submit the revised finan-
cial plan and budget disapproved by the
Authority under this subparagraph to the
Mayor for transmission to the President
and Congress under section 446 of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act.
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(D) 
DEEMED
APPROVAL
AFTER
DAYS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—If the Authority
has not provided the Mayor, the Council,
the President, and Congress with a notice
certifying approval under subparagraph
(B)(i) or a statement of disapproval under
subparagraph (C) upon the expiration of
the 15-day period which begins on the date
the Authority receives the revised financial
plan and budget submitted by the Council
under subparagraph (A), the Authority
shall be deemed to have approved the re-
vised financial plan and budget and to
have provided the Mayor, the Council, the
President, and Congress with the notice
certifying approval described in subpara-
graph (B)(i).
(ii) EXPLANATION
OF
FAILURE
TO
RESPOND.—If clause (i) applies with re-
spect to a financial plan and budget, the
Authority shall provide the Mayor, the
Council, the President and Congress with
an explanation for its failure to provide the
notice certifying approval or the statement
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of disapproval during the 15-day period de-
scribed in such clause.
(6) DEADLINE FOR TRANSMISSION OF FINAN-
CIAL PLAN AND BUDGET BY AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, not
later than the June 15 preceding each fiscal year
which is a control year, the Authority shall—
(A) provide Congress with a notice certify-
ing its approval of the Council’s initial financial
plan and budget for the fiscal year under para-
graph (4)(A);
(B) provide Congress with a notice certify-
ing its approval of the Council’s revised finan-
cial plan and budget for the fiscal year under
paragraph (5)(B); or
(C) submit to Congress an approved and
recommended financial plan and budget of the
Authority for the District government for the
fiscal year under paragraph (5)(C).
(d) ACTION UPON DISAPPROVAL OF MAYOR’S PRE-
LIMINARY FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(1) STATEMENT OF DISAPPROVAL.—If the Au-
thority determines that the financial plan and budg-
et for the fiscal year submitted by the Mayor under
subsection (a) does not meet the requirements appli-
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cable under section 201, the Authority shall dis-
approve the financial plan and budget, and shall
provide the Mayor and the Council with a statement
containing—
(A) the reasons for such disapproval;
(B) the amount of any shortfall in the fi-
nancial plan and budget; and
(C) any recommendations for revisions to
the financial plan and budget the Authority
considers appropriate to ensure that the finan-
cial plan and budget meets the requirements
applicable under section 201.
(2) AUTHORITY REVIEW OF MAYOR’S REVISED
FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(A) SUBMISSION OF MAYOR’S REVISED FI-
NANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—Not later than
15 days after receiving the statement from the
Authority under paragraph (1), the Mayor shall
promptly submit to the Authority and the
Council a revised financial plan and budget for
the fiscal year which addresses the reasons for
the Authority’s disapproval cited in the state-
ment.
(B) APPROVAL OF MAYOR’S REVISED FI-
NANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—If the Authority
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determines that the revised financial plan and
budget for the fiscal year submitted by the
Mayor under subparagraph (A) meets the re-
quirements applicable under section 201—
(i) the Authority shall approve the fi-
nancial plan and budget and shall provide
the Mayor, the Council, the President, and
Congress with a notice certifying its ap-
proval; and
(ii) the Mayor shall promptly submit
the financial plan and budget to the Coun-
cil pursuant to section 442 of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Govern-
mental Reorganization Act.
(C) DISAPPROVAL
OF
MAYOR’S
REVISED
FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Authority de-
termines that the revised financial plan
and budget for the fiscal year submitted by
the Mayor under subparagraph (A) does
not meet the requirements applicable under
section 201, the Authority shall—
(I) disapprove the financial plan
and budget;
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(II) shall provide the Mayor, the
Council, the President, and Congress
with a statement containing the rea-
sons for such disapproval; and
(III) recommend a financial plan
and budget for the District govern-
ment which meets the requirements
applicable under section 201 and sub-
mit such financial plan and budget to
the Mayor and the Council.
(ii) SUBMISSION OF REJECTED FINAN-
CIAL
PLAN
AND
BUDGET.—The Mayor
shall promptly submit the revised financial
plan and budget disapproved by the Au-
thority under this subparagraph to the
Council pursuant to section 442 of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act.
(D) 
DEEMED
APPROVAL
AFTER
DAYS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—If the Authority
has not provided the Mayor, the Council,
the President, and Congress with a notice
certifying approval under subparagraph
(B)(i) or a statement of disapproval under
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subparagraph (C) upon the expiration of
the 15-day period which begins on the date
the Authority receives the revised financial
plan and budget submitted by the Mayor
under subparagraph (A), the Authority
shall be deemed to have approved the re-
vised financial plan and budget and to
have provided the Mayor, the Council, the
President, and Congress with the notice
certifying approval described in subpara-
graph (B)(i).
(ii) EXPLANATION
OF
FAILURE
TO
RESPOND.—If clause (i) applies with re-
spect to a financial plan and budget, the
Authority shall provide the Mayor, the
Council, the President and Congress with
an explanation for its failure to provide the
notice certifying approval or the statement
of disapproval during the 15-day period de-
scribed in such clause.
(3) ACTION BY COUNCIL.—
(A) ADOPTION OF FINANCIAL PLAN AND
BUDGET.—Notwithstanding the first sentence
of section 446 of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization
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Act, not later than 30 days after receiving the
Mayor’s approved revised financial plan and
budget for the fiscal year under paragraph
(2)(B) or (in the case of a financial plan and
budget disapproved by the Authority) the finan-
cial plan and budget recommended by the Au-
thority under paragraph (2)(C)(i)(III), the
Council shall by Act adopt a financial plan and
budget for the fiscal year which shall serve as
the adoption of the budgets of the District gov-
ernment for the fiscal year under such section,
and shall submit the financial plan and budget
to the Mayor and the Authority.
(B) REVIEW BY AUTHORITY.—The finan-
cial plan and budget submitted by the Council
under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to re-
view by the Authority and revision by the Coun-
cil in the same manner as the financial plan
and budget submitted by the Council after an
approved preliminary financial plan and budget
of the Mayor under paragraphs (3), (4), (5),
and (6) of subsection (c).
(e) REVISIONS TO FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—
(1) PERMITTING
MAYOR
TO
SUBMIT
REVI-
SIONS.—The Mayor may submit proposed revisions
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to the financial plan and budget for a control year
to the Authority at any time during the year.
(2) PROCESS
FOR
REVIEW, APPROVAL, DIS-
APPROVAL, AND COUNCIL ACTION.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), the procedures described in
subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply with respect
to a proposed revision to a financial plan and budget
in the same manner as such procedures apply with
respect to the original financial plan and budget, ex-
cept that subparagraph (B) of subsection (c)(1) (re-
lating to deemed approval by the Authority of an
preliminary financial plan and budget of the Mayor)
shall be applied as if the reference to the term ‘‘30-
day period’’ were a reference to ‘‘20-day period’’.
(3) EXCEPTION FOR REVISIONS NOT AFFECT-
ING APPROPRIATIONS.—To the extent that a pro-
posed revision to a financial plan and budget adopt-
ed by the Council pursuant to this subsection does
not increase the amount of spending with respect to
any account of the District government, the revision
shall become effective upon the Authority’s approval
of such revision (subject to review by Congress
under section 602 of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act).
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(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO BUDGET PROCESS
REQUIREMENTS UNDER HOME RULE ACT.—
(1) SUBMISSION OF UNBALANCED BUDGETS.—
Section 603 of the District of Columbia Self-Govern-
ment and Governmental Reorganization Act (sec.
47–313, D.C. Code) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The
Council’’ the first place it appears and inserting
‘‘Except as provided in subsection (f), the
Council’’;
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The
Mayor’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in
subsection (f), the Mayor’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) In the case of a fiscal year which is a control
year (as defined in section 305(4) of the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Act of 1995)—
‘‘(1) subsection (c) (other than the fourth sen-
tence) and subsection (d) shall not apply; and
‘‘(2) the Council may not approve, and the
Mayor may not forward to the President, any budget
which is not consistent with the financial plan and
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budget established for the fiscal year under subtitle
A of title II of such Act.’’.
(2) 
EXPEDITED
PROCEDURES
FOR
DIS-
APPROVAL OF ITEMS AND PROVISIONS OF COUNCIL
BUDGET BY MAYOR.—Section 404(f) of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Re-
organization Act (sec. 1–227(f), D.C. Code) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘In the case of any budget act for a fiscal
year which is a control year (as defined in section
305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995), this subsection shall apply as if the reference
in the second sentence to ‘ten-day period’ were a ref-
erence to ‘five-day period’ and the reference in the
third sentence to ‘thirty calendar days’ were a ref-
erence to ‘5 calendar days’.’’.
(g) PERMITTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO SPECIFY
EXPENDITURES UNDER SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET DUR-
ING CONTROL YEAR.—
(1) MAYOR’S ESTIMATE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL
FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.—Section 2(h) of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to fix and regulate the salaries
of teachers, school officers, and other employees of
the board of education of the District of Columbia’’,