H. R. 1246 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen 
An Act 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the District 
of Columbia Treasurer or one of the Deputy Chief Financial Officers of the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia may perform 
the functions and duties of the Office in an acting capacity if there is a vacancy 
in the Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Chief Finan-
cial Officer Vacancy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TREASURER OR 
DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF OFFICE OF CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO 
SERVE AS ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IN EVENT OF 
VACANCY IN OFFICE. 
(a) AUTHORIZING SERVICE IN ACTING CAPACITY IN EVENT OF 
VACANCY IN OFFICE.—Section 424(b) of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.24(b), D.C. Official Code) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZING TREASURER OR DEPUTY CFO TO PERFORM 
DUTIES IN ACTING CAPACITY IN EVENT OF VACANCY IN OFFICE.— 
‘‘(A) SERVICE AS CFO.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 
(ii), if there is a vacancy in the Office of Chief Financial 
Officer because the Chief Financial Officer has died, 
resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform the func-
tions and duties of the Office— 
‘‘(I) the District of Columbia Treasurer shall 
serve as the Chief Financial Officer in an acting 
capacity, subject to the time limitation of subpara-
graph (B); or 
‘‘(II) the Mayor may direct one of the Deputy 
Chief Financial Officers of the Office referred to 
in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection 
(a)(3) to serve as the Chief Financial Officer in 
an acting capacity, subject to the time limitation 
of subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS.—Not-
withstanding clause (i), an individual may not serve 
as the Chief Financial Officer under such clause if 
the individual did not serve as the District of Columbia 
Treasurer or as one of such Deputy Chief Financial
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Officers of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer 
(as the case may be) for at least 90 days during the 
1-year period which ends on the date the vacancy 
occurs. 
‘‘(B) TIME LIMITATION.—A vacancy in the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer may not be filled by the service 
of any individual in an acting capacity under subparagraph 
(A) after the expiration of the 210-day period which begins 
on the date the vacancy occurs.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 424(b)(2)(D) of such Act 
(sec. 1–204.24(b)(2)(D), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
‘‘Any vacancy’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), any 
vacancy’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this Act shall 
apply with respect to vacancies occurring on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.