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‘‘Act of 1991’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘in the imple-
mentation of a financial plan and budget for the District
government approved under subtitle A of title II of the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 203. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES OF DISTRICT GOVERN-
MENT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH AP-
PROVED FINANCIAL PLAN AND BUDGET.
(a) REVIEW OF COUNCIL ACTS.—
(1) SUBMISSION OF ACTS TO AUTHORITY.—The
Council shall submit each Act passed by the Council
and signed by the Mayor during a control year or
vetoed by the Mayor and repassed by two-thirds of
the Council present and voting during a control
year, and each Act passed by the Council and al-
lowed to become effective without the Mayor’s signa-
ture during a control year, together with the esti-
mate of costs accompanying such Act required under
section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act
(as added by section 301(d)).
(2) PROMPT REVIEW BY AUTHORITY.—Upon re-
ceipt of an Act from the Council under paragraph
(1), the Authority shall promptly review the Act to
determine whether it is consistent with the applica-
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ble financial plan and budget approved under this
subtitle and with the estimate of costs accompanying
the Act (described in paragraph (1)).
(3) ACTIONS BY AUTHORITY.—
(A) APPROVAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (C), if the Authority determines
that an Act is consistent with the applicable fi-
nancial plan and budget, the Authority shall no-
tify the Council that it approves the Act, and
the Council shall submit the Act to Congress
for review in accordance with section 602(c)(1)
of the District of Columbia Self-Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act.
(B) FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY.—Except
as provided in subparagraph (C), if the Author-
ity determines that an Act is significantly in-
consistent with the applicable financial plan and
budget, the Authority shall—
(i) notify the Council that of its find-
ing;
(ii) provide the Council with an expla-
nation of the reasons for its finding; and
(iii) to the extent the Authority con-
siders appropriate, provide the Council
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with recommendations for modifications to
the Act.
(C) EXCEPTION FOR EMERGENCY ACTS.—
Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply
with respect to any act which the Council deter-
mines according to section 412(a) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Self-Government and Govern-
mental Reorganization Act should take effect
immediately 
because 
of 
emergency 
cir-
cumstances.
(4) EFFECT
OF
FINDING.—If the Authority
makes a finding with respect to an Act under para-
graph (3)(B), the Council may not submit the Act
to Congress for review in accordance with section
602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Self-Govern-
ment and Governmental Reorganization Act.
(5) DEEMED APPROVAL.—If the Authority does
not notify the Council that it approves or dis-
approves an Act submitted under this subsection
during the 7-day period which begins on the date the
Council submits the Act to the Authority, the Au-
thority shall be deemed to have approved the Act in
accordance with paragraph (3)(A). At the option of
the Authority, the previous sentence shall be applied
as if the reference to ‘‘7-day period’’ were a ref-
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erence to ‘‘14-day period’’ if during such 7-day pe-
riod the Authority so notifies the Council and the
Mayor.
(6) 
PRELIMINARY
REVIEW
OF
PROPOSED
ACTS.—At the request of the Council, the Authority
may conduct a preliminary review of proposed legis-
lation before the Council to determine whether the
legislation as proposed would be consistent with the
applicable financial plan and budget approved under
this subtitle, except that any such preliminary review
shall not be binding on the Authority in reviewing
any Act subsequently submitted under this sub-
section.
(b) EFFECT OF APPROVED FINANCIAL PLAN AND
BUDGET ON CONTRACTS AND LEASES.—
(1) MANDATORY
PRIOR
APPROVAL
FOR
CER-
TAIN CONTRACTS AND LEASES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a con-
tract or lease described in subparagraph (B)
which is proposed to be entered into by the Dis-
trict government during a control year, the
Mayor (or the appropriate officer or agent of
the District government) shall submit the pro-
posed contract or lease to the Authority for re-
view under paragraph (1) (and the Authority
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shall review the contract or lease pursuant to
paragraph (2)), and may not enter into the con-
tract or lease unless the Authority determines
that the proposed contract or lease is consistent
with the financial plan and budget for the fiscal
year.
(B) 
CONTRACTS
AND
LEASES
DE-
SCRIBED.—A contract or lease described in this
subparagraph is—
(i) a labor contract entered into
through collective bargaining; or
(ii) such other type of contract or
lease as the Authority may specify for pur-
poses of this subparagraph.
(2) AUTHORITY TO REVIEW OTHER CONTRACTS
AND LEASES AFTER EXECUTION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the prior
approval of certain contracts and leases under
paragraph (1), the Authority may require the
Mayor (or the appropriate officer or agent of
the District government) to submit to the Au-
thority any other contract (including a contract
to carry out a grant) or lease entered into by
the District government during a control year
which is executed after the Authority has ap-