[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2902 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2902

  To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
 Reorganization Act to revise and make permanent the use of a formula 
   based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for 
determining the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District of 
                   Columbia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1993

   Mr. Stark (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Wheat) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        the District of Columbia

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
 Reorganization Act to revise and make permanent the use of a formula 
   based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for 
determining the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District of 
                   Columbia, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Federal Payment Formula Revision Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT USE AND REVISION OF FORMULA TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF 
              ANNUAL FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) In General.--Section 503 of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 47-3406.1, D.C. 
Code) is amended to read as follows:

                       ``federal payment formula

    ``Sec. 503. (a) Subject to subsection (b), there is authorized to 
be appropriated as the annual Federal payment to the District of 
Columbia for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1995) an amount 
equal to the applicable percentage of the adjusted District General 
Fund revenues for the second fiscal year preceding such fiscal year, as 
such revenues are reported in the independent audit of the financial 
operations of the government of the District of Columbia conducted 
under section 4(a) of Public Law 94-399 and as reviewed by the 
Comptroller General under section 715(e) of title 31, United States 
Code.
    ``(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the amount authorized to be 
appropriated under such subsection for a fiscal year may not be less 
than an amount equal to the average of the annual Federal payments made 
to the District of Columbia pursuant to this title during the 3 fiscal 
years immediately preceding such fiscal year.
    ``(c) In this section, the following definitions shall apply:
            ``(1) The term `applicable percentage' means--
                    ``(A) with respect to fiscal year 1995, 25 percent; 
                and
                    ``(B) with respect to each succeeding fiscal year, 
                the lesser of--
                            ``(i) the applicable percentage determined 
                        under this paragraph for the preceding fiscal 
                        year increased by 1.0, or
                            ``(ii) 30 percent.
            ``(2) The term `adjusted District General Fund revenues' 
        means all revenues of the General Fund of the government of the 
        District of Columbia, adjusted to include operating transfers 
        from the Lottery and Games Fund to such General Fund (but no 
        other payments or transfers to such fund from any other 
        intragovernmental source), and not including--
                    ``(A) revenues that are required to be accounted 
                for in a fund other than such General Fund; and
                    ``(B) revenues from Federal sources.
            ``(3) The term `revenues from Federal sources' means 
        revenues derived from payments made by the Federal Government 
        to the District of Columbia, including fees or charges for 
        products or services, grants, payments in lieu of taxes, and 
        direct appropriations.''.

SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Independent Annual Audit of District Financial Operations.--The 
first sentence of section 4(a) of Public Law 94-399 (sec. 47-119(a), 
D.C. Code) is amended by striking ``a report of the revenues'' and all 
that follows and inserting the following: ``a report of the adjusted 
District General Fund revenues for the fiscal year (as described in 
section 503(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act).''.
    (b) Review by Comptroller General.--Section 715(e) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``report of the breakdown'' 
and all that follows and inserting the following: ``report of the 
adjusted District General Fund revenues for the preceding fiscal year 
that is included in the independent annual audit of the financial 
operations of the government of the District of Columbia conducted for 
such fiscal year under section 4(a) of Public Law 94-399.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fiscal years 
beginning with fiscal year 1995.

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