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

                                                 Union Calendar No. 414

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2902

                          [Report No. 103-754]

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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.

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                           September 27, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 414
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2902

                          [Report No. 103-754]

  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

                           September 27, 1994

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 
                                5, 1993]

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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 Reauthorization Act 
of 1994''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ANNUAL FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
              FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996.

    Section 503 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 47-3406.1, D.C. Code) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) There is authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal 
payment to the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1996 
$660,000,000.''.

SEC. 3. PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 
              DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 2 of part D of title IV of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading for such subpart, by striking ``Audit'' 
        and inserting ``Audits and Accountability Requirements''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new section:

               ``performance and financial accountability

    ``Sec. 456. (a) Performance Accountability Plan.--
            ``(1) Submission of annual plan.--Not later than March 1 of 
        each year (beginning with 1995), the Mayor shall develop and 
        submit to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the 
        House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, and the Comptroller General a 
        performance accountability plan for all departments, agencies, 
        and programs of the government of the District of Columbia for 
        the subsequent fiscal year.
            ``(2) Contents of plan.--The performance accountability 
        plan for a fiscal year shall contain the following:
                    ``(A) A statement of measurable, objective 
                performance goals established for all significant 
                activities of the government of the District of 
                Columbia during the fiscal year (including activities 
                funded in whole or in part by the District but 
                performed in whole or in part by some other public or 
                private entity) that describe an acceptable level of 
                performance by the government and a superior level of 
                performance by the government.
                    ``(B) A description of the measures of performance 
                to be used in determining whether the government has 
                met the goals established under subparagraph (A) with 
                respect to an activity for a fiscal year. Such measures 
                shall analyze the quantity and quality of the 
                activities involved, and shall include measures of 
                program outcomes and results.
                    ``(C) The title of the District of Columbia 
                management employee most directly responsible for the 
                achievement of each goal and the title of such 
                employee's immediate supervisor or superior.
            ``(3) Description of activities subject to court order.--In 
        addition to the material included in the performance 
        accountability plan for a fiscal year under paragraph (2), the 
        plan shall include a description of the activities of the 
        government of the District of Columbia that are subject to a 
        court order during the fiscal year and the requirements placed 
        on such activities by the court order.
    ``(b) Performance Accountability Report.--
            ``(1) Submission of report.--Not later than March 1 of each 
        year (beginning with 1997), the Mayor shall develop and submit 
        to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of 
        Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, and the Comptroller General a 
        performance accountability report on activities of the 
        government of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 
        ending on the previous September 30.
            ``(2) Contents of report.--The performance accountability 
        report for a fiscal year shall contain the following:
                    ``(A) For each goal of the performance 
                accountability plan submitted under subsection (a) for 
                the year, a statement of the actual level of 
                performance achieved compared to the stated goal for an 
                acceptable level of performance and the goal for a 
                superior level of performance.
                    ``(B) The title of the District of Columbia 
                management employee most directly responsible for the 
                achievement of each goal and the title of such 
                employee's immediate supervisor or superior.
                    ``(C) A statement of the status of any court orders 
                applicable to the government of the District of 
                Columbia during the year and the steps taken by the 
                government to comply with such orders.
            ``(3) Evaluation of Report.--The Comptroller General, in 
        consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget, shall review and evaluate each performance 
        accountability report submitted under this subsection and not 
        later than April 15 of each year shall submit comments on such 
        report to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the 
        House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate.
    ``(c) Financial Accountability Plan and Report.--
            ``(1) Development and submission.--Not later than March 1, 
        of each year (beginning with 1995) the Mayor shall develop and 
        submit to the Committee on the District of Columbia of the 
        House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, and the Comptroller General a 
        5-year financial plan for the government of the District of 
        Columbia that contains a description of the steps the 
        government will take to eliminate any differences between 
        expenditures from, and revenues attributable to, each fund of 
        the District of Columbia during the first 5 fiscal years 
        beginning after the submission of the plan.
            ``(2) Report on compliance.--
                    ``(A) Submission of report.--Not later than March 1 
                of every year (beginning with 1997), the Mayor shall 
                submit a report to the Committee on the District of 
                Columbia of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
                on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees 
                on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
                the Senate, the Comptroller General, and the Director 
                of the Congressional Budget Office on the extent to 
                which the government of the District of Columbia was in 
                compliance during the preceding fiscal year with the 
                applicable requirements of the financial accountability 
                plan submitted for such fiscal year under this 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Evaluation of report.--The Comptroller 
                General, in consultation with the Director of the 
                Congressional Budget Office, shall review and evaluate 
                the financial accountability compliance report 
                submitted under subparagraph (A) and not later than 
                April 15 of each year shall submit comments on such 
                report to the Committee on the District of Columbia of 
                the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees 
                on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
                the Senate.
    ``(d) Quarterly Financial Reports.--
            ``(1) Submission of quarterly financial reports.--Not later 
        than fifteen days after the end of every calendar quarter 
        (beginning with a report for the quarter beginning October 1, 
        1994), the Mayor shall submit to the Committee on the District 
        of Columbia of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Subcommittees on 
        the District of Columbia of the Committees on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and the Senate, a report on the 
        financial and budgetary status of the government of the 
        District of Columbia for the previous quarter.
            ``(2) Contents of report.--Each quarterly financial report 
        submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following 
        information:
                    ``(A) A comparison of actual to forecasted cash 
                receipts and disbursements for each month of the 
                quarter, as presented in the District's fiscal year 
                consolidated cash forecast which shall be supported and 
                accompanied by cash forecasts for the general fund and 
                each of the District government's other funds other 
                than the capital projects fund and trust and agency 
                funds.
                    ``(B) A projection of the remaining months cash 
                forecast for that fiscal year.
                    ``(C) Explanations of (i) the differences between 
                actual and forecasted cash amounts for each of the 
                months in the quarter, and (ii) any changes in the 
                remaining months forecast as compared to the original 
                forecast for such months of that fiscal year.
                    ``(D) The effect of such changes, actual and 
                projected, on the total cash balance of the remaining 
                months and for the fiscal year.
                    ``(E) Explanations of the impact on meeting the 
                budget, how the results may be reflected in a 
                supplemental budget request, or how other policy 
                decisions may be necessary which may require the 
                agencies to reduce expenditures in other areas.
                    ``(F) An aging of the outstanding receivables and 
                payables, with an explanation of how they are reflected 
                in the forecast of cash receipts and disbursements.
                    ``(G) For each department or agency, the actual 
                number of full-time equivalent positions, the actual 
                number of full-time employees, the actual number of 
                part-time employees, and the actual number of temporary 
                employees, together with the source of funding for each 
                such category of positions and employees.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act is 
amended--
            (1) in the item relating to subpart 2 of part D of title 
        IV, by striking ``Audit'' and inserting ``Audits and 
        Accountability Requirements''; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 455 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 456. Performance and financial accountability.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend the 
        District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
        Reorganization Act to reauthorize the annual Federal payment to 
        the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1996, and for other 
        purposes.''.