[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4166 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4166

  To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act to revise and reauthorize 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

                             April 12, 1994

     Mr. Bliley (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Saxton, and Mr. 
  Ballenger) 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 reauthorize 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 
Reauthorization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. REVISION AND REAUTHORIZATION 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) There is authorized to be appropriated as the 
annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia for each of the 
fiscal years 1996 through 1998 an amount equal to 24 percent of the 
adjusted District General Fund revenues for the second fiscal year 
preceding such fiscal year, as the components of such revenues are 
presented in the audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the 
District of Columbia for such second fiscal year 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) In this section, the following definitions shall apply:
            ``(1) 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 transfers of revenue 
        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;
                    ``(B) revenues from Federal sources; and
                    ``(C) nonappropriated revenues.
            ``(2) 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(b)(1) 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 presented in 
the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the District of Columbia 
for such fiscal year, as conducted 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 1996.

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