[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2103 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2103

  To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
  Reorganization Act to place the budget of the District of Columbia 
courts on equal footing with other branches of the District government, 
   to permit the severance of the salaries of local judges from the 
   Federal compensation system, and to authorize multiyear contracts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 1995

 Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Davis) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
  Reorganization Act to place the budget of the District of Columbia 
courts on equal footing with other branches of the District government, 
   to permit the severance of the salaries of local judges from the 
   Federal compensation system, and to authorize multiyear contracts.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``District of 
Columbia Budget Efficiency Act of 1995''.
    (b) References in Act.--Whenever in this Act an amendment is 
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section 
or other provision of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act.

SEC. 2. BUDGETARY CONTROL OVER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES.

    (a) Submission of Annual Budget.--Section 442(b) (D.C. Code, sec. 
47-301(b)) is amended by inserting ``the District of Columbia courts, 
the Board of Education,'' after ``Council,''.
    (b) District of Columbia Courts' Budget.--Section 445 (title 11, 
Appendix, Sec. 445, D.C. Code) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence by striking ``, without revision 
        but subject to his recommendations''; and
            (2) by striking the third sentence.
    (c) Reductions in Budgets of Independent Agencies.--Section 453 
(D.C. Code, sec. 47-304) is amended as follows:
            (1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In accordance with subsection (b), and except as provided in 
subsection (c), the Mayor may reduce amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to independent agencies of the District of Columbia 
(including the Board of Education) and the District of Columbia courts 
for a fiscal year if the Mayor determines that it is necessary to 
reduce such amounts to balance the District's budget for the fiscal 
year.''.
            (2) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new sentence: ``The Mayor shall notify the District 
        of Columbia courts of any proposed reductions in the budget of 
        the courts that is a part of the Mayor's submission to the 
        Council.''.
            (3) Subsection (c) is amended by striking ``the District of 
        Columbia courts or''.
    (d) Limitations on the Council.--Section 602(a)(4) (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-233(a)(4)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ``; except for provisions establishing the rates of 
compensation for judges in the District of Columbia courts''.

SEC. 3. CONTRACTS EXTENDING BEYOND ONE YEAR.

    Section 451(a) (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1130(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``No contract'' and inserting ``(1) No 
        contract''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) The District may enter into multiyear contracts to obtain 
goods and services for which funds are appropriated on an annual fiscal 
year basis and available for obligation only within the fiscal year for 
which appropriated.
    ``(B) For any fiscal year, if the funds are not made available for 
the continuation of a multiyear contract under subparagraph (A), the 
contract shall be canceled or terminated, and any cost of cancellation 
or termination may be paid from--
            ``(i) appropriations available for the performance of such 
        contract;
            ``(ii) appropriations available for procurement of the type 
        of acquisition covered by the contract, and not otherwise 
        obligated; or
            ``(iii) funds appropriated for the payment of such costs.
    ``(C) No contract entered into under this paragraph shall be valid 
unless the Council, by a two-thirds vote of its members present and 
voting, authorizes such contract by resolution. Multiyear contracts 
under this paragraph shall be made pursuant to criteria established by 
act of the Council.''.
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