[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 358 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 358

  To repeal the authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to 
 requisition unlimited funds from the Treasury of the United States to 
 meet the general expenses of the District of Columbia, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Rohrabacher introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to 
 requisition unlimited funds from the Treasury of the United States to 
 meet the general expenses of 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. REPEAL OF MAYOR'S AUTHORITY TO REQUISITION ADVANCES FROM THE 
              UNITED STATES TREASURY.

    (a) In General.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, title VI of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1939 (sec. 47-
3401, D.C. Code) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The second sentence of section 603(b)(1) 
of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act (sec. 47-313(b)(1), D.C. Code) is amended by 
striking ``, except those funds'' and all that follows and inserting a 
period.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT BY AMOUNTS BORROWED 
              FROM TREASURY PRIOR TO REPEAL.

    Section 503 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 47-3406.1, D.C. Code), as amended 
by section 2 of the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) The amount authorized to be appropriated as the annual 
Federal payment to the District of Columbia under this section for a 
fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of any funds advanced to the 
District by the Secretary of the Treasury on or after January 4, 1995, 
under title VI of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1939 that 
have not been reimbursed by the District to the Treasury of the United 
States as of the last day of the previous fiscal year.''.
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