[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5778 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5778

  To preserve the independence of the District of Columbia Water and 
                            Sewer Authority.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2008

 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                         and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To preserve the independence of the District of Columbia Water and 
                            Sewer Authority.

    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 ``District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority Independence Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING INDEPENDENCE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY.

    (a) Clarification of Inapplicability of 2005 Omnibus Authorization 
Provision.--The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the section 424 added by section 
        202(a)(1) of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus 
        Authorization Act (Public Law 109-356; 120 Stat. 2036) as 
        section 424a; and
            (2) in section 424a, as so redesignated, by adding at the 
        end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Inapplicability to Water and Sewer Authority.--The authority 
of the Chief Financial Officer under this section does not apply to 
personnel of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 
established pursuant to the Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and 
Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the 2005 District of 
Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act.

SEC. 3. PRESERVING EXISTING INDEPENDENCE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
              AND SEWER AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Part F of title IV of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (sec. 1-204.91 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading of such part to read as 
        follows: ``Part F--Independent Agencies and Authorities''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new section:

    ``independent financial management, personnel, and procurement 
      authority of district of columbia water and sewer authority

    ``Sec. 496.  (a) Financial Management, Personnel, and Procurement 
Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any 
District of Columbia law, the financial management, personnel, and 
procurement functions and responsibilities of the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority shall be established exclusively pursuant to 
rules and regulations adopted by its Board of Directors. Nothing in the 
previous sentence may be construed to affect the application to the 
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority of sections 445A, 
451(d), 453(c), or 490(g).
    ``(b) Consistency With Existing Authorizing Law.--The rules and 
regulations adopted by the Board of Directors of the District of 
Columbia Water and Sewer Authority to establish the financial 
management, personnel, and procurement functions and responsibilities 
of the Authority shall be consistent with the Water and Sewer Authority 
Establishment and Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 
1996, as such Act is in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by amending the item relating to part F of title IV to read as 
follows:

           ``Part F--Independent Agencies and Authorities''.

    (2) The table of contents of such Act is further amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to part F of title IV the following:

``Sec. 496. Independent financial management, personnel, and 
                            procurement authority of District of 
                            Columbia Water and Sewer Authority.''.
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