[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 980 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 980

To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to make local funds of 
  the District of Columbia for a fiscal year available for use by the 
District at the beginning of the fiscal year at the rate of operations 
provided under the local budget act for the fiscal year if the regular 
  District of Columbia appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not 
         become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to make local funds of 
  the District of Columbia for a fiscal year available for use by the 
District at the beginning of the fiscal year at the rate of operations 
provided under the local budget act for the fiscal year if the regular 
  District of Columbia appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not 
         become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.

    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 Local Funds 
Continuation Act''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOCAL FUNDS UPON FAILURE 
              BY CONGRESS TO ENACT LOCAL BUDGET.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 1 of part D of title IV of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting after section 446B the 
following new section:

 ``availability of local funds upon failure by congress to enact budget

    ``Sec. 446C.  (a) Availability of Local Funds at Rate Established 
by Local Law if No Budget Enacted Prior to Beginning of Fiscal Year.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the regular District of Columbia 
        appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law prior 
        to the beginning of such fiscal year, there is appropriated, 
        out of any moneys of the government of the District of Columbia 
        not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or 
        other revenues, receipts, and funds, the amount provided for 
        any project or activity for which funds are provided in the 
        local budget act for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Rate of funding.--An appropriation and funds made 
        available or authority granted for a project or activity for a 
        fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be at the rate of 
        operations provided for such project or activity under the 
        local budget act for such fiscal year.
            ``(3) Period of availability.--An appropriation and funds 
        made available or authority granted for a project or activity 
        for a fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be available 
        for the period--
                    ``(A) beginning with the first day of the fiscal 
                year; and
                    ``(B) ending with the date on which the regular 
                District of Columbia appropriation bill for such fiscal 
                year becomes law.
    ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--An appropriation and funds made 
available or authority granted for a project or activity for a fiscal 
year pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and 
conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made and funds 
made available for the preceding fiscal year, or the authority granted 
for such project or activity under the applicable law in effect at the 
time.
    ``(c) Period of Coverage.--An appropriation and funds made 
available or authority granted for a project or activity for a fiscal 
year pursuant to this section shall cover all obligations or 
expenditures incurred for such project or activity during the portion 
of such fiscal year for which this section applies to such project or 
activity.
    ``(d) Restrictions on Programs or Activities Subject to Other 
Appropriations Acts.--This section shall not apply to a project or 
activity during any period of a fiscal year if any other provision of 
law (other than an authorization of appropriations)--
            ``(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
        grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
        such period, or
            ``(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
        made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
        be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
        period.
    ``(e) Protection of Other Obligations.--Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to effect obligations of the government of the 
District of Columbia mandated by other law.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `local budget act' means, with respect to a 
        fiscal year, the act of the Council adopting the annual budget 
        for the District of Columbia government for such fiscal year, 
        as submitted by the Mayor to the President for transmission to 
        Congress pursuant to section 446; and
            ``(2) the term `regular District of Columbia appropriation 
        bill' means an annual appropriation bill making appropriations, 
        otherwise making funds available, or granting authority, for 
        the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
        chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of the 
        District.
    ``(g) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 446 of such Act (sec. 1-204.46, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by inserting ``section 446C,'' after 
``section 446B,''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of subpart 1 of part 
D of title IV of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 446B the following:

``446C. Availability of local funds upon failure by Congress to enact 
                            budget.''.
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