[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7020 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7020

    To authorize the District of Columbia to enter into multi-year 
agreements to carry out certain public-private partnership projects and 
 make payments for the termination costs under such agreements in any 
                  fiscal year, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the District of Columbia to enter into multi-year 
agreements to carry out certain public-private partnership projects and 
 make payments for the termination costs under such agreements in any 
                  fiscal year, 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 ``District of Columbia Public-Private 
Partnerships Home Rule Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO ENTER INTO MULTI-YEAR 
              AGREEMENTS TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 
              PROJECTS AND PAY TERMINATION COSTS IN ANY FISCAL YEAR.

    (a) Authorizing Agreements and Payments.--Notwithstanding any 
provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 or subchapter II of chapter 
15 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Anti-
Deficiency Act'') and subject to subsection (b), the District of 
Columbia may enter into a multi-year public-private partnership 
agreement under the Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014 (sec. 2-
271.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) and make payments for the 
termination costs under such an agreement in any fiscal year.
    (b) Conditions for Payments for Termination Costs.--
            (1) Approval by chief financial officer.--The District of 
        Columbia may make a payment under subsection (a) in any fiscal 
        year for termination costs described in such subsection only if 
        the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
        certifies that a source of funds is available for the payment 
        from other appropriations then available for any other purpose, 
        consistent with the limitations of paragraph (2).
            (2) Prohibiting use of reserve funds as source of 
        payments.--The funds used to make a payment under subsection 
        (a) for termination costs described in such subsection may not 
        be derived from amounts held in the emergency cash reserve fund 
        described in section 450A(a) of the District of Columbia Home 
        Rule Act (sec. 1-204.50a(a), D.C. Official Code) or the 
        contingency cash reserve fund described in section 450A(b) of 
        such Act (sec. 1-204.50a(b), D.C. Official Code).
    (c) Treatment of Funds Used To Make Payments.--Any funds certified 
by the Chief Financial Officer as available to be used to make a 
payment under subsection (a) for termination costs described in such 
subsection shall be deemed to have been appropriated for the purpose of 
the payment, shall retain appropriations authority for such purpose, 
and shall remain available until expended for such purpose.
    (d) Effective Date.--This Act shall apply with respect to payments 
made during fiscal year 2019 or any succeeding fiscal year.
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