[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 40 (Monday, October 10, 1994)]
[Page 1926]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on Signing the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1995

September 30, 1994

    Today I have signed into law H.R. 4649, the ``District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1995.'' This Act provides $712 million in Federal 
appropriations for the District of Columbia.
    The Act requires the District of Columbia to reduce total FY 1995 
spending from District funds by $140 million. The Act includes 
enforcement mechanisms that require a reduction in the FY 1996 Federal 
payment if the District fails to balance its FY 1995 budget. The Act 
also includes a provision that requires the District to reduce its total 
employment level by 2,000 full-time equivalent positions in FY 1995.
    Consistent with the Administration's request, the Act directs the 
Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study that addresses the longer-
term capital improvements and operation and maintenance requirements of 
the Washington Aqueduct facility. The study will consider alternative 
methods of financing such operation and maintenance and capital 
improvements, as well as alternative arrangements for ownership of the 
Washington Aqueduct facility. The study will be conducted in 
consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of 
Management and Budget, and the nonfederal public water customers of the 
Washington Aqueduct.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 30, 1994.

Note: H.R. 4649, approved September 30, was assigned Public Law No. 103-
334. This statement was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
October 1.