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AN ACT
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To adopt, on an emergency basis, the local portion of the budget of the District of Columbia
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the “Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Emergency Act of 2024”.
Sec. 2. Adoption of the local portion of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget.
The following expenditure levels are adopted pursuant to section 446(a) of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 801; D.C. Official Code § 1-
204.46(a)), as the local portion of the budget for the government of the District of Columbia for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia government for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 (“Fiscal Year 2025”), out of the General Fund of the
District of Columbia (“General Fund”), except as otherwise specifically provided; provided, that
notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act, approved November 22, 2000 (114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code §
1-204.50a), and provisions of this act, the total amount appropriated in this act for operating
expenses for the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2025 shall not exceed the lesser of the sum
of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $21,220,808,882 (of
which $11,632,928,283 shall be from local funds, $766,660,429 shall be from dedicated taxes,
$1,548,760,490 shall be from federal grant funds, $3,615,272,583 shall be from Medicaid
payments, $825,510,099 shall be from other funds, $7,530,419 shall be from other federal funds,
$15,174,904 shall be from private funds, $163,546,520 shall be from funds requested to be
appropriated by the Congress as federal payments pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2025 Federal
Portion Budget Request Act of 2024, passed on May 7, 2025 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-786)
(“Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2024”) and federal payment funds for
COVID relief, $275,660,258 shall be from enterprise and other funds – dedicated taxes, and
$2,369,764,897 shall be from enterprise and other funds); provided further, that of the local
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funds, such amounts as may be necessary may be derived from the General Fund balance;
provided further, that amounts appropriated under this act may be increased by proceeds of one-
time transactions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs;
provided further, that such increases shall be approved by enactment of local District law and
shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 774; D.C. Official Code § 1-201.01 et seq.); provided
further, that local funds are appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, in such amounts as may
be necessary to pay vendor fees, including legal fees, that are obligated in this fiscal year, to be
paid as a fixed percentage of District revenue recovered from third parties on behalf of the
District under contracts that provide for payment of fees based upon and from such District
revenue as may be recovered by the vendor; provided further, that amounts appropriated
pursuant to this act as operating funds may be transferred to enterprise and capital funds and such
amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of
this act; provided further, that there may be reprogrammed or transferred for operating expenses
any local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 4 prior fiscal years from operating
funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this act; except, that there may not be
reprogrammed for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations
issued for capital projects; provided further, that the local funds (including dedicated taxes) and
other funds appropriated by this act may be reprogrammed and transferred as provided in
Subchapter IV of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code, or as otherwise
provided by law, through November 15, 2025; provided further, that local funds and other funds
appropriated under this act may be expended by the Mayor for the purpose of providing food and
beverages, not to exceed $30 per employee per day, to employees of the District of Columbia
government while such employees are deployed in response to or during a declared snow or
other emergency; provided further, that local funds and other funds appropriated under this act
may be expended by the Mayor to provide food and lodging, in amounts not to exceed the
General Services Administration per diem rates, for youth, young adults, and their parents or
guardians who participate in a program of the District of Columbia government that involves
overnight travel outside the District of Columbia; provided further, that notwithstanding any
other provision of law, local funds are appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the extent
such funds are certified as available by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, to
pay termination costs of multiyear contracts entered into by the District of Columbia during this
fiscal year, to design, construct, improve, maintain, operate, manage, or finance infrastructure
projects procured pursuant to the Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014, effective March 11,
2015 (D.C. Law 20-228; D.C. Official Code § 2-271.01 et seq.), including, by way of example
and not limitation, a project for the replacement and modernization of the District of Columbia’s
streetlight system and a project for the rehabilitation and modernization of the Henry J. Daly
Building, and such termination costs may be paid from appropriations available for the
performance of such contracts or the payment of termination costs or from other appropriations
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then available for any other purpose, not including the emergency cash reserve fund (D.C.
Official Code § 1-204.50a(a)) or the contingency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official Code § 1-
204.50a(b)), which, once allocated to these costs, shall be deemed appropriated for the purposes
of paying termination costs of such contracts and shall retain appropriations authority and remain
available until expended; provided further, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, local
funds are appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the extent such funds are certified as
available by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, to pay termination, transfer,
or change of ownership costs of multiyear contracts entered into by the District of Columbia
during this fiscal year, to design, construct, improve, maintain, operate, manage, and finance
infrastructure projects for the purpose of on-site generation and distribution of energy, including,
by way of example and not limitation, a project on the St. Elizabeths campus for the construction
and operation of an energy resources microgrid, and such termination, transfer, or change of
ownership costs may be paid from appropriations available for the performance of such contracts
or the payment of termination, transfer, or change of ownership costs or from other
appropriations then available for any other purpose, not including the emergency cash reserve
fund (D.C. Official Code § 1-204.50a(a)) or the contingency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official
Code § 1-204.50a(b)), which, once allocated to these costs, shall be deemed appropriated for the
purposes of paying termination, transfer or change of ownership costs of such contracts and shall
retain appropriations authority and remain available until expended; provided further, that during
Fiscal Year 2025 and any subsequent fiscal year, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
District of Columbia may enter into annual and multiyear agreements with the National Park
Service for the purposes of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, improving, and
operating District of Columbia transportation infrastructure and related appurtenances on
National Park Service land in the District of Columbia, and may in each fiscal year of such
agreement expend such funds to implement the agreement as may be appropriated and available
in that fiscal year for such purposes; provided further, that notwithstanding Subchapter IV of
Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code, in Fiscal Year 2025, amounts
appropriated from funds received from the federal government under the American Rescue Plan
Act, approved March 11, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2; 135 Stat. 4) (“ARPA”) or the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, approved March 27, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-136; 134
Stat. 281) (“CARES Act”) may be transferred or reprogrammed between appropriated funds,
consistent with the requirements of the ARPA and the CARES Act and consistent with the
purpose for which the funds are appropriated under this act, upon the request of the Mayor to the
Chief Financial Officer and certification of the availability of the funds by the Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority
consistent with the provisions of this act; provided further, that amounts appropriated from funds
received from the federal government under the ARPA and the CARES Act shall be available
until expended, provided that such funds are expended for the same purpose for which the funds
are appropriated under this act; provided further, that the amounts appropriated from funds
received from the federal government under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program may be
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increased by such additional amounts as may be received pursuant to that program during Fiscal
Year 2025; provided further, that any unspent amount remaining in a non-lapsing fund described
below at the end of Fiscal Year 2024 is to be continually available, allocated, appropriated, and
expended for the purposes of such fund in Fiscal Year 2025 in addition to any amounts deposited
in and appropriated to such fund in Fiscal Year 2025; provided further, that the Chief Financial
Officer shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the foregoing requirements are met,
including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made
available during Fiscal Year 2025:
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
For governmental direction and support, $1,189,949,568 (including $1,031,991,178 from
local funds, $349,512 from dedicated taxes, $41,269,488 from federal grant funds, $115,613,923
from other funds, and $725,467 from private funds), to be allocated as follows; provided, that
any program fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of
expenses of the debt management program of the District:
(1) Board of Elections. $15,060,500 (including $14,560,500 from local funds and
$500,000 in federal grant funds);
(2) Board of Ethics and Government Accountability: $4,067,321 (including
$3,938,065 from local funds and $129,256 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited,
without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall
remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025: the Ethics Fund, the Lobbyist
Administration and Enforcement Fund, and the Open Government Fund;
(3) Captive Insurance Agency: $11,371,699 (including $10,521,699 from local
funds and $850,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal
year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for
expenditure until September 30, 2025: the Captive Trust Fund, the Medical Captive Insurance
Claims Reserve Fund, and the Subrogation Fund;
(4) Contract Appeals Board: $1,973,371 from local funds;
(5) Council of the District of Columbia: $37,222,621 from local funds; provided,
that not to exceed $150,000 of this amount shall be available for the Chairman for official
reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds
Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided
further, that funds appropriated under this act may be used to pay expenses for employees of the
Council of the District of Columbia to obtain or maintain professional credentials in the District
that are related to their employment at the Council, including bar admission fees, bar dues and
fees, court admission fees, and examinations to obtain such credentials; provided further, that
funds appropriated under this act may be used for uniform apparel for employees of the Council
of the District of Columbia; provided further, that Councilmembers of the Council of the District
of Columbia may use the electric car charging station located outside the John A. Wilson
Building to charge their personal vehicles in accordance with policies established by the
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Secretary to the Council; provided further, that amounts provided under this heading shall be
available for the making of payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered
against the Council; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into
the Council Technology Projects Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available
for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(6) Department of General Services: $407,270,581 (including $404,651,884 from
local funds, $349,512 from dedicated taxes, and $2,269,185 from other funds); provided, that all
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025: the Eastern
Market Enterprise Fund and the West End Library and Fire Station Maintenance Fund;
(7) Department of Human Resources: $21,939,998 (including $13,142,217 from
local funds and $8,797,781 from other funds);
(8) Employees’ Compensation Fund: $18,905,738 from local funds; provided, that
all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Employees’ Compensation Fund are
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(9) Executive Office of the Mayor: $21,813,704 (including $17,482,608 from
local funds, and $4,331,096 from federal grant funds); provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of
such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Mayor for official reception and
representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973,
approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that
all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Emancipation Day Fund are authorized
for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(10) Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel: $1,835,079 from local funds;
(11) Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: $1,097,033 from local
funds;
(12) Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions: $2,532,071 from local
funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30,
2025: the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Technical Support and Assistance Fund and the
Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Security Fund;
(13) Office of Campaign Finance: $7,839,577 from local funds; provided, that all
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Fair Elections Fund are authorized for
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(14) Office of Contracting and Procurement: $30,204,246 (including $27,611,671
from local funds and $2,592,575 from other funds);
(15) Office for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing: $1,722,017 from local
funds;
(16) Office of Disability Rights: $2,053,669 (including $1,426,099 from local
funds and $627,570 from federal grant funds);
(17) Office of Employee Appeals: $2,540,221 from local funds;
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(18) Office of Finance and Resource Management: $31,681,595 (including
$31,458,892 from local funds and $222,703 from other funds);
(19) Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: $3,656,754 from local
funds;
(20) Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Affairs:
$2,294,221 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year,
into the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Affairs Fund are
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(21) Office of Risk Management: $4,677,239 from local funds; provided, that all
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Subrogation Fund are authorized for
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(22) Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: $161,017,685
(including $99,416,331 from local funds, $29,519,561 from federal grant funds, $31,356,326
from other funds, and $725,467 from private funds); provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of this
amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Attorney General for official reception and
representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973,
approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that
local and other funds appropriated under this act may be used to pay expenses for District
government attorneys at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia to obtain
professional credentials, including bar dues and court admission fees, that enable these attorneys
to practice law in other state and federal jurisdictions and appear outside the District in state and
federal courts; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the
following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until
September 30, 2025: the Child Support-Reimbursements and Fees Fund, the Child Support-
Interest Income Fund, the Child Support-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, the
Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund, and the