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15 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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2 To adopt, on a temporary basis, the local portion of the budget of the District of Columbia
23 government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
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25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
26 act may be cited as the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Temporary Act of 2020.
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28 Sec. 2. Adoption of the local portionofthe Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
29 The following expenditure levels are approved and adopted as the local portionof the
30 budget for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30,
31 2021.
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33 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
34 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
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36 The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia government for the fiscal
37 year ending September 30, 2021 (Fiscal Year 2021), out ofthe General Fund of the District of
38 Columbia (General Fund), except as otherwise specifically provided; provided, that
39 notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of
40 Columbia Home Rule Act, approved November 22, 2000 (114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code
 1-204.50a), and provisionsofthis act, the total amount appropriated in this act for operating
expenses for the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2021 shall not exceed the lesserofthe sum
ofthe total revenuesofthe District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $16,667,730 (of which
$8,542,041,000 shall be from local funds, $527,952,000 shall be from dedicated taxes,
$1,085,167,000 shall be from federal grant funds, $2,551,351,000 shall be from Medicaid
payments, $754,774,000 shall be from other funds, $4,755,000 shall be from private funds,
$397,610,000 shall be from funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress as federal
payments pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2020, enacted
on (the Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of
2020) and federal payment funds for COVID relief, and $2,603,640,000 shall be from
enterprise and other funds); provided further, that of the local funds, such amounts as may be
necessary may be derived from the General Fund balance; provided further, thatofthese funds
the intra-District authority shall be $719,846,000; 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 percentageofDistrict
revenue recovered from third parties on behalfofthe 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 tax) and other funds appropriated by this act
may be reprogrammed and transferred as provided in subchapter IVof Chapter 3ofTitle 47 of
the District of Columbia Official Code, or as otherwise provided by law, through November 15,
2021; provided further, that local funds and other funds appropriated under this act may be
expended by the Mayor for the purposeofproviding food and beverages, not to exceed $30 per
employee per day, to employeesofthe District ofColumbia 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
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Columbia; provided further, that funds appropriated under this act shall not be expended in a
manner inconsistent with the Balanced Budget and Financial Plan Freeze on Salary Schedules,
Benefits, and Cost-of-Living Adjustments Act of 2020, including emergency and temporary
versions of such act, except as authorized under the Revised Revenue Estimate headingofthis
act; 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 ofColumbia during this fiscal year, to design, construct,
improve, maintain, operate, manage, or finance infrastructure projects procured pursuant to the
ul Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014, effective March 11, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-228; D.C.
12 Official Code 2-271.01 et seq.), including by wayof example and not limitation, a project for
13 the replacement and modernizationofthe District of Columbias streetlight system and a project,
14 for the rehabilitation and modernization of the Henry J. Daly Building, and such termination
15 costs may be paid from appropriations available for the performance of such contracts or the
16 payment of termination costs or from other appropriations then available for any other purpose,
7 not including the emergency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official Code 1-204.50a(a)) or the
18 contingency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official Code 1-204.50a(b)), which, once allocated to
19 these costs, shall be deemed appropriated for the purposes of paying termination costs of such
20 contracts and shall retain appropriations authority and remain available until expended; provided
21 further, that any unspent amount remaining in a non-lapsing fund described below at the end of
22 Fiscal Year 2020 is to be continually available, allocated, appropriated, and expended for the
23 purposes of such fund in Fiscal Year 2021 in addition to any amounts deposited in and
24 appropriated to such fund in Fiscal Year 2021; provided further, that the Chief Financial Officer
25 shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the foregoing requirements are met, including
26 the apportioning by theChiefFinancial Officerofthe appropriations and funds made available
27 during Fiscal Year 2021.
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29 GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
30 Governmental direction and support, $952,891,000 (including $835,816,000 from local
31 funds, $1,514,000 from dedicated taxes, $32,219,000 from federal grant funds, $82,779,000 from
32 other funds, and $563,000 from private funds), to be allocated as follows; provided, that any
33 program fees collected from the issuanceofdebt shall be available for the payment of expenses
34 ofthe debt management program of the District:
35 (1) Board of Elections. - $9,417,000 from local funds;
36 (2) BoardofEthics and Government Accountability. - $2,795,000 (including
37 $2,614,000 from local funds and $181,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited,
38 without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall
39 remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2021: the Lobbyist Administration and
40 Enforcement Fund, the Open Government Fund, and the Ethies Fund;
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 (3) Captive Insurance Agency. - $4,412,000 (including $3,744,000 from local
funds and $668,000 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, 2021: the Captive Trust Fund, the Medical Captive Insurance
Claims Reserve Fund, and the Subrogation Fund;
(4) Contract Appeals Board. - $1,762,000 from local funds;
(5) Council of the District of Columbia. - $28,910,000 from local funds; provided,
that not to exceed $25,000ofthis 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 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, 2021;
(6) Department of General Services. - $332,864,000 (including $326,183,000
from local funds, $1,514,000 of dedicated taxes, and $5,167,000 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, 2021: the Eastern
Market Enterprise Fund and the West End Library and Fire Station Maintenance Fund;
(7) Department of Human Resources. - $10,962,000 (including $10,369,000 from
local funds and $593,000 from other funds);
(8) Employees Compensation Fund. - $22,543,000 from local funds;
(9) Executive Officeofthe Mayor. - $18,024,000 (including $12,627,000 from
local funds and $5,397,000 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 1-33.10); 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, 2021;
(10) Mayors Office of Legal Counsel. - $1,638,000 from local funds;
(11) Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. - $561,000 from local
funds;
(12) Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. - $1,492,000 from local
funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Office of
Advisory Neighborhood Commission Security Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall
remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2021;
(13) Office of Campaign Finance. - $8,185,000 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, 2021;
(14) Office of Contracting and Procurement. - $26,221,000 (including
$24,340,000 from local funds and $1,881,000 from other funds);
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 (15) Office of Disability Rights. - $1,813,000 (including $1,153,000 from local
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funds and $660,000 from federal grant funds);
(16) Office of Employee Appeals. - $2,234,000 from local funds;
(17) Office of Finance and Resource Management. - $30,950,000 (including
$30,650,000 from local funds and $300,000 from other funds);
(18) Office of Risk Management. - $4,266,000 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, 2021;
(19) Office ofthe Attorney General for the District of Columbia. - $121,604,000
(including $81,000,000 from local funds, $22,651,000 from federal grant funds, $17,391,000
i from other funds, and $563,000 from private funds); provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of this
12 amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Attomey General for official reception and
1B representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973,
4 approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code 1-33.10); provided further, that
15 local and other funds appropriated under this act may be used to pay expenses for District
16 government attorneys at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia to obtain
7 professional credentials, including bar dues and court admission fees, that enable these attorneys
18 to practice law in other state and federal jurisdictions and appear outside the District in state and
19 federal courts; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the
20 following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until
21 September 30, 2021: the Child Support-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, the
22 Child Support-Reimbursements and Fees Fund, the Child Support-Interest Income Fund, the
23 Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund, and the Litigation Support
Fund; provided further, that this amount may be further increased by amounts deposited into the
2s Attorney General Restitution Fund and the Vulnerable and Elderly Person Exploitation
26 Restitution Fund, which shall be continually available, without regard to fiscal year, until
27 expended;
28 (20) Office of the Chief Financial Officer. - $189,733,000 (including
29 $143,944,000 from local funds, $450,000 from federal grant funds, and $45,339,000 from other
30 funds); provided, that not to exceed $10,600 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available
31 for the Chief Financial Officer for official reception and representation expenses and for
32 purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87
33 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code 1-333.10); provided further, that amounts appropriated by this act
34 may be increased by the amount required to pay banking fees for maintaining the fundsofthe
35 District of Columbia; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regardto fiscal year, into
36 the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure
37 until September 30, 2021; the Recorder ofDeeds Automation Fund and the Other Post-
38 Employment Benefits Fund;
39 (21) Offfice of the Chief Technology Officer. - $80,929,000 (including
40 $70,776,000 from local funds and $10,154,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds
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for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2021;
(22) Office of the City Administrator. - $9,729,000 from local funds; provided,
that not to exceed $10,600 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the City
Administrator 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 1-33.10);
(23) Office of the District of Columbia Auditor. - $5,653,000 from local funds;
(24) Office of the Inspector General. - $18,911,000 (including $15,849,000 from
local funds and $3,062,000 from federal grant funds);
uN (25) Office of the Secretary. - $4,806,000 (including $3,706,000 from local funds
12 and $1,100,000 from other funds);
13 (26) Office of the Senior Advisor. - $3,344,000 from local funds;
4 (27) Office of Veterans Affairs. - $813,000 (including $808,000 from local funds
15 and $5,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year,
16 into the Office of Veterans Affairs Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain
7 available for expenditure until September 30, 2021
18 (28) Office on Asian and Pacific Istander Affairs. - $1,335,000 from local funds;
19 (29) Office on Latino Affairs. - $5,386,000 from local funds;
20 (30) Public Employee Relations Board. - $1,296,000 from local funds;
21 31) Statehood Initiatives. - $241,000 from local funds; provided, that all funds
deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the New Columbia Statehood Fund are authorized
23 for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2021; and
24 (32) Uniform Law Commission. - $60,000 from local funds.
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26 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
27 Economic development and regulation, $392,164,000 (including $243,119,000 from local
28 funds, $37,848,000 from dedicated taxes, $39,858,000 from federal grant funds, $71,328,000
29 from other funds, and $10,000 from private funds), to be allocated as follows:
30 (1) Business Improvement Districts Transfer. - $50,000,000 from other funds;
31 (2) Commission on the Arts and Humanities. - $38,567,000 (including
32 $37,848,000 from dedicated taxes and $719,000 from federal grant funds); provided, that all
33 dedicated taxes shall be deposited into the Arts and