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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, 2022.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the Fiscal Year 2022 Local Budget Emergency Act of 2021.
Sec. 2. Adoption of the local portion of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
The following expenditure levels are approved and adopted as the local portion of the
budget for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2022.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia government for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 (Fiscal Year 2022), 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 2022 shall not exceed the lesser of the sum
of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $18,359,603,250 (of
which $9,374,674,406 shall be from local funds, $540,236,269 shall be from dedicated taxes,
$1,170,072,227 shall be from federal grant funds, $2,589,977,104 shall be from Medicaid
payments, $794,155,724 shall be from other funds, $8,024,099 shall be from private funds,
$939,930,559 shall be from funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress as federal
payments pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, passed
on August 3, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-276) (the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion
Budget Request Act of 2021), and federal payment funds for COVID relief, and $2,942,532,866
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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, that of
these funds the intra-District authority shall be $918,483,361; 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 tax) 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,
2022; 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
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the replacement and modernization of the District of Columbias 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 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 Subchapter IV of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia
Official Code, in Fiscal Year 2022, amounts appropriated from funds received from the federal
government under the American Recue 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 any unspent amount remaining in a non-lapsing fund described below at
the end of Fiscal Year 2021 is to be continually available, allocated, appropriated, and expended
for the purposes of such fund in Fiscal Year 2022 in addition to any amounts deposited in and
appropriated to such fund in Fiscal Year 2022; 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 2022.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $995,992,793 (including $867,120,929 from local
funds, $1,048,174 from dedicated taxes, $32,352,031 from federal grant funds, $94,247,530 from
other funds, $567,520 from private funds, and $656,610 from federal payment funds for COVID
relief), 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. - $12,184,639 from local funds;
(2) Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. - $3,705,105 (including
$3,517,217 from local funds and $187,888 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, 2022: the Ethics Fund, the Lobbyist
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Administration and Enforcement Fund, and the Open Government Fund;
(3) Captive Insurance Agency. - $5,885,103 (including $5,212,588 from local
funds and $672,515 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, 2022: the Captive Trust Fund, the Medical Captive Insurance
Claims Reserve Fund, and the Subrogation Fund;
(4) Contract Appeals Board. - $1,897,176 from local funds;
(5) Council of the District of Columbia. - $30,582,371 from local funds; provided,
that not to exceed $25,000 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 shirts for employees of the Council of the
District of Columbia; 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, 2022;
(6) Department of General Services. - $307,003,427 (including $299,914,244
from local funds, $1,048,174 of dedicated taxes, and $6,041,009 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, 2022: the Eastern
Market Enterprise Fund and the West End Library and Fire Station Maintenance Fund;
(7) Department of Human Resources. - $12,244,662 (including $11,494,817 from
local funds and $749,845 from other funds);
(8) Employees Compensation Fund. - $22,146,569 from local funds; provided,
that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, are authorized for expenditure and shall
remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(9) Executive Office of the Mayor. - $17,241,615 (including $13,118,214 from
local funds and $4,123,401 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, 2022;
(10) Mayors Office of Legal Counsel. - $1,638,423 from local funds;
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(11) Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. - $594,939 from local
funds;
(12) Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. - $1,911,623 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,
2022: the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Technical Support and Assistance Fund and the
Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Security Fund;
(13) Office of Campaign Finance. - $23,439,115 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, 2022;
(14) Office of Contracting and Procurement. - $30,151,411 (including
$28,275,575 from local funds and $1,875,837 from other funds);
(15) Office of Disability Rights. - $1,982,310 (including $1,349,242 from local
funds and $633,068 from federal grant funds);
(16) Office of Employee Appeals. - $2,234,311 from local funds;
(17) Office of Finance and Resource Management. - $31,823,798 (including
$31,580,887 from local funds and $242,910 from other funds);
(18) Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining. - $2,586,044 from local
funds;
(19) Office of Risk Management. - $4,104,112 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, 2022;
(20) Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. - $143,138,993
(including $92,815,758 from local funds, $24,134,276 from federal grant funds, $25,621,439
from other funds, and $567,520 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, 2022: 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 Litigation Support
Fund; provided further, that this amount may be further increased by amounts deposited into the
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Attorney General Restitution Fund, the Vulnerable and Elderly Person Exploitation Restitution
Fund, and the Tenant Receivership Abatement Fund, which shall be continually available,
without regard to fiscal year, until expended;
(21) Office of the Chief Financial Officer. - $193,859,163 (including
$147,887,787 from local funds, $450,000 from federal grant funds, and $45,521,375 from other
funds); provided, that not to exceed $10,600 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available
for the Chief Financial Officer 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 amounts appropriated by this act
may be increased by the amount required to pay banking fees for maintaining the funds of the
District of Columbia; provided further, the Chief Financial Officer may reallocate funds
appropriated by this act in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to agencies created pursuant
to section 1122(a) of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Act of 2021, passed on 2nd reading
on August 10, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-285); 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, 2022: the Other Post-Employment Benefits
Fund, the Recorder of Deeds Automation Fund, and the Child Trust Fund;
(22) Office of the Chief Technology Officer. - $85,813,864 (including
$72,927,543 from local funds, $12,229,712 from other funds, and $656,610 from federal
payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal
year, into the DC-NET Services Support Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain
available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(23) Office of the City Administrator. - $10,814,352 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 1-333.10);
(24) Office of the District of Columbia Auditor. - $6,876,168 from local funds;
provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Audit Engagement Fund
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30,
2022;
(25) Office of the Inspector General. - $22,684,084 (including $19,672,797 from
local funds and $3,011,287 from federal grant funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without
regard to fiscal year, into the Inspector General Support Fund are authorized for expenditure and
shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(26) Office of the Secretary. - $4,535,032 (including $3,435,032 from local funds
and $1,100,000 from other funds);
(27) Office of the Senior Advisor. - $3,409,318 from local funds;
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(28) Office of Veterans A