Official Summaries

District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025

This bill appropriates FY2025 local funds to the District of Columbia for programs and activities included in the District's Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024. 

Under current law, Congress is required to approve the District's annual budget. This bill approves the budget and allows the District to spend local funds for programs and activities that are included in the budget at the rates specified in the budget. 

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1077 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1077

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To approve local funds for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 
2025, in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, 
         and to establish provisions for the use of such funds.

    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 Local Funds 
Act, 2025''.

SEC. 2. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOCAL FUNDS.

    Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the 
current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia 
(``General Fund'') for programs and activities set forth in the Fiscal 
Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Law 25-218) and at rates set 
forth under such Act, as amended as of the date of enactment of this 
Act:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(section 1-204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the 
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 
(secs. 47-369.01 and 47-369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of 
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2025 by this 
section shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2025 
Local Budget Act of 2024, as amended as of the date of enactment of 
this Act or the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia 
for such fiscal year:  Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
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:  Provided further, 
That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take 
such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 
meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief 
Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to the 
District during fiscal year 2025, except that the Chief Financial 
Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from 
bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects.

            Passed the Senate March 14, 2025.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1077

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To approve local funds for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 
2025, in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, 
         and to establish provisions for the use of such funds.