,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cajj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ab1 #bjac
 ,ms4 ,norton introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 
to make local funds of the ,district of 
,columbia available for use by the      
,district during any portion of a fiscal
 year in which no ,federal law          
appropriating local funds for the fiscal
 year is in effect1 at the rates of     
operation provided under the local      
budget act for the fiscal year1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,district of   
,columbia ,government ,shutdown         
,avoidance ,act of #bjac4  #b4          
,availability of ,district of ,columbia 
local funds in absence of ,federal law  
appropriating local funds  7a7 ,in      
,general ,subpart #a of part ,d of title
 ,,iv of the ,district of ,columbia     

,home ,rule ,act is amended by inserting
 after section #ddf;,b the following new
 section3  #ddf;,c4 ,availability of    
,local ,funds ,in ,absence of ,federal  
,law  7a7 ,availability of ,local ,funds
 at ,rate ,established by ,local ,law in
 ,absence of ,federal ,law              
,appropriating ,local ,funds            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this ,act1 during any portion of a      
fiscal year in which neither the regular
 ,district of ,columbia appropriation   
bill for the fiscal year nor a ,district
 of ,columbia continuing resolution for 
the fiscal year is in effect1 the       
,district of ,columbia may obligate and 
expend local funds for projects and     
activities in accordance with the local 
budget act for the fiscal year at the   
rate of operations provided under such  
local budget act4  7b7 ,terms and       
,conditions ,the obligation and         
expenditure of local funds for a project
 or activity during a fiscal year       
pursuant to this section shall be       

subject to the terms and conditions     
imposed with respect to the obligation  
and expenditure of local funds for the  
project or activity during the preceding
 fiscal year1 or the authority granted  
for such project or activity under the  
applicable law in effect at the time4   
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section--     
7#a7 the term ,district of ,columbia    
continuing resolution means1 with       
respect to a fiscal year1 any joint     
resolution making continuing            
appropriations for the fiscal year which
 includes continuing appropriations for 
the government of the ,district of      
,columbia and other activities          
chargeable in whole or in part against  
the revenues of the ,district2  7#b7 the
 term local budget act means1 with      
respect to a fiscal year1 the act of the
 ,council adopting the annual budget for
 the ,district of ,columbia government  
for such fiscal year1 as enacted        
pursuant to this ,act2 and  7#c7 the    
term regular ,district of ,columbia     

appropriation bill means1 with respect  
to a fiscal year1 an annual             
appropriation bill making               
appropriations1 otherwise making funds  
available1 or granting authority1 for   
the fiscal year for the government of   
the ,district of ,columbia and other    
activities chargeable in whole or in    
part against the revenues of the        
,district4  7d7 ,effective date ,this   
section shall apply with respect to     
fiscal year #bjad and each succeeding   
fiscal year4  4  7b7 ,conforming        
,amendment ,section #ddf of such ,act   
7sec4 #a-bjd4df1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7
 is amended by inserting section        
#ddf;,c1 after section #ddf;,b14  7c7   
,clerical ,amendment ,the table of      
contents of subpart #a of part ,d of    
title ,,iv of the ,district of ,columbia
 ,home ,rule ,act is amended by         
inserting after the item relating to    
section #ddf;,b the following3  #ddf;,c4
 ,availability of local funds in absence
 of ,federal law4  4