,,ii #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #bbdf ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,april #aj1 #bjad ,mr4 ,begich 7for himself and ,mr4 ,carper7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act to permit the ,government of the ,district of ,columbia to determine the fiscal year period1 to make local funds of the ,district of ,columbia for a fiscal year available for use by the ,district upon enactment of the local budget act for the year subject to a period of ,congressional review1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,district of ,columbia ,budget ,accountability ,act of #bjad4 #b4 ,fiscal year for ,district of ,columbia ,section #dda7;b7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4da1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended to read as follows3 7b7 ,authorization ,to establish fiscal year by ,act of ,council ,the ,district may change the fiscal year of the ,district by an ,act of the ,council4 ,if a change occurs1 such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year4 4 #c4 ,enactment of ,district of ,columbia local budget 7a7 ,in general ,section #ddf of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4df1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended to read as follows3 #ddf4 ,enactment of local budget by ,district of ,columbia 7a7 ,adoption of budgets and supplements ,the ,council1 within #gj calendar days after receipt of the budget proposal from the ,mayor1 and after public hearing1 shall by ,act adopt the annual budget for the ,district of ,columbia government4 ,any supplements thereto shall also be adopted by ,act of the ,council after public hearing4 7b7 ,transmission to ,president during control years ,in the case of a budget for a fiscal year which is a control year1 the budget so adopted shall be submitted by the ,mayor to the ,president for transmission by the ,president to the ,congress1 except that the ,mayor shall not transmit any such budget1 or amendments or supplements thereto1 to the ,president until the completion of the budget procedures contained in this ,act and the ,district of ,columbia ,financial ,responsibility and ,management ,assistance ,act of #aiie4 7c7 ,prohibiting obligations and expenditures not authorized under budget ,except as provided in section #dde;,a7b71 section #ddf;,b1 section #dfg7;d71 section #dga7;c71 section #dgb7;d77#b71 section #dge7;e77#b71 section #dhc7;d71 and subsections 7f71 7g71 7h77#c71 and 7i77#c7 of section #dij1 no amount may be obligated or expended by any officer or employee of the ,district of ,columbia government unless-- 7#a7 such amount has been approved by an ,act of the ,council 7and then only in accordance with such authorization7 and such ,act has been transmitted by the ,chairman to the ,congress and has completed the review process under section #fjb7;c77#c72 or 7#b7 in the case of an amount obligated or expended during a control year1 such amount has been approved by an ,act of ,congress 7and then only in accordance with such authorization74 7d7 ,restrictions on reprogramming of amounts ,after the adoption of the annual budget for a fiscal year 7beginning with the annual budget for fiscal year #aiie71 no reprogramming of amounts in the budget may occur unless the ,mayor submits to the ,council a request for such reprogramming and the ,council approves the request1 but only if any additional expenditures provided under such request for an activity are offset by reductions in expenditures for another activity4 7e7 ,definition ,in this part1 the term control year has the meaning given such term in section #cje7d7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,financial ,responsibility and ,management ,assistance ,act of #aiie4 4 7b7 ,conforming amendments 7#a7 ,sections #dfg7;d71 #dga7;c71 #dgb7;d77#b71 #dge7;e77#b71 and #dhc7;d71 and subsections 7f71 7g77#c71 7h77#c71 and 7i77#c7 of section #dij of such ,act are each amended by striking ,the fourth sentence of section #ddf and inserting ,section #ddf7;c74 7#b7 ,the third sentence of section #dab7;a7 of such ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4ab7;a71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by inserting for a fiscal year which is a control year described in such section after section #ddf applies4 7#c7 ,section #bjb7;c77#b7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,financial ,responsibility and ,management ,assistance ,act of #aiie 7sec4 #dg-cib4jb7;c77#b71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking the first sentence of section #ddf and inserting section #ddf7;a74 7#d7 ,section #bjb7;c77#d77;,a77ii7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,financial ,responsibility and ,management ,assistance ,act of #aiie 7sec4 #dg-cib4jb7;c77#d77;,a77ii71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking #ddf and inserting #ddf7;b74 7#e7 ,section #bjb7;c77#e77;,c77ii7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,financial ,responsibility and ,management ,assistance ,act of #aiie 7sec4 #dg-cib4jb7;c77#e77;,c77ii71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking #ddf and inserting #ddf7;b74 7#f7 ,section #bjb7;d77#c77;,a7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,financial ,responsibility and ,management ,assistance ,act of #aiie 7sec4 #dg-cib4jb7;d77#c77;,a71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking the first sentence of section #ddf and inserting section #ddf7;a74 7#g7 ,section #aabjf of the ,national ,capital ,revitalization and ,self-,government ,improvement ,act of #aiig 7sec4 #bd-ajf1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking the fourth sentence of section #ddf and inserting section #ddf7;c74 7c7 ,clerical amendment ,the item relating to section #ddf in the table of contents of such ,act is amended to read as follows3 ,sec4 #ddf4 ,enactment of local budget by ,district of ,columbia4 4 #d4 ,action by ,council of ,district of ,columbia on line-item vetoes by ,mayor of provisions of budget acts ,section #djd7;f7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4jd7;f71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking transmitted by the ,chairman to the ,president of the ,united ,states both places it appears and inserting the following3 incorporated in such ,act4 #e4 ,permitting employees to be hired if position authorized by ,act of the ,council ,section #ddg of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4dg1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,act of ,congress each place it appears and inserting act of the ,council 7or ,act of ,congress1 in the case of a year which is a control year72 and 7#b7 by striking ,acts of ,congress and inserting acts of the ,council 7or ,acts of ,congress1 in the case of a year which is a control year74 #f4 ,other conforming amendments to home rule act relating to changes in ,federal role in budget process ,section #fjc of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjf4jc1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by inserting before the period at the end the following3 for a fiscal year which is a control year2 and 7#b7 by striking subsection 7d7 and inserting the following3 7d7 ,except as provided in subsection 7f71 the ,council shall not transmit an ,act under section #ddf7;a7 which is not balanced according to the provisions of subsection 7c74 4 #g4 ,congressional review ,section #fjb7;c7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjf4jb1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as paragraph 7#d72 and 7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#b7 the following3 7#c7 ,in the case of any ,act transmitted under the first sentence of paragraph 7#a7 to which section #ddf applies and for which the fiscal year involved is not a control year1 such ,act shall take effect upon the expiration of the #cj-;calendar-day period beginning on the day such ,act is transmitted1 or upon the date prescribed by such ,act1 whichever is later1 except as follows3 7,a7 ,if such #cj-;day period expires and if either chamber has not been in session for at least #e calendar days during such period1 the effective date period applicable under this paragraph shall be extended for #e additional days4 7,b7 ,if during the period described in subparagraph 7,a71 a joint resolution disapproving such ,act has passed both ,houses of ,congress and has been transmitted to the ,president1 such resolution1 upon becoming law1 subsequent to the expiration of such period1 shall be deemed to have repealed such ,act1 as of the date such resolution becomes law4 ,the provisions of section #fjd shall apply with respect to any joint resolution disapproving any ,act pursuant to this subparagraph4 4 #h4 ,conforming amendments relating to federally authorized adjustments to local appropriations 7a7 ,acceptance of grants not included in adopted budget 7#a7 ,authority to accept amounts ,section #ddf;,b7a7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4df;,b7a71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended-- 7,a7 by striking the fourth sentence of section #ddf and inserting section #ddf7;c72 and 7,b7 by striking approved by ,act of ,congress4 7#b7 ,reports to ,congress ,section #ddf;,b7e7 of such ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4df;,b7e71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking submitted to the ,council and to the and inserting submitted to the ,council1 the ,committee on ,oversight and ,government ,reform of the ,house of ,representatives1 the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate1 and the4 7b7 ,authority ,to increase spending in case of general fund surplus ,section #haf of the ,financial ,services and ,general ,government ,appropriations ,act1 #bjji 7sec4 #dg-cfi4ja1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code71 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking the amount appropriated to the ,district of ,columbia and inserting the following3 the amount of local funds under the budget of the ,district of ,columbia2 and 7#b7 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking the ,mayor notifies and inserting the following3 the ,mayor notifies the ,committee on ,oversight and ,government ,reform of the ,house of ,representatives1 the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate1 and4 7c7 ,authority ,to increase spending in case of increased revenue collections 7#a7 ,authority to increase spending ,section #hag7;a7 of such ,act 7sec4 #dg-cfi4jb7;a71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended-- 7,a7 in the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking the amount appropriated as ,district of ,columbia funds and inserting the following3 the amount of local funds under the budget for the ,district of ,columbia2 7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking in the annual ,proposed ,budget and ,financial ,plan submitted to ,congress by the ,district of ,columbia and inserting the following3 in such budget 7or1 in the case of a fiscal year which is a control year1 as defined in section #cje7d7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,financial ,responsibility and ,management ,assistance ,act of #aiie1 in the annual ,proposed ,budget and ,financial ,plan submitted to ,congress by the ,district of ,columbia72 and 7,c7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking in such ,proposed ,budget and ,financial ,plan and inserting in such budget 7or such ,proposed ,budget and ,financial ,plan74 7#b7 ,reports to ,congress ,section #hag7;b77#d7 of such ,act 7sec4 #dg-cfi4jb7;b77#d71 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by striking the ,mayor has notified and inserting the following3 the ,mayor has notified the ,committee on ,oversight and ,government ,reform of the ,house of ,representatives1 the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate1 and4 #i4 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this ,act shall apply with respect to fiscal year #bjae 7as described in section #dda7;a7 of the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act1 as amended by section #b7 and each succeeding fiscal year4