,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #b1         
#bjah,ms4 ,norton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the ,district of ,columbia to 
enter into multi-year agreements to     
carry out certain public-private        
partnership projects and make payments  
for the termination costs under such    
agreements in any fiscal year1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,district of   
,columbia ,public-,private ,partnerships
 ,home ,rule ,act4  #b4 ,authorizing    
,district of ,columbia to enter into    
multi-year agreements to carry out      
public-private partnership projects and 
pay termination costs in any fiscal year
  7a7 ,authorizing agreements and       
payments ,notwithstanding any provision 
of subchapter ,,iii of chapter #ac or   
subchapter ,,ii of chapter #ae of title 

#ca1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly    
known as the ,anti-,deficiency ,act7 and
 subject to subsection 7b71 the         
,district of ,columbia may enter into a 
multi-year public-private partnership   
agreement under the ,public-,private    
,partnership ,act of #bjad 7sec4        
#b-bga4ja et seq41 ,d4,c4 ,official     
,code7 and make payments for the        
termination costs under such an         
agreement in any fiscal year4  7b7      
,conditions for payments for termination
 costs  7#a7 ,approval by ,chief        
,financial ,officer ,the ,district of   
,columbia may make a payment under      
subsection 7a7 in any fiscal year for   
termination costs described in such     
subsection only if the ,chief ,financial
 ,officer of the ,district of ,columbia 
certifies that a source of funds is     
available for the payment from other    
appropriations then available for any   
other purpose1 consistent with the      
limitations of paragraph 7#b74  7#b7    
,prohibiting use of reserve funds as    

source of payments ,the funds used to   
make a payment under subsection 7a7 for 
termination costs described in such     
subsection may not be derived from      
amounts held in the emergency cash      
reserve fund described in section       
#dej;,a7a7 of the ,district of ,columbia
 ,home ,rule ,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4ej;a7a71 
,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 or the          
contingency cash reserve fund described 
in section #dej;,a7b7 of such ,act 7sec4
 #a-bjd4ej;a7b71 ,d4,c4 ,official       
,code74  7c7 ,treatment of funds used   
,to make payments ,any funds certified  
by the ,chief ,financial ,officer as    
available to be used to make a payment  
under subsection 7a7 for termination    
costs described in such subsection shall
 be deemed to have been appropriated for
 the purpose of the payment1 shall      
retain appropriations authority for such
 purpose1 and shall remain available    
until expended for such purpose4  7d7   
,effective date ,this ,act shall apply  
with respect to payments made during    

fiscal year #bjai or any succeeding     
fiscal year4