District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act the official short name "District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025 .
2: District of Columbia Local Funds
This section would appropriate local funds for the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year, drawn from the District's own General Fund, for the programs and activities listed in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Law 25-218), at the funding rates set in that local Act as it stands amended on the date this federal Act is enacted. The section then sets conditions on that money. First, notwithstanding any other law, except for section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009, and other provisions of this Act, the total amount appropriated under this section for the District's operating expenses for fiscal year 2025 could not exceed whichever is the controlling limit: the spending estimates in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 as amended, or the total revenues the District actually collects that fiscal year. Second, the appropriated amount could be increased by the proceeds of one-time transactions, but only if that added money is spent on emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs. Third, any such increase would have to be approved through enactment of a local District law and would have to comply with all reserve requirements in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. Fourth, the District's Chief Financial Officer would be required to take the steps necessary to make sure the District meets these requirements, including apportioning the appropriations and funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2025, except that the Chief Financial Officer could not reprogram, for operating expenses, any funds that came from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued to pay for capital projects.
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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. Secretary