MURIELBOWSER
MAYOR
March22,2023
TheHonorablePhilMendelson,Chairman
CounciloftheDistrictofColumbia
1350PennsylvaniaAvenue,NW
‘Washington,DC20004
DearChairmanMendelson:
OnbehalfoftheresidentsofWashington,DC,IampleasedtosubmittotheCounciloftheDistrictof
ColumbiamyFiscalYear2024ProposedBudgetandFinancialPlan,AFairShot.!
TheFiscalYear2024Budgetisbeingdeliveredatacriticaljunctureforourcity.Asmostofoureconomy
recoversfromthepandemic,wearerealizing,withmoreclarityandcertainty,theongoingandlong-term
impactsofteleworkonourcommercialrealestatesectorandourdowntown-theeconomicengineofDC.
ThelatestforecastsfromourChiefFinancialOfficershowacontinueddeclineinthiscrucialarea,leading
toasignificantdropinrevenuesoverthenextfouryears.Atthesametime,thehistoricinfluxoffederal
stimulusfundingisendingandwill,inlargepart,notbeavailableafterFY2024.Thesearethesobering
financialfactsweareconfronting.Wecannotmaintainthelevelofgrowthinnewgovernmentspending
thatwasspurredbytemporaryfederalstimulusfunds.Wemustalsoactwithurgencytoaddressthelong-
termhealthofoureconomybybringingbackourdowntown.
‘Thisbudgetreflectsmanytoughchoicesanditwasformedwithaneyetowardshowwegetthebest
outcomesforourresidentsatthischallengingtime.OurFY2024investmentsarestrategic,prudent,and
focusedonensuringanequitablecomebackforWashington,DC.Wearefortunatethatevenintighttimes,
theDistrictremainswell-resourcedandabletocontinuedeliveringworld-classprogramsandservices.The
FY2024FairShotBudgetfocusesonmakinginvestmentsinthesekeyareas:
©DrivingDC’scomeback,downtownrecovery,andlong-termeconomicgrowthby
maximizinginvestmentstogrowourpopulation,ourjobs,andourtaxbase.
TheFY2024Budgetmaintainsourinvestmentsinbusinessretention,expansion,andattraction,as
wellasexpandsincentivestoconvertmoreofficebuildingsintoresidentialunitsdowntown.We
aremakingsignificantinvestmentstoexpanddevelopmentthroughFletcherJohnson($52million)
andPoplarPoint($11million),andthebudgetincludes$25millionininfrastructureimprovements
tobringafull-servicegrocerystoretoEastCapitolGateway.
©Investinginourresidents,families,andneighborhoodsthroughprogramsthathelp
residentsgrowtheirincomes.
‘TheFY2024Budgetincludesan$8millionincreasetosupporttheHomePurchaseAssistance
Program,a$13millionincreasetohelpmoreresidentsgrowtheirincomeandavoidbenefitcliffs
throughCareerMAP,$6milliontosupportourcommercialpropertyacquisitionfund,and$1
milliontoexpandStrongFamilies,StrongFuturesandprovidemoreresidentswithdirectcash
assistance. jingasafer,strongerDCbyreducingcrimeandincreasingopportunities.
Judes$3.4milliontohelptheMetropolitanPoliceDepartment(MPD)hire
civili
organizationalchangeefforts.Italsocontinuesa$5.4millioninvestmenttoproviderecruitment
andretentionincentivestohiremoreMPDofficers,alongwith$1.2milliontostandupanew
paramedicschooltoincreasethepipelineofEMSfirstresponders.
«Addressingthespectrumofmentalandbehavioralhealthneedsinthecommunitythrougha
whole-of-governmentapproachtobuildingahealthierDC.
TheFY2024Budgetalsorecognizesthespectrumofmentalandbehavioralhealthneedsinour
communityandincludes$2.5milliontoestablishafundthatwillsupporttherecruitmentofhard~
to-fillDistrictgovernmentpositions,including911calltakersandsocialworkers.Thebudgetalso
includes$9.5milliontoopenasecondsoberingcenter,$24milliontoincreasetheMedicaid
reimbursementratesforbehavioralhealthservices,and$1.7milliontostandupanewunitofcase
workerswhowillsupportresidentslivinginscattered-sitebuildings.
©Creatingpathwaystosuccessforstudentsbyinvestinginchildcare,outofschooltime
programming,andinourextraordinaryteacherworkforce.
‘TheFY2024Budgetincludes$5milliontoexpandfreeafter-schoolopportunities,specificallyfor
studentswithdisabilities.Itcreatesnewpathwaystoteachingbyestablishinga$1.6millionteacher
apprenticeshipprogram.Italsoincreaseseligibilityforthechildcaresubsidyfrom250%ofthe
federalpovertylineto300%,whichwillallowmorefamiliestoreceivethiscriticalservice.
©Gettingbacktobasicsbyimprovingcoregovernmentservicesandthecustomerexperience.
TheFY2024Budgetincludes$3.4milliontoreplaceallsupercanandrecyclingcansoverthenext
ightyears,$4.5milliontomodernizedigitalservices(includingoverhaulingtheDC.govwebsite),
and$3.5millionforimprovingcustomer-facingITservicesattheDepartmentofBuildingsandthe
DepartmentofLicensingandConsumerProtection,
1gsustainabilityandresiliencyintothebudgetbyrightsizingourinvestments
andeliminatinglow-returnprograms.
TheFY2024Budgeteliminates750vacantgovernmentpositions,fundsmostprogramsattheir
pre-pandemiclevels,andstreamlinesprogramsthatarenotgettingasignificantreturnon
investment.Thesechangesbuildsustainabilityintoourlonger-termbudgeting.
‘AsIhavesaidbefore,whenweworktogether,thereisnothingthatwecannottakeon.TheFY2024Budget
makesthenecessaryinvestmentstopromoteandsustaintheDistrict’scomebackbyunlockingthefull
potentialofourresidents,ourneighborhoods,andourbusinesses.
1Includedinthissubmissionarethe“FiscalYear2024LocalBudgetActof2023,”the“FiscalYear2024Federal
PortionBudgetRequestActof2023,”andthe“FiscalYear2024BudgetSupportActof2023.”Inaddition,Iam
submittingthefollowingaccompanyingmeasures:the“FiscalYear2023RevisedLocalBudgetEmergencyActof
2023,”the“FiscalYear2023RevisedLocalBudgetTemporaryActof2023,”andthe“FiscalYear2023Revised
LocalBudgetEmergencyDeclarationResolutionof2023.”
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INTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA.
ToadoptthelocalportionofthebudgetoftheDistrictofColumbiagovernmentforthefiscal
yearendingSeptember30,2024.
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthis
actmaybecitedasthe“FiscalYear2024LocalBudgetActof2023”.
Sec.2.AdoptionofthelocalportionoftheFiscalYear2024budget.
Thefollowingexpenditurelevelsareadoptedpursuanttosection446(a)oftheDistrictof
ColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.801;D.C.OfficialCode§1-
204.46(a)),asthelocalportionofthebudgetforthegovernmentoftheDistrictofColumbiafor
thefiscalyearendingSeptember30,2024.
DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIABUDGETFORTHEFISCALYEAR
ENDINGSEPTEMBER30,2024
ThefollowingamountsareappropriatedfortheDistrictofColumbiagovernmentforthe
fiscalyearendingSeptember30,2024(“FiscalYear2024”),outoftheGeneralFundofthe
DistrictofColumbia(“GeneralFund”),exceptasotherwisespecificallyprovided;provided,that
notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,exceptasprovidedinsection450AoftheDistrictof
ColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedNovember22,2000(114Stat.2440;D.C.OfficialCode§
1-204.50a),andprovisionsofthisact,thetotalamountappropriatedinthisactforoperating
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expenses for the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2024 shall not exceed the lesser of the sum 33
of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $19,723,032,814 (of 34
which $10,648,053,587 shall be from local funds, $622,754,165 shall be from dedicated taxes, 35
$1,561,386,420 shall be from federal grant funds, $3,221,410,564 shall be from Medicaid 36
payments, $791,609,225 shall be from other funds, $15,120,739 shall be from private funds, 37
$365,285,648 shall be from funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress as federal 38
payments pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2022, passed 39
on __________ (Enrolled version of Bill 25- ___) (“the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget 40
Request Act of 2023”) and federal payment funds for COVID relief, $622,754,164 shall be from 41
enterprise and other funds – dedicated taxes, and $ 2,258,337,870 shall be from enterprise and 42
other funds); provided further, that of the local funds, such amounts as may be necessary may be 43
derived from the General Fund balance; provided further, that amounts appropriated under this 44
act may be increased by proceeds of one -time transactions, which are expended for emergency or 45
unanticipated operating or capital needs; provided further, that such increases shall be approved 46
by enactment of local District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in 47
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 774; D.C. 48
Official Code § 1-201.01 et seq. ); provided further, that local funds are appropriated, without 49
regard to fiscal year, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay vendor fees, including legal 50
fees, that are obligated in this fiscal year, to be paid as a fixed percentage of District revenue 51
recovered from third parties on behalf of the District under contracts that provide for payment of 52
fees based upon and from such District revenue as may be recovered by the vendor; provided 53
further, that amounts appropriated pursuant to this act as operating funds may be transferred to 54
enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation 55
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authority consistent with the provisions of this act; provided further, that there may be 56
reprogrammed or transferred for operating expenses any local funds transferred or 57
reprogrammed in this or the 4 prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 58
amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with 59
the provisions of this act; except, that there may not be reprogrammed for operating expenses 60
any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects; provided 61
further, that the local funds (including dedicated taxes ) and other funds appropriated by this act 62
may be reprogrammed and transferred as provided in subchapter IV of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of 63
the District of Columbia Official Code, or as otherwise provided by law, through November 15, 64
2024; provided further, that local funds and other funds appropriated under this act may be 65
expended by the Mayor for the purpose of providing food and beverages, not to exceed $30 per 66
employee per day, to employees of the District of Columbia government while such employees 67
are deployed in response to or during a declared snow or other emergency ; provided further, that 68
local funds and other funds appropriated under this act may be expended by the Mayor to 69
provide food and lodging, in amounts not to exceed the General Services Administration per 70
diem rates, for youth, young adults, and their parents or guardians who participate in a program 71
of the District of Columbia government that involves overnight travel outside the District of 72
Columbia; provided further, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, local funds are 73
appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the extent such funds are certified as available by 74
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, to pay termination costs of multiyear 75
contracts entered into by the District of Columbia during this fiscal year, to design, construct, 76
improve, maintain, operate, manage, or finance infrastructure projects procured pursuant to the 77
Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014, effective March 11, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-228; D.C. 78
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Official Code § 2-271.01 et seq .), including, by way of example and not limitation, a project for 79
the replacement and modernization of the District of Columbia’s streetlight system and a project 80
for the rehabilitation and modernization of the Henry J. Daly Building, and such termination 81
costs may be paid from appropriations available for the performance of such contracts or the 82
payment of termination costs or from other appropriations then available for any other purpose, 83
not including the emergency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official Code § 1-204.50a(a)) or the 84
contingency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official Code § 1-204.50a(b)), which, once allocated to 85
these costs, shall be deemed appropriated for the purposes of paying termination costs of such 86
contracts and shall retain appropriations authority and remain available until expended; provided 87
further, that during Fiscal Year 2024 and any subsequent fiscal year, notwithstanding any other 88
provision of law, the District of Columbia may enter into annual and multiyear agreements with 89
the National Park Service for the purposes of plan ning, designing, constructing, maintain ing, 90
improving, and operating District of Columbia transportation infrastructure and related 91
appurtenances on National Park Service land in the District of Columbia, and may in each fiscal 92
year of such agreement expend such funds to implement the agreement as may be appropriated 93
and available in that fiscal year for such purposes; provided further, that notwithstanding 94
subchapter IV of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code, in Fiscal Year 95
2024, amounts appropriated from funds received from the federal government under the 96
American Res cue Plan Act, approved March 11, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2; 135 Stat. 4) 97
(“ARPA” ) or the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, approved March 27, 98
2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-136; 134 Stat. 281) (“CARES Act”) may be transferred or reprogrammed 99
between appropriated funds, consistent with the requirements of the ARPA and the CARES Act 100
and consistent with the purpose for which the funds are appropriated under this act, upon the 101
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request of the Mayor to the Chief Financial Officer and certification of the availability of the 102
funds by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and such amounts, once transferred, shall 103
retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this act; provided further, that 104
amounts appropriated from funds received from the federal government under the ARPA and the 105
CARES Act shall be available until expended, provided that such funds are expended for the 106
same purpose for which the funds are appropriated under this act; provided further, that the 107
amounts appropriated from funds received from the federal government under the Emergency 108
Rental Assistance Program may be increased by such additional amounts as may be received 109
pursuant to that program during Fiscal Year 2023 or Fiscal Year 2024; provided further, that any 110
unspent amount remaining in a non-lapsing fund described below at the end of Fiscal Year 2023 111
is to be continually available, allocated, appropriated, and expended for the purposes of such 112
fund in Fiscal Year 2024 in addition to any amounts deposited in and appropriated to such fund 113
in Fiscal Year 2024; provided further, that the Chief Financial Officer shall take such steps as are 114
necessary to assure that the foregoing requirements are met, including the apportioning by the 115
Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available during Fiscal Year 2024: 116
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 117
Governmental direction and support, $1,183,643,437 (including $1,036,781,576 from 118
local funds, $37,261,438 from federal grant funds, $108,067,019 from other funds, and 119
$1,533,402 from private funds), to be allocated as follows; provided, that any program fees 120
collected from the issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of expenses of the debt 121
management program of the District: 122
(1) Board of Elections. $13,321,377 from local funds; 123
(2) Board of Ethics and Government Accountability: $4,207,607 (including 124
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$3,938,065 from local funds and $269,542 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, 125
without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall 126
remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Ethics Fund, the Lobbyist 127
Administration and Enforcement Fund, and the Open Government Fund; 128
(3) Captive Insurance Agency: $10,502,210 (including $9,809,362 from local 129
funds and $692,848 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal 130
year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for 131
expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Captive Trust Fund, the Medical Captive Insurance 132
Claims Reserve Fund, and the Subrogation Fund; 133
(4) Contract Appeals Board: $1,984,453 from local funds; 134
(5) Council of the District of Columbia: $33,659,058 from local funds; provided, 135
that not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be available for the Chairman for official 136
reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds 137
Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1- 333.10); provided 138
further, that funds appropriated under this act may be used to pay expenses for employees of the 139
Council of the District of Columbia to obtain or maintain professional credentials in the District 140
that are related to their employment at the Council, including bar admission fees, bar dues and 141
fees, court admission fees, and examinations to obtain such credentials; provided further, that 142
funds appropriated under this act may be used for uniform shirts for employees of the Council of 143
the District of Columbia; provided further, that amounts provided under this heading shall be 144
available for the making of payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered 145
against the Council; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into 146
the Council Technology Projects Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available 147
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for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 148
(6) Department of General Services: $431,134,790 (including $428,459,746 from 149
local funds and $2,675,043 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard 150
to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available 151
for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Eastern Market Enterprise Fund; 152
(7) Department of Human Resources: $24,708,814 (including $15,835,122 from 153
local funds and $8,873,692 from other funds); 154
(8) Employees’ Compensation Fund: $20,403,852 from local funds; provided, that 155
all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, are authorized for expenditure and shall remain 156
available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 157
(9) Executive Office of the Mayor: $21,430,773 (including $16,247,364 from 158
local funds, $4,285,464 from federal grant funds , and $897,945 from private funds ); provided, 159
that not to exceed $25,000 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Mayor for 160
official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary 161
Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1- 333.10); 162
provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Emancipation 163
Day Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 164
September 30, 2024; 165
(10) Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel: $1,807,365 from local funds; 166
(11) Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: $1,227,133 from local 167
funds; 168
(12) Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions: $2,325,374 from local 169
funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds 170
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are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 171
2024: the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Technical Support and Assistance Fund and the 172
Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Security Fund; 173
(13) Office of Campaign Finance: $7,847,077 from local funds; provided, that all 174
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Fair Elections Fund are authorized for 175
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 176
(14) Office of Contracting and Procurement: $29,748,558 (including $27,697,794 177
from local funds and $2,050,764 fro m other funds); 178
(15) Office for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing: $1,104,278 from local 179
funds; 180
(16) Office of Disability Rights: $2,104,829 (including $1,467,259 from local 181
funds and $637,570 from federal grant funds); 182
(17) Office of Employee Appeals : $2,440,892 from local funds; 183
(18) Office of Finance and Resource Management: $32,304,118 (including 184
$32,075,652 from local funds and $228,466 from other funds); 185
(19) Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: $3,313,254 from local 186
funds; 187
(20) Office of Risk Management: $4,218,908 from local funds; provided, that all 188
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Subrogation Fund are authorized for 189
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 190
(21) Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: $151,537,942 191
(including $95,866,712 from local funds, $28,211,137 from federal grant funds, $28,211,137 192
from federal payment funds for COVID relief, $26,824,635 from other funds, and $635,458 from 193
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private funds); provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of this amount, from local funds, shall be 194
available for the Attorney General for official reception and representation expenses and for 195
purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 196
Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that local and other funds 197
appropriated under this act may be used to pay expenses for District government attorneys at the 198
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia to obtain professional credentials, 199
including bar dues and court admission fees, that enable these attorneys to practice law in other 200
state and federal jurisdictions and appear outside the District in state and federal courts; provided 201
further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are 202
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: 203
the Child Support-Reimbursements and Fees Fund, the Child Support-Interest Income Fund, the 204
Child Support-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, the Drug-, Firearm-, or 205
Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund, and the Litigation Support Fund;
provided 206
further, that this amount may be further increased by amounts deposited into the Attorney 207
General Restitution Fund, the Vulnerable and Elderly Person Exploitation Restitution Fund, and 208
the Tenant Receivership Abatement Fund, which shall be continually available, without regard to 209
fiscal year, until expended; 210
(22) Office of the Chief Financial Officer: $224,833,811 (including $172,852,811 211
from local funds, $875,000 from federal grant funds, and $51,106,000 from other funds); 212
provided, that not to exceed $10,600 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the 213
Chief Financial Officer for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes 214
consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; 215
D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that amounts appropriated by this act may be 216
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increased by the amount required to pay banking fees for maintaining the funds of the District of 217
Columbia; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the 218
following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 219
September 30, 2024: the Other Post -Employment Benefits Fund, the Recorder of Deed s 220
Automation Fund, and the Child Trust Fund; 221
(23) Office of the Chief Technology Officer: $89,773,683 (including $78,072,655 222
from local funds and $11,701,028 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without 223
regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain 224
available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the DC -NET Services and Innovation Fund 225
and the Technology Infrastructure Services Support Fund; 226
(24) Office of the City Administrator: $12,231,204 from local funds; provided, 227
that not to exceed $10,600 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the City 228
Administrator for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with 229
the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official 230
Code § 1- 333.10); 231
(25) Office of the District of Columbia Auditor: $7,798,234 from l ocal funds; 232
provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Audit Engagement Fund 233
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 234
2024; 235
(26) Office of the Inspector General: $27,731,525 (including $21,854,258 from 236
local funds, $2,625,000 from other funds and $3,252,267from federal grant funds); provided, that 237
all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Inspector General Support Fund are 238
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 239
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(27) Office of the Secretary: $5,432,377 (including $4,432,377 from local funds 240
and $1,000,000 from other funds); 241
(28) Office of the Senior Advisor: $3,691,616 from local funds; 242
(29) Office of Veterans Affairs: $1,198,856 (including $1,178,856 from local 243
funds and $20,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal 244
year, into the Office of Veterans Affairs Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain 245
available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 246
(30) Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs: $1,554,228 from local funds; 247
(31) Office on Latino Affairs: $6,326,352 from local funds; 248
(32) Public Employee Relations Board: $1,407,004 from local funds; 249
(33) Statehood Initiatives: $266,883 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without 250
regard to fiscal year, into the New Columbia Statehood Fund are authorized for expenditure and 251
shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; and 252
(34) Uniform Law Commission: $65,000 from local funds. 253
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CONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION 254
Economic development and regulation, $552,571,547 (including $311,934,363from local 255
funds, $50,821,369 from dedicated taxes, $73,344,495 from f ederal grant funds, $81,404,579 256
from other funds, and $35,066,741 from federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be 257
allocated as follows: 258
(1) Business Improvement Districts Transfer: $55,000,000 from other funds ; 259
(2) Commission on the Arts and Humanities: $50,938,200 (including $50,077,000 260
from dedicated taxes and $861,200 from federal grant funds); provided, that all dedicated taxes 261
shall be deposited into the Arts and Humanities Fund; provided further, that all funds deposited, 262
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without regard to fiscal year, into the Arts and Humanities Fund are authorized for expenditure 263
and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; provided further, that funds 264
in the available fund balance of the Arts and Humanities Fund may be obligated in Fiscal Year 265
2024 pursuant to grant awards, through September 30, 2027, and that such funds so obligated are 266
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027; 267
(3) Department of Housing and Community Development: $121,414,278 268
(including $42,125,949 from local funds, $71,098,423 from federal grant funds, and $8,189,906 269
from other funds); provided, that of such funds, the funds allocated to the District from the 270
Homeowner Assistance Fund established under section 3206 of the American Rescue Plan Act 271
of 2021, approved March 11, 2021 (135 Stat. 63; 15 U.S.C. § 9058d), shall remain available 272
until expended; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the 273
following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 274
September 30, 2024: the Department of Housing and Community Development Unified Fund, 275
the Home Again Revolving Fund, the Home Purchase Assistance Program-Repayment Fund, the 276
Housing Preservation Fund , the Negotiated Employee Affordable Housing Fund, the Ren t 277
Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund, and the Section 108 Debt Reserve 278
Account; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Rental 279
Housing Registration Fund are authorized for expenditure starting at the beginning of the 280
applicable time period set forth section in 203e (d) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective 281
October 30, 2018 (D.C. Law 22- 168; D.C. Official Code § 42- 3502.03e(d)), and shall remain 282
available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 283
(4) Department of Small and Local Business Development: $21,594,732 284
(including $20,934,86060 from local funds and 659,872 from federal grant funds); provided, that 285
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all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for 286
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Medical 287
Cannabis Social Equity Fund, the Small Business Capital Access Fund, the Small Business 288
Licensing Fee Reimbursement Relief Fund, the Streetscape Bus iness Development Relief Fund, 289
and the Ward 7 and Ward 8 Entrepreneur Grant Fund; 290
(5) Housing Authority Subsidy: $185,551,082 from local funds; provided, that all 291
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for 292
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the DCHA 293
Rehabilitation and Maintenance Fund, the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund, 294
and the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Fund; 295
(6) Housing Production Trust Fund Subsidy: $31,936,776 from federal payment 296
funds; 297
(7) Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment: $15,252,656 298
(including $3,268,986 from local funds and, $11,983,670 from other funds ,); provided, that all 299
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for 300
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Film, 301
Television, and Entertainment Rebate Fund and the OCTFME Special Account; 302
(8) Office of Planning: $12,763,928 (including $12,113,928 from local funds, 303
$600,000 from federal grant funds, and $50,000 from other funds ); provided, that all funds 304
deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure 305
and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Historic Landmark -306
District Protection (Local) Fund and the Historical Landmark- District Protection (O -Type) Fund; 307
(9) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development: 308
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$46,713,320 (including $37,350,664 from local funds , $744,369 from dedicated tax es, $125,000 309
from federal grant funds, $5,363,322 from other funds , and $3,129,965 from federal payment 310
funds for COVID relief ); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the 311
following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 312
September 30, 2024: the Economic Development Special Account, the H Street Retail Priority 313
Area Grant Fund, the Industrial Revenue Bond Account, the Soccer Stadium Financing Fund, the 314
St. Elizabeths East Campus Redevelopment Fund, the Walter Reed Redevelopment Fund, and 315
the Walter Reed Reinvestment Fund; 316
(10) Office of the Tenant Advocate: $3,881,430 (including $3,063,749 from local 317
funds and $817,682 from other funds); 318
(11) Office of Zoning: $4,084,726 from local funds; 319
(12) Real Property Tax Appeals Commission: $2,063,853 from local funds ; and 320
(13) Rental Housing Commission : $1,376,565 from local funds . 321
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UBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE 322
Public safety and justice, $1,663,368,248 (including $1,307,975,351 from local funds, 323
$274,373,000 from f ederal grant funds, $300,000 from Medicaid payments, $42,644,694 from 324
other funds, $900,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress 325
under the heading “Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal 326
Portion Budget Request Act of 2023, $600,000 requested to be appropriated by the Congress 327
under the heading “ Federal Payment for the District of Columbia National Guard” in the Fiscal 328
Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023, $2,450,000 from federal payment funds 329
requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “ Federal Payment to the 330
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request 331
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Act of 2023, and $916,390 from private funds ), to be allocated as follows: 332
(1) Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure : $974,426 (including 333
$376,426 from local funds and $598,000 from federal payment funds requested to be 334
appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions” in 335
the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023) ; 336
(2) Corrections Information Council: $1,182,861 from local funds; 337
(3) Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: $4,621, 592 (including $2,076,592 338
from local funds, $95,000 from federal grant funds, and $2,450,000 from federal payment funds 339
requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment to the 340
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request 341
Act of 2023); 342
(4) Department of Corrections: $198,786,175 (including $181,079,340 from local 343
funds, $458,170 from federal grant funds, and $17,248,665 from other funds); provided, that all 344
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for 345
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Correction 346
Reimbursement-Juveniles Fund, the Department of Correction s Reimbursement Fund, and the 347
Inmate Welfare Fund; 348
(5) Department of Forensic Sciences: $20,636,269 (including $18,678,430 from 349
local funds, $1,041,447 from federal grant funds , and $916,391 from private funds ); provided, 350
that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Department of Forensic Sciences 351
Laboratory Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 352
September 30, 2024; 353
(6) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services: $87,828,131 (including 354
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87,438,131 from local funds and $390,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief ); 355
(7) District of Columbia National Guard: $17,978,138 (including $6,007,563 from 356
local funds, $11,340,575 from federal grant funds, $30,000 from other funds, and $600,000 from 357
federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal 358
Payment for the District of Columbia National Guard” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion 359
Budget Request Act of 2023); provided, that the Mayor shall rei mburse the District of Columbia 360
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with services that are performed in 361
emergencies by the National Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor, in 362
amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified as due and payable for these services by 363
the Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard; provided 364
further, that such sums as may be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia 365
National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available pursuant to this act, and the 366
availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emergency 367
services involved; 368
(8) District of Columbia Sentencing Commission: $1,611,787 from local funds; 369
(9) Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department: $327,321,290 (including 370
$260,300,769 from local funds , $3,154,168 from other funds , and $63,866,353 from federal 371
grant funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Fire and 372
Emergency Medical Services Department EMS Reform Fund are authorized for expenditure and 373
shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 374
(10) Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency: $187,429,799 375
(including $6,146,840 from local funds and $181,282,959 from federal grant funds); 376
(11) Judicial Nomination Commission: $307,356 (including $7356 from local 377
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funds and $300,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress 378
under the heading “Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal 379
Portion Budget Request Act of 2023) ; 380
(12) Metropolitan Police Department: $515,942,136 (including $496,099,470 381
from local funds, $4,407,402 from federal grant funds, $6,202,533 from other funds ; and 382
$9,232,730 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, 383
without regard to fiscal year, into the Asset Forfeiture Fund are authorized for expenditure and 384
shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 385
(13) Office of Administrative Hearings: $11,793,127 (including $11,493,127 from 386
local funds and $300,000 from Medicaid payments) ; 387
(14) Office of Human Rights : $8,584,012 (including $8,184,366 from local funds 388
and $399,645 from federal grant funds) ; 389
(15) Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement: $30,234,862 (including 390
$17,406,500 from local funds and $12,828,362 from federal payment funds for COVID relief) ; 391
provided, that the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement is authorized to spend 392
appropriated funds for the purposes set forth in section 101 of the Neighborhood Engagement 393
Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2016, effective June 30, 2016 (D.C. Law 21- 125; D.C. 394
Official Code § 7- 2411); provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, 395
into the Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall 396
remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 397
(16) Office of Police Complaints: $3,087,096 from local funds; 398
(17) Office on Returning Citizen Affairs : $2,879,409 (including $2,262,609 from 399
local funds and $616,800 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); 400
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(18) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: $15,763,579 (including $15,045,579 401
from local funds, $400,000 from federal grants , and $318,000 from other funds); provided, that 402
all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 403
Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 404
30, 2024; 405
(19) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice: $11,248,416 406
(including $6,026,707 from local funds and $5,221,709 from federal payment funds); 407
(20) Office of Unified Communications: $59,688, 459 (including $45,108,690 408
from local funds, and $14,579,770 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without 409
regard to fiscal year, into the Emergency and Non-Emergency Number Telephone Calling 410
Systems Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 411
September 30, 2024; 412
(21) Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants: $75,586,327 (including 413
$58,472,110 from local funds, $11,082,448 from federal grant funds, $1,111,559 from other 414
funds, and $4,920,210 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that 415
$31,689,347 shall be made available to award a grant to the District of Columbia Bar Foundation 416
for the purpose of administering the Access to Justice Initiative and the Civil Legal Counsel 417
Projects Program, of which not less than $950,000 shall be available to fund the District of 418
Columbia Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and of which not less than 419
$11,000,000 shall be available to fund the Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program; provided 420
further, that the funds authorized for expenditure for the Acces s to Justice Initiative, the District 421
of Columbia Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and the Civil Legal Counsel 422
Projects Program shall remain available for expenditure, without regard to fiscal year, until 423
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September 30, 2024; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into 424
the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure 425
until September 30, 2024: the Community -Based Violence Reduction Fund, the Crime Victims 426
Assistance Fund, the Private Security Camera Incentive Fund, and the Shelter and Transitional 427
Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence Fund; and 428
(23) Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Retirement System: $79,883,000 from 429
local funds. 430
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UBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 431
Public education system, $3,976,560,067 (including $3,186,018,819 from local funds , 432
$5,690,000 from dedicated taxes, $582,506,819 from f ederal grant funds, $925,830,534 from 433
other funds, $40,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the 434
Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support” in the Fiscal Year 435
2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023 , $35,000,000 from federal payment funds 436
requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for School 437
Improvement” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023 for the 438
purposes specified in section 3004(b) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, 439
approved April 15, 2011 (125 Stat 200; D.C. Official Code § 38- 1853.04(b)), $25,074,851 from 440
federal payment funds for COVID relief, and $9,686,524 from private funds ), to be allocated as 441
follows: 442
(1) Department of Employment Services: $199,827,669 (including $74,147,618 443
from local funds, $54,325,820 from federal grant funds, $65,831,761 from other funds, $928,008 444
from private funds, and $4,594,462 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, 445
that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for 446
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expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Reed Act 447
Fund, the Unemployment Insurance Administrative Assessment Tax Fund, the Unemployment 448
Insurance Interest/Penalties Fund, the Universal Paid Leave Fund, the Workers’ Compensation 449
Administration Fund, and the Workers’ Compensation Special Fund; 450
(2) Department of Parks and Recreation: $80,412,301 (including $77,949,194 451
from local funds, $2,053, 865 from other funds, and $409,242 from federal payment funds for 452
COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the 453
Recreation Enterprise Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for 454
expenditure until September 30, 2024; provided further, that the Department of Parks and 455
Recreation is authorized to spend appropriated funds from the Recreation Enterprise Fund for the 456
purposes set forth in section 4 of the Recreation Act of 1994, effective March 23, 1995 (D.C. 457
Law 10-246; D.C. Official Code § 10- 303); 458
(3) District of Columbia Public Charter School Board: $13,100,480 from other 459
funds; 460
(4) District of Columbia Public Charter Schools : $1,185,866,353 from local 461
funds; provided, that there shall be quarterly disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia 462
public charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 15 days of the beginning of the 463
fiscal year; provided further, that if the entirety of this allocation has not been provided as 464
payments to any public charter schools currently in operation through the per pupil funding 465
formula, the funds shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024 for pu blic 466
education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act 467
of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code § 38- 1804.03(b)(2)); 468
provided further, that of the amounts made available to District of Columbia public charter 469
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schools, $230,000 shall be made available to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as 470
authorized by section 2403(b)(6) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, 471
approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code § 38- 1804.03(b)(6)); provided 472
further, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other 473
provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia public charter schools on 474
July 1, 2024, an amount e qual to 35 percent, or for new charter school local education agencies 475
that opened for the first time after December 31, 2023, an amount equal to 45 percent, of the 476
total amount of the local funds appropriations provided for payments to public charter schools in 477
the budget of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2025 (as adopted by the District), and the 478
amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for such 479
payments for Fiscal Year 2025; provided further, that the annual financial audit for the 480
performance of an individual District of Columbia public charter school shall be funded by the 481
charter school; 482
(5) District of Columbia Public Library: $75,257,953 (including $73,148,852 483
from local funds, $1,092,101 from federal grant funds, $1,000,000 from other funds, and 484
$17,000 from private funds); provided, that not to exceed $8,500 of such amount, from local 485
funds, shall be available for the Chief Librarian of the District of Columbia Public Library for 486
official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary 487
Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1- 333.10); 488
provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds 489
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 490
2024: the Copies and Printing Fund, the E-Rate Reimbursement Fund, the Library Collections 491
Account, the Books From Birth Fund, and the DCPL R evenue-Generating Activities Fund; 492
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(6) District of Columbia Public Schools: $1,234,288,744 (including 493
$1,173,476,880 from local funds, $26,112,796 from f ederal grant funds, $8,870,865 from other 494
funds, $8,328,203 from private funds, and $17,500,000 from federal payment funds requested to 495
be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “ Federal Payment for School Improvement” 496
in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023); provided, that not to 497
exceed $10,600 of such local funds shall be available for the Chancellor for official reception 498
and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 499
1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1- 333.10); provided 500
further, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other 501
provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on July 502
1, 2024, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of the local funds appropriations 503
provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools in the budget of the District of Columbia 504
for Fiscal Year 2023 (as adopted by the District ), and the amount of such payment shall be 505
chargeable against the final amount provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools for 506
Fiscal Year 2025; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the 507
following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 508
September 30, 2024: the At-Risk Supplemental Allocation Preservation Fund, the Afterschool 509
Program-Copayment Fund, the DCPS School Facility Colocation Fund, the District of Columbia 510
Public Schools’ Nonprofit School Food Service Fund, the District of Columbia Public Schools 511
Sales and Sponsorship Fund, the E -Rate Education Fund, and the Reserve Officer Training 512
Corps Fund; provided further, that the District of Columbia Public Schools is authorized to spend 513
appropriated funds consistent with section 105(c)(5) of the Public Education Reform 514
Amendment Act of 2007, effective June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17- 9; D.C. Official Code § 38-515
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174(c)(5)); 516
(7) District of Columbia State Athletics Commission: $1353,619 (including 517
$1,253,619 from local funds and $100,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, 518
without regard to fiscal year, into the State Athletic Activities, Programs, and Office Fund are 519
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 520
(8) Non-Public Tuition: $50,771,591 (including $50,171,591 from local funds and 521
$600,000 from federal grant funds); 522
(9) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education: $30,878,004 (including 523
$30,628,004 from local funds and $250,000 from private funds); 524
(10) Office of the State Superintendent of Education: $8,322,559,312 (including 525
$256,829,287 from local funds , $5,690,000 from dedicated taxes, $490,376,102 from federal 526
grant funds, $1,626,082 from other funds, $163,313 from private funds, $17,500,000 from 527
federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal 528
Payment for School Improvement” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act 529
of 2023 for the purposes specified in section 3004(b) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and 530
Results Act, approved April 15, 2011 (125 Stat 200; D.C. Official Code § 38- 1853.04(b)), 531
$40,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by Congress under the 532
heading “Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion 533
Budget Request Act of 2023, and $56,071,147 from federal payment funds for COVID relief ); 534
provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds 535
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 536
2024: the Access to Quality Child Care Fund, the Charter School Credit Enhancement Fund, the 537
Child Development Facilities Fund, the Common Lottery Board Fund, the Community Schools 538
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Fund, the Early Childhood Development Fund, the Healthy Schools Fund, the Healthy Tots 539
Fund, the School Safety and Positive Climate Fund, the Special Education Enhancement Fund, 540
the Statewide Special Education Compli ance Fund, the Student Enrollment Fund, the Student 541
Residency Verification Fund, and the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund; 542
(11) Special Education Transportation: $117,423,232 (including $107,423,232 543
from local funds and $10 ,000,000 in federal grant funds) ; provided, that, notwithstanding the 544
amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be 545
appropriated to the Special Education Transportation agency under the direction of the Office of 546
the State Superintendent of Education, on July 1, 2024, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total 547
amount of the local funds appropriations provided for the Special Education Transportation 548
agency in the budget for the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2025 (as adopted by the 549
District), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided 550
for the Special Education Transportation agency for Fiscal Year 2025; provided further, that 551
amounts appropriated under this paragraph may be used to offer financial incentives as necessary 552
to reduce the number of routes serving 2 or fewer students; 553
(12) State Board of Education: $2,629,459 from local fun ds; 554
(13) Teachers’ Retirement System: $50,224,000 from local funds; 555
(14) Unemployment Compensation Fund: $5,480,390 from local funds; and 556
(15) University of the District of Columbia Subsidy Account: $96,790,340 from 557
local funds ; provided, that this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education of 558
nonresidents of the District at the University of the District of Columbia, unless the Board of 559
Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending 560
September 30, 2024, a tuition -rate schedule that establishes the tuition rate for nonresident 561
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students at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable public 562
institutions of higher education in the metropolitan area; provided further, that, notwithstanding 563
the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be 564
appropriated to the University of the District of Columbia on July 1, 2024, an amount equal to 10 565
percent of the total amount of the local funds appropriations provided for the University of the 566
District of Columbia in the budget of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2025 (as adopted 567
by the District), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount 568
provided for the University of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 202 5; provided further, 569
that not to exceed $10,600 of such local funds shall be available for the President of the 570
University of the District of Columbia for official reception and representation expenses and for 571
purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 572
Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1- 333.10). 573
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UMAN SUPPORT SERVICES 574
Human support services, $6,286,808,208 (including $2,292,458,634 from local funds , 575
$114,535,958 from dedicated taxes, $510,555,624 from f ederal grant funds, $45,727,566 from 576
other funds, $3,221,110, 564 from Medicaid payments, $532,560 from private funds, $5,000,000 577
from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading 578
“Federal Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal 579
Portion Budget Request Act of 2023, and $96,887,301 from federal payment funds for COVID 580
relief); to be allocated as follows: 581
(1) Child and Family Services Agency: $219,392,282 (including $165,069,751 582
from local funds, $53,237,971 from federal grant funds, $1,000,000 from other funds , and 583
$84,560 from private funds); 584
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(2) Department of Aging and Community Living: $64,669,230 (including 585
$49,231,833 from local funds, $12,125,767 from federal grant funds, and $ 3,311,630 from 586
Medicaid payments); 587
(3) Department of Behavioral Health: $385,143,814 (including $314,330,360 588
from local funds, $54,525,365 from f ederal grant funds, $3,316,674 from Medicaid payments, 589
$3,009,823 from other funds, $348,000 private funds , and $9,613,592 from federal payment 590
funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the 591
Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration- Choice in Drug Treatment (HCSN) Fund are 592
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 593
(4) Department of Health: $292,002,208 (including $90,893,861 from local funds, 594
$173,799,377 from f ederal grant funds, $22,308,969 from other funds, and $5,000,000 from 595
federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “ Federal 596
Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion 597
Budget Request Act of 20 23); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, 598
into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for 599
expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Animal Education and Outreach Fund, the Board of 600
Medicine Fund, the Civil Monetary Penalties Fund, the Communicable and Chronic Disease 601
Prevention and Treatment Fund, the Health Professional Recruitment Fund (Medical Loan 602
Repayment), the Howard University Hospital Centers of Excellence Fund, the Human Services 603
Facility Fee Fund, the ICF/MR Fees and Fines Fund, the Opioid Abatement Fund; the Pharmacy 604
Protection Fund, the Smoking Cessation Fund, the State Health Planning and Development 605
Agency Admission Fee Fund, and the State Health Planning and Development Agency Fees 606
Fund; 607
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(5) Department of Health Care Finance: $4,294,961,514 (including $986,913,175 608
from local funds, $114,535,958 from dedicated taxes, $4,550,493 from federal grant funds, 609
$3,180,056,342 from Medicaid payments, $8,805,546 from other funds , and $100,000 from 610
private funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following 611
funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 612
30, 2024: the Bill of Rights (Grievance and Appeals) Fund, the DC HealthCare Alliance Reform 613
Fund, the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund, the Home and Community- Based 614
Services Enhancement Fund, the Hospital Provider Fee Fund, the Hospital Fund, the Individual 615
Insurance Market Affordability and Stability Fund, the Medicaid Collections -3rd Party Liability 616
Fund, the Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund, and the Stevie Sellow ’s Quality Improvement 617
Fund,; 618
(6) Department of Human Services: $808,386,026 (including $524,645,085 from 619
local funds, $177,954,732 from federal grant funds, $521,427 from other funds , $18,089,593 620
from federal Medicaid payments, and $8,7175,189 from federal payment funds for COVID 621
relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Rent Supplement 622
Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund, the SNAP Reinvestment Fund, and the SSI Payback 623
Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 624
30, 2024; 625
(7) Department on Disability Services : $203,726,235 (including $142,847,670 626
from local funds, $34,361,919 from federal grant funds, $16,336,324 from Medicaid payments, 627
$10,081,801 from other funds , and $98,520 from federal payment funds for COVID relief ); 628
provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are 629
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: 630
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the Contribution to Costs of Supports Fund, the Cost of Care for Non-Medicaid Clients Fund, 631
and the Randolph Shepherd Unassigned Facilities Fund; 632
(8) Not-for-Profit Hospita l Corporation Subsidy: $15,000,000 from local funds; 633
(9) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services: $2,588,900from 634
local funds; and 635
(10) Office of the Ombudsperson for Children: $938,000 from local funds. 636
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PERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 637
Public works, $1,348,876,408 (including $864,391,326 from local funds , $74,393,670 638
from dedicated taxes, $68,331,513 from f ederal grant funds, $328,145,871 from other funds, 639
$2,451,861 from private funds , and $11,162,168 from federal payment funds for COVID relief ), 640
to be allocated as follows: 641
(1) Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration: $13,518,243 (including 642
$387,922 from local funds, $1,551,389 from dedicated taxes , and $11,578,931 from other funds); 643
provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are 644
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: 645
the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Fund, the Dedicated Taxes Fund, and the 646
Medical Cannabis Administration Fund; 647
(2) Department of Buildings: $62,185,546 (including $43,392,154 from local 648
funds, $2,737,167 from federal payment funds for COVID relief, and $16,056,225 from other 649
funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds 650
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 651
2024: the Green Building Fund, the Nuisance Abatement Fund, and the Expedited Building 652
Permit Review Fund; 653
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(3) Department of Licensing and Community Protection: $41,773,063 (including 654
$8,954,907 from local funds , $32573155 from other funds , and $245,000 from federal payments 655
for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the 656
following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 657
September 30, 2024: the Appraisal Fee Fund, the Basic Business License Fund, the Corporate 658
Recordation Fund, the DC Combat Sports Commission Fund, the Occupational and Professional 659
Licensing Administration Special Account, the Real Estate Guaranty and Education Fund, and 660
the Vending Regulation Fund; 661
(4) Department of Energy and Environment: $193,799,972 (including 662
$27,859,809 from local funds, $44,204,986 from federal grant funds, $111,117,315 from other 663
funds, $2,437,861 from private funds , and $8,180,001 from federal payment funds for COVID 664
relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds 665
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 666
2024: the Air Quality Construction Permits Fund, the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection 667
Fund, the Benchmarking Enforcement Fund, the Clean Land Fund/ Brownfield Revitalization 668
Fund, the Clean Rivers Impervious Area Charge Assistance Fund the District of Columbia 669
Wetland Stream and Mitigation Trust Fund, the Economy II Fund, the Energy Assistance Trust 670
Fund, the Fishing License Fund, the Hazardous Waste and Toxic Chemical Source Reduction 671
Fund, the Indoor Mold Assessment and Remediation Fund, the Lead Service Line Replacement 672
Fund the Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund, the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, 673
the Municipal Aggregation Fund, the Pesticide Product Registration Fund, the Product 674
Stewardship Fund, the Rail Safety and Security Fund, the Renewable Energy Development 675
Fund, the Residential Aid Discount Fund, the Residential Essential Services Fund, the Soil 676
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Erosion and Sediment Control Fund, the Special Energy Assessment Fund, the Storm water Fees 677
Fund, the Stormwater In- Lieu Fee Payment Fund, the Storm Water Permit Review Fund, the 678
Sustainable Energy Trust Fund, the Underground Storage Tank Regulation F und, and the WASA 679
Utility Discount Program Fund; provided further, that funds in the available fund balance of the 680
Renewable Energy Development Fund may be obligated in Fiscal Year 2024, pursuant to grant 681
awards, through September 30, 2027, and that such f unds so obligated are authorized for 682
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027; 683
(5) Department of For-Hire Vehicles: $25,610,299 (including $14,729,673 from 684
local funds and $10,880,625 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard 685
to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available 686
for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Public Vehicles -for-Hire Consumer Service Fund 687
and the Taxicab Assessment Act Fund; 688
(6) Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking: $38,871,164 (including 689
$1,715,394 from local funds and $37,155,770 from other funds); provided, that all funds 690
deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure 691
and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Capital Access Fund, 692
the Foreclosure Mediation Fund, the Insurance Assessment Fund, the Insurance Regulatory Trust 693
Fund, and the Securities and Banking Fund; 694
(7) Department of Motor Vehicles: $69,034,761 (including $59,561,351 from 695
local funds and $9,473,410 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard 696
to fiscal year, into the Department of Motor Vehicles Kiosk Fund and the Motor Vehicle 697
Inspection Station Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure 698
until September 30, 2024; 699
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(8) Department of Public Works: $186,151,433 (including $172,773,650 from 700
local funds and $13,377, 782 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard 701
to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available 702
for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the Solid Waste Disposal Cost Recovery Special 703
Account and the Super Can Program Fund; 704
(9) District Department of Transportation : $185,103,672 (including $140,603,146 705
from local funds, $23,545,527 from f ederal grant funds, and $20,955,000 from other funds); 706
provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are 707
authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: 708
the Bicycle Sharing Fund, the DC Circulator Fund, the DDOT Enterprise Fund- Non Tax 709
Revenues Fund, the Parking Meter and Transit Services Pay -by-Phone Transaction Fee Fund, the 710
Performance Parking Program Fund, the Sustainable Transportation Fund, the Transportation 711
Infrastructure Project Review Fund, the Tree Fund, the Vision Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle 712
Safety Fund, and the Vision Zero Enhancement Omnibus Amendment Act Implementation Fund; 713
provided further, that there are appropriated any amounts received, or to be received, without 714
regard to fiscal year, from the Potoma c Electric Power Company, or any of its related companies, 715
successors, or assigns, for the purpose of paying or reimbursing the District Department of 716
Transportation for the costs of designing, constructing, acquiring, and installing facilities, 717
infrastructure, and equipment for use and ownership by the Potomac Electric Power Company, 718
or any of its related companies, successors, or assigns, related to or associated with the 719
undergrounding of electric distribution lines in the District of Columbia, and any interest earned 720
on those funds, which amounts and interest shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the 721
General Fund at the end of a fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available 722
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without regard to fiscal year limitation until expended for the designated purposes; 723
(10) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure: $1,399,416 724
from local funds; 725
(11) Office of the People’s Counsel: $12,593,228 (including $1,025,549 from 726
local funds and $11,567,679 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard 727
to fiscal year, into the Office of People’s Counsel Agency Fund are authorized for expenditure 728
and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 729
(12) Public Service Commission: $19,863,885 (including $581,000 from federal 730
grant funds, $19,268,885 from other funds, and $14 ,000 from private funds); provided, that all 731
funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for 732
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024: the PJM 733
Settlement Fund and the Public Service Commission Agency Fund; 734
(13) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: $498,801,940 (including 735
$391,818,567 from local funds , $72,842,280 from dedicated taxes , and $34, 141,093 from other 736
funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds 737
are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 738
2024: the Dedicated Taxes Fund and the Parking Meter WMATA Fund ; provided further, that all 739
funds budgeted without regard to fiscal year for the adult learner transit subsidy program 740
established by section 6047 of the Student, Foster Youth, Summer Youth Employee, and Adult 741
Learner Transit Subsidies Act of 2019, effective September 11, 2019 (D.C. Law 23- 16; D.C. 742
Official Code § 35- 246), are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for 743
expenditure until September 30, 2024; provided further, that there are appropriated any amounts 744
deposited, or to be deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Washington Metropolitan 745
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Area Transit Authority Dedicated Financing Fund for the purpose of funding WMATA capital 746
improvements, which amounts shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General 747
Fund at the end of a fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available until 748
expended for the designated purposes; and 749
(14) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission: $169,787 from local 750
funds. 751
F
INANCING AND OTHER 752
Financing and Other, $2,181,855,688 (including $1,648,493,518 from local funds, 753
$377,313,168 from dedicated taxes, $15,012,529 from f ederal grant funds, $93,036,442 from 754
other funds, $48,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the 755
Congress under the heading “ Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the 756
District of Columbia” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023, and 757
$1,250,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be allocated as follows: 758
(1) Commercial Paper Program: $7 500,000 from local funds; 759
(2) Convention Center Transfer: $173,720,000 from dedicated taxes; (3) Debt 760
Service - Issuance Costs: $11,000,000 from local funds for the payment of debt service issuance 761
costs; 762
(4) District Retiree Health Contribution: $72,700,000 from local funds for a 763
District Retiree Health Contribution; 764
(5) Emergency Planning and Security Fund: $48,0 00,000 from federal payment 765
funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for 766
Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia” in the Fiscal Year 2024 767
Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2023; pro vided, that, notwithstanding any other law, 768
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obligations and expenditures that are pending reimbursement under the heading “Federal 769
Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia” may be 770
charged to this appropriations heading; 771
(6) District of Columbia Highway Transportation Fund: $43,536,691 (including 772
$22,829,691 from dedicated taxes and $20,707,000 from other funds) ; 773
(7) John A. Wilson Building Fund: $5,034,298 from local funds for expenses 774
associated with the John A. Wilson building; 775
(8) Non-Departmental Account: $9,225,671 (including $4,250,000 from local 776
funds and $4,975,671 from other funds ); 777
(9) Pay-As-You-Go Capital Fund: $409,106,578 (including $172,001,807 from 778
local funds, $178,500,000 from dedicated taxes , and $58,604,771 from other funds) to be 779
transferred to the Capital Fund, in lieu of capital financing; 780
(10) Repayment of Loans and Interest: $1,127,238,403 (including $1,103,476,873 781
from local funds, $15,012,530 from federal grant funds, and $8,749,000 from other funds), for 782
payment of principal, interest, and certain fees directly resulting from borrowing by the District 783
of Columbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized by sections 462, 475, and 784
490 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 774; 785
D.C. Official Code §§ 1-204.62, 1- 204.75, and 1- 204.90); 786
(11) Repayment of Revenue Bonds: $2,263,477 from dedicated taxes for the 787
repayment of revenue bonds; 788
(12) Settlements and Judgments: $21,024,759 from local funds for making 789
refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the 790
District of Columbia government; provided, that this amount may be increased by such sums as 791
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may be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that 792
have been entered against the District of Columbia government and such sums may be paid from 793
the applicable or available funds of the District of Columbia; and 794
(13) Workforce Investments Account: $251,505,781 from local funds . 795
E
NTERPRISE AND OTHER 796
The amount of $2,529,349,241 (including $31,936,776 from federal payment funds, 797
$2,258,337,870 from enterprise and other funds , and $239,074,595 from enterprise and other 798
funds - dedicated taxes), shall be provided to enterprise funds as follows; provided, that, in the 799
event that revenue dedicated by local law to an enterprise fund exceeds the amount set forth as 800
follows, the General Fund budget authority may be increased as needed to transfer all such 801
revenue, pursuant to local law, to the enterprise fund : 802
(1) Ballpark Revenue Fund: $96,113,407 (including $12,261,624 from enterprise 803
and other funds and $83,851,783 from enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes); 804
(2) District of Columbia Retirement Board: $39,690,511 from the earnings of the 805
applicable retirement funds to pay legal, management, investment, and other fees and 806
administrative expenses of the District of Columbia Retirement Board; 807
(3) District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority: $737,566,811 from 808
enterprise and other funds; provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be available 809
for reception and representation expenses; provided further, that not to exceed $15,000 of this 810
amount shall be available for official meetings. For construction projects, $6,449,630,555, to be 811
distributed as follows: $1,107,973,083 for Wastewater Treatment; $1,728,084,490 for the 812
Sanitary Sewer System; $1,902,891,846 for the Water System; $119,141,474 for Non Process 813
Facilities; $954,843,920 for the Combined Sewer Overflow Program; $270,994,900 for the 814
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Washington Aqueduct; $64,731,675 for the Stormwater Program; and $299,969,167 for the 815
capital equipment program; in addition, $8,000,000 for Federal payment funds requested to be 816
appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment to the District of Columbia 817
Water and Sewer Authority” in the Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 818
2023; 819
(4) Green Finance Authority: $45,294,000 from enterprise and other funds , to be 820
available until expended; 821
(5) Health Benefit Exchange Authority: $37,552,148 from enterprise and other 822
funds; 823
(6) Housing Finance Agency: $5,887,918 from enterprise and other funds; 824
provided, that all funds budgeted without regard to fiscal year for the Reverse Mortgage 825
Foreclosure Prevention Program are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for 826
expenditure until September 30, 2024; provided further, that all funds budgeted without regard to 827
fiscal year for the Public Housing Credit-Building Pilot Program are authorized for expenditure 828
and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025; 829
(7) Housing Production Trust Fund: $100,000,000 (including $31,936,776 from 830
federal payment funds, $ 12,500,000 from enterprise and other funds, and $55,563,224 from 831
enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to 832
fiscal year, into the Housing Production Trust Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall 833
remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 834
(8) Not-For-Profit Hospital Corporation: $155,000,000 from enterprise and other 835
funds; 836
(9) Office of Lottery and Gaming: $350,000,000 from enterprise and other funds; 837
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provided, that, after notification to the Mayor, amounts appropriated herein may be increased by 838
an amount necessary for the Lottery, Gambling, and Gaming Fund to make transfers to the 839
General Fund and to cover prizes, agent commissions, and gaming -related fees directly 840
associated with unanticipated excess lottery revenues not included in this appropriation; 841
(10) Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Administration: $11,605,000 from 842
enterprise and other funds ; 843
(11) Repayment of PILOT Financing: $59,904,884 from enterprise and other 844
funds - dedicated taxes; 845
(12) Tax Increment Financing Program: $39,754,704 from enterprise and other 846
funds - dedicated taxes; 847
(13) Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund: $176,682,095 from enterprise and 848
other funds; 849
(14) Universal Paid Leave Fund: $155,524,281 from enterprise and other funds; 850
provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, are authorized for expenditure 851
and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 852
(15) University of the District of Columbia: $199,800,244 from enterprise and 853
other funds; provided, that these funds shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of a fiscal 854
year or at any other time, but shall be continually available for expenditure until September 30, 855
2024, without regard to fiscal year limitation; provided further, that all funds deposited, without 856
regard to fiscal year, into the Higher Education Incentive Program Fund are authorized for 857
expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2024; 858
(16) Washington Aqueduct: $108,444,478 from enterprise and other funds; and 859
(17) Washington Convention and Sports Authority: $210,528,761 from enterprise 860
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and other funds. 861
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ESERVE ACCOUNTS 862
(1) Cash Flow Reserve Account : All funds deposited, without regard to fiscal 863
year, into the Cash Flow Reserve Account, established pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-864
392.02(j -2), are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until 865
September 30, 2024. 866
(2) Fiscal Stabilization Reserve Account: All funds deposited, without regard to 867
fiscal year, into the Fiscal Stabilization Reserve Account, established pursuant to D.C. Official 868
Code § 47-392.02(j -1), are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure 869
until September 30, 2024. 870
C
APITAL OUTLAY 871
For capital construction projects, an increase of $2,603,051,000 of which $2,080,708,000 872
shall be from local funds, $2,000,000 shall be from federal funds, $49,897,000 shall be from 873
local transportation funds, $81,419,000 shall be from the District of Columbia Highway Trust 874
Fund, and $389,027,000 shall be from federal Highway Trust Fund, and a rescission of 875
$707,159,000 of which $441,428,000 shall be from local funds, $23,416,000 shall be from local 876
transportation funds $38,511,000 shall be from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, 877
and $203,804,000 shall be from federal Highway Trust Funds grant appropriated under this 878
heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of $1,895,892,000, to remain available until 879
expended; provided, that all funds provided by this act shall be available only for the specific 880
projects and purposes intended; provided further, that amounts appropriated under this act may 881
be increased by the amount transferred from funds appropriated in this act as Pay- AsYou-Go 882
Capital funds. 883
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Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 884
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal 885
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975. 886
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § l-30l.47a). 887
Sec. 4. Effective date. 888
As provided in section 446(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 889
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 801; D.C. Official Code § 1- 204.46(a)), this act shall take effect 890
following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to 891
override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)( 1) of 892
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. 893
Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of Columbia Register. 894 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 409, Washington, D.C. 20004 Phone: (202) 724- 5524 Email: megan.browder@dc.gov
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BRIAN L. SCHWALB
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Legal Counsel Division
MEMORANDUM
TO: Tommy Wells
Director
Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs
FROM: Megan D. Browder
Deputy Attorney General
Legal Counsel Division
DATE: March 22, 2023
SUBJECT: Legal Sufficiency Review of Draft Bill the “ Fiscal Year 2024 Local
Budget Act of 2023 (AE-23-292)
This is to Certify that this Office has revi ewed the above-referenced
legislation and has found it to be legally sufficient as to form. If you have any
questions regarding this certification, please do not hesitate to contact me at 724-
5524.
_______________________________ Meg
an D. Browder