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Councilmember Robert C. White , Jr.
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 5
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9
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To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the proposed 13
procurement regulations submitted by the District of Columbia Housing Authority. 14
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 16
resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Housing Authority Procurement 17
Clarification Amendment Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 18
Sec. 2. (a). Section 20 of the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999, 19
effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13- 105; D.C. Official Code § 6- 219), requires the District of 20
Columbia Housing Authority (“DCHA”) to draft regulations governing procurements and submit 21
those regulations to the Council for review. 22
(b) Section 20 also exempts DCHA from the requirements of the District of Columbia 23
Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C Law 6- 85; D.C. Official 24
Code § 2- 301.01 et seq .) (“PPA”), a law which has since been replaced by the Procurement 25
Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 ((D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code 2-26
351.01 et seq .) (“PPRA”). 27
(c) Emergency legislation is necessary to clarify ambiguity in the law as to DCHA’s 28
relationship to the PPRA. 29 2
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 30
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the District 31
of Columbia Housing Authority Procurement Clarification Emergency Amendment Declaration 32
Resolution of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. 33
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 34