ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-135
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
May 2, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the District of
Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999 to clarify that the District of Columbia
Housing Authority is subject to the District’s procurement statutes and amend the
Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010 to make conforming changes.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Housing Authority Procurement
Clarification Emergency Amendment Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a). Section 20 of the District of Columbia Housing Authority Act of 1999,
effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-105; D.C. Official Code § 6-219), (“Act”) requires the
District of Columbia Housing Authority (“DCHA”) to draft regulations governing procurements
and submit those regulations to the Council for review.
(b) Section 20 of the Act exempts DCHA from the requirements of the District of
Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C Law 6-85; D.C.
Official Code § 2-301.01 et seq.) (“PPA”), a law which has been superseded by the Procurement
Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 ((D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code 2-
351.01 et seq.) (“PPRA”).
(c) Emergency legislation is necessary to clarify ambiguity in the law as to DCHA’s
relationship to the PPRA.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the District of Columbia Housing Authority
Procurement Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.