D.C. Law 24-43. Fiscal Year 2022 Local Budget Act of 2021.
AN ACT
To adopt the local portion of the budget of the District of Columbia government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Fiscal Year 2022 Local Budget Act of 2021".
Sec. 2. Adoption of the local portion of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
The following expenditure levels are approved and adopted as the local portion of the budget for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 ("Fiscal Year 2022"), out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia ("General Fund"), except as otherwise specifically provided; provided, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved November 22, 2000 (114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.50a), and provisions of this act, the total amount appropriated in this act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2022 shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $18,359,603,250 (of which $9,374,674,406 shall be from local funds, $540,236,269 shall be from dedicated taxes, $1,170,072,227 shall be from federal grant funds, $2,589,977,104 shall be from Medicaid payments, $794,155,724 shall be from other funds, $8,024,099 shall be from private funds, $939,930,559 shall be from funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress as federal payments pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, passed on August 3, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-276) ("the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021"), and federal payment funds for COVID relief, and $2,942,532,866 shall be from enterprise and other funds); provided further, that of the local funds, such amounts as may be necessary may be derived from the General Fund balance; provided further, that of these funds the intra-District authority shall be $918,483,361; provided further, that amounts appropriated under this act 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, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 774; D.C. Official Code § 1-201.01 et seq.); provided further, that local funds are appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay vendor fees, including legal fees, that are obligated in this fiscal year, to be paid as a fixed percentage of District revenue recovered from third parties on behalf of the District under contracts that provide for payment of fees based upon and from such District revenue as may be recovered by the vendor; provided further, that amounts appropriated pursuant to this act as operating funds may be transferred to enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this act; provided further, that there may be reprogrammed or transferred for operating expenses any local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 4 prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this act; except, that there may not be reprogrammed for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects; provided further, that the local funds (including dedicated tax) and other funds appropriated by this act may be reprogrammed and transferred as provided in subchapter IV of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code, or as otherwise provided by law, through November 15, 2022; provided further, that local funds and other funds appropriated under this act may be expended by the Mayor for the purpose of providing food and beverages, not to exceed $30 per employee per day, to employees of the District of Columbia government while such employees are deployed in response to or during a declared snow or other emergency; provided further, that local funds and other funds appropriated under this act may be expended by the Mayor to provide food and lodging, in amounts not to exceed the General Services Administration per diem rates, for youth, young adults, and their parents or guardians who participate in a program of the District of Columbia government that involves overnight travel outside the District of Columbia; provided further, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, local funds are appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the extent such funds are certified as available by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, to pay termination costs of multiyear contracts entered into by the District of Columbia during this fiscal year, to design, construct, improve, maintain, operate, manage, or finance infrastructure projects procured pursuant to the Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014, effective March 11, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-228; D.C. Official Code § 2-271.01 et seq.), including by way of example and not limitation, a project for the replacement and modernization of the District of Columbia's streetlight system and a project for the rehabilitation and modernization of the Henry J. Daly Building, and such termination costs may be paid from appropriations available for the performance of such contracts or the payment of termination costs or from other appropriations then available for any other purpose, not including the emergency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official Code § 1-204.50a(a)) or the contingency cash reserve fund (D.C. Official Code § 1-204.50a(b)), which, once allocated to these costs, shall be deemed appropriated for the purposes of paying termination costs of such contracts and shall retain appropriations authority and remain available until expended; provided further, that notwithstanding Subchapter IV of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the District of Columbia Official Code, in Fiscal Year 2022, amounts appropriated from funds received from the federal government under the American Recue Plan Act, approved March 11, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2; 135 Stat. 4) ("ARPA") or the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, approved March 27, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-136; 134 Stat. 281) ("CARES Act") may be transferred or reprogrammed between appropriated funds, consistent with the requirements of the ARPA and the CARES Act and consistent with the purpose for which the funds are appropriated under this act, upon the request of the Mayor to the Chief Financial Officer and certification of the availability of the funds by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this act; provided further, that any unspent amount remaining in a non-lapsing fund described below at the end of Fiscal Year 2021 is to be continually available, allocated, appropriated, and expended for the purposes of such fund in Fiscal Year 2022 in addition to any amounts deposited in and appropriated to such fund in Fiscal Year 2022; provided further, that the Chief Financial Officer shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the foregoing requirements are met, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available during Fiscal Year 2022.
Governmental Direction and Support
Governmental direction and support, $995,992,793 (including $867,120,929 from local funds, $1,048,174 from dedicated taxes, $32,352,031 from federal grant funds, $94,247,530 from other funds, $567,520 from private funds, and $656,610 from federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be allocated as follows; provided, that any program fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of expenses of the debt management program of the District:
(1) Board of Elections. - $12,184,639 from local funds;
(2) Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. - $3,705,105 (including $3,517,217 from local funds and $187,888 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Ethics Fund, the Lobbyist Administration and Enforcement Fund, and the Open Government Fund;
(3) Captive Insurance Agency. - $5,885,103 (including $5,212,588 from local funds and $672,515 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Captive Trust Fund, the Medical Captive Insurance Claims Reserve Fund, and the Subrogation Fund;
(4) Contract Appeals Board. - $1,897,176 from local funds;
(5) Council of the District of Columbia. - $30,582,371 from local funds; provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be available for the Chairman for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided, further, that funds appropriated under this act may be used to pay expenses for employees of the Council of the District of Columbia to obtain or maintain professional credentials in the District that are related to their employment at the Council, including bar admission fees, bar dues and fees, court admission fees, and examinations to obtain such credentials; provided further, that funds appropriated under this act may be used for uniform shirts for employees of the Council of the District of Columbia; provided further, that amounts provided under this heading shall be available for the making of payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the Council; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Council Technology Projects Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(6) Department of General Services. - $307,003,427 (including $299,914,244 from local funds, $1,048,174 of dedicated taxes, and $6,041,009 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Eastern Market Enterprise Fund and the West End Library and Fire Station Maintenance Fund;
(7) Department of Human Resources. - $12,244,662 (including $11,494,817 from local funds and $749,845 from other funds);
(8) Employees' Compensation Fund. - $22,146,569 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(9) Executive Office of the Mayor. - $17,241,615 (including $13,118,214 from local funds and $4,123,401 from federal grant funds); provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Mayor for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Emancipation Day Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(10) Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel. - $1,638,423 from local funds;
(11) Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. - $594,939 from local funds;
(12) Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. - $1,911,623 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Technical Support and Assistance Fund and the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Security Fund;
(13) Office of Campaign Finance. - $23,439,115 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Fair Elections Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(14) Office of Contracting and Procurement. - $30,151,411 (including $28,275,575 from local funds and $1,875,837 from other funds);
(15) Office of Disability Rights. - $1,982,310 (including $1,349,242 from local funds and $633,068 from federal grant funds);
(16) Office of Employee Appeals. - $2,234,311 from local funds;
(17) Office of Finance and Resource Management. - $31,823,798 (including $31,580,887 from local funds and $242,910 from other funds);
(18) Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining. - $2,586,044 from local funds;
(19) Office of Risk Management. - $4,104,112 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Subrogation Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(20) Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. - $143,138,993 (including $92,815,758 from local funds, $24,134,276 from federal grant funds, $25,621,439 from other funds, and $567,520 from private funds); provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of this amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Attorney General for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that local and other funds appropriated under this act may be used to pay expenses for District government attorneys at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia to obtain professional credentials, including bar dues and court admission fees, that enable these attorneys to practice law in other state and federal jurisdictions and appear outside the District in state and federal courts; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Child Support-Reimbursements and Fees Fund, the Child Support-Interest Income Fund, the Child Support-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund, the Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund, and the Litigation Support Fund; provided further, that this amount may be further increased by amounts deposited into the Attorney General Restitution Fund, the Vulnerable and Elderly Person Exploitation Restitution Fund, and the Tenant Receivership Abatement Fund, which shall be continually available, without regard to fiscal year, until expended;
(21) Office of the Chief Financial Officer. - $193,859,163 (including $147,887,787 from local funds, $450,000 from federal grant funds, and $45,521,375 from other funds); provided, that not to exceed $10,600 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Chief Financial Officer for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that amounts appropriated by this act may be increased by the amount required to pay banking fees for maintaining the funds of the District of Columbia; provided further, the Chief Financial Officer may reallocate funds appropriated by this act in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to agencies created pursuant to section 1122(a) of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Act of 2021, passed on 2nd reading on August 10, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-285); provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund, the Recorder of Deeds Automation Fund, and the Child Trust Fund;
(22) Office of the Chief Technology Officer. - $85,813,864 (including $72,927,543 from local funds, $12,229,712 from other funds, and $656,610 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the DC-NET Services Support Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(23) Office of the City Administrator. - $10,814,352 from local funds; provided, that not to exceed $10,600 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the City Administrator for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10);
(24) Office of the District of Columbia Auditor. - $6,876,168 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Audit Engagement Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(25) Office of the Inspector General. - $22,684,084 (including $19,672,797 from local funds and $3,011,287 from federal grant funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Inspector General Support Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(26) Office of the Secretary. - $4,535,032 (including $3,435,032 from local funds and $1,100,000 from other funds);
(27) Office of the Senior Advisor. - $3,409,318 from local funds;
(28) Office of Veterans' Affairs. - $1,129,521 (including $1,124,521 from local funds and $5,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Office of Veterans Affairs Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(29) Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. - $1,385,150 from local funds;
(30) Office on Latino Affairs. - $6,385,570 from local funds;
(31) Public Employee Relations Board. - $1,314,584 from local funds;
(32) Statehood Initiatives. - $240,992 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the New Columbia Statehood Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(33) Tax Revision Commission. - $989,000 from local funds; and
(34) Uniform Law Commission. - $60,250 from local funds.
Economic Development and Regulation
Economic development and regulation, $772,515,891 (including $380,228,050 from local funds, $38,422,544 from dedicated taxes, $49,404,709 from federal grant funds, $73,298,031 from other funds, $10,000 from private funds, and $231,152,558 from federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be allocated as follows:
(1) Business Improvement Districts Transfer. - $50,250,000 (including $250,000 from local funds and $50,000,000 from other funds);
(2) Commission on the Arts and Humanities. - $38,283,644 (including $37,522,544 from dedicated taxes and $761,100 from federal grant funds); provided, that all dedicated taxes shall be deposited into the Arts and Humanities Fund; provided, further that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Arts and Humanities Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022; provided further, that funds in the available fund balance of the Arts and Humanities Fund may be obligated in Fiscal Year 2022 pursuant to grant awards, through September 30, 2025, and that such funds so obligated are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(3) Department of Housing and Community Development. - $135,231,601 (including $33,447,132 from local funds, $47,526,845 from federal grant funds, $6,100,000 from other funds, and $48,157,624 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Department of Housing and Community Development Unified Fund, the Home Again Revolving Fund, the Home Purchase Assistance Program-Repayment Fund, the Housing Preservation Fund, the Negotiated Employee Affordable Housing Fund, the Rent Supplement Program Project-Based Allocation Fund, and the Section 108 Debt Reserve Account; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Rental Housing Registration Fund are authorized for expenditure by the Department of Housing and Community Development starting at the beginning of the applicable time period set forth section in 203e(d) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective October 30, 2018 (D.C. Law 22-168; D.C. Official Code § 42-3502.03e(d)), and shall remain available for expenditure by the Department of Housing and Community Development until September 30, 2022;
(4) Department of Small and Local Business Development. - $21,720,998 (including $21,150,234 from local funds and $570,764 from federal grant funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Small Business Capital Access Fund, the Small Business Licensing Fee Reimbursement Relief Fund, the Streetscape Business Development Relief Fund, and the Ward 7 and Ward 8 Entrepreneur Grant Fund;
(5) Housing Authority Subsidy. - $175,252,454 from local funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the DCHA Rehabilitation and Maintenance Fund, the Housing Authority Rent Supplement Program Fund, and the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Fund;
(6) Housing Production Trust Fund Subsidy. - $166,684,444 from federal payment funds for COVID relief;
(7) Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment. - $14,771,238 (including $2,753,842 from local funds and $12,017,396 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Film, Television, and Entertainment Rebate Fund and the OCTFME Special Account;
(8) Office of Planning. - $17,620,114 (including $16,964,114 from local funds, $546,000 from federal grant funds, $100,000 from other funds, and $10,000 from private funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Historic Landmark-District Protection (Local) Fund and the Historical Landmark-District Protection (O-Type) Fund;
(9) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. $141,570,969 (including $120,158,162 from local funds, $900,000 from dedicated tax, $4,612,809 from other funds, and $15,900,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Economic Development Special Account, the H Street Retail Priority Area Grant Fund, the Soccer Stadium Financing Fund, the St. Elizabeths East Campus Redevelopment Fund, the Walter Reed Redevelopment Fund, and the Walter Reed Reinvestment Fund;
(10) Office of the Tenant Advocate. - $4,136,582 (including $3,258,266 from local funds, $467,826 from other funds, and $410,490 from federal payment funds for COVID relief);
(11) Office of Zoning. - $3,858,061 from local funds;
(12) Real Property Tax Appeals Commission. - $1,775,875 from local funds; and
(13) Rental Housing Commission - $1,359,911 from local funds.
Public Safety and Justice
Public safety and justice, $1,547,858,089 (including $1,300,067,585 from local funds, $130,127,995 from federal grant funds, $150,000 from Medicaid payments, $61,035,736 from other funds, $630,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, $600,000 requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for the District of Columbia National Guard" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, $2,150,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, and $53,096,768 from federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be allocated as follows:
(1) Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure. - $395,236 (including $65,236 from local funds and $330,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021);
(2) Corrections Information Council. - $892,575 from local funds;
(3) Criminal Code Reform Commission. - $907,173 from local funds;
(4) Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. - $3,835,764 (including $1,535,764 from local funds, $150,000 from federal grant funds, and $2,150,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021);
(5) Department of Corrections. - $187,220,763 (including $162,703,721 from local funds and $24,517,039 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Correction Reimbursement-Juveniles Fund, the Correction Trustee Reimbursement Fund, and the Inmate Welfare Fund;
(6) Department of Forensic Sciences. - $28,926,965 (including $28,433,106 from local funds and $493,858 from federal grant funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Department of Forensic Sciences Laboratory Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(7) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. - $85,460,829 (including $85,070,829 from local funds and $390,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief);
(8) District of Columbia National Guard. - $16,203,228 (including $5,236,902 from local funds, $10,218,812 from federal grant funds, $147,514 from other funds, and $600,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for the District of Columbia National Guard" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021); provided, that the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with services that are performed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard; provided further, that such sums as may be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available pursuant to this act, and the availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emergency services involved;
(9) District of Columbia Sentencing Commission. - $1,627,831 from local funds;
(10) Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. - $268,728,604 (including $267,742,870 from local funds and $985,734 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department EMS Reform Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(11) Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. - $107,624,223 (including $5,667,415 from local funds and $101,956,809 from federal grant funds);
(12) Judicial Nomination Commission. - $307,569 (including $7,569 from local funds and $300,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021);
(13) Metropolitan Police Department. - $505,946,929 (including $493,814,090 from local funds, $5,688,919 from federal grant funds, $5,932,452 from other funds; and $511,466 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Asset Forfeiture Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(14) Office of Administrative Hearings. - $10,934,764 (including $10,784,764 from local funds and $150,000 from Medicaid payments);
(15) Office of Human Rights. - $8,965,696 (including $8,560,899 from local funds and $404,797 from federal grant funds);
(16) Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. - $28,710,063 (including $14,780,028 from local funds and $13,930,036 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement is authorized to spend appropriated funds for the purposes set forth in section 101 of the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2016, effective June 30, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-125; D.C. Official Code § 7-2411); provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(17) Office of Police Complaints. - $2,892,257 from local funds;
(18) Office on Returning Citizen Affairs. - $2,532,412 (including $1,915,612 from local funds and $616,800 from federal payment funds for COVID relief);
(19) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. - $13,969,704 (including $13,444,704 from local funds and $525,000 from federal grants); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(20) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. - $2,399,136 from local funds;
(21) Office of Unified Communications. - $54,465,459 (including $29,568,956 from local funds, and $24,896,503 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Emergency and Non-Emergency Number Telephone Calling Systems Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(22) Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants. - $105,944,909 (including $53,050,149 from local funds, $10,689,800 from federal grant funds, $4,556,494 from other funds, and $37,648,467 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that $22,589,000 shall be made available to award a grant to the District of Columbia Bar Foundation for the purpose of administering the Access to Justice Initiative and the Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program, of which not less than $350,000 shall be available to fund the District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and of which not less than $8,000,000 shall be available to fund the Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program, and of which not less than $1,500,000 shall be available to support activities that attempt to reduce eviction filings; provided further, that the funds authorized for expenditure for the District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance Program and the Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program shall remain available for expenditure, without regard to fiscal year, until September 30, 2022; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Community-Based Violence Reduction Fund, the Crime Victims Assistance Fund, the Private Security Camera Incentive Fund, and the Shelter and Transitional Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence Fund; and
(23) Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement System. - $108,966,000 from local funds.
Public Education System
Public education system, $3,533,733,296 (including $2,805,087,353 from local funds, $5,629,909 from dedicated taxes, $424,449,243 from federal grant funds, $95,687,215 from other funds, $3,856,547 from private funds, and $199,023,026 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the headings "Federal Payment for School Improvement" and "Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021 for the purposes specified in section 3004(b) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, approved April 15, 2011 (125 Stat 200; D.C. Official Code § 38-1853.04(b) and from federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be allocated as follows:
(1) Department of Employment Services. - $224,916,505 (including $56,589,078 from local funds, $44,005,375 from federal grant funds, $69,889,881 from other funds, $928,007 from private funds, and $53,504,164 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Reed Act Fund, the Unemployment Insurance Administrative Assessment Tax Fund, the Unemployment Insurance Interest/Penalties Fund, the Universal Paid Leave Fund, the Workers' Compensation Administration Fund, and the Workers' Compensation Special Fund; provided further, that the Department of Employment Services shall execute an intra-District transfer of $1,858,227 in local funds to the Office of Human Rights and an intra-District transfer of $1,300,676 in local funds to the Office of Administrative Hearings, consistent with section 1153 of the Universal Paid Leave Implementation Fund Act of 2016, effective December 3, 2020 (D.C. Law 23-149; D.C. Official Code § 32-551.02),
(2) Department of Parks and Recreation. - $69,250,477 (including $61,156,128 from local funds, $2,058,598 from other funds, and $6,035,750 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Recreation Enterprise Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022; provided further, that the Department of Parks and Recreation is authorized to spend appropriated funds from the Recreation Enterprise Fund for the purposes set forth in section 4 of the Recreation Act of 1994, effective March 23, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-246; D.C. Official Code § 10-303);
(3) District of Columbia Public Charter School Board. - $11,587,860 (including $10,587,860 from other funds and $1,000,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief);
(4) District of Columbia Public Charter Schools. - $1,011,333,917 from local funds; provided, that there shall be quarterly disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia public charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year; provided further, that if the entirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments to any public charter schools currently in operation through the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022 for public education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code § 38-1804.03(b)(2)); provided further, that of the amounts made available to District of Columbia public charter schools, $230,000 shall be made available to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as authorized by section 2403(b)(6) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code § 38-1804.03(b)(6)); provided further, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia public charter schools on July 1, 2022, an amount equal to 35 percent, or for new charter school local education agencies that opened for the first time after December 31, 2021, an amount equal to 45 percent, of the total amount of the local funds appropriations provided for payments to public charter schools in the budget of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2023 (as adopted by the District), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for such payments for Fiscal Year 2023; provided further, that the annual financial audit for the performance of an individual District of Columbia public charter school shall be funded by the charter school;
(5) District of Columbia Public Library. - $75,357,277 (including $71,726,221 from local funds, $2,314,056 from federal grant funds, $1,300,000 from other funds, and $17,000 from private funds); provided, that not to exceed $8,500 of such amount, from local funds, shall be available for the Chief Librarian of the District of Columbia Public Library for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Copies and Printing Fund, the E-Rate Reimbursement Fund, the Library Collections Account, the Books From Birth Fund, and the DCPL Revenue-Generating Activities Fund;
(6) District of Columbia Public Schools. - $1,046,973,797 (including $1,006,497,815 from local funds, $10,198,758 from federal grant funds, $10,127,678 from other funds, $2,649,544 from private funds, and $17,500,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for School Improvement" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021); provided, that not to exceed $10,600 of such local funds shall be available for the Chancellor for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10); provided further, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on July 1, 2022, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of the local funds appropriations provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools in the budget of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2023 (as adopted by the District), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools for Fiscal Year 2023; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the At-Risk Supplemental Allocation Preservation Fund, the Afterschool Program-Copayment Fund, the DCPS School Facility Colocation Fund, the District of Columbia Public Schools' Nonprofit School Food Service Fund, the District of Columbia Public Schools Sales and Sponsorship Fund, the E-Rate Education Fund, and the Reserve Officer Training Corps Fund; provided further, that the District of Columbia Public Schools is authorized to spend appropriated funds consistent with section 105(c)(5) of the Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007, effective June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-9; D.C. Official Code § 38-174(c)(5));
(7) District of Columbia State Athletics Commission. - $1,270,105 (including $1,170,105 from local funds and $100,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the State Athletic Activities, Programs, and Office Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(8) Non-Public Tuition. - $58,454,495 from local funds;
(9) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education. - $47,636,841 (including $25,336,440 from local funds, $115,000 from private funds, and $22,185,401 from federal payment funds for COVID relief);
(10) Office of the State Superintendent of Education. - $702,954,290 (including $229,265,422 from local funds, $5,629,909 from dedicated taxes, $367,931,054 from federal grant funds, $1,623,198 from other funds, $146,996 from private funds, $17,500,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for School Improvement" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, and $40,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021 for the purposes specified in section 3004(b) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, approved April 15, 2011 (125 Stat 200; D.C. Official Code § 38-1853.04(b)), and $40,857,711 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided further, that any funds that are not expended by December 31, 2021 pursuant to section 4202 of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Act of 2021, passed on 2nd reading on August 10, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-285), shall be transferred to the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants for the Access to Justice program; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Access to Quality Child Care Fund, the Charter School Credit Enhancement Fund, the Child Development Facilities Fund, the Common Lottery Board Fund, the Community Schools Fund, the Early Childhood Development Fund, the Healthy Schools Fund, the Healthy Tots Fund, the School Safety and Positive Climate Fund, the Special Education Enhancement Fund, the Statewide Special Education Compliance Fund, the Student Enrollment Fund, the Student Residency Verification Fund, and the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund;
(11) Special Education Transportation. - $107,781,985 from local funds; provided, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the Special Education Transportation agency under the direction of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, on July 1, 2022, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of the local funds appropriations provided for the Special Education Transportation agency in the budget for the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2023 (as adopted by the District), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for the Special Education Transportation agency for Fiscal Year 2023; provided further, that amounts appropriated under this paragraph may be used to offer financial incentives as necessary to reduce the number of routes serving 2 or fewer students;
(12) State Board of Education. - $2,361,421 from local funds;
(13) Teachers' Retirement System. - $75,060,000 from local funds;
(14) Unemployment Compensation Fund. - $5,480,390 from local funds; and
(15) University of the District of Columbia Subsidy Account. - $93,313,935 (including $92,873,935 from local funds and $440,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education of nonresidents of the District at the University of the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, a tuition-rate schedule that establishes the tuition rate for nonresident students at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable public institutions of higher education in the metropolitan area; provided further, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the University of the District of Columbia on July 1, 2022, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of the local funds appropriations provided for the University of the District of Columbia in the budget of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2023 (as adopted by the District), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for the University of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2023; provided further, that not to exceed $10,600 of such local funds shall be available for the President of the University of the District of Columbia for official reception and representation expenses and for purposes consistent with the Discretionary Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 509; D.C. Official Code § 1-333.10).
Human Support Services
Human support services, $5,351,521,268 (including $2,078,201,794 from local funds, $103,419,386 from dedicated taxes, $460,803,475 from federal grant funds, $2,589,827,104 from Medicaid payments, $44,946,564 from other funds, $1,019,770 from private funds, $5,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, and $68,303,173 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); to be allocated as follows:
(1) Child and Family Services Agency. - $218,548,350 (including $144,991,707 from local funds, $71,898,835 from federal grant funds, $1,000,000 from other funds, $329,339 from private funds, and $328,470 from federal payment funds for COVID relief);
(2) Department of Aging and Community Living. - $57,454,722 (including $45,860,265 from local funds, $8,516,033 from federal grant funds, and $3,078,424 from Medicaid payments);
(3) Department of Behavioral Health. - $342,824,849 (including $287,359,071 from local funds, $200,000 from dedicated taxes, $38,852,910 from federal grant funds, $2,857,676 from Medicaid payments, $2,686,962 from other funds, $647,443 from private funds, and $10,220,785 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration-Choice in Drug Treatment (HCSN) Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(4) Department of Health. - $280,804,922 (including $88,875,691 from local funds, $157,401,992 from federal grant funds, $19,170,751 from other funds, $42,988 from private funds, $5,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, and $10,313,500 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Animal Education and Outreach Fund, the Board of Medicine Fund, the Civil Monetary Penalties Fund, the Communicable and Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment Fund the Health Professional Recruitment Fund (Medical Loan Repayment), the Howard University Hospital Centers of Excellence Fund, the Human Services Facility Fee Fund, the ICF/MR Fees and Fines Fund, the Pharmacy Protection Fund, the State Health Planning and Development Agency Admission Fee Fund, and the State Health Planning and Development Agency Fees Fund;
(5) Department of Health Care Finance. - $3,515,661,706 (including $847,228,961 from local funds, $103,219,386 from dedicated taxes, $3,206,819 from federal grant funds, $2,553,572,304 from Medicaid payments, $6,434,236 from other funds, and $2,000,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Bill of Rights (Grievance and Appeals) Fund, the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund, the Hospital Provider Fee Fund, the Hospital Fund, the Individual Insurance Market Affordability and Stability Fund, the Medicaid Collections-3rd Party Liability Fund, the Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund, the Stevie Sellow's Quality Improvement Fund, and the DC HealthCare Alliance Reform Fund;
(6) Department of Human Services. - $719,986,532 (including $510,128,912 from local funds, $147,998,742 from federal grant funds, $16,123,558 from Medicaid payments, $900,000 from other funds, and $44,835,320 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Rent Supplement Program Tenant-Based Allocation Fund, the SNAP Reinvestment Fund, and the SSI Payback Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(7) Department on Disability Services. - $196,547,189 (including $134,064,190 from local funds, $32,928,144 from federal grant funds, $14,195,141 from Medicaid payments, $14,754,614 from other funds, and $605,098 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Contribution to Costs of Supports Fund, the Cost of Care for Non-Medicaid Clients Fund, and the Randolph Shepherd Unassigned Facilities Fund;
(8) Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation Subsidy. - $15,000,000 from local funds;
(9) Office for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing. - $835,456 from local funds;
(10) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. - $2,922,542 from local funds; and
(11) Office of the Ombudsperson for Children. - $935,000 from local funds;
Operations and Infrastructure
Public works, $1,279,823,508 (including $773,983,328 from local funds, $77,821,662 from dedicated taxes, $54,469,776 from federal grant funds, $289,124,191 from other funds, $2,570,263 from private funds, and $81,854,287 and federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be allocated as follows:
(1) Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. - $10,495,813 (including $365,719 from local funds, $1,184,662 from dedicated taxes and $8,945,433 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Fund, the Dedicated Taxes Fund, and the Medical Cannabis Administration Fund;
(2) Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. - $90,588,515 (including
$47,842,780 from local funds and $42,745,735 from other funds); provided, that funds appropriated by this act in the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs may be reallocated pursuant to section 1122(b)(2) of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Act of 2021, passed on 2nd reading on August 10, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-285); provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Appraisal Fee Fund, the Basic Business License Fund, the Corporate Recordation Fund, the DC Combat Sports Commission Fund, the Green Building Fund, the Nuisance Abatement Fund, the Occupational and Professional Licensing Administration Special Account, the Real Estate Guaranty and Education Fund, and the Vending Regulation Fund;
(3) Department of Energy and Environment. - $239,740,692 (including
$22,228,548 from local funds, $35,135,467 from federal grant funds, $98,116,127 from other funds, $2,556,263 from private funds, and $81,704,287 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Storm Water Permit Review Fund, the Sustainable Energy Trust Fund, the Clean Land Fund/Brownfield Revitalization Fund, the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Fund, the District of Columbia Wetland Stream and Mitigation Trust Fund, the Energy Assistance Trust Fund, the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Fund, the Municipal Aggregation Fund, the Fishing License Fund, the Renewable Energy Development Fund, the Special Energy Assessment Fund, the Air Quality Construction Permits Fund, the WASA Utility Discount Program Fund, the Pesticide Product Registration Fund, the Stormwater Fees Fund, the Stormwater In-Lieu Fee Payment Fund, the Economy II Fund, the Residential Aid Discount Fund, the Residential Essential Services Fund, the Benchmarking Enforcement Fund, the Product Stewardship Fund, the Rail Safety and Security Fund, the Indoor Mold Assessment and Remediation Fund, the Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund, the Underground Storage Tank Regulation Fund, the Hazardous Waste and Toxic Chemical Source Reduction Fund, the Clean Rivers Impervious Area Charge Assistance Fund; and Lead Service Line Replacement Fund; provided further, that funds in the available fund balance of the Renewable Energy Development Fund may be obligated in Fiscal Year 2022, pursuant to grant awards, through September 30, 2025, and that such funds so obligated are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2025;
(4) Department of For-Hire Vehicles. - $22,649,218 (including $13,701,908 from local funds, $8,797,310 from other funds, and $150,000 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Public Vehicles-for-Hire Consumer Service Fund and the Taxicab Assessment Act Fund;
(5) Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking. - $34,025,159 (including $1,694,774 from local funds and $32,330,386 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Capital Access Fund, the Foreclosure Mediation Fund, the Insurance Assessment Fund, the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund, and the Securities and Banking Fund;
(6) Department of Motor Vehicles. - $48,280,865 (including $38,964,916 from local funds, $329,500 in federal grant funds, and $8,986,450 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Department of Motor Vehicles Kiosk Fund and the Motor Vehicle Inspection Station Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(7) Department of Public Works. - $175,958,036 (including $161,359,247 from local funds and $14,598,788 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Solid Waste Disposal Cost Recovery Special Account and the Super Can Program Fund;
(8) District Department of Transportation. - $170,094,819 (including $132,852,610 from local funds, $18,423,809 from federal grant funds, and $18,818,400 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Bicycle Sharing Fund, the DC Circulator Fund, the DDOT Enterprise Fund-Non Tax Revenues Fund, the Parking Meter and Transit Services Pay-by-Phone Transaction Fee Fund, the Performance Parking Program Fund, the Sustainable Transportation Fund, the Transportation Infrastructure Project Review Fund, the Tree Fund, the Vision Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Fund, and the Vision Zero Enhancement Omnibus Amendment Act Implementation Fund; provided further, that there are appropriated any amounts received, or to be received, without regard to fiscal year, from the Potomac Electric Power Company, or any of its related companies, successors, or assigns, for the purpose of paying or reimbursing the District Department of Transportation for the costs of designing, constructing, acquiring, and installing facilities, infrastructure, and equipment for use and ownership by the Potomac Electric Power Company, or any of its related companies, successors, or assigns, related to or associated with the undergrounding of electric distribution lines in the District of Columbia, and any interest earned on those funds, which amounts and interest shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund at the end of a fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation until expended for the designated purposes;
(9) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure. - $1,244,138 from local funds;
(10) Office of the People's Counsel. - $11,009,852 (including $674,560 from local funds and $10,335,292 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Office of People's Counsel Agency Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(11) Public Service Commission. - $18,045,270 (including $581,000 from federal grant funds, $17,450,270 from other funds, and $14,000 from private funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the PJM Settlement Fund and the Public Service Commission Agency Fund;
(12) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. - $457,524,864 (including $352,887,864 from local funds, $76,637,000 from dedicated taxes, and $28,000,000 from other funds); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022: the Dedicated Taxes Fund and the Parking Meter WMATA Fund; provided further, that all funds budgeted without regard to fiscal year for the adult learner transit subsidy program established by section 2(i) of the School Transit Subsidy Act of 1978, effective March 6, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-152; D.C. Official Code § 35-233(i)), are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022; provided further, that there are appropriated any amounts deposited, or to be deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Dedicated Financing Fund for the purpose of funding WMATA capital improvements, which amounts shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund at the end of a fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available until expended for the designated purposes; and
(13) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission. - $166,266 from local funds.
Financing and Other
Financing and Other, $1,935,625,539 (including $1,169,985,348 from local funds, $313,894,595 from dedicated taxes, $18,464,988 from federal grant funds, $135,816,457 from other funds, $25,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021, and $272,464,137 from federal payment funds for COVID relief), to be allocated as follows:
(1) Commercial Paper Program. - $6,750,000 from local funds;
(2) Convention Center Transfer. - $180,282,266 (including $71,069,000 from local funds, $104,907,720 from dedicated taxes and $4,305,546 from other funds);
(3) Debt Service - Issuance Costs. - $10,000,000 from local funds for the payment of debt service issuance costs;
(4) District Retiree Health Contribution. - $50,300,000 from local funds for a District Retiree Health Contribution;
(5) Emergency Planning and Security Fund. - $25,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021; provided, that, notwithstanding any other law, obligations and expenditures that are pending reimbursement under the heading "Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia" may be charged to this appropriations heading;
(6) District of Columbia Highway Transportation Fund. - Transfers. - $26,705,648 from dedicated taxes;
(7) John A. Wilson Building Centennial Fund. - $4,887,140 from local funds for expenses associated with the John A. Wilson building;
(8) Non-Departmental Account. - $301,880,769 (including $19,024,071 from local funds, $10,392,561 from other funds, and $272,464,137 from federal payment funds for COVID relief); provided, that funds allocated for the implementation of the Department of Buildings Act, effective April 5, 2021 (D.C. Law 23-269; 68 DCR 1490), shall be reallocated pursuant to section 1122(b)(2) of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Act of 2021, passed on 2nd reading on August 10, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-285).
(9) Pay-As-You-Go Capital Fund. - $354,794,021 (including $63,264,671 from local funds, $178,500,000 from dedicated taxes, and $113,029,350 from other funds) to be transferred to the Capital Fund, in lieu of capital financing;
(10) Repayment of Loans and Interest. - $865,770,458 (including $839,216,456 from local funds, $18,464,988 from federal grant funds, and $8,089,000 from other funds), for payment of principal, interest, and certain fees directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 774; D.C. Official Code §§ 1-204.62, 1-204.75, and 1-204.90);
(11) Repayment of Revenue Bonds. - $3,781,227 from dedicated taxes for the repayment of revenue bonds;
(12) Settlements and Judgments. - $28,024,759 from local funds for making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia government; provided, that this amount may be increased by such sums as may be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia government and such sums may be paid from the applicable or available funds of the District of Columbia;
(13) Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund (Local). - $5,000,000 from local funds; and
(14) Workforce Investments Account. - $72,449,251 from local funds.
Enterprise and Other
The amount of $2,942,532,867 (including $2,760,827,810 from enterprise and other funds and $181,705,056 from enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes), shall be provided to enterprise funds as follows; provided, that, in the event that revenue dedicated by local law to an enterprise fund exceeds the amount set forth as follows, the General Fund budget authority may be increased as needed to transfer all such revenue, pursuant to local law, to the enterprise fund:
(1) Ballpark Revenue Fund. - $30,771,288 (including $12,365,134 from enterprise and other funds and $18,406,154 from enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes);
(2) District of Columbia Retirement Board. - $48,903,034 from the earnings of the applicable retirement funds to pay legal, management, investment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the District of Columbia Retirement Board;
(3) District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority. - $658,423,000 from enterprise and other funds; provided, that not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be available for reception and representation expenses; provided further, that not to exceed $15,000 of this amount shall be available for official meetings. For construction projects, $4,961,222,000, to be distributed as follows: $1,079,999,000 for Wastewater Treatment; $1,262,426,000 for the Sanitary Sewer System; $1,072,355,000 for the Water System; $71,772,000 for Non Process Facilities; $952,134,000 for the Combined Sewer Overflow Program; $164,743,000 for the Washington Aqueduct; $57,963,000 for the Stormwater Program; and $299,829,000 for the capital equipment program; in addition, $8,000,000 for Federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading "Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority" in the Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2021;
(4) Green Finance Authority. - $30,500,000 from enterprise and other funds, to be available until expended;
(5) Health Benefit Exchange Authority. - $32,841,979 from enterprise and other funds;
(6) Housing Finance Agency. - $15,009,504 from enterprise and other funds; provided, that all funds budgeted without regard to fiscal year for the Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022; provided further, that all funds budgeted without regard to fiscal year for the Public Housing Credit-Building Pilot Program are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2023;
(7) Housing Production Trust Fund. - $250,000,000 (including $176,684,444 from enterprise and other funds and $73,315,556 from enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes); provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Housing Production Trust Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022; provided further, that if at the close of a fiscal year, the District has fully funded the Emergency, Contingency, Fiscal Stabilization, and Cash Flow Reserves, 50% of the additional uncommitted amounts in the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as certified by the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report shall be deposited into the Housing Production Trust Fund, and that such funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available until expended;
(8) Not-For-Profit Hospital Corporation. - $155,000,000 from enterprise and other funds;
(9) Office of Lottery and Gaming. - $544,200,000 from enterprise and other funds; provided, that, after notification to the Mayor, amounts appropriated herein may be increased by an amount necessary for the Lottery, Gambling, and Gaming Fund to make transfers to the General Fund and to cover prizes, agent commissions, and gaming-related fees directly associated with unanticipated excess lottery revenues not included in this appropriation;
(10) Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Administration. - $10,416,000 from enterprise and other funds;
(11) Repayment of PILOT Financing. - $47,941,239 from enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes;
(12) Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Program. - $42,042,107 from enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes;
(13) Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. - $267,315,937 from enterprise and other funds;
(14) Universal Paid Leave Fund. - $339,675,879 from enterprise and other funds; provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(15) University of the District of Columbia. - $171,201,435 from enterprise and other funds; provided, that these funds shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of a fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available for expenditure until September 30, 2022, without regard to fiscal year limitation; provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Higher Education Incentive Program Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022;
(16) Washington Aqueduct. - $70,521,160 from enterprise and other funds; and
(17) Washington Convention and Sports Authority. - $227,770,305
from enterprise and other funds.
Reserve Accounts
(1) Cash Flow Reserve Account. - All funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Cash Flow Reserve Account, established pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-392.02(j-2), are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022.
(2) Fiscal Stabilization Reserve Account. - All funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Fiscal Stabilization Reserve Account, established pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-392.02(j-1), are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2022.
Capital Outlay
For capital construction projects, an increase of $2,735,543,000 of which $2,390,213,000 shall be from local funds, $82,554,000 shall be from local transportation funds, $29,747,000 shall be from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, and $233,028,000 shall be from federal grant funds, and a rescission of $240,440,000 of which $201,115,000 shall be from local funds, $20,002,000 shall be from local transportation funds, $12,055,000 shall be from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, and $7,267,000 shall be from federal grant funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of $2,495,103,000, to remain available until expended; provided, that all funds provided by this act shall be available only for the specific projects and purposes intended; provided further, that amounts appropriated under this act may be increased by the amount transferred from funds appropriated in this act as Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds.
Sec. 3. Local portion of the budget.
The budget adopted pursuant to this act constitutes the local portion of the annual budget for the District of Columbia government under section 446(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 801; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.46(a)).
Sec. 4. Applicability.
This act shall apply as of September 30, 2021.
Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975. approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § l-30l.47a).
Sec. 6. Effective date.
As provided in section 446(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 801; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.46(a)), this act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of Columbia Register.
