B 25-0786 — Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2024

We are also doubling down on our investments in equity by increasing the weight for at-risk students, adults, and alternative learners.

o During the pandemic, we launched a high impact tutoring program that will help more than 10,000 students accelerate their learning.

The FY 2025 Budget invests $4.8 million to continue this evidence-based program.

o Adds $5 million to sustain our advanced technical education center that includes advanced internships, career ready internships, and a dual language program expansion.

In addition, a new $17 million investment will allow us to expand our existing center to include a new health care clinic to provide services to the community and training for our students.

o A $600,000 investment to add a second advanced technical center at the Whitman-Walker Max Robinson Center on the St.

Elizabeths East campus which will provide even more high school students with college credits and workforce training for high-wage, high-demand careers.

o Continues to improve our school facilities with $2.2 billion for full school modernizations, $255 million to support small capital repairs like HVAC and roof replacements, and $42 million to improve school safety through enhanced lighting, fencing, and access control.

Downtown Investments in our Downtown are investments that directly benefit all eight wards.

This is a critical time for our city’s economic future as we work to attract, retain, and grow our business community.

The FY 2025 Fair Shot Budget builds on what’s working and uses the roadmaps we have in our Comeback Plan, in the Downtown Action Plan, and our Public Realm Plan to make intentional investments to drive inclusive economic growth.

The FY 2025 Budget continues to invest in strategies that are working, such as the District’s Vitality Fund and office-to-residential conversions, and also includes:

o $520 million for the Gallery Place Revitalization Fund to support sports arena renovations, streetscape improvements, public space activations, and expanded green space.

Page 2 o $64 million to builda new Federal City Shelter annextoprovide permanent supportive housing and congregate dwelling units at the site of the existing Community for Creative Non-Violence shelter.

o $26 million to implement the Business and Entrepreneurship Support to Thrive (BEST) Act to streamline business licensing and reduce costs for our entrepreneurs.

o $13 million to temporarily freeze property taxes for conversions of office buildings into new uses downtown.

o $5.25 million to support World Pride in 2025.

o $5 million to create a new Downtown Arts Hub, a flexible, multi-use space for theater, dance, music, and visual arts organizations.

o $3 million to make it easier for organizations to host festivals and special events, and to attract arts fairs and go-go music festivals downtown.

Core Services The FY 2025 Fair Shot Budget sustains critical health and human service initiatives including:

$19 million for Career MAP to help 500 DC families avoid losing public assistance as their careers advance and incomes rise;

$7 million to continue 24/7 operations at six homeless shelters;

$4.8 million to maintain a community response team at the Department of Behavioral Health to respond to 911 calls that do not need a police response;

and $600,000 to provide workforce development services for transgender and gender non-conforming residents experiencing homelessness or housing instability.

The FY 2025 Budget makes new investments to support vulnerable families, improve parks and recreation centers, increase access to housing and homeownership, and advance entrepreneurship:

o $23 million for renovations to the Naylor Road, V Street, Emery, and Madison shelters, as well as various small-scale improvements at other homeless shelters in the system.

o $20 million to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), supporting District residents who are facing housing emergencies and evictions.

o $13 million for operating costs for two new non-congregate homeless shelter facilities in the West End and Downtown.

o $129 million to modernize and construct recreation and community centers.

o $87 million to modernize and renovate public libraries.

o $12 million for a state-of-good repair blitz at playgrounds, athletic fields, basketball courts, and tennis courts across DPR recreation centers.

o $101 million to rehabilitate and modernize public housing units managed by the DC Housing Authority.

o $32 million to help first-time homebuyers with down payment and closing cost assistance.

o $1.5milliontoexpandtheDCBusinessPortal,whichstreamlinesvariouslicensingprocesses for District businesses.

o $3 million to continue the District’s curbside composting program, providing at-home organic waste pickup for 9,000 households.

o $3 million to support the operating and maintenance costs of Capital Bikeshare’s continued growth, including more stations, e-bikes, and traditional bikes.

o $750,000 to help restaurants comply with forthcoming streatery design regulations by providing free consulting services and construction materials.

o $22.5 million to build a new city-owned animal shelter.

Page 3 Shared Sacrifices To ensure we are able to invest in our comeback and remain fiscally prudent, we need to jointly contribute to filling gaps, across the government and across the community, to move forward, together.

The District government closed half our FY 2025 Budget gap:

o We eliminated 407 positions, rightsized spending, and focused on moving forward with programs we know are working.

o We cut duplicative or lower-performing programs that were not helping us achieve the outcomes our residents expect.

We also resisted starting new programs that would only add to our longer-term financial pressures.

o And we looked across government for savings by eliminating electronic devices and phone lines no longer in use, rebalancing our capital portfolio, maximizing federal reimbursements, and consolidating licenses and software purchases.

To close the remainder of the gap, we identified new revenues that will be shared across the community:

o Businesses will help through an adjustment to the paid family leave tax back to FY 2021 levels to support our safety net.

o Consumers will help through a modest sales tax increase beginning in FY 2026 to support increased Metro costs.

o And visitorswillhelp through a small 911fee onhotel roomstays tosupport increased public safety hiring.

I don’t take revenue increases lightly.

If we make the right investments and put the right interventions in place today, I am hopeful we can reverse these policies in the out years.

I am optimistic about our future, and I hope you are too.

Our Comeback Plan is working, we have big opportunities ahead of us, and there is no city in the world like Washington, DC.

Sincerely, Muriel Bowser Mayor i Included in this submission are the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, the Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2024, and the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024.

In addition, I am submitting the following accompanying measures:

the Fiscal Year 2024 Revised Local Budget Emergency Act of 2024, the Fiscal Year 2024 Revised Local Budget Temporary Act of 2024, and the Fiscal Year 2024 Revised Local Budget Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024.

Page 4 2 ~ at the requestfthe Mayor 5 A BILL 8 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To adopt, as a request to Congress for appropriation and authorization, the federal portion ofthe budget ofthe government ofthe District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2024".

Adoption oftheof the federal portion oftheof the Fiscal Year 2025 budget.

There is adopted, as a request to Congress for appropriation and authorization, the following federal portion oftheof the budget oftheof the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025:

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATION REQUEST FEDERALF EDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICTD ISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTSC OURTS For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, including the transfer and hire ofmotorof motor vehicles, $321,817,000$359,969,000 to be allocated as follows:

for the District of Columbia Court ofAppeals,of Appeals, $16,769,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses;

for the Superior CourttheCourt of the District of Columbia, $154,530,000,$157,532,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses;

for the District of Columbia Court System, $104,228,000,$105,428,000, ofwhichof which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception ••- ···--··- - - - - - - - - - - - ••• ·~- - - - - - - - - - and representation expenses;

and $46,290,000,$80,240,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities;

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the ENROLLED ORIGINAL Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies;

FFEDERAL EDERALP PAYMENTAYMENT FORTO DTHE EFENDERC OURT SERVICES INDAND O FFENDER S UPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE D ISTRICT OFCOLUMBIAOF COURTSC OLUMBIA For paymentssalaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized underby sectionthe 11-2604National Capital Revitalization and sectionSelf-Government 11-2605,Improvement D.C.Act of 1997, $310,840,000 of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Agency programs;

of which not to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002;

Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, $218,010,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the monitoring of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of services for or related to such persons, of which $14,747,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for costs associated with the relocation under replacement leases for headquarters offices, field offices and related facilities;

Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, $92,830,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency, of which $7,304,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities;

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies;

Provided further, That amounts under this heading may be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully complete their terms of supervision.

F EDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $59,305,000;

Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies;

Provided further, ENROLLED ORIGINAL That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service a program substantially similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, except that the maximum amount of the payment made under the program to any individual may not exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code;

Provided further, That for the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in accordance with section 403 of the Government Management Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an agency of the United States Government;

Provided further, That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of property and services to the same extent and under the same conditions as an executive agency under sections 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code.

F EDERAL PAYMENT FOR D EFENDER S ERVICES IN D ISTRICT OF COLUMBIA C OURTS For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605, D.C.

Provided further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate the funds provided under this heading;

FEDERALF PEDERAL AYMENTPAYMENT FOR R ESIDENT TUITIONT UITION SUPPORT For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended;

Provided, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and out--of-out­-of- State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of higher education;

Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of eligible ENROLLED ORIGINAL students, and such other factors as may be authorized;

Provided further, That the District of Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support 79 Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year;

FEDERALF EDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOLS CHOOL IMPROVEMENT For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain available until expended, for payments authorized under the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112-10);

1400 et seq.) which are provided to a student and a student’s parents of a public elementary or secondary school in the District of Columbia, as enumerated in Table 2 of Government Accountability Office Report 18-94 (entitled “Federal Actions Needed to Ensure Parents Are Notified About Changes in Rights for Students with Disabilities”), issued November 2017.

FFEDERAL EDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINALD JUSTICEISTRICT COORDINATINGOF C OUNCILOLUMBIA EARLY C HILDHOOD EDUCATOR P AY EQUITY F UND For a Federal payment to the CriminalEarly JusticeChildhood CoordinatingEducator Council,Pay $2,450,000,Equity Fund, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, to supportcover initiativesthe relatedcost toof thesupplemental coordinationpayments offor Federalearly andchildhood localeducators criminalmade justiceto resourceschildcare incenters thesponsored Districtby offederal Columbia.agencies.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL FEDERAL PPAYMENT AYMENTTO FORTHEU JUDICIALNIVERSITY COF OMMISSIONSTHDISTRICT OC OLUMBIA For a Federal payment,payment to remainthe availableUniversity untilof September 30, 20245, to the CommissionDistrict onof JudicialColumbia, Disabilities$10,000,000, andto Tenure,remain $598,000,available anduntil toexpended, thefor Judiciallaboratory Nominationmodernization. Commission, $300,000.

FEDERAL PPAYMENT AYMENTTO FOR THE DCRIMINAL ISTRICTJUSTICECOORDINATING OFCOLUMBIACOUNCIL NATIONAL G UARD For a Federal payment to the DistrictCriminal ofJustice ColumbiaCoordinating NationalCouncil, Guard,$2,510,000, $600,000, to remain available until expended, forto support initiatives related to the Majorcoordination Generalof DavidFederal F.and local criminal justice resources in the District of Columbia.

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIALCOMMISSIONS For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, $598,000, and to the Judicial Nomination Commission, $458,000.

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THED ISTRICT OCOLUMBIA N ATIONALG UARD For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until expended, for the Major General David F.

FFEDERAL EDERAL PAYMENT FOR T ESTING ANDTANT REATMENT OF HIV/AIDS For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, $5,000,000.

FFEDERAL EDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCYE MERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITYSECURITYC COSTSOSTS IN THEDISTRICT OFOFCOLUMBIA C OLUMBIA For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, $97,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at events related to the presence of the National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions.

FEDERALF PAYMENTEDERALP AYMENT TO THETHEDISTRICT D ISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA W ATER ANDANDSEWER SEWERA AUTHORITYUTHORITY For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000,$22,400,000, to remain available until expended, to continuebe implementationallocated ofas thefollows: Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan;

Provided,$20,000,000 Thatto thecontinue Districtimplementation of Columbiathe WaterCombined and Sewer AuthorityOverflow providesLong-Term aControl 100Plan; percent match for this payment.

Provided, That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for this payment;

and $2,400,000 for grants authorized under Section 2912 of the American Rescue Plan ENROLLED ORIGINAL Act to assist low-income households that pay a high proportion of household income for drinking water and wastewater services.

FEDERAL P AYMENT TO THE W ASHINGTON M ETROPOLITAN A REA TRANSIT A UTHORITY For a Federal payment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, to remain available until September 30, 2025, $200,000,000.

DesignationCompensation as federal portion of the budget.Chief Financial Officer.

Section 424(b)(2)(E) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved April 17, (109 Stat.

142;

D.C.

Official Code § 1-204.24b(b)(5)), is amended to read as follows:

“(E) PAY.—The Chief Financial Officer shall be paid at the greater of:

“(i) A rate such that the total amount of compensation paid during any calendar year is equal to the limit on total pay which is applicable during the year under section 5307 of title 5, United States Code, to an employee described in section 5307(d) of such title;

or “(ii) A rate established in law by the District of Columbia;

provided, that any rate established pursuant to this clause which is applicable to any individual serving as the Chief Financial Officer shall not be reduced during any period of that individual’s service as Chief Financial Officer.”.

Sec.

4.

Contingency cash.

(a) No funds in excess of $500,000 shall be obligated or expended from the Contingency Cash Reserve Fund established by section 450A(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved November 22, 2000 (114 Stat.

2440;

D.C.

Official Code § 1-204.50a(b)), unless such expenditures have been approved by the Council by resolution.

(b) The Contingency Cash Reserve Transparency Amendment Act of 2008, enacted on January 29, 2008 (D.C.

Act 17-278;

55 DCR 1530), is enacted into law.

Sec.

5.

Notwithstanding any other law, the following sales shall be subject to the sales and use taxes of the District of Columbia:

(1) Sales at gift shops, souvenir shops, kiosks, convenience stores, food shops, cafeterias, restaurants, and similar establishments in federal buildings, including memorials and museums, in the District of Columbia that make sales to:

(A) The general public, if operated by the federal government, an agent of the federal government, or a contractor;

and (B) Other than the general public, if operated by an agent of the federal government or a contractor;

and (2) Sales of goods and services by a government-sponsored enterprise or corporation, institution, or organization established by federal statute or regulation (“federal enterprise or organization”), including the Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, National Building Museum, Federal National Mortgage Association, and Federal Home Loan ENROLLED ORIGINAL Mortgage Corporation, if the federal enterprise or organization is otherwise exempt from such taxation, to the extent such sales otherwise would be subject to the sales and use taxes of the District of Columbia if the federal enterprise or organization were organized as a nonprofit corporation established pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 29 of the District of Columbia Official Code, and exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, approved August 16, 1954 (68A Stat.

163;

26 U.S.C.

§ 501(c)(3)).

Sec.

6.

Section 3 of the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999, approved November 12, 1999 (113 Stat.

1323;

D.C.

Official Code § 38–2702), is amended as follows:

(a) Subsection (a)(2) is amended as follows:

(1) Subparagraph (A) is amended by striking the figure “$10,000” and inserting the figure “$15,000” in its place.

(2) Subparagraph (B) is amended by striking the figure “$50,000” and inserting the figure “$75,000” in its place.

(b) Subsection (b)(1) is amended as follows:

(1) Subparagraph (A) is amended by striking the phrase “;

and” and inserting a semicolon in its place.

(2) A new subparagraph (A-i) is added to read as follows:

“(A-i) After making reductions under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, ratably reduce the amount of the tuition and fee payment of each eligible student who receives more than $10,000 for the award year;

and”.

(3) Subparagraph (B) is amended by striking the phrase “subparagraph (A)” and inserting the phrase “subparagraphs (A) and (A-i)” in its place.

Sec.

7.

(a) NATIONAL C HILDREN ’S M USEUM .—Chapter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

Ҥ 6735.

National Children’s Museum “(a) N G ENERAL .—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of General Services shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Children’s Museum for the operation of the National Children’s Museum in the approximately 32,369 square feet of space commonly known as suite C–001 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Space’) of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center for the duration of the retail space license agreement between Trade Center Management Associates, LLC, or a successor entity, and the Museum, dated December 4, 2017, including any exercised renewal options.

“(b) CONTENTS .—The cooperative agreement under subsection (a) shall include provisions that— “(1) require, for the period in which the General Services Administration owns or controls the Space, the General Services Administration to provide rent for the Space;

“(2) terminate such agreement if— “(A) the Museum does not continue to qualify as a nonprofit organization ENROLLED ORIGINAL under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

and “(B) the Museum no longer uses the Space as a children’s museum;

and “(3) prohibits the Museum from transferring the interest in such agreement.

“(c) SOURCE O F F UNDS .—To carry out this section, the Administrator shall use funds derived from— “(1) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation fund;

or “(2) the International Trade Center fund.

“(d) R EPORT .—The cooperative agreement under subsection (a) shall require the National Children’s Museum to submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate an annual report on the operations and finances of the Museum.”.

(b) CLERICAL A MENDMENT .—The analysis for chapter 67 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“6735.

National Children’s Museum.”.

Sec.

8.

4.9.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the ChiefBudget FinancialDirector Officer as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975.

Official Code § l-30l.47a).l-301.47a).

5.10.

GOVERNMENT______________________________ OFChairman THECouncil DISTRICTof OFthe COLUMBIADistrict OFFICEof OFColumbia THE_________________________________ ATTORNEYMayor GENERALDistrict BRIANof L.Columbia 8

SCHWALB ATTORNEY GENERAL Legal Counsel Division MEMORANDUM TO:

Tomás Talamante Director Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs FROM:

Megan D.

Browder Deputy Attorney General Legal Counsel Division DATE:

April 3, 2024 SUBJECT:

Legal Sufficiency Review of Draft Bill, the “Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2024” (AE-24-017) This is to Certify that this Office has reviewed 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.

_______________________________ Megan D.

Browder Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 409, Washington, D.C.

20004 Phone:

(202) 724-5524 Email:

megan.browder@dc.gov