B 26-0659 — Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Act of 2026

provided, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the followingFilm, fundsTelevision and the Entertainment Rebate Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027:2027;

the Film, Television and the Entertainment Rebate Fund;

provided, that all funds ENGROSSED ORIGINAL deposited during Fiscal Year 2027 into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027:

$44,080,756$44,430,756 (including $31,891,105$32,241,105 from local funds, $6,778,601 from dedicated taxes, $116,514 from federal grant funds, and $5,294,536 from other funds);

provided, that all funds deposited during Fiscal Year 2027 into the Rental Unit Fee Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for ENROLLED ORIGINAL expenditure until September 30, 2027;

and ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (12) Rental Housing Commission:

P UBLICSUBLIC S AFETY AND JUSTICE For public safety and justice, $1,977,320,162$1,980,182,048 (including $1,699,240,924$1,702,102,810 from local funds, $230,644,242 from federal grant funds, $300,000 from Medicaid payments, $42,836,997 from other funds, $948,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions” in the Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026, $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 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026, and $2,749,999 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 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026;2026);

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (2) Corrections Information Council:

$1,090,894$1,140,894 from local funds;

$229,036,605$230,436,605 (including $211,830,838$213,230,838 from local funds and $17,205,767 from other funds);

provided, that all funds deposited, without ENROLLED ORIGINAL 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, 2027;

$101,984,756$102,485,765 from local funds;

$23,763,917 (including $6,099,294 from local funds, $17,034,623 from federal grant funds, $30,000 from other funds, and $600,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Payment for the District of Columbia National Guard” in the Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026);

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (11) Judicial Nomination Commission:

$387,355$437,355 (including $37,355$87,355 from local funds and $350,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions” in the Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026);

provided, that all funds deposited during Fiscal Year 20262027 into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027:

$13,160,563$13,494,563 (including $12,860,563$13,194,563 from ENROLLED ORIGINAL local funds and $300,000 from Medicaid payments);

provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, ENGROSSED ORIGINAL into the Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027;

$3,295,343$3,295,101 from local funds;

$109,247,873$109,774,992 (including $92,561,926$93,089,046 from local funds, $16,085,946 from federal grant funds, and $600,000 from other funds);

provided, that $31,786,532 shall be made available to award a grant to the District of ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Columbia Bar Foundation for the purpose of administering the Access to Justice Initiative, including the Access to Justice Grants Program, the District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and the Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program;

provided,provided further, that all funds deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the Crime Victims Assistance Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027;

and ENROLLED ORIGINAL (21) Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Retirement System:

PPUBLIC UBLICEE DUCATION SYSTEMSS YSTEMS For the public education systems, $4,450,436,310$4,452,917,529 (including $3,859,593,885$3,862,075,104 from local funds, $419,832,455 from federal grant funds, $90,071,434 from other funds, $5,641,536 from private grant funds, $297,000 from private donations, $40,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support” in the Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026 for the purposes specified in sections 3 and 5 of the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999, ENGROSSED ORIGINAL approved November 12, 1999 (113 Stat 1328;

Official Code § 38- 1853.04(b));1853.04(b)));

$183,486,698$183,604,917 (including $68,807,291$68,925,510 from local funds, $49,186,006 from federal grant funds, $64,665,376 from other funds, and $828,025 from private grant funds);

the Reed Act Fund, the Unemployment and Workforce Development Administrative Fund, the Unemployment Insurance Interest Account, the Unemployment Insurance Special Administrative Expense Account, the Universal Paid Leave Administration Fund, the Workers’ Compensation Administration Fund, and the Workers’ ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Compensation Special Fund;

provided further, that the Department of Parks and Recreation is authorized to spend appropriated funds from the Parks and Recreation ENROLLED ORIGINAL Fund for the purposes set forth in section 4 of the Recreation Act of 1994, effective March 23, 1995 (D.C.

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, 20272027, for public education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act ENGROSSED ORIGINAL of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat.

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 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Funds Act of 1973, approved October 26, 1973 (87 Stat.

provided further, that no later than February 2, 2027, the Chief Financial Officer shall increase the budget authority for the Books From Birth Fund, the Copies and Printing Fund, the DCPL Revenue-Generating Activities Fund, the E-Rate Reimbursement Fund, and the Library Collections Account by the amount of ENROLLED ORIGINAL resources remaining in each fund as of the close of Fiscal Year 2026;

provided further, that, notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other ENGROSSED ORIGINAL provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on July 1, 2027, 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 2028 (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 2028;

provided further, that all funds deposited during Fiscal Year 2027 into the DCPS School Facility Colocation Fund are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027;

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (8) Non-Public Tuition:

$34,580,721 (including $34,275,721 from local funds,$55,000funds, $55,000 from private grant funds, and $250,000 from private donations);

$703,895,099$705,695,099 (including $316,742,459$318,542,459 from local funds, $325,706,864 from federal grant funds, $935,000 from other ENROLLED ORIGINAL funds, $3,010,776 from private grant funds, $40,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support” in the Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026, 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 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026);

provided further, that all funds deposited during Fiscal Year 2027 into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, ENGROSSED ORIGINAL 2027:

$133,216,046$133,779,046 (including $123,215,046$123,778,046 from local funds and $10,001,000 in federal grant funds);

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 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL September 30, 2027, 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, 2027, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of the local funds appropriations provided for the University of the ENROLLED ORIGINAL District of Columbia in the budget of the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2028 (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 2028;

H UMAN S UPPORT SERVICESS ERVICES For human support services, $7,561,131,489$7,561,207,029 (including $2,568,341,162$2,568,416,702 from local funds, $251,661,162 from dedicated taxes, $492,933,695 from federal grant funds, $4,188,140,725 from Medicaid paymentspayments, $53,596,509 from other funds, $2,330,236 from private grant funds, $128,000 from private donations, and $4,000,000 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 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026);

provided, that ENGROSSED ORIGINAL the foregoing amounts shall be increased or decreased to reflect the amount of federal payment funds appropriated by Congress for Fiscal Year 2027;2027, to be allocated as follows:

to be allocated as follows:

$206,407,383$206,232,924 (including $156,184,628$156,010,169 from local funds, $50,117,755 from federal grant funds, $75,000 in private grant funds, and $30,000 in private donations);

$65,171,757$65,271,757 (including $50,918,720$51,018,720 from local funds, $11,088,701 from federal grant funds, and $3,164,336 from Medicaid payments);

$365,920,227 (including $272,691,579 from local funds, $72,131,912 from federal grant funds, $5,786,810 from Medicaid payments, $14,873,902 from other funds,$343,024funds, $343,024 from private grant funds, and $93,000 from private donations);

the 988 Lifeline and Crisis Services Fund, the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration-Choice in Drug Treatment (HCSN) Fund, the DMH Medicare and 3rd Party Reimbursement Fund, the DMH Federal Beneficiary Reimbursement Fund, and the Opioid Abatement Fund;

$281,114,672 (including $92,847,153 from local funds, $159,125,072 from federal grant funds, $23,230,235 from other funds, $1,912,212 from private grant funds, and $4,000,000 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 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026);

provided further, that all funds ENROLLED ORIGINAL deposited, without regard to fiscal year, into the following funds are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027:

the 988 Lifeline and Crisis Services Fund, the AIDS Drug Assistance Program Fund, the Animal Education and Outreach Fund, the Civil Monetary Penalties Fund, the Health Occupations Regulation Fund, the DC Health and Wellness Center Fund, the Health Professional Recruitment Fund (Medical Loan Repayment), the Human Services Facility Fee Fund, the JUUL Settlement Fund, and the Smoking Cessation Fund;

$5,584,074,759$5,584,075,759 (including $1,173,349,845 from local funds, $251,661,162 from dedicated taxes, $10,238,139 from federal grant funds, $4,144,046,042 from Medicaid payments, and $4,780,571 from other funds);

the DC HealthCare Alliance Reform Fund, the Home and Community-Based Services ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Enhancement Fund, the Hospital Provider Fee Fund, the Hospital Fund, the Individual Insurance Market Affordability and Stability Fund, the Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund, and the Stevie Sellow’s Quality Improvement Fund;

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (8) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services:

and ENROLLED ORIGINAL (9) Office of the Ombudsperson for Children:

$733,094$$883,094 from local funds.

O PERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE For operations and infrastructure, $1,603,346,103$1,613,717,886 (including $1,120,229,225$1,126,650,043 from local funds, $79,711,000 from dedicated taxes, $123,066,403$125,475,403 from federal grant funds, $275,201,841$276,743,806 from other funds,$5,123,634funds, $5,123,634 from private grant funds, and $14,000 from private donationsdonations), ), to be allocated as follows:

theBeveragethe Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration Fund, the Dedicated Taxes Fund, and the Medical Cannabis Administration Fund;

$201,972,457$202,446,236 (including ENGROSSED$31,136,486 ORIGINAL $30,401,668 from local funds, $89,785,437 from federal grant funds, $76,661,718$76,400,679 from other funds and $5,123,634 from private grant funds);

ENGROSSEDENROLLED ORIGINAL (4) Department of For-Hire Vehicles:

$30,184,116$30,870,116 (including $15,771,904$16,457,904 from local funds and $14,412,212 from other funds);

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, ENGROSSED ORIGINAL 2027:

$193,343,947$193,345,106 (including $179,232,078 from local funds and $14,111,869$14,113,029 from other funds);

$149,052,106$158,411,106 (including $94,407,301$99,407,301 from local funds, $31,007,805$33,416,805 from federal grant funds, and $23,637,000$25,587,000 from other funds);

the Bicycle Sharing Fund, the Bus Service Enhancement Fund, the DC Circulator Fund, the DC Water Facility Work Fund, the DDOT Enterprise Fund-Non Tax Revenues Fund, the Greater U Street Parking Benefit Fund, the Parking Meter and Transit Services Pay-by-Phone Transaction Fee Fund, the Performance Parking Program Fund, the Sustainable Transportation Fund, the Tree Fund, the Transportation Initiatives ENROLLED ORIGINAL Fund, and the Transportation Infrastructure Project Review Fund;

provided further, that there are ENGROSSED ORIGINAL appropriated in addition 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, and shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation until expended for the designated purposes;

$20,983,849$20,835,694 (including $673,990 from federal grant funds, $20,295,859$20,147,704 from other funds, and $14,000 from private donations);

$794,447,572 (including ENGROSSED ORIGINAL $680,736,572 from local funds, $79,711,000 from dedicated taxes, and $34,000,000 from other funds);

FINANCINGF INANCING AND O THER ENROLLED ORIGINAL For financing and other costs, $2,098,377,615$2,123,036,314 (including $1,604,020,479$1,598,539,178 from local funds, $368,558,277$401,058,277 from dedicated taxes, $822,966 from federal grant funds, $54,975,893$52,615,893 from other funds, and $70,000,000 from federal payment funds requested to be appropriated by the ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Congress under the heading “Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia” in the Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026);

$59,174,199$56,674,199 (including $23,459,000 from dedicated taxes and $35,715,199$33,215,199 from other funds);

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (7) John A.

$3,386,551$3,186,551 from local funds;

$236,370,762$271,051,614 (including $38,610,068$40,650,920 from local funds, $178,500,000$211,000,000 from dedicated taxes, and $19,260,694$19,400,694 from other funds) to be transferred to the Capital Fund, in lieu of capital financing;

$1,313,088,695$1,300,381,791 (including $1,312,265,729$1,299,558,825 from local fundsfunds, and $822,966 from federal grant 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 462,461, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.

$25,344,289 from local funds for making ENROLLED ORIGINAL refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia government;

and ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (13) Workforce Investment Account:

$100,000,000$105,384,750 from local funds.

ENTERPRISEE FUNDSNTERPRISE F UNDS The amount of $2,337,094,182 (including $2,204,033,517 from enterprise and other funds and $133,060,665 from enterprise and other funds - dedicated taxes), shall be provided to enterprise funds as follows;

(1) Ballpark RevenuePreservation and Improvement Fund:

$465,010,000 for the ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Washington Aqueduct;

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 2027 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2026, provided, that the foregoing amounts shall be increased or decreased to reflect the amount of federal payment funds appropriated by Congress for the agency for Fiscal Year 2026;

provided, that the foregoing amounts shall be increased or decreased to reflect the amount of federal payment funds appropriated by Congress for the agency for Fiscal Year 2027;

provided, that all funds budgeted without regard to fiscal year for the Reverse Mortgage ENROLLED ORIGINAL Foreclosure Prevention Program are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027;

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 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL September 30, 2027;

provided, that these funds shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of a fiscal year or at any other time, and shall be continually available for expenditure until September 30, ENGROSSED ORIGINAL 2027;

R ESERVE ACCOUNTSA CCOUNTS (1) Cash Flow Reserve Account:

Official Code § 47- ENROLLED ORIGINAL 392.02(j-2), are authorized for expenditure and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2027.

C APITAL OUTLAYO UTLAY For capital construction projects, a net increase of $3,461,628,000,$3,507,739,000, of which $2,521,083,000$2,584,694,000 shall be from local funds, $803,131,000 shall be from the federal Highway Trust Fund, $119,376,000$101,876,000 shall be from the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, $32,144,000 shall be from federal funds, and a net rescission of $14,104,000, which shall be from local ENGROSSED ORIGINAL transportation funds, to remain available until expended;

A PPROPRIATION OF A DDITIONAL R ESOURCES (1) Fiscal Year 2026 and Fiscal Year 2027 Additional Revenues.

(A) To the extent that the Fiscal Year 2026 local revenues certified in the June 2026, September 2026, or December 2026 quarterly revenue estimates exceed the local revenue estimate of the Chief Financial Officer dated February 27, 2026, together with revenue generated from the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act and transfers authorized by the Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Adjustment Emergency Act, the first $150 million of excess local funds shall be deposited in the Fiscal Stabilization Reserve Account established pursuant to D.C.

Official Code § 47-392.02(j-1) (“Account”) to restore funds transferred to the General Fund pursuant to section 5 of the Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Adjustment Emergency Act of 2026, passed on emergency basis on June 23, 2026 (Enrolled version of Bill 26-662).

(B) If the Fiscal Year 2026 excess local funds described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph equal less than $150 million, then, to the extent that the Fiscal Year 2027 local revenues certified in the June 2026, September 2026, or December 2026 quarterly revenue estimates exceed the resources otherwise appropriated in this act for Fiscal Year 2027, the excess local funds shall be deposited in the Account in the amount necessary, when combined with the amount deposited pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, to equal $150 million.

(2)(A) After satisfaction of the conditions specified in paragraph (1) under this heading, the amount appropriated as local funds under this act shall be increased by up to $50,000,000, which amount shall be authorized for obligation and expenditure pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph, if and to the extent that the Fiscal Year 2027 local ENROLLED ORIGINAL revenues certified in the June 2026, September 2026, or December 2026 quarterly revenue estimates exceed amounts otherwise appropriated under this act.

(B) Fiscal Year 2027 excess local funds certified in the June 2026 and September 2026 quarterly revenue estimates shall be allocated as follows no later than October 1, 2026:

(i) The first $9,000,000 in one-time funds to Non-Departmental for transfer to the District of Columbia Housing Authority for use in the event the federal emergency housing voucher program expires;

(ii) The next $3,000,000 in one-time funds to the Department of Human Services for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program;

(iii) The next $2,000,000, in one-time funds to the Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services for the Credible Messengers program;

and (iv) The next $36,000,000 in one-time funds to the Workforce Investment Account.

(C) Fiscal Year 2027 excess local funds certified in the December 2026 quarterly revenue estimate shall be allocated, no later than January 1, 2027, to any agency, program, or account, in the order of priority identified in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, that was not fully funded pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.

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, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat.

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 ENROLLED ORIGINAL override the veto) and 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.

47___________________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 27