it is estimated will be received by the District (from all sources except the United States) during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which payment is to be made. Such amount shall be decreased or increased, as the case may be, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for each fiscal year thereafter, by 20 cents for each dollar by which the estimated revenue for the fiscal year ending one year before the beginning of the fiscal year for which payment is to be made exceeded or was less than the actual revenue received during such fiscal year.

(b) Out of any amount appropriated under the authorization contained in subsection (a) of this section, the sum of $1,000,000 shall be credited to the water fund of the District of Columbia, established by law (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, title 43, ch. 15), and the remainder shall be credited to the general fund of the District of Columbia.

(c) If the charter is accepted pursuant to title XIX

(1) the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall, after June 30 and on or before December 31 of each year, beginning with the calendar year1950, certify to the District Manager the amount_authorized by subsection (a) of this section to be appropriated for the next fiscal year;

(2) any amount appropriated under such authorization shall (on or before July 31 of the fiscal year for which the payment is made) be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Director of the Department of Finance; and

(3) in any fiscal year in which the expenses of the District government are less than the amount of revenue received by the District (from all sources, including the United States), any amount appropriated shall, to the extent of any such surplus, be set aside by the Director of the Department of Finance and shall be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of public schools in the District of Columbia.

(S. 1527 an act to provide for home rule and reorganization in the District of Columbia was introduced June 1, 1949, by Senator Estes Kefauver and is a companion bill to H. R. 4981.)

COMPARISON OF SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR HOME RULE AND REORGANIZATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Subject

H. R. 4981 (Klein)
S. 1527 (Kefauver)

H. R. 28 (Auchincloss)

H. R. 2505 (Marcantonio)

1. District committees in Con-
gress.

1. Retains existing District of Columbia committees. 1. Creates Joint District of Columbia Com

1. Same as H. R. 28.

5. Compensation of Council

men.

6. Functions of Council.

of Council.

3. Creates a District Council with 9 elected members
and 2 appointed by President with consent of
Senate.

4. Must be qualified elector, resident and domiciled
in District, holding no other elective public office,
and no District-paid appointive office.

5. $5,000 a year. Chairman to receive $7,500 plus 5. $3,000 a year.
$3,000 expense account.

6. Acquires ordinance-making powers of Board of
Commissioners and Zoning Commission, both of
which are abolished. May pass legislative pro-
posals on any subject within power of Congress in
its capacity as legislature for District of Columbia.
May not pass proposals or ordinances on 6 enumer-
ated subjects. Can create and abolish advisory
boards.

7. Organization and procedure 7. Election of Chairman for 2-year term; appoint-
ment and duties of secretary; first meeting called
by member having highest vote; regular weekly
meetings except during July and August; form of
legislative proposals and ordinances; to be con-
sidered 13 days before passage; procedure for zon-
ing ordinances; two-thirds vote required to pass
them over NCPPC disapproval; power to investi-
gate and punish contumacious witnesses.

6. Same as S. 1527.

6. Same as S. 1527.

7. Same as S. 1527 except that presiding officer 7. Same as H. R. 28.
is called "Mayor"; provides for acting
Mayor during absence, disability, or non-
election; first meeting called by chairman of
Joint Committee; meetings open to public
and participation of D. C. officers; prescribes
methods of conducting business; 34 vote to
pass zoning ordinances over NCPPC disap-
proval.

COMPARISON OF SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR HOME RULE AND REORGANIZATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-Con.

Subject

H. R. 4981 (Klein)
S. 1527 (Kefauver)

8. Legislative veto procedure.. 8. Legislative proposals of Council to be deposited

with Congress, referred to District of Columbia
committees, numbered, and published in Record
and as documents. Such proposals to become
law if not disapproved by concurrent resolution
within 45 days after deposit or by President within
10 days after submission. Such proposals to be-
come law in emergencies, on certification by Presi-
dent of Senate and Speaker. Reserves power to
Congress to enact, amend, or repeal District laws.
Prescribes procedure for disapproving legislative
proposals, including limits on debate. Bond
issues to be submitted to referendum and approved
by majority vote.
9. Council to appoint a District Manager to serve
at its pleasure; his salary to be fixed by ordinance.
To be chief executive officer of District of Colum-
bia government. Has power to appoint and re-
move executive personnel, supervise administra-
tion, prepare reports, advise Council, delegate
duties, appoint assistants. Transfers certain cen-
tral service agencies and their functions to office
of Manager. Authorizes Manager to create, reor-
ganize, and abolish offices and positions in his
office.

10. Council authorized to provide for and adopt an
annual budget effective July 1, and to appropriate
funds for emergency purposes. No provision for
congressional review of District of Columbia
budget, Leaves budgetary details to be fixed by
Council.

10. Prescribes procedure for preparation and 10. Same as H. R. 28.
submission of budget by Manager to Coun-
cil, for public hearings thereon and revision
thereof, for its adoption and deposit with
joint committee, for the latter's review and
recommendations, and for final action by the
Council. Manager to submit a budget mes-

COMPARISON OF SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR HOME RULE AND REORGANIZATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-Con.

Subject

14. Independent agencies.

15. Board of Education..

16. District elections.

15. Establishes a Board of Education, with 7 mem-
bers elected by qualified electors of District, to
perform functions of present Board and administer
vocational rehabilitation in District. Board
members must be qualified electors, resident and
domiciled in District of Columbia, hold no
other elective public office, or District-paid ap-
pointive office. To receive $20 per meeting at-
tended. Board to appoint a Superintendent of
Schools, elect its own president whose term is
2 years, and appoint a secretary. Three members
of Board, appointed by its president, shall be the
Commission on Vocational Rehabilitation, which
shall appoint a director who shall appoint a staff.
16. Creates 5-member Board of Elections, appointed
by President with consent of Senate, for 6-year
terms at $1,500 a year. Members must be quali-
fied electors, resident and domiciled in District,
hold no other office or employment in District of

H. R. 2505 (Marcantonio)

14. Same as H. R. 28. Also forbids restric-
tive covenants, discrimination, or segrega-
tion on land or projects under jurisdiction
of Redevelopment Land Agency on account
of race, creed, color, national origin, or
ancestry (sec. 1204c). Also creates a 3-
member FEPC, first appointed by Presi-
dent, at $7,500 a year each, to prevent dis-
crimination in employment in the District;
defines unlawful employment practices;
complaint procedure, judicial review and
enforcement (sec. 1206).

15. Same as H. R. 28, plus directives to
Board of Education and Superintendent
of Schools to take steps to eliminate segre-
gation and discrimination in the use of
school facilities, and to reassign school
personnel accordingly (Sec. 1103-e and f).

16. Same as H. R. 28, except that Board of
Elections shall have 4 members appointed
for 2-year terms; all elective officers shall
serve for 2-year terms; omits provision for
numbered positions on Council and School