SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES COURTS SEC. 1513. (a) The District shall reimburse the United States for services to the District by the Judiciary and the Department of Justice during each fiscal year in an amount equal to the sum of the following: (1) 60 per centum of the expenditures during such fiscal year for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and for the offices of the United States attorney and the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, and (2) 30 per centum of the expenditures during such fiscal year for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. (b) After June 30 and on or before December 31 of each year, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall (1) estimate the amount of the payment to be made by the District pursuant to subsection (a) for the next fiscal year. (2) reduce or increase, as the case may be, the amount ascertained under paragraph (1) by any amount by which he finds that the estimates under such paragraph for preceding fiscal years were too large or too small, except to the extent that such correction has already been made in connection with payments under this section for another fiscal year, and (3) certify to the District Manager the amount so determined. The amount so certified shall (on or before July 31 of the fiscal year for which the payment is made) be paid by the Director of the Department of Finance to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (c) Effective July 1, 1951, title III of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1939 (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, sec. 11-330), is hereby amended by striking out "credited" and inserting in lieu thereof "paid". PAYMENT TO RETIREMENT FUND SEC. 1514. After June 30 and on or before December 31 of each year, the Civil Service Commission shall certify to the District Manager the amount necessary to finance for the next fiscal year the liability of the District government with respect to retirement of its officers and employees. Such amount shall (on or before July 31 of the fiscal year from which the payment is made) be paid by the Director of the Department of Finance to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the "Civil service retirement and disability fund". TITLE XVI-SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL, PROPERTY, AND FUNDS SEC. 1601. (a) In each case of the transfer, by any provision of this Act, of functions to any agency or officer, there are hereby transferred (as of the time of such transfer of functions) to such agency or to the agency of which such officer is the head, for use in the administration of the functions of such agency or officer, the personnel (except the members of boards or commissions abolished by this Act), property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds, which relate primarily to the functions so transferred. (b) If any question arises in connection with the carrying out of subsection (a), such question shall be decided— (1) in the case of functions transferred from a Federal officer or agency, by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget; (2) in the case of other functions (A) by the District Council, or in such manner as the District Council shall provide by ordinance, if such functions are transferred to the District Council, to the Board of Education, or to any agency created by title XII, and (B) by the District Manager if such functions are transferred to any other officer or agency. (c) Any of the personnel transferred to any agency by this section which the head of such agency shall find to be in excess of the personnel necessary for the administration of his or its functions shall, in accordance with law, be retransferred to other positions in the District or Federal Government or be separated from the service. (d) No officer or employee shall, by reason of his transfer by this Act, be deprived of a civil-service status held by him prior to such transfer. EXISTING STATUTES, REGULATIONS, AND SO FORTH SEC. 1602. (a) Any statute, regulation, or other action in respect of (and any regulation or other action issued, made, taken, or granted by) any officer or agency from which any function is transferred by this Act shall, except to the extent modified or made inapplicable by or under authority of law, continue in effect as if such transfer had not been made; but after such transfer references in such statute, regulation, or other action to an officer or agency from which a transfer is made by this Act shall be held and considered to refer to the officer or agency to which the transfer is made. (b) As used in subsection (a), the term "other action" includes any rule, order, contract, policy, determination, directive, grant, authorization, permit, requirement, or designation. PENDING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS SEC. 1603. (a) No suit, action, or other judicial proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any officer or agency in his or its official capacity or in relation to the exercise of his or its official functions, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of any provision of this Act, but the court, unless it determines that the survival of such suit, action, or other proceeding is not necessary for purposes of settlement of the questions involved, shall allow the same to be maintained, with such substitutions as to parties as are appropriate. (b) No administrative action or proceeding lawfully commenced shall abate solely by reason of the taking effect of any provision of this Act, but such action or proceeding shall be continued with such substitutions as to parties and officers or agencies as are appropriate. VACANCIES RESULTING FROM ABOLITION OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SEC. 1604. Until July 1, 1950, no vacancy occurring in any District agency by reason of section 421 (b), abolishing the Board of Commissioners, shall affect the power of the remaining members of such agency to exercise its functions, but such agency may take action only if a majority of the members holding office vote in favor of it. TITLE XVII-SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS SEC. 1701. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. TITLE XVIII-TEMPORARY PROVISIONS POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT DURING TRANSITION PERIOD SEC. 1801. The President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to take such action during the period following the date of the enactment of this Act and er ding on the date of the first meeting of the District Council, by Executive order or otherwise, with respect to the administration of the functions of the District of Columbia government, as he deems necessary to enable the Board of Elections properly to perform their functions under this Act. REIMBURSABLE APPROPRIATION FOR THE DISTRICT FOR PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1950 SEC. 1802. (a) The sum of $500,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the District of Columbia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, for use (1) in paying the expenses of the Board of Elections (including compensation of the members thereof), and (2) in otherwise carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (b) The full amount of expenditures out of the appropriations made under this authorization shall be reimbursed to the United States, without interest, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, from the general fund of the District of Columbia. TITLE XIX-EFFECTIVE DATES EFFECTIVE DATES SEC. 1901. (a) As used in this title, the term "charter" means titles I to XVII, both inclusive. (b) The charter shall take effect immediately upon adoption by Congress into law, except that (1) part 2 of title IV, and sections 1001, 1010 (c), 1013, 1102, 1103, 1506, and 1511 shall take effect April 1, 1950; (2) sections 607 and 608, title IX, title X (except section 1001), section 1010 (c), and section 1013, title XII, and sections 1505, 1507, 1508, 1509, and 510 shall take effect July 1, 1950. (3) sections 602 to 605, inclusive, shall take effect on the day after the day upon which the District Manager first appointed takes office; (4) title VIII and sections 1513 and 1514 shall be applicable only with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and each succeeding fiscal year. (c) Title XVIII, XIX, and XX shall take effect on the day following the date on which this Act is enacted. TITLE XX-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION SEC. 2001. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for each fiscal year, the District of Columbia, through the City Manager, is authorized to appraise the value of all property held in the District by the United States and by foreign embassies or consulates. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated (in lieu of the authorization contained in article VI of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1947) as the annual payment of the United States toward defraying the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, an amount equal to the taxes which would be levied on such property of the United States and foreign governments were such property not tax-exempt. [H. R. 4981, 81st Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To provide for home rule and reorganization in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, divided into titles and sections according to the following table of contents, may be cited as the "District of Columbia Charter Act". Sec. 321. Functions heretofore exercised by the Board of Commissioners. Sec. 323. Certain delegated functions. Sec. 324. Ordinances. Sec. 325. Legislative proposals. Sec. 326. Limitations on powers of District Council. Sec. 327. Creation and abolition of advisory boards and commissions. PART 3-ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL Sec. 331. The Chairman. Sec. 332. Secretary of the District Council; records and documents. Sec. 333. Meetings. Sec. 334. Form of legislative proposals and ordinances. Sec. 335. Minimum period for considering legislative proposals and ordinances. Sec. 337. Investigations by District Council. TITLE IV-ACTION BY CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT ON LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS Sec. 401. Deposits and publications. Sec. 402. Disapproval by the Congress or by the President. Sec. 403. Emergency authority with respect to legislative proposals. Sec. 405. Printing in statutes at large. PART 2-RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE Sec. 421. Rule-making power of Senate and House. TITLE X-CERTAIN AGENCIES NOT UNDER THE DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT MANAGER TITLE XIII-APPOINTMENT, RECLASSIFICATION, AND RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES PART 1-APPOINTMENT AND CLASSIFICATION Sec. 1301. Application of the Civil Service Act. Sec. 1302. Status of officers and employees of the District in the Federal classified civil service. Sec. 1304. Noncompliance of the District with requirements of the Civil Service Commission. Sec. 1307. Payment for services rendered by Civil Service Commission. Sec. 1321. Liability of District. PART 2-RETIREMENT Sec. 1322. Payment for services rendered by Civil Service Commission. TITLE XIV-MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 1401. Agreements with United States. Sec. 1402. Personal interest in contracts or transactions. Sec. 1403. Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Sec. 1404. Register of Wills and Clerk of Probate Court. Sec. 1405. National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Sec. 1406. Certain functions now administered by Federal agencies. Sec. 1407. National Capital Housing Authority. Sec. 1408. Compensation from more than one source. Sec. 1409. Miscellaneous Federal agencies. TITLE XV-SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT Sec. 1501. Transfer of personnel, property, and funds. Sec. 1504. Vacancies resulting from abolition of Board of Commissioners. TITLE XVI-SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS Sec. 1601. Separability of provisions. TITLE XVII-TEMPORARY PROVISIONS Sec. 1701. Powers of the President during transition period. Sec. 1702. Reimbursable appropriation for the District for the period ending June 30, 1950. Sec. 1801. Effective dates. TITLE XVIII-EFFECTIVE DATES |