District of Columbia Federal Payment Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia Federal Payment Act - Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, for fiscal year 1982, and for each fiscal year thereafter, to pay to the District of Columbia, from funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as the annual Federal payment to the District the amount certified by the Comptroller General of the United States in accordance with this Act, without further appropriation. Directs the Mayor, not later than February 1, of each year, to submit to the President, the Comptroller General of the United States, and the District of Columbia Council, a statement of the forgone tax revenues of the District and the value of the unreimbursed services provided by the District during the preceding fiscal year as set forth in this Act. Requires the Comptroller General of the United States, no later than April 1 of each year, to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the total amount of forgone tax revenues of the District and the value of unreimbursed services provided by the District for the preceeding fiscal year. Specifies that such total amount shall be the amount of the Federal payment to the District for the fiscal year beginning the next October 1. Directs the Comptroller General to transmit a copy of such certification to the Mayor, the Council, the President, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. Requires specified congressional committees, during the first session of the 99th Congress, in consultation with the Mayor of the District of Columbia, to study the operation of the amendments made by this Act and to report their findings to their respective Houses.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on July 28, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on July 28, 1980: Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
MILLICENT FENWICK (R-NJ) introduced it on July 28, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 28, 1980, 16845 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16845 days ago, on July 28, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers