Appropriates local General Fund dollars for District of Columbia programs in fiscal year 2025 under the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, capping operating spending at the budget estimates or total revenues.

Official title: District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025

Next stop House: awaiting action

Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions

House

Received 18-MAR-2025

Senate

Introduced 14-MAR-2025

Passed 17-MAR-2025

Key points

Appropriates local funds from the District's General Fund for programs and rates set in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, as amended.
Caps total operating expenses at the budget estimates or total District revenues for fiscal year 2025.
Allows increases from one-time transactions for emergency or unanticipated needs, but only by local District law and subject to reserve requirements.
Directs the Chief Financial Officer to apportion funds and bars reprogramming bond-financed capital funds for operating expenses.

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in Senate, 14-MAR-2025).

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Policy area

Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor Susan M. Collins (R-ME) Cosponsors · 6

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6 Democrats