FY 2021 Budget Summary Reports
During the month of September, the Council’s Budget Office is issuing a series of reports that highlights some of the most important enhancements that the Council funded in the FY 2021 Budget and Financial Plan. These reports explain and contextualize the Council’s budget enhancements.
FY 2021 Budget and Financial Plan
KEY DOCUMENTS
Provided below are brief descriptions and links to the key budget documents, which are organized into three sections: Approved Budget and Financial Plan, Committee Documents, Other Documents
Approved FY 2021 Budget and Financial Plan. The approved budget is published by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer in multiple volumes. Volume 1 is the Executive Summary, which has detailed information on revenue, expenditures, and other components of the budget. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 are the Agency Budget Chapters. Each agency chapter includes the operating budget, full-time equivalents, and other information related to that fiscal year. Volume 5 is the Capital Improvements Plan for FY 2021 - FY 2026. Volume 6 includes all the Operating Appendices for the agency budget chapters.
FY 2021 Budget Legislation:
Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020. The final version of the District’s local appropriations bill, approved by the Council on July 23, 2020 and signed by the Mayor on August 31, 2020, sets the maximum local dollars appropriation for each agency and provides the legal authority necessary to spend those funds. Official legislative history.
Enrolled version of Bill 23-761 (July 23, 2020). The bill, as approved on second reading, with the approved amendments incorporated.
Amendments to Bill 23-761 (July 23, 2020). Successful amendments to the FY21 Local Budget Act at second reading.
Chairman Mendelson’s amendments (July 23, 2020). Amendments to the FY21 LBA and FY20 Revised Local Budget Emergency Adjustment Act.
Circulated Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (July 20, 2020). Packet includes supporting charts for changes to Bill 23-761.
Notice of intent to move an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (July 20, 2020). Chairman Mendelson’s notice, which includes details of the changes to the operating budget, the capital budget, and the narrative.
Amendments approved at the Committee of the Whole markup (July 7, 2020).
Draft committee print for Bill 23-761 (July 6, 2020).
Draft committee report for Bill 23-761 (July 6, 2020).
FY21 LBA Summary (July 6, 2020). This document provides a comprehensive summary of the Council’s modifications to the budget. The corresponding blog post is available here.
Introduced version of Bill 23-761 (May 18, 2020). The bill as proposed by the Mayor.
Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020. The final version of the Budget Support Act (BSA), as approved by the Council on July 28, 2020 and signed by the Mayor on August 31, 2020. The BSA includes statutory changes that are necessary to implement the budget, such as the legal authority for specific revenue changes. Official legislative history.
Enrolled version of Bill 23-760 (July 28, 2020). The bill, as approved on second reading, with the approved amendments incorporated.
Fiscal Impact Statement for Bill 23-760 (July 28, 2020) The fiscal impact statement for Bill 23-760, issued by the Chief Financial Officer.
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (July 27, 2020). As circulated.
Notice of intent to move an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (July 27, 2020). Chairman Mendelson’s notice, which includes details of the changes to the legislation.
Amendments approved at the Committee of the Whole markup (July 7, 2020).
Draft committee print (July 6, 2020).
Draft committee report (July 6, 2020).
Fiscal Impact Statement (May 18, 2020). The fiscal impact statement issued by the Chief Financial Officer for the Budget Support Act as proposed by the Mayor.
Introduced version of Bill 23-760 (May 18, 2020). The bill as proposed by the Mayor.
Additional Budget Support Act measures. Following passage of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020, staff at the Council and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer identified certain provisions that needed clarification or amendments to effectuate their intent. In addition, after an emergency measure is passed, it is sometimes necessary to pass congressional review emergencies to prevent a gap in the law, due to congressional review periods for temporary and permanent acts.
Bill 23-908, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, and its accompanying Emergency Declaration Resolution (September 22, 2020).
Bill 23-909, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2020 (October 6, 2020).
Bill 23-934, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2020, and its accompanying Emergency Declaration Resolution (October 6, 2020).
Bill 23-964, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Clarification Amendment Act of 2020 (December 1, 2020).
Bill 23-1004, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Additional Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, and its accompanying Emergency Declaration Resolution (November 17, 2020).
Bill 23-1005, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Additional Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2020 (December 1, 2020).
Bill 23-1016, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, and its accompanying Emergency Declaration Resolution (December 1, 2020).
FY 2021 Budget Tool Kit. The budget tool kit features resources to help Council committees during the annual budget process.
Mayor’s FY 2021 Budget and Financial Plan (May 18-19, 2020): The Mayor’s FY 2021 Budget Presentation to Council (May 18, 2020), the Mayor’s draft testimony for the FY21 budget hearing (May 19, 2020) and the Chief Financial Officer’s testimony for the FY21 budget hearing (May 19, 2020).
FY 2021 Budget Oversight Hearings Schedule. Budget Oversight Hearings will be held between May 20, 2020 and June 16, 2020. View the most recent FY 2021 Budget Oversight Hearing Schedule. Watch live or archived hearings via DC Granicus.
COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS
Once the Mayor’s proposed budget and financial plan is submitted to the Council, each Council committee reviews the request for the agencies under its purview and holds budget oversight hearings. When the hearing period concludes, each committee chair prepares a budget report of recommendations that is then marked up and approved by the full committee. The committee report includes recommendations for funding and personnel levels for each agency, policy proposals, legislation necessary to implement the recommendations, and any other budget-related analysis that the committee deems appropriate.
After all committees approve their reports, the Council’s Office of the Budget Director, under the Chairman’s direction, incorporates the committees’ recommendations and additional Council-wide recommendations into a single unified budget, which will be shared in the key documents section, above.
FY 2021 Council Committee Budget Review PowerPoint is the presentation for the all Councilmember meeting on June 29, 2020. The budget adjustments and Budget Support Act subtitles proposed by each committee will be discussed. The meeting can be watched here.
Committee report
Committee report
OTHER DOCUMENTS
Additional legislative actions and other documents that inform the budget process
Fiscal Year 2020 Revised Local Budget Emergency Act of 2020. This emergency measure revises the current fiscal year’s local budget act. Typically it adjusts the appropriation levels for specified funding types and the top-line budget appropriation for specified clusters and agencies. A revision may be necessary to provide budget authority for additional revenue and to address budget shortfalls or expenditure changes in specific agencies. Official legislative history.
Signed version of Bill 23-763 (August 5, 2020).
Circulated ANS for the Emergency Declaration Resolution (July 20, 2020).
Circulated Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (July 20, 2020).
Notice of intent to move an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (July 20,2020).
Introduced emergency declaration resolution PR23-820 (May 18, 2020). The companion resolution to Bill 23-763, the FY20 Revised Local Budget Emergency Adjustment Act, as proposed by the Mayor.
Introduced version of Bill 23-763 (May 18, 2020). The bill as proposed by the Mayor.
Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2020. The District’s budget includes a small number of federal payments that are appropriated directly by Congress to the District for a specific purpose. Those federal funds are still subject to the federal appropriations process. Each year, as part of the budget process, the Mayor transmits to the Council her proposal for federal payments. As part of the Council budget process, the Council approves this Federal Portion Budget Request Act. Following Council approval, the act is submitted by the Mayor to the President for inclusion in a federal appropriations act approved by Congress. Official legislative history.
Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Submission Requirements Resolution of 2019. Each year, the Council passes a budget submission requirements resolution to establishes the date by which the Mayor must submit the proposed budget for the next fiscal year; the resolution also states what information and documentation must be submitted with the proposed budget.
Fiscal Year 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The CAFR is the District’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The CAFR is prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for state and local governments as promulgated by the Government Accounting Standards Board. Some of the principal users of the CAFR are credit or bond rating agencies, institutions that buy and sell bonds, and those charged with managing and governing the state or local government.