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To provide for interim appropriations for the District of Columbia courts and related agencies with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for such courts and agencies.
To provide for interim appropriations for the District of Columbia courts and related agencies with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for such courts and agencies.
Summary
The bill provides a mechanism to automatically appropriate funds for District of Columbia courts and related agencies at the prior year's spending rate if regular appropriations are not enacted for a given fiscal year. The covered agencies include the D.C. Courts, the Public Defender Service, the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. If regular appropriations are later enacted during the fiscal year, the interim spending is charged against those appropriations, and interim funding ceases.
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- Sep 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. · house
- Sep 30, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 30, 2025
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
To provide for interim appropriations for the District of Columbia courts and related agencies with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for such courts and agencies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INTERIM APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS AND RELATED AGENCIES.
(a) Availability of Interim Appropriations.—If during any fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2025) there is an appropriation made for a Federal payment described in subsection (c), and during the next fiscal year there is no appropriation made for such a payment, there shall be appropriated for such next fiscal year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary for such payment, at a rate for operations and under the terms and conditions provided in the previous fiscal year.
(b) Effect of Enactment of Subsequent Appropriations.—If an appropriation for a Federal payment described in subsection (c), or a general appropriation bill providing appropriations for Federal funds for the District of Columbia without provision for such a payment, is enacted into law on any date during a fiscal year following the expenditure of funds during such fiscal year pursuant to this Act—
(1) such expenditure shall be charged to such appropriation (if any); and
(2) appropriations made available pursuant to this Act shall not be available after the date of enactment of such appropriation or general appropriation bill.
(c) Federal Payments Described.—The Federal payments described in this subsection are as follows, as provided in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division B of Public Law 118-47), as continued in effect by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025:
(1) A Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts.
(2) Notwithstanding the exception under section 1101(a)(5) of division A of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025, a Federal payment for defender services in District of Columbia courts at the rate for operations provided in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024.
(3) A Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia.
(4) A Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as amended by section 127(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 118-83) and as modified by section 127(c) of such Act.
(5) A Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.
(6) A Federal payment for judicial commissions. <all>
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