The Administration's proposed budget included $676.3 million in special federal payments to the District of Columbia, which is $2.2 million more than the District's FY2013 appropriation of $674.1 million. Approximately 80% ($543.4 million) of the President's proposed budget request for the District would be targeted to the courts and criminal justice system. On May 22, 2013, the council approved an FY2014 budget that included $12.2 billion in operating funds and $2.2 billion in capital outlays. The mayor signed the measure (A20-0127) on July 24, 2013. Congressional Action

			Senate Committee Bill, S. 1371

On July 25, 2013, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported S. 1371 , its version of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY2014, with an accompanying report ( S.Rept. The bill also included changes in three provisions that city officials have sought to eliminate or modify. The bill would have
continued the prohibition against the use of federal funds to provide abortion services; prohibited the use of federal funds to regulate and decriminalize the medical use of marijuana; and maintained the current prohibition on the use of federal funds to support a needle exchange program. The Senate measure would have granted the city budget autonomy over the expenditure of locally raised funds, an action long sought by District officials. 2786

On July 17, 2013, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2014, H.R. The bill included $635.8 million in special federal payments to the District. The House committee bill also included several general provisions relating to statehood or congressional representation for the District, including provisions that would have continued prohibiting the use of federal funds to 
support or defeat any legislation being considered by Congress or a state legislature; cover salaries, expenses, and other costs associated with the office of Statehood Representative and Statehood Senator for the District of Columbia; and support efforts by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other officer of the District government to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action seeking voting representation in Congress for citizens of the District. 113-76, prohibits the use of both District and federal funds for abortion services, except in cases involving rape, incest, or a threat to the life of the pregnant woman if the fetus was carried to term. The Senate committee bill recommended $674.8 million in special federal payments for the District of Columbia. 113-76 , which includes $673 million in special federal payments to the District of Columbia. Congress was unable to reach agreement on any of the 12 regular appropriations, including FSGG, before the beginning of the 2014 federal fiscal year on October 1, 2013, resulting in a 16-day government shutdown. On October 16, 2013, Congress passed an amended version of H.R. 2775 , a bill providing continuing appropriations through January 15, 2014, with some exceptions. 2775 , was signed into law as P.L. 113-46 on October 17, 2013. Consolidated Appropriations Act, P.L. 113-76

On January 17, 2014, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2014, P P.L. Both the House and Senate committee bills ( H.R. The Obama Administration's FY2014 budget request included a provision that would have prohibited the use of federal funds for abortion services except in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman's life would be endangered if the pregnancy were carried to term, but did not include language that would restrict the use of District funds for abortion services. P.L. P.L. Specifically, the bill would have
allowed the District to decouple its fiscal year from the federal fiscal year allowing the District to establish when its local fiscal year would start; permitted District officials to obligate and expend local funds upon enactment by the District of its local annual budget; and granted the District the authority to spend local funds if Congress did not enacted a federal appropriation authorizing the expenditure of local funds before the start of the District's fiscal year. 2775 , a bill providing continuing appropriations through January 15, 2014. 113-46 on October 17, 2013, included a provision—Section 127—releasing the District of Columbia General Fund Budget (operating budget) for FY2014 from further congressional review and approval and allowing the District of Columbia to expend locally raised revenues as outlined in the its Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-0127).
On April 10, 2013, the Obama Administration released its budget request for FY2014. The Administration's proposed budget included $676.3 million in special federal payments to the District of Columbia. Approximately 80% ($543.4 million) of the President's proposed budget request for the District would be targeted to the courts and criminal justice system. The President's budget request also includes $87.2 million in support of education initiatives.
On May 22, 2013, the District of Columbia Council approved an FY2014 budget that included $12.1 billion in total operating funds and $2.1 billion in capital outlays. The mayor signed the measure (A20-0127) on July 24, 2013. Included in the act were provisions that would have granted the District significant autonomy over its budgetary and legislative affairs. Specifically, the act would have repealed portions of the District's code governing congressional review of all acts passed by the District of Columbia Council.
On July 25, 2013, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported S. 1371, its version of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY2014. The bill recommended $674.8 million in special federal payments to the District. This was $700,000 more than appropriated for FY2013. On July 17, 2013, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2014, H.R. 2786. The bill included $635.8 million in special federal payments to the District.
The Senate and House committee bills included several general provisions that city officials had sought to eliminate or modify. The Senate committee bill would have lifted the prohibition on the use of District funds to provide abortion services, but would have continued the prohibition against the use of federal funds for the same services. The House committee bill would have restricted the use of both District and federal funds for abortion services to instances involving rape, incest, or a health threat to the life of the pregnant woman. Both the House and Senate committee bills would have (1) continued to prohibit the use of federal funds to regulate and decriminalize the medical use of marijuana, (2) continued to prohibit the District from using federal funds for a needle exchange program to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, and (3) provided funding for a school voucher program. The Senate committee measure included provisions that would have granted the city budget autonomy over the expenditure of locally raised funds. In an effort to mitigate the impact of a federal shutdown because of a failure to pass FY2014 appropriations for the District of Columbia, the House approved H. J. Res., 71, a measure that would have allowed the District to spend its local tax revenues to fund District operations through December 15, 2013. The Senate did not taken up consideration of the bill.
Congress was unable to reach agreement on any of the 12 regular appropriations, including FSGG, before the beginning of the 2014 federal fiscal year, resulting in a 16-day government shutdown. On October 16, 2013, Congress passed an amended version of H.R. 2775, a bill providing continuing appropriations through January 15, 2014, with some exceptions. One of those exceptions—Section 127—released the District's operating budget for FY2014 from further congressional review and allowed the District to expend locally raised revenues as outlined in the city's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-0127). The bill was signed into law as P.L. 113-46 on October 17, 2013.
Before the expiration of P.L. 113-46 on January 15, 2014, Congress approved a short-term appropriation act, P.L. 113-73, before approving the Consolidated Appropriations Act, P.L. 113-76, appropriating funds for the remainder the 2014 fiscal year. In addition to $673 million in special federal payments for the District, P.L. 113-76 also prohibited the use of District and federal funds for abortion services, except in cases of rape, incest, or the life of the pregnant woman is jeopardized. This report will be updated as events warrant.