Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
Public Law 103-127 · H.R. 2492 · 103rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Oct 29, 1993 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Julian Dixon (D-CA-32)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 225 yea, 201 nay225–201
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations
Title II: Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental District of
Columbia Funds
Title I: Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1994 - Appropriates funds for the District of Columbia for FY 1994 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia; (2) the Federal contribution to retirement funds; and (3) the Federal contribution for crime and youth initiatives.
Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) public education; (5) human support services; (6) public works; (7) the Washington Convention Center Fund; (8) repayments of specified Federal loans and interest; (9) repayment of the general fund deficit as of September 30, 1990; (10) employees' optical and dental benefits; (11) employees' pay adjustments; (12) severance pay; (13) the D.C. General Hospital deficit payments; (14) the Cash Reserve Fund; (15) capital outlays; (16) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water construction projects; (17) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund; (18) the Cable Television Enterprise Fund; and (19) the Starplex Fund.
Requires the District of Columbia Mayor to reduce appropriations and expenditures for adjustments for energy, communications, and contractual services by a specified amount.
Sets forth certain uses of and restrictions on the expenditure of appropriations made by this Act.
Requires that the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for FY 1995 be transmitted to the Congress by April 15, 1994.
Directs the Mayor to submit to the D.C. Council, within 30 days after the end of the first quarter of FY 1994, the FY 1994 revenue estimates.
Prohibits the number of FTEs (Full Time Equivalents) at the end of FY 1994 from exceeding such number approved in the FY 1994 budget less a one percent attrition rate and the actual corresponding dollar savings.
Requires the Mayor to: (1) establish a program to offer incentives for employees to accept early-out retirement; and (2) report to the D.C. Council for approval of such program by mid-FY 1994 with an actuarial study to show the District's liability for the program.
Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in this Act to enforce or implement: (1) any registration system for unmarried, cohabitating couples that are homosexual, lesbian, or heterosexual, including registration for the extension of employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis as that such benefits are extended to legally married couples; or (2) the District Domestic Partner Act (also called the District of Columbia Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992).
Requires the Mayor to report to the Congress on the construction status of a new Federal prison in the District of Columbia.
Makes permanent, as of October 1, 1993, provisions of Federal law establishing the District of Columbia as the legal domicile of the Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield). (Currently, such mandate terminates on September 30, 1993, or upon enactment of specific authorizing legislation.)
Amends the District of Columbia Omnibus Budget Support Act of 1992 to repeal amendments to the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act of 1976 and restores the original language as of September 10, 1992.
Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973 to allow the District government to pay overtime to its employees in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Establishes a Cash Reserve Fund to replenish the consolidated cash balances of the District of Columbia.
Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being expended for any abortion unless it is necessary to save the life of the mother or if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
Title II: Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental District of Columbia Funds - District of Columbia Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act, 1993 - Makes supplemental appropriations (including rescissions) to the District of Columbia for FY 1993 for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) public education; (5) human support services; (6) repayment of loans and interest; (7) resizing costs of the Temporary Appeals Panel; (8) severance pay; (9) employee pay adjustments; (10) capital outlay; (11) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund; (12) the Cable Television Enterprise Fund; and (13) public works. Rescinds specified FY 1993 funds earmarked for repayment of the general fund recovery debt and the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund.
Repeals provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1993 that: (1) prohibit the use of funds to perform abortions except where the life of a mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; and (2) require the Mayor to reduce appropriations and expenditures for personal and nonpersonal services. Requires the amount of reductions previously mandated to be distributed within other appropriations.
Repeals provisions appropriating FY 1993 funds for the rental and leasing of facilities for governmental purposes.
Requires each agency, office, and instrumentality of the District, except the District of Columbia courts, to furlough each of its employees for one day in each month of FY 1993. Prohibits any District employee from receiving within-grade salary increases during FY 1993 or accruing time toward the waiting period for advancement to the following within-grade rate. Requires the resulting savings to be distributed within other appropriations.
Amends the Act to: (1) authorize the D.C. Council to accept and use gifts without prior approval by the Mayor; and (2) transfer a specified sum out of funds appropriated for the Starplex Fund to the University of the District of Columbia.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 103rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 225 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
225 yea201 nay7 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(203)
- Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-9
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35- Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-15
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-16
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-11
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12- Rep. Earl HilliardD-AL-7
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1- Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-11
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30- Rep. Carrie MeekD-FL-17
- Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7- Rep. Daniel HamburgD-CA-1
- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-10
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33- Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
- Rep. Lucien BlackwellD-PA-2
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
- Rep. William FordD-MI-13
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3- Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-29- Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-50- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-15
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Cleo FieldsD-LA-4- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-32
- Rep. Eva ClaytonD-NC-1
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-42
- Rep. Mel ReynoldsD-IL-2
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-5
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-26
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-3
- Rep. Walter TuckerD-CA-37
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Elizabeth FurseD-OR-1
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-24
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14- Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
- Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-19
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2- Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-9- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14- Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-11
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-31
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-2
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
- Rep. Thomas BarlowD-KY-1
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4- Rep. Karan EnglishD-AZ-6
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. Mike KreidlerD-WA-9
- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
- Rep. Thomas BarrettD-WI-5
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
- Rep. Herbert KleinD-NJ-8
- Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-8
- Rep. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
- Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
- Rep. Leslie ByrneD-VA-11
- Rep. Lynn SchenkD-CA-49
- Rep. James BacchusD-FL-15
- Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Maria CantwellD-WA-1
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
- Rep. Karen ShepherdD-UT-2
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36- Rep. Samuel CoppersmithD-AZ-1
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
- Rep. Marjorie Margolies-MezvinskyD-PA-13
- Rep. Pat DannerD-MO-6
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-4- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD- Rep. Paul McHaleD-PA-15
- Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Eric FingerhutD-OH-19
- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-20
- Rep. Scotty BaeslerD-KY-6
- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
- Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-19
Rep. Blanche LincolnD-AR-1- Rep. Peter BarcaD-WI-1
- Rep. Don JohnsonD-GA-10
- Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
- Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1- Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. David MingeD-MN-2
- Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Republicans who voted yea(22)
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-23
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
- Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
- Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. Peter TorkildsenR-MA-6
- Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
- Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-13
- Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-21
- Rep. Richard ZimmerR-NJ-12
- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-7
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 518 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Appropriations Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported original measureSubcommittee: District of Columbia Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 102 actions.
- Oct 29, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-127.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 28, 1993PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 27, 1993Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment nos. 6, 10, 19, 22, 23, 25, 29, 31, and 33 by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 38 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 33 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 38.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 31 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 33.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 29 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 31.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 26 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 29.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 25 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 26.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 23 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 25.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 22 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 23.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 19 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 22.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 10 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 19.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 6 Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Dixon moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 10.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 5 Agreed to without objection.
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.