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 PUBLIC LAW 94-399—SEPT. 4, 1976

90 STAT. 1205

Public Law 94-399 94th Congress An Act To provide for an independent audit of the financial condition of the government of the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby established the Temporary Commission on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as the "commission"). (b) The commission shall consist of eight members as follows: (1) three Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate (or any designee of any such Member so appointed, which designee shall act for such Member in his stead); (2) three Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (or any designee of any such Member so appointed, which designee shall act for such Member in his stead); (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia (or any designee of the Mayor, which designee shall act for the Mayor in his stead); and (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia (or any designee of the Chairman, which designee shall act for the Chairman in his stead). (c) Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. (d)(1) A chairman and vice chairman of the commission shall be selected by a majority vote of the full commission from among the members thereof. The vice chairman shall act in the place and stead of the chairman in the absence of the chairman. (2) The commission is authorized to establish such operating procedures as it determines necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this Act. (e) The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, jointly. (f) The commission is authorized to utilize the personnel of the government of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the Mayor, or the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, as the case may be, and the Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, or the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, with the approval of the chairman of such committee. The commission is authorized to utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services and personnel of the General Accounting Office to assist the commission in carrying out its functions under this Act. SEC. 2. (a) For the purpose of meeting the responsibilities imposed by the Constitution on the Congress with respect to the District of Columbia, it shall be the function of the commission, after consultation with the Comptroller General, to select such qualified persons as the commission may determine necessary for the development of certain plans on behalf of the government of the District of Columbia (including assistance in the implementation thereof) for the purpose

Sept. 4, 1976 [H.R. 11009] D.C. Government financial condition, audit. D.C. Code 47-101 note. Temporary Commission on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia. Establishment. Membership.

Quorum.

Personnel, utilization.

GAO services and personnel, utilization. Functions. D.C. Code 47-101 note, u s e prec. title 1.

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