Federal Payment: Hearing and Markups of the Subcommittee on Fiscal and Government Affairs and the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 11127 and H.R. 12594 ... May 3, 10, and 11, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 56 pagini |
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$17 million 30 city average 50 percent amend annual Federal payment appropriate ayes BARRY bill BRAUER Chairman CLARK Columbia Government Columbia Self-Government commuter tax conceptual Congress Congressional COPPIE cost of services Council counsel DELLUMS determining the level DIGGS District Government District of Columbia DOUGLAS APPLEGATE employees estimate expenditures FAUNTROY Federal Government Federal presence figure Finance and Revenue fiscal year 1979 fiscal year ending FORMULA METHOD funding gentleman Governmental Reorganization Act HARRIS Home Rule impact income tax inflation June 30 jurisdiction legislation lieu of taxes locally generated revenues MARION BARRY Maryland matter Mayor WASHINGTON MAZZOLI ment million in fiscal Nation's Capital non-resident income nonresident President problems question recommended redistribution approach represents requires responsibility result ROMANO L Self-Government and Governmental Senate September 30 services approach share subcommittee tax burden approach tax exemptions taxes approach TED RISENHOOVER Thank tion TUCKER Virginia WHALEN
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Pagina 55 - The following recommendation has a firm foundation in the general research findings of the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. The Commission finds that the most viable advance funding alternative for the Federal payment is one-year advance appropriations.
Pagina 38 - The committee will come to order. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California for the purpose of...
Pagina 51 - A second shortcoming of the tax burden approach is that it fails to consider the expenditure side of the budget equation. The local residents may either opt for a different expenditure mix — or even level — than the 30 city average — because of differential preference for public goods — or they may opt for a distribution of tax burdens which results in higher income classes having relatively higher — than the 30 city average — tax liabilities.
Pagina 39 - House documents respectively. (2) The report by the Secretary of the Senate under paragraph (1) for the semiannual period beginning on January 1, 1976, shall include the period beginning on July 1, 1976, and ending on September 30, 1976, and such semiannual period shall be treated as closing on September 30, 1976. Thereafter, the report by the Secretary of the Senate under paragraph (1) shall be for the semiannual periods beginning on October 1, and ending on March 31 and beginning on April 1 and...
Pagina 3 - IV, 1977) is amended to read as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is authorized to be appropriated...
Pagina 9 - The Mayor, in studying and identifying the costs and benefits to the District brought about by Its role as the Nation's Capital, should to the extent feasible, among other elements, consider (1) revenues unobtainable because of the relative lack of taxable commercial and Industrial property; (2) revenues unobtainable because of the relative lack of taxable business income; (3) potential revenues that would be realized if exemptions...
Pagina 3 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is authorized to be appropriated ,as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, the sum of $230,000,000 ; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, the sum of $254,000,000 ; for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, the sum of $280,000,000 ; for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of $300,000,000.
Pagina 52 - The local public sector will be larger under this approach than it would be if no transfer took place, but it would be smaller than if the base had been total expenditures. A simple example will illustrate the point. Assume that local decision makers are evaluating a proposed 10 percent increase in local expenditures — say from SI billion to $1.1 billion.
Pagina 54 - Congress decides to increase expenditures the Federal payment may also be increased. Thus, the impression is left that the determination of the level of Federal payment is somehow tied to expenditure decisions. Essentially, this process provides Congress with an opportunity to interfere in the District's attempts to set expenditure priorities and places the Federal payment in the role of enforcing Congressionally established expenditure priorities. Historically, Congress exercises this prerogative...
Pagina 29 - Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask permission to enter into the record the Federal payment fiscal year 1979 booklet, prepared by the District of Columbia Government.