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Chairman
Linda W. C Cropp, at
the request of the Mayor
A
BILL IN THE
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Chairman Linda W. Cropp,
at the request of the Mayor, introduced the following bill, which was
referred to the Committee on Human Services.
To amend An Act
Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of
Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 247; D.C. Code §33-104) to
safeguard the public health and ensure that food provided to consumers in
the District is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented to authorize
the Mayor to adopt the United States Food and Drug Administration's Model
Food Code Regulations with any necessary amendments thereto, to promulgate
rules to implement the act, and to establish new administrative and civil
remedies as well as criminal penalties for violations of the act or rules
promulgated pursuant to this act; to amend the Good Faith Donor and Donee
Act of 1981, effective October 8, 1981 (D.C. Law 439; D.C. § 33-801) to
make a conforming amendment; to amend An Act To establish standard weights
and measures for the District of Columbia to define the duties of the
Superintendent of Weights, Measures and Markets of the District of
Columbia, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1224;
D.C. § 10-132) to transfer to the Mayor the authority to promulgate
regulations governing markets in the District of Columbia; to amend An Act
Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes, approved March 2, 1895 (28
Stat. 758; D.C. Code § 6-501) to authorize the Mayor to promulgate rules
with respect to food and food establishments instead of the Council; to
amend Section 513 of Title 24 of the District of Columbia Regulations No.
74-39, 21 DCR 1285 (December 23, 1974) to make a conforming amendment; to
repeal An Act To prevent the adulteration of candy in the District of
Columbia, approved May 5, 1898 (30 Stat. 398; D.C. Code §§ 33-201 -
33-203); to repeal An Act To regulate within the District of Columbia the
sale of milk, cream, and ice cream, and for other purposes, approved
February 27, 1925 (43 Stat. 1004; D.C. Code §§ 33-301 - 33-312); to
repeal An Act Relating to the sale of horse meat or food products thereof
in the District of Columbia, approved July 3, 1943 (57 Stat. 372; D.C.
Code §§ 33401 - 33-403); to repeal An
Act To prevent the sale of unwholesome food in the District of Columbia,
approved Dec. 16, 1941 (55 Stat. 808; D.C. Code § 22 -3419); and to
repeal Health Regulations, effective August 22, 1967, Title 8-6:108; 35
DCR 3249 (May 6, 1988) pertaining to the importation, preparation,
processing, production, transportation, service, storage, distribution,
and sale of food for public or private consumption in the District of
Columbia.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the
"Food Regulation Act of 2001 ".
Sec. 2. An Act
Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of
Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 247; D.C. Code § 33-101 et
sue.), is amended as follows:
(a) Section 2
(D.C. Code § 33 -102) is amended as follows:
(1) The second
sentence is revised to read as follows:
"The term `food' as used in this act shall mean a raw, cooked, or
processed edible substance, ice, beverage, or ingredient used or
intended for use or for sale in whole or in part for human consumption,
or chewing gum."; and
(2) By designating the existing text as subsection "(a)" and
by adding new subsections "(b)", "(c)",
"(d)" and "(e)" to read as follows:
"(b) The term 'food establishment' as used in this act, shall
include an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or
otherwise provides food for human consumption including:
"(1) A restaurant; satellite or catered feeding location; catering
operation, if the operation provides food directly to a consumer, or a
conveyance used to transport people or to a market, a vending location,
an institution or a food bank;
"(2) An establishment that relinquishes possession of food to a
consumer directly or indirectly through a delivery service such as home
delivery of grocery orders or restaurant takeout orders, or a delivery
service that is provided by common carriers;
"(3) An establishment that includes an element of the operation of
an establishment, such as a motorized vehicle or cart or a central
preparation facility that supplies vending locations or satellite
feeding locations unless the vending locations are authorized by the
Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to An Act to authorize the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make police regulations for
the government of said District, approved January 26, 1887 (D.C. Code §
1-315) or the feeding locations are licensed by the Mayor;
"(4) An establishment that includes an operation that is conducted
in a mobile, stationary, temporary, or permanent facility or location
where consumption is on or off the premises, regardless of whether there
is a charge for the food;
"(5) All private clubs, employer-sponsored cafeterias or
restaurants, schools, churches, residential treatment facilities, and
similar facilities, with the exception of subsections (c)(5) through
(c)(9) of this section; or
"(6) An eating and drinking establishment as set forth in An Act To
extend the health regulations of the District of Columbia to Government
restaurants within the District of Columbia, approved December 20, 1944, (58 Stat.
826; D.C. Code § 6-1301);
"(c)
The term 'food establishment' does not include:
"(1) An establishment that offers only prepackaged foods that are
not potentially hazardous;
"(2) A produce stand that only offers whole, uncut, fresh fruits
and
vegetables;
"(3)
A food processing plant;
"(4) A kitchen in a private home if only food that is not
potentially hazardous is prepared for sale or service at a function such
as a religious or charitable organization's bake sale and if the
consumer is informed by a clearly visible placard at the sales or
service location that the food is prepared in a kitchen that is not
subject to regulation and inspection by the Mayor;
"(5) An area where food that is prepared as specified in
subparagraph (6) is sold or offered for human consumption;
"(6) A kitchen in a private home, including a child development
facility; or a bed-and-breakfast operation that prepares and offers food
to guests if the home is owner-occupied, the number of available guest
bedrooms does not exceed 6, breakfast is the only meal offered, the
number of guests served does not exceed 18, and the consumer is informed
by statements contained in published advertisements, mailed brochures,
and placards posted at the registration area that the food is
prepared in a kitchen that is not regulated and inspected by the
Mayor;
"(7) A
private home that receives catered or home-delivered food;
"(8)
United States Senate and House of Representatives restaurants; or
"(9) A private club or a church, which serves occasional meals at not
more than twenty-four (24) events during a twelve (12) month period."
"(d) The term 'embargo' as used in this act, shall mean an
administrative restriction or exclusion on the distribution of food or
food products.
"(e) The term 'condemnation' as used in this act, shall mean an
administrative restriction or exclusion on the use of specific equipment,
utensils or linens."
(b) Section 3
(D.C. Code § 33-103) is amended as follows:
(1) In subsection (a) (D.C. Code § 33-103(1)), by inserting the following
language at the end thereof:
"Provided, that an offense shall not be deemed to be committed under
this section in the following cases:
"(A) Where the order calls for a drug inferior to such standard, or
where such difference is made known by being plainly written or printed on
the package;
"(B) Where the drug is mixed with any matter or ingredient not
injurious to health and not intended fraudulently to increase its bulk,
weight, or measure or conceal its inferior quality, if at the time such
drug is delivered to the purchaser it is made known to him that such drug
is so mixed.";
(2) By
amending subsection (b) (D.C. Code § 33-103(2)) to read as follows:
"(b) The term `adulterated food' means any food:
"(1) That bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance
which may render it injurious to health; except that, if the poisonous or
deleterious substance is not an added substance and the quantity of the
poisonous or deleterious substance in the food does not ordinarily render
it injurious to health, the food is not adulterated for the purpose of
this act;
"(2) That bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious
substance (other than a substance that is 'a pesticide chemical residue in
or on a raw agricultural commodity or processed food, a food additive, a
color additive, or a new animal drug) that is unsafe within the meaning of
section 406 of the Federal Food Act (21 U. S.C. 346);
"(3) That bears or contains a pesticide chemical residue that is
unsafe within the meaning of section 408 of the Federal Food Act (21 U.S.C.
346a);
"(4) That is, bears, or contains any food additive that is unsafe
within the meaning of section 409 of the Federal Food Act (21 U.S. C.
348), or a new animal drug (or conversion product thereof) that is unsafe
within the meaning of section 512 of the Federal Food Act (21 U.S.C.
360b);
"(5) That consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or
decomposed substance, or is otherwise unfit for food;
"(6) That has been prepared, packed or held under insanitary
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby
it may have been rendered injurious to health;
"(7) That, in whole or in part, is the product of a diseased animal
or of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter;
"(8) That is in a container that is composed, in whole or in part,
of any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render the contents
injurious to health;
"(9) That intentionally has been subjected to radiation, unless the
radiation was used in conformity with a rule or exemption in effect
pursuant to section 409 of the Federal Food Act (21 U.S.C. 348);
"(10) To or from which any valuable constituent has been omitted or
abstracted, in whole or in part;
"(11) Within which any substance has been substituted, in whole or
in part;
"(12) Whose damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner;
"(13) To which any substance has been added, mixed or packed to
increase the food's bulk or weight, reduce the food's quality or
strength, or make the food appear better or of greater value;
"(14) That is, bears, or contains a color additive that is unsafe
within the meaning of section 721 of the Federal Food Act (21 U. S.C.
379(e)(a)).
"(15) That is a confectionery:
"(A) Within which any nonnutritive object is partially or
completely imbedded, except that the confectionery shall not be
adulterated for purposes of this act if the Mayor determines, by rule,
that the nonnutritive object that is partially or completely imbedded in
the confectionery has a practical, functional value to the confectionery
that does not render the confectionery injurious or hazardous to health;
"(B) That bears or contains more than one-half of one percent
(0.5%) of alcohol by volume, which is derived solely from flavoring
extracts, except that the confectionery shall not be adulterated for
purposes of this chapter if the confectionery is introduced, delivered
for introduction, received, or held for sale;
"(C) That bears or contains any nonnutritive substance, except that
the confectionery shall not be adulterated for purposes of this act if
the nonnutritive substance is a safe substance that is in or on a
confectionery product because the nonnutritive substance serves a
practical, functional purpose in the manufacture, packaging, or storage
of the confectionery product and use of the nonnutritive substance does
not promote deception of the consumer or violate any other provision of
this title;
"(16) That is oleomargarine, margarine, butter, or any of the raw
material in oleomargarine, margarine, or butter, which contains or
consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed
substance, or if the oleomargarine, margarine, or butter is otherwise
unfit for food; or
"(17) That is a dietary supplement or contains a dietary
ingredient:
"(A) That presents a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or
injury under conditions of use recommended or suggested in labeling or,
if no conditions of use are suggested or recommended in the labeling,
under ordinary conditions of use;
"(B) That is a new dietary ingredient for which there is inadequate
information to provide reasonable assurance that the ingredient does not
present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury;
"(C) That is or contains a dietary ingredient that renders the food
adulterated under paragraph (1) of this subsection under the conditions
of use recommended or suggested in the labeling of the dietary
supplement; or
"(D) That has been prepared, packed, or held under conditions that
do not comply with current, good manufacturing practice rules, including
rules that require expiration date labeling.".
(c) Section 4 (D.C. Code § 33-104) is amended to read as follows:
"(a) It shall be the duty of the Mayor to adopt such measures as
may be necessary to facilitate the enforcement of this act with regard
to the proper method of collecting and examining drugs and articles of
food in the District of Columbia."
"(b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to adopt
the United States Food and Drug Administration's Model Food Code with
any necessary amendments thereto:
(1) Control and regulate the retail sale, commercial and institutional
service, and vending of food; training; protection;
(2) Establish standards for employee food safety practices and
(3) Regulate food sources, preparation, holding temperatures, and
(4) Regulate equipment, utensils and linens, their design, construction,
numbers and capacities, location and installation, maintenance and
operation, cleaning, and sanitization;
(5) Regulate the use of water and the treatment of liquid and solid
wastes;
(6) Regulate facilities construction and maintenance, storage and use of
poisonous and toxic materials;
(7) Establish license requirements for the operation of food;
(8) Restrict or exclude employees;
(9) Examine embargo and condemn food or food products, equipment,
utensils and linens to protect the public health.".
(d) Section 5 (D.C. Code § 33-105) is amended by striking the phrase
"Director of Public Health" and inserting the word
"Mayor" in its place.
(e) Section 6 (D.C. Code § 33-106) is amended as follows:
(1) By striking the phrase "Department of Human Services" and
inserting the phrase "Mayor," in its place;
(2) By striking the phrase ", who shall apply to him for the
purpose and shall tender him the value of the same,"; and
(3) By adding the phrase "The Mayor may collect, without cost, and
examine samples of food sufficient to analyze in order to determine
compliance with this act." at the end of the section.
(f) Section 8 (D.C. Code § 33-108) is amended by striking the phrase
"Health Department" and inserting the phrase
"Department of Health" in its place.
(g) A new "Section 8A Administrative Remedies for Enforcement"
is added to read as follows:
"Section 8A. Administrative Remedies for Enforcement.
"(a) The Mayor may take action to enforce this act or any rule
promulgated pursuant to this act, if any person:
"(1) Operates a food establishment without a valid license;
"(2) Violates any term or condition of a food establishment
license;
"(3) Does not correct serious violations of this act or rules
promulgated pursuant to this act within timeframes established by the
Mayor or repeatedly violates this act or its rules;
"(4) Does not comply with an order of the Mayor concerning an
employee suspected of having a disease that can be transmitted by an
infected person;
"(5) Does not comply with an embargo or condemnation order issued
by the Mayor;
"(6) Does not comply with an order issued as a result of an
administrative hearing under this act;
"(7) Does not comply with a summary suspension order by the Mayor.
"(b) The Mayor may grant a variance from food establishment license
requirements if the applicant or licensee shows that compliance with the
requirements of this act, or the rules promulgated pursuant to this act
or the Food Regulation Act of 2001, would result in an unreasonable
financial hardship, and that the public health and welfare would not be
endangered.
"(c) The Mayor may suspend or revoke a license issued to a food
establishment, for violation of this act or rules implementing this act
and may summarily suspend or restrict the license if the Mayor
determines through inspection, or examination of employees, food, records, or other means as specified in this act or
rules, that an imminent health hazard exists. Summary suspension may be
carried out by providing written notice to the licensee or person in
charge, without prior warning, notice of a hearing, or hearing. If the
Mayor restricts the activities of an employee of the food establishment,
notice shall be given to that employee who shall have a right to a
hearing after the restriction is implemented.
"(d)(1) The Mayor may, without prior notice, embargo and forbid the
sale of, or cause to be destroyed, any food that
"(A) May be unsafe, adulterated, or not honestly presented;
"(B) Is not prepared, processed, handled, packaged, transported, or
stored in compliance with the Food Regulation Act of 2001 or the rules
promulgated pursuant to that act;
"(C) Originated from an unapproved source;
"(D) Is not labeled according to law or properly tagged;
"(E) Is otherwise not in compliance with this act.
"(2) The Mayor shall provide the licensee or person in charge of
the food establishment with a written notice at the same time the
embargo action is taken, stating the action that is being taken, the
basis for the action, and the right of the licensee or person in charge
to request a hearing.
"(e) The Mayor may, without prior notice, condemn and cause to be
removed any equipment, utensils or linens found in a food establishment,
the use of which does not comply with this act or rules implementing
this act, or that is being used in violation of this act or rules
implementing this act, or that is unfit for use because of dirt, filth, extraneous matter, insects, corrosion, open seams, or chipped or cracked
surfaces. The Mayor shall provide the licensee or person in charge of
the food establishment with a written notice at the same time the
condemnation action is taken, stating the action that is being taken,
the basis for the action, and the right of the licensee or person in
charge to request a hearing.
"(f) The Mayor may suspend a license issued in accordance with D.C.
Code §§47-2801 and 47-2827 if the licensee is in violation of this
act, or of the rules promulgated pursuant to this act. Written notice of
the suspension shall be served upon the affected party or the party's
designated agent. The Mayor shall provide the affected party or the
party's designated agent with a written notice stating the action that
is being taken, the basis for the action, and the right of the affected
party or party's designated agent to request a hearing.
"(g) If a licensee has previously violated this act, or the rules
promulgated pursuant to this act, or if the person's license has been
previously suspended, the Mayor may revoke the license upon the
commission of another violation. The Mayor shall provide the affected
party, or the party's designated agent, with written notice of the
intent to revoke the license and with an opportunity for a hearing prior
to revocation. A person whose license has been revoked pursuant to this
section may reapply for a food establishment license. The Mayor may
grant a new license if the person is able to demonstrate an ability and
willingness to comply with the license and with the provisions of this
act and the rules implementing this act.
"(h) A licensee, person in charge or employee shall have the right
to request a hearing within fifteen (15) days after service of the
notice of an adverse action under this section. A request for a hearing shall not stay a summary suspension, an
embargo or a condemnation order. The Mayor shall hold a hearing within
seventy-two (72) hours a timely request for a hearing following a
summary suspension, an embargo or a condemnation order, and shall issue
a decision within seventy-two (72) hours after the hearing.
"(i) Each hearing shall be held in accordance with the contested
case provisions of section 10 of the District of Columbia Administrative
Procedure Act, approved October
21, 1968
(D.C. Code § 1
-1509)
and judicial review shall be in accordance with section 11 of that act
(D.C. Code § 1-1510).
"(j) The Mayor shall be authorized to conduct necessary
examinations and tests to determine whether any food employee has a
disease in a communicable form, or is a carrier of a communicable
disease. A food employee shall submit to examinations and tests,
including providing access to medical history, at the request of the
Mayor when there is reason to believe that the employee has a disease in
a communicable form, or is a carrier of a communicable disease.
"(k) For the purpose of enforcing this act or any rule issued
pursuant to this act, the Mayor may, at any reasonable time, upon the
presentation of proper credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in
charge, enter into or upon any food establishment for the purpose of
making inspections and tests. "(l) The Mayor may request that the Corporation Counsel commence an
appropriate civil action in the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia to secure a temporary restraining order, a preliminary
injunction, a permanent injunction, or other appropriate relief from the
court, to enforce this act or rules issued pursuant to this act.".
(h) Section 9 (D.C. Code § 33-109) is amended to read as follows:
"(a) Whenever the Mayor has reason to believe that there has been a
violation of this act or the rules promulgated pursuant to this act, the
Mayor shall give written notice of the alleged violation to the
licensee, person in charge or employee. The notice shall state the
nature of the violation and shall allow a reasonable time for the
performance of the necessary corrective measures. Failure to comply
shall result in penalties as set out in subsection (b). "(b) Any person who violates this act, or rules promulgated
pursuant to this act, shall be liable for a civil penalty in an amount
not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. For any violation, each day of
the violation shall constitute a separate offense and the penalties
prescribed shall apply separately to each offense. "(c) Any person who knowingly violates this act or the rules
promulgated pursuant to this act shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed $10,000, or imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, or both. For
any violation, each day of the violation shall constitute a separate
offense and the penalties prescribed shall apply separately to each
offense. Prosecutions for violations of this subsection shall be brought
in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Corporation
Counsel for the District of Columbia. "(d) Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative
sanctions for any infraction of the provisions of this act, or any rules
issued under the authority of that act, pursuant to subchapters I
through III of Chapter 27 of Title 6. "(e) Any person who contests a final order of the Mayor issued
pursuant to the Food Regulation Act of 2001, after exhaustion of all
administrative remedies, is entitled to judicial review of the final order upon filing a written
petition for review in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals."
(i) Section 10 (D.C. Code § 33-110) is amended to read as follows:
"(a) The Mayor, shall issue rules in accordance with Title 1 of the
District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21,
1968 (82
Stat.
1204;
D.C. Code § 1-1 501 et set.) to implement the provisions of this act.
The Mayor may amend this act by promulgation of a rule in accordance
with this section. "(b) These rules may:
"(1) Prescribe manufacturing practices for dietary supplements,
which shall be modeled after current, good manufacturing practice rules
for food and which shall not impose standards for which there is no
current, generally available analytical methodology; "(2) Include procedures for declaring that a dietary supplement or
dietary ingredient poses an imminent hazard to public health or safety;
and "(3) Prohibit the use of a particular nonnutritive substance.
"(c) The Mayor shall establish by rule, a license application fee
for a food establishment. The fee shall be set in an amount to recoup
some or all of the costs to the District of Columbia for reviewing the
application. The regulations may also provide for interest to be charged
on late payments of any charges imposed pursuant to this act.".
Sec. 3. Section 2 of the Good Faith Donor and Donee Act of 1981,
effective October 8, 1981, (D. C. Law 4-39; D. C. § 33-801) is amended
as follows:
(1) By striking the phrase "§ 8-6:102 of Title 8 of the District
of Columbia Health Regulations (published as Title 8 of the District of
Columbia Regulations; 1962 Revision, as amended) ("Health Regulations")" and
inserting the phrase "Food Regulation Act of 2001 or rules issued
pursuant to that act" in its place; and
(2) By striking the phrase "§
8-6:102
of Title
8
of the Health Regulations" and inserting the phrase "Food
Regulation Act of
2001
or rules issued pursuant to that act" in its place.
Sec. 4. Section 28 of An Act To establish standard weights and measures
for the District of Columbia; to define the duties of the Superintendent
of Weights, Measures and Markets of the District of Columbia; and for
other purposes, approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1224; D.C. Code §
10-132), is amended by striking the word "Council" wherever it
appears and inserting the word "Mayor" in its place.
Sec. 5. An Act Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia
to make regulations respecting the rights and privileges of the fish
wharf, approved March 19, 1906 (34 Stat. 72; D.C. Code § 10-137), is
amended by striking the phrase "the Council of the District of
Columbia " wherever it appears and inserting the phrase "said
Mayor" in its place;
Sec. 6. An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the
government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes,
approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. 758; D.C, Code § 6-501), is amended by
striking the phrase "Council of the District of Columbia" and
inserting the word "Mayor" in its place;
Sec. 7. Section 513 of Title 24 of the District of Columbia
Regulations No. 7439, 21 DCR 1285 (December 23, 1974) is amended to
read as follows:
"513.1 All preparation, storage, handling, transportation, and
storage of food vended under the provisions of this chapter shall be in
compliance with the Food Regulation Act of 2001 and the regulations
issued pursuant to that act.".
Sec. 8. Repealers.
(a) An Act To prevent the adulteration of candy in the District of
Columbia, approved May 5, 1898 (30 Stat. 398; D.C. Code §§ 33-201 -
33-203), is repealed.
(b) An Act To regulate within the District of Columbia the sale of milk,
cream, and ice cream, and for other purposes, approved February 27, 1925
(43 Stat. 1004; D.C. Code §§ 33-301 - 33-312) is repealed.
(c) An Act Relating to the sale of horse meat or food products thereof
in the District of Columbia, approved July 3, 1943 (57 Stat. 372; D.C.
Code §§ 33-401 - 33403) is repealed.
(d) An Act To prevent the sale of unwholesome food in
the District of Columbia, approved December 16, 1941 (55 Stat. 807; D.C.
Code §§ 22-3416 - 22-3422), is repealed.
(e) Title 8-6:108 of the Health Regulations, effective August 22, 1967,
are repealed upon
the effective date of publication in the District of Columbia
Resister of the notice of final rulemaking for the regulations
authorized by this act.
Sec. 9 Fiscal Impact Statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report
as the fiscal impact statement required by section 602(c)(3) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
813; D.C. Code § 1-233(c)(3)).
Sec. 10 Effective Date.
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the
event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto),
approval by the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority, as provided in section 203(a) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Act of
1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 116; D.C. Code §47-392.3(a)),
a 60-day period of Congressional review, as provided in section
602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code § 1233(c)(1)), and publication in the
District of Columbia Register.
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