For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:

1. (1) “Agency” means the highest organizational unit of the District of Columbia government at which budgeting data is aggregated, as detailed by the Agency field in the financial system.
2. (2) “Agency funding source” means the designated resource or fund to which expenditures shall be charged, as detailed by the Fund field in the financial system.
3. (3) “Budget” means the entire annual appropriation, including borrowing and spending authority, for all activities of all agencies of the District of Columbia government financed from all existing, proposed, or anticipated resources.

4. (4) “Budget category” means:

   1. (A) For the operating budget: agencies, cost centers, programs, agency funding sources, object categories, object classes, and projects (including interagency projects), as shown in the budget; and
   2. (B) For the capital budget: agencies, agency funding sources, and capital projects and subprojects, as shown in the budget.
5. (5) “Capital budget” means that part of the budget that describes the annual element of the multiyear capital improvements plan.
6. (6) “Capital project” shall have the same meaning as provided in [§ 1-201.03(8)].
7. (6A) "Cost Center" means the highest level of organizational unit responsible for managing funds assigned to one or more Programs as detailed by the Cost Center field, without parent levels, in the financial system.
8. (6B) "Financial system" means the District Integrated Financial System.
9. (7) “Highway Trust Fund” means the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund, established by [§ 9-111.01], and the Federal Highway Trust Fund, established pursuant to Title 23 of the United States Code.
10. (7A) "Interagency project" means a project in the District's financial system that has funds budgeted in one District agency that are segregated for use for a particular purpose by another District agency, pursuant to an agreement between the agency and the other agency.
11. (8) [Repealed].
12. (9) “Object category” means the 2 major types of expenditures, which are personal services and non-personal services, as detailed by the Account Category field in the financial system.
13. (10) “Object class” means the subdivision of specific types of expenditures in the operating budget, such as fringe benefits and supplies, as detailed by the Account field in the financial system.
14. (11) “Offsetting” means an increase that is matched by a decrease with no change occurring in budget authority.
15. (12) “Operating budget” means that part of the budget for the operation of the District government, excluding the capital budget.
16. (13) “Program” means the highest level of budgeting and expenditure control within an agency that is designated for a specific purpose in the operating budget, which may consist of multiple actions necessary to achieve the stated purpose and goals, without parent levels, in the financial system.
17. (14) “Reprogramming” means a budget modification of $500,000 or more for purposes other than those originally authorized that results in an offsetting reallocation of budget authority from one budget category to another budget category; provided, that with respect to a capital reprogramming, the term “reprogramming” means a cumulative adjustment to a project’s capital budget during a fiscal year of $500,000 or more; provided further, that for an interagency project, the term "reprogramming" means a budget modification of $500,000 or more for purposes other than those originally authorized that results in an offsetting reallocation of budget authority from one program to another program; provided further, that for purposes of § 47-362(b), the term "reprogramming" shall include budget modifications of any amount that otherwise meet the requirements of this paragraph.
18. (15) "Reverse Paygo action" means the movement of authorized Paygo capital budget funds to the operating budget, through a paper project for the purpose of transaction recording and tracking.

Short Title

Short title: Section 1130 of D.C. Law 18-111 provided that subtitle N of title I of the act may be cited as the “Reprogramming Policy Act of 2009”.

Short title of title I of Law 14-190: Section 101 of D.C. Law 14-190 provided that title I of the act may be cited as the Reprogramming Policy Act of 2002.

History

Sept. 16, 1980, D.C. Law 3-100, § 2, 27 DCR 3617

Apr. 3, 1984, D.C. Law 5-70, § 2(a), 31 DCR 628

enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575

Oct. 1, 2002, D.C. Law 14-190, § 102(a), 49 DCR 6968

Mar. 3, 2010, D.C. Law 18-111, § 1131(a), 57 DCR 181

Apr. 8, 2011, D.C. Law 18-370, § 122(b), 58 DCR 1008

Oct. 22, 2015, D.C. Law 21-36, § 7034, 62 DCR 10905

Dec. 13, 2017, D.C. Law 22-33, § 8042(a)

Sept. 21, 2022, D.C. Law 24-167, § 7002(b)

Dec. 6, 2025, D.C. Law 26-55, § 7242(a)(2)

Editor's Notes

Appropriations authorized for reprogramming: Section 118 of Pub. L. 102-382, 106 Stat. 1432, the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1993, provided that none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended by reprogramming except pursuant to advance approval of the reprogramming granted according to the procedure set forth in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference (House Report No. 96-443), which accompanied the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1980, approved October 30, 1979 (93 Stat. 713; Public Law 96-93), as modified in House Report No. 98-265, and in accordance with § 47-361 et seq.

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7013 of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-127, July 27, 2015, 62 DCR 10201).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 122(b) of Fiscal Year 2011 Supplemental Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-694, January 19, 2011, 58 DCR 662).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 1131(a) of Fiscal Year Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-260, January 4, 2010, 57 DCR 345).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 1131(a) of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Second Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-207, October 15, 2009, 56 DCR 8234).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 1002(a) of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-187, August 26, 2009, 56 DCR 7374).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 102(a) of Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-453, July 23, 2002, 49 DCR 8026).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 8042(a) of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-104, July 20, 2017, 64 DCR 7032).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 8042(a) of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-167, Oct. 24, 2017, 64 DCR 10802).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7002(b) of Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24-470, July 13, 2022, 69 DCR 008707).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7242(a)(2) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7242(a)(2) of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

Effect of Amendments

The 2015 amendment by D.C. Law 21-36 added “provided, that with respect to a capital reprogramming, the term ‘reprogramming’ means a cumulative adjustment to a project's capital budget during a fiscal year of $ 500,000 or more” in (14).

“(10) ‘Responsibility center’ means the organizational component below the control center level.”

“(9) ‘Reprogramming’ means any budget modification which results in an offsetting reallocation of funds from 1 budget category to another, for purposes other than those originally planned.

“(8B) ‘Program’ means the highest level, for budgeting and expenditure control, within an agency that the District of Columbia government uses for a specific purpose for appropriated budget authority, which may consist of multiple activities that combined, assist the program in achieving the stated purpose and goals.

“(8A) ‘Performance-based budgeting’ shall have the same meaning as the term is defined in § 47-308.01(a).

“(8) ‘Offsetting’ means an increase that is matched by a decrease such that no change occurs in the gross-obligation budget or in the appropriated budget authority.

“(7) ‘Non-offsetting’ means an increase or decrease that occurs in the gross-obligation budget or in the appropriated budget authority.

“(6) ‘Non-appropriated budget authority’ means the ability of the District of Columbia government to incur obligations and make payments for specified purposes against funds which are not subject to approval by the Congress in the annual appropriations act for the District of Columbia.

“(5) ‘Gross-obligation budget’ means budget authority from all sources of funding.

“(4) ‘Council’ means the Council of the District of Columbia.

“(3) ‘Control center’ means the organizational authority subject to approval by Congress in the annual appropriations act for the District of Columbia.

“(2A) ‘Budget category’ includes control centers, responsibility centers, capital projects, capital sub-projects, and, in a performance-based agency, includes programs, activities, and object classes.

“(2) ‘Appropriated budget authority’ means authorization by an act of the Congress that permits the District of Columbia government to incur obligations and make payments for specific purposes against funds included in the annual appropriations act for the District of Columbia.

“(1) ‘Agency’ means the highest organizational structure of the District of Columbia government at which budgeting data is aggregated.

“As used in this subchapter, the term:

D.C. Law 18-370 rewrote the section, which formerly read:

D.C. Law 18-111, in par. (2A), substituted “centers, responsibility centers, capital projects, capital sub-projects, and, in a performance-based agency, includes programs, activities, and object classes” for “centers and responsibility centers”.

D.C. Law 14-190 added pars. (8A) and (8B).

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 47-361.