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Federal Payments to District of Columbia Water and Sewer
Authority, B-285919, July 25, 2000
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B-285919
July 25, 2000
The Hgnoable Ernest J. Istook, Jr.
Chairman, Subcommittee on District of Columnbia
Oommittee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
Subject: Federal Payments to District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This responds to your uIly 2 4 2t Lot _27 egal iocncering the respons4ibflty of Federal
depanrnnts or ~hien(CFederal ageciesci,!Ytt py for' water and sewer
scts (':watery s frie) pyqy tndidcd m yihe 'istrict of Columbia Water aindSewer Authority
(WASA). Yo o idso asked what legaI POWers are avhilable to the Department of the Treasury to obtain
payment from agones that art delinquentin iAking deposits into the United States Treasury account
established to ficilitate Federal payments fo WASA.
SeitnDiateft of Colub p-t1990Pub: No,.;,101-168;F1o3 Stat.,
280-1,282'(1989 ), mended the Disfct o[,.om iut worsAct of 1954, Pub. L. No. 364$ ch. 218,
6t tat;-,oV(1954); to estalsn newp or accounting,,, ai ang te cost, ani paying for water
serices th~at W S proisyJ eerardgnce~s. 1,Udrhe new *procesg;beginijIingwith the s.6cond
qu~ferof fiscal year,1990, the Secreo't ofth Trtasurys to pay ti District of ClfifbihiGovernment
from a States Tiieaury nen tercedrai Paynent for Water and Sewer Services for water
services provided to Federal agencies. The Fcdraagencies are to make payments to the United States
Treasuiry account frofmf funds appropriated or otherwise available to them.
The Ditciot to billfederaagencies dit; t f~rbiifigand budgetingpurpbsps;tgwss
:Dist ic,-,, n . . ISM . r -ea~,. c,. t, . ., I- . y.-, R. the. l.aw sets
forth the fllowing proceBss. 'B ,] 5o-calendaryea Vestrit ystp j povi -the.. Offic-of
Mah&naeentandBfidgetan annua cdJ, eom he cost of- ater sevices to Fedirl'6'Ancie' for 'the fiscal
year C ommenengOUobIr sof th& f6llowing calendar .year;, te Didisct'Apil15 6stima'es of the cost
or wter usgefor the fiscal year beginnnigt'~ nenetfcalnd4F~ear are to reflLCrayadjustmenti
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necessary ro cuht fdr actual usageva-tancas 'rom the estimates for the ptreieimg fi'scal year. The
esi'iate shalf be ierz i yj midduaI agency for inclusion in- the President's budget of the respective
igencies. The law states that eacli agency receiving water services, shall pay to the United States Treasury
account an amount equal to the quarterly estimate and shall make the payment on the first day of each
fiscal quarter from funds appropriated or otherwise available to it.
The Secretary of the Treasury then is to pay the District Government one-fourth of the annual estimate
prepared by the District government not later than the second day of each quarter. The Secretary's payment
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