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___ G___A____0 _ Comptroller General
IAc countabillty - Intogrity - Reliability of the United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Effect of Recent Amendments to the District of Columbia Victims of
Violent Crime Compensation Act, Public Law Nos. 106-554 and 107-96
File: B-288173
Date: June 13, 2002
DIGEST
1. The District of Columbia Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act requires that
any unobligated balances existing in the [Crime Victims Compensation] Fund as of
the end of each fiscal year be used in accordance with specified percentages for
compensation payments and outreach to victims. The District of Columbia Courts
should apply the percentage formulas relating to the use of unobligated balances
to the total annual unobligated balance after the end of each fiscal year's activities.
To exclude unobligated balances of prior fiscal year allocation from the calculation
would not be consistent with the plain language of the Act.
2. The District of Columbia Courts method of calculating unobligated balance is
consistent with the Compensation Act.
3. The Courts may implement District of Columbia Council changes to the Crime
Victims Compensation Program as long as the changes do not alter or exceed the
conditions of applicable federal appropriation and authorization acts.
DECISION
The District of Columbia Courts (Courts) request an advance decision interpreting
recent congressional amendments to the District of Columbia's Victims of Violent
Crime Compensation Act (Compensation Act) and on other implementation issues
related to the Compensation Act. Specifically, the Courts ask whether: (1) the
statutory percentage formulas relating to the use of unobligated balances in the
Crime Victims Compensation Fund should be applied to the Fund's end-of-year
accumulated balance or its annual balance of amounts remaining after each fiscal](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadsrj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)