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B26-0002 • 2025

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Budget
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Mendelson
Last action
2025-03-07
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text contains formatting errors and missing words in Section 5 regarding the specific code citation for emergency acts (ends abruptly at 'section'), though the 90-day rule is clearly stated.

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This law makes a technical correction to increase the grant amount for the National Cherry Blossom Festival from $1 million to $1.5 million.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends Section 2112(b) of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 regarding funds transferred for a grant for the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
  • Strikes the figure "$1 million" and inserts the figure "$1.5 million" in its place.
  • Applies this change as if it started on October 1, 2024.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The National Cherry Blossom Festival

Terms To Know

Emergency Amendment
A law that takes effect quickly and remains in force for no longer than 90 days.
Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024
The original budget law from September 18, 2024, that set aside money for government programs including the festival grant.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act remains in effect for no longer than 90 days after it takes effect.
  • The text states this is a technical correction due to congressional review but does not explain the specific details of that review process.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0020 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 002252, Expires on May 28, 2025

  2. 2025-03-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2025-02-27 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0020, Expires on May 28, 2025

  4. 2025-02-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Mar 10, 2025

  5. 2025-01-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  6. 2025-01-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  7. 2025-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0002 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-20
JINTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Tomake,onanemergencybasis,duetocongressionalreview,atechnicalcorrectiontotheFiscalYear2025BudgetSupportActof2024regardingthetransferoffundstobeusedforagrantfortheNationalCherryBlossomFestival.
BE ITENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA, Thatthis
actmay be citedas the“CherryBlossom FestivalGrantCongressionalReview Emergency
AmendmentActof2025”.
Sec.2,Section2112(b)oftheFiscalYear2025BudgetSupportActof2024,effectiveSeptember18,2024(D.C.Law25-217;71DCR 9990),isamendedbystrikingthefigure“$1
million”andinsertingthefigure“$1.5million”initsplace,
Sec.3.Applicability.ThisactshallapplyasofOctober1,2024.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.‘ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
412(a)of theDistrictof Columbia Home Rule Act,approvedDecember 24, 1973 (87 Stat.788;
D.C. OfficialCode § 1-204.12(a)).
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APPROVED
PEBRUARY 27, 2025

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