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PR26-0016 • 2025

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Mendelson
Last action
2025-01-17
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the resolution extends funding, only that it prevents a gap in law.

Cherry Blossom Festival Funding Fix

This resolution declares an emergency to fix a technical issue with the funding for the Cherry Blossom Festival during congressional review.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares an emergency situation due to congressional review of the Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Temporary Amendment Act of 2024.
  • Prevents a gap in law between the expiration of the previous emergency act and the effective date of the temporary amendment act.
  • Allows this resolution to take immediate effect after a single reading.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government
  • Organizers and participants of the National Cherry Blossom Festival

Terms To Know

Emergency Act
A law passed quickly to deal with urgent situations.
Congressional Review
The process where Congress looks at and decides on laws made by the District of Columbia.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This resolution only addresses a specific funding issue for the Cherry Blossom Festival.
  • It does not change how the festival is run or organized.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0006, Effective from Jan 07, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 000381

  2. 2025-01-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-01-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-01-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0006

  5. 2025-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0016 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

A RESOLUTION

26-6

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

January 7, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to make a technical correction to the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024
regarding the transfer of funds to be used for a grant for the National Cherry Blossom
Festival.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) On October 15, 2024, the Council adopted the Cherry Blossom Festival Grant
Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, effective October 28, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-612; 71 DCR
13500) (“emergency act”), which expires on January 26, 2025.
(b) The Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, enacted on
November 22, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-638; 71 DCR 14476) (“temporary act”), is pending
congressional review.
(c) This identical emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between
the expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary measure.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Cherry
Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted
after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.