District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Salary Home Rule Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Salary Home Rule Act amends the D.C. Home Rule Act salary rule for the District’s Chief Financial Officer. The CFO would be paid at the greater of the federal total-pay cap applicable under 5 U.S.C. 5307 for certain federal employees or a rate established in District law. If D.C. law sets a higher rate for a person serving as CFO, that rate may not be reduced during that person’s service. The bill gives D.C. more control over compensation for a core financial oversight position while retaining a federal pay-cap benchmark as the minimum rule.
Who Benefits and How
The District of Columbia government benefits because it can set CFO compensation at a level it believes is needed to recruit or retain financial leadership. The D.C. Chief Financial Officer benefits from potential higher pay and protection against mid-service salary cuts. D.C. residents and taxpayers may benefit if compensation flexibility helps attract a qualified CFO responsible for budget, accounting, and financial controls. The D.C. Council benefits from greater home-rule authority over a local office.
Who Bears the Burden and How
D.C. budget officials and the D.C. Council must decide whether to enact a higher salary and fund it locally. D.C. taxpayers bear any added compensation cost above the federal benchmark. Federal overseers lose some salary-control leverage over the District CFO position. Future D.C. policymakers are constrained from reducing the salary of an incumbent CFO during that person’s service once a higher rate applies.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes D.C. law to set the Chief Financial Officer’s pay above the federal total-pay cap.
- Keeps the federal total-pay cap as the fallback or floor for CFO compensation.
- Protects an incumbent CFO from pay reductions during service when D.C. law sets the applicable rate.
- Expands District home-rule control over compensation for its chief financial officer.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Lets District of Columbia law set the Chief Financial Officer’s pay above the federal total-pay cap when D.C. chooses, while preserving the federal cap as a floor and protecting the serving CFO from pay reductions during service.
Key Policy Areas
District of Columbia, Government Operations, Public Finance
Primary Purpose
Lets District of Columbia law set the Chief Financial Officer’s pay above the federal total-pay cap when D.C. chooses, while preserving the federal cap as a floor and protecting the serving CFO from pay reductions during service.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- District of Columbia government
- D.C. Chief Financial Officer
- D.C. residents
- D.C. taxpayers
- D.C. Council
Identified Costs
- D.C. budget officials
- D.C. Council
- D.C. taxpayers
- Federal overseers
- Future D.C. policymakers
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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D.C. Council, District of Columbia government
D.C. Chief Financial Officer, Federal overseers of D.C. finances
Positive-direction: D.C. Chief Financial Officer
Negative-direction: Federal overseers of D.C. finances
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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