PR 26-0016 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

This resolution prevents a funding gap for the National Cherry Blossom Festival grant by temporarily extending an existing emergency funding measure. It addresses a technical timing issue: a previously enacted emergency grant amendment (D.C. Act 25-612) expires January 26, 2025, while a new temporary amendment (D.C. Act 25-638) is pending federal congressional review. The resolution ensures uninterrupted grant funding during this transition period without changing the festival's budget or policy.

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Jan 2025

Signed into Law

Jan 2025

Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed Jan 7, 2025

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MODERATE

This document shows the transition of a legislative bill from its introduction stage to its enrolled (final) version. The primary changes involve formatting adjustments, date updates, and clarifying language to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process. The substantive policy content regarding the emergency declaration for the Cherry Blossom Festival Grant remains consistent.

TECHNICAL

The document header changed from 'A PROPOSED RESOLUTION' to 'A RESOLUTION' with an assigned bill number (26-6), indicating the bill has been formally adopted and is now in its enrolled version.

The date of council action was updated from October 15, 2024 to January 7, 2025, reflecting the current legislative session date.

Section 2(a) was clarified to explicitly label the Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 as the 'emergency act' for consistency throughout the document.

Section 2(b) was restructured to explicitly label the Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Temporary Amendment Act of 2024 as the 'temporary act' and clarified that it is pending congressional review.

Section 3 was changed from 'finds' to 'determines' to reflect the formal legislative determination process for emergency declarations.

The Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act reference was updated to include 'of 2024' for accuracy.

Floor votes · Council Jan 7, 2025

How they voted

13–0

Passed

Total votes 13

Jan 7, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jan 7, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (13-0)

council

Jan 6, 2025

Introduced

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

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors