PUBLIC LAW 104-8—APR. 17, 1995 109 STAT. 105 SEC. 104. EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS. The Authority and its members may not be liable for any obligation of or claim against the District of Columbia resulting from actions taken to carry out this Act. SEC. 105. TREATMENT OF ACTIONS ARISING FROM ACT. (a) JURISDICTION ESTABLISHED IN DISTRICT COURT FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,—Except as provided in section 103(e)(2) (relating to the issuance of an order enforcing a subpoena), any action against the Authority or any action otherwise arising out of this Act, in whole or in part, shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. (b) PROMPT APPEAL. — (1) COURT OF APPEALS.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued pursuant to an action brought under subsection (a) shall be reviewable only pursuant to a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (2) SUPREME COURT.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, review by the Supreme Court of the United States of a decision of the Court of Appeals which is issued pursuant to paragraph (1) may be had only if the petition for such review is filed within 10 days after the entry of such decision. (c) TIMING OF RELIEF. —No order of any court granting declaratory or injunctive relief against the Authority, including relief permitting or requiring the obligation, borrowing, or expenditure of funds, shall take effect during the pendency of the action before such court, during the time appeal may be taken, or (if appeal is taken) during the period before the court has entered its final order disposing of such action. (d) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— It shall be the duty of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition of any matter brought under subsection (a). SEC. 106. FUNDING FOR OPERATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS. — (1) SUBMISSION OF BUDGET,— The Authority shall submit a proposed budget for each fiscal year to the President for inclusion in the annual budget for the District of Columbia under part D of title IV of the District of Columbia Self- Government and Governmental Reorganization Act not later than the May 1 prior to the first day of the fiscal year. In the case of the budget for fiscal year 1996, the Authority shall submit its proposed budget not later than July 15, 1995. (2) CONTENTS OF BUDGET,— The budget shall describe— (A) expenditures of the Authority by each object class, including expenditures for staff of the Authority; (B) services of personnel and other services provided by or on behalf of the Authority for which the Authority made no reimbursement; and (C) any gifts or bequests made to the authority during the previous fiscal year.
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