Pub. L. 83-364, tit. VII, sec. 2

“Sec. 2. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for each fiscal year thereafter there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to the sums appropriated under section 1 of this article, an annual payment by the United States toward defraying the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia in the sum of $9,000,000: Provided, That so much of the aggregate annual payments by the United States appropriated under this article to the credit of the General Fluid as is in excess of $13,000,000 shall be available for capital outlay only, and then on a cumulative total basis only to the extent of not more than 50 per centum of the cumulative total of capital outlay appropriations payable from such general fund which becomes available for expenditure on or after July 1, 1954. “(b) If in any fiscal year or years a deficiency exists between the amount appropriated and the amount of $20,000,000 authorized by this article to be appropriated, additional appropriations are hereby authorized for subsequent fiscal years to pay such deficiency or deficiencies. “(c) The payments authorized by this section shall be credited to the General Fund of the District of Columbia.”