Facilities & Procurement Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Facilities and Procurement R o b e r t C . W h i t e , J r. , C h a i r Notice of Public Hearing o n B23-0107, the "Non-Profit Reimbursement Fairness Act of 2019" Tuesday, January 28^^, 2020,10:00 AM Room 123, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 On Tuesday, January 28"^, 2020, Councilmember Robert C. White Jr., Chair of the Committee on Facilities and Procurement will hold a public hearing on B23-0107, the "Non-Profit Reimbursement Fairness Act of 2019". The public hearing will take place in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Permsylvania Avenue, N.W., at 10:00 AM. The stated purpose of the "Non-Profit Reimbursement Faimess Act of 2019"is to require that grants or contracts with the District allow for reimbursement of indirect costs at the same rate a non-profit organization has negotiated to receive for a current federal contract or grant, to require that a non-profit organization receiving a grant or contract with funds from the District to receive a flat rate of modified total direct costs, and to publish the direct and indirect costs for any grants or contracts with the contracting agency. The Committee invites the public to testify in person or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify should contact the Committee via e-mail at facilities@dccouncil.us or at (202) 741-8593, and provide their name, phone number or e-mail, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by close of business on Monday, January 27***, 2020. All public witnesses will be allowed a maximum of four minutes for oral testimony, while Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners will have a maximum of five minutes to testify. At the discretion of the Chair, the length of time provided for oral testimony may be reduced if there are a large number of witnesses. Witnesses are encouraged, but not required, to bring twenty single- sided copies of their testimony in writing and submit their written testimony electronically in advance to facilities@,dccouncil.us. Witnesses who anticipate needing language interpretation, or require sign language interpretation, are requested to inform the Committee on Facilities and Procurement of the need as soon as possible but no later than five (5) business days before the proceeding. We will make every effort to fulfill timely requests, however requests received in less than five (5) business days may not be fulfilled and alternatives may be offered. Page 1 of 2 Witnesses are advised that should the public hearing extend beyond 12:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m., the public hearing will recess for a period of twenty minutes at each time. Should more than one hundred witnesses request to testify in person, the public hearing will recess after the first one hundred witnesses and any witnesses signed up after the first one hundred will, at the discretion of the chair, be given the opportunity to either provide oral testimony when the public hearing reconvenes at a later date or submit written testimony for the record. i For witnesses who are unable to testify, written testimony will be made part of the official record. Copies of written testimony should be submitted to the Committee at facilities@"dccouncil.us or to Nyasha Smith, Secretary of the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, DC 20004. The record will close at the close of business on Wednesday, February IZ"*, 2019. Page 2 of 2