D.C. Code § 25-207
Section 6023 of D.C. Law 17-219 provided: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration shall have the authority to issue grants, as directed in the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request Act, passed on final reading on May 13, 2008 (Enrolled version of Bill 17-679) ( ~Act'), to effectuate the purposes of the Act."