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107TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 107–217

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2944, DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

SEPTEMBER 24, 2001.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. LINDER, from the Committee on Rules,

submitted the following

R E P O R T

[To accompany H. Res. 245]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House

Resolution 245, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2944, the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002, under an open rule.

The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and

controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order

against consideration of the bill. The rule further waives clause 2

of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative

provisions in a general appropriations bill) against provisions in

the bill.

The rule provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment by paragraph. The rule provides that the amendments printed in part A of this report shall be considered as adopted. The rule

also waives all points of order against the amendment printed in

part B of this report, which may be offered only by a Member designated in this report and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for

the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by

the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment

and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question

in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to

accord priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted

their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule

provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

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The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill

includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report) because the report was not filed until

Monday, September 24, and the bill may be considered on the floor

as early as Tuesday, September 25. The waiver also includes a

waiver of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting consideration of legislation within the Budget Committee’s

jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget Committee), because

the bill includes a provision that falls within the jurisdiction of the

Budget Committee that has not reported by that committee.

The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI against provisions in the bill

is necessary because there are several unauthorized appropriations

and legislative provisions in the bill, which are listed in the report

accompanying the bill.

SUMMARIES OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

PART A—AMENDMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Knollenberg/Fattah—Adds several provisions that were requested by the District Government related to the allocation of District funds.

Moran (VA)—Ensures that the bill remains within the subcommittee’s 302(b) suballocation by delaying the effect of the sale

of the real property on which the Lorton Correctional Complex is

located until after October 1, 2002.

PART B—AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

Summary of Amendment Made in Order, debatable for 10 minutes

Weldon (FL)—Prohibits local, as well as federal, funds from

being used for implementation of the District of Columbia domestic

partnership act.

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

1. AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KNOLLENBERG OF

MICHIGAN, OR REPRESENTATIVE FATTAH OF PENNSYLVANIA, OR A

DESIGNEE

Page 16, line 17, after ‘‘$500,000’’ insert the following:

: Provided further, That not less than $353,000 shall be available

to the Office of the Corporation Counsel to support increases in the

Attorney Retention Allowance: Provided further, That not less than

$50,000 shall be available to support a mediation services program

within the Office of the Corporation Counsel; Provided further, That not less than $50,000 shall be available to support a TANF

Unit within the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Office

of the Corporation Counsel.

Page 18, line 10, after ‘‘involved’’ insert the following:

: Provided further, That no less than $173,000,000 shall be available to the Metropolitan Police Department for salary in support of

3,800 sworn officers; Provided further, That no less than $100,000

shall be available in the Department of Corrections budget to support the Corrections Information Council: Provided further, That

not less than $296,000 shall be available to support the Child Fatality Review Committee.

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Page 23, line 14, before the period at the end of the sentence insert the following:

: Provided further, That no less than $500,000 of the $7,500,000 appropriated for the Addiction Recovery Fund shall be used solely to

pay treatment providers who provide substance abuse treatment to

TANF recipients under the Drug Treatment Choice Program: Provided further, That no less than $2,000,000 of this appropriation

shall be used solely to establish, by contract, a 2-year pilot substance abuse program for youth ages 16 through 21 years of age:

Provided further, That no less than $60,000 be available for a D.C.

Energy Office Matching Grant: Provided further, That no less than

$2,150,000 be available for a pilot Interim Disability Assistance

program pursuant to title L of the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 14–144).

Page 53, after section 134, insert the following:

‘‘SEC. 135. No later than the later of November 1, 2001, or 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief

Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the

budget that the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies

of the District of Columbia government for such fiscal year that is

in the total amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns

all budgeted data for personal services and other-than-personalservices, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.

SEC. 136. Section 403 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,

approved December 24, 1973 (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official

Code, sec. 1–204.03), is amended as follows:

(1) Subsection (c) is amended by striking ‘‘shall receive, in

addition to the compensation to which he is entitled as a member of the Council, $10,000 per annum, payable in equal installments, for each year he serves as Chairman, but the

Chairman.’’

(2) A new subsection (d) is added to read as follows:

‘‘(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), as the effective date of the

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001, the Chairman shall

receive compensation, payable in equal installments, at a rate

equal to $10,000 less than the compensation of the Mayor.’’.

2. AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MORAN OF

VIRGINIA, OR A DESIGNEE

In section 134, amend subsection (b) to read as follows:

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on

October 1, 2002.

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TEXT OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WELDON OF

FLORIDA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

In section 118 (relating to the use of funds to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992), strike ‘‘Federal’’.

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