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59–012 2007

110th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 110–55 

FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET REQUEST ACT 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’S FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET REQUEST ACT, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 93–198, SEC. 446 (87 STAT. 

806) 

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, August 9, 2007. 

Hon. NANCY PELOSI, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to my constitutional authority 

and as contemplated by section 446 of The District of Columbia 

Self-Governmental Reorganization Act as amended in 1989, I am 

transmitting the District of Columbia’s 2008 Budget Request Act. 

This transmittal does not represent an endorsement of the contents 

of the D.C. government’s requests. 

The proposed 2008 Budget Request Act reflects the major programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District 

of Columbia. For 2008, the District estimates total revenues and 

expenditures of $8.38 billion. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 


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NOTE.—The following document reflects the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2007’’ Act and the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2008’’ Request Act. The language enclosed in ø ¿ indicates language that is to be deleted from 

the FY 2007 Appropriations Act. The language shown in italics indicates new language in the FY 2008 Request Act. 

AN ACT 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

To approve the request of the District of Columbia government 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, ø2007¿ 2008. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF 

COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Year ø2007¿ 

2008 Budget Request Act’’. Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia approves the following expenditure levels and appropriation language for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, ø2007¿ 2008. 

DIVISION A DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATION 

REQUEST 

TITLE I—FEDERAL FUNDS 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 

Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts 

For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 

ø$218,912,000¿ $213,861,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, ø$9,198,000¿, $10,800,000 of 

which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior Court, 

ø$87,342,000¿ $98,359,000 of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Court System, ø$41,643,000¿ $52,170,000 of which not to 

exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 

and ø$80,729,000¿ $52,532,000 to remain available until September 30, ø2007¿ 2009 for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That ønotwithstanding any 

other provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for development and construction of facilities may be employed which collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 

the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘availability of 

Funds’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That¿ funds 

made available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent with the General Services Administration master plan 

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withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this 

heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 

agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on a 

contractual basis with the General Services Administration (GSA), 

and such services shall include the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to 

the President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate: 

Provided further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more 

than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among 

the items and entities funded under this heading for operations, 

and not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this heading for facilities. 

Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts 

For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 11– 2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under 

the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior 

Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 

guardian ad litem representation, training, technical assistance 

and such other services as are necessary to improve the quality of 

guardian ad litem representation, payments for counsel appointed 

in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and 

payments for counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the District of 

Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable 

Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $43,475,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That øthe funds provided in this Act 

under the heading ‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia 

Courts’ (other than the $80,729,000 provided under such heading 

for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for payments under this heading: Provided 

further, That¿ in addition to the funds provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District 

of Columbia may use funds provided in this Act under the heading 

‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’ (other than 

the ø$80,729,000¿ $52,532,000 provided under such heading for 

capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make payments described under this heading for obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided further, That funds 

provided under this heading shall be administered by the Joint 

Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 

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cies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the General Services Administration (GSA), and 

such services shall include the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the 

President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency for the District of Columbia 

(Including Transfer of Funds) 

For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of 

motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency for the District of Columbia øand the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, ¿as authorized by the National 

Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

1997, ø$209,594,000¿ $190,343,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

is for official receptions and representation expenses related to 

Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of 

which not to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating 

to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which not to exceed $400,000 for the Community Supervision program and 

$160,000 for the Pretrial Services program both of which remain 

until September 30, 2009 are for Information Technology infrastructure enhancement acquisitions; of which ø$133,476,000¿ 

$140,449,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating 

to the supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of services for or related to such persons; of which 

ø$45,220,000¿ $49,894,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agencyø; and of which $30,898,000 shall be transferred to the 

Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia¿: Provided, 

That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 

Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 

Federal agencies: Provided further, That the Director is authorized 

to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space 

and hospitality to support offender and defendant programs, and 

equipment and vocational training services to educate and train offenders and defendants: Provided further, That the Director shall 

keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any 

gift or donation under the previous proviso, and shall make such 

records available for audit and public inspection: Provided further, 

That the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director 

is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the District of 

Columbia Government for space and services provided on a cost reimbursable basisø: Provided further, That for this fiscal year and 

subsequent fiscal years, the Public Defender Service is authorized 

to charge fees to cover costs of materials distributed and training 

provided to attendees of educational events, including conferences, 


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sponsored by the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, said fees shall be credited 

to the Public Defender Service account to be available for use without further appropriation¿. 

Federal Payment for the Public Defender Service for the District of 

Columbia 

For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of 

motor vehicles of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and 

Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $32,710,000: Provided, 

That all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 

by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

expenses of Federal agencies: Provided further, That beginning in 

fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, the Public Defender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs of materials distributed and 

training provided to attendees of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, such fees shall be credited to this account, 

to be available until expended without further appropriation. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GENERAL AND SPECIAL 

PAYMENTS 

Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident tuition 

support, ø$33,200,000¿, $35,100,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds, including any interest accrued 

thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State 

and out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, 

or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 

higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of such 

funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic 

merit, the income and need of eligible students and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 

Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the 

Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal 

funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent 

appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, 

and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, 

That the account shall be under the control of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for 

the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate for 

these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and 

the purpose therefore: Provided further, That in accordance with 

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1999, approved November 12, 1999 (113 Stat. 1329; D.C. Official 

Code 38–2705(b)(1), not more than ø$1,200,000¿ 7% of the total 

amount appropriated for this program may be used for administrative expenses. 

Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in 

the District of Columbia 

For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected county or 

city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, ø$8,533,000¿ $3,000,000 

to remain available until expended, to reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of providing public safety at events related to 

the presence of the national capital in the District of Columbia and 

for the costs of providing support to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any amount provided under 

this heading shall be available only after such amount has been apportioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code. 

Federal Payment for School Improvement 

For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the 

District of Columbia, ø$40,000,000¿ $40,800,000, to be allocated as 

follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $13,000,000 to 

improve public school education in the District of Columbia; for the 

State Education Office, $13,000,000 to expand quality public charter schools in the District of Columbia, to remain available until 

September 30, 2009 unless such funds are to be used for the credit 

enhancement or revolving loan program and then such funds shall 

remain available until expended øexpended to the extent that the 

appropriation or funds are used for public charter school credit enhancement and direct loans¿; for the Secretary of the Department 

of Education, ø$14,000,000¿ $14,800,000 to provide opportunity 

scholarships for students in the District of Columbia in accordance 

with division C, title III of the District of Columbia Appropriations 

Act, 2004, approved January 23, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 

Stat. 126), of which up to ø$1,000,000¿ $1,800,000 may be used to 

administer and fund assessments. 

FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 

MANAGEMENT REFORMS IN THE DISTRICT 

Federal Payment for Central Library and Branch Locations 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $10,000,000, 

to remain available until expended, for the Federal contribution toward costs associated with the renovation and rehabilitation of District libraries. 

Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 

Authority 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and 

Sewer Authority, ø$7,000,000¿ $12,000,000, to remain available 

until expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer 

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Water and Sewer Authority øprovides a 100 percent¿ provides a 

match of $7,000,000 and the District of Columbia provide a match 

of $5,000,000 in local funds for this payment: Provided further, 

That of these funds $5,000,000 federal and the matching $5,000,000 

local shall be expended for water and sewer infrastructure improvements to support new development in the area surrounding the 

South East Federal Center in the District of Columbia. 

øFederal Payment for the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative¿ 

øFor a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Department 

of Transportation, $3,000,000 to remain available until September 

30, 2007, for design and construction of a continuous pedestrian 

and bicycle trail system from the Potomac River to the District’s 

border with Maryland.¿ 

Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council 

For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 

Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until expended, to support 

initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal 

justice resources in the District of Columbia. 

øFederal Payment for Transportation Assistance¿ 

øFor a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Department 

of Transportation, $1,000,000, to operate a downtown circulator 

transit system.¿ 

øFederal Payment for Foster Care Improvements in the District of 

Columbia¿ 

øFor the Federal payment to the District of Columbia for foster 

care improvements, $2,000,000 to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That $1,750,000 shall be for the Child and Family Services Agency; of which $1,000,000 shall be for a loan repayment program for social workers; of which $750,000 shall be for post-adoption services: Provided further, That $250,000 shall be for the 

Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, to continue a 

program in conjunction with the Foster and Adoptive Parents Advocacy Center, to provide respite care for and recruitment of foster 

parents: Provided further, That these Federal funds shall supplement and not supplant local funds for the purposes described under 

this heading.¿ 

Federal Payment for Consolidated Laboratory Facility 

For the Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $10,000,000 

to remain available until September 30, 2009, for costs associated 

with the construction of a consolidated laboratory facility; Provided, 

That the District of Columbia provides a 100 percent match for this 

payment. 


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Federal Payment to Reimburse the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

øfor Bioterrorism and Forensics Laboratory¿ 

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $5,000,000 to 

remain available until September 30, ø2008¿ 2010, for reimbursement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for laboratory services 

for District of Columbia cases. Provided, That, such funds shall be 

used for: (1) Evidence examination and subsequent DNA analysis 

for the District of Columbia cold case DNA backlog; and (2) Expansion of resources dedicated to the processing of District of Columbia 

cases, including an increase in personnel, after September 1, 2007; 

and may be used for data entry and analysis for District of Columbia cold cases. øfor costs associated with the construction of a bioterrorism and forensics laboratory. Provided, That the District of 

Columbia shall provide an additional $1,500,000 with local funds 

as a condition of receiving this payment.¿ 

øFederal Payment to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the 

District of Columbia¿ 

øFor a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Financial Offi- cer of the District of Columbia, $20,000,000 for upgrading and expanding public transportation capacity, in accordance with an expenditure plan submitted by the Mayor of the District of Columbia 

not later than 60 days after the enactment of this section.¿ 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

Crime Victims Compensation Fund 

TREATMENT OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Section 16(d) 

of the Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996, effective 

April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11–243; D.C. Official Code § 4–515(d)), is 

amended to read as follows— ‘‘(d) Any unobligated balance existing in the Fund as of the end 

of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2006) shall be transferred from the Fund to the Crime Victims Assistance Fund established by § 4–515.01 and shall be available for obligation and expenditures without fiscal year limitation. All such expenditures 

shall be in accordance with a plan developed by the District of Columbia which is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

the Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate.’’

TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS—SUMMARY 

OF EXPENSES 

The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the 

District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 

provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule 

Act, approved November 2, 2000 (114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code, 

section 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act:ø, the¿ The total 

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trict of Columbia for fiscal year 2008 ø2007¿ under this heading 

shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the 

District of Columbia for such fiscal year or ø$9,110,361,000¿ 

$9,762,702,000 (of which ø$5,271,162,000¿ $6,100,550,000 (including $348,929,000 from dedicated taxes) shall be from local funds, 

ø$2,020,101,000¿ $2,015,854,000 shall be from Federal grant funds, 

ø$1,811,214,000¿ $1,637,736,000 shall be from other funds, and 

ø$7,885,000¿ $8,562,000 shall be from private funds), in addition, 

ø$170,052,000¿$117,200,000 from funds previously appropriated in 

this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That of the local 

funds, ø$284,287,000¿ $339,989,000 shall be derived from the District’s general fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds 

the District’s intradistrict authority shall be ø$539,745,000¿ 

$648,290,000: in addition for capital construction projects there is 

appropriated an increase of ø$2,444,170,000¿ $1,607,703,000, of 

which ø$1,809,754,000¿ $1,042,712,000 shall be from local funds, 

ø$49,867,000¿ $38,523,000 from the District of Columbia Highway 

Trust fundøs¿, ø$52,000,000¿ $73,260,000 from the Local Street 

Maintenance fund, ø$15,000,000¿ $75,000,000 from revenue bonds, 

ø$18,200,000 from Certificates of Participation financing, 

$63,000,000 from financing for construction of a baseball stadium, 

$196,000,000 from financing for construction of a new hospital or 

other health facilities¿ $150,00,000 from financing for construction 

of a consolidated laboratory facility, $42,200,000 for construction of 

a baseball stadium, ø$239,749,000¿ $186,008,000 from Federal 

grant funds, ø$600,000 from Qualified Zone Academy Bonds, ¿and 

a rescission of ø$116,245,000¿ $212,696,000 from local funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years ø(of which 

$187,450,000 are from local funds and $54,444,000 are from the 

Local Street maintenance fund),¿ for a net amount of 

ø$2,327,925,000¿ $1,395,007,000, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That the amounts provided under this 

heading are to be allocated and expended as proposed under Title 

III of this Act, at the rate set forth under ‘District of Columbia 

Funds Summary of Expenses’ as included in the Fiscal Year 

ø2007¿2008 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the 

Congress by the District of Columbia on June 5, 2006ø as amended 

on January 16, 2007¿. Provided further, That this amount may be 

increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended 

for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall be approved by enactment 

of local District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements 

contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Official Code § l–201.01 et seq.), 

as amended by this Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 

Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of 

the appropriations and funds made available to the District during 

fiscal year ø2007¿ 2008, except that the Chief Financial Officer 

may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from 

bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 


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TITLE III—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 

DIVISION OF EXPENSES 

OPERATING EXPENSES 

Governmental Direction and Support 

Governmental direction and support, ø$591,505,000¿ 

$411,886,000 (including ø$330,101,000¿ $337,173,000 from local 

funds, ø$157,746,000) $24,244,000 from Federal grant funds, and 

ø$103,658,000¿ $50,469,000 from other funds) Provided, That not 

to exceed ø$9,300¿ $10,100 for the Mayor, ø$9,300¿ $10,100 for the 

Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, ø$9,300¿ 

$10,100 for the City Administrator, and ø$9,300¿ $10,100 for the 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall be available from this appropriation for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That any program fees collected from the issuance of 

debt shall be available for the payment of expenses of the debt 

management program of the District of Columbia: Provided further, 

That no revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support the 

operations or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood 

Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood 

from its own locally generated revenues: øProvided further, That 

$49,000,000 of other funds appropriated under this heading shall 

remain available until expended for activities authorized through 

Community Health Care Financing Fund; ¿Provided further, That 

øbeginning in fiscal year 2007 and each year thereafter, ¿amounts 

appropriated by this act may be increased by the amount required 

to pay banking fees for maintaining the funds of the District of Columbia provided further, that of the funds appropriated to the District of Columbia by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

2007, approved February 15, 2007 (Pub. L. No. 110–5), under the 

Heading ‘‘Governmental Direction and Support,’’ $75,000 shall remain available until expended for the Office of Human Rights Language Access program; provided further, that not less than 

$2,950,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the Office 

of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia to award a 

grant to the District of Columbia Bar Foundation for the purpose 

of providing support to nonprofit organizations that deliver civil 

legal services to low-income and under-served District residents pursuant to the Civil Legal Services Amendment Act of 2007, passed 

on 1st reading on May 15, 2007 (Engrossed version of Bill 17–148); 

provided further, that not less than $250,000 of this appropriation 

shall be available to fund the District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer 

Loan Assistance Program established by the District of Columbia 

Poverty Lawyer Loan Assistance Repayment Program Act of 2006, 

effective March 2, 2007 (D.C. Law 16–203; 53 DCR 9055). 

ø: Provided, further, That no less than $3,200,000 shall be available from this appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General 

for the District of Columbia for the purpose of providing civil legal 

services to low-income people¿. 


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Economic Development and Regulation 

Economic development and regulation, ø$543,135,000¿ 

$534,829,000 (including ø$194,207,000¿ $241,755,000 from local 

funds (including $89,496,000 dedicated taxes), ø$133,524,000¿ 

$140,005,000 from Federal grant funds, ø$215,186,000¿ 

$152,989,000 from other funds, and ø$217,000¿ $80,000 from private funds) of which ø$13,000,000¿ $25,000,000 collected by the 

District of Columbia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid 

to the respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996, effective May 29, 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. 

Official Code, sec. 2–1215.01 et seq.), øand the Business Improvement Districts Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–1215.15 et seq.)¿: Provided, That such funds are 

available for acquiring services provided by the General Services 

Administration: Provided further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be exempt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the District is authorized to transfer, either through a grant or as a direct payment, $1,200,000 in local 

funds to the Excel Institute: Provided further, That up to one percent of the local funds appropriated for the Department of Employment Services may be deposited into the Integrated Services Fund 

for At-Risk Children, Youth, and Families, established by Title V 

of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Act of 2006, effective March 

2, 2007 (D.C. L16–192, § 5203; 53 DCR 6899; D.C. Official Code 

41323.02) øpassed on 1st reading on May 9, 2006 (Engrossed 

version of Bill 16–679), and used for the purposes set forth in Title 

V: Provided further, That amounts appropriated under this heading 

may be increased by an amount necessary to execute a transfer of 

applicable residual amounts from the District’s general funds that 

to the special revenue Housing Production Trust fund in accordance 

with the Housing Production Trust Fund and New Communities 

Financing Clarification Act of 2006 (D.C. Law 16–192) enacted 

March 02, 2007ø; passed on 1st reading on May 9, 2006 (Engrossed 

version of Bill 16–679)¿: Provided further, That ø$115,578,000¿ 

$57,065,000 from dedicated taxes shall be to execute a transfer 

from the District’s general funds to øestablish a¿ the special revenue Housing Production Trust fund. 

Public Safety and Justice 

Public safety and justice, ø$949,393,000¿ $1,142,625,000 (including ø$888,003,000¿ $963,108,000 from local funds, ø$6,084,000¿ 

$105,760,000 from Federal grant funds, ø$55,292,000¿ $73,557,000 

from other funds, and ø$14,000¿ $200,000 from private funds) in addition, $1,300,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act 

under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’’ and $5,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to Reimburse the Federal Bureau of Investigation’’: Provided, That not to 

exceed $750,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the 

Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: Provided 

further, That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia 

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tia status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall 

be jointly determined and certified as due and payable for these 

services by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the District 

of Columbia National Guard: Provided further, That such sums as 

may be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia 

National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available from 

this appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall be 

deemed as constituting payment in advance for emergency services 

involvedø.¿: provided further, that not to exceed $3,700,000 of this 

appropriation shall be transferred from the Crime Victims Assistance Fund, established by section 16a of the Victims of Violent 

Crime Compensation Act of 1996, effective October 1, 2002 (D.C. 

Law 14–190; D.C. Official Code § 4–515.01), to the Shelter and 

Transitional Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence Fund 

Amendment Act of 2007, passed on 1st reading on May 15, 2007 

(Engrossed version of Bill 17–148), and shall remain available until 

expended. 

Public Education System 

Public Education System, including the development of national 

defense education programs, ø$1,415,333,000¿ $1,498,369,000 (including ø$1,203,492,000¿ $1,261,690,000 from local funds, 

ø$186,577,000¿ $208,314,000 from Federal grant funds, 

ø$20,479,000¿ $22,313,000 from other funds, ø$4,785,000¿ 

$6,053,000 from private funds), in addition, $35,100,000 from funds 

previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 

Payment for Resident Tuition Support’’, and ø$27,050,000¿ 

$26,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the District of Columbia’’ to be allocated as follows: 

(1) District of Columbia Public Schools.—ø$979,100,000¿ 

$987,144,000 (including ø$808,331,000¿ $796,247,000 from local 

funds, ø$156,060,000¿ $174,930,000 from Federal grant funds, 

ø$10,034,000¿ $10,004,000 from other funds, ø$4,675,000¿ 

$5,962,000 from private funds), in addition, $13,000,000 from funds 

previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 

Payment for School Improvement øin the District of Columbia¿’’ shall be available for District of Columbia Public Schools: Provided, 

That øthe amount appropriated under this heading may be in- creased by an amount not to exceed $14,000,000 to remain available until expended from local fund balance: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, the 

evaluation process and instruments for evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees shall be a non-negotiable item for 

collective bargaining purposes: Provided further, That¿ this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education of any 

nonresident of the District of Columbia at any District of Columbia 

public elementary or secondary school during fiscal year ø2006¿ 

2008 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by the 

District of Columbia that are attributable to the education of the 

nonresident (as established by the Superintendent of the District of 

Columbia Public Schools): Provided further, That not to exceed 

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able from this appropriation for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, that no less than $12,516,000 shall 

be available from this appropriation for the Metropolitan Police Departments’ provision of security for the District of Columbia Public 

Schools: ƒProvided further, That no less than $11,000,000 shall be 

available from this appropriation for the Metropolitan Police Department’s provision of security for the District of Columbia Public 

Schools:) Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, 

there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia Public 

Schools on July 1, ø2007¿ 2008, an amount equal to 10 percent of 

the total amount of the local funds appropriations request provided 

for the District of Columbia Public Schools in the proposed budget 

of the District of Columbia for fiscal year ø2008¿ 2009 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be 

chargeable against the final amount provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, ø2008¿ 2009ø.¿ ;provided further, that of the local funds 

appropriated to the District of Columbia by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 approved February 15, 2007 (Pub.L. No. 

110–5), under this heading, $5,000,000 in local funds shall remain 

available until expended to cover expenditures associated with the 

Blackman v. District of Columbia and Jones v. District of Columbia 

consent decree (‘‘Blackman-Jones’’); provided further, that $5,000,000 in local funds for fiscal year 2008 funds shall remain 

available until expended for Blackman-Jones. 

ø(2) Educational Investment Fund.—Of the funds appropriated 

under this heading in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 

2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2513), approved November 30, 2005, $1,200,000 in local funds shall remain available until expended for the District of Columbia Public Schools to fund the Parent Resource Center Initiative,¿ 

ø(3)¿(2) Teachers’ Retirement Fund.—ø$14,600,000¿ $6,000,000 

from local funds shall be available for the Teacher’s Retirement 

Fund. 

ø(4)¿(3) State Education Office.—ø$54,023,000¿ $62,994,000 (including ø$14,507,000¿ $20,131,000 ø$18,431,000¿ from local funds, 

ø$29,727,000¿ $32,541,000 from Federal grant funds, and 

ø$9,789,000¿ $10,322,000 from other funds), in addition, 

$35,100,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support’’ shall 

be available for the State Education Office and $13,000,000 from 

funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the District of Columbia’’

shall be available for the State Education Office: Provided, That of 

the amounts provided to the State Education Office, $1,000,000 

from local funds shall remain available until June 30, ø2008¿2009 

for an audit of the student enrollment of each District of Columbia 

Public School and of each District of Columbia public charter 

school. Provided further, That amounts appropriated under this 

heading may be increased by an amount not to exceed $9,600,000 

to remain available until expended from the District of Columbia 

fund balance as necessary for direct loan and credit enhancement 

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expends local funds for this purpose, the District may reimburse 

those local funds from Federal funds previously appropriated but 

made unavailable for the direct loan and credit enhancement programs if the Federal funds become available. 

ø(5)¿(4) District of Columbia Public Charter Schools.— ø$266,066,000¿ $320,366,000 from local funds shall be available for 

District of Columbia public charter schools: Provided, That there 

shall be quarterly disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia public charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 

15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year: Provided further, That 

if the entirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments 

to any public charter schools currently in operation through the per 

pupil funding formula, the funds shall remain available until expended for public education in accordance with section 2403(b)ø(2)¿ 

of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, approved 

April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code, sec. 38– 1804.03(b)ø(2)¿): Provided further, That of the amounts made available to District of Columbia public charter schools, $100,000 shall 

be made available to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as authorized by section 2403(b)(S) of the District of Columbia School 

Reform Act of 1995, approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. 

Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(5): Provided further, That 

ø$1,096,086¿ $320,366,000 of this amount shall be available to the 

District of Columbia Public Charter School Board for administrative costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, 

there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia public charter schools on July 1, ø2007¿2008, an amount equal to 25 percent 

of the total amount of the local funds appropriations request provided for payments to public charter schools in the proposed budget 

of the District of Columbia for fiscal year ø2008¿2009 (as submitted 

to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable 

against the final amount provided for such payments under the 

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008: Provided further, 

That the annual financial audit for the performance of an individual District of Columbia public charter school shall be funded by 

the charter school. 

ø(6)¿(5) University of the District of Columbia Subsidy.—

ø$59,546,000¿ $63,977,000 from local funds shall be available for 

the University of the District of Columbia subsidy: Provided, That 

this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education 

of nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the University of the 

District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the University 

of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, ø2007¿2008, a tuition rate schedule that will establish 

the tuition rate for nonresident students at a level no lower than 

the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable public institutions of higher education in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under 

this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the University of the District of Columbia on July 1, 

ø2007¿2008, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of 

the local funds appropriations request provided for the University 

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of Columbia for fiscal year ø2008¿2009 (as submitted to Congress), 

and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the 

final amount provided for the University of the District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008: Provided further, That not to exceed ø$9,300¿ $10,100 for the President of the University of the District of Columbia shall be available 

from this appropriation for official reception and representation expenses. 

ø(7)¿(6) District of Columbia Public Libraries.— ø$41,998,000¿$46,809,000 (including ø$40,442,000¿ $45,239,000 

from local funds, ø$790,000¿ $842,000 from Federal grant funds, 

ø$656,000¿ $637,000 from other funds, and ø$110,000¿ $91,000 

from private funds) shall be available for the District of Columbia 

Public Libraries: Provided, That not to exceed ø$7,500¿ $8,100 for 

the Public Librarian shall be available from this appropriation for 

official reception and representation expensesø: Provided further, That not less than $1,000,000 shall be available for the District of 

Columbia Public Libraries’ operating of full-service and interim 

branch libraries on Sundays¿. (7) Charter School Board.—$2,638,000 (including $1,288,000 from local funds and $1,350,000 from other funds). 

(8) Department of Education.—$2,442,000 from local funds. 

(9) Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization— $6,000,000 from local funds. 

Human Support Services 

Human support services, ø$2,923,171,000¿ $3,074,024,000 (including ø$1,369,566,000¿ $1,541,417,000 from local funds (including $10,000,000 in dedicated taxes), ø$1,499,898,000¿ 

$1,499,176,000 from Federal grant funds, ø$53,572,000¿ 

$32,388,000 from other funds, ø$1,134,000¿ $1,042,000 from private funds): Provided, That ø$30,280,000¿ $30,280,000 of this appropriation; to remain available until expended, shall be available 

solely for expenses associated with the District of Columbia employees’ disability compensation programø:Provided further, That 

the funds appropriated in the District of Columbia Appropriations 

Act, 2006, approved November 30, 2005 (Public Law 109–115; 119 

Stat. 2513), for the Grandparent Caregivers Pilot Program shall remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding the provisions restricting the use of the Medicaid 

and Special Education Reform Fund in the District of Columbia 

Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriations Act, approved February 20, 2003 

(Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 117), the remaining balances shall be 

available for use by any District of Columbia Government agency 

in fiscal year 2007 and future fiscal years for the purposes established in sections 1553 and 1554 of the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund Establishment Act of 2002, effective October 1, 

2002 (D.C. Law 14–190; D.C. Official Code §§ 4–204.53 and 4–

204.54): Provided further, That the amounts appropriated under 

this heading may be increased by a District transfer of an amount 

not to exceed $13,000,000 from its general fund balance into the 

Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund: Provided further, 

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cation by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer that the amount 

to be transferred is necessary to expend for the purposes established in sections 1553 and 1554 of the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund Establishment Act of 2002, effective October 1, 

2002 (D.C. Law 14–190; D.C. Official Code §§ 4–204.53 and 

4204.54)): Provided further, That up to one percent of the local 

funds appropriated for the Child Family and Services Agency, the 

Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services may be deposited into the Integrated Services Fund 

for At-Risk Children, Youth, and Families, established by Title V 

of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Act of 2006, approved 

March 2, 2007 (D.C. Law 16–192, § 5203; 53 DCR 6899; D.C. Official Code 4–1323.02) øpassed on 1st reading on May 9, 2006 (Engrossed version of Bill 16–679), and used for the purposes set forth 

in Title V: Provided, further, That of the amount appropriated for 

services to the homeless no less than $300,000 shall be directed to 

Access Housing for services to homeless veterans¿. Provided further, that of the local funds appropriated to the District of Columbia 

by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, approved February 15, 2007 (Pub. L. No 110–5) under the Heading ‘‘Governmental Direction and Support’’ for activities authorized through the 

Community Health Care Financing Fund, the Mayor is authorized 

to transfer amounts that remain available to this heading for use 

by the Department of Health, and such funds shall remain available until expended. 

Public Works 

Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle 

for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying vehicles for use 

by the Council of the District of Columbia and leasing of passengercarrying vehicles, ø$424,708,000¿ $593,711,000 (including 

ø$351,396,000¿ $409,248,000 from local funds, ø$18,691,000¿ 

$20,142,000 from Federal grant funds, ø$700,000¿ $500,000 from 

private funds, and ø$53,922,000¿ $163,822,000 from other fundsø 

in addition, $20,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Navy Yard Metro’’)¿: 

Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of 

business. 

Financing and Other 

Financing and Other, ø$772,938,000¿ $1,071,903,000 (including 

ø$749,433,000¿ 1,002,378,000 from local funds (including 

$46,397,000 from dedicated taxes) and ø$23,505,000¿ $69,526,000 

from other funds) to be allocated as follows: 

(1) Repayment of Loans and Interest—for payment of principal, 

interest, and certain fees directly resulting from borrowing by the 

District of Columbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects 

as authorized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, secs. 1–204.62, 1–

204.75, and 1–204.90), ø$405,114,000¿ $440,707,000 from local 

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(2) Short-Term Borrowing—for payment of interest on short-term 

borrowing, ø$8,000,000¿ $13, 334,000 from local funds. 

(3) Certificates of Participation—for principal and interest payments on the District’s Certificates of Participation, issued to finance the ground lease underlying the building located at One Judiciary Square, ø$31,225,000¿ $32,288,000 from local funds. 

(4) Settlements and Judgments—for making refunds and for the 

payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered 

against the District of Columbia government, ø$15,655,000¿ 

$21,015,000 from local funds: Provided, That this appropriation 

shall not be construed as modifying or affecting the provisions of 

section 103 of this Act. 

(5) Wilson Building—for expenses associated with the John A. 

Wilson building, ø$4,211,000¿ $4,190,000 from local funds. 

(6) Workforce Investments—for workforce investments, 

ø$38,500,000¿ $21,044,000 from local funds, to be transferred by 

the Mayor of the District of Columbia within the various appropriation headings in this Act for which employees are properly payable. 

(7) Non-Departmental—to account for anticipated costs that cannot be allocated to specific agencies during the development of the 

proposed budget, ø$45,942,000¿ $101,680,000 (including 

ø$22,437,000¿ $32,154,000 from local funds and ø$23,505,000¿ 

$69,526,000 from other funds) to be transferred by the Mayor of 

the District of Columbia within the various appropriations headings in this Act. 

(8) for Emergency Planning and Security Fund, ø$10,500,000¿ 

$3,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’; provided, That notwithstanding any other law, the District of Columbia may charge obligations and expenditures that are pending reimbursement under 

the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’ to this local appropriations 

heading. 

(9) Cash Reserve—for the cumulative cash reserve to be made 

available for expenditure consistent with the requirements established pursuant to section 202(j)(2) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 109; Pub. L. No. 107–96; D.C. Official Code, sec. 47–392.02(j)(2)) for such reserve $50,000,000 from 

local funds. 

(10) Tax Increment Financing—the amounts appropriated herein 

may be increased by an amount not to exceed ø$9,710,000¿ 

$16,200,000 from the District’s general fund balance for a Tax Increment Financing program as may be necessary to meet the Tax 

Increment Financing requirements. 

(11) Equipment Lease Operating—ø$43,955,000¿ $43,755,000 

from local funds.ø: provided, That for equipment leases, the Mayor 

may finance $19,453,000 of equipment cost, plus cost of issuance 

not to exceed 2% of the par amount being financed on a lease purchase basis with a maturity not to exceed 5 years; ¿ 

(12) Emergency and Contingency Funds—For the emergency reserve fund and the contingency reserve fund under section 450A of 

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2000 (114 Stat. 2440; ø(¿ D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a), the 

amounts appropriated herein may be increased by such additional 

amounts øsuch additional amounts¿ from the funds of the District 

government øgeneral fund balance¿ as are necessary to meet the 

balance requirements for such funds under section 450A 

(13) Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds—in lieu of capital financing, 

ø$87,987,000¿ $108,152,000 from local funds to be transferred to 

the Capital Fund 

(14) Debt Issuance Costs—for the payment of debt service 

issuance costs, ø$30,000,000¿ 60,000,000 from local funds 

(15) School Modernization Fund—for a School Modernization 

Fund, ø$1,650,000¿ 6,435,000 from local funds 

(16) District Retiree Health Contribution—for a District Retiree 

Health Contribution, ø$4,700,000¿ 110,907,000 from local funds to 

be derived from the District’s general fund balanceø: provided, 

That amounts placed in the District Retiree Health Contribution 

account shall be available to make necessary expenditures; beginning in fiscal year 2007 and each year thereafter, ¿ 

(17) Baseball Revenue—$46,397,000 from dedicated tax to account for the inflows and outflows of both operating and capital dollars in addition, the amounts appropriated herein may be increased 

by such amounts as may be necessary and as are consistent with 

the Ballpark Omnibus Financing And Revenue Act of 2004, effective April 08, 2005 (D.C. Law 15–320; D.C. Official Code § 10–

1601.01 et seq.) to pay debt service, and to maintain and replenish 

required reserves for baseball revenue bonds 

(18) Revenue Bonds—for the repayment of revenue bonds 

ø$6,000,000¿ $12,000,000 from local funds. 

øRevised Revenue Estimate Contingency Priority¿ 

øIf the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia certifies through a revised revenue estimate that $74,859,000 is available from local funds, the funds shall be allocated in accordance 

with the Allocation of Additional Revenue Act of 2006 in the District of Columbia 2007 Budget Support Act of 2006, passed on 1st 

reading on May 9, 2006 (Engrossed version of Bill 16–679). Appropriation of Additional Revenue Act of 2006 in the District of Columbia 2007 Budget Support Act of 2006.¿ 

ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS 

Water and Sewer Authority 

Pursuant to section 445a of the District of Columbia Home Rule 

Act, approved August 6, 1996 (110 Stat. 1698; D.C. Official Code 

§ 1–204.45a), which provides that the Council shall have no authority to revise the budget for the District of Columbia Water and 

Sewer Authority, of which 60% represents rate-payer revenue, the 

Council forwards this non-appropriated budget request: For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority, ø$311,642,000¿ 

$341,186,000 from other funds, of which ø$6,048,000¿ $5,355,000 

shall be apportioned for repayment of loans and interest incurred 

for capital improvement projects and payable to the District’s debt 

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$466,584,000, to be distributed as follows: ø$136,424,000¿ 

$13,781,000 for the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant, 

ø$18,834,000¿ $110,503,000 for the sewer program, ø$50,000,000¿ 

$98,675,000 for the combined sewer program, ø$37,524,000¿ 

$193,782,000 for the water program, ø$41,252,000¿ $19,175,000 for 

the Washington Aqueduct capital program and, ø$1,757,000¿ 

$30,668,000 for the capital equipment program; in addition, 

ø$7,000,000¿ $12,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority’’: Provided, That the requirements and restrictions that are applicable to general fund capital 

improvement projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital 

Outlay appropriation account shall apply to projects approved 

under this appropriation account. . 

Washington Aqueduct 

For operation of the Washington Aqueduct, ø$143,174,000¿ 

$49,815,000 from other funds. 

øStormwater Permit Compliance Enterprise Fund¿ 

øFor operation of the Stormwater Permit Compliance Enterprise 

Fund, $7,000,000 from other funds.¿ 

Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund 

For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1982, approved December 4, 1981 (Pub. L. No. 97–91; 95 Stat. 1174), for the 

purpose of implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the 

District of Columbia (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 3- 

1301 et seq. and sec. 22-1716 et seq.), ø$256,000,000¿ $266,700,000 

from other funds: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall 

identify the source of funding for this appropriation title from the 

District’s own locally generated revenues: Provided further, That no 

revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations or activities of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control 

Board: Provided further, amounts appropriated herein may be increased by an amount necessary for øThat¿ the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund øis hereby authorized¿ to make 

transfers to the general fund of the District of Columbia, in excess 

of this appropriation, if such funds are available for transfer. 

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION

For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, ø$195,314,000)¿ 

$58,529,000 from other funds to remain available until expended. 

District of Columbia Retirement Board 

For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established pursuant to section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform 

Act of 1979 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-711), ø$34,423,000¿ 

$33,249,000 from the earnings of the applicable retirement funds 

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trative expenses of the District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Columbia 

a quarterly report of the allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds: Provided further, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal 

to the Council of the District of Columbia, an itemized accounting 

of the planned use of appropriated funds in time for each annual 

budget submission and the actual use of such funds in time for 

each annual audited financial report. 

Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund 

For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, 

ø$80,238,000¿ $88,742,000 from other funds. 

National Capital Revitalization Corporation 

For the National Capital Revitalization Corporation, 

ø$51,592,000¿ $39,606,000 from other funds. 

University of the District of Columbia 

For the University of the District of Columbia, ø$104,095,000¿ 

$112,613,000 (including, ø$59,546,000¿ $63,977,000 from local 

funds, ø$18,580,000¿ $18,214,000 from Federal funds, 

ø$24,934,000¿ $29,734,000 from other funds, and ø$1,035,000¿ 

$687,000 from private funds): Provided, That this appropriation 

shall not be available to subsidize the education of nonresidents of 

the District of Columbia at the University of the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the University of the District 

of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

ø2007¿ 2008, a tuition rate schedule that will establish the tuition 

rate for nonresident students at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable public institutions of 

higher education in the metropolitan area. 

District of Columbia of Personnel Agency Trust Fund 

For the District of Columbia of Personnel Agency Trust Fund, 

ø$1,265,000¿ $1,500,000 from other funds. 

District of Columbia Public Library Trust Fund 

For the District of Columbia Public Library Trust Fund, $17,000 

from other funds. 

Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund 

For the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, $180,000,000 from 

other funds. 

Anacostia Waterfront Corporation 

For the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation, or its successor, 

ø$36,000,000¿ $16,040,000 from local funds: Provided, That of the 

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in fiscal year 2007, $15,000,000 is rescindedø, of which $31,000,000 

shall remain available until expended for capital expenditures¿. 

Housing Production Trust Fund 

For the Housing Production Trust Fund, ø$120,418,000¿ 

$122,703,000 in local funds (of which $122,703,000 is from dedicated taxes) to remain available until expended for purposes identified by the Housing Production Trust Fund Act of 1988, effective 

March 16, 1989 (D.C. Law 7–202; D.C. Official Code § 42–2801 et 

seq.). 

Tax Increment Financing 

$16,200,000 from local funds for Tax Increment Financing. 

Baseball Fund 

For the Baseball Fund, $164,101,000 of which ($157,l01,000 from 

local funds (including $80,333,000 from dedicated taxes) and 

$7,000,000 from other funds) for the Baseball Fund. 

CAPITAL OUTLAY 

For capital construction projects, an increase of ø$2,444,170,000¿ 

$1,607,703,000, of which ø$1,809,754,000¿ $1,042,712,000 shall be 

from local funds, ø$49,867,000¿ $38,523,000 from the District of Columbia Highway Trust fundøs¿, ø$52,000,000¿ $73,260,000 from 

the Local Street Maintenance fund, ø$15,000,000¿ $75,000,000 

from revenue bonds, ø$18,200,000 from Certificates of Participation 

financing, $63,000,000 from financing for construction of a baseball 

stadium, $196,000,000 from financing for construction of a new 

hospital or other health facilities¿ $150,00,000 from financing for 

construction of a consolidated laboratory facility, $42,200,000 for 

construction of a baseball stadium, ø$239,749,000¿ $186,008,000 

from Federal grant funds, ø$600,000 from Qualified Zone Academy 

Bonds,¿ and a rescission of ø$116,245,000¿ $212,696,000 from local 

funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years ø(of 

which $187,450,000 are from local funds and $54,444,000 are from 

the Local Street maintenance fund),¿ for a net amount of 

ø$2,327,925,000¿ $1,395,007,000, to remain available until expended from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Central Library and Branch Location’’:ø;¿ in addition, ø$5,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for the 

Anacostia Waterfront Initiative’’ and $25,000,000¿ $10,000,000 to 

remain available until øexpended¿ until September 30, 2009 from 

funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Consolidated Laboratory Facility’’. Provided, That 

funds for use of each capital project implementing agency shall be 

managed and controlled in accordance with all procedures and limitations established under the Financial Management System: Provided further, That all funds provided by this appropriation title 

shall be available only for the specific projects and purposes intended: Provided further, That amounts appropriated under this 

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appropriated in this act as Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds: Provided 

further, That the Office of the Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia shall continue to implement the following information technology projects through completion of each such project 

on behalf of the District of Columbia Public Schools: Student Information System (project number T2240), Student Information System PCS (project number T2241), Enterprise Resource Planning 

(project number T2242), E-Rate (project number T2243), and SETS 

Expansion PCS (project number T2244): Provided further, That 

renovation of the office space of the Office of Attorney General at 

One Judiciary Square is authorized, subject to approval of financing for that purpose in accordance with laws enacted by the Council. 

TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified within 

an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of expenditure, 

such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the 

maximum amount that may be expended for said purpose or object 

rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 

SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when 

authorized by the Mayor, or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with the authorization 

of the Chairman of the Council. 

SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of 

the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments 

that have been entered against the District of Columbia government. 

SEC. 104. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part of this 

appropriation shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

implementation of any policy including boycott designed to support 

or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature. 

(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds provided in this 

title to carry out lobbying activities on any matter øother than— (1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 

(2) statehood for the District of Columbia or voting representation in Congress for the District of Columbia¿. (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit any elected official from advocating with respect to any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 

SEC. 105. (a) None of the funds provided under this title to the 

agencies funded by this title, both Federal and District government 

agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year ø2006¿ 2008, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 

to the agencies funded by this title, shall be available for obligation 

or expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds 

which—

(1) creates new programs; 

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(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, limited 

or increased under this Act; 

(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any program, 

project, or responsibility center for which funds have been denied 

or restricted; 

(5) reestablishes any program or project previously deferred 

through reprogramming; 

(6) augments any existing program, project, or responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 

10 percent, whichever is less; or 

(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a specific program, project or responsibility center, 

unless, in the case of federal funds, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate are notified in 

writing 15 days in advance of the reprogramming and in the case 

of local funds, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and Senate are provided summary reports on April 

1, 2008 and October 1, 2008, setting forth detailed information regarding each such local funds reprogramming conducted subject to 

this subsection. 

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none the local funds 

contained in this Act may be available for obligation or expenditure 

for an agency through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 

$3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another unless the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

Senate are ønotified in writing 15 days in advance of the transfer¿ 

provided summary reports on April 1, 2008 and October 1, 2008, 

setting forth detailed information regarding each reprogramming 

conducted subject to this subsection, except that in no event may 

the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of the local 

funds in the appropriations. 

(c) The District of Columbia Government is hereby authorized to 

approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local 

funds under this Title to meet existing obligations through December 01, 2008. 

SEC. 106. Consistent with the provisions of section 1301(a) of 

title 31, United States Code, appropriations under this Act shall be 

applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made 

except as otherwise provided by law. 

SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provisions of lawø, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive 

Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Official Code, 

section 1–601.01 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the 

District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section 1–

2041.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation of District 

of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, employees of the District 

of Columbia government shall not be subject to the provisions of 

title 5, United States Code.¿ (or 5 U.S.C. § 8344(a)), the District 

Government Reemployed Annuitant Offset Amendment Act of 2004, 

effective December 7, 2004 (D.C. Law 15–207; 51 DCR 8799), shall 

apply to any individual employed in an appointive or elective position with the District of Columbia government after December 7, 

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SEC. 108. No later than 30 days after the end of the first quarter 

of fiscal year ø2006¿ 2008, the Mayor of the District of Columbia 

shall submit to the Council of the District of Columbia and the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

Senate the new fiscal year ø2006¿ 2008 revenue estimates as of the 

end of such quarter. These estimates shall be used in the budget 

request for fiscal year ø2007¿ 2009. The officially revised estimates 

at midyear shall be used for the midyear report. 

øSEC. 109. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia 

government or any agency thereof may be renewed or extended 

without opening that contract to the competitive bidding process as 

set forth in section 303 of the District of Columbia Procurement 

Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, section 

2–303.03), except that the District of Columbia government or any 

agency thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts for which 

competition is not feasible or practical, but only if the determination as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has 

been made in accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial 

Officer of the District of Columbia.¿ 

SEC. ø110¿ 109. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 

may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the offices of United States 

Senator or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the 

District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, section 1–123). 

øSEC. ø111¿ 110. None of the Federal funds made available in 

this Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9–114; D.C. Official Code, 

section 32–701 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or enforce any 

system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples, including 

but not limited to registration for the purpose of extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same 

basis that such benefits are extended to legally married couples.¿ 

SEC. ø112¿ 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of 

the District of Columbia may accept, obligate, and expend Federal, 

private, and other grants received by the District government that 

are not reflected in the amounts appropriated in this Act. 

(b)(l) No such Federal, private, or other grant may be obligated, 

or expended pursuant to subsection (a) until—

(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 

(B) the Council has reviewed and approved the obligation, and 

expenditure of such grant. 

(2) For purposes of paragraph (l)(B), the Council shall be deemed 

to have reviewed and approved the obligation, and expenditure of 

a grant if—

(A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with the Secretary of 

the Council within 14 calendar days of the receipt of the report 

from the Chief Financial Officer under paragraph (l)(A) or 

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penditure of the grant within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt 

of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under paragraph 

(l)(A). 

(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the general 

fund or other funds of the District of Columbia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under subsection 

(b)(2) or in anticipation of the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not subject to such subsection. 

(d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia may 

adjust the budget for Federal, private, and other grants received by 

the District government reflected in the amounts appropriated in 

this title, or approved and received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the actual amount of the grant. 

(e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 

prepare a quarterly report setting forth detailed information regarding all Federal, private, and other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, øand¿ to the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and Senate, and to the President not 

later than 15 days after the end of the quarter covered by the report. 

SEC. ø113¿ 111. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 

none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act 

may be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of 

Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee 

uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘official 

duties’ does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

residence and workplace, except in the case of—

(l) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department 

who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise designated 

by the Chief of the Department; 

(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of 

the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire Chief; 

(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Department 

of Corrections who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 

24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Director; 

ø(3)¿ (4) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

ø(4)¿ (5) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. 

ø(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 

submit by March 1, 2006, an inventory, as of September 30, 2005, 

of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District of Columbia government. The inventory shall include, but not be limited to, 

the department to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and 

make of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual operating and maintenance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is allowed to be taken home 

by a District officer or employee and if so, the officer or employee’s 

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øSEC. 114. None of the funds contained in this Act may be used 

for purposes of the annual independent audit of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2006 unless—

(l) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General of the District 

of Columbia, in coordination with the Chief Financial Officer of the 

District of Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)( 4) of the District 

of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Official Code, 

section 2–302.8); and 

(2) the audit includes as a basic financial statement a comparison 

of audited actual year-end results with the revenues submitted in 

the budget document for such year and the appropriations enacted 

into law for such year using the format, terminology, and classifications contained in the law making the appropriations for the year 

and its legislative history.¿ 

øSEC. ø115¿ 113. (a) None of the federal funds contained in this 

Act may be used by the Office of the Attorney General of the øDistrict of Columbia Corporation Counsel¿ or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for any petition 

drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

voting representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. 

(b) Nothing in this section bars the Office of the Attorney General 

of the District of Columbia øCorporation Counsel¿ from reviewing 

or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 

with officials of the District government regarding such lawsuits.¿ 

øSEC. ø116¿ 114. (a) None of the federal funds contained in this 

Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or 

syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. 

(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds contained in 

this Act and who carries out any program described in subsection 

(a) shall account for all funds used for such program separately 

from any funds contained in this Act.¿ 

øSEC. 117. None of the funds contained in this Act may be used 

after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on the date of 

the enactment of this Act to pay the salary of any chief financial 

officer of any office of the District of Columbia government (including any independent agency of the District of Columbia) who has 

not filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer understands the 

duties and restrictions applicable to the officer and the officer’s 

agency as a result of this Act (and the amendments made by this 

Act), including any duty to prepare a report requested either in the 

Act or in any of the reports accompanying the Act and the deadline 

by which each report must be submitted: Provided, That the Chief 

Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall provide to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

Senate by April 1, 2006 and October 1, 2006, a summary list showing each report, the due date, and the date submitted to the Committees.¿ 

øSEC. ø118¿ 115. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the Councilor Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health 

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which provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.¿ 

øSEC. 119. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the 

House of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate quarterly reports addressing— (1) crime, including the homicide rate, implementation of community policing, the number of police officers on local beats, and the 

closing down of open-air drug markets; 

(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treatment, including 

the number of treatment slots, the number of people served, the 

number of people on waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment programs; 

(3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including the number of halfway houses escapes and steps taken to 

improve monitoring and supervision of halfway house residents to 

reduce the number of escapes to be provided in consultation with 

the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 

(4) education, including access to special education services and 

student achievement to be provided in consultation with the District of Columbia Public Schools and the District of Columbia public charter schools; 

(5) improvement in basic District services, including rat control 

and abatement; 

(6) application for and management of Federal grants, including 

the number and type of grants for which the District was eligible 

but failed to apply and the number and type of grants awarded to 

the District but for which the District failed to spend the amounts 

received; and 

(7) indicators of child well-being.¿ 

SEC. ø120¿ 112. (a) No later than 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 President and the appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the 

District of Columbia 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 

Horne Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section 1204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year ø2006¿ 

2008 that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and otherthan-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures. 

(b) This section shall apply only to an agency where the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

øSEC. 122. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may be 

made available to pay—

(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a party in an action 

or an attorney who defends an action brought against the District 

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Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of $4,000 for that 

action; or 

(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia determines to have a pecuniary interest, either through an attorney, officer, or employee of the firm, 

in any special education diagnostic services, schools, or other special education service providers. 

(b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an administrative 

proceeding and any ensuing or related proceedings before a court 

of competent jurisdiction.¿ 

øSEC. 123. The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education cases brought 

under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 

the District of Columbia to certify in writing that the attorney or 

representative rendered any and all services for which they receive 

awards, including those received under a settlement agreement or 

as part of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the 

District of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require all attorneys 

in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, corporate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other relationships with any special 

education diagnostic services, schools, or other special education 

service providers to which the attorneys have referred any clients 

as part of this certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall prepare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate on the certification of and the amount paid by the government of the District 

of Columbia, including the District of Columbia Public Schools, to 

attorneys in cases brought under IDEA. The Inspector General of 

the District of Columbia may conduct investigations to determine 

the accuracy of the certifications.¿ 

SEC. ø124¿ 113. The amount appropriated by this Act may be 

increased by no more than ø$42,000,000¿ $50,000,000 from funds 

identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as the District’s fiscal year ø2005¿ 2006 unexpended general fund surplus. 

The District may obligate and expend these amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 

(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 

certify that the use of any such amounts is not anticipated to have 

a negative impact on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and 

economic vitality. 

(2) The District of Columbia may only use these funds for the following expenditures: 

(A) One-time expenditures. 

(B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 

(C) Debt Reduction. 

(D) Program needs. 

(E) Expenditures to avoid revenue shortfalls. 

(3) The amounts shall be obligated and expended in accordance 

with laws enacted by the Council in support of each such obligation 

or expenditure. 

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(5) The amounts may not be obligated or expended unless the 

Mayor notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of 

the obligation or expenditure. 

øSEC. 125. (a) The fourth proviso in the item relating to ‘‘Federal 

Payment for School Improvement’’ in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–335; 118 Stat. 1327) is 

amended— (1) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000, to remain 

available until expended,’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 shall be for a new incentive fund’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

for a new incentive fund’’. (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as 

if included in the enactment of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005.¿ 

SEC. ø126¿ 114. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth of 

revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be increased— (1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 25 percent, in the 

case of amounts proposed to be allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in 

the Fiscal Year ø2006¿ 2008 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan 

submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia øon June 6, 

2005¿; and 

(2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 6 percent, in the 

case of any other amounts proposed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and Financial Plan. 

(b) The District of Columbia may obligate and expend any increase in the amount of funds authorized under this section only 

in accordance with the following conditions: 

(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 

certify— (A) the increase in revenue; and 

(B) that the use of the amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact on the long-term financial, fiscal, or economic health of 

the District. 

(2) The amounts shall be obligated and expended in accordance 

with laws enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia in 

support of each such obligation and expenditure, consistent with 

the requirements of this Act. 

(3) The amounts may not be used to fund any agencies of the 

District government operating under court-ordered receivership. 

(4) The amounts may not be obligated or expended unless the 

Mayor has notified the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 

of the obligation or expenditure. 

øSEC. 127¿ 115. The Chief Financial Officer for the District of 

Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow management, conduct 

short-term borrowing from the emergency reserve fund and from 

the contingency reserve fund established under section 450A of the 

District of Columbia Home Rule Act approved November 22, 2000 

(114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code § 1–204.50a øPublic Law 98–

198¿): Provided, That the amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 

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gency and contingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing: Provided further, That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund by 

more than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100 percent of the 

funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 months of the time 

of the borrowing or by the end of the fiscal year, whichever occurs 

earlier: Provided further, That in the event that short-term borrowing has been conducted and the emergency or the contingency 

funds are later depleted below 50 percent as a result of an emergency or contingency, an amount equal to the amount necessary to 

restore reserve levels to 50 percent of the total amount of funds 

contained in both the emergency and contingency reserve fund 

must be replenished from the amount borrowed within 60 days. 

øSEC. ø128¿ 120. (a) None of the federal funds contained in this 

Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation 

to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the 

Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 

(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by the electors 

of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, shall not take effect.¿ 

øSEC. ø129¿ 121. None of the federal funds appropriated under 

this Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the life 

of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 

term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.¿ 

øSEC. 130. Section 7 of the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 

1957 (Public Law 85–300, 71 Stat. 619), as amended, is further 

amended by inserting after paragraph (d)( 4) the following: ‘‘(e)(1) Upon receipt of a written description from the District of 

Columbia of not more than 15 contiguous acres (hereinafter referred to as ‘the 15 acres’), within the area designated ‘D’ on the 

revised map entitled ‘Map to Designate Transfer of Stadium and 

Lease of Parking Lots to the District’ and bound by 21st Street, 

NE, Oklahoma Avenue, NE, Benning Road, NE, the Metro line, 

and C Street, NE, and execution of a long-term lease by the Mayor 

of the District of Columbia that is contingent upon the Secretary’s 

conveyance of the 15 acres and for the purpose consistent with this 

paragraph, the Secretary shall convey the 15 acres described land 

to the District of Columbia for the purpose of siting, developing, 

and operating an educational institution for the public welfare, 

with first preference given to a pre-collegiate public boarding 

school. 

‘‘(2) Upon conveyance, the portion of the stadium lease that affects the 15 acres on the property and all the conditions associated 

therewith shall terminate, and the 15 acres property shall be removed from the ‘Map to Designate Transfer of Stadium and Lease 

of Parking Lots to the District’, and the long-term lease described 

in paragraph (1) shall take effect immediately. The Mayor of the 

District of Columbia shall execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to 

effectuate the District’s responsibilities under this section.’’¿ 

øSEC. 131. The authority that the Chief Financial Officer of the 

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1Provisions included under Division B shall be transmitted by the Mayor to the House Committee on Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for enactment. 

preparation of fiscal impact statements during a control period (as 

defined in Public Law 104–8) shall remain in effect until September 30, 2006.¿ 

øSEC. 132. The entire process used by the Chief Financial Officer to acquire any and all kinds of goods, works and services by 

any contractual means, including but not limited to purchase, lease 

or rental, shall be exempt from all of the provisions of the District 

of Columbia’s Procurement Practices Act: Provided, That provisions 

made by this subsection shall take effect as if enacted in D.C. Law 

11–259 and shall remain in effect until September 30, 2006.¿ 

øSEC. 134. The Chief Financial Officer of the District is hereby 

authorized to transfer $5,000,000 from the local funds appropriated 

for the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development to the Anacostia 

Waterfront Corporation and to reallocate the appropriation authority for such funds to a heading to be entitled ‘‘Anacostia Waterfront 

Corporation’’ in addition, an amount of $3,200,000 is hereby appropriated from the local funds made available to the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation in fiscal year 2005: Provided, That all of the 

funds made available herein to the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation shall remain available until expended.¿ 

øSEC. 135. Amounts appropriated in the Act for the Department 

of Health may be increased by $250,000 in local funds to remain 

available until expended to conduct a health study in Spring Valley.¿ 

øSEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 602(c)(1) of the District of 

Columbia Home Rule Act, amendments to the Ballpark Technical 

Amendments Act of 2005 and the Ballpark Fee Rebate Act of 2005 

shall take effect on the date of the enactment by the District of Columbia.¿ 

SEC. 116. Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds 

may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 

SEC. 117. The Student Funding Formula Assessment, Educational Data Warehouse, and Enrollment Fund Establishment 

Amendment Act of 2007, passed on 1st reading on May 15, 2007, 

(Engrossed version of Bill 17–148) is enacted into law. 

SEC. ø137¿ 118. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as 

referring only to the provisions of this division. 

This division øAct¿ may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropriations Act, ø2006¿ 2008’’. 

DIVISION—B 1

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AUTHORIZATION REQUEST 

SEC. 201. The following proviso under the heading ‘‘Lottery and 

Charitable Games Enterprise Fund’’ in the District of Columbia 

Appropriations Act, 1982, approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 

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‘‘Provided further, That the advertising, sale, operation, or playing of the lotteries, raffles, bingos, or other games authorized by 

D.C. Law 3–172 is prohibited on the Federal enclave, and in adjacent public buildings and land controlled by the Shipstead-Luce Act 

as amended by 53 Stat. 1144, as well as in the Old Georgetown 

Historic District’’. SEC. 202. Section 11201 of the National Capital Revitalization 

and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, approved August 5, 

1997 (111 Stat. 734; D.C. Official Code § 24–101), is amended by 

adding a new subsection (a–1) to read as follows: ‘‘(a–1) Reimbursement to District of Columbia Department of 

Corrections.—The United States Government shall reimburse the 

District of Columbia Department of Corrections its costs of providing custody and care for: ‘‘(1) Felons committed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from the date of sentencing until transfer to a penal or correctional facility operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons; ‘‘(2) Previously sentenced felons committed to the Department of 

Corrections as violators of parole, supervised release, or probation 

from the date of commitment until transfer to a penal or correctional facility operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons; 

and ‘‘(3) Previously sentenced felons held by or committed to the Department of Corrections on writs from the date of commitment 

until transfer to a penal or correctional facility operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons.’’. Sec. 203. Notwithstanding any other law, the all entities within 

the District of Columbia shall be subject to the general sales tax 

of the District of Columbia for sales to the public in gift shops, restaurants, and similar facilities. 

SEC. 2040 Section 424a ƒas amended, 425≈ of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2037; 

D.C. Official Code § 1–204.25), is amended as follows: 

(a) Subsection (b)(3) is amended by striking the phrase ‘‘subordinate and independent agencies’’ and inserting the phrase ‘‘subordinate and independent agencies, including independent authorities’’

in its place. 

(b) Subsection (c)(l) is amended by striking the phrase ‘‘subordinate and independent agencies’’ and inserting the phrase ‘‘subordinate and independent agencies, including independent authorities’’

in its place. 

SEC. ø204¿205. Notwithstanding any other law (or 5 USC 

§ 8344(a)), the District Government Reemployed Annuitant Offset 

Amendment Act of 2004, effective December 7, 2004 (D.C. Law 15–

207; 51 DCR 8799), shall apply to any individual employed in an 

appointive or elective position with the District of Columbia government after December 7, 2004. 

SEC. ø205¿206. The 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act (Public Law 109–356; 120 Stat. 2021) is amended as follows: 

(a) Section 101(c) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE—This section shall apply fiscal year 

2006 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 


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(b) Section 102(a)(4) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(4) EFFECTIVE DATE—This section shall apply fiscal year 

2006 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. (c) Section 202(a) is amended as follows: 

(1) Paragraph (1) is amended by striking the phrase ‘‘Sec. 424. (a) 

IN GENERAL.’’ and inserting the phrase ‘‘Sec. 425. (a) IN GENERAL.’’ in its place. 

(2) Paragraph (2) is amended by striking the phrase ‘‘Sec. 424a. 

Authority’’ and inserting the phrase ‘‘ Sec. 425. Authority’’ in its 

place. 

(d) Section 203(a) is amended as follows: 

(1) Paragraph (1) is amended as follows: 

(A) Strike the phrase ‘‘Sec. 424b. The Chief’’ and insert the phrase ‘‘Sec. 426. The Chief’’ in its place. 

(B) Strike the date ‘‘1986’’ and insert the date ‘‘1985’’ in its place. 

(2) Paragraph (2) is amended by striking the phrase ‘‘Sec. 424b. 

Procurement’’ and inserting the phrase ‘‘Sec. 426. Procurement’’ in 

its place. 

ƒ(c)≈ (e) Section 305(f) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE—This section shall apply fiscal year 2006 

and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. SEC. 207. The District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, 

approved April 26, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321; D.C. Official Code § 38– 1800.01 et seq.) is amended as follows: 

(a) Section 2203(j)(1) (D.C. Official Code § 38–1802.03(j)(1)) is repealed 

(b) Section 2210(d) (D.C. Official Code § 38–1802.10(d)) is repealed. 

SEC. ø206¿ 208. The federal government shall compensate the 

District for use and occupancy of public space closed for the security of federal buildings within the District of Columbia and such 

compensation shall be deemed to be included in and available from 

the annual appropriations for each agency of the federal government. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, ø2006¿ 2008’’. 

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