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Calendar No. 800

106TH CONGRESS REPORT

2d Session " ! SENATE 106–409

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2001

SEPTEMBER 13, 2000.—Ordered to be printed

Mrs. HUTCHISON, from the Committee on Appropriations,

submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 3041]

The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 3041) making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia

and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,

and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends

that the bill do pass.
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CONTENTS

Page

Summary of bill ....................................................................................................... 3

General statement ................................................................................................... 8

Total resources ......................................................................................................... 15

Federal funds ........................................................................................................... 16

Federal grants .......................................................................................................... 30

District of Columbia funds:

Operating expenses:

D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority ............................................................................................................ 31

Governmental direction and support ....................................................... 32

Economic development and regulation .................................................... 39

Public safety and justice ........................................................................... 43

Public education system ........................................................................... 47

Human support services ........................................................................... 51

Public works .............................................................................................. 54

Receivership programs .............................................................................. 57

Financing and other uses:

Reserve ................................................................................................ 62

Repayment of Loans and Interest ..................................................... 62

Repayment of General Fund Recovery Deficit ................................. 63

Short-Term Borrowing ....................................................................... 63

Inaugural Expenses ........................................................................... 63

Certificates of Participation .............................................................. 63

Wilson Building .................................................................................. 63

Optical and Dental Insurance Payments ......................................... 64

Management Supervisory Service ..................................................... 64

Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer Payment ........................ 64

Operational Improvements Savings ......................................................... 64

Management Reform Savings ................................................................... 65

Cafeteria Plan Savings ............................................................................. 65

Enterprise and other funds:

Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct .......... 68

Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund ............................ 68

Sports and Entertainment Commission ........................................... 68

D.C. Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation .................. 68

D.C. Retirement Board ...................................................................... 68

Correctional Industries Fund ............................................................ 69

Washington Convention Center Authority ....................................... 69

Capital outlay ........................................................................................................... 69

General provisions ................................................................................................... 76

Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate ... 81

Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the

Senate ................................................................................................................... 81

Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the

Senate ................................................................................................................... 82
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SUMMARY OF BILL

The following discussion of the bill includes general information

on initiatives and concerns of the Committee and an analysis of the

total resources estimated to be available to the District of Columbia

in the coming fiscal year.

The Committee considered requests from the President for Fed- eral funds totaling $445,425,000 in budget authority for the District of Columbia appropriation. This amount was contained in the

Budget of the U.S. Government—2001, transmitted to the Congress

on February 7, 2000. The President requested: $134,300,000 for the

D.C. corrections trustee operations; $103,527,000 for the D.C. Court

Services and Offender Supervision Agency; $103,000,000 for the

D.C. Courts operations and capital improvements; $38,387,000 for

Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts; $17,000,000

for payment for D.C. resident tuition support; $5,000,000 for incentives for the adoption of foster children; a $25,000,000 contribution

for a New York Avenue Metro station; $3,000,000 for a National

Museum of American Music; $10,000,000 for remediation at Poplar

Point; and $6,211,000 for reimbursement of expenses incurred in

connection with the Presidential inauguration. The Committee recommendation totals $440,905,000, appro- priated as follows: (1) $17,000,000 for a program of District of Columbia resident tuition support; (2) $1,500,000 for the Commercial

Revitalization Program; (3) $500,000 for the District of Columbia

Public Schools; (4) $500,000 for the Department of Human Services; (5) $134,200,000 for the D.C. corrections trustee operations;

(6) $109,080,000 for the District of Columbia Courts; (7)

$38,387,000 for defender services in the District of Columbia

Courts; (8) $108,527,000 for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia; (9) $25,000,000 as a

contribution for construction of a Metrorail station at the intersections of New York and Florida Avenues, Northeast; and (10)

$6,211,000 as reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection

with the Presidential Inauguration in January 2001.

The Senate bill includes a total recommendation of

$6,516,531,000, including $3,914,408,000 in local funds;

$1,509,916,000 in Federal grants; and $1,092,207,000 in private

and other funds to be appropriated in fiscal year 2001 for the District of Columbia. In addition to these amounts, the Committee recommends an appropriation of $440,905,000 in Federal funds for the

operations itemized below.

Federal Funds

Item

Federal payment for Resident Tuition Support .................................. $17,000,000

Federal payment for Commercial Revitalization Program ................. 1,500,000

Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public Schools ............ 500,000

Federal payment to the Department of Human Services ................... 500,000
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Federal Funds—Continued

Item

Federal payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee ... 134,200,000

Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts ......................... 109,080,000

Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts ....................... 38,387,000

Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision

Agency for the District of Columbia ................................................. 108,527,000

Metrorail construction ........................................................................... 25,000,000

Presidential Inauguration ..................................................................... 6,211,000

Total, Federal funds in bill ........................................................ 440,905,000

Federal grants ........................................................................................ 1,509,916,000

Total, Federal funds ................................................................... 1,950,821,000

A comparative summary of the appropriations recommended follows:
COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF BILL

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FEDERAL FUNDS

Federal Payment for Resident Tuition ................................................................... $17,000,000 $17,000,000 $17,000,000 .............................. ...........Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children .................................... 5,000,000 5,000,000 .............................. ¥$5,000,000 ¥Federal Payment for Commercial Revitalization Program .................................... .............................. .............................. 1,500,000 1,500,000 Federal Payment for Citizen Complaint Review Board ......................................... 500,000 .............................. .............................. ¥500,000 ...........Federal to the District of Columbia Public Schools ............................................. .............................. .............................. 500,000 500,000 Federal Payment for the Department of Human Services .................................... 250,000 .............................. 500,000 250,000 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee Operations .... 176,000,000 134,300,000 134,200,000 ¥41,800,000 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts ........................................... 99,714,000 103,000,000 109,080,000 9,366,000 Defender Services in the District of Columbia ..................................................... 33,336,000 38,387,000 38,387,000 5,051,000 ...........Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for

the District of Columbia ................................................................................... 93,800,000 103,527,000 108,527,000 14,727,000 

Children’s National Medical Center ...................................................................... 2,500,000 .............................. .............................. ¥2,500,000 ...........Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department .......................................... 1,000,000 .............................. .............................. ¥1,000,000 ...........Federal Payment to General Services Administration—Lorton Correctional

Complex ............................................................................................................. 6,700,000 .............................. .............................. ¥6,700,000 ...........

Georgetown Waterfront Park Fund, General Provision, Sec. 176 (reappropriation) ................................................................................................................. 1,000,000 .............................. .............................. ¥1,000,000 ...........Metrorail Construction ........................................................................................... .............................. 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 ...........Federal Payment for the National Museum of American Music ........................... .............................. 3,000,000 .............................. .............................. ¥Federal Payment for Brownfield Remediation ....................................................... .............................. 10,000,000 .............................. .............................. ¥Presidential Inauguration ...................................................................................... .............................. 6,211,000 6,211,000 6,211,000 ...........

Total, Federal Funds ................................................................................ 436,800,000 445,425,000 440,905,000 4,105,000 ¥
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

Operating Expenses

D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority ................. 3,140,000 6,500,000 6,500,000 3,360,000 ...........Governmental Direction and Support .................................................................... 167,356,000 197,771,000 194,271,000 26,915,000 ¥Economic Development and Regulation ................................................................ 190,335,000 205,638,000 205,638,000 15,303,000 ...........Public Safety and Justice ...................................................................................... 778,770,000 762,346,000 762,346,000 ¥16,424,000 ...........Public Education System ....................................................................................... 867,411,000 998,418,000 998,918,000 131,507,000 Human Support Services ....................................................................................... 1,526,361,000 1,542,204,000 1,532,704,000 6,343,000 ¥Public Works .......................................................................................................... 271,395,000 278,242,000 278,242,000 6,847,000 ...........Receivership Programs .......................................................................................... 342,077,000 394,528,000 389,528,000 47,451,000 ¥Workforce Investments .......................................................................................... 8,500,000 .............................. .............................. ¥8,500,000 ...........Buyouts and Other Management Reforms ............................................................ 18,000,000 .............................. .............................. ¥18,000,000 ...........Reserve .................................................................................................................. 150,000,000 150,000,000 .............................. ¥150,000,000 ¥1Financing and Other ............................................................................................. 363,491,000 331,529,000 331,529,000 ¥31,962,000 ...........

Total, operating expenses, general fund ................................................. 4,686,836,000 4,867,176,000 4,699,676,000 12,840,000 ¥1

Enterprise Funds

Water and Sewer Authority and Washington Aqueduct ........................................ 279,608,000 275,705,000 275,705,000 ¥3,903,000 ...........Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board ....................................................... 234,400,000 223,200,000 223,200,000 ¥11,200,000 ...........Sports and Entertainment Commission ................................................................ 10,846,000 10,968,000 10,968,000 122,000 ...........Public Benefit Corporation .................................................................................... 89,008,000 78,235,000 78,235,000 ¥10,773,000 ...........D.C. Retirement Board .......................................................................................... 9,892,000 11,414,000 11,414,000 1,522,000 ...........Correctional Industries Fund ................................................................................. 1,810,000 1,808,000 1,808,000 ¥2,000 ...........Washington Convention Center ............................................................................. 50,226,000 52,726,000 52,726,000 2,500,000 ...........
Total, enterprise funds ............................................................................ 675,790,000 654,056,000 654,056,000

¥21,734,000 ...........

Total, operating expenses ........................................................................ 5,362,626,000 5,521,232,000 5,353,732,000

¥8,894,000

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Capital Outlay

General fund .......................................................................................................... 1,218,637,500 1,029,975,389 1,022,074,000

¥196,563,500

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Water and sewer fund ........................................................................................... 197,169,000 140,725,000 140,725,000

¥56,444,000 ...........

Total, capital outlay ................................................................................. 1,415,806,500 1,170,700,389 1,162,799,000

¥253,007,500

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Total, District of Columbia funds ............................................................ 6,778,432,500 6,691,932,389 6,516,531,000

¥261,901,500

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GENERAL STATEMENT

INTRODUCTION

On November 29, 1999, the President signed the Consolidated

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Public Law 106–113. Division A of this act appropriated funds for the District of Columbia

for fiscal year 2000. Since the passage of the act, District of Columbia voters, their elected leadership, working with the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (the Authority), and Congress have set in motion changes

that affect the governmental structure of the District, including

continued improvements in the District’s financial condition, evidenced by the District’s third consecutive year with a budget surplus; and a proposed amendment to the District’s home rule charter that could change the size and composition of the Board of Education.

These changes have been accompanied by controversy over the

13-week delay in completion of the District’s annual financial report and debate over the structure, composition and effectiveness

of elected versus appointed school boards. In addition, since the

passage of Public Law 106–113, the District government has had

to address problems related to the provision of special education,

foster care, and court operations. As the District continues to make

improvements in its financial condition and address management

deficiencies, the Authority’s role has evolved from that of direct

management of the daily operations of the District’s nine largest

agencies to one of exercising oversight of the District government.

This transition has been aided by a high level of citizen and congressional support for Mayor Anthony Williams’ government reform

efforts, as evidenced by congressional passage of the District of Columbia Management Reform Act of 1999, Public Law 106–1. The

Act, signed into law on March 5, 1999, transferred direct administrative responsibility for the District’s nine largest agencies from

the Authority to the Mayor.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL CONDITION

The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public Law 104–8 (the Act), created

the Authority and the Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). The

Authority is charged with improving the delivery of District services. The CFO is charged with returning the District of Columbia

to financial solvency by producing 4 consecutive years of balanced

municipal budgets. Working in concert with the District’s elected

leadership, the Authority and the CFO have implemented a series

of financial and management reforms and have improved tax collection. These reforms, coupled with continued Federal assistance

and an improved economy, have resulted in 3 consecutive years of
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1The District’s fiscal year 1998 surplus was, in part, the result of the National Capital Revitalization Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33). The Revitalization Act, which improved the city’s

fiscal prospects through the infusion of over $5,000,000,000 in Federal funds, transferred financial responsibility for a number of functions to the Federal Government, including accumulated

pension liability for police, firefighters, teachers, and judges. The Act increased the Federal

share for Medicaid from 50 percent to 70 percent, and transferred responsibility for housing District felons to the Federal Government.

budget surpluses. The Act requires the District to produce 4 consecutive years of balanced or surplus budgets as a prerequisite for

the abolition of the Authority and the return of home rule.

The District ended fiscal year 1997 with a surplus of $185,900,000. For fiscal year 1998, the District’s budget surplus

was $112,492,000.1 After a 13-week delay, the District’s CFO re- ported a fiscal year 1999 surplus of $86,400,000, after subtracting

$35,000,000 toward the retirement of the District’s long-term debt.

The April 29, 2000 release by the CFO of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), which was due on February 1, 2000,

strained the CFO’s relationship with the Mayor, the District Council, the Authority, and the private firm charged with conducting the

annual audit.

The delay in the release of the report triggered criticism of the

CFO’s leadership and eventually led to her resignation on May 5,

2000. In a February 28, 2000, letter to the Authority, eight members of the District Council requested the CFO’s dismissal, citing

the CFO’s failure to: (1) meet the statutory deadline for the CAFR;

(2) produce trial balances during fiscal year 1999; (3) adequately

ensure that District of Columbia staff participated in training on

the new financial management system; and (4) notify elected official of the CAFR delay. On May 5, 2000, the CFO resigned, and

her deputy for tax and revenue was named acting CFO.

The District of Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999

(Public Law 105–277, Division A, Sec. 101(c)), requires the inclusion of a $150,000,000 operating reserve in any budget submitted

for congressional approval, beginning with the budget for fiscal

year 2000. Earlier during the year, the Mayor sought to use approximately two-thirds of the $150,000,000 reserve for a number of

projects, most of which were non-emergency, recurring items. Because they did not meet the statutory requirements, their funding

from the reserve was objected to by the chair of the District’s Senate Appropriation’s Subcommittee. The chairman approved funding

of $8,600,000 to satisfy the District’s Y2K obligations and

$18,000,000 for the District of Columbia Public School system for

the District’s special education needs.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

Pursuant to a Senate amendment, $4,485,000 in emergency funding was included in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

Act for fiscal year 2000 to reimburse the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department for certain costs incurred by the District as host of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

Organization Spring Conference in April 2000.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

The District’s public education system has experienced changes

during the past year and will face challenges in the coming
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months. Reforming the District of Columbia Board of Education

(Board) governing structure, improving the performance of public

school students, continuing support of charter schools as an alternative, and addressing the problems of special education students

are but a few of the challenges confronting the District.

School Board Reform

The Mayor, District Council, Authority, and various public

schools constituencies support reform of the Board, which, historically, has been a fractious body.

The direction of school board reform in the District, including the

size of the school board and whether to elect or appoint school

board members, has been a controversial topic. On February 17,

2000, after weeks of debate, the District Council, with the Mayor’s

support, approved legislation that would restructure the District of

Columbia Board of Education, pending approval of a referendum by

District voters. The act, which would amend the District’s Home

Rule Act, would: (1) reduce the school board from 11 to 9 members;

(2) allow voters to elect four members of the board from four new

school election districts (currently eight members of the board are

elected by ward); (3) allow voters to elect one at-large member to

serve as President of the Board of Education; and (4) allow the

mayor to appoint four members to the board with the advice and

consent of the District council.

The Board of Election and Ethics (BEE) held a public meeting on

Tuesday, May 2, 2000, to hear public comment and formulate the

final short title and summary statement for the Proposed Charter

Amendment III, ‘‘The School Governance Charter Amendment Act

of 2000’’. Upon completion of this exercise, the BEE certified the

referendum question. On June 27, 2000, 51 percent of District residents that voted were in favor of the hybrid Board of Education.

Candidates for the five elected seats on the new school board will

appear on the November 7, 2000 general election ballot.

Support for Charter Schools

The charter school movement in the District of Columbia has

steadily gained support, despite some controversy. Nearly one in

every 11 school children attending public schools in the District is

enrolled in one of the 31 public charter schools. Last year Congress

provided additional support for the charter school movement. Section 155 of Title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal

year 2000 amended the District of Columbia School Reform Act of

1995, Public Law 104–134 (D.C. Code, § 31–2851) to extend indefinitely the legislative authority for charter schools. In addition, Section 153 of the act makes charter schools eligible for school construction and repair funds by amending the Student Loan Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996. The provision provides $5,000,000 in credit enhancement funds for public charter

schools. These funds are administered by a 5-member board appointed by the Mayor and the Public Charter School Board. This

provision will help charter schools meet one of their most pressing

needs—adequate physical facilities. In addition, the Authority has

transferred the power to dispose of surplus schools to the Office of

the Mayor.
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2The elected school board is the other public charter school granting entity.

In March of this year, four members of the Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees, the school advisory panel created by the Authority, resigned in protest of the Authority’s support for the transfer of the Paul Junior High School building to a

charter school group. The scheduled conversion was opposed by the

Superintendent of Public Schools, who sought to create a math and

technology program to be housed in the same building. The conversion of Paul to a charter school was granted by the Public Charter

School Board, which is one of two charter granting authorities in

the District,2 endorsed by the Authority, and supported by twothirds of the parents with children in attendance at Paul.

The Paul Junior High School controversy served as a lightning

rod for issues surrounding the conversion and transfer of public

school buildings to charter schools. On March 7, 2000, in the midst

of the Paul Junior High School controversy, the District council

passed legislation that places a 71⁄2 month moratorium on public

school building conversions and transfers to public charter schools.

Supporters of the legislation contend it is necessary to correct deficiencies in the conversion process.

Special Education

The problems of the District’s special education program include

the timely evaluation of students and transportation issues. Despite congressional scrutiny, the appointment by the courts of a

special master for special education, and promises from school officials to address these concerns, the school system has shown little

progress in addressing the educational needs of special education

students, who represent about 15 percent of total public school enrollment.

The transportation issue has been a particularly intractable

problem. Bus service for special needs students is routinely late or

nonexistent. According to a report by the special master appointed

by a Federal judge to help resolve transportation and other special

education issues, at least 1 in every 10 special education students

missed a significant part of morning classes during the first 2

months of the year because of transportation problems.

To address the problem of assessment backlog, Congress approved the expenditure of $18,000,000 of the District’s reserve

funds.

On April 13, 1999, the Council of the District of Columbia passed

a resolution that established, on an emergency basis, a special committee to investigate the delivery of special education services. All

members of the District council serve on the Special Education Program Investigation Special Committee. The resolution gave the

Special Committee 1 year to investigate and recommend improvements in the delivery of services. Earlier this year the District

council passed a resolution extending the deadline for submission

of the report by the Special Committee on Special Education until

September 2000. In April 1999, the superintendent of public

schools placed three of the agency’s top special education administrators on administrative leave. The superintendent also announced administrative and programmatic changes as part of a 90-
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day action plan intended to address some of the agency’s longstanding problems, including transferring the responsibility for

special education assessments to school principals. According to

school officials, significant progress has been made in addressing

the assessment backlog.

VOTING RIGHTS CHALLENGE

On April 19, 1999, a three-judge panel heard arguments for and

against providing voting representation in the House of Representatives and the Senate for citizens of the District of Columbia. Presently, the District of Columbia elects a non-voting delegate to Congress, who has been granted the right to cast committee votes but

cannot vote in either the Committee-as-a-Whole or the House.

The three judge panel, whose ruling may be appealed directly to

the Supreme Court, handed down their decision on March 20, 2000.

By a decision of two to one, the panel founded that District residents did not have a legal right to voting representation in Congress. The majority opinion stated that the constitution clearly

grants voting representation in the House and Senate for ‘‘the People of the several States.’’ The majority opinion suggested that residents seek redress through the political process and not the courts.

RECEIVERSHIPS

The courts continue to play a significant role in the daily operations of the District government. Three agencies (Child and Family Services, Mental Health Services, and District of Columbia Jail

Medical Services) account for at least $389,528,000 in proposed

spending controlled by court order. The budget does not include

cost estimates for one other agency controlled by a court-appointed

receiver: the District of Columbia Public Housing Authority.

In December 1999, Mayor Williams appointed an individual to

serve as his administration’s liaison with the four agencies under

receivership. The liaison’s primary mission is to help fashion solutions that will lead to the return of these agencies to District administrative control. The effectiveness of the agencies under receivership and the progress of the receivers in returning the four agencies to District government control have been uneven, at best. Only

the Housing Authority seems certain to be returned to District control within the year.

Housing Authority

The Housing Authority, which has been in receivership since

1995, could be returned to the District’s control later this year. In

anticipation of this transfer of authority to District control, earlier

this year, District public housing residents elected three tenants to

a nine-member board of commissioners charged with setting policy

and approving major contracts for the agency after the court-appointed receiver completes his assignment.

Child and Family Services

Child and Family Services, the District agency charged with protecting abused and neglected children, has been criticized for its

handling of the Brianna Blackmond case. Brianna Blackmond was

a 23-month old child who was slain on January 6, 2000, after being
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returned to her mentally retarded mother. A year earlier, the

mother had been charged and found guilty of child neglect. The

child’s death prompted a congressional hearing on May 5, 2000,

and a series of recommendations that would include requiring social workers to provide field reports to judges 10 days before hearings on a child’s status and additional training for social workers.

In the wake of the Brianna Blackmond case, the court-appointed

receiver has asked the District for an additional $65,197,000. These

funds would increase the agency’s budget to $185,752,000 and

would be used to provide higher payments to foster parents, hire

additional social workers, and implement other initiatives necessary to fully comply with the court order to improve the agency’s

services. The problems of the agency are numerous and include inadequate staffing, delays in the approval of foster parents,

warehousing of teenagers in group homes, shortage of foster homes,

and excessive time in foster care (on average 3 years) before children are adopted or reunited with their families.

Mental Health Services

In addition to the Housing Authority, Mental Health Services,

which has been under receivership since 1997, may be returned to

District control within the next 12 months. On March 6, 2000, a

U.S. District Judge approved a plan to return the agency to District control on the premise that the system had actually deteriorated under the receiver. The plan, agreed to by District officials

and a coalition representing mental health groups, removed the

court-appointed receiver at the end of March 2000, places the agency under control of an interim receiver, and transfers control to the

District by April 2001. The court would appoint a monitor to review

the District’s administration of mental health services during a 6-

month period.

The dismal state of mental health services in the District was illustrated on February 29, 2000, when police and firefighters were

called to a Northwest Washington mental health group home and

found the doors chained shut. The home is part of an unofficial network of unregulated group homes for the mentally ill. Though no

formal lists of the unregulated homes exists, an estimated 200 such

homes operate in the District. During an October 28, 1999, hearing,

mental health advocates noted cases of fraud, neglect, and abuse

by mental health residential facilities operators.

District of Columbia Jail Medical Services

The cost of health services is one of the issues prompting District

officials to seek removal of the medical services receiver at the District of Columbia jail. The jail’s medical services, which have been

under receivership since 1995, cost $19 per inmate per day, according to statistics from the National Institute of Corrections. The District’s per inmate medical expense is far higher than the city of

Baltimore’s cost of $5.18 per inmate per day and is almost three

times the national average.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS

Legislative history

On October 19, 1994, the Home Rule Act was amended by Public

Law 103–373, the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994, to

include performance and financial accountability requirements for

the District government. The amendment required the District government to devise, implement, and submit to the Congress comprehensive financial and performance standards. The purpose of

the requirement was to force District government accountability by

requiring systematic goal-setting, measurement and reporting of

program performance and financial management.

District government compliance with the performance accountability

requirements

The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1994, Public Law 103–373, mandates that

the District submit to Congress a performance accountability plan

for the upcoming year, and a performance accountability report for

the previous year that compares planned performance with actual

performance. Both the plan and the report are due on March 1

each year, at which point the General Accounting Office has until

April 15 to evaluate the District’s performance report and submit

its findings to Congress. The report must: (1) explain the District’s

progress in meeting two levels of planned performance, acceptable

and superior; (2) include the title of the supervisor responsible for

each goal; and (3) provide a status update on the progress of the

District agencies that are currently under court order.

For fiscal year 2001, the District intentionally bypassed the

March 1 deadline, opting to submit the performance measures in

June to coincide with the budget proposal submitted to Congress.

The justification given by the Mayor’s office is that the District

plans to integrate the performance goals closely with the budget

numbers. The document provides little more than a coincidental

correlation between the performance measures submitted to the

District Council and the budget proposals.

The performance measures in the Mayor’s budget proposal, submitted to the District Council on March 13, 2000, are deficient. Although the Mayor’s staff has made assurances that progress has

been made since the budget’s submission, the measures contain a

number of ‘‘to be determined’’ (TBD) goals, as well as numerous

goals that are identical to last year’s goals. Of the 282 measures

outlined in the Mayor’s budget proposal, 129 are either TBD or the

same goal as last year. For example, the Metropolitan Police Department’s budget proposal section contains 23 performance measures; 20 are TBD and 3 have goals. The Department of Housing

has 10 performance measures. While there are no TBDs, 8 of the

10 are the same as last year’s performance measures. Although significant progress has been made since Mayor Williams began his

administration, much work remains to be done.

One final concern regarding the District’s performance measures

is their lack of baseline measurements. The Williams administration considers this to be the first performance cycle to which it

plans to hold itself fully accountable. However, without baseline
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numbers to measure performance, it could prove difficult to hold

the District accountable to any specific performance goals. For example, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs plans

to increase the number of citations for a variety of ABC violations

by 50 percent. Without a sound baseline to measure progress, an

increase like 50 percent has little effect when measuring performance.

The Committee has maintained high expectations for the current

administration’s commitment to a performance-based government.

While the Mayor and his administration are entitled to a period of

transition, the Committee expects fiscal year 2001 to result in full

compliance with the requirements of the law. Without a system of

goal-setting, measurement and reporting of program performance,

the District government will not achieve either operational efficiencies or the ‘‘customer satisfaction’’ of District residents.

PRESIDENT’S BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

The President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2001 proposes

$445,425,000 in Federal funds for the District of Columbia. The

$445,425,000 total encompasses a $134,300,000 payment to the

D.C. corrections trustee for operations; $103,000,000 for the D.C.

courts, including $98,000,000 for operations and $5,000,000 for capital improvements; $38,387,000 for defender services in the D.C.

courts; and $103,527,000 for court services and the offender supervision agency. In addition, the President proposed $17,000,000 to

the District of Columbia for a program of resident tuition support.

The President has proposed additional payments to the District

of Columbia, including $5,000,000 to continue a program initiated

by Congress in fiscal year 2000 that creates incentives to promote

the adoption of children in the District; $10,000,000 to the District

of Columbia for environmental cleanup and site preparation at

Poplar Point; $3,000,000 for planning of a National Museum of

American Music; and $6,211,000 to the District of Columbia as reimbursement for anticipated expenses that will be incurred in connection with Presidential inauguration activities.

The fiscal year 2001 budget proposal contains $25,000,000 for a

contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for the construction of a Metro station at the intersection of

New York and Florida Avenues, in Northeast, D.C.

TOTAL RESOURCES

Based on recommendations in the bill, a total of $6,709,335,000,

including $192,804,000 of intra-District funds, will be available to

the District government during the next fiscal year. Included in

this figure are appropriations from local funds, Federal grants, and

private and other funds. The financing of appropriations from District funds is from various local taxes, fees, charges, and other collections received by the District government.

INTRA-DISTRICT FUNDS

Based on recommendations in the bill, a total of $192,804,000 is

allocated to intra-District funds. Intra-District payments are a

mechanism that District agencies (buying agencies) use to pay for
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services rendered by other District agencies (selling agencies). The

mechanism allows a buying agency to transfer funds to a selling

agency. The intra-District payment covers the selling agency’s costs

of delivering the services. Each District government agency selling

a service to another agency has an intra-District revenue budget.

The intra-District budget reflects the selling agency’s projection of

costs related to the services it will render. The intra-District budget

is an internal government transaction. Although these funds are

included in the total ceiling for the recommended fiscal year 2001

budget of District funds, intra-District funds are not included in

the recommended total appropriation for the individual District

budget functions: governmental direction and support; economic development and regulation; public safety and justice; public education system; human support services; public works; (financing

and other uses); receivership programs; workforce investments; the

Authority; and enterprise funds.

FEDERAL FUNDS

A total of $440,905,000 in Federal funds will be available to the

District government during fiscal year 2001. Included in this total

are the Federal payments for the D.C. corrections trustee operations, the D.C. Courts, and the D.C. Court Services and Offender

Supervision Agency. The total also includes $17,000,000 for the

Public Education System; $1,500,000 for a Commercial Revitalization Program; $500,000 for the District of Columbia Public Schools;

$500,000 for the Department of Human Services; $25,000,000 for

a Metrorail station; and $6,211,000 for Presidential Inauguration

expenses. A total of $1,509,916,000 in Federal funds will be received by the District government from the various Federal grant

programs. In addition, Federal reimbursements are received from

such programs as Medicaid and Medicare.

The following table summarizes the various Federal funds estimated to be available to the District government during fiscal year

2001:

Federal Funds

Item

Federal payment for resident tuition support ..................................... $17,000,000

Federal payment for commercial revitalization program ................... 1,500,000

Federal payment to the D.C. public schools ........................................ 500,000

Federal payment to the Department of Human Services ................... 500,000

Federal payment to D.C. corrections trustee operations .................... 134,200,000

Federal payment for D.C. courts .......................................................... 109,080,000

Defender services in D.C. courts .......................................................... 38,387,000

Federal payment to Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia .......................................................... 108,527,000

Metrorail construction ........................................................................... 25,000,000

Presidential inauguration ..................................................................... 6,211,000

Subtotal (Federal funds included in this bill) ........................... 440,905,000

Federal grants ........................................................................................ 1,509,916,000

Total Federal funds .................................................................... 1,950,821,000
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RESIDENT TUITION

SUPPORT

The Committee recommends $17,000,000 in Federal funds for the

District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Program. Initial funding of

$17,000,000 for this program was included in the Fiscal Year 2000

Appropriations Act. On November 12, 1999, Public Law 106–98,

the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999, was signed

into law. The Act established the Tuition Assistance Program, a

scholarship fund under the direction of the Mayor of the District

of Columbia, in consultation with the Secretary of Education.

Under the Act, scholarships are awarded to District residents for

undergraduate education within 3 years of graduation or getting a

graduate equivalent degree [GED]. The applicant must be a District resident for 12 consecutive months before the academic year

of the award. Scholarships pay the difference between in-State and

out-of-State tuition, with a cap of $10,000 per student per school

year, at public universities in Maryland and Virginia. Scholarships

may also be used for tuition at private colleges in the metropolitan

area and at private Historically Black Colleges and Universities

anywhere in Maryland or Virginia, with a cap of $2,500 per student per year.

The Act authorizes the Mayor to expand the public portion of the

program from public institutions of higher education in Maryland

and Virginia to public colleges and universities across the nation

under the following conditions: (1) the Mayor determines that a significant number of students are having difficulty gaining admission

because of preferences given to in-State applicants; (2) the Mayor

consults with the Committee on Government Reform of the House

of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Secretary of Education about expanding the program;

and (3) the Mayor considers the projected costs of the expanded

program on the individual awards (due to a greater difference between in-State and out-of-State costs) and the administration of the

program. On May 16, 2000, the Mayor notified the House Committee on Government Reform that, because the necessary provisions had been satisfied, the Mayor would exercise his authority to

expand the Act to cover the difference between in-State and outof-State tuition at public institutions in all 50 States.

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN

In the Fiscal Year 2000 District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

Congress recommended and the President approved a Federal contribution of $5,000,000 to create incentives to promote the adoption

of children in the District’s foster care system. The Committee is

recommending that the funds appropriated in fiscal year 2000 remain available through September 30, 2002, for funding of this

Congressionally initiated program.

The Mayor and District Council have agreed to a plan in the

Budget Support Act for the expenditure of the initial $5,000,000

appropriation. Of the total funds, $3,000,000 will be used to: (1)

create a flexible fund to support adoptions of siblings and other

hard to place children by covering the costs of home renovations to

accommodate wheelchair access and other special needs; (2) create
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an adoption resource center and post-adoption services to provide

on-going support and education for new foster parents; and (3) provide funds to enhance the current Children and Family Services

Administration recruitment efforts.

The balance of $2,000,000 will be used to establish a scholarship

fund to support transition to independence for adopted teens pursuant to the Adoption Voucher Fund Act of 2000, enacted by the District Council on June 6, 2000.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $1,500,000 to

the Mayor to continue the District of Columbia Commercial Revitalization Program [CRP]. This program was initiated during fiscal

year 2000 with funding of $5,000,000 in interest earnings held by

the Authority and appropriated in the District’s Fiscal Year 2000

Appropriations Act, Public Law 106–113.

Transfer of funds

Although program guidelines and allocation criteria have been

completed, as recently as July, 2000, the Authority had failed to

transfer the appropriated funds to the Office of the Mayor, despite

the legislative mandate requiring the funds’ immediate transfer.

The Committee directs that the Authority immediately transfer

any of the $5,000,000 appropriated to the District for CRP which

have yet to be transferred to the Office of the Mayor.

Status of program

The District’s CRP is an integral component of the Mayor’s strategy to attract increased trade, commerce and employment in the

District of Columbia. On June 12, 2000, the District Council adopted the necessary authorizing legislation, the ‘‘Supermarket Tax Exemption Act of 2000,’’ which was signed by the Mayor and is subject to review by the Authority and Congress. CRP funds will be

committed fully during fiscal year 2001.

Since the program’s establishment, the Mayor has identified and

commenced negotiations regarding the development of four retail

projects targeted for assistance through CRP. The Brentwood/

Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center in Northeast D.C. will be

the first CRP–assisted project, following the conclusion of land assembly and negotiation of the final purchase terms. This project,

which will include construction of a major anchor retail store, as

well as other national retail stores, will be publicly announced in

early September 2000.

No year funds

The appropriated funds are to remain available until expended.

These funds are ‘‘no year’’ moneys because final arrangements for

capital projects often take a year or more to complete land assembly, environmental and feasibility assessments, negotiation of business terms, and other typical due diligence requirements.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The Committee recommends $500,000 to the District of Columbia

Public Schools. Of this amount, $250,000 shall be used to fund a

program to reduce school violence, and the remaining $250,000

shall be used for a program to enhance the reading skills of the

District’s public school students.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

The Committee recommends $500,000 for a contribution to the

construction in Southeast Washington of a new community service

center for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS

Pursuant to section 601 of the National Capital Revitalization

and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Revitalization Act),

the Committee recommends an appropriation of $134,300,000 for

payment to the D.C. corrections trustee for the administration and

operation of correctional facilities for sentenced adult felons and for

the administrative operating costs of the Office of the Corrections

Trustee.

The corrections trustee is responsible for: (1) financial oversight

of the operations of the D.C. Department of Corrections [DOC]; (2)

facilitating the closure of the Lorton Correctional Facility in

Lorton, VA, by December 31, 2001, and the transfer of sentenced

felon prisoners from the District to the Federal Bureau of Prisons;

and (3) assisting the DOC in its reformation and stabilization.

Corrections trustee operations

The President’s budget request for fiscal year 2001 is

$134,300,000 for the Corrections Trustee operations. The Office of

the Corrections Trustee provided the following justifications for the

requested funds:

District of Columbia Corrections Operations Crosswalk of Fiscal Year 2000 Changes

and Summary of Fiscal Year 2001 Request

[Dollars in thousands]

Adjustment to Base Amount

Fiscal Year 2000 Enacted ............................................................................... $175,331

Adjustment to Base ........................................................................... (7,491)

Fiscal Year 2000 Base ..................................................................................... 167,840

Program Changes ............................................................................................ (33,640)

Fiscal Year 2001 Estimate .............................................................................. 134,200

NOTE.—The Fiscal Year 2000 Consolidated Appropriation Act rescinded 0.38 percent of discre- tionary budget authority for fiscal year 2000 resulting in a decrease of $668,800.

Base program description

The D.C. Department of Corrections [DOC] is in transition from

having responsibility for direct oversight of confinement of all District pretrial detainees and sentenced prisoners to its new role of

overseeing the confinement of only pretrial detainees, sentenced

misdemeanants, and others held for court-related processing. The

fiscal year 2001 budget request is based on funding the Federal

Government’s responsibilities for ‘‘sentenced felons,’’ as set forth in
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the Memorandum of Understanding signed during the development

of the Revitalization Act. The Federal funding responsibility is limited to the DOC operations related to those serving sentences and

whose legal charges have been fully adjudicated (‘‘State ready’’).

This definition excludes those felons awaiting trial on other charges

or other court appearances, which are considered to be a local responsibility.

A major concern is the unanticipated growth of the overall D.C.

inmate population. Since October 1, 1998, the inmate population

has grown from 9,700 to its current level of over 10,700. The

growth in the adult felony population accounts for nearly all of the

increase. The number of inmates for which the District of Columbia

is responsible (i.e., misdemeanants, pretrial inmates, and felony inmates awaiting final adjudication and/or court processing) is estimated to be relatively stable at about 2,500. The felony inmate increase is due to slower than anticipated releases from the DOC, in

part due to more stringent release procedures required to provide

a better transition for inmates returning to the community. While

the rate of increase has slowed slightly, it is anticipated that the

inmate population will continue to grow to about 11,300 at a rate

of 4 percent annually. The growth threatens the timely transfer of

D.C. ‘‘State ready’’ inmates to the Federal Bureau of Prisons [BOP].

The original projection of the number of inmates to be housed in

BOP was approximately 7,400. The current projection for the end

of fiscal year 2001 increases the estimate by 1,400 to 8,800. This

increase is occurring simultaneously with BOP’s unanticipated rate

of inmate growth.

An updated ‘‘Transition Plan for the Transfer of District of Columbia Sentenced Felons to the Federal Government and the Closure of the Lorton Correctional Complex’’ was provided to Congress

on February 7, 2000. The plan reported that four of the six Lorton

facilities had already closed by January 2000, with two of those facilities closing ahead of the schedule anticipated in the February

1999 transition plan. Of the remaining two facilities, the Maximum

Security Facility is expected to close by the end of March 2001, and

the Central Facility will close by December 31, 2001, as required

by the Revitalization Act. The plan also addressed the transfer of

all remaining felony inmates to BOP by that time from the contract

facility at Youngstown, Ohio (1,700 inmates) and from the contract

with Virginia at the Sussex II and Red Onion Facilities (1,355 inmates). It is anticipated that over 6,000 inmates of the 8,800 sentenced felons will be in BOP custody by the end of fiscal year 2001.

The cost of operations ranks the District of Columbia corrections

system among the most expensive in the country. To reduce costs,

the Department of Corrections has 3,200 sentenced felons in contract facilities. However, much of the anticipated savings has not

been realized. This is due to the lack of downsizing after inmates

were placed in contract prison facilities and the excessive use of

overtime.

The District of Columbia’s fiscal year 1999 budget for the local

responsibilities of the DOC severely underfunded its operations at

$70,000,000. The combination of the unanticipated growth of the

inmate population, combined with the under funding on the part

of the District’s local budget, resulted in a budget shortfall for fis-
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cal year 1999 of $23,000,000. The local funding portion of the shortfall was estimated at $12,000,000. With the $12,000,000 the DOC

funding for fiscal year 1999 from local funds would be $82,000,000,

over $6,000,000 below the $88,600,000 level estimated for the postfiscal year 2002 period in the Trustee’s February 2000 Lorton closure plan. (Note: This does not include local budget expenditures

at the D.C. Jail for the medical receiver, estimated at $12,000,000

per year.)

Recent Accomplishments of the Corrections Trustee

Since the transmittal of the President’s fiscal year 2000 Budget

to Congress, three facilities have closed at Lorton, Virginia: the

Occoquan Facility in early May 1999, the Minimum Security Facility at the end of July 1999, and the Youth Facility at the end of

January 2000. The Occoquan Facility closed on schedule according

to the February 1999 Lorton closure plan. The Minimum Security

Facility closed in advance of the September 30, 1999 estimated

closing date, and the Youth Facility closed in advance of the March

31, 2000 estimated closing date. Along with the closures, two Reductions-in-Force (RIF) were implemented that eliminated 667 positions at the DOC. In addition to the RIF’s, vacancies were

backfilled in uniform positions at other DOC-operated correctional

facilities, thus reducing the need for a portion of the overtime.

Overall, the number of employees has been reduced by 32 percent

since November 1997, from 3,159 employees to the current level of

2,141 employees, as reported by the DOC.

The priority consideration program that was established by the

Corrections Trustee is in place and is beginning to assist staff

scheduled to be separated from the DOC with re-employment with

the Federal Government and other agencies. The program is coordinated with the Federal Prison System, the DOC, the D.C. Office of

Personnel, D.C. Department of Employment Services, and the U.S.

Office of Personnel Management, pursuant to the requirements of

the Revitalization Act for displaced employees. The program has

elicited limited interest until the RIF procedures had been implemented, but several applicants have already been hired by the Bureau of Prisons, with the expectation that greater numbers of staff

will avail themselves of the program as the closure date for the

Lorton facilities approaches.

One of the successes of the past year has been the implementation of a system of internal audits and controls. DOC Director

Washington has supported this initiative by establishing a permanent unit to oversee the development and implementation of the

new system. The Office of the Corrections Trustee provided guidance and training by: (1) advising the D.C. Department of Corrections in the implementation of practices to establish a system of internal controls; (2) providing oversight in the development of internal auditing tools; and (3) sponsoring and conducting audit-related

training.

The Corrections Trustee prepared a 280 page report requested by

the Deputy Attorney General on a review of inmates who are sentenced under both local and Federal statutes, and a review of a

number of other interagency and inter-jurisdictional issues unique

to D.C.’s current transition. The request was in response to an
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order of the U.S. District Court requesting that the Department of

Justice investigate the policies and procedures related to dual code

jurisdiction cases. This order is a result of questions raised specifically to the commitment processes for Federal and D.C. code cases

as a result of issues surfaced with dual jurisdiction cases housed

in the D.C. Department of Corrections. This report, released in October 1999, included 24 major recommendations and has been favorably received by the Department of Justice and its component

agencies, the U.S. District Court, and the DOC. As a result of the

report, the Deputy Attorney General has requested the Corrections

Trustee to coordinate implementation of the report’s recommendations with all affected agencies of the Federal and District governments.

Continuing efforts are underway to determine staffing patterns

and maximize staff reallocation during the closure process at the

Lorton complex, so that the closure of facilities may proceed

smoothly, at the lowest cost, and with the lowest security risk to

the complex and the local community. In addition, the Trustee undertook a major engineering analysis to assess the capital improvements necessary over the next several years at the Central Detention Facility to ensure that the DOC has a properly updated jail

facility in good repair. That report forms the basis of current planning of Mayor Williams’ administration for major capital improvements to the Central Detention Facility.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

The Revitalization Act requires that, commencing in fiscal year

1998, the Federal Government finance the D.C. courts, including

the operations of the D.C. Court of Appeals, Superior Court, and

the court system. Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 appropriations bill, the Federal Government also provided funds for capital

improvements. By law, the annual budget includes estimates of the

expenditures for the operations of the courts prepared by the Joint

Committee on Judicial Administration and the President’s recommendation for funding the courts’ operations.

The President’s recommended level for fiscal year 2001 is $103,000,000, which includes $98,000,000 for the courts operations;

and $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, for

capital improvements for District courthouse facilities. The courts

have requested $122,799,000, which includes $104,529,000 for operations, and $18,270,000 for capital improvements. Based on the following analysis the Committee recommends a funding level of

$103,255,000 for the courts’ operations, and $5,825,000, to remain

available until September 30, 2002, for the courts’ capital improvement program.

D.C. Courts Budget Request

The D.C. Court system has submitted a budget request totaling $122,799,000 in Federal funds for fiscal year 2001. The operations

request of $104,529,000 exceeds the President’s proposed operations budget by $6,529,000 and would be used as follows:

$5,255,000 to finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent for non-judicial employees and $1,274,000 for superior court staffing, equipment and program requests. The capital request of $18,270,000 ex-
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ceeds the President’s proposed capital budget by $13,270,000,

$8,200,000 of which would be used for the restoration and renovation of the Old City Hall as the new D.C. Court of Appeals, and

the balance for other ongoing capital projects.

The President’s fiscal year 2001 operating budget denied the

Courts’ request for non-judicial employee compensation on the

basis that the Courts did not timely provide the analysis requested

by OMB to justify this increase. The Committee has reviewed the

detailed independent analysis of court employee compensation, entitled ‘‘Comparison of Pay and Job Classification of Non-Judicial

Positions in the District of Columbia Courts’’, dated November

1999. The Courts acknowledge that the pay disparity analysis was

not made available to the administration in a timely manner. As

a result, OMB did not have the benefit of the analysis as it prepared the fiscal year 2001 budget.

The November 1999 independent study establishes that pay levels for the D.C. Courts’ non-judicial employees are almost 19 percent below the U.S. Court average and 16 percent below the Federal average for comparable jobs. The D.C. Courts’ fiscal year 2001

budget requests $5,255,000 and represents an adjustment of 8.48

percent. This percentage increase is comprised of the two regular

cost of living adjustments (COLA) of 3.68 percent and 4.8 percent

that were not provided to non-judicial employees in January 1999

and January 2000.

History of Courts Pay Scale

In the Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriation Act, Congress recognized

the pay disparity created by the Revitalization Act and provided a

10 percent pay parity adjustment. Of that 10 percent, non-judicial

employees received 3.68 percent in January 1999. The remaining

6.32 percent was applied primarily to obligations for Defender

Services. As GAO reported in its certification, the Courts’ fiscal

year 1999 obligations for Defender Services exceeded available resources of $32,000,000. Therefore, in fiscal year 1999, the Courts

paid $36,000,000 of Defender Services obligations, including

$6,000,000 of fiscal year 1998 carry-over obligations. The Courts

dedicated funds originally planned for the pay adjustment to help

ensure payments were made to attorneys who provided mandatory

services under the Criminal Justice Act, Counsel for Child Abuse

and Neglect, and Guardianship programs.

PAY DISPARITY OF D.C. COURTS’ NON-JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES

Pay

disparity

(percent)

Funding gap

U.S. Courts ......................................................................................................... 19 $10,850,000

Federal agencies ................................................................................................ 16 9,140,000

A recent independent study found that, on average, D.C. Courts’

non-judicial employees are paid 19 percent less than their counterparts in comparable jobs in U.S. Courts, and 16 percent less than

comparable Federal employees on the General Schedule. To address this pay gap, the Committee recommends an increase of

$5,255,000. In addition, the Committee expects the Courts to direct
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$3,900,000 of previously provided operating funds for a pay increase for non-judicial personnel, as necessary to provide on average a 16 percent pay increase. These combined funds would bring

D.C. Courts’ non-judicial staff into parity with their counterparts in

comparable jobs on the Federal General Schedule. However, the

Committee recognizes that D.C. Courts’ non-judicial employee pay

would remain, on average, 3 percent below the level for comparable

jobs in the U.S. Courts.

Committee Recommendation for Operations Budget

The Committee recognizes that the D.C. Courts have undergone

significant leadership changes this year. In February 2000, the

Courts’ Executive Officer, Ulysses Hammond, retired. The new Acting Executive Officer and her budget staff have provided the Committee with thorough budget justifications and have been both accessible to and cooperative with Committee staff. The Committee

is optimistic that the installation of a new management team for

the Courts will enhance the Courts’ relationship with Congress.

To close the pay disparity gap for the Courts’ employees, thereby

enabling the Courts to attract competent, qualified employees, and

in recognition of the recent signs of improved management by the

Acting Executive Officer and the Fiscal Officer, the Committee recommends an additional appropriation to the D.C. Courts’ operations of $5,255,000, which represents the 8.48 percent pay adjustment for non-judicial court employees. The additional funds are to

be allocated as follows: (1) $359,000 for non-judicial employees of

the Court of Appeals; (2) $4,323,000 for non-judicial employees of

the Superior Court; and (3) $573,000 for non-judicial employees of

the Court System.

Committee Recommendation for Capital Budget

The President’s budget proposal recommends $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, for capital improvements

for District courthouse facilities. The Courts are requesting

$18,270,000 for the Courts’ infrastructure. Included in this request

is $8,200,000 for the restoration of the Old Courthouse at 451 Indiana Avenue for use by the Court of Appeals. While the Committee

supports this capital project, it does not have the resources to meet

the Courts’ budget request. However, the Committee is recommending the appropriation of an additional $825,000 for roofing repairs deemed necessary to prevent further damage to the building.

Other Funding Requests

The President rejected the Courts’ request of $409,000 for information technology (IT) staff increases. The rationale for the denial

of funds is the Courts’ failure to provide OMB with information detailing how previously-appropriated IT funds have been spent and

justifications for the requested funds. Likewise, the President denied the Courts’ request of $240,000 for the expansion of juvenile

urban services because the request was unsupported by a needs

analysis. Finally, according to OMB, the Courts’ request of

$625,000 for equipment replacement was also unsupported. The

Committee does not recommend funding these program requests

for fiscal year 2001. However, the Committee will review these pro-
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grams during the fiscal year 2002 budget cycle should the Courts

submit the requests with adequate budget justifications.

Quarterly apportionments

The Committee again directs that the quarterly apportionments

paid by the Treasury to the courts shall be in equal payments, exclusive of payments for the capital account and the pension account. Should OMB recommend that more than an equal quarterly

payment be made to the courts, the Director of OMB shall forward

to the chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate

and House of Representatives a written request that includes an

itemized statement of the recommended payment and a justification for each item for which an increased payment is recommended.

Both Committee chairmen shall provide OMB with a written approval of the payment request before OMB can direct the increased

quarterly payment by the Treasury of the United States.

Reporting requirements

The courts are directed to submit monthly reports, through the

General Services Administration, to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations, within 15 calendar days after the end

of each month, on the status of obligations by object class and a

monthly personnel summary by position, full-time equivalent positions (FTE’s), and program/function. The obligation report should

show, at a minimum, the original operating plan, current operating

plan, obligations year to date, percent obligated, planned obligations year to date, percentage deviation from plan year to date, projected total obligations end of year, and projected surplus/deficit.

In addition, the obligation report shall: (1) under the Court System Spending Plan, include a breakdown of expenditures for the

Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect Program and the program of

representation of indigents in criminal cases under the Criminal

Justice Act; (2) include a monthly breakdown of expenditures for

the District of Columbia courts’ capital improvements; and (3)

where year-to-date obligations exceed or fall below the plan estimates by 1 percent or more, include an explanation of why a category is over- or under-budgeted.

D.C. courts capital projects

The Committee directs OMB to report to the Committee prior to

releasing funds during fiscal year 2001 for any capital improvements to the District’s courthouse facilities. The report shall: (1)

identify the facility undergoing improvement; (2) include a complete description of the project to be undertaken; (3) itemize each

improvement, renovation, or service and its cost; (4) include the

contracting date, contracting party, and a timeline for the completion of each contracted improvement, renovation, or service; and (5)

identify any design studies for which funding is sought. This request was directed to OMB last year, and OMB failed to comply

with the Committee’s directive. The Committee expects complete

and timely compliance by OMB throughout fiscal year 2001.
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DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

The Committee recommends $38,387,000 for attorney programs

for indigent defendants, child abuse and guardianship cases administered by the District of Columbia Courts. Funding for these programs was established as a separate account in the Fiscal Year

2000 Appropriations Act because of problems that attorneys experienced in receiving payments from the Courts during the last quarter of the fiscal year.

The request of $38,387,000 consists of: (1) $30,537,000 for the

Criminal Justice Act [CJA] program; (2) $7,000,000 for the Counsel

for Child Abuse and Neglect [CCAN] program; and (3) $850,000 for

the Guardianship program. The request for the Criminal Justice

Act program includes a one-time payment of $4,500,000 for payment of past Criminal Justice Act obligations.

The Office of Defender Services has requested an additional

$3,403,000 in Federal funds for an increase in the hourly rate paid

to investigators who assist attorneys in the CJA and CCAN Programs. Currently, the D.C. Courts pay investigators $10 per hour,

while Federal counterparts pay investigators $35 per hour.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER

SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Revitalization Act established the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency [CSOSA] for the District of Columbia to

assume the functions of the District’s pretrial services, adult probation, parole, and adult offender supervision functions. The bill appropriates $108,527,000 for fiscal year 2001 for

CSOSA. This new Federal agency was established by the National

Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of

1997 (Revitalization Act) to reorganize and operate the functions of

pretrial services, parole, adult probation and offender supervision

in the District of Columbia. The Revitalization Act established the

D.C. Pretrial Services Agency as an independent agency within

CSOSA. Funding for the D.C. Public Defender Service, an independent District agency, is transferred from this appropriation to

the Public Defender Service.

The mission of CSOSA for the District of Columbia is to increase

public safety, prevent crime, reduce recidivism, and support the

fair administration of justice in close collaboration with the community. The Agency will enhance decision-making and provide effective community supervision, thereby ensuring public confidence in

the criminal justice system. Since its establishment in 1997,

CSOSA has made considerable progress in coordinating and

streamlining the former pretrial and supervision functions of the

D.C. government, establishing an infrastructure to support the

Agency’s mission, revising certain policies and procedures to close

loopholes and improve supervision, instituting a system of offender

and staff accountability, and developing a strategic plan that focuses the Agency’s activities and resources on specific goals and

strategies for achieving its mission. CSOSA seeks to dramatically

reduce crime among the population that it supervises with an anticipated outcome that reduces recidivism for violent and drug-related crime by an overall rate of 50 percent over the next 5 years.
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The provisions of the Revitalization Act that created CSOSA

were enacted to address serious public safety problems caused by

an inadequate supervision structure within the District and to relieve the D.C. government from financial responsibility for services

typically provided under State funding. Prior to the creation of

CSOSA, the District agencies responsible for supervision—pretrial

services, adult probation and parole—lacked sufficient resources

and the basic infrastructure to provide effective monitoring and

intervention.

The fiscal year 2000 appropriation provided $93,443,000, including $23,264,000 in program increases, for CSOSA—the most significant funding increase since enactment of the Revitalization Act.

Resources were provided to build agency infrastructure, establish

and improve mission critical programs, such as drug testing and

sanctions-based treatment, reduce supervision caseload ratios, and

improve legal representation for indigent persons. During fiscal

year 2000, CSOSA has instituted a $7,000,000 treatment program

that is projected to serve the critical needs of approximately 44 percent of the pretrial and post-conviction offender population, which

is expected to increase 102 percent over fiscal year 1999 drug testing levels, and supervision caseload levels for probation and parole

being reduced from 72:1 to 50:1 by the end of fiscal year 2000. In

addition to improving operational programs, CSOSA has established a federally compliant administrative infrastructure and received an unqualified opinion on its financial statement from the

independent auditor, Price Waterhouse.

Based on the results the Agency has achieved to date and the anticipated outcomes expected in the future, the Committee is recommending an increase of $15,084,000 over the fiscal year 2000 appropriation for the purpose of funding non-policy adjustments to

base, improving supervision, drug testing, intervention and treatment, including funds for defender services program enhancements.

This funding level restores $5,000,000 of a $6,000,000 base reduction proposed in the President’s budget for contractual treatment

services. The $5,000,000 contractual treatment program will serve

the critical needs of approximately 37 percent of the pretrial and

post-conviction offender populations. Funding provided for program

enhancements, $8,854,000, supports:

Supervision.—$2,234,000 and 37 positions to provide case management supervision for defendants housed at halfway houses

pending trial, expand supervision of curfew conditions of high-risk

defendants, provide background investigations and reports to the

Court for traffic court and quality of life crimes, and to improve

evening and weekend supervision of high-risk offenders;

Drug Testing.—$362,000 and 8 positions to enhance drug lab capacity and to establish drug testing collection capabilities for Pretrial Services’ Restrictive Community Supervision Program in the

city’s halfway houses;

Treatment and Support Services.—$1,029,000 and 19 positions to

provide substance abuse case management and assessment services, and ancillary treatment services such as housing placement,

employment assistance, health care and educational and vocational

training;
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Sanctions.—$1,252,000 to contract for halfway back beds so that

swift and appropriate sanctions can be imposed on individuals

under supervision at the first sign of relapse, and to improve offender re-entry programs;

Executive and Administrative Support.—$3,432,000 and 37 positions to move a large segment of Community Supervision Officers

out of downtown District of Columbia Court offices into the community, fully implement and evaluate the Agency’s performance management strategy, provide staff to adequately support the information technology program, improve employee training and administrative support, and initiate DNA testing of offenders; and

Public Defender Service.—$545,000 and 7 positions for Public Defender Service Lorton closure response initiative.

METRORAIL CONSTRUCTION

The Committee recommends a contribution of $25,000,000 in

Federal funds to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority [WMATA] for the construction of a Metrorail station at the

intersections of New York and Florida Avenues, Northeast. The

contribution is contingent upon the District government setting

aside $25,000,000 in its capital budget for the project and establishing a special taxing district for the neighborhood of the proposed Metrorail site to contribute an additional $25,000,000. The

Committee notes that the District’s Fiscal Year 2001 Budget & Financial Plan earmarks $25,000,000 in its capital budget for the

Metrorail project. However, the commitment of $25,000,000 in private funds has not been secured by the establishment of a special

taxing district. Until the private funding has been secured, the

Federal funds appropriated herein shall be held by the U.S. Treasury .

The Committee notes that, in response to hearing questions propounded to the Mayor concerning the Metrorail project, the revised

estimated cost of the proposed New York Avenue Metro station has

been increased from $75,000,000 to $84,000,000. The Committee

contribution, therefore, is not a one-third contribution to this

project; nor does the Committee plan to revise its contribution to

reflect a percentage contribution. The Committee will closely monitor the development of this project, especially cost containment

issues.

The Committee directs WMATA to provide the Committees on

Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives with

quarterly reports on the New York Avenue Metrorail project, including construction schedules, any modifications in cost estimates

and the status of private funding.

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

The President’s budget requested $6,211,000 for reimbursement

to the District of Columbia for expenses anticipated in connection

with Presidential inauguration activities in January 2001. The

Committee recommends funding the requested $6,211,000.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN MUSIC

The Committee has not recommended additional funding for the

National Museum of American Music. The President’s budget proposal includes $3,000,000 to fund the staff, consultants, design, environmental assessments and preparation of Request for Proposals

to complete the planning phase of the museum.

In the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriation Act

(Public Law 105–277), the Federal City Council, a private, nonprofit organization, received $300,000 to conduct a needs and design study for a National Museum of American Music. Although

the needs and design study has not been completed, the scope of

the envisioned project has expanded to a multi-million dollar,

mixed-use development that would include, in addition to the Museum, performance and entertainment venues, retail and dining facilities, hotels and housing, a performing arts theater, and an elementary school. The Federal City Council and other interested parties have targeted the current Washington Convention Center site

as the preferred location for the development.

The Committee has determined that additional funding of the

project is premature. First, local District officials have not had an

opportunity to review and analyze the proposed project. Nor has

the District government made a financial commitment to this

project. Also at issue is whether the project envisioned by the Federal City Council constitutes the highest and best use of the real

estate under consideration. Finally, the Committee has not been

provided with a detailed analysis of the project scope and all potential funding sources.

The Committee directs the General Accounting Office [GAO] to

review the proposed National Museum of American Music project

proposal and report to the Committee by April 1, 2001, on: (1) total

project cost estimates; (2) all potential project funding sources (including local District, Federal, and private funding sources); (3) an

analysis of whether the proposed project is suited for the site of the

current Convention Center; and (4) whether it constitutes the highest and best use of the property at issue. The requested data will

enable the Committee to more carefully analyze the appropriateness of continued Federal funding.

BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION AT POPLAR POINT

Poplar Point encompasses areas of land in the Anacostia neighborhood of Southeast Washington that are under the jurisdiction of

the District of Columbia, the Federal Government and the private

sector. Of the entire tract, only 11 acres of Poplar Point are under

the District’s jurisdiction, and the District government anticipates

developing this land. The President is requesting $10,000,000 in

Federal funds for site preparation, including environmental remediation in the areas under private or District jurisdiction.

As evidenced by other projects recommended for funding in this

report, the Committee strongly supports the District’s economic development efforts. Likewise, the Committee supports programs that

will remediate areas of environmental contamination. However, the

Committee does not approve the appropriation request of

$10,000,000 for Poplar Point at this time because the District has
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failed to provide the Committee with detailed project information,

including the project’s scope, a project time line or schedule, and

information on potential funding sources. The information provided

the Committee has provided an historical perspective of Poplar

Point, but inadequately justifies the budget request.

The Committee recommends that the District rely upon its local

economic development funds to develop a detailed project plan for

the acreage at issue prior to the next budget cycle. In developing

this plan, the District government is encouraged to outline specific

details on the project’s time line, scope, and all potential funding

sources for Poplar Point remediation and development.

FEDERAL GRANTS

The District of Columbia participates as a State, county, and city

in the various Federal grant programs. At the time the fiscal year

2001 budget was submitted, the District estimated that it would receive a total of $1,509,916,000 in Federal grants during the coming

fiscal year.

The following table shows the amount of Federal grants the District expects to receive and the office or agency that expects to receive them based on Committee recommendations:

Summary of Federal grants assistance to the District of Columbia

Agency 2001 estimate

Governmental Direction and Support:

Office of the City Administrator .................................................... $18,386,000

Office of the Inspector General ...................................................... 1,106,000

Office of the Chief Financial Officer ............................................. 932,000

Total, Governmental Direction and Support ............................ 20,424,000

Economic Development and Regulation:

Office of Business Services and Economic Development ............. 304,000

Department of Housing and Community Development .............. 40,109,000

Department of Employment Services ........................................... 51,787,000

Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs ....................... 75,000

Public Service Commission ............................................................ 103,000

Total, Economic Development and Regulation ......................... 92,378,000

Public Safety and Justice:

Metropolitan Police Department ................................................... 9,721,000

Office of the Corporation Counsel ................................................. 13,760,000

National Guard ............................................................................... 506,000

Office of Emergency Preparedness ................................................ 963,000

Total, Public Safety and Justice ................................................ 24,950,000

Public Education System:

Public Schools ................................................................................. 133,490,000

University of the District of Columbia ......................................... 13,199,000

Public Library ................................................................................. 550,000

Commission on the Arts and Humanities .................................... 404,000

Total, Public Education System ................................................. 147,643,000

Human Support Services:

Department of Human Services .................................................... 181,828,000

Department of Health .................................................................... 690,295,000

Department of Recreation and Parks ........................................... 34,000

Office on Aging ............................................................................... 4,962,000
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Summary of Federal grants assistance to the District of Columbia—Continued

Agency 2001 estimate

Department of Human Rights ....................................................... 106,000

Energy Office .................................................................................. 4,364,000

Total, Human Support Services ................................................. 881,589,000

Public Works: Department of Public Works ........................................ 3,328,000

Receivership Programs:

Child and Family Services Agency ................................................ 68,754,000

Commission on Mental Health Services ....................................... 66,801,000

Total, Receivership Programs .................................................... 135,555,000

Total, Federal grants—operating expenses .............................. 1,305,867,000

Capital outlay—grants .......................................................................... 204,049,000

Grand Total, Federal grants ...................................................... 1,509,916,000

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

OPERATING EXPENSES

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND

MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY

The Committee recommends $6,500,000 in other funds for fiscal

year 2001 for the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and

Management Assistance Authority (Authority). These funds will be

derived from accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District and will be used by the Authority to continue assisting the

District government in restoring financial solvency and improving

management.

The Authority was created through the enactment of Public Law

104–8 in April 1995. It is responsible for eliminating budget deficits and cash shortages through visionary financial planning, sound

budgeting, accurate revenue forecasts, and careful spending, while

ensuring the most efficient and effective delivery of services by the

District of Columbia government.

At the time of the Authority’s establishment, the District government was: (1) unable to pay its employees or contractors; (2) running a significant operating deficit; (3) carrying a large accumulated deficit; and (4) relying on the Treasury as its only source of

funds. The District’s ordinary services, such as motor vehicle inspections and building permits, were difficult to process and obtain,

and the District could not sell its bonds at market rates. The District’s income tax base was eroding steadily, while the District government employed one worker for every 10 residents.

The control period for the District will end upon certification by

the Authority that: (1) the District government has adequate access

to both short-term and long-term credit markets at reasonable interest rates to meet its borrowing needs; and (2) for 4 consecutive

fiscal years (occurring after the date of the enactment of the Act)

the expenditures made by the District government during each of

the years did not exceed the revenues of the District government

during such years as determined in accordance with generally ac-
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cepted accounting principles (GAAP), as contained in the District’s

comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR).

Under Public Law 104–8, fiscal year 2001 is likely to be the last

budget for the District of Columbia that the Authority will have to

approve and send to Congress. The Authority anticipates that the

CAFR for fiscal year 2000, due in February 2001, will indicate another operating surplus for the District. If so, that report will mark

the fourth such operating surplus in a row. No borrowings have

been issued by the Authority, and the District government has no

borrowings to repay the Treasury. The District has regained access

to the capital markets on reasonable terms and conditions. These

are the statutory prerequisites mandated by Congress that must be

achieved before the District can transition from the control period.

If these mandates are met, as anticipated, during fiscal year 2001,

the Authority will have successfully fulfilled the requirements of its

statutorily-mandated mission under the enabling legislation and

will lapse during 2001.

The Committee expects that the transition year from the control

period will be among the most challenging thus far for both the

District government and the Authority. The only change in the

Authority’s statutory operations in the final year of the control period is that the Authority will not formally approve the fiscal year

2002 Operating Budget and Financial Plan. The Authority must,

however, conduct a thorough review of the fiscal year 2002 budget,

which must be forwarded to the Mayor and Council of the District

of Columbia, the President and the Congress (Public Law 104–8,

Sec. 221(a)). The Authority must also provide adequate support and

contingency planning with respect to challenges associated with financial strategic planning, human resources administration, the

Public Benefits Corporation, procurement, planning and fiscal adjustments required to improve operations of the public schools administration, and the transition from the control period. The Committee expects the Authority to exercise appropriate discretion in

planning and managing staff, salary, benefits, severance and contract obligations for fiscal year 2001 in order to optimize all human

and other resources to ensure effective operations under Public

Law 104–8.

The Authority has requested a budget of $6,500,000 for fiscal

year 2001, $3,360,000 more than was approved for fiscal year 2000.

The Committee recommends the $6,500,000 budget request and directs that any of these funds which are not obligated by the Authority prior to its dissolution be deposited in the contingent reserve account. The Committee recognizes that the Authority’s careful oversite of the District’s fiscal affairs during fiscal year 2001 is

essential to the Authority’s dissolution. The Committee directs the

Authority to provide monthly financial reports to the Committee on

Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives

itemizing all Authority expenditures and earnings.

GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

The Committee recommends a total of $194,271,000 for fiscal

year 2001.

A comparative summary by agency follows:
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved Fis

Council of the District of Columbia ..................... $10,477,000 $12,124,000 ......................... $12,124,000 $12,124,000 ......................... $12,124,000 $1,647,000 ...Office of the District of Columbia Auditor ........... 1,183,000 1,283,000 ......................... 1,283,000 1,283,000 ......................... 1,283,000 100,000 ...Advisory Neighborhood Commissions ................... 623,000 748,000 ......................... 748,000 748,000 ......................... 748,000 125,000 ...Office of the Mayor ............................................... 9,207,000 10,717,000 ......................... 10,717,000 7,217,000 ......................... 7,217,000 (1,990,000) Office of the Secretary .......................................... 1,816,000 1,946,000 ......................... 1,946,000 1,946,000 ......................... 1,946,000 130,000 ...Citywide Call Center ............................................. ........................ 1,959,000 ($1,959,000) ........................ 1,959,000 ($1,959,000) ........................ 1,959,000 ...Office of the City Administrator ........................... 13,067,000 23,652,000 (266,000) 23,386,000 23,652,000 (266,000) 23,386,000 10,585,000 ...Office of Personnel ............................................... 11,624,000 12,531,000 (1,246,000) 11,285,000 12,531,000 (1,246,000) 11,285,000 907,000 ...Human Resources Development ........................... 3,766,000 2,744,000 ......................... 2,744,000 2,744,000 ......................... 2,744,000 (1,022,000) ...Office of Finance and Resource Management ..... 1,983,000 2,153,000 ......................... 2,153,000 2,153,000 ......................... 2,153,000 170,000 ...Office of Contracting and Procurement ............... 14,150,000 15,337,000 ......................... 15,337,000 15,337,000 ......................... 15,337,000 1,187,000 ...Office of the Chief Technology Officer ................. 5,511,000 14,192,000 (2,422,000) 11,770,000 14,192,000 (2,422,000) 11,770,000 8,681,000 ...Office of Property Management ............................ 31,108,000 34,819,000 (26,269,000) 8,550,000 34,819,000 (26,269,000) 8,550,000 3,711,000 ...Contract Appeals Board ........................................ 687,000 734,000 ......................... 734,000 734,000 ......................... 734,000 47,000 ...Board of Elections and Ethics .............................. 3,238,000 3,250,000 ......................... 3,250,000 3,250,000 ......................... 3,250,000 12,000 ...Office of Campaign Finance ................................. 978,000 1,209,000 ......................... 1,209,000 1,209,000 ......................... 1,209,000 231,000 ...Public Employee Relations Board ......................... 632,000 652,000 ......................... 652,000 652,000 ......................... 652,000 20,000 ...Office of Employee Appeals .................................. 1,337,000 1,434,000 ......................... 1,434,000 1,434,000 ......................... 1,434,000 97,000 ...Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments ................................................................ 367,000 367,000 ......................... 367,000 367,000 ......................... 367,000 ......................... ...Office of Inspector General ................................... 6,827,000 12,399,000 ......................... 12,399,000 12,399,000 ......................... 12,399,000 5,572,000 ...Office of the Chief Financial Officer .................... 81,571,000 80,471,000 (4,788,000) 75,683,000 80,471,000 (4,788,000) 75,683,000 (1,100,000) ...

Total, Governmental Direction and Support ...................................................... 200,152,000 234,721,000 (36,950,000) 197,771,000 231,221,000 (36,950,000) 194,271,000 31,069,000 
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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Committee recommends $12,124,000 to be derived from general revenues for fiscal year 2001 and 157 full-time equivalent

[FTE] positions. This is an increase of $1,647,000 and 4 FTE positions over fiscal year 2000. The Council of the District of Columbia

(Council) is the legislative branch of the local government responsible for enacting laws, approving the annual operating budget, and

establishing and overseeing the programs and operations of government agencies. Composed of 13 members, the Council exercises its

legislative responsibilities through 13 standing committees. Proposed legislation is referred to an appropriate committee where all

data collection, hearings, analysis, and other related activities are

conducted.

D.C. AUDITOR

The Committee recommends the requested appropriation for fiscal year 2001 of $1,283,000 and 14 FTE positions. This is an increase of $100,000 and no new FTE positions over fiscal year 2000.

The D.C. Auditor is required to audit annually the accounts and

operations of the District government and certify revenue assumptions underlying budgetary and financial actions.

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONS [ANC]

The Committee recommends the requested appropriation of

$748,000 and 1 FTE position for fiscal year 2001. This represents

an increase of $125,000 and 1 FTE position over fiscal year 2000.

The new position will staff the Office of Advisory Neighborhood

Commissions, which will provide technical, administrative, and financial reporting assistance to the Commissions.

The ANC’s have the responsibility for advising the District government on matters of public policy and issues such as planning,

transportation, social services, health, safety, and sanitation, especially as they relate to their respective neighborhood commission

areas. The 37 chartered ANC’s serve as a liaison between the District government and the community.

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

The amount recommended for the Office of the Mayor is

$7,217,000 and 71 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels

represent a decrease of $1,990,000 and an increase of 4 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Mayor provides leadership in advocating the priorities and needs of the District’s constituents through the development of policies formulated by input

from the citizens and ensuring that the independent, nonelected

entities that operate the District government reflect these policies.

Commercial Revitalization Program

The Committee has included an additional appropriation of

$1,500,000 to the Office of the Mayor for continuation of the Commercial Revitalization Program initiated during fiscal year 2001.

The Committee directs the Mayor to provide quarterly reports to

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
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resentatives on the status of all projects developed under this program.

The Committee calls continued attention to the importance of the

District’s progress in addressing the basic safety, quality of life,

and management issues that affect residents’ willingness to live in

the District. Based on the data received in response to the reporting requirement Congress imposed last year, progress has been

mixed. Noteworthy improvements occurred in a number of areas

(more drug treatment slots, backlog reduced in special education

evaluations.) At the same time, obvious challenges remain (e.g.,

grants management). In certain areas, the paucity of data furnished underscores the importance of ensuring reliable baseline

data to enable the District to manage and monitor performance and

measure success.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

The Committee recommends $1,946,000 and 27 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $130,000 and no

new FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. The Office of the Secretary

serves as the administrative and logistical staff support to the

Mayor and the immediate executive offices of the Mayor. The Office

of the Secretary is the sole custodian of the seal of the District of

Columbia and authenticates its proper use. The secretary attests to

the authenticity of executive branch official records.

CITYWIDE CALL CENTER

The Committee recommends $1,959,000 in intra-District funds

and 38 FTE for the Citywide Call Center. The Center is a new

agency for fiscal year 2001 that creates an independent entity to

manage citizen and customer inquiries of the District government.

In fiscal year 2001, the Center is funded by other district agencies

through the intra-District funding process.

The mission of the Citywide Call Center is to serve as the District’s primary point of entry for citizens and customers attempting

to access non-emergency services and information. The Center will

connect callers to agencies and individuals and enter and track

service requests.

OFFICE OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR

The Committee recommends $23,386,000 and 73 FTE positions

for fiscal year 2001 for the City Administrator. This level represents an increase of $10,565,000 and 20 FTE positions above fiscal year 2000.

The Office of the City Administrator provides direction and coordination to agencies for effective management and service delivery, as defined by the Mayor and the residents of the District of

Columbia.

D.C. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

The Committee recommends the requested budget of $11,285,000

and 147 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $840,000 and no new FTE positions from fiscal year 2000

levels. The Office of Personnel is responsible for providing com-
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prehensive human resource management programs and services to

attract, develop, and retain a highly qualified workforce and to facilitate organizational effectiveness.

HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

The Committee recommends $2,744,000 and 1 FTE position for

fiscal year 2001. This recommendation represents a decrease of

$1,022,000 and 9 FTE positions below fiscal year 2000. Human Resource Development was created in April 1997 by Mayoral Order

to facilitate and better manage investments in the workforce, such

as training and administrative reform initiatives. The Center for

Workforce Development, also created in 1997, manages training activities. Its mission is to develop, coordinate, and support government training throughout the District. The agency has been targeted to receive an additional $1,042,000 and 9 FTE positions in

fiscal year 2001. These additional funds are to restore reductions

in personal services and other services and charges. These funds

will be made available upon certification by the District’s Chief Financial Officer.

OFFICE OF FINANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The Committee recommends the requested $2,153,000 and 35

FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This request represents an increase of $1,375,000 and 24 FTE positions above fiscal year 2000

levels. The Office of Finance and Resource Management is responsible for collecting and paying utility and telecommunications services for District government agencies.

OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

The Office of Contracting and Procurement is responsible for improving the cost, quality, and timeliness of delivery of goods and

services by the District’s supplier base and is headed by the Chief

Procurement Officer. The Committee recommends $15,337,000 and

223 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels represent an

increase of $1,187,000 and no new FTE positions for fiscal year

2001.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

The Office of the Chief Technology Officer is responsible for providing and enforcing direction, policy, and standards to the various

government agencies regarding the procurement and implementation of technology-based solutions. The Committee recommends

$11,770,000 and 60 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels

represent an increase of $8,030,000 and 18 FTE positions above fiscal year 2000 levels.

OFFICE OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

The Office of Property Management [OPM] has primary responsibility for facility management services within the District government. OPM performs acquisition, construction, leasing, facility

management, repair and alteration, facility modernization, and security services for the tenant occupants of its facilities. The Committee recommends $8,550,000 and 63 FTE positions for fiscal year
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2001. This represents a decrease of $602,000 and 16 FTE positions

below fiscal year 2000 levels.

CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD

The Committee recommends the requested budget of $734,000

and 6 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $47,000 and no new FTE positions. The Contract Appeals

Board hears, reviews, and decides contracting disputes between the

District government and the contracting community. The Contract

Appeals Board is a quasi-judicial body authorized to hear all claims

brought by contractors against the District government arising out

of or related to a contract.

BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

The Committee recommends for fiscal year 2001 the requested budget of $3,250,000 and 50 FTE positions. This represents an increase of $12,000 and no new FTE positions. The Board of Elections and Ethics is charged with administering and enforcing the

election laws of the District of Columbia.

OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE

The Committee recommends $1,209,000 and 15 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $231,000 and no

new FTE positions. The Office of Campaign Finance is responsible

for independently administering and enforcing District laws pertaining to the financial disclosure process and the conduct of political campaigns and candidates, lobbyists, public officials, and political committees.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD

The Committee recommends $652,000 and 4 FTE positions in fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $20,000 and no new

FTE positions. The Public Employees Relations Board is responsible for the impartial resolution of labor-management disputes in

the District government.

OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALS

The Committee recommends $1,434,000 and 15 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001, to be derived from general revenues. This reflects

an increase of $97,000 and no new FTE positions. This office is responsible for adjudicating appeals in which District employees have

challenged decisions regarding adverse actions, reductions in force,

grievances, performance evaluations, classification of positions, erroneous employee overpayments, and issues of privacy and records

management.

METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

The Committee recommends $367,000 for fiscal year 2001, representing no change from the fiscal year 2000 level. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments provides a forum for the

cooperative resolution of regional issues such as substance abuse,

traffic congestion, public safety, inadequate housing, and air and

water pollution.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

The Committee recommends $12,399,000 and 105 FTE positions

in fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of $5,572,000

and 45 FTE positions above fiscal year 2000 levels. These increases

are due to programmatic enhancements such as the expansion of

a Medicaid Fraud Unit and an additional 21 FTE to strengthen the

audit, inspection and investigative functions of the agency. The Office of the Inspector General is responsible for the prevention and

detection of fraud, abuse, waste, and mismanagement in the programs and operations of the District government.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

The Committee recommends $75,683,000 and 956 FTE positions

for fiscal year 2001. This reflects an increase of $551,000 and a decrease of 9 FTE positions over the fiscal year 2000 levels. Through

comprehensive financial management, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer [OCFO] is responsible for bringing fiscal stability,

accountability, and integrity to the District government to support

public services and restore stakeholder confidence in the government of the District of Columbia.

The Committee recommendation represents the consolidated

budget for all divisions in the OCFO: (1) Executive Direction; (2)

Office of Budget and Planning; (3) Office of Grants Management

and Development; (4) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (5) Office of Financial Operations and Systems; (6) Office of Finance and

Treasury; and (7) Office of Tax and Revenue.

Executive Direction includes the immediate office of the CFO and

offices providing communications, legal, procurement, personnel

and financial management support for the District’s core financial

operation and to the financial operations of the District’s program

agencies.

The Office of Budget and Planning serves as executive advisor on

the budget for the District of Columbia. It prepares, monitors, analyzes, and executes the District’s budget and financial plan, including operating funds, capital funds, and enterprise funds.

The Office of Grants Management and Development is the certified State agency for receiving Federal grants. It is responsible for

obtaining and administering the maximum amount of Federal,

foundation, and corporate resources to support the policies and programs of the District government.

The Office of the Chief Information Officer is responsible for the

development and maintenance of Districtwide financial systems.

The office is the implementing agency for the new financial management system and is responsible for the integration and planning

of financial management operations and systems.

The Office of Financial Operations and Systems maintains financial data integrity and provides a stable and disciplined processing

environment to generate accurate and consistent information to the

stakeholders of the District of Columbia.

The Office of Finance and Treasury is responsible for the management of the District’s assets and liabilities.

The Office of Tax and Revenue is responsible for ensuring the effective administration and enforcement of the District’s business,
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income, excise, and real property tax laws. The office initiates tax

compliance and collections efforts, processes taxpayers’ returns and

refunds, and provides tax-related assistance and information for

District residents.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION

The Committee recommends a total of $205,638,000 for fiscal

year 2001, of which $15,000,000 will be collected from business improvement district tax revenue.

Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency or department:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved F

Business Services and Economic Development ..... $22,515,000 $26,753,000 ......................... $26,753,000 $26,753,000 ......................... $26,753,000 $4,238,000 ..Office of Zoning ...................................................... 1,275,000 1,763,000 ......................... 1,763,000 1,763,000 ......................... 1,763,000 488,000 ..Department of Housing and Community Development ................................................................... 57,939,000 48,273,000 ......................... 48,273,000 48,273,000 ......................... 48,273,000 (9,666,000) ..Department of Employment Services ..................... 63,690,000 80,812,000 ......................... 80,812,000 80,812,000 ......................... 80,812,000 17,122,000 ..Board of Appeals and Review ................................ 240,000 244,000 ......................... 244,000 244,000 ......................... 244,000 4,000 ..Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals ................................................................... 291,000 300,000 ......................... 300,000 300,000 ......................... 300,000 9,000 ..Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs .. 28,625,000 28,013,000 ($1,500,000) 26,513,000 28,013,000 ($1,500,000) 26,513,000 (612,000) ..Office of Banking and Financial Institutions ......... 870,000 1,869,000 ......................... 1,869,000 1,869,000 ......................... 1,869,000 999,000 ..Public Service Commission ..................................... 5,327,000 5,678,000 ......................... 5,678,000 5,678,000 ......................... 5,678,000 351,000 ..Office of the People’s Counsel ............................... 2,823,000 3,020,000 ......................... 3,020,000 3,020,000 ......................... 3,020,000 197,000 ..Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation ..................................................................... 6,990,000 7,359,000 ......................... 7,359,000 7,359,000 ......................... 7,359,000 369,000 ..Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications .................................................................... 2,886,000 3,571,000 (517,000) 3,054,000 3,571,000 (517,000) 3,054,000 685,000 ..

Total, Economic Development and Regulation ..................................................... 193,471,000 207,655,000 (2,017,000) 205,638,000 207,655,000 (2,017,000) 205,638,000 14,184,000 ..
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BUSINESS SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The Committee recommends $26,753,000 and 97 FTE positions

for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Business Services and

Economic Development. These levels represent an increase of

$4,238,000 and 42 FTE positions over fiscal year 2000. The department is responsible for facilitating the creation and growth of

wealth in the District of Columbia and the expansion of its revenue

base by developing and implementing programs and policies for the

retention, expansion, and attraction of commerce and trade; and

developing and maintaining stable, diverse and attractive neighborhoods throughout the District. This department is comprised of

three major programs: Office of Economic Development/Office of

Motion Picture and Television Development, Office of Planning,

and Office of Local Business Development.

OFFICE OF ZONING

The Committee recommends $1,763,000 and 16 FTE positions in fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $488,000 and no

new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000. The Office of Zoning provides professional, technical, and administrative staff support to the Zoning Commission and the Board of Zoning Adjustment in the maintenance and regulation of the zoning process in

the District of Columbia.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The Committee recommends $48,273,000 and 144 FTE positions

for the Department of Housing and Community Development

[DHCD]. These levels represent a decrease of $8,466,000 and an increase of 12 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000. The

DHCD is responsible for: (1) promoting economic development initiatives; (2) creating and maintaining stable and viable mixed income neighborhoods; (3) maintaining and expanding the city’s tax

base; and (4) encouraging self-sufficiency in its housing programs

and policies, for the benefit of District residents, by leveraging public dollars for private funding and resources.

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

The Committee recommends $80,812,000 and 650 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $17,122,000 and

14 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Department of Employment Services provides opportunities for citizens to

prepare for, find, and maintain gainful employment; provides income maintenance to mitigate the effects of unemployment; and ensures the quality of working conditions for wage earners by protecting their health, safety, rights, and benefits.

BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW

The Committee recommends $244,000, to be derived from general

revenues, and 3 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of $4,000 and no new FTE positions over fiscal

year 2000. The Board of Appeals and Review adjudicates appeals

by citizens and medical facilities against decisions rendered by District agencies.
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BOARD OF REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS AND APPEALS

The Committee recommends $300,000, to be derived from general

revenues, and 3 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of $9,000 over fiscal year 2000. The Board is

responsible for ensuring that real property in the District is assessed at 100 percent of its estimated market value and at rates

equal to similar properties.

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

The Committee recommends $26,513,000 and 403 FTE positions

for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect a decrease of $612,000 and

an increase of 20 FTE positions over fiscal year 2000. The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is charged with protecting the health, safety, and welfare of District residents by regulating business activities, land and building use, occupational and

professional conduct and standards, rental housing and condominiums, and the physical environment of the District.

OFFICE OF BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

The Committee recommends $1,869,000 in funding and 20 FTE

positions for the Office of Banking and Financial Institutions

[OBFI] for fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of

$999,000 and 10 FTE positions over the fiscal year 2000 levels. The

OBFI is responsible for regulating and promoting a climate in

which financial institutions will organize to do business in the District of Columbia, contribute to the economic development of the

District through the increased availability of capital and credit, and

expand advantageous financial services to the public in a nondiscriminatory manner.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

The Committee recommends $5,678,000 and 58 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $351,000 and no

new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The commission is responsible for serving the public interest by ensuring

that utilities provide safe, reliable, and quality service at reasonable rates for District of Columbia residential, business, and government ratepayers.

OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE’S COUNSEL

The Committee recommends $3,020,000 and 28 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $197,000 and no

new FTE positions above the fiscal year 2000 levels. The Office of

the People’s Counsel acts as an advocate on behalf of District of Columbia consumers of natural gas, electric, and telephone services

in all matters affecting rates or service. The office is authorized to

represent no-fault automobile insurance consumers if the commissioner holds rate hearings.

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND SECURITIES REGULATION

The Committee recommends $7,359,000 and 89 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of $369,000 and
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no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation is responsible for

implementing and enforcing laws and regulations governing the insurance and securities industry in the District.

OFFICE OF CABLE TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The Committee recommends $3,054,000 and 14 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001 for the Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications [OCTT]. This represents an increase of $604,000

and no new FTE positions over fiscal year 2000 levels. The OCTT

protects, promotes, and advocates the public interest in cable television and telecommunications within the District of Columbia;

oversees and coordinates programming for the municipal channels;

and coordinates the Office of Cable Television Advisory Committee

and the interagency task force on telecommunications.

PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE

The Committee recommends a total of $762,346,000 in fiscal year

2001 for the public safety and justice activities funded in this appropriation.

A comparative summary by agency follows:
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved F

Metropolitan Police Department ............................. $305,028,000 $306,666,000 ($3,454,000) $303,212,000 $306,666,000 ($3,454,000) $303,212,000 $1,638,000 ..Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ................................................................... 111,942,000 116,596,000 ......................... 116,596,000 116,596,000 ......................... 116,596,000 4,654,000 ..Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement System ..................................................................... 39,900,000 49,000,000 ......................... 49,000,000 49,000,000 ......................... 49,000,000 9,100,000 ..Office of the Corporation Counsel .......................... 48,325,000 48,095,000 (2,130,000) 45,965,000 48,095,000 (2,130,000) 45,965,000 (230,000) ..Settlements and Judgments ................................... 26,900,000 23,450,000 ......................... 23,450,000 23,450,000 ......................... 23,450,000 (3,450,000) ..Department of Corrections ...................................... 245,877,000 213,293,000 (300,000) 212,993,000 213,293,000 (300,000) 212,993,000 (32,584,000) ..District of Columbia National Guard ...................... 1,748,000 2,326,000 ......................... 2,326,000 2,326,000 ......................... 2,326,000 578,000 ..Emergency Management Agency ............................ 2,641,000 2,978,000 ......................... 2,978,000 2,978,000 ......................... 2,978,000 337,000 ..Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure ... 143,000 169,000 ......................... 169,000 169,000 ......................... 169,000 26,000 ..Judicial Nomination Commission ............................ 85,000 90,000 ......................... 90,000 90,000 ......................... 90,000 5,000 ..Citizen Complaint Review Board ............................ 1,200,000 857,000 ......................... 857,000 857,000 ......................... 857,000 (343,000) ..Advisory Commission on Sentencing ...................... 707,000 733,000 ......................... 733,000 733,000 ......................... 733,000 26,000 ..Office of the Chief Medical Examiner .................... ........................ 3,977,000 ......................... 3,977,000 3,977,000 ......................... 3,977,000 3,977,000 ..

Total, Public Safety and Justice ............... 784,496,000 768,230,000 (5,884,000) 762,346,000 768,230,000 (5,884,000) 762,346,000 (16,266,000) ..
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METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

The Committee recommends $303,212,000 and 4,622 FTE positions for the Metropolitan Police Department [MPD] for fiscal year

2001. This represents an increase of $1,638,000 and a decrease of

24 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The MPD is

the primary law enforcement agency of the District of Columbia.

Police service areas

The Committee has a continued interest in the progress of the

Police Service Areas [PSA] in reducing crime and restoring a sense

of order on the streets and in the neighborhoods of our nation’s

Capital. The Committee again directs the MPD to report quarterly

to the Committee on the 83 PSA activities and accomplishments.

The reports should include for each PSA: (1) details on steps taken

to reduce criminal activity; (2) monthly statistics on criminal activity, classified by crime type; and (3) the number of officers assigned

to each PSA and responsibilities of each.

The Committee again directs the MPD to provide quarterly reports on PSA activities to the Committee for fiscal year 2001. The

reports should include for each PSA: (1) details on steps taken to

reduce criminal activity; (2) monthly statistics on criminal activity,

classified by crime type; and (3) the number of officers assigned to

each PSA and responsibilities of each.

Underage Drinking By College Students

The Committee is concerned about the incidents of underage

drinking in the District, particularly by college students. The Committee directs the Metropolitan Police Department [MPD] to develop an annual plan to minimize such incidents. The MPD is directed to work with each of the universities located in the District

to insure coordination for such a plan.

FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

The Committee recommends $116,596,000 and 1,948 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $4,726,000

and 120 FTE positions compared to the fiscal year 2000 levels. The

department is responsible for providing fire prevention, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services throughout the District of Columbia.

POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM

The Committee recommends $49,000,000 for the police and fire

retirement system for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase

of $9,100,000 above the fiscal year 2000 level. The police and firefighters’ retirement system provides annuity payments and other

retirement and disability benefits for the District Metropolitan Police and Fire Department retirees and survivors.

OFFICE OF CORPORATION COUNSEL

For the Office of the Corporation Counsel [OCC], the Committee

recommends $45,965,000 and 489 FTE positions for fiscal year

2001. This represents a decrease of $460,000 and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The OCC is the legal of-
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fice of the District government. It conducts all legal business for

the District of Columbia, including all suits instituted by and

against the government.

SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS

The Committee recommends $23,450,000 from general revenues

for fiscal year 2001 for the payment of settlements and judgments,

which represents a decrease of $3,450,000 below fiscal year 2000.

This special account was established for the settlement of claims

and suits and the payment of judgments in all types of tort cases

entered against the District government.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

The Committee recommends $212,993,000 and 1,815 FTE positions for the Department of Corrections [DOC] for fiscal year 2001.

These levels represent a decrease of $32,584,000 and a reduction

of 361 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000. The DOC protects the public by holding pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates in a secure setting and by increasing the probability that

those placed in its care will live law-abiding lives after their release. Toward this objective, the department provides educational

training and counseling opportunities to inmates during incarceration.

The Revitalization Act transferred responsibility for sentenced

adult felons to the Federal Government and provided for the closure of the Lorton facilities by December 31, 2001. The DOC is currently addressing organizational and management issues necessary

for the efficient and effective transition outlined in the act and is

developing a comprehensive strategic plan for the operation of the

new local jail system after the transfer of all sentenced felons.

D.C. NATIONAL GUARD

The Committee recommends $2,326,000 and 43 FTE positions for

the D.C. National Guard for fiscal year 2001. This represents an

increase of $578,000 and 13 new FTE positions compared to fiscal

year 2000. The National Guard is responsible for protecting life,

property, and the interests of the District during civil emergencies.

In addition to its more traditional public safety and military activities, the National Guard actively supports various youth programs,

economic development, and a drug-free community. It supplements

the activities of the D.C. police and other law enforcement agencies

on a daily basis.

D.C. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

The Committee recommends $2,978,000 and 39 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $337,000 and no

new FTE positions over fiscal year 2000 levels. The Office of Emergency Preparedness has the primary responsibility for directing,

administering, and coordinating 24-hour emergency assistance to

the District of Columbia.
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COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES AND TENURE

The Committee recommends $169,000 and 2 FTE positions for

the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure for fiscal year

2001. This is an increase of $26,000 and no new FTE positions. The

Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure makes determinations concerning the discipline, involuntary retirement, and reappointment of judges of the D.C. courts.

JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMISSION

The Committee recommends the full budget request of $90,000

and 1 FTE position, to be derived from general revenues, for the

Judicial Nomination Commission in fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $5,000 and no change in FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Commission is responsible for

selecting and recommending nominees to the President to fill judicial vacancies in the D.C. Court of Appeals and the Superior Court.

CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD

The Committee recommends $857,000 in local funds and 21 FTE

positions for the Citizen Complaint Review Board. This funding

level reflects a decrease of $343,000 below fiscal year 2000. The

mission of the Citizen Complaint Review Board is to provide the

public with an independent and impartial forum for the review and

resolution of complaints against officers of the Metropolitan Police

Department and Special Police officers employed by the District of

Columbia government.

ADVISORY COMMISSION ON SENTENCING

The Committee recommends $733,000 in local funds and 6 FTE

positions for the Advisory Commission on Sentencing. This level is

$26,000 below fiscal year 2000 funding. The mission of the Advisory Commission on Sentencing is to conduct a comprehensive

study on criminal sentencing practices in the District of Columbia.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER

The Committee recommends $3,977,000 and 51 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. Beginning in fiscal year 2001, the Office of the

Chief Medical Examiner [OCME] is reflected as an independent

agency. This agency was formerly part of the Department of

Health. The OCME conducts and reports on the medical investigation of all known or suspected homicides, suicides, accidental

deaths, medically unattended deaths, and deaths which constitute

a threat to the public health and safety.

PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

A total of $998,918,000 is recommended for fiscal year 2001 for

the operation of the public education system of the District of Columbia.

A comparative summary by agency follows:
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved F

District of Columbia Public Schools ....................... $717,288,000 $804,549,000 ($35,106,000) $769,443,000 $805,049,000 ($35,106,000) $769,943,000 $87,761,000 Teachers’ Retirement System ................................. 10,700,000 200,000 ......................... 200,000 200,000 ......................... 200,000 (10,500,000) ..State Education Office ............................................ ........................ 1,679,000 ......................... 1,679,000 1,679,000 ......................... 1,679,000 1,679,000 ..D.C. Resident Tuition Support ................................ 17,000,000 17,000,000 ......................... 17,000,000 17,000,000 ......................... 17,000,000 ......................... ..Public Charter Schools ........................................... 27,885,000 105,000,000 ......................... 105,000,000 105,000,000 ......................... 105,000,000 77,115,000 ..University of the District of Columbia ................... 82,024,000 86,110,000 (9,677,000) 76,433,000 86,110,000 (9,677,000) 76,433,000 4,086,000 ..Public Library .......................................................... 24,171,000 26,459,000 ......................... 26,459,000 26,459,000 ......................... 26,459,000 2,288,000 ..Commission on the Arts and Humanities .............. 2,111,000 2,241,000 (37,000) 2,204,000 2,241,000 (37,000) 2,204,000 130,000 ..

Total, Public Education System ................ 881,179,000 1,043,238,000 (44,820,000) 998,418,000 1,043,738,000 (44,820,000) 998,918,000 162,559,000 
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The Committee recommends $769,943,000 and 10,850 FTE positions for the D.C. public schools. These levels represent an increase

of $56,746,000 and 1,040 FTE positions compared to fiscal year

2000 levels. The D.C. public schools provide preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and continuing education programs

for approximately 70,677 District students.

Failure Free Reading Program

The Committee continues to be concerned about the academic

performance of the District’s school system, particularly with regard to students who have learning disabilities. The Committee

has directed the DCPS to spend $250,000 on an innovative program entitled Failure Free Reading. The program is in operation

in a number of States and has a high success rate, particularly

with students in the lowest academic percentile.

Schools Without Violence Program

The Committee continues to be concerned about the safety of students in the District of Columbia Public School [DCPS] system. The

Committee has directed the DCPS to spend $250,000 on a Schools

Without Violence program. This program is in effect in over 100

schools nationwide, including large, small, urban and rural schools

and is proving successful in all schools. The program unites students, faculty, parents and community in an attempt to transform

the fundamental character of schools.

TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM

The Committee recommends $200,000 for payment to the teachers’ retirement system. This amount reflects a decrease of

$10,500,000 below the fiscal year 2000 level. This fund provides

payments to teachers retired under the Disability and Service Retirement Program and for survivor benefits and refund payments

of retirement contributions made by teachers leaving the retirement program before attaining retirement eligibility. Under the Revitalization Act, the Federal Government assumed the District’s

pension liability for the retirement plans of the teachers, police officers, firefighters, and judges. Pursuant to the act, the Federal Government pays the future retirement, death, and a share of the disability benefits earned by those beneficiaries vested prior to June

30, 1997 (the freeze date). Benefits earned after the freeze date by

teachers, police officers, and firefighters remain the responsibility

of the District.

STATE EDUCATION OFFICE

The Committee recommends $1,679,000 and 9 FTE positions for

the State Education Office. Fiscal year 2001 is the first year of operation for the State Education Office, the mission of which is to

serve as the State authority for the District in its application for

and monitoring of Federal funds in areas that impact education

and other areas and to perform specified functions in monitoring

and assisting the District’s local education agencies. A plan will be
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developed in fiscal year 2001 by the State Education Officer to

guide the transfer of those State functions and other duties.

TUITION SUPPORT

The Committee recommends $17,000,000 and 15 FTE positions

to a program that provides resident tuition support in the District

of Columbia. The Resident Tuition Support program was established pursuant to the District of Columbia College Access Act of

1999, enacted on November 12, 1999. The program provides tuition

subsidies to District residents to cover the difference between inState and out-of-State tuition at public institutions in all 50 States.

Unlike their peers in other cities, students in the District lack a

network of State-supported colleges and the preferential admissions treatment in-State colleges provide their resident student applicants. The tuition support program will help level the playing

field for District high school graduates seeking a college education.

PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

The Committee recommends $105,000,000 for D.C. public charter

schools for fiscal year 2001. This amount represents a $77,115,000,

or 276.5 percent, increase over the fiscal year 2000 level. The fiscal

year 2001 budget provides funds for the 28 existing public charter

schools currently in operation, as well as funds associated with 8

new charters for fiscal year 2001.

A public charter school is a publicly funded school that is separate from the D.C. public schools [DCPS]. Public charter schools

are exempt from D.C. statutes, policies, rules, and regulations established for DCPS and are organized in accordance with the D.C.

Nonprofit Corporation Act. A public charter school exercises exclusive control over its educational program, expenditures, administration, personnel, and instructional methods within authorized

limitations. The Public Charter Board, composed of seven members, works in conjunction with the D.C. School Board as the eligible chartering authority for public charter schools.

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Committee recommends $76,433,000 and 816 FTE positions

for the University of the District of Columbia [UDC] for fiscal year

2001. These levels reflect an increase of $4,086,000 and a decrease

of 121 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. UDC is

a public comprehensive university, federally chartered as a landgrant institution.

D.C. PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Committee recommends $26,459,000 and 432 FTE positions

for the D.C. Public Library [DCPL] for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of $2,288,000 and 24 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The DCPL was created to furnish

books and other printed materials to meet the educational, cultural, and recreational needs of adults and children in the community, and to provide free access to these materials and services in

a manner convenient to all residents. The Public Library system

comprises a main library (Martin Luther King Memorial Library),
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26 neighborhood facilities and 2 specialized bookmobiles. Special

services are provided for the deaf, the homebound, the blind, the

physically handicapped, seniors, low-level adult readers, and adult

basic education learners.

COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

The Committee recommends a total of $2,204,000 and 9 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of

$93,000 and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000.

The Commission on the Arts and Humanities is responsible for acting on matters relating to the arts and by providing funds, services,

and information to artists, art organizations, educational institutions, community organizations, government agencies, and the District community at large.

HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES

The Committee recommends a total of $1,532,704,000 for fiscal

year 2001 for the operation of the human support services of the

District of Columbia.

A comparative summary follows:
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved Fis

Department of Human Services ........................... $395,344,000 $386,570,000 ($1,730,000) $384,840,000 $387,070,000 ($1,730,000) $385,340,000 ($8,274,000) Department of Health ........................................... 1,004,296,000 1,015,282,000 (401,000) 1,014,881,000 1,015,282,000 (401,000) 1,014,881,000 10,986,000 ...Department of Parks and Recreation ................... 30,150,000 32,914,000 (4,059,000) 28,855,000 32,914,000 (4,059,000) 28,855,000 2,764,000 ...Office on Aging ..................................................... 19,264,000 19,397,000 (266,000) 19,131,000 19,397,000 (266,000) 19,131,000 133,000 ...Public Benefit Corporation Subsidy ...................... 44,435,000 45,313,000 ......................... 45,313,000 45,313,000 ......................... 45,313,000 878,000 ...Unemployment Compensation Fund ..................... 7,200,000 6,199,000 ......................... 6,199,000 6,199,000 ......................... 6,199,000 (1,001,000) ...Disability Compensation Fund .............................. 25,250,000 25,936,000 (100,000) 25,836,000 25,936,000 (100,000) 25,836,000 686,000 ...Office of Human Rights ........................................ 1,221,000 1,407,000 ......................... 1,407,000 1,407,000 ......................... 1,407,000 186,000 ...Office on Latino Affairs ........................................ 910,000 912,000 (30,000) 882,000 912,000 (30,000) 882,000 2,000 ...D.C. Energy Office ................................................. 4,859,000 4,860,000 ......................... 4,860,000 4,860,000 ......................... 4,860,000 4,859,000 ...Brownfield Remediation ........................................ ........................ 10,000,000 ......................... 10,000,000 ........................ ......................... ........................ ......................... 

Total, Human Support Services .............. 1,532,929,000 1,548,790,000 (6,586,000) 1,542,204,000 1,539,290,000 (6,586,000) 1,532,704,000 6,361,000 
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

The Committee recommends a total of $385,340,000 and 2,030

FTE positions for the Department of Human Services [DHS] for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect a decrease of $8,351,000 and an

increase of 76 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels.

The DHS is responsible for setting policy and administering delivery of social and mental health services; implementation and administration of the District’s program under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; and implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.

Covenant House

The Committee has provided $500,000 to aid in the construction

of Covenant House’s new Community Service Center, under DHS

located east of the Anacostia River. It is serving youth with a high

drop-out rate and high teen pregnancy rate. The new Center will

provide a child care center, a parent training center, a computer

learning lab, and a host of other youth oriented activities that are

designed to help at-risk youth. The current Covenent House has already served several thousand youths. The new center will enable

Covenant House to serve an even greater number.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

The Committee recommends a total of $1,014,881,000 and 1,236

FTE positions for the Department of Health [DOH]. These levels

represent an increase of $10,768,000 and 131 FTE positions over

fiscal year 2000 levels. The DOH is responsible for delivering

health care services, implementing and administering the District’s

health insurance programs, and safeguarding public health within

the District.

DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS

The Committee recommends the sum of $28,855,000 and 597

FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels represent an increase of $2,659,000 and 101 FTE positions compared to fiscal year

2000 levels. The department develops and provides leisure services

to residents of and visitors to the District of Columbia by maintaining the District’s parks and recreation facilities.

D.C. OFFICE ON AGING

The fiscal year 2001 recommendation for the D.C. Office on

Aging is $19,131,000 and 23 FTE positions. This level reflects an

increase of $515,000 and no change in FTE positions compared to

fiscal year 2000 levels. The Office on Aging is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive and coordinated system

of health, education, employment, and social services for the District’s citizens who are 60 years of age and older.

PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION SUBSIDY

The Committee recommends $45,313,000 as a subsidy to the

Public Benefit Corporation for fiscal year 2001 to provide financing

support for the Public Benefit Corporation’s uncompensated health
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care and service delivery to the District. This level is an increase

of $878,000 above the funding level for fiscal year 2000.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND

The Committee recommends $6,199,000 for fiscal year 2001. This

level represents a decrease of $1,001,000 below the fiscal year 2000

budget. The unemployment compensation fund is a statutory program established to provide unemployment compensation to former

District government employees during periods of unemployment

that are a result of separation through no fault of their own.

DISABILITY COMPENSATION FUND

The Committee recommends $25,836,000 for the disability compensation fund for fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of $686,000 over the fiscal year 2000 budget. The disability

compensation fund provides District government employees injured

on the job with workers’ compensation, including medical care, vocational rehabilitation, compensation for lost wages, and survivor

benefits.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

The Committee recommends $1,407,000 and 20 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of $186,000 and

4 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The office is

charged with investigating complaints of discriminatory practices

in employment, housing and commercial space, places of public accommodation, and educational institutions for the private sector as

well as in employment for all District government employees.

OFFICE OF LATINO AFFAIRS

The Committee recommends $882,000 and 4 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of $2,000 and no

new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The agency

is responsible for ensuring that a full range of education, employment, health, and social services are available to the Latino community in the District of Columbia.

D.C. ENERGY OFFICE

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,860,000 and

19 FTE positions for the Energy Office in fiscal year 2001. These

levels represent an increase of $1,000 and no new FTE positions

compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The office prepares energy

plans, identifies energy issues, prepares energy supply and demand

forecasts, develops energy emergency contingency plans, provides

financial assistance to low-income customers, and participates in

various proceedings before the District’s Public Service Commission

and the Council of the District of Columbia.

PUBLIC WORKS

The Committee recommends a total of $278,242,000 for the activities to be funded under this account during fiscal year 2001.

A comparative summary by agency follows:
PUBLIC WORKS

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved F

Department of Public Works ................................... $125,081,000 $128,292,000 ($19,703,000) $108,589,000 $128,292,000 ($19,703,000) $108,589,000 $3,211,000 ..Department of Motor Vehicles ................................ 25,903,000 27,825,000 ......................... 27,825,000 27,825,000 ......................... 27,825,000 1,922,000 ..Taxicab Commission ............................................... 730,000 673,000 ......................... 673,000 673,000 ......................... 673,000 (57,000) ..Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission ..................................................................... 81,000 82,000 ......................... 82,000 82,000 ......................... 82,000 1,000 ..Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

(Metro) ................................................................ 135,532,000 138,073,000 ......................... 138,073,000 138,073,000 ......................... 138,073,000 2,541,000 ..

School Transit Subsidy ........................................... 3,450,000 3,000,000 ......................... 3,000,000 3,000,000 ......................... 3,000,000 (450,000) ..

Total, Public Works .................................... 290,777,000 297,945,000 (19,703,000) 278,242,000 297,945,000 (19,703,000) 278,242,000 7,168,000 ..
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

The Committee recommends $108,589,000 and 1,515 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of

$2,380,000 and 410 FTE positions from fiscal year 2000 levels. The

Department of Public Works is responsible for maintaining the District’s physical infrastructure, collecting and disposing of solid

waste, and maintaining all of the District’s vehicles and equipment

except those of the departments of police, fire, public schools, and

corrections.

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

The Committee recommends $27,825,000 and 334 FTE positions

for the Department of Motor Vehicles [DMV]. This level represents

an increase of $2,432,000 and 77 FTE positions over fiscal year

2000. The DMV, created as a new agency for fiscal year 1999, is

responsible for all traffic adjudication hearings, traffic adjudication

processing, vehicle inspection, and vehicle registration and driver

testing. The mission of the DMV is to improve the District’s economic competitiveness and quality of life by fostering the safe operation of motor vehicles on the District’s streets in accordance with

applicable laws and regulations.

D.C. TAXICAB COMMISSION

The Committee recommends $673,000 and 9 FTE positions for

fiscal year 2001. This represents a decrease of $57,000 and no new

FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The D.C. Taxicab Commission is responsible for the regulation of the public vehicle-for-hire industry in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION

The Committee recommends $82,000, to be derived from general

revenues, for fiscal year 2001. This level reflects a $1,000 increase

in funding compared to fiscal year 2000. The commission administers and carries out the delegated powers of the Washington metropolitan area regulation compact. The compact confers upon the

commission jurisdiction over the regulation of privately owned forhire passenger carriers serving the region.

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY SUBSIDY

The Committee recommends $138,073,000 for fiscal year 2001 for

the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority [WMATA]

subsidy, reflecting a $2,541,000 increase over the fiscal year 2000

level. The WMATA is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the Metrorail system, the establishment of recommended

fares, and the determination of funding sources for the various programs.

SCHOOL TRANSIT SUBSIDY

The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,

which is $450,000 less than the fiscal year 2000 level. This program provides a subsidy for reduced-fare transportation of District
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students who use Metrobus or Metrorail for educationally related

transportation.

RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS

The Committee recommends $389,528,000 for receivership programs for fiscal year 2001.

Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency or department:
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved Fis

Child and Family Services Agency ....................... $120,555,000 $168,452,000 ($1,800,000) $166,652,000 $168,452,000 ($1,800,000) $166,652,000 $47,897,000 ...Incentives for Adoption of Children ..................... 5,000,000 5,000,000 ......................... 5,000,000 ........................ ......................... ........................ (5,000,000) Commission on Mental Health Services ............... 204,422,000 210,569,000 ......................... 210,569,000 210,569,000 ......................... 210,569,000 6,147,000 ...Corrections Medical Receiver ............................... 13,300,000 12,307,000 ......................... 12,307,000 12,307,000 ......................... 12,307,000 (993,000) ...

Total, Receivership Programs ................. 343,277,000 396,328,000 (1,800,000) 394,528,000 391,328,000 (1,800,000) 389,528,000 48,051,000 
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RECEIVERSHIPS

The proposed fiscal year 2001 budget includes a separate appropriation account for three of the receiverships that are operating

D.C. government agencies. This is the second consecutive year in

which the District government has included a budget for the receiverships. Returning those receiverships to District government control is of vital importance because of the loss of control over key

governmental management and budget functions that they represent. The lack of budgetary independence is a liability for the

District because the receivers have historically claimed that they

are underfunded and demand additional resources as a requirement for improved service delivery.

To address this risk, the District government must develop a

comprehensive strategy for ensuring the timely return of the receiverships back to District control. Court orders mandate minimum service levels or timely action to remedy inadequately managed programs. These orders contribute to the District’s high fixed

expenses and limit budgeting flexibility. Providing acceptable service levels and the resulting return of these receiverships to District

government control is essential to the city’s long-term structural

fiscal recovery.

The fiscal year 2001 budget funds the receiverships at levels necessary to meet the requirements set by the courts. This requires

larger increases in local funding for these agencies than other

agencies within the government.

CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

The Committee recommends $166,652,000 and 577 FTE positions

for the Child and Family Services Agency [CFSA] receivership.

These levels represent an increase of $47,297,000 and 60 FTE positions over the fiscal year 2000 levels. The general receivership,

known as the LaShawn Foster Care Receiver, was established in

August 1995 to develop an implementation plan for required actions. The CFSA provides child welfare and child protection services pursuant to local and Federal law.

Prior to fiscal year 1999, the CFSA budget was contained within

the total budget of the Department of Human Services, although it

is operated as an independent agency. For fiscal year 2001, CFSA

is shown as a separate human services agency in an effort to determine the financial impact of the LaShawn Foster Care Receiver on

the District’s budget.

COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

The Committee recommends $210,569,000 and 2,162 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001 for the Commission on Mental Health

Services [CMHS]. This represents an increase of $6,147,000 and a

decrease of 66 FTE positions compared to the fiscal year 2000 level.

CMHS provides comprehensive mental health services to adults,

ensures the availability of mental health services to children and

youth, and provides mental health evaluation and treatment of persons referred through the criminal justice system.

On July 13, 1997, CMHS was placed into receivership because of

the District’s failure to adequately comply with the Dixon court de-
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cree, which guarantees patients the right to treatment in the least

restrictive setting and requires development of suitable treatment

alternatives to inpatient hospitalization. For fiscal year 2001,

CMHS is shown as a separate entity in an effort to determine the

financial impact of the receivership on the District’s budget.

CORRECTIONS MEDICAL RECEIVER

The Committee recommends $12,307,000 and no positions for the

Corrections Medical Receiver [CMR] for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect a decrease of $993,000 and 10 FTE positions compared

to fiscal year 2000. The receiver was appointed in August 1996 to

monitor staffing, medical, mental health, and other services at the

Central Detention Facility (D.C. Jail). For fiscal year 2001, the

CMR is shown as a separate budget item in an effort to determine

the financial impact of the receivership on the District’s budget.

During fiscal year 2000, the receiver entered into a contract with

a new medical provider for the D.C. Jail. With the new contract

medical provider, the District government expects the D.C. Jail to

transition out of receivership during fiscal year 2001.

FINANCING AND OTHER USES

The Committee recommends a total of $331,529,000 for the activities to be funded under several accounts during fiscal year 2001.

A comparative summary by agency follows:
FINANCING AND OTHER USES

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra- District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared wit

Fiscal year 2000 approved Fis

Workforce Investments ................................ $8,500,000 ........................... .................... ........................... ........................... .................... ........................... ($8,500,000) ....Buyouts and Other Management Reforms ...................................................... 18,000,000 ........................... .................... ........................... ........................... .................... ........................... (18,000,000) ....

Reserve ........................................................ 150,000,000 $150,000,000 .................... $150,000,000 ........................... .................... ........................... (150,000,000) ($Repayment of Loans and Interest .............. 328,417,000 243,238,000 .................... 243,238,000 243,238,000 .................... $243,238,000 (85,179,000) ....Repayment of General Fund Deficit ........... 38,286,000 39,300,000 .................... 39,300,000 39,300,000 .................... 39,300,000 1,014,000 ....Short-Term Borrowing ................................. 9,000,000 1,140,000 .................... 1,140,000 1,140,000 .................... 1,140,000 (7,860,000) ....Inaugural Expenses ..................................... ........................... 6,211,000 .................... 6,211,000 6,211,000 .................... 6,211,000 6,211,000 ....Certificates of Participation ....................... 7,950,000 7,950,000 .................... 7,950,000 7,950,000 .................... 7,950,000 ........................... ....Wilson Building ........................................... ........................... 8,409,000 .................... 8,409,000 8,409,000 .................... 8,409,000 8,409,000 ....Optical and Dental Insurance Payments ... 1,295,000 2,675,000 .................... 2,675,000 2,675,000 .................... 2,675,000 1,380,000 ....Productivity Bank ........................................ 20,000,000 ........................... .................... ........................... ........................... .................... ........................... (20,000,000) ....Productivity Bank Savings .......................... (20,000,000) ........................... .................... ........................... ........................... .................... ........................... 20,000,000 ....Management Supervisory Service ............... ........................... 13,200,000 .................... 13,200,000 13,200,000 .................... 13,200,000 13,200,000 ....Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer

Payment .................................................. ........................... 61,406,000 .................... 61,406,000 61,406,000 .................... 61,406,000 61,406,000 ....

Operational Improvement Savings ............. ........................... (10,000,000) .................... (10,000,000) (10,000,000) .................... (10,000,000) (10,000,000) ....Management Reform Savings .................... ........................... (37,000,000) .................... (37,000,000) (37,000,000) .................... (37,000,000) (37,000,000) ....Caferteria Plan Savings .............................. ........................... (5,000,000) .................... (5,000,000) (5,000,000) .................... (5,000,000) (5,000,000) ....

Total, Financing and Other Uses .. 561,448,000 481,529,000 .................... 481,529,000 331,529,000 .................... 331,529,000 (226,559,000) (
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RESERVE

The Committee bill includes legislative provisions requiring contingency and emergency reserve accounts to be established and

maintained by the District of Columbia government. For the past

2 years, this Committee has included language in the District’s appropriations bills that provided for a cash reserve to serve as a true

‘‘rainy day’’ fund to be used only for emergency, nonrecurring expenses. Unfortunately, the Committee has been disappointed that

during fiscal year 2000 the District: (1) proposed spending the reserve funds on non-emergency, recurring programs; and (2) failed

to maintain a ready cash reserve, as anticipated by the Committee’s legislation.

The Committee has consulted with District officials in an effort

to draft reserve legislation that will prove both realistic and effective and that will become a permanent part of the District’s cash

management policy. As a result of these consultations, the Committee has included reserve fund legislation that will assist the

District government in achieving the following goals:

—Build and maintain a contingency cash reserve fund equal to

3 percent of the District’s total budget appropriated for operating expenditures no later than October 1, 2006.

—Build and maintain an emergency cash reserve equal to 4 percent of the District’s total budget appropriated for operating

expenditures no later than October 1, 2008.

The contingency reserve fund may be spent only when the Chief

Financial Officer certifies that expenditures must be made in the

current fiscal year to protect the District’s fiscal viability and disbursements are either: (1) for non-recurring or unforeseen needs; or

(2) to cover revenue shortfalls the District experiences for cash receipts that are at least 5 percent below forecast for 3 consecutive

months (based on a 2 month rolling average).

The emergency cash reserve only may be spent in a state of

emergency as defined in either Federal law or the District of Columbia Code.

Neither the contingency nor emergency reserve funds may be

used to fund: (1) District receiverships; (2) shortfalls in projected

reductions in the District’s proposed budgets; or (3) settlements and

judgments by or against the District government. Both reserve accounts are to be kept in separate, interest-bearing accounts and

must be fully replenished at the beginning of each fiscal year.

The Committee expects that the 3 percent contingency reserve

fund and the 4 percent emergency reserve fund will be fully funded

prior to the Committee’s statutory time lines. The Committee also

expects that, commencing in fiscal year 2001, any surplus funds accrued by the District government during any fiscal year in excess

of the projected surplus for that fiscal year shall be equally divided

and deposited in the reserve funds.

REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST

The Committee recommends $243,238,000 for fiscal year 2001 for

repayment of loans and interest. This level represents a decrease

of $85,179,000 below fiscal year 2000 levels. The substantial decrease in debt service from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2001 is
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attributable to debt restructuring and the planned securitization of

the tobacco settlement proceeds to retire a portion of the District’s

long-term debt.

REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEFICIT

The Committee recommends the request of $39,300,000 for fiscal

year 2001 for repayment of general fund recovery debt. This level

represents an increase of $1,014,000 over fiscal year 2000. The anticipated final repayment of the General Fund Deficit bonds will

occur in fiscal year 2003.

The General Fund Recovery Debt represents the debt service associated with the financing of the District’s $331,600,000 accumulated deficit at the end of fiscal year 1990. The projected fiscal year

2001 debt service for the series 1991 B Bonds is $39,300,000. This

debt service is distinct from the debt service reflected in Repayment of Loans and Interest, which is associated with financing the

capital improvement program. The $1,014,000 increase is based on

projected interest costs associated with these variable-rate bonds

due to market conditions and to letter of credit facility fees for

these bonds previously reflected in the Repayment of Loans and Interest budget.

SHORT-TERM BORROWING

The Committee recommends $1,140,000 in fiscal year 2001 for

the payment of interest and other costs associated with District

borrowings to meet short-term, seasonal cash needs. This level is

$7,860,000 below the fiscal year 2000 amount and is based on improved cash management and anticipated fiscal year 2001 cash

flow requirements.

INAUGURAL EXPENSES

The Committee recommends $6,211,000 in Federal funds as reimbursement to the District for the anticipated costs that will be

incurred by the District during the 2001 Presidential Inauguration.

In accordance with Section 737(b) of Public Law 93–198, the District will be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in relation

to assemblages, marches, and other demonstrations in the District,

which relate primarily to the Federal Government.

CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION

The Committee recommends $7,950,000 for the certificates of

participation for fiscal year 2001. This level is identical to fiscal

year 2000. This appropriation funds the semiannual lease payments due on the One Judiciary Square Building.

WILSON BUILDING

The Committee recommends $8,409,000 in local funds for the annual costs due on the John A. Wilson Building. The proposed fiscal

year 2001 operating budget includes the scheduled lease payments,

along with the projected security costs. The D.C. Council, the Mayor’s Office and several other District agencies will occupy the Wilson Building during the first quarter of fiscal year 2001.
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OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS

The Committee recommends $2,675,000 in local funds for the Optical and Dental Benefits program. This level represents a

$1,380,000 increase over the fiscal year 2000 level. The program

provides optical and dental care benefits for non-union District government employees and their dependents.

MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORY SERVICE

The Committee recommends $13,200,000 in local funds for Management Supervisory Service [MSS] for fiscal year 2001. The MSS

budget includes funding for a pay increase of approximately 19 percent to certain managers and supervisors who will be transferred

to this new classification. Managers under this classification serve

‘‘at-will’’ and are subject to termination upon 15 days advance notice. Such managers do not have the right to appeal their termination. The District’s leadership believes this new classification

will allow it to hire the best managers, and, if necessary, terminate

ineffective managers.

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND TRANSFER PAYMENT

The Committee recommends a transfer of $61,406,000 in local

funds to the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund. The purpose of this

payment is to provide funding for the Tobacco Settlement Trust

Fund, which will fund program and financial investments.

In November 1998, the District of Columbia and 46 states and

various jurisdictions signed a Master Settlement Agreement with

the tobacco industry, ending a 4-year battle over treatment costs

incurred for smoking-related illnesses. Under this settlement, the

tobacco companies are scheduled to pay $253,000,000,000 over a

25-year or longer period. The receiving governments may use the

funds for any purpose, including securing the issuance of revenue

bonds.

The District government created the Tobacco Settlement Trust

Fund (D.C. Law 13–38) to manage the District’s portion of this settlement. In fiscal year 2001, the District plans to securitize the settlement payments in exchange for one lump sum payment that will

then be used to pay existing debt, thereby creating relief from the

debt service payments associated with that debt. The $61,406,000

represents the amount of debt service that the District expects to

save as a result of this transaction.

OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT SAVINGS

The District’s proposed budget recommends $10,000,000 to be derived from Operational Improvement Savings. In fiscal year 2001,

a new Operational Improvement Division [OID] will be created in

the Office of the City Administrator to improve operations in agencies and the delivery of services. As a result of achieving operational improvements, OID expects to generate $10,000,000 in savings.

The Committee neither recommends nor objects to the Operational Improvement Savings line item in the District’s budget.

While the goal of OID is laudable, the District has demonstrated
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little success in producing verifiable savings in categories that it

has calculated into its annual budget submissions. So that the District government and Congress can monitor the success of Operational Improvements Savings, the Committee directs the District’s

Chief Financial Officer to submit quarterly reports to the Mayor,

District Council, the Authority, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The first report

is due on January 15, 2001. The report should identify the source

of savings by department or agency and program. In addition, the

report should specify whether the savings are the result of a reduction in operational costs on an aggregate basis, a reduction of unit

costs of operations, the streamlining of staffing patterns, the reduction of contract costs, or any other sources of savings or increased

revenues.

MANAGEMENT REFORM SAVINGS

The District’s proposed budget recommends $37,000,000 in management reform savings for fiscal year 2001. The projected savings

amount represents a $30,000,000 increase over the fiscal year 2000

level of $7,000,000. The District government expects to achieve

these savings by eliminating up to 1,000 vacant full-time equivalent [FTE] positions. In order to ensure that savings are achieved

in fiscal year 2001, the process will be completed by the end of fiscal year 2000.

The District plans to create vacancies as a result of retirements

and by vacancies currently existing throughout the government.

Within selected District agencies, retirement incentives will be

made available to employees. In agencies under the authority of

the Mayor, there are approximately 3,000 employees who will be eligible for regular retirement or early-out retirement by September

30, 2000. In addition, it is estimated that approximately 1,000 locally-funded vacancies exist throughout the District government.

The Committee commends the District government for its goal of

$37,000,000 in management reform savings and will closely monitor the District government’s ability to meet its target of eliminating up to 1,000 FTE positions by September 30, 2000. The Committee directs the District’s Chief Financial Officer to provide the

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives with a detailed accounting of the elimination of all

FTE positions by October 31, 2000. The accounting should verify

whether the position was eliminated by retirement or by the elimination of a vacant position and identify the position by job title,

agency or department, and salary.

CAFETERIA PLAN SAVINGS

The District’s proposed budget includes $5,000,000 in anticipated

savings with the implementation of Internal Revenue Service [IRS]

Section 125, allowing the pre-tax treatment of selected employee

benefits.

During fiscal year 2001, the District government will institute a

Cafeteria Plan benefits program, pending the certification of funds

by the Chief Financial Officer. Pursuant to IRS Section 125, the

District will implement a Cafeteria Plan benefits program for the
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pre-tax treatment of health insurance premiums, offer pre-tax

funded flexible medical spending accounts and pre-tax funded dependent care accounts.

ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

The Committee recommends $654,056,000 for enterprise funds

for fiscal year 2001.

Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency or department:
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

Agency/activity Fiscal year 2000 approved Fiscal year 2001 request Intra-District Fiscal year 2001 request less intra-District Committee rec- ommendation Intra-District Committee rec- ommendation less intra-District Bill compared w

Fiscal year 2000 approved F

Water and Sewer Authority ..................................... $236,075,000 $230,614,000 ......................... $230,614,000 $230,614,000 ......................... $230,614,000 ($5,461,000) ..Washington Aqueduct ............................................. 43,533,000 45,091,000 ......................... 45,091,000 45,091,000 ......................... 45,091,000 1,558,000 ..

Total, Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund .. 279,608,000 275,705,000 ......................... 275,705,000 275,705,000 ......................... 275,705,000 (3,903,000) ..

Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board ........ 234,400,000 223,200,000 ......................... 223,200,000 223,200,000 ......................... 223,200,000 (11,200,000) ..Sports and Entertainment Commission .................. 10,846,000 10,968,000 ......................... 10,968,000 10,968,000 ......................... 10,968,000 122,000 ..Public Benefit Corporation ...................................... 155,335,000 149,659,000 ($71,424,000) 78,235,000 149,659,000 ($71,424,000) 78,235,000 (5,676,000) ..Retirement Board .................................................... 9,892,000 11,414,000 ......................... 11,414,000 11,414,000 ......................... 11,414,000 1,522,000 ..Correctional Industries Fund .................................. 5,660,000 5,428,000 (3,620,000) 1,808,000 5,428,000 (3,620,000) 1,808,000 (232,000) ..Washington Convention Center Authority ............... 50,226,000 52,726,000 ......................... 52,726,000 52,726,000 ......................... 52,726,000 2,500,000 ..

Total, Enterprise Funds ............................. 745,967,000 729,100,000 (75,044,000) 654,056,000 729,100,000 (75,044,000) 654,056,000 (16,867,000) ..
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WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT

The Committee recommends a total of $275,705,000, of which

$230,614,000 is for the Water and Sewer Authority [WASA] and

$45,091,000 is for the Washington Aqueduct for fiscal year 2001.

This represents a decrease of $5,461,000 for WASA from fiscal year

2000 levels and an increase of $1,558,000 over the fiscal year 2000

level for the Washington Aqueduct.

The WASA is responsible for providing retail water service to the

District of Columbia and limited water service to portions of the

surrounding metropolitan area. It is also responsible for providing

retail wastewater collection and treatment service to portions of

certain outlying areas.

The Washington Aqueduct collects, purifies, and pumps potable

water for the District of Columbia, Arlington County, and the city

of Falls Church, VA. Funding for the Washington Aqueduct comes

from the Water and Sewer Authority.

LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUNDS

The Committee recommends $223,200,000 and 100 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents a decrease of $11,200,000 and

no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Lottery and Charitable Games Board administers the legalized lotteries and online numbers games, and protects the public against

fraud and deception through the regulation of lottery and charitable gaming activities in the District of Columbia.

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION

The Committee recommends $10,968,000 to be derived from the

operations of the commission for fiscal year 2001. This represents

an increase of $122,000 above fiscal year 2000 levels. The commission manages the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium and the

secondary use of the D.C. National Guard Armory to provide suitable facilities for athletic events, conventions, trade shows, and

concerts.

D.C. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION

The Committee recommends $78,235,000 for the Public Benefit

Corporation [PBC]. This represents a decrease of $10,773,000 from

fiscal year 2000 levels. The PBC is responsible for delivering comprehensive high quality, cost effective and timely medical care,

with a special community commitment to ensuring care for the District’s underserved and indigent.

The PBC operates D.C. General Hospital and several community

health centers in the District. The PBC provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic, preventive and rehabilitative services.

D.C. RETIREMENT BOARD

The Committee recommends $11,414,000 and 14 FTE positions

for the operations of the D.C. Retirement Board (the Board) for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $1,522,000 and 1 new

FTE position compared to fiscal year 2000. The Board invests, con-
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trols, and manages the assets of the D.C. teachers’ retirement fund,

the D.C. police officers’ and firefighters’ retirement fund.

CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND

The Committee recommends $1,808,000 and 12 FTE positions for

correctional industries in fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of 4 FTE positions above fiscal year 2000. Correctional industries is responsible for rehabilitating the inmates of the D.C.

Department of Corrections [DOC] by equipping them with the

skills to earn a livelihood after release from the institution. The

agency’s inmate labor force is decreasing due to the transfer of

DOC inmates to federal and contract facilities.

WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY

The Committee recommends $52,726,000 for fiscal year 2001, an

increase of $2,500,000 above the fiscal year 2000 level. The Washington Convention Center Authority serves as a public enterprise

fund to expand the District’s tax base by promoting and hosting

large national and international conventions and trade shows.

CAPITAL OUTLAY

The Committee recommends $1,162,799,000 for capital projects

in fiscal year 2001, including $751,579,000 from local funds,

$204,049,000 in Federal grants, $66,446,000 from the District’s

transportation highway trust fund and $140,725,000 from the

water and sewer funds.

Committee recommendations under Department of Corrections

and Department of Public Works reflect changes requested by District government in a letter to the Committee dated July 11, 2000

from Otis E. Williams, Deputy Chief Financial Officer.

Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency or department:

Fiscal year 2001–

2006 estimate

Committee recommendation for

fiscal year 2001–

2006

Office of Personnel: Human Resource Information System, Benefits

Management System ......................................................................... $8,000,000 $8,000,000

Office of the Chief Technology Officer:

District Reporting System:

D.C. Wide Area Network ............................................................ 6,507,000 6,507,000

Geographic Information System ........................................... 6,000,000 6,000,000

Telecommunication ............................................................... 2,600,000 2,600,000

MPD Distributed Prisoner Booking ....................................... 2,400,000 2,400,000

Tech City:

Unified Communication Centers .......................................... 20,850,000 20,850,000

IT Infrastructure Implementation ......................................... 11,700,000 11,700,000

Data Warehousing ................................................................ 13,610,000 13,610,000

E-Government ....................................................................... 11,200,000 11,200,000

Data Center Consolidation ................................................... 10,300,000 10,300,000

SHARE Facility Upgrade ....................................................... 1,100,000 1,100,000
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Fiscal year 2001–

2006 estimate

Committee recommendation for

fiscal year 2001–

2006

Total, Office of the Chief Technology Officer .................. 86,267,000 86,267,000

Office of Property Management:

Upgrade HVAC System, Reeves Municipal Center ........................ 1,875,000 1,875,000

Asbestos Abatement ...................................................................... 2,000,000 2,000,000

Renovation Old Juvenile Court Building ....................................... 3,700,000 3,700,000

Government Centers:

Improve Property Management ITS ...................................... 14,000,000 14,000,000

Petworth/Georgia Avenue DMV Facility ................................ 2,100,000 2,100,000

Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road Metro ...................... 4,900,000 4,900,000

Electronic Security Standards and Intergration .................. 5,310,000 5,310,000

Energy Conservation ............................................................. ¥1,000,000 ¥1,000,000

Total, Office of Property Management ............................ 32,885,000 32,885,000

Board of Elections and Ethics: Voting Tabulation System ................... 1,000,000 1,000,000

Office of the Chief Financial Officer:

Facility Improvements:

E Street Facility Upgrade ..................................................... 5,000,000 5,000,000

Payroll/Personnel System ..................................................... 1,500,000 1,500,000

Financial Systems Integration ............................................. 2,000,000 2,000,000

Total, Office of Property Management ............................ 8,500,000 8,500,000

Office of Business and Economic Development:

Banking Database System ............................................................ 500,000 500,000

Neighborhood Revitalization:

Columbia Heights ................................................................. 2,000,000 2,000,000

Georgia Avenue/Shaw ........................................................... 6,000,000 6,000,000

Vacant Property Revitalization ...................................................... 21,300,000 21,300,000

Total, Office of Business and Economic Development ............ 29,800,000 29,800,000

Department of Housing and Community Development: Affordable

Housing Acquisitions ......................................................................... 20,000,000 20,000,000

Metropolitan Police Department:

Base Building Renovation ............................................................. ¥17,000,000 ¥17,000,000

Mission Critical Helicopter ............................................................ 2,000,000 2,000,000

Information Technology Initiatives ................................................ 12,000,000 12,000,000

Central Cellblock ........................................................................... ¥2,215,000 ¥2,215,000

Renovate Holding Cells ................................................................. ¥213,000 ¥213,000

Property Streamlining:

Fleet Facility ......................................................................... 7,980,000 7,980,000

Property Warehouse .............................................................. 3,000,000 3,000,000

Special Operation Division Facility ...................................... 5,000,000 5,000,000

Total, Metropolitan Police Department ............................ 10,552,000 10,552,000

Fire and Emergency Medical Services:

Apparatus Replacement ................................................................ 4,300,000 4,300,000

Engine 20 Replacement ................................................................ 1,484,000 1,484,000

Emergency Generator Installed at all Facilities ........................... 1,000,000 1,000,000

Fire Training Simulator ................................................................. 824,000 824,000
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Fiscal year 2001–

2006 estimate

Committee recommendation for

fiscal year 2001–

2006

Total, Fire and Emergency Medical Services ........................... 7,608,000 7,608,000

Department of Corrections:

General Renovations:

Renovation of Cell Doors and Motors .................................. 6,388,000 8,378,000

Upgrade Fire Alarm and Sprinkler System .......................... 1,716,000 1,716,000

Upgrade Central Security Electronics .................................. 742,000 742,000

General Improvements:

Lighting Upgrade ................................................................. 1,646,000 1,646,000

Plumbing Upgrades in Housing Area .................................. 3,590,000 1,795,000

Installation of Hotwater System .......................................... 2,206,000 1,103,000

HVAC Replacement ............................................................... 14,000,000 7,000,000

Total, Department of Corrections .................................... 30,288,000 22,380,000

Public Schools:

General Improvements:

Roof Replacement ................................................................ 7,000,000 7,000,000

Boiler Replacement .............................................................. 7,193,000 7,193,000

Emergency Generators .......................................................... 99,000 99,000

HVAC Replacement ............................................................... 21,895,000 21,895,000

Underground Storage Tanks ................................................. 10,246,000 10,246,000

Window Replacement ........................................................... ¥4,500,000 ¥4,500,000

Maintenance Improvements:

Miscellaneous Asbestos ....................................................... 6,000,000 6,000,000

Electrical Modifications ........................................................ 7,052,000 7,052,000

American with Disabilities Act Compliance ........................ 4,849,000 4,849,000

Equipment Upgrade ............................................................. 2,498,000 2,498,000

Interior Finish ....................................................................... 4,500,000 4,500,000

Modernization ....................................................................... ¥9,500,000 ¥9,500,000

Emergency Projects .............................................................. 11,300,000 11,300,000

New School ........................................................................... 40,000,000 40,000,000

School Modernization:

Key Elementary ..................................................................... 1,370,000 1,370,000

Ongoing Initiatives ............................................................... 105,365,000 105,365,000

Duke Ellington School of Arts .............................................. 3,000,000 3,000,000

Total, Public Schools ....................................................... 218,367,000 218,367,000

University of the District of Columbia:

Permanent Improvements ............................................................. 1,574,000 1,574,000

Interactive Classroom ................................................................... 270,000 270,000

Arts/Science Extension .................................................................. 2,371,000 2,371,000

Renovate Academic Lab ................................................................ 12,501,000 12,501,000

Total, University of the District of Columbia ........................... 16,716,000 16,716,000

Public Library:

HVAC Renovations at Martin Luther King Library and Library

Facilities ................................................................................... 2,613,000 2,613,000

Elevator Replacement at Martin Luther King and Branch Libraries ............................................................................................. 2,750,000 2,750,000

General Improvements Various Branch Libraries ......................... 3,000,000 3,000,000

Library Information Technology Investment .................................. 3,907,000 3,907,000

Material Flow Management System .............................................. 330,000 330,000
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Fiscal year 2001–

2006 estimate

Committee recommendation for

fiscal year 2001–

2006

Vehicle Replacement ..................................................................... 647,000 647,000

Total, Public Library ................................................................. 13,247,000 13,247,000

Commission on the Arts and Humanities:

Artbank II ...................................................................................... 890,000 890,000

Neighborhood Murals .................................................................... 783,000 783,000

Community Initiatives ................................................................... 724,000 724,000

Downtown Projects ........................................................................ 595,000 595,000

Total, Commission on the Arts and Humanities ...................... 2,992,000 2,992,000

Department of Human Services:

Renovation of CCNV Shelter ......................................................... ¥5,600,000 ¥5,600,000

Dix Pavilion Renovations ............................................................... ¥29,180,000 ¥29,180,000

Renovation of Elliot Building, Forest Haven ................................. 5,381,000 5,381,000

Gayle School Renovation ............................................................... 250,000 250,000

Total, Department of Human Development .............................. ¥29,149,000 ¥29,149,000

Department of Health:

Animal Shelter ............................................................................... 690,000 690,000

STD Clinic ...................................................................................... 1,250,000 1,250,000

Immunization Program .................................................................. 1,125,000 1,125,000

Medicaid Management System ..................................................... 1,063,000 1,063,000

Capital Health Capacity, 1131 Spring Road, NW ........................ 10,000,000 10,000,000

Total, Department of Health ..................................................... 14,128,000 14,128,000

Department of Recreation and Parks:

Technology Acquisition .................................................................. 1,400,000 1,400,000

Facility Expansion:

Kennilworth Parkside Recreation Center .............................. 5,000,000 5,000,000

Fort Station Recreation Center ............................................ 2,300,000 2,300,000

Lafayette Recreation Center ................................................. 1,710,000 1,710,000

Joe Cole Recreation Center .................................................. 1,405,000 1,405,000

Hagan Cultural Center ......................................................... 1,875,000 1,875,000

Georgetown Recreation Center ............................................. 400,000 400,000

Parkview Recreation Center ................................................. 1,100,000 1,100,000

Anacostia Recreation Center ................................................ 1,300,000 1,300,000

Trinidad Recreation Center .................................................. 3,800,000 3,800,000

D.C. Wide Property Improvement ......................................... 3,200,000 3,200,000

New Construction:

New Recreation Center Emery .............................................. 5,000,000 5,000,000

New Recreation Center Kelly Miller ...................................... 6,650,000 6,650,000

New Recreation Center Randall ........................................... 4,482,000 4,482,000

New Recreation Center Girard Street ................................... 1,700,000 1,700,000

Vehicle Replacement ............................................................ 3,930,000 3,930,000

Recreation and Aquatic Center Rhode Island Avenue ........ 5,400,000 5,400,000

Recreation Complex Children’s Island ................................. 500,000 500,000

Site Renovations:

Fort Greble Recreation Center .............................................. 1,900,000 1,900,000

Park Lighting ........................................................................ 17,400,000 17,400,000

Capital East Natatorium ...................................................... 1,600,000 1,600,000

Watkins Recreation Center ................................................... 300,000 300,000
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Fiscal year 2001–

2006 estimate

Committee recommendation for

fiscal year 2001–

2006

Roper Recreation Center ...................................................... 800,000 800,000

Total, Department of Parks and Recreation ................... 73,152,000 73,152,000

Public Benefit Corporation (D.C. General Hospital):

Roof Replacement ......................................................................... 750,000 750,000

Window Replacement .................................................................... 900,000 900,000

Boiler Plant Renovation ................................................................ 1,500,000 1,500,000

PAX System ................................................................................... 1,800,000 1,800,000

Walker-Jones CHC Renovation ...................................................... 450,000 450,000

Total, Public Benefit Corporation ............................................. 5,400,000 5,400,000

Department of Public Works:

Major Equipment Acquisition:

Heavy Equipment Acquisition .............................................. 32,949,000 32,949,000

Supercan—Rat Abatement .................................................. 3,000,000 3,000,000

Facility Renovations:

Fenwich Building Renovation ............................................... 5,500,000 5,500,000

Parking Garage, West Virginia Avenue ................................ 4,000,000 4,000,000

Storage Facility, West Virginia Avenue ................................ 5,000,000 5,000,000

Tire Shop, West Virginia Avenue .......................................... 500,000 500,000

Facility Relocations ....................................................................... 15,300,000 15,300,000

Solid Waste Transfer Station, Fort Totten Transfer Station ......... 5,600,000 5,600,000

Local Street Improvements:

Project Hope Station Dwellings ............................................ 2,409,538 2,410,000

Georgetown Streetscape Renovation .................................... 9,000,000 9,000,000

Highway Trust Fund and Federal Grants:

Transportation Electrical System Improvements Fiscal Year

2001 Streetlight Replacement Contract .......................... 1,332,450 1,332,000

Streetlight System Upgrade ................................................. 4,062,850 4,062,000

Fiscal Year 2001 Electrical Systems Upgrade .................... 233,450 233,000

Highway Aid Match Fund:

Emergency Transportation Projects ...................................... 1,278,650 1,279,000

Traffic Congestion Mitigation .............................................. 775,450 775,000

Fiscal Year 2001 National Recreational Trails Program ..... 3,636,400 3,636,000

Traffic Safety Improvements:

Traffic Accident Reporting and Analysis System ................ 213,675 214,000

Pavement Skid Testing ........................................................ 344,600 345,000

Hazard Elimination ............................................................... 4,430,600 4,431,000

Railroad/Highway Crossing Safety ....................................... 127,600 128,000

Transportation Plan Review ................................................. 227,600 228,000

Review for Road and Bridge Construction Projects ............ 554,600 555,000

Highway Safety Improvement Program/Safety Management

System ............................................................................. 982,600 983,000

Streetlight and Traffic Operations Design ........................... 1,999,600 2,000,000

Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement:

Rehabilitation 22nd Street Bridge over K Street, NW ......... 2,635,320 2,636,000

K Street, NW, 21st Street to 25th Street ............................. 4,326,320 4,327,000

Rehabilitation Southern Avenue Bridge over Suitland Parkway ................................................................................... 10,723,320 10,724,000

Rehabilitation of Mall Tunnel .............................................. 28,510,320 28,511,000

City Wide Culvert Inventory .................................................. 465,320 466,000

City Wide Consultant Bridge Inspection .............................. 2,285,320 2,286,000

Rehabilitation Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge ........... 81,112,330 81,113,000
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Fiscal year 2001–

2006 estimate

Committee recommendation for

fiscal year 2001–

2006

Roadway Resurfacing:

Fiscal Year 2001 F.A. Resurfacing (NHS) ............................ 626,248 626,000

Fiscal Year 2001 F.A. Resurfacing (STP) ............................ 675,400 675,000

Fiscal Year 2001 1st F.A. Resurfacing ................................ 5,108,030 5,108,000

Fiscal Year 2001 2nd F.A. Resurfacing ............................... 2,170,000 2,170,000

Fiscal Year 2001 3rd F.A. Resurfacing ............................... 6,138,000 6,138,000

Fiscal Year 2001 4th F.A. Resurfacing ............................... 5,520,000 5,520,000

Fiscal Year 2001 5th F.A. Resurfacing ............................... 9,854,000 9,854,000

Fiscal Year 2001 6th F.A. Resurfacing ............................... 5,710,000 5,710,000

Fiscal Year 2001 7th F.A. Resurfacing ............................... 4,332,000 4,332,000

Fiscal Year 2001 1st F.A. Citywide Pavement .................... 1,466,000 1,466,000

Fiscal Year 2001 2nd F.A. Citywide Pavement ................... 1,732,000 1,732,000

Roadside Improvements: Fiscal Year 2001 Corridor Tree Improvement Plan ......................................................................... 477,250 478,000

Traffic Safety Improvements:

Branch Avenue, SE, M Street to O Street ............................ 1,211,750 1,210,000

Fiscal Year 2001 Hot Thermoplastic Pavement Marking

Contract ........................................................................... 579,500 580,000

Roadside Reconstruction:

Brentwood Road, NE, 9th Street .......................................... 3,386,450 3,387,000

First Street, NE, K Street to New York Avenue .................... 2,283,450 2,284,000

19th Street, NW, G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue ............. 883,450 884,000

Q Street NW, 14th Street to Rhode Island Avenue ............. 1,838,450 1,839,000

4th Street, SW, C Street to I Street ..................................... 3,222,450 3,223,000

Eastern Avenue, NE, Riggs Road ......................................... 2,134,450 2,135,000

5th Street, NW, Van Buren Street ........................................ 1,229,450 1,230,000

Western Avenue, NW, Brandywine Street ............................. 1,688,450 1,689,000

Fiscal Year 2001 Wheelchair/Bicycle Ramps Citywide ........ 610,450 611,000

Streetscape Improvements Central Business ...................... 8,404,450 8,405,000

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality:

Fiscal Year 2002 Integrated Ridesharing ............................ 645,150 645,000

Fiscal Year 2002 Telework Resource Center (Telecommute) ............................................................................... 364,300 364,000

Fiscal Year 2002 Commuter Operations Center .................. 1,269,150 1,269,000

Fiscal Year 2002 Employer Outreach .................................. 828,150 828,000

Fiscal Year 2002 Guaranteed Ride Home ........................... 1,250,150 1,250,000

Endzone ................................................................................ 54,300 54,000

Northeast Inspection Station ............................................... 7,024,300 7,024,000

Metrochek Pilot Demonstration Project ................................ 6,000,275 6,000,000

Federal Planning and Management Systems:

Barney Circle Replacement Projects Environment ............... 853,435 853,000

Tour Bus Facility Feasibility Analysis .................................. 341,435 341,000

Parking Inventory ................................................................. 284,436 284,000

Fiscal Year 2001 State Planning and Research Program .. 13,850,856 13,851,000

Research Development and Technology ............................... 5,400,436 5,400,000

Fiscal Year 2002 Metropolitan Planning ............................. 10,782,426 10,782,000

Total, Department of Public Works ................................. 353,747,390 353,754,000

Department of Motor Vehicles: DMV Information Technology ............... 16,575,000 16,575,000

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:

Metrobus ........................................................................................ 23,700,000 23,700,000

Metrorail Rehabilitation ................................................................ 46,200,000 46,200,000

New York Avenue Metro ................................................................ 25,000,000 25,000,000
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2006 estimate

Committee recommendation for

fiscal year 2001–

2006

MetroBarn Repairs ........................................................................ 5,000,000 5,000,000

Total, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ........... 99,900,000 99,900,000

Washington Convention Center: Convention Center Agreements .......... 10,000,000 10,000,000

Total, Capital Outlay, General Fund ......................................... 1,029,975,390 1,022,074,000

Local Funds ..................................................................... 759,487,000 751,579,000

Highway Trust Fund ......................................................... 66,439,000 66,446,000

Federal Grants ................................................................. 204,050,000 204,049,000

Water and Sewer Authority:

Wastewater Projects:

Blue Plains:

Bio-Solids Management .............................................. 74,346,000 74,346,000

Rehabilitation Major Capital Facilities ....................... 3,026,000 3,026,000

Sewer Collection: Rehabilitation/Extension Sanitary Sewers .................................................................................... 1,182,000 1,182,000

Water Projects:

Storage:

2MG 4th High Storage Tank ....................................... 77,000 77,000

12MG Second High Reservoir ...................................... 188,000 188,000

Distribution System:

Water Distribution ....................................................... 1,779,000 1,779,000

Replacement/Extension Watermains ........................... 120,000 120,000

Cleaning Lining Watermains ....................................... 14,481,000 14,481,000

Metering and Other Projects:

Meter Replacement/AMR Installation .......................... 4,805,000 4,805,000

Washington Aqueduct ................................................. 39,022,000 39,022,000

Capital Equipment ........................................................................ 1,699,000 1,699,000

Total, Water and Sewer ............................................................ 140,725,000 140,725,000

Total, Capital Outlay ................................................................ 1,170,700,390 1,162,799,000
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GENERAL PROVISIONS

The Committee has carefully reviewed the general provisions

that were included in last year’s appropriations act. Based on this

review, the Committee has deleted approximately half of the 76

general provisions. The remaining general provisions relate to fiscal policies deemed necessary for prudent management of the District’s resources and several policy goals that are appropriate for

the Nation’s Capital. The following summarizes the Committee recommendations pertaining to these provisions:

The Committee has retained Sec. 103 (new Sec. 101) specifying

that appropriations for particular purposes or objects of expenditure shall be considered the maximum amount that may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart

exclusively therefor.

The Committee has retained Sec. 105 (new Sec. 102) authorizing

appropriations for expenses of travel and dues of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government when

authorized by the Mayor.

The Committee has retained Sec. 106 (new Sec. 103) authorizing

payments of refunds and judgments that have been entered against

the District of Columbia government.

The Committee has retained Sec. 109 (new Sec. 104) which prohibits any funds appropriated in this act for operation of educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for other

educational purposes to be used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or

further partisan political activities.

The Committee has retained Sec. 110 (new Sec. 105) which prohibits any funds appropriated in this Act to pay the salary of any

employee of the District of Columbia government whose name,

title, grade, salary, past work experience, and salary history are

not available for inspection by Congress.

The Committee has retained Sec. 111 (new Sec. 106) which appropriates from the applicable funds of the District of Columbia

such sums as are necessary for making payments authorized by the

District of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977.

The Committee has retained Sec. 112 (new Sec. 107) which prohibits use of appropriations 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.

The Committee has retained Sec. 113 (new Sec. 108) which requires the Mayor to develop an annual plan, by quarter and by

project, for capital outlay and borrowing.

The Committee has retained Sec. 116 (new Sec. 109) which establishes reprogramming criteria.
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The Committee has modified Sec. 117 (new Sec. 110) to require

that appropriations be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made, except as otherwise provided by law.

The Committee has retained Sec. 120 (new Sec. 111), which

States that for pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia

government shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5 of the

United States Code.

The Committee has retained Sec. 121 (new Sec. 112), which requires the Mayor to submit new revenue estimates not later than

30 days after the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year and use

these estimates in the budget request for the following fiscal year.

The Committee has retained Sec. 122 (new Sec. 113), which requires that 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,

except that the District of Columbia government may renew or extend sole source contracts for which competition is not feasible or

practical.

The Committee has retained Sec. 123 (new Sec. 114), which relates to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act.

The Committee has retained Sec. 124 (new Sec. 115), which relates to sequestration orders.

The Committee has retained Sec. 125 (new Sec. 116), which allows the District of Columbia government to accept gifts and donations under certain conditions.

The Committee has retained Sec. 126 (new Sec. 117), which prohibits Federal funds from being 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 4(d) of the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional

Convention Initiatives of 1979.

The Committee has consolidated Sections 127, 132, 133, and 134

(new Sec. 118), which set forth the reporting requirements for the

District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of Columbia.

The Committee has retained Sec. 128 (new Sec. 119), which allows funds authorized or previously appropriated to the government of the District of Columbia to procure necessary hardware

and installation of new software, conversion, testing, and training

to improve or replace its financial management system.

The Committee has retained Sec. 129 (new Sec. 120), which

places a limit on attorney fees for attorneys who represent a party

who prevails in an action, including an administrative proceeding,

brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

The Committee has retained Sec. 130 (new Sec. 121), prohibiting

the use of funds for any abortions 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.

The Committee has retained Sec. 131 (new Sec. 122), that prohibits the use of funds to implement the Domestic Partners Act.

The Committee has retained Sec. 135 (new Sec. 123), which requires approval by all boards concerned with the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of Columbia
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to vote on and approve the respective annual or revised budgets for

such entities before submission to the Mayor for submission of the

budget to the Council.

The Committee has retained Sec. 136(b) and (c) (new Sec. 124),

on the acceptance and use of grants not included in the ceiling

under ‘‘Division of Expenses’’.

The Committee has retained Sec. 137 (new Sec. 125), which requires departments or agencies of the District of Columbia government under the administration of a court-appointed receiver or

other court-appointed official to prepare and submit to the Mayor

for inclusion in the annual budget, estimates of expenditures and

appropriations necessary for the operation and maintenance of the

department or agency.

The Committee has retained Sec. 139 (new Sec. 126), which

places restriction on the use of official vehicles.

The Committee has retained Sec. 140 (new Sec. 127), which requires detailees to be funded from the department or agency for

which they are employed and makes necessary changes to update

reduction-in-force legislation.

The Committee has retained Sec. 141 (new Sec. 128), which requires that not later than 120 days after the date a District of Columbia Public School student is referred for evaluation or assessment that the Public Schools assess or evaluate the student who

may have a disability and place the student in an appropriate program of special education.

The Committee has retained Sec. 142 (new Sec. 129), which requires that none of the funds made available in this Act be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the

funds the entity will comply with the Buy American Act.

The Committee has retained Sec. 143 (new Sec. 130), which requires that none of the funds contained in this Act may be used

for purposes of the annual independent audit unless the audit is

conducted by the Inspector General and the audit includes a comparison of audited actual year-end results with the revenues submitted in the budget document for such year.

The Committee has retained Sec. 146 (new Sec. 131), which prohibits the use of funds contained in this Act by the 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.

The Committee has retained Sec. 149 (new Sec. 132), which requires that, no later than November 1 or within 30 calendar days

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer

shall submit a revised appropriated funds operating budget to the

appropriate Committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Authority.

The Committee has retained Sec. 150 (new Sec. 133), which prohibits the use of funds in this Act for any program of distributing

sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug and requires a separate accounting by individuals or entities who receive funds in this Act and carry out a needle exchange

program.

The Committee has retained Sec. 151 (new Sec. 134), which

places restrictions on District leases.
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The Committee has retained Sec. 152 (new Sec. 135), which

places restrictions on the management of existing District government property.

The Committee has retained Sec. 161 (new Sec. 136), which prohibits use of any funds in this Act to pay the salary of any chief

financial officer of any office of the District of Columbia government 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 agency as a result of this Act.

The Committee has retained Sec. 162 (new Sec. 137), which requires that the budget for fiscal year 2002 that is submitted by the

District to Congress specify potential adjustments that might become necessary in the event that the management savings achieved

by the District during the year do not meet the level of management savings projected in the proposed budget.

The Committee has retained Sec. 163 (new Sec. 138), which requires any document showing the budget for an office of the District of Columbia government that contains a category of activities

labeled as ‘‘other’’, ‘‘miscellaneous’’, or a similar general, non-descriptive term, include a description of the types of activities covered in the category and a detailed breakdown of the amount allocated for each such activity.

The Committee has retained Sec. 167 (new Sec. 139), which prohibits use of funds contained in this Act 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 or any

tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.

The Committee has retained Sec. 173 (new Sec. 140), which provides that nothing in this Act bars the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government regarding such lawsuits.

The Committee has added a new provision, Sec. 141, which

states that nothing in the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 may be construed to prohibit the Administrator

of the Environmental Protection Agency from negotiating and entering into cooperative agreements and grants authorized by law

which affect real property of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia if the principal purpose of the cooperative agreement or grant is to provide comparable benefits for Federal and

Non-Federal properties in the District of Columbia.

The Committee has included a new general provision, Sec. 142,

that requires the Chief Financial Officer to develop a comprehensive financial management policy for the District of Columbia.

Section 143 is a new general provision that amends existing law

to outline the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in a non-control

year or following the lapse of the District of Columbia Financial

Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.

The Committee has added a new provision, Sec. 144, which provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act or any other

District of Columbia law, employees of the District of Columbia
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government will only receive overtime compensation for time

worked in excess of 40 hours per week.

The Committee has added a new provision, Sec. 145, which permits the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to continue to operate its ongoing drug-free workplace testing program

during the period that its plan is being reviewed for approval by

the Department of Health and Human Services, pursuant to Sec.

503 of Public Law 100–71.

The Committee has modified Sec. 170 (new Sec. 146) to require

the Mayor to continue to submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations and Governmental Affairs, commencing October 1, 2000, on the District’s progress in addressing the following

issues: (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 drug

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 house 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; (4) education, including access to special education services and student achievement to be provided in

consultation with the District of Columbia Public 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 which the District failed to spend the

amounts received; and (7) indicators of child well-being.
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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment to

the House bill ‘‘which proposes an item of appropriation which is

not made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, a treaty

stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by the Senate

during that session.’’

Items providing funding for fiscal year 2001 which lack authorization are as follows:

Commercial Revitalization Program .................................................... $1,500,000

D.C. Public School System .................................................................... 500,000

D.C. Department of Human Services ................................................... 500,000

Metrorail Construction .......................................................................... 25,000,000

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee ordered

reported S. 3041, an original District of Columbia Appropriations

bill, subject to amendment and subject to its budget allocations, by

a recorded vote of 27–1, a quorum being present. The vote was as

follows:

Yeas Nays

Chairman Stevens Mr. Shelby

Mr. Cochran

Mr. Specter

Mr. Domenici

Mr. Bond

Mr. Gorton

Mr. McConnell

Mr. Burns

Mr. Gregg

Mr. Bennett

Mr. Campbell

Mr. Craig

Mrs. Hutchison

Mr. Kyl

Mr. Byrd

Mr. Inouye

Mr. Hollings

Mr. Leahy

Mr. Lautenberg

Mr. Harkin

Ms. Mikulski

Mr. Reid

Mr. Kohl
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Mrs. Murray

Mr. Dorgan

Mrs. Feinstein

Mr. Durbin

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports on

a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part

of any statute include ‘‘(a) the text of the statute or part thereof

which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of

that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and

of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by

stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which

would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form

recommended by the committee.’’

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000,

PUBLIC LAW 106–113

DIVISION A

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

TITLE I—FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS

* * * * * * *

FEDERAL FUNDS

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN

øFor a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create

incentives to promote the adoption of children in the District of Columbia foster care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds

shall remain available until September 30, 2001 and shall be used

in accordance with a program established by the Mayor and the

Council of the District of Columbia and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the

Senate: Provided further, That funds provided under this heading

may be used to cover the costs to the District of Columbia of providing tax credits to offset the costs incurred by individuals in

adopting children in the District of Columbia foster care system

and in providing for the health care needs of such children, in accordance with legislation enacted by the District of Columbia government.¿

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create incentives to promote the adoption of children in the District of Columbia foster care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds

shall remain available until September 30, 2002, and shall be used

to carry out all of the provisions of title 38, except for section 3808,

of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 13–

679, enrolled June 12, 2000.

* * * * * * *
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GENERAL PROVISIONS

* * * * * * *

SEC. 168. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby transferred from

the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management

Assistance Authority (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to

the District of Columbia the sum of $5,000,000, to remain available

until expended, for the Mayor, in consultation with the Council of

the District of Columbia, to provide offsets against local taxes for

a commercial revitalization program, such program to be available

in enterprise zones and low and moderate income areas in the District of Columbia: Provided, That in carrying out such a program,

the Mayor shall use Federal commercial revitalization proposals introduced in Congress as a guideline.

(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The amount transferred under subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned on accounts held

by the Authority on behalf of the District of Columbia.

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the Committees on

Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives on the

progress made in carrying out the commercial revitalization program.

BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC.

308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93–344, AS AMENDED

[In millions of dollars]

Budget authority Outlays

Committee

allocation

Amount

of bill

Committee

allocation

Amount

of bill

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations to its subcommittees of

amounts in the First Concurrent Resolution

for 2001: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia:

General purpose, defense discretionary ...... .................... .................... .................... ....................

General purpose, non-defense discretionary 441 441 1 441 444

Mandatory .................................................... .................... .................... .................... ....................

Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:

2001 ............................................................. .................... .................... ( 2 ) 408

2002 ............................................................. .................... .................... .................... 36

2003 ............................................................. .................... .................... .................... ....................

2004 ............................................................. .................... .................... .................... ....................

2005 and future year .................................. .................... .................... .................... ....................

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2001 ................................................ NA 332 NA 304

1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

2 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

[In thousands of dollars]

Item 2000 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation

Senate Committee recomm

compared with (∂ o

2000

appropriation Bud

FEDERAL FUNDS

Federal payment for Resident Tuition Support ......................................................................... 17,000 17,000 17,000 .......................... .......Federal payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children ........................................................ 5,000 5,000 ..........................

¥5,000

Federal payment for Commercial Revitalization program ........................................................ .......................... .......................... 1,500

∂1,500

Federal payment to DCPS ......................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 500

∂500

Federal Payment to the Chief Financial Office of the District of Columbia ........................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......Federal payment to the Citizen Complaint Review Board ........................................................ 500 .......................... ..........................

¥500 .......

Federal payment to the Department of Human Services ......................................................... 250 .......................... 500

∂250

Federal payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee Operations ........................ 176,000 134,300 134,200

¥41,800

Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts ............................................................... 99,714 103,000 109,080

∂9,366

Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts .................................................................... 33,336 38,387 38,387

∂5,051 .......

Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of

Columbia ............................................................................................................................... 93,800 103,527 108,527

∂14,727

Federal payment of Washington Interfaith Network ................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......Children’s National Medical Center .......................................................................................... 2,500 .......................... ..........................

¥2,500 .......

Federal payment for Metropolitan Police Department .............................................................. 1,000 .......................... ..........................

¥1,000 .......

Federal payment to the General Services Administration (Lorton Correctional Complex) ....... 6,700 .......................... ..........................

¥6,700 .......

Federal payment to the Georgetown Waterfront Park Fund ..................................................... 1,000 .......................... ..........................

¥1,000 .......

Federal payment for Study of Tax Reform in the District ........................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......Federal payment for Simplified Personnel System ................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......Metrorail construction ............................................................................................................... .......................... 25,000 25,000

∂25,000 .......

(By transfer) ..................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......

Federal payment for the National Museum of American Music ............................................... .......................... 3,000 .......................... ..........................Federal payment for Brownfield remediation ............................................................................ .......................... 10,000 .......................... ..........................
Presidential Inauguration .......................................................................................................... .......................... 6,211 6,211

∂6,211 .......

Total, Federal funds to the District of Columbia ........................................................ 436,800 445,425 440,905

∂4,105

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

Operating Expenses

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority ........... (3,140) (6,500) (6,500) (

∂3,360) .......

Governmental direction and support ........................................................................................ (167,356) (197,771) (194,271) (

∂26,915) 

Economic development and regulation ..................................................................................... (190,335) (205,638) (205,638) (

∂15,303) .......

Public safety and justice .......................................................................................................... (778,770) (762,346) (762,346) (

¥16,424) .......

Public education system ........................................................................................................... (867,411) (998,418) (998,918) (

∂131,507) 

Human support services ........................................................................................................... (1,526,361) (1,542,204) (1,532,704) (

∂6,343) 

Public works .............................................................................................................................. (271,395) (278,242) (278,242) (

∂6,847) .......

Receivership Programs .............................................................................................................. (342,077) (394,528) (394,528) (

∂52,451) .......

Workforce Investments .............................................................................................................. (8,500) .......................... .......................... (

¥8,500) .......

Buyouts and Management Reforms .......................................................................................... (18,000) .......................... .......................... (

¥18,000) .......

Reserve ...................................................................................................................................... (150,000) (150,000) .......................... (

¥150,000) (

Financing and Other ................................................................................................................. (384,948) (331,529) (331,529) (

¥53,419) .......

Procurement and Management Savings ................................................................................... (

¥21,457) .......................... .......................... (

∂21,457) .......

Total, operating expenses, general fund ..................................................................... (4,686,836) (4,867,176) (4,704,676) (

∂17,840) (

Enterprise Funds

Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct ..................................................... (279,608) (275,705) (275,705) (

¥3,903) .......

Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board ........................................................................... (234,400) (223,200) (223,200) (

¥11,200) .......

Sports and Entertainment Commission .................................................................................... (10,846) (10,968) (10,968) (

∂122) .......

Public Benefit Corporation ........................................................................................................ (89,008) (78,235) (78,235) (

¥10,773) .......

D.C. Retirement Board .............................................................................................................. (9,892) (11,414) (11,414) (

∂1,522) .......

Correctional Industries Fund ..................................................................................................... (1,810) (1,808) (1,808) (

¥2) .......

Washington Convention Center ................................................................................................. (50,226) (52,726) (52,726) (

∂2,500) .......

Total, Enterprise Funds ................................................................................................ (675,790) (654,056) (654,056) (

¥21,734) .......

Total, operating expenses ............................................................................................ (5,362,626) (5,521,232) (5,358,732) (

¥3,894) (
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001—Continued

[In thousands of dollars]

Item 2000 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation

Senate Committee recomm

compared with (∂ o

2000

appropriation Bud

Capital Outlay

General fund .............................................................................................................................. (1,218,638) (1,029,975) (1,022,074) (

¥196,564) 

Water and Sewer Fund .............................................................................................................. (197,169) (140,725) (140,725) (

¥56,444) .......

Total, Capital Outlay .................................................................................................... (1,415,807) (1,170,700) (1,162,799) (

¥253,008) 

Total, District of Columbia funds ................................................................................ (6,778,433) (6,691,932) (6,521,531) (

¥256,902) (

Total:

Federal Funds to the District of Columbia ........................................................ 436,800 445,425 440,905

∂4,105

District of Columbia funds ................................................................................. (6,778,433) (6,691,932) (6,521,531) (

¥256,902) (

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