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[Senate Report 106-409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

                                                       Calendar No. 800
106th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session                                                     106-409

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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2001

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               September 13, 2000.--Ordered to be printed

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         Mrs. Hutchison, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [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.

                            C O N T E N T S

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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 
          Author- 
          ity....................................................    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

                            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 
Federal 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, 
appropriated 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
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
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      Total, Federal funds in bill......................     440,905,000
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Federal grants..........................................   1,509,916,000
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      Total, Federal funds..............................   1,950,821,000

    A comparative summary of the appropriations recommended 
follows:

                                                               COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF BILL
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                                                                                                                      Committee recommendation compared
                                                                                                                                with (+ or -)
                                                            Fiscal year 2000   Fiscal year 2001      Committee     -------------------------------------
                                                                enacted            request         recommendation    Fiscal year 2000   Fiscal year 2001
                                                                                                                         enacted            request
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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        -$5,000,000
Federal Payment for Commercial Revitalization Program....  .................  .................         1,500,000          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            500,000
Federal Payment for the Department of Human Services.....           250,000   .................           500,000            250,000            500,000
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections         176,000,000        134,300,000        134,200,000        -41,800,000           -100,000
 Trustee Operations......................................
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts.......        99,714,000        103,000,000        109,080,000          9,366,000          6,080,000
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               93,800,000        103,527,000        108,527,000         14,727,000          5,000,000
 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia.........
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--              6,700,000   .................  .................        -6,700,000   .................
 Lorton Correctional Complex.............................
Georgetown Waterfront Park Fund, General Provision, Sec.          1,000,000   .................  .................        -1,000,000   .................
 176 (reappropriation)...................................
Metrorail Construction...................................  .................        25,000,000         25,000,000         25,000,000   .................
Federal Payment for the National Museum of American Music  .................         3,000,000   .................  .................        -3,000,000
Federal Payment for Brownfield Remediation...............  .................        10,000,000   .................  .................       -10,000,000
Presidential Inauguration................................  .................         6,211,000          6,211,000          6,211,000   .................
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      Total, Federal Funds...............................       436,800,000        445,425,000        440,905,000          4,105,000         -4,520,000
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                DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                    Operating Expenses

D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance           3,140,000          6,500,000          6,500,000          3,360,000   .................
 Authority...............................................
Governmental Direction and Support.......................       167,356,000        197,771,000        194,271,000         26,915,000         -3,500,000
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            500,000
Human Support Services...................................     1,526,361,000      1,542,204,000      1,532,704,000          6,343,000         -9,500,000
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         -5,000,000
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       -150,000,000
Financing and Other......................................       363,491,000        331,529,000        331,529,000        -31,962,000   .................
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      Total, operating expenses, general fund............     4,686,836,000      4,867,176,000      4,699,676,000         12,840,000       -167,500,000
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                     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   .................
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      Total, enterprise funds............................       675,790,000        654,056,000        654,056,000        -21,734,000   .................
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      Total, operating expenses..........................     5,362,626,000      5,521,232,000      5,353,732,000         -8,894,000       -167,500,000
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                      Capital Outlay

General fund.............................................     1,218,637,500      1,029,975,389      1,022,074,000       -196,563,500         -7,901,389
Water and sewer fund.....................................       197,169,000        140,725,000        140,725,000        -56,444,000   .................
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      Total, capital outlay..............................     1,415,806,500      1,170,700,389      1,162,799,000       -253,007,500         -7,901,389
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      Total, District of Columbia funds..................     6,778,432,500      6,691,932,389      6,516,531,000       -261,901,500       -175,401,389
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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 
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 reported 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.
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    \1\ The 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.
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    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 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, Sec. 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.
    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 two-thirds of the 
parents with children in attendance at Paul.
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    \2\ The elected school board is the other public charter school 
granting entity.
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    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 7\1/2\ 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-day action plan intended to address some of the agency's 
long-standing 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 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.

       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 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 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
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      Subtotal (Federal funds included in this bill)....     440,905,000
Federal grants..........................................   1,509,916,000
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      Total Federal funds...............................   1,950,821,000

   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 
out-of-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 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.

       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)
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Fiscal Year 2000 Base.........................................  167,840 
Program Changes...............................................  (33,640)
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Fiscal Year 2001 Estimate.....................................  134,200 

Note.--The Fiscal Year 2000 Consolidated Appropriation Act rescinded 
0.38 percent of discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2000 
resulting in a decrease of $668,800.
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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 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 fiscal 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 post-
fiscal 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 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 exceeds 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
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                                                 Pay
                                              disparity     Funding gap
                                              (percent)
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U.S. Courts................................           19     $10,850,000
Federal agencies...........................           16       9,140,000
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    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 $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 programs 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.

            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.
    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;
    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.

         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 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
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                    ____________________________________________________
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
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                    ____________________________________________________
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
    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 
accepted 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
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                                                                                                 Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation ---------------------------------
               Agency/activity                 2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                  District                                         District      2000 approved     2001 request
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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)     ($3,500,000)
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 Govern-           367,000         367,000  ...............         367,000         367,000  ...............         367,000  ...............  ...............
 ments......................................
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)  ...............
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      Total, Governmental Direction and          200,152,000     234,721,000     (36,950,000)     197,771,000     231,221,000     (36,950,000)     194,271,000      31,069,000       (3,500,000)
       Support..............................
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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 Representatives 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 comprehensive 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 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.

                    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, 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:

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                                                                                                  Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                 Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/activity                  2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                   District                                         District      2000 approved    2001 request
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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                57,939,000      48,273,000  ...............      48,273,000      48,273,000  ...............      48,273,000      (9,666,000)  ..............
 Development.................................
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 Ap-            291,000         300,000  ...............         300,000         300,000  ...............         300,000           9,000   ..............
 peals.......................................
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 Regula-      6,990,000       7,359,000  ...............       7,359,000       7,359,000  ...............       7,359,000         369,000   ..............
   tion......................................
Office of Cable Television and Telecommunica-       2,886,000       3,571,000        (517,000)       3,054,000       3,571,000        (517,000)       3,054,000         685,000   ..............
  tions......................................
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      Total, Economic Development and             193,471,000     207,655,000      (2,017,000)     205,638,000     207,655,000      (2,017,000)     205,638,000      14,184,000   ..............
       Regulation............................
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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.

             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 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
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                                                                                                  Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                 Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/activity                  2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                   District                                         District      2000 approved    2001 request
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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 Depart-       111,942,000     116,596,000  ...............     116,596,000     116,596,000  ...............     116,596,000       4,654,000   ..............
 ment........................................
Police Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement      39,900,000      49,000,000  ...............      49,000,000      49,000,000  ...............      49,000,000       9,100,000   ..............
 System......................................
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               143,000         169,000  ...............         169,000         169,000  ...............         169,000          26,000   ..............
 Tenure......................................
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   ..............
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      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 office 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.

             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
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                                                                                                  Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                 Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/activity                  2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                   District                                         District      2000 approved    2001 request
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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        +$500,000
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   ..............
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      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         +500,000
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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 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 in-State 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 land-grant 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), 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
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                                                                                                 Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation ---------------------------------
               Agency/activity                 2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                  District                                         District      2000 approved     2001 request
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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)       +$500,000
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  ..............  ...............  ..............  ...............     (10,000,000)
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      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       (9,500,000)
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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 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
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                                                                                                  Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                 Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/activity                  2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                   District                                         District      2000 approved    2001 request
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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 Commis-           81,000          82,000  ...............          82,000          82,000  ...............          82,000           1,000   ..............
 sion........................................
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit              135,532,000     138,073,000  ...............     138,073,000     138,073,000  ...............     138,073,000       2,541,000   ..............
 Authority (Metro)...........................
School Transit Subsidy.......................       3,450,000       3,000,000  ...............       3,000,000       3,000,000  ...............       3,000,000        (450,000)  ..............
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      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 for-hire 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 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
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                                                                                                 Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation ---------------------------------
               Agency/activity                 2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                  District                                         District      2000 approved     2001 request
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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)     ($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)  ...............
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      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       (5,000,000)
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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 decree, 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
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                                                                                                                                                 Committee            Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year 2000  Fiscal year 2001     Intra-    Fiscal year 2001      Committee        Intra-     recommendation  ----------------------------------
             Agency/activity                   approved           request        District     request less     recommendation     District      less intra-    Fiscal year 2000    Fiscal year
                                                                                             intra-District                                      District          approved        2001 request
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Workforce Investments....................       $8,500,000   ................  ...........  ................  ................  ...........  ................      ($8,500,000)  ...............
Buyouts and Other Management Re-  forms..       18,000,000   ................  ...........  ................  ................  ...........  ................      (18,000,000)  ...............
Reserve..................................      150,000,000      $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     ................       61,406,000   ...........       61,406,000        61,406,000   ...........       61,406,000        61,406,000   ...............
 Payment.................................
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)  ...............
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      Total, Financing and Other Uses....      561,448,000       481,529,000   ...........      481,529,000       331,529,000   ...........      331,529,000      (226,559,000)    (150,000,000)
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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 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.

                 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 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 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
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                                                                                                  Fiscal year                                       Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                 Fiscal year     Fiscal year                     2001 request      Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/activity                  2000 approved   2001 request    Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                   District                                         District      2000 approved    2001 request
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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   ..............
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      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, controls, 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:

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                                                            Committee
                                      Fiscal year 2001-  recommendation
                                        2006 estimate    for fiscal year
                                                            2001-2006
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Office of Personnel: Human Resource         $8,000,000        $8,000,000
 Information System, Benefits
 Management System..................
                                     ===================================
Office of the Chief Technology
 Officer:
    District Reporting System:
      D.C. Wide Area Network........         6,507,000         6,507,000
        Geographic Information               6,000,000         6,000,000
         System.....................
        Telecommunication...........         2,600,000         2,600,000
        MPD Distributed Prisoner             2,400,000         2,400,000
         Booking....................
    Tech City:
        Unified Communication               20,850,000        20,850,000
         Centers....................
        IT Infrastructure                   11,700,000        11,700,000
         Implementation.............
        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
                                     -----------------------------------
          Total, Office of the Chief        86,267,000        86,267,000
           Technology Officer.......
                                     ===================================
Office of Property Management:
    Upgrade HVAC System, Reeves              1,875,000         1,875,000
     Municipal Center...............
    Asbestos Abatement..............         2,000,000         2,000,000
    Renovation Old Juvenile Court            3,700,000         3,700,000
     Building.......................
    Government Centers:
        Improve Property Management         14,000,000        14,000,000
         ITS........................
        Petworth/Georgia Avenue DMV          2,100,000         2,100,000
         Facility...................
        Minnesota Avenue and Benning         4,900,000         4,900,000
         Road Metro.................
        Electronic Security                  5,310,000         5,310,000
         Standards and Intergration.
        Energy Conservation.........        -1,000,000        -1,000,000
                                     -----------------------------------
          Total, Office of Property         32,885,000        32,885,000
           Management...............
                                     ===================================
Board of Elections and Ethics:               1,000,000         1,000,000
 Voting Tabulation System...........
                                     ===================================
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                    2,000,000         2,000,000
         Integration................
                                     -----------------------------------
          Total, Office of Property          8,500,000         8,500,000
           Management...............
                                     ===================================
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         29,800,000        29,800,000
       Economic Development.........
                                     ===================================
Department of Housing and Community         20,000,000        20,000,000
 Development: Affordable Housing
 Acquisitions.......................
                                     ===================================
Metropolitan Police Department:
    Base Building Renovation........       -17,000,000       -17,000,000
    Mission Critical Helicopter.....         2,000,000         2,000,000
    Information Technology                  12,000,000        12,000,000
     Initiatives....................
    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           5,000,000         5,000,000
         Facility...................
                                     -----------------------------------
          Total, Metropolitan Police        10,552,000        10,552,000
           Department...............
                                     ===================================
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         1,000,000         1,000,000
     all Facilities.................
    Fire Training Simulator.........           824,000           824,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Fire and Emergency              7,608,000         7,608,000
       Medical Services.............
                                     ===================================
Department of Corrections:
    General Renovations:
        Renovation of Cell Doors and         6,388,000         8,378,000
         Motors.....................
        Upgrade Fire Alarm and               1,716,000         1,716,000
         Sprinkler System...........
        Upgrade Central Security               742,000           742,000
         Electronics................
    General Improvements:
        Lighting Upgrade............         1,646,000         1,646,000
        Plumbing Upgrades in Housing         3,590,000         1,795,000
         Area.......................
        Installation of Hotwater             2,206,000         1,103,000
         System.....................
        HVAC Replacement............        14,000,000         7,000,000
                                     -----------------------------------
          Total, Department of              30,288,000        22,380,000
           Corrections..............
                                     ===================================
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           4,849,000         4,849,000
         Act Compliance.............
        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             3,000,000         3,000,000
         Arts.......................
                                     -----------------------------------
          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              16,716,000        16,716,000
       District of Columbia.........
                                     ===================================
Public Library:
    HVAC Renovations at Martin               2,613,000         2,613,000
     Luther King Library and Library
     Facilities.....................
    Elevator Replacement at Martin           2,750,000         2,750,000
     Luther King and Branch
     Libraries......................
    General Improvements Various             3,000,000         3,000,000
     Branch Libraries...............
    Library Information Technology           3,907,000         3,907,000
     Investment.....................
    Material Flow Management System.           330,000           330,000
    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          2,992,000         2,992,000
       and Humanities...............
                                     ===================================
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,           5,381,000         5,381,000
     Forest Haven...................
    Gayle School Renovation.........           250,000           250,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Department of Human           -29,149,000       -29,149,000
       Development..................
                                     ===================================
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           10,000,000        10,000,000
     Spring Road, NW................
                                     -----------------------------------
      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                 5,000,000         5,000,000
         Recreation Center..........
        Fort Station Recreation              2,300,000         2,300,000
         Center.....................
        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                   3,200,000         3,200,000
         Improvement................
    New Construction:
        New Recreation Center Emery.         5,000,000         5,000,000
        New Recreation Center Kelly          6,650,000         6,650,000
         Miller.....................
        New Recreation Center                4,482,000         4,482,000
         Randall....................
        New Recreation Center Girard         1,700,000         1,700,000
         Street.....................
        Vehicle Replacement.........         3,930,000         3,930,000
        Recreation and Aquatic               5,400,000         5,400,000
         Center Rhode Island Avenue.
        Recreation Complex                     500,000           500,000
         Children's Island..........
    Site Renovations:
        Fort Greble Recreation               1,900,000         1,900,000
         Center.....................
        Park Lighting...............        17,400,000        17,400,000
        Capital East Natatorium.....         1,600,000         1,600,000
        Watkins Recreation Center...           300,000           300,000
        Roper Recreation Center.....           800,000           800,000
                                     -----------------------------------
          Total, Department of Parks        73,152,000        73,152,000
           and Recreation...........
                                     ===================================
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                  5,400,000         5,400,000
       Corporation..................
                                     ===================================
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                 4,000,000         4,000,000
         Virginia Avenue............
        Storage Facility, West               5,000,000         5,000,000
         Virginia Avenue............
        Tire Shop, West Virginia               500,000           500,000
         Avenue.....................
    Facility Relocations............        15,300,000        15,300,000
    Solid Waste Transfer Station,            5,600,000         5,600,000
     Fort Totten Transfer Station...
    Local Street Improvements:
        Project Hope Station                 2,409,538         2,410,000
         Dwellings..................
        Georgetown Streetscape               9,000,000         9,000,000
         Renovation.................
    Highway Trust Fund and Federal
     Grants:
        Transportation Electrical            1,332,450         1,332,000
         System Improvements Fiscal
         Year 2001 Streetlight
         Replacement Contract.......
        Streetlight System Upgrade..         4,062,850         4,062,000
        Fiscal Year 2001 Electrical            233,450           233,000
         Systems Upgrade............
    Highway Aid Match Fund:
        Emergency Transportation             1,278,650         1,279,000
         Projects...................
        Traffic Congestion                     775,450           775,000
         Mitigation.................
        Fiscal Year 2001 National            3,636,400         3,636,000
         Recreational Trails Program
    Traffic Safety Improvements:
        Traffic Accident Reporting             213,675           214,000
         and Analysis System........
        Pavement Skid Testing.......           344,600           345,000
        Hazard Elimination..........         4,430,600         4,431,000
        Railroad/Highway Crossing              127,600           128,000
         Safety.....................
        Transportation Plan Review..           227,600           228,000
        Review for Road and Bridge             554,600           555,000
         Construction Projects......
        Highway Safety Improvement             982,600           983,000
         Program/Safety Management
         System.....................
        Streetlight and Traffic              1,999,600         2,000,000
         Operations Design..........
    Bridge Rehabilitation and
     Replacement:
        Rehabilitation 22nd Street           2,635,320         2,636,000
         Bridge over K Street, NW...
        K Street, NW, 21st Street to         4,326,320         4,327,000
         25th Street................
        Rehabilitation Southern             10,723,320        10,724,000
         Avenue Bridge over Suitland
         Parkway....................
        Rehabilitation of Mall              28,510,320        28,511,000
         Tunnel.....................
        City Wide Culvert Inventory.           465,320           466,000
        City Wide Consultant Bridge          2,285,320         2,286,000
         Inspection.................
        Rehabilitation Theodore             81,112,330        81,113,000
         Roosevelt Memorial Bridge..
    Roadway Resurfacing:
        Fiscal Year 2001 F.A.                  626,248           626,000
         Resurfacing (NHS)..........
        Fiscal Year 2001 F.A.                  675,400           675,000
         Resurfacing (STP)..........
        Fiscal Year 2001 1st F.A.            5,108,030         5,108,000
         Resurfacing................
        Fiscal Year 2001 2nd F.A.            2,170,000         2,170,000
         Resurfacing................
        Fiscal Year 2001 3rd F.A.            6,138,000         6,138,000
         Resurfacing................
        Fiscal Year 2001 4th F.A.            5,520,000         5,520,000
         Resurfacing................
        Fiscal Year 2001 5th F.A.            9,854,000         9,854,000
         Resurfacing................
        Fiscal Year 2001 6th F.A.            5,710,000         5,710,000
         Resurfacing................
        Fiscal Year 2001 7th F.A.            4,332,000         4,332,000
         Resurfacing................
        Fiscal Year 2001 1st F.A.            1,466,000         1,466,000
         Citywide Pavement..........
        Fiscal Year 2001 2nd F.A.            1,732,000         1,732,000
         Citywide Pavement..........
    Roadside Improvements: Fiscal              477,250           478,000
     Year 2001 Corridor Tree
     Improvement Plan...............
    Traffic Safety Improvements:
        Branch Avenue, SE, M Street          1,211,750         1,210,000
         to O Street................
        Fiscal Year 2001 Hot                   579,500           580,000
         Thermoplastic Pavement
         Marking Contract...........
    Roadside Reconstruction:
        Brentwood Road, NE, 9th              3,386,450         3,387,000
         Street.....................
        First Street, NE, K Street           2,283,450         2,284,000
         to New York Avenue.........
        19th Street, NW, G Street to           883,450           884,000
         Pennsylvania Avenue........
        Q Street NW, 14th Street to          1,838,450         1,839,000
         Rhode Island Avenue........
        4th Street, SW, C Street to          3,222,450         3,223,000
         I Street...................
        Eastern Avenue, NE, Riggs            2,134,450         2,135,000
         Road.......................
        5th Street, NW, Van Buren            1,229,450         1,230,000
         Street.....................
        Western Avenue, NW,                  1,688,450         1,689,000
         Brandywine Street..........
        Fiscal Year 2001 Wheelchair/           610,450           611,000
         Bicycle Ramps Citywide.....
        Streetscape Improvements             8,404,450         8,405,000
         Central Business...........
    Congestion Mitigation and Air
     Quality:
        Fiscal Year 2002 Integrated            645,150           645,000
         Ridesharing................
        Fiscal Year 2002 Telework              364,300           364,000
         Resource Center (Telecom-
         mute)......................
        Fiscal Year 2002 Commuter            1,269,150         1,269,000
         Operations Center..........
        Fiscal Year 2002 Employer              828,150           828,000
         Outreach...................
        Fiscal Year 2002 Guaranteed          1,250,150         1,250,000
         Ride Home..................
        Endzone.....................            54,300            54,000
        Northeast Inspection Station         7,024,300         7,024,000
        Metrochek Pilot                      6,000,275         6,000,000
         Demonstration Project......
    Federal Planning and Management
     Systems:
        Barney Circle Replacement              853,435           853,000
         Projects Environment.......
        Tour Bus Facility                      341,435           341,000
         Feasibility Analysis.......
        Parking Inventory...........           284,436           284,000
        Fiscal Year 2001 State              13,850,856        13,851,000
         Planning and Research
         Program....................
        Research Development and             5,400,436         5,400,000
         Technology.................
        Fiscal Year 2002                    10,782,426        10,782,000
         Metropolitan Planning......
                                     -----------------------------------
          Total, Department of             353,747,390       353,754,000
           Public Works.............
                                     ===================================
Department of Motor Vehicles: DMV           16,575,000        16,575,000
 Information Technology.............
                                     ===================================
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
    MetroBarn Repairs...............         5,000,000         5,000,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Washington Metropolitan        99,900,000        99,900,000
       Area Transit Authority.......
                                     ===================================
Washington Convention Center:               10,000,000        10,000,000
 Convention Center Agreements.......
                                     ===================================
      Total, Capital Outlay, General     1,029,975,390     1,022,074,000
       Fund.........................
                                     ===================================
          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             3,026,000         3,026,000
             Capital Facilities.....
        Sewer Collection:                    1,182,000         1,182,000
         Rehabilitation/Extension
         Sanitary Sew-  ers.........
    Water Projects:
        Storage:
            2MG 4th High Storage                77,000            77,000
             Tank...................
            12MG Second High                   188,000           188,000
             Reservoir..............
        Distribution System:
            Water Distribution......         1,779,000         1,779,000
            Replacement/Extension              120,000           120,000
             Watermains.............
            Cleaning Lining                 14,481,000        14,481,000
             Watermains.............
        Metering and Other Projects:
            Meter Replacement/AMR            4,805,000         4,805,000
             Installation...........
            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.
    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 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.
    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 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.

  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
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

    [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, 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.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

                          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    Amount  of   Committee    Amount  of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      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 THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2001
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                         Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                                             compared with (+ or -)
                                Item                                       2000       Budget estimate     Committee    ---------------------------------
                                                                      appropriation                     recommendation        2000
                                                                                                                         appropriation   Budget estimate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           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           -5,000
Federal payment for Commercial Revitalization program..............  ...............  ...............           1,500           +1,500           +1,500
Federal payment to DCPS............................................  ...............  ...............             500             +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             +500
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee             176,000          134,300          134,200          -41,800             -100
 Operations........................................................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts.................          99,714          103,000          109,080           +9,366           +6,080
Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts...................          33,336           38,387           38,387           +5,051   ...............
Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision               93,800          103,527          108,527          +14,727           +5,000
 Agency for the District of Columbia...............................
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                6,700   ...............  ...............          -6,700   ...............
 Correctional Complex).............................................
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   ...............  ...............          -3,000
Federal payment for Brownfield remediation.........................  ...............          10,000   ...............  ...............         -10,000
Presidential Inauguration..........................................  ...............           6,211            6,211           +6,211   ...............
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      Total, Federal funds to the District of Columbia.............         436,800          445,425          440,905           +4,105           -4,520
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                     DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                         Operating Expenses

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management                 (3,140)          (6,500)          (6,500)         (+3,360)  ...............
 Assistance Authority..............................................
Governmental direction and support.................................        (167,356)        (197,771)        (194,271)        (+26,915)         (-3,500)
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)           (+500)
Human support services.............................................      (1,526,361)      (1,542,204)      (1,532,704)         (+6,343)         (-9,500)
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)       (-150,000)
Financing and Other................................................        (384,948)        (331,529)        (331,529)        (-53,419)  ...............
Procurement and Management Savings.................................        (-21,457)  ...............  ...............        (+21,457)  ...............
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      Total, operating expenses, general fund......................      (4,686,836)      (4,867,176)      (4,704,676)        (+17,840)       (-162,500)

                          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)  ...............
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      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)       (-162,500)
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                           Capital Outlay

General fund.......................................................      (1,218,638)      (1,029,975)      (1,022,074)       (-196,564)         (-7,901)
Water and Sewer Fund...............................................        (197,169)        (140,725)        (140,725)        (-56,444)  ...............
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      Total, Capital Outlay........................................      (1,415,807)      (1,170,700)      (1,162,799)       (-253,008)         (-7,901)
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Total, District of Columbia funds............................      (6,778,433)      (6,691,932)      (6,521,531)       (-256,902)       (-170,401)
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Total:
          Federal Funds to the District of Columbia................         436,800          445,425          440,905           +4,105           -4,520
          District of Columbia funds...............................      (6,778,433)      (6,691,932)      (6,521,531)       (-256,902)       (-170,401)
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