108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4850

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the government of the

30, 2005, and for other purposes.said District for the fiscal year ending Septemberable in whole or in part against the revenues ofDistrict of Columbia and other activities charge-

108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4850

AN ACT

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, 2005, and for other

purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 District of Columbia and related agencies for the fiscal

6 year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes,

7 namely:

8 TITLE I—FEDERAL FUNDS

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

10 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,

11 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide

12 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of

13 Columbia resident tuition support, $25,600,000, to remain

14 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in15 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be16 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an

17 amount based upon the difference between in-State and

18 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu19 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private

20 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the

21 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis

22 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of

23 eligible students and such other factors as may be author24 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov25 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
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1 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the

2 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act

3 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated

4 balances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned

5 in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the ac6 count shall be under the control of the District of Colum7 bia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds sole8 ly for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition

9 Support Program: Provided further, That the Office of the

10 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial

11 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House

12 of Representatives and Senate for these funds showing,

13 by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose

14 therefor: Provided further, That not more than 7 percent

15 of the total amount appropriated for this program may

16 be used for administrative expenses.

17 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

18 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

19 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor

20 of the District of Columbia in written consultation with

21 the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdic22 tions, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to

23 reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of pro24 viding public safety at events related to the presence of

25 the national capital in the District of Columbia and for
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1 the costs of providing support to respond to immediate

2 and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of

3 Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any

4 amount provided under this heading shall be available only

5 after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by

6 the President to Congress and such amount has been ap7 portioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United

8 States Code.

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

10 COURTS

11 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum12 bia Courts, $202,110,000, to be allocated as follows: for

13 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $8,952,000,

14 of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and

15 representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su16 perior Court, $84,948,000, of which not to exceed $1,500

17 is for official reception and representation expenses; for

18 the District of Columbia Court System, $40,699,000, of

19 which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and

20 representation expenses; and $67,511,000, to remain

21 available until September 30, 2006, for capital improve22 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro23 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,

24 a single contract or related contracts for development and

25 construction of facilities may be employed which collec-
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1 tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur2 ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the

3 clause ‘‘availability of Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–

4 18: Provided further, That funds made available for capital

5 improvements shall be expended consistent with the Gen6 eral Services Administration master plan study and build7 ing evaluation report: Provided further, That notwith8 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under

9 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office

10 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended

11 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and

12 expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan13 cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with

14 the General Services Administration (GSA), and such

15 services shall include the preparation of monthly financial

16 reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA

17 to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations

18 of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Com19 mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent20 atives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the

21 Senate: Provided further, That 30 days after providing

22 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the

23 House of Representatives and Senate, the District of Co24 lumbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000

25 of the funds provided under this heading among the items
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1 and entities funded under this heading for operations, and

2 not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this

3 heading for facilities.

4 DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 COURTS

6 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and

7 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen8 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal

9 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro10 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the

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

12 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to

13 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech14 nical assistance and such other services as are necessary

15 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation,

16 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings

17 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for

18 counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official

19 Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis20 trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings,

21 and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986),

22 $41,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head24 ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’

25 (other than the $67,511,000 provided under such heading
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1 for capital improvements for District of Columbia court2 house facilities) may also be used for payments under this

3 heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds

4 provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju5 dicial Administration in the District of Columbia shall use

6 funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal

7 Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than

8 the $67,511,000 provided under such heading for capital

9 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili10 ties), to make payments described under this heading for

11 obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur12 ther, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad13 ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis14 tration in the District of Columbia: Provided futher, That

15 notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro16 priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of

17 Management and Budget and obligated and expended in

18 the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of

19 other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services

20 to be provided on a contractual basis with the General

21 Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall in22 clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies

23 of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi24 dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the

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

2 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF4 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

5 OF COLUMBIA

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and

8 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender

9 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the

10 Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as

11 authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self12 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $183,490,000, of

13 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and

14 representation expenses related to Community Supervision

15 and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to

16 exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to

17 the implementation of the Court Services and Offender

18 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002;

19 of which $115,343,000 shall be for necessary expenses of

20 Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to

21 include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub22 ject to protection orders or the provision of services for

23 or related to such persons; of which $39,314,000 shall be

24 available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and of which

25 $28,833,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender
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1 Service for the District of Columbia: Provided, That not2 withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts

3 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the

4 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex5 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal6 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur7 ther, That the Director is authorized to accept and use

8 gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space and hos9 pitality to support offender and defendant programs, and

10 equipment and vocational training services to educate and

11 train offenders and defendants: Provided further, That the

12 Director shall keep accurate and detailed records of the

13 acceptance and use of any gift or donation under the pre14 vious proviso, and shall make such records available for

15 audit and public inspection: Provided further, That the

16 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director

17 is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the

18 D.C. Government for space and services provided on a cost

19 reimbursable basis: Provided further, That the Public De20 fender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs

21 of materials distributed to attendees of educational events,

22 including conferences, sponsored by the Public Defender

23 Service, and notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31,

24 United States Code, said fees shall be credited to the Pub-
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1 lic Defender Service account to be available for use with2 out further appropriation.

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

4 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia

6 Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail7 able until expended, to continue implementation of the

8 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided,

9 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

10 provides a 100 percent match for this payment.

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT

12 INITIATIVE

13 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia

14 Department of Transportation, $3,000,000, to remain

15 available until September 30, 2006, for design and con16 struction of a continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail sys17 tem from the Potomac River to the District’s border with

18 Maryland.

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

20 COORDINATING COUNCIL

21 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co22 ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to support initiatives re23 lated to the coordination of Federal and local criminal jus24 tice resources in the District of Columbia.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN

2 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia

4 for capital development, $7,000,000, to remain available

5 until expended, for the Unified Communications Center.

6 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES

7 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia

8 Public Schools, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, for a public school library enhancement program:

10 Provided, That the District of Columbia Public Schools

11 provides a 100 percent match for this payment: Provided

12 further, That the Federal portion is for the acquisition of

13 library resources: Provided further, That the matching

14 portion is for any necessary facilities upgrades.

15 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE FAMILY LITERACY

16 PROGRAM

17 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,

18 $1,000,000, for a Family Literacy Program to address the

19 needs of literacy-challenged parents while endowing their

20 children with an appreciation for literacy and strength21 ening familial ties: Provided, That the District of Colum22 bia shall provide a 100 percent match with local funds

23 as a condition of receiving this payment.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FOSTER CARE IMPROVEMENTS

2 IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3 For the Federal payment to the District of Columbia

4 for foster care improvements, $5,000,000: Provided, That

5 $3,000,000 shall be for the Child and Family Services

6 Agency, of which $2,000,000 shall be to continue an early

7 intervention program to provide intensive and immediate

8 services for foster children; of which $1,000,000 shall be

9 for the emergency support fund to purchase items nec10 essary to allow children to remain in the care of an ap11 proved and licensed family member: Provided further, That

12 $1,500,000 shall be for the Department of Mental Health

13 to provide all court-ordered or agency-required mental

14 health screenings, assessments and treatments for chil15 dren under the supervision of the Child and Family Serv16 ices Agency: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be for

17 the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, to

18 continue a program in conjunction with the Foster and

19 Adoptive Parents Advocacy Center, to provide respite care

20 and recruitment of foster parents: Provided further, That

21 these Federal funds shall supplement and not supplant

22 local funds.
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

2 FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3 For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi4 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $19,000,000:

5 Provided, That these funds shall be available for the

6 projects and in the amounts specified in the Statement

7 of the Managers on the conference report accompanying

8 this Act: Provided further, That each entity that receives

9 funding under this heading shall submit to the Office of

10 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia and

11 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep12 resentatives and Senate a report on the activities to be

13 carried out with such funds no later than March 15, 2005.

14 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

15 For Federal payment for a school improvement pro16 gram in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allo17 cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public

18 Schools, $13,000,000 to improve public school education

19 in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of20 fice, $13,000,000 to expand quality charter schools in the

21 District of Columbia; for the Secretary of the Department

22 of Education, $14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholar23 ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord24 ance with division C title III of the District of Columbia

25 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199, 118 Stat.
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1 126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin2 ister and fund assessments for the opportunity scholarship

3 program: Provided, That the District of Columbia Public

4 Schools shall submit a plan for the use of funds provided

5 under this heading for public school education to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

7 and Senate, the Committee on Education and the Work8 force and the Committee on Government Reform of the

9 House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Edu10 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate: Provided fur11 ther, That the funds provided under this heading for pub12 lic school education shall not be made available until 30

13 calendar days after the submission of a spending plan by

14 the District of Columbia Public Schools to the Committees

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and

16 Senate.

17 TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 DIVISION OF EXPENSES

20 The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis21 trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the

22 general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other23 wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding

24 any other provision of law, except as provided in section

25 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C.
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1 Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act,

2 the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating

3 expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005

4 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum

5 of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such

6 fiscal year or $6,199,114,000 (of which $4,165,485,000

7 shall be from local funds, $1,687,554,000 shall be from

8 Federal grant funds, $332,761,000 shall be from other

9 funds, and $13,314,000 shall be from private funds), in

10 addition, $98,900,000 from funds previously appropriated

11 in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That

12 this amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time

13 transactions, which are expended for emergency or unan14 ticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further,

15 That such increases shall be approved by enactment of

16 local District law and shall comply with all reserve require17 ments contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule

18 Act as amended by this Act: Provided further, That the

19 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall

20 take such steps as are necessary to assure that the Dis21 trict of Columbia meets these requirements, including the

22 apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appro23 priations and funds made available to the District during

24 fiscal year 2005, except that the Chief Financial Officer

25 may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
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1 rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for

2 capital projects.

3 GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

4 Governmental direction and support, $416,069,000

5 (including $261,068,000 from local funds, $100,256,000

6 from Federal grant funds, and $54,745,000 from other

7 funds), in addition, $19,000,000 from funds previously

8 appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay9 ment to the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co10 lumbia’’, and $500,000 from funds previously appro11 priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment

12 for Foster Care Improvements in the District of Colum13 bia’’ shall be available to the Metropolitan Washington

14 Council of Governments: Provided, That not to exceed

15 $9,300 for the Mayor, $9,300 for the Chairman of the

16 Council of the District of Columbia, $9,300 for the City

17 Administrator, and $9,300 for the Office of the Chief Fi18 nancial Officer shall be available from this appropriation

19 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro20 vided further, That any program fees collected from the

21 issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of ex22 penses of the debt management program of the District

23 of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from

24 Federal sources shall be used to support the operations

25 or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood
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1 Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District

2 of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad3 mission to Statehood from its own locally generated reve4 nues: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other

5 provision of law, or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March

6 18, 1986, the Office of the Chief Technology Officer’s del7 egated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Pro8 vided further, That the District of Columbia government

9 may not require the Office of the Chief Technology Officer

10 to submit to any other procurement review process, or to

11 obtain the approval of or be restricted in any manner by

12 any official or employee of the District of Columbia gov13 ernment, for purchases that do not exceed $500,000.

14 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION

15 Economic development and regulation, $334,745,000

16 (including $55,764,000 from local funds, $93,050,000

17 from Federal grant funds, $185,806,000 from other

18 funds, and $125,000 from private funds), of which

19 $13,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia in the

20 form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the respective

21 BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act

22 of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–

23 1215.01 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts

24 Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26; D.C. Official

25 Code, sec. 2–1215.15 et seq.): Provided, That such funds
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1 are available for acquiring services provided by the Gen2 eral Services Administration: Provided further, That Busi3 ness Improvement Districts shall be exempt from taxes

4 levied by the District of Columbia: Provided further, That

5 local funds in the amount of $1,200,000 shall be appro6 priated for the Excel Institute.

7 PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE

8 Public safety and justice, $797,423,000 (including

9 $760,849,000 from local funds, $6,599,000 from Federal

10 grant funds, $29,966,000 from other funds, and $9,000

11 from private funds), in addition, $1,300,000 from funds

12 previously appropriated in this Act under the heading

13 ‘‘Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating

14 Council’’: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be

15 available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police

16 for the prevention and detection of crime: Provided further,

17 That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia

18 National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with

19 services that are performed in emergencies by the National

20 Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor,

21 in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified

22 as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and

23 the Commanding General of the District of Columbia Na24 tional Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may

25 be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Colum-
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1 bia National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be

2 available from this appropriation, and the availability of

3 the sums shall be deemed as constituting payment in ad4 vance for emergency services involved.

5 PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 Public education system, including the development

8 of national defense education programs, $1,223,424,000

9 (including $1,058,709,000 from local funds,

10 $151,978,000 from Federal grant funds, $8,957,000 from

11 other funds, $3,780,000 from private funds) in addition,

12 $25,600,000 from funds previously appropriated in this

13 Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Resident

14 Tuition Support’’, $6,000,000 from funds previously ap15 propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay16 ment for Public School Libaries’’, and $26,000,000 from

17 funds previously appropriated in this Act under the head18 ing ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the Dis19 trict of Columbia’’ to be allocated as follows:

20 (1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC

21 SCHOOLS.—$888,944,000 (including $760,494,000

22 from local funds, $117,450,000 from Federal grant

23 funds, $7,330,000 from other funds, $3,670,000

24 from private funds), in addition, $6,000,000 from

25 funds previously appropriated in this Act under the
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1 heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Public School Librar2 ies’’ shall be available for District of Columbia Pub3 lic Schools and $13,000,000 from funds previously

4 appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal

5 Payment for School Improvement in the District of

6 Columbia’’ shall be available for District of Colum7 bia Public Schools: Provided, That notwithstanding

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

9 evaluation process and instruments for evaluating

10 District of Columbia Public School employees shall

11 be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining

12 purposes: Provided further, That this appropriation

13 shall not be available to subsidize the education of

14 any nonresident of the District of Columbia at any

15 District of Columbia public elementary or secondary

16 school during fiscal year 2005 unless the non17 resident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at

18 a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred

19 by the District of Columbia that are attributable to

20 the education of the nonresident (as established by

21 the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Pub22 lic Schools): Provided further, That notwithstanding

23 the amounts otherwise provided under this heading

24 or any other provision of law, there shall be appro25 priated to the District of Columbia Public Schools
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1 on July 1, 2005, an amount equal to 10 percent of

2 the total amount of the local funds appropriations

3 request provided for the District of Columbia Public

4 Schools in the proposed budget of the District of Co5 lumbia for fiscal year 2006 (as submitted to Con6 gress), and the amount of such payment shall be

7 chargeable against the final amount provided for the

8 District of Columbia Public Schools under the Dis9 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006: Pro10 vided further, That not to exceed $9,300 for the Su11 perintendent of Schools shall be available from this

12 appropriation for official reception and representa13 tion expenses.

14 (2) TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT FUND.—

15 $9,200,000 from local funds shall be available for

16 the Teacher’s Retirement Fund.

17 (3) STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.—$43,104,000

18 (including $10,015,000 from local funds,

19 $32,913,000 from Federal grant funds, and

20 $176,000 from other funds), in addition,

21 $25,600,000 from funds previously appropriated in

22 this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for

23 Resident Tuition Support’’ shall be available for the

24 State Education Office and $13,000,000 from funds

25 previously appropriated in this Act under the head-
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1 ing ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in

2 the District of Columbia’’ shall be available for the

3 State Education Office: Provided, That of the

4 amounts provided to the State Education Office,

5 $500,000 from local funds shall remain available

6 until June 30, 2006 for an audit of the student en7 rollment of each District of Columbia Public School

8 and of each District of Columbia public charter

9 school.

10 (4) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC CHARTER

11 SCHOOLS.—$196,802,000 from local funds shall be

12 available for District of Columbia public charter

13 schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly dis14 bursement of funds to the District of Columbia pub15 lic charter schools, with the first payment to occur

16 within 15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year:

17 Provided further, That if the entirety of this alloca18 tion has not been provided as payments to any pub19 lic charter schools currently in operation through the

20 per pupil funding formula, the funds shall remain

21 available for public education in accordance with sec22 tion 2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School

23 Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–

24 1804.03(b)(2)): Provided further, That of the

25 amounts made available to District of Columbia pub-
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1 lic charter schools, $100,000 shall be made available

2 to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as au3 thorized by section 2403(b)(5) of the District of Co4 lumbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official

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

6 notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided

7 under this heading or any other provision of law,

8 there shall be appropriated to the District of Colum9 bia public charter schools on July 1, 2005, an

10 amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount of

11 the local funds appropriations request provided for

12 payments to public charter schools in the proposed

13 budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year

14 2006 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of

15 such payment shall be chargeable against the final

16 amount provided for such payments under the Dis17 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006.

18 (5) UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM19 BIA SUBSIDY.—$49,602,000 from local funds shall

20 be available for the University of the District of Co21 lumbia subsidy: Provided, That this appropriation

22 shall not be available to subsidize the education of

23 nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the Uni24 versity of the District of Columbia, unless the Board

25 of Trustees of the University of the District of Co-
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1 lumbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September

2 30, 2005, a tuition rate schedule that will establish

3 the tuition rate for nonresident students at a level

4 no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged

5 at comparable public institutions of higher education

6 in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That not7 withstanding the amounts otherwise provided under

8 this heading or any other provision of law, there

9 shall be appropriated to the University of the Dis10 trict of Columbia on July 1, 2005, an amount equal

11 to 10 percent of the total amount of the local funds

12 appropriations request provided for the University of

13 the District of Columbia in the proposed budget of

14 the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2006 (as

15 submitted to Congress), and the amount of such

16 payment shall be chargeable against the final

17 amount provided for the University of the District of

18 Columbia under the District of Columbia Appropria19 tions Act, 2006: Provided further, That not to exceed

20 $9,300 for the President of the University of the

21 District of Columbia shall be available from this ap22 propriation for official reception and representation

23 expenses.

24 (6) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRAR25 IES.—$30,831,000 (including $28,978,000 from
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1 local funds, $1,093,000 from Federal grant funds,

2 $651,000 from other funds, and $110,000 from pri3 vate funds) shall be available for the District of Co4 lumbia Public Libraries: Provided, That not to ex5 ceed $7,500 for the Public Librarian shall be avail6 able from this appropriation for official reception

7 and representation expenses.

8 (7) COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMAN9 ITIES.—$4,941,000 (including $3,618,000 from local

10 funds, $523,000 from Federal grant funds, and

11 $800,000 from other funds) shall be available for

12 the Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

13 HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 Human support services, $2,533,825,000 (including

16 $1,165,314,000 from local funds, $1,331,670,000 from

17 Federal grant funds, $27,441,000 from other funds,

18 $9,400,000 from private funds), in addition, $4,500,000

19 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the

20 heading ‘‘Federal Payment to Foster Care Improvements

21 in the District of Columbia’’: Provided, That $29,600,000

22 of this appropriation, to remain available until expended,

23 shall be available solely for District of Columbia employ24 ees’ disability compensation: Provided further, That no less

25 than $8,498,720, to remain available until expended, shall
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1 be deposited in the Addiction Recovery Fund, established

2 pursuant to section 5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment

3 Act of 2000, effective July 8, 2000 (D.C. Law 13–146;

4 D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–3004), to be used exclusively

5 for the purpose of the Choice in Drug Treatment program,

6 established pursuant to section 4 of the Choice in Drug

7 Treatment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13–146; D.C. Official

8 Code, sec. 7–3003), of which $7,500,000 shall be provided

9 from local funds: Provided further, That none of the

10 $8,498,720 for the Choice in Drug Treatment program

11 shall be used by the Department of Health’s Addiction

12 Prevention and Recovery Administration to provide youth

13 residential treatment services or youth outpatient treat14 ment services: Provided further, That no less than

15 $2,000,000 shall be available to the Department of

16 Health’s Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administra17 tion exclusively for the purpose of providing youth residen18 tial treatment services: Provided further, That no less than

19 $1,575,416 shall be available to the Department of

20 Health’s Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administra21 tion exclusively for the purpose of providing youth out22 patient treatment services, of which $750,000 shall be

23 made available exclusively to provide intensive outpatient

24 treatment slots, outpatient treatment slots, and other pro25 gram costs for youth in the care of the Youth Services
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1 Administration: Provided further, That no less than

2 $1,400,000 shall be used by the Department of Health’s

3 Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration to

4 fund a Child and Family Services Agency pilot project en5 titled Family Treatment Court: Provided further, That

6 $1,200,000 of local funds, to remain available until ex7 pended, shall be deposited in the Adoption Voucher Fund,

8 established pursuant to section 3805(a) of the Adoption

9 Voucher Fund Act of 2000, effective October 19, 2000

10 (D.C. Law 13–172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 4–344(a)), to

11 be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in section

12 3805(b) of the Adoption Voucher Fund Act (D.C. Official

13 Code, sec. 4–344(b)): Provided further, That no less than

14 $300,000 shall be used by the Department of Health’s En15 vironmental Health Administration to operate the Total

16 Maximum Daily Load program: Provided further, That no

17 less than $1,268,500 shall be used by the Department of

18 Health’s Environmental Health Administration to operate

19 its air quality programs, of which no less than $242,000

20 shall be used to fund 4 full-time air quality employees:

21 Provided further, That the Department of Human Serv22 ices, Youth Services Administration shall not expend any

23 appropriated fiscal year 2005 funds until the Mayor has

24 submitted to the Council by September 30, 2004, a plan,

25 including time lines, to close the Oak Hill Youth Center
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1 at the earliest feasible date. All of the above proviso

2 amounts in this heading relate back to and are a subset

3 of the first-referenced appropriation amount of

4 $2,533,825,000.

5 PUBLIC WORKS

6 Public works, including rental of one passenger-car7 rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger8 carrying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of

9 Columbia and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles,

10 $331,936,000 (including $312,035,000 from local funds,

11 $4,000,000 from Federal grant funds, and $15,901,000

12 from other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall

13 not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous

14 refuse from hotels and places of business.

15 CASH RESERVE

16 For the cumulative cash reserve established pursuant

17 to section 202(j)(2) of the District of Columbia Financial

18 Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995

19 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 47–392.02(j)(2)), $50,000,000

20 from local funds.

21 REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST

22 For payment of principal, interest, and certain fees

23 directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Co24 lumbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as

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

2 204.62, 1–204.75, and 1–204.90), $347,700,000 from

3 local funds.

4 PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING

5 For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,

6 $4,000,000 from local funds.

7 CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION

8 For principal and interest payments on the District’s

9 Certificates of Participation, issued to finance the ground

10 lease underlying the building located at One Judiciary

11 Square, $11,252,000 from local funds.

12 SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS

13 For making refunds and for the payment of legal set14 tlements or judgments that have been entered against the

15 District of Columbia government, $20,270,000 from local

16 funds: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be con17 strued as modifying or affecting the provisions of section

18 103 of this Act.

19 WILSON BUILDING

20 For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson

21 building, $3,633,000 from local funds.

22 WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS

23 For workforce investments, $38,114,000 from local

24 funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of

25 Columbia within the various appropriation headings in
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1 this Act for which employees are properly payable: Pro2 vided, That of this amount $3,548,000 shall remain avail3 able until expended to meet the requirements of the Com4 pensation Agreement Between the District of Columbia

5 Government Units 1 and 2 Approval Resolution of 2004,

6 effective February 17, 2004 (Res. 15–459; 51 DCR

7 2325).

8 NON-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCY

9 To account for anticipated costs that cannot be allo10 cated to specific agencies during the development of the

11 proposed budget, $13,946,000 (including $4,000,000 from

12 local funds and $9,946,000 from other funds) to be trans13 ferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia within

14 the various appropriations headings in this Act: Provided,

15 That $4,000,000 from local funds shall be for anticipated

16 costs associated with the No Child Left Behind Act.

17 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY FUND

18 For Emergency Planning and Security Fund,

19 $15,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this

20 Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Emergency

21 Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’.

22 TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PROGRAM

23 For a Tax Increment Financing Program, such

24 amounts as are necessary to meet the Tax Increment Fi-
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1 nancing requirements, not to exceed $9,710,000 from the

2 District’s general fund balance.

3 EQUIPMENT LEASE OPERATING

4 For Equipment Lease Operating $23,109,000 from

5 local funds: Provided, That for equipment leases, the

6 Mayor may finance $19,453,000 of equipment cost, plus

7 cost of issuance not to exceed 2 percent of the par amount

8 being financed on a lease purchase basis with a maturity

9 not to exceed 5 years.

10 EMERGENCY AND CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUNDS

11 For the emergency reserve fund and the contingency

12 reserve fund under section 450A of the District of Colum13 bia Home Rule Act (Public Law 98–198, as amended;

14 D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a), such additional

15 amounts from the District’s general fund balance as are

16 necessary to meet the balance requirements for such funds

17 under section 450A.

18 FAMILY LITERACY

19 From funds previously appropriated in this Act under

20 the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for the Family Literacy

21 Program’’, $1,000,000.

22 PAY-AS-YOU-GO CAPITAL

23 For Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds in lieu of capital

24 financing, $6,531,000 from local funds, to be transferred

25 to the Capital Fund.
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1 PAY-AS-YOU-GO CONTINGENCY

2 For Pay-As-You-Go Contingency Fund, $43,137,000,

3 subject to the Criteria for Spending Pay-As-You-Go Fund4 ing Act of 2004, approved by the Council of the District

5 of Columbia on 1st reading, May 14, 2004 (Title I of Bill

6 15–768), there are authorized to be transferred from the

7 contingency fund to certain other headings of this Act as

8 necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Expendi9 tures from the Pay-As-You-Go Contingency Fund shall be

10 subject to the approval of the Council by resolution.

11 REVISED REVENUE ESTIMATE CONTINGENCY PRIORITY

12 If the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co13 lumbia certifies through a revised revenue estimate that

14 funds are available from local funds, such available funds

15 shall be expended as provided in the Contingency for Rec16 ordation and Transfer Tax Reduction and the Office of

17 Property Management and Library Expenditures Act of

18 2004, approved by the Council of the District of Columbia

19 on 1st reading, May 14, 2004 (Bill 15–768), including up

20 to $2,000,000 to the Office of Property Management, and

21 up to $1,200,000 to the District of Columbia Public Li22 brary.
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1 ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

2 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

3 For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority,

4 $275,289,000 from other funds, of which $15,180,402

5 shall be apportioned for repayment of loans and interest

6 incurred for capital improvement projects and payable to

7 the District’s debt service fund. For construction projects,

8 $371,040,000, to be distributed as follows: $181,656,000

9 for the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant,

10 $43,800,000 for the sewer program, $9,118,000 for the

11 stormwater program, $122,627,000 for the water pro12 gram, and $13,839,000 for the capital equipment pro13 gram; in addition, $10,000,000 from funds previously ap14 propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay15 ment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Au16 thority’’: Provided, That the requirements and restrictions

17 that are applicable to general fund capital improvement

18 projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay

19 appropriation account shall apply to projects approved

20 under this appropriation account.

21 WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT

22 For operation of the Washington Aqueduct,

23 $47,972,000 from other funds.
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1 STORMWATER PERMIT COMPLIANCE ENTERPRISE FUND

2 For operation of the Stormwater Permit Compliance

3 Enterprise Fund, $3,792,000 from other funds.

4 LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND

5 For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise

6 Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria7 tion Act, 1982, for the purpose of implementing the Law

8 to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo

9 and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Co10 lumbia (D.C. Law 3–172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 3–1301

11 et seq. and sec. 22–1716 et seq.), $247,000,000 from

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

13 identify the source of funding for this appropriation title

14 from the District’s own locally generated revenues: Pro15 vided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall

16 be used to support the operations or activities of the Lot17 tery and Charitable Games Control Board: Provided fur18 ther, That the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise

19 Fund is hereby authorized to make transfers to the gen20 eral fund of the District of Columbia, in excess of this

21 appropriation, if such funds are available for transfer.

22 SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION

23 For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,

24 $7,322,000 from other funds: Provided, That the para25 graph under the heading ‘‘Sports and Entertainment
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1 Commission’’ in Public Law 108–199 (118 Stat. 125) is

2 amended by striking the term ‘‘local funds’’ and inserting

3 the term ‘‘other funds’’ in its place.

4 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD

5 For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, es6 tablished pursuant to section 121 of the District of Colum7 bia Retirement Reform Act of 1979 (D.C. Official Code,

8 sec. 1–711), $15,277,000 from the earnings of the appli9 cable retirement funds to pay legal, management, invest10 ment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the

11 District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That

12 the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide

13 to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Co14 lumbia a quarterly report of the allocations of charges by

15 fund and of expenditures of all funds: Provided further,

16 That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall pro17 vide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the Dis18 trict of Columbia, an itemized accounting of the planned

19 use of appropriated funds in time for each annual budget

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

21 each annual audited financial report.

22 WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND

23 For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise

24 Fund, $77,176,000 from other funds.
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1 NATIONAL CAPITAL REVITALIZATION CORPORATION

2 For the National Capital Revitalization Corporation,

3 $7,850,000 from other funds.

4 UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 For the University of the District of Columbia,

6 $85,102,000 (including, $49,603,000 from local funds

7 previously appropriated in this Act under the heading

8 ‘‘Public Education Systems’’, $15,192,000 from Federal

9 funds, $19,434,000 from other funds, and $873,000 from

10 private funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not

11 be available to subsidize the education of nonresidents of

12 the District of Columbia at the University of the District

13 of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the Univer14 sity of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year

15 ending September 30, 2005, a tuition rate schedule that

16 will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at

17 a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged

18 at comparable public institutions of higher education in

19 the metropolitan area.

20 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TRUST FUND

21 For the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund,

22 $180,000,000 from other funds.

23 OTHER POST EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TRUST FUND

24 For the Other Post Employee Benefits Trust Fund,

25 $953,000 from other funds.
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1 DC PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUND

2 For the DC Public Library Trust Fund, $17,000

3 from other funds: Provided, That $7,000 shall be for the

4 Theodore W. Noyes Trust Fund: Provided further, That

5 $10,000 shall be for the Peabody Trust Fund.

6 CAPITAL OUTLAY

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

8 For construction projects, an increase of

9 $1,087,649,000, of which $839,898,000 shall be from

10 local funds, $38,542,000 from Highway Trust funds,

11 $37,000,000 from the Rights-of-way funds, $172,209,000

12 from Federal grant funds, and a rescission of

13 $361,763,000 from local funds appropriated under this

14 heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of

15 $725,886,000, to remain available until expended; in addi16 tion, $7,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in

17 this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Capital

18 Development in the District of Columbia’’ and $3,000,000

19 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the

20 heading ‘‘Federal Payment for the Anacostia Waterfront

21 Initiative’’: Provided, That funds for use of each capital

22 project implementing agency shall be managed and con23 trolled in accordance with all procedures and limitations

24 established under the Financial Management System: Pro25 vided further, That all funds provided by this appropria-
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1 tion title shall be available only for the specific projects

2 and purposes intended: Provided further, That the Office

3 of the Chief Technology Officer of the District of Colum4 bia shall implement the following information technology

5 projects on behalf of the District of Columbia Public

6 Schools: Student Information System (project number

7 T2240), Student Information System PCS (project num8 ber T2241), Enterprise Resource Planning (project num9 ber T2242), E-Rate (project number T2243), and SETS

10 Expansion PCS (project number T2244).

11 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci13 fied within an appropriation for a particular purposes or

14 objects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise

15 specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount

16 that may be expended for said purpose or object rather

17 than an amount set apart exclusively therefor.

18 SEC. 102. Appropriations in this act shall be available

19 for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of orga20 nizations concerned with the work of the District of Co21 lumbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, or, in

22 the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds

23 may be expended with the authorization of the Chairman

24 of the Council.
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1 SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable

2 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be

3 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal

4 settlements or judgments that have been entered against

5 the District of Columbia government.

6 SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in

7 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

8 current fiscal year unless expressly provided herein.

9 SEC. 105. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),

10 no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity

11 or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy

12 including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation

13 pending before Congress or any State legislature.

14 (b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro15 vided in this Act to carry out lobbying activities on any

16 matter other than—

17 (1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or

18 (2) statehood for the District of Columbia or

19 voting representation in Congress for the District of

20 Columbia.

21 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro22 hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to

23 any of the issues referred to in subsection (b).

24 SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds provided under this

25 Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and
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1 District government agencies, that remain available for

2 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided

3 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States

4 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies

5 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex6 penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of

7 funds which—

8 (1) creates new programs;

9 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi10 bility center;

11 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi12 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act;

13 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means

14 for any program, project, or responsibility center for

15 which funds have been denied or restricted;

16 (5) reestablishes any program or project pre17 viously deferred through reprogramming;

18 (6) augments any existing program, project, or

19 responsibility center through a reprogramming of

20 funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, which21 ever is less; or

22 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel

23 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi24 bility center,
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1 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of

2 Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days

3 in advance of the reprogramming.

4 (b) None the local funds contained in this Act may

5 be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency

6 through a transfer of any local funds in excess of

7 $1,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un8 less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of

9 Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days

10 in advance of the transfer, except that in no event may

11 the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of

12 the local funds in the appropriations.

13 SEC. 107. Consistent with the provisions of section

14 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations

15 under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for

16 which the appropriations were made except as otherwise

17 provided by law.

18 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

19 law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern20 ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C.

21 Law 2–139; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–601.01 et seq.),

22 enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co23 lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–

24 204l.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation

25 of District of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, em-
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1 ployees of the District of Columbia government shall not

2 be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code.

3 SEC. 109. No later than 30 days after the end of the

4 first quarter of fiscal year 2005, the Mayor of the District

5 of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District

6 of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the

7 House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year

8 2005 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter.

9 These estimates shall be used in the budget request for

10 fiscal year 2006. The officially revised estimates at mid11 year shall be used for the midyear report.

12 SEC. 110. No sole source contract with the District

13 of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re14 newed or extended without opening that contract to the

15 competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of

16 the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of

17 1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–303.03),

18 except that the District of Columbia government or any

19 agency thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts

20 for which competition is not feasible or practical, but only

21 if the determination as to whether to invoke the competi22 tive bidding process has been made in accordance with

23 duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been re24 viewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the

25 District of Columbia.
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1 SEC. 111. None of the Federal funds provided in this

2 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide

3 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the

4 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep5 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia

6 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979

7 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123).

8 SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated under this

9 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the

10 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were

11 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of

12 an act of rape or incest.

13 SEC. 113. None of the Federal funds made available

14 in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the

15 Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law

16 9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to oth17 erwise implement or enforce any system of registration of

18 unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited

19 to registration for the purpose of extending employment,

20 health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the

21 same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar22 ried couples.

23 SEC. 114. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

24 of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi25 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept,
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1 obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants

2 received by the District government that are not reflected

3 in the amounts appropriated in this Act.

4 (b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may

5 be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection

6 (a) until—

7 (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District

8 of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting

9 forth detailed information regarding such grant; and

10 (B) the Council has reviewed and approved the

11 acceptance, obligation, and expenditure of such

12 grant.

13 (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council

14 shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the accept15 ance, obligation, and expenditure of a grant if—

16 (A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with

17 the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days

18 of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial

19 Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or

20 (B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with21 in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution

22 disapprove the acceptance, obligation, or expenditure

23 of the grant within 30 calendar days of the initial

24 receipt of the report from the Chief Financial Offi25 cer under paragraph (1)(A).
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1 (c) No amount may be obligated or expended from

2 the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum3 bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt

4 of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of

5 the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other

6 grant not subject to such subsection.

7 (d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co8 lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and

9 other grants received by the District government reflected

10 in the amounts appropriated in this Act, or approved and

11 received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the

12 actual amount of the grant.

13 (e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co14 lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de15 tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and

16 other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall

17 be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia

18 and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House

19 of Representatives and Senate not later than 15 days after

20 the end of the quarter covered by the report.

21 SEC. 115. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this

22 section, none of the funds made available by this Act or

23 by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or

24 employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi25 cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in
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1 the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du2 ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official

3 duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em4 ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of—

5 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan

6 Police Department who resides in the District of Co7 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the

8 Department;

9 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi10 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and

11 Emergency Medical Services Department who re12 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24

13 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire

14 Chief;

15 (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and

16 (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District

17 of Columbia.

18 (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co19 lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2005, an inventory, as

20 of September 30, 2004, of all vehicles owned, leased or

21 operated by the District of Columbia government. The in22 ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart23 ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make

24 of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general

25 condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte-
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1 nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is

2 allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee

3 and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca4 tion.

5 SEC. 116. None of the funds contained in this Act

6 may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit

7 of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year

8 2005 unless—

9 (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector

10 General of the District of Columbia, in coordination

11 with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of

12 Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis13 trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of

14 1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and

15 (2) the audit includes as a basic financial state16 ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re17 sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc18 ument for such year and the appropriations enacted

19 into law for such year using the format, terminology,

20 and classifications contained in the law making the

21 appropriations for the year and its legislative his22 tory.

23 SEC. 117. (a) None of the funds contained in this

24 Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation

25 Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
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1 ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil

2 action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot3 ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum4 bia.

5 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co6 lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com7 menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting

8 with officials of the District government regarding such

9 lawsuits.

10 SEC. 118. (a) None of the funds contained in this

11 Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile

12 needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille13 gal drug.

14 (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds

15 contained in this Act and who carries out any program

16 described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used

17 for such program separately from any funds contained in

18 this Act.

19 SEC. 119. None of the funds contained in this Act

20 may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that

21 begins on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay

22 the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of

23 the District of Columbia government (including any inde24 pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not

25 filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan-
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1 cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer

2 understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the

3 officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this Act (and

4 the amendments made by this Act), including any duty

5 to prepare a report requested either in the Act or in any

6 of the reports accompanying the Act and the deadline by

7 which each report must be submitted. The Chief Financial

8 Officer of the District of Columbia shall provide to the

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and Senate by the 10th day after the end of each

11 quarter a summary list showing each report, the due date,

12 and the date submitted to the Committees.

13 SEC. 120. (a) None of the funds contained in this

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

15 regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ16 ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched17 ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21

18 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.

19 (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat20 ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap21 proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No22 vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect.

23 SEC. 121. Nothing in this Act may be construed to

24 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia

25 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive
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1 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent

2 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue

3 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep4 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.

5 SEC. 122. The Mayor of the District of Columbia

6 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the

7 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on

8 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and

9 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate

10 quarterly reports addressing—

11 (1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple12 mentation of community policing, the number of po13 lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of

14 open-air drug markets;

15 (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat16 ment, including the number of treatment slots, the

17 number of people served, the number of people on

18 waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro19 grams;

20 (3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio21 lent offenders, including the number of halfway

22 houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni23 toring and supervision of halfway house residents to

24 reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con-
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1 sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su2 pervision Agency for the District of Columbia;

3 (4) education, including access to special edu4 cation services and student achievement to be pro5 vided in consultation with the District of Columbia

6 Public Schools and the District of Columbia public

7 charter schools;

8 (5) improvement in basic District services, in9 cluding rat control and abatement;

10 (6) application for and management of Federal

11 grants, including the number and type of grants for

12 which the District was eligible but failed to apply

13 and the number and type of grants awarded to the

14 District but for which the District failed to spend

15 the amounts received; and

16 (7) indicators of child well-being.

17 SEC. 123. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial

19 Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap20 propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the

21 Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated

22 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that

23 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant

24 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act

25 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the
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1 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2004 that

2 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and

3 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and

4 other-than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated

5 actual expenditures.

6 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency where

7 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia

8 certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici9 pated changes in program requirements.

10 SEC. 124. None of the funds contained in this Act

11 may be used to issue, administer, or enforce any order

12 by the District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights

13 relating to docket numbers 93–030–(PA) and 93–031–

14 (PA).

15 SEC. 125. None of the Federal funds made available

16 in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency,

17 or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex18 cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority

19 provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

20 SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other law, the Dis21 trict of Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general

22 treasury of the District of Columbia all fines levied and

23 collected by the Courts under section 10(b)(1) and (2) of

24 the District of Columbia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code,

25 sec. 50–2201.05(b)(1) and (2)). The transferred funds
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1 shall remain available until expended and shall be used

2 by the Office of the Corporation Counsel for enforcement

3 and prosecution of District traffic alcohol laws in accord4 ance with section 10(b)(3) of the District of Columbia

5 Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50–2201.05(b)(3)).

6 SEC. 127. None of the funds contained in this Act

7 may be made available to pay—

8 (1) the fees of an attorney who represents a

9 party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac10 tion, including an administrative proceeding, brought

11 against the District of Columbia Public Schools

12 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education

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

14 that action; or

15 (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the

16 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia

17 determines to have a pecuniary interest, either

18 through an attorney, officer or employee of the firm,

19 in any special education diagnostic services, schools,

20 or other special education service providers.

21 SEC. 128. The Chief Financial Officer of the District

22 of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education

23 cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Act

24 (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify in writing

25 that the attorney or representative rendered any and all
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1 services for which they receive awards, including those re2 ceived under a settlement agreement or as part of an ad3 ministrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the District

4 of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief Finan5 cial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require all

6 attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, cor7 porate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other

8 relationships with any special education diagnostic serv9 ices, schools, or other special education service providers

10 to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part

11 of this certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall pre12 pare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen14 ate on the certification of and the amount paid by the gov15 ernment of the District of Columbia, including the District

16 of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought

17 under IDEA. The Inspector General of the District of Co18 lumbia may conduct investigations to determine the accu19 racy of the certifications.

20 SEC. 129. The amount appropriated by this Act may

21 be increased by no more than $15,000,000 from funds

22 identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as

23 the District’s fiscal year 2004 unexpended general fund

24 surplus. The District may obligate and expend these

25 amounts only in accordance with the following conditions:
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1 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District

2 of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such

3 amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact

4 on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco5 nomic vitality.

6 (2) The District of Columbia may only use

7 these funds for the following expenditures:

8 (A) Unanticipated one-time expenditures.

9 (B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending.

10 (C) Debt Reduction.

11 (D) Unanticipated program needs.

12 (E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short13 falls.

14 (3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex15 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the

16 Council in support of each such obligation or ex17 penditure.

18 (4) The amounts may not be used to fund the

19 agencies of the District of Columbia government

20 under court ordered receivership.

21 (5) The amounts may be obligated and ex22 pended only if approved by the Committees on Ap23 propriations of the House of Representatives and

24 Senate in advance of any obligation or expenditure.
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1 SEC. 130. (a) Section 450A(a) of the District of Co2 lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–

3 204.50a(a)) is amended as follows:

4 (1) Paragraph (1) is amended to read as fol5 lows:

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established an

7 emergency cash reserve fund (‘‘emergency reserve

8 fund’’) as an interest-bearing account (separate from

9 other accounts in the General Fund) into which the

10 Mayor shall make a deposit in cash each fiscal year

11 of such an amount as may be required to maintain

12 a balance in the fund of at least 2 percent of the

13 operating expenditures as defined in paragraph (2)

14 of this subsection or such amount as may be re15 quired for deposit in a fiscal year in which the Dis16 trict is replenishing the emergency reserve fund pur17 suant to subsection (a)(7).’’.

18 (2) Paragraph (2) is amended to read as fol19 lows:

20 ‘‘(2) OPERATING EXPENSES.—For the purpose

21 of this subsection, operating expenditures is defined

22 as the amount reported in the District of Columbia’s

23 Comprehensive Annual Financial Repsort for the fis24 cal year immediately preceding the current fiscal

25 year as the actual operating expenditure from local
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1 funds, less such amounts that are attributed to debt

2 service payments for which a separate reserve fund

3 is already established under this Act.’’.

4 (3) Paragraph (7) is amended to read as fol5 lows:

6 ‘‘(7) REPLENISHMENT.—The District of Co7 lumbia shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal

8 year in the budget process to replenish any amounts

9 allocated from the emergency reserve fund during

10 the preceding fiscal years so that not less than 50

11 percent of any amount allocated in the preceding fis12 cal year or the amount necessary to restore the

13 emergency reserve fund to the 2 percent required

14 balance, whichever is less, is replenished by the end

15 of the current fiscal year and 100 percent of the

16 amount allocated or the amount necessary to restore

17 the emergency reserve fund to the 2 percent re18 quired balance, whichever is less, is replenished by

19 the end of the second fiscal year following each such

20 allocation.’’.

21 (b) Section 450A(b) of such Act (sec. 1–204.50a(b),

22 D.C. Official Code) is amended as follows:

23 (1) Paragraph (1) is amended to read as fol24 lows:
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a con2 tingency cash reserve fund (‘‘contingency reserve

3 fund’’) as an interest-bearing account, separate from

4 other accounts in the general fund, into which the

5 Mayor shall make a deposit in cash each fiscal year

6 of such amount as may be required to maintain a

7 balance in the fund of at least 4 percent of the oper8 ating expenditures as defined in paragraph (2) of

9 this subsection or such amount as may be required

10 for deposit in a fiscal year in which the District is

11 replenishing the emergency reserve fund pursuant to

12 subsection (b)(6).’’.

13 (2) Paragraph (2) is amended to read as fol14 lows:

15 ‘‘(2) OPERATING EXPENSES.—For the purpose

16 of this subsection, operating expenditures is defined

17 as the amount reported in the District of Columbia’s

18 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fis19 cal year immediately preceding the current fiscal

20 year as the actual operating expenditure from local

21 funds, less such amounts that are attributed to debt

22 service payments for which a separate reserve fund

23 is already established under this Act.’’.

24 (3) Paragraph (6) is amended to read as fol25 lows:
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1 ‘‘(6) REPLENISHMENT.—The District of Co2 lumbia shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal

3 year in the budget process to replenish any amounts

4 allocated from the contingency reserve fund during

5 the preceding fiscal years so that not less than 50

6 percent of any amount allocated in the preceding fis7 cal year or the amount necessary to restore the con8 tingency reserve fund to the 4 percent required

9 balance, whichever is less, is replenished by the end

10 of the current fiscal year and 100 percent of the

11 amount allocated or the amount necessary to restore

12 the contingency reserve fund to the 4 percent re13 quired balance, whichever is less, is replenished by

14 the end of the second fiscal year following each such

15 allocation.’’.

16 SEC. 131. For fiscal year 2005, the Chief Financial

17 Officer shall re-calculate the emergency and contingency

18 cash reserve funds amount established by section 450A of

19 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official

20 Code, sec. 1–204.50a), as amended by this Act, and is au21 thorized to transfer funds between the emergency and con22 tingency cash reserve funds to reach the required percent23 ages, and may transfer funds from the emergency and

24 contingency cash reserve funds to the general fund of the

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1 necessary to meet the requirements established for each

2 fund, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not

3 transfer funds from the emergency or the contingency re4 serve funds to the extent that such a transfer would lower

5 the fiscal year 2005 total percentage below 7 percent.

6 SEC. 132. (a) Section 6 of the Policemen and Fire7 men’s Retirement and Disability Act Amendments of 1957

8 (sec. 5–732, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking

9 the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting

10 the following: ‘‘, and for the administrative costs associ11 ated with making such benefit payments.’’.

12 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall

13 apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding

14 fiscal year.

15 SEC. 133. (a) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF

16 AMOUNTS IN CHARTER SCHOOL FUND.—Section

17 2403(b)(1) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act

18 of 1995 (sec. 38–1804.03(b)(1), D.C. Official Code) is

19 amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:

20 ‘‘Amounts in the Charter School Fund shall remain avail21 able until expended, and any amounts in the Fund remain22 ing unobligated or unexpended at the end of a fiscal year

23 shall not revert to the General Fund of the District of

24 Columbia.’’.
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1 (b) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDS

2 FOR CHARTER SCHOOL FUND.—Section 2403(b)(2)(A) of

3 such Act (sec. 38–1804.03(b)(2)(A), D.C. Official Code)

4 is amended by inserting after ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ the

5 following: ‘‘together with any other local funds that the

6 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia cer7 tifies are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Fund

8 during the fiscal year,’’.

9 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

10 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005

11 and each succeeding fiscal year.

12 SEC. 134. (a) CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHOR13 ITY OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Section 2302 of the

14 Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act,

15 2003 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 593), is amended

16 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep17 tember 30, 2005’’.

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

19 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact20 ment of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropria21 tions Act, 2003.

22 SEC. 135. (a) Section 106(b) of the District of Co23 lumbia Public Works Act of 1954 (sec. 34–2401.25(b),

24 D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
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1 (b) Section 212(b) of such Act (sec. 34–2112(b),

2 D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (5).

3 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply

4 with respect to quarters occurring during fiscal year 2005

5 and each succeeding fiscal year.

6 SEC. 136. (a) APPROVAL OF BONDS BY JOINT COM7 MITTEE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION.—Section 11–

8 1701(b), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended

9 by striking paragraph (5).

10 (b) EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11–1704, District of

12 Columbia Official Code, is amended to read as fol13 lows:

14 ‘‘§ 11–1704. Oath of Executive Officer

15 ‘‘The Executive Officer shall take an oath or affirma16 tion for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties

17 of that office.’’.

18 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec19 tions for subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 11, Dis20 trict of Columbia Official Code, is amended by

21 amending the item relating to section 11–1704 to

22 read as follows:

‘‘11–1704. Oath of Executive Officer.’’.

23 (c) FISCAL OFFICER.—Section 11–1723, District of

24 Columbia Official Code, is amended—

25 (1) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’;
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1 (2) by striking subsection (b); and

2 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) of

3 subsection (a) as subsections (b) and (c).

4 (d) AUDITOR-MASTER.—Section 11–1724, District of

5 Columbia Official Code, is amended by striking the second

6 and third sentences.

7 (e) REGISTER OF WILLS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11–2102, District of

9 Columbia Official Code, is amended—

10 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘bond;’’;

11 (B) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘give

12 bond,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘seasonably

13 to record’’ and inserting ‘‘seasonably record’’;

14 and

15 (C) by striking the third sentence of sub16 section (a).

17 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating

18 to section 11–2102 in the table of sections for chap19 ter 21 of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code,

20 is amended by striking ‘‘bond;’’.

21 SEC. 137. Section 11–1728, District of Columbia Of22 ficial Code, is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘§ 11–1728. Recruitment and training of personnel;

2 travel

3 ‘‘(a) The Executive Officer shall be responsible for

4 recruiting such qualified personnel as may be necessary

5 for the District of Columbia courts and for providing in6 service training for court personnel.

7 ‘‘(b) Travel under Federal supply schedules is author8 ized for the travel of court personnel on official business.

9 The Joint Committee shall prescribe such requirements,

10 conditions, and restrictions for such travel as it considers

11 appropriate, and shall include policies and procedures for

12 preventing abuses of that travel authority.’’.

13 (b) The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter

14 17 of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, is

15 amended by amending the item relating to section 11–

16 1728 to read as follows:

‘‘11–1728. Recruitment and training of personnel; travel.’’.

17 SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

18 of this Act, the amount of local funds made available

19 under this Act for the Office of the Inspector General shall

20 be the amount provided in the annual estimate of the In21 spector General of the expenditures and appropriations

22 necessary for the operation of the Office for fiscal year

23 2005, as prepared by the Inspector General and submitted

24 to the Mayor of the District of Columbia under section

25 208(a)(2)(A) of the District of Columbia Procurement
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1 Practices Act of 1985 (sec. 2–302.08(a)(2)(A), D.C. Offi2 cial Code).

3 (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co4 lumbia shall take such steps as are necessary to carry out

5 this section.

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia

7 Appropriations Act, 2005’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2004.

Attest:

Clerk.