103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2492

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

July 27 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2492) entitled ‘‘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, 1994,

and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Ω1æPage 2, line 15, strike out all after ‘‘$52,070,000’’

2 down to and including ‘‘1994’’ in line 18

3 Ω2æPage 2, line 22, strike out ø$17,327,000¿ and insert:

4 $15,327,000

5 Ω3æPage 2, line 22, after ‘‘$17,327,000’’ insert: : Pro6 vided, That the Mayor may use a portion of these funds

7 for the operations of the Trauma Care Fund as established

8 in Public Law 102–382 (106 Stat. 1428): Provided further,

9 That no trauma center may receive an amount greater than

10 its proportionate share of the total available in the fund,

11 in any fiscal year, as determined by its proportionate share

12 of total uncompensated care among Level I trauma centers

13 in the District of Columbia for the most recent year such

14 data is available: Provided further, That in no case may
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1 any trauma center receive more than 35 percent of the total

2 amount available in any one fiscal year: Provided further,

3 That these funds shall be subject to any modifications that

4 may be enacted in authorizing legislation

5 Ω4æPage 3, line 4, strike out ø$118,543,000¿ and insert:

6 $114,781,000

7 Ω5æPage 4, line 6, after ‘‘sion’’ insert: : Provided further,

8 That the District of Columbia shall identify the sources of

9 funding for Admission to Statehood from its own locally10 generated revenues

11 Ω6æPage 4, line 8, strike out ø$85,348,000¿ and insert:

12 $85,629,000

13 Ω7æPage 5, line 12, strike out ø$907,966,000¿ and in14 sert: $877,703,000

15 Ω8æPage 5, line 12, after ‘‘$907,966,000’’ insert: , of

16 which $1,100,000 for the District of Columbia National

17 Guard; $1,848,000 for the Office of Emergency Prepared18 ness; and $1,052,000 for object class 70 of the Metropolitan

19 Police Department shall be derived from other Federal

20 sources hereafter appropriated

21 Ω9æPage 8, line 6, strike out all after ‘‘prison’’ down to

22 and including ‘‘Department’’ in line 11
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1 Ω10æPage 8, line 11 after ‘‘Department’’ insert: : Pro2 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this

3 Act may be used to implement any plan that includes the

4 closing of Engine Company 3, located at 439 New Jersey

5 Avenue, Northwest

6 Ω11æPage 9, line 11, strike out ø$711,813,000¿ and in7 sert: $710,742,000

8 Ω12æPage 9, line 18, strike out ø$3,540,000¿ and insert:

9 $3,474,000

10 Ω13æPage 9, line 19, strike out ø$4,500,000¿ and insert:

11 $3,500,000

12 Ω14æPage 9, line 20, strike out ø$492,000¿ and insert:

13 $487,000

14 Ω15æPage 10, line 19, strike out ø$914,830,000¿ and

15 insert: $869,587,000

16 Ω16æPage 10, line 20, strike out ø$17,905,000¿ and in17 sert: $20,905,000

18 Ω17æPage 11, line 13, strike out ø$215,749,000¿ and

19 insert: $203,939,000

20 Ω18æPage 12, line 15, after ‘‘note)’’, insert: ; section 6

21 of Public Law 101–590 (104 Stat. 2929)
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1 Ω19æPage 12, line 16, strike out ø$312,948,000¿ and

2 insert: $316,948,000

3 Ω20æPage 13, line 9, strike out ø$70,680,000¿ and in4 sert: $81,680,000

5 Ω21æPage 13, after line 9, insert:

6 SEVERANCE PAY

7 For severance pay to employees who are involuntarily

8 separated from service as a result of reductions-in-force or

9 reorganizations, $11,033,000.

10 Ω22æPage 13, after line 9, insert:

11 D.C. GENERAL HOSPITAL DEFICIT PAYMENT

12 For the purpose of reimbursing the General Fund for

13 costs incurred for the operation of the D.C. General Hos14 pital pursuant to D.C. Law 1–134, the D.C. General Hos15 pital Commission Act of 1977, $20,000,000.

16 Ω23æPage 13, line 13, strike out ø$27,062,000¿ and in17 sert: $7,000,000

18 Ω24æPage 13, line 16, strike out ø$108,743,000¿ and

19 insert: $158,743,000

20 Ω25æPage 15, line 13, after ‘‘lapse’’ insert: : Provided

21 further, That $50,000,000 shall be solely for the purpose of

22 carrying out section 6 of Public Law 101–590 (104 Stat.
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1 2929) and shall be transferred within 45-days of receipt of

2 bond proceeds

3 Ω26æPage 15, line 13, after ‘‘lapse’’ insert: : Provided

4 further, That, once the Fish and Wildlife Service study on

5 the fishway at Little Falls Dam is complete the Washington

6 Aqueduct may use up to $500,000 of funds provided to it

7 under this heading to initiate construction of modifications

8 to the Little Falls Dam facility for the purpose of environ9 mental restoration and improvements by providing passage

10 for anadromous fish on the Potomac River

11 Ω27æPage 30, strike out all after line 19 over to and

12 including line 12 on page 31 and insert:

13 SEC. 135. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act

14 or any other funds available to the District of Columbia

15 shall be used for any contract to provide goods or services

16 to or on behalf of the District of Columbia which currently

17 are provided by employees, departments, or agencies of the

18 District of Columbia until the Mayor submits to the Council

19 and the Council approves revised contracting policies and

20 procedures.

21 (b) The revised contracting policies and procedures re22 quired by subsection (a) of this section shall provide that—

23 (1) a cost analysis comparing the in-house costs

24 of providing the service with the costs associated with
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1 contracting for the service shall be completed for each

2 contract proposed pursuant to this section;

3 (2) contracting out will provide savings over the

4 duration of the contract of at least 10 percent.

5 Ω28æPage 31, strike out all after line 12 over to and

6 including line 10 on page 33

7 Ω29æPage 34, after line 5, insert:

8 SEC. 139. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall

9 report back to the Congress within 90 days on the status

10 of construction of a new Federal prison in the District of

11 Columbia as previously authorized by Congress.

12 Ω30æPage 34, after line 5, insert:

13 SEC. 140. AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER FOR GROUP HOS14 PITALIZATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES.

15 (a) LEGAL DOMICILE.—The first section of the Act en16 titled ‘‘An Act providing for the incorporation of certain

17 persons as Group Hospitalization, Inc.’’, approved August

18 11, 1939 (referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), is amended by adding

19 at the end thereof the following: ‘‘The District of Columbia

20 shall be the legal domicile of the corporation.’’.

21 (b) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Act is amend23 ed to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 5. The corporation shall be licensed and regu2 lated by the District of Columbia in accordance with the

3 laws and regulations of the District of Columbia.’’.

4 (2) REPEAL.—The Act is amended by striking

5 section 7.

6 (c) REIMBURSEMENT OF REGULATORY COSTS BY THE

7 CORPORATION.—The Act (as amended by subsection (b)) is

8 amended by inserting after section 6 the following new sec9 tion:

10 ‘‘SEC. 7. The corporation shall reimburse the District

11 of Columbia for the costs of insurance regulation (including

12 financial and market conduct examinations) of the corpora13 tion and its affiliates and subsidiaries by the District of

14 Columbia.’’.

15 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this

16 section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

17 Ω31æPage 34, line 14, strike out ø$15,133,000¿ and in18 sert: $15,501,000

19 Ω32æPage 34, line 18, strike out ø$4,760,000¿ and in20 sert: $7,162,000

21 Ω33æPage 34, line 19, strike out ø$10,373,000¿ and in22 sert: $8,339,000

23 Ω34æPage 35, line 8, strike out ø$1,047,000¿ and insert:

24 $6,047,000
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1 Ω35æPage 35, line 13, strike out ø$9,540,000¿ and in2 sert: $4,540,000

3 Ω36æPage 35, line 21, strike out ø$18,921,000¿ and in4 sert: $21,078,000

5 Ω37æPage 35, line 22, strike out ø$12,691,000¿ and in6 sert: $14,848,000

7 Ω38æPage 35, line 23, after ‘‘the’’ insert: Personal and

8 Ω39æPage 36, line 1, strike out øMetropolitan Policy De9 partment¿ and insert: Metropolitan Police Department

10 Ω40æPage 36, line 6, after ‘‘tem’’,’’ insert: $4,000,000 for

11 the public schools of the District of Columbia and

12 Ω41æPage 36, line 15, strike out ø$7,257,000¿ and in13 sert: $3,257,000

14 Ω42æPage 37, line 4, strike out ø$70,772,000¿ and in15 sert: $81,772,000

16 Ω43æPage 37, line 9, strike out ø$68,551,000¿ and in17 sert: $79,551,000

18 Ω44æPage 37, line 19, strike out ø$19,051,000¿ and in19 sert: $11,059,000

20 Ω45æPage 40, line 12, strike out all after ‘‘above’’ down

21 to and including ‘‘Act’’ in line 16
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1 Ω46æPage 43, strike out lines 7 to 13

2 Ω47æPage 43, strike out all after line 13 over to and

3 including line 2 on page 44

4 Ω48æPage 44, strike out lines 3 to 14

Attest:

Secretary.
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