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the costs of providing support to respond to immediate 
and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 
Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any 
amount provided under this heading shall be available only 
after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by 
the President to Congress and such amount has been ap-
portioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $202,110,000, to be allocated as follows: for 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $8,952,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su-
perior Court, $84,948,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; for 
the District of Columbia Court System, $40,699,000, of 
which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; and $67,511,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006, for capital improve-
ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a single contract or related contracts for development and 
construction of facilities may be employed which collec-
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tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur-
ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 
clause ‘‘availability of Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–
18: Provided further, That funds made available for capital 
improvements shall be expended consistent with the Gen-
eral Services Administration master plan study and build-
ing evaluation report: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 
expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan-
cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with 
the General Services Administration (GSA), and such 
services shall include the preparation of monthly financial 
reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA 
to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate: Provided further, That 30 days after providing 
written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the District of Co-
lumbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 
of the funds provided under this heading among the items
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and entities funded under this heading for operations, and 
not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this 
heading for facilities. 
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 
provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
nical assistance and such other services as are necessary 
to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 
payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for 
counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 
Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 
and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 
$41,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 
(other than the $67,511,000 provided under such heading