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(3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio-
lent offenders, including the number of halfway 
houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni-
toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con-
sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; and 
(4) education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement to be pro-
vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 
charter schools. 
SEC. 816. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, section 1–204.42), for all agencies of 
the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2008 
that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation 
and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services
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and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with antici-
pated actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici-
pated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 817. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be made available to pay— 
(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 
party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac-
tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of 
$4,000 for that action; or 
(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 
through an attorney, officer, or employee of the 
firm, in any special education diagnostic services, 
schools, or other special education service providers. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad-
ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro-
ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 818. The amount appropriated by this Act may 
be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds
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identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as 
the District’s fiscal year 2007 unexpended general fund 
surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 
amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 
amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 
on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco-
nomic vitality. 
(2) The District of Columbia may only use 
these funds for the following expenditures: 
(A) One-time expenditures. 
(B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 
(C) Debt reduction. 
(D) Program needs. 
(E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short-
falls. 
(3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
Council in support of each such obligation or ex-
penditure. 
(4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 
agencies of the District of Columbia government 
under court ordered receivership.
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(5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the ob-
ligation or expenditure. 
SEC. 819. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 
of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 
of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in-
creased— 
(1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 
allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 
2008 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub-
mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia; and 
(2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro-
posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 
Financial Plan. 
(b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex-
pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 
under this section only in accordance with the following 
conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify— 
(A) the increase in revenue; and
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(B) that the use of the amounts is not an-
ticipated to have a negative impact on the long- 
term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 
District. 
(2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
Council of the District of Columbia in support of 
each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 
with the requirements of this Act. 
(3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 
agencies of the District government operating under 
court-ordered receivership. 
(4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 
of the obligation or expenditure. 
SEC. 820. The Chief Financial Officer for the District 
of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow manage-
ment, conduct short-term borrowing from the emergency 
reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund estab-
lished under section 450A of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (Public Law 98–198): Provided, That the 
amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent of the total 
amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con-
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tingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing: Provided 
further, That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund 
by more than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100 per-
cent of the funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 
months of the time of the borrowing or by the end of the 
fiscal year, whichever occurs earlier: Provided further, 
That in the event that short-term borrowing has been con-
ducted and the emergency or the contingency funds are 
later depleted below 50 percent as a result of an emer-
gency or contingency, an amount equal to the amount nec-
essary to restore reserve levels to 50 percent of the total 
amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con-
tingency reserve fund must be replenished from the 
amount borrowed within 60 days. 
SEC. 821. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 
regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ-
ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive. 
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat-
ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No-
vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect.