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SEC. 121. The Director of the Department of Administrative
Services may pay rentals and repair, alter, and improve rented
premises, without regard to the provisions of section 322 of the
Economy Act of 1932 (Public Law 72–212; 40 U.S.C. 278a), based
upon a determination by the Director, that by reason of cir-
cumstances set forth in such determination, the payment of these
rents and the execution of this work, without reference to the
limitations of section 322, is advantageous to the District in terms
of economy, efficiency, and the District’s best interest.
SEC. 122. No later than 30 days after the end of the first
quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, the Mayor
of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the
District of Columbia the new fiscal year 1997 revenue estimates
as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 1997. These estimates
shall be used in the budget request for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1998. The officially revised estimates at midyear
shall be used for the midyear report.
SEC. 123. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia
government or any agency thereof may be renewed or extended
without opening that contract to the competitive bidding process
as set forth in section 303 of the District of Columbia Procurement
Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6–
85; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1183.3), except that the District of Columbia
Public Schools may renew or extend sole source contracts for which
competition is not feasible or practical, provided that the determina-
tion as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has
been made in accordance with duly promulgated Board of Education
rules and procedures.
SEC. 124. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat.
1037; Public Law 99–177), as amended, the term ‘‘program, project,
and activity’’ shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to
each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any
sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts rather
than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Provided, That seques-
tration orders shall not be applied to any account that is specifically
exempted from sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985
(99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99–177), as amended.
SEC. 125. In the event a sequestration order is issued pursuant
to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law
99–177), as amended, after the amounts appropriated to the District
of Columbia for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the
District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall
pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days after receipt
of a request therefor from the Secretary of the Treasury, such
amounts as are sequestered by the order: Provided, That the seques-
tration percentage specified in the order shall be applied proportion-
ately to each of the Federal appropriation accounts in this Act
that are not specifically exempted from sequestration by the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved
December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99–177), as amended.
SEC. 126. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize
any office, agency or entity to expend funds for programs or func-
tions for which a reorganization plan is required but has not been
approved by the Council pursuant to section 422(12) of the District
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of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization
Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public
Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(12)) and the Governmental
Reorganization Procedures Act of 1981, effective October 17, 1981
(D.C. Law 4–42; D.C. Code, secs. 1–299.1 to 1–299.7). Appropria-
tions made by this Act for such programs or functions are condi-
tioned on the approval by the Council of the required reorganization
plans.
SEC. 127. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia government
may accept and use a gift or donation during fiscal year 1997
if—
(1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the
gift or donation: Provided, That the Council of the District
of Columbia may accept and use gifts without prior approval
by the Mayor; and
(2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out its
authorized functions or duties.
(b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government shall
keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of
any gift or donation under subsection (a) of this section, and shall
make such records available for audit and public inspection.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity of the
District of Columbia government’’ includes an independent agency
of the District of Columbia.
(d) This section shall not apply to the District of Columbia
Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws and regula-
tions of the District of Columbia, accept and use gifts to the public
schools without prior approval by the Mayor.
SEC. 128. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may
be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses,
or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator
or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District
of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of
1979, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec.
1–113(d)).
PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS
SEC. 129. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall
be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
PROHIBITION ON DOMESTIC PARTNERS ACT
SEC. 130. No funds made available pursuant to any provision
of this Act shall be used to implement or enforce any system
of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples whether they are
homosexual, lesbian, or heterosexual, including but not limited
to registration for the purpose of extending employment, health,
or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis that
such benefits are extended to legally married couples; nor shall
any funds made available pursuant to any provision of this Act
otherwise be used to implement or enforce D.C. Act 9–188, signed
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 15, 1992.
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COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMISSION
SEC. 131. (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective as if included in the
enactment of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996,
section 434(b)(5) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensa-
tion for services rendered in connection with their official duties
on the Commission.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 133(b) of the District
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996 is hereby repealed, and the
provision of law amended by such section is hereby restored as
if such section had not been enacted into law.
MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS—BOARD OF EDUCATION
SEC. 132. The Board of Education shall submit to the Congress,
the Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, and the Council of the District
of Columbia no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the
end of each month a report that sets forth—
(1) current month expenditures and obligations, year-to-
date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year expendi-
ture projections vs. budget broken out on the basis of control
center, responsibility center, agency reporting code, and object
class, and for all funds, including capital financing;
(2) a breakdown of FTE positions and staff for the most
current pay period broken out on the basis of control center,
responsibility center, and agency reporting code within each
responsibility center, for all funds, including capital funds;
(3) a list of each account for which spending is frozen
and the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center,
responsibility center, detailed object, and agency reporting code,
and for all funding sources;
(4) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000
annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the
budget to which the contract is charged broken out on the
basis of control center, responsibility center, and agency report-
ing code; and contract identifying codes used by the D.C. Public
Schools; payments made in the last month and year-to-date,
the total amount of the contract and total payments made
for the contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals;
and specific modifications made to each contract in the last
month;
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports that are
required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of
Education; and
(6) changes made in the last month to the organizational
structure of the D.C. Public Schools, displaying previous and
current control centers and responsibility centers, the names
of the organizational entities that have been changed, the name
of the staff member supervising each entity affected, and the
reasons for the structural change.
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MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SEC. 133. The University of the District of Columbia shall
submit to the Congress, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the
Council of the District of Columbia no later than fifteen (15) cal-
endar days after the end of each month a report that sets forth—
(1) current month expenditures and obligations, year-to-
date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year expendi-
ture projections vs. budget broken out on the basis of control
center, responsibility center, and object class, and for all funds,
non-appropriated funds, and capital financing;
(2) a breakdown of FTE positions and all employees for
the most current pay period broken out on the basis of control
center and responsibility center, for all funds, including capital
funds;
(3) a list of each account for which spending is frozen
and the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center,
responsibility center, detailed object, and for all funding
sources;
(4) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000
annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the
budget to which the contract is charged broken out on the
basis of control center and responsibility center, and contract
identifying codes used by the University of the District of
Columbia; payments made in the last month and year-to-date,
the total amount of the contract and total payments made
for the contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals;
and specific modifications made to each contract in the last
month;
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports that have been
made by the University of the District of Columbia within
the last month in compliance with applicable law; and
(6) changes made in the last month to the organizational
structure of the University of the District of Columbia, display-
ing previous and current control centers and responsibility cen-
ters, the names of the organizational entities that have been
changed, the name of the staff member supervising each entity
affected, and the reasons for the structural change.
ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 134. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Education of the
District of Columbia and the University of the District of Columbia
shall annually compile an accurate and verifiable report on the
positions and employees in the public school system and the univer-
sity, respectively. The annual report shall set forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A positions in the
District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the
District of Columbia for fiscal year 1996, fiscal year 1997,
and thereafter on a full-time equivalent basis, including a com-
pilation of all positions by control center, responsibility center,
funding source, position type, position title, pay plan, grade,
and annual salary; and
(2) a compilation of all employees in the District of Colum-
bia Public Schools and the University of the District of Colum-