In the Senate of the United States,
August 2, 1999.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2587) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the government of the District of Columbia and other activi-
ties chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of
said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That, the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For payment to the District of Columbia Corrections
Trustee, $176,000,000 for the administration and operation
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of correctional facilities and for the administrative oper-
ating costs of the Office of the Corrections Trustee, as au-
thorized by section 11202 of the National Capital Revital-
ization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, as
amended: Provided, That said sums shall be paid quarterly
by the Treasury of the United States based on quarterly
apportionments approved by the Office of Management and
Budget.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
Notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision 
of 
law,
$136,440,000 for payment to the Joint Committee on Judi-
cial Administration in the District of Columbia; of which
not to exceed $128,440,000 shall be for District of Columbia
Courts operation, to be allocated as follows: for the District
of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,403,000; for the District
of Columbia Superior Court, $78,561,000; for the District
of Columbia Court System, $42,476,000; and of which not
to exceed $8,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2001 for capital improvements for District of Columbia
courthouse facilities: Provided, That of amounts available
for District of Columbia Courts operation, $6,900,000 shall
be for the Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect program
pursuant to section 1101 of title 11, D.C. Code, and section
2304 of title 16, D.C. Code, and of which $26,036,000 shall
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be to carry out sections 2602 and 2604 of title 11, D.C.
Code, relating to representation of indigents in criminal
cases under the Criminal Justice Act, in total, $32,936,000:
Provided further, That, subject to normal reprogramming
requirements contained in section 116 of this Act, this
$32,936,000 may be used for other purposes under this
heading: Provided further, That funds under this heading
to carry out the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act
(D.C. Code, sec. 11–2601 et seq.), shall be available for obli-
gations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since fis-
cal year 1975: Provided further, That funds under this
heading to carry out the District of Columbia Neglect Rep-
resentation Equity Act of 1984 (D.C. Code, sec. 16–2304),
shall be available for obligations incurred under the Act in
each fiscal year since fiscal year 1985: Provided further,
That funds under this heading to carry out the District of
Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Dura-
ble Power of Attorney Act of 1986 (D.C. Code, sec. 21–
2060), shall be available for obligations incurred under the
Act in each fiscal year since fiscal year 1989: Provided fur-
ther, That all amounts under this heading shall be paid
quarterly by the Treasury of the United States based on
quarterly apportionments approved by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, with payroll and financial services
to be provided on a contractual basis with the General Serv-
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ices Administration [GSA], said services to 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 Senate and
House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government
Reform of the House of Representatives.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
For payment to the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia, $80,300,000,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, as amended; of
which $47,100,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Parole
Revocation, Adult Probation and Offender Supervision, to
include expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to
protection orders or provision of services for or related to
such persons; $17,400,000 shall be available to the Public
Defender Service; and $15,800,000 shall be available to the
Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, said sums shall be paid quar-
terly by the Treasury based on quarterly apportionments
approved by the Office of Management and Budget. Upon
the Agency’s certification as a Federal entity, as authorized
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by such Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Public Defender Service shall be subject to quar-
terly apportionment by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That, of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $5,873,000 shall be available only
for individuals on probation or supervised release for drug
screening and testing.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For payment to the District of Columbia, $17,000,000,
for a program, to be administered by the Mayor, for District
of Columbia resident tuition support, subject to the enact-
ment of authorizing legislation specifically referencing this
program: Provided, That said funds will be used to pay
the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at
public institutions of higher education on behalf of eligible
District of Columbia residents: Provided further, That
awarding of said funds shall be prioritized on the basis of
a resident’s academic merit and other factors as authorized.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT
For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department,
$1,000,000, for a program to eliminate open air drug traf-
ficking in the District of Columbia.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the gen-
eral fund of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise
specifically provided.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000
(including $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000 from
Federal funds, and $13,552,000 from other funds): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for
the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia,
and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall be available
from this appropriation for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That any program fees collected from the issuance of
debt shall be available for the payment of expenses of the
debt management program of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall
be used to support the operations or activities of the State-
hood Commission and Statehood Compact Commission:
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall iden-
tify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from
its own locally-generated revenues: Provided further, That
all employees permanently assigned to work in the Office
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of the Mayor shall be paid from funds allocated to the Office
of the Mayor: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law now or hereafter enacted, no Member
of the District of Columbia Council eligible to earn a part-
time salary of $92,520, exclusive of the Council Chairman,
shall be paid a salary of more than $84,635 during fiscal
year 2000.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds; $84,751,000 from
Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds), of which
$15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia in the
form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the respective
BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act
of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec. 1–2271 et seq.),
and the Business Improvement Districts Temporary
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23): Provided, That
such funds are available for acquiring services provided by
the General Services Administration: Provided further,
That Business Improvement Districts shall be exempt from
taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, in-
cluding 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
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without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the 
current 
fiscal 
year, 
$778,470,000 
(including
$565,211,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal
funds, and $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That
the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace
not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the De-
partment of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the
District of Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed
five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost
of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of
the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation
for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of
crime: Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police De-
partment shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate on efforts to
increase efficiency and improve the professionalism in the
department: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued
March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police Department’s dele-
gated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided
further, That the District of Columbia government may not
require the Metropolitan Police Department to submit to
any other procurement review process, or to obtain the ap-
proval of or be restricted in any manner by any official
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or employee of the District of Columbia government, for
purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further,
That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with
services that are performed in emergencies by the National
Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor,
in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified
as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and the
Commanding General of the District of Columbia National
Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec-
essary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available
from this appropriation, and the availability of the sums
shall be deemed as constituting payment in advance for
emergency services involved: Provided further, That the
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to maintain
3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition:
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for in-
mates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
further, That, commencing on December 31, 1999, the Met-
ropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the status
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of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service areas
established throughout the District of Columbia: Provided
further, That $900,000 in local funds shall be available for
the operations of the Office of Citizen Complaint Review.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (includ-
ing $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds), to be allo-
cated as follows: $713,197,000 (including $600,936,000
from local funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds, and
$6,048,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers’ 
Retirement 
Fund;
$17,000,000 from local funds for a program for District of
Columbia resident tuition support; $27,885,000 from local
funds (not including funds already made available for Dis-
trict of Columbia public schools) for public charter schools:
Provided, That if the entirety of this allocation has not been
provided as payments to any public charter schools cur-
rently in operation through the per pupil funding formula,
the funds shall be available for new public charter schools
on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That $480,000 of
this amount shall be available to the District of Columbia
Public Charter School Board for administrative costs:
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$72,347,000 (including $40,491,000 from local funds,
$13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000 from
other funds) for the University of the District of Columbia;
$24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local funds,
$798,000 from Federal funds, and $245,000 from other
funds) for the Public Library; $2,111,000 (including
$1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000 from Federal
funds) for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities:
Provided further, That the public schools of the District of
Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 31 motor
vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education program:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Super-
intendent of Schools, $2,500 for the President of the Univer-
sity of the District of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public
Librarian shall be available from this appropriation for of-
ficial purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds
contained in this Act may be made available to pay the
salaries of any District of Columbia Public School teacher,
principal, administrator, official, or employee who know-
ingly provides false enrollment or attendance information
under article II, section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
provide for compulsory school attendance, for the taking of
a school census in the District of Columbia, and for other
purposes’’, approved February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–
401 et seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
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not be available to subsidize the education of any non-
resident of the District of Columbia at any District of Co-
lumbia public elementary and secondary school during fis-
cal year 2000 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the
District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of
the costs incurred by the District of Columbia which are
attributable to the education of the nonresident (as estab-
lished by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of non-
residents of the District of Columbia at the University of
the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of
the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, a tuition rate sched-
ule that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident stu-
dents at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate
charged at comparable public institutions of higher edu-
cation in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall not spend less
than $365,500,000 on local schools through the Weighted
Student Formula in fiscal year 2000: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall appor-
tion from the budget of the Public Education System a sum
totaling five percent (5 percent) of the total budget to be
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set aside until the current student count for Public and
Charter schools has been completed, and that this amount
shall be apportioned between the Public and Charter schools
based on their respective student population count: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia Public Schools
may spend $500,000 to engage in a Schools Without Vio-
lence program based on a model developed by the University
of North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,526,111,000 (including
$635,123,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Federal
funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided, That
$25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain available
until expended, shall be available solely for District of Co-
lumbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided fur-
ther, That a peer review committee shall be established to
review medical payments and the type of service received
by a disability compensation claimant: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia shall not provide free govern-
ment services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or
collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar serv-
ices to any legally constituted private nonprofit organiza-
tion, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law
100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency shelter
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services in the District, if the District would not be quali-
fied to receive reimbursement pursuant to such Act (101
Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-car-
rying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia 
and 
leasing 
of 
passenger-carrying 
vehicles,
$271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local funds,
$3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from other
funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from
hotels and places of business.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $337,077,000 (in-
cluding $212,606,000 from local funds, $106,111,000 from
Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia within the various appropriation headings in this
Act for which employees are properly payable.
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RESERVE
For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, $150,000,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved
April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8),
$3,140,000.
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees di-
rectly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia
to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized
by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended,
and that funds shall be allocated for expenses associated
with the Wilson Building, $328,417,000 from local funds:
Provided, That for equipment leases, the Mayor may fi-
nance $27,527,000 of equipment cost, plus cost of issuance
not to exceed two percent of the par amount being financed
on a lease purchase basis with a maturity not to exceed
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five years: Provided further, That $5,300,000 is allocated
to the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,200,000 for the
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department,
$350,000 for the Department of Corrections, $15,949,000 for
the Department of Public Works and $2,728,000 for the
Public Benefit Corporation.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 gen-
eral fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990,
$38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by section
461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, ap-
proved December 24, 1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540; Pub-
lic Law 102–106; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$9,000,000 from local funds.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certificates
of Participation involving the land site underlying the
building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000 from
local funds.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For 
optical 
and 
dental 
insurance 
payments,
$1,295,000 from local funds.
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PRODUCTIVITY BANK
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, finance projects totaling $20,000,000 in
local funds that result in cost savings or additional reve-
nues, by an amount equal to such financing.
PRODUCTIVITY SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, make reductions totaling $20,000,000 in
local funds to be allocated to projects funded through the
Productivity Bank that produce cost savings or additional
revenues in an amount equal to the Productivity Bank fi-
nancing.
PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, make reductions of $14,457,000 for gen-
eral supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for manage-
ment reform savings, in local funds to one or more of the
appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That the
Mayor submits a resolution to the Council authorizing the
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management reform savings and the Council approves the
resolution.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For the Water and Sewer Authority and the Wash-
ington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds (including
$236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority and
$43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of which
$35,222,000 shall be apportioned and payable to the Dis-
trict’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and interest
incurred for capital improvement projects.
For construction projects, $197,169,000, as authorized
by An Act authorizing the laying of watermains and service
sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of assess-
ments therefore, and for other purposes, approved April 22,
1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code, sec.
43–1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements and re-
strictions that are applicable to general fund capital im-
provements projects and set forth in this Act under the Cap-
ital Outlay appropriation title shall apply to projects ap-
proved under this appropriation title.
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise
Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria-
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tion Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, ap-
proved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law
97–91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing the
Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and
Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District
of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–172;
D.C. Code, secs. 2–2501 et seq. and 22–1516 et seq.),
$234,400,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall
identify the source of funding for this appropriation title
from the District’s own locally-generated revenues: Provided
further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall be used
to support the operations or activities of the Lottery and
Charitable Games Control Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$10,846,000 from other funds for expenses incurred by the
Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted by the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act To Establish A District of Columbia
Armory Board, and for other purposes’’, approved June 4,
1948 (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2–301 et seq.) and the
District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, approved Sep-
tember 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Public Law 85–300; D.C.
Code, sec. 2–321 et seq.): Provided, That the Mayor shall
submit a budget for the Armory Board for the forthcoming
fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of the District of
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Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87
Stat. 824; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
D.C. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION
For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals
Public Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11–
212, D.C. Code, sec. 32–262.2, effective April 9, 1997,
$133,443,000 of which $44,435,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the general fund and $89,008,000 from other
funds.
D.C. RETIREMENT BOARD
For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by section
121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act of
1979, approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C.
Code, sec. 1–711), $9,892,000 from the earnings of the ap-
plicable retirement funds to pay legal, management, invest-
ment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That the
District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the
Congress and to the Council of the District of Columbia a
quarterly report of the allocations of charges by fund and
of expenditures of all funds: Provided further, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide the
Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia, an itemized accounting of the planned use of appro-
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priated funds in time for each annual budget submission
and the actual use of such funds in time for each annual
audited financial report.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establish-
ment Act, approved October 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000; Public
Law 88–622), $1,810,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $50,226,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For 
construction 
projects, 
a 
net 
increase 
of
$1,218,637,500 (including an increase of $1,260,524,000
and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds appro-
priated under this heading in prior fiscal years, and an
additional $1,260,524,000 of which $929,450,000 is from
local funds, $54,050,000 is from the highway trust fund,
and $277,024,000 is from Federal funds), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds for use of each
capital project implementing agency shall be managed and
controlled in accordance with all procedures and limita-
tions established under the Financial Management System:
Provided further, That all funds provided by this appro-
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priation title shall be available only for the specific projects
and purposes intended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the foregoing, all authorizations for capital outlay
projects, except those projects covered by the first sentence
of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968,
approved August 23, 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90–
495; D.C. Code, sec. 7–134, note), for which funds are pro-
vided by this appropriation title, shall expire on September
30, 2001, except authorizations for projects as to which
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided further, That, upon expiration
of any such project authorization, the funds provided herein
for the project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 101. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of
public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations con-
tained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the
designated certifying official, and the vouchers as approved
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shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing
official.
SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects
of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified,
shall be considered as the maximum amount that may be
expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount
set apart exclusively therefor.
SEC. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able, when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for pri-
vately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the per-
formance of official duties at rates established by the Mayor:
Provided, That such rates shall not exceed the maximum
prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed in the Fed-
eral Property Management Regulations 101–7 (Federal
Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organi-
zations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia
government, when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That,
in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds
may be expended with the authorization of the chair of the
Council.
SEC. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
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essary for making refunds and for the payment of judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Colum-
bia government: Provided, That nothing contained in this
section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the pro-
visions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Co-
lumbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, approved
March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–460; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for the payment of public assistance without reference to
the requirement of section 544 of the District of Columbia
Public Assistance Act of 1982, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C.
Law 4–101; D.C. Code, sec. 3–205.44), and for payment
of the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for
grants under subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the
District of Columbia government for the operation of edu-
cational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encour-
age, facilitate, or further partisan political activities. Noth-
ing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school
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buildings for the use of any community or partisan polit-
ical group during non-school hours.
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be made available to pay the salary of any employee
of the District of Columbia government whose name, title,
grade, salary, past work experience, and salary history are
not available for inspection by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia of the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the
Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly author-
ized representative.
SEC. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making payments authorized by the District of
Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977, effective Sep-
tember 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2–20; D.C. Code, sec. 47–421
et seq.).
SEC. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be used
for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of
any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.
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SEC. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor
shall develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project,
for capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a rea-
sonable time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall
report to the Council of the District of Columbia and the
Congress the actual borrowings and spending progress com-
pared with projections.
SEC. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
proval from the Council of the District of Columbia, by reso-
lution, identifying the projects and amounts to be financed
with such borrowings.
SEC. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses of
the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act
to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District
government agencies, that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for an
agency through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) cre-
ates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or
responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes allocations
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specifically denied, limited or increased by Congress in the
Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds
have been denied or restricted; (5) reestablishes through re-
programming any program or project previously deferred
through reprogramming; (6) augments existing programs,
projects, or responsibility centers through a reprogramming
of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
is less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
assigned to a specific program, project, or responsibility
center; unless the Appropriations Committees of both the
Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writing
30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set forth in
this section.
SEC. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency
Act of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824;
Public Law 96–425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environ-
mental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon aver-
age of less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to security, emergency rescue, or ar-
mored vehicles.
SEC. 118. (a) Strike the last sentence of section 422(7)
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved De-
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cember 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 1–242(7)).
(b) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of Co-
lumbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, approved August 2,
1946 (60 Stat. 793; Public Law 79–592; D.C. Code, sec.
5–803(a)), the Board of Directors of the District of Colum-
bia Redevelopment Land Agency shall be paid, during any
fiscal year, per diem compensation at a rate established by
the Mayor.
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March
3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.),
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Colum-
bia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(3)), shall
apply with respect to the compensation of District of Co-
lumbia employees: Provided, That for pay purposes, em-
ployees of the District of Columbia government shall not
be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 120. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2000
revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal
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year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the budget re-
quest for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the
midyear report.
SEC. 121. No sole source contract with the District of
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
newed 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 government
or any agency thereof may renew or extend sole source con-
tracts for which competition is not feasible or practical:
Provided, That the determination as to whether to invoke
the competitive bidding process has been made in accord-
ance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and said
determination has been reviewed and approved by the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority.
SEC. 122. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 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 aggre-
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gate total of those accounts: Provided, That sequestration
orders shall not be applied to any account that is specifi-
cally exempted from sequestration by the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 123. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, after the amounts appro-
priated to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year in-
volved have been paid to the District of Columbia, the
Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay to the Sec-
retary 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
sequestration percentage specified in the order shall be ap-
plied proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation
accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted from
sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 124. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2000 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
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(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 inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia.
(d) This section shall not apply to the District of Co-
lumbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the
laws and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept
and use gifts to the public schools without prior approval
by the Mayor.
SEC. 125. 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 of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979, effective
March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–
113(d)).
SEC. 126. (a) The University of the District of Colum-
bia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Fi-
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nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Author-
ity, and the Council of the District of Columbia no later
than 15 calendar days after the end of each quarter a report
that sets forth—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget, bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
center, and object class, and for all funds, non-appro-
priated funds, and capital financing;
(2) 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;
(3) 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 quarter and year-to-date,
the total amount of the contract and total payments
made for the contract and any modifications, exten-
sions, renewals; and specific modifications made to
each contract in the last month;
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(4) all reprogramming requests and reports that
have been made by the University of the District of
Columbia within the last quarter in compliance with
applicable law; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the orga-
nizational structure of the University of the District
of Columbia, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
ganizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
(b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall
provide the Congress by February 1, 2000, a summary,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 127. Funds authorized or previously appro-
priated to the government of the District of Columbia by
this or any other Act to procure the necessary hardware
and installation of new software, conversion, testing, and
training to improve or replace its financial management
system are also available for the acquisition of accounting
and financial management services and the leasing of nec-
essary hardware, software or any other related goods or
services, as determined by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.