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GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $195,771,000
(including $162,172,000 from local funds, $20,424,000
from Federal funds, and $13,175,000 from other funds):
Provided, 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 further, That any program fees collected from the
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of ex-
penses of the debt management program of the District
of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations
or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That all employees permanently
assigned to work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid
from funds allocated to the Office of the Mayor: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Of-
fice of the Chief Technology Officer’s delegated small pur-
chase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That
the District of Columbia government may not require the
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Office of the Chief Technology Officer to submit to any
other procurement review process, or to obtain the ap-
proval of or be restricted in any manner by any official
or employee of the District of Columbia government, for
purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further,
That $303,000 and no fewer than 5 FTEs shall be avail-
able exclusively to support the Labor-Management Part-
nership Council: Provided further, That, effective Sep-
tember 30, 2000, section 168(a) of the District of Colum-
bia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113; 113
Stat. 1531) is amended by inserting ‘‘, to remain available
until expended,’’ after ‘‘$5,000,000’’: Provided further,
That not later than March 1, 2001, the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit a study
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate on the merits and potential sav-
ings of privatizing the operation and administration of
Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $205,638,000
(including $53,562,000 from local funds, $92,378,000
from Federal funds, and $59,698,000 from other funds),
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
bia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the
respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement
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Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26): Provided,
That such funds are available for acquiring services pro-
vided by the General Services Administration: Provided
further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be ex-
empt 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,
including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Co-
lumbia 
government 
$762,546,000 
(including
$591,565,000 from local funds, $24,950,000 from Federal
funds, and $146,031,000 from other funds): Provided,
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to
replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and
the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace not
to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually when-
ever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds
three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided fur-
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ther, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from
this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the preven-
tion and detection of crime: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order
86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police
Department’s delegated small purchase authority shall be
$500,000: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
government may not require the Metropolitan Police De-
partment to submit to any other procurement review proc-
ess, or to obtain the approval of or be restricted in any
manner by any official or employee of the District of Co-
lumbia government, for purchases that do not exceed
$500,000: Provided further, That the Mayor shall reim-
burse the District of Columbia National Guard for ex-
penses incurred in connection with services that are per-
formed 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 pay-
able for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding
General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Pro-
vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National
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 emer-
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gency services involved: Provided further, That the Metro-
politan Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800
sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Pro-
vided further, That no more than 15 members of the Met-
ropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or assigned
to the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police
submits a recommendation to the Council for its review:
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for in-
mates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
further, That commencing on December 31, 2000, the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Com-
mittees 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, quarterly reports on the
status of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service
areas established throughout the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $998,918,000 (in-
cluding $824,867,000 from local funds, $147,643,000
from Federal funds, and $26,408,000 from other funds),
to be allocated as follows: $769,943,000 (including
$629,309,000 from local funds, $133,490,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $7,144,000 from other funds), for the pub-
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lic schools of the District of Columbia; $200,000 from
local funds for the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund; $1,679,000 from local funds for the State
Education Office, $17,000,000 from local funds, pre-
viously appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment, for
resident tuition support at public and private institutions
of higher learning for eligible District of Columbia resi-
dents; and $105,000,000 from local funds for public char-
ter schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly dis-
bursement of funds to the District of Columbia public
charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 15
days of the beginning of each fiscal year: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia public charter schools will
report enrollment on a quarterly basis upon which a quar-
terly disbursement will be calculated: Provided further,
That the quarterly payment of October 15, 2000, shall
be 50 percent of each public charter school’s annual enti-
tlement based on its unaudited October 5 enrollment
count: Provided further, That if the entirety of this alloca-
tion has not been provided as payments to any public char-
ter schools currently in operation through the per pupil
funding formula, the funds shall be available for public
education in accordance with the School Reform Act of
1995 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–2853.43(A)(2)(D); Public Law
104–134, as amended): Provided further, That $480,000
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of this amount shall be available to the District of Colum-
bia Public Charter School Board for administrative costs:
Provided 
further, 
That 
$76,433,000 
(including
$44,691,000 from local funds, $13,199,000 from Federal
funds, and $18,543,000 from other funds) shall be avail-
able for the University of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That $200,000 is allocated for the East of
the River Campus Assessment Study, $1,000,000 for the
Excel Institute Adult Education Program to be used by
the Institute for construction and to acquire construction
services provided by the General Services Administration
on a reimbursable basis, $500,000 for the Adult Edu-
cation State Plan, $650,000 for The Saturday Academy
Pre-College Program, and $481,000 for the Strengthening
of Academic Programs; and $26,459,000 (including
$25,208,000 from local funds, $550,000 from Federal
funds and $701,000 other funds) for the Public Library:
Provided further, That the $1,020,000 enhancement shall
be allocated such that $500,000 is used for facilities im-
provements for 8 of the 26 library branches, $235,000 for
13 FTEs for the continuation of the Homework Helpers
Program, $166,000 for 3 FTEs in the expansion of the
Reach Out And Roar (ROAR) service to license day care
homes, and $119,000 for 3 FTEs to expand literacy sup-
port into branch libraries: Provided further, That
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$2,204,000 (including $1,780,000 from local funds,
$404,000 from Federal funds and $20,000 from other
funds) shall be available 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 Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the
President of the University of the District of Columbia,
and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall be available
from this appropriation for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther, 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 knowingly provides false enroll-
ment 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.): Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall not be avail-
able to subsidize the education of any nonresident of the
District of Columbia at any District of Columbia public
elementary and secondary school during fiscal year 2001
unless the nonresident pays tuition to the District of Co-
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lumbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs in-
curred by the District of Columbia which are attributable
to the education of the nonresident (as established by the
Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
not be available to subsidize the education of nonresidents
of the District of Columbia at the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the Uni-
versity of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2001, a tuition rate schedule
that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students
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
$2,200,000 is allocated to the Temporary Weighted Stu-
dent Formula to fund 344 additional slots for pre-K stu-
dents: Provided further, That $50,000 is allocated to fund
a conference on learning support for children ages 3–4
hosted jointly by the District of Columbia Public Schools
and District of Columbia public charter schools: Provided
further, That no local funds in this Act shall be used to
administer a system-wide standardized test more than
once in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no less
than $436,452,000 shall be expended on local schools
through the Weighted Student Formula: Provided further,
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That notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or
regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for
evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees
shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining
purposes: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
Public Schools shall spend $250,000 to engage in a
Schools Without Violence program based on a model devel-
oped by the University of North Carolina, located in
Greensboro, North Carolina: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall spend $250,000
to implement a Failure Free Reading program in the Dis-
trict’s public schools: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the amounts otherwise provided under this head-
ing or any other provision of law, there shall be appro-
priated to the District of Columbia public charter schools
on July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 25 percent of the
total amount provided for payments to public charter
schools in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia
for fiscal year 2002 (as submitted to Congress), and the
amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the
final amount provided for such payments under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise pro-
vided under this heading or any other provision of law,
there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia
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Public Schools on July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 10
percent of the total amount provided for the District of
Columbia Public Schools in the proposed budget of the
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2002 (as submitted
to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be
chargeable against the final amount provided for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Public Schools under the District of Co-
lumbia Appropriations Act, 2002.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Human support services, $1,535,654,000 (including
$637,347,000 from local funds, $881,589,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $16,718,000 from other funds): Provided,
That $25,836,000 of this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available solely for District
of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided
further, That the District of Columbia shall not provide
free government services such as water, sewer, solid waste
disposal or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or
similar services to any legally constituted private nonprofit
organization, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485;
Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emer-
gency shelter services in the District, if the District would
not be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to such
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Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301
et seq.): Provided further, That $1,250,000 shall be paid
to the Doe Fund for the operation of its Ready, Willing,
and Able Program in the District of Columbia as follows:
$250,000 to cover debt owed by the District of Columbia
government for services rendered shall be paid to the Doe
Fund within 15 days of the enactment of this Act; and
$1,000,000 shall be paid in equal monthly installments by
the fifteenth day of each month: Provided further, That
$400,000 shall be available for the administrative costs
associated with implementation of the Drug Treatment
Choice Program established pursuant to section 4 of the
Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 2000, signed by the
Mayor on April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13–329): Provided fur-
ther, That $7,000,000 shall be available for deposit in the
Addiction Recovery Fund established pursuant to section
5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 2000, signed
by the Mayor on April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13–329): Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia is authorized
to enter into a long-term lease of Hamilton Field with
Gonzaga College High School and that, in exchange for
such a lease, Gonzaga will introduce and implement a
youth baseball program focused on 13 to 18 year old resi-
dents, said program to include summer and fall baseball
programs and baseball clinics: Provided further, That not-
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withstanding any other provision of law, to augment the
District of Columbia subsidy for the District of Columbia
Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation, the Dis-
trict of Columbia may transfer from other non-Federal
funds appropriated under this Act to the Human Support
Services appropriation under this Act an amount not to
exceed $90,000,000 for the purpose of restructuring the
delivery of health services in the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That such restructuring shall be pursuant
to a restructuring plan approved by the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Council of the District of Columbia,
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, and the Board of Di-
rectors of the Public Benefit Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That—
(1) the restructuring plan reduces personnel
levels of D.C. General Hospital and of the Public
Benefit Corporation consistent with the reduction in
force set forth in the August 25, 2000, resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Public Benefit Cor-
poration regarding personnel structure, by reducing
personnel by at least 500 full-time equivalent em-
ployees, without replacement by contract personnel;
(2) no transferred funds are expended until 10
calendar days after the restructuring plan has re-
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ceived final approval and a copy evidencing final ap-
proval has been submitted by the Mayor to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate; and
(3) the plan includes a certification that the
plan does not request and does not rely upon any
current or future request for additional appropria-
tion of Federal funds.
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-
carrying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of
Columbia and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles,
$278,242,000 (including $265,078,000 from local funds,
$3,328,000 from Federal funds, and $9,836,000 from
other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse
from hotels and places of business: Provided further, That
$100,000 shall be available for a commercial sector recy-
cling initiative, $250,000 to initiate a recycling education
campaign, $10,000 for community clean-up kits, $190,000
to restore a 3.5 percent vacancy rate in Parking Services,
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$170,000 to plant 500 trees, $118,000 for two water
trucks, $150,000 for contract monitors and parking ana-
lysts within Parking Services, $1,409,000 for a neighbor-
hood cleanup initiative, $1,000,000 for tree maintenance,
$600,000 for an anti-graffiti program, $226,000 for a
hazardous waste program, $1,260,000 for parking control
aides, and $400,000 for the Department of Motor Vehicles
to hire additional ticket adjudicators, conduct additional
hearings, and reduce the waiting time for hearings.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $389,528,000 (in-
cluding $234,913,000 from local funds, $135,555,000
from Federal funds, and $19,060,000 from other funds).
RESERVE
For replacement of funds expended, if any, during
fiscal year 2000 from the Reserve established by section
202( j) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public
Law 104–8, $150,000,000 from local funds: Provided,
That none of these funds shall be obligated or expended
under this heading until the emergency reserve fund estab-
lished under this Act has been fully funded for fiscal year
2001 pursuant to section 450A of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act as set forth herein.
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EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND
For the emergency reserve fund established under
section 450A(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act, the amount provided for fiscal year 2001 under such
section, to be derived from local funds.
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Co-
lumbia 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, $243,238,000 from local funds: Provided, That any
funds set aside pursuant to section 148 of the District
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–
113; 113 Stat. 1523) that are not used in the reserve
funds established herein shall be used for Pay-As-You-Go
Capital Funds: Provided further, That for equipment
leases, the Mayor may finance $19,232,000 of equipment
cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed 2 percent of the
par amount being financed on a lease purchase basis with
a maturity not to exceed 5 years: Provided further, That
$2,000,000 is allocated to the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment, $4,300,000 for the Fire and Emergency Medical
Services Department, $1,622,000 for the Public Library,
$2,010,000 for the Department of Parks and Recreation,
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$7,500,000 for the Department of Public Works, and
$1,800,000 for the Public Benefit Corporation.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30,
1990, $39,300,000 from local funds, as authorized by sec-
tion 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
(105 Stat. 540; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$1,140,000 from local funds.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred
in connection with Presidential inauguration activities as
authorized by section 737(b) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended, ap-
proved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; D.C. Code, sec.
1–1803), $5,961,000 from local funds, previously appro-
priated in this Act as a Federal payment, which shall be
apportioned by the Chief Financial Officer within the var-
ious appropriation headings in this Act.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certifi-
cates of Participation involving the land site underlying
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the building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000
from local funds.
WILSON BUILDING
For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson
Building, $8,409,000 from local funds.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For 
optical 
and 
dental 
insurance 
payments,
$2,675,000 from local funds.
MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORY SERVICE
For management supervisory service, $13,200,000
from local funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the
District of Columbia among the various appropriation
headings in this Act for which employees are properly pay-
able.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND TRANSFER
PAYMENT
Subject to the issuance of bonds to pay the purchase
price of the District of Columbia’s right, title and interest
in and to the Master Settlement Agreement, and con-
sistent with the Tobacco Settlement Financing and Trust
Fund Amendment Act of 2000, there is transferred the
amount available pursuant thereto, but not to exceed
$61,406,000, to the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund es-
tablished pursuant to section 2302 of the Tobacco Settle-
ment Trust Fund Establishment Act of 1999, effective
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October 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 13–38; to be codified at D.C.
Code, sec. 6–135), to be spent pursuant to local law.
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS SAVINGS (INCLUDING
MANAGED COMPETITION)
The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the
Chief Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority, shall make reductions of $10,000,000 for oper-
ational improvements savings in local funds to one or more
of the appropriation headings in this Act.
MANAGEMENT REFORM SAVINGS
The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the
Chief Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority, shall make reductions of $37,000,000 for manage-
ment reform savings in local funds to one or more of the
appropriation headings in this Act.
CAFETERIA PLAN SAVINGS
For the implementation of a Cafeteria Plan pursuant
to Federal law, a reduction of $5,000,000 in local funds.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and
the Washington Aqueduct, $275,705,000 from other funds
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(including $230,614,000 for the Water and Sewer Author-
ity and $45,091,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of
which $41,503,000 shall be apportioned and payable to
the District’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and
interest incurred for capital improvement projects.
For construction projects, $140,725,000, as author-
ized by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the laying
of watermains and service sewers in the District of Colum-
bia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for other pur-
poses’’ (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code, sec.
43–1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements and
restrictions that are applicable to general fund capital im-
provements projects and set forth in this Act under the
Capital Outlay appropriation title shall apply to projects
approved 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-
tion Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982
(95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law 97–91), 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 (D.C. Law 3–172;
D.C. Code, sec. 2–2501 et seq. and sec. 22–1516 et seq.),
$223,200,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia
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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,
$10,968,000 from other funds: Provided, That the Mayor
shall submit a budget for the Armory Board for the forth-
coming fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 824; Public
Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HEALTH AND HOSPITALS
PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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), $123,548,000, of which
$45,313,000 shall be derived by transfer from the general
fund, and $78,235,000 from other funds: Provided, That
no appropriated amounts and no amounts from or guaran-
teed by the District of Columbia government (including
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority) may be made available
to the Corporation (through reprogramming, transfers,
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loans, or any other mechanism) which are not otherwise
provided for under this heading until a restructuring plan
for D.C. General Hospital has been approved by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Authority, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer of the District of Columbia, and the Chair of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation: Provided further,
That for each payment or group of payments made by or
on behalf of the Corporation, the Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia shall sign an affidavit certi-
fying that the making of the payment does not constitute
a violation of any provision of subchapter III of chapter
13 of title 31, United States Code, or of any provision
of this Act: Provided further, That more than one payment
may be covered by the same affidavit under the previous
proviso, but a single affidavit may not cover more than
one week’s worth of payments: Provided further, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to order any other person
to sign any affidavit required under this heading, or for
any person to provide any signature required under this
heading on such an affidavit by proxy or by machine, com-
puter, or other facsimile device.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, es-
tablished by section 121 of the District of Columbia Re-
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tirement Reform Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–711), $11,414,000 from the earnings of the appli-
cable retirement funds to pay legal, management, invest-
ment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the
District 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 Co-
lumbia a quarterly report of the allocations of charges by
fund and of expenditures of all funds: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall pro-
vide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, an itemized accounting of the planned
use of appropriated 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 Estab-
lishment Act (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88–622),
$1,808,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $52,726,000 from other funds.
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CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For 
construction 
projects, 
an 
increase 
of
$1,077,282,000 of which $806,787,000 is from local
funds, $66,446,000 is from highway trust funds, and
$204,049,000 is from Federal funds, and a rescission of
$55,208,000 from local funds appropriated under this
heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of
$1,022,074,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds for use of each capital project imple-
menting agency shall be managed and controlled in ac-
cordance with all procedures and limitations established
under the Financial Management System: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds provided by this appropriation title
shall be available only for the specific projects and pur-
poses intended: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the foregoing, all authorizations for capital outlay
projects, except those projects covered by the first sen-
tence of section 23(a) of the Federal Aid Highway Act
of 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90–495; D.C. Code,
sec. 7–134, note), for which funds are provided by this
appropriation title, shall expire on September 30, 2002,
except authorizations for projects as to which funds have
been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30,
2002: Provided further, That upon expiration of any such
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project authorization, the funds provided herein for the
project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob-
jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci-
fied, 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. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues
of organizations 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 authoriza-
tion of the chair of the Council.
SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of
judgments that have been entered against the District of
Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as modifying or affecting
the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947
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(70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–460; D.C. Code, sec. 47–
1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 104. (a) REQUIRING MAYOR
TO MAINTAIN
INDEX.—Effective with respect to fiscal year 2001 and
each succeeding fiscal year, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia shall maintain an index of all employment per-
sonal services and consulting contracts in effect on behalf
of the District government, and shall include in the index
specific information on any severance clause in effect
under any such contract.
(b) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—The index maintained
under subsection (a) shall be kept available for public in-
spection during regular business hours.
(c) CONTRACTS EXEMPTED.—Subsection (a) shall
not apply with respect to any collective bargaining agree-
ment or any contract entered into pursuant to such a col-
lective bargaining agreement.
(d) DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘District government’’ means the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, including—
(1) any department, agency or instrumentality
of the government of the District of Columbia;
(2) any independent agency of the District of
Columbia established under part F of title IV of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any other
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agency, board, or commission established by the
Mayor or the Council;
(3) the Council of the District of Columbia;
(4) any other agency, public authority, or public
benefit corporation which has the authority to re-
ceive monies directly or indirectly from the District
of Columbia (other than monies received from the
sale of goods, the provision of services, or the loan-
ing of funds to the District of Columbia); and
(5) the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority.
(e) No payment shall be made pursuant to any such
contract subject to subsection (a), nor any severance pay-
ment made under such contract, if a copy of the contract
has not been filed in the index. Interested parties may file
copies of their contract or severance agreement in the
index on their own behalf.
SEC. 105. 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. 106. 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.
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Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of
school buildings for the use of any community or partisan
political group during non-school hours.
SEC. 107. 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 House Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform, the Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, and the Council of the District of Columbia, or
their duly authorized representative.
SEC. 108. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
necessary for making payments authorized by the District
of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977 (D.C. Law
2–20; D.C. Code, sec. 47–421 et seq.).
SEC. 109. No part of this appropriation shall be used
for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation
of any policy including boycott designed to support or de-
feat legislation pending before Congress or any State legis-
lature.
SEC. 110. 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-
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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
compared with projections.
SEC. 111. (a) 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 2001, 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 ex-
penditure for an agency through a reprogramming of
funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a
program, project, or responsibility center; (3) establishes
or changes allocations specifically denied, limited or in-
creased by Congress in this Act; (4) increases funds or
personnel by any means for any program, project, or re-
sponsibility center for which funds have been denied or
restricted; (5) reestablishes through reprogramming any
program or project previously deferred through re-
programming; (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
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center; unless the Committees on Appropriations 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.
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency
through a reprogramming of funds which transfers any
local funds from one appropriation to another unless the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives are notified in writing 30 days in ad-
vance of the transfer, except that in no event may the
amount of any funds transferred exceed 2 percent of the
local funds in the appropriation.
SEC. 112. Consistent with the provisions of 31 U.S.C.
1301(a), appropriations under this Act shall be applied
only to the objects for which the appropriations were made
except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C.
Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.), enacted pur-
suant to section 422(3) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–242(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensa-
tion of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for
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pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code.
SEC. 114. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year
2001 revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter
of fiscal year 2001. These estimates shall be used in the
budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be
used for the midyear report.
SEC. 115. 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 (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 contracts for
which competition is not feasible or practical: Provided,
That the determination as to whether to invoke the com-
petitive bidding process has been made in accordance with
duly promulgated rules and procedures and said deter-
mination has been reviewed and approved by the District
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of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority.
SEC. 116. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037;
Public Law 99–177), the term ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ 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 ac-
counts rather than to the aggregate total of those ac-
counts: Provided, That sequestration orders shall not be
applied to any account that is specifically exempted from
sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 117. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law 99–177),
after the amounts appropriated to the District of Colum-
bia for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the Dis-
trict 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 sequestration percentage speci-
fied in the order shall be applied proportionately to each
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of the Federal appropriation accounts in this Act that are
not specifically exempted from sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 118. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GIFTS. (a) AP-
PROVAL BY MAYOR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity of the District of
Columbia government may accept and use a gift or
donation during fiscal year 2001 if—
(A) the Mayor approves the acceptance
and use of the gift or donation (except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2)); and
(B) the entity uses the gift or donation to
carry out its authorized functions or duties.
(2) EXCEPTION FOR COUNCIL AND COURTS.—
The Council of the District of Columbia and the
District of Columbia courts may accept and use gifts
without prior approval by the Mayor.
(b) RECORDS AND PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Each enti-
ty of the District of Columbia government shall keep accu-
rate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any
gift or donation under subsection (a), and shall make such
records available for audit and public inspection.
(c) INDEPENDENT AGENCIES INCLUDED.—For the
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity of the District
of Columbia government’’ includes an independent agency
of the District of Columbia.
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(d) EXCEPTION FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION.—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. 119. 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 Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–113(d)).
SEC. 120. (a) MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—
(1) CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO NOTICE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 2204(c)(1)(A) of the District of
Columbia 
School 
Reform 
Act 
(sec. 
31–
2853.14(c)(1)(A), D.C. Code) is amended to read as
follows: I24
‘‘(A) NOTICE
REQUIREMENT
FOR
PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case
of an emergency (as determined by the eli-
gible chartering authority of a public char-
ter school), with respect to any procure-
ment contract proposed to be awarded by
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the public charter school and having a
value equal to or exceeding $25,000, the
school shall publish a notice of a request
for proposals in the District of Columbia
Register and newspapers of general cir-
culation not less than 7 days prior to the
award of the contract.
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CON-
TRACTS.—The notice requirement of clause
(i) shall not apply with respect to any con-
tract for the lease or purchase of real
property by a public charter school, any
employment contract for a staff member of
a public charter school, or any manage-
ment contract entered into by a public
charter school and the management com-
pany designated in its charter or its peti-
tion for a revised charter.’’.
(2) SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS TO ELIGIBLE
CHARTERING AUTHORITY.—Section 2204(c)(1)(B) of
such Act (sec. 31–2853.14(c)(1)(B), D.C. Code) is
amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AUTHOR-
ITY’’ and inserting ‘‘ELIGIBLE CHARTERING AU-
THORITY’’;
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(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Authority’’
and inserting ‘‘eligible chartering authority’’;
and
(C) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(ii) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
CON-
TRACT.—A contract described in subpara-
graph (A) shall become effective on the
date that is 10 days after the date the
school makes the submission under clause
(i) with respect to the contract, or the ef-
fective date specified in the contract,
whichever is later.’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF SCHOOL RE-
FORM ACT.—
(1) WAIVER OF DUPLICATE AND CONFLICTING
PROVISIONS.—Section 2210 of such Act (sec. 31–
2853.20, D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) WAIVER OF APPLICATION OF DUPLICATE AND
CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this
title, no provision of any law regarding the establishment,
administration, or operation of public charter schools in
the District of Columbia shall apply with respect to a pub-
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lic charter school or an eligible chartering authority to the
extent that the provision duplicates or is inconsistent with
any provision of this title.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of the District of Columbia School
Reform Act of 1995.
(c) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCHOOL OR
PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2204(c) of such Act
(sec. 31–2853.14(c), D.C. Code) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(18) LICENSING
AS
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER.—A public charter school which offers a
preschool or prekindergarten program shall be sub-
ject to the same child care licensing requirements (if
any) which apply to a District of Columbia public
school which offers such a program.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
2202 of such Act (sec. 31–2853.12, D.C. Code) is
amended by striking clause (17).
(B) Section 2203(h)(2) of such Act (sec. 31–
2853.13(h)(2), D.C. Code) is amended by striking
‘‘(17),’’.
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SEC. 121. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNI-
VERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (a) The Super-
intendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools
(DCPS) and the University of the District of Columbia
(UDC) shall each submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate, the
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate no later than 15 calendar days after the
end of each quarter a report that sets forth—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obliga-
tions, year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and
total fiscal year expenditure projections versus budg-
et broken out on the basis of control center, respon-
sibility center, and object class, and for all funds,
non-appropriated 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 ob-
ject, 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,
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responsibility center, and agency reporting code; and
contract identifying codes used by DCPS and UDC;
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;
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports
that are required to be, and have been, submitted to
the Board of Education;
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports
that have been made by UDC within the last quarter
in compliance with applicable law; and
(6) changes made in the last quarter to the or-
ganizational structure of DCPS and UDC, dis-
playing for each entity 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 af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
(b) The Superintendent of DCPS and UDC shall an-
nually compile an accurate and verifiable report on the
positions and employees in the public school system and
the university, respectively. The annual report shall—
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(1) set forth the number of validated schedule
A positions in the District of Columbia public
schools and UDC for fiscal year 2001, and there-
after on full-time equivalent basis, including a com-
pilation of all positions by control center, responsi-
bility center, funding source, position type, position
title, pay plan, grade, and annual salary;
(2) set forth a compilation of all employees in
the District of Columbia public schools and UDC as
of the preceding December 31, verified as to its ac-
curacy in accordance with the functions that each
employee actually performs, by control center, re-
sponsibility center, agency reporting code, program
(including funding source), activity, location for ac-
counting purposes, job title, grade and classification,
annual salary, and position control number; and
(3) be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor,
the District of Columbia Council, the Consensus
Commission, and the Authority, not later than Feb-
ruary 15 of each year.
(c) No later than November 1, 2000, or within 30
calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
whichever occurs later, and each succeeding year, the Su-
perintendent of DCPS and UDC shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the Dis-
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trict of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, a revised appropriated
funds operating budget for the public school system and
UDC for such fiscal year: (1) that is in the total amount
of the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted
data for personal services and other-than-personal serv-
ices, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures;
and (2) that is in the format of the budget that the Super-
intendent of DCPS and UDC submit to the Mayor of the
District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor’s budget
submission to the Council of the District of Columbia pur-
suant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 122. (a) None of the funds contained in this
Act may be made available to pay the fees of an attorney
who represents a party who prevails in an action or any
attorney who defends any action, including an administra-
tive proceeding, brought against the District of Columbia
Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the at-
torney exceeds 250 percent of the hourly rate of
compensation under section 11–2604(a), District of
Columbia Code; or
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(2) the maximum amount of compensation of
the attorney exceeds 250 percent of the maximum
amount 
of 
compensation 
under 
section 
11–
2604(b)(1), District of Columbia Code, except that
compensation and reimbursement in excess of such
maximum may be approved for extended or complex
representation in accordance with section 11–
2604(c), District of Columbia Code; and
(3) in no case may the compensation limits in
paragraphs (1) and (2) exceed $2,500.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the
Mayor and the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools concur in a Memorandum of Under-
standing setting forth a new rate and amount of com-
pensation, then such new rates shall apply in lieu of the
rates set forth in the preceding subsection to both the at-
torney who represents the prevailing party and the attor-
ney who defends the action.
SEC. 123. 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.
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care
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Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9–114; D.C.
Code, sec. 36–1401 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or
enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohab-
iting couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or les-
bian), including but not limited to registration for the pur-
pose of extending employment, health, or governmental
benefits to such couples on the same basis that such bene-
fits are extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 125. The District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority, acting
on behalf of the District of Columbia Public Schools
(DCPS) in formulating the DCPS budget, the Board of
Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, the
Board of Library Trustees, and the Board of Governors
of the University of the District of Columbia School of
Law shall vote on and approve the respective annual or
revised budgets for such entities before submission to the
Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the
Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of the District
of Columbia in accordance with section 442 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301), or before submitting their respective
budgets directly to the Council.
SEC. 126. (a) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS
NOT INCLUDED IN CEILING.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with
the Chief Financial Officer, during a control year, as
defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8; 109 Stat. 152),
may accept, obligate, and expend Federal, private,
and other grants received by the District govern-
ment that are not reflected in the amounts appro-
priated in this Act.
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI-
CER REPORT AND AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such
Federal, private, or other grant may be accepted, ob-
ligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph (1)
until—
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia submits to the Authority a re-
port setting forth detailed information regard-
ing such grant; and
(B) the Authority has reviewed and ap-
proved the acceptance, obligation, and expendi-
ture of such grant in accordance with review
and approval procedures consistent with the
provisions of the District of Columbia Financial
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Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995.
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPA-
TION OF APPROVAL OR RECEIPT.—No amount may
be obligated or expended from the general fund or
other funds of the District government in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a grant under
paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a Federal, private,
or other grant not subject to such paragraph.
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia shall prepare
a quarterly report setting forth detailed information
regarding all Federal, private, and other grants sub-
ject to this subsection. Each such report shall be
submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia,
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, not later
than 15 days after the end of the quarter covered
by the report.
(b) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES BY FINANCIAL RE-
SPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—Not later than 20 calendar days after the end of
each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 2000, the Authority
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
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of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing
an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds obli-
gated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The
report shall include information on the date, amount, pur-
pose, and vendor name, and a description of the services
or goods provided with respect to the expenditures of such
funds.
SEC. 127. If a department or agency of the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia is under the administra-
tion of a court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed
official during fiscal year 2001 or any succeeding fiscal
year, the receiver or official shall prepare and submit to
the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the
expenditures and appropriations necessary for the mainte-
nance and operation of the department or agency. All such
estimates shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council,
for its action pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but
subject to the Mayor’s recommendations. Notwithstanding
any provision of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(87 Stat. 774; Public Law 93–198), the Council may com-
ment or make recommendations concerning such annual
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estimates but shall have no authority under such Act to
revise such estimates.
SEC. 128. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL
VEHICLES.—Except as otherwise provided in this section,
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any
other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee
of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the per-
formance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does
not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s resi-
dence and workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer
or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who
resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise des-
ignated by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the discre-
tion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Department who resides in the District of Columbia and
is on call 24 hours a day; (3) the Mayor of the District
of Columbia; and (4) the Chairman of the Council of the
District of Columbia).
(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit, by No-
vember 15, 2000, an inventory, as of September 30, 2000,
of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District
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of Columbia government. The inventory shall include, but
not be limited to, the department to which the vehicle is
assigned; the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition
date and cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual
operating and maintenance costs; current mileage; and
whether the vehicle is allowed to be taken home by a Dis-
trict officer or employee and if so, the officer or employee’s
title and resident location.
SEC. 129. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOY-
EES DETAILED WITHIN GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of
determining the amount of funds expended by any entity
within the District of Columbia government during fiscal
year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expendi-
tures of the District government attributable to any officer
or employee of the District government who provides serv-
ices which are within the authority and jurisdiction of the
entity (including any portion of the compensation paid to
the officer or employee attributable to the time spent in
providing such services) shall be treated as expenditures
made from the entity’s budget, without regard to whether
the officer or employee is assigned to the entity or other-
wise treated as an officer or employee of the entity.
(b) MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCE-
DURES.—Section 2408 of the District of Columbia Gov-
ernment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, ef-
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fective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec.
1–625.7), is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
2000, and each subsequent fiscal year’’.
(2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking
‘‘Prior to February 1, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘Prior to
February 1 of each year’’.
(3) Subsection (i) is amended by striking
‘‘March 1, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1 of each
year’’.
(4) Subsection (k) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 1, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘September 1 of each
year’’.
(c) No officer or employee of the District of Columbia
government (including any independent agency of the Dis-
trict but excluding the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority, the
Metropolitan Police Department, and the Office of the
Chief Technology Officer) may enter into an agreement
in excess of $2,500 for the procurement of goods or serv-
ices on behalf of any entity of the District government
until the officer or employee has conducted an analysis
of how the procurement of the goods and services involved
under the applicable regulations and procedures of the
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District government would differ from the procurement of
the goods and services involved under the Federal supply
schedule and other applicable regulations and procedures
of the General Services Administration, including an anal-
ysis of any differences in the costs to be incurred and the
time required to obtain the goods or services.
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not later than 120 days after the date that a District
of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) student is referred
for evaluation or assessment—
(1) the District of Columbia Board of Edu-
cation, or its successor, and DCPS shall assess or
evaluate a student who may have a disability and
who may require special education services; and
(2) if a student is classified as having a dis-
ability, as defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat.
175; 20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C.
706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that stu-
dent in an appropriate program of special education
services.
SEC. 131. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
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expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products to the greatest extent
practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each agency of the
Federal or District of Columbia government shall
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice
describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by
the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
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with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 132. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit
of the District of Columbia government (including the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority) for fiscal year 2001 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector
General of the District of Columbia pursuant to sec-
tion 208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procure-
ment Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–
1182.8(a)(4)); and
(2) the audit includes a comparison of audited
actual year-end results with the revenues submitted
in the budget document for such year and the appro-
priations enacted into law for such year.
SEC. 133. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil
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action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot-
ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia.
SEC. 134. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used to transfer or confine inmates classified above
the medium security level, as defined by the Federal Bu-
reau of Prisons classification instrument, to the Northeast
Ohio Correctional Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
SEC. 135. Subsection 3(e) of Public Law 104–21
(D.C. Code sec. 7–134.2(e)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.—Not later than
February 1, 2001, and each February 1 thereafter, the
Inspector General of the District of Columbia shall audit
the financial statements of the District of Columbia High-
way Trust Fund for the preceding fiscal year and shall
submit to Congress a report on the results of such audit.
Not later than May 31, 2001, and each May 31 thereafter,
the Inspector General shall examine the statements fore-
casting the conditions and operations of the Trust Fund
for the next 5 fiscal years commencing on the previous
October 1 and shall submit to Congress a report on the
results of such examination.’’.
SEC. 136. No later than November 1, 2000, or within
30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer
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of the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority 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 (Public Law
93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301), for all agencies of the
District of Columbia government for such fiscal year that
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and
other-than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated
actual expenditures.
SEC. 137. (a) None of the funds contained in this
Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille-
gal drug.
(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds
contained in this Act and who carries out any program
described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used
for such program separately from any funds contained in
this Act.
SEC. 138. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON LEASES.—Upon the
expiration of the 60-day period that begins on the date
of the enactment of this Act, none of the funds contained
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in this Act may be used to make rental payments under
a lease for the use of real property by the District of Co-
lumbia government (including any independent agency of
the District) unless the lease and an abstract of the lease
have been filed (by the District of Columbia or any other
party to the lease) with the central office of the Deputy
Mayor for Economic Development, in an indexed registry
available for public inspection.
(b) 
ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS
ON
CURRENT
LEASES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the expiration of the
60-day period that begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, in the case of a lease described in
paragraph (3), none of the funds contained in this
Act may be used to make rental payments under the
lease unless the lease is included in periodic reports
submitted by the Mayor and Council of the District
of Columbia to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate describing
for each such lease the following information:
(A) The location of the property involved,
the name of the owners of record according to
the land records of the District of Columbia,
the name of the lessors according to the lease,
the rate of payment under the lease, the period
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of time covered by the lease, and the conditions
under which the lease may be terminated.
(B) The extent to which the property is or
is not occupied by the District of Columbia gov-
ernment as of the end of the reporting period
involved.
(C) If the property is not occupied and uti-
lized by the District government as of the end
of the reporting period involved, a plan for oc-
cupying and utilizing the property (including
construction or renovation work) or a status
statement regarding any efforts by the District
to terminate or renegotiate the lease.
(2) TIMING
OF
REPORTS.—The reports de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be submitted for each
calendar quarter (beginning with the quarter ending
December 31, 2000) not later than 20 days after the
end of the quarter involved, plus an initial report
submitted not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, which shall provide infor-
mation as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) LEASES DESCRIBED.—A lease described in
this paragraph is a lease in effect as of the date of
the enactment of this Act for the use of real prop-
erty by the District of Columbia government (includ-
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ing any independent agency of the District) which is
not being occupied by the District government (in-
cluding any independent agency of the District) as
of such date or during the 60-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 139. (a) MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.—Upon the expiration of the
60-day period that begins on the date of the enactment
of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may
be used to enter into a lease (or to make rental payments
under such a lease) for the use of real property by the
District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District) or to purchase real prop-
erty for the use of the District of Columbia government
(including any independent agency of the District) or to
manage real property for the use of the District of Colum-
bia (including any independent agency of the District) un-
less the following conditions are met:
(1) The Mayor and Council of the District of
Columbia certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate
that existing real property available to the District
(whether leased or owned by the District govern-
ment) is not suitable for the purposes intended.
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, there is made available for sale or lease all real
property of the District of Columbia that the Mayor
from time-to-time determines is surplus to the needs
of the District of Columbia, unless a majority of the
members of the Council override the Mayor’s deter-
mination during the 30-day period which begins on
the date the determination is published.
(3) The Mayor and Council implement a pro-
gram for the periodic survey of all District property
to determine if it is surplus to the needs of the Dis-
trict.
(4) The Mayor and Council within 60 days of
the date of the enactment of this Act have filed with
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate a report which provides a comprehensive plan
for the management of District of Columbia real
property assets, and are proceeding with the imple-
mentation of the plan.
(b) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS.—If the District
of Columbia enacts legislation to reform the practices and
procedures governing the entering into of leases for the
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use of real property by the District of Columbia govern-
ment and the disposition of surplus real property of the
District government, the provisions of subsection (a) shall
cease to be effective upon the effective date of the legisla-
tion.
SEC. 140. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay
the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of
the District of Columbia government (including the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority and any independent agency of
the District) who has not filed a certification with the
Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia that the officer understands the duties and re-
strictions applicable to the officer and the officer’s agency
as a result of this Act (and the amendments made by this
Act), including any duty to prepare a report requested ei-
ther in the Act or in any of the reports accompanying the
Act and the deadline by which each report must be sub-
mitted, and the District’s Chief Financial Officer shall
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives by the tenth day
after the end of each quarter a summary list showing each
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report, the due date and the date submitted to the Com-
mittees.
SEC. 141. The proposed budget of the government
of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2002 that is
submitted by the District to Congress shall specify poten-
tial adjustments that might become necessary in the event
that the operational improvements savings, including man-
aged competition, and management reform savings
achieved by the District during the year do not meet the
level of management savings projected by the District
under the proposed budget.
SEC. 142. In submitting any document showing the
budget for an office of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (including an independent agency of the District)
that contains a category of activities labeled as ‘‘other’’,
‘‘miscellaneous’’, or a similar general, nondescriptive term,
the document shall include a description of the types of
activities covered in the category and a detailed breakdown
of the amount allocated for each such activity.
SEC. 143. (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. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
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(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.
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby solely
authorized to allocate the District’s limitation amount of
qualified zone academy bonds (established pursuant to 26
U.S.C. 1397E) among qualified zone academies within the
District.
SEC. 145. (a) Section 11232 of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997 (sec. 24–1232, D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f ) through (i)
as subsections (g) through ( j); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f ) TREATMENT AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Trustee and employees
of the Trustee who are not covered under subsection
(e) shall be treated as employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment solely for purposes of the following provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code:
‘‘(A) Chapter 83 (relating to retirement).
‘‘(B) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal
Employees’ Retirement System).
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‘‘(C) Chapter 87 (relating to life insur-
ance).
‘‘(D) Chapter 89 (relating to health insur-
ance).
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATES
OF
COVERAGE.—The
effective dates of coverage of the provisions of para-
graph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In the case of the Trustee and em-
ployees of the Office of the Trustee and the Of-
fice of Adult Probation, August 5, 1997, or the
date of appointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(B) In the case of employees of the Office
of Parole, October 11, 1998, or the date of ap-
pointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(C) In the case of employees of the Pre-
trial Services Agency, January 3, 1999, or the
date of appointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(3) RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Trustee
shall make contributions under the provisions re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) at the same rates applica-
ble to agencies of the Federal Government.
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel
Management shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this subsection.’’.
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(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of title XI of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
SEC. 146. It is the sense of the Congress that the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority should quickly complete the
sale of the Franklin School property, a property which has
been vacant for over 20 years.
SEC. 147. Nothing in this Act may be construed to
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
SEC. 148. (a) Chapter 23 of title 11, District of Co-
lumbia, is hereby repealed.
(b) The table of chapters for title 11, District of Co-
lumbia, is amended by striking the item relating to chap-
ter 23.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date on which legislation enacted by the
Council of the District of Columbia to establish the Office
of the Chief Medical Examiner in the executive branch of
the government of the District of Columbia takes effect.
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PROMPT PAYMENT OF APPOINTED COUNSEL
SEC. 149. (a) ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST FOR DE-
LAYED PAYMENTS.—If the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
does not make a payment described in subsection (b) prior
to the expiration of the 45-day period which begins on the
date the Court receives a completed voucher for a claim
for the payment, interest shall be assessed against the
amount of the payment which would otherwise be made
to take into account the period which begins on the day
after the expiration of such 45-day period and which ends
on the day the Court makes the payment.
(b) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.—A payment described in
this subsection is—
(1) a payment authorized under section 11–
2604 and section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to
representation provided under the District of Colum-
bia Criminal Justice Act);
(2) a payment for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Division of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23
of title 16, D.C. Code; or
(3) a payment for counsel authorized under sec-
tion 21–2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
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ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of
Attorney Act of 1986).
(c) STANDARDS FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETED
VOUCHERS.—The chief judges of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals shall establish standards and criteria for
determining whether vouchers submitted for claims for
payments described in subsection (b) are complete, and
shall publish and make such standards and criteria avail-
able to attorneys who practice before such Courts.
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require the assessment of inter-
est against any claim (or portion of any claim) which is
denied by the Court involved.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
respect to claims received by the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court
of Appeals after the expiration of the 90-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 150. (a) Effective 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any
person to distribute any needle or syringe for the hypo-
dermic injection of any illegal drug in any area of the Dis-
trict of Columbia which is within 1,000 feet of a public
or private elementary or secondary school (including a
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public charter school). It is stipulated that based on a sur-
vey by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District
of Columbia that sites at 4th Street Northeast and Rhode
Island Avenue Northeast, Southern Avenue Southeast and
Central Avenue Southeast, 1st Street Southeast and M
Street Southeast, 21st Street Northeast and H Street
Northeast, Minnesota Avenue Northeast and Clay Place
Northeast, and 15th Street Southeast and Ives Street
Southeast are outside the 1,000-foot perimeter. Sites at
North Capitol Street and New York Avenue Northeast,
Division Avenue Northeast and Foote Street Northeast,
Georgia Avenue Northwest and New Hampshire Avenue
Northwest, and 15th Street Northeast and A Street
Northeast are found to be within the 1,000-foot perimeter.
(b) The Public Housing Police of the District of Co-
lumbia Housing Authority shall prepare a monthly report
on activity involving illegal drugs at or near any public
housing site where a needle exchange program is con-
ducted, and shall submit such reports to the Executive Di-
rector of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, who
shall submit them to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate. The Execu-
tive Director shall ascertain any concerns of the residents
of any public housing site about any needle exchange pro-
gram conducted on or near the site, and this information
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shall be included in these reports. The District of Colum-
bia Government shall take appropriate action to require
relocation of any such program if so recommended by the
police or by a significant number of residents of such site.
FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION
FOR
ENFORCEMENT
OF
LAW
BANNING POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY
MINORS
SEC. 151. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—There is hereby ap-
propriated a Federal contribution of $100,000 to the Met-
ropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia,
effective upon the enactment by the District of Columbia
of a law which reads as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. BAN ON POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
BY MINORS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any indi-
vidual under 18 years of age to possess any cigarette or
other tobacco product in the District of Columbia.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(1) POSSESSION
IN
COURSE
OF
EMPLOY-
MENT.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect
to an individual making a delivery of cigarettes or
tobacco products in pursuance of employment.
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION
IN
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OPERATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with re-
spect to an individual possessing products in the
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course of a valid, supervised law enforcement oper-
ation.
‘‘(c) PENALTIES.—Any individual who violates sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following penalties:
‘‘(1) For any violation, the individual may be
required to perform community service or attend a
tobacco cessation program.
‘‘(2) Upon the first violation, the individual
shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
‘‘(3) Upon the second and each subsequent vio-
lation, the individual shall be subject to a civil pen-
alty not to exceed $100.
‘‘(4) Upon the third and each subsequent viola-
tion, the individual may have his or her driving
privileges in the District of Columbia suspended for
a period of 90 consecutive days.’’.
(b) USE OF CONTRIBUTION.—The Metropolitan Po-
lice Department shall use the contribution made under
subsection (a) to enforce the law referred to in such sub-
section.
SEC. 152. Nothing in this Act bars the District of
Columbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting
with officials of the District government regarding such
lawsuits.
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SEC. 153. (a) Nothing in the Federal Grant and Co-
operative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et
seq.) may be construed to prohibit the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency from negotiating
and entering into cooperative agreements and grants au-
thorized by law which affect real property of the Federal
Government in the District of Columbia if the principal
purpose of the cooperative agreement or grant is to pro-
vide comparable benefits for Federal and non-Federal
properties in the District of Columbia.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal
year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 154. (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Colum-
bia Home Rule Act, as amended by section 159(a) of this
Act, is further amended by inserting after section 450A
the following new section:
‘‘COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY
‘‘SEC. 450B. (a) COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MAN-
AGEMENT POLICY.—The District of Columbia shall con-
duct its financial management in accordance with a com-
prehensive financial management policy.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF POLICY.—The comprehensive fi-
nancial management policy shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, the following:
‘‘(1) A cash management policy.
‘‘(2) A debt management policy.
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‘‘(3) A financial asset management policy.
‘‘(4) An emergency reserve management policy
in accordance with section 450A(a).
‘‘(5) A contingency reserve management policy
in accordance with section 450A(b).
‘‘(6) A policy for determining real property tax
exemptions for the District of Columbia.
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The comprehensive financial
management policy shall be reviewed at the end of each
fiscal year by the Chief Financial Officer who shall—
‘‘(1) not later than July 1 of each year, submit
any proposed changes in the policy to the Mayor and
(in the case of a fiscal year which is a control year,
as defined in section 305(4) of the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Act of 1995) the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority (Authority) for review;
‘‘(2) not later than August 1 of each year, after
consideration of any comments received under para-
graph (1), submit the changes to the Council of the
District of Columbia (Council) for approval; and
‘‘(3) not later than September 1 of each year,
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives, the Committee on
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Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate of any changes enacted by the Council.
‘‘(d) PROCEDURE
FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF FIRST
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.—
‘‘(1) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Not later
than April 1, 2001, the Chief Financial Officer shall
submit to the Mayor an initial proposed comprehen-
sive financial management policy for the District of
Columbia pursuant to this section.
‘‘(2) COUNCIL.—Following review and comment
by the Mayor, not later than May 1, 2001, the Chief
Financial Officer shall submit the proposed financial
management policy to the Council for its prompt re-
view and adoption.
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Upon adoption of the finan-
cial management policy under paragraph (2), the
Council shall immediately submit the policy to the
Authority for a review of not to exceed 30 days.
‘‘(4) CONGRESS.—Following review of the fi-
nancial management policy by the Authority under
paragraph (3), the Authority shall submit the policy
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and House of Representatives, the Committee on
Government Reform of the House of Representa-
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tives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate for review, and the policy shall take ef-
fect 30 days after the date the policy is submitted
under this paragraph.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
for the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 450A the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 450B. Comprehensive financial management policy.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on October
1, 2000.
APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
SEC. 155. (a) APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL.—Sec-
tion 424(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(sec. 47–317.2, D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘Upon confirmation by the Council,
the name of the Chief Financial Officer shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
the Committee on Government Reform of the House
of Representatives for a 30-day period of review and
comment before the appointment takes effect.’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘upon dis-
missal by the Mayor and approval of that dismissal
by a 2⁄3 vote of the Council. Upon approval of the
dismissal by the Council, notice of the dismissal
shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives,
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Committee on Government Reform of
the House of Representatives for a 30-day period of
review and comment before the dismissal takes ef-
fect.’’.
(b) FUNCTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 424(c) of such Act
(sec. 47–317.3, D.C. Code) is amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DURING A
CONTROL YEAR’’;
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘During a control year, the Chief
Financial Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief Fi-
nancial Officer’’;
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Pre-
paring’’ and inserting ‘‘During a control year,
preparing’’;
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vestment of surplus funds in governmental and non-
governmental interest-bearing securities and ac-
counts.
‘‘(21) Administering the centralized District
government payroll and retirement systems.
‘‘(22) Governing the accounting policies and
systems applicable to the District government.
‘‘(23) Preparing appropriate annual, quarterly,
and monthly financial reports of the accounting and
financial operations of the District government.
‘‘(24) Not later than 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year, preparing the complete financial
statement and report on the activities of the District
government for such fiscal year, for the use of the
Mayor under section 448(a)(4).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 424
of such Act (sec. 47–317.1 et seq., D.C. Code) is
amended—
(A) by striking subsection (d);
(B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘or
subsection (d)’’; and
(C) by redesignating subsections (e) and
(f ) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
SEC. 156. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the
District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit
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Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code 1–
601.1 et seq.), or any other District of Columbia law, stat-
ute, regulation, the provisions of the District of Columbia
Personnel Manual, or the provisions of any collective bar-
gaining agreement, employees of the District of Columbia
government will only receive compensation for overtime
work in excess of 40 hours per week (or other applicable
tour of duty) of work actually performed, in accordance
with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29
U.S.C. § 201 et seq.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall be effective
December 27, 1996. The Resolution and Order of the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority, dated December 27, 1996,
is hereby ratified and approved and shall be given full
force and effect.
SEC. 157. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 503 of Public Law 100–71 and as provided in sub-
section (b), the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency for the District of Columbia (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘agency’’) may implement and administer
the Drug Free Workplace Program of the agency, dated
July 28, 2000, for employment applicants of the agency.
(b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The waiver provided by
subsection (a) shall—
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(1) take effect on enactment; and
(2) terminate on the date the Department of
Health and Human Services approves the drug pro-
gram of the agency pursuant to section 503 of Pub-
lic Law 100–71 or 12 months after the date referred
to in paragraph (1), whichever is later.
SEC. 158. Commencing October 1, 2000, the Mayor
of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Senate and
House Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Govern-
mental Affairs Committee, and the House Government
Reform Committee quarterly reports addressing the fol-
lowing issues: (1) crime, including the homicide rate, im-
plementation of community policing, the number of police
officers on local beats, and the closing down of open-air
drug markets; (2) access to drug abuse treatment, includ-
ing the number of treatment slots, the number of people
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the ef-
fectiveness of treatment programs; (3) management of pa-
rolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including the num-
ber of halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve
monitoring and supervision of halfway house residents to
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in consulta-
tion with the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency; (4) education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement to be provided in
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consultation with the District of Columbia Public Schools;
(5) improvement in basic District services, including rat
control and abatement; (6) application for and manage-
ment of Federal grants, including the number and type
of grants for which the District was eligible but failed to
apply and the number and type of grants awarded to the
District but which the District failed to spend the amounts
received; and (7) indicators of child well-being.
RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 159. (a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
RESERVE
FUNDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
Home Rule Act is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 450 the following new section:
‘‘RESERVE FUNDS
‘‘SEC. 450A. (a) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is established an
emergency cash reserve fund (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘emergency reserve fund’) as an in-
terest-bearing account (separate from other accounts
in the General Fund) into which the Mayor shall de-
posit in cash not later than February 15 of each fis-
cal year (or not later than October 1, 2000, in the
case of fiscal year 2001) such amount as may be re-
quired to maintain a balance in the fund of at least
4 percent of the total budget appropriated for oper-
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ating expenditures for such fiscal year which is de-
rived from local funds (or, in the case of fiscal years
prior to fiscal year 2004, such amount as may be re-
quired to maintain a balance in the fund of at least
the minimum emergency reserve balance for such
fiscal year, as determined under paragraph (2)).
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
MINIMUM
EMER-
GENCY RESERVE BALANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The ‘minimum emer-
gency reserve balance’ with respect to a fiscal
year is the amount equal to the applicable per-
centage of the total budget appropriated for op-
erating expenditures for such fiscal year which
is derived from local funds.
‘‘(B) 
APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE
DE-
FINED.—In subparagraph (A), the ‘applicable
percentage’ with respect to a fiscal year means
the following:
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2001, 1 percent.
‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2002, 2 percent.
‘‘(iii) For fiscal year 2003, 3 percent.
‘‘(3) INTEREST.—Interest earned on the emer-
gency reserve fund shall remain in the account and
shall only be withdrawn in accordance with para-
graph (4).
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‘‘(4) CRITERIA FOR USE OF AMOUNTS IN EMER-
GENCY RESERVE FUND.—The Chief Financial Offi-
cer, in consultation with the Mayor, shall develop a
policy to govern the emergency reserve fund which
shall include (but which may not be limited to) the
following requirements:
‘‘(A) The emergency reserve fund may be
used to provide for unanticipated and non-
recurring extraordinary needs of an emergency
nature, including a natural disaster or calamity
as defined by section 102 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (Public Law 100–707) or unexpected obli-
gations by Federal law.
‘‘(B) The emergency reserve fund may also
be used in the event of a State of Emergency
as declared by the Mayor pursuant to section 5
of the District of Columbia Public Emergency
Act of 1980 (sec. 6–1504, D.C. Code).
‘‘(C) The emergency reserve fund may not
be used to fund—
‘‘(i) any department, agency, or office
of the Government of the District of Co-
lumbia which is administered by a receiver
or other official appointed by a court;
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‘‘(ii) shortfalls in any projected reduc-
tions which are included in the budget pro-
posed by the District of Columbia for the
fiscal year; or
‘‘(iii) settlements and judgments made
by or against the Government of the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION
OF
EMERGENCY
CASH
RE-
SERVE FUNDS.—Funds may be allocated from the
emergency reserve fund only after—
‘‘(A) an analysis has been prepared by the
Chief Financial Officer of the availability of
other sources of funding to carry out the pur-
poses of the allocation and the impact of such
allocation on the balance and integrity of the
emergency reserve fund; and
‘‘(B) with respect to fiscal years beginning
with fiscal year 2005, the contingency reserve
fund established by subsection (b) has been pro-
jected by the Chief Financial Officer to be ex-
hausted at the time of the allocation.
‘‘(6) NOTICE.—The Mayor, the Council, and (in
the case of a fiscal year which is a control year, as
defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
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Act of 1995) the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and House of Representatives in writing not
more than 30 days after the expenditure of funds
from the emergency reserve fund.
‘‘(7) REPLENISHMENT.—The District of Co-
lumbia shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal
year in the budget process to replenish any amounts
allocated from the emergency reserve fund during
the preceding fiscal year by the following fiscal year.
Once the emergency reserve equals 4 percent of total
budget appropriated from local funds for operating
expenditures for the fiscal year, the District of Co-
lumbia shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal
year in the budget process to replenish any amounts
allocated from the emergency reserve fund during
the preceding year to maintain a balance of at least
4 percent of total funds appropriated from local
funds for operating expenditures by the following fis-
cal year.
‘‘(b) CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a con-
tingency cash reserve fund (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘contingency reserve fund’) as an in-
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terest-bearing account (separate from other accounts
in the General Fund) into which the Mayor shall de-
posit in cash not later than October 1 of each fiscal
year (beginning with fiscal year 2005) such amount
as may be required to maintain a balance in the
fund of at least 3 percent of the total budget appro-
priated for operating expenditures for such fiscal
year which is derived from local funds (or, in the
case of fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2007, such
amount as may be required to maintain a balance in
the fund of at least the minimum contingency re-
serve balance for such fiscal year, as determined
under paragraph (2)).
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
MINIMUM
CONTIN-
GENCY RESERVE BALANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The ‘minimum contin-
gency reserve balance’ with respect to a fiscal
year is the amount equal to the applicable per-
centage of the total budget appropriated from
local funds for operating expenditures for such
fiscal year which is derived from local funds.
‘‘(B) 
APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE
DE-
FINED.—In subparagraph (A), the ‘applicable
percentage’ with respect to a fiscal year means
the following:
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‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2005, 1 percent.
‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2006, 2 percent.
‘‘(3) INTEREST.—Interest earned on the contin-
gency reserve fund shall remain in the account and
may only be withdrawn in accordance with para-
graph (4).
‘‘(4) CRITERIA FOR USE OF AMOUNTS IN CON-
TINGENCY
RESERVE
FUND.—The Chief Financial
Officer, in consultation with the Mayor, shall develop
a policy governing the use of the contingency reserve
fund which shall include (but which may not be lim-
ited to) the following requirements:
‘‘(A) The contingency reserve fund may
only be used to provide for nonrecurring or un-
foreseen needs that arise during the fiscal year,
including expenses associated with unforeseen
weather or other natural disasters, unexpected
obligations created by Federal law or new pub-
lic safety or health needs or requirements that
have been identified after the budget process
has occurred, or opportunities to achieve cost
savings.
‘‘(B) The contingency reserve fund may be
used, if needed, to cover revenue shortfalls ex-
perienced by the District government for 3 con-
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secutive months (based on a 2 month rolling av-
erage) that are 5 percent or more below the
budget forecast.
‘‘(C) The contingency reserve fund may
not be used to fund any shortfalls in any pro-
jected reductions which are included in the
budget proposed by the District of Columbia for
the fiscal year.
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION OF CONTINGENCY CASH RE-
SERVE.—Funds may be allocated from the contin-
gency reserve fund only after an analysis has been
prepared by the Chief Financial Officer of the avail-
ability of other sources of funding to carry out the
purposes of the allocation and the impact of such al-
location on the balance and integrity of the contin-
gency reserve fund.
‘‘(6) REPLENISHMENT.—The District of Co-
lumbia shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal
year in the budget process to replenish any amounts
allocated from the contingency reserve fund during
the preceding fiscal year by the following fiscal year.
Once the contingency reserve equals 3 percent of
total funds appropriated from local funds for oper-
ating expenditures, the District of Columbia shall
appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal year in the
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budget process to replenish any amounts allocated
from the contingency reserve fund during the pre-
ceding year to maintain a balance of at least 3 per-
cent of total funds appropriated from local funds for
operating expenditures by the following fiscal year.
‘‘(c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Financial
Officer shall submit a quarterly report to the Mayor, the
Council, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority (in the case of a
fiscal year which is a control year, as defined in section
305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995), and the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives that includes a monthly statement on
the balance and activities of the contingency and emer-
gency reserve funds.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 450 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 450A. Reserve funds.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) CURRENT RESERVE FUND.—Section 202( j)
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47–
392.2( j), D.C. Code) is amended—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning with fiscal year 2000, the plan or budget
submitted pursuant to this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘For each of the fiscal years 2000 through
2004, the budget of the District government for
the fiscal year’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) REPLENISHMENT.—Any amount of the re-
serve funds which is expended in one fiscal year
shall be replenished in the reserve funds from the
following fiscal year appropriations to maintain the
$150,000,000 balance.’’.
(2) POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.—Section 202(k)
of such Act (sec. 47–392.2(k), D.C. Code) is re-
pealed.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on October
1, 2000.
TREATMENT OF REVENUE BONDS SECURED BY TOBACCO
SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS
SEC. 160. (a) PERMITTING COUNCIL TO DELEGATE
AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 490 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 47–334, D.C.
Code) is amended—
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(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(i)
through (m) as subsections ( j) through (n), re-
spectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(i)(1) The Council may delegate to the District of
Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation
(hereafter in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Corpora-
tion’’) established pursuant to the Tobacco Settlement Fi-
nancing Act of 2000 the authority of the Council under
subsection (a) to issue revenue bonds, notes, and other ob-
ligations which are used to borrow money to finance or
assist in the financing or refinancing of capital projects
and other undertakings of the District of Columbia and
which are payable solely from and secured by payments
under the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement. The
Corporation may exercise authority delegated to it by the
Council as described in the first sentence of this para-
graph (whether such delegation is made before or after
the date of the enactment of this subsection) only in ac-
cordance with this subsection and the provisions of the
Tobacco Settlement Financing Act of 2000.
‘‘(2) Revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations
issued by the Corporation under a delegation of authority
described in paragraph (1) shall be issued by resolution
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of the Corporation, and any such resolution shall not be
considered to be an act of the Council.
‘‘(3) The fourth sentence of section 446 shall not
apply to—
‘‘(A) any amount (including the amount of any
accrued interest or premium) obligated or expended
from the proceeds of the sale of any revenue bond,
note, or other obligation issued pursuant to this sub-
section;
‘‘(B) any amount obligated or expended for the
payment of the principal of, interest on, or any pre-
mium for any revenue bond, note, or other obligation
issued pursuant to this subsection;
‘‘(C) any amount obligated or expended to se-
cure any revenue bond, note, or other obligation
issued pursuant to this subsection; or
‘‘(D) any amount obligated or expended for re-
pair, maintenance, and capital improvements to fa-
cilities financed pursuant to this subsection.
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘Master Tobacco
Settlement Agreement’ means the settlement agreement
(and related documents), as may be amended from time
to time, entered into on November 23, 1998, by the Dis-
trict of Columbia and leading United States tobacco prod-
uct manufacturers.’’.
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(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The fourth
sentence of section 446 of such Act (sec. 47–304,
D.C. Code) is amended by striking ‘‘and (h)(3)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(h)(3), and (i)(3)’’.
(b) WAIVER OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD
FOR TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FINANCING ACT.—Notwith-
standing section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (sec. 1–233(c)(1), D.C. Code), the To-
bacco Settlement Financing Act of 2000 (title XXXVII
of D.C. Act 13–375, as amended by section 8(e) of D.C.
Act 13–387) shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of such Act or the date of the enactment of this Act,
whichever is later.
SEC. 161. Section 603(e) of the Student Loan Mar-
keting Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–293), as amended by sec-
tion 153 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2000, is amended—
(1) by amending the second sentence of para-
graph (2)(B) to read as follows: ‘‘Of such amounts
and proceeds, $5,000,000 shall be set aside for a
credit enhancement fund for public charter schools
in the District of Columbia, to be administered and
disbursed in accordance with paragraph (3).’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) CREDIT ENHANCEMENT FUND FOR PUBLIC
CHARTER SCHOOLS.—
‘‘(A) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS.—Of the
amounts in the credit enhancement fund estab-
lished under paragraph (2)(B)—
‘‘(i) 50 percent shall be used to make
grants under subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(ii) 50 percent shall be used to make
grants under subparagraph (C).
‘‘(B) GRANTS
TO
ELIGIBLE
NONPROFIT
CORPORATIONS.—
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Using 
the
amounts described in subparagraph (A)(i),
not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of the District of Columbia Ap-
propriations Act, 2001, the Mayor of the
District of Columbia shall make and dis-
burse grants to eligible nonprofit corpora-
tions to carry out the purposes described
in subparagraph (E).
‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Mayor
shall administer the program of grants
under this subparagraph, except that if the
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committee 
described 
in 
subparagraph
(C)(iii) is in operation and is fully func-
tional prior to the date the Mayor makes
the grants, the Mayor may delegate the ad-
ministration of the program to the com-
mittee.
‘‘(C) OTHER GRANTS.—
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Using 
the
amounts described in subparagraph (A)(ii),
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall
make grants to entities to carry out the
purposes described in subparagraph (E).
‘‘(ii) PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOLS.—A
public charter school in the District of Co-
lumbia may receive a grant under this sub-
paragraph to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in subparagraph (E) in the same
manner as other entities receiving grants
to carry out such activities.
‘‘(iii) 
ADMINISTRATION
THROUGH
COMMITTEE.—The Mayor shall carry out
this subparagraph through the committee
appointed by the Mayor under the second
sentence of paragraph (2)(B) (as in effect
prior to the enactment of the District of
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Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001). The
committee may enter into an agreement
with a third party to carry out its respon-
sibilities under this subparagraph.
‘‘(iv) 
CAP
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Not more than 10 percent of the
funds available for grants under this sub-
paragraph may be used to cover the ad-
ministrative costs of making grants under
this subparagraph.
‘‘(D) SPECIAL
RULE
REGARDING
ELIGI-
BILITY
OF
NONPROFIT
CORPORATIONS.—In
order to be eligible to receive a grant under this
paragraph, a nonprofit corporation must pro-
vide appropriate certification to the Mayor or to
the 
committee 
described 
in 
subparagraph
(C)(iii) (as the case may be) that it is duly au-
thorized by two or more public charter schools
in the District of Columbia to act on their be-
half in obtaining financing (or in assisting them
in obtaining financing) to cover the costs of ac-
tivities described in subparagraph (E)(i).
‘‘(E) PURPOSES OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The recipient of a
grant under this paragraph shall use the
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funds provided under the grant to carry
out activities to assist public charter
schools in the District of Columbia in—
‘‘(I) obtaining financing to ac-
quire interests in real property (in-
cluding by purchase, lease, or dona-
tion), including financing to cover
planning, development, and other inci-
dental costs;
‘‘(II) obtaining financing for con-
struction of facilities or the renova-
tion, repair, or alteration of existing
property or facilities (including the
purchase or replacement of fixtures
and equipment), including financing
to cover planning, development, and
other incidental costs; and
‘‘(III) enhancing the availability
of loans (including mortgages) and
bonds.
‘‘(ii) 
NO
DIRECT
FUNDING
FOR
SCHOOLS.—Funds provided under a grant
under this subparagraph may not be used
by a recipient to make direct loans or
grants to public charter schools.’’.
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SEC. 162. (a) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF MAYOR.—
Notwithstanding section 451 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act or any other provision of District of Co-
lumbia or Federal law to the contrary, the Mayor of the
District of Columbia shall have the exclusive authority to
approve and execute leases of the Washington Marina and
the Washington municipal fish wharf with the existing les-
sees thereof for an initial term of 30 years, together with
such other terms and conditions (including renewal op-
tions) as the Mayor deems appropriate.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Washington Marina’’ means the
portions of Federal property in the Southwest quad-
rant of the District of Columbia within Lot 848 in
Square 473, the unassessed Federal real property
adjacent to Lot 848 in Square 473, and riparian
rights appurtenant thereto; and
(2) the term ‘‘Washington municipal fish
wharf’’ means the water frontage on the Potomac
River lying south of Water Street between 11th and
12th Streets, including the buildings and wharves
thereon.
SEC. 163. Section 11201(g)(4)(A) of the National
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
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Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24–1201(g)(4)(A)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating clauses (vi) through (ix) as
clauses (vii) through (x), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
‘‘(vi) immediately upon completing the
remediation required under clause (ii) (but
in no event later than June 1, 2003),
transfer any property located south of
Silverbrooke Road which is identified for
use for educational purposes in the Fairfax
County reuse plan to the County, without
consideration, subject to the condition that
the County use the property only for edu-
cational purposes;’’.
SEC. 164. (a) Section 208(a) of the District of Co-
lumbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (sec. 1–
1182.8(a), D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘the same
auditor)’’ and inserting ‘‘the same auditor, except as
may be provided in paragraph (5)); and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4)(A), an auditor
who is a subcontractor to the auditor who audited the fi-
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nancial statement and report described in paragraph
(3)(H) for a fiscal year may audit the financial statement
and report for any succeeding fiscal year (as either the
prime auditor or as a subcontractor to another auditor)
if—
‘‘(A) such subcontractor is not a signatory to
the statement and report for the previous fiscal year;
‘‘(B) the prime auditor reviewed and approved
the work of the subcontractor on the statement and
report for the previous fiscal year; and
‘‘(C) the subcontractor is not an employee of
the prime contractor or of an entity owned, man-
aged, or controlled by the prime contractor.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to financial statements and reports for
activities of the District of Columbia Government for fiscal
years beginning with fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 165. Section 11201(g) of the National Capital
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of
1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24–1201(g)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) MEADOWOOD FARM LAND EXCHANGE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, not later than Jan-
uary 15, 2001, Fairfax County, Virginia, agrees
to convey fee simple title to the property on
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Mason Neck in excess of 800 acres depicted on
the map dated June 2000, on file in the Office
of the Director of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Eastern States (hereafter in this para-
graph referred to as ‘Meadowood Farm’) to the
Secretary of the Interior, then the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall agree to convey
to Fairfax County, Virginia, fee simple title to
the property located at the Lorton Correctional
Complex north of Silverbrook Road, and con-
sisting of more than 200 acres identified in the
Fairfax County Reuse Plan, dated July 26,
1999, as land available for residential develop-
ment in Land Units 1 and 2 (hereafter in this
paragraph referred to as the ‘Laurel Hill Resi-
dential Land’), the actual exchange to occur no
later than December 31, 2001.
‘‘(B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—(i) When
Fairfax County transfers fee simple title to
Meadowood Farm to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, the Administrator of General Services shall
simultaneously transfer to the County the Lau-
rel Hill Residential Land.
‘‘(ii) The transfer of property to Fairfax
County, Virginia, under clause (i) shall be sub-
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ject to such terms and conditions that the Ad-
ministrator of General Services considers to be
appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.
‘‘(iii) Any proceeds derived from the sale of
the Laurel Hill Residential Land by Fairfax
County that exceed the County’s cost of acquir-
ing, financing (which shall be deemed a County
cost from the time of financing of the
Meadowood Farm acquisition to the receipt of
proceeds of the sale or sales of the Laurel Hill
Residential Land until such time as the pro-
ceeds of such sale or sales exceed the acquisi-
tion and financing costs of Meadowood Farm to
the 
County), 
preparing, 
and 
conveying
Meadowood Farm and costs incurred for im-
proving, preparing, and conveying the Laurel
Hill Residential Land shall be remitted to the
United States and deposited into the special
fund 
established 
pursuant 
to 
paragraph
(4)(A)(viii).
‘‘(C) MANAGEMENT
OF
PROPERTY.—The
property transferred to the Secretary of the In-
terior under this section shall be managed by
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the Bureau of Land Management for public use
and recreation purposes.’’.
SEC. 166. Section 158(b) of the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat.
1527) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS; TRANSFER.—An amount
not to exceed $5,000,000 from the National Highway Sys-
tem funds apportioned to the District of Columbia under
section 104 of title 23, United States Code, may be used
for purposes of carrying out the project under subsection
(a).’’.
SEC. 167. The explanatory language contained in the
Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Con-
ference for District of Columbia Appropriations contained
in the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 4942 of the
106th Congress shall be considered to constitute a joint
explanatory statement of a committee of conference for
the provisions in this Act. References in this joint state-
ment to the conference agreement mean the provisions in
this Act, references to the House bill mean the House
passed version of H.R. 4942, and references to the Senate
bill mean the Senate passed amendment to H.R. 4942.