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of the maximum rate of compensation which may be paid to such
individual during fiscal year 2001 under section 102 of such Act,
as determined by the Comptroller General (as described in GAO
letter report B–279095.2): Provided further, That none of the funds
contained in this Act or any other funds available to the Authority
or any other entity of the District of Columbia government from
any source (including any accounts of the Authority) may be used
for any payments (including but not limited to severance or bonus
payments, and payments under agreements in effect before the
enactment of this Act) to any individual upon or following the
individual’s separation from employment with the Authority (other
than a payment of the individual’s regular salary for services per-
formed prior to separation or a payment for unused annual leave
accrued by the individual), except that an individual who is
employed by the Authority during the entire period which begins
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ends on September
30, 2001, may receive a severance payment after such date in
an aggregate amount which does not exceed the product of 200
percent of the individual’s average weekly salary during the final
12-month period (or portion thereof ) during which the individual
was employed by the Authority and the number of full years during
which the individual was employed by the Authority.
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 expenses 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 State-
hood Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of
Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission to
Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues: Provided further,
That all employees permanently assigned to work in the Office
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 Office of the Chief Technology Officer’s delegated small purchase
authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia government may not require the Office of the Chief
Technology Officer to submit to any other procurement review
process, or to obtain the approval 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 available exclusively
to support the Labor-Management Partnership Council: Provided
further, That, effective September 30, 2000, section 168(a) of the
District of Columbia 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
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of Columbia shall submit a study to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate on the merits
and potential savings of privatizing the operation and administra-
tion 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 Columbia in the form of BID tax revenue shall
be paid to the respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improve-
ment Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts Amend-
ment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26): Provided, That such funds
are available for acquiring services provided by the General Services
Administration: Provided further, That Business Improvement Dis-
tricts shall be exempt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 135
passenger carrying vehicles for replacement only, 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 necessary for making refunds and for
the payment of judgments that have been entered against the
District 
of 
Columbia 
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 Metropoli-
tan Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed 25
passenger-carrying vehicles and the Department of Fire and Emer-
gency Medical Services of the District of Columbia is authorized
to replace not to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually
whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-
fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That not
to exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation for
the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 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 govern-
ment may not require the Metropolitan Police Department to submit
to any other procurement review process, or to obtain the approval
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 the Mayor shall
reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses
incurred in connection with services that are performed in emer-
gencies by the National Guard in a militia status and are requested
by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly determined and
certified as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and
the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National
Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary
for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard
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under the preceding proviso shall be available from this appropria-
tion, and the availability of the sums shall be deemed as consti-
tuting payment in advance for emergency services involved: Pro-
vided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department is author-
ized to maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer
attrition: Provided further, That no more than 15 members of the
Metropolitan 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 inmates released on medical
and geriatric parole: Provided further, That commencing on
December 31, 2000, the Metropolitan Police Department shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the House
of Representatives, quarterly reports on the status of crime reduc-
tion 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 (including $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 Federal funds,
and $7,144,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $200,000 from local funds for the District
of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement 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 residents; and $105,000,000 from
local funds for public charter schools: Provided, That there shall
be quarterly disbursement 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 enroll-
ment on a quarterly basis upon which a quarterly 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 entitlement based on its unaudited October 5 enroll-
ment count: Provided further, That if the entirety of this allocation
has not been provided as payments to any public charter 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
of this amount shall be available to the District of Columbia 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 available for the University of the District of Columbia:
Provided 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 construc-
tion and to acquire construction services provided by the General
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Services Administration on a reimbursable basis, $500,000 for the
Adult Education State Plan, $650,000 for The Saturday Academy
Pre-College Program, and $481,000 for the Strengthening of Aca-
demic 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 improvements 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 support into branch libraries: Provided
further, That $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: Pro-
vided 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 appro-
priation for official purposes: Provided further, That none of the
funds contained in this Act may be made available to pay the
salaries of any District of Columbia Public School teacher, principal,
administrator, official, or employee who knowingly provides false
enrollment or attendance information under article II, section 5
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for compulsory school attend-
ance, for the taking of a school census in the District of Columbia,
and for other purposes’’, approved February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code,
sec. 31–401 et seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
not be available 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 Columbia at a rate
that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by the District of
Columbia which are attributable to the education of the nonresident
(as 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 District of Columbia,
unless the Board of Trustees of the University 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
education in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That
$2,200,000 is allocated to the Temporary Weighted Student Formula
to fund 344 additional slots for pre-K students: 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, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and