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resentatives and Senate not later than 15 days after the 
end of the quarter covered by the report. 
SEC. 317. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance 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 in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) an officer or employee of the District of Co-
lumbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Depart-
ment who resides in the District of Columbia and is 
on call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by 
the Fire Chief; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2005, an inventory, as
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of September 30, 2004, of all vehicles owned, leased or oper-
ated by the District 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 District officer or employee and if so, the officer or 
employee’s title and resident location. 
SEC. 318. None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used for purposes of the annual independent audit of 
the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2005 
unless— 
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia, in coordination with 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the District of 
Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and 
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial state-
ment a comparison of audited actual year-end results 
with the revenues submitted in the budget document 
for such year and the appropriations enacted into law 
for such year using the format, terminology, and clas-
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sifications contained in the law making the appro-
priations for the year and its legislative history. 
SEC. 319. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corpora-
tion Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum-
bia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on 
briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials 
of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 320. (a) None of the Federal 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. 321. 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
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of any chief financial officer of any office of the District 
of Columbia government (including any independent agen-
cy of the District of Columbia) who has not filed a certifi-
cation with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia that the officer understands the 
duties and restrictions applicable to the officer and the offi-
cer’s agency as a result of this Act (and the amendments 
made by this Act), including any duty to prepare a report 
requested either in the Act or in any of the reports accom-
panying the Act and the deadline by which each report 
must be submitted. The Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate by 
the 10th day after the end of each quarter a summary list 
showing each report, the due date, and the date submitted 
to the Committees. 
SEC. 322. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regula-
tion to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with 
the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I sub-
stance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) 
or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat-
ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
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proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on Novem-
ber 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 
SEC. 323. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con-
gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in-
clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for 
religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 324. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate quarterly re-
ports addressing— 
(1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple-
mentation of community policing, the number of po-
lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 
open-air drug markets; 
(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat-
ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 
number of people served, the number of people on 
waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro-
grams;