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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5633
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 14 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the government of the District
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole
or in part against the revenues of said District for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor
for District of Columbia resident tuition support,
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be used on behalf of eligible
District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based
upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tui-
tion at public institutions of higher education, usable at
both public and private institutions for higher education:
Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may
be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit
and such other factors as may be authorized.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF
CHILDREN
The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment
for Incentives for Adoption of Children’’ in Public Law
106–113, approved November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1501),
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is amended to read as follows: ‘‘For a Federal payment
to the District of Columbia to create incentives to promote
the adoption of children in the District of Columbia foster
care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall
remain available until September 30, 2002, and shall be
used to carry out all of the provisions of title 38, except
for section 3808, of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support
Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 13–679, enrolled June 12, 2000.’’.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia, $1,250,000, of which
$250,000 shall be for payment to a mentoring program
and for hotline services; $250,000 shall be for payment
to a youth development program with a character building
curriculum; $250,000 shall be for payment to a basic val-
ues training program; and $500,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for the design, construction, and
maintenance of a trash rack system to be installed at the
Hickey Run stormwater outfall.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION
PROGRAM
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the
Mayor, in consultation with the Council of the District of
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the District government; and the development of strategies
for implementing such proposal, including an identifica-
tion of any statutory, contractual, or other barriers to im-
plementing the proposal and an estimated time frame for
implementing the proposal: Provided further, That under
the terms of the contract the contractor shall submit the
plan to the Mayor and to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That the Mayor shall develop a proposed
solicitation for the contract not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall submit
a copy of the proposed solicitation to the Comptroller Gen-
eral for review at least 90 days prior to the issuance of
such solicitation: Provided further, That not later than 45
days after receiving the proposed solicitation from the
Mayor, the Comptroller General shall review the solicita-
tion to ensure that it adequately addresses all of the nec-
essary elements described under this heading and report
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate on the results of this review: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this contract the term
‘‘District government’’ has the meaning given such term
in section 305(5) of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995
(sec. 47–393(5), D.C. Code), except that such term shall
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not include the courts of the District of Columbia and
shall include the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority.
METRORAIL CONSTRUCTION
For the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
thority (WMATA), a contribution of $25,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to design and build a Met-
rorail station located at New York and Florida Avenues,
Northeast: Provided, That prior to the release of said
funds from the U.S. Treasury, the District of Columbia
shall set aside an additional $25,000,000 for this project
in its Fiscal Year 2001 Budget and Financial Plan and,
further, shall establish a special taxing district for the
neighborhood of the proposed Metrorail station to provide
$25,000,000: Provided further, That the requirements of
49 U.S.C. 5309(a)(2) shall apply to this project.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
$3,450,000 for environmental and infrastructure costs at
Poplar Point: Provided, That of said amount, $2,150,000
shall be available for environmental assessment, site reme-
diation, and wetlands restoration of the 11 acres of real
property under the jurisdiction of the District of Colum-
bia: Provided further, That no more than $1,300,000 shall
be used for infrastructure costs for an entrance to Ana-
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costia Park: Provided further, That none of said funds
shall be used by the District of Columbia to purchase pri-
vate property in the Poplar Point area.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
For a payment to the District of Columbia to reim-
burse the District for expenses incurred in connection with
Presidential inauguration activities, $5,961,000, as au-
thorized by section 737(b) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
824; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1132), which shall be apportioned
by the Chief Financial Officer within the various appro-
priation headings in this Act.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $500,000 to
be used for the network of satellite pediatric health clinics
for children and families in underserved neighborhoods
and communities in the District of Columbia.
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Child Advocacy
Center for its Safe Shores program, $500,000.
ST. COLETTA OF GREATER WASHINGTON EXPANSION
PROJECT
For a Federal contribution to St. Coletta of Greater
Washington, Inc. for costs associated with the establish-
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ment of a day program and comprehensive case manage-
ment services for mentally retarded and multiple-handi-
capped adolescents and adults in the District of Columbia,
including 
property 
acquisition 
and 
construction,
$1,000,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS
For a Federal contribution to the District of Colum-
bia Special Olympics, $250,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, except as provided in section
450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act and sec-
tion 126 of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this
Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia
for fiscal year 2001 under this heading shall not exceed
the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the District
of Columbia for such fiscal year or $5,677,379,000 (of
which $172,607,000 shall be from intra-District funds and
$3,250,783,000 shall be from local funds): Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
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Columbia and the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority shall take
such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of
Columbia meets these requirements, including the appor-
tioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropria-
tions and funds made available to the District during fis-
cal year 2001, except that the Chief Financial Officer may
not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived
from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital
projects.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority (Authority), estab-
lished by section 101(a) of the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8), $3,140,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds be derived from accounts held by
the Authority on behalf of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds contained in this
Act may be used to pay any compensation of the Executive
Director or General Counsel of the Authority at a rate
in excess 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
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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 agree-
ments 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 pay-
ment of the individual’s regular salary for services per-
formed prior to separation or a payment for unused an-
nual leave accrued by the individual), except that an indi-
vidual 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 sever-
ance 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 indi-
vidual was employed by the Authority and the number of
full years during which the individual was employed by
the Authority.