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(in accordance with criteria established by act of the Coun-
cil). The Council shall be required to take affirmative action
to approve the contract within 45 calendar days. If no ac-
tion is taken to approve the contract within 45 calendar
days, the contract shall be deemed disapproved.’’.
CALCULATED REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE RESCISSION AND
REAL PROPERTY TAX FREEZE
SEC. 135. The District of Columbia Real Property Tax
Revision Act of 1974, approved September 3, 1974 (88 Stat.
1051; D.C. Code, sec. 47–801 et seq.), is amended as follows:
(1) Section 412 (D.C. Code, sec. 47–812) is
amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (a) is amended by striking
the third and fourth sentences and inserting the
following sentences in their place: ‘‘If the Council
does extend the time for establishing the rates of
taxation on real property, it must establish those
rates for the tax year by permanent legislation.
If the Council does not establish the rates of tax-
ation of real property by October 15, and does
not extend the time for establishing rates, the
rates of taxation applied for the prior year shall
be the rates of taxation applied during the tax
year.’’.
(B) A new subsection (a–2) is added to read
as follows:
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‘‘(a–2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(a) of this section, the real property tax rates for taxable
real property in the District of Columbia for the tax year
beginning October 1, 1995, and ending September 30, 1996,
shall be the same rates in effect for the tax year beginning
October 1, 1993, and ending September 30, 1994.’’.
(2) Section 413(c) (D.C. Code, sec. 47–815(c)) is
repealed.
PRISONS INDUSTRIES
SEC. 136. Title 18 U.S.C. 1761(b) is amended by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting the phrase ‘‘or not
for-profit organizations’’ in its place.
REPORTS ON REDUCTIONS
SEC. 137. Within 120 days of the effective date of this
Act, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a report delin-
eating the actions taken by the executive to effect the direc-
tives of the Council in this Act, including—
(1) negotiations with representatives of collective
bargaining units to reduce employee compensation;
(2) actions to restructure existing long-term city
debt;
(3) actions to apportion the spending reductions
anticipated by the directives of this Act to the execu-
tive for unallocated reductions; and
(4) a list of any position that is backfilled in-
cluding description, title, and salary of the position.
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MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS—BOARD OF
EDUCATION
SEC. 138. The Board of Education shall submit to the
Congress, Mayor, and Council of the District of Columbia
no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of
each month a report that sets forth—
(1) current month expenditures and obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
center, ARC, and object class, and for appropriated
funds, nonappropriated funds, and capital financing;
(2) a breakdown of FTE positions and staff for
the most current pay period broken out on the basis
of control center, responsibility center, and ARC with-
in each responsibility center, for appropriated funds,
nonappropriated funds, and capital funds;
(3) a list of each account for which spending is
frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out by
control center, responsibility center, detailed object,
and ARC, and for all funding sources;
(4) 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, responsibil-
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ity center, and ARC; and contract identifying codes
used by the District of Columbia Public Schools; pay-
ments made in the last month and year-to-date, the
total amount of the contract and total payments made
for the contract and any modifications, extensions, re-
newals; and specific modifications made to each con-
tract in the last month;
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports that
are required to be, and have been, submitted to the
Board of Education; and
(6) changes made in the last month to the orga-
nizational structure of the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
ganizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENT—UNIVERSITY OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SEC. 139. The University of the District of Columbia
shall submit to the Congress, Mayor, and Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia no later than fifteen (15) calendar days
after the end of each month a report that sets forth—
(1) current month expenditures and obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget bro-
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ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
center, and object class, and for appropriated funds,
nonappropriated funds, and capital financing;
(2) a breakdown of FTE positions and all em-
ployees for the most current pay period broken out on
the basis of control center and responsibility center,
for appropriated funds, nonappropriated funds, and
capital funds.
(3) a list of each account for which spending is
frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out by
control center, responsibility center, detailed object,
and for all funding sources;
(4) a list of all active contracts in excess of
$10,000 annually, which contains: the name of each
contractor; the budget to which the contract is charged
broken out on the basis of control center and respon-
sibility center, and contract identifying codes used by
the University of the District of Columbia; payments
made in the last month and year-to-date, the total
amount of the contract and total payments made for
the contract and any modifications, extensions, re-
newals; and specific modifications made to each con-
tract in the last month;
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports that
have been made by the University of the District of
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Columbia within the last month in compliance with
applicable law; and
(6) changes made in the last month to the orga-
nizational structure of the University of the District
of Columbia, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
ganizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
SEC. 140. None of the Federal funds appropriated
under this Act shall be used to implement or enforce any
system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples
whether they are homosexual, lesbian, heterosexual, includ-
ing but not limited to registration for the purpose of extend-
ing employment, health, or governmental benefits to such
couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended
to legally married couples; nor shall any funds made avail-
able pursuant to any provision of this Act otherwise be used
to implement or enforce D.C. Act 9–188, signed by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 15, 1992.
ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 141. (a) The Board of Education of the District
of Columbia and the University of the District of Columbia
shall annually compile an accurate and verifiable report
on the positions and employees in the public school system
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and the university, respectively. The annual report shall set
forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A positions
in the District of Columbia Public Schools and the
University of the District of Columbia for fiscal year
1995, fiscal year 1996, and thereafter on full-time
equivalent basis, including a compilation of all posi-
tions by control center, responsibility center, funding
source, position type, position title, pay plan, grade,
and annual salary; and
(2) a compilation of all employees in the District
of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the
District of Columbia as of the preceding December 31,
verified as to its accuracy in accordance with the
functions that each employee actually performs, by
control center, responsibility center, agency reporting
code, program (including funding source), activity,
location for accounting purposes, job title, grade and
classification, annual salary, and position control
number.
(b) The annual report required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor
and Council of the District of Columbia, by not later than
February 8 of each year.
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ANNUAL BUDGETS AND BUDGET REVISIONS
SEC. 142. (a) Not later than October 1, 1995, or within
15 calendar days after the date of the enactment of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996, whichever oc-
curs first, and each succeeding year, the Board of Education
and the University of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the Congress, the Mayor, and Council of the District of
Columbia, a revised appropriated funds operating budget
for the public school system and the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for such fiscal year that is in the total
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns
budgeted data for personal services and other than personal
services, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the Board of Education and the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia 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 pursuant to sec-
tion 442 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 93–198, as
amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
BUDGET APPROVAL
SEC. 143. The Board of Education, the Board of Trust-
ees of the University of the District of Columbia, the Board
of Library Trustees, and the Board of Governors of the D.C.
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School of Law shall vote on and approve their respective
annual or revised budgets 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
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act,
Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–301),
or before submitting their respective budgets directly to the
Council.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments
for evaluating District of Columbia Public Schools employ-
ees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining
purposes.
POSITION VACANCIES
SEC. 145. (a) No agency, including an independent
agency, shall fill a position wholly funded by appropria-
tions authorized by this Act, which is vacant on October
1, 1995, or becomes vacant between October 1, 1995, and
September 30, 1996, unless the Mayor or independent agen-
cy submits a proposed resolution of intent to fill the vacant
position to the Council. The Council shall be required to
take affirmative action on the Mayor’s resolution within 30
legislative days. If the Council does not affirmatively ap-
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prove the resolution within 30 legislative days, the resolu-
tion shall be deemed disapproved.
(b) No reduction in the number of full-time equivalent
positions or reduction-in-force due to privatization or con-
tracting out shall occur if the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
established by section 101(a) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law
104–8), disallows the full-time equivalent position reduction
provided in this Act in meeting the maximum ceiling of
39,778 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
(c) This section shall not prohibit the appropriate per-
sonnel authority from filling a vacant position with a Dis-
trict government employee currently occupying a position
that is funded with appropriated funds.
(d) This section shall not apply to local school-based
teachers, school-based officers, or school-based teachers’
aides.
CAPITAL PROJECT EMPLOYEES
SEC. 146. (a) Not later than 15 days after the end of
every fiscal quarter (beginning October 1, 1995), the Mayor
shall submit to the Council and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives a re-
port with respect to the employees on the capital project
budget for the previous quarter.
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(b) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a)
of this section shall include the following information—
(1) a list of all employees by position, title,
grade and step;
(2) a job description, including the capital
project for which each employee is working;
(3) the date that each employee began working
on the capital project and the ending date that each
employee completed or is projected to complete work
on the capital project; and
(4) a detailed explanation justifying why each
employee is being paid with capital funds.
MODIFICATIONS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION REDUCTION-IN-
FORCE PROCEDURES
SEC. 147. The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3,
1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.),
is amended as follows:
(a) Section 301 (D.C. Code, sec. 1.603.1) is
amended as follows:
(1) A new paragraph (13A) is added to
read as follows:
‘‘(13A) ‘Nonschool-based personnel’ means any
employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools
who is not based at a local school or who does not
provide direct services to individual students.’’.
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(2) A new paragraph (15A) is added to
read as follows:
‘‘(15A) ‘School administrators’ means prin-
cipals, assistant principals, school program directors,
coordinators, instructional supervisors, and support
personnel of the District of Columbia Public
Schools.’’.
(b) 
Section 
801A(b)(2) 
(D.C. 
Code, 
sec.
1–609.1(b) (2 )) is amended as follows:
(1) By striking the semicolon at the end of
subparagraph (L).
(2) By adding a new subparagraph (L–i) to
read as follows:
‘‘(L–i) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Board of Education shall not issue
rules that require or permit nonschool-based per-
sonnel or school administrators to be assigned or
reassigned to the same competitive level as class-
room teachers;’’
(c) Section 2402 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–625.2) is
amended by adding a new subsection (f) to read as
follows:
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Board of Education shall not require or permit non-school
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reassigned to the same competitive level as classroom teach-
ers.’’.
SEC. 148. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools shall be—
(1) classified as an Educational Service em-
ployee;
(2) placed under the personnel authority of the
Board of Education; and
(3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
(b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate
competitive area from non-school based personnel who shall
not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION-IN-FORCE PROCEDURES
SEC. 149. The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3,
1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.),
is amended as follows:
(a) Section 2401 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–625.1) is
amended by amending the third sentence to read as
follows: ‘‘A personnel authority may establish lesser
competitive areas within an agency on the basis of all
or a clearly identifiable segment of an agency’s mis-
sion or a division or major subdivision of an agen-
cy.’’.