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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $19,000,000: 
Provided, That these funds shall be available for the 
projects and in the amounts specified in the Statement 
of the Managers on the conference report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That each entity that receives 
funding under this heading shall submit to the Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate a report on the activities to be 
carried out with such funds no later than March 15, 2005. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allo-
cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools, $13,000,000 to improve public school education 
in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of-
fice, $13,000,000 to expand quality charter schools in the 
District of Columbia; for the Secretary of the Department 
of Education, $14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholar-
ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord-
ance with division C title III of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199, 118 Stat.
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126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin-
ister and fund assessments for the opportunity scholarship 
program: Provided, That the District of Columbia Public 
Schools shall submit a plan for the use of funds provided 
under this heading for public school education to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate, the Committee on Education and the Work-
force and the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds provided under this heading for pub-
lic school education shall not be made available until 30 
calendar days after the submission of a spending plan by 
the District of Columbia Public Schools to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate. 
TITLE II—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 (D.C.
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Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005 
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 $6,199,114,000 (of which $4,165,485,000 
shall be from local funds, $1,687,554,000 shall be from 
Federal grant funds, $332,761,000 shall be from other 
funds, and $13,314,000 shall be from private funds), in 
addition, $98,900,000 from funds previously appropriated 
in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That 
this amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time 
transactions, which are expended for emergency or unan-
ticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, 
That such increases shall be approved by enactment of 
local District law and shall comply with all reserve require-
ments contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act as amended by this Act: Provided further, That the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 
take such steps as are necessary to assure that the Dis-
trict of Columbia meets these requirements, including the 
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appro-
priations and funds made available to the District during 
fiscal year 2005, except that the Chief Financial Officer 
may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-