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the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insur-
ance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation
enacted on such issue should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
SEC. 128. (a) If the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals does not make a
payment described in subsection (b) prior to the expiration of the
45-day period which begins on the date the Court receives a com-
pleted voucher for a claim for the payment, interest shall be
assessed against the amount of the payment which would otherwise
be made to take into account the period which begins on the
day after the expiration of such 45-day period and which ends
on the day the Court makes the payment.
(b) A payment described in this subsection is—
(1) a payment authorized under section 11–2604 and sec-
tion 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act);
(2) a payment for counsel appointed in proceedings in the
Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code; or
(3) a payment for counsel authorized under section 21–
2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided
under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Pro-
ceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986).
(c) The chief judges of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall
establish standards and criteria for determining whether vouchers
submitted for claims for payments described in subsection (b) are
complete, and shall publish and make such standards and criteria
available to attorneys who practice before such Courts.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
assessment of interest against any claim (or portion of any claim)
which is denied by the Court involved.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to claims received
by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the District
of Columbia Court of Appeals during fiscal year 2003 and any
subsequent fiscal year.
SEC. 129. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate quarterly reports addressing the following
issues—
(1) crime, including the homicide rate, implementation of
community policing, the number of police officers on local beats,
and the closing down of open-air drug markets;
(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treatment,
including the number of treatment slots, the number of people
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the effective-
ness of treatment programs;
(3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent offenders,
including the number of halfway house escapes and steps taken
to improve monitoring and supervision of halfway house resi-
dents to reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con-
sultation with the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency for the District of Columbia;
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(4) education, including access to special education services
and student achievement to be provided in consultation with
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the District of
Columbia public charter schools;
(5) improvement in basic District services, including rat
control and abatement;
(6) application for and management of Federal grants,
including the number and type of grants for which the District
was eligible but failed to apply and the number and type
of grants awarded to the District but for which the District
failed to spend the amounts received; and
(7) indicators of child well-being.
SEC. 130. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress,
the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia a revised
appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget
that the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to
section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official
Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia
government for fiscal year 2003 that is in the total amount of
the approved appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data
for personal services and other-than-personal-services, respectively,
with anticipated actual expenditures.
SEC. 131. None of the funds contained in this Act may be
used to issue, administer, or enforce any order by the District
of Columbia Commission on Human Rights relating to docket num-
bers 93–030–(PA) and 93–031–(PA).
SEC. 132. None of the Federal funds made available in this
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or
any other appropriation Act.
SEC. 133. In addition to any other authority to pay claims
and judgments, any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
District government may pay the settlement or judgment of a
claim or lawsuit in an amount less than $10,000, in accordance
with the Risk Management for Settlements and Judgments Amend-
ment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13–172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–
402).
SEC. 134. All funds from the Crime Victims Compensation
Fund, established pursuant to section 16 of the Victims of Violent
Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–243; D.C. Official
Code, sec. 4–514) (‘‘Compensation Act’’), that are designated for
outreach activities pursuant to section 16(d)(2) of the Compensation
Act shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Assistance Fund, estab-
lished pursuant to section 16a of the Compensation Act, for the
purpose of outreach activities, and shall remain available until
expended.
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding any other law, the District of
Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury of the Dis-
trict of Columbia all fines levied and collected by the Courts in
cases charging Driving Under the Influence and Driving While
Impaired. The transferred funds shall remain available until
expended and shall be used by the Office of the Corporation Counsel
for enforcement and prosecution of District traffic alcohol laws
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in accordance with section 10(b)(3) of the District of Columbia
Traffic Control Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50–2201.05(b)(3)).
SEC. 136. Section 47–363(a–1) of the District of Columbia Offi-
cial Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) After the adoption of the annual budget for a fiscal
year that is not a control year, no reprogramming of amounts
in the budget may occur unless—
‘‘(i) the Mayor submits a request for such reprogram-
ming to the Council and the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia;
‘‘(ii) the Chief Financial Officer transmits to the
Council a statement certifying the availability of funds
for the reprogramming and containing an analysis of the
effect of the reprogramming on the financial plan and
budget for the fiscal year; and
‘‘(iii) the Council approves the request after receiving
the statement described in clause (ii), but only if any addi-
tional expenditures provided under the request are offset
by reductions in expenditures for another activity.
‘‘(B) If the Chief Financial Officer does not transmit to
the Council the statement described in subparagraph (A)(ii)
during the 15-day period which begins on the date the Chief
Financial Officer receives the request for the reprogramming
from the Mayor, the Chief Financial Officer shall be deemed
to have transmitted the statement to the Council. Upon written
notice to the Mayor and Council, the Chief Financial Officer
may extend the time period to transmit the statement and
analysis to the Council, not to exceed 10 additional days.
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘control year’ has the
meaning given such term in section 305(4) of the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 47–393(4)).’’.
SEC. 137. From the local funds appropriated under this Act,
any agency of the District government may transfer to the Office
of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining (OLRCB) such
amounts as may be necessary to pay for representation by OLRCB
in third-party cases, grievances, and dispute resolution, pursuant
to an intra-District agreement with OLRCB. These amounts shall
be available for use by OLRCB to reimburse the cost of providing
the representation.
SEC. 138. (a) Section 9001(1) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding before the period ‘‘(other than an employee
of the District of Columbia Courts)’’.
(b) Section 11–1726, District of Columbia Code, is amended
as follows:
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end: ‘‘(F) Chapter
90 (relating to long-term care insurance).’’.
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end: ‘‘(D) Chapter
90 (relating to long-term care insurance).’’.
SEC. 139. Of the amount appropriated as a Federal payment
to the District of Columbia Courts in the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2002, that remain available through September
30, 2003, $560,000 are hereby transferred to the District of
Columbia Child and Family Services Agency for child abuse serv-
ices.
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SEC. 140. No later than June 2, 2003, the Comptroller General
shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate, a detailed analysis
of the national effort to establish adequate charter school facilities
including a comparison to the efforts in the District of Columbia.
SEC. 141. The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Chair-
man of the Council of the District of Columbia, in consultation
with the General Services Administration, shall conduct an assess-
ment of all buildings currently held in surplus and those that
might be made available within 1 year of the date of enactment
of this Act: Provided, That such assessment include a survey of
the space available, a listing of appropriate uses, a listing of poten-
tial occupants, and the renovations or construction necessary to
accommodate proposed uses: Provided further, That within 180
days of enactment, the Mayor shall report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate the
findings of such assessment along with a plan for occupying at
least 50 percent of the space available at the time such report
is submitted: Provided further, That assignments of space included
in this plan shall be in compliance with preferences outlined in
the D.C. School Reform Act.
SEC. 142. The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in admin-
istering funds provided under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for
Incentives for Adoption of Children’’ in Public Law 106–113, as
modified by Public Law 107–96, shall establish and fulfill the fol-
lowing performance measures within nine months of the date of
enactment of this Act: (i) the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia shall certify that not less than 50 percent of the
funds provided for attorney fees and home studies have been
expended; (ii) the Mayor shall establish an outreach program to
inform adoptive families and children without parents about the
scholarship fund established with these funds; (iii) the Mayor shall
establish the location, necessary personnel and mission of the adop-
tive family resource center in the District of Columbia; (iv) the
Mayor shall identify not less than 25 percent of the eligible children
in the District of Columbia foster care system with special needs
and obligate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided in
Public Law 106–113 for adoption incentives and support for children
with special needs: Provided, That the Mayor of the District of
Columbia and the Chairman of the Council of the District of
Columbia shall provide quarterly reports beginning on the date
of enactment of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate, detailing the expendi-
ture of funds provided for the promotion of adoption and perform-
ance in actually promoting adoption; and (v) the Mayor and Child
and Family Services Agency of the District of Columbia shall
increase the number of waiting children listed in the Child and
Family Services Agency of the District of Columbia adoption photo-
listing by 75 percent.
SEC. 143. (a)(1) There is established within the District of
Columbia, under the authority of the Department of Banking and
Financial Institutions, an Office of Public Charter School Financing
and Support.
(2) The Office shall have the following three functions: