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allocations specifically denied, limited or increased by Con-
gress in the Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by any
means for any program, project, or responsibility center
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (5) rees-
tablishes through reprogramming any program or project
previously deferred through reprogramming; (6) augments
existing programs, projects, or responsibility centers
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) in-
creases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a spe-
cific program, project or responsibility center; unless the
Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House
of Representatives are notified in writing 30 days in ad-
vance of any reprogramming as set forth in this section.
SEC. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal
cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer
or employee of the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency
Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96–425; 15
U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environmental Protection Agen-
cy estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles
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per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not apply to
security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C.
Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.), enacted pur-
suant to section 422(3) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–242(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensa-
tion of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for
pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code.
SEC. 120. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year
2001 revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter
of fiscal year 2001. These estimates shall be used in the
budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be
used for the midyear report.
SEC. 121. No sole source contract with the District
of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
newed or extended without opening that contract to the
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competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of
1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1183.3), except
that the District of Columbia government or any agency
thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts for
which competition is not feasible or practical: Provided,
That the determination as to whether to invoke the com-
petitive bidding process has been made in accordance with
duly promulgated rules and procedures and said deter-
mination has been reviewed and approved by the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority.
SEC. 122. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037;
Public Law 99–177), the term ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to
each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and
any sequestration order shall be applied to each of the ac-
counts rather than to the aggregate total of those ac-
counts: Provided, That sequestration orders shall not be
applied to any account that is specifically exempted from
sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 123. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
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Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law 99–177),
after the amounts appropriated to the District of Colum-
bia for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia
shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days
after receipt of a request therefor from the Secretary of
the Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the
order: Provided, That the sequestration percentage speci-
fied in the order shall be applied proportionately to each
of the Federal appropriation accounts in this Act that are
not specifically exempted from sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 124. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2001 if—
(1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use
of the gift or donation: Provided, That the Council
of the District of Columbia may accept and use gifts
without prior approval by the Mayor; and
(2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry
out its authorized functions or duties.
(b) Each entity of the District of Columbia govern-
ment shall keep accurate and detailed records of the ac-
ceptance and use of any gift or donation under subsection
(a) of this section, and shall make such records available
for audit and public inspection.
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(c) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity
of the District of Columbia government’’ includes an inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia.
(d) This section shall not apply to the District of Co-
lumbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the
laws and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept
and use gifts to the public schools without prior approval
by the Mayor.
SEC. 125. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–113(d)).
SEC. 126. (a) The University of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority and the Council of the District of Columbia no
later than 15 calendar days after the end of each quarter
a report that sets forth—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obliga-
tions, year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and
total fiscal year expenditure projections versus budg-
et broken out on the basis of control center, respon-
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sibility center, and object class, and for all funds,
non-appropriated funds, and capital financing;
(2) a list of each account for which spending is
frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out
by control center, responsibility center, detailed ob-
ject, and for all funding sources;
(3) 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 responsibility center, and contract identifying
codes used by the University of the District of Co-
lumbia; payments made in the last quarter and year-
to-date, the total amount of the contract and total
payments made for the contract and any modifica-
tions, extensions, renewals; and specific modifica-
tions made to each contract in the last month;
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports
that have been made by the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia within the last quarter in compli-
ance with applicable law; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the or-
ganizational structure of the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, displaying previous and current
control centers and responsibility centers, the names
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of the organizational entities that have been
changed, the name of the staff member supervising
each entity affected, and the reasons for the struc-
tural change.
(b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall
provide the Congress by February 1, 2001, a summary,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 127. (a) Nothing in the Federal Grant and Co-
operative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et
seq.) may be construed to prohibit the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency from negotiating
and entering into cooperative agreements and grants au-
thorized by law which affect real property of the Federal
Government in the District of Columbia if the principal
purpose of the cooperative agreement or grant is to pro-
vide comparable benefits for Federal and non-Federal
properties in the District of Columbia.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal
year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 128. (a) CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING PREF-
ERENCE IN USE OF SURPLUS SCHOOL PROPERTIES TO
PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2209(b)(1)(A) of the
District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995
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(sec. 
31–2853.19(b)(1)(A), 
D.C. 
Code) 
is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘purchase or lease’’ and in-
serting ‘‘purchase, lease-purchase, or lease’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘, provided that’’ and all
that follows and inserting a period.
(2) PROPERTY
SUBJECT
TO
PREFERENCE.—
Section 2209(b)(1)(B)(iii) of such Act (sec. 31–
2853.19(b)(1)(B)(iii), D.C. Code) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(iii) with respect to which the Au-
thority or the Board of Education has
transferred jurisdiction to the Mayor at
any time prior or subsequent to the date of
the enactment of this title.’’.
(b) PROCEDURES FOR DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.—
Section 2209(b)(1) of such Act (sec. 31–2853.19(b)(1),
D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraphs:
‘‘(C) DISPOSITION
TO
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOLS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Public charter
schools shall have the priority right to
lease, lease-purchase, or purchase any va-
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cant facility or property described in sub-
paragraph (B), and any facility or property
described in subparagraph (B) which is
leased or occupied as of the date of the en-
actment of this subparagraph by an entity
other than a public charter school.
‘‘(ii) APPRAISAL
OF
PROPERTY.—
When a public charter school notifies the
Mayor of its intention to exercise its rights
under clause (i), the Mayor shall obtain
within 90 days an independent fair market
appraisal of the facility or property based
on its current permitted use, and shall
transmit a copy of the appraisal to the
public charter school. The public charter
school shall have 30 days from the date of
receipt of the appraisal to enter into a con-
tract for the purchase, lease-purchase, or
lease of such facility or property, which
time may be extended by mutual agree-
ment. Upon execution of the contract, the
public charter school shall have 180 days
to complete the acquisition of the property.
‘‘(iii) PRICES.—
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‘‘(I) PURCHASE.—The purchase
price of a facility or property de-
scribed in this clause and in subpara-
graph (B) shall be the fair market
value of the facility or property, less a
25 percent discount.
‘‘(II) LEASE.—The lease price of
a facility or property described in this
clause and in subparagraph (B) shall
be the price charged by the District of
Columbia to other nonprofit organiza-
tions leasing public facilities or, if
there is no nonprofit rate, fair market
value less a 25 percent discount. The
price shall be reduced to take into ac-
count the value of any improvement to
the public school facility or property
which is preapproved by the Mayor.
‘‘(III) 
LEASE-PURCHASE.—A
lease-purchase price of a facility or
property described in this clause and
in subparagraph (B) shall reflect a 25
percent discount from fair market
value, in a manner consistent with
subclauses (I) and (II).
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‘‘(iv) QUARTERLY REPORT.—On Jan-
uary 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of
each calendar year, the Mayor shall pub-
lish a report describing the status of each
facility or property described in subpara-
graph (B), including the date of expiration
of the lease term or right of occupancy, if
any, and the date, if any, each facility or
property was or will be put out for bid or
transferred to a District of Columbia agen-
cy, if any. The Mayor shall deliver such re-
port to each eligible chartering authority
and shall publish it in the District of Co-
lumbia register.
‘‘(D) DISPOSITION
OF
FACILITIES
OR
PROPERTIES AFTER EXCLUSIVE PERIOD.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor may
put out for bid to the public or transfer to
a District of Columbia agency for the use
of such agency any facility or property de-
scribed in this subparagraph (B) which
was not acquired by a public charter school
pursuant to subparagraph (C).
‘‘(ii) NOTICE.—At least 90 days prior
to putting any such facility property out
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for bid or transferring it to a District of
Columbia agency, the Mayor shall notify
each eligible chartering authority in writ-
ing of his intention to do so.
‘‘(iii) 
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOL
RIGHT
TO
ACQUIRE
BEFORE
BID
OR
TRANSFER.—Prior to the expiration of the
90-day notice period described in clause
(ii), a public charter school may purchase,
lease-purchase, or lease any facility or
property described in the notice under the
terms described in clause (iii) of subpara-
graph (C).
‘‘(iv) 
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOL
RIGHT
TO
MATCH
BID.—With regard to
any facility or property offered for bid
under this subparagraph, the Mayor shall
notify each eligible chartering authority in
writing within 5 days of the amount of the
highest acceptable bid. A public charter
school may purchase, lease-purchase, or
lease such facility or property by submit-
ting a bid for the facility or property with-
in 30 business days of receipt by each eli-
gible chartering authority of such notice.
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The cost of acquisition shall be as de-
scribed in clause (iii) of subparagraph (C).
‘‘(v) FACILITIES OR PROPERTIES NOT
PUT OUT FOR BID OR TRANSFERRED.—A
public charter school shall have the right
to purchase, lease-purchase, or lease, under
the terms described in clause (iii) of sub-
paragraph (C), any facility or property de-
scribed in this paragraph that has not been
put out for bid or transferred to a District
of Columbia agency by the Mayor as pro-
vided for in this subparagraph.’’.
(c) PREFERENCES FOR USE OF CURRENT PROP-
ERTY.—Section 2209(b)(2) of such Act (sec. 31–
2853.19(b)(2), D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘pur-
poses,’’ and inserting ‘‘purposes directly related to
its mission,’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) PREFERENCE DESCRIBED.—A public
charter school shall have first priority to lease,
or otherwise contract for the use of, any prop-
erty described in subparagraph (B), at a rate
which does not exceed the rate charged a pri-
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vate nonprofit entity for the use of a com-
parable property of the District of Columbia
public schools and which is reduced to take into
account the value of repairs or improvements
made to the facility or property by the public
charter school.’’.
(d) EXERCISE OF PREFERENCES BY OTHER ENTI-
TIES.—Section 2209(b) of such Act (sec. 31–2853.19(b),
D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) EXERCISE OF PREFERENCE BY CERTAIN
OTHER ENTITIES.—A public charter school may del-
egate to a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization in the
District of Columbia the public charter school’s au-
thority under this subsection.’’.
SEC. 129. (a) MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—
(1) CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO NOTICE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 2204(c)(1)(A) of the District of
Columbia 
School 
Reform 
Act 
(sec. 
31–
2853.14(c)(1)(A), D.C. Code) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(A) NOTICE
REQUIREMENT
FOR
PRO-
CUREMENT CONTRACTS.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case
of an emergency (as determined by the eli-
gible chartering authority of a public char-
ter school), with respect to any procure-
ment contract proposed to be awarded by
the public charter school and having a
value equal to or exceeding $25,000, the
school shall publish a notice of a request
for proposals in the District of Columbia
Register and newspapers of general cir-
culation not less than 7 days prior to the
award of the contract.
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CON-
TRACTS.—The notice requirement of clause
(i) shall not apply with respect to any con-
tract for the lease or purchase of real
property by a public charter school, any
employment contract for a staff member of
a public charter school, or any manage-
ment contract entered into by a public
charter school and the management com-
pany designated in its charter or its peti-
tion for a revised charter.’’.
(2) SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS TO ELIGIBLE
CHARTERING AUTHORITY.—Section 2204(c)(1)(B) of
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such Act (sec. 31–2853.14(c)(1)(B), D.C. Code) is
amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AUTHOR-
ITY’’ and inserting ‘‘ELIGIBLE CHARTERING AU-
THORITY’’;
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Authority’’
and inserting ‘‘eligible chartering authority’’;
and
(C) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(ii) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
CON-
TRACT.—A contract described in subpara-
graph (A) shall become effective on the
date that is 10 days after the date the
school makes the submission under clause
(i) with respect to the contract, or the ef-
fective date specified in the contract,
whichever is later.’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF SCHOOL RE-
FORM ACT.—
(1) WAIVER OF DUPLICATE AND CONFLICTING
PROVISIONS.—Section 2210 of such Act (sec. 31–
2853.20, D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(d) WAIVER OF APPLICATION OF DUPLICATE AND
CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this
title, no provision of any law regarding the establishment,
administration, or operation of public charter schools in
the District of Columbia shall apply with respect to a pub-
lic charter school or an eligible chartering authority to the
extent that the provision duplicates or is inconsistent with
any provision of this title.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of the District of Columbia School
Reform Act of 1995.
(c) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCHOOL OR
PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2204(c) of such Act
(sec. 31–2853.14(c), D.C. Code) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(18) LICENSING
AS
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER.—A public charter school which offers a
preschool or prekindergarten program shall be sub-
ject to the same child care licensing requirements (if
any) which apply to a District of Columbia public
school which offers such a program.’’.
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in the same manner and to the same extent as any
entity of the District of Columbia government.
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION
BY
CERTAIN
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—A public charter school may delegate to a
nonprofit, tax-exempt organization in the District of
Columbia the public charter school’s authority under
paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were
carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of
an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 131. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care
Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9–114; D.C.
Code, sec. 36–1401 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or
enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohab-
iting couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or les-
bian), including but not limited to registration for the pur-
pose of extending employment, health, or governmental
benefits to such couples on the same basis that such bene-
fits are extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 132. The Superintendent of the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools shall submit to the Congress, the
Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
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specific modifications made to each contract in the
last month;
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports
that are required to be, and have been, submitted to
the Board of Education; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the or-
ganizational structure of the District of Columbia
Public Schools, displaying previous and current con-
trol centers and responsibility centers, the names of
the organizational entities that have been changed,
the name of the staff member supervising each enti-
ty affected, and the reasons for the structural
change.
SEC. 133. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Superintendent of
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University
of the District of Columbia shall annually compile an accu-
rate and verifiable report on the positions and employees
in the public school system and the university, respec-
tively. The annual report shall set forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A posi-
tions in the District of Columbia public schools and
the University of the District of Columbia for fiscal
year 2000, fiscal year 2001, and thereafter on full-
time equivalent basis, including a compilation of all
positions by control center, responsibility center,
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funding source, position type, position title, pay
plan, grade, and annual salary; and
(2) a compilation of all employees in the Dis-
trict of Columbia public schools and the University
of the District of Columbia as of the preceding De-
cember 31, verified as to its accuracy in accordance
with the functions that each employee actually per-
forms, by control center, responsibility center, agen-
cy reporting code, program (including funding
source), activity, location for accounting purposes,
job title, grade and classification, annual salary, and
position control number.
(b) SUBMISSION.—The annual report required by
subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted to the
Congress, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council,
the Consensus Commission, and the Authority, not later
than February 15 of each year.
SEC. 134. (a) No later than November 1, 2000, or
within 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, which ever occurs later, and each succeeding
year, the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools and the University of the District of Columbia
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees,
the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Con-
sensus Commission, and the District of Columbia Finan-
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cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the pub-
lic school system and the University of the District of Co-
lumbia 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 serv-
ices, 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 Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools and the University of the District of Columbia
submit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclu-
sion in the Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of
the District of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198;
D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 135. The District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority, acting
on behalf of the District of Columbia Public Schools
(DCPS) in formulating the DCPS budget, the Board of
Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, the
Board of Library Trustees, and the Board of Governors
of the University of the District of Columbia School of
Law shall vote on and approve the respective annual or
revised budgets for such entities before submission to the
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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 Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301), or before submitting their respective
budgets directly to the Council.
SEC. 136. (a) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS
NOT INCLUDED IN CEILING UNDER ‘‘DIVISION OF EX-
PENSES’’.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor, in consultation
with the Chief Financial Officer, during a control
year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8; 109
Stat. 152), may accept, obligate, and expend Fed-
eral, private, and other grants received by the Dis-
trict government that are not reflected in the
amounts appropriated in this Act.
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI-
CER REPORT AND AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such
Federal, private, or other grant may be accepted, ob-
ligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph (1)
until—
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia submits to the Authority a re-
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port setting forth detailed information regard-
ing such grant; and
(B) the Authority has reviewed and ap-
proved the acceptance, obligation, and expendi-
ture of such grant in accordance with review
and approval procedures consistent with the
provisions of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995.
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPA-
TION OF APPROVAL OR RECEIPT.—No amount may
be obligated or expended from the general fund or
other funds of the District government in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a grant under
paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a Federal, private,
or other grant not subject to such paragraph.
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia shall prepare
a quarterly report setting forth detailed information
regarding all Federal, private, and other grants sub-
ject to this subsection. Each such report shall be
submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia,
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, not later
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than 15 days after the end of the quarter covered
by the report.
(b) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES BY FINANCIAL RE-
SPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—Not later than 20 calendar days after the end of
each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 2000, the Authority
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing
an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds obli-
gated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The
report shall include information on the date, amount, pur-
pose, and vendor name, and a description of the services
or goods provided with respect to the expenditures of such
funds.
SEC. 137. If a department or agency of the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia is under the administra-
tion of a court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed
official during fiscal year 2001 or any succeeding fiscal
year, the receiver or official shall prepare and submit to
the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the
expenditures and appropriations necessary for the mainte-
nance and operation of the department or agency. All such
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estimates shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council,
for its action pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but
subject to the Mayor’s recommendations. Notwithstanding
any provision of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(87 Stat. 774; Public Law 93–198) the Council may com-
ment or make recommendations concerning such annual
estimates but shall have no authority under such Act to
revise such estimates.
SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of
Columbia 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 nonschool-based personnel who shall
not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
SEC. 139. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL
VEHICLES.—Except as otherwise provided in this section,
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any
other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee
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of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the per-
formance 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: (1) in the case of an officer
or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who
resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise des-
ignated by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the discre-
tion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Department who resides in the District of Columbia and
is on call 24 hours a day; (3) the Mayor of the District
of Columbia; and (4) the Chairman of the Council of the
District of Columbia).
(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit, by No-
vember 15, 2000, an inventory, as of September 30, 2000,
of all vehicles owned, leased or operated 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 Dis-
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trict officer or employee and if so, the officer or employee’s
title and resident location.
SEC. 140. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOY-
EES DETAILED WITHIN GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of
determining the amount of funds expended by any entity
within the District of Columbia government during fiscal
year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expendi-
tures of the District government attributable to any officer
or employee of the District government who provides serv-
ices which are within the authority and jurisdiction of the
entity (including any portion of the compensation paid to
the officer or employee attributable to the time spent in
providing such services) shall be treated as expenditures
made from the entity’s budget, without regard to whether
the officer or employee is assigned to the entity or other-
wise treated as an officer or employee of the entity.
(b) MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCE-
DURES.—The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec.
1–601.1 et seq.), is further amended in section 2408(a)
by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting, ‘‘2001’’; in subsection
(b), by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2001’’; in sub-
section (i), by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting, ‘‘2001’’; and
in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting,
‘‘2001’’.
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(c) No officer or employee of the District of Columbia
government (including any independent agency of the Dis-
trict but excluding the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority, the
Metropolitan Police Department, and the Office of the
Chief Technology Officer) may enter into an agreement
in excess of $2,500 for the procurement of goods or serv-
ices on behalf of any entity of the District government
until the officer or employee has conducted an analysis
of how the procurement of the goods and services involved
under the applicable regulations and procedures of the
District government would differ from the procurement of
the goods and services involved under the Federal supply
schedule and other applicable regulations and procedures
of the General Services Administration, including an anal-
ysis of any differences in the costs to be incurred and the
time required to obtain the goods or services.
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not later than 120 days after the date that a District
of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) student is referred
for evaluation or assessment—
(1) the District of Columbia Board of Edu-
cation or its successor, and DCPS shall assess or
evaluate a student who may have a disability and
who may require special education services; and
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(2) if a student is classified as having a dis-
ability, as defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat.
175; 20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C.
706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that stu-
dent in an appropriate program of special education
services.
SEC. 142. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products to the greatest extent
practicable.
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(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each agency of the
Federal or District of Columbia government shall
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice
describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by
the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 143. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit
of the District of Columbia government (including the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless—
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(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector
General of the District of Columbia pursuant to sec-
tion 208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procure-
ment Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–
1182.8(a)(4)); and
(2) the audit includes a comparison of audited
actual year-end results with the revenues submitted
in the budget document for such year and the appro-
priations enacted into law for such year.
SEC. 144. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for
programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is
required but has not been approved by the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such
programs or functions are conditioned only on the ap-
proval by the Authority of the required reorganization
plans.
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instru-
ments for evaluating District of Columbia Public School
employees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bar-
gaining purposes.
SEC. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation
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Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot-
ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia.
SEC. 147. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used to transfer or confine inmates classified above
the medium security level, as defined by the Federal Bu-
reau of Prisons classification instrument, to the Northeast
Ohio Correctional Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
SEC. 148. (a) Section 202(j) of the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (sec. 47–392.2(j), D.C. Code), as amended
by section 148(a) of the District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2000, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(j) RESERVE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
2000, the financial plan or budget submitted pursu-
ant to this Act shall contain $150,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for a reserve to be es-
tablished by the Mayor, Council of the District of
Columbia, Chief Financial Officer for the District of
Columbia, and the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Author-
ity.
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‘‘(2) 
CONDITIONS
ON
USE.—The 
reserve
funds—
‘‘(A) shall only be expended according to
criteria established by the Chief Financial Offi-
cer and approved by the Mayor, Council of the
District of Columbia, and District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority;
‘‘(B) shall not be used to fund the agencies
of the District of Columbia government under
court ordered receivership; and
‘‘(C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in
the projected reductions budgeted in the budget
proposed by the District of Columbia govern-
ment for general supply schedule savings, man-
agement reform savings, and cafeteria plan sav-
ings.
‘‘(3) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—The Authority
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and House of Representatives in writing 30
days in advance of any expenditure of the reserve
funds.
‘‘(4) REPLENISHMENT.—Any amount of the re-
serve funds which is expended in 1 fiscal year shall
be replenished in the reserve funds from the fol-
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lowing fiscal year appropriations to maintain the
$150,000,000 balance.’’.
(b) Section 202(k) of such Act (sec. 47–392.2(k),
D.C. Code), as amended by section 148(b) of the District
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000, is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(k) POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
shall maintain at the end of a fiscal year an annual
positive fund balance in the general fund of not less
than 4 percent of the projected general fund expend-
itures for the following fiscal year.
‘‘(2) EXCESS FUNDS.—Of funds remaining in
excess of the amounts required by paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) not more than 50 percent may be
used for authorized non-recurring expenses; and
‘‘(B) not less than 50 percent shall be used
to reduce the debt of the District of Colum-
bia.’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the District of
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000.
SEC. 149. Subsection 3(e) of Public Law 104–21
(D.C. Code sec. 7–134.2(e)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.—Not later than
February 1, 2001, and each February 1, thereafter, the
Inspector General of the District of Columbia shall audit
the financial statements of the District of Columbia High-
way Trust Fund for the preceding fiscal year and shall
submit to Congress a report on the results of such audit.
Not later than May 31, 2001, and each May 31, there-
after, the Inspector General shall examine the statements
forecasting the conditions and operations of the Trust
Fund for the next 5 fiscal years commencing on the pre-
vious October 1 and shall submit to Congress a report on
the results of such examination.’’.
SEC. 150. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used for any program of distributing sterile nee-
dles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal
drug.
SEC. 151. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON LEASES.—Upon the
expiration of the 60-day period that begins on the date
of the enactment of this Act, none of the funds contained
in this Act may be used to make rental payments under
a lease for the use of real property by the District of Co-
lumbia government (including any independent agency of
the District) unless the lease and an abstract of the lease
have been filed (by the District of Columbia or any other
party to the lease) with the central office of the Deputy
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Mayor for Economic Development, in an indexed registry
available for public inspection.
(b) 
ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS
ON
CURRENT
LEASES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the expiration of the
60-day period that begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, in the case of a lease described in
paragraph (3), none for the funds contained in this
Act may be used to make rental payments under the
lease unless the lease is included in periodic reports
submitted by the Mayor and Council of the District
of Columbia to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate describing
for each such lease the following information:
(A) The location of the property involved,
the name of the owners of record according to
the land records of the District of Columbia,
the name of the lessors according to the lease,
the rate of payment under the lease, the period
of time covered by the lease, and the conditions
under which the lease may be terminated.
(B) The extent to which the property is or
is not occupied by the District of Columbia gov-
ernment as of the end of the reporting period
involved.
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(C) If the property is not occupied and uti-
lized by the District government as of the end
of the reporting period involved, a plan for oc-
cupying and utilizing the property (including
construction or renovation work) or a status
statement regarding any efforts by the District
to terminate or renegotiate the lease.
(2) TIMING
OF
REPORTS.—The reports de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be submitted for each
calendar quarter (beginning with the quarter ending
December 31, 2000) not later than 20 days after the
end of the quarter involved, plus an initial report
submitted not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, which shall provide infor-
mation as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) LEASES DESCRIBED.—A lease described in
this paragraph is a lease in effect as of the date of
the enactment of this Act for the use of real prop-
erty by the District of Columbia government (includ-
ing any independent agency of the District) which is
not being occupied by the District government (in-
cluding any independent agency of the District) as
of such date or during the 60-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 152. (a) MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.—Upon the expiration of the
60-day period that begins on the date of the enactment
of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may
be used to enter into a lease (or to make rental payments
under such a lease) for the use of real property by the
District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District) or to purchase real prop-
erty for the use of District of Columbia government (in-
cluding any independent agency of the District) or to man-
age real property for the use of the District of Columbia
(including any independent agency of the District) unless
the following conditions are met:
(1) The Mayor and Council of the District of
Columbia certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate
that existing real property available to the District
(whether leased or owned by the District govern-
ment) is not suitable for the purposes intended.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, there is made available for sale or lease all real
property of the District of Columbia that the Mayor
from time to time determines is surplus to the needs
of the District of Columbia, unless a majority of the
members of the Council override the Mayor’s deter-
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mination during the 30day period which begins on
the date the determination is published.
(3) The Mayor and Council implement a pro-
gram for the periodic survey of all District property
to determine if it is surplus to the needs of the Dis-
trict.
(4) The Mayor and Council within 60 days of
the date of the enactment of this Act have filed with
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate a report which provides a comprehensive plan
for the management of District of Columbia real
property assets, and are proceeding with the imple-
mentation of the plan.
(b) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS.—If the District
of Columbia enacts legislation to reform the practices and
procedures governing the entering into of leases for the
use of real property by the District of Columbia govern-
ment and the disposition of surplus real property of the
District government, the provisions of subsection (a) shall
cease to be effective upon the effective date of the legisla-
tion.
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SEC. 153. (a) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds
contained in this Act may be used after the expiration of
the 30-day period that begins on the date of the enactment
of this Act to pay the salary of any chief financial officer
of any office of the District of Columbia government (in-
cluding the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority and any inde-
pendent agency of the District) 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 as a result
of this Act (and the amendments made by this Act), in-
cluding any duty to prepare a report requested either in
the Act or in any of the reports accompanying the Act
and the deadline by which each report must be submitted,
and the District’s Chief Financial Officer shall provide to
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives 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.
(b) PENALTY.—Any chief financial officer who car-
ries out any activity in violation of any provision of this
Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be subject
to a civil money penalty in accordance with applicable Dis-
trict of Columbia law.
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SEC. 154. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the
District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit
Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code 1–
601.1 et seq.), or any other District of Columbia law, stat-
ute, regulation, the provisions of the District of Columbia
Personnel Manual, or the provisions of any collective bar-
gaining agreement, employees of the District of Columbia
government will only receive compensation for overtime
work in excess of 40 hours per week (or other applicable
tour of duty) or work actually performed, in accordance
with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29
U.S.C. 201 et seq.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall be effective
December 27, 1996 in order to ratify and approve the Res-
olution and Order of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
dated December 27, 1996.
SEC. 155. The proposed budget of the government
of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2002 that is
submitted by the District to Congress shall specify poten-
tial adjustments that might become necessary in the event
that the management savings achieved by the District dur-
ing the year do not meet the level of management savings
projected by the District under the proposed budget.
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SEC. 156. In submitting any document showing the
budget for an office of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (including an independent Agency of the District)
that contains a category of activities labeled as ‘‘other’’,
‘‘miscellaneous’’, or a similar general, nondescriptive term,
the document shall include a description of the types of
activities covered in the category and a detailed breakdown
of the amount allocated for each such activity.
SEC. 157. (a) None of the funds contained in this
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or
regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ-
ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance 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 know as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No-
vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect.
SEC. 158. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in consultation
with the committee established under section 603(e)(2)(B)
of the Student Loan Marketing Association Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 8009–
293, as amended by Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat.
1526), is hereby authorized to allocate the District’s limi-
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tation amount of qualified zone academy bonds (estab-
lished pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1397E) among qualified
zone academies within the District.
SEC. 159. (a) Section 11232 of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997 (sec. 24–1232, D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i)
as subsections (g) through (j); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f) TREATMENT AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Trustee and employees
of the Trustee who are not covered under subsection
(e) shall be treated as employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment solely for purposes of the following provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code:
‘‘(A) Chapter 83 (relating to retirement).
‘‘(B) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal
Employees’ Retirement System).
‘‘(C) Chapter 87 (relating to life insur-
ance).
‘‘(D) Chapter 89 (relating to health insur-
ance).
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATES
OF
COVERAGE.—The
effective dates of coverage of the provisions of para-
graph (1) are as follows:
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‘‘(A) In the case of the Trustee and em-
ployees of the Office of the Trustee and the Of-
fice of Adult Probation, August 5, 1997, or the
date of appointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(B) In the case of employees of the Office
of Parole, October 11, 1998, or the date of ap-
pointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(C) In the case of employees of the Pre-
trial Services Agency, January 3, 1999, or the
date of appointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(3) RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Trustee
shall make contributions under the provisions re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) at the same rates applica-
ble to agencies of the Federal Government.
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel
Management shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this subsection.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of title XI of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
SEC. 160. It is the sense of the Congress that the
patients of Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the taxpayers
of the District of Columbia are being poorly served by the
current facilities and management of the Hospital.
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SEC. 161. It is the sense of the Congress that the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority should quickly complete the
sale of the Franklin School property, a property which has
been vacant for over 20 years.
SEC. 162. It is the sense of the Congress that the
District of Columbia government should take all steps nec-
essary to ensure that officials of the District government
(including officials of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
independent agencies, boards, commissions, and corpora-
tions of the government) maintain a fiduciary duty to the
taxpayers of the District in the administration of funds
under their control.
SEC. 163. No amounts may be made available during
fiscal year 2001 to the District of Columbia Health and
Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation (through reprogram-
ming, transfers, loans, or any other mechanism) other
than the amounts which are otherwise provided for the
Corporation in this Act under the heading ‘‘DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA HEALTH AND HOSPITALS PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION’’.
SEC. 164. (a) For each payment or group of pay-
ments made by or on behalf of the District of Columbia
Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation, the
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Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall
sign an affidavit certifying that the making of the pay-
ment does not constitute a violation of any provision of
subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United States
Code, or of any provision of this Act.
(b) More than one payment may be covered by the
same affidavit under subsection (a), but a single affidavit
may not cover more than one week’s worth of payments.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to order any
other person to sign any affidavit required under this sec-
tion, or for any person to provide any signature required
under this section on such an affidavit by proxy or by ma-
chine, computer, or other facsimile device.
SEC. 165. The District of Columbia Health and Hos-
pitals Public Benefit Corporation may not obligate or ex-
pend any amounts during fiscal year 2001 unless (at the
time of the obligation or expenditure) the Corporation cer-
tifies that the obligation or expenditure is within the budg-
et authority provided to the Corporation in this Act.
SEC. 166. Nothing in this Act bars the District of
Columbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting
with officials of the District government regarding such
lawsuits.
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SEC. 167. Nothing in this section may be construed
to prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Colum-
bia from addressing the issue of the provision of contra-
ceptive coverage by health insurance 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. 168. (a) Chapter 23 of title 11, District of Co-
lumbia, is hereby repealed.
(b) The table of chapters for title 11, District of Co-
lumbia, is amended by striking the item relating to chap-
ter 23.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date on which legislation enacted by the
Council of the District of Columbia to establish the Office
of the Chief Medical Examiner in the executive branch of
the government of the District of Columbia takes effect.
PROMPT PAYMENT OF APPOINTED COUNSEL
SEC. 169. (a) ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST FOR DE-
LAYED PAYMENTS.—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 completed voucher for a claim
for the payment, interest shall be assessed against the
amount of the payment which would otherwise be made
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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) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.—A payment described in
this subsection is—
(1) a payment authorized under section 11–
2604 and section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to
representation provided under the District of Colum-
bia Criminal Justice Act);
(2) a payment for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Division of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23
of title 16, D.C. Code; or
(3) a payment for counsel authorized under sec-
tion 21–2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of
Attorney Act of 1986).
(c) STANDARDS FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETED
VOUCHERS.—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
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shall publish and make such standards and criteria avail-
able to attorneys who practice before such Courts.
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require the assessment of inter-
est against any claim (or portion of any claim) which is
denied by the Court involved.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—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 after the expiration of the 90-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 170. (a) No person may distribute any needle
or syringe for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug
in any area of the District of Columbia which is within
1000 feet of a public or private day care center, elemen-
tary school, vocational school, secondary school, college,
junior college, or university, or any public housing project,
public swimming pool, park, playground, video arcade, or
youth center, or an event sponsored by any such entity.
(b) Whoever violates subsection (a) shall be fined not
more than $500 for each needle or syringe distributed in
violation of such subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
amount collected by the District of Columbia pursuant to
subsection (b) shall be deposited in a separate account of
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the General Fund of the District of Columbia and used
exclusively to carry out (either directly or by contract)
drug prevention or treatment programs. For purposes of
this subsection, no program of distributing sterile needles
or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug
may be considered a drug prevention or treatment pro-
gram.
BANNING POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY
MINORS
SEC. 171. (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for
any individual under 18 years of age to possess any ciga-
rette or other tobacco product in the District of Columbia.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
(1) POSSESSION
IN
COURSE
OF
EMPLOY-
MENT.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect
to an individual making a delivery of cigarettes or
tobacco products in pursuance of employment.
(2) PARTICIPATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OP-
ERATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with re-
spect to an individual possessing products in the
course of a valid, supervised law enforcement oper-
ation.
(c) PENALTIES.—Any individual who violates sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following penalties:
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(1) For any violation, the individual may be re-
quired to perform community service or attend a to-
bacco cessation program.
(2) Upon the first violation, the individual shall
be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
(3) Upon the second and each subsequent viola-
tion, the individual shall be subject to a civil penalty
not to exceed $100.
(4) Upon the third and each subsequent viola-
tion, the individual may have his or her driving
privileges in the District of Columbia suspended for
a period of 90 consecutive days.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply dur-
ing fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 14,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4942
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the government of the
District of Columbia and other activities charge-
able in whole or in part against the revenues of
said District for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.