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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5547
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and
other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues
of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 25, 2000
Mr. ISTOOK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for the government of the District
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole
or in part against the revenues of said District for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor
for District of Columbia resident tuition support,
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be used on behalf of eligible
District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based
upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tui-
tion at public institutions of higher education, usable at
both public and private institutions for higher education:
Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may
be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit
and such other factors as may be authorized.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF
CHILDREN
The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment
for Incentives for Adoption of Children’’ in Public Law
106–113, approved November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1501),
is amended to read as follows: ‘‘For a Federal payment
to the District of Columbia to create incentives to promote
the adoption of children in the District of Columbia foster
care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall
remain available until September 30, 2002, and shall be
used to carry out all of the provisions of title 38, except
for section 3808, of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support
Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 13–679, enrolled June 12, 2000.’’.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia, $1,250,000, of which
$250,000 shall be for payment to a mentoring program
and for hotline services; $250,000 shall be for payment
to a youth development program with a character building
curriculum; $250,000 shall be for payment to a basic val-
ues training program; and $500,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for the design, construction, and
maintenance of a trash rack system to be installed at the
Hickey Run stormwater outfall.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION
PROGRAM
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the
Mayor, in consultation with the Council of the District of
Columbia, to provide offsets against local taxes for a com-
mercial revitalization program, such program to provide
financial inducements, including loans, grants, offsets to
local taxes and other instruments that promote commer-
cial revitalization in Enterprise Zones and low and mod-
erate income areas in the District of Columbia: Provided,
That in carrying out such a program, the Mayor shall use
Federal commercial revitalization proposals introduced in
Congress as a guideline: Provided further, That not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Mayor shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives on the
progress made in carrying out the commercial revitaliza-
tion program.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
Public Schools, $500,000: Provided, That $250,000 of
said amount shall be used for a program to reduce school
violence: Provided further, That $250,000 of said amount
shall be used for a program to enhance the reading skills
of District public school students.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT
For a Federal payment to the Metropolitan Police
Department, $100,000: Provided, That said funds shall be
used to fund a youth safe haven police mini-station for
mentoring high risk youth.
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO COVENANT HOUSE
WASHINGTON
For a Federal contribution to Covenant House Wash-
ington for a contribution to the construction in Southeast
Washington of a new community service center for home-
less, runaway and at-risk youth, $500,000.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia
Corrections Trustee, $134,200,000 for the administration
and operation of correctional facilities and for the admin-
istrative operating costs of the Office of the Corrections
Trustee, as authorized by section 11202 of the National
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) of which
$1,000,000 is to fund an initiative to improve case proc-
essing in the District of Columbia criminal justice system:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated in this Act for the District of Co-
lumbia Corrections Trustee shall be apportioned quarterly
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to the funds provided under
this heading, the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee
may use any remaining interest earned on the Federal
payment made to the Trustee under the District of Colum-
bia Appropriations Act, 1998, to carry out the activities
funded under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $105,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,409,000;
for the District of Columbia Superior Court, $71,121,000;
for the District of Columbia Court System, $17,890,000;
$5,255,000 to finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent
for nonjudicial employees; and $3,325,000, including
$825,000 for roofing repairs to the facility commonly re-
ferred to as the Old Courthouse and located at 451 Indi-
ana Avenue, Northwest, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002, for capital improvements for District of
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act or in any other Act shall be available
for the purchase, installation or operation of an Integrated
Justice Information System until a detailed plan and de-
sign has been submitted by the courts and approved by
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll
and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis
with the General Services Administration (GSA), said
services to include the preparation of monthly financial re-
ports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA
to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice
Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the
Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code, and
payments for counsel authorized under section 21–2060,
D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Pro-
ceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986),
$34,387,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’
(other than the $3,325,000 provided under such heading
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities) may also be used for payments under this
heading: Provided further, That, in addition to the funds
provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju-
dicial Administration in the District of Columbia shall use
funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal
Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than
the $3,325,000 provided under such heading for capital
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
ties), to make payments described under this heading for
obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be administered by the Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of
Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, this appropriation shall be appor-
tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds
appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies, with
payroll and financial services to be provided on a contrac-
tual basis with the General Services Administration
(GSA), said services to include the preparation of monthly
financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted di-
rectly by GSA to the President and to the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives: Provided further, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts shall implement the recommenda-
tions in the General Accounting Office Report GAO/
AIMD/OGC–99–226 regarding payments to court-ap-
pointed attorneys and shall report quarterly to the Office
of Management and Budget and to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees on the status of these reforms.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–
33; 111 Stat. 712), $112,527,000, of which $67,521,000
shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision
and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relat-
ing to supervision of adults subject to protection orders
or provision of services for or related to such persons;
$18,778,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender
Service; and $26,228,000 shall be available to the Pretrial
Services Agency: Provided, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $17,854,000 shall be used to improve
pretrial defendant and post-conviction offender super-
vision, enhance drug testing and sanctions-based treat-
ment programs and other treatment services, expand in-
termediate sanctions and offender re-entry programs, con-
tinue planning and design proposals for a residential
Sanctions Center and improve administrative infrastruc-
ture, including information technology; and $836,000 of
the $17,854,000 referred to in this proviso is for the Pub-
lic Defender Service: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and
expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 446 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act or any provision of subchapter III of chap-
ter 13 of title 31, United States Code, the use of interest
earned on the Federal payment made to the District of
Columbia Offender Supervision, Defender, and Court
Services Agency under the District of Columbia Appro-
priations Act, 1998, by the Agency during fiscal years
1998 and 1999 shall not constitute a violation of such Act
or such subchapter.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR WASHINGTON INTERFAITH
NETWORK
For a Federal payment to the Washington Interfaith
Network to reimburse the Network for costs incurred in
carrying out preconstruction activities at the former Fort
Dupont Dwellings and Additions, $1,000,000: Provided,
That such activities may include architectural and engi-
neering studies, property appraisals, environmental as-
sessments, grading and excavation, landscaping, paving,
and the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, sewer
lines, and other utilities: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall make such payment only after
the Network has received matching funds from private
sources (including funds provided through loans) to carry
out such activities in an aggregate amount which is equal
to the amount of such payment (as certified by the Inspec-
tor General of the District of Columbia) and has provided
the Secretary of the Treasury with a request for reim-
bursement which contains documentation certified by the
Inspector General of the District of Columbia showing
that the Network carried out the activities and that the
costs incurred in carrying out the activities were equal to
or less than the amount of the reimbursement requested:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under
this heading may be obligated or expended after December
31, 2001 (without regard to whether the activities involved
were carried out prior to such date).
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PLAN TO SIMPLIFY EMPLOYEE
COMPENSATION SYSTEMS
For a Federal payment to the Mayor of the District
of Columbia for a contract for the study and development
of a plan to simplify the compensation systems, schedules,
and work rules applicable to employees of the District gov-
ernment, $250,000: Provided, That under the terms of the
contract the plan shall include (at a minimum) a review
of the current compensation systems, schedules, and work
rules applicable to such employees; a review of the best
practices regarding the compensation systems, schedules,
and work rules of State and local governments and other
appropriate organizations; a proposal for simplifying the
systems, schedules, and rules applicable to employees of
the District government; and the development of strategies
for implementing such proposal, including an identifica-
tion of any statutory, contractual, or other barriers to im-
plementing the proposal and an estimated time frame for
implementing the proposal: Provided further, That under
the terms of the contract the contractor shall submit the
plan to the Mayor and to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That the Mayor shall develop a proposed so-
licitation for the contract not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act and shall submit a copy
of the proposed solicitation to the Comptroller General for
review at least 90 days prior to the issuance of such solici-
tation: Provided further, That not later than 45 days after
receiving the proposed solicitation from the Mayor, the
Comptroller General shall review the solicitation to ensure
that it adequately addresses all of the necessary elements
described under this heading and report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate on the results of this review: Provided further,
That for purposes of this contract the term ‘‘District gov-
ernment’’ has the meaning given such term in section
305(5) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47–
393(5), D.C. Code), except that such term shall not in-
clude the courts of the District of Columbia and shall in-
clude the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority.
METRORAIL CONSTRUCTION
For the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
thority [WMATA], a contribution of $25,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to design and build a Met-
rorail station located at New York and Florida Avenues,
Northeast: Provided, That prior to the release of said
funds from the U.S. Treasury, the District of Columbia
shall set aside an additional $25,000,000 for this project
in its Fiscal Year 2001 Budget and Financial Plan and,
further, shall establish a special taxing district for the
neighborhood of the proposed Metrorail station to provide
$25,000,000: Provided further, That the requirements of
49 U.S.C. 5309(a)(2) shall apply to this project.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
$3,450,000 for environmental and infrastructure costs at
Poplar Point: Provided, That of said amount, $2,150,000
shall be available for environmental assessment, site reme-
diation and wetlands restoration of the 11 acres of real
property under the jurisdiction of the District of Colum-
bia: Provided further, That no more than $1,300,000 shall
be used for infrastructure costs for an entrance to Ana-
costia Park: Provided further, That none of said funds
shall be used by the District of Columbia to purchase pri-
vate property in the Poplar Point area.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
For a payment to the District of Columbia to reim-
burse the District for expenses incurred in connection with
Presidential inauguration activities, $5,961,000, as au-
thorized by section 737(b) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
824; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1132), which shall be apportioned
by the Chief Financial Officer within the various appro-
priation headings in this Act.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $500,000 to
be used for the network of satellite pediatric health clinics
for children and families in underserved neighborhoods
and communities in the District of Columbia.
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Child Advocacy
Center for its Safe Shores program, $500,000.
ST. COLETTA OF GREATER WASHINGTON EXPANSION
PROJECT
For a Federal contribution to St. Coletta of Greater
Washington, Inc. for costs associated with the establish-
ment of a day program and comprehensive case manage-
ment services for mentally retarded and multiple-handi-
capped adolescents and adults in the District of Columbia,
including 
property 
acquisition 
and 
construction,
$1,000,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS
For a Federal contribution to the District of Colum-
bia Special Olympics, $250,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, except as provided in section
450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act and sec-
tion 126 of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this
Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia
for fiscal year 2001 under this heading shall not exceed
the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the District
of Columbia for such fiscal year or $5,677,379,000 (of
which $172,607,000 shall be from intra-District funds and
$3,250,783,000 shall be from local funds): Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia and the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority shall take
such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of
Columbia meets these requirements, including the appor-
tioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropria-
tions and funds made available to the District during fis-
cal year 2001, except that the Chief Financial Officer may
not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived
from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital
projects.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority (Authority), estab-
lished by section 101(a) of the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8), $3,140,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds be derived from accounts held by
the Authority on behalf of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds contained in this
Act may be used to pay any compensation of the Executive
Director or General Counsel of the Authority at a rate
in excess of the maximum rate of compensation which may
be paid to such individual during fiscal year 2001 under
section 102 of such Act, as determined by the Comptroller
General (as described in GAO letter report B–279095.2):
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this
Act or any other funds available to the Authority or any
other entity of the District of Columbia government from
any source (including any accounts of the Authority) may
be used for any payments (including but not limited to
severance or bonus payments, and payments under agree-
ments in effect before the enactment of this Act) to any
individual upon or following the individual’s separation
from employment with the Authority (other than a pay-
ment of the individual’s regular salary for services per-
formed prior to separation or a payment for unused an-
nual leave accrued by the individual), except that an indi-
vidual who is employed by the Authority during the entire
period which begins on the date of the enactment of this
Act and ends on September 30, 2001, may receive a sever-
ance payment after such date in an aggregate amount
which does not exceed the product of 200 percent of the
individual’s average weekly salary during the final 12-
month period (or portion thereof) during which the indi-
vidual was employed by the Authority and the number of
full years during which the individual was employed by
the Authority.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $195,771,000
(including $162,172,000 from local funds, $20,424,000
from Federal funds, and $13,175,000 from other funds):
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor,
$2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the District
of Columbia, and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall
be available from this appropriation for official purposes:
Provided further, That any program fees collected from the
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of ex-
penses of the debt management program of the District
of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations
or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That all employees permanently
assigned to work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid
from funds allocated to the Office of the Mayor: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Of-
fice of the Chief Technology Officer’s delegated small pur-
chase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That
the District of Columbia government may not require the
Office of the Chief Technology Officer to submit to any
other procurement review process, or to obtain the ap-
proval of or be restricted in any manner by any official
or employee of the District of Columbia government, for
purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further,
That $303,000 and no fewer than 5 FTEs shall be avail-
able exclusively to support the Labor-Management Part-
nership Council: Provided further, That, effective Sep-
tember 30, 2000, section 168(a) of the District of Colum-
bia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113; 113
Stat. 1531) is amended by inserting ‘‘, to remain available
until expended,’’ after ‘‘$5,000,000’’: Provided further,
That not later than March 1, 2001, the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit a study
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate on the merits and potential sav-
ings of privatizing the operation and administration of
Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $205,638,000
(including $53,562,000 from local funds, $92,378,000
from Federal funds, and $59,698,000 from other funds),
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
bia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the
respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement
Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26): Provided,
That such funds are available for acquiring services pro-
vided by the General Services Administration: Provided
further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be ex-
empt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger carrying vehicles for replacement only,
including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Co-
lumbia 
government 
$762,546,000 
(including
$591,565,000 from local funds, $24,950,000 from Federal
funds, and $146,031,000 from other funds): Provided,
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to
replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and
the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace not
to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually when-
ever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds
three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from
this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the preven-
tion and detection of crime: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order
86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police
Department’s delegated small purchase authority shall be
$500,000: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
government may not require the Metropolitan Police De-
partment to submit to any other procurement review proc-
ess, or to obtain the approval of or be restricted in any
manner by any official or employee of the District of Co-
lumbia government, for purchases that do not exceed
$500,000: Provided further, That the Mayor shall reim-
burse the District of Columbia National Guard for ex-
penses incurred in connection with services that are per-
formed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia
status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that
shall be jointly determined and certified as due and pay-
able for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding
General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Pro-
vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National
Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available from
this appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall
be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emer-
gency services involved: Provided further, That the Metro-
politan Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800
sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Pro-
vided further, That no more than 15 members of the Met-
ropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or assigned
to the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police
submits a recommendation to the Council for its review:
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for in-
mates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
further, That commencing on December 31, 2000, the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the
status of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service
areas established throughout the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $998,918,000 (in-
cluding $824,867,000 from local funds, $147,643,000
from Federal funds, and $26,408,000 from other funds),
to be allocated as follows: $769,943,000 (including
$629,309,000 from local funds, $133,490,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $7,144,000 from other funds), for the pub-
lic schools of the District of Columbia; $200,000 from
local funds for the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund; $1,679,000 from local funds for the State
Education Office, $17,000,000 from local funds, pre-
viously appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment, for
resident tuition support at public and private institutions
of higher learning for eligible District of Columbia resi-
dents; and $105,000,000 from local funds for public char-
ter schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly dis-
bursement of funds to the District of Columbia public
charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 15
days of the beginning of each fiscal year: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia public charter schools will
report enrollment on a quarterly basis upon which a quar-
terly disbursement will be calculated: Provided further,
That the quarterly payment of October 15, 2000, shall
be fifty (50) percent of each public charter school’s annual
entitlement based on its unaudited October 5 enrollment
count: Provided further, That if the entirety of this alloca-
tion has not been provided as payments to any public char-
ter schools currently in operation through the per pupil
funding formula, the funds shall be available for public
education in accordance with the School Reform Act of
1995 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–2853.43(A)(2)(D); Public Law
104–134, as amended): Provided further, That $480,000
of this amount shall be available to the District of Colum-
bia Public Charter School Board for administrative costs:
Provided 
further, 
That 
$76,433,000 
(including
$44,691,000 from local funds, $13,199,000 from Federal
funds, and $18,543,000 from other funds) shall be avail-
able for the University of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That $200,000 is allocated for the East of
the River Campus Assessment Study, $1,000,000 for the
Excel Institute Adult Education Program to be used by
the Institute for construction and to acquire construction
services provided by the General Services Administration
on a reimbursable basis, $500,000 for the Adult Edu-
cation State Plan, $650,000 for The Saturday Academy
Pre-College Program, and $481,000 for the Strengthening
of Academic Programs; and $26,459,000 (including
$25,208,000 from local funds, $550,000 from Federal
funds and $701,000 other funds) for the Public Library:
Provided further, That the $1,020,000 enhancement shall
be allocated such that $500,000 is used for facilities im-
provements for 8 of the 26 library branches, $235,000 for
13 FTEs for the continuation of the Homework Helpers
Program, $166,000 for 3 FTEs in the expansion of the
Reach Out And Roar (ROAR) service to license day care
homes, and $119,000 for 3 FTEs to expand literacy sup-
port into branch libraries: Provided further, That
$2,204,000 (including $1,780,000 from local funds,
$404,000 from Federal funds and $20,000 from other
funds) shall be available for the Commission on the Arts
and Humanities: Provided further, That the public schools
of the District of Columbia are authorized to accept not
to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver
education program: Provided further, That not to exceed
$2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the
President of the University of the District of Columbia,
and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall be available
from this appropriation for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds contained in this Act may
be made available to pay the salaries of any District of
Columbia Public School teacher, principal, administrator,
official, or employee who knowingly provides false enroll-
ment or attendance information under article II, section
5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for compulsory
school attendance, for the taking of a school census in the
District of Columbia, and for other purposes’’, approved
February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–401 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall not be avail-
able to subsidize the education of any nonresident of the
District of Columbia at any District of Columbia public
elementary and secondary school during fiscal year 2001
unless the nonresident pays tuition to the District of Co-
lumbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs in-
curred by the District of Columbia which are attributable
to the education of the nonresident (as established by the
Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
not be available to subsidize the education of nonresidents
of the District of Columbia at the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the Uni-
versity of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2001, a tuition rate schedule
that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students
at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate
charged at comparable public institutions of higher edu-
cation in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That
$2,200,000 is allocated to the Temporary Weighted Stu-
dent Formula to fund 344 additional slots for pre-K stu-
dents: Provided further, That $50,000 is allocated to fund
a conference on learning support for children ages 3–4
hosted jointly by the District of Columbia Public Schools
and District of Columbia public charter schools: Provided
further, That no local funds in this Act shall be used to
administer a system-wide standardized test more than
once in FY 2001: Provided further, That no less than
$436,452,000 shall be expended on local schools through
the Weighted Student Formula: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regu-
lation, the evaluation process and instruments for evalu-
ating District of Columbia Public School employees shall
be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining pur-
poses: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
Public Schools shall spend $250,000 to engage in a
Schools Without Violence program based on a model devel-
oped by the University of North Carolina, located in
Greensboro, North Carolina: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall spend $250,000
to implement a Failure Free Reading program in the Dis-
trict’s public schools: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the amounts otherwise provided under this head-
ing or any other provision of law, there shall be appro-
priated to the District of Columbia public charter schools
on July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 25 percent of the
total amount provided for payments to public charter
schools in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia
for fiscal year 2002 (as submitted to Congress), and the
amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the
final amount provided for such payments under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise pro-
vided under this heading or any other provision of law,
there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia
Public Schools on July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 10
percent of the total amount provided for the District of
Columbia Public Schools in the proposed budget of the
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2002 (as submitted
to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be
chargeable against the final amount provided for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Public Schools under the District of Co-
lumbia Appropriations Act, 2002.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Human support services, $1,535,654,000 (including
$637,347,000 from local funds, $881,589,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $16,718,000 from other funds): Provided,
That $25,836,000 of this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available solely for District
of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided
further, That the District of Columbia shall not provide
free government services such as water, sewer, solid waste
disposal or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or
similar services to any legally constituted private nonprofit
organization, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485;
Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emer-
gency shelter services in the District, if the District would
not be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to such
Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301
et seq.): Provided further, That $1,250,000 shall be paid
to the Doe Fund for the operation of its Ready, Willing,
and Able Program in the District of Columbia as follows:
$250,000 to cover debt owed by the District of Columbia
government for services rendered shall be paid to the Doe
Fund within 15 days of the enactment of this Act; and
$1,000,000 shall be paid in equal monthly installments by
the 15th day of each month: Provided further, That
$400,000 shall be available for the administrative costs
associated with implementation of the Drug Treatment
Choice Program established pursuant to section 4 of the
Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 2000, signed by the
Mayor on April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13–329): Provided fur-
ther, That $7,000,000 shall be available for deposit in the
Addiction Recovery Fund established pursuant to section
5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 2000, signed
by the Mayor on April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13–329): Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia is authorized
to enter into a long-term lease of Hamilton Field with
Gonzaga College High School and that, in exchange for
such a lease, Gonzaga will introduce and implement a
youth baseball program focused on 13 to 18 year old resi-
dents, said program to include summer and fall baseball
programs and baseball clinics: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, to augment the
District of Columbia subsidy for the District of Columbia
Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation, the Dis-
trict of Columbia may transfer from other non-Federal
funds appropriated under this Act to the Human Support
Services appropriation under this Act an amount not to
exceed $90,000,000 for the purpose of restructuring the
delivery of health services in the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That such restructuring shall be pursuant
to a restructuring plan approved by the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Council of the District of Columbia,
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, and the Board of Di-
rectors of the Public Benefit Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That—
(1) the restructuring plan reduces personnel
levels of D.C. General Hospital and of the Public
Benefit Corporation consistent with the reduction in
force set forth in the August 25, 2000, resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Public Benefit Cor-
poration regarding personnel structure, by reducing
personnel by at least 500 full-time equivalent em-
ployees, without replacement by contract personnel;
(2) no transferred funds are expended until 10
calendar days after the restructuring plan has re-
ceived final approval and a copy evidencing final ap-
proval has been submitted by the Mayor to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate; and
(3) the plan includes a certification that the
plan does not request and does not rely upon any
current or future request for additional appropria-
tion of Federal funds.
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-
carrying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of
Columbia and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles,
$278,242,000 (including $265,078,000 from local funds,
$3,328,000 from Federal funds, and $9,836,000 from
other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse
from hotels and places of business: Provided further, That
$100,000 shall be available for a commercial sector recy-
cling initiative, $250,000 to initiate a recycling education
campaign, $10,000 for community clean-up kits, $190,000
to restore a 3.5 percent vacancy rate in Parking Services,
$170,000 to plant 500 trees, $118,000 for two water
trucks, $150,000 for contract monitors and parking ana-
lysts within Parking Services, $1,409,000 for a neighbor-
hood cleanup initiative, $1,000,000 for tree maintenance,
$600,000 for an anti-graffiti program, $226,000 for a
hazardous waste program, $1,260,000 for parking control
aides, and $400,000 for the Department of Motor Vehicles
to hire additional ticket adjudicators, conduct additional
hearings, and reduce the waiting time for hearings.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $389,528,000 (in-
cluding $234,913,000 from local funds, $135,555,000
from Federal funds, and $19,060,000 from other funds).
RESERVE
For replacement of funds expended, if any, during
fiscal year 2000 from the Reserve established by section
202(j) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public Law
104–8, $150,000,000 from local funds: Provided, That
none of these funds shall be obligated or expended under
this heading until the emergency reserve fund established
under this Act has been fully funded for fiscal year 2001
pursuant to section 450A of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act as set forth herein.
EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND
For the emergency reserve fund established under
section 450A(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act, the amount provided for fiscal year 2001 under such
section, to be derived from local funds.
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Co-
lumbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as
authorized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24,
1973, $243,238,000 from local funds: Provided, That any
funds set aside pursuant to section 148 of the District
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–
113; 113 Stat. 1523) that are not used in the reserve
funds established herein shall be used for Pay-As-You-Go
Capital Funds: Provided further, That for equipment
leases, the Mayor may finance $19,232,000 of equipment
cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed 2 percent of the
par amount being financed on a lease purchase basis with
a maturity not to exceed 5 years: Provided further, That
$2,000,000 is allocated to the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment, $4,300,000 for the Fire and Emergency Medical
Services Department, $1,622,000 for the Public Library,
$2,010,000 for the Department of Parks and Recreation,
$7,500,000 for the Department of Public Works, and
$1,800,000 for the Public Benefit Corporation.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30,
1990, $39,300,000 from local funds, as authorized by sec-
tion 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
(105 Stat. 540; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$1,140,000 from local funds.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred
in connection with Presidential inauguration activities as
authorized by section 737(b) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended, ap-
proved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; D.C. Code, sec.
1–1803), $5,961,000 from local funds, previously appro-
priated in this Act as a Federal payment, which shall be
apportioned by the Chief Financial Officer within the var-
ious appropriation headings in this Act.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certifi-
cates of Participation involving the land site underlying
the building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000
from local funds.
WILSON BUILDING
For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson
Building, $8,409,000 from local funds.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For 
optical 
and 
dental 
insurance 
payments,
$2,675,000 from local funds.
MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORY SERVICE
For management supervisory service, $13,200,000
from local funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the
District of Columbia among the various appropriation
headings in this Act for which employees are properly pay-
able.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND TRANSFER
PAYMENT
Subject to the issuance of bonds to pay the purchase
price of the District of Columbia’s right, title and interest
in and to the Master Settlement Agreement, and con-
sistent with the Tobacco Settlement Financing and Trust
Fund Amendment Act of 2000, there is transferred the
amount available pursuant thereto, but not to exceed
$61,406,000, to the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund es-
tablished pursuant to section 2302 of the Tobacco Settle-
ment Trust Fund Establishment Act of 1999, effective
October 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 13–38; to be codified at D.C.
Code, sec. 6–135), to be spent pursuant to local law.
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS SAVINGS (INCLUDING
MANAGED COMPETITION)
The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the
Chief Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority, shall make reductions of $10,000,000 for oper-
ational improvements savings in local funds to one or more
of the appropriation headings in this Act.
MANAGEMENT REFORM SAVINGS
The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the
Chief Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority, shall make reductions of $37,000,000 for manage-
ment reform savings in local funds to one or more of the
appropriation headings in this Act.
CAFETERIA PLAN SAVINGS
For the implementation of a Cafeteria Plan pursuant
to Federal law, a reduction of $5,000,000 in local funds.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and
the Washington Aqueduct, $275,705,000 from other funds
(including $230,614,000 for the Water and Sewer Author-
ity and $45,091,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of
which $41,503,000 shall be apportioned and payable to
the District’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and
interest incurred for capital improvement projects.
For construction projects, $140,725,000, as author-
ized by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the laying
of watermains and service sewers in the District of Colum-
bia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for other pur-
poses’’ (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code, sec.
43–1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements and
restrictions that are applicable to general fund capital im-
provements projects and set forth in this Act under the
Capital Outlay appropriation title shall apply to projects
approved under this appropriation title.
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise
Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982
(95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law 97–91), for the purpose
of implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily
Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable
Purposes in the District of Columbia (D.C. Law 3–172;
D.C. Code, sec. 2–2501 et seq. and sec. 22–1516 et seq.),
$223,200,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia
shall identify the source of funding for this appropriation
title from the District’s own locally generated revenues:
Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources
shall be used to support the operations or activities of the
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$10,968,000 from other funds: Provided, That the Mayor
shall submit a budget for the Armory Board for the forth-
coming fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 824; Public
Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HEALTH AND HOSPITALS
PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals
Public Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11–
212 (D.C. Code, sec. 32–262.2), $123,548,000, of which
$45,313,000 shall be derived by transfer from the general
fund, and $78,235,000 from other funds: Provided, That
no appropriated amounts and no amounts from or guaran-
teed by the District of Columbia government (including
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority) may be made available
to the Corporation (through reprogramming, transfers,
loans, or any other mechanism) which are not otherwise
provided for under this heading until a restructuring plan
for D.C. General Hospital has been approved by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Authority, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer of the District of Columbia, and the Chair of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation: Provided further,
That for each payment or group of payments made by or
on behalf of the Corporation, the Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia shall sign an affidavit certi-
fying that the making of the payment 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: Provided further, That more than one payment
may be covered by the same affidavit under the previous
proviso, but a single affidavit may not cover more than
one week’s worth of payments: Provided further, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to order any other person
to sign any affidavit required under this heading, or for
any person to provide any signature required under this
heading on such an affidavit by proxy or by machine, com-
puter, or other facsimile device.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, es-
tablished by section 121 of the District of Columbia Re-
tirement Reform Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–711), $11,414,000 from the earnings of the appli-
cable retirement funds to pay legal, management, invest-
ment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the
District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That
the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide
to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia a quarterly report of the allocations of charges by
fund and of expenditures of all funds: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall pro-
vide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, an itemized accounting of the planned
use of appropriated funds in time for each annual budget
submission and the actual use of such funds in time for
each annual audited financial report.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Estab-
lishment Act (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88–622),
$1,808,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $52,726,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For 
construction 
projects, 
an 
increase 
of
$1,077,282,000 of which $806,787,000 is from local
funds, $66,446,000 is from highway trust funds, and
$204,049,000 is from Federal funds, and a rescission of
$55,208,000 from local funds appropriated under this
heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of
$1,022,074,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds for use of each capital project imple-
menting agency shall be managed and controlled in ac-
cordance with all procedures and limitations established
under the Financial Management System: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds provided by this appropriation title
shall be available only for the specific projects and pur-
poses intended: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the foregoing, all authorizations for capital outlay
projects, except those projects covered by the first sen-
tence of section 23(a) of the Federal Aid Highway Act
of 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90–495; D.C. Code,
sec. 7–134, note), for which funds are provided by this
appropriation title, shall expire on September 30, 2002,
except authorizations for projects as to which funds have
been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30,
2002: Provided further, That upon expiration of any such
project authorization, the funds provided herein for the
project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob-
jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci-
fied, shall be considered as the maximum amount that
may be expended for said purpose or object rather than
an amount set apart exclusively therefor.
SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues
of organizations concerned with the work of the District
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor:
Provided, That in the case of the Council of the District
of Columbia, funds may be expended with the authoriza-
tion of the chair of the Council.
SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of
judgments that have been entered against the District of
Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as modifying or affecting
the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947
(70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–460; D.C. Code, sec. 47–
1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 104. (a) REQUIRING MAYOR
TO MAINTAIN
INDEX.—Effective with respect to fiscal year 2001 and
each succeeding fiscal year, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia shall maintain an index of all employment per-
sonal services and consulting contracts in effect on behalf
of the District government, and shall include in the index
specific information on any severance clause in effect
under any such contract.
(b) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—The index maintained
under subsection (a) shall be kept available for public in-
spection during regular business hours.
(c) CONTRACTS EXEMPTED.—Subsection (a) shall
not apply with respect to any collective bargaining agree-
ment or any contract entered into pursuant to such a col-
lective bargaining agreement.
(d) DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘District government’’ means the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, including—
(1) any department, agency or instrumentality
of the government of the District of Columbia;
(2) any independent agency of the District of
Columbia established under part F of title IV of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any other
agency, board, or commission established by the
Mayor or the Council;
(3) the Council of the District of Columbia;
(4) any other agency, public authority, or public
benefit corporation which has the authority to re-
ceive monies directly or indirectly from the District
of Columbia (other than monies received from the
sale of goods, the provision of services, or the loan-
ing of funds to the District of Columbia); and
(5) the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority.
(e) No payment shall be made pursuant to any such
contract subject to subsection (a), nor any severance pay-
ment made under such contract, if a copy of the contract
has not been filed in the index. Interested parties may file
copies of their contract or severance agreement in the
index on their own behalf.
SEC. 105. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 106. No funds appropriated in this Act for the
District of Columbia government for the operation of edu-
cational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encour-
age, facilitate, or further partisan political activities.
Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of
school buildings for the use of any community or partisan
political group during non-school hours.
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be made available to pay the salary of any employee
of the District of Columbia government whose name, title,
grade, salary, past work experience, and salary history are
not available for inspection by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform, the Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, and the Council of the District of Columbia, or
their duly authorized representative.
SEC. 108. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
necessary for making payments authorized by the District
of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977 (D.C. Law
2–20; D.C. Code, sec. 47–421 et seq.).
SEC. 109. No part of this appropriation shall be used
for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation
of any policy including boycott designed to support or de-
feat legislation pending before Congress or any State legis-
lature.
SEC. 110. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor
shall develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project,
for capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a rea-
sonable time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor
shall report to the Council of the District of Columbia and
the Congress the actual borrowings and spending progress
compared with projections.
SEC. 111. (a) None of the funds provided under this
Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and
District government agencies, that remain available for
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for an agency through a reprogramming of
funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a
program, project, or responsibility center; (3) establishes
or changes allocations specifically denied, limited or in-
creased by Congress in this Act; (4) increases funds or
personnel by any means for any program, project, or re-
sponsibility center for which funds have been denied or
restricted; (5) reestablishes through reprogramming any
program or project previously deferred through re-
programming; (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) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
assigned to a specific program, project or responsibility
center; unless the Committees on Appropriations of both
the Senate and House of Representatives are notified in
writing 30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set
forth in this section.
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency
through a reprogramming of funds which transfers any
local funds from one appropriation to another unless the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives are notified in writing 30 days in ad-
vance of the transfer, except that in no event may the
amount of any funds transferred exceed two percent of
the local funds in the appropriation.
SEC. 112. Consistent with the provisions of 31 U.S.C.
1301(a), appropriations under this Act shall be applied
only to the objects for which the appropriations were made
except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 113. 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. 114. 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. 115. 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
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. 116. 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. 117. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
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. 118. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GIFTS. (a) AP-
PROVAL BY MAYOR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity of the District of
Columbia government may accept and use a gift or
donation during fiscal year 2001 if—
(A) the Mayor approves the acceptance
and use of the gift or donation (except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2)); and
(B) the entity uses the gift or donation to
carry out its authorized functions or duties.
(2) EXCEPTION FOR COUNCIL AND COURTS.—
The Council of the District of Columbia and the
District of Columbia courts may accept and use gifts
without prior approval by the Mayor.
(b) RECORDS AND PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Each enti-
ty of the District of Columbia government shall keep accu-
rate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any
gift or donation under subsection (a), and shall make such
records available for audit and public inspection.
(c) INDEPENDENT AGENCIES INCLUDED.—For the
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity of the District
of Columbia government’’ includes an independent agency
of the District of Columbia.
(d) EXCEPTION FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION.—This
section shall not apply to the District of Columbia Board
of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws and regula-
tions of the District of Columbia, accept and use gifts to
the public schools without prior approval by the Mayor.
SEC. 119. 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. 120. (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.—
‘‘(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
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:
‘‘(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.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
2202 of such Act (sec. 31–2853.12, D.C. Code) is
amended by striking clause (17).
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.—Section 2408 of the District of Columbia Gov-
ernment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, ef-
fective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec.
1–625.7), is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
2000, and each subsequent fiscal year’’.
(2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking
‘‘Prior to February 1, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘Prior to
February 1 of each year’’.
(3) Subsection (i) is amended by striking
‘‘March 1, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1 of each
year’’.
(4) Subsection (k) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 1, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘September 1 of each
year’’.
(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