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District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,209,000; for the
District of Columbia Superior Court, $68,351,000; for the
District of Columbia Court System, $16,154,000; and
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That of the amounts available
for operations of the District of Columbia Courts, not to
exceed $2,500,000 shall be for the design of an Integrated
Justice Information System and that such funds shall be
used in accordance with a plan and design developed by
the courts and approved by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor-
tioned 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, with payroll and financial services to be provided
on a contractual basis with the General Services Adminis-
tration (GSA), said services to include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be sub-
mitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
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of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives.
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),
$33,336,000, 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 $8,000,000 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 may use
a portion (not to exceed $1,200,000) of the interest earned
on the Federal payment made to the District of Columbia
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courts under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
1999, together with funds provided in this Act under the
heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia
Courts’’ (other than the $8,000,000 provided under such
heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia
courthouse facilities), to make payments described under
this heading for obligations incurred during fiscal year
1999 if the Comptroller General certifies that the amount
of obligations lawfully incurred for such payments during
fiscal year 1999 exceeds the obligational authority other-
wise available for making such payments: Provided further,
That such funds shall be administered by the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Co-
lumbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, this appropriation shall be apportioned
quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds ap-
propriated 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-
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ate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, (Public Law
105–33;
111
Stat.
712),
$93,800,000,
of
which
$58,600,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Parole
Revocation, Adult Probation, Offender Supervision, and
Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to
supervision of adults subject to protection orders or provi-
sion
of
services
for
or
related
to
such
persons;
$17,400,000 shall be available to the Public Defender
Service; and $17,800,000 shall be available to the Pretrial
Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, $20,492,000
shall be used in support of universal drug screening and
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testing for those individuals on pretrial, probation, or pa-
role supervision with continued testing, intermediate sanc-
tions, and treatment for those identified in need, of which
$7,000,000 shall be for treatment services.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $2,500,000
for construction, renovation, and information technology
infrastructure costs associated with establishing commu-
nity pediatric health clinics for high risk children in medi-
cally underserved areas of the District of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT
For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department,
$1,000,000, for a program to eliminate open air drug traf-
ficking in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the
Chief of Police shall provide quarterly reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives by the 15th calendar day after the end
of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the sta-
tus of the project financed under this heading.
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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.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000
(including $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000
from Federal funds, and $13,552,000 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
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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
now or hereafter enacted, no Member of the District of
Columbia Council eligible to earn a part-time salary of
$92,520, exclusive of the Council Chairman, shall be paid
a salary of more than $84,635 during fiscal year 2000.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000
from Federal funds, and $52,673,000 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
Temporary Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23):
Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring serv-
ices provided by the General Services Administration: Pro-
vided further, That Business Improvement Districts shall
be exempt 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,
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without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the
current
fiscal
year,
$778,770,000
(including
$565,511,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal
funds, and $184,247,000 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 the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate on efforts to increase
efficiency and improve the professionalism in the depart-
ment: Provided further, That notwithstanding 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 fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia government may not
require the Metropolitan Police Department to submit to
any other procurement review process, or to obtain the ap-
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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 the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with
services that are performed 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 payable for these services by the Mayor and
the Commanding General of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may
be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Colum-
bia 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 ad-
vance for emergency services involved: Provided further,
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to
maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer
attrition: Provided further, That no more than 15 mem-
bers of the Metropolitan Police Department shall be de-
tailed 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 inmates released on medical and geri-
atric parole: Provided further, That commencing on De-
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cember 31, 1999, the Metropolitan Police Department
shall provide to the Committees 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: Provided further, That up to
$700,000 in local funds shall be available for the oper-
ations of the Citizen Complaint Review Board.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (in-
cluding $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000
from Federal funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds),
to
be
allocated
as
follows:
$713,197,000
(including
$600,936,000 from local funds, $106,213,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $6,048,000 from other funds), for the pub-
lic schools of the District of Columbia; $10,700,000 from
local funds for the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund; $17,000,000 from local funds, previously ap-
propriated in this Act as a Federal payment, for resident
tuition support at public and private institutions of higher
learning
for
eligible
District
of
Columbia
residents;
$27,885,000 from local funds for public charter schools:
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Provided, That if the entirety of this allocation has not
been provided as payments to any public charter schools
currently in operation through the per pupil funding for-
mula, the funds shall be available for new public charter
schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That
$480,000 of this amount shall be available to the District
of Columbia Public Charter School Board for administra-
tive costs; $72,347,000 (including $40,491,000 from local
funds, $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000
from other funds) for the University of the District of Co-
lumbia; $24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local
funds, $798,000 from Federal funds, and $245,000 from
other funds) for the Public Library; $2,111,000 (including
$1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000 from Federal
funds) 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 appro-
priation for official purposes: Provided further, That none
of the funds contained in this Act may be made available
to pay the salaries of any District of Columbia Public
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School teacher, principal, administrator, official, or em-
ployee who knowingly provides false enrollment or attend-
ance information under article II, section 5 of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for compulsory school attendance,
for the taking of a school census in the District of Colum-
bia, and for other purposes’’, approved February 4, 1925
(D.C. Code, sec. 31–401 et seq.): Provided further, That
this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the
education of any nonresident of the District of Columbia
at any District of Columbia public elementary and sec-
ondary school during fiscal year 2000 unless the non-
resident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate
that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by the Dis-
trict of Columbia which are attributable to the education
of the nonresident (as established by the Superintendent
of the District of Columbia Public Schools): Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall not be available to sub-
sidize the education of nonresidents of the District of Co-
lumbia at the University of the District of Columbia, un-
less the Board of Trustees of the University of the District
of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, 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 education in the metropolitan
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area: Provided further, That the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools shall not spend less than $365,500,000 on local
schools through the Weighted Student Formula in fiscal
year 2000: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Chief Financial Officer of the
District of Columbia shall apportion from the budget of
the District of Columbia Public Schools a sum totaling
5 percent of the total budget to be set aside until the cur-
rent student count for Public and Charter schools has
been completed, and that this amount shall be apportioned
between the Public and Charter schools based on their re-
spective student population count: Provided further, That
the District of Columbia Public Schools may spend
$500,000 to engage in a Schools Without Violence pro-
gram based on a model developed by the University of
North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,526,361,000 (including
$635,373,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided,
That $25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available solely for District
of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided
further, That a peer review committee shall be established
to review medical payments and the type of service re-
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ceived by a disability compensation claimant: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia shall not provide free
government services such as water, sewer, solid waste dis-
posal or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or simi-
lar services to any legally constituted private nonprofit or-
ganization, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485; Pub-
lic Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency
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.).
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,
$271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local funds,
$3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from
other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse
from hotels and places of business.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $342,077,000 (in-
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cluding $217,606,000 from local funds, $106,111,000
from Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of
Columbia within the various appropriation headings in
this Act for which employees are properly payable.
RESERVE
For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, $150,000,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (109
Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8), $3,140,000: Provided, That
none of the funds contained in this Act may be used to
pay any compensation of the Executive Director or Gen-
eral 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 2000 under section 102 of
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such Act, as determined by the Comptroller General (as
described in GAO letter report B–279095.2).
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, as amended, and that funds shall be allocated for
expenses
associated
with
the
Wilson
Building,
$328,417,000 from local funds: Provided, That for equip-
ment leases, the Mayor may finance $27,527,000 of equip-
ment 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 fur-
ther, That $5,300,000 is allocated to the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, $3,200,000 for the Fire and Emergency
Medical Services Department, $350,000 for the Depart-
ment of Corrections, $15,949,000 for the Department of
Public Works and $2,728,000 for the Public Benefit Cor-
poration.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30,
1990, $38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by sec-
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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,
$9,000,000 from local funds.
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.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For
optical
and
dental
insurance
payments,
$1,295,000 from local funds.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance
Authority,
shall
finance
projects
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds that result in cost savings or
additional revenues, by an amount equal to such financing:
Provided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the projects financed under this heading.
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PRODUCTIVITY BANK SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance
Authority,
shall
make
reductions
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds. The reductions are to be allo-
cated to projects funded through the Productivity Bank
that produce cost savings or additional revenues in an
amount equal to the Productivity Bank financing: Pro-
vided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the cost savings or additional revenues
funded under this heading.
PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions of $14,457,000
for general supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for
management reform savings, in local funds to one or more
of the appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That
the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
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and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after the end
of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the sta-
tus of the general supply schedule savings and manage-
ment reform savings projected under this heading.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and
the Washington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds
(including $236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Author-
ity and $43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of
which $35,222,000 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, $197,169,000, 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.
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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 and 1175; Public Law 97–91), for the pur-
pose 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.),
$234,400,000: 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,
$10,846,000 from other funds for expenses incurred by
the Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted
by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To Establish A District of
Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes’’ (62
Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2–301 et seq.) and the District
of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Public
Law 85–300; D.C. Code, sec. 2–321 et seq.): Provided,
That the Mayor shall submit a budget for the Armory
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Board for the forthcoming fiscal year as required by sec-
tion 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
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, $133,443,000 of which
$44,435,000 shall be derived by transfer from the general
fund and $89,008,000 from other funds.
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), $9,892,000 from the earnings of the applica-
ble 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-
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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: Provided further,
That section 121(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Retire-
ment Reform Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–711(c)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the total amount to which a member may
be entitled’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘the total amount to which a member may be enti-
tled under this subsection during a year (beginning with
1998) may not exceed $5,000, except that in the case of
the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the In-
vestment Committee of the Board, such amount may not
exceed $7,500 (beginning with 2000).’’.
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),
$1,810,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $50,226,000 from other funds.
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CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For construction projects, $1,260,524,000 of which
$929,450,000 is from local funds, $54,050,000 is from the
highway trust fund, and $277,024,000 is from Federal
funds, and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds
appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for
a net amount of $1,218,637,500 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That funds for use of each capital
project implementing agency shall be managed and con-
trolled in accordance with all procedures and limitations
established under the Financial Management System: Pro-
vided further, That all funds provided by this appropria-
tion title shall be available only for the specific projects
and purposes intended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the foregoing, all authorizations for capital out-
lay 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 appro-
priation title, shall expire on September 30, 2001, except
authorizations for projects as to which funds have been
obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30, 2001:
Provided further, That upon expiration of any such project
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authorization, the funds provided herein for the project
shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations con-
tained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the
designated certifying official, and the vouchers as ap-
proved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated
disbursing official.
SEC. 103. 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. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able, when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for
privately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the
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performance of official duties at rates established by the
Mayor: Provided, That such rates shall not exceed the
maximum prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed
in the Federal Property Management Regulations 101–7
(Federal Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. 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. 106. 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. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for the payment of public assistance without reference
to the requirement of section 544 of the District of Colum-
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bia Public Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 4–101; D.C.
Code, sec. 3–205.44), and for the payment of the non-
Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for grants
under subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
SEC. 108. 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. 109. 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. 110. 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 Subcommittee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia of the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
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of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and
the Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly au-
thorized representative.
SEC. 111. 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. 112. 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. 113. 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. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
proval from the Council of the District of Columbia, by
resolution, identifying the projects and amounts to be fi-
nanced with such borrowings.
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SEC. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses
of the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act
to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and Dis-
trict government agencies, that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, 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 expenditure
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 increased by Con-
gress in this 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
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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
per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not apply to
security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
SEC. 119. (a) CITY ADMINISTRATOR.—The last sen-
tence of section 422(7) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(7)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, not to exceed’’ and all that follows and inserting
a period.
(b) BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
OF REDEVELOPMENT
LAND AGENCY.—Section 1108(c)(2)(F) of the District of
Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel
Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–612.8(c)(2)(F)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
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‘‘(F) Redevelopment Land Agency board mem-
bers shall be paid per diem compensation at a rate
established by the Mayor, except that such rate may
not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
basic pay for level 15 of the District Schedule for
each day (including travel time) during which they
are engaged in the actual performance of their du-
ties.’’.
SEC. 120. 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. 121. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year
2000 revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter
of fiscal year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the
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budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be
used for the midyear report.
SEC. 122. 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. 123. 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-
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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. 124. 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. 125. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2000 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
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(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.
(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. 126. 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. 127. (a) The University of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
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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-
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;
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(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
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, 2000, a summary,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 128. Funds authorized or previously appro-
priated to the government of the District of Columbia by
this or any other Act to procure the necessary hardware
and installation of new software, conversion, testing, and
training to improve or replace its financial management
system are also available for the acquisition of accounting
and financial management services and the leasing of nec-
essary hardware, software or any other related goods or
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services, as determined by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds contained in this
Act may be made available to pay the fees of an attorney
who represents a party who prevails in an action, including
an administrative proceeding, brought against the District
of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the at-
torney exceeds 120 percent of the hourly rate of
compensation under section 11–2604(a), District of
Columbia Code; or
(2) the maximum amount of compensation of
the attorney exceeds 120 percent of the maximum
amount
of
compensation
under
section
11–
2604(b)(1), District of Columbia Code, except that
compensation and reimbursement in excess of such
maximum may be approved for extended or complex
representation
in
accordance
with
section
11–
2604(c), District of Columbia Code.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the
Mayor, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority and the Superintendent
of the District of Columbia Public Schools concur in a
Memorandum of Understanding setting forth a new rate
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and amount of compensation, then such new rates shall
apply in lieu of the rates set forth in the preceding sub-
section.
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
and Management Assistance Authority, 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—
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(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-
sibility center, agency reporting code, and object
class, and for all funds, including 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 agency reporting code, 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,
responsibility center, and agency reporting code; and
contract identifying codes used by the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools; 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 modifications, extensions, renewals; and
specific modifications made to each contract in the
last month;
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(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 1999, fiscal year 2000, and thereafter on full-
time equivalent basis, including a compilation of all
positions by control center, responsibility center,
funding source, position type, position title, pay
plan, grade, and annual salary; and
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(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, 1999, or
within 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, whichever 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-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the pub-
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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
Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the
Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of the District
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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) CEILING ON TOTAL OPERATING EX-
PENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the total amount appropriated in
this Act for operating expenses for the District of
Columbia for fiscal year 2000 under the heading
‘‘Division of Expenses’’ shall not exceed the lesser
of—
(A) the sum of the total revenues of the
District of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
(B)
$5,515,379,000
(of
which
$152,753,000 shall be from intra-District funds
and $3,113,854,000 shall be from local funds),
which amount may be increased by the fol-
lowing:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions,
which are expended for emergency or un-
anticipated operating or capital needs ap-
proved by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority; or
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(ii) after notification to the Council,
additional expenditures which the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia
certifies will produce additional revenues
during such fiscal year at least equal to
200 percent of such additional expendi-
tures, and that are approved by the Au-
thority.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Chief Financial Offi-
cer of the District of Columbia and the Authority
shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that
the District of Columbia meets the requirements of
this section, including the apportioning by the Chief
Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds
made available to the District during fiscal year
2000, except that the Chief Financial Officer may
not reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued
for capital projects.
(b) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS NOT IN-
CLUDED IN CEILING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, during a control year, as defined in sec-
tion 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial
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Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995 (Public Law 104–8; 109 Stat. 152), may ac-
cept, obligate, and expend Federal, private, and
other grants received by the District 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-
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
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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
than 15 days after the end of the quarter covered
by the report.
(c) 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, 1999, 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
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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 2000 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
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—
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(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
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
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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, 1999, an inventory, as of September 30, 1999,
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-
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 2000 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
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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 ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; in subsection
(b), by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; in sub-
section (i), by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and
in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting
‘‘2000’’.
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
(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
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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.
(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
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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—
(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
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(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
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.
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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(i) of the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8), as added by section 155
of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘( j) RESERVE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
2000, the plan or budget submitted pursuant to this
Act shall contain $150,000,000 for a reserve to be
established 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.
‘‘(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
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Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, but, in no case may any of
the reserve funds be expended until any other
surplus funds have been used;
‘‘(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 and
management reform savings.
‘‘(3) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—The Authority
shall notify the Appropriations Committees of both
the Senate and House of Representatives in writing
30 days in advance of any expenditure of the reserve
funds.’’.
(b) Section 202 of such Act (Public Law 104–8), as
amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(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
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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.’’.
SEC. 149. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or
within 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Of-
ficer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority a revised appropriated funds
operating budget for all agencies of the District of Colum-
bia government 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-per-
sonal-services, respectively, with anticipated actual ex-
penditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the District of Columbia government submitted pur-
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suant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
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, or for any payment to any individual or entity who
carries out such program.
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
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 of the funds contained in this
Act may be used to make rental payments under the
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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.
(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
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calendar quarter (beginning with the quarter ending
December 31, 1999) 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.
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 the District of Columbia government
(including any independent agency of the District) or to
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manage real property for the use of the District of Colum-
bia (including any independent agency of the District) un-
less 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-
mination during the 30-day 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-
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ernment Reform and Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a report which provides a com-
prehensive plan for the management of District of
Columbia real property assets, and are proceeding
with the implementation 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.
SEC. 153. Section 603(e)(2)(B) of the Student Loan
Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–293) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and public charter’’ after
‘‘public’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Of
such amounts and proceeds, $5,000,000 shall be set
aside for use as a credit enhancement fund for pub-
lic charter schools in the District of Columbia, with
the administration of the fund (including the making
of loans) to be carried out by the Mayor through a
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committee consisting of three individuals appointed
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and two
individuals appointed by the Public Charter School
Board established under section 2214 of the District
of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995.’’.
SEC. 154. The Mayor, District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and
the Superintendent of Schools shall implement a process
to dispose of excess public school real property within 90
days of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 155. Section 2003 of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2851) is amended by striking ‘‘during the
period’’ and ‘‘and ending 5 years after such date.’’.
SEC. 156. Section 2206(c) of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2853.16(c)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘, except that a preference in admission
may be given to an applicant who is a sibling of a student
already attending or selected for admission to the public
charter school in which the applicant is seeking enroll-
ment.’’.
SEC. 157. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—There is here-
by transferred from the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility
and
Management
Assistance
Authority
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(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to the District
of Columbia the sum of $18,000,000 for severance pay-
ments to individuals separated from employment during
fiscal year 2000 (under such terms and conditions as the
Mayor considers appropriate), expanded contracting au-
thority of the Mayor, and the implementation of a system
of managed competition among public and private pro-
viders of goods and services by and on behalf of the Dis-
trict of Columbia: Provided, That such funds shall be used
only in accordance with a plan agreed to by the Council
and the Mayor and approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further, That the Authority and the Mayor shall
coordinate the spending of funds for this program so that
continuous progress is made. The Authority shall release
said funds, on a quarterly basis, to reimburse such ex-
penses, so long as the Authority certifies that the expenses
reduce re-occurring future costs at an annual ratio of at
least 2 to 1 relative to the funds provided, and that the
program is in accordance with the best practices of munic-
ipal government.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The amount transferred
under subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned
on accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District
of Columbia.
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SEC. 158. (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’),
working with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Di-
rector of the National Park Service, shall carry out a
project to complete all design requirements and all re-
quirements for compliance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act for the construction of expanded lane
capacity for the Fourteenth Street Bridge.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS; TRANSFER.—For purposes
of carrying out the project under subsection (a), there is
hereby transferred to the Authority from the District of
Columbia dedicated highway fund established pursuant to
section 3(a) of the District of Columbia Emergency High-
way Relief Act (Public Law 104–21; D.C. Code, sec. 7–
134.2(a)) an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.
SEC. 159. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall carry out through the Army Corps
of Engineers, an Anacostia River environmental cleanup
program.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—There are hereby trans-
ferred to the Mayor from the escrow account held by the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority pursuant to section 134 of
division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
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Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277; 112 Stat. 2681–552), for infrastructure needs of the
District of Columbia, $5,000,000.
SEC. 160. (a) PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF ADMINIS-
TRATIVE COSTS FROM FUND.—Section 16(e) of the Vic-
tims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C.
Code, sec. 3–435(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and administrative costs nec-
essary to carry out this chapter’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, and no monies in the Fund may
be used for any other purpose.’’.
(b) MAINTENANCE OF FUND IN TREASURY OF THE
UNITED STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 16(a) of such Act
(D.C. Code, sec. 3–435(a)) is amended by striking
the second sentence and inserting the following:
‘‘The Fund shall be maintained as a separate fund
in the Treasury of the United States. All amounts
deposited to the credit of the Fund are appropriated
without fiscal year limitation to make payments as
authorized under subsection (e).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 16 of
such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3–435) is amended by
striking subsection (d).
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(c) DEPOSIT OF OTHER FEES AND RECEIPTS INTO
FUND.—Section 16(c) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3–
435(c)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘1997,’’ the second
place it appears the following: ‘‘any other fines, fees, pen-
alties, or assessments that the Court determines necessary
to carry out the purposes of the Fund,’’.
(d) ANNUAL TRANSFER
OF UNOBLIGATED BAL-
ANCES TO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS OF TREASURY.—
Section 16 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3–435), as amend-
ed by subsection (b)(2), is further amended by inserting
after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) Any unobligated balance existing in the Fund
in excess of $250,000 as of the end of each fiscal year
(beginning with fiscal year 2000) shall be transferred to
miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury of the United
States not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal
year.’’.
(e) RATIFICATION OF PAYMENTS AND DEPOSITS.—
Any payments made from or deposits made to the Crime
Victims Compensation Fund on or after April 9, 1997 are
hereby ratified, to the extent such payments and deposits
are authorized under the Victims of Violent Crime Com-
pensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Code, sec. 3–421 et seq.),
as amended by this section.
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SEC. 161. CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds con-
tained in this Act may be used after the expiration of the
60-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 any independent agency of the District) who has
not filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer
understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the
officer and their agency as a result of this Act.
SEC. 162. The proposed budget of the government
of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2001 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.
SEC. 163. 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.
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SEC. 164. (a) AUTHORIZING CORPS OF ENGINEERS
TO PERFORM REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.—In using
the funds made available under this Act for carrying out
improvements to the Southwest Waterfront in the District
of Columbia (including upgrading marina dock pilings and
paving and restoring walkways in the marina and fish
market areas) for the portions of Federal property in the
Southwest quadrant of the District of Columbia within
Lots 847 and 848, a portion of Lot 846, and the
unassessed Federal real property adjacent to Lot 848 in
Square 473, any entity of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (including the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority or its
designee) may place orders for engineering and construc-
tion and related services with the Chief of Engineers of
the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Chief
of Engineers may accept such orders on a reimbursable
basis and may provide any part of such services by con-
tract. In providing such services, the Chief of Engineers
shall follow the Federal Acquisition Regulations and the
implementing Department of Defense regulations.
(b) TIMING FOR AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS UNDER
1999 ACT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277;
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112 Stat. 2681–124) is amended in the item relat-
ing to ‘‘FEDERAL FUNDS—FEDERAL PAYMENT
FOR WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS’’—
(A) by striking ‘‘existing lessees’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘existing lessees
of the Marina’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the existing lessees’’ the
second place it appears and inserting ‘‘such les-
sees’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall
take effect as if included in the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1999.
(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS CAR-
RIED OUT THROUGH CORPS OF ENGINEERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby transferred
from the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority to the
Mayor the sum of $3,000,000 for carrying out the
improvements described in subsection (a) through
the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army
Corps of Engineers.
(2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The funds transferred
under paragraph (1) shall be derived from the es-
crow account held by the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance
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Authority pursuant to section 134 of division A of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277; 112 Stat. 2681–552), for infrastructure needs
of the District of Columbia.
(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROJECT.—The Mayor
shall submit reports to the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate on the status of the improve-
ments described in subsection (a) for each calendar quar-
ter occurring until the improvements are completed.
SEC. 165. It is the sense of the Congress that the
District of Columbia should not impose or take into con-
sideration any height, square footage, set-back, or other
construction or zoning requirements in authorizing the
issuance of industrial revenue bonds for a project of the
American National Red Cross at 2025 E Street North-
west, Washington, D.C., in as much as this project is sub-
ject to approval of the National Capital Planning Commis-
sion and the Commission of Fine Arts pursuant to section
11 of the joint resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to
grant authority for the erection of a permanent building
for the American National Red Cross, District of Colum-
bia Chapter, Washington, District of Columbia’’, approved
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July 1, 1947 (Public Law 100–637; 36 U.S.C. 300108
note).
SEC. 166. (a) PERMITTING COURT SERVICES AND
OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY TO CARRY OUT SEX
OFFENDER REGISTRATION.—Section 11233(c) of the Na-
tional Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
provement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24–1233(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(5)
SEX
OFFENDER
REGISTRATION.—The
Agency shall carry out sex offender registration
functions in the District of Columbia, and shall have
the authority to exercise all powers and functions re-
lating to sex offender registration that are granted
to the Agency under any District of Columbia law.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY DURING TRANSITION TO FULL OP-
ERATION OF AGENCY.—
(1) AUTHORITY
OF
PRETRIAL
SERVICES,
PA-
ROLE, ADULT PROBATION AND OFFENDER SUPER-
VISION
TRUSTEE.—Notwithstanding
section
11232(b)(1) of the National Capital Revitalization
and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997
(D.C. Code, sec. 24–1232(b)(1)), the Pretrial Serv-
ices, Parole, Adult Probation and Offender Super-
vision Trustee appointed under section 11232(a) of
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such Act (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Trustee’’)
shall, in accordance with section 11232 of such Act,
exercise the powers and functions of the Court Serv-
ices and Offender Supervision Agency for the Dis-
trict of Columbia (hereafter referred to as the
‘‘Agency’’) relating to sex offender registration (as
granted to the Agency under any District of Colum-
bia law) only upon the Trustee’s certification that
the Trustee is able to assume such powers and func-
tions.
(2) AUTHORITY OF METROPOLITAN POLICE DE-
PARTMENT.—During the period that begins on the
date of the enactment of the Sex Offender Registra-
tion Emergency Act of 1999 and ends on the date
the Trustee makes the certification described in
paragraph (1), the Metropolitan Police Department
of the District of Columbia shall have the authority
to carry out any powers and functions relating to
sex offender registration that are granted to the
Agency or to the Trustee under any District of Co-
lumbia law.
SEC. 167. (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-
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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 known as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No-
vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect.
SEC. 168. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby trans-
ferred from the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to the District of Columbia
the sum of $5,000,000 for the Mayor, in consultation with
the Council of the District of Columbia, to provide offsets
against local taxes for a commercial revitalization pro-
gram, such program to be available in enterprise zones
and low and moderate income areas in the District of Co-
lumbia: Provided, That in carrying out such a program,
the Mayor shall use Federal commercial revitalization pro-
posals introduced in Congress as a guideline.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The amount transferred
under subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned
on accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District
of Columbia.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
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House of Representatives on the progress made in car-
rying out the commercial revitalization program.
SEC. 169. Section 456 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (section 47–231 et seq. of the D.C. Code,
as added by the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–373)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Author-
ity’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’.
SEC. 170. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the
following:
(1) The District of Columbia has recently wit-
nessed a spate of senseless killings of innocent citi-
zens caught in the crossfire of shootings. A Justice
Department crime victimization survey found that
while the city saw a decline in the homicide rate be-
tween 1996 and 1997, the rate was the highest
among a dozen cities and more than double the sec-
ond highest city.
(2) The District of Columbia has not made ade-
quate funding available to fight drug abuse in recent
years, and the city has not deployed its resources as
effectively
as
possible.
In
fiscal
year
1998,
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$20,900,000 was spent on publicly funded drug
treatment in the District compared to $29,000,000
in fiscal year 1993. The District’s Addiction and
Prevention and Recovery Agency currently has only
2,200 treatment slots, a 50 percent drop from 1994,
with more than 1,100 people on waiting lists.
(3) The District of Columbia has seen a rash
of inmate escapes from halfway houses. According to
Department of Corrections records, between October
21, 1998 and January 19, 1999, 376 of the 1,125
inmates assigned to halfway houses walked away.
Nearly 280 of the 376 escapees were awaiting trial
including two charged with murder.
(4) The District of Columbia public schools sys-
tem faces serious challenges in correcting chronic
problems, particularly long-standing deficiencies in
providing special education services to the 1 in 10
District students needing program benefits, includ-
ing backlogged assessments, and repeated failure to
meet a compliance agreement on special education
reached with the Department of Education.
(5) Deficiencies in the delivery of basic public
services from cleaning streets to waiting time at De-
partment of Motor Vehicles to a rat population esti-
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mated earlier this year to exceed the human popu-
lation have generated considerable public frustration.
(6) Last year, the District of Columbia forfeited
millions of dollars in Federal grants after Federal
auditors determined that several agencies exceeded
grant restrictions and in other instances, failed to
spend funds before the grants expired.
(7) Findings of a 1999 report by the Annie E.
Casey Foundation that measured the well-being of
children reflected that, with one exception, the Dis-
trict ranked worst in the United States in every cat-
egory from infant mortality to the rate of teenage
births to statistics chronicling child poverty.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that in considering the District of Colum-
bia’s fiscal year 2001 budget, the Congress will take into
consideration progress or lack of progress in addressing
the following issues:
(1) Crime, including the homicide rate, imple-
mentation of community policing, the number of po-
lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of
open-air drug markets.
(2) Access to drug abuse treatment, including
the number of treatment slots, the number of people
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served, the number of people on waiting lists, and
the effectiveness of treatment programs.
(3) Management of parolees and pretrial violent
offenders, including the number of halfway house es-
capes and steps taken to improve monitoring and su-
pervision of halfway house residents to reduce the
number of escapes.
(4) Education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement.
(5) Improvement in basic city services, includ-
ing rat control and abatement.
(6) Application for and management of Federal
grants.
(7) Indicators of child well-being.
SEC. 171. The Mayor, prior to using Federal Med-
icaid payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals to
serve a small number of childless adults, should consider
the recommendations of the Health Care Development
Commission that has been appointed by the Council of the
District of Columbia to review this program, and consult
and report to Congress on the use of these funds.
SEC. 172. GAO STUDY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall—
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(1) conduct a study of the law enforcement,
court, prison, probation, parole, and other compo-
nents of the criminal justice system of the District
of Columbia, in order to identify the components
most in need of additional resources, including fi-
nancial, personnel, and management resources; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the results
of the study under paragraph (1).
SEC. 173. 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.
SEC. 174. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS.—(a) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 7 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service, shall—
(1) implement the notice of decision approved
by the National Capital Regional Director, dated
April 7, 1999, including the provisions of the notice
of decision concerning the issuance of right-of-way
permits at market rates; and
(2) expend such sums as are necessary to carry
out paragraph (1).
(b) ANTENNA APPLICATIONS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
after the receipt of an application, a Federal agency
that receives an application submitted after the en-
actment of this Act to locate a wireless communica-
tions antenna on Federal property in the District of
Columbia or surrounding area over which the Fed-
eral agency exercises control shall take final action
on the application, including action on the issuance
of right-of-way permits at market rates.
(2) EXISTING LAW.—Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to affect the applicability of exist-
ing laws regarding—
(A) judicial review under chapter 7 of title
5, United States Code (the Administrative Pro-
cedure Act), and the Communications Act of
1934;
(B) the National Environmental Policy
Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and
other applicable Federal statutes; and
(C) the authority of a State or local gov-
ernment or instrumentality thereof, including
the District of Columbia, in the placement, con-
struction, and modification of personal wireless
service facilities.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—TAX REDUCTION
SEC. 201. COMMENDING REDUCTION OF TAXES BY
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The Congress commends the
District of Columbia for its action to reduce taxes, and
ratifies D.C. Act 13–110 (commonly known as the Service
Improvement and Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Support Act
of 1999).
SEC. 202. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this
title may be construed to limit the ability of the Council
of the District of Columbia to amend or repeal any provi-
sion of law described in this title.
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, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for a program to be administered by the Mayor for District
of Columbia resident tuition support, subject to the enact-
ment of authorizing legislation for such program by Con-
gress, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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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 of 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: Provided further,
That if the authorized program is a nationwide program,
the Mayor may expend up to $17,000,000: Provided further,
That if the authorized program is for a limited number of
States, the Mayor may expend up to $11,000,000: Provided
further, That the District of Columbia may expend funds
other than the funds provided under this heading, including
local tax revenues and contributions, to support such pro-
gram.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF
CHILDREN
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 Sep-
tember 30, 2001 and shall be used in accordance with a
program established by the Mayor and the Council of the
District of Columbia and approved by the Committees on
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided further, That funds provided under this
heading may be used to cover the costs to the District of
Columbia of providing tax credits to offset the costs in-
curred by individuals in adopting children in the District
of Columbia foster care system and in providing for the
health care needs of such children, in accordance with legis-
lation enacted by the District of Columbia government.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW
BOARD
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for administrative expenses of the Citizen Complaint Re-
view Board, $500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2001.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES
For a Federal payment to the Department of Human
Services for a mentoring program and for hotline services,
$250,000.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia
Corrections Trustee, $176,000,000 for the administration
and operation of correctional facilities and for the adminis-
trative operating costs of the Office of the Corrections Trust-
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ee, as authorized by section 11202 of the National Capital
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of
1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712): Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated in this Act for the District of Columbia Corrections
Trustee shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and obligated and expended in the
same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and ex-
penses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That in
addition to the funds provided under this heading, the Dis-
trict of Columbia Corrections Trustee may use a portion
of the interest earned on the Federal payment made to the
Trustee under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
1998, (not to exceed $4,600,000) 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 Columbia
Courts, $99,714,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,209,000; for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Superior Court, $68,351,000; for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court System, $16,154,000; and
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That of the amounts available for
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operations of the District of Columbia Courts, not to exceed
$2,500,000 shall be for the design of an Integrated Justice
Information System and that such funds shall be used in
accordance with a plan and design developed by the courts
and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further,
That notwithstanding 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, with payroll
and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis
with the General Services Administration (GSA), said serv-
ices to include the preparation of monthly financial reports,
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 Committee on
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on
Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation pro-
vided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act),
payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Fam-
ily Division of the Superior Court of the District of Colum-
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bia 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 Proceedings, and Dura-
ble Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $33,336,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the funds provided
in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $8,000,000 pro-
vided under such heading for capital improvements for Dis-
trict of Columbia courthouse 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 Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia may use a portion (not to exceed
$1,200,000) of the interest earned on the Federal payment
made to the District of Columbia courts under the District
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, together with funds
provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment
to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than the
$8,000,000 provided under such heading for capital im-
provements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities),
to make payments described under this heading for obliga-
tions incurred during fiscal year 1999 if the Comptroller
General certifies that the amount of obligations lawfully in-
curred for such payments during fiscal year 1999 exceeds
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the obligational authority otherwise available for making
such payments: Provided further, That such funds shall be
administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis-
tration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro-
priation shall be apportioned 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 contractual basis with the General Serv-
ices Administration (GSA), said services to include the
preparation of monthly financial reports, 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 Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government
Reform of the House of Representatives.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, (Public Law
105–33; 111 Stat. 712), $93,800,000, of which $58,600,000
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shall be for necessary expenses of Parole Revocation, Adult
Probation, Offender Supervision, and Sex Offender Reg-
istration, to include expenses relating to supervision of
adults subject to protection orders or provision of services
for or related to such persons; $17,400,000 shall be available
to the Public Defender Service; and $17,800,000 shall be
available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That
notwithstanding 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 sala-
ries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, $20,492,000 shall be used in support of universal drug
screening and testing for those individuals on pretrial, pro-
bation, or parole supervision with continued testing, inter-
mediate sanctions, and treatment for those identified in
need, of which $7,000,000 shall be for treatment services.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $2,500,000 for
construction, renovation, and information technology infra-
structure costs associated with establishing community pe-
diatric health clinics for high risk children in medically un-
derserved areas of the District of Columbia.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT
For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department,
$1,000,000, for a program to eliminate open air drug traf-
ficking in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the
Chief of Police shall provide quarterly reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives by the 15th calendar day after the end of each
quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the
project financed under this heading.
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 gen-
eral fund of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise
specifically provided.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000
(including $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000 from
Federal funds, and $13,552,000 from other funds): Pro-
vided, 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 fur-
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ther, That any program fees collected from the issuance of
debt shall be available for the payment of expenses of the
debt management program of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall
be used to support the operations or activities of the State-
hood Commission and Statehood Compact Commission:
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall iden-
tify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from
its own locally-generated revenues: 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 now or hereafter enacted, no Member
of the District of Columbia Council eligible to earn a part-
time salary of $92,520, exclusive of the Council Chairman,
shall be paid a salary of more than $84,635 during fiscal
year 2000.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000 from
Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds), of which
$15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia 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.),
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and the Business Improvement Districts Temporary
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23): Provided, That
such funds are available for acquiring services provided by
the General Services Administration: Provided further,
That Business Improvement Districts shall be exempt 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, in-
cluding 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the 
current 
fiscal 
year, 
$778,770,000 
(including
$565,511,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal
funds, and $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That
the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace
not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the De-
partment of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the
District of Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed
five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost
of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of
the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation
for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of
crime: Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police De-
partment shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and improve the pro-
fessionalism in the department: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order
86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police De-
partment’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 reimburse
the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses in-
curred in connection with services that are performed 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 payable for these serv-
ices by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard: Provided 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 emergency services involved: Pro-
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vided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department is
authorized to maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave for
a 50 officer attrition: Provided further, That no more than
15 members of the Metropolitan 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 inmates released on medical and geri-
atric parole: Provided further, That commencing on Decem-
ber 31, 1999, the Metropolitan Police Department shall pro-
vide to the Committees 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 Colum-
bia: Provided further, That up to $700,000 in local funds
shall be available for the operations of the Citizen Com-
plaint Review Board.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (includ-
ing $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds), to be allo-
cated as follows: $713,197,000 (including $600,936,000
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from local funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds, and
$6,048,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers’ 
Retirement 
Fund;
$17,000,000 from local funds, previously appropriated in
this Act as a Federal payment, for resident tuition support
at public and private institutions of higher learning for eli-
gible District of Columbia residents; $27,885,000 from local
funds for public charter schools: Provided, That if the en-
tirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments
to any public charter schools currently in operation through
the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall be available
for new public charter schools on a per pupil basis: Pro-
vided further, That $480,000 of this amount shall be avail-
able to the District of Columbia Public Charter School
Board for administrative costs; $72,347,000 (including
$40,491,000 from local funds, $13,536,000 from Federal
funds, and $18,320,000 from other funds) for the University
of the District of Columbia; $24,171,000 (including
$23,128,000 from local funds, $798,000 from Federal funds,
and $245,000 from other funds) for the Public Library;
$2,111,000 (including $1,707,000 from local funds and
$404,000 from Federal funds) for the Commission on the
Arts and Humanities: Provided further, That the public
schools of the District of Columbia are authorized to accept
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not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driv-
er 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 further, That
none of the funds contained in this Act may be made avail-
able to pay the salaries of any District of Columbia Public
School teacher, principal, administrator, official, or em-
ployee who knowingly provides false enrollment or attend-
ance information under article II, section 5 of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘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.): Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall not be available to subsidize the education
of any nonresident of the District of Columbia at any Dis-
trict of Columbia public elementary and secondary school
during fiscal year 2000 unless the nonresident pays tuition
to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent
of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia which are
attributable to the education of the nonresident (as estab-
lished by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of non-
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residents of the District of Columbia at the University of
the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of
the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, a tuition rate sched-
ule that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident stu-
dents 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 the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall not spend less
than $365,500,000 on local schools through the Weighted
Student Formula in fiscal year 2000: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall appor-
tion from the budget of the District of Columbia Public
Schools a sum totaling 5 percent of the total budget to be
set aside until the current student count for Public and
Charter schools has been completed, and that this amount
shall be apportioned between the Public and Charter schools
based on their respective student population count: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia Public Schools
may spend $500,000 to engage in a Schools Without Vio-
lence program based on a model developed by the University
of North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,526,361,000 (including
$635,373,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Federal
funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided, That
$25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain available
until expended, shall be available solely for District of Co-
lumbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided fur-
ther, That a peer review committee shall be established to
review medical payments and the type of service received
by a disability compensation claimant: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia shall not provide free govern-
ment services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or
collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar serv-
ices to any legally constituted private nonprofit organiza-
tion, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law
100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency shelter
services in the District, if the District would not be quali-
fied to receive reimbursement pursuant to such Act (101
Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-car-
rying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia 
and 
leasing 
of 
passenger-carrying 
vehicles,
100
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$271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local funds,
$3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from other
funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from
hotels and places of business.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $342,077,000 (in-
cluding $217,606,000 from local funds, $106,111,000 from
Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia within the various appropriation headings in this
Act for which employees are properly payable.
RESERVE
For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, $150,000,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
101
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bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (109 Stat.
97; Public Law 104–8), $3,140,000: Provided, 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 dur-
ing fiscal year 2000 under section 102 of such Act, as deter-
mined by the Comptroller General (as described in GAO
letter report B–279095.2).
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees di-
rectly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia
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, as amended,
and that funds shall be allocated for expenses associated
with the Wilson Building, $328,417,000 from local funds:
Provided, That for equipment leases, the Mayor may fi-
nance $27,527,000 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 $5,300,000 is allocated to
the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,200,000 for the
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department,
$350,000 for the Department of Corrections, $15,949,000 for
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the Department of Public Works and $2,728,000 for the
Public Benefit Corporation.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 gen-
eral fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990,
$38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by section
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,
$9,000,000 from local funds.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certificates
of Participation involving the land site underlying the
building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000 from
local funds.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For 
optical 
and 
dental 
insurance 
payments,
$1,295,000 from local funds.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance 
Authority, 
shall 
finance 
projects 
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds that result in cost savings or
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additional revenues, by an amount equal to such financing:
Provided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on
the status of the projects financed under this heading.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance 
Authority, 
shall 
make 
reductions 
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds. The reductions are to be allo-
cated to projects funded through the Productivity Bank that
produce cost savings or additional revenues in an amount
equal to the Productivity Bank financing: Provided, That
the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate by the 15th calendar day after the end of each quar-
ter beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the cost
savings or additional revenues funded under this heading.
PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions of $14,457,000 for
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general supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for man-
agement reform savings, in local funds to one or more of
the appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That the
Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate by the 15th calendar day after the end of each quar-
ter beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the gen-
eral supply schedule savings and management reform sav-
ings projected under this heading.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and
the Washington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds
(including $236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority
and $43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of which
$35,222,000 shall be apportioned and payable to the Dis-
trict’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and interest
incurred for capital improvement projects.
For construction projects, $197,169,000, as authorized
by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the laying of
watermains and service sewers in the District of Columbia,
the levying of assessments therefor, and for other purposes’’
(33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code, sec. 43–1512
et seq.): Provided, That the requirements and restrictions
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that are applicable to general fund capital improvements
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 and 1175; Public Law 97–91), for the purpose
of implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Num-
bers 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.), $234,400,000:
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall identify the
source of funding for this appropriation title from the Dis-
trict’s own locally generated revenues: Provided further,
That no revenues from Federal sources shall be used to sup-
port the operations or activities of the Lottery and Chari-
table Games Control Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$10,846,000 from other funds for expenses incurred by the
Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted by the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act To Establish A District of Columbia
Armory Board, and for other purposes’’ (62 Stat. 339; D.C.
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Code, sec. 2–301 et seq.) and the District of Columbia Sta-
dium Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Public Law 85–300; D.C.
Code, sec. 2–321 et seq.): Provided, That the Mayor shall
submit a budget for the Armory Board for the forthcoming
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
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, $133,443,000 of which
$44,435,000 shall be derived by transfer from the general
fund and $89,008,000 from other funds.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, estab-
lished by section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement
Reform Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1–711),
$9,892,000 from the earnings of the applicable retirement
funds to pay legal, management, investment, and other fees
and administrative expenses of the District of Columbia Re-
tirement Board: Provided, That the District of Columbia
Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and to the
Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report of
the allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of
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all funds: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal
to the Council of the District of Columbia, an itemized ac-
counting 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 re-
port: Provided further, That section 121(c)(1) of the District
of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–
711(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘the total amount to
which a member may be entitled’’ and all that follows and
inserting the following: ‘‘the total amount to which a mem-
ber may be entitled under this subsection during a year
(beginning with 1998) may not exceed $5,000, except that
in the case of the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman
of the Investment Committee of the Board, such amount
may not exceed $7,500 (beginning with 2000).’’.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establish-
ment Act (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88–622), $1,810,000
from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $50,226,000 from other funds.
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CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For construction projects, $1,260,524,000 of which
$929,450,000 is from local funds, $54,050,000 is from the
highway trust fund, and $277,024,000 is from Federal
funds, and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds ap-
propriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a
net amount of $1,218,637,500 to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for use of each capital project
implementing agency shall be managed and controlled in
accordance with all procedures and limitations established
under the Financial Management System: Provided further,
That all funds provided by this appropriation title shall
be available only for the specific projects and purposes in-
tended: Provided further, That notwithstanding the fore-
going, all authorizations for capital outlay projects, except
those projects covered by the first sentence of section 23(a)
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Pub-
lic Law 90–495; D.C. Code, sec. 7–134, note), for which
funds are provided by this appropriation title, shall expire
on September 30, 2001, except authorizations for projects
as to which funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to September 30, 2001: Provided further, That upon
expiration of any such project authorization, the funds pro-
vided herein for the project shall lapse.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations con-
tained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the
designated certifying official, and the vouchers as approved
shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing
official.
SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects
of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified,
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. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able, when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for pri-
vately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the per-
formance of official duties at rates established by the Mayor:
Provided, That such rates shall not exceed the maximum
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prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed in the Fed-
eral Property Management Regulations 101–7 (Federal
Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organi-
zations 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 authorization of the chair of the
Council.
SEC. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia 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 Colum-
bia government: Provided, That nothing contained in this
section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the pro-
visions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Co-
lumbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (70 Stat.
78; Public Law 84–460; D.C. Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for the payment of public assistance without reference to
the requirement of section 544 of the District of Columbia
Public Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 4–101; D.C. Code,
sec. 3–205.44), and for the payment of the non-Federal
share of funds necessary to qualify for grants under subtitle
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A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994.
SEC. 108. 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. 109. 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. Noth-
ing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school
buildings for the use of any community or partisan polit-
ical group during non-school hours.
SEC. 110. 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 Subcommittee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia of the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the
Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly author-
ized representative.
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SEC. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary 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. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be used
for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of
any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.
SEC. 113. 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 com-
pared with projections.
SEC. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
proval from the Council of the District of Columbia, by reso-
lution, identifying the projects and amounts to be financed
with such borrowings.
SEC. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses of
the District of Columbia government.
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SEC. 116. 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 2000, 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 expenditure for an
agency through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) cre-
ates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or
responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes allocations
specifically denied, limited or increased by Congress in this
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) reestablishes through re-
programming 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) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
assigned to a specific program, project, or responsibility
center; unless the Appropriations Committees 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.
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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 Agency esti-
mated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per
gallon: Provided, That this section shall not apply to secu-
rity, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
SEC. 119. (a) CITY ADMINISTRATOR.—The last sen-
tence of section 422(7) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(7)) is amended by striking
‘‘, not to exceed’’ and all that follows and inserting a period.
(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REDEVELOPMENT LAND
AGENCY.—Section 1108(c)(2)(F) of the District of Colum-
bia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of
1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–612.8(c)(2)(F)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(F) Redevelopment Land Agency board mem-
bers shall be paid per diem compensation at a rate
established by the Mayor, except that such rate may
not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
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basic pay for level 15 of the District Schedule for each
day (including travel time) during which they are en-
gaged in the actual performance of their duties.’’.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–
139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant 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 compensation of
District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay
purposes, employees of the District of Columbia government
shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 121. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2000
revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal
year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the budget re-
quest for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the
midyear report.
SEC. 122. No sole source contract with the District of
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
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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 determina-
tion as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process
has been made in accordance with duly promulgated rules
and procedures and said determination has been reviewed
and approved by the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 123. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Pub-
lic Law 99–177), the term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to each ac-
count appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any
sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts
rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Pro-
vided, 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. 124. 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 Columbia
for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the District
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 Treas-
ury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: Provided,
That the sequestration percentage specified in the order
shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal ap-
propriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically
exempted from sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 125. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2000 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 government
shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance
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. 126. 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 of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C.
Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–113(d)).
SEC. 127. (a) The University of the District of Colum-
bia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Author-
ity 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 obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
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center, and object class, and for all funds, non-appro-
priated 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 object,
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 Columbia;
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 modifications, exten-
sions, renewals; and specific modifications made to
each contract in the last month;
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports that
have been made by the University of the District of
Columbia within the last quarter in compliance with
applicable law; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the orga-
nizational structure of the University of the District
of Columbia, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
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ganizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
(b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall
provide the Congress by February 1, 2000, a summary,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 128. Funds authorized or previously appro-
priated to the government of the District of Columbia by
this or any other Act to procure the necessary hardware
and installation of new software, conversion, testing, and
training to improve or replace its financial management
system are also available for the acquisition of accounting
and financial management services and the leasing of nec-
essary hardware, software or any other related goods or
services, as determined by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act
may be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who
represents a party who prevails in an action, including an
administrative proceeding, brought against the District of
Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attor-
ney exceeds 120 percent of the hourly rate of com-
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pensation under section 11–2604(a), District of Co-
lumbia Code; or
(2) the maximum amount of compensation of the
attorney exceeds 120 percent of the maximum amount
of compensation under section 11–2604(b)(1), District
of Columbia Code, except that compensation and re-
imbursement in excess of such maximum may be ap-
proved for extended or complex representation in ac-
cordance with section 11–2604(c), District of Colum-
bia Code.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the
Mayor, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority and the Superintendent
of the District of Columbia Public Schools concur in a
Memorandum of Understanding setting forth a new rate
and amount of compensation, then such new rates shall
apply in lieu of the rates set forth in the preceding sub-
section.
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
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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, cohabiting
couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), in-
cluding but not limited to registration for the purpose of
extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to
such couples on the same basis that such benefits are ex-
tended 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
and Management Assistance Authority, 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 obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget, bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
center, agency reporting code, and object class, and
for all funds, including 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 object,
and agency reporting code, and for all funding
sources;
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(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, re-
sponsibility center, and agency reporting code; and
contract identifying codes used by the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools; payments made in the last
quarter and year-to-date, the total amount of the con-
tract and total payments made for the contract and
any modifications, extensions, renewals; and 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 orga-
nizational structure of the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
ganizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
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-
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rate and verifiable report on the positions and employees
in the public school system and the university, respectively.
The annual report shall set forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A positions
in the District of Columbia public schools and the
University of the District of Columbia for fiscal year
1999, fiscal year 2000, and thereafter on full-time
equivalent basis, including a compilation of all posi-
tions by control center, responsibility center, funding
source, position type, position title, pay plan, grade,
and annual salary; and
(2) a compilation of all employees in the District
of Columbia public schools and the University of the
District of Columbia as of the preceding December 31,
verified as to its accuracy in accordance with the
functions that each employee actually performs, by
control center, responsibility center, agency reporting
code, program (including funding source), activity,
location for accounting purposes, job title, grade and
classification, annual salary, and position control
number.
(b) SUBMISSION.—The annual report required by sub-
section (a) of this section shall be submitted to the Congress,
the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Consensus
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Commission, and the Authority, not later than February
15 of each year.
SEC. 134. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or with-
in 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, and each succeeding year, the
Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools
and the University of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the
District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission,
and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, a revised appropriated
funds operating budget for the public school system and the
University of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year
that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation
and that realigns budgeted data for personal services and
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated
actual expenditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools and the University of the District of Columbia sub-
mit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion
in the Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the District
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of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 135. The District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility 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 Uni-
versity 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 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) CEILING ON TOTAL OPERATING EX-
PENSES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the total amount appropriated in
this Act for operating expenses for the District of Co-
lumbia for fiscal year 2000 under the heading ‘‘Divi-
sion of Expenses’’ shall not exceed the lesser of—
(A) the sum of the total revenues of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
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(B) $5,515,379,000 (of which $152,753,000
shall 
be 
from 
intra-District 
funds 
and
$3,113,854,000 shall be from local funds), which
amount may be increased by the following:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions,
which are expended for emergency or unan-
ticipated operating or capital needs ap-
proved by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority; or
(ii) after notification to the Council,
additional expenditures which the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia
certifies will produce additional revenues
during such fiscal year at least equal to 200
percent of such additional expenditures, and
that are approved by the Authority.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia and the Authority shall
take such steps as are necessary to assure that the
District of Columbia meets the requirements of this
section, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made
available to the District during fiscal year 2000, ex-
cept that the Chief Financial Officer may not repro-
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gram for operating expenses any funds derived from
bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital
projects.
(b) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS NOT INCLUDED
IN CEILING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, during a control year, as defined in sec-
tion 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995
(Public Law 104–8; 109 Stat. 152), may accept, obli-
gate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants
received by the District government that are not re-
flected in the amounts appropriated in this Act.
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
REPORT AND AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such Fed-
eral, private, or other grant may be accepted, obli-
gated, or expended pursuant to paragraph (1) until—
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia submits to the Authority a re-
port setting forth detailed information regarding
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
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approval procedures consistent with the provi-
sions of the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995.
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPATION
OF APPROVAL OR RECEIPT.—No amount may be obli-
gated or expended from the general fund or other
funds of the District government in anticipation of
the approval or receipt of a grant under paragraph
(2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipation of the ap-
proval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant
not subject to such paragraph.
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall prepare a
quarterly report setting forth detailed information re-
garding all Federal, private, and other grants subject
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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, not later than 15 days
after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
(c) 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, 1999, the Authority shall
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submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on
Government Reform of the House, and the Committee on
Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing an itemized
accounting of all non-appropriated funds obligated or ex-
pended by the Authority for the quarter. The report shall
include information on the date, amount, purpose, and ven-
dor name, and a description of the services or goods pro-
vided with respect to the expenditures of such funds.
SEC. 137. If a department or agency of the government
of the District of Columbia is under the administration of
a court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed official
during fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year, the
receiver or official shall prepare and submit to the Mayor,
for inclusion in the annual budget of the District of Colum-
bia for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures and
appropriations necessary for the maintenance and oper-
ation of the department or agency. All such estimates shall
be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council, for its action
pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of the District of Co-
lumbia 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 comment or make
recommendations concerning such annual estimates but
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shall have no authority under such Act to revise such esti-
mates.
SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of Co-
lumbia public schools shall be—
(1) classified as an Educational Service em-
ployee;
(2) placed under the personnel authority of the
Board of Education; and
(3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
(b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate
competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall
not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
SEC. 139. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL VE-
HICLES.—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 of the
District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the offi-
cer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance
of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For purposes
of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and
workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer or employee
of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the
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District of Columbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief
of the Department; (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief,
an officer or employee of the District 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 Chair-
man of the Council of the District of Columbia).
(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit, by Novem-
ber 15, 1999, an inventory, as of September 30, 1999, of
all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District of Co-
lumbia government. The inventory shall include, but not
be limited to, the department to which the vehicle is as-
signed; 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 District
officer or employee and if so, the officer or employee’s title
and resident location.
SEC. 140. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES
DETAILED WITHIN GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of deter-
mining the amount of funds expended by any entity within
the District of Columbia government during fiscal year
2000 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expenditures of
the District government attributable to any officer or em-
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ployee of the District government who provides services
which are within the authority and jurisdiction of the enti-
ty (including any portion of the compensation paid to the
officer or employee attributable to the time spent in pro-
viding such services) shall be treated as expenditures made
from the entity’s budget, without regard to whether the offi-
cer or employee is assigned to the entity or otherwise 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 ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (b), by
striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (i), by
striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and in subsection
(k), by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
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 Education,
or its successor, and DCPS shall assess or evaluate a
student who may have a disability and who may re-
quire 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 Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat. 175;
20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C.
706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that student
in an appropriate program of special education serv-
ices.
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 avail-
able in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving the assistance should, in expending
the assistance, purchase only American-made equip-
ment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance using funds made
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available in this Act, the head of each agency of the
Federal or District of Columbia government shall pro-
vide to each recipient of the assistance a notice de-
scribing 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 agen-
cy that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing 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 contract or sub-
contract made with funds made available in this Act, pur-
suant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility proce-
dures 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 District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia pursuant to section
208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procurement
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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 appropria-
tions 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 approval
by the Authority of the required reorganization plans.
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments
for evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees
shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining pur-
poses.
SEC. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel
or any other officer or entity of the District government
to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action
which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting rep-
resentation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
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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 Bureau
of Prisons classification instrument, to the Northeast Ohio
Correctional Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
SEC. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8), as added by section 155
of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘( j) RESERVE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
2000, the plan or budget submitted pursuant to this
Act shall contain $150,000,000 for a reserve to be es-
tablished by the Mayor, Council of the District of Co-
lumbia, Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia, and the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
‘‘(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, but, in no case may any of
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the reserve funds be expended until any other
surplus funds have been used;
‘‘(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 government
for general supply schedule savings and manage-
ment reform savings.
‘‘(3) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—The Authority
shall notify the Appropriations Committees of both
the Senate and House of Representatives in writing
30 days in advance of any expenditure of the reserve
funds.’’.
(b) Section 202 of such Act (Public Law 104–8), as
amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(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 expendi-
tures for the following fiscal year.
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‘‘(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 Columbia.’’.
SEC. 149. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or with-
in 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority a revised appropriated funds operating
budget for all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment for such fiscal year that is in the total amount of
the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted
data for personal services and other-than-personal-services,
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the District of Columbia government submitted pursu-
ant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
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SEC. 150. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used for any program of distributing sterile needles 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 Columbia gov-
ernment (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 Mayor for Economic
Development, in an indexed registry available for public in-
spection.
(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 of 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
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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 in-
volved.
(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 occu-
pying and utilizing the property (including con-
struction or renovation work) or a status state-
ment regarding any efforts by the District to ter-
minate or renegotiate the lease.
(2) TIMING OF REPORTS.—The reports described
in paragraph (1) shall be submitted for each calendar
quarter (beginning with the quarter ending December
31, 1999) not later than 20 days after the end of the
quarter involved, plus an initial report submitted not
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later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, which shall provide information 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 property
by the District of Columbia government (including
any independent agency of the District) which is not
being occupied by the District government (including
any independent agency of the District) as of such
date or during the 60-day period which begins on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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 independent agen-
cy of the District) or to purchase real property for the use
of the District of Columbia government (including any
independent agency of the District) or to manage real prop-
erty for the use of the District of Columbia (including any
independent agency of the District) unless the following con-
ditions are met:
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(1) The Mayor and Council of the District of Co-
lumbia certify to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate that exist-
ing real property available to the District (whether
leased or owned by the District government) is not
suitable for the purposes intended.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
there is made available for sale or lease all real prop-
erty 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 mem-
bers of the Council override the Mayor’s determina-
tion during the 30-day 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 and Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate a report which provides a com-
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prehensive plan for the management of District of Co-
lumbia real property assets, and are proceeding with
the implementation of the plan.
(b) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS.—If the District of
Columbia enacts legislation to reform the practices and pro-
cedures governing the entering into of leases for the use of
real property by the District of Columbia government and
the disposition of surplus real property of the District gov-
ernment, the provisions of subsection (a) shall cease to be
effective upon the effective date of the legislation.
SEC. 153. Section 603(e)(2)(B) of the Student Loan
Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–293) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and public charter’’ after ‘‘pub-
lic’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Of such
amounts and proceeds, $5,000,000 shall be set aside
for use as a credit enhancement fund for public char-
ter schools in the District of Columbia, with the ad-
ministration of the fund (including the making of
loans) to be carried out by the Mayor through a com-
mittee consisting of three individuals appointed by
the Mayor of the District of Columbia and two indi-
viduals appointed by the Public Charter School
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Board established under section 2214 of the District
of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995.’’.
SEC. 154. The Mayor, District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and
the Superintendent of Schools shall implement a process to
dispose of excess public school real property within 90 days
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 155. Section 2003 of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2851) is amended by striking ‘‘during the pe-
riod’’ and ‘‘and ending 5 years after such date.’’.
SEC. 156. Section 2206(c) of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2853.16(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘, except that a preference in admission may
be given to an applicant who is a sibling of a student al-
ready attending or selected for admission to the public char-
ter school in which the applicant is seeking enrollment.’’.
SEC. 157. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—There is hereby
transferred from the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority (here-
after referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to the District of Co-
lumbia the sum of $18,000,000 for severance payments to
individuals separated from employment during fiscal year
2000 (under such terms and conditions as the Mayor con-
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siders appropriate), expanded contracting authority of the
Mayor, and the implementation of a system of managed
competition among public and private providers of goods
and services by and on behalf of the District of Columbia:
Provided, That such funds shall be used only in accordance
with a plan agreed to by the Council and the Mayor and
approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further,
That the Authority and the Mayor shall coordinate the
spending of funds for this program so that continuous
progress is made. The Authority shall release said funds,
on a quarterly basis, to reimburse such expenses, so long
as the Authority certifies that the expenses reduce re-occur-
ring future costs at an annual ratio of at least 2 to 1 rel-
ative to the funds provided, and that the program is in ac-
cordance with the best practices of municipal government.
(b) SOURCE
OF FUNDS.—The amount transferred
under subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned
on accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District
of Columbia.
SEC. 158. (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’), working
with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Director of the
National Park Service, shall carry out a project to complete
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all design requirements and all requirements for compliance
with the National Environmental Policy Act for the con-
struction of expanded lane capacity for the Fourteenth
Street Bridge.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS; TRANSFER.—For purposes of
carrying out the project under subsection (a), there is hereby
transferred to the Authority from the District of Columbia
dedicated highway fund established pursuant to section 3(a)
of the District of Columbia Emergency Highway Relief Act
(Public Law 104–21; D.C. Code, sec. 7–134.2(a)) an
amount not to exceed $5,000,000.
SEC. 159. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall carry out through the Army Corps
of Engineers, an Anacostia River environmental cleanup
program.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—There are hereby transferred
to the Mayor from the escrow account held by the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority pursuant to section 134 of division A
of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.
2681–552), for infrastructure needs of the District of Co-
lumbia, $5,000,000.
SEC. 160. (a) PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COSTS FROM FUND.—Section 16(e) of the Victims of
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Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Code, sec.
3–435(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and administrative costs nec-
essary to carry out this chapter’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, and no monies in the Fund may
be used for any other purpose.’’.
(b) MAINTENANCE OF FUND IN TREASURY OF THE
UNITED STATES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 16(a) of such Act
(D.C. Code, sec. 3–435(a)) is amended by striking the
second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The
Fund shall be maintained as a separate fund in the
Treasury of the United States. All amounts deposited
to the credit of the Fund are appropriated without
fiscal year limitation to make payments as author-
ized under subsection (e).’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 16 of
such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3–435) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (d).
(c) DEPOSIT OF OTHER FEES AND RECEIPTS INTO
FUND.—Section 16(c) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3–435(c))
is amended by inserting after ‘‘1997,’’ the second place it
appears the following: ‘‘any other fines, fees, penalties, or
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assessments that the Court determines necessary to carry
out the purposes of the Fund,’’.
(d) ANNUAL TRANSFER OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES
TO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS OF TREASURY.—Section 16
of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3–435), as amended by sub-
section (b)(2), is further amended by inserting after sub-
section (c) the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) Any unobligated balance existing in the Fund in
excess of $250,000 as of the end of each fiscal year (begin-
ning with fiscal year 2000) shall be transferred to miscella-
neous receipts of the Treasury of the United States not later
than 30 days after the end of the fiscal year.’’.
(e) RATIFICATION OF PAYMENTS AND DEPOSITS.—Any
payments made from or deposits made to the Crime Victims
Compensation Fund on or after April 9, 1997 are hereby
ratified, to the extent such payments and deposits are au-
thorized under the Victims of Violent Crime Compensation
Act of 1996 (D.C. Code, sec. 3–421 et seq.), as amended by
this section.
SEC. 161. CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds con-
tained in this Act may be used after the expiration of the
60-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 (includ-
ing any independent agency of the District) who has not
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filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer under-
stands the duties and restrictions applicable to the officer
and their agency as a result of this Act.
SEC. 162. The proposed budget of the government of
the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2001 that is sub-
mitted by the District to Congress shall specify potential
adjustments that might become necessary in the event that
the management savings achieved by the District during the
year do not meet the level of management savings projected
by the District under the proposed budget.
SEC. 163. In submitting any document showing the
budget for an office of the District of Columbia government
(including an independent agency of the District) that con-
tains a category of activities labeled as ‘‘other’’, ‘‘miscella-
neous’’, or a similar general, nondescriptive term, the docu-
ment 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. 164. (a) AUTHORIZING CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO
PERFORM REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.—In using the
funds made available under this Act for carrying out im-
provements to the Southwest Waterfront in the District of
Columbia (including upgrading marina dock pilings and
paving and restoring walkways in the marina and fish
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market areas) for the portions of Federal property in the
Southwest quadrant of the District of Columbia within Lots
847 and 848, a portion of Lot 846, and the unassessed Fed-
eral real property adjacent to Lot 848 in Square 473, any
entity of the District of Columbia government (including
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority or its designee) may
place orders for engineering and construction and related
services with the Chief of Engineers of the United States
Army Corps of Engineers. The Chief of Engineers may ac-
cept such orders on a reimbursable basis and may provide
any part of such services by contract. In providing such
services, the Chief of Engineers shall follow the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulations and the implementing Department of
Defense regulations.
(b) TIMING FOR AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS UNDER 1999
ACT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112
Stat. 2681–124) is amended in the item relating to
‘‘FEDERAL FUNDS—FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR WA-
TERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS’’—
(A) by striking ‘‘existing lessees’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘existing lessees of
the Marina’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘the existing lessees’’ the sec-
ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘such les-
sees’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall take
effect as if included in the District of Columbia Ap-
propriations Act, 1999.
(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS CAR-
RIED OUT THROUGH CORPS OF ENGINEERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby transferred
from the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority to the
Mayor the sum of $3,000,000 for carrying out the im-
provements described in subsection (a) through the
Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps
of Engineers.
(2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The funds transferred
under paragraph (1) shall be derived from the escrow
account held by the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority
pursuant to section 134 of division A of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.
2681–552), for infrastructure needs of the District of
Columbia.
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(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROJECT.—The Mayor
shall submit reports to the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate on the status of the improvements
described in subsection (a) for each calendar quarter occur-
ring until the improvements are completed.
SEC. 165. It is the sense of the Congress that the Dis-
trict of Columbia should not impose or take into consider-
ation any height, square footage, set-back, or other construc-
tion or zoning requirements in authorizing the issuance of
industrial revenue bonds for a project of the American Na-
tional Red Cross at 2025 E Street Northwest, Washington,
D.C., in as much as this project is subject to approval of
the National Capital Planning Commission and the Com-
mission of Fine Arts pursuant to section 11 of the joint
resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to grant authority for
the erection of a permanent building for the American Na-
tional Red Cross, District of Columbia Chapter, Wash-
ington, District of Columbia’’, approved July 1, 1947 (Pub-
lic Law 100–637; 36 U.S.C. 300108 note).
SEC. 166. (a) PERMITTING COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY TO CARRY OUT SEX OF-
FENDER REGISTRATION.—Section 11233(c) of the National
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
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Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24–1233(c)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION.—The Agen-
cy shall carry out sex offender registration functions
in the District of Columbia, and shall have the au-
thority to exercise all powers and functions relating
to sex offender registration that are granted to the
Agency under any District of Columbia law.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY DURING TRANSITION TO FULL OPER-
ATION OF AGENCY.—
(1) AUTHORITY OF PRETRIAL SERVICES, PAROLE,
ADULT
PROBATION
AND
OFFENDER
SUPERVISION
TRUSTEE.—Notwithstanding section 11232(b)(1) of
the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Govern-
ment Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24–
1232(b)(1)), the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Pro-
bation and Offender Supervision Trustee appointed
under section 11232(a) of such Act (hereafter referred
to as the ‘‘Trustee’’) shall, in accordance with section
11232 of such Act, exercise the powers and functions
of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agen-
cy for the District of Columbia (hereafter referred to
as the ‘‘Agency’’) relating to sex offender registration
(as granted to the Agency under any District of Co-
lumbia law) only upon the Trustee’s certification that
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the Trustee is able to assume such powers and func-
tions.
(2) AUTHORITY OF METROPOLITAN POLICE DE-
PARTMENT.—During the period that begins on the
date of the enactment of the Sex Offender Registration
Emergency Act of 1999 and ends on the date the
Trustee makes the certification described in para-
graph (1), the Metropolitan Police Department of the
District of Columbia shall have the authority to carry
out any powers and functions relating to sex offender
registration that are granted to the Agency or to the
Trustee under any District of Columbia law.
SEC. 167. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regula-
tion to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with
the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I sub-
stance 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 known as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on Novem-
ber 3, 1998, shall not take effect.
SEC. 168. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby trans-
ferred from the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority (hereinafter
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referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to the District of Columbia
the sum of $5,000,000 for the Mayor, in consultation with
the Council of the District of Columbia, to provide offsets
against local taxes for a commercial revitalization program,
such program to be available in enterprise zones and low
and moderate income areas in the District of Columbia:
Provided, That in carrying out such a program, the Mayor
shall use Federal commercial revitalization proposals intro-
duced in Congress as a guideline.
(b) SOURCE
OF FUNDS.—The amount transferred
under subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned
on accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District
of Columbia.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives on the progress made in carrying out the
commercial revitalization program.
SEC. 169. Section 456 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (section 47–231 et seq. of the D.C. Code,
as added by the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–373)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Authority’’
and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’.
SEC. 170. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the fol-
lowing:
(1) The District of Columbia has recently wit-
nessed a spate of senseless killings of innocent citizens
caught in the crossfire of shootings. A Justice Depart-
ment crime victimization survey found that while the
city saw a decline in the homicide rate between 1996
and 1997, the rate was the highest among a dozen cit-
ies and more than double the second highest city.
(2) The District of Columbia has not made ade-
quate funding available to fight drug abuse in recent
years, and the city has not deployed its resources as
effectively 
as 
possible. 
In 
fiscal 
year 
1998,
$20,900,000 was spent on publicly funded drug treat-
ment in the District compared to $29,000,000 in fis-
cal year 1993. The District’s Addiction and Preven-
tion and Recovery Agency currently has only 2,200
treatment slots, a 50 percent drop from 1994, with
more than 1,100 people on waiting lists.
(3) The District of Columbia has seen a rash of
inmate escapes from halfway houses. According to De-
partment of Corrections records, between October 21,
1998 and January 19, 1999, 376 of the 1,125 inmates
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assigned to halfway houses walked away. Nearly 280
of the 376 escapees were awaiting trial including two
charged with murder.
(4) The District of Columbia public schools sys-
tem faces serious challenges in correcting chronic
problems, particularly long-standing deficiencies in
providing special education services to the 1 in 10
District students needing program benefits, including
backlogged assessments, and repeated failure to meet
a compliance agreement on special education reached
with the Department of Education.
(5) Deficiencies in the delivery of basic public
services from cleaning streets to waiting time at De-
partment of Motor Vehicles to a rat population esti-
mated earlier this year to exceed the human popu-
lation have generated considerable public frustration.
(6) Last year, the District of Columbia forfeited
millions of dollars in Federal grants after Federal
auditors determined that several agencies exceeded
grant restrictions and in other instances, failed to
spend funds before the grants expired.
(7) Findings of a 1999 report by the Annie E.
Casey Foundation that measured the well-being of
children reflected that, with one exception, the Dis-
trict ranked worst in the United States in every cat-
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egory from infant mortality to the rate of teenage
births to statistics chronicling child poverty.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that in considering the District of Columbia’s fis-
cal year 2001 budget, the Congress will take into consider-
ation progress or lack of progress in addressing the fol-
lowing issues:
(1) Crime, including the homicide rate, imple-
mentation of community policing, the number of po-
lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of
open-air drug markets.
(2) Access to drug abuse treatment, including the
number of treatment slots, the number of people
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the
effectiveness of treatment programs.
(3) Management of parolees and pretrial violent
offenders, including the number of halfway house es-
capes and steps taken to improve monitoring and su-
pervision of halfway house residents to reduce the
number of escapes.
(4) Education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement.
(5) Improvement in basic city services, including
rat control and abatement.
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(6) Application for and management of Federal
grants.
(7) Indicators of child well-being.
SEC. 171. The Mayor, prior to using Federal Medicaid
payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals to serve a
small number of childless adults, should consider the rec-
ommendations of the Health Care Development Commission
that has been appointed by the Council of the District of
Columbia to review this program, and consult and report
to Congress on the use of these funds.
SEC. 172. GAO STUDY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall—
(1) conduct a study of the law enforcement,
court, prison, probation, parole, and other compo-
nents of the criminal justice system of the District of
Columbia, in order to identify the components most
in need of additional resources, including financial,
personnel, and management resources; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the results of
the study under paragraph (1).
SEC. 173. Nothing in this Act bars the District of Co-
lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting