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individuals separated from employment during fiscal year
2000 (under such terms and conditions as the Mayor con-
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
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with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Director of the
National Park Service, shall carry out a project to complete
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.
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SEC. 160. (a) PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COSTS FROM FUND.—Section 16(e) of the Victims 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 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
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appears the following: ‘‘any other fines, fees, penalties, or
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 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 (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-
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ing any independent agency of the District) who has not
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