Office of the Chief Technology Officer to submit to any
other procurement review process, or to obtain the ap-
proval of or be restricted in any manner by any official
or employee of the District of Columbia government, for
purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further,
That $303,000 and no fewer than 5 FTEs shall be avail-
able exclusively to support the Labor-Management Part-
nership Council: Provided further, That, effective Sep-
tember 30, 2000, section 168(a) of the District of Colum-
bia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113; 113
Stat. 1531) is amended by inserting ‘‘, to remain available
until expended,’’ after ‘‘$5,000,000’’: Provided further,
That not later than March 1, 2001, the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit a study
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate on the merits and potential sav-
ings of privatizing the operation and administration of
Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $205,638,000
(including $53,562,000 from local funds, $92,378,000
from Federal funds, and $59,698,000 from other funds),
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
bia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the
respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement
Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26): Provided,
That such funds are available for acquiring services pro-
vided by the General Services Administration: Provided
further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be ex-
empt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger carrying vehicles for replacement only,
including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Co-
lumbia 
government 
$762,546,000 
(including
$591,565,000 from local funds, $24,950,000 from Federal
funds, and $146,031,000 from other funds): Provided,
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to
replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and
the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace not
to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually when-
ever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds
three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from
this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the preven-
tion and detection of crime: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order
86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police
Department’s delegated small purchase authority shall be
$500,000: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
government may not require the Metropolitan Police De-
partment to submit to any other procurement review proc-
ess, or to obtain the approval of or be restricted in any
manner by any official or employee of the District of Co-
lumbia government, for purchases that do not exceed
$500,000: Provided further, That the Mayor shall reim-
burse the District of Columbia National Guard for ex-
penses incurred in connection with services that are per-
formed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia
status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that
shall be jointly determined and certified as due and pay-
able for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding
General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Pro-
vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National
Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available from
this appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall
be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emer-
gency services involved: Provided further, That the Metro-
politan Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800
sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Pro-
vided further, That no more than 15 members of the Met-
ropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or assigned
to the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police
submits a recommendation to the Council for its review:
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for in-
mates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
further, That commencing on December 31, 2000, the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the
status of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service
areas established throughout the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $998,918,000 (in-
cluding $824,867,000 from local funds, $147,643,000
from Federal funds, and $26,408,000 from other funds),
to be allocated as follows: $769,943,000 (including
$629,309,000 from local funds, $133,490,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $7,144,000 from other funds), for the pub-
lic schools of the District of Columbia; $200,000 from
local funds for the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund; $1,679,000 from local funds for the State
Education Office, $17,000,000 from local funds, pre-
viously appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment, for
resident tuition support at public and private institutions
of higher learning for eligible District of Columbia resi-
dents; and $105,000,000 from local funds for public char-
ter schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly dis-
bursement of funds to the District of Columbia public
charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 15
days of the beginning of each fiscal year: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia public charter schools will
report enrollment on a quarterly basis upon which a quar-
terly disbursement will be calculated: Provided further,
That the quarterly payment of October 15, 2000, shall
be 50 percent of each public charter school’s annual enti-
tlement based on its unaudited October 5 enrollment
count: Provided further, That if the entirety of this alloca-
tion has not been provided as payments to any public char-
ter schools currently in operation through the per pupil
funding formula, the funds shall be available for public
education in accordance with the School Reform Act of
1995 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–2853.43(A)(2)(D); Public Law
104–134, as amended): Provided further, That $480,000
of this amount shall be available to the District of Colum-
bia Public Charter School Board for administrative costs:
Provided 
further, 
That 
$76,433,000 
(including
$44,691,000 from local funds, $13,199,000 from Federal
funds, and $18,543,000 from other funds) shall be avail-
able for the University of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That $200,000 is allocated for the East of
the River Campus Assessment Study, $1,000,000 for the
Excel Institute Adult Education Program to be used by
the Institute for construction and to acquire construction
services provided by the General Services Administration
on a reimbursable basis, $500,000 for the Adult Edu-
cation State Plan, $650,000 for The Saturday Academy
Pre-College Program, and $481,000 for the Strengthening
of Academic Programs; and $26,459,000 (including
$25,208,000 from local funds, $550,000 from Federal
funds and $701,000 other funds) for the Public Library:
Provided further, That the $1,020,000 enhancement shall
be allocated such that $500,000 is used for facilities im-
provements for 8 of the 26 library branches, $235,000 for
13 FTEs for the continuation of the Homework Helpers
Program, $166,000 for 3 FTEs in the expansion of the
Reach Out And Roar (ROAR) service to license day care
homes, and $119,000 for 3 FTEs to expand literacy sup-
port into branch libraries: Provided further, That