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benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits are
extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 132. The Superintendent of the District of Columbia 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 expendi-
ture projections versus budget, broken 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;
(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 Dis-
trict of Columbia 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;
(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 organizational
structure of the District of Columbia Public Schools, 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 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 accurate 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 com-
pilation of all positions 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.
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(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 Public Schools and the University of the Dis-
trict 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 Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority, a revised appro-
priated 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 expendi-
tures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this section
shall be submitted in the format of the budget that the Super-
intendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools and the Univer-
sity of the District of Columbia submit to the Mayor of the District
of Columbia for inclusion 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 Responsibility
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 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 EXPENSES.—
(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 following:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions, which are
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or
capital needs approved by the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority; or
(ii) after notification to the Council, additional
expenditures which the Chief Financial Officer of the
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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 Dis-
trict 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 oper-
ating 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 Financial Officer, during
a control year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8; 109 Stat. 152), may accept,
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 OFFICER REPORT AND
AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such Federal, private, or other grant
may be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph
(1) until—
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia submits to the Authority a report setting forth
detailed information regarding such grant; and
(B) the Authority has reviewed and approved the
acceptance, obligation, and expenditure 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 ANTICIPATION OF APPROVAL
OR RECEIPT.—No amount may be obligated 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
approval 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 regarding 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 Represent-
atives and the Senate, not later than 15 days after the end
of the quarter covered by the report.
(c) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES BY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY.—Not later than 20 cal-
endar 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 Committee on Government Reform of the House, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing an itemized
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accounting of all non-appropriated funds obligated or expended
by the Authority for the quarter. The report shall include informa-
tion on the date, amount, purpose, and vendor name, and a descrip-
tion of the services or goods provided with respect to the expendi-
tures 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 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 rec-
ommendations. 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 shall have no authority under such Act to
revise such estimates.
SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule,
or regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia public schools
shall be—
(1) classified as an Educational Service employee;
(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 competi-
tive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not compete
with school-based personnel for retention purposes.
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 performance 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 residence
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 designated by the Chief of the Depart-
ment; (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 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 November 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 District officer or employee
and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident location.