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supplement and not supplant local funds for the purposes described 
under this heading. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia, $29,200,000: Provided, That 
these funds shall be available for the projects and in the amounts 
specified in the Statement of the Managers on the conference report 
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That each entity that 
receives funding under this heading shall submit to the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO) 
a report on the activities to be carried out with such funds no 
later than March 15, 2006, and the CFO shall submit a comprehen-
sive report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate no later than June 1, 2006. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program 
in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allocated as follows: 
for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $13,000,000 to improve 
public school education in the District of Columbia; for the State 
Education Office, $13,000,000 to expand quality public charter 
schools in the District of Columbia, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007; for the Secretary of the Department of Education, 
$14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for students in 
the District of Columbia in accordance with division C, title III 
of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 
108–199; 118 Stat. 126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used 
to administer and fund assessments. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS LABORATORY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2007, for costs associated 
with the construction of a bioterrorism and forensics laboratory: 
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall provide an additional 
$1,500,000 with local funds as a condition of receiving this payment. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE 
PROGRAM 
For a Federal payment for the District of Columbia National 
Guard Youth Challenge program, $500,000: Provided, That the 
amount appropriated by this heading shall be transferred to the 
Secretary of Defense and made available to the Commanding Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia National Guard for activities under 
the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under section 509 
of title 32, United States Code, and shall be in addition to any 
matching funds otherwise required of the District of Columbia 
for that Program in fiscal year 2006 under subsection (d)(4) of 
such section. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR MARRIAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for marriage development and improve-
ment in the District of Columbia, $3,000,000, to remain available
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until expended: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be for the Capital 
Area Asset Building Corporation for the establishment of marriage 
development accounts in accordance with the requirements in the 
accompanying report, of which $400,000 shall be for program plan-
ning, marketing, evaluation, and account administration: Provided 
further, That $1,500,000 shall be for mentoring, counseling, commu-
nity outreach, and training and technical assistance, of which 
$850,000 shall be for the National Center for Fathering and 
$650,000 shall be for the East Capitol Center for Change to carry 
out these activities: Provided further, That within 30 days of enact-
ment of this Act, the entities receiving funds under this title shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate, a detailed expenditure plan and program requirements 
that comport with the guidance in the accompanying report. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of 
the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section 1–204.50a) and provisions 
of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2006 under 
this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the total 
revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or 
$8,700,158,000 (of which $5,007,344,000 shall be from local funds, 
$1,921,287,000 shall be from Federal grant funds, $1,754,399,000 
shall be from other funds, and $17,129,000 shall be from private 
funds), in addition, $163,116,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That 
of the local funds, $466,894,000 shall be derived from the District’s 
general fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds the 
District’s intradistrict authority shall be $468,486,000: in addition 
for capital construction projects there is appropriated an increase 
of $2,820,637,000, of which $1,072,671,000 shall be from local funds, 
$49,551,000 from Highway Trust funds, $172,183,000 from the Local 
Street Maintenance fund, $378,000,000 from securitization of future 
revenue streams, $400,000,000 from Certificates of Participation 
financing, $534,800,000 from financing for construction of a baseball 
stadium, $213,432,000 from Federal grant funds, and a rescission 
of $295,032,000 from local funds appropriated under this heading 
in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of $2,525,605,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the amounts pro-
vided under this heading are to be allocated and expended as 
proposed under ‘‘Title II—District of Columbia Funds’’ of the Fiscal 
Year 2006 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the 
Congress of the United States by the District of Columbia on 
June 6, 2005: Provided further, That this amount may be increased 
by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended for emer-
gency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, 
That such increases shall be approved by enactment of local District 
law and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this Act: 
Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that
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the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the 
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations 
and funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2006, 
except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other 
obligations issued for capital projects. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. 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. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available 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, or, in the case of the Council 
of the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with the 
authorization of the Chairman of the Council. 
SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Columbia 
government. 
SEC. 104. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 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. 
(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds provided 
in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any matter other 
than—
(1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 
(2) statehood for the District of Columbia or voting rep-
resentation in Congress for the District of Columbia. 
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit any 
elected official from advocating with respect to any of the issues 
referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 105. (a) None of the funds provided under this title to 
the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and District govern-
ment agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2006, 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 title, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditures 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 under 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 any program or project previously deferred 
through reprogramming;
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(6) augments any existing program, project, or responsi-
bility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned 
to a specific program, project or responsibility center, 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days in advance of 
the reprogramming. 
(b) None the local funds contained in this Act may be available 
for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a transfer 
of any local funds in excess of $3,000,000 from one appropriation 
heading to another unless the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 
15 days in advance of the transfer, except that in no event may 
the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of the local 
funds in the appropriations. 
SEC. 106. Consistent with the provisions of section 1301(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, appropriations under this Act shall 
be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were 
made except as otherwise provided by law. 
SEC. 107. 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. Official Code, 
section 1–601.01 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section 
1–204l.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation of Dis-
trict of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, employees of the 
District of Columbia government shall not be subject to the provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 108. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall submit to the Council of the District of Columbia and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate the new fiscal year 2006 revenue estimates as of the end 
of such quarter. These estimates shall be used in the budget request 
for fiscal year 2007. The officially revised estimates at midyear 
shall be used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 109. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia 
government or any agency thereof may be renewed 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. Official Code, section 
2–303.03), 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, but only if the determination 
as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has been 
made in accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures 
and has been reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer 
of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 110. 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 Representative under section 4(d) of the District 
of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, section 1–123). 
SEC. 111. None of the Federal funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits