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(3) shall provide research and reports on the re-
sults of such program; and
(4)
shall
provide
pre-service
and
in-service
training of all staff.
SEC. 2606. MATCHING FUNDS.
The corporation shall, to the extent practicable, pro-
vide funds, an in kind contribution, or a combination
thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the
corporation under section 2604, as follows:
(1) For fiscal year 1996, $1 for every $1 of
Federal funds provided under this title for section
2604.
(2) For fiscal year 1997, $3 for every $1 of
Federal funds provided under this title for section
2604.
(3) For fiscal year 1998, $5 for every $1 of
Federal funds provided under this title for section
2604.
SEC. 2607. REPORT.
The corporation shall prepare and submit to the Con-
gress on a quarterly basis, or, with respect to fiscal year
1996, on a biannual basis, a report which shall contain—
(1) the activities the corporation has carried
out, including the duties of the corporation described
in section 2604, for the 3-month period ending on
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the date of the submission of the report, or, with re-
spect to fiscal year 1996, the 6-month period ending
on the date of the submission of the report;
(2) an assessment of the use of funds or other
resources donated to the corporation;
(3) the results of the assessment carried out
under section 2604(b)(2); and
(4) a description of the goals and priorities of
the corporation for the 3-month period beginning on
the date of the submission of the report, or, with re-
spect to fiscal year 1996, the 6-month period begin-
ning on the date of the submission of the report.
SEC. 2608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) DELTA
COUNCIL;
ACCESS
TO
STATE-OF-
THE-ART EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; WORKFORCE
PREPARATION INITIATIVES; OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR
ASSISTANCE
AND
COORDINATION.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections
(a), (b), (d) and (f) of section 2604 $1,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998.
(2) DEAL CENTER.—There are authorized to be
appropriated
to
carry
out
section
2604(c)
$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997,
and 1998.
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(3) PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section
2604(e) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1996, 1997, and 1998.
(4) JOBS
FOR
D.C.
GRADUATES
PROGRAM.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 2605—
(A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; and
(B) $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1997 through 2000.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain
available until expended.
SEC. 2609. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPPORT; SENSE OF
THE
CONGRESS
RELATING
TO
CONTINU-
ATION OF ACTIVITIES.
(a) TERMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPPORT.—The au-
thority under this title to provide assistance to the cor-
poration or any other entity established pursuant to this
title (except for assistance to the nonprofit organization
established under section 2602(2) for the purpose of car-
rying out section 2605) shall terminate on October 1,
1998.
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(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO CON-
TINUATION OF ACTIVITIES.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
(1) the activities of the corporation under sec-
tion 2604 should continue to be carried out after
October 1, 1998, with resources made available from
the private sector; and
(2) the corporation should provide oversight
and coordination of such activities after such date.
Subtitle L—Parent Attendance at
Parent-Teacher Conferences
SEC. 2651. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) POLICY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized
to develop and implement a policy requiring all residents
with children attending a District of Columbia public
school system to attend and participate in at least 1 par-
ent-teacher conference every 90 days during the school
year.
(b) WITHHOLD BENEFITS.—The Mayor is authorized
to withhold payment of benefits received under the pro-
gram under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act
as a condition of participation in these parent-teacher con-
ferences.
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SEC. 2652. SUBMISSION OF PLAN.
If the Mayor elects to utilize the powers granted
under section 2651, the Mayor shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services a plan for imple-
mentation. The plan shall include—
(1) plans to administer the program;
(2) plans to conduct evaluations on the success
or failure of the program;
(3) plans to monitor the participation of par-
ents;
(4) plans to withhold and reinstate benefits;
and
(5) long-term plans for the program.
SEC. 2653. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
Beginning on October 1, 1996 and each year there-
after, the District shall annually report to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services and to the Congress on
the progress and results of the program described in sec-
tion 2651 of this Act.
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, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
FISCAL YEAR 1996 APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1996, $660,000,000, as author-
ized by section 502(a) of the District of Columbia Self-Gov-
ernment and Governmental Reorganization Act, Public
Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–3406.1).
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO RETIREMENT FUNDS
For the Federal contribution to the Police Officers and
Fire Fighters’, Teachers’, and Judges’ Retirement Funds,
as authorized by the District of Columbia Retirement Re-
form Act, approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866; Pub-
lic Law 96–122), $52,000,000.
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, $150,721,000
and 1,465 full-time equivalent positions (end of year): 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
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from this appropriation for expenditures for official pur-
poses: Provided further, 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: Provided further, That no revenues from Fed-
eral sources shall be used to support the operations or ac-
tivities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood Com-
pact Commission: Provided further, That the District of Co-
lumbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission
to Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues: Pro-
vided further, That $29,500,000 is used for a pay-as-you-
go capital project of which $28,000,000 is available to de-
velop and implement a new financial management infor-
mation system and $1,500,000 is available for a needs as-
sessment study: Provided further, That the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority shall have given prior approval to the work
plan and procurement documents for necessary hardware
and software before work on phase 3, as described in the
Authority’s August 15, 1995 report, is begun.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $142,711,000
and 1,692 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year): Pro-
vided, That the District of Columbia Housing Finance
Agency, established by section 201 of the District of Colum-
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bia Housing Finance Agency Act, effective March 3, 1979
(D.C. Law 2–135; D.C. Code, sec. 45–2111), based upon its
capability of repayments as determined each year by the
Council of the District of Columbia from the Housing Fi-
nance Agency’s annual audited financial statements to the
Council of the District of Columbia, shall repay to the gen-
eral fund an amount equal to the appropriated administra-
tive costs plus interest at a rate of four percent per annum
for a term of 15 years, with a deferral of payments for the
first three years: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the foregoing provision, the obligation to repay all or part
of the amounts due shall be subject to the rights of the own-
ers of any bonds or notes issued by the Housing Finance
Agency and shall be repaid to the District of Columbia gov-
ernment only from available operating revenues of the
Housing Finance Agency that are in excess of the amounts
required for debt service, reserve funds, and operating ex-
penses: Provided further, That upon commencement of the
debt service payments, such payments shall be deposited
into the general fund of the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase 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 cur-
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rent fiscal year, $960,747,000 and 11,544 full-time equiva-
lent positions (end-of-year): Provided, That the Metropoli-
tan Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed
25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Fire Department of
the District of Columbia is authorized to replace not to ex-
ceed 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 appropria-
tion for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection
of crime: Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police
Department shall provide quarterly reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on efforts
to increase efficiency and improve the professionalism in
the department: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued
March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police Department’s dele-
gated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided
further, 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-
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 $250,000 is used for the Georgetown Summer Detail;
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$200,000 is used for East of the River Detail; $100,000 is
used for Adams Morgan Detail; and $100,000 is used for
the Capitol Hill Summer Detail: Provided further, That the
Metropolitan Police Department shall employ an authorized
level of sworn officers not to be less than 3,800 sworn officers
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia shall house no more
than 1,000 inmates in its community correctional centers,
District operated or contracted, on any given date: Provided
further, That funds appropriated for expenses under the
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act, approved Sep-
tember 3, 1974 (88 Stat. 1090; Public Law 93–412; D.C.
Code, sec. 11–2601 et seq.), for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1996, shall be available for obligations incurred
under the Act in each fiscal year since inception in the fis-
cal year 1975: Provided further, That funds appropriated
for expenses under the District of Columbia Neglect Rep-
resentation Equity Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985
(D.C. Law 5–129; D.C. Code, sec. 16–2304), for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1996, shall be available for obli-
gations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since in-
ception in the fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That
funds appropriated for expenses under the District of Co-
lumbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable
Power of Attorney Act of 1986, effective February 27, 1987
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(D.C. Law 6–204; D. C. Code, sec. 21–2060), for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1996, shall be available for obli-
gations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since in-
ception in fiscal year 1989: Provided further, That not to
exceed $1,500 for the Chief Judge of the District of Colum-
bia Court of Appeals, $1,500 for the Chief Judge of the Su-
perior Court of the District of Columbia, and $1,500 for
the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts
shall be available from this appropriation for official pur-
poses: Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall
operate and maintain a free, 24-hour telephone information
service whereby residents of the area surrounding Lorton
prison in Fairfax County, Virginia, can promptly obtain
information from District of Columbia government officials
on all disturbances at the prison, including escapes, fires,
riots, and similar incidents: Provided further, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia government shall also take steps to pub-
licize the availability of the 24-hour telephone information
service among the residents of the area surrounding the
Lorton prison: Provided further, That not to exceed
$100,000 of this appropriation shall be used to reimburse
Fairfax County, Virginia, and Prince William County,
Virginia, for expenses incurred by the counties during the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, in relation to the
Lorton prison complex: Provided further, That such reim-
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bursements shall be paid in all instances in which the Dis-
trict requests the counties to provide police, fire, rescue, and
related services to help deal with escapes, riots, and similar
disturbances involving the prison: Provided further, That
the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard for expenses incurred in connection with serv-
ices 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 National
Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec-
essary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia Na-
tional 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.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $800,080,000 and
11,670 full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year), to be al-
located as follows: $585,956,000 and 10,167 full-time equiv-
alent positions for the public schools of the District of Co-
lumbia; $109,175,000 shall be allocated for the District of
Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund; $81,940,000 and
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1,079 full-time equivalent positions for the University of the
District of Columbia; $20,742,000 and 415 full-time equiva-
lent positions for the Public Library; $2,267,000 and 9 full-
time equivalent positions for the Commission on the Arts
and Humanities: Provided, 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 appropria-
tion for expenditures for official purposes: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize
the education of nonresidents 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 Colum-
bia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
a tuition rate schedule that will establish the tuition rate
for nonresident students at a level no lower than the non-
resident tuition rate charged at comparable public institu-
tions of higher education in the metropolitan area.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,859,622,000 and 6,469
full-time equivalent positions (end-of-year): Provided, That
$26,000,000 of this appropriation, to remain available
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until expended, shall be available solely for District of Co-
lumbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided fur-
ther, That the District shall not provide free government
services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or collec-
tion, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar services to
any legally constituted private nonprofit organization (as
defined in section 411(5) of Public Law 100–77, approved
July 22, 1987) providing emergency shelter services in the
District, if the District would not be qualified to receive
reimbursement pursuant to the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act, approved July 22, 1987 (101 Stat.
485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-carry-
ing vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carry-
ing vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Colum-
bia and purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles for replace-
ment only, $297,568,000 and 1,914 full-time equivalent po-
sitions (end-of-year): Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous
refuse from hotels and places of business.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER TRANSFER PAYMENT
For the Washington Convention Center Fund,
$5,400,000.
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REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For reimbursement to the United States of funds
loaned in compliance with an Act to provide for the estab-
lishment of a modern, adequate, and efficient hospital cen-
ter in the District of Columbia, approved August 7, 1946
(60 Stat. 896; Public Law 79–648); section 1 of an Act
to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia
to borrow funds for capital improvement programs and to
amend provisions of law relating to Federal Government
participation in meeting costs of maintaining the Nation’s
Capital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public
Law 85–451; D.C. Code, sec. 9–219); section 4 of an Act
to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia
to plan, construct, operate, and maintain a sanitary sewer
to connect the Dulles International Airport with the Dis-
trict of Columbia system, approved June 12, 1960 (74 Stat.
211; Public Law 86–515); sections 723 and 743(f) of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental
Reorganization Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973,
as amended (87 Stat. 821; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code,
sec. 47–321, note; 91 Stat. 1156; Public Law 95–131; D.C.
Code, sec. 9–219, note), including interest as required there-
by, $257,787,000.
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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,
$38,678,000, as authorized by section 461(a) of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorga-
nization Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended
(105 Stat. 540; Public Law 102–106; D.C. Code, sec. 47–
321(a)).
REPAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For repayment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$9,698,000.
PAY RENEGOTIATION OR REDUCTION IN COMPENSATION
The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expendi-
tures for personal services in the amount of $46,409,000,
by decreasing rates of compensation for District government
employees; such decreased rates are to be realized for em-
ployees who are subject to collective bargaining agreements
to the extent possible through the renegotiation of existing
collective bargaining agreements.
RAINY DAY FUND
For mandatory unavoidable expenditures within one
or several of the various appropriation headings of this Act,
to be allocated to the budgets for personal services and
nonpersonal services as requested by the Mayor and ap-
proved by the Council pursuant to the procedures in section
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4 of the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, effective Sep-
tember 16, 1980 (D.C. Law 3–100; D.C. Code, sec. 47–363),
$4,563,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate quarterly reports by the
15th day of the month following the end of the quarter show-
ing how monies provided under this fund are expended with
a final report providing a full accounting of the fund due
October 15, 1995 or not later than 15 days after the last
amount remaining in the fund is disbursed.
INCENTIVE BUYOUT PROGRAM
For the purpose of funding costs associated with the
incentive buyout program, to be apportioned by the Mayor
of the District of Columbia within the various appropria-
tion headings in this Act from which costs are properly
payable, $19,000,000.
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expendi-
tures for boards and commissions under the various head-
ings in this Act in the amount of $500,000.
GOVERNMENT RE-ENGINEERING PROGRAM
If a sufficient reduction from employees who are sub-
ject to collective bargaining agreements is not realized
through renegotiating existing agreements, the Mayor shall
decrease the rates of compensation for such employees, not-
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withstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining
agreements: Provided, That the Mayor shall reduce appro-
priations and expenditures for personal and nonpersonal
services in the amount of $16,000,000 within one or several
of the various appropriation headings in this Act.
OUTPLACEMENT
For outplacement $1,500,000.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
For construction projects, $82,850,000, as authorized
by an Act authorizing the laying of water mains and service
sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of assess-
ments therefor, and for other purposes, approved April 22,
1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code, secs.
43–1512 through 43–1519); the District of Columbia Public
Works Act of 1954, approved May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 101;
Public Law 83–364); An Act to authorize the Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia to borrow funds for cap-
ital improvement programs and to amend provisions of law
relating to Federal Government participation in meeting
costs of maintaining the Nation’s Capital City, approved
June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public Law 85–451); including
acquisition of sites, preparation of plans and specifications,
conducting preliminary surveys, erection of structures, in-
cluding building improvement and alteration and treat-
ment of grounds, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That $105,660,000 appropriated under this heading
in prior fiscal years is rescinded.
WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND
For 
the 
Water 
and 
Sewer 
Enterprise 
Fund,
$243,853,000 and 1,024 full-time equivalent positions (end
of year), of which $41,036,000 shall be apportioned and
payable to the debt service fund for repayment of loans and
interest incurred for capital improvement projects.
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,
approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public
Law 97–91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing
the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and
Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District
of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–172;
D.C. Code, secs. 2–2501 et seq. and 22–1516 et seq.),
$229,950,000 and 88 full-time equivalent positions (end of
year), to be derived from non-Federal District of Columbia
revenues: 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
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to support the operations or activities of the Lottery and
Charitable Games Control Board.
CABLE TELEVISION ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Cable Television Enterprise Fund, established
by the Cable Television Communications Act of 1981, effec-
tive October 22, 1983 (D.C. Law 5–36; D.C. Code, sec. 43–
1801 et seq.), $2,351,000 and 8 full-time equivalent posi-
tions (end of year), of which $572,000 shall be transferred
to the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
STARPLEX FUND
For the Starplex Fund, $6,580,000 for the expenses in-
curred by the Armory Board in the exercise of its powers
granted by An Act To Establish a District of Columbia Ar-
mory Board, and for other purposes, approved June 4, 1948
(62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2–301 et seq.) and the District
of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, approved September 7,
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
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act,
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; Public Law 93–
198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
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D.C. GENERAL HOSPITAL
For the District of Columbia General Hospital, estab-
lished by the Reorganization Order No. 57 of the Board of
Commissioners, effective August 15, 1953, $115,034,000, of
which $56,735,000 shall be derived by transfer from the gen-
eral fund.
D.C. RETIREMENT BOARD
For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by section
121 of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Retirement
Reform Act of 1989, approved November 17, 1989 (93 Stat.
866; D.C. Code, sec. 1–711), $13,440,000 to pay legal, man-
agement, investment, and other fees and administrative ex-
penses of the District of Columbia Retirement Board and
11 full-time equivalent positions (end of year): Provided,
That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall pro-
vide 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 all funds: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall pro-
vide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, an item accounting of the planned use
of appropriated funds in time for each annual budget sub-
mission and the actual use of such funds in time for each
annual audited financial report.
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CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establish-
ment Act, approved October 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000; Public
Law 88–622), $10,516,000 and 66 full-time equivalent posi-
tions (end of year).
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, approved
April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8),
$3,500,000.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $37,957,000, of which $5,400,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the general fund.
PERSONAL SERVICES ADJUSTMENT
The Mayor, in consultation with the Council and the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority, shall reduce appropriations
and expenditures for personal services costs in the amount
of $11,264,000 within one or several of the various appro-
priations headings in this Act.
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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
the Council of the District of Columbia and the District
of Columbia Courts may expend such funds without author-
ization by the Mayor.
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, approved
March 31, 1956 (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, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C.
Law 4–101; D.C. Code, sec. 3–205.44), and for the non-Fed-
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eral share of funds necessary to qualify for Federal assist-
ance under the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Con-
trol Act of 1968, approved July 31, 1968 (82 Stat. 462;
Public Law 90–445; 42 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).
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 politi-
cal group during non-school hours.
SEC. 110. The annual budget for the District of Colum-
bia government for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, shall be transmitted to the Congress no later than
April 15, 1996.
SEC. 111. 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 House Committee on Gov-
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ernment Reform and Oversight, District of Columbia Sub-
committee, the Subcommittee on General Services, Federal-
ism, and the District of Columbia, of the Senate Committee
on Governmental Affairs, and the Council of the District
of Columbia, or their duly authorized representative: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall
be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the
District of Columbia government whose name and salary
are not available for public inspection.
SEC. 112. 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, effective Septem-
ber 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2–20; D.C. Code, sec. 47–421 et
seq.).
SEC. 113. 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. 114. 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
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Congress the actual borrowing and spending progress com-
pared with projections.
SEC. 115. 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. 116. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses of
the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended by reprogramming except
pursuant to advance approval of the reprogramming grant-
ed according to the procedure set forth in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference (House Re-
port No. 96–443), which accompanied the District of Co-
lumbia Appropriation Act, 1980, approved October 30,
1979 (93 Stat. 713; Public Law 96–93), as modified in
House Report No. 98–265, and in accordance with the
Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, effective September 16,
1980 (D.C. Law 3–100; D.C. Code, sec. 47–361 et seq.): Pro-
vided, That for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996
the above shall apply except as modified by Public Law
104–8.
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SEC. 118. 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.
SEC. 119. 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, approved October 10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824;
Public Law 96–425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environ-
mental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon aver-
age of less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to security, emergency rescue, or ar-
mored vehicles.
SEC. 120. (a) Notwithstanding section 422(7) of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental
Reorganization Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973
(87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–
242(7)), the City Administrator shall be paid, during any
fiscal year, a salary at a rate established by the Mayor,
not to exceed the rate established for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5315.
(b) For purposes of applying any provision of law lim-
iting the availability of funds for payment of salary or pay
in any fiscal year, the highest rate of pay established by
the Mayor under subsection (a) of this section for any posi-
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tion for any period during the last quarter of calendar year
1995 shall be deemed to be the rate of pay payable for that
position for September 30, 1995.
(c) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of Co-
lumbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, approved August 2,
1946 (60 Stat. 793; Public Law 79–592; D.C. Code, sec.
5–803(a)), the Board of Directors of the District of Colum-
bia Redevelopment Land Agency shall be paid, during any
fiscal year, per diem compensation at a rate established by
the Mayor.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March
3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.),
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Colum-
bia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act
of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (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 employ-
ees: Provided, That for pay purposes, employees of the Dis-
trict of Columbia government shall not be subject to the pro-
visions of title 5 of the United States Code.
SEC. 122. The Director of the Department of Adminis-
trative Services may pay rentals and repair, alter, and im-
prove rented premises, without regard to the provisions of
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section 322 of the Economy Act of 1932 (Public Law 72–
212; 40 U.S.C. 278a), upon a determination by the Direc-
tor, that by reason of circumstances set forth in such deter-
mination, the payment of these rents and the execution of
this work, without reference to the limitations of section
322, is advantageous to the District in terms of economy,
efficiency, and the District’s best interest.
SEC. 123. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 1996
revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal
year 1996. These estimates shall be used in the budget re-
quest for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. The
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the
midyear report.
SEC. 124. Section 466(b) of the District of Columbia
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of
1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 806; Public
Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–326), as amended, is
amended by striking ‘‘sold before October 1, 1995’’and in-
serting ‘‘sold before October 1, 1996’’.
SEC. 125. 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
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competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985,
effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Code, sec.
1–1183.3), except that the District of Columbia Public
Schools 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 competitive bid-
ding process has been made in accordance with duly pro-
mulgated Board of Education rules and procedures.
SEC. 126. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved December
12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99–177), as amended,
the term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be synony-
mous with and refer specifically to each account appro-
priating 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: Provided, That se-
questration 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, ap-
proved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99–
177), as amended.
SEC. 127. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat.
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1037; Public Law 99–177), as amended, 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 Sec-
retary 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 specified in the order shall be ap-
plied proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation
accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted from
sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99
Stat. 1037; Public Law 99–177), as amended.
SEC. 128. For the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, the District of Columbia shall pay interest on its
quarterly payments to the United States that are made
more than 60 days from the date of receipt of an itemized
statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons of amounts
due for housing District of Columbia convicts in Federal
penitentiaries for the preceding quarter.
SEC. 129. 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 Council pursuant
to section 422(12) of the District of Columbia Self-Govern-
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ment and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, ap-
proved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–
198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(12)) and the Governmental Re-
organization Procedures Act of 1981, effective October 17,
1981 (D.C. Law 4–42; D.C. Code, secs. 1–299.1 to 1–299.7).
Appropriations made by this Act for such programs or
functions are conditioned on the approval by the Council,
prior to October 1, 1995, of the required reorganization
plans.
SEC 130. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 1996 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. 131. 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-
tives under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979, effective
March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–
113(d)).
SEC. 132. None of the Federal funds appropriated
under this Act shall be expended for any abortion except
when it is made known to the entity or official to which
funds are appropriated under this Act that such procedure
is necessary to save the life of the mother or that the preg-
nancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
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COMPENSATION FOR THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DIS-
ABILITIES AND TENURE AND FOR THE JUDICIAL NOM-
INATION COMMISSION
SEC. 133. Sections 431(f) and 433(b)(5) of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorga-
nization Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813;
Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, secs. 11–1524 and title II,
App. 433), are amended to read as follows:
(a) Section 431(f) (D.C. Code, sec. 11–1524) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) Members of the Tenure Commission shall serve
without compensation for services rendered in connection
with their official duties on the Commission.’’.
(b) Section 433(b)(5)(title 11, App. 433) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) Member of the Commission shall serve with-
out compensation for services rendered in connection
with their official duties on the Commission.’’.
MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS
SEC. 134. Section 451 of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973,
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; Public Law 93–
198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1130), is amended by adding a new
subsection (c) to read as follows:
‘‘(c)(1) The District may enter into multiyear con-
tracts to obtain goods and services for which funds would
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otherwise be available for obligation only within the fiscal
year for which appropriated.
‘‘(2) If the funds are not made available for the con-
tinuation of such a contract into a subsequent fiscal year,
the contract shall be cancelled or terminated, and the cost
of cancellation or termination may be paid from—
‘‘(A) appropriations originally available for the
performance of the contract concerned;
‘‘(B) appropriations currently available for pro-
curement of the type of acquisition covered by the
contract, and not otherwise obligated; or
‘‘(C) funds appropriated for those payments.
‘‘(3) No contract entered into under this section shall
be valid unless the Mayor submits the contract to the Coun-
cil for its approval and the Council approves the contract
(in accordance with criteria established by act of the Coun-
cil). The Council shall be required to take affirmative action
to approve the contract within 45 calendar days. If no ac-
tion is taken to approve the contract within 45 calendar
days, the contract shall be deemed disapproved.’’.
CALCULATED REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE RESCISSION AND
REAL PROPERTY TAX FREEZE
SEC. 135. The District of Columbia Real Property Tax
Revision Act of 1974, approved September 3, 1974 (88 Stat.
1051; D.C. Code, sec. 47–801 et seq.), is amended as follows:
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(1) Section 412 (D.C. Code, sec. 47–812) is
amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (a) is amended by striking
the third and fourth sentences and inserting the
following sentences in their place: ‘‘If the Council
does extend the time for establishing the rates of
taxation on real property, it must establish those
rates for the tax year by permanent legislation.
If the Council does not establish the rates of tax-
ation of real property by October 15, and does
not extend the time for establishing rates, the
rates of taxation applied for the prior year shall
be the rates of taxation applied during the tax
year.’’.
(B) A new subsection (a–2) is added to read
as follows:
‘‘(a–2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(a) of this section, the real property tax rates for taxable
real property in the District of Columbia for the tax year
beginning October 1, 1995, and ending September 30, 1996,
shall be the same rates in effect for the tax year beginning
October 1, 1993, and ending September 30, 1994.’’.
(2) Section 413(c) (D.C. Code, sec. 47–815(c)) is
repealed.
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PRISONS INDUSTRIES
SEC. 136. Title 18 U.S.C. 1761(b) is amended by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting the phrase ‘‘or not
for-profit organizations’’ in its place.
REPORTS ON REDUCTIONS
SEC. 137. Within 120 days of the effective date of this
Act, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a report delin-
eating the actions taken by the executive to effect the direc-
tives of the Council in this Act, including—
(1) negotiations with representatives of collective
bargaining units to reduce employee compensation;
(2) actions to restructure existing long-term city
debt;
(3) actions to apportion the spending reductions
anticipated by the directives of this Act to the execu-
tive for unallocated reductions; and
(4) a list of any position that is backfilled in-
cluding description, title, and salary of the position.
MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS—BOARD OF
EDUCATION
SEC. 138. The Board of Education shall submit to the
Congress, Mayor, and Council of the District of Columbia
no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of
each month a report that sets forth—
(1) current month expenditures and obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
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fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
center, ARC, and object class, and for appropriated
funds, nonappropriated funds, and capital financing;
(2) a breakdown of FTE positions and staff for
the most current pay period broken out on the basis
of control center, responsibility center, and ARC with-
in each responsibility center, for appropriated funds,
nonappropriated funds, and capital funds;
(3) 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 ARC, and for all funding sources;
(4) 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, responsibil-
ity center, and ARC; and contract identifying codes
used by the District of Columbia Public Schools; pay-
ments made in the last month and year-to-date, the
total amount of the contract and total payments made
for the contract and any modifications, extensions, re-
newals; and specific modifications made to each con-
tract in the last month;
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(5) all reprogramming requests and reports that
are required to be, and have been, submitted to the
Board of Education; and
(6) changes made in the last month 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.
MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIREMENT—UNIVERSITY OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SEC. 139. The University of the District of Columbia
shall submit to the Congress, Mayor, and Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia no later than fifteen (15) calendar days
after the end of each month a report that sets forth—
(1) current month 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, and object class, and for appropriated funds,
nonappropriated funds, and capital financing;
(2) a breakdown of FTE positions and all em-
ployees for the most current pay period broken out on
the basis of control center and responsibility center,
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for appropriated funds, nonappropriated funds, and
capital funds.
(3) 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;
(4) 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 respon-
sibility center, and contract identifying codes used by
the University of the District of Columbia; payments
made in the last month and year-to-date, the total
amount of the contract and total payments made for
the contract and any modifications, extensions, re-
newals; and specific modifications made to each con-
tract in the last month;
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports that
have been made by the University of the District of
Columbia within the last month in compliance with
applicable law; and
(6) changes made in the last month 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.
SEC. 140. None of the Federal funds appropriated
under this Act shall be used to implement or enforce any
system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples
whether they are homosexual, lesbian, heterosexual, includ-
ing but not limited to registration for the purpose of extend-
ing employment, health, or governmental benefits to such
couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended
to legally married couples; nor shall any funds made avail-
able pursuant to any provision of this Act otherwise be used
to implement or enforce D.C. Act 9–188, signed by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 15, 1992.
ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 141. (a) The Board of Education of the District
of Columbia 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
1995, fiscal year 1996, and thereafter on full-time
equivalent basis, including a compilation of all posi-
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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) The annual report required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor
and Council of the District of Columbia, by not later than
February 8 of each year.
ANNUAL BUDGETS AND BUDGET REVISIONS
SEC. 142. (a) Not later than October 1, 1995, or within
15 calendar days after the date of the enactment of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996, whichever oc-
curs first, and each succeeding year, the Board of Education
and the University of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the Congress, the Mayor, and Council of the District of
Columbia, a revised appropriated funds operating budget
for the public school system and the University of the Dis-
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PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments
for evaluating District of Columbia Public Schools employ-
ees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining
purposes.
POSITION VACANCIES
SEC. 145. (a) No agency, including an independent
agency, shall fill a position wholly funded by appropria-
tions authorized by this Act, which is vacant on October
1, 1995, or becomes vacant between October 1, 1995, and
September 30, 1996, unless the Mayor or independent agen-
cy submits a proposed resolution of intent to fill the vacant
position to the Council. The Council shall be required to
take affirmative action on the Mayor’s resolution within 30
legislative days. If the Council does not affirmatively ap-
prove the resolution within 30 legislative days, the resolu-
tion shall be deemed disapproved.
(b) No reduction in the number of full-time equivalent
positions or reduction-in-force due to privatization or con-
tracting out shall occur if the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
established by section 101(a) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law
104–8), disallows the full-time equivalent position reduction
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provided in this Act in meeting the maximum ceiling of
39,778 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
(c) This section shall not prohibit the appropriate per-
sonnel authority from filling a vacant position with a Dis-
trict government employee currently occupying a position
that is funded with appropriated funds.
(d) This section shall not apply to local school-based
teachers, school-based officers, or school-based teachers’
aides.
CAPITAL PROJECT EMPLOYEES
SEC. 146. (a) Not later than 15 days after the end of
every fiscal quarter (beginning October 1, 1995), the Mayor
shall submit to the Council and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives a re-
port with respect to the employees on the capital project
budget for the previous quarter.
(b) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a)
of this section shall include the following information—
(1) a list of all employees by position, title,
grade and step;
(2) a job description, including the capital
project for which each employee is working;
(3) the date that each employee began working
on the capital project and the ending date that each
employee completed or is projected to complete work
on the capital project; and
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(4) a detailed explanation justifying why each
employee is being paid with capital funds.
MODIFICATIONS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION REDUCTION-IN-
FORCE PROCEDURES
SEC. 147. The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3,
1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.),
is amended as follows:
(a) Section 301 (D.C. Code, sec. 1.603.1) is
amended as follows:
(1) A new paragraph (13A) is added to
read as follows:
‘‘(13A) ‘Nonschool-based personnel’ means any
employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools
who is not based at a local school or who does not
provide direct services to individual students.’’.
(2) A new paragraph (15A) is added to
read as follows:
‘‘(15A) ‘School administrators’ means prin-
cipals, assistant principals, school program directors,
coordinators, instructional supervisors, and support
personnel of the District of Columbia Public
Schools.’’.
(b) 
Section 
801A(b)(2) 
(D.C. 
Code, 
sec.
1–609.1(b) (2 )) is amended as follows:
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(1) By striking the semicolon at the end of
subparagraph (L).
(2) By adding a new subparagraph (L–i) to
read as follows:
‘‘(L–i) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Board of Education shall not issue
rules that require or permit nonschool-based per-
sonnel or school administrators to be assigned or
reassigned to the same competitive level as class-
room teachers;’’
(c) Section 2402 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–625.2) is
amended by adding a new subsection (f) to read as
follows:
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Board of Education shall not require or permit non-school
based personnel or school administrators to be assigned or
reassigned to the same competitive level as classroom teach-
ers.’’.
SEC. 148. (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
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(3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
(b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate
competitive area from non-school based personnel who shall
not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION-IN-FORCE PROCEDURES
SEC. 149. The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3,
1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.),
is amended as follows:
(a) Section 2401 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–625.1) is
amended by amending the third sentence to read as
follows: ‘‘A personnel authority may establish lesser
competitive areas within an agency on the basis of all
or a clearly identifiable segment of an agency’s mis-
sion or a division or major subdivision of an agen-
cy.’’.
(b) A new section 2406 is added to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 2406. ABOLISHMENT OF POSITIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
1996.
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regu-
lation, or collective bargaining agreement either in effect
or to be negotiated while this legislation is in effect for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, each agency head
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is authorized, within the agency head’s discretion, to iden-
tify positions for abolishment.
‘‘(b) Prior to February 1, 1996, each personnel author-
ity shall make a final determination that a position within
the personnel authority is to be abolished.
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any rights or procedures estab-
lished by any other provision of this title, any District gov-
ernment employee, regardless of date of hire, who encumbers
a position identified for abolishment shall be separated
without competition or assignment rights, except as pro-
vided in this section.
‘‘(d) An employee effected by the abolishment of a posi-
tion pursuant to this section who, but for this section would
be entitled to compete for retention, shall be entitled to one
round of lateral competition pursuant to Chapter 24 of the
District of Columbia Personnel Manual, which shall be lim-
ited to positions in the employee’s competitive level.
‘‘(e) Each employee who is a bona fide resident of the
District of Columbia shall have added 5 years to his or her
creditable service for reduction-in-force purposes. For pur-
poses of this subsection only, a nonresident District em-
ployee who was hired by the District government prior to
January 1, 1980, and has not had a break in service since
that date, or a former employee of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital
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who accepted employment with the District government on
October 1, 1987, and has not had a break in service since
that date, shall be considered a District resident.
‘‘(f) Each employee selected for separation pursuant to
this section shall be given written notice of at least 30 days
before the effective date of his or her separation.
‘‘(g) Neither the establishment of a competitive area
smaller than an agency, nor the determination that a spe-
cific position is to be abolished, nor separation pursuant
to this section shall be subject to review except as follows:
‘‘(1) An employee may file a complaint contest-
ing a determination or a separation pursuant to title
XV of this Act or section 303 of the Human Rights
Act of 1977, effective December 13, 1977 (D.C. Law
2–38; D.C. Code, sec. 1–2543); and
‘‘(2) An employee may file with the Office of
Employee Appeals an appeal contesting that the sepa-
ration procedures of subsections (d) and (f) of this
section were not properly applied.
‘‘(h) An employee separated pursuant to this section
shall be entitled to severance pay in accordance with title
XI of this Act, except that the following shall be included
in computing creditable service for severance pay for em-
ployees separated pursuant to this section:
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DELAY IN CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY TO COLUMBIA HOS-
PITAL FOR WOMEN FOR NATIONAL WOMEN’S HEALTH
RESOURCE CENTER
SEC. 150. Effective as if included in the enactment of
Public Law 103–67, section 1(c)(1) of Public Law 103–67
(107 Stat. 687) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3 years’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA SCHOOLS IMPROVEMENT
ACT
Subtitle A—Establishment and Or-
ganization of Commission on
Consensus Reform in the District
of Columbia Public Schools
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this subtitle—
(1) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’
means the Commission on Consensus Reform in the
District of Columbia Public Schools.
(2) BOARD OF EDUCATION OR BOARD.—The term
‘‘Board of Education’’ or ‘‘Board’’ means the Board
of Education of the District of Columbia.
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(3) AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Authority’’ means
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority.
(4) EDUCATIONAL
PLAN.—The term ‘‘Edu-
cational Plan’’ means the System-Wide Educational
Reform Goals and Objectives Plan developed and im-
plemented under this Act.
(5) MAYOR.—The term ‘‘Mayor’’ means the
Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(6) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the
Council of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 202. COMMISSION ON CONSENSUS REFORM IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established the
Commission on Consensus Reform in the District of
Columbia Public Schools, consisting of 7 members to
be appointed in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall con-
sist of the following members:
(A) 1 member to be appointed by the Presi-
dent chosen from a list of 3 proposed members
submitted by the Majority Leader of the Senate;
(B) 1 member to be appointed by the Presi-
dent chosen from a list of 3 proposed members
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submitted by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives;
(C) 2 members to be appointed by the Presi-
dent, 1 who shall represent the local business
community and 1 who is a teacher in the Dis-
trict of Columbia public schools.
(D) The President of the District of Colum-
bia Congress of Parents and Teachers.
(E) The President of the District of Colum-
bia Board of Education.
(F) The Superintendent of Public Schools of
the District of Columbia.
(G) The Mayor and Council Chairman shall
each name one non-voting ex-officio member.
(H) The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau who shall be an ex officio member.
(3) TERMS OF SERVICE.—The members of the
Commission appointed under subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) of paragraph (2) shall appointed for a term
of 3 years.
(4) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the member-
ship of the Commission shall be filled by the appoint-
ment of a new member in the same manner as pro-
vided for the vacated membership. A member ap-
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pointed under this paragraph shall serve the remain-
ing term of the vacated membership.
(5) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the Commis-
sion appointed under subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C) of paragraph (2) shall be city residents with a
knowledge of education.
(6) CHAIR.—The chair of the Commission shall
be chosen by the Commission from among its mem-
bers, except that the President of the Board of Edu-
cation and the Superintendent of Public Schools shall
not be eligible to serve as chair.
(7) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE.—Members
of the Commission shall serve without pay, but may
receive reimbursement for any reasonable and nec-
essary expenses incurred by reason of service on the
Commission.
(b) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall
have an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the
Chair with the consent of the Commission. The Executive
Director shall be paid at a rate determined by the Commis-
sion, except that such rate may not exceed the highest rate
of pay payable for level EG16 of the Educational Service.
(c) STAFF.—With the approval of the Chair, the Exec-
utive Director may appoint and fix the pay of additional
personnel as the Executive Director considers appropriate,
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except that no individual appointed by the Executive Direc-
tor may be paid at a rate greater than the rate of pay for
the Executive Director.
(d) The Board shall reprogram such funds, as the
chairman of the Commission shall in writing request, from
amounts available to the Board.
SEC. 203. GENERAL POWERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall have the fol-
lowing powers:
(1) Financial control over the District of Colum-
bia public schools exercised through the Authority.
(2) To approve and monitor the development
and implementation of the Board’s Educational Plan.
(3) To exercise its authority, as provided in this
subtitle, as necessary to facilitate implementation of
the Board’s Educational Plan.
(4) To promulgate rules concerning the manage-
ment and direction of the Board, as deemed nec-
essary, to address obstacles to the development or im-
plementation of the Educational Plan.
(b) LIMITATION.—Except as otherwise provided in this
subtitle, the Commission shall have no powers to involve
itself in the management or operation of the Board in the
implementation of the Educational Plan.
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SEC. 204. SYSTEM-WIDE EDUCATIONAL REFORM GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES PLAN.
(a) BOARD PLAN.—The Board shall develop, adopt,
and submit to the Commission on or before March 1, 1996,
a System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives
Plan with respect to the 1996–1997 school year. Thereafter,
the Board shall develop, adopt and submit to the Commis-
sion on or before March 1 of each year an Educational Plan
for the coming school year. The Board shall have an Edu-
cational Plan for every year.
(b) COMMISSION APPROVAL.—The Commission shall
approve or reject, in whole or in part, the Educational Plan
submitted to it by the Board within 30 days of its receipt.
No Educational Plan shall have force or effect without ap-
proval of the Commission.
(c) DEVELOPMENT
AND CENTERS
FOR APPROVAL
PLAN.—Each Educational Plan shall be developed, submit-
ted, approved, and monitored in accordance with the follow-
ing procedures:
(1) Each Educational Plan shall include specific
provisions designed to accomplish the following objec-
tives and reflect the cumulative effect of the Local
School Restructuring Team (LSRT) in terms of stu-
dent needs, financial requirements, and timeliness for
implementation:
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(A) To ensure, to the extent possible with
available categorical funds designated for this
purpose, the provision of education services to all
eligible children for the 1997–1998 school year
and thereafter.
(B) To increase the level of parental in-
volvement in the education of their children.
(C) To enhance the range of authority, re-
sponsibility, and accountability of principals.
(D) To restructure the relationship of the
Board and its administrative staff to local
schools so that the relationship is characterized
by less centralized control.
(E) To ensure that all personnel have access
to appropriate training opportunities.
(F) To ensure the provision of sufficient
staff and facility resources for compliance with
court orders.
(G) To ensure the equitable distribution
among the schools and programs of funds budg-
eted by the Board in accordance with applicable
laws, rules and regulations.
(H) To ensure that more schools are given
the opportunity to operate with more autonomy.