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deposited in the Crime Victims Assistance Fund, established
pursuant to section 16a of the Compensation Act, for the
purpose of outreach activities, and shall remain available
until expended.
SEC. 335. Notwithstanding any other law, the District
of Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury
of the District of Columbia all fines levied and collected by
the Courts in cases charging Driving Under the Influence
and Driving While Impaired. The transferred funds shall
remain available until expended and shall be used by the
Office of the Corporation Counsel for enforcement and pros-
ecution of District traffic alcohol laws in accordance with
section 10(b)(3) of the District of Columbia Traffic Control
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50–2201.05(b)(3)).
SEC. 336. From the local funds appropriated under
this Act, any agency of the District government may trans-
fer to the Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bar-
gaining (OLRCB) such amounts as may be necessary to
pay for representation by OLRCB in third-party cases,
grievances, and dispute resolution, pursuant to an intra-
District agreement with OLRCB. These amounts shall be
available for use by OLRCB to reimburse the cost of pro-
viding the representation.
SEC. 337. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be made available to pay—
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(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a
party in an action or an attorney who defends any
action, including an administrative proceeding,
brought against the District of Columbia Public
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of $4,000
for that action; or
(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
determines to have a pecuniary interest, either
through an attorney, officer or employee of the firm,
in any special education diagnostic services, schools,
or other special education service providers.
SEC. 338. The Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education
cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Act
(IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify in writing
that the attorney or representative rendered any and all
services for which they receive awards, including those re-
ceived under a settlement agreement or as part of an ad-
ministrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the District
of Columbia: Provided, That as part of the certification,
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia re-
quire all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial,
corporate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or
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other relationships with any special education diagnostic
services, schools, or other special education service providers
to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part of
this certification: Provided further, That the Chief Finan-
cial Officer shall prepare and submit quarterly reports to
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives on the certification of and the
amount paid by the government of the District of Columbia,
including the District of Columbia Public Schools, to attor-
neys in cases brought under IDEA: Provided further, That
the Inspector General of the District of Columbia may con-
duct investigations to determine the accuracy of the certifi-
cations.
SEC. 339. Chapter 3 of title 16, District of Columbia
Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 
16–316. 
APPOINTMENT 
AND 
COMPENSATION 
OF
COUNSEL; GUARDIAN AD LITEM.
‘‘(a) When a petition for adoption has been filed and
there has been no termination or relinquishment of parental
rights with respect to the proposed adoptee or consent to
the proposed adoption by a parent or guardian whose con-
sent is required under D.C. Code section 16–304, the Court
may appoint an attorney to represent such parent or
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guardian in the adoption proceeding if the individual is
financially unable to obtain adequate representation.
‘‘(b) The Court may appoint a guardian ad litem who
is an attorney to represent the child in an adoption pro-
ceeding. The guardian ad litem shall in general be charged
with the representation of the child’s best interest.
‘‘(c) An attorney appointed pursuant to subsection (a)
or (b) of this section shall be compensated in accordance
with D.C. Code section 16–2326.01, except that compensa-
tion in the adoption case shall be subject to the limitation
set forth in D.C. Code section 16–2326.01(b)(2).’’.
The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 16, District
of Columbia Code, is amended by inserting at the end the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 16–316. Appointment and compensation of counsel; guardian ad litem.’’.
SEC. 340. (a) The amount appropriated by this Act
as Other Type Funds may be increased no more than 25
percent to an account for unanticipated growth in revenue
collections.
(b) CONDITIONS OF USE.—The District of Columbia
may obligate or expend these amounts only in accordance
with the following conditions:
(1) CERTIFICATION
BY
THE
CHIEF
FINANCIAL
OFFICER.—The Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia shall certify that anticipated revenue col-
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lections support an increase in Other Type authority
in the amount request.
(2) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—The amounts may
be obligated or expended only if the Mayor notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate in writing 30 days in ad-
vance of any obligation or expenditure.
SEC. 341. (a) The amount appropriated by this Act
may be increased by no more than $15,000,000 from funds
identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as
the District’s fund balance.
(b) CONDITIONS ON USE.—The District of Columbia
may obligate or expend these amounts only in accordance
with the following conditions:
(1) CERTIFICATION
BY
THE
CHIEF
FINANCIAL
OFFICER.—The Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such
amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact
on the District of Columbia’s long-term financial, fis-
cal, and economic vitality.
(2) PURPOSE.—The District of Columbia may
only use these funds for the following expenditures:
(A) Unanticipated one-time expenditures;
(B) To address potential deficits;
(C) Debt reduction;
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(D) Unanticipated program needs; or
(E) To cover revenue shortfalls.
(3) LOCAL LAW.—The amounts shall be obligated
or expended in accordance with laws enacted by the
Council in support of each such obligation or expendi-
ture.
(4) RECEIVERSHIP.—The amounts may not be
used to fund the agencies of the District of Columbia
government under court-ordered receivership.
(5) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—The amounts may
be obligated or expended only if the Mayor notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate in writing 30 days in ad-
vance of any obligation or expenditure.
(6) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds made
available pursuant to this section shall remain avail-
able until expended.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2004’’.
Attest:
Secretary.