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trict of Columbia Public Schools, $5,000,000 shall be for 
a new incentive fund to reward high performing or signifi-
cantly improved public schools; $5,000,000 shall be to sup-
port the Transformation School Initiative directed to 
schools in need of improvement: Provided further, That of 
the remaining amounts, the Superintendent of the District 
of Columbia Public Schools shall use such sums as necessary 
to contract for management consulting services and imple-
ment recommended reforms: Provided further, That the 
Comptroller General shall conduct a financial audit of the 
District of Columbia Public Schools: Provided further, That 
of the $13,000,000 provided for public charter schools in 
the District of Columbia, $4,000,000 shall be for the City 
Build Initiative to create neighborhood-based charter 
schools; $2,750,000 shall be for the Direct Loan Fund for 
Charter Schools; $150,000 shall be for administrative ex-
penses of the Office of Charter School Financing and Sup-
port to expand outreach and support of charter schools; 
$100,000 shall be for the D.C. Public Charter School Asso-
ciation to enhance the quality of charter schools; $4,000,000 
shall be for the development of an incubator facility for pub-
lic charter schools; and $2,000,000 shall be for a new incen-
tive fund to reward high performing or significantly im-
proved public charter schools: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia government shall establish a dedicated
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account for the Office of Charter School Financing and 
Support (the Office) that shall consist of the Federal funds 
appropriated in this Act, any subsequent appropriations, 
any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, any addi-
tional grants, and any interest and principal derived from 
loans made to Charter Schools, and repayment of dollars 
utilized to support credit enhancement earned in this or 
any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account shall 
be under the control of the District of Columbia Chief Fi-
nancial Officer who shall use those funds solely for the pur-
poses of carrying out the Credit Enhancement Program, Di-
rect Loan Fund Grant Program, and any other charter 
school financing under the management of the Office: Pro-
vided further, That in this and subsequent fiscal years the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall conduct an an-
nual audit of the funds expended by the Office and provide 
an annual financial report to the Mayor, the Council of 
the District of Columbia, the Office of the District of Colum-
bia Treasurer and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate for these funds show-
ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose 
therefor: Provided further, That not more than $1,000,000 
of the total amount appropriated for this program may be 
used for administrative expenses and training expenses re-
lated to the cost of the National Charter School Con-
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ference(s) to be hosted by December 2006; and no more than 
5 percent of the funds appropriated for the direct loan fund 
may be used for administrative expenses related to the ad-
ministration and annual audit of the direct loan, grant, 
and credit enhancement programs. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS 
LABORATORY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, 
for design, planning, and procurement costs associated with 
the construction of a bioterrorism and forensics laboratory: 
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall provide an 
additional $2,300,000 with local funds as a condition of 
receiving this payment. 
TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
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: 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, sec. 1–204.50a) and the provisions of this Act, the 
total amount appropriated in this Act for operating ex-
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penses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005 
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 $7,206,164,000 (of which $4,215,088,000 shall 
be from local funds, $1,762,046,000 shall be from Federal 
funds, $1,214,843,000 shall be from other funds, and 
$14,817,000 shall be from private funds), and an intra-dis-
trict amount of $435,054,000, in addition, $186,900,000 
from funds previously appropriated in this Act as Federal 
payments: Provided further, That this amount may be in-
creased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are ex-
pended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital 
needs: Provided further, That such increases shall be ap-
proved 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 the District of Columbia meets these requirements, in-
cluding the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of 
the appropriations and funds made available to the District 
during fiscal year 2005, except that the Chief Financial Of-
ficer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects.