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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
For a Federal payment for a School Improvement Pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allo-
cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools,
$13,000,000 to improve public school education in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, $13,000,000 to expand quality public
charter schools in the District of Columbia; for the Sec-
retary of the Department of Education, $14,000,000 to pro-
vide opportunity scholarships for students in the District
of Columbia in accordance with Public Law 108–199, of
which up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer and fund
assessments: Provided, That of the $13,000,000 for the Dis-
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
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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
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-
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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-
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
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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-
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
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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.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $416,069,000
(including $261,068,000 from local funds, $100,256,000
from Federal funds, and $54,745,000 from other funds), in
addition, $32,500,000 from funds previously appropriated
in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the Of-
fice of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia’’, $15,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in
this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Emer-
gency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Co-
lumbia’’, and $5,000,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment
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for Foster Care Improvements in the District of Columbia’’:
Provided, That not to exceed $9,300 for the Mayor, $9,300
for the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia,
$9,300 for the City Administrator, and $9,300 for the Office
of the Chief Financial Officer shall be available from this
appropriation for official reception and representation ex-
penses: 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 notwithstanding any other provision of
law, or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the
Office of the Chief Technology Officer’s delegated small pur-
chase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That
the District of Columbia government may not require the
Office of the Chief Technology Officer to submit to any other
procurement review process, or to obtain the approval 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.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $334,745,000
(including $55,764,000 from local funds, $93,050,000 from
Federal funds, $185,806,000 from other funds, and
$125,000 from private funds), of which $13,000,000 col-
lected by the District of Columbia in the form of BID tax
revenue shall be paid to the respective BIDs pursuant to
the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law
11–134; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–1215.01 et seq.), and the
Business Improvement Districts Amendment Act of 1997
(D.C. Law 12–26; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–1215.15 et
seq.): Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring
services provided by the General Services Administration:
Provided further, That Business Improvement Districts
shall be exempt from taxes levied by the District of Colum-
bia: Provided further, That local funds in the amount of
$1,200,000 shall be appropriated for the Excel Institute.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, $798,723,000 (including
$760,849,000 from local funds, $7,899,000 from Federal
funds, $29,966,000 from other funds, and $9,000 from pri-
vate funds), in addition, $1,300,000 from funds previously
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay-
ment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’’: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from
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this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the prevention
and detection of crime: Provided further, That the Mayor
shall reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard
for expenses incurred in connection with services that are
performed in emergencies by the National Guard in a mili-
tia 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 Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia National Guard: Provided
further, That such sums as may be necessary for reimburse-
ment to the District of Columbia National Guard under the
preceding proviso shall be available from this appropria-
tion, and the availability of the sums shall be deemed as
constituting payment in advance for emergency services in-
volved.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $1,266,424,000 (in-
cluding $1,058,709,000 from local funds, $194,979,000 from
Federal funds, $8,957,000 from other funds, $3,780,000
from private funds to be allocated as follows:
(1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.—
$901,944,000 (including $760,494,000 from local
funds, $130,450,000 from Federal funds, $7,330,000
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from other funds, $3,670,000 from private funds, and
not to exceed $6,816,000, to remain available until
expended, from the Medicaid and Special Education
Reform Fund established pursuant to the Medicaid
and Special Education Reform Fund Establishment
Act of 2002 (D.C. Law 14–190; D.C. Official Code 4–
204.51 et seq.)), and $14,000,000 from funds pre-
viously appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the
District of Columbia’’ shall be available for District
of Columbia Public Schools: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, rule, or regula-
tion, the evaluation process and instruments for eval-
uating District of Columbia Public School employees
shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bar-
gaining purposes: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall not be available to subsidize the edu-
cation of any nonresident of the District of Columbia
at any District of Columbia public elementary or sec-
ondary school during fiscal year 2005 unless the non-
resident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at
a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by
the District of Columbia that are attributable to the
education of the nonresident (as established by the
Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
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Schools): Provided further, That notwithstanding the
amounts otherwise provided under this heading or
any other provision of law, there shall be appro-
priated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on
July 1, 2005, an amount equal to 10 percent of the
total amount of the local funds provided for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Public Schools in the proposed
budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005
(as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such
payment shall be chargeable against the final amount
provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools
under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2005: Provided further, That not to exceed $9,300 for
the Superintendent of Schools shall be available from
this appropriation for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
(2) TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT FUND.—$9,200,000
from local funds shall be available for the Teachers’
Retirement Fund.
(3) STATE
EDUCATION
OFFICE.—$73,104,000
(including $10,015,000 from local funds, $62,914,000
from Federal funds, and $176,000 from other funds),
in addition, $26,500,000 from funds previously ap-
propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal
Payment 
for 
Resident 
Tuition 
Support’’ 
and
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$14,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in
this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for
School Improvement in the District of Columbia’’
shall be available for the State Education Office: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts provided to the State
Education Office, $500,000 from local funds shall re-
main available until June 30, 2006 for an audit of
the student enrollment of each District of Columbia
Public School and of each District of Columbia public
charter school.
(4) DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOLS.—$196,802,000 from local funds shall be
available for District of Columbia public charter
schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly dis-
bursement of funds to the District of Columbia public
charter schools, with the first payment to occur with-
in 15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That if the entirety of this allocation
has not been provided as payments to any public
charter schools currently in operation through the per
pupil funding formula, the funds shall remain avail-
able as follows: (A) the first $3,000,000 shall be depos-
ited in the Credit Enhancement Revolving Fund es-
tablished pursuant to section 603(e) of the Student
Loan Marketing Association Reorganization Act of
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1996 (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009; 20
U.S.C. 1155(e)); and (B) the balance shall be for pub-
lic education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of
the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(2)): Provided
further, That of the amounts made available to Dis-
trict of Columbia public charter schools, $25,000 shall
be made available to the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer as authorized by section 2403(b)(6) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C.
Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(6)): Provided fur-
ther, That $660,000 of this amount shall be available
to the District of Columbia Public Charter School
Board for administrative costs: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided
under this heading or any other provision of law,
there shall be appropriated to the District of Colum-
bia public charter schools on July 1, 2005, an amount
equal to 25 percent of the total amount of the local
funds appropriations request provided for payments
to public charter schools in the proposed budget of the
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005 (as sub-
mitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment
shall be chargeable against the final amount provided
for such payments under the District of Columbia Ap-
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propriations Act, 2005: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
appropriated herein for the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Charter Schools, the Chief Financial Officer of the
District of Columbia, in coordination with the Dis-
trict of Columbia Chartering Authorities for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Public Charter Schools, shall estab-
lish requirements, policies and procedures for the per-
formance of a single financial audit, to be performed
by one auditing firm selected by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia: Provided further,
That beginning in fiscal year 2005, the District of
Columbia Chartering Authorities for the District of
Columbia Public Charter Schools shall implement
and follow these requirements (including, but not lim-
ited to, the terms and conditions), policies and proce-
dures to ensure the completion of the annual financial
single audit of all District of Columbia Public Char-
ter Schools conducted in accordance herewith.
(5) UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SUBSIDY.—$49,602,000 from local funds shall be
available for the University of the District of Colum-
bia: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available to subsidize the education of nonresidents of
the District of Columbia at the University of the Dis-
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trict of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the
University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, a tuition rate
schedule that will establish the tuition rate for non-
resident students at a level no lower than the non-
resident tuition rate charged at comparable public in-
stitutions of higher education in the metropolitan
area: Provided further, That notwithstanding the
amounts otherwise provided under this heading or
any other provision of law, there shall be appro-
priated to the University of the District of Columbia
on July 1, 2005, an amount equal to 10 percent of
the total amount of the local funds appropriations re-
quest provided for the University of the District of
Columbia in the proposed budget of the District of Co-
lumbia for fiscal year 2005 (as submitted to Con-
gress), and the amount of such payment shall be
chargeable against the final amount provided for the
University of the District of Columbia under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005: Provided
further, That not to exceed $9,300 for the President
of the University of the District of Columbia shall be
available from this appropriation for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.