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Union Calendar No. 446
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5521
[Report No. 107–716] 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and 
other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues 
of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2002
Mr. KNOLLENBERG, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the fol-
lowing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the government of the District 
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole 
or in part against the revenues of said District for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 
Chief Financial Officer who shall use those funds solely 
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
port Program: Provided further, That the Resident Tuition 
Support Program Office and the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate for these funds showing, by object 
class, the expenditures made and the purpose therefor: 
Provided further, That not more than seven percent of the 
total amount appropriated for this program may be used 
for administrative expenses. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS 
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia in written consultation with 
the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdic-
tions, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of public 
safety expenses related to National Special Security 
Events in the District of Columbia and for the costs of 
providing support to respond to immediate and specific 
terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 
surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any amount pro-
vided under this heading shall be available only after no-
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tice of its proposed use has been transmitted by the Presi-
dent to Congress and such amount has been apportioned 
pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $160,545,000, to be allocated as follows: for 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $8,352,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su-
perior Court, $80,140,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; for 
the District of Columbia Court System, $40,402,000, of 
which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; and $31,651,000 for capital im-
provements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: 
Provided, That funds made available for capital improve-
ments shall be expended consistent with the General Serv-
ices Administration master plan study and building eval-
uation report: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 
of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial serv-
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ices to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 
Services Administration (GSA), said services to include 
the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of 
which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President 
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for capital im-
provements may remain available until September 30, 
2004. 
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Division of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
Official Code, and payments for counsel authorized under 
section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $32,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the funds provided in this Act
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under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of 
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $31,651,000 provided 
under such heading for capital improvements for District 
of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for 
payments under this heading: Provided further, That in 
addition to the funds provided under this heading, the 
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of 
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $31,651,000 provided 
under such heading for capital improvements for District 
of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make payments de-
scribed under this heading for obligations incurred during 
any fiscal year: Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided in previous fiscal years for payments described 
under this heading which remain unobligated as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act, such sums as may be 
necessary shall be applied toward the portion of the 
amount provided under this heading which is attributable 
to increases in the maximum amounts which may be paid 
for representation services in the District of Columbia 
courts: Provided further, That funds provided under this 
heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on 
Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by 
the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan-
cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with 
the General Services Administration (GSA), said services 
to include the preparation of monthly financial reports, 
copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the 
President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–
33; 111 Stat. 712), $154,707,000, of which not to exceed 
$2,000 is for official receptions related to offender and 
defendant support programs; $95,682,000 shall be for 
necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Of-
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fender Registration, to include expenses relating to the su-
pervision of adults subject to protection orders or the pro-
vision of services for or related to such persons; 
$23,070,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender 
Service; and $35,955,000 shall be available to the Pretrial 
Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 
of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That notwith-
standing chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, the 
Director may acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, 
or donation, and renovate as necessary, Building Number 
17, 1900 Massachusetts Avenue, Southeast, Washington, 
District of Columbia to house or supervise offenders and 
defendants, with funds made available for this purpose in 
Public Law 107–96: Provided further, That the Director 
is authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-
kind contributions of space and hospitality to support of-
fender and defendant programs, and equipment and voca-
tional training services to educate and train offenders and 
defendants: Provided further, That the Director shall keep 
accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use 
of any gift or donation under the previous proviso, and
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shall make such records available for audit and public in-
spection. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Department of Transportation, $1,000,000: Provided, 
That such funds will be used to implement transportation 
systems management initiatives and strategies rec-
ommended in the October 2001 report by the Interagency 
Task Force of the National Capital Planning Commission 
in coordination with the National Capital Planning Com-
mission. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer 
of the District of Columbia, $23,450,000: Provided, That 
these funds are to be allocated as follows: $100,000 for 
Project Reality to implement the Game Plan abstinence 
education program in the District of Columbia public 
schools; $100,000 to Friends of Fort Dupont to restore 
and upgrade unused Fort Dupont baseball fields; 
$100,000 to the Association for the Preservation of His-
toric Congressional Cemetery for repairs and renovations; 
$250,000 for Values First, Inc. to continue to implement 
a values infusion program in the District of Columbia pub-
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lic schools; $250,000 to continue the Voyager Expanded 
Learning literacy program in kindergarten and first grade 
classrooms in the District of Columbia Public Schools; 
$250,000 to the Best Friends Foundation to provide a 
youth development program to District of Columbia youth; 
$250,000 to the National Music Center and Museum 
Foundation for a program to use the performing and vis-
ual arts as teaching and learning tools in the District of 
Columbia Public Education System; $250,000 to the Na-
tional Council of Negro Women, Inc. for renovations at 
633 Pennsylvania Avenue; $300,000 to the International 
Youth Service and Development Corps for the Wash-
ington, D.C. Mentoring Friends Program and the People’s 
House Hotline; $300,000 to the Public Access Corporation 
of the District of Columbia for the Future Producers Pro-
gram; $300,000 to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 
Council for the District of Columbia; $350,000 to the Na-
tional Center for Manufacturing Sciences for a partner-
ship with the Excel Institute to develop a job training pro-
gram for District residents; $400,000 to the Excel Insti-
tute Adult Education Program for construction; $500,000 
to the historical Society of Washington for capital im-
provements to the City Museum; $500,000 to the United 
Negro College Fund Special Programs for a study on how 
the District of Columbia Public School System could im-
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prove the educational performance and achievement of its 
students; $500,000 to the American Cities Foundation to 
collect national data and disseminate information to Dis-
trict entities on innovative approaches to the delivery of 
K–12 education; $500,000 to the Innovative Emergency 
Management, Inc. to assist the Emergency Management 
Office in developing an evacuation plan for the District 
of Columbia; $500,000 to the University of New Orleans 
Center for Hazards Assessment and the George Wash-
ington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk 
Management to assist the District in city security and 
emergency preparedness; $500,000 to the Capitol City Ca-
reer Development and Training Partnership to provide job 
training and career development services to District resi-
dents; $500,000 to the Washington Center on Best Prac-
tices for assistance to and promotion of early college 
awareness programs; $500,000 to the Caribbean American 
Mission for Education Research and Action to support the 
Mission’s efforts to build linkages between Caribbean edu-
cational entities and District of Columbia and other re-
gional higher education institutions for the purposes of 
sharing of U.S. expertise in educational methodologies; 
$1,000,000 to Real World Schools to further develop and 
implement advanced technology curriculum models and 
learning reforms for secondary education in the District
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of Columbia Public Schools; $1,000,000 to the Whitman-
Walker 
Clinic 
for 
infrastructure 
improvements; 
$1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Washington Council of 
Governments to support the Regional Incident Commu-
nication and Coordination System; $1,000,000 to the 
Council of Court Excellence to continue ongoing inde-
pendent oversight of the District of Columbia’s justice sys-
tem, including the District of Columbia Court system; 
$1,250,000 to the Excel Institute for operations in equal 
quarterly installments within 15 days of the beginning of 
each quarter; $2,000,000 to the National Center for Man-
ufacturing Sciences for civil infrastructure vulnerability 
assessment and implementation of resulting protection 
profiles; $2,000,000 to the Canal Park Development Asso-
ciation for development of a park on 2nd Street between 
I Street and M Street in Southeast Washington; 
$2,000,000 to St. Coletta of Greater Washington, Inc. for 
construction of a facility to provide services for mentally 
retarded and multiple-handicapped adolescents and adults 
in the District of Columbia; and $5,000,000 to Children’s 
National Medical Center in the District of Columbia for 
capital and equipment improvements: Provided further, 
That each entity that receives funding under this heading 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report due
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February 15, 2003, on the activities carried out with such 
funds. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Department of Housing and Community Development, 
$1,000,000 to continue improvements on the historic Po-
tomac Southwest Waterfront: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
due February 15, 2003, on the activities carried out with 
such funds. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR ASBESTOS REMEDIATION 
For a Federal payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration (GSA), $1,000,000 to reimburse Fairfax 
County, Virginia for the remediation of asbestos on the 
former site of the Lorton Correctional Complex: Provided, 
That GSA shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report due February 15, 2003, on the activities carried 
out with such funds. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, 
$2,000,000 to repair, renovate, and rehabilitate fire sta-
tions in need of capital improvements: Provided, That the
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Department shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report due February 15, 2003, on the activities carried 
out with such funds. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Public Education System, $14,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be for spe-
cial education transportation services and $9,000,000 
shall be for special education satellite facilities located in 
the District of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CREDIT ENHANCEMENT 
REVOLVING FUND 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended to be de-
posited in, and administered through, the credit enhance-
ment revolving fund established pursuant to section 
603(e) of the Student Loan Marketing Association Reor-
ganization Act of 1996, as amended. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE FAMILY LITERACY 
PROGRAM 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Child and Family Services Agency, $5,000,000 for the 
Family Literacy Program to address the needs of literacy-
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challenged parents while endowing their children with an 
appreciation for literacy and strengthening familial ties. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to begin implementing the Combined 
Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority shall provide 
a 100 percent match in fiscal year 2003.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for Capital Development, $24,298,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $150,000 shall be for renovations 
at Eastern Market; $5,000,000 shall be for a full service 
forensic laboratory to improve the quality of service in the 
District by consolidating criminal investigation functions 
and assessments of public health and safety threats; and 
$19,148,000 shall be for the Unified Communications 
Center.
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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 
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as provided in section 
450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act and sec-
tion 119 of this Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 1–204.50a), the total amount appropriated in 
this Act for operating expenses for the District of Colum-
bia for fiscal year 2003 under this heading shall not ex-
ceed the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the 
District 
of 
Columbia 
for 
such 
fiscal 
year 
or 
$6,434,709,000 (of which $3,783,948,000 shall be from 
local funds, $1,770,948,000 shall be from Federal funds, 
and $879,813,000 shall be from other funds): Provided 
further, That this amount may be increased by proceeds 
of one-time transactions, which are expended for emer-
gency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Pro-
vided further, That such increases shall be approved by 
enactment of local District law and shall comply with all 
reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act as amended by this Act: Provided further,
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That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that 
the District of Columbia meets these requirements, includ-
ing the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
appropriations and funds made available to the District 
during fiscal year 2003, except that the Chief Financial 
Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any 
funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations 
issued for capital projects. 
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 
Governmental direction and support, $303,586,000 
(including $225,234,000 from local funds, $60,004,000 
from Federal funds, and $18,348,000 from other funds): 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor, 
$2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia, $2,500 for the City Administrator, and 
$2,500 for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall 
be available from this appropriation for official purposes: 
Provided further, That any program fees collected from the 
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of ex-
penses of the debt management program of the District 
of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from 
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations 
or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood 
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District
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of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally generated reve-
nues: Provided 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 del-
egated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Pro-
vided 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 gov-
ernment, for purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
in the District of Columbia Antitrust Fund established 
pursuant to section 2 of the District of Columbia Antitrust 
Act of 1980 (D.C. Law 3–169; D.C. Official Code, sec. 
28–4516), not to exceed $100,000 of the funds in the 
Antifraud Fund established pursuant to section 820 of the 
District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 
(D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–308.20), and 
not to exceed $910,000 of the funds in the District of Co-
lumbia Consumer Protection Fund established pursuant 
to section 1402 of the District of Columbia Budget Sup-
port Act for fiscal year 2001 (D.C. Law 13–172; D.C. Of-
ficial Code, sec. 28–3911) are hereby made available for
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the use of the Office of the Corporation Counsel of the 
District of Columbia until September 30, 2004, in accord-
ance with the laws establishing these funds. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION 
Economic development and regulation, $258,539,000 
(including $64,553,000 from local funds, $97,796,000 
from Federal funds, and $96,190,000 from other funds), 
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
bia 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 Improve-
ment 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 pro-
vided by the General Services Administration: Provided 
further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be ex-
empt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That $725,000, of which no amount may 
be expended for administrative expenses, shall be available 
to the Department of Employment Services when the 
Council Committee on Public Services approves a spending 
plan prepared and submitted, by the agency, to the Com-
mittee on Public Services for its approval.
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE 
Public safety and justice, $639,892,000 (including 
$620,039,000 from local funds, $11,329,000 from Federal 
funds, and $8,524,000 from other funds): Provided, That 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appro-
priation for the Chief of Police for the prevention and de-
tection of crime: Provided further, That not less than 
$240,000 shall be for the Corrections Information Coun-
cil, established by section 11201(g) of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 24–101(h)), to support its 
operations and perform its duties: Provided further, That 
not less than $169,000 shall be for the Criminal Justice 
Coordinating Council, established by the Criminal Justice 
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Estab-
lishment Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14–28; D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 22–4231 et seq.), to support its operations and 
perform its duties: Provided further, That the Mayor shall 
reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for ex-
penses incurred in connection with services that are per-
formed 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 pay-
able for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding 
General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Pro-
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vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for 
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National 
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 emer-
gency services involved. 
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Public education system, including the development 
of national defense education programs, $1,257,201,000 
(including $980,206,000 from local funds, $218,470,000 
from Federal funds, $31,525,000 from other funds, and 
not to exceed $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special 
Education Reform Fund established pursuant to the Med-
icaid and Special Education Reform Fund Establishment 
Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14–403)), $17,000,000 from local 
funds, previously appropriated in this Act as a Federal 
payment, and such sums as may be derived from interest 
earned on funds contained in the dedicated account estab-
lished by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia, for resident tuition support at public and private 
institutions of higher learning for eligible District of Co-
lumbia residents, to be allocated as follows: 
(1) 
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA
PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS.—$944,157,000 (including $743,715,000
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from local funds, $161,800,000 from Federal funds, 
$11,642,000 from other funds, and not to exceed 
$27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special Edu-
cation Reform Fund established pursuant to the 
Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund Es-
tablishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14–403)) shall be 
available for District of Columbia Public Schools: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process 
and instruments for evaluating District of Columbia 
Public School employees shall be a non-negotiable 
item for collective bargaining purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall not be available 
to subsidize the education of any nonresident of the 
District of Columbia at any District of Columbia 
public elementary and secondary school during fiscal 
year 2003 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the 
District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 per-
cent of the costs incurred by the District of Colum-
bia which are attributable to the education of the 
nonresident (as established by the Superintendent of 
the District of Columbia Public Schools: 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
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Columbia Public Schools on July 1, 2003, an 
amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount pro-
vided for the District of Columbia Public Schools in 
the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for 
fiscal year 2004 (as submitted to Congress), and the 
amount of such payment shall be chargeable against 
the final amount provided for the District of Colum-
bia Public Schools under the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2004: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia Public Schools shall not spend 
less than $496,000,000 in the ‘‘Schools’’ responsi-
bility centers, including 5100 (Elementary Schools), 
6300 (Middle/Junior High Schools), 7100 (Senior 
High Schools), 7700 (Charter and Private Schools), 
and 7800 (other School Based Services): Provided 
further, That $16,800,000 shall be for negotiated 
teacher wage increases: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools 
shall be available from this appropriation for official 
purposes. 
(2) STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.—$49,687,000 
(including 
$22,594,000 
from 
local 
funds, 
$26,917,000 from Federal funds, and $176,000 
from other funds), shall be available for the State 
Education Office: Provided, That of the amounts
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lumbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(6)): Provided further, That 
$589,000 of this amount shall be available to the 
District of Columbia Public Charter School Board 
for administrative costs: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the amounts otherwise provided under 
this heading or any other provision of law, there 
shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia 
Public Charter Schools on July 1, 2003, an amount 
equal to 25 percent of the total amount provided for 
payments to public charter schools in the proposed 
budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 
2004 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of 
such payment shall be chargeable against the final 
amount provided for such payments under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004. 
(4) UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA.—$83,990,000 (including $52,272,000 from 
local funds, $12,668,000 from Federal funds, and 
$19,050,000 from other funds) shall be available for 
the University of the District of Columbia: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall not be available to sub-
sidize the education of nonresidents of the District 
of Columbia at the University of the District of Co-
lumbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the Univer-
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sity of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003, 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 
institutions 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, 2003, an amount equal to 10 percent of 
the total amount provided for the University of the 
District of Columbia in the proposed budget of the 
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2004 (as sub-
mitted to Congress), and the amount of such pay-
ment shall be chargeable against the final amount 
provided for the University of the District of Colum-
bia under the District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 2004: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 for the President of the University of the 
District of Columbia shall be available from this ap-
propriation for official purposes. 
(5) DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA
PUBLIC
LIBRAR-
IES.—$28,150,000 (including $27,003,000 from 
local funds, $610,000 from Federal funds, and
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$537,000 from other funds) shall be available for 
the District of Columbia Public Libraries: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,000 for the Public Librarian 
shall be available from this appropriation for official 
purposes. 
(6) COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMAN-
ITIES.—$2,352,000 (including $1,757,000 from local 
funds, $475,000 from Federal funds, and $120,000 
from other funds) shall be available for the Commis-
sion on the Arts and Humanities. 
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Human support services, $2,474,297,000 (including 
$1,019,763,000 from local funds, $1,378,680,000 from 
Federal funds, $52,987,000 from other funds, and 
$22,867,000 from the Medicaid and Special Education 
Reform Fund established pursuant to the Medicaid and 
Special Education Reform Fund Establishment Act of 
2002 (D.C. Act 14–403)): Provided, That the funds avail-
able from the Medicaid and Special Education Reform 
Fund are allocated as follows: $7,072,000 for Child and 
Family Services, $5,795,000 for the Department of 
Human Services, and $10,000,000 for the Department of 
Mental Health: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of this 
appropriation shall be available to the Department of
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Health to support smoking cessation efforts: Provided fur-
ther, That $27,959,000 of this appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available solely for Dis-
trict of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Pro-
vided further, That $7,000,000 of this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, shall be deposited in the 
Addiction Recovery Fund, established pursuant to section 
5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 2000 (D.C. 
Law 13–146; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–3004) and used 
exclusively for the purpose of the Drug Treatment Choice 
Program established pursuant to section 4 of the Choice 
in Drug Treatment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13–146; D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 7–3003): Provided further, That no less 
than $2,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available 
exclusively for the purpose of funding the pilot substance 
abuse program for youth ages 16 through 21 years estab-
lished pursuant to section 4212 of the Pilot Substance 
Abuse Program for Youth Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14–
28; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–3101): Provided further, 
That $7,309,000 of this appropriation, to remain available 
until expended, shall be deposited in the Interim Disability 
Assistance Fund established pursuant to section 201 of 
the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982 
(D.C. Law 4–101; D.C. Official Code, sec. 4–202.01), to 
be used exclusively for the Interim Disability Assistance
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program and the purposes for that program set forth in 
section 407 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance 
Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 13–252; D.C. Official Code, sec. 
4–204.07): Provided further, That no less than $500,000 
of this appropriation shall be available exclusively for the 
Mobile Crisis Intervention Program for Kids: Provided 
further, That the amount available under this heading in 
Public Law 107–96 for Interim Disability Assistance shall 
remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC WORKS 
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-
carrying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of 
Columbia and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles, 
$324,828,000 (including $309,834,000 from local funds, 
$4,669,000 from Federal funds, and $10,325,000 from 
other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not 
be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse 
from hotels and places of business. 
RESERVE 
For replacement of funds expended, if any, during 
fiscal year 2002 from the budget reserve established pur-
suant to section 202(j) of the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
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1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 47–392.02(j)), $70,000,000 
from local funds. 
EMERGENCY AND CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUNDS 
For the emergency reserve fund and the contingency 
reserve fund under section 450A of the District of Colum-
bia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a), 
such amounts from local funds as are necessary to meet 
the fiscal year 2003 minimum balance requirements for 
such funds under such section. 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For payment of principal, interest, and certain fees 
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Co-
lumbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as 
authorized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, secs. 1–
204.62, 1–204.75, and 1–204.90), $267,451,000 from 
local funds: Provided, That for equipment leases, the 
Mayor may finance $14,300,000 of equipment cost, plus 
cost of issuance not to exceed two percent of the par 
amount being financed on a lease purchase basis with a 
maturity not to exceed five years. 
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT 
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 
1990, $39,300,000 from local funds, as authorized by sec-
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tion 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.61(a)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING 
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing, 
$1,000,000 from local funds. 
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 
For principal and interest payments on the District’s 
Certificates of Participation, issued to finance the ground 
lease underlying the building located at One Judiciary 
Square, $7,950,000 from local funds. 
SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS 
For making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government, $22,822,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall not be construed as modi-
fying or affecting the provisions of section 103 of this Act. 
WILSON BUILDING 
For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson 
Building, $4,194,000 from local funds. 
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS 
For workforce investments, $54,186,000 from local 
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia within the various appropriation headings in 
this Act for which employees are properly payable.
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TOBACCO SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND 
For Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, $10,000,000 
from local funds. 
NON-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCY 
To account for anticipated costs that cannot be allo-
cated to specific agencies during the development of the 
proposed budget, including anticipated employee health in-
surance cost increases and contract security costs, 
$5,799,000 from local funds. 
PAY-AS-YOU-GO CAPITAL 
For Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds in lieu of capital 
financing, $16,750,000, to be transferred to the Capital 
Fund pursuant to the Criteria for Spending Pay-As-You-
Go Funding Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14–403). Pursuant 
to that Act, there are authorized to be transferred from 
Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds to other headings of this 
Act, as necessary to carry out the purposes of that Act. 
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS 
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia in written consultation with 
the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdic-
tions, $15,000,000, from funds previously appropriated in 
this Act as a Federal payment, to remain available until 
expended, to reimburse the District of Columbia for the 
costs of public safety expenses related to National Special
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Security Events in the District of Columbia and for the 
costs of providing support to respond to immediate and 
specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Co-
lumbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any 
amount provided under this heading shall be available only 
after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by 
the President to Congress and such amount has been ap-
portioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority, 
$253,743,000 from other funds, of which $43,800,000 
shall be apportioned for repayment of loans and interest 
incurred for capital improvement projects ($18,094,000 
payable to the District’s debt service fund and 
$25,706,000 payable for other debt service). 
For construction projects, $342,458,000, to be dis-
tributed as follows: $213,669,000 for the Blue Plains 
Wastewater Treatment Plant, $24,539,000 for the sewer 
program, $6,561,000 for the combined sewer program, 
$50,000,000 Federal payment for the Combined Sewer 
Overflow Long-Term Plan, $5,635,000 for the stormwater 
program, $34,054,000 for the water program, and 
$8,000,000 for the capital equipment program: Provided,
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That the requirements and restrictions that are applicable 
to general fund capital improvement projects and set forth 
in this Act under the Capital Outlay appropriation account 
shall apply to projects approved under this appropriation 
account. 
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT 
For 
operation 
of 
the 
Washington 
Aqueduct, 
$57,847,000 from other funds. 
STORMWATER PERMIT COMPLIANCE ENTERPRISE FUND 
For operation of the Stormwater Permit Compliance 
Enterprise Fund, $3,100,000 from other funds. 
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise 
Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion Act, 1982, for the purpose of implementing the Law 
to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo 
and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Co-
lumbia (D.C. Law 3–172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 3–1301 
et seq. and sec. 22–1716 et seq.), $232,881,000: 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 reve-
nues from Federal sources shall be used to support the 
operations or activities of the Lottery and Charitable 
Games Control Board.
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SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION 
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, 
$15,510,000 from other funds. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD 
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, es-
tablished pursuant to section 121 of the District of Colum-
bia Retirement Reform Act of 1979 (D.C. Official Code, 
sec. 1–711), $13,388,000 from the earnings of the appli-
cable retirement funds to pay legal, management, invest-
ment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the 
District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That 
the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide 
to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia 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 itemized accounting of the planned 
use of appropriated funds in time for each annual budget 
submission and the actual use of such funds in time for 
each annual audited financial report. 
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise 
Fund, $78,700,000 from other funds.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL REVITALIZATION CORPORATION 
For the National Capital Revitalization Corporation, 
$6,745,000 from other funds. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
For 
construction 
projects, 
an 
increase 
of 
$920,358,908, of which $538,096,996 shall be from local 
funds, $48,131,855 from Highway Trust funds, and 
$334,130,057 from Federal funds, and a rescission of 
$253,991,128 from local funds appropriated under this 
heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of 
$666,367,780, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds for use of each capital project imple-
menting agency shall be managed and controlled in ac-
cordance with all procedures and limitations established 
under the Financial Management System: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds provided by this appropriation title 
shall be available only for the specific projects and pur-
poses intended: Provided further, That the District of Co-
lumbia Public Libraries shall allocate capital funds, from 
existing resources, in fiscal year 2003 for the planning and 
design of a new Francis Gregory Public Library. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob-
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jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci-
fied, shall be considered as the maximum amount that 
may be expended for said purpose or object rather than 
an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 
of organizations concerned with the work of the District 
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor: 
Provided, That in the case of the Council of the District 
of Columbia, funds may be expended with the authoriza-
tion of the Chairman of the Council. 
SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government: Provided, That 
nothing contained in this section shall be construed as 
modifying or affecting the provisions of section 11(c)(3) 
of title XII of the District of Columbia Income and Fran-
chise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 47–
1812.11(c)(3)). 
SEC. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 105. No funds appropriated in this Act or any 
subsequent Acts for the District of Columbia government 
for the operation of educational institutions, the com-
pensation of personnel, or for other educational purposes 
may be used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further 
partisan political activities. Nothing herein is intended to 
prohibit the availability of school buildings for the use of 
any community or partisan political group during non-
school hours. 
SEC. 106. 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, and salary are not available for inspection by the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Council of the 
District of Columbia, or their duly authorized representa-
tive. 
SEC. 107. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 
or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 
including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before Congress or any State legislature.
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(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro-
vided in this Act to carry out lobbying activities on any 
matter other than—
(1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 
(2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 
voting representation in Congress for the District of 
Columbia. 
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro-
hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 
any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 108. At the start of fiscal year 2003 and any 
subsequent fiscal year, the Mayor shall develop an annual 
plan, by quarter and by project, for capital outlay bor-
rowings: Provided, That within a reasonable time after the 
close of each quarter, the Mayor shall report to the Coun-
cil of the District of Columbia and the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
the actual borrowings and spending progress compared 
with projections. 
SEC. 109. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and 
District government agencies, that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
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funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) reestablishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 30 days 
in advance of the reprogramming. 
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may 
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency
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through a transfer of any local funds from one appropria-
tion heading to another unless the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate are 
notified in writing 30 days in advance of the transfer, ex-
cept that in no event may the amount of any funds trans-
ferred exceed four percent of the local funds in the appro-
priation. 
SEC. 110. Consistent with the provisions of section 
1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 
under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for 
which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 
Law 2–139; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–601.01 et seq.), 
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–
204.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation 
of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay 
purposes, employees of the District of Columbia govern-
ment shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 112. No later than 30 days after the end of the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2003, the Mayor of the District
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of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 
of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 
2003 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. 
These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
fiscal year 2004. The officially revised estimates at mid-
year shall be used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 113. At the start of fiscal year 2003 and any 
subsequent fiscal year, no sole source contract with the 
District of Columbia government or any agency thereof 
may be renewed or extended without opening that contract 
to the competitive bidding process as set forth in section 
303 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices 
Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–
303.03), except that the District of Columbia government 
or any agency thereof may renew or extend sole source 
contracts for which competition is not feasible or practical, 
but only if the determination as to whether to invoke the 
competitive bidding process has been made in accordance 
with duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been 
reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 114. (a) In the event a sequestration order is 
issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 after the amounts appro-
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priated to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year in-
volved 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 applied proportionately to each of the Federal appro-
priation accounts in this Act that are not specifically ex-
empted from sequestration by such Act. 
(b) For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the term ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall be synonymous with and refer 
specifically to each account appropriating 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 sequestration orders 
shall not be applied to any account that is specifically ex-
empted from sequestration by the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 115. (a)(1) An entity of the District of Colum-
bia government may accept and use a gift or donation dur-
ing fiscal year 2003 and any subsequent fiscal year if—
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(A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use 
of the gift or donation (except as provided in para-
graph (2)); and 
(B) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry 
out its authorized functions or duties. 
(2) The Council of the District of Columbia and the 
District of Columbia courts may accept and use gifts with-
out prior approval by the Mayor. 
(b) Each entity of the District of Columbia govern-
ment shall keep accurate and detailed records of the ac-
ceptance and use of any gift or donation under subsection 
(a), and shall make such records available for audit and 
public inspection. 
(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. 116. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
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resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 
an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 118. None of the Federal funds made available 
in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the 
Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 
9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to oth-
erwise implement or enforce any system of registration of 
unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 
to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 
health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 
same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar-
ried couples. 
SEC. 119. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, 
obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 
received by the District government that are not reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this Act.
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(b) No such Federal, private, or other grant may be 
accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection 
(a) until—
(1) the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 
forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 
(2) the Council within 15 calendar days after 
receipt of the report submitted under paragraph (1) 
has reviewed and approved the acceptance, obliga-
tion, and expenditure of such grant. 
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from 
the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum-
bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt 
of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of 
the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other 
grant not subject to such subsection. 
(d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de-
tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 
be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia 
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not later than 15 days 
after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
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SEC. 120. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, none of the funds made available by this Act or 
by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or 
employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi-
cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 
the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du-
ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em-
ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of—
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit by November 15, 2002 an inventory, 
as of September 30, 2002, of all vehicles owned, leased 
or operated by the District of Columbia government. The
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inventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart-
ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 
of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 
condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte-
nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 
allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca-
tion. 
SEC. 121. No officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia government (including any independent agency 
of the District of Columbia, but excluding the Office of 
the Chief Technology Officer, the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, and the Metro-
politan Police Department) may enter into an agreement 
in excess of $2,500 for the procurement of goods or serv-
ices on behalf of any entity of the District government 
until the officer or employee has conducted an analysis 
of how the procurement of the goods and services involved 
under the applicable regulations and procedures of the 
District government would differ from the procurement of 
the goods and services involved under the Federal supply 
schedule and other applicable regulations and procedures 
of the General Services Administration, including an anal-
ysis of any differences in the costs to be incurred and the 
time required to obtain the goods or services.
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SEC. 122. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit 
of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 
2003 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 
General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 
with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and 
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial state-
ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re-
sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc-
ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 
into law for such year using the format, terminology, 
and classifications contained in the law making the 
appropriations for the year and its legislative his-
tory. 
SEC. 123. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot-
ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia.
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(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 
with officials of the District government regarding such 
lawsuits. 
SEC. 124. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille-
gal drug. 
(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 
contained in this Act and who carries out any program 
described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 
for such program separately from any funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 125. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that 
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay 
the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 
the District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not 
filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer 
understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the 
officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this Act (and 
the amendments made by this Act), including any duty
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to prepare a report requested either in the Act or in any 
of the reports accompanying the Act and the deadline by 
which each report must be submitted. The Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate by the 10th day after the end of each 
quarter a summary list showing each report, the due date, 
and the date submitted to the Committees. 
SEC. 126. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 
regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ-
ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat-
ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No-
vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 
SEC. 127. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
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(c) The chief judges of the Superior Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of 
Appeals shall establish standards and criteria for deter-
mining whether vouchers submitted for claims for pay-
ments described in subsection (b) are complete, and shall 
publish and make such standards and criteria available to 
attorneys who practice before such Courts. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire the assessment of interest against any claim (or por-
tion of any claim) which is denied by the Court involved. 
(e) This section shall apply with respect to claims re-
ceived by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 
or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals during fiscal 
year 2003 and any subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 129. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
quarterly reports addressing the following issues— 
(1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple-
mentation of community policing, the number of po-
lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 
open-air drug markets;
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(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat-
ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 
number of people served, the number of people on 
waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro-
grams; 
(3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio-
lent offenders, including the number of halfway 
house escapes and steps taken to improve moni-
toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con-
sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 
(4) education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement to be pro-
vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 
charter schools; 
(5) improvement in basic District services, in-
cluding rat control and abatement; 
(6) application for and management of Federal 
grants, including the number and type of grants for 
which the District was eligible but failed to apply 
and the number and type of grants awarded to the 
District but for which the District failed to spend 
the amounts received; and
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(7) indicators of child well-being.
SEC. 130. Section 450A(b)(1) of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–
204.50a(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1’’ and 
inserting ‘‘February 15’’. 
SEC. 131. No later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of 
the District of Columbia a revised appropriated funds op-
erating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis-
trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the Dis-
trict of Columbia government for fiscal year 2003 that is 
in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used to issue, administer, or enforce any order 
by the District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights 
relating to docket numbers 93–030–(PA) and 93–031–
(PA).
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SEC. 133. None of the Federal funds made available 
in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex-
cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 134. All funds from the Crime Victims Com-
pensation Fund, established pursuant to section 16 of the 
Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. 
Law 11–243; D.C. Official Code, sec. 4–514) (‘‘Com-
pensation Act’’), that are designated for outreach activi-
ties pursuant to section 16(d)(2) of the Compensation Act 
shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Assistance Fund, 
established pursuant to section 16a of the Compensation 
Act, for the purpose of outreach activities, and shall re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding any other law, the Dis-
trict 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 trans-
ferred funds shall remain available until expended and 
shall be used by the Office of the Corporation Counsel for 
enforcement and prosecution of District traffic alcohol 
laws in accordance with section 10(b)(3) of the District
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of Columbia Traffic Control Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 
50–2201.05(b)(3)). 
SEC. 136. Section 47–363(a–1) of the District of Co-
lumbia Official Code is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) After the adoption of the annual budg-
et for a fiscal year that is not a control year, no re-
programming of amounts in the budget may occur 
unless—
‘‘(i) the Mayor submits a request for such 
reprogramming to the Council and the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia; 
‘‘(ii) the Chief Financial Officer transmits 
to the Council a statement certifying the avail-
ability of funds for the reprogramming and con-
taining an analysis of the effect of the re-
programming on the financial plan and budget 
for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(iii) the Council approves the request 
after receiving the statement described in clause 
(ii), but only if any additional expenditures pro-
vided under the request are offset by reductions 
in expenditures for another activity. 
‘‘(B) If the Chief Financial Officer does not 
transmit to the Council the statement described in
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subparagraph (A)(ii) during the 15-day period which 
begins on the date the Chief Financial Officer re-
ceives the request for the reprogramming from the 
Mayor, the Chief Financial Officer shall be deemed 
to have transmitted the statement to the Council. 
Upon written notice to the Mayor and Council, the 
Chief Financial Officer may extend the time period 
to transmit the statement and analysis to the Coun-
cil, not to exceed 10 additional days. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘control year’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 305(4) 
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 47–393(4)).’’. 
SEC. 137. From the local funds appropriated under 
this Act, any agency of the District government may 
transfer to the Office of Labor Relations and Collective 
Bargaining (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. 138. (a) Not later than October 2, 2002, the 
District of Columbia shall submit to Congress a revised
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financial plan and budget for the District Government for 
fiscal year 2003 which will ensure that the budget will be 
in balance, based upon the most recent estimate of the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia of the 
amount of revenues attributable to local funds which will 
be available to the District of Columbia during fiscal year 
2003. 
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the amounts 
of the local funds provided under the appropriations head-
ings in this Act shall be revised to reflect the revised finan-
cial plan and budget submitted under subsection (a). 
(c) If the District of Columbia fails to meet the re-
quirements of subsection (a), subsection (b) shall not 
apply, and each amount of the local funds provided under 
each of the appropriations headings in this Act (other than 
any local funds under the heading ‘‘ENTERPRISE AND 
OTHER FUNDS’’) shall be reduced by such uniform per-
centage as will result in a reduction in the aggregate 
amount provided for all such funds equal to the difference 
between the amount of revenues attributable to local funds 
which is contained in this Act and the amount of revenues 
attributable to local funds which will be available to the 
District of Columbia during fiscal year 2003 (based upon 
the most recent estimate of the Chief Financial Officer).
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
Union Calendar No. 446
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5521
[Report No. 107–716] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia and other activities charge-
able in whole or in part against the revenues of 
said District for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2003, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 2, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed