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provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management 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 services to be
provided on a contractual basis with the General Services
Administration, said services to include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be sub-
mitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice
Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the
Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code, and
payments for counsel authorized under section 21–2060,
D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Pro-
ceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986),
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$33,336,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be administered by the Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of
Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, this appropriation shall be appor-
tioned 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.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, as amended
(Public Law 105–33, approved August 5, 1997; 111 Stat.
712), $105,500,000, of which $69,400,000 shall be for
necessary expenses of Parole Revocation, Adult Probation
and Offender Supervision, to include expenses relating to
supervision of adults subject to protection orders or provi-
sion of services for or related to such persons;
$17,400,000 shall be available to the Public Defender
Service; and $18,700,000 shall be available to the Pretrial
Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
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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 of the
amounts made available under this heading, $32,192,000
shall be used in support of universal drug screening and
testing for those individuals on pretrial, probation, or pa-
role supervision with continued testing, intermediate sanc-
tions, and other treatment for those identified in need, of
which not to exceed $13,245,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2001, for treatment services.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $3,500,000
for construction, renovation, and information technology
infrastructure costs associated with establishing commu-
nity pediatric health clinics for high risk children in medi-
cally underserved areas of the District of Columbia.
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.
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GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000
(including $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000
from Federal funds, and $13,552,000 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, and $2,500 for the City Administrator 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
of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That all employees permanently as-
signed to work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid
from funds allocated to the Office of the Mayor.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000
from Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds),
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
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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. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Temporary Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23):
Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring serv-
ices provided by the General Services Administration: Pro-
vided further, That Business Improvement Districts shall
be exempt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only,
including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the 
current 
fiscal 
year, 
$785,670,000 
(including
$565,411,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal
funds, and $191,247,000 from other funds): Provided,
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to
replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and
the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace not
to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually when-
ever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds
three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from
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this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the preven-
tion and detection of crime: Provided further, That the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and improve
the professionalism in the department: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, or May-
or’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropoli-
tan Police Department’s delegated small purchase author-
ity shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia government may not require the Metropolitan
Police Department to submit to any other procurement re-
view 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: Provided further, That the Mayor shall reim-
burse 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-
vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National
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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: Provided further, That the Metro-
politan Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800
sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Pro-
vided further, That no more than 15 members of the Met-
ropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or assigned
to the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police
submits a recommendation to the Council for its review:
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for in-
mates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
further, That commencing on December 31, 1999, the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the
status of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service
areas established throughout the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (in-
cluding $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000
from Federal funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds),
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to be allocated as follows: $713,197,000 (including
$600,936,000 from local funds, $106,213,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $6,048,000 from other funds), for the pub-
lic schools of the District of Columbia; $17,000,000 from
local funds being the Federal payment appropriated ear-
lier in this Act for resident tuition support at public and
private institutions of higher learning for eligible District
residents; $10,700,000 from local funds for the District
of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund; and not less
than $27,885,000 from local funds for public charter
schools: Provided, 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 fund-
ing formula, the funds shall be available for new public
charter schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That
$480,000 of this amount shall be available to the District
of Columbia Public Charter School Board for administra-
tive costs; $72,347,000 (including $40,491,000 from local
funds, $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000
from other funds) for the University of the District of Co-
lumbia; $24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local
funds, $798,000 from Federal funds and $245,000 other
funds) for the Public Library; $2,111,000 (including
$1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000 from Federal
funds) for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities:
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Provided further, That the public schools of the District
of Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 31
motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education
program: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for
the Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the President
of the University of the District of Columbia, and $2,000
for the Public Librarian shall be available from this appro-
priation for official purposes: Provided further, That none
of the funds contained in this Act may be made available
to pay the salaries of any District of Columbia Public
School teacher, principal, administrator, official, or em-
ployee who knowingly provides false enrollment or attend-
ance information under article II, section 5 of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for compulsory school attendance,
for the taking of a school census in the District of Colum-
bia, and for other purposes’’, approved February 4, 1925
(D.C. Code, sec. 31–401 et seq.): Provided further, 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 sec-
ondary school during fiscal year 2000 unless the non-
resident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate
that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by the Dis-
trict of Columbia which are attributable to the education
of the nonresident (as established by the Superintendent
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of the District of Columbia Public Schools): Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall not be available to sub-
sidize the education of nonresidents of the District of Co-
lumbia at the University of the District of Columbia, un-
less the Board of Trustees of the University of the District
of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, a tuition rate schedule that will establish the
tuition rate for nonresident students at a level no lower
than the nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable
public institutions of higher education in the metropolitan
area.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,526,361,000 (including
$635,373,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided,
That $25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available solely for District
of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided
further, That a peer review committee shall be established
to review medical payments and the type of service re-
ceived by a disability compensation claimant: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia shall not provide free
government services such as water, sewer, solid waste dis-
posal or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or simi-
lar services to any legally constituted private nonprofit or-
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ganization, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485; Pub-
lic Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency
shelter services in the District, if the District would not
be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to such
Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301
et seq.).
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,
$271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local funds,
$3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from
other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse
from hotels and places of business: Provided further, That
$2,620,000 shall be available for program enhancements
($1,370,000 for selected increases in District bus service;
$800,000 for new feeder bus service; $200,000 for new
small bus operations; and $250,000 for the planning and
development of the proposed New York Avenue Metrorail
station).
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RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $345,577,000 (in-
cluding $221,106,000 from local funds, $106,111,000
from Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $8,500,000 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.
RESERVE
For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, $150,000,000 from local funds: Provided,
That the reserve shall only be expended according to cri-
teria established by the Chief Financial Officer and ap-
proved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority, and the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Respon-