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706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that student
in an appropriate program of special education serv-
ices.
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any provision of any Fed-
erally-granted charter or any other provision of law, begin-
ning with fiscal year 1999 and for each fiscal year there-
after, the real property of the National Education Associa-
tion located in the District of Columbia shall be subject to
taxation by the District of Columbia in the same manner
as any similar organization.
SEC. 142. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used for purposes of the annual independent audit of
the District of Columbia government (including the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia pursuant to section
208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procurement
Practices 
Act 
of 
1985 
(D.C. 
Code, 
sec. 
1–
1182.8(a)(4)); and
(2) the audit includes a comparison of audited
actual year-end results with the revenues submitted in
the budget document for such year and the appropria-
tions enacted into law for such year.
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SEC. 143. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for
programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is
required but has not been approved by the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such
programs or functions are conditioned only on the approval
by the Authority of the required reorganization plans.
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments
for evaluating District of Columbia Public Schools employ-
ees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining
purposes.
SEC. 145. 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 government
to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action
which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting rep-
resentation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
SEC. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used after April 1, 2000, to transfer or confine inmates
classified above the medium security level, as defined by the
Federal Bureau of Prisons classification instrument, to the
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center located in Youngstown,
Ohio.
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SEC. 147. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or with-
in 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the
Mayor, and the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority a revised ap-
propriated funds operating budget for all agencies of the
District of Columbia government for such fiscal year that
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and
that realigns budgeted data for personal services and other-
than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated actual
expenditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the District of Columbia government submitted pursu-
ant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–
301).
SEC. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) RESERVE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
2000, the plan or budget submitted pursuant to this
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Act shall contain $150,000,000 for a reserve to be es-
tablished by the Mayor, Council of the District of Co-
lumbia, Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia, and the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS ON USE.—The reserve funds—
‘‘(A) shall only be expended according to
criteria established by the Chief Financial Offi-
cer and approved by the Mayor, Council of the
District of Columbia, and District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, but, in no case may any of
the reserve funds be expended until any other
surplus funds have been used;
‘‘(B) shall not be used to fund the agencies
of the District of Columbia government under
court ordered receivership; and
‘‘(C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in
the projected reductions budgeted in the budget
proposed by the District of Columbia government
for general supply schedule savings and manage-
ment reform savings.
‘‘(3) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—The Authority
shall notify the Appropriations Committees of both
the Senate and House of Representatives in writing
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30 days in advance of any expenditure of the reserve
funds.’’.
(b) Section 202 of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995
(Public Law 104–8) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(j) POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
shall maintain at the end of a fiscal year an annual
positive fund balance in the general fund of not less
than 4 percent of the projected general fund expendi-
tures for the following fiscal year.
‘‘(2) EXCESS FUNDS.—Of funds remaining in
excess of the amounts required by paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) not more than 50 percent may be used
for authorized non-recurring expenses; and
‘‘(B) not less than 50 percent shall be used
to reduce the debt of the District of Columbia.’’.
SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds provided by section 131 of Division A of Public Law
105–277 (112 Stat. 2681–552) may also be used by the
Mayor, in consultation with the Council of the District of
Columbia and the National Capital Revitalization Cor-
poration, for the purposes of providing offsets against local
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taxes for commercial revitalization in empowerment zones
and low and moderate income areas.
SEC. 150. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director
of the National Park Service, shall—
(1) implement the notice of decision approved by
the National Capital Regional Director, dated April
7, 1999, including the provisions of the notice of deci-
sion concerning the issuance of right-of-way permits
at market rates; and
(2) expend such sums as are necessary to carry
out paragraph (1).
(b) ANTENNA APPLICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, a Federal agency
that receives an application to locate a wireless com-
munications antenna on Federal property in the Dis-
trict of Columbia or surrounding area over which the
Federal agency exercises control shall take final ac-
tion on the application, including action on the
issuance of right-of-way permits at market rates.
(2) GUIDANCE.—In making a decision con-
cerning wireless service in the District of Columbia or