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Act for Brownfield Remediation (114 Stat. 2445), shall remain avail-
able until expended.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of
the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except
as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act and section 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 Columbia for
fiscal year 2002 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser
of the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for
such fiscal year or $6,048,160,000 (of which $124,163,000 shall
be from intra-District funds and $3,574,493,000 shall be from local
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: Provided 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, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that
the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations
and funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2002,
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, $286,138,000 (including
$229,421,000 from local funds, $38,809,000 from Federal funds,
and $17,908,000 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 expenses 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 State-
hood Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of
Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission to
Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues: 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 delegated 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
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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 not less than $353,000
shall be available to the Office of the Corporation Counsel to support
increases in the Attorney Retention Allowance: Provided further,
That not less than $50,000 shall be available to support a mediation
services program within the Office of the Corporation Counsel:
Provided further, That not less than $50,000 shall be available
to support a TANF Unit within the Child Support Enforcement
Division of the Office of the Corporation Counsel: Provided further,
That of all funds in the District of Columbia Antitrust Fund estab-
lished 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)
an amount not to exceed $386,000, of all funds in the Antifraud
Fund established pursuant to section 820 of the District of Columbia
Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986
(D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–308.20) an amount not
to exceed $10,000, and of all funds in the District of Columbia
Consumer Protection Fund established pursuant to section 1402
of the District of Columbia Budget Support Act for fiscal year
2001 (D.C. Law 13–172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 28–3911) an amount
not to exceed $233,000, are hereby made available for the use
of the Office of the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia
until September 30, 2003, in accordance with the statutes that
established these funds.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $230,878,000 (including
$60,786,000 from local funds, $96,199,000 from Federal funds, and
$73,893,000 from other funds), of which $15,000,000 collected by
the District of Columbia in the form of BID tax revenue shall
be paid to the respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improve-
ment Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Official Code,
sec. 2–1215.01 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26; D.C. Official Code, sec.
2–1215.15 et seq.): Provided, That such funds are available for
acquiring services provided by the General Services Administration:
Provided further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be
exempt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia: Provided
further, That the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
shall use $50,000 of the receipts from the net proceeds from the
contractor that handles the District’s occupational and professional
licensing to fund additional staff and equipment for the Rental
Housing Administration: Provided further, That the Department
of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs shall transfer up to $293,000
from other funds resulting from the lapse of personnel vacancies,
caused by transferring DCRA employees into NSO positions without
filling the resultant vacancies, into the revolving 5–513 fund to
be used to implement the provisions in D.C. Law 13–281, the
Abatement and Condemnation of Nuisance Properties Omnibus
Amendment Act of 2000, pertaining to the prevention of the demoli-
tion by neglect of historic properties: Provided further, That the
fees established and collected pursuant to Law 13–281 shall be
identified, and an accounting provided, to the District of Columbia
Council’s Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs: Provided
further, That 18 percent of the annual total amount in the 5–
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513 fund, up to $500,000, deposited into the 5–513 fund on an
annual basis, be used to implement section 102 and other related
sections of D.C. Law 13–281.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, $633,853,000 (including $594,803,000
from local funds, $8,298,000 from Federal funds, and $30,752,000
from other funds): Provided, That not to exceed $500,000 shall
be available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for
the prevention and detection of crime: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other law, section 3703 of title XXXVII of the
Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Support Act of 2001 (D.C. Bill 14–144),
adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia, is enacted
into law: Provided further, That the Mayor shall reimburse the
District of Columbia National Guard for expenses incurred in
connection with services that are performed in emergencies by
the National Guard in a militia status and are requested by the
Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified
as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and the Com-
manding General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Pro-
vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for reimburse-
ment to the District of Columbia National Guard under the pre-
ceding proviso shall be available from this appropriation, and the
availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting payment
in advance for emergency services involved: Provided further, That
no less than $173,000,000 shall be available to the Metropolitan
Police Department for salary in support of 3,800 sworn officers:
Provided further, That no less than $100,000 shall be available
in the Department of Corrections budget to support the Corrections
Information Council: Provided further, That not less than $296,000
shall be available to support the Child Fatality Review Committee.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of national
defense education programs, $1,108,665,000 (including $896,994,000
from local funds, $185,044,000 from Federal funds, and $26,627,000
from other funds), to be allocated as follows: $813,042,000 (including
$661,124,000 from local funds, $144,630,000 from Federal funds,
and $7,288,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $47,370,000 (including $19,911,000 from local
funds, $26,917,000 from Federal funds, $542,000 from other funds),
for the State Education Office, $17,000,000 from local funds, pre-
viously 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 established by the Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia, for resident tuition support at public
and private institutions of higher learning for eligible District of
Columbia residents; and $142,257,000 from local funds for public
charter schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly disburse-
ment of funds to the District of Columbia public charter schools,
with the first payment to occur within 15 days of the beginning
of each fiscal year: Provided further, That if the entirety of this
allocation has not been provided as payments to any public charter
school currently in operation through the per pupil funding formula,
the funds shall be available for public education in accordance
with the School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
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Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(e)(A)): Provided further, That
$480,000 of this amount shall be available to the District of
Columbia Public Charter School Board for administrative costs:
Provided further, That section 161 of the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–522; 114 Stat. 2483,
2484), is amended, as if included in the Act—
(1) by striking ‘‘not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2001,’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘revolving’’ after ‘‘enhancement’’ in the
second sentence of paragraph (2)(B), in the heading of para-
graph (3), and in paragraph (3)(A); and
(3) by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’:
Provided further, That the cap on administrative costs as amended
by section 161 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
2001 (Public Law 106–522; 114 Stat. 2484), is amended by striking
‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’: Provided further, That
$76,542,000 (including $45,912,000 from local funds, $12,539,000
from Federal funds, and $18,091,000 from other funds) shall be
available for the University of the District of Columbia: Provided
further, That $400,000 shall be available for Enhancing and
Actualizing Internationalism and Multiculturalism in the Academic
Programs of the University of the District of Columbia: Provided
further, That $1,277,500 shall be paid by the Chief Financial Officer
to the Excel Institute for operations as follows: $277,500 to cover
debt owed by the University of the District of Columbia for services
rendered shall be paid to the Excel Institute within 15 days of
enactment of this Act; and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall
be paid to the Excel Institute in equal quarterly installments within
15 days of the beginning of each quarter: Provided further, That
not less than $200,000 for Adult Education: Provided further, That
$27,256,000 (including $26,030,000 from local funds, $560,000 from
Federal funds and $666,000 other funds) for the Public Library:
Provided further, That the $1,007,000 enhancement shall be allo-
cated such that $500,000 is used for facilities improvements for
8 of the 26 library branches, $235,000 for 13 FTEs for the continu-
ation of the Homework Helpers Program, $143,000 for 2 FTEs
in the expansion of the Reach Out And Read (ROAR) service to
licensed day care homes, and $129,000 for 3 FTEs to expand literacy
support into branch libraries: Provided further, That $2,198,000
(including $1,760,000 from local funds, $398,000 from Federal funds
and $40,000 from other funds) shall be available for the Commission
on the Arts and Humanities: 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 Super-
intendent 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 appropriation 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 employee who knowingly provides false enrollment or attendance
information under article II, section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to provide for compulsory school attendance, for the taking
of a school census in the District of Columbia, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved February 4, 1925 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–