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32–701 et seq.) or to otherwise 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 married couples.
SEC. 314. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Financial 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.
(b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may be accepted,
obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) until—
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
submits to the Council a report setting forth detailed informa-
tion regarding such grant; and
(B) the Council has reviewed and approved the acceptance,
obligation, and expenditure of such grant.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council shall be
deemed to have reviewed and approved the acceptance, obligation,
and expenditure of a grant if—
(A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with the Sec-
retary of the Council within 14 calendar days of the receipt
of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under paragraph
(1)(A); or
(B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed within such
deadline, the Council does not by resolution disapprove the
acceptance, obligation, or expenditure of the grant within 30
calendar days of the initial receipt of the report from the
Chief Financial Officer under paragraph (1)(A).
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the general
fund or other funds of the District of Columbia 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 Columbia
may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and other grants
received by the District government reflected in the amounts appro-
priated in this Act, or approved and received under subsection
(b)(2) to reflect a change in the actual amount of the grant.
(e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth detailed 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 Senate not later than 15
days after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
SEC. 315. (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 vehicle unless the officer or employee
uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s
official duties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s
residence and workplace, except in the case of—
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise
designated by the Chief of the Department;
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(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee
of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Serv-
ices Department who resides in the District of Columbia and
is on call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the
Fire Chief;
(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 Columbia
shall submit by March 1, 2005, an inventory, as of September
30, 2004, of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District
of Columbia government. The inventory shall include, but not be
limited to, the department 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 maintenance
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 location.
SEC. 316. 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 2005 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General of
the District of Columbia, in coordination with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia, pursuant to section
208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices
Act of 1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial statement a
comparison of audited actual year-end results with the revenues
submitted in the budget document for such year and the appro-
priations 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 history.
SEC. 317. (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 government to provide assist-
ance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require
Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress for the
District of Columbia.
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Cor-
poration Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private
lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government
regarding such lawsuits.
SEC. 318. (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 illegal 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. 319. 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 independent agency of the District of Columbia)
who has not filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer under-
stands the duties and restrictions applicable to the officer and
the officer’s agency as a result of this Act (and the amendments
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made by this Act), including any duty 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 Representa-
tives 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. 320. (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 associated with the possession, use,
or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive.
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initia-
tive of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by the electors
of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, shall not take
effect.
SEC. 321. 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 insur-
ance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation
enacted on such issue should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
SEC. 322. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate quarterly reports addressing—
(1) crime, including the homicide rate, implementation of
community policing, the number of police officers on local beats,
and the closing down of open-air drug markets;
(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treatment,
including the number of treatment slots, the number of people
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the effective-
ness of treatment programs;
(3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent offenders,
including the number of halfway houses escapes and steps
taken to improve monitoring and supervision of halfway house
residents to reduce the number of escapes to be provided in
consultation with the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency for the District of Columbia;
(4) education, including access to special education services
and student achievement to be provided in consultation with
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the District of
Columbia public charter schools;
(5) improvement in basic District services, including 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
(7) indicators of child well-being.
SEC. 323. (a) No later than 30 calendar 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
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of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia
a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District
of Columbia government for fiscal year 2005 that is in the total
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budg-
eted data for personal services and other-than-personal-services,
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency where the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia certifies that a realloca-
tion is required to address unanticipated changes in program
requirements.
SEC. 324. 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 num-
bers 93–030–(PA) and 93–031–(PA).
SEC. 325. None of the Federal funds made available in this
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or
any other appropriation Act.
SEC. 326. Notwithstanding any other law, the District of
Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury of the Dis-
trict of Columbia all fines levied and collected by the Courts under
section 10(b)(1) and (2) of the District of Columbia Traffic Act
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 50–2201.05(b)(1) and (2)). The transferred
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 of Columbia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code,
sec. 50–2201.05(b)(3)).
SEC. 327. None of the funds contained in this Act may be
made available to pay—
(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a party in
an action or an attorney who defends an action, including
an administrative proceeding, brought against the District of
Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of $4,000
for that action; or
(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia determines to have a pecu-
niary interest, either through an attorney, officer or employee
of the firm, in any special education diagnostic services, schools,
or other special education service providers.
SEC. 328. The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall require attorneys in special education cases brought under
the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) in the District of
Columbia to certify in writing that the attorney or representative
rendered any and all services for which they receive awards,
including those received under a settlement agreement or as part
of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the District
of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia shall require all attorneys in IDEA
cases to disclose any financial, corporate, legal, memberships on
boards of directors, or other relationships with any special education