103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2492
AN ACT
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, 1994, 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
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
FISCAL YEAR 1994 APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1994, $630,603,000, as au-
thorized by section 502(a) of the District of Columbia
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act,
Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–
3406.1).
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO RETIREMENT FUNDS
For the Federal contribution to the Police Officers
and Fire Fighters’, Teachers’, and Judges’ Retirement
Funds, as authorized by the District of Columbia Retire-
ment Reform Act, approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat.
866; Public Law 96–122), $52,070,000, of which
$2,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1994 and shall not be expended prior to Octo-
ber 1, 1994.
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION FOR CRIME AND YOUTH
INITIATIVES
For a Federal contribution for crime and youth ini-
tiatives in the District of Columbia, $17,327,000.
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
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general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $118,543,000:
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 expenditures 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 not-
withstanding any other provision of law, there is hereby
appropriated from the earnings of the applicable retire-
ment funds $10,801,000 to pay legal, management, in-
vestment, and other fees and administrative expenses of
the District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board
shall provide to the Congress and to the Council of the
District of Columbia a quarterly report of the allocations
of charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia Retirement
Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal to the
Council of the District of Columbia, an item accounting
of the planned use of appropriated funds in time for each
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annual budget submission and the actual use of such
funds in time for each annual audited financial report:
Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources
shall be used to support the operations or activities of the
Statehood Commission and Statehood Compact Commis-
sion.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $85,348,000:
Provided, That the District of Columbia Housing Finance
Agency, established by section 201 of the District of Co-
lumbia Housing Finance Agency Act, effective March 3,
1979 (D.C. Law 2–135; D.C. Code, sec. 45–2111), based
upon its capability of repayments as determined each year
by the Council of the District of Columbia from the Hous-
ing Finance Agency’s annual audited financial statements
to the Council of the District of Columbia, shall repay to
the general fund an amount equal to the appropriated ad-
ministrative costs plus interest at a rate of four percent
per annum for a term of 15 years, with a deferral of pay-
ments for the first three years: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the foregoing provision, the obligation to
repay all or part of the amounts due shall be subject to
the rights of the owners of any bonds or notes issued by
the Housing Finance Agency and shall be repaid to the
District of Columbia government only from available oper-
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ating revenues of the Housing Finance Agency that are
in excess of the amounts required for debt service, reserve
funds, and operating expenses: Provided further, That
upon commencement of the debt service payments, such
payments shall be deposited into the general fund of the
District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase of 135
passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, includ-
ing 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year, $907,966,000: Provided, That the
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace
not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Fire
Department of the District of Columbia is authorized to
replace not to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles an-
nually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle
exceeds three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail-
able from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for
the prevention 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
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further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Met-
ropolitan Police Department’s delegated small purchase
authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia government may not require the Met-
ropolitan Police Department to submit to any other pro-
curement review 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 funds
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia
Criminal Justice Act, approved September 3, 1974 (88
Stat. 1090; Public Law 93–412; D.C. Code, sec. 11–2601
et seq.), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994,
shall be available for obligations incurred under the Act
in each fiscal year since inception in fiscal year 1975: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated for expenses under
the District of Columbia Neglect Representation Equity
Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C. Law 5–129;
D.C. Code, sec. 16–2304), for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1994, shall be available for obligations in-
curred under the Act in each fiscal year since inception
in fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated for expenses under the District of Columbia
Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power