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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING
COUNCIL
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council, $1,300,000, to support initiatives related to the coordina-
tion of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the District
of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for capital
development, $8,150,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $150,000 shall be for renovations at Eastern Market and
$8,000,000 shall be for the Unified Communications Center.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public
Schools, $4,500,000, of which $500,000 shall be for a window repair
and reglazing program and $4,000,000 shall be for a playground
repair and replacement program.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR A FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $2,000,000
for a family literacy program to address the needs of literacy-
challenged parents while endowing their children with an apprecia-
tion for literacy and strengthening familial ties: Provided, That
the District of Columbia shall provide a 100 percent match with
local funds as a condition of receiving this payment.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Department
of Transportation, $3,500,000, of which $500,000 shall be allocated
to implement a downtown circulator transit system, and of which
$3,000,000 shall be to offset a portion of the District of Columbia’s
allocated operating subsidy payment to the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FOSTER CARE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for foster
care improvements, $14,000,000: Provided, That $9,000,000 shall
be for the Child and Family Services Agency, of which $2,000,000
shall be to establish an early intervention program to provide
intensive and immediate services for foster children; of which
$1,000,000 shall be to establish an emergency support fund to
purchase items necessary to allow children to remain in the care
of an approved and licensed family member; of which $3,000,000
shall be for a loan repayment program for social workers who
meet certain agency-established requirements; of which $3,000,000
shall be to upgrade the agency’s computer database to a web-
based technology and to provide computer technology for social
workers: Provided further, That $3,900,000 shall be for the Depart-
ment of Mental Health to provide all court-ordered or agency-
required mental health screenings, assessments and treatments
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for children under the supervision of the Child and Family Services
Agency: Provided further, That the Director of the Department
of Mental Health shall initiate court-ordered or agency-required
mental health services within 3 days of notification that service
is needed: Provided further, That the Director of the Department
of Mental Health shall ensure that court-ordered or agency-required
mental health assessments are completed within 15 days of the
request and that all assessments be provided to the Court within
5 days of completion of the assessment: Provided further, That
$1,100,000 shall be for the Washington Metropolitan Council of
Governments, to develop a program in conjunction with the Foster
and Adoptive Parents Advocacy Center, to provide respite care
for and recruitment of foster parents: Provided further, That the
Mayor shall submit a detailed expenditure plan for the use of
funds provided under this heading within 15 days of enactment
of this legislation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, That the funds
provided under this heading shall not be made available until
30 calendar days after the submission of a spending plan to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
Senate: Provided further, That with the exception of funds provided
for the Department of Mental Health and the Washington Metro-
politan Council of Governments, no part of this appropriation may
be used for contractual community-based services: Provided further,
That the Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
Senate an accounting of all obligations and expenditures of the
funds provided under this heading: Provided further, That the
Comptroller General shall initiate management reviews of the Child
and Family Services Agency and the Department of Mental Health
and shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate no later than 6 months
after enactment of this Act.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia, $32,350,000: Provided, That
these funds shall be available for the projects and in the amounts
specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That each entity that
receives funding under this heading shall submit to the Office
of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia and
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate a report on the activities carried out with such funds
no later than March 15, 2004.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL CROSS TRAINING
For a Federal payment to the Emergency Management Agency,
$500,000 for activities related to the cross training of police officers,
firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other emergency
personnel: Provided, That this funding shall not be obligated until
the Agency submits a detailed cross training plan for the District’s
public safety workforce to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
For a Federal payment for a School Improvement Program
in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allocated as follows:
for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $13,000,000 to improve
public school education in the District of Columbia, as specified
in the statement of the managers on the conference report accom-
panying this Act; for the State Education Office, $13,000,000 to
expand quality charter schools in the District of Columbia, as
specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report
accompanying this Act; for the Secretary of the Department of
Education, $14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for stu-
dents in the District of Columbia in accordance with title III of
this Act, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer
and fund assessments for title III of this Act: Provided, That the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall submit a plan for the
use of funds provided under this heading for public school education
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate, and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce and the Committee on Government Reform of the House
of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the Senate: Provided further, That the funds pro-
vided under this heading for public school education shall not
be made available until 30 calendar days after the submission
of a spending plan by the District of Columbia Public Schools
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate.
TITLE II—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 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a) and section 417 and
section 436 of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this
Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal
year 2004 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 $6,326,138,000 (of which $3,832,734,000 shall be
from local funds, $1,568,734,000 shall be from Federal grant funds,
$910,904,000 shall be from other funds, and $13,766,000 shall be
from private funds), in addition, $119,650,000 from funds previously
appropriated in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further,
That this amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans-
actions, which are expended for emergency or unanticipated oper-
ating 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
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Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available
to the District during fiscal year 2004, except that the Chief Finan-
cial 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, $284,415,000 (including
$206,825,000 from local funds, $57,440,000 from Federal grant
funds, and $20,150,000 from other funds), in addition, $32,350,000
from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘Federal Payment to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia’’, $11,000,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Emer-
gency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’,
$2,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for a Family Literacy Program’’,
and $1,100,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Foster Care Improvements
in the District of Columbia’’: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500
for the Mayor, $2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the
District of Columbia, $2,500 for the City Administrator, and $2,500
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall be available
from this appropriation for official reception and representation
expenses: 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: Pro-
vided 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 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: Provided 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 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 to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended, of the
funds in the District of Columbia Antitrust Fund established pursu-
ant to section 820 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices
Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–308.20)
is hereby made available for the use of the Office of the Corporation
Counsel of the District of Columbia in accordance with the laws
establishing this fund.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $276,647,000 (including
$53,336,000 from local funds, $91,077,000 from Federal grant funds,
$132,109,000 from other funds, and $125,000 from private 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 Improvement Districts Act of 1996 (D.C.