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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.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, $745,958,000 (including $716,715,000
from local funds, $10,290,000 from Federal grant funds, $18,944,000
from other funds, and $9,000 from private funds), in addition,
$1,300,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council’’ and $500,000 from funds previously appropriated in this
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Emergency Personnel
Cross Training’’: 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 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 deter-
mined and certified as due and payable for these services by the
Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of Columbia
National Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec-
essary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National
Guard under the preceding 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.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Public education system, including the development of national
defense education programs, $1,157,841,000 (including $962,941,000
from local funds, $156,708,000 from Federal grant funds,
$27,074,000 from other funds, $4,302,000 from private funds, and
not to exceed $6,816,000, to remain available until expended, from
the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund established
pursuant to the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund
Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Law 14–190; D.C. Official Code
4–204.51 et seq.)), in addition, $17,000,000 from funds previously
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for
Resident Tuition Support’’, $4,500,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Public
School Facilities’’, and $26,000,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School
Improvement in the District of Columbia’’ to be allocated as follows:
(1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.—$870,135,000
(including $738,444,000 from local funds, $114,749,000 from
Federal grant funds, $6,527,000 from other funds, $3,599,000
from private funds, and not to exceed $6,816,000, to remain
available until expended, from the Medicaid and Special Edu-
cation Reform Fund established pursuant to the Medicaid and
Special Education Reform Fund Establishment Act of 2002
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(D.C. Law 14–190; D.C. Official Code 4–204.51 et seq.)), in
addition, $4,500,000 from funds previously appropriated in this
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Public School
Facilities’’ and $13,000,000 from funds previously appropriated
in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School
Improvement in the District of Columbia’’ shall be available
for District of Columbia Public Schools: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, the
evaluation process and instruments for evaluating District of
Columbia Public School employees shall be a non-negotiable
item for collective bargaining purposes: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the edu-
cation of any nonresident of the District of Columbia at any
District of Columbia public elementary or secondary school
during fiscal year 2004 unless the nonresident pays tuition
to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent
of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia that are
attributable to the education of the nonresident (as established
by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools): Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts
otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision
of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia
Public Schools on July 1, 2004, an amount equal to 10 percent
of the total amount provided for the District of Columbia Public
Schools in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia
for fiscal year 2005 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount
of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount
provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools under
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005: Provided
further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of
Schools shall be available from this appropriation for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That
the District of Columbia Public Schools shall submit to the
Board of Education by January 1 and July 1 of each year
a Schedule A showing all the current funded positions of the
District of Columbia Public Schools, their compensation levels,
and indicating whether the positions are encumbered: Provided
further, That the Board of Education shall approve or dis-
approve each Schedule A within 30 days of its submission
and provide the Council of the District of Columbia a copy
of the Schedule A upon its approval.
(2) STATE
EDUCATION
OFFICE.—$38,752,000 (including
$9,959,000 from local funds, $28,617,000 from Federal grant
funds, and $176,000 from other funds), in addition, $17,000,000
from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the
heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support’’ and
$13,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement
in the District of Columbia’’ shall be available for the State
Education Office: Provided, That of the amounts provided to
the State Education Office, $500,000 from local funds shall
remain available until June 30, 2005 for an audit of the student
enrollment of each District of Columbia Public School and of
each District of Columbia public charter school.
(3) DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOLS.—
$137,531,000 from local funds shall be available for District
of Columbia public charter schools: Provided, That there shall
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be quarterly disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia
public charter schools, with the first payment to occur within
15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year: Provided further,
That if the entirety of this allocation has not been provided
as payments to any public charter schools currently in operation
through the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall be
available as follows: (A) the first $3,000,000 shall be deposited
in the Credit Enhancement Revolving Fund established pursu-
ant to section 603(e) of the Student Loan Marketing Association
Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat.
3009; 20 U.S.C. 1155(e)); and (B) the balance shall be for
public education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of the
District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official
Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(2)): Provided further, That of the
amounts made available to District of Columbia public charter
schools, $25,000 shall be made available to the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer as authorized by section 2403(b)(6) of
the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(6)): Provided further, That
$660,000 of this amount shall be available to the District of
Columbia Public Charter School Board for administrative costs:
Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise
provided under this heading or any other provision of law,
there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia public
charter schools on July 1, 2004, an amount equal to 25 percent
of the total amount provided for payments to public charter
schools in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia
for fiscal year 2005 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount
of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount
provided for such payments under the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2005.
(4) 
UNIVERSITY
OF
THE
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA.—
$80,660,000 
(including 
$48,656,000 
from 
local 
funds,
$11,867,000 from Federal grant funds, $19,434,000 from other
funds, and $703,000 from private funds) shall be available
for the University of the District of Columbia: Provided, That
this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the edu-
cation of nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the Univer-
sity of the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees
of the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, a tuition rate schedule
that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students
at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged
at comparable public institutions of higher education in the
metropolitan area: Provided further, That notwithstanding the
amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other
provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the University
of the District of Columbia on July 1, 2004, an amount equal
to 10 percent of the total amount provided for the University
of the District of Columbia in the proposed budget of the
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005 (as submitted to Con-
gress), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable
against the final amount provided for the University of the
District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2005: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500
for the President of the University of the District of Columbia
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shall be available from this appropriation for official reception
and representation expenses.
(5) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARIES.—$28,287,000
(including $26,750,000 from local funds, $1,000,000 from Fed-
eral grant funds, and $537,000 from other funds) shall be
available for the District of Columbia Public Libraries: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall
be available from this appropriation for official reception and
representation expenses.
(6) COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES.—$2,476,000
(including $1,601,000 from local funds, $475,000 from Federal
grant funds, and $400,000 from other funds) shall be available
for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Human 
support 
services, 
$2,360,067,000 
(including
$1,030,223,000 from local funds, $1,247,945,000 from Federal grant
funds, $24,330,000 from other funds, $9,330,000 from private funds,
and $48,239,000, to remain available until expended, from the
Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund established pursuant
to the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund Establishment
Act of 2002 (D.C. Law 14–190; D.C. Official Code 4–204.51 et
seq.)), in addition, $7,500,000 from funds previously appropriated
in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Hospital Bioter-
rorism Preparedness in the District of Columbia’’ and $12,900,000
from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘Federal Payment to Foster Care Improvements in the District
of Columbia’’: Provided, That the funds available from the Medicaid
and Special Education Reform Fund are allocated as follows: not
more than $18,744,000 for Child and Family Services, not more
than $7,795,000 for the Department of Human Services, and not
more than $21,700,000 for the Department of Mental Health: Pro-
vided further, That $27,959,000 of this appropriation, to remain
available until expended, shall be available solely for District of
Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided further,
That $7,500,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until
expended, shall be deposited in the Addiction Recovery Fund, estab-
lished pursuant to section 5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment
Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13–146; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–3004)
and used exclusively for the purpose of the Drug Treatment Choice
Program established pursuant to section 4 of the Choice in Drug
Treatment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13–146; D.C. Official Code, sec.
7–3003): Provided further, That no less than $2,000,000 of this
appropriation shall be available exclusively for the purpose of
funding the pilot substance abuse program for youth ages 14
through 21 years established pursuant to section 4212 of the Pilot
Substance Abuse Program for Youth Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14–
28; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–3101): Provided further, That
$4,500,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until expended,
shall be deposited in the Interim Disability Assistance Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 201 of the District of Columbia Public
Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 4–101; D.C. Official Code, sec.
4–202.01), to be used exclusively for the Interim Disability Assist-
ance program and the purposes for that program set forth in section
407 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982