FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for capital development, $7,000,000, to remain available
until expended, for the Unified Communications Center.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
Public Schools, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a public school library enhancement program:
Provided, That the District of Columbia Public Schools
provides a 100 percent match for this payment: Provided
further, That the Federal portion is for the acquisition of
library resources: Provided further, That the matching
portion is for any necessary facilities upgrades.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE FAMILY LITERACY
PROGRAM
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
$1,000,000, for a Family Literacy Program to address the
needs of literacy-challenged parents while endowing their
children with an appreciation for literacy and strength-
ening familial ties: Provided, That the District of Colum-
bia shall provide a 100 percent match with local funds
as a condition of receiving this payment.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FOSTER CARE IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For the Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for foster care improvements, $5,000,000: Provided, That
$3,000,000 shall be for the Child and Family Services
Agency, of which $2,000,000 shall be to continue an early
intervention program to provide intensive and immediate
services for foster children; of which $1,000,000 shall be
for the emergency support fund to purchase items nec-
essary to allow children to remain in the care of an ap-
proved and licensed family member: Provided further, That
$1,500,000 shall be for the Department of Mental Health
to provide all court-ordered or agency-required mental
health screenings, assessments and treatments for chil-
dren under the supervision of the Child and Family Serv-
ices Agency: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be for
the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, to
continue a program in conjunction with the Foster and
Adoptive Parents Advocacy Center, to provide respite care
and recruitment of foster parents: Provided further, That
these Federal funds shall supplement and not supplant
local funds.
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 Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $19,000,000:
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 Rep-
resentatives and Senate a report on the activities to be
carried out with such funds no later than March 15, 2005.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
For Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allo-
cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public
Schools, $13,000,000 to improve public school education
in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of-
fice, $13,000,000 to expand quality charter schools in the
District of Columbia; for the Secretary of the Department
of Education, $14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholar-
ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord-
ance with division C title III of the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199, 118 Stat.
126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin-
ister and fund assessments for the opportunity scholarship
program: 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate, the Committee on Education and the Work-
force and the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds provided under this heading for pub-
lic 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 Representatives and
Senate.
TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise 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 provisions of this Act,
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005
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 $6,199,114,000 (of which $4,165,485,000
shall be from local funds, $1,687,554,000 shall be from
Federal grant funds, $332,761,000 shall be from other
funds, and $13,314,000 shall be from private funds), in
addition, $98,900,000 from funds previously appropriated
in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That
this amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time
transactions, which are expended for emergency or unan-
ticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further,
That such increases shall be approved by enactment of
local District law and shall comply with all reserve require-
ments 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 Dis-
trict of Columbia meets these requirements, including the
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appro-
priations and funds made available to the District during
fiscal year 2005, except that the Chief Financial Officer
may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-