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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.
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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-
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rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 
Governmental direction and support, $416,069,000 
(including $261,068,000 from local funds, $100,256,000 
from Federal grant funds, and $54,745,000 from other 
funds), in addition, $19,000,000 from funds previously 
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay-
ment to the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia’’, and $500,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment 
for Foster Care Improvements in the District of Colum-
bia’’ shall be available to the Metropolitan Washington 
Council of Governments: Provided, That not to exceed 
$9,300 for the Mayor, $9,300 for the Chairman of the 
Council of the District of Columbia, $9,300 for the City 
Administrator, and $9,300 for the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall be available from this appropriation 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That any program fees collected from the 
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of ex-
penses of the debt management program of the District 
of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from 
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations 
or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood
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Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District 
of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally generated reve-
nues: 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 del-
egated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Pro-
vided 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 gov-
ernment, for purchases that do not exceed $500,000. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION 
Economic development and regulation, $334,745,000 
(including $55,764,000 from local funds, $93,050,000 
from Federal grant funds, $185,806,000 from other 
funds, and $125,000 from private funds), of which 
$13,000,000 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. 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
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are available for acquiring services provided by the Gen-
eral Services Administration: Provided further, That Busi-
ness Improvement Districts shall be exempt from taxes 
levied by the District of Columbia: Provided further, That 
local funds in the amount of $1,200,000 shall be appro-
priated for the Excel Institute. 
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE 
Public safety and justice, $797,423,000 (including 
$760,849,000 from local funds, $6,599,000 from Federal 
grant funds, $29,966,000 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’’: 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 determined and certified 
as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and 
the Commanding General of the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may 
be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Colum-
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bia 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 ad-
vance for emergency services involved. 
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Public education system, including the development 
of national defense education programs, $1,223,424,000 
(including 
$1,058,709,000 
from 
local 
funds, 
$151,978,000 from Federal grant funds, $8,957,000 from 
other funds, $3,780,000 from private funds) in addition, 
$25,600,000 from funds previously appropriated in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Resident 
Tuition Support’’, $6,000,000 from funds previously ap-
propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay-
ment for Public School Libaries’’, and $26,000,000 from 
funds previously appropriated in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ to be allocated as follows: 
(1) 
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA
PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS.—$888,944,000 (including $760,494,000 
from local funds, $117,450,000 from Federal grant 
funds, $7,330,000 from other funds, $3,670,000 
from private funds), in addition, $6,000,000 from 
funds previously appropriated in this Act under the