H. R. 2587
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other
activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, 2000, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I—FISCAL YEAR 2000
APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a program
to be administered by the Mayor for District of Columbia resident
tuition support, subject to the enactment of authorizing legislation
for such program by Congress, $17,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such funds may be used on behalf
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based
upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at
public institutions of higher education, usable at both public and
private institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the
awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resi-
dent’s academic merit and such other factors as may be authorized:
Provided further, That if the authorized program is a nationwide
program, the Mayor may expend up to $17,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That if the authorized program is for a limited number of
States, the Mayor may expend up to $11,000,000: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia may expend funds other than the
funds provided under this heading, including local tax revenues
and contributions, to support such program.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create
incentives to promote the adoption of children in the District of
Columbia foster care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds
shall remain available until September 30, 2001 and shall be used
in accordance with a program established by the Mayor and the
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Council of the District of Columbia and approved by the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading may
be used to cover the costs to the District of Columbia of providing
tax credits to offset the costs incurred by individuals in adopting
children in the District of Columbia foster care system and in
providing for the health care needs of such children, in accordance
with legislation enacted by the District of Columbia government.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for adminis-
trative expenses of the Citizen Complaint Review Board, $500,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
For a Federal payment to the Department of Human Services
for a mentoring program and for hotline services, $250,000.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CORRECTIONS
TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia Correc-
tions Trustee, $176,000,000 for the administration and operation
of correctional facilities and for the administrative operating costs
of the Office of the Corrections Trustee, as authorized by section
11202 of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712):
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia Corrections
Trustee shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management
and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as
funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agen-
cies: Provided further, That in addition to the funds provided under
this heading, the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee may
use a portion of the interest earned on the Federal payment made
to the Trustee under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
1998 (not to exceed $4,600,000) to carry out the activities funded
under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts,
$99,714,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, $7,209,000; for the District of Columbia Superior
Court, $75,651,000; for the District of Columbia Court System,
$8,854,000; and $8,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2001, for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That of the amounts available for oper-
ations of the District of Columbia Courts, not to exceed $2,500,000
shall be for the design of an Integrated Justice Information System
and that such funds shall be used in accordance with a plan
and design developed by the courts and approved by the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and
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expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries
and expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial
services to be provided on a contractual basis with the General
Services Administration (GSA), said services to include the prepara-
tion of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted
directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee
on Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section
11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel
appointed in proceedings in the Family Division of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16,
D.C. Code, and payments for counsel authorized under section
21–2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $33,336,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That in addition to the funds
provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial
Administration in the District of Columbia may use a portion (not
to exceed $1,200,000) of the interest earned on the Federal payment
made to the District of Columbia courts under the District of
Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, to make payments described
under this heading for obligations incurred during fiscal year 1999
if the Comptroller General certifies that the amount of obligations
lawfully incurred for such payments during fiscal year 1999 exceeds
the obligational authority otherwise available for making such pay-
ments: Provided further, That such funds shall be administered
by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District
of Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses
of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to
be provided on a contractual basis with the General Services
Administration (GSA), said services to include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted
directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee
on Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized
by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997, (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712),
$93,800,000, of which $58,600,000 shall be for necessary expenses
of Parole Revocation, Adult Probation, Offender Supervision, and
Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to super-
vision of adults subject to protection orders or provision of services
for or related to such persons; $17,400,000 shall be available to
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the Public Defender Service; and $17,800,000 shall be available
to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall
be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading,
$20,492,000 shall be used in support of universal drug screening
and testing for those individuals on pretrial, probation, or parole
supervision with continued testing, intermediate sanctions, and
treatment for those identified in need, of which $7,000,000 shall
be for treatment services.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National Medical
Center in the District of Columbia, $2,500,000 for construction,
renovation, and information technology infrastructure costs associ-
ated with establishing community pediatric health clinics for high
risk children in medically underserved areas of the District of
Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
For 
payment 
to 
the 
Metropolitan 
Police 
Department,
$1,000,000, for a program to eliminate open air drug trafficking
in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the Chief of Police
shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and House of Representatives by the 15th calendar
day after the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the project financed under this heading.
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.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000 (including
$137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000 from Federal funds,
and $13,552,000 from other funds): 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 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 no revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support
the operations or activities of the Statehood Commission and State-
hood 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,
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That all employees permanently assigned to work in the Office
of the Mayor shall be paid from funds allocated to the Office
of the Mayor: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law now or hereafter enacted, no Member of the District
of Columbia Council eligible to earn a part-time salary of $92,520,
exclusive of the Council Chairman, shall be paid a salary of more
than $84,635 during fiscal year 2000.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000 (including
$52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000 from Federal funds, and
$52,673,000 from other 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 Improve-
ment Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts Temporary
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23): Provided, That such
funds are available for acquiring services provided by the General
Services Administration: Provided further, That Business Improve-
ment Districts shall be exempt from taxes levied by the District
of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 135
passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, including 130 for
police-type use and five for fire-type use, without regard to the
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year,
$778,770,000 (including $565,511,000 from local funds, $29,012,000
from Federal funds, and $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided,
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace
not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Department
of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the District of Columbia
is authorized to replace not to exceed five passenger-carrying
vehicles annually 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 available 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: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan
Police Department’s delegated small purchase authority shall be
$500,000: Provided further, That the District of Columbia govern-
ment may not require the Metropolitan Police Department 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 the Mayor shall
reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses
incurred in connection with services that are performed in emer-
gencies 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 National
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Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary
for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard
under the preceding proviso shall be available from this appropria-
tion, and the availability of the sums shall be deemed as consti-
tuting payment in advance for emergency services involved: Pro-
vided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department is author-
ized to maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer
attrition: Provided further, That no more than 15 members of the
Metropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or assigned to
the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police submits
a recommendation to the Council for its review: Provided further,
That $100,000 shall be available for inmates released on medical
and geriatric parole: Provided further, That commencing on
December 31, 1999, the Metropolitan Police Department shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the House
of Representatives, quarterly reports on the status of crime reduc-
tion in each of the 83 police service areas established throughout
the District of Columbia: Provided further, That up to $700,000
in local funds shall be available for the operations of the Citizen
Complaint Review Board.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of national
defense education programs, $867,411,000 (including $721,847,000
from local funds, $120,951,000 from Federal funds, and $24,613,000
from other funds), to be allocated as follows: $713,197,000 (including
$600,936,000 from local funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds,
and $6,048,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the District
of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund; $17,000,000 from local
funds, previously appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment,
for resident tuition support at public and private institutions of
higher learning for eligible District residents; $27,885,000 from
local funds for public charter schools: Provided, 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 for new public charter schools
on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That $480,000 of this amount
shall be available to the District of Columbia Public Charter School
Board for administrative costs: $72,347,000 (including $40,491,000
from local funds, $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000
from other funds) for the University of the District of Columbia;
$24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local funds, $798,000 from
Federal funds, and $245,000 from other funds) for the Public
Library; $2,111,000 (including $1,707,000 from local funds and
$404,000 from Federal funds) for the Commission on the Arts
and Humanities: Provided further, That the public schools of the
District of Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 31
motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education program:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent
of Schools, $2,500 for the President of the University of the District
of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall be available
from this appropriation for official purposes: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this Act may be made available