H. R. 2607
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 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, 1998, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I—FISCAL YEAR 1998 APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR MANAGEMENT REFORM
For payment to the District of Columbia, as authorized by
section 11103(c) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33,
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999, which
shall be deposited into an escrow account of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority and
shall be disbursed from such escrow account pursuant to the instruc-
tions of the Authority only for a program of management reform
pursuant to sections 11101–11106 of the District of Columbia
Management Reform Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33.
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE NATION’S
CAPITAL
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia toward
the costs of the operation of the government of the District of
Columbia, $190,000,000, which shall be deposited into an escrow
account held by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, which shall allocate the
funds to the Mayor at such intervals and in accordance with such
terms and conditions as it considers appropriate to implement the
financial plan for the year: Provided, That these funds may be
used by the District of Columbia for the costs of advances to
the District government as authorized by section 11402 of the
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33: Provided further, That not less
than $30,000,000 shall be used by the District of Columbia to
repay the accumulated general fund deficit.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CORRECTIONS
TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee,
$169,000,000 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.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CORRECTIONS
TRUSTEE
FOR
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION
AND
REPAIR
For payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee
for Correctional Facilities, $302,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not less than $294,900,000 is available for
transfer to the Federal Prison System, as authorized by section
11202 of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $108,000,000 for
payment to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in
the District of Columbia for operation of the District of Columbia
Courts, including pension costs: Provided, That said sums shall
be paid quarterly by the Treasury of the United States based
on quarterly apportionments approved by the Office of Management
and Budget, with payroll and financial services to be provided
on a contractual basis with the General Services Administration,
said services to include the preparation and submission of monthly
financial reports to the President and to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Commit-
tee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representa-
tives; of which not to exceed $750,000 shall be available for
establishment and operations of the District of Columbia Truth
in Sentencing Commission as authorized by section 11211 of the
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an additional
amount, $43,000,000, for payment to the Offender Supervision
Trustee to be available only for obligation by the Offender Super-
vision Trustee; of which $26,855,000 shall be available for Parole,
Adult Probation and Offender Supervision; of which $9,000,000
shall be available to the Public Defender Service; of which
$6,345,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and
of which not to exceed $800,000 shall be transferred to the United
States Parole Commission to implement section 11231 of the
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33.
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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, $105,177,000 (including
$84,316,000 from local funds, $14,013,000 from Federal funds, and
$6,848,000 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 manage-
ment 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
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of Colum-
bia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood
from its own locally generated revenues: Provided further, That
$240,000 shall be available for citywide special elections: Provided
further, 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.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $120,072,000 (including
$40,377,000 from local funds, $42,065,000 from Federal funds, and
$37,630,000 from other funds), together with $12,000,000 collected
in the form of BID tax revenue collected by the District of Columbia
on behalf of business improvement districts pursuant to the Busi-
ness Improvement Districts Act of 1996, effective May 29, 1996
(D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec. 1–2271 et seq.), and the Business
Improvement Districts Temporary Amendment Act of 1997 (Bill
12–230).
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,
$529,739,000 (including $510,326,000 from local funds, $13,519,000
from Federal funds, and $5,894,000 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
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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
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 constitut-
ing payment in advance for emergency services involved: Provided
further, That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized
to maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition:
Provided further, That no more than 15 members of the Metropoli-
tan 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 not less than $2,254,754 shall be available
to support a pay raise for uniformed firefighters, when authorized
by the District of Columbia Council and the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
which funding will be made available as savings achieved through
actions within the appropriated budget: Provided further, That,
commencing on December 31, 1997, the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee on Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, quarterly
reports on the status of crime reduction in each of the 83 police
service areas established throughout the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated for expenses under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Criminal Justice Act, approved September 3,
1974 (88 Stat. 1090; Public Law 93–412; D.C. Code, sec. 11–2601
et seq.), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, shall be
available for obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year
since inception in fiscal year 1975: Provided further, That funds
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia Neglect
Representation Equity Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C.
Law 5–129; D.C. Code, sec. 16–2304), for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1998, shall be available for obligations incurred
under the Act in each fiscal year since inception in fiscal year
1985: Provided further, That funds appropriated for expenses under
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the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986, effective February 27,
1987 (D.C. Law 6–204; D.C. Code, sec. 21–2060), for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1998, shall be available for obligations
incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since inception in fiscal
year 1989.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of national
defense education programs, $672,444,000 (including $530,197,000
from local funds, $112,806,000 from Federal funds, and $29,441,000
from other funds), to be allocated as follows: $564,129,000 (including
$460,143,000 from local funds, $98,491,000 from Federal funds,
and $5,495,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $8,900,000 from local funds for the District
of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund; $3,376,000 from local funds
(not including funds already made available for District of Columbia
public schools) 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 $400,000
be available to the District of Columbia Public Charter School
Board for administrative costs: Provided further, That if the entirety
of this allocation has not been provided as payment to one or
more public charter schools by May 1, 1998, and remains
unallocated, the funds shall be deposited into a special revolving
loan fund described in section 172 of this Act to be used solely
to assist existing or new public charter schools in meeting startup
and operating costs: Provided further, That the Emergency Transi-
tional Education Board of Trustees of the District of Columbia
shall report to Congress not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act on the capital needs of each public charter
school and whether the current per pupil funding formula should
reflect these needs: Provided further, That until the Emergency
Transitional Education Board of Trustees reports to Congress as
provided in the preceding proviso, the Emergency Transitional Edu-
cation Board of Trustees shall take appropriate steps to provide
public charter schools with assistance to meet capital expenses
in a manner that is equitable with respect to assistance provided
to other District of Columbia public schools: Provided further, That
the Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees shall
report to Congress not later than November 1, 1998, on the
implementation of their policy to give preference to newly created
District of Columbia public charter schools for surplus public school
property; $74,087,000 (including $37,791,000 from local funds,
$12,804,000 from Federal funds, and $23,492,000 from other funds)
for the University of the District of Columbia; $22,036,000 (includ-
ing $20,424,000 from local funds, $1,158,000 from Federal funds,
and $454,000 from other funds) for the Public Library; $2,057,000
(including $1,704,000 from local funds and $353,000 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
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the President of the University of the District of Columbia, and
$2,000 for the Public Librarian shall be available from this appro-
priation for official purposes: Provided further, That not less than
$1,200,000 shall be available for local school allotments in a
restricted line item: Provided further, That not less than $4,500,000
shall be available to support kindergarten aides in a restricted
line item: Provided further, That not less than $2,800,000 shall
be available to support substitute teachers in a restricted line
item: Provided further, That not less than $1,788,000 shall be
available in a restricted line item for school counselors: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize
the education of nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the
University 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, 1998, 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.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human 
support 
services, 
$1,718,939,000 
(including
$789,350,000 from local funds, $886,702,000 from Federal funds,
and $42,887,000 from other funds): Provided, That $21,089,000
of this appropriation, to remain available until expended, shall
be available solely for District of Columbia employees’ disability
compensation: Provided further, That a peer review committee shall
be established to review medical payments and the type of service
received by a disability compensation claimant: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia shall not provide free government
services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or collection,
utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar services to any legally
constituted private nonprofit organization (as defined in section
411(5) of Public Law 100–77, approved July 22, 1987) providing
emergency shelter services in the District, if the District would
not be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, approved July 22, 1987
(101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle
for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying vehicles for
use by the Council of the District of Columbia and leasing of
passenger-carrying vehicles, $241,934,000 (including $227,983,000
from local funds, $3,350,000 from Federal funds, and $10,601,000
from other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels
and places of business: Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall
be available for the lease financing, operation, and maintenance
of two mechanical street sweepers, one flusher truck, five packer
trucks, one front-end loader, and various public litter containers:
Provided further, That $2,400,000 shall be available for recycling
activities.
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FINANCING AND OTHER USES
Financing and other uses, $454,773,000 (including for payment
to the Washington Convention Center, $5,400,000 from local funds;
reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compliance
with An Act to provide for the establishment of a modern, adequate,
and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, approved
August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896; Public Law 79–648); section 1 of
An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia
to borrow funds for capital improvement programs and to amend
provisions of law relating to Federal Government participation in
meeting costs of maintaining the Nation’s Capital City, approved
June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public Law 85–451; D.C. Code, sec.
9–219); section 4 of An Act to authorize the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia to plan, construct, operate, and maintain
a sanitary sewer to connect the Dulles International Airport with
the District of Columbia system, approved June 12, 1960 (74 Stat.
211; Public Law 86–515); and sections 723 and 743(f ) of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973,
as amended (87 Stat. 821; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec.
47–321, note; 91 Stat. 1156; Public Law 95–131; D.C. Code, sec.
9–219, note), including interest as required thereby, $384,430,000
from local funds; for the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990,
$39,020,000 from local funds, as authorized by section 461(a) of
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24,
1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540; Public Law 102–106; D.C. Code,
sec. 47–321(a)(1); for payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$12,000,000 from local funds; for lease payments in accordance
with the Certificates of Participation involving the land site underly-
ing the building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,923,000 from
local funds; for human resources development, including costs of
increased employee training, administrative reforms, and an execu-
tive compensation system, $6,000,000 from local funds); for equip-
ment leases, the Mayor may finance $13,127,000 of equipment
cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed two percent of the par
amount being financed on a lease purchase basis with a maturity
not to exceed five years: Provided, That $75,000 is allocated to
the Department of Corrections, $8,000,000 for the Public Schools,
$50,000 for the Public Library, $260,000 for the Department of
Human Services, $244,000 for the Department of Recreation and
Parks, and $4,498,000 for the Department of Public Works.
ENTERPRISE FUNDS
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER USES
Enterprise and other uses, $15,725,000 (including for the Cable
Television Enterprise Fund, established by the Cable Television
Communications Act of 1981, effective October 22, 1983 (D.C. Law
5–36; D.C. Code, sec. 43–1801 et seq.), $2,467,000 (including
$2,135,000 from local funds and $332,000 from other funds); for
the Public Service Commission, $4,547,000 (including $4,250,000
from local funds, $117,000 from Federal funds, and $180,000 from
other funds); for the Office of the People’s Counsel, $2,428,000
from local funds; for the Office of Banking and Financial Institu-
tions, $600,000 (including $100,000 from local funds and $500,000