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notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro-
priation 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), and such services shall in-
clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies 
of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi-
dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the 
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as 
authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $203,388,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and 
representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to
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exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 
the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 
of which $131,360,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 
Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to 
include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub-
ject to protection orders or the provision of services for 
or related to such persons; of which $42,195,000 shall be 
available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and of which 
$29,833,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender 
Service for the District of Columbia: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director is authorized to accept and use 
gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space and hos-
pitality to support offender and defendant programs, and 
equipment and vocational training services to educate and 
train offenders and defendants: Provided further, That the 
Director shall keep accurate and detailed records of the 
acceptance and use of any gift or donation under the pre-
vious proviso, and shall make such records available for 
audit and public inspection: Provided further, That the
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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director 
is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the 
D.C. Government for space and services provided on a cost 
reimbursable basis: Provided further, That the Public De-
fender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs 
of materials distributed and training provided to attendees 
of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by 
the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code, said fees shall be 
credited to the Public Defender Service account to be 
available for use without further appropriation. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 
That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 
provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT 
INITIATIVE 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Department of Transportation, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007, for design and con-
struction of a continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail sys-
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tem from the Potomac River to the District’s border with 
Maryland. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
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, $20,000,000: 
Provided, That each entity that receives funding under 
this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO) a report 
on the activities to be carried out with such funds no later 
than March 15, 2006, and the CFO shall submit a com-
prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate no later 
June 1, 2006. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $41,616,000, to be allo-
cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools, $13,525,000 to improve public school education
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in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of-
fice, $13,525,000 to expand quality public charter schools 
in the District of Columbia, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007; for the Secretary of the Department of 
Education, $14,566,000 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. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS 
LABORATORY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
$7,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
for design, planning, and procurement costs associated 
with the construction of a bioterrorism and forensics lab-
oratory: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall pro-
vide an additional $1,500,000 with local funds as a condi-
tion of receiving this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
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 2006 
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 $8,700,158,000 (of which $5,007,344,000 
shall be from local funds, $1,921,287,000 shall be from 
Federal grant funds, $1,754,399,000 shall be from other 
funds, and $17,129,000 shall be from private funds), in 
addition, $163,116,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, 
That of the local funds, $466,830,000 shall be derived 
from the District’s general fund balance: Provided further, 
That of these funds the District’s intradistrict authority 
shall
be
$468,486,000:
Provided
further,
That
the 
amounts provided under this heading are to be allocated 
and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title II-District of Co-
lumbia Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget 
and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress of the 
United States by the District of Columbia on June 6, 
2005: Provided further, That this amount may be in-
creased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 
capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 
be approved by enactment of local District law and shall
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comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis-
trict 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 District of Columbia meets these re-
quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
available to the District during fiscal year 2006, except 
that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 
or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 501. Whenever in this title, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for a particular purposes or 
objects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise 
specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount 
that may be expended for said purpose or object rather 
than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 502. Appropriations in this title shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 
of organizations concerned with the work of the District 
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, 
or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 
funds may be expended with the authorization of the 
Chairman of the Council.
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SEC. 503. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 504. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 
or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 
including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro-
vided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any 
matter other than— 
(1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 
(2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 
voting representation in Congress for the District of 
Columbia. 
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro-
hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 
any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and 
District government agencies, that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
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derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) reestablishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 
in advance of the reprogramming.
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(b) None the local funds contained in this title may 
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 
through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 
in advance of the transfer, except that in no event may 
the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of 
the local funds in the appropriations. 
SEC. 506. Consistent with the provisions of section 
1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 
under this title shall be applied only to the objects for 
which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law. 
SEC. 507. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 
Law 2–139; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–601.01 et seq.), 
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 
204l.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation 
of District of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, em-
ployees of the District of Columbia government shall not 
be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code.
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SEC. 508. No later than 30 days after the end of the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 
of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 
2006 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. 
These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
fiscal year 2007. The officially revised estimates at mid-
year shall be used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 509. No sole source contract with the District 
of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
newed or extended without opening that contract to the 
competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of 
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–303.03), 
except that the District of Columbia government or any 
agency thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts 
for which competition is not feasible or practical, but only 
if the determination as to whether to invoke the competi-
tive bidding process has been made in accordance with 
duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been re-
viewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 510. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
title may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
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for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 511. None of the Federal funds made available 
in this title may be used to implement or enforce the 
Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 
9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to oth-
erwise implement or enforce any system of registration of 
unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 
to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 
health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 
same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar-
ried couples. 
SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, 
obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 
received by the District government that are not reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this title. 
(b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 
be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 
until—