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(e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de-
tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 
be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate, not later than 15 days after the 
end of the quarter covered by the report. 
SEC. 513. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, none of the funds made available by this Act or 
by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or 
employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi-
cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 
the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du-
ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em-
ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
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hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2007, an inventory, as 
of September 30, 2006, of all vehicles owned, leased or 
operated by the District of Columbia government. The in-
ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart-
ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 
of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 
condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte-
nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 
allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca-
tion. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit 
of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 
2007 unless— 
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 
General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 
with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis-
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trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Official Code, section 2–302.8); and 
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial state-
ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re-
sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc-
ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 
into law for such year using the format, terminology, 
and classifications contained in the law making the 
appropriations for the year and its legislative his-
tory. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot-
ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 
with officials of the District government regarding such 
lawsuits. 
SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile 
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needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille-
gal drug. 
(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 
contained in this Act and who carries out any program 
described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 
for such program separately from any funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that 
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay 
the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 
the District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not 
filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer 
understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the 
officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this Act (and 
the amendments made by this Act), including any duty 
to prepare a report requested either in the Act or in any 
of the reports accompanying the Act and the deadline by 
which each report must be submitted: Provided, That the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate by April 1, 2007 and Octo-
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ber 1, 2007, a summary list showing each report, the due 
date, and the date submitted to the Committees. 
SEC. 518. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 519. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall submit 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 
quarterly reports addressing— 
(1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple-
mentation of community policing, the number of po-
lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 
open-air drug markets; 
(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat-
ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 
number of people served, the number of people on 
waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro-
grams; 
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(3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio-
lent offenders, including the number of halfway 
houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni-
toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con-
sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 
(4) education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement to be pro-
vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 
charter schools; 
(5) improvement in basic District services, in-
cluding rat control and abatement; 
(6) application for and management of Federal 
grants, including the number and type of grants for 
which the District was eligible but failed to apply 
and the number and type of grants awarded to the 
District but for which the District failed to spend 
the amounts received; and 
(7) indicators of child well-being. 
SEC. 520. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
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Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, section 1–204.42), for all agencies of 
the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2007 
that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation 
and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services 
and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with antici-
pated actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici-
pated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be made available to pay— 
(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 
party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac-
tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of 
$4,000 for that action; or 
(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 
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through an attorney, officer, or employee of the 
firm, in any special education diagnostic services, 
schools, or other special education service providers. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad-
ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro-
ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 522. The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education 
cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify 
in writing that the attorney or representative rendered any 
and all services for which they receive awards, including 
those received under a settlement agreement or as part 
of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the 
District of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require 
all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, cor-
porate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 
relationships with any special education diagnostic serv-
ices, schools, or other special education service providers 
to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part 
of this certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall pre-
pare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate on the certification of and the amount paid by the gov-
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ernment of the District of Columbia, including the District 
of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought 
under IDEA. The Inspector General of the District of Co-
lumbia may conduct investigations to determine the accu-
racy of the certifications. 
SEC. 523. The amount appropriated by this Act may 
be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds 
identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as 
the District’s fiscal year 2006 unexpended general fund 
surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 
amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 
amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 
on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco-
nomic vitality. 
(2) The District of Columbia may only use 
these funds for the following expenditures: 
(A) One-time expenditures. 
(B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 
(C) Debt Reduction. 
(D) Program needs. 
(E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short-
falls. 
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(3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
Council in support of each such obligation or ex-
penditure. 
(4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 
agencies of the District of Columbia government 
under court ordered receivership. 
(5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the ob-
ligation or expenditure. 
SEC. 524. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 
of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 
of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in-
creased— 
(1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 
allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 
2007 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub-
mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia; and 
(2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro-
posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 
Financial Plan. 
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(b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex-
pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 
under this section only in accordance with the following 
conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify— 
(A) the increase in revenue; and 
(B) that the use of the amounts is not an-
ticipated to have a negative impact on the long- 
term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 
District. 
(2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
Council of the District of Columbia in support of 
each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 
with the requirements of this Act. 
(3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 
agencies of the District government operating under 
court-ordered receivership. 
(4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 
of the obligation or expenditure. 
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SEC. 525. The Chief Financial Officer for the District 
of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow manage-
ment, conduct short-term borrowing from the emergency 
reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund estab-
lished under section 450A of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198): Provided, That the 
amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent of the total 
amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con-
tingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing: Provided 
further, That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund 
by more than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100 per-
cent of the funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 
months of the time of the borrowing or by the end of the 
fiscal year, whichever occurs earlier: Provided further, 
That in the event that short-term borrowing has been con-
ducted and the emergency or the contingency funds are 
later depleted below 50 percent as a result of an emer-
gency or contingency, an amount equal to the amount nec-
essary to restore reserve levels to 50 percent of the total 
amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con-
tingency reserve fund must be replenished from the 
amount borrowed within 60 days. 
SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 
regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ-
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ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat-
ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No-
vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 
an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 528. The authority that the Chief Financial Of-
ficer of the District of Columbia exercised with respect to 
personnel and the preparation of fiscal impact statements 
during a control period (as defined in Public Law 104– 
8) shall remain in effect until September 30, 2007. 
SEC. 529. The entire process used by the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer to acquire any and all kinds of goods, 
works and services by any contractual means, including 
but not limited to purchase, lease or rental, shall be ex-
empt from all of the provisions of the District of Colum-
bia’s Procurement Practices Act of 1985: Provided, That 
provisions made by this section shall take effect as if en-
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acted in D.C. Law 11–259 and shall remain in effect until 
September 30, 2007. 
SEC. 530. (a) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—Section 
307(a) of the District of Columbia Court Reform and 
Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (sec. 2—1607(a), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking the first 2 sentences 
and inserting the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Service in each fiscal year such funds 
as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11233 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (sec. 24—133, D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking subsection (f). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2007 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 531. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this title. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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TITLE VI 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 
periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President, $51,952,000: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
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ing, up to $1,500,000 (increased by $750,000) shall be 
for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 
the White House and official entertainment expenses of 
the President, $12,041,000, to be expended and accounted 
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
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expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require the national committee of the political party 
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
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