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support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 
State legislature. 
SEC. 307. (a) None of the Federal funds provided in 
this Act may be used to carry out lobbying activities on 
any matter. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro-
hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 
any issue. 
SEC. 308. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and 
District government agencies, that remain available for ob-
ligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, 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 specifically 
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;
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(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 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 
center, unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate are notified in 
writing 15 days in advance of the reprogramming. 
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may 
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 
through a transfer of any local funds in excess of $1,000,000 
from one appropriation heading to another unless the Com-
mittees 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. 309. Consistent with the provisions of section 
1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 
under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for which 
the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided 
by law.
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SEC. 310. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government 
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2– 
139; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–601.01 et seq.), enacted pur-
suant to section 422(3) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204l.22(3)), shall apply 
with respect to the compensation of District of Columbia 
employees: Provided, That for pay purposes, employees of 
the District of Columbia government shall not be subject 
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 311. No later than 30 days after the end of the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2005, 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 
2005 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. These 
estimates shall be used in the budget request for fiscal year 
2005. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be 
used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 312. 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
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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 deter-
mination as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding 
process has been made in accordance with duly promulgated 
rules and procedures and has been reviewed and certified 
by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 313. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 314. 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. 315. None of the Federal funds made available 
in this Act 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 otherwise im-
plement or enforce any system of registration of unmarried, 
cohabiting couples, including but not limited to registration
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for the purpose of extending employment, health, or govern-
mental benefits to such couples on the same basis that such 
benefits are extended to legally married couples. 
SEC. 316. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial 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 Act. 
(b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 
be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection 
(a) until— 
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 
forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 
(B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 
acceptance, obligation, and expenditure of such grant. 
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 
shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the accept-
ance, obligation, and expenditure of a grant if— 
(A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 
the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 
of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 
Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or
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(B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with-
in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 
disapprove the acceptance, obligation, or expenditure 
of the grant within 30 calendar days of the initial re-
ceipt of the report from the Chief Financial Officer 
under paragraph (1)(A). 
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the 
general fund or other funds of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment in anticipation of the approval or receipt of a 
grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of the ap-
proval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 
subject to such subsection. 
(d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 
other grants received by the District government reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this Act, or approved and 
received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 
actual amount of the grant. 
(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 sub-
mitted to the Council of the District of Columbia and to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-