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(1) hire 5 additional inspectors for the Department of
Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to focus on monitoring day
care centers and home day care operations; and
(2) hire 5 additional Department of Human Services mon-
itors to focus on selecting quality day care centers eligible
for public financing and monitoring safety standards at such
centers.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede or
otherwise preempt the development and implementation of the
management reform plan for the Department of Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs and the Department of Human Services as
authorized in the District of Columbia Management Reform Act
of 1997 (subtitle B, title XI, Public Law 105–33).
SEC. 147. (a) SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; PURPOSE.—
(1) SHORT
TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Nation’s Capital Bicentennial Designation Act’’.
(2) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(A) the year 2000 will mark the 200th anniversary
of Washington, D.C. as the Nation’s permanent capital,
commencing when the Government moved from Philadel-
phia to the Federal City;
(B) the framers of the Constitution provided for the
establishment of a special district to serve as ‘‘the seat
of Government of the United States’’;
(C) the site for the city was selected under the direction
of President George Washington, with construction initi-
ated in 1791;
(D) in submitting his design to Congress, Major Pierre
Charles L’Enfant included numerous parks, fountains, and
sweeping avenues designed to reflect a vision as grand
and as ambitious as the American experience itself;
(E) the capital city was named after President George
Washington to commemorate and celebrate his triumph
in building the Nation;
(F) as the seat of Government of the United States
for almost 200 years, the Nation’s capital has been a center
of American culture and a world symbol of freedom and
democracy;
(G) from Washington, D.C., President Abraham Lincoln
labored to preserve the Union and the Reverend Martin
Luther King, Jr. led an historic march that energized the
civil rights movement, reminding America of its promise
of liberty and justice for all; and
(H) the Government of the United States must contin-
ually work to ensure that the Nation’s capital is and
remains the shining city on the hill.
(3) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are to—
(A) designate the year 2000 as the ‘‘Year of National
Bicentennial 
Celebration 
for 
Washington, 
D.C.—the
Nation’s Capital’’; and
(B) establish the Presidents’ Day holiday in the year
2000 as a day of national celebration for the 200th anniver-
sary of Washington, D.C.
(b) NATION’S CAPITAL NATIONAL BICENTENNIAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The year 2000 is designated as the ‘‘Year
of the National Bicentennial Celebration for Washington, D.C.—
the Nation’s Capital’’ and the Presidents’ Day Federal holiday
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in the year 2000 is designated as a day of national celebration
for the 200th anniversary of Washington, D.C.
(2) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that all Federal entities should coordinate with and assist
the Nation’s Capital Bicentennial Celebration, a nonprofit
501(c)(3) entity, organized and operating pursuant to the laws
of the District of Columbia, to ensure the success of events
and projects undertaken to renew and celebrate the bicenten-
nial of the establishment of Washington, D.C. as the Nation’s
capital.
SEC. 148. Notwithstanding section 602(c)(1) of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–233(c)(1)), General
Obligation Bond Act of 1998 (D.C. Bill 12–371), if enacted by
the Council of the District of Columbia and approved by the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority, shall take effect on the date of such approval or the
date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
SEC. 149. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule,
or regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia public schools
shall be—
(1) classified as an Educational Service employee;
(2) placed under the personnel authority of the Board of
Education; and
(3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
(b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate competi-
tive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not compete
with school-based personnel for retention purposes.
SEC. 150. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL VEHICLES.—
(1) 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 vehicle unless the officer or employee
uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s
official duties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s
residence and workplace (except in the case of a police officer
who resides in the District of Columbia).
(2) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall submit, by December 15, 1997, an inventory, as of September
30, 1997, of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District
of Columbia government. The inventory shall include, but not be
limited to, the department 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 maintenance
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 location.
(b) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES DETAILED WITHIN
GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of determining the amount of funds
expended by any entity within the District of Columbia government
during fiscal year 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expendi-
tures of the District government attributable to any officer or
employee of the District government who provides services which
are within the authority and jurisdiction of the entity (including
any portion of the compensation paid to the officer or employee
attributable to the time spent in providing such services) shall
be treated as expenditures made from the entity’s budget, without
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regard to whether the officer or employee is assigned to the entity
or otherwise treated as an officer or employee of the entity.
(c) RESTRICTING PROVIDERS FROM WHOM EMPLOYEES MAY
RECEIVE DISABILITY COMPENSATION SERVICES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2303(a) of the District of Colum-
bia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code,
sec. 1–624.3(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and all
that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) By or on the order of the District of Columbia govern-
ment medical officers and hospitals, or by or on the order
of a physician or managed care organization designated or
approved by the Mayor.’’.
(2) SERVICES FURNISHED.—Section 2303 of such Act (D.C.
Code, sec. 1–624.3) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) An employee to whom services, appliances, or supplies
are furnished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be provided with
such services, appliances, and supplies (including reasonable
transportation incident thereto) by a managed care organization
or other health care provider designated by the Mayor, in accord-
ance with such rules, regulations, and instructions as the Mayor
considers appropriate.
‘‘(2) Any expenses incurred as a result of furnishing services,
appliances, or supplies which are authorized by the Mayor under
paragraph (1) shall be paid from the Employees’ Compensation
Fund.
‘‘(3) Any medical service provided pursuant to this subsection
shall be subject to utilization review under section 2323.’’.
(3) REPEAL PENALTY FOR DELAYED PAYMENT OF COMPENSA-
TION.—Section 2324 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–624.24)
is amended by striking subsection (c).
(4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2301 of such Act (D.C. Code,
sec. 1–624.1) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by inserting
‘‘and as designated by the Mayor to provide services to
injured employees’’ after ‘‘State law’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(r)(1) The term ‘managed care organization’ means an
organization of physicians and allied health professionals organized
to and capable of providing systematic and comprehensive medical
care and treatment of injured employees which is designated by
the Mayor to provide such care and treatment under this title.
‘‘(2) The term ‘allied health professional’ means a medical care
provider (including a nurse, physical therapist, laboratory techni-
cian, X-ray technician, social worker, or other provider who provides
such care within the scope of practice under applicable law) who
is employed by or affiliated with a managed care organization.’’.
(5) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments made by this
subsection shall apply with respect to services, supplies, or
appliances furnished under title XXIII of the District of Colum-
bia Merit Personnel Act of 1978 on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(d) MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCEDURES.—The
District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel
Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.), as amended by section
140(b) of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public