H. R. 5633
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
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, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other purposes,
namely:
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a nation-
wide program to be administered by the Mayor for District of
Columbia resident tuition support, $17,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such funds may be used on behalf
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based
upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at
public institutions of higher education, usable at both public and
private institutions for higher education: Provided further, That
the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of
a resident’s academic merit and such other factors as may be
authorized.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Incen-
tives for Adoption of Children’’ in Public Law 106–113, approved
November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1501), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create incen-
tives to promote the adoption of children in the District of Columbia
foster care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall
remain available until September 30, 2002, and shall be used to
carry out all of the provisions of title 38, except for section 3808,
of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support Act of 2000, D.C. Bill
13–679, enrolled June 12, 2000.’’.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the
District of Columbia, $1,250,000, of which $250,000 shall be for
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payment to a mentoring program and for hotline services; $250,000
shall be for payment to a youth development program with a
character building curriculum; $250,000 shall be for payment to
a basic values training program; and $500,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for the design, construction, and mainte-
nance of a trash rack system to be installed at the Hickey Run
stormwater outfall.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $1,500,000,
to remain available until expended, for the Mayor, in consultation
with the Council of the District of Columbia, to provide offsets
against local taxes for a commercial revitalization program, such
program to provide financial inducements, including loans, grants,
offsets to local taxes and other instruments that promote commer-
cial revitalization in Enterprise Zones and low and moderate income
areas in the District of Columbia: Provided, That in carrying out
such a program, the Mayor shall use Federal commercial revitaliza-
tion proposals introduced in Congress as a guideline: Provided
further, That not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives on the progress
made in carrying out the commercial revitalization program.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public
Schools, $500,000: Provided, That $250,000 of said amount shall
be used for a program to reduce school violence: Provided further,
That $250,000 of said amount shall be used for a program to
enhance the reading skills of District public school students.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
For a Federal payment to the Metropolitan Police Department,
$100,000: Provided, That said funds shall be used to fund a youth
safe haven police mini-station for mentoring high risk youth.
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO COVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON
For a Federal contribution to Covenant House Washington
for a contribution to the construction in Southeast Washington
of a new community service center for homeless, runaway and
at-risk youth, $500,000.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CORRECTIONS
TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia Correc-
tions Trustee, $134,200,000 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; 111 Stat. 712) of
which $1,000,000 is to fund an initiative to improve case processing
in the District of Columbia criminal justice system: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated
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in this Act for the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee shall
be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided
further, That in addition to the funds provided under this heading,
the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee may use any remaining
interest earned on the Federal payment made to the Trustee under
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, to carry out
the activities funded under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts,
$105,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, $7,409,000; for the District of Columbia Superior
Court, $71,121,000; for the District of Columbia Court System,
$17,890,000; $5,255,000 to finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent
for nonjudicial employees; and $3,325,000, including $825,000 for
roofing repairs to the facility commonly referred to as the Old
Courthouse and located at 451 Indiana Avenue, Northwest, to
remain available until September 30, 2002, for capital improve-
ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That
none of the funds in this Act or in any other Act shall be available
for the purchase, installation, or operation of an Integrated Justice
Information System until a detailed plan and design has been
submitted by the courts and approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by
the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to
be provided on a contractual basis with the General Services
Administration (GSA), said services to include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted
directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee
on Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section
11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel
appointed in proceedings in the Family Division of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16,
D.C. Code, and payments for counsel authorized under section
21–2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $34,387,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the funds provided in
this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $3,325,000 provided under such
heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities) may also be used for payments under this heading:
Provided further, That, in addition to the funds provided under
this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in