(B) Section 2203(h)(2) of such Act (sec. 31–
2853.13(h)(2), D.C. Code) is amended by striking
‘‘(17),’’.
(d) Section 2403 of the District of Columbia School
Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 31–2853.43, D.C. Code) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENTS.—A public charter
school may assign any payments made to the school under
this section to a financial institution for use as collateral
to secure a loan or for the repayment of a loan.’’.
(e) Section 2210 of the District of Columbia School
Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 31–2853.20, D.C. Code), as
amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) PARTICIPATION IN GSA PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of this Act or any other provision of law, a pub-
lic charter school may acquire goods and services
through the General Services Administration and
may participate in programs of the Administration
in the same manner and to the same extent as any
entity of the District of Columbia government.
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION
BY
CERTAIN
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—A public charter school may delegate to a
nonprofit, tax-exempt organization in the District of
Columbia the public charter school’s authority under
paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 121. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNI-
VERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (a) The Super-
intendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools
(DCPS) and the University of the District of Columbia
(UDC) shall each submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate, the
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate no later than 15 calendar days after the
end of each quarter a report that sets forth—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obliga-
tions, year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and
total fiscal year expenditure projections versus budg-
et broken out on the basis of control center, respon-
sibility center, and object class, and for all funds,
non-appropriated funds, and capital financing;
(2) a list of each account for which spending is
frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out
by control center, responsibility center, detailed ob-
ject, and for all funding sources;
(3) a list of all active contracts in excess of
$10,000 annually, which contains the name of each
contractor; the budget to which the contract is
charged, broken out on the basis of control center,
responsibility center, and agency reporting code; and
contract identifying codes used by DCPS and UDC;
payments made in the last quarter and year-to-date,
the total amount of the contract and total payments
made for the contract and any modifications, exten-
sions, renewals; and specific modifications made to
each contract in the last month;
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports
that are required to be, and have been, submitted to
the Board of Education;
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports
that have been made by UDC within the last quarter
in compliance with applicable law; and
(6) changes made in the last quarter to the or-
ganizational structure of DCPS and UDC, dis-
playing for each entity previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the
organizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
(b) The Superintendent of DCPS and UDC shall an-
nually compile an accurate and verifiable report on the
positions and employees in the public school system and
the university, respectively. The annual report shall—
(1) set forth the number of validated schedule
A positions in the District of Columbia public
schools and UDC for fiscal year 2001, and there-
after on full-time equivalent basis, including a com-
pilation of all positions by control center, responsi-
bility center, funding source, position type, position
title, pay plan, grade, and annual salary;
(2) set forth a compilation of all employees in
the District of Columbia public schools and UDC as
of the preceding December 31, verified as to its ac-
curacy in accordance with the functions that each
employee actually performs, by control center, re-
sponsibility center, agency reporting code, program
(including funding source), activity, location for ac-
counting purposes, job title, grade and classification,
annual salary, and position control number; and
(3) be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor,
the District of Columbia Council, the Consensus
Commission, and the Authority, not later than Feb-
ruary 15 of each year.
(c) No later than November 1, 2000, or within 30
calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
whichever occurs later, and each succeeding year, the Su-
perintendent of DCPS and UDC shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the Dis-
trict of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, a revised appropriated
funds operating budget for the public school system and
UDC for such fiscal year: (1) that is in the total amount
of the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted
data for personal services and other-than-personal serv-
ices, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures;
and (2) that is in the format of the budget that the Super-
intendent of DCPS and UDC submit to the Mayor of the
District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor’s budget
submission to the Council of the District of Columbia pur-
suant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 122. (a) None of the funds contained in this
Act may be made available to pay the fees of an attorney
who represents a party who prevails in an action or any
attorney who defends any action, including an administra-
tive proceeding, brought against the District of Columbia
Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the at-
torney exceeds 250 percent of the hourly rate of
compensation under section 11–2604(a), District of
Columbia Code; or
(2) the maximum amount of compensation of
the attorney exceeds 250 percent of the maximum
amount 
of 
compensation 
under 
section 
11–
2604(b)(1), District of Columbia Code, except that
compensation and reimbursement in excess of such
maximum may be approved for extended or complex
representation in accordance with section 11–
2604(c), District of Columbia Code; and
(3) in no case may the compensation limits in
paragraphs (1) and (2) exceed $2,500.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the
Mayor and the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools concur in a Memorandum of Under-
standing setting forth a new rate and amount of com-
pensation, then such new rates shall apply in lieu of the
rates set forth in the preceding subsection to both the at-
torney who represents the prevailing party and the attor-
ney who defends the action.
SEC. 123. 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. 124. None of the 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.
Code, sec. 36–1401 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or
enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohab-
iting couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or les-
bian), including but not limited to registration for the pur-
pose of extending employment, health, or governmental
benefits to such couples on the same basis that such bene-
fits are extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 125. The District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority, acting
on behalf of the District of Columbia Public Schools
(DCPS) in formulating the DCPS budget, the Board of
Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, the
Board of Library Trustees, and the Board of Governors
of the University of the District of Columbia School of
Law shall vote on and approve the respective annual or
revised budgets for such entities before submission to the
Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the
Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of the District
of Columbia in accordance with section 442 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301), or before submitting their respective
budgets directly to the Council.
SEC. 126. (a) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS
NOT INCLUDED IN CEILING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with
the Chief Financial Officer, during a control year, as
defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8; 109 Stat. 152),
may accept, obligate, and expend Federal, private,
and other grants received by the District govern-
ment that are not reflected in the amounts appro-
priated in this Act.
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI-
CER REPORT AND AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such
Federal, private, or other grant may be accepted, ob-
ligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph (1)
until—
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia submits to the Authority a re-
port setting forth detailed information regard-
ing such grant; and
(B) the Authority has reviewed and ap-
proved the acceptance, obligation, and expendi-
ture of such grant in accordance with review
and approval procedures consistent with the
provisions of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995.
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPA-
TION OF APPROVAL OR RECEIPT.—No amount may
be obligated or expended from the general fund or
other funds of the District government in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a grant under
paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a Federal, private,
or other grant not subject to such paragraph.
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia shall prepare
a quarterly report setting forth detailed information
regarding all Federal, private, and other grants sub-
ject to this subsection. Each such report shall be
submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia,
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, not later
than 15 days after the end of the quarter covered
by the report.
(b) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES BY FINANCIAL RE-
SPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—Not later than 20 calendar days after the end of
each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 2000, the Authority
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing
an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds obli-
gated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The
report shall include information on the date, amount, pur-
pose, and vendor name, and a description of the services
or goods provided with respect to the expenditures of such
funds.
SEC. 127. If a department or agency of the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia is under the administra-
tion of a court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed
official during fiscal year 2001 or any succeeding fiscal
year, the receiver or official shall prepare and submit to
the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the
expenditures and appropriations necessary for the mainte-
nance and operation of the department or agency. All such
estimates shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council,
for its action pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but
subject to the Mayor’s recommendations. Notwithstanding
any provision of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(87 Stat. 774; Public Law 93–198), the Council may com-
ment or make recommendations concerning such annual
estimates but shall have no authority under such Act to
revise such estimates.
SEC. 128. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL
VEHICLES.—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 vehicle unless
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the per-
formance 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 resi-
dence and workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer
or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who
resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise des-
ignated by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the discre-
tion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Department who resides in the District of Columbia and
is on call 24 hours a day; (3) the Mayor of the District
of Columbia; and (4) the Chairman of the Council of the
District of Columbia).
(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit, by No-
vember 15, 2000, an inventory, as of September 30, 2000,
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 Dis-
trict officer or employee and if so, the officer or employee’s
title and resident location.
SEC. 129. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOY-
EES DETAILED WITHIN GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of
determining the amount of funds expended by any entity
within the District of Columbia government during fiscal
year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expendi-
tures of the District government attributable to any officer
or employee of the District government who provides serv-
ices 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
Metropolitan Police Department, and the Office of the
Chief Technology Officer) may enter into an agreement
in excess of $2,500 for the procurement of goods or serv-
ices on behalf of any entity of the District government
until the officer or employee has conducted an analysis
of how the procurement of the goods and services involved
under the applicable regulations and procedures of the
District government would differ from the procurement of
the goods and services involved under the Federal supply
schedule and other applicable regulations and procedures
of the General Services Administration, including an anal-
ysis of any differences in the costs to be incurred and the
time required to obtain the goods or services.
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not later than 120 days after the date that a District
of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) student is referred
for evaluation or assessment—
(1) the District of Columbia Board of Edu-
cation, or its successor, and DCPS shall assess or
evaluate a student who may have a disability and
who may require special education services; and
(2) if a student is classified as having a dis-
ability, as defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat.
175; 20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C.
706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that stu-
dent in an appropriate program of special education
services.
SEC. 131. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products to the greatest extent
practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each agency of the
Federal or District of Columbia government shall
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice
describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by
the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 132. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit
of the District of Columbia government (including the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority) for fiscal year 2001 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector
General of the District of Columbia pursuant to sec-
tion 208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procure-
ment Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–
1182.8(a)(4)); and
(2) the audit includes a comparison of audited
actual year-end results with the revenues submitted
in the budget document for such year and the appro-
priations enacted into law for such year.
SEC. 133. 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.
SEC. 134. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used to transfer or confine inmates classified above
the medium security level, as defined by the Federal Bu-
reau of Prisons classification instrument, to the Northeast
Ohio Correctional Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
SEC. 135. Subsection 3(e) of Public Law 104–21
(D.C. Code sec. 7–134.2(e)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.—Not later than
February 1, 2001, and each February 1 thereafter, the
Inspector General of the District of Columbia shall audit
the financial statements of the District of Columbia High-
way Trust Fund for the preceding fiscal year and shall
submit to Congress a report on the results of such audit.
Not later than May 31, 2001, and each May 31 thereafter,
the Inspector General shall examine the statements fore-
casting the conditions and operations of the Trust Fund
for the next five fiscal years commencing on the previous
October 1 and shall submit to Congress a report on the
results of such examination.’’.
SEC. 136. No later than November 1, 2000, or within
30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority 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 (Public Law
93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301), for all agencies of the
District of Columbia government for such fiscal year 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 anticipated
actual expenditures.
SEC. 137. (a) None of the funds contained in this
Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile
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. 138. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON LEASES.—Upon the
expiration of the 60-day period that begins on the date
of the enactment of this Act, none of the funds contained
in this Act may be used to make rental payments under
a lease for the use of real property by the District of Co-
lumbia government (including any independent agency of
the District) unless the lease and an abstract of the lease
have been filed (by the District of Columbia or any other
party to the lease) with the central office of the Deputy
Mayor for Economic Development, in an indexed registry
available for public inspection.
(b) 
ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS
ON
CURRENT
LEASES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the expiration of the
60-day period that begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, in the case of a lease described in
paragraph (3), none of the funds contained in this
Act may be used to make rental payments under the
lease unless the lease is included in periodic reports
submitted by the Mayor and Council of the District
of Columbia to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate describing
for each such lease the following information:
(A) The location of the property involved,
the name of the owners of record according to
the land records of the District of Columbia,
the name of the lessors according to the lease,
the rate of payment under the lease, the period
of time covered by the lease, and the conditions
under which the lease may be terminated.
(B) The extent to which the property is or
is not occupied by the District of Columbia gov-
ernment as of the end of the reporting period
involved.
(C) If the property is not occupied and uti-
lized by the District government as of the end
of the reporting period involved, a plan for oc-
cupying and utilizing the property (including
construction or renovation work) or a status
statement regarding any efforts by the District
to terminate or renegotiate the lease.
(2) TIMING
OF
REPORTS.—The reports de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be submitted for each
calendar quarter (beginning with the quarter ending
December 31, 2000) not later than 20 days after the
end of the quarter involved, plus an initial report
submitted not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, which shall provide infor-
mation as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) LEASES DESCRIBED.—A lease described in
this paragraph is a lease in effect as of the date of
the enactment of this Act for the use of real prop-
erty by the District of Columbia government (includ-
ing any independent agency of the District) which is
not being occupied by the District government (in-
cluding any independent agency of the District) as
of such date or during the 60-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 139. (a) MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.—Upon the expiration of the
60-day period that begins on the date of the enactment
of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may
be used to enter into a lease (or to make rental payments
under such a lease) for the use of real property by the
District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District) or to purchase real prop-
erty for the use of the District of Columbia government
(including any independent agency of the District) or to
manage real property for the use of the District of Colum-
bia (including any independent agency of the District) un-
less the following conditions are met:
(1) The Mayor and Council of the District of
Columbia certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate
that existing real property available to the District
(whether leased or owned by the District govern-
ment) is not suitable for the purposes intended.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, there is made available for sale or lease all real
property of the District of Columbia that the Mayor
from time-to-time determines is surplus to the needs
of the District of Columbia, unless a majority of the
members of the Council override the Mayor’s deter-
mination during the 30-day period which begins on
the date the determination is published.
(3) The Mayor and Council implement a pro-
gram for the periodic survey of all District property
to determine if it is surplus to the needs of the Dis-
trict.
(4) The Mayor and Council within 60 days of
the date of the enactment of this Act have filed with
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate a report which provides a comprehensive plan
for the management of District of Columbia real
property assets, and are proceeding with the imple-
mentation of the plan.
(b) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS.—If the District
of Columbia enacts legislation to reform the practices and
procedures governing the entering into of leases for the
use of real property by the District of Columbia govern-
ment and the disposition of surplus real property of the
District government, the provisions of subsection (a) shall
cease to be effective upon the effective date of the legisla-
tion.
SEC. 140. 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 the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority and any independent agency of
the District) who has not filed a certification with the
Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia that the officer understands the duties and re-
strictions 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 ei-
ther in the Act or in any of the reports accompanying the
Act and the deadline by which each report must be sub-
mitted, and the District’s Chief Financial Officer shall
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives by the 10th day
after the end of each quarter a summary list showing each
report, the due date and the date submitted to the Com-
mittees.
SEC. 141. The proposed budget of the government
of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2002 that is
submitted by the District to Congress shall specify poten-
tial adjustments that might become necessary in the event
that the operational improvements savings, including man-
aged competition, and management reform savings
achieved by the District during the year do not meet the
level of management savings projected by the District
under the proposed budget.
SEC. 142. In submitting any document showing the
budget for an office of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (including an independent agency of the District)
that contains a category of activities labeled as ‘‘other’’,
‘‘miscellaneous’’, or a similar general, nondescriptive term,
the document shall include a description of the types of
activities covered in the category and a detailed breakdown
of the amount allocated for each such activity.
SEC. 143. (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-
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. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby solely
authorized to allocate the District’s limitation amount of
qualified zone academy bonds (established pursuant to 26
U.S.C. 1397E) among qualified zone academies within the
District.
SEC. 145. (a) Section 11232 of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997 (sec. 24–1232, D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i)
as subsections (g) through (j); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f) TREATMENT AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Trustee and employees
of the Trustee who are not covered under subsection
(e) shall be treated as employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment solely for purposes of the following provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code:
‘‘(A) Chapter 83 (relating to retirement).
‘‘(B) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal
Employees’ Retirement System).
‘‘(C) Chapter 87 (relating to life insur-
ance).
‘‘(D) Chapter 89 (relating to health insur-
ance).
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATES
OF
COVERAGE.—The
effective dates of coverage of the provisions of para-
graph (1) are as follows:
‘‘(A) In the case of the Trustee and em-
ployees of the Office of the Trustee and the Of-
fice of Adult Probation, August 5, 1997, or the
date of appointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(B) In the case of employees of the Office
of Parole, October 11, 1998, or the date of ap-
pointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(C) In the case of employees of the Pre-
trial Services Agency, January 3, 1999, or the
date of appointment, whichever is later.
‘‘(3) RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Trustee
shall make contributions under the provisions re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) at the same rates applica-
ble to agencies of the Federal Government.
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel
Management shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this subsection.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of title XI of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
SEC. 146. It is the sense of the Congress that the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority should quickly complete the
sale of the Franklin School property, a property which has
been vacant for over 20 years.
SEC. 147. 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. 148. (a) Chapter 23 of title 11, District of Co-
lumbia, is hereby repealed.
(b) The table of chapters for title 11, District of Co-
lumbia, is amended by striking the item relating to chap-
ter 23.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date on which legislation enacted by the
Council of the District of Columbia to establish the Office
of the Chief Medical Examiner in the executive branch of
the government of the District of Columbia takes effect.
PROMPT PAYMENT OF APPOINTED COUNSEL
SEC. 149. (a) ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST FOR DE-
LAYED PAYMENTS.—If the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
does not make a payment described in subsection (b) prior
to the expiration of the 45-day period which begins on the
date the Court receives a completed voucher for a claim
for the payment, interest shall be assessed against the
amount of the payment which would otherwise be made
to take into account the period which begins on the day
after the expiration of such 45-day period and which ends
on the day the Court makes the payment.
(b) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.—A payment described in
this subsection is—
(1) a payment authorized under section 11–
2604 and section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to
representation provided under the District of Colum-
bia Criminal Justice Act);
(2) a payment for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Division of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23
of title 16, D.C. Code; or
(3) a payment for counsel authorized under sec-
tion 21–2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of
Attorney Act of 1986).
(c) STANDARDS FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETED
VOUCHERS.—The chief judges of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals shall establish standards and criteria for
determining whether vouchers submitted for claims for
payments described in subsection (b) are complete, and
shall publish and make such standards and criteria avail-
able to attorneys who practice before such Courts.
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require the assessment of inter-
est against any claim (or portion of any claim) which is
denied by the Court involved.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
respect to claims received by the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court
of Appeals after the expiration of the 90-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 150. (a) Effective 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any
person to distribute any needle or syringe for the hypo-
dermic injection of any illegal drug in any area of the Dis-
trict of Columbia which is within 1000 feet of a public
or private elementary or secondary school (including a
public charter school). It is stipulated that based on a sur-
vey by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District
of Columbia that sites at 4th Street Northeast and Rhode
Island Avenue Northeast, Southern Avenue Southeast and
Central Avenue Southeast, 1st Street Southeast and M
Street Southeast, 21st Street Northeast and H Street
Northeast, Minnesota Avenue Northeast and Clay Place
Northeast, and 15th Street Southeast and Ives Street
Southeast are outside the 1000-foot perimeter. Sites at
North Capitol Street and New York Avenue Northeast,
Division Avenue Northeast and Foote Street Northeast,
Georgia Avenue Northwest and New Hampshire Avenue
Northwest, and 15th Street Northeast and A Street
Northeast are found to be within the 1000-foot perimeter.
(b) The Public Housing Police of the District of Co-
lumbia Housing Authority shall prepare a monthly report
on activity involving illegal drugs at or near any public
housing site where a needle exchange program is con-
ducted, and shall submit such reports to the Executive Di-
rector of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, who
shall submit them to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate. The Execu-
tive Director shall ascertain any concerns of the residents
of any public housing site about any needle exchange pro-
gram conducted on or near the site, and this information
shall be included in these reports. The District of Colum-
bia Government shall take appropriate action to require
relocation of any such program if so recommended by the
police or by a significant number of residents of such site.
FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION
FOR
ENFORCEMENT
OF
LAW
BANNING POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY
MINORS
SEC. 151. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—There is hereby ap-
propriated a Federal contribution of $100,000 to the Met-
ropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia,
effective upon the enactment by the District of Columbia
of a law which reads as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. BAN ON POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
BY MINORS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any indi-
vidual under 18 years of age to possess any cigarette or
other tobacco product in the District of Columbia.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(1) POSSESSION
IN
COURSE
OF
EMPLOY-
MENT.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect
to an individual making a delivery of cigarettes or
tobacco products in pursuance of employment.
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION
IN
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OPERATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with re-
spect to an individual possessing products in the
course of a valid, supervised law enforcement oper-
ation.
‘‘(c) PENALTIES.—Any individual who violates sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following penalties:
‘‘(1) For any violation, the individual may be
required to perform community service or attend a
tobacco cessation program.
‘‘(2) Upon the first violation, the individual
shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
‘‘(3) Upon the second and each subsequent vio-
lation, the individual shall be subject to a civil pen-
alty not to exceed $100.
‘‘(4) Upon the third and each subsequent viola-
tion, the individual may have his or her driving
privileges in the District of Columbia suspended for
a period of 90 consecutive days.’’.
(b) USE OF CONTRIBUTION.—The Metropolitan Po-
lice Department shall use the contribution made under
subsection (a) to enforce the law referred to in such sub-
section.
SEC. 152. Nothing in this Act bars the District of
Columbia 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. 153. (a) Nothing in the Federal Grant and Co-
operative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et
seq.) may be construed to prohibit the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency from negotiating
and entering into cooperative agreements and grants au-
thorized by law which affect real property of the Federal
Government in the District of Columbia if the principal
purpose of the cooperative agreement or grant is to pro-
vide comparable benefits for Federal and non-Federal
properties in the District of Columbia.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal
year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 154. (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Colum-
bia Home Rule Act, as amended by section 159(a) of this
Act, is further amended by inserting after section 450A
the following new section:
‘‘COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY
‘‘SEC. 450B. (a) COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MAN-
AGEMENT POLICY.—The District of Columbia shall con-
duct its financial management in accordance with a com-
prehensive financial management policy.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF POLICY.—The comprehensive fi-
nancial management policy shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, the following:
‘‘(1) A cash management policy.
‘‘(2) A debt management policy.
‘‘(3) A financial asset management policy.
‘‘(4) An emergency reserve management policy
in accordance with section 450A(a).
‘‘(5) A contingency reserve management policy
in accordance with section 450A(b).
‘‘(6) A policy for determining real property tax
exemptions for the District of Columbia.
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The comprehensive financial
management policy shall be reviewed at the end of each
fiscal year by the Chief Financial Officer who shall—
‘‘(1) not later than July 1 of each year, submit
any proposed changes in the policy to the Mayor and
(in the case of a fiscal year which is a control year,
as defined in section 305(4) of the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Act of 1995) the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority (Authority) for review;
‘‘(2) not later than August 1 of each year, after
consideration of any comments received under para-
graph (1), submit the changes to the Council of the
District of Columbia (Council) for approval; and
‘‘(3) not later than September 1 of each year,
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives, the Committee on
Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate of any changes enacted by the Council.
‘‘(d) PROCEDURE
FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF FIRST
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.—
‘‘(1) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Not later
than April 1, 2001, the Chief Financial Officer shall
submit to the Mayor an initial proposed comprehen-
sive financial management policy for the District of
Columbia pursuant to this section.
‘‘(2) COUNCIL.—Following review and comment
by the Mayor, not later than May 1, 2001, the Chief
Financial Officer shall submit the proposed financial
management policy to the Council for its prompt re-
view and adoption.
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—Upon adoption of the finan-
cial management policy under paragraph (2), the
Council shall immediately submit the policy to the
Authority for a review of not to exceed 30 days.
‘‘(4) CONGRESS.—Following review of the fi-
nancial management policy by the Authority under
paragraph (3), the Authority shall submit the policy
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and House of Representatives, the Committee on
Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate for review, and the policy shall take ef-
fect 30 days after the date the policy is submitted
under this paragraph.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
for the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 450A the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 450B. Comprehensive financial management policy.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on October
1, 2000.
APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
SEC. 155. (a) APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL.—Sec-
tion 424(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(sec. 47–317.2, D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘Upon confirmation by the Council,
the name of the Chief Financial Officer shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations 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 for a 30-day period of review and
comment before the appointment takes effect.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘upon dis-
missal by the Mayor and approval of that dismissal
by a 2⁄3 vote of the Council. Upon approval of the
dismissal by the Council, notice of the dismissal
shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives,
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Committee on Government Reform of
the House of Representatives for a 30-day period of
review and comment before the dismissal takes ef-
fect.’’.
(b) FUNCTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 424(c) of such Act
(sec. 47–317.3, D.C. Code) is amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DURING A
CONTROL YEAR’’;
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘During a control year, the Chief
Financial Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief Fi-
nancial Officer’’;
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Pre-
paring’’ and inserting ‘‘During a control year,
preparing’’;
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Assur-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘During a control year, as-
suring’’;
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘With
the approval’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the
Council—’’ and inserting ‘‘Preparing and sub-
mitting to the Mayor and the Council, with the
approval of the Authority during a control
year—’’;
(F) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or the
Authority’’ and inserting ‘‘(or by the Authority
during a control year)’’; and
(G) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(18) Exercising responsibility for the adminis-
tration and supervision of the District of Columbia
Treasurer (except that the Chief Financial Officer
may delegate any portion of such responsibility as
the Chief Financial Officer considers appropriate
and consistent with efficiency).
‘‘(19) Administering all borrowing programs of
the District government for the issuance of long-
term and short-term indebtedness.
‘‘(20) Administering the cash management pro-
gram of the District government, including the in-
vestment of surplus funds in governmental and non-
governmental interest-bearing securities and ac-
counts.
‘‘(21) Administering the centralized District
government payroll and retirement systems.
‘‘(22) Governing the accounting policies and
systems applicable to the District government.
‘‘(23) Preparing appropriate annual, quarterly,
and monthly financial reports of the accounting and
financial operations of the District government.
‘‘(24) Not later than 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year, preparing the complete financial
statement and report on the activities of the District
government for such fiscal year, for the use of the
Mayor under section 448(a)(4).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 424
of such Act (sec. 47–317.1 et seq., D.C. Code) is
amended—
(A) by striking subsection (d);
(B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘or
subsection (d)’’; and
(C) by redesignating subsections (e) and
(f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
SEC. 156. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the
District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit
Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code 1–
601.1 et seq.), or any other District of Columbia law, stat-
ute, regulation, the provisions of the District of Columbia
Personnel Manual, or the provisions of any collective bar-
gaining agreement, employees of the District of Columbia
government will only receive compensation for overtime
work in excess of 40 hours per week (or other applicable
tour of duty) of work actually performed, in accordance
with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29
U.S.C. § 201 et seq.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall be effective
December 27, 1996. The Resolution and Order of the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority, dated December 27, 1996,
is hereby ratified and approved and shall be given full
force and effect.
SEC. 157. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 503 of Public Law 100–71 and as provided in sub-
section (b), the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency for the District of Columbia (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘agency’’) may implement and administer
the Drug Free Workplace Program of the agency, dated
July 28, 2000, for employment applicants of the agency.
(b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The waiver provided by
subsection (a) shall—
(1) take effect on enactment; and
(2) terminate on the date the Department of
Health and Human Services approves the drug pro-
gram of the agency pursuant to section 503 of Pub-
lic Law 100–71 or 12 months after the date referred
to in paragraph (1), whichever is later.
SEC. 158. Commencing October 1, 2000, the Mayor
of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Senate and
House Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Govern-
mental Affairs Committee, and the House Government
Reform Committee quarterly reports addressing the fol-
lowing issues: (1) crime, including the homicide rate, im-
plementation of community policing, the number of police
officers on local beats, and the closing down of open-air
drug markets; (2) access to drug abuse treatment, includ-
ing the number of treatment slots, the number of people
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the ef-
fectiveness of treatment programs; (3) management of pa-
rolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including the num-
ber of halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve
monitoring and supervision of halfway house residents to
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in consulta-
tion with the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency; (4) education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement to be provided in
consultation with the District of Columbia Public Schools;
(5) improvement in basic District services, including rat
control and abatement; (6) application for and manage-
ment 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 which the District failed to spend the amounts
received; and (7) indicators of child well-being.
RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 159. (a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
RESERVE
FUNDS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
Home Rule Act is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 450 the following new section:
‘‘RESERVE FUNDS
‘‘SEC. 450A. (a) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is established an
emergency cash reserve fund (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘emergency reserve fund’) as an in-
terest-bearing account (separate from other accounts
in the General Fund) into which the Mayor shall de-
posit in cash not later than February 15 of each fis-
cal year (or not later than October 1, 2000, in the
case of fiscal year 2001) such amount as may be re-
quired to maintain a balance in the fund of at least
4 percent of the total budget appropriated for oper-
ating expenditures for such fiscal year which is de-
rived from local funds (or, in the case of fiscal years
prior to fiscal year 2004, such amount as may be re-
quired to maintain a balance in the fund of at least
the minimum emergency reserve balance for such
fiscal year, as determined under paragraph (2)).
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
MINIMUM
EMER-
GENCY RESERVE BALANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The ‘minimum emer-
gency reserve balance’ with respect to a fiscal
year is the amount equal to the applicable per-
centage of the total budget appropriated for op-
erating expenditures for such fiscal year which
is derived from local funds.
‘‘(B) 
APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE
DE-
FINED.—In subparagraph (A), the ‘applicable
percentage’ with respect to a fiscal year means
the following:
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2001, 1 percent.
‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2002, 2 percent.
‘‘(iii) For fiscal year 2003, 3 percent.
‘‘(3) INTEREST.—Interest earned on the emer-
gency reserve fund shall remain in the account and
shall only be withdrawn in accordance with para-
graph (4).
‘‘(4) CRITERIA FOR USE OF AMOUNTS IN EMER-
GENCY RESERVE FUND.—The Chief Financial Offi-
cer, in consultation with the Mayor, shall develop a
policy to govern the emergency reserve fund which
shall include (but which may not be limited to) the
following requirements:
‘‘(A) The emergency reserve fund may be
used to provide for unanticipated and non-
recurring extraordinary needs of an emergency
nature, including a natural disaster or calamity
as defined by section 102 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
100
Act (Public Law 100–707) or unexpected obli-
gations by Federal law.
‘‘(B) The emergency reserve fund may also
be used in the event of a State of Emergency
as declared by the Mayor pursuant to section 5
of the District of Columbia Public Emergency
Act of 1980 (sec. 6–1504, D.C. Code).
‘‘(C) The emergency reserve fund may not
be used to fund—
‘‘(i) any department, agency, or office
of the Government of the District of Co-
lumbia which is administered by a receiver
or other official appointed by a court;
‘‘(ii) shortfalls in any projected reduc-
tions which are included in the budget pro-
posed by the District of Columbia for the
fiscal year; or
‘‘(iii) settlements and judgments made
by or against the Government of the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION
OF
EMERGENCY
CASH
RE-
SERVE FUNDS.—Funds may be allocated from the
emergency reserve fund only after—
‘‘(A) an analysis has been prepared by the
Chief Financial Officer of the availability of