SEC. 164. (a) AUTHORIZING CORPS OF ENGINEERS
TO PERFORM REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.—In using
the funds made available under this Act for carrying out
improvements to the Southwest Waterfront in the District
of Columbia (including upgrading marina dock pilings and
paving and restoring walkways in the marina and fish
market areas) for the portions of Federal property in the
Southwest quadrant of the District of Columbia within
Lots 847 and 848, a portion of Lot 846, and the
unassessed Federal real property adjacent to Lot 848 in
Square 473, any entity of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (including the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority or its
designee) may place orders for engineering and construc-
tion and related services with the Chief of Engineers of
the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Chief
of Engineers may accept such orders on a reimbursable
basis and may provide any part of such services by con-
tract. In providing such services, the Chief of Engineers
shall follow the Federal Acquisition Regulations and the
implementing Department of Defense regulations.
(b) TIMING FOR AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS UNDER
1999 ACT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277;
112 Stat. 2681–124) is amended in the item relat-
ing to ‘‘FEDERAL FUNDS—FEDERAL PAYMENT
FOR WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS’’—
(A) by striking ‘‘existing lessees’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘existing lessees
of the Marina’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the existing lessees’’ the
second place it appears and inserting ‘‘such les-
sees’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall
take effect as if included in the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1999.
(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS CAR-
RIED OUT THROUGH CORPS OF ENGINEERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby transferred
from the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority to the
Mayor the sum of $3,000,000 for carrying out the
improvements described in subsection (a) through
the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army
Corps of Engineers.
(2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The funds transferred
under paragraph (1) shall be derived from the es-
crow account held by the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority pursuant to section 134 of division A of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277; 112 Stat. 2681–552), for infrastructure needs
of the District of Columbia.
(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROJECT.—The Mayor
shall submit reports to the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate on the status of the improve-
ments described in subsection (a) for each calendar quar-
ter occurring until the improvements are completed.
SEC. 165. It is the sense of the Congress that the
District of Columbia should not impose or take into con-
sideration any height, square footage, set-back, or other
construction or zoning requirements in authorizing the
issuance of industrial revenue bonds for a project of the
American National Red Cross at 2025 E Street North-
west, Washington, D.C., in as much as this project is sub-
ject to approval of the National Capital Planning Commis-
sion and the Commission of Fine Arts pursuant to section
11 of the joint resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to
grant authority for the erection of a permanent building
for the American National Red Cross, District of Colum-
bia Chapter, Washington, District of Columbia’’, approved
July 1, 1947 (Public Law 100–637; 36 U.S.C. 300108
note).
SEC. 166. (a) PERMITTING COURT SERVICES AND
OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY TO CARRY OUT SEX
OFFENDER REGISTRATION.—Section 11233(c) of the Na-
tional Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
provement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24–1233(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(5) SEX
OFFENDER
REGISTRATION.—The
Agency shall carry out sex offender registration
functions in the District of Columbia, and shall have
the authority to exercise all powers and functions re-
lating to sex offender registration that are granted
to the Agency under any District of Columbia law.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY DURING TRANSITION TO FULL OP-
ERATION OF AGENCY.—
(1) AUTHORITY
OF
PRETRIAL
SERVICES, PA-
ROLE, ADULT PROBATION AND OFFENDER SUPER-
VISION
TRUSTEE.—Notwithstanding 
section
11232(b)(1) of the National Capital Revitalization
and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997
(D.C. Code, sec. 24–1232(b)(1)), the Pretrial Serv-
ices, Parole, Adult Probation and Offender Super-
vision Trustee appointed under section 11232(a) of
such Act (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Trustee’’)
shall, in accordance with section 11232 of such Act,
exercise the powers and functions of the Court Serv-
ices and Offender Supervision Agency for the Dis-
trict of Columbia (hereafter referred to as the
‘‘Agency’’) relating to sex offender registration (as
granted to the Agency under any District of Colum-
bia law) only upon the Trustee’s certification that
the Trustee is able to assume such powers and func-
tions.
(2) AUTHORITY OF METROPOLITAN POLICE DE-
PARTMENT.—During the period that begins on the
date of the enactment of the Sex Offender Registra-
tion Emergency Act of 1999 and ends on the date
the Trustee makes the certification described in
paragraph (1), the Metropolitan Police Department
of the District of Columbia shall have the authority
to carry out any powers and functions relating to
sex offender registration that are granted to the
Agency or to the Trustee under any District of Co-
lumbia law.
SEC. 167. (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. 168. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby trans-
ferred from the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to the District of Columbia
the sum of $5,000,000 for the Mayor, in consultation with
the Council of the District of Columbia, to provide offsets
against local taxes for a commercial revitalization pro-
gram, such program to be available in enterprise zones
and low and moderate income areas in the District of Co-
lumbia: Provided, That in carrying out such a program,
the Mayor shall use Federal commercial revitalization pro-
posals introduced in Congress as a guideline.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The amount transferred
under subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned
on accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District
of Columbia.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
House of Representatives on the progress made in car-
rying out the commercial revitalization program.
SEC. 169. Section 456 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (section 47–231 et seq. of the D.C. Code,
as added by the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–373)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Author-
ity’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’.
SEC. 170. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the
following:
(1) The District of Columbia has recently wit-
nessed a spate of senseless killings of innocent citi-
zens caught in the crossfire of shootings. A Justice
Department crime victimization survey found that
while the city saw a decline in the homicide rate be-
tween 1996 and 1997, the rate was the highest
among a dozen cities and more than double the sec-
ond highest city.
(2) The District of Columbia has not made ade-
quate funding available to fight drug abuse in recent
years, and the city has not deployed its resources as
effectively 
as 
possible. 
In 
fiscal 
year 
1998,
$20,900,000 was spent on publicly funded drug
treatment in the District compared to $29,000,000
in fiscal year 1993. The District’s Addiction and
Prevention and Recovery Agency currently has only
2,200 treatment slots, a 50 percent drop from 1994,
with more than 1,100 people on waiting lists.
(3) The District of Columbia has seen a rash
of inmate escapes from halfway houses. According to
Department of Corrections records, between October
21, 1998 and January 19, 1999, 376 of the 1,125
inmates assigned to halfway houses walked away.
Nearly 280 of the 376 escapees were awaiting trial
including two charged with murder.
(4) The District of Columbia public schools sys-
tem faces serious challenges in correcting chronic
problems, particularly long-standing deficiencies in
providing special education services to the 1 in 10
District students needing program benefits, includ-
ing backlogged assessments, and repeated failure to
meet a compliance agreement on special education
reached with the Department of Education.
(5) Deficiencies in the delivery of basic public
services from cleaning streets to waiting time at De-
partment of Motor Vehicles to a rat population esti-
mated earlier this year to exceed the human popu-
lation have generated considerable public frustration.
(6) Last year, the District of Columbia forfeited
millions of dollars in Federal grants after Federal
auditors determined that several agencies exceeded
grant restrictions and in other instances, failed to
spend funds before the grants expired.
(7) Findings of a 1999 report by the Annie E.
Casey Foundation that measured the well-being of
children reflected that, with one exception, the Dis-
trict ranked worst in the United States in every cat-
egory from infant mortality to the rate of teenage
births to statistics chronicling child poverty.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that in considering the District of Colum-
bia’s fiscal year 2001 budget, the Congress will take into
consideration progress or lack of progress in addressing
the following issues:
(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 drug abuse treatment, including
the number of treatment slots, the number of people
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and
the effectiveness of treatment programs.
(3) Management of parolees and pretrial violent
offenders, including the number of halfway house es-
capes and steps taken to improve monitoring and su-
pervision of halfway house residents to reduce the
number of escapes.
(4) Education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement.
(5) Improvement in basic city services, includ-
ing rat control and abatement.
(6) Application for and management of Federal
grants.
(7) Indicators of child well-being.
SEC. 171. The Mayor, prior to using Federal Med-
icaid payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals to
serve a small number of childless adults, should consider
the recommendations of the Health Care Development
Commission that has been appointed by the Council of the
District of Columbia to review this program, and consult
and report to Congress on the use of these funds.
SEC. 172. GAO STUDY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall—
(1) conduct a study of the law enforcement,
court, prison, probation, parole, and other compo-
nents of the criminal justice system of the District
of Columbia, in order to identify the components
most in need of additional resources, including fi-
nancial, personnel, and management resources; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the results
of the study under paragraph (1).
SEC. 173. 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. 174. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS.—(a) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 7 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service, shall—
(1) implement the notice of decision approved
by the National Capital Regional Director, dated
April 7, 1999, including the provisions of the notice
of decision concerning the issuance of right-of-way
permits at market rates; and
(2) expend such sums as are necessary to carry
out paragraph (1).
(b) ANTENNA APPLICATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
after the receipt of an application, a Federal agency
that receives an application submitted after the en-
actment of this Act to locate a wireless communica-
tions antenna on Federal property in the District of
Columbia or surrounding area over which the Fed-
eral agency exercises control shall take final action
on the application, including action on the issuance
of right-of-way permits at market rates.
(2) EXISTING LAW.—Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to affect the applicability of exist-
ing laws regarding—
(A) judicial review under chapter 7 of title
5, United States Code (the Administrative Pro-
cedure Act), and the Communications Act of
1934;
(B) the National Environmental Policy
Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and
other applicable Federal statutes; and
(C) the authority of a State or local gov-
ernment or instrumentality thereof, including
the District of Columbia, in the placement, con-
struction, and modification of personal wireless
service facilities.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—TAX REDUCTION
SEC. 201. COMMENDING REDUCTION OF TAXES BY
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The Congress commends the
District of Columbia for its action to reduce taxes, and
ratifies D.C. Act 13–110 (commonly known as the Service
Improvement and Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Support Act
of 1999).
SEC. 202. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this
title may be construed to limit the ability of the Council
of the District of Columbia to amend or repeal any provi-
sion of law described in this title.
Passed the House of Representatives November 3,
1999.
Attest:
Jeff Trandahl,
Clerk.