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manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, $32,192,000
shall be used in support of universal drug screening and
testing for those individuals on pretrial, probation, or pa-
role supervision with continued testing, intermediate sanc-
tions, and other treatment for those identified in need, of
which not to exceed $13,245,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2001, for treatment services.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $3,500,000
for construction, renovation, and information technology
infrastructure costs associated with establishing commu-
nity pediatric health clinics for high risk children in medi-
cally underserved areas of the District of Columbia.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided.
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GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000
(including $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000
from Federal funds, and $13,552,000 from other funds):
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor,
$2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the District
of Columbia, and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall
be available from this appropriation for official purposes:
Provided further, That any program fees collected from the
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of ex-
penses of the debt management program of the District
of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations
or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That all employees permanently
assigned to work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid
from funds allocated to the Office of the Mayor.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000
from Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds),
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
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bia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the
respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement
Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Temporary Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23):
Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring serv-
ices provided by the General Services Administration: Pro-
vided further, That Business Improvement Districts shall
be exempt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only,
including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the
current
fiscal
year,
$785,670,000
(including
$565,411,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal
funds, and $191,247,000 from other funds): Provided,
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to
replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and
the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace not
to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually when-
ever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds
three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from
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this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the preven-
tion and detection of crime: Provided further, That the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and improve
the professionalism in the department: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, or May-
or’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropoli-
tan Police Department’s delegated small purchase author-
ity shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia government may not require the Metropolitan
Police Department to submit to any other procurement re-
view process, or to obtain the approval of or be restricted
in any manner by any official or employee of the District
of Columbia government, for purchases that do not exceed
$500,000: Provided further, That the Mayor shall reim-
burse the District of Columbia National Guard for ex-
penses incurred in connection with services that are per-
formed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia
status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that
shall be jointly determined and certified as due and pay-
able for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding
General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Pro-
vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National
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Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available from
this appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall
be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emer-
gency services involved: Provided further, That the Metro-
politan Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800
sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Pro-
vided further, That no more than 15 members of the Met-
ropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or assigned
to the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police
submits a recommendation to the Council for its review:
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for in-
mates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
further, That commencing on December 31, 1999, the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the
status of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service
areas established throughout the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (in-
cluding $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000
from Federal funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds),
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to
be
allocated
as
follows:
$713,197,000
(including
$600,936,000 from local funds, $106,213,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $6,048,000 from other funds), for the pub-
lic schools of the District of Columbia, $17,000,000 from
local funds being the Federal payment appropriated ear-
lier in this Act for resident tuition support at public and
private institutions of higher learning for eligible District
residents, $10,700,000 from local funds for the District
of Columbia Teachers’ Retirement Fund; and not less
than $27,885,000 from local funds for public charter
schools: Provided, That if the entirety of this allocation
has not been provided as payments to any public charter
schools currently in operation through the per pupil fund-
ing formula, the funds shall be available for new public
charter schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further,
That $480,000 of this amount shall be available to the
District of Columbia Public Charter School Board for ad-
ministrative costs, $72,347,000 (including $40,491,000
from local funds, $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and
$18,320,000 from other funds) for the University of the
District of Columbia, $24,171,000 (including $23,128,000
from local funds, $798,000 from Federal funds and
$245,000 other funds) for the Public Library, $2,111,000
(including $1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000
from Federal funds) for the Commission on the Arts and
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Humanities: Provided further, That the public schools of
the District of Columbia are authorized to accept not to
exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver
education program: Provided further, That not to exceed
$2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the
President of the University of the District of Columbia,
and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall be available
from this appropriation for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds contained in this Act may
be made available to pay the salaries of any District of
Columbia Public School teacher, principal, administrator,
official, or employee who knowingly provides false enroll-
ment or attendance information under article II, section
5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for compulsory
school attendance, for the taking of a school census in the
District of Columbia, and for other purposes’’, approved
February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–401 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall not be avail-
able to subsidize the education of any nonresident of the
District of Columbia at any District of Columbia public
elementary and secondary school during fiscal year 2000
unless the nonresident pays tuition to the District of Co-
lumbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs in-
curred by the District of Columbia which are attributable
to the education of the nonresident (as established by the
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Superintendent
of
the
District
of
Columbia
Public
Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
not be available to subsidize the education of nonresidents
of the District of Columbia at the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the Uni-
versity of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2000, a tuition rate schedule
that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students
at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate
charged at comparable public institutions of higher edu-
cation in the metropolitan area.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,526,361,000 (including
$635,373,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided,
That $25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available solely for District
of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided
further, That a peer review committee shall be established
to review medical payments and the type of service re-
ceived by a disability compensation claimant: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia shall not provide free
government services such as water, sewer, solid waste dis-
posal or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or simi-
lar services to any legally constituted private nonprofit or-
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ganization, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485; Pub-
lic Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency
shelter services in the District, if the District would not
be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to such
Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301
et seq.).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-
carrying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of
Columbia and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles,
$271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local funds,
$3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from
other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse
from hotels and places of business: Provided further, That
$2,620,000 shall be available for program enhancements
($1,370,000 for selected increases in District bus service,
$800,000 for new feeder bus service, $200,000 for new
small bus operations; and $250,000 for the planning and
development of the proposed New York Avenue Metrorail
station).
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RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $345,577,000 (in-
cluding $221,106,000 from local funds, $106,111,000
from Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of
Columbia within the various appropriation headings in
this Act for which employees are properly payable.
RESERVE
For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, $150,000,000 from local funds: Provided,
That the reserve shall only be expended according to cri-
teria established by the Chief Financial Officer and ap-
proved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority, and the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
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sibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved
April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8),
$3,140,000: Provided, That none of the funds contained
in this Act may be used to pay any compensation of the
Executive Director or General Counsel of the Authority
at a rate in excess of the maximum rate of compensation
which may be paid to such individual during fiscal year
2000 under section 102 of such Act, as determined by the
Comptroller General (as described in GAO letter report
B–279095.2).
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Co-
lumbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as
authorized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24,
1973, as amended, and that funds shall be allocated for
expenses
associated
with
the
Wilson
Building,
$328,417,000 from local funds: Provided, That for equip-
ment leases, the Mayor may finance $27,527,000 of equip-
ment cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed 2 percent
of the par amount being financed on a lease purchase
basis with a maturity not to exceed 5 years: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,300,000 is allocated to the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, $3,200,000 for the Fire and Emergency
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Medical Services Department, $350,000 for the Depart-
ment of Corrections, $15,949,000 for the Department of
Public Works and $2,728,000 for the Public Benefit Cor-
poration.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30,
1990, $38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by sec-
tion 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
approved December 24, 1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540;
Public Law 102–106; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$9,000,000 from local funds.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certifi-
cates of Participation involving the land site underlying
the building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000
from local funds.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL PAYMENTS
For optical and dental payments, $1,295,000 from
local funds.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
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Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance
Authority,
shall
finance
projects
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds that result in cost savings or
additional revenues, by an amount equal to such financing:
Provided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the projects financed under this heading.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance
Authority,
shall
make
reductions
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds. The reductions are to be allo-
cated to projects funded through the Productivity Bank
that produce cost savings or additional revenues in an
amount equal to the Productivity Bank financing: Pro-
vided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the cost savings or additional revenues
funded under this heading.
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PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions of $14,457,000
for general supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for
management reform savings, in local funds to one or more
of the appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That
the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after the end
of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the sta-
tus of the general supply schedule savings and manage-
ment reform savings projected under this heading.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and
the Washington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds
(including $236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Author-
ity and $43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of
which $35,222,000 shall be apportioned and payable to
the District’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and
interest incurred for capital improvement projects.
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For construction projects, $197,169,000, as author-
ized by An Act authorizing the laying of watermains and
service sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of
assessments therefor, and for other purposes, approved
April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C.
Code, sec. 43–1512 et seq.): Provided, That the require-
ments and restrictions that are applicable to general fund
capital improvements projects and set forth in this Act
under the Capital Outlay appropriation title shall apply
to projects approved under this appropriation title.
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise
Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982,
approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174 and 1175;
Public Law 97–91), as amended, for the purpose of imple-
menting the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers
Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes
in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981
(D.C. Law 3–172; D.C. Code, sec. 2–2501 et seq. and sec.
22–1516 et seq.), $234,400,000: Provided, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall identify the source of funding for
this appropriation title from the District’s own locally gen-
erated revenues: Provided further, That no revenues from
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations
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or activities of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control
Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$10,846,000 from other funds for expenses incurred by
the Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted
by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To Establish A District of
Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2–
301 et seq.) and the District of Columbia Stadium Act
of 1957, approved September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Pub-
lic Law 85–300; D.C. Code, sec. 2–321 et seq.): Provided,
That the Mayor shall submit a budget for the Armory
Board for the forthcoming fiscal year as required by sec-
tion 442(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; Public Law
93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HEALTH AND HOSPITALS
PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION
For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals
Public Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11–
212, D.C. Code, sec. 32–262.2, effective April 9, 1997,
$133,443,000 of which $44,435,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the general fund and $89,008,000 from
other funds.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, es-
tablished by section 121 of the District of Columbia Re-
tirement Reform Act of 1979, approved November 17,
1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1–711), $9,892,000
from the earnings of the applicable retirement funds to
pay legal, management, investment, and other fees and ad-
ministrative expenses of the District of Columbia Retire-
ment Board: Provided, That the District of Columbia Re-
tirement Board shall provide to the Congress and to the
Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report of
the allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of
all funds: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal
to the Council of the District of Columbia, an itemized
accounting of the planned use of appropriated funds in
time for each annual budget submission and the actual
use of such funds in time for each annual audited financial
report: Provided further, That section 121(c)(1) of the
District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code,
sec. 1–711(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘the total
amount to which a member may be entitled’’ and all that
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the total amount to
which a member may be entitled under this subsection
during a year (beginning with 1998) may not exceed
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$5,000, except that in the case of the Chairman of the
Board and the Chairman of the Investment Committee of
the Board, such amount may not exceed $10,000 (begin-
ning with 2000).’’.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Estab-
lishment Act, approved October 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000;
Public Law 88–622), $1,810,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $50,226,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For construction projects, $1,260,524,000 of which
$929,450,000 is from local funds, $54,050,000 is from the
highway trust fund, and $277,024,000 is from Federal
funds, and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds
appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for
a net amount of $1,218,637,500 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That funds for use of each capital
project implementing agency shall be managed and con-
trolled in accordance with all procedures and limitations
established under the Financial Management System: Pro-
vided further, That all funds provided by this appropria-
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tion title shall be available only for the specific projects
and purposes intended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the foregoing, all authorizations for capital out-
lay projects, except those projects covered by the first sen-
tence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of
1968, approved August 23, 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public
Law 90–495; D.C. Code, sec. 7–134, note), for which
funds are provided by this appropriation title, shall expire
on September 30, 2001, except authorizations for projects
as to which funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to September 30, 2001: Provided further, That upon
expiration of any such project authorization the funds pro-
vided herein for the project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations con-
tained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the
designated certifying official, and the vouchers as ap-
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proved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated
disbursing official.
SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob-
jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci-
fied, shall be considered as the maximum amount that
may be expended for said purpose or object rather than
an amount set apart exclusively therefor.
SEC. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able, when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for
privately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the
performance of official duties at rates established by the
Mayor: Provided, That such rates shall not exceed the
maximum prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed
in the Federal Property Management Regulations 101–7
(Federal Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues
of organizations concerned with the work of the District
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor:
Provided, That in the case of the Council of the District
of Columbia, funds may be expended with the authoriza-
tion of the chair of the Council.
SEC. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
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necessary for making refunds and for the payment of
judgments that have been entered against the District of
Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as modifying or affecting
the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947,
approved March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–
460; D.C. Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for the payment of public assistance without reference
to the requirement of section 544 of the District of Colum-
bia Public Assistance Act of 1982, effective April 6, 1982
(D.C. Law 4–101; D.C. Code, sec. 3–205.44), and for the
payment of the non-Federal share of funds necessary to
qualify for grants under subtitle A of title II of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the
District of Columbia government for the operation of edu-
cational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encour-
age, facilitate, or further partisan political activities.
Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of
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school buildings for the use of any community or partisan
political group during non-school hours.
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be made available to pay the salary of any employee
of the District of Columbia government whose name, title,
grade, salary, past work experience, and salary history are
not available for inspection by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia of the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and
the Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly au-
thorized representative.
SEC. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
necessary for making payments authorized by the District
of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977, effective Sep-
tember 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2–20; D.C. Code, sec. 47–
421 et seq.).
SEC. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be used
for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation
of any policy including boycott designed to support or de-
feat legislation pending before Congress or any State legis-
lature.
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SEC. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor
shall develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project,
for capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a rea-
sonable time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor
shall report to the Council of the District of Columbia and
the Congress the actual borrowings and spending progress
compared with projections.
SEC. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
proval from the Council of the District of Columbia, by
resolution, identifying the projects and amounts to be fi-
nanced with such borrowings.
SEC. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses
of the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act
to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and Dis-
trict government agencies, that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, 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 expenditure
for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which:
(1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program,
project, or responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes
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allocations specifically denied, limited or increased by Con-
gress in the Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by any
means for any program, project, or responsibility center
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (5) rees-
tablishes through reprogramming any program or project
previously deferred through reprogramming; (6) augments
existing
programs,
projects,
or
responsibility
centers
through
a
reprogramming
of
funds
in
excess
of
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) in-
creases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a spe-
cific program, project, or responsibility center; unless the
Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House
of Representatives are notified in writing 30 days in ad-
vance of any reprogramming as set forth in this section.
SEC. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal
cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer
or employee of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency
Act of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824;
Public Law 96–425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environ-
mental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon aver-
age of less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this
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section shall not apply to security, emergency rescue, or
armored vehicles.
COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS
SEC. 119. (a) CITY ADMINISTRATOR.—The last sen-
tence of section 422(7) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(7)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, not to exceed’’ and all that follows and inserting
a period.
(b) BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
OF REDEVELOPMENT
LAND AGENCY.—Section 1108(c)(2)(F) of the District of
Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel
Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–612.8(c)(2)(F)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(F) Redevelopment Land Agency board mem-
bers shall be paid per diem compensation at a rate
established by the Mayor, except that such rate may
not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
basic pay for level 15 of the District Schedule for
each day (including travel time) during which they
are engaged in the actual performance of their du-
ties.’’.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effec-
tive March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–
601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the
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District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–242(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensa-
tion of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for
pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code.
SEC. 121. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year
2000 revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter
of fiscal year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the
budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be
used for the midyear report.
SEC. 122. 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, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C.
Code, sec. 1–1183.3), except that the District of Columbia
government or any agency thereof may renew or extend
sole source contracts for which competition is not feasible
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or practical: Provided, That the determination as to
whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has
been made in accordance with duly promulgated rules and
procedures and said determination has been reviewed and
approved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 123. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved Decem-
ber 12, 1985, (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99–177), as
amended, the term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall
be synonymous with and refer specifically to each account
appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any seques-
tration order shall be applied to each of the accounts rath-
er than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Provided,
That sequestration orders shall not be applied to any ac-
count that is specifically exempted from sequestration by
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
SEC. 124. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99
Stat. 1037: Public Law 99–177), as amended, after the
amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for the
fiscal year involved have been paid to the District of Co-
lumbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay
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to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days after re-
ceipt of a request therefor from the Secretary of the
Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order:
Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in
the order shall be applied proportionately to each of the
Federal appropriation accounts in this Act that are not
specifically exempted from sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 125. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2000 if—
(1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use
of the gift or donation: Provided, That the Council
of the District of Columbia may accept and use gifts
without prior approval by the Mayor; and
(2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry
out its authorized functions or duties.
(b) Each entity of the District of Columbia govern-
ment shall keep accurate and detailed records of the ac-
ceptance and use of any gift or donation under subsection
(a) of this section, and shall make such records available
for audit and public inspection.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity
of the District of Columbia government’’ includes an inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia.
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(d) This section shall not apply to the District of Co-
lumbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the
laws and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept
and use gifts to the public schools without prior approval
by the Mayor.
SEC. 126. 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
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979,
effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–113(d)).
SEC. 127. (a) The University of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority (hereafter in this section referred to as ‘‘Author-
ity’’), and the Council of the District of Columbia (here-
after in this section referred to as ‘‘Council’’) 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-
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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
and responsibility center, and contract identifying
codes used by the University of the District of Co-
lumbia; 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 modifica-
tions, extensions, renewals; and specific modifica-
tions made to each contract in the last month;
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports
that have been made by the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia within the last quarter in compli-
ance with applicable law; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the or-
ganizational structure of the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, displaying previous and current
control centers and responsibility centers, the names
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of
the
organizational
entities
that
have
been
changed, the name of the staff member supervising
each entity affected, and the reasons for the struc-
tural change.
(b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall
provide the Congress by February 1, 2001, a summary,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 128. 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, including an
administrative proceeding, brought against the District of
Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the at-
torney exceeds 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 the maximum amount of com-
pensation under section 11–2604(b)(1), District of
Columbia Code, except that compensation and reim-
bursement in excess of such maximum may be ap-
proved for extended or complex representation in ac-
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cordance with section 11–2604(c), District of Co-
lumbia Code.
ABORTION FUNDS RESTRICTION
SEC. 129. 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.
DOMESTIC PARTNERS FUNDS RESTRICTION
SEC. 130. 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. 131. The Superintendent of the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools shall submit to the Congress, the
Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, and the Council
of the District of Columbia no later than 15 calendar days
after the end of each quarter a report that sets forth—
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(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, agency reporting code, and object
class, and for all funds, including 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 agency reporting code, 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 the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools; 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, extensions, renewals; and
specific modifications made to each contract in the
last month;
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(4) all reprogramming requests and reports
that are required to be, and have been, submitted to
the Board of Education; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the or-
ganizational structure of the District of Columbia
Public Schools, displaying previous and current con-
trol centers and responsibility centers, the names of
the organizational entities that have been changed,
the name of the staff member supervising each enti-
ty affected, and the reasons for the structural
change.
SEC. 132. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Superintendent of
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University
of the District of Columbia shall annually compile an accu-
rate and verifiable report on the positions and employees
in the public school system and the university, respec-
tively. The annual report shall set forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A posi-
tions in the District of Columbia public schools and
the University of the District of Columbia for fiscal
year 1999, fiscal year 2000, and thereafter on full-
time equivalent basis, including a compilation of all
positions by control center, responsibility center,
funding source, position type, position title, pay
plan, grade, and annual salary; and
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(2) a compilation of all employees in the Dis-
trict of Columbia public schools and the University
of the District of Columbia as of the preceding De-
cember 31, verified as to its accuracy in accordance
with the functions that each employee actually per-
forms, by control center, responsibility center, agen-
cy
reporting
code,
program
(including
funding
source), activity, location for accounting purposes,
job title, grade and classification, annual salary, and
position control number.
(b) SUBMISSION.—The annual report required by
subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted to the
Congress, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council,
the Consensus Commission, and the Authority, not later
than February 15 of each year.
SEC. 133. (a) No later than October 1, 1999, or with-
in 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, which ever occurs later, and each succeeding
year, the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools and the University of the District of Columbia
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees,
the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Con-
sensus Commission, and the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the pub-
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lic school system and the University of the District of Co-
lumbia for such fiscal year 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.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools and the University of the District of Columbia
submit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclu-
sion in the Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of
the District of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198,
as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 134. 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 their respective annual or
revised budgets before submission to the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor’s budget sub-
mission to the Council of the District of Columbia in ac-
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cordance with section 442 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301), or before submitting their respective
budgets directly to the Council.
CEILING ON TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
SEC. 135. (a) CEILING ON TOTAL OPERATING EX-
PENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the total amount appropriated in
this Act for operating expenses for the District of
Columbia for fiscal year 2000 under the caption
‘‘Division of Expenses’’ shall not exceed the lesser
of—
(A) the sum of the total revenues of the
District of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
(B)
$5,522,779,000
(of
which
$152,753,000 shall be from intra-District funds
and $3,117,254,000 shall be from local funds),
which amount may be increased by the fol-
lowing:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions,
which are expended for emergency or un-
anticipated operating or capital needs ap-
proved by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority; or
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(ii) after notification to the Council,
additional expenditures which the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia
certifies will produce additional revenues
during such fiscal year at least equal to
200 percent of such additional expendi-
tures, and that are approved by the Au-
thority.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Chief Financial Offi-
cer of the District of Columbia and the Authority
shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that
the District of Columbia meets the requirements of
this section, including the apportioning by the Chief
Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds
made available to the District during fiscal year
2000, except that the Chief Financial Officer may
not reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued
for capital projects.
(b) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS NOT IN-
CLUDED IN CEILING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, during a control year, as defined in sec-
tion 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial
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Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995, approved April 17, 1995 (Public Law 104–8;
109 Stat. 152), 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.
(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
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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.
(c) 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, 1999, 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
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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.
(d) APPLICATION
OF EXCESS REVENUES.—Local
revenues collected in excess of amounts required to sup-
port appropriations in this Act for operating expenses for
the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2000 under the
caption ‘‘Division of Expenses’’ shall be applied first to
a reserve account not to exceed $250,000,000 to be used
to finance seasonal cash needs (in lieu of short-term bor-
rowings); second to accelerate repayment of cash borrowed
from the Water and Sewer Fund; and third to reduce the
outstanding long-term bonded indebtedness.
SEC. 136. 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 2000 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
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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,
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law
93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–101 et seq.) the Council may
comment or make recommendations concerning such an-
nual estimates but shall have no authority under such Act
to revise such estimates.
SEC. 137. The District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority and
the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools are hereby directed to report to the Appropria-
tions Committees of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives not later than April 1,
2000, on all measures necessary and steps to be taken
to ensure that the District’s Public Schools open on time
to begin the 2000–2001 academic year.
SEC. 138. (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 em-
ployee;
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(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
competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall
not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL VEHICLES
SEC. 139. (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
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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, 1999, an inventory, as of September 30, 1999,
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. 140. (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 2000 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
providing such services) shall be treated as expenditures
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made from the entity’s budget, without regard to whether
the officer or employee is assigned to the entity or other-
wise treated as an officer or employee of the entity.
(b) MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCE-
DURES.—The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec.
1–601.1 et seq.), as amended, is further amended in sec-
tion 2408(a) by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’;
in subsection (b), by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting
‘‘2000’’; in subsection (i), by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and insert-
ing, ‘‘2000’’; and in subsection (k), by deleting ‘‘1999’’
and inserting, ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 141. 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 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Board’’),
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
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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. 142. (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
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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. 143. 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 2000 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
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(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. 144. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for
programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is
required but has not been approved by the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such
programs or functions are conditioned only on the ap-
proval by the Authority of the required reorganization
plans.
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instru-
ments for evaluating District of Columbia Public School
employees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bar-
gaining purposes.
SEC. 146. 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.
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SEC. 147. 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.
RESERVE
SEC. 148. Section 202(i) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995 (D.C. Code, sec. 47–392.1(i)), as added by section
155 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999
(Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–146) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(j) RESERVE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
2000, the financial plans and budgets submitted
pursuant to this Act shall contain $150,000,000 for
a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the Author-
ity.
‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE.—The reserve shall only be
expended according to criteria established by the
Chief Financial Officer and approved by the Author-
ity and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and Senate.’’.
SEC. 149. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or
within 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment
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of this Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Of-
ficer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority a revised appropriated funds
operating budget for all agencies of the District of Colum-
bia government for such fiscal year that is in the total
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns
budgeted data for personal services and other-than-per-
sonal-services, respectively, with anticipated actual ex-
penditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the District of Columbia government submitted pur-
suant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C. Code,
sec. 47–301).
STERILE NEEDLES FUNDS RESTRICTIONS
SEC. 150. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used for any program of distributing sterile nee-
dles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal
drug, or for any payment to any individual or entity who
carries out any such program.
SEC. 151. None of the Federal funds contained in
this Act may be used to conduct any ballot initiative which
seeks to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated
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with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule
I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
MONITORING OF REAL PROPERTY LEASES
SEC. 152. (a) RESTRICTIONS.—None of the funds
contained in this Act may be used to make rental pay-
ments under a lease for the use of real property by the
District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District) unless—
(1) the lease and an abstract of the lease have
been filed with the central office of the Deputy
Mayor for Economic Development; and
(2)(A) the District of Columbia government oc-
cupies the property during the period of time cov-
ered by the rental payment; or
(B) within 60 days of the enactment of this Act
the Mayor certifies to Congress and the landlord
that occupancy is impracticable and submits with
the certification a plan to terminate or renegotiate
the lease or rental agreement.
(b) UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY.—After 120 days from
the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the funds
contained in this Act may be used to make rental pay-
ments for property described in subsection (a)(2)(B) of
this section.
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(c) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS BY MAYOR.—Not later
than 20 days after the end of each 6-month period that
begins on October 1, 1999, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate listing the leases for the use of real property by the
District of Columbia government that were in effect dur-
ing the 6-month period, and including for each such lease
the location of the property, the name of any person with
any ownership interest in the property, the rate of pay-
ment, the period of time covered by the lease, and the con-
ditions under which the lease may be terminated.
NEW LEASES AND PURCHASES OF REAL PROPERTY
SEC. 153. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used to enter into a lease on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act (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)
unless—
(1) the Mayor certifies to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
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the Senate that existing real property available to
the District (whether leased or owned by the District
government) is not suitable for the purposes in-
tended;
(2) notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
there is made available for sale or lease all property
of the District of Columbia which the Mayor from
time to time determines is surplus to the needs of
the District of Columbia;
(3) the Mayor implements a program for the
periodic survey of all District property to determine
if it is surplus to the needs of the District; and
(4) the Mayor within 60 days of the date of the
enactment of this Act has filed a report with the ap-
propriations
and
authorizing
committees
of
the
House and Senate providing a comprehensive plan
for the management of District of Columbia real
property assets and is proceeding with the imple-
mentation of the plan.
CHARTER SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR FUNDS
SEC. 154. Section 603(e)(2)(B) of the Student Loan
Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–293) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘and public charter’’ after ‘‘public’’.
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DISPOSAL OF EXCESS SCHOOL PROPERTY
SEC. 155. The Mayor, District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and
the Superintendent of Schools shall implement a process
to dispose of excess public school real property within 90
days of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 156. Section 2003 of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2851) is amended by striking ‘‘during the
period’’ and ‘‘and ending 5 years after such date.’’.
CHARTER SCHOOL SIBLING PREFERENCE
SEC. 157. Section 2206(c) of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2853.16(c)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘, except that a preference in admission
may be given to an applicant who is a sibling of a student
already attending or selected for admission to the public
charter school in which the applicant is seeking enroll-
ment.’’
BUYOUTS AND OTHER MANAGEMENT REFORMS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 158. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—There is here-
by transferred from the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility
and
Management
Assistance
Authority
(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to the District
of Columbia the sum of $20,000,000 for severance pay-
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ments to individuals separated from employment during
fiscal year 2000 (under such terms and conditions as the
Mayor considers appropriate), expanded contracting au-
thority of the Mayor, and the implementation of a system
of managed competition among public and private pro-
viders of goods and services by and on behalf of the Dis-
trict of Columbia: Provided, That such funds shall be used
only in accordance with a plan agreed to by the Council
and the Mayor and approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(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.
FOURTEENTH STREET BRIDGE
SEC. 159. (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’),
working with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Di-
rector of the National Park Service, shall carry out a
project to complete all design requirements and all re-
quirements for compliance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act for the construction of expanded lane
capacity for the Fourteenth Street Bridge.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—In carrying out the project
under subsection (a), the Authority shall use funds con-
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tained in the escrow account held by the Authority pursu-
ant to section 134 of division A of the Omnibus Consoli-
dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–552), for in-
frastructure needs of the District of Columbia, except that
the amount used may not exceed $7,500,000.
ANACOSTIA RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 160. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall carry out through the Army Corps
of Engineers, an Anacostia River environmental cleanup
program.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—There are hereby trans-
ferred to the Mayor from the escrow account held by the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority pursuant to section 134 of
division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277; 112 Stat. 2681–552), for infrastructure needs of the
District of Columbia, $5,000,000.
CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND
SEC. 161. (a) PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF ADMINIS-
TRATIVE COSTS FROM FUND.—Section 16(e) of the Vic-
tims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C.
Code, sec. 3–435(e)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and administrative costs nec-
essary to carry out this chapter’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, and no monies in the Fund may
be used for any other purpose.’’.
(b) ANNUAL TRANSFER
OF UNOBLIGATED BAL-
ANCES TO TREASURY.—Section 16 of such Act (D.C.
Code, sec. 3–435) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f) Any unobligated balance existing in the Fund as
of the end of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year
2000) shall be transferred to the Treasury of the United
States.’’.
DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS TO FOLLOW ACT
SEC. 162. (a) CERTIFICATION.—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 enact-
ment of this Act to pay the salary of any chief financial
officer of any office of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (including 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 restrictions applica-
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ble to the officer and their agency as a result of this Act
(and the amendments made by this Act).
SEC. 163. The proposed budget of the government
of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2001 that is
submitted by the District to Congress shall specify poten-
tial adjustments that might become necessary in the event
that the management savings achieved by the District dur-
ing the year do not meet the level of management savings
projected by the District under the proposed budget.
SEC. 164. 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.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS AUTHORIZATION TO PERFORM RE-
PAIRS
AND
IMPROVEMENTS
ON
THE
SOUTHWEST
WATERFRONT
SEC. 165. In using the funds made available under
this Act or any other 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
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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 enti-
ty of the District of Columbia government (including the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority or its designee) may place
orders for engineering and construction and related serv-
ices 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 pro-
vide any part of such services by contract. In providing
such services, the Chief of Engineers shall follow the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulations and the implementing De-
partment of Defense regulations. This section shall apply
to fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 166. 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
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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).
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
SEC. 167. (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
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(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.
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SEC. 168. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regula-
tion to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated
with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule
I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—TAX REDUCTION
SEC. 201. COMMENDING REDUCTION OF TAXES BY DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Congress commends the District of Columbia for its
action to reduce taxes, and ratifies D.C. Act 13–111 (com-
monly 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 provision of law described in this title.
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, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
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FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For payment to the District of Columbia Corrections
Trustee, $176,000,000 for the administration and operation
of correctional facilities and for the administrative oper-
ating costs of the Office of the Corrections Trustee, as au-
thorized by section 11202 of the National Capital Revital-
ization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, as
amended: Provided, That said sums shall be paid quarterly
by the Treasury of the United States based on quarterly
apportionments approved by the Office of Management and
Budget.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
Notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision 
of 
law,
$136,440,000 for payment to the Joint Committee on Judi-
cial Administration in the District of Columbia; of which
not to exceed $128,440,000 shall be for District of Columbia
Courts operation, to be allocated as follows: for the District
of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,403,000; for the District
of Columbia Superior Court, $78,561,000; for the District
of Columbia Court System, $42,476,000; and of which not
to exceed $8,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2001 for capital improvements for District of Columbia
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ther, That all amounts under this heading shall be paid
quarterly by the Treasury of the United States based on
quarterly apportionments approved by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, with payroll and financial services
to be provided on a contractual basis with the General Serv-
ices 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 Appropriations of the Senate and
House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government
Reform of the House of Representatives.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
For payment to the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia, $80,300,000,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, as amended; of
which $47,100,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Parole
Revocation, Adult Probation and Offender Supervision, to
include expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to
protection orders or provision of services for or related to
such persons; $17,400,000 shall be available to the Public
Defender Service; and $15,800,000 shall be available to the
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Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, said sums shall be paid quar-
terly by the Treasury based on quarterly apportionments
approved by the Office of Management and Budget. Upon
the Agency’s certification as a Federal entity, as authorized
by such Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Public Defender Service shall be subject to quar-
terly apportionment by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That, of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $5,873,000 shall be available only
for individuals on probation or supervised release for drug
screening and testing.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For payment to the District of Columbia, $17,000,000,
for a program, to be administered by the Mayor, for District
of Columbia resident tuition support, subject to the enact-
ment of authorizing legislation specifically referencing this
program: Provided, That said funds will be used to pay
the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at
public institutions of higher education on behalf of eligible
District of Columbia residents: Provided further, That
awarding of said funds shall be prioritized on the basis of
a resident’s academic merit and other factors as authorized.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT
For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department,
$1,000,000, for a program to eliminate open air drug traf-
ficking in the District of Columbia.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the gen-
eral fund of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise
specifically provided.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000
(including $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000 from
Federal funds, and $13,552,000 from other funds): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for
the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia,
and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall be available
from this appropriation for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That any program fees collected from the issuance of
debt shall be available for the payment of expenses of the
debt management program of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall
be used to support the operations or activities of the State-
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hood Commission and Statehood Compact Commission:
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall iden-
tify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from
its own locally-generated revenues: Provided further, That
all employees permanently assigned to work in the Office
of the Mayor shall be paid from funds allocated to the Office
of the Mayor: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law now or hereafter enacted, no Member
of the District of Columbia Council eligible to earn a part-
time salary of $92,520, exclusive of the Council Chairman,
shall be paid a salary of more than $84,635 during fiscal
year 2000.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds; $84,751,000 from
Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds), of which
$15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia in the
form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the respective
BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act
of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec. 1–2271 et seq.),
and the Business Improvement Districts Temporary
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23): Provided, That
such funds are available for acquiring services provided by
the General Services Administration: Provided further,
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That Business Improvement Districts shall be exempt from
taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, in-
cluding 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the 
current 
fiscal 
year, 
$778,470,000 
(including
$565,211,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal
funds, and $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That
the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace
not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the De-
partment of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the
District of Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed
five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost
of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of
the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation
for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of
crime: Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police De-
partment shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate on efforts to
increase efficiency and improve the professionalism in the
department: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued
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March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police Department’s dele-
gated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided
further, That the District of Columbia government may not
require the Metropolitan Police Department to submit to
any other procurement review process, or to obtain the ap-
proval of or be restricted in any manner by any official
or employee of the District of Columbia government, for
purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further,
That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with
services that are performed in emergencies by the National
Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor,
in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified
as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and the
Commanding General of the District of Columbia National
Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec-
essary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia Na-
tional Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available
from this appropriation, and the availability of the sums
shall be deemed as constituting payment in advance for
emergency services involved: Provided further, That the
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to maintain
3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition:
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for in-
mates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
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further, That, commencing on December 31, 1999, the Met-
ropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the status
of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service areas
established throughout the District of Columbia: Provided
further, That $900,000 in local funds shall be available for
the operations of the Office of Citizen Complaint Review.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (includ-
ing $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds), to be allo-
cated as follows: $713,197,000 (including $600,936,000
from local funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds, and
$6,048,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers’ 
Retirement 
Fund;
$17,000,000 from local funds for a program for District of
Columbia resident tuition support; $27,885,000 from local
funds (not including funds already made available for Dis-
trict of Columbia public schools) for public charter schools:
Provided, That if the entirety of this allocation has not been
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provided as payments to any public charter schools cur-
rently in operation through the per pupil funding formula,
the funds shall be available for new public charter schools
on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That $480,000 of
this amount shall be available to the District of Columbia
Public Charter School Board for administrative costs:
$72,347,000 (including $40,491,000 from local funds,
$13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000 from
other funds) for the University of the District of Columbia;
$24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local funds,
$798,000 from Federal funds, and $245,000 from other
funds) for the Public Library; $2,111,000 (including
$1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000 from Federal
funds) for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities:
Provided further, That the public schools of the District of
Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 31 motor
vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education program:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Super-
intendent of Schools, $2,500 for the President of the Univer-
sity of the District of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public
Librarian shall be available from this appropriation for of-
ficial purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds
contained in this Act may be made available to pay the
salaries of any District of Columbia Public School teacher,
principal, administrator, official, or employee who know-
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ingly provides false enrollment or attendance information
under article II, section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
provide for compulsory school attendance, for the taking of
a school census in the District of Columbia, and for other
purposes’’, approved February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–
401 et seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
not be available to subsidize the education of any non-
resident of the District of Columbia at any District of Co-
lumbia public elementary and secondary school during fis-
cal year 2000 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the
District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of
the costs incurred by the District of Columbia which are
attributable to the education of the nonresident (as estab-
lished by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of non-
residents of the District of Columbia at the University of
the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of
the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, a tuition rate sched-
ule that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident stu-
dents at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate
charged at comparable public institutions of higher edu-
cation in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall not spend less
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than $365,500,000 on local schools through the Weighted
Student Formula in fiscal year 2000: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall appor-
tion from the budget of the Public Education System a sum
totaling five percent (5 percent) of the total budget to be
set aside until the current student count for Public and
Charter schools has been completed, and that this amount
shall be apportioned between the Public and Charter schools
based on their respective student population count: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia Public Schools
may spend $500,000 to engage in a Schools Without Vio-
lence program based on a model developed by the University
of North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,526,111,000 (including
$635,123,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Federal
funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided, That
$25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain available
until expended, shall be available solely for District of Co-
lumbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided fur-
ther, That a peer review committee shall be established to
review medical payments and the type of service received
by a disability compensation claimant: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia shall not provide free govern-
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ment services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or
collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar serv-
ices to any legally constituted private nonprofit organiza-
tion, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law
100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency shelter
services in the District, if the District would not be quali-
fied to receive reimbursement pursuant to such Act (101
Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-car-
rying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia 
and 
leasing 
of 
passenger-carrying 
vehicles,
$271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local funds,
$3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from other
funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from
hotels and places of business.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $337,077,000 (in-
cluding $212,606,000 from local funds, $106,111,000 from
Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).
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WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia within the various appropriation headings in this
Act for which employees are properly payable.
RESERVE
For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, $150,000,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved
April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8),
$3,140,000.
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees di-
rectly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia
to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized
by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended,
and that funds shall be allocated for expenses associated
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with the Wilson Building, $328,417,000 from local funds:
Provided, That for equipment leases, the Mayor may fi-
nance $27,527,000 of equipment cost, plus cost of issuance
not to exceed two percent of the par amount being financed
on a lease purchase basis with a maturity not to exceed
five years: Provided further, That $5,300,000 is allocated
to the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,200,000 for the
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department,
$350,000 for the Department of Corrections, $15,949,000 for
the Department of Public Works and $2,728,000 for the
Public Benefit Corporation.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 gen-
eral fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990,
$38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by section
461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, ap-
proved December 24, 1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540; Pub-
lic Law 102–106; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$9,000,000 from local funds.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certificates
of Participation involving the land site underlying the
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building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000 from
local funds.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For 
optical 
and 
dental 
insurance 
payments,
$1,295,000 from local funds.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, finance projects totaling $20,000,000 in
local funds that result in cost savings or additional reve-
nues, by an amount equal to such financing.
PRODUCTIVITY SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, make reductions totaling $20,000,000 in
local funds to be allocated to projects funded through the
Productivity Bank that produce cost savings or additional
revenues in an amount equal to the Productivity Bank fi-
nancing.
PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
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sistance Authority, make reductions of $14,457,000 for gen-
eral supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for manage-
ment reform savings, in local funds to one or more of the
appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That the
Mayor submits a resolution to the Council authorizing the
management reform savings and the Council approves the
resolution.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For the Water and Sewer Authority and the Wash-
ington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds (including
$236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority and
$43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of which
$35,222,000 shall be apportioned and payable to the Dis-
trict’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and interest
incurred for capital improvement projects.
For construction projects, $197,169,000, as authorized
by An Act authorizing the laying of watermains and service
sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of assess-
ments therefore, and for other purposes, approved April 22,
1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code, sec.
43–1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements and re-
strictions that are applicable to general fund capital im-
provements projects and set forth in this Act under the Cap-
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ital Outlay appropriation title shall apply to projects ap-
proved under this appropriation title.
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise
Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, ap-
proved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law
97–91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing the
Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and
Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District
of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–172;
D.C. Code, secs. 2–2501 et seq. and 22–1516 et seq.),
$234,400,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall
identify the source of funding for this appropriation title
from the District’s own locally-generated revenues: Provided
further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall be used
to support the operations or activities of the Lottery and
Charitable Games Control Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$10,846,000 from other funds for expenses incurred by the
Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted by the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act To Establish A District of Columbia
Armory Board, and for other purposes’’, approved June 4,
1948 (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2–301 et seq.) and the
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District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, approved Sep-
tember 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Public Law 85–300; D.C.
Code, sec. 2–321 et seq.): Provided, That the Mayor shall
submit a budget for the Armory Board for the forthcoming
fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87
Stat. 824; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
D.C. HEALTH AND HOSPITALS PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION
For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals
Public Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11–
212, D.C. Code, sec. 32–262.2, effective April 9, 1997,
$133,443,000 of which $44,435,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the general fund and $89,008,000 from other
funds.
D.C. RETIREMENT BOARD
For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by section
121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act of
1979, approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C.
Code, sec. 1–711), $9,892,000 from the earnings of the ap-
plicable retirement funds to pay legal, management, invest-
ment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That the
District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the
Congress and to the Council of the District of Columbia a
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quarterly report of the allocations of charges by fund and
of expenditures of all funds: Provided further, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide the
Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia, an itemized accounting of the planned use of appro-
priated funds in time for each annual budget submission
and the actual use of such funds in time for each annual
audited financial report.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establish-
ment Act, approved October 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000; Public
Law 88–622), $1,810,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $50,226,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For 
construction 
projects, 
a 
net 
increase 
of
$1,218,637,500 (including an increase of $1,260,524,000
and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds appro-
priated under this heading in prior fiscal years, and an
additional $1,260,524,000 of which $929,450,000 is from
local funds, $54,050,000 is from the highway trust fund,
and $277,024,000 is from Federal funds), to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That funds for use of each
capital project implementing agency shall be managed and
controlled in accordance with all procedures and limita-
tions established under the Financial Management System:
Provided further, That all funds provided by this appro-
priation title shall be available only for the specific projects
and purposes intended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the foregoing, all authorizations for capital outlay
projects, except those projects covered by the first sentence
of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968,
approved August 23, 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90–
495; D.C. Code, sec. 7–134, note), for which funds are pro-
vided by this appropriation title, shall expire on September
30, 2001, except authorizations for projects as to which
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided further, That, upon expiration
of any such project authorization, the funds provided herein
for the project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 101. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of
public record and available for public inspection, except
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where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations con-
tained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the
designated certifying official, and the vouchers as approved
shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing
official.
SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects
of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified,
shall be considered as the maximum amount that may be
expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount
set apart exclusively therefor.
SEC. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able, when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for pri-
vately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the per-
formance of official duties at rates established by the Mayor:
Provided, That such rates shall not exceed the maximum
prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed in the Fed-
eral Property Management Regulations 101–7 (Federal
Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organi-
zations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia
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government, when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That,
in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds
may be expended with the authorization of the chair of the
Council.
SEC. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Colum-
bia government: Provided, That nothing contained in this
section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the pro-
visions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Co-
lumbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, approved
March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–460; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for the payment of public assistance without reference to
the requirement of section 544 of the District of Columbia
Public Assistance Act of 1982, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C.
Law 4–101; D.C. Code, sec. 3–205.44), and for payment
of the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for
grants under subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the
District of Columbia government for the operation of edu-
cational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encour-
age, facilitate, or further partisan political activities. Noth-
ing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school
buildings for the use of any community or partisan polit-
ical group during non-school hours.
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be made available to pay the salary of any employee
of the District of Columbia government whose name, title,
grade, salary, past work experience, and salary history are
not available for inspection by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia of the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the
Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly author-
ized representative.
SEC. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making payments authorized by the District of
Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977, effective Sep-
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tember 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2–20; D.C. Code, sec. 47–421
et seq.).
SEC. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be used
for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of
any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.
SEC. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor
shall develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project,
for capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a rea-
sonable time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall
report to the Council of the District of Columbia and the
Congress the actual borrowings and spending progress com-
pared with projections.
SEC. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
proval from the Council of the District of Columbia, by reso-
lution, identifying the projects and amounts to be financed
with such borrowings.
SEC. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses of
the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 116. 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 obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any
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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 expenditure for an
agency through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) cre-
ates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or
responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes allocations
specifically denied, limited or increased by Congress in the
Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds
have been denied or restricted; (5) reestablishes through re-
programming any program or project previously deferred
through reprogramming; (6) augments existing programs,
projects, or responsibility centers 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
assigned to a specific program, project, or responsibility
center; unless the Appropriations Committees of both the
Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writing
30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set forth in
this section.
SEC. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency
Act of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824;
Public Law 96–425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environ-
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mental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon aver-
age of less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to security, emergency rescue, or ar-
mored vehicles.
SEC. 118. (a) Strike the last sentence of section 422(7)
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved De-
cember 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 1–242(7)).
(b) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of Co-
lumbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, approved August 2,
1946 (60 Stat. 793; Public Law 79–592; D.C. Code, sec.
5–803(a)), the Board of Directors of the District of Colum-
bia Redevelopment Land Agency shall be paid, during any
fiscal year, per diem compensation at a rate established by
the Mayor.
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March
3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.),
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Colum-
bia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(3)), shall
apply with respect to the compensation of District of Co-
lumbia employees: Provided, That for pay purposes, em-
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ployees of the District of Columbia government shall not
be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 120. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2000
revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal
year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the budget re-
quest for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the
midyear report.
SEC. 121. 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,
effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Code, sec.
1–1183.3), except that the District of Columbia government
or any agency thereof may renew or extend sole source con-
tracts for which competition is not feasible or practical:
Provided, That the determination as to whether to invoke
the competitive bidding process has been made in accord-
ance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and said
determination has been reviewed and approved by the Dis-
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trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority.
SEC. 122. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, the
term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be synonymous
with and refer specifically to each account appropriating
Federal funds in this Act, and any sequestration order shall
be applied to each of the accounts rather than to the aggre-
gate total of those accounts: Provided, That sequestration
orders shall not be applied to any account that is specifi-
cally exempted from sequestration by the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 123. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, after the amounts appro-
priated to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year in-
volved have been paid to the District of Columbia, the
Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, within 15 days after receipt of a
request therefor from the Secretary of the Treasury, such
amounts as are sequestered by the order: Provided, That the
sequestration percentage specified in the order shall be ap-
plied proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation
accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted from
sequestration by such Act.
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SEC. 124. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2000 if—
(1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use
of the gift or donation: Provided, That the Council of
the District of Columbia may accept and use gifts
without prior approval by the Mayor; and
(2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry
out its authorized functions or duties.
(b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government
shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance
and use of any gift or donation under subsection (a) of this
section, and shall make such records available for audit and
public inspection.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity
of the District of Columbia government’’ includes an inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia.
(d) This section shall not apply to the District of Co-
lumbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the
laws and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept
and use gifts to the public schools without prior approval
by the Mayor.
SEC. 125. 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-
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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, effective
March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–
113(d)).
SEC. 126. (a) The University of the District of Colum-
bia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Author-
ity, and the Council of the District of Columbia no later
than 15 calendar days after the end of each quarter a report
that sets forth—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget, bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
center, and object class, and for all funds, non-appro-
priated 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 object,
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 and
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responsibility center, and contract identifying codes
used by the University of the District of Columbia;
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
have been made by the University of the District of
Columbia within the last quarter in compliance with
applicable law; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the orga-
nizational structure of the University of the District
of Columbia, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
ganizational 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 Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall
provide the Congress by February 1, 2000, a summary,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 127. Funds authorized or previously appro-
priated to the government of the District of Columbia by
this or any other Act to procure the necessary hardware
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and installation of new software, conversion, testing, and
training to improve or replace its financial management
system are also available for the acquisition of accounting
and financial management services and the leasing of nec-
essary hardware, software or any other related goods or
services, as determined by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 128. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who rep-
resents a party who prevails in an action, including an
administrative proceeding, brought against the District of
Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attor-
ney exceeds 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 the maximum amount of compensa-
tion under section 11–2604(b)(1), District of Colum-
bia Code, except that compensation and reimburse-
ment in excess of such maximum may be approved for
extended or complex representation in accordance
with section 11–2604(c), District of Columbia Code.
SEC. 129. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the life
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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. 130. 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, cohabiting
couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), in-
cluding but not limited to registration for the purpose of
extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to
such couples on the same basis that such benefits are ex-
tended to legally married couples.
SEC. 131. The Superintendent of the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools shall submit to the Congress, the
Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, and the Council of
the District of Columbia no later than 15 calendar days
after the end of each quarter a report that sets forth—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget, bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
center, agency reporting code, and object class, and
for all funds, including capital financing;
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(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 object,
and agency reporting code, 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, re-
sponsibility center, and agency reporting code; and
contract identifying codes used by the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools; payments made in the last
quarter and year-to-date, the total amount of the con-
tract and total payments made for the contract and
any modifications, extensions, 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; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the orga-
nizational structure of the D.C. Public Schools, dis-
playing previous and current control centers and re-
sponsibility centers, the names of the organizational
entities that have been changed, the name of the staff
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member supervising each entity affected, and the rea-
sons for the structural change.
SEC. 132. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Superintendent of
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University
of the District of Columbia shall annually compile an accu-
rate and verifiable report on the positions and employees
in the public school system and the university, respectively.
The annual report shall set forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A positions
in the District of Columbia public schools and the
University of the District of Columbia for fiscal year
1999, fiscal year 2000, and thereafter on full-time
equivalent basis, including a compilation of all posi-
tions by control center, responsibility center, funding
source, position type, position title, pay plan, grade,
and annual salary; and
(2) a compilation of all employees in the District
of Columbia public schools and the University of the
District of Columbia as of the preceding December 31,
verified as to its accuracy in accordance with the
functions that each employee actually performs, by
control center, responsibility center, agency reporting
code, program (including funding source), activity,
location for accounting purposes, job title, grade and
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classification, annual salary, and position control
number.
(b) SUBMISSION.—The annual report required by sub-
section (a) of this section shall be submitted to the Congress,
the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Consensus
Commission, and the Authority, not later than February
15 of each year.
SEC. 133. (a) No later than October 1, 1999, or within
30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, and each succeeding year, the
Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools
and the University of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the
District 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 the
University of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year
that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation
and that realigns budgeted data for personal services and
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated
actual expenditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
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Schools and the University of the District of Columbia sub-
mit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion
in the Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198, as
amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 134. The District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility 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 Uni-
versity 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, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–
301), or before submitting their respective budgets directly
to the Council.
SEC. 135. (a) CEILING ON TOTAL OPERATING EX-
PENSES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the total amount appropriated in
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this Act for operating expenses for the District of Co-
lumbia for fiscal year 2000 under the caption ‘‘Divi-
sion of Expenses’’ shall not exceed the lesser of—
(A) the sum of the total revenues of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
(B) $5,486,829,000 (of which $152,753,000
shall 
be 
from 
intra-District 
funds 
and
$3,108,304,000 shall be from local funds), which
amount may be increased by the following:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions, which are ex-
pended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital
needs approved by the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority; or
(ii) after notification to the Council, additional ex-
penditures which the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia certifies will produce additional revenues dur-
ing such fiscal year at least equal to 200 percent of such
additional expenditures, and that are approved by the Au-
thority.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia and the Authority shall
take such steps as are necessary to assure that the
District of Columbia meets the requirements of this
section, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made
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available to the District during fiscal year 2000, ex-
cept that the Chief Financial Officer may not repro-
gram for operating expenses any funds derived from
bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital
projects.
(b) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS NOT INCLUDED
IN CEILING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, during a control year, as defined in sec-
tion 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995,
approved April 17, 1995 (Public Law 104–8; 109
Stat. 152), may accept, obligate, and expend Federal,
private, and other grants received by the District gov-
ernment that are not reflected in the amounts appro-
priated in this Act.
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
REPORT AND AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such Fed-
eral, private, or other grant may be accepted, obli-
gated, 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 regarding
such grant; and
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(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 provi-
sions of the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995.
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPATION
OF APPROVAL OR RECEIPT.—No amount may be obli-
gated or expended from the general fund or other
funds of the District government in anticipation of
the approval or receipt of a grant under paragraph
(2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipation of the ap-
proval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant
not subject to such paragraph.
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall prepare a
quarterly report setting forth detailed information re-
garding all Federal, private, and other grants subject
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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, not later than 15 days
after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
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(c) 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, 1999, the Authority shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on
Government Reform of the House, and the Committee on
Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing an itemized
accounting of all non-appropriated funds obligated or ex-
pended by the Authority for the quarter. The report shall
include information on the date, amount, purpose, and ven-
dor name, and a description of the services or goods pro-
vided with respect to the expenditures of such funds.
SEC. 136. If a department or agency of the government
of the District of Columbia is under the administration of
a court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed official
during fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year, the
receiver or official shall prepare and submit to the Mayor,
for inclusion in the annual budget of the District of Colum-
bia for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures and
appropriations necessary for the maintenance and oper-
ation 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 Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act, without revision but subject to the
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Mayor’s recommendations. Notwithstanding any provision
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved De-
cember 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 1–101 et seq.), the Council may comment or make
recommendations concerning such annual estimates but
shall have no authority under such Act to revise such esti-
mates.
SEC. 137. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of Co-
lumbia public schools shall be—
(1) classified as an Educational Service em-
ployee;
(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
competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall
not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
SEC. 138. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee 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
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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 re-
sides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise designated
by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the discretion of the
Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the D.C. Fire and
Emergency Ambulance Department who resides in the Dis-
trict 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) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall sub-
mit, by November 15, 1999, an inventory, as of September
30, 1999, of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the
District of Columbia government. The inventory shall in-
clude, 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 vehi-
cle; annual operating and maintenance costs; current mile-
age; 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.
SEC. 139. (a) For purposes of determining the amount
of funds expended by any entity within the District of Co-
lumbia government during fiscal year 2000 and each suc-
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ceeding fiscal year, any expenditures of the District govern-
ment attributable to any officer or employee of the District
government who provides services which are within the au-
thority and jurisdiction of the entity (including any por-
tion of the compensation paid to the officer or employee at-
tributable to the time spent in providing such services) shall
be treated as expenditures made from the entity’s budget,
without regard to whether the officer or employee is assigned
to the entity or otherwise treated as an officer or employee
of the entity.
(b) The District of Columbia Government Comprehen-
sive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1
et seq.), as amended, is further amended in section 2408(a)
by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (b),
by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (i),
by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’; and in sub-
section (k), by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 140. 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 Education,
or its successor, and DCPS shall assess or evaluate a
student who may have a disability and who may re-
quire special education services; and
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(2) if a student is classified as having a dis-
ability, as defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat. 175;
20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C.
706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that student
in an appropriate program of special education serv-
ices.
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any provision of any Fed-
erally-granted charter or any other provision of law, begin-
ning with fiscal year 1999 and for each fiscal year there-
after, the real property of the National Education Associa-
tion located in the District of Columbia shall be subject to
taxation by the District of Columbia in the same manner
as any similar organization.
SEC. 142. 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 District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia pursuant to section
208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procurement
Practices 
Act 
of 
1985 
(D.C. 
Code, 
sec. 
1–
1182.8(a)(4)); and
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(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 appropria-
tions enacted into law for such year.
SEC. 143. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for
programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is
required but has not been approved by the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such
programs or functions are conditioned only on the approval
by the Authority of the required reorganization plans.
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments
for evaluating District of Columbia Public Schools employ-
ees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining
purposes.
SEC. 145. 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 government
to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action
which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting rep-
resentation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
SEC. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used after April 1, 2000, to transfer or confine inmates
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classified above the medium security level, as defined by the
Federal Bureau of Prisons classification instrument, to the
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center located in Youngstown,
Ohio.
SEC. 147. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or with-
in 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the
Mayor, and the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority a revised ap-
propriated funds operating budget 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 budgeted data for personal services and other-
than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated actual
expenditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the District of Columbia government submitted pursu-
ant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–
301).
SEC. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
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Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) RESERVE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
2000, the plan or budget submitted pursuant to this
Act shall contain $150,000,000 for a reserve to be es-
tablished by the Mayor, Council of the District of Co-
lumbia, Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia, and the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS ON USE.—The reserve funds—
‘‘(A) shall only be expended according to
criteria established by the Chief Financial Offi-
cer and approved by the Mayor, Council of the
District of Columbia, and District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, but, in no case may any of
the reserve funds be expended until any other
surplus funds have been used;
‘‘(B) shall not be used to fund the agencies
of the District of Columbia government under
court ordered receivership; and
‘‘(C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in
the projected reductions budgeted in the budget
proposed by the District of Columbia government
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for general supply schedule savings and manage-
ment reform savings.
‘‘(3) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—The Authority
shall notify the Appropriations Committees of both
the Senate and House of Representatives in writing
30 days in advance of any expenditure of the reserve
funds.’’.
(b) Section 202 of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995
(Public Law 104–8) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(j) POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
shall maintain at the end of a fiscal year an annual
positive fund balance in the general fund of not less
than 4 percent of the projected general fund expendi-
tures for the following fiscal year.
‘‘(2) EXCESS FUNDS.—Of funds remaining in
excess of the amounts required by paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) not more than 50 percent may be used
for authorized non-recurring expenses; and
‘‘(B) not less than 50 percent shall be used
to reduce the debt of the District of Columbia.’’.
SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds provided by section 131 of Division A of Public Law
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105–277 (112 Stat. 2681–552) may also be used by the
Mayor, in consultation with the Council of the District of
Columbia and the National Capital Revitalization Cor-
poration, for the purposes of providing offsets against local
taxes for commercial revitalization in empowerment zones
and low and moderate income areas.
SEC. 150. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
later than 7 days after the date of 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 deci-
sion 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 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, a Federal agency
that receives an application to locate a wireless com-
munications antenna on Federal property in the Dis-
trict of Columbia or surrounding area over which the
Federal agency exercises control shall take final ac-
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tion on the application, including action on the
issuance of right-of-way permits at market rates.
(2) GUIDANCE.—In making a decision con-
cerning wireless service in the District of Columbia or
surrounding area, a Federal agency described in
paragraph (1) may consider, but shall not be bound
by, any decision or recommendation of—
(A) the National Capital Planning Com-
mission; or
(B) any other area commission or author-
ity.
SEC. 151. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the fol-
lowing:
(1) The District of Columbia has recently wit-
nessed a spate of senseless killings of innocent citizens
caught in the crossfire of shootings. A Justice Depart-
ment crime victimization survey found that while the
city saw a decline in the homicide rate between 1996
and 1997, the rate was the highest among a dozen cit-
ies and more than double the second 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 treat-
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ment in the District compared to $29,000,000 in fis-
cal year 1993. The District’s Addiction and Preven-
tion 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 De-
partment 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 2
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, including
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.
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(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 1 exception, the District
ranked worst in the United States in every category
from infant mortality to the rate of teenage births to
statistics chronicling child poverty.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that in considering the District of Columbia’s fiscal year
2001 budget, the Senate 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.
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(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, including
rat control and abatement.
(6) Application for and management of Federal
grants.
(7) Indicators of child well-being.
SEC. 152. The Mayor, prior to using Federal Medicaid
payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals to serve a
small number of childless adults, should consider the rec-
ommendations 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. 153. GAO STUDY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Not later than 1 year after the
date of 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-
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nents of the criminal justice system of the District of
Columbia, in order to identify the components most
in need of additional resources, including financial,
personnel, and management resources; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the results of
the study under paragraph (1).
SEC. 154. TERMINATION OF PAROLE FOR ILLEGAL
DRUG USE. (a) ARREST FOR VIOLATION OF PAROLE.—Sec-
tion 205 of title 24 of the District of Columbia Code is
amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘If the’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(a) If the’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), with respect to a
prisoner who is convicted of a crime of violence (as defined
in § 23–1331) and who is released on parole at any time
during the term or terms of the prisoner’s sentence for that
offense, the Board of Parole shall issue a warrant for the
retaking of the prisoner in accordance with this section, if
the Board, or any member thereof, has reliable information
(including positive drug test results) that the prisoner has
illegally used a controlled substance (as defined in § 33–
501) at any time during the term or terms of the prisoner’s
sentence.’’.
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(b) HEARING AFTER ARREST; TERMINATION OF PA-
ROLE.—Section 206 of title 24 of the District of Columbia
Code is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, with respect to a prisoner with respect to whom a war-
rant is issued under section 205(b), if, after a hearing under
this section, the Board of Parole determines that the pris-
oner has illegally used a controlled substance (as defined
in § 33–501) at any time during the term or terms of the
prisoner’s sentence, the Board shall terminate the parole of
that prisoner.’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate August 2, 1999.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.