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necessary to meet the requirements established for each 
fund, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not 
transfer funds from the emergency or the contingency re-
serve funds to the extent that such a transfer would lower 
the fiscal year 2005 total percentage below 7 percent. 
SEC. 132. (a) Section 6 of the Policemen and Fire-
men’s Retirement and Disability Act Amendments of 1957 
(sec. 5–732, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting 
the following: ‘‘, and for the administrative costs associ-
ated with making such benefit payments.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 133. (a) CONTINUING
AVAILABILITY
OF 
AMOUNTS
IN
CHARTER
SCHOOL
FUND.—Section 
2403(b)(1) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act 
of 1995 (sec. 38–1804.03(b)(1), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Amounts in the Charter School Fund shall remain avail-
able until expended, and any amounts in the Fund remain-
ing unobligated or unexpended at the end of a fiscal year 
shall not revert to the General Fund of the District of 
Columbia.’’.
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDS 
FOR CHARTER SCHOOL FUND.—Section 2403(b)(2)(A) of 
such Act (sec. 38–1804.03(b)(2)(A), D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ the 
following: ‘‘together with any other local funds that the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia cer-
tifies are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Fund 
during the fiscal year,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 134. (a) CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHOR-
ITY OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Section 2302 of the 
Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2003 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 593), is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2005’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2003. 
SEC. 135. (a) Section 106(b) of the District of Co-
lumbia Public Works Act of 1954 (sec. 34–2401.25(b), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
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(b) Section 212(b) of such Act (sec. 34–2112(b), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (5). 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to quarters occurring during fiscal year 2005 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 136. (a) APPROVAL OF BONDS BY JOINT COM-
MITTEE
ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION.—Section 11–
1701(b), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended 
by striking paragraph (5). 
(b) EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11–1704, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 11–1704. Oath of Executive Officer 
‘‘The Executive Officer shall take an oath or affirma-
tion for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties 
of that office.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 11, Dis-
trict of Columbia Official Code, is amended by 
amending the item relating to section 11–1704 to 
read as follows:
‘‘11–1704. Oath of Executive Officer.’’.
(c) FISCAL OFFICER.—Section 11–1723, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’;
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(2) by striking subsection (b); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
subsection (a) as subsections (b) and (c). 
(d) AUDITOR-MASTER.—Section 11–1724, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended by striking the second 
and third sentences. 
(e) REGISTER OF WILLS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11–2102, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘bond;’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘give 
bond,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘seasonably 
to record’’ and inserting ‘‘seasonably record’’; 
and 
(C) by striking the third sentence of sub-
section (a). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 11–2102 in the table of sections for chap-
ter 21 of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘bond;’’. 
SEC. 137. Section 11–1728, District of Columbia Of-
ficial Code, is amended to read as follows: