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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4942
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the government of the District
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole
or in part against the revenues of said District for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for a nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor
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for
District
of
Columbia
resident
tuition
support,
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be used on behalf of eligible
District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based
upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tui-
tion at public institutions of higher education, usable at
both public and private institutions for higher education:
Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may
be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit
and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 5 percent of the funds may be
used to pay administrative expenses.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF
CHILDREN
The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment
for Incentives for Adoption of Children’’ in Public Law
106–113, approved November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1501),
is amended to read as follows: ‘‘For a Federal payment
to the District of Columbia to create incentives to promote
the adoption of children in the District of Columbia foster
care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall
remain available until September 30, 2002, and shall be
used to carry out all of the provisions of title 38, except
for section 3808, of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support
Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 13–679, enrolled June 12, 2000.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer
of
the
District
of
Columbia,
$1,500,000,
of
which
$250,000 shall be for payment to a mentoring program
and for hotline services; $500,000 shall be for payment
to a youth development program with a character building
curriculum; $500,000 to remain available until expended,
shall be for the design, construction, and maintenance of
a trash rack system to be installed at the Hickey Run
stormwater outfall; and $250,000 shall be for payment to
support a program to assist homeless individuals to be-
come productive, taxpaying citizens in the District of Co-
lumbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia
Corrections Trustee, $134,300,000 for the administration
and operation of correctional facilities and for the admin-
istrative operating costs of the Office of the Corrections
Trustee, as authorized by section 11202 of the National
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) of which
$1,000,000 is to fund an initiative to improve case proc-
essing in the District of Columbia criminal justice system:
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Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated in this Act for the District of Co-
lumbia Corrections Trustee shall be apportioned quarterly
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to the funds provided under
this heading, the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee
may use any remaining interest earned on the Federal
payment made to the Trustee under the District of Colum-
bia Appropriations Act, 1998, to carry out the activities
funded under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $99,500,000 to be allocated as follows: for the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,709,000; for the
District of Columbia Superior Court, $72,399,000; for the
District of Columbia Court System, $16,892,000; and
$2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002,
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act or in any other Act shall be available for the purchase,
installation or operation of an Integrated Justice Informa-
tion System until a detailed plan and design has been sub-
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mitted by the courts and approved by the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other
Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to be
provided on a contractual basis with the General Services
Administration (GSA), said services to include the prepa-
ration 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 Af-
fairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government
Reform of the House of Representatives:
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice
Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the
Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code, and
payments for counsel authorized under section 21–2060,
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D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District
of
Columbia
Guardianship,
Protective
Pro-
ceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986),
$34,387,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’
(other than the $2,500,000 provided under such heading
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities) may also be used for payments under this
heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds
provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju-
dicial Administration in the District of Columbia shall use
funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal
Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than
the $2,500,000 provided under such heading for capital
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
ties), to make payments described under this heading for
obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be administered by the Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of
Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, this appropriation shall be appor-
tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds
appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies, with
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payroll and financial services to be provided on a contrac-
tual basis with the General Services Administration
(GSA), said services to include the preparation of monthly
financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted di-
rectly by GSA to the President and to the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives: Provided further, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts shall implement the recommenda-
tions in the General Accounting Office Report GAO/
AIMD/OGC–99–226 regarding payments to court-ap-
pointed attorneys and shall report to the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and to the House and Senate Appro-
priations Committees quarterly on the status of these re-
forms.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND
OFFENDER SUPERVISION
AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, (Public Law
105–33;
111
Stat.
712)
$115,752,000,
of
which
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$69,871,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Commu-
nity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include
expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to pro-
tection orders or provision of services for or related to such
persons; $18,778,000 shall be transferred to the Public
Defender Service; and $27,103,000 shall be available to
the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That of the
amount provided under this heading, $22,161,000 shall be
used to improve pretrial defendant and post-conviction of-
fender supervision, enhance drug testing and sanctions-
based treatment programs and other treatment services,
expand intermediate sanctions and offender re-entry pro-
grams, continue planning and design proposals for a resi-
dential Sanctions Center and improve administrative in-
frastructure,
including
information
technology;
and
$836,000 of the $22,161,000 referred to in this proviso
is for the Public Defender Service: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 446 of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act or any provision of subchapter
III of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, the use