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(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, unless in the case of federal funds, the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 
days in advance of the reprogramming and in the 
case of local funds, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate 
are provided summary reports on April 1, 2008 and 
October 1, 2008, setting forth detailed information 
regarding each such local funds reprogramming con-
ducted subject to this subsection. 
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may 
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 
through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are provided summary reports 
on April 1, 2008 and October 1, 2008, setting forth de-
tailed information regarding each reprogramming con-
ducted subject to this subsection, except that in no event 
may the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent 
of the local funds in the appropriations. 
(c) The District of Columbia Government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
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requests of local funds under this title through September 
30, 2008. 
SEC. 806. Consistent with the provisions of section 
1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 
under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for 
which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law. 
SEC. 807. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 
Law 2–139; sec. 1–601.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code), 
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.22(3), D.C. Official 
Code), shall apply with respect to the compensation of Dis-
trict of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, employees 
of the District of Columbia government shall not be sub-
ject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8344(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, the amendment made by section 2 
of the District Government Reemployed Annuitant Offset 
Elimination Amendment Act of 2004 (D.C. Law 15–207) 
shall apply with respect to any individual employed in an 
appointive or elective position with the District of Colum-
bia government after December 7, 2004. 
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SEC. 808. No later than 30 days after the end of the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 
of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 
2008 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. 
These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
fiscal year 2009. The officially revised estimates at mid-
year shall be used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 809. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia 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. 
(b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 
be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 
until— 
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 
forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 
(B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 
obligation, and expenditure of such grant. 
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(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 
shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the obliga-
tion, and expenditure of a grant if— 
(A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 
the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 
of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 
Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or 
(B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with-
in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 
disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the 
grant within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt 
of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under 
paragraph (1)(A). 
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from 
the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum-
bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt 
of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of 
the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other 
grant not subject to such subsection. 
(d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 
other grants received by the District government reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this title, or approved and 
received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 
actual amount of the grant. 
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(e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de-
tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 
be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate, not later than 15 days after the 
end of the quarter covered by the report. 
SEC. 810. (a) 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 vehi-
cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 
the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du-
ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em-
ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
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hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2008, an inventory, as 
of September 30, 2007, of all vehicles owned, leased or 
operated by the District of Columbia government. The in-
ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart-
ment 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 mainte-
nance costs; current mileage; 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 loca-
tion. 
SEC. 811. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Cor-
poration Counsel or any other officer or entity of the Dis-
trict government to provide assistance for any petition 
drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to 
provide for voting representation in Congress for the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
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(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 
with officials of the District government regarding such 
lawsuits. 
SEC. 812. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster-
ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 
illegal drug. 
SEC. 813. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that 
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay 
the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 
the District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not 
filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer 
understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the 
officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this Act (and 
the amendments made by this Act), including any duty 
to prepare a report requested either in the Act or in any 
of the reports accompanying the Act and the deadline by 
which each report must be submitted: Provided, That the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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of Representatives and Senate by April 1, 2008 and Octo-
ber 1, 2008, a summary list showing each report, the due 
date, and the date submitted to the Committees. 
SEC. 814. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 815. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
quarterly reports addressing— 
(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 substance and alcohol abuse treat-
ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 
number of people served, the number of people on 
waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro-
grams; 
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(3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio-
lent offenders, including the number of halfway 
houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni-
toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con-
sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; and 
(4) education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement to be pro-
vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 
charter schools. 
SEC. 816. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, section 1–204.42), for all agencies of 
the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2008 
that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation 
and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services 
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and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with antici-
pated actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici-
pated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 817. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be made available to pay— 
(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 
party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac-
tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of 
$4,000 for that action; or 
(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 
through an attorney, officer, or employee of the 
firm, in any special education diagnostic services, 
schools, or other special education service providers. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad-
ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro-
ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 818. The amount appropriated by this Act may 
be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds 
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identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as 
the District’s fiscal year 2007 unexpended general fund 
surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 
amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 
amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 
on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco-
nomic vitality. 
(2) The District of Columbia may only use 
these funds for the following expenditures: 
(A) One-time expenditures. 
(B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 
(C) Debt reduction. 
(D) Program needs. 
(E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short-
falls. 
(3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
Council in support of each such obligation or ex-
penditure. 
(4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 
agencies of the District of Columbia government 
under court ordered receivership. 
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(5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the ob-
ligation or expenditure. 
SEC. 819. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 
of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 
of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in-
creased— 
(1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 
allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 
2008 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub-
mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia; and 
(2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro-
posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 
Financial Plan. 
(b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex-
pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 
under this section only in accordance with the following 
conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify— 
(A) the increase in revenue; and 
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(B) that the use of the amounts is not an-
ticipated to have a negative impact on the long- 
term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 
District. 
(2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
Council of the District of Columbia in support of 
each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 
with the requirements of this Act. 
(3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 
agencies of the District government operating under 
court-ordered receivership. 
(4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 
of the obligation or expenditure. 
SEC. 820. The Chief Financial Officer for the District 
of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow manage-
ment, conduct short-term borrowing from the emergency 
reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund estab-
lished under section 450A of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (Public Law 98–198): Provided, That the 
amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent of the total 
amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con-
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tingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing: Provided 
further, That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund 
by more than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100 per-
cent of the funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 
months of the time of the borrowing or by the end of the 
fiscal year, whichever occurs earlier: Provided further, 
That in the event that short-term borrowing has been con-
ducted and the emergency or the contingency funds are 
later depleted below 50 percent as a result of an emer-
gency or contingency, an amount equal to the amount nec-
essary to restore reserve levels to 50 percent of the total 
amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con-
tingency reserve fund must be replenished from the 
amount borrowed within 60 days. 
SEC. 821. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 
regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ-
ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive. 
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat-
ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No-
vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 
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SEC. 822. None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 
an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 823. (a) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—Section 
307(a) of the District of Columbia Court Reform and 
Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1607(a), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking the first 2 sentences 
and inserting the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Service in each fiscal year such funds 
as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11233 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (sec. 24–133, D.C. Offi-
cial Code) is amended by striking subsection (f). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2008 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 824. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 126 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2829 
[Report No. 110–207] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Financial Services and 
General Government for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 22, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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