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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
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
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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-
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
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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—
(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
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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;
(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
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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
(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.
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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-
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).
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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-
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
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(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
(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
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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
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-
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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-
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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;
(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-
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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
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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.
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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
(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-
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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.
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
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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
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
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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
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
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(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.
(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
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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
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
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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’’.
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
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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-
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