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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3664
To make miscellaneous and technical corrections to improve the operations
of the government of the District of Columbia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 1996
Mr. DAVIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To make miscellaneous and technical corrections to improve
the operations of the government of the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Government Improvement and Efficiency Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN MINIMUM NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF AMERICAN UNIVER-
SITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first section of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to incorporate the American University’’, ap-
proved February 24, 1893 (27 Stat. 476), is amended by
striking ‘‘forty’’ and inserting ‘‘twenty-five’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF APPLICATION OF SERVICE CONTRACT
ACT OF 1965 TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Service Contract Act of 1965
(41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 2(a) in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or the District of Co-
lumbia’’; and
(2) in section 7(1), by striking ‘‘or District of
Columbia’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts of the
District of Columbia entered into on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA AND BUREAU OF PRISONS TO
ESTABLISH 
AMOUNT 
OF 
PAYMENTS 
FOR
HOUSING DISTRICT PRISONERS.
The undesignated paragraph in the item relating to
‘‘UNITED STATES COURTS’’ under the heading ‘‘JUDI-
CIAL’’ in the Act of March 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 869, ch.
75; sec. 24–424, D.C. Code) (relating to the cost of the
care and custody of District of Columbia convicts in any
Federal penitentiary) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding the previous
sentence or any provision of title 18, United States Code,
to the contrary, with respect to District of Columbia con-
victs in any Federal penitentiary during the 5-year period
beginning October 1, 1996, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia and the Director of the Bureau of Prisons may
enter into an agreement waiving the requirements of the
previous sentence or establishing an alternative amount to
be charged against the District of Columbia for such con-
victs, so long as the Director provides notice of the intent
to enter into the agreement to the Committees on Appro-
priations, the Judiciary, and Government Reform and
Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the Judiciary, and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate not later than 15 days before
entering into the agreement.’’.
SEC. 5. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FROM COUN-
CIL REVIEW.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 451 of the District of Co-
lumbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza-
tion Act (sec. 1–1130, D.C. Code), as amended by section
304(a)(3) of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
SEC. 6. WAIVER OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR CER-
TAIN EMPLOYEES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Section 906 of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1–
610.6, D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or sub-
section (d)’’ after ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) At the request of the Inspector General (as de-
scribed in section 208(a) of the District of Columbia Pro-
curement Practices Act of 1985), the Director of Person-
nel may waive the application of subsections (a) and (b)
to employees of the Office of the Inspector General.’’.
SEC. 7. COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF JUDICIAL NOMI-
NATION COMMISSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective as if included in the en-
actment of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
1996, section 434(b)(5) of the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) Members of the Commission shall serve without
compensation for services rendered in connection with
their official duties on the Commission.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 133(b) of
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996 is here-
by repealed, and the provision of law amended by such
section is hereby restored as if such section had not been
enacted into law.
SEC. 8. SHORT TITLE OF HOME RULE ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the District of Co-
lumbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza-
tion Act is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act’’
and inserting ‘‘District of Columbia Home Rule Act’’.
(b) REFERENCES IN LAW.—Any reference in law or
regulation to the District of Columbia Self-Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act shall be deemed to
be a reference to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
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