District of Columbia Offender Supervision, De-
fender, and Courts Services Agency’’ each place it
appears in subsections (a)(2), (a)(3), and (b) and in-
serting ‘‘the Court Services and Offender Super-
vision Agency for the District of Columbia’’.
(B) Section 11232 of such Act (DC Code, sec.
24–1232) is amended by striking ‘‘the District of
Columbia Offender Supervision, Defender, and
Courts Services Agency’’ each place it appears in
subsections (b) and (h) and inserting ‘‘the Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the
District of Columbia’’.
(C) Section 23–1304(a), District of Columbia
Code (as amended by section 11271(a) of the Bal-
anced Budget Act of 1997) is amended by striking
‘‘the District of Columbia Offender Supervision, De-
fender, and Courts Services Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agen-
cy for the District of Columbia’’.
(D) Section 23–1307, District of Columbia
Code (as amended by section 11271(a) of the Bal-
anced Budget Act of 1997) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia
Offender Supervision, Defender, and Courts
Services Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘the Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for
the District of Columbia’’.
(E) Section 23–1308, District of Columbia
Code (as amended by section 11271(a) of the Bal-
anced Budget Act of 1997) is amended by striking
‘‘the District of Columbia Offender Supervision, De-
fender, and Courts Services Agency’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘the Court Services and Of-
fender Supervision Agency for the District of Colum-
bia’’.
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for title XI of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 is amended in the item relating to section
11233 by striking ‘‘Offender Supervision, Defender
and Courts Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Court Services
and Offender Supervision’’.
(d) REPEAL OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS AFFECTING
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES.—Section 11272 of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111
Stat. 762) is hereby repealed, and any provision of law
amended or repealed by such section shall be restored or
revived as if such section had not been enacted into law.
(e) TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES OF SERVICE TO FED-
ERAL RETIREMENT AND BENEFIT PROGRAMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 305 of the District
of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure
Act of 1970 (DC Code, sec. 1–2705) is amended by
inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(c)(1) Employees of the Service shall be treated as
employees of the Federal Government solely for purposes
of any of the following provisions of title 5, United States
Code: subchapter 1 of chapter 81 (relating to compensa-
tion for work injuries), chapter 83 (relating to retirement),
chapter 84 (relating to Federal Employees’ Retirement
System), chapter 87 (relating to life insurance), and chap-
ter 89 (relating to health insurance).
‘‘(2) The Service shall make contributions under the
provisions referred to in paragraph (1) at the same rates
applicable to agencies of the Federal Government.
‘‘(3) An individual who is an employee of the Service
on the date of the enactment of this subsection may make,
within 60 days after the issuance of regulations under
paragraph (4), an election under section 8351 or 8432 of
title 5, United States Code, to participate in the Thrift
Savings Plan for Federal employees.
‘‘(4) This subsection shall apply with respect to all
months beginning after the date on which the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management issues regulations to
carry out thissubsection.
‘‘(5) For purposes of vesting pursuant to section
2610(b) of the District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (DC Code, sec.
1–627.10(b)), creditable service with the District for em-
ployees whose participation in the District Defined Con-
tribution Plan ceases as a result of implementation of this
subsection shall include service performed thereafter for
the Service.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
306 of the District of Columbia Court Reform and
Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (DC Code, sec. 1–
2706) is amended—
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Mayor of
the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Office
of Management and Budget’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Admin-
istrative Office of the United States Courts’’
and inserting ‘‘Office of Management and
Budget’’.
(B) Section 307(a) of the District of Columbia
Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970
(DC Code, sec. 1–2707(a)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) There are authorized to be appropriated through
the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for
the District of Columbia (or, until such Agency assumes
its duties pursuant to section 11233(a) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997, through the Trustee appointed pur-
suant to section 11232 of such Act) in each fiscal year
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be
transmitted by the Agency (or, if applicable, by the Trust-
ee) to the Service. The Service may arrange by contract
or otherwise for the disbursement of appropriated funds,
procurement, and the provision of other administrative
support functions by the General Services Administration
or by other agencies or entities, not subject to the provi-
sions of the District of Columbia Code or any law or regu-
lation adopted by the District of Columbia Government
concerning disbursement of funds, procurement, or other
administrative support functions. The Service shall submit
an annual appropriations request to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget.’’.
(C) Section 11233 of the Balanced Budget Act
of 1997 (DC Code, sec. 24–1233) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) RECEIPT AND TRANSMITTAL OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE.—The Director
of the Agency shall receive and transmit to the District
of Columbia Public Defender Service all funds appro-
priated for such agency.’’.
(f) EXEMPTION OF SERVICE FROM PERSONNEL AND
BUDGET CEILINGS.—Section 307 of the District of Co-
lumbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970
(DC Code, sec. 1–2707) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) The Service shall not be subject to any general
personnel or budget limitations which otherwise apply to
the District of Columbia government or its agencies in any
appropriations act.’’.
SEC. 8. SICK LEAVE BUYOUT FOR DEPARTMENT OF COR-
RECTIONS EMPLOYEES.
Notwithstanding any provision of District of Colum-
bia law, the Corrections Trustee appointed pursuant to
section 11202 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 may
set conditions and may provide that an employee of the
District of Columbia Department of Corrections who
meets such conditions will receive a lump-sum payment
for his or her accumulated and accrued sick leave, if the
employee is separated involuntarily and is not subse-
quently employed, without a break in service of more than
3 days, by the Bureau of Prisons or another Federal agen-
cy. The lump-sum payment for sick leave shall be cal-
culated by multiplying 50 percent of the employee’s rate