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(b) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDS 
FOR CHARTER SCHOOL FUND.—Section 2403(b)(2)(A) of 
such Act (sec. 38–1804.03(b)(2)(A), D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘District of Columbia,’’ the 
following: ‘‘together with any other local funds that the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia cer-
tifies are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Fund 
during the fiscal year,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 134. (a) CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHOR-
ITY OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Section 2302 of the 
Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2003 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 593), is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2005’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2003. 
SEC. 135. (a) Section 106(b) of the District of Co-
lumbia Public Works Act of 1954 (sec. 34–2401.25(b), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
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(b) Section 212(b) of such Act (sec. 34–2112(b), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking paragraph (5). 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to quarters occurring during fiscal year 2005 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 136. (a) APPROVAL OF BONDS BY JOINT COM-
MITTEE
ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION.—Section 11– 
1701(b), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended 
by striking paragraph (5). 
(b) EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11–1704, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 11–1704. Oath of Executive Officer 
‘‘The Executive Officer shall take an oath or affirma-
tion for the faithful and impartial discharge of the duties 
of that office.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 11, Dis-
trict of Columbia Official Code, is amended by 
amending the item relating to section 11–1704 to 
read as follows: 
‘‘11–1704. Oath of Executive Officer.’’. 
(c) FISCAL OFFICER.—Section 11–1723, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’;
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(2) by striking subsection (b); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
subsection (a) as subsections (b) and (c). 
(d) AUDITOR-MASTER.—Section 11–1724, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended by striking the second 
and third sentences. 
(e) REGISTER OF WILLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11–2102, District of 
Columbia Official Code, is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘bond;’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘give 
bond,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘seasonably 
to record’’ and inserting ‘‘seasonably record’’; 
and 
(C) by striking the third sentence of sub-
section (a). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 11–2102 in the table of sections for chap-
ter 21 of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘bond;’’. 
SEC. 137. Section 11–1728, District of Columbia Of-
ficial Code, is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 11–1728. Recruitment and training of personnel; 
travel 
‘‘(a) The Executive Officer shall be responsible for 
recruiting such qualified personnel as may be necessary 
for the District of Columbia courts and for providing in- 
service training for court personnel. 
‘‘(b) Travel under Federal supply schedules is author-
ized for the travel of court personnel on official business. 
The Joint Committee shall prescribe such requirements, 
conditions, and restrictions for such travel as it considers 
appropriate, and shall include policies and procedures for 
preventing abuses of that travel authority.’’. 
(b) The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 
17 of title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, is 
amended by amending the item relating to section 11– 
1728 to read as follows: 
‘‘11–1728. Recruitment and training of personnel; travel.’’. 
SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, the amount of local funds made available 
under this Act for the Office of the Inspector General shall 
be the amount provided in the annual estimate of the In-
spector General of the expenditures and appropriations 
necessary for the operation of the Office for fiscal year 
2005, as prepared by the Inspector General and submitted 
to the Mayor of the District of Columbia under section 
208(a)(2)(A) of the District of Columbia Procurement