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SEC. 840. Section 4(b) of the Federal Activities Inven-
tory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) Executive agencies with fewer than 100 full-
time employees as of the first day of the fiscal year.
However, such an agency shall be subject to section 2
to the extent it plans to conduct a public-private com-
petition for the performance of an activity that is not
inherently governmental.’’.
SEC. 841. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law,
none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act,
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any
prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribu-
tion in the United States unless the story includes a clear
notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged
news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared
or funded by that executive branch agency.
SEC. 842. COMPETITIVE SOURCING. (a) REQUIREMENT
FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
none of the funds appropriated by this or any other
Act shall be available to convert to contractor per-
formance an activity or function of an executive agen-
cy, that on or after the date of enactment of this Act,
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is performed by more than 10 Federal employees
unless—
(A) the conversion is based on the result of
a public-private competition that includes a
most efficient and cost effective organization
plan developed by such activity or function; and
(B) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter-
mines that, over all performance periods stated
in the solicitation of offers for performance of the
activity or function, the cost of performance of
the activity or function by a contractor would be
less costly to the executive agency by an amount
that equals or exceeds the lesser of—
(i) 10 percent of the most efficient or-
ganization’s personnel-related costs for per-
formance of that activity or function by
Federal employees; or
(ii) $10,000,000.
(2) This paragraph shall not apply to—
(A) a commercial or industrial type func-
tion that—
(i) is included on the procurement list
established pursuant to section 2 of the Jav-
its-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or
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(ii) is planned to be converted to per-
formance by a qualified nonprofit agency
for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit
agency for other severely handicapped indi-
viduals in accordance with that Act.
(B) depot contracts or contracts for depot
maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and
2474 of title 10, United States Code; or
(C) activities that are the subject of an on-
going competition that was publicly announced
prior to the date of enactment of this act.
(b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Nothing
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall
prevent the head of an executive agency from conducting
a public-private competition to evaluate the benefits of con-
verting work from contract performance to performance by
Federal employees in appropriate instances. The Circular
shall provide procedures and policies for these competitions
that are similar to those applied to competitions that may
result in the conversion of work from performance by Fed-
eral employees to performance by a contractor.
SEC. 843. NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no adjustment shall be made under section
601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
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U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Mem-
bers of Congress) during fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 844. The table contained in section 1702 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat.
1144) is amended—
(1) in item number 4620, by striking ‘‘Grading,
paving, roads, and the transfer of rail-to-truck for the
intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport Colum-
bus, OH’’ and inserting ‘‘Grading, paving, roads, and
construction of an intermodal freight facility at Rick-
enbacker Airport, Columbus, Ohio’’; and
(2) in item number 4651, by striking ‘‘Grading,
paving, roads for the transfer of rail to truck for the
intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Grading, paving, roads, and construction of
an intermodal freight facility at Rickenbacker Air-
port, Columbus, Ohio’’.
SEC. 845. (a) The table contained in section 1702 of
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119
Stat. 1144) is amended in item number 4632 by striking
‘‘Construct 1,100 foot bulkhead/riverwalk connecting Front
and Maine Ave. public rights-of-way’’ and inserting ‘‘For
roadway improvements and construction of 1,100 foot bulk-
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head/riverwalk connecting Front and Maine Ave. public
rights-of-way’’.
(b) The table contained in section 3044 of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:
A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144)
is amended in item number 516 by striking ‘‘Dayton
Wright Stop Plaza’’ and inserting ‘‘Downtown Dayton
Transit Enhancements’’.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation,
Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
DIVISION B—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
District of Columbia and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of
Columbia resident tuition support, $33,200,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
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cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount
based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State
tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay
up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of
such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s
academic merit, the income and need of eligible students
and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main-
tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support
Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro-
priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap-
propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal
years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year:
Provided further, That the account shall be under the con-
trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who
shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out
the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further,
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide
a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate for
these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made
and the purpose therefor: Provided further, That not more
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than $1,200,000 of the total amount appropriated for this
program may be used for administrative expenses.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor
of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the
elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions,
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reim-
burse the District of Columbia for the costs of providing
public safety at events related to the presence of the national
capital in the District of Columbia and for the costs of pro-
viding support to respond to immediate and specific ter-
rorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or sur-
rounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any amount pro-
vided under this heading shall be available only after such
amount has been apportioned pursuant to chapter 15 of
title 31, United States Code.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia
Courts, $218,912,000, to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,198,000, of which
not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior Court,
$87,342,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official
reception and representation expenses; for the District of
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Columbia Court System, $41,643,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and $80,729,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007, for capital improvements for District of
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a single contract or
related contracts for development and construction of facili-
ties may be employed which collectively include the full
scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation
and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of
Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That
funds made available for capital improvements shall be ex-
pended consistent with the General Services Administration
master plan study and building evaluation report: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar-
terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies, with
payroll and financial services to be provided on a contrac-
tual basis with the General Services Administration (GSA),
and such services shall include the preparation of monthly
financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly
by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the
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Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate: Provided further, That 30 days after pro-
viding written notice to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the District of
Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000
of the funds provided under this heading among the items
and entities funded under this heading for operations, and
not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this
heading for facilities.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings
in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide
guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as-
sistance and such other services as are necessary to improve
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments
for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap-
ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for counsel au-
thorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating
to representation provided under the District of Columbia
Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power
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of Attorney Act of 1986), $45,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the funds provided in this
Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District
of Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $80,729,000 provided
under such heading for capital improvements for District
of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for pay-
ments under this heading: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to the funds provided under this heading, the Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of
Columbia may use funds provided in this Act under the
heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia
Courts’’ (other than the $80,729,000 provided under such
heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia
courthouse facilities), to make payments described under
this heading for obligations incurred during any fiscal
year: Provided further, That funds provided under this
heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on
Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by
the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for
expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan-
cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the
General Services Administration (GSA), and such services
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shall include the preparation of monthly financial reports,
copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the
President and 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.
FEDERAL
PAYMENT
TO
THE
COURT
SERVICES
AND
OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $201,388,000, of
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and rep-
resentation expenses related to Community Supervision and
Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to exceed
$25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple-
mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which
$129,360,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community
Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include ex-
penses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protec-
tion orders or the provision of services for or related to such
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persons; of which $42,195,000 shall be available to the Pre-
trial Services Agency; and of which $29,833,000 shall be
transferred to the Public Defender Service for the District
of Columbia: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other
Federal agencies: Provided further, That the Director is au-
thorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind con-
tributions of space and hospitality to support offender and
defendant programs, and equipment and vocational train-
ing services to educate and train offenders and defendants:
Provided further, That the Director shall keep accurate and
detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or
donation under the previous proviso, and shall make such
records available for audit and public inspection: Provided
further, That the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency Director is authorized to accept and use reimburse-
ment from the D.C. Government for space and services pro-
vided on a cost reimbursable basis: Provided further, That
for this fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the Public
Defender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs
of materials distributed and training provided to attendees
of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by
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the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding section
3302 of title 31, United States Code, said fees shall be cred-
ited to the Public Defender Service account to be available
for use without further appropriation.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER
AND SEWER AUTHORITY
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
Water and Sewer Authority, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That
the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro-
vides a 100 percent match for this payment.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT
INITIATIVE
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
Department of Transportation, $3,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2007, for design and con-
struction of a continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail sys-
tem from the Potomac River to the District’s border with
Maryland.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
COORDINATING COUNCIL
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination
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of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
Department of Transportation, $1,000,000, to implement a
downtown circulator transit system.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FOSTER CARE IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For the Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for foster care improvements, $2,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That $1,750,000 shall be for
the Child and Family Services Agency, of which $1,000,000
shall be for a loan repayment program for social workers;
of which $750,000 shall be for post-adoption services: Pro-
vided further, That $250,000 shall be for the Washington
Metropolitan Council of Governments, to continue a pro-
gram in conjunction with the Foster and Adoptive Parents
Advocacy Center, to provide respite care for and recruit-
ment of foster parents: Provided further, That these Federal
funds shall supplement and not supplant local funds for
the purposes described under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $16,500,000:
Provided, That these funds shall be available for the projects
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and in the amounts specified in the Statement of the Man-
agers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That each entity that receives funding under
this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate a report on the activities to be carried out with such
funds no later than March 15, 2006.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allo-
cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools,
$13,000,000 to improve public school education in the Dis-
trict of Columbia; for the State Education Office,
$13,000,000 to expand quality public charter schools in the
District of Columbia, to remain available until September
30, 2007; for the Secretary of the Department of Education,
$14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for stu-
dents in the District of Columbia in accordance with divi-
sion C, title III of the District of Columbia Appropriations
Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 126), of which
up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer and fund as-
sessments: Provided, That of the $13,000,000 provided for
public charter schools in the District of Columbia;
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
the Direct Loan Fund for Charter Schools; $2,000,000, to
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remain available until expended, shall be for Credit En-
hancement; $2,000,000 shall be for continuation of the City
Build Charter School Program; $1,500,000 shall be for flexi-
ble grants; $2,000,000 shall be used only for grants to public
charter schools for improvement of public school facilities;
$400,000 shall be for college access programming; $300,000
shall be to create a truancy center; $250,000 shall be for
administration of Federal entitlement funding; $300,000
shall be for data collection and analysis; and $250,000 shall
be for administration within the State Education Office.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS
LABORATORY
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
$5,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007,
for costs associated with the construction of a bioterrorism
and forensics laboratory: Provided, That the District of Co-
lumbia shall provide an additional $1,500,000 with local
funds as a condition of receiving this payment.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH
CHALLENGE PROGRAM
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
National Guard for the Youth Challenge program,
$500,000.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR MARRIAGE DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPROVEMENT
For a Federal payment for marriage development and
improvement in the District of Columbia, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That $1,500,000
shall be for the Capital Area Asset Building Corporation
for the establishment of marriage development accounts in
accordance with the requirements in the accompanying re-
port, of which $400,000 shall be for program planning,
marketing, evaluation, and account administration: Pro-
vided further, That $1,500,000 shall be for mentoring, coun-
seling, community outreach, and training and technical as-
sistance, of which $850,000 shall be for the National Center
for Fathering and $650,000 shall be for the East Capitol
Center for Change to carry out these activities: Provided
further, That within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the
entities receiving funds under this title shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate,
a detailed expenditure plan and program requirements that
comport with the guidance in the accompanying report.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR A LATINO YOUTH INITIATIVE
For a Federal payment to improve health and edu-
cational outcomes of Latino youth in the District of Colum-
bia, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $1,100,000 shall be for The National Council
of La Raza to provide mentoring, training, intervention
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services and policy research: Provided further, That
$400,000 shall be for the MidAtlantic Equity Center to de-
velop a comprehensive Latino youth literacy plan: Provided
further, That $500,000 shall be for the Latin American
Youth Center for direct services to Latino youth: Provided
further, That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the
entities receiving funds under this title shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate,
a detailed expenditure plan that comports with the require-
ments in the accompanying report.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PRISONER REENTRANT HOUSING
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
to increase the capacity of available housing for ex-offenders
returning to the community, $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the District will use
a portion of these funds to provide housing to on-site men-
tors as a condition of receiving this payment: Provided fur-
ther, That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the
Mayor shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate, a detailed expenditure plan that
comports with the requirements in the accompanying re-
port.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the gen-
eral fund of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise
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specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official
Code, section 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act, the
total amount appropriated in this Act for operating ex-
penses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2006
under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum
of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such
fiscal year or $8,700,158,000 (of which $5,007,344,000 shall
be from local funds, $1,921,287,000 shall be from Federal
grant funds, $1,754,399,000 shall be from other funds, and
$17,129,000 shall be from private funds), in addition,
$163,116,000 from funds previously appropriated in this
Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That of the local
funds, $466,894,000 shall be derived from the District’s gen-
eral fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds the
District’s intradistrict authority shall be $468,486,000: in
addition for capital construction projects there is appro-
priated 
an 
increase 
of 
$2,820,637,000, 
of 
which
$1,072,671,000 shall be from local funds, $49,551,000 from
Highway Trust funds, $172,183,000 from the Local Street
Maintenance fund, $378,000,000 from securitization of fu-
ture revenue streams, $400,000,000 from Certificates of
Participation financing, $534,800,000 from financing for
construction of a baseball stadium, $213,432,000 from Fed-
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eral grant funds, and a rescission of $295,032,000 from
local funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal
years, for a net amount of $2,525,605,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the amounts
provided under this heading are to be allocated and ex-
pended as proposed under ‘‘Title II—District of Columbia
Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget and Fi-
nancial Plan submitted to the Congress of the United States
by the District of Columbia on June 6, 2005: Provided fur-
ther, That this amount may be increased by proceeds of one-
time transactions, which are expended for emergency or un-
anticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further,
That such increases shall be approved by enactment of local
District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements
contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act as
amended by this Act: Provided further, That the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such
steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Colum-
bia meets these requirements, including the apportioning by
the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds
made available to the District during fiscal year 2006, ex-
cept that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram
for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes,
or other obligations issued for capital projects.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects
of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified,
shall be considered as the maximum amount that may be
expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount
set apart exclusively therefor.
SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organi-
zations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia
government, when authorized by the Mayor, or, in the case
of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds may be
expended with the authorization of the Chairman of the
Council.
SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the
District of Columbia government.
SEC. 104. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act may be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or
implementation of any policy including boycott designed to
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any
State legislature.
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SEC. 105. (a) None of the Federal funds provided in
this Act may be used to carry out lobbying activities on
any matter. The District may use local funds to carry out
lobbying activities not inconsistent with this Act.
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro-
hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to
any issue.
SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds provided under this
title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and
District government agencies, that remain available for ob-
ligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds
which—
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center;
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically
denied, limited or increased under this Act;
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means
for any program, project, or responsibility center for
which funds have been denied or restricted;
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(5) reestablishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming;
(6) augments any existing program, project, or
responsibility center through a reprogramming of
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
is less; or
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility
center,
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days
in advance of the reprogramming.
(b) None 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 unless the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate are notified in writing 15 days in advance of
the transfer, except that in no event may the amount of
any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of the local funds
in the appropriations.
SEC. 107. 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
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the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided
by law.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–
139; D.C. Official Code, section 1–601.01 et seq.), enacted
pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section 1–204l.22(3)),
shall apply with respect to the compensation of District of
Columbia employees. For pay purposes, employees of the
District of Columbia government shall not be subject to the
provisions of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 109. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of fiscal year 2006, 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
2006 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. These
estimates shall be used in the budget request for fiscal year
2007. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be
used for the midyear report.
SEC. 110. No sole source contract with the District of
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
newed or extended without opening that contract to the
competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of
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the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985
(D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, section 2–303.03), ex-
cept that the District of Columbia government or any agen-
cy thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts for
which competition is not feasible or practical, but only if
the determination as to whether to invoke the competitive
bidding process has been made in accordance with duly pro-
mulgated rules and procedures and has been reviewed and
certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia.
SEC. 111. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C.
Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, section 1–123).
SEC. 112. None of the Federal 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. Official Code, section 32–701 et seq.) or to otherwise
implement or enforce any system of registration of unmar-
ried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited to reg-
istration for the purpose of extending employment, health,
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or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis
that such benefits are extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial 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.
(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
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within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt of the
report from the Chief Financial Officer under para-
graph (1)(A).
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the
general fund or other funds of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment in anticipation of the approval or receipt of a
grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of the ap-
proval 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.
(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 sub-
mitted to the Council of the District of Columbia and 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. 114. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by