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Union Calendar No. 453
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 4942
[Report No. 106–786]
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and
other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2000
Mr. ISTOOK, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the government of the District
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole
or in part against the revenues of said District for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
FEDERAL FUNDS
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for a nationwide program to be administered by the
Mayor for District of Columbia resident tuition support,
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds 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 tui-
tion at public institutions of higher education, usable at
both public and private institutions for higher education:
Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may
be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit
and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided
further, That not more than 5 percent of the funds may
be used to pay administrative expenses.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF
CHILDREN
The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment
for Incentives for Adoption of Children’’ in Public Law
106–113, approved November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1501),
is amended to read as follows: ‘‘For a Federal payment
to the District of Columbia to create incentives to promote
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the adoption of children in the District of Columbia foster
care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall
remain available until September 30, 2002, and shall be
used to carry out all of the provisions of title 38, except
for section 3808, of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support
Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 13–679, enrolled June 12, 2000.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Offi-
cer of the District of Columbia, $1,500,000, of which
$250,000 shall be for payment to a mentoring program
and for hotline services; $500,000 shall be for payment
to a youth development program with a character build-
ing curriculum; $500,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the design, construction, and mainte-
nance of a trash rack system to be installed at the Hick-
ey Run stormwater outfall; and $250,000 shall be for
payment to support a program to assist homeless individ-
uals to become productive, taxpaying citizens in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the District of Colum-
bia Corrections Trustee, $134,300,000 for the adminis-
tration and operation of correctional facilities and for the
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administrative operating costs of the Office of the Correc-
tions Trustee, as authorized by section 11202 of the Na-
tional Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
provement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat.
712) of which $1,000,000 is to fund an initiative to im-
prove case processing in the District of Columbia crimi-
nal justice system: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated in this Act for
the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee shall be ap-
portioned 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 in addition to
the funds provided under this heading, the District of Co-
lumbia Corrections Trustee may use any remaining inter-
est earned on the Federal payment made to the Trustee
under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998,
to carry out the activities funded under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $99,500,000 to be allocated as follows: for
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,709,000;
for 
the 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Superior 
Court,
$72,399,000; for the District of Columbia Court System,
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$16,892,000; and $2,500,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002, for capital improvements for Dis-
trict of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That
none of the funds in this Act or in any other Act shall
be available for the purchase, installation or operation of
an Integrated Justice Information System until a de-
tailed plan and design has been submitted by the courts
and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
further, 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 ap-
propriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal
agencies, with payroll and financial services to be pro-
vided on a contractual basis with the General Services
Administration (GSA), said services to include the prepa-
ration of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall
be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House
of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government
Reform of the House of Representatives:
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DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604
and section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Division of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16,
D.C. Code, and payments for counsel authorized under
section 21–2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship,
Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney
Act of 1986), $34,387,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the funds provided in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $2,500,000 provided
under such heading for capital improvements for District
of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for
payments under this heading: Provided further, That in
addition to the funds provided under this heading, the
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $2,500,000 provided
under such heading for capital improvements for District
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of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make payments de-
scribed under this heading for obligations incurred during
any fiscal year: Provided further, That such funds shall
be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Ad-
ministration in the District of Columbia: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for ex-
penses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan-
cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with
the General Services Administration (GSA), said services
to 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 Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives: Provided further, That the District of Co-
lumbia Courts shall implement the recommendations in
the General Accounting Office Report GAO/AIMD/OGC–
99–226 regarding payments to court-appointed attorneys
and shall report to the Office of Management and Budget
and to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
quarterly on the status of these reforms.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND
OFFENDER SUPERVISION
AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Colum-
bia, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization
and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, (Public
Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) $115,752,000, of which
$69,871,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Commu-
nity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
clude expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to
protection orders or provision of services for or related to
such persons; $18,778,000 shall be transferred to the
Public Defender Service; and $27,103,000 shall be avail-
able to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That of
the amount provided under this heading, $22,161,000
shall be used to improve pretrial defendant and post-con-
viction offender supervision, enhance drug testing and
sanctions-based treatment programs and other treatment
services, expand intermediate sanctions and offender re-
entry programs, continue planning and design proposals
for a residential Sanctions Center and improve adminis-
trative infrastructure, including information technology;
and $836,000 of the $22,161,000 referred to in this pro-
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viso is for the Public Defender Service: 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 obli-
gated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agen-
cies: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 446
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any provi-
sion of subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United
States Code, the use of interest earned on the Federal
payment made to the District of Columbia Offender Su-
pervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency under
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, by
the Agency during fiscal years 1998 and 1999 shall not
constitute a violation of such Act or such subchapter.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR WASHINGTON INTERFAITH
NETWORK
For a Federal payment to the Washington Interfaith
Network to reimburse the Network for costs incurred in
carrying out preconstruction activities at the former Fort
Dupont Dwellings and Additions, $1,000,000: Provided,
That such activities may include architectural and engi-
neering studies, property appraisals, environmental as-
sessments, grading and excavation, landscaping, paving,
and the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, sewer
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lines, and other utilities: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall make such payment only after
the Network has received matching funds from private
sources (including funds provided through loans) to carry
out such activities in an aggregate amount which is equal
to the amount of such payment (as certified by the Inspec-
tor General of the District of Columbia) and has provided
the Secretary of the Treasury with a request for reim-
bursement which contains documentation certified by the
Inspector General of the District of Columbia showing
that the Network carried out the activities and that the
costs incurred in carrying out the activities were equal to
or less than the amount of the reimbursement requested:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under
this heading may be obligated or expended after December
31, 2001 (without regard to whether the activities involved
were carried out prior to such date).
TAX REFORM IN THE DISTRICT
For a Federal payment to the Mayor of the District
of Columbia for a study analyzing the District’s tax struc-
ture, and the anticipated impact upon the District’s econ-
omy and government of recent and potential tax changes,
and of tax simplification, $100,000, to remain available
until expended. This may include but not be limited to
proposals made by the District’s Delegate to the House
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of Representatives. Provided, That the Mayor shall enter
into a contract for such analysis only with a qualified inde-
pendent auditor who is experienced in analyzing tax
sources and who has no other affiliation with the District
government.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SIMPLIFIED PERSONNEL
SYSTEM
For a Federal payment to the Mayor of the District
of Columbia to study and design a system approved by
the Comptroller General for simplifying the administration
of personnel policies (including pay policies) with respect
to employees of the District government, $250,000: Pro-
vided, That the Mayor shall carry out such study and de-
sign through a contractor approved by the Comptroller
General.
METRORAIL CONSTRUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For a contribution to the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority for construction of a Metrorail sta-
tion located at New York and Florida Avenues, Northeast,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$7,000,000 is appropriated under this heading and
$18,000,000 shall be transferred by the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority (DCFRMA) from interest earned on accounts
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held by DCFRMA on behalf of the District of Columbia
government.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
AMERICAN MUSIC
For a Federal payment to the Federal City Council
for the establishment of a National Museum of American
Music, $250,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such funds shall be used for the costs of
activities necessary to complete the planning phase for
such Museum, including the costs of personnel, design
projects, environmental assessments, and the preparation
of requests for proposals: Provided further, That such
funds shall be deposited into a separate account of the
Federal City Council used exclusively for the establish-
ment of such Museum: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall make such payment only
after the Federal City Council has deposited matching
donated funds from private sources into the account in
an aggregate amount which is equal to 200 percent of
the amount appropriated herein (as certified by the In-
spector General of the District of Columbia.)
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
For a payment to the District of Columbia to reim-
burse the District for expenses incurred in connection
with Presidential inauguration activities, $5,961,000, as
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authorized by section 737(b) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
824; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1132), which shall be apportioned
by the Chief Financial Officer within the various appro-
priation headings in this Act.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, except for section 136(a) of
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for
operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal
year 2001 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser
of the sum of the total revenues of the District of Colum-
bia for such fiscal year or $5,689,276,000 (of which
$192,804,000 shall be from intra-District funds and
$3,245,623,000 shall be from local funds): Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia and the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority shall take
such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of
Columbia meets these requirements, including the appor-
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tioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropria-
tions and funds made available to the District during fis-
cal year 2001, 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.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority, established
by section 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995
(109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8), $3,140,000 from local
funds: Provided, That none of the funds contained in this
Act may be used to pay any compensation of the Execu-
tive Director or General Counsel of the Authority at a
rate in excess of the maximum rate of compensation
which may be paid to such individual during fiscal year
2001 under section 102 of such Act, as determined by
the Comptroller General (as described in GAO letter re-
port B–279095.2).
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $194,621,000
(including $161,022,000 from local funds, $20,424,000
from Federal funds, and $13,175,000 from other funds):
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Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor,
$2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the District
of Columbia, and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall
be available from this appropriation for official purposes:
Provided further, That any program fees collected from
the issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of
expenses of the debt management program of the District
of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations
or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That all employees permanently
assigned to work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid
from funds allocated to the Office of the Mayor: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Of-
fice of the Chief Technology Officer’s delegated small
purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia government may not re-
quire the Office of the Chief Technology Officer to sub-
mit to any other procurement review process, or to obtain
the approval of or be restricted in any manner by any of-
ficial or employee of the District of Columbia govern-
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ment, for purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Pro-
vided further, That $303,000 and no fewer than 5 FTEs
shall be available exclusively to support the Labor-Man-
agement Partnership Council: Provided further, That no
funds except those already encumbered shall be available
for the Maximus, Inc., revenue recovery services contract
(Contract GF 98104) until such time as the contract is
renegotiated to require Maximus, Inc., to recover max-
imum revenue first for Medicaid reimbursable special
education transportation costs, second for Medicaid reim-
bursable special education residential placement costs,
and third for the Medicaid reimbursable costs of Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Administra-
tion clients.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $205,638,000
(including $53,562,000 from local funds, $92,378,000
from Federal funds, and $59,698,000 from other funds),
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
bia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the
respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement
Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26): Provided,
That such funds are available for acquiring services pro-
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vided by the General Services Administration: Provided
further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be ex-
empt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger carrying vehicles for replacement only,
including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type
use, without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year, and such sums as may
be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of
judgments that have been entered against the District of
Columbia 
government 
$762,346,000 
(including
$591,365,000 from local funds, $24,950,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $146,031,000 from other funds): Pro-
vided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department
is authorized to replace not to exceed 25 passenger car-
rying vehicles and the Department of Fire and Emer-
gency Medical Services of the District of Columbia is au-
thorized to replace not to exceed five passenger carrying
vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any dam-
aged vehicle exceeds three fourths of the cost of the re-
placement: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000
shall be available from this appropriation for the Chief of
Police for the prevention and detection of crime: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the
Metropolitan Police Department’s delegated small pur-
chase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That
the District of Columbia government may not require the
Metropolitan Police Department to submit to any other
procurement review process, or to obtain the approval of
or be restricted in any manner by any official or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia government, for pur-
chases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further,
That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with
services that are performed in emergencies by the Na-
tional Guard in a militia status and are requested by the
Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly determined and
certified as due and payable for these services by the
Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of
Columbia National Guard: Provided further, That such
sums as may be necessary for reimbursement to the Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard under the preceding
proviso shall be available from this appropriation, and the
availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting
payment in advance for emergency services involved: Pro-
vided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department
is authorized to maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave
for a 50 officer attrition: Provided further, That
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$100,000 shall be available for inmates released on med-
ical and geriatric parole: Provided further, That com-
mencing on December 31, 2000, the Metropolitan Police
Department shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of
Representatives, quarterly reports on the status of crime
reduction in each of the 83 police service areas estab-
lished throughout the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $995,418,000
(including $821,367,000 from local funds, $147,643,000
from Federal funds, and $26,408,000 from other funds),
to be allocated as follows: $769,443,000 (including
$628,809,000 from local funds, $133,490,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $7,144,000 from other funds), for the
public schools of the District of Columbia; $200,000 from
local funds for the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund; $1,679,000 from local funds for the State
Education Office, $14,000,000 from local funds, pre-
viously appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment,
for resident tuition support at public and private institu-
tions of higher learning for eligible District of Columbia
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residents; $105,000,000 from local funds for public char-
ter schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly dis-
bursement of funds to the D.C. public charter schools,
with the first payment to occur within 15 days of the be-
ginning of each fiscal year: Provided further, That the
D.C. public charter schools will report enrollment on a
quarterly basis: Provided further, That the quarterly pay-
ment of October 15, 2000, shall be fifty (50) percent of
each public charter school’s annual entitlement based on
its unaudited October 5 enrollment count: Provided fur-
ther, That if the entirety of this allocation has not been
provided as payments to any public charter schools cur-
rently in operation through the per pupil funding for-
mula, the funds shall be available for public education in
accordance with the School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2853.43(A)(2)(D); Public Law 104–134,
as amended): Provided further, That the Mayor of the
District of Columbia shall convene a task force to rec-
ommend changes, which shall be released by December
31, 2000, to the School Reform Act of 1995, for the pur-
pose of instituting a funding mechanism which will ac-
count for the projected growth of charter schools: Pro-
vided further, That $480,000 of this amount shall be
available to the District of Columbia Public Charter
School Board for administrative costs: Provided further,
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That $76,433,000 (including $44,691,000 from local
funds, 
$13,199,000 
from 
Federal 
funds, 
and
$18,543,000 from other funds) shall be available for the
University of the District of Columbia: Provided further,
That $200,000 is allocated for the East of the River
Campus Assessment Study, $1,000,000 for the Excel In-
stitute Adult Education Program to be used by the Insti-
tute for construction and to acquire construction services
provided by the General Services Administration on a re-
imbursable basis, $500,000 for the Adult Education
State Plan, $650,000 for The Saturday Academy Pre-
College Program, and $481,000 for the Strengthening of
Academic 
Programs; 
and 
$26,459,000 
(including
$25,208,000 from local funds, $550,000 from Federal
funds and $701,000 other funds) for the Public Library:
Provided further, That the $1,020,000 enhancement shall
be allocated such that; $500,000 is used for facilities im-
provements for 8 of the 26 library branches, $235,000
for 13 FTEs for the continuation of the Homework Help-
ers Program, $166,000 for 3 FTEs in the expansion of
the Reach Out And Roar (ROAR) service to license day
care homes, and $119,000 for 3 FTEs to expand literacy
support into branch libraries: Provided further, That
$2,204,000 (including $1,780,000 from local funds,
$404,000 from Federal funds and $20,000 from other
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funds) shall be available for the Commission on the Arts
and Humanities: Provided further, That the public
schools of the District of Columbia are authorized to ac-
cept not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in
the driver education program: Provided further, That not
to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools,
$2,500 for the President of the University of the District
of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall
be available from this appropriation for official purposes:
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in
this Act may be made available to pay the salaries of any
District of Columbia Public School teacher, principal, ad-
ministrator, official, or employee who knowingly provides
false enrollment or attendance information under article
II, section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for
compulsory school attendance, for the taking of a school
census in the District of Columbia, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–
401 et seq.): Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of any
nonresident of the District of Columbia at any District
of Columbia public elementary and secondary school dur-
ing fiscal year 2001 unless the nonresident pays tuition
to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 per-
cent of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia
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which are attributable to the education of the nonresident
(as established by the Superintendent of the District of
Columbia Public Schools): Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall not be available to subsidize the edu-
cation of nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the
University of the District of Columbia, unless the Board
of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia
adopts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, a
tuition rate schedule that will establish the tuition rate
for nonresident students at a level no lower than the non-
resident tuition rate charged at comparable public insti-
tutions of higher education in the metropolitan area: Pro-
vided further, That $2,200,000 is allocated to the Tem-
porary Weighted Student Formula to fund 344 additional
slots for pre-K students: Provided further, That $50,000
is allocated to fund a conference on learning support for
children ages 3–4 in September 2000 hosted jointly by
the District of Columbia Public Schools and District of
Columbia public charter schools: Provided further, That
no local funds in this Act shall be used to administer a
system wide standardized test more than once in FY
2001: Provided further, That no less than $389,219,000
shall be expended on local schools through the Weighted
Student Formula: Provided further, That the District of
Columbia Public Schools may spend $500,000 to engage
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in a Schools Without Violence program based on a model
developed by the University of North Carolina, located in
Greensboro, North Carolina: Provided further, That sec-
tion 441 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, ap-
proved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 798; D.C. Code,
sec. 47–101), is amended as follows:
(a) The third sentence is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘However, the fiscal year for the Armory Board
shall begin on the first day of January and shall end
on the thirty-first day of December of each calendar
year, and, beginning the first day of July 2001, the
fiscal year for the District of Columbia Public
Schools and the District of Columbia Public Charter
Schools shall begin on the first day of July and end
on the thirtieth day of June of each calendar year.’’.
(b) One new sentence is added at the end to
read as follows: ‘‘The District of Columbia Public
Schools shall take appropriate action to ensure that
its financial books are closed by June 30, 2003.’’.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,532,204,000 (including
$633,897,000 from local funds, $881,589,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $16,718,000 from other funds): Provided,
That $25,836,000 of this appropriation, to remain avail-
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able until expended, shall be available solely for District
of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided
further, That the District of Columbia shall not provide
free government services such as water, sewer, solid
waste disposal or collection, utilities, maintenance, re-
pairs, or similar services to any legally constituted private
nonprofit organization, as defined in section 411(5) of
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (101
Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), pro-
viding emergency shelter services in the District, if the
District would not be qualified to receive reimbursement
pursuant to such Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100–
77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.): Provided further, That
$1,250,000 shall be paid to the Doe Fund for the oper-
ation of its Ready, Willing, and Able Program in the Dis-
trict of Columbia as follows: $250,000 to cover debt owed
by the District of Columbia government for services ren-
dered shall be paid to the Doe Fund within 15 days of
the enactment of this Act; and $1,000,000 shall be paid
in equal monthly installments by the 15th day of each
month: Provided further, That $400,000 shall be available
for the administrative costs associated with implementa-
tion of the Drug Treatment Choice Program established
pursuant to section 4 of the Choice in Drug Treatment
Act of 2000, signed by the Mayor on April 20, 2000
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(D.C. Act 13–329): Provided further, That $7,000,000
shall be available for deposit in the Addiction Recovery
Fund established pursuant to section 5 of the Choice in
Drug Treatment Act of 2000, signed by the Mayor on
April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13–329).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger
carrying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of
Columbia and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles,
$278,242,000 (including $265,078,000 from local funds,
$3,328,000 from Federal funds, and $9,836,000 from
other funds): Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous
refuse from hotels and places of business: Provided fur-
ther, That $100,000 shall be available for a commercial
sector 
recycling 
initiative: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$250,000 shall be available to initiate a recycling edu-
cation campaign: Provided further, That $10,000 shall be
available for community clean-up kits: Provided further,
That $190,000 shall be available to restore a 3.5 percent
vacancy rate in Parking Services: Provided further, That
$170,000 shall be available to plant 500 trees: Provided
further, That $118,000 shall be available for two water
trucks: Provided further, That $150,000 shall be available
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for contract monitors and parking analysts within Park-
ing Services: Provided further, That $1,409,000 shall be
available for a neighborhood cleanup initiative: Provided
further, That $1,000,000 shall be available for tree main-
tenance: Provided further, That $600,000 shall be avail-
able for an anti-graffiti program: Provided further, That
$226,000 shall be available for a hazardous waste pro-
gram: Provided further, That $1,260,000 shall be avail-
able for parking control aides: Provided further, That
$400,000 shall be available for the Department of Motor
Vehicles to hire additional ticket adjudicators, conduct
additional hearings, and reduce the waiting time for
hearings.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $389,528,000 (in-
cluding $234,913,000 from local funds, $135,555,000
from Federal funds, and $19,060,000 from other funds).
RESERVE
For replacement of funds expended, if any, during
fiscal year 2000 from the Reserve established by section
202(i) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public
Law 104–8, $150,000,000: Provided, That none of these
funds shall be obligated or expended under this heading
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until (1) the reductions from ‘‘Operational Improvement
Savings’’, ‘‘Management Reform Savings’’, and ‘‘Cafe-
teria Plan’’ have been achieved and the achievement cer-
tified by the District of Columbia Inspector General; (2)
the Chief Financial Officer certifies that the reserve as-
sets are not required to replace funds expended in fiscal
year 2000 from the Reserve established by section 202(i)
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public Law 104–8;
and (3) the District of Columbia government enters into
leases provided for under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment
for Waterfront Improvements’’ in Public Law 105–277,
approved October 21, 1998 (112 Stat. 2681–124), as
amended by section 164 of Public Law 106–113, ap-
proved November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1529): Provided
further, That the unexpended portion of the fiscal year
2000 reserve that is carried over into fiscal year 2001
will free up local funds in the fiscal year 2001 Reserve
that can be used to fund selected programs upon certifi-
cation by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia that: (1) the Mayor will achieve operational im-
provement savings and management reform productivity
savings in the fiscal year 2001 Budget and Financial
Plan, (2) the collection of additional revenues within the
fiscal year 2001 Budget and Financial Plan will be
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achieved; and (3) agency expenditures are monitored and
fiscal challenges are addressed to the satisfaction of the
Chief Financial Office during fiscal year 2001. The pro-
grams that will be funded following certification by the
Chief Financial Officer are as follows: GOVERNMENTAL
DIRECTION
AND
SUPPORT, 
$4,163,000 
(including
$621,000 for the Office of the Mayor; $1,042,000 for
Human Resource Development; $2,500,000 for the Office
of Property Management): ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND REGULATION, $3,496,000 (including $3,296,000 for
the Department of Housing and Community Develop-
ment; $200,000 for the Department of Employment
Services): PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE, $6,483,000 (in-
cluding $200,000 for the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment, $1,293,000 for the Fire and Emergency Medical
Services Department, $4,890,000 for Settlements and
Judgments, $100,000 for the Citizen Complaint Review
Board): PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM, $15,099,000 (in-
cluding $12,079,000 for Public Schools, $2,500,000 for
the University of the District of Columbia, $400,000 for
the Public Library, $120,000 for the Commission on the
Arts and Humanities): HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES,
$17,830,000 (including $4,245,000 for the Department
of Health, $1,511,000 for the Department of Recreation
and Parks, $574,000 for the Office on Aging, $1,500,000
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for the Office on Latino Affairs, $10,000,000 for Chil-
dren and Youth Investment Fund): PUBLIC WORKS,
$4,050,000 (including $1,500,000 for the Department of
Public Works, $1,000,000 for the Department of Motor
Vehicles, $1,550,000 for the Taxicab Commission): RE-
CEIVERSHIP
PROGRAMS, 
$19,300,000 
(including
$6,300,000 for Child and Family Services, $13,000,000
for the Commission on Mental Health Services): and
CAFETERIA PLAN SAVINGS, $5,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That the freed-up appropriated funds in fiscal year
2001 from the reserve rollover shall be used to provide
funding in the following order: (1) the first $32,000,000
shall be used to provide in the following order,
$6,300,000 to the LaShawn Receivership, $13,000,000 to
the Commission on Mental Health, $12,079,000 to the
District of Columbia Public Schools, and $621,000 to the
Office of the Mayor, if the Chief Financial Officer cer-
tifies that the first $32,000,000 is not required to replace
funds expended in fiscal year 2000 from the Reserve es-
tablished by section 202(i) of the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995, Public Law 104–8; (2) the next $37,189,000
shall be used to provide $37,189,000 to Management
Savings to the extent, if any, the Chief Financial Officer
determines the Management Savings is not achieving the
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required savings, and the balance, if any, shall be pro-
vided in the following order: $10,000,000 to the Children
Investment Trust, $1,511,000 to the Department of
Parks and Recreation, $1,293,000 to the Department of
Fire and Emergency Medical Services, $120,000 to the
Commission on the Arts and Humanities, $400,000 to
the District of Columbia Public Library, $574,000 to the
Office on Aging, $3,296,000 to the Department of Hous-
ing and Community Development, $200,000 to the De-
partment of Employment Services, $2,500,000 to the
University of the District of Columbia, $1,500,000 to the
Department of Public Works, $1,000,000 to the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles, $4,245,000 to the Department
of Health, $1,500,000 to the Commission on Latino Af-
fairs, $1,550,000 to the Taxicab Commission, $2,500,000
to the Office of Property Management, and $5,000,000
for the savings associated with the implementation of the
Cafeteria Plan, if the Chief Financial Officer certifies
that the $37,189,000 is not required to replace funds ex-
pended in fiscal year 2000 from the Reserve established
by section 202(i) of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–8, in fiscal year 2000, and that all the
savings are being achieved from the Management Sav-
ings; (3) the next $10,000,000 shall be used to provide
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$6,232,000 to Operational Improvement to the extent, if
any, the Chief Financial Officer determines the Oper-
ational Improvement is not achieving the required sav-
ings, and the balance, if any, shall be provided in the fol-
lowing order: $100,000 to the Civilian Complaint Review
Board, $200,000 to the Metropolitan Police Department
for the Emergency Response Team, $1,042,000 to be
used for Training, and $4,890,000 to the Settlement and
Judgments Funds, if the Chief Financial Officer certifies
that the $6,232,000 is not required to replace funds ex-
pended in fiscal year 2000 from the Reserve established
by section 202(i) of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–8, in fiscal year 2000 and that all the
savings are being achieved from the Operational Improve-
ment Savings; and (4) the balance shall be used for Pay-
As-You-Go Capital Funds in lieu of capital financing if
the Chief Financial Officer certifies that the balance is
not required to replace funds expended in fiscal year
2000 from the Reserve established by section 202(i) of
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public Law 104–8:
Provided further, That section 202(j) of the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
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sistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat.
109; D.C. Code, sec. 47–392.2(j)), is amended as follows:
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Co-
lumbia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as
authorized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24,
1973, $243,238,000 from local funds: Provided further,
That for equipment leases, the Mayor may finance
$19,232,000 of equipment cost, plus cost of issuance not
to exceed 2 percent of the par amount being financed on
a lease purchase basis with a maturity not to exceed 5
years: Provided further, That $2,000,000 is allocated to
the Metropolitan Police Department, $4,300,000 for the
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department,
$1,622,000 for the Public Library, $2,010,000 for the
Department of Parks and Recreation, $7,500,000 for the
Department of Public Works and $1,800,000 for the
Public Benefit Corporation.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30,
1990, $39,300,000 from local funds, as authorized by
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section 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act, (105 Stat. 540; D.C. Code, sec. 47-321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$1,140,000 from local funds.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred
in connection with Presidential inauguration activities as
authorized by section 737(b) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended, ap-
proved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824, and D.C.
Code, sec. 1–1803), $5,961,000, which shall be appor-
tioned by the Chief Financial Officer within the various
appropriation headings in this Act.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certifi-
cates of Participation involving the land site underlying
the building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000
from local funds.
WILSON BUILDING
For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson
Building, $8,409,000.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For 
optical 
and 
dental 
insurance 
payments,
$2,675,000 from local funds.
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MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORY SERVICE
For management supervisory service, $13,200,000
from local funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the
District of Columbia among the various appropriation
headings in this Act for which employees are properly
payable.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND TRANSFER
PAYMENT
There is transferred $61,406,000 to the Tobacco
Settlement Trust Fund established pursuant to section
2302 of the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Establish-
ment Act of 1999, effective October 20, 1999 (D.C. Law
13–38; to be codified at D.C. Code, sec. 6–135), to be
spent pursuant to local law.
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS SAVINGS (INCLUDING
MANAGED COMPETITION)
The Mayor and the Council in consultation with the
Chief Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority, shall make reductions of $10,000,000 for oper-
ational improvements savings in local funds to one or
more of the appropriation headings in this Act.
MANAGEMENT REFORM SAVINGS
The Mayor and the Council in consultation with the
Chief Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Fi-
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nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority, shall make reductions of $37,000,000 for man-
agement reform savings in local funds to one or more of
the appropriation headings in this Act.
CAFETERIA PLAN SAVINGS
For the implementation of a Cafeteria Plan pursu-
ant to Federal law, a reduction of $5,000,000 in local
funds.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority
and the Washington Aqueduct, $275,705,000 from other
funds (including $230,614,000 for the Water and Sewer
Authority and $45,091,000 for the Washington Aque-
duct) of which $41,503,000 shall be apportioned and
payable to the District’s debt service fund for repayment
of loans and interest incurred for capital improvement
projects.
For construction projects, $140,725,000, as author-
ized by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the laying
of watermains and service sewers in the District of Co-
lumbia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for other
purposes’’ (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code,
sec. 43–1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements
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and restrictions that are applicable to general fund cap-
ital improvements projects and set forth in this Act
under the Capital Outlay appropriation title shall apply
to projects approved under this appropriation title.
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise
Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982
(95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law 97–91), for the pur-
pose of implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries,
Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Chari-
table Purposes in the District of Columbia (D.C. Law 3
172; D.C. Code, sec. 2–2501 et seq. and sec. 22–1516 et
seq.), $223,200,000: Provided, That the District of Co-
lumbia shall identify the source of funding for this appro-
priation title from the District’s own locally generated
revenues: Provided further, That no revenues from Fed-
eral sources shall be used to support the operations or ac-
tivities of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control
Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$10,968,000 from other funds: Provided, That the Mayor
shall submit a budget for the Armory Board for the
forthcoming fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of
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the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 824;
Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HEALTH AND HOSPITALS
PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION
For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals
Public Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11–
212, D.C. Code, sec. 32–262.2, $123,548,000 of which
$45,313,000 shall be derived by transfer from the general
fund, and $78,235,000 from other funds: Provided, That
no appropriated amounts and no amounts from or guar-
anteed by the District of Columbia government (including
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority) may be made avail-
able to the Corporation (through reprogramming, trans-
fers, loans, or any other mechanism) which are not other-
wise provided for under this heading.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, es-
tablished by section 121 of the District of Columbia Re-
tirement Reform Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–711), $11,414,000 from the earnings of the appli-
cable retirement funds to pay legal, management, invest-
ment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the
District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That
the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall provide
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to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia a quarterly report of the allocations of charges by
fund and of expenditures of all funds: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall
provide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the
District of Columbia, an itemized accounting of the
planned use of appropriated funds in time for each an-
nual budget submission and the actual use of such funds
in time for each annual audited financial report.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Estab-
lishment Act (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88–622),
$1,808,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $52,726,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For 
construction 
projects, 
an 
increase 
of
$1,077,282,000 of which $806,787,000 is from local
funds, $66,446,000 is from highway trust funds and
$204,049,000 is from Federal funds, and a rescission of
$55,208,000 from local funds appropriated under this
heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of
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$1,022,074,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds for use of each capital project imple-
menting agency shall be managed and controlled in ac-
cordance with all procedures and limitations established
under the Financial Management System: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds provided by this appropriation title
shall be available only for the specific projects and pur-
poses intended: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the foregoing, all authorizations for capital outlay
projects, except those projects covered by the first sen-
tence of section 23(a) of the Federal Aid Highway Act
of 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90–495; D.C. Code,
sec. 7–134, note), for which funds are provided by this
appropriation title, shall expire on September 30, 2002,
except authorizations for projects as to which funds have
been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30,
2002: Provided further, That upon expiration of any such
project authorization, the funds provided herein for the
project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through pro-
curement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be
limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspec-
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tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law,
or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to ex-
isting law.
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations con-
tained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the
designated certifying official, and the vouchers as ap-
proved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated
disbursing official.
SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci-
fied 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. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able, when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for
privately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the
performance of official duties at rates established by the
Mayor: Provided, That such rates shall not exceed the
maximum prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed
in the Federal Property Management Regulations 101–7
(Federal Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues
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of organizations concerned with the work of the District
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor:
Provided, That in the case of the Council of the District
of Columbia, funds may be expended with the authoriza-
tion of the chair of the Council.
SEC. 106. There are appropriated from the applica-
ble funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may
be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of
judgments that have been entered against the District of
Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as modifying or affect-
ing the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the
District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of
1947 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–460; D.C. Code, sec.
47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. (a) REQUIRING MAYOR
TO MAINTAIN
INDEX.—Effective with respect to fiscal year 2001 and
each succeeding fiscal year, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia shall maintain an index of all employment per-
sonal services and consulting contracts in effect on behalf
of the District government, and shall include in the index
specific information on any severance clause in effect
under any such contract.
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(b) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—The index maintained
under subsection (a) shall be kept available for public in-
spection during regular business hours.
(c) CONTRACTS EXEMPTED.—Subsection (a) shall
not apply with respect to any collective bargaining agree-
ment or any contract entered into pursuant to such a col-
lective bargaining agreement.
(d) DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘District government’’ means the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, including—
(1) any department, agency or instrumentality
of the government of the District of Columbia;
(2) any independent agency of the District of
Columbia established under part F of title IV of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any other
agency, board, or commission established by the
Mayor or the Council;
(3) the Council of the District of Columbia;
(4) any other agency, public authority, or public
benefit corporation which has the authority to re-
ceive monies directly or indirectly from the District
of Columbia (other than monies received from the
sale of goods, the provision of services, or the loan-
ing of funds to the District of Columbia); and
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(5) the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority.
(e) No payment shall be made pursuant to any such
contract subject to subsection (a), nor any severance pay-
ment made under such contract, if a copy of the contract
has not been filed in the index. Interested parties may file
copies of their contract or severance agreement in the
index on their own behalf.
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the
District of Columbia government for the operation of
educational institutions, the compensation of personnel,
or for other educational purposes may be used to permit,
encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political activi-
ties. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the avail-
ability of school buildings for the use of any community
or partisan political group during non-school hours.
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall be made available to pay the salary of any em-
ployee of the District of Columbia government whose
name, title, grade, salary, past work experience, and sal-
ary history are not available for inspection by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Sub-
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committee on the District of Columbia of the House
Committee on Government Reform, the Subcommittee on
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring
and the District of Columbia of the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and the Council of the District of
Columbia, or their duly authorized representative.
SEC. 111. There are appropriated from the applica-
ble funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may
be necessary for making payments authorized by the Dis-
trict of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977 (D.C.
Law 2–20; D.C. Code, sec. 47–421 et seq.).
SEC. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be
used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implemen-
tation of any policy including boycott designed to support
or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any
State legislature.
SEC. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor
shall develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project,
for capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a
reasonable time after the close of each quarter, the
Mayor shall report to the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia and the Congress the actual borrowings and
spending progress compared with projections.
SEC. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
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proval from the Council of the District of Columbia, by
resolution, identifying the projects and amounts to be fi-
nanced with such borrowings.
SEC. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses
of the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act
to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and Dis-
trict government agencies, that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, 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 Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for an agency through a reprogramming of
funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a
program, project, or responsibility center; (3) establishes
or changes allocations specifically denied, limited or in-
creased by Congress in the Act; (4) increases funds or
personnel by any means for any program, project, or re-
sponsibility center for which funds have been denied or
restricted; (5) reestablishes through reprogramming any
program or project previously deferred through re-
programming; (6) augments existing programs, projects,
or responsibility centers through a reprogramming of
funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
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is less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
assigned to a specific program, project or responsibility
center; unless the Appropriations Committees of both the
Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writ-
ing 30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set
forth in this section.
SEC. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in
this Act shall be obligated or expended to provide a per-
sonal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any
officer or employee of the District of Columbia govern-
ment.
SEC. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in
this Act shall be obligated or expended to procure pas-
senger automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Ef-
ficiency Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96–425;
15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environmental Protection
Agency estimated miles per gallon average of less than
22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not
apply to security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C.
Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.), enacted
pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C.
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Code, sec. 1–242(3)), shall apply with respect to the com-
pensation of District of Columbia employees: Provided,
That for pay purposes, employees of the District of Co-
lumbia government shall not be subject to the provisions
of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 120. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal
year 2001 revenue estimates as of the end of the first
quarter of fiscal year 2001. These estimates shall be used
in the budget request for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2002. The officially revised estimates at mid-
year shall be used for the midyear report.
SEC. 121. No sole source contract with the District
of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be
renewed or extended without opening that contract to the
competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of
1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1183.3), except
that the District of Columbia government or any agency
thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts for
which competition is not feasible or practical: Provided,
That the determination as to whether to invoke the com-
petitive bidding process has been made in accordance
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with duly promulgated rules and procedures and said de-
termination has been reviewed and approved by the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority.
SEC. 122. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037;
Public Law 99–177), the term ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to
each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act,
and any sequestration order shall be applied to each of
the accounts rather than to the aggregate total of those
accounts: Provided, That sequestration orders shall not
be applied to any account that is specifically exempted
from sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 123. In the event a sequestration order is
issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law
99–177), after the amounts appropriated to the District
of Columbia for the fiscal year involved have been paid
to the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury,
within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor from
the Secretary of the Treasury, such amounts as are se-
questered by the order: Provided, That the sequestration
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percentage specified in the order shall be applied propor-
tionately to each of the Federal appropriation accounts in
this Act that are not specifically exempted from seques-
tration by such Act.
SEC. 124. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2001 if—
(1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use
of the gift or donation: Provided, That the Council
of the District of Columbia may accept and use gifts
without prior approval by the Mayor; and
(2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry
out its authorized functions or duties.
(b) Each entity of the District of Columbia govern-
ment shall keep accurate and detailed records of the ac-
ceptance and use of any gift or donation under subsection
(a) of this section, and shall make such records available
for audit and public inspection.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity
of the District of Columbia government’’ includes an
independent agency of the District of Columbia.
(d) This section shall not apply to the District of
Columbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to
the laws and regulations of the District of Columbia, ac-
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cept and use gifts to the public schools without prior ap-
proval by the Mayor.
SEC. 125. None of the Federal funds provided in
this Act may be used by the District of Columbia to pro-
vide for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with
the offices of United States Senator or United States
Representative under section 4(d) of the District of Co-
lumbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of
1979 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–113(d)).
SEC. 126. (a) The University of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Colum-
bia 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, and object class, and for all funds,
non-appropriated funds, and 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 for all funding sources;
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(3) a list of all active contracts in excess of
$10,000 annually, which contains the name of each
contractor; the budget to which the contract is
charged, broken out on the basis of control center
and responsibility center, and contract identifying
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,
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analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 127. (a) Nothing in the Federal Grant and Co-
operative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et
seq.) may be construed to prohibit the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency from negotiating
and entering into cooperative agreements and grants au-
thorized by law which affect real property of the Federal
Government in the District of Columbia if the principal
purpose of the cooperative agreement or grant is to pro-
vide comparable benefits for Federal and non-Federal
properties in the District of Columbia.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal
year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 128. (a) CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING PREF-
ERENCE IN USE OF SURPLUS SCHOOL PROPERTIES TO
PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2209(b)(1)(A) of the
District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995
(sec. 
31–2853.19(b)(1)(A), 
D.C. 
Code) 
is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘purchase or lease’’ and in-
serting ‘‘purchase, lease-purchase, or lease’’;
and
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(B) by striking ‘‘, provided that’’ and all
that follows and inserting a period.
(2) PROPERTY
SUBJECT
TO
PREFERENCE.—
Section 2209(b)(1)(B)(iii) of such Act (sec. 31–
2853.19(b)(1)(B)(iii), D.C. Code) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(iii) with respect to which the Au-
thority or the Board of Education has
transferred jurisdiction to the Mayor at
any time prior or subsequent to the date of
the enactment of this title.’’.
(b) PROCEDURES FOR DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.—
Section 2209(b)(1) of such Act (sec. 31–2853.19(b)(1),
D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraphs:
‘‘(C) DISPOSITION
TO
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOLS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Public charter
schools shall have the priority right to
lease, lease-purchase, or purchase any va-
cant facility or property described in sub-
paragraph (B), and any facility or property
described in subparagraph (B) which is
leased or occupied as of the date of the en-
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actment of this subparagraph by an entity
other than a public charter school.
‘‘(ii) APPRAISAL
OF
PROPERTY.—
When a public charter school notifies the
Mayor of its intention to exercise its rights
under clause (i), the Mayor shall obtain
within 90 days an independent fair market
appraisal of the facility or property based
on its current permitted use, and shall
transmit a copy of the appraisal to the
public charter school. The public charter
school shall have 30 days from the date of
receipt of the appraisal to enter into a con-
tract for the purchase, lease-purchase, or
lease of such facility or property, which
time may be extended by mutual agree-
ment. Upon execution of the contract, the
public charter school shall have 180 days
to complete the acquisition of the property.
‘‘(iii) PRICES.—
‘‘(I) PURCHASE.—The purchase
price of a facility or property de-
scribed in this clause and in subpara-
graph (B) shall be the fair market
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value of the facility or property, less a
25 percent discount.
‘‘(II) LEASE.—The lease price of
a facility or property described in this
clause and in subparagraph (B) shall
be the price charged by the District of
Columbia to other nonprofit organiza-
tions leasing public facilities or, if
there is no nonprofit rate, fair market
value less a 25 percent discount. The
price shall be reduced to take into ac-
count the value of any improvement to
the public school facility or property
which is preapproved by the Mayor.
‘‘(III) 
LEASE-PURCHASE.—A
lease-purchase price of a facility or
property described in this clause and
in subparagraph (B) shall reflect a 25
percent discount from fair market
value, in a manner consistent with
subclauses (I) and (II).
‘‘(iv) QUARTERLY REPORT.—On Jan-
uary 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of
each calendar year, the Mayor shall pub-
lish a report describing the status of each
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facility or property described in subpara-
graph (B), including the date of expiration
of the lease term or right of occupancy, if
any, and the date, if any, each facility or
property was or will be put out for bid or
transferred to a District of Columbia agen-
cy, if any. The Mayor shall deliver such re-
port to each eligible chartering authority
and shall publish it in the District of Co-
lumbia register.
‘‘(D) DISPOSITION
OF
FACILITIES
OR
PROPERTIES AFTER EXCLUSIVE PERIOD.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Mayor may
put out for bid to the public or transfer to
a District of Columbia agency for the use
of such agency any facility or property de-
scribed in this subparagraph (B) which
was not acquired by a public charter school
pursuant to subparagraph (C).
‘‘(ii) NOTICE.—At least 90 days prior
to putting any such facility property out
for bid or transferring it to a District of
Columbia agency, the Mayor shall notify
each eligible chartering authority in writ-
ing of his intention to do so.
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‘‘(iii) 
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOL
RIGHT
TO
ACQUIRE
BEFORE
BID
OR
TRANSFER.—Prior to the expiration of the
90-day notice period described in clause
(ii), a public charter school may purchase,
lease-purchase, or lease any facility or
property described in the notice under the
terms described in clause (iii) of subpara-
graph (C).
‘‘(iv) 
PUBLIC
CHARTER
SCHOOL
RIGHT
TO
MATCH
BID.—With regard to
any facility or property offered for bid
under this subparagraph, the Mayor shall
notify each eligible chartering authority in
writing within 5 days of the amount of the
highest acceptable bid. A public charter
school may purchase, lease-purchase, or
lease such facility or property by submit-
ting a bid for the facility or property with-
in 30 business days of receipt by each eli-
gible chartering authority of such notice.
The cost of acquisition shall be as de-
scribed in clause (iii) of subparagraph (C).
‘‘(v) FACILITIES OR PROPERTIES NOT
PUT OUT FOR BID OR TRANSFERRED.—A
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ITY.—Not later than 20 calendar days after the end of
each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 2000, the Author-
ity shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
the Committee on Government Reform of the House, and
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
providing an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated
funds obligated or expended by the Authority for the
quarter. The report shall include information on the date,
amount, purpose, and vendor name, and a description of
the services or goods provided with respect to the expend-
itures of such funds.
SEC. 137. 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-ap-
pointed official during fiscal year 2001 or any succeeding
fiscal year, the receiver or official shall prepare and sub-
mit to the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of
the District of Columbia for the year, annual estimates
of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for the
maintenance 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, with-
out revision but subject to the Mayor’s recommendations.