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of law, or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986,
the Office of the Chief Technology Officer’s delegated small
purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia government may not require
the Office of the Chief Technology Officer 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
not less than $353,000 shall be available to the Office of
the Corporation Counsel to support increases in the Attor-
ney Retention Allowance: Provided further, That not less
than $50,000 shall be available to support a mediation serv-
ices program within the Office of the Corporation Counsel:
Provided further, That not less than $50,000 shall be avail-
able to support a TANF Unit within the Child Support
Enforcement Division of the Office of the Corporation Coun-
sel: Provided further, That section 403 of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973
(Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.03), is
amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (c) is amended by striking the
phrase ‘‘shall receive, in addition to the compensation
to which he is entitled as a member of the Council,
$10,000 per annum, payable in equal installments,
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for each year he serves as Chairman, but the Chair-
man’’.
(2) A new subsection (d) is added to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, as
of the effective date of the District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2001, the Chairman shall receive compensation,
payable in equal installments, at a rate equal to $10,000
less than the compensation of the Mayor.’’.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $230,878,000
(including $60,786,000 from local funds, $96,199,000 from
Federal funds, and $73,893,000 from other funds), of which
$15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia 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. Official Code, sec. 2–
1215.01 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–26; D.C. Official
Code, sec. 2–1215.15 et seq.): Provided, That such funds are
available for acquiring services provided by the General
Services Administration: Provided further, That Business
Improvement Districts shall be exempt from taxes levied by
the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the De-
partment of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs use $50,000
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of the receipts from the net proceeds from the contractor
that handles the District’s occupational and professional li-
censing to fund additional staff and equipment for the
Rental Housing Administration: Provided further, That the
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs transfer
all local funds resulting from the lapse of personnel vacan-
cies, caused by transferring DCRA employees into NSO po-
sitions without filling the resultant vacancies, into the re-
volving 5–513 fund to be used to implement the provisions
in D.C. Act 13–578, the Abatement and Condemnation of
Nuisance Properties Omnibus Amendment Act of 2000, per-
taining to the prevention of the demolition by neglect of
historic properties: Provided further, That the fees estab-
lished and collected pursuant to D.C. Act 13–578 shall be
identified, and an accounting provided, to the District of
Columbia Council’s Committee on Consumer and Regu-
latory Affairs: Provided further, That 18 percent of the an-
nual total amount in the 5–513 fund, up to $500,000, de-
posited into the 5–513 fund on an annual basis, be used
to implement section 102 and other related sections of D.C.
Act 13–578: Provided further, That the Department shall
hire, with the consultation and guidance of the Director of
the Office of Personnel on the necessary qualifications and
salary level, from these lapsed funds, as soon as possible,
but in no event later than November 1, 2001, a professional
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human resources manager who will become part of the De-
partment’s senior management team, and provide in con-
sultation with its newly hired human resources professional
manager, and the Office of Personnel, a detailed plan to
the Council’s Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Af-
fairs, by December 1, 2001, for the use of the personal serv-
ices lapsed funds, including the 58 vacant positions identi-
fied by the Department, in fiscal year 2001 to reclassify
positions, augment pay scales once positions are reclassified
where needed to fill vacancies with qualified and necessary
personnel, and to fund these new and vacant positions.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, $632,668,000 (including
$593,618,000 from local funds, $8,298,000 from Federal
funds, and $30,752,000 from other funds): Provided, That
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appro-
priation for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detec-
tion of crime: Provided further, That no less than
$173,000,000 shall be available to the Metropolitan Police
Department for salaries in support of 3,800 sworn officers:
Provided further, That no less than $100,000 shall be avail-
able in the Department of Corrections budget to support the
Corrections Information Council: Provided further, That no
less than $296,000 shall be available to support the Child
Fatality Review Committee: Provided further, That nothing
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contained in this section shall be construed as modifying
or affecting 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. Official
Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)): 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 National 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 nec-
essary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia Na-
tional 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.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $1,108,915,000 (in-
cluding $894,494,000 from local funds, $187,794,000 from
Federal funds, and $26,627,000 from other funds), to be al-
located as follows: $813,292,000 (including $658,624,000
from local funds, $147,380,000 from Federal funds, and
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$7,288,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $47,370,000 (including $19,911,000
from local funds, $26,917,000 from Federal funds, $542,000
from other funds), for the State Education Office;
$17,000,000 from local funds, previously appropriated in
this Act as a Federal payment, and such sums as may be
necessary to be derived from interest earned on funds con-
tained in the dedicated account established by the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, for resident tui-
tion support at public and private institutions of higher
learning for eligible District of Columbia residents; and
$142,257,000 from local funds for public charter schools:
Provided, That there shall be quarterly disbursement of
funds to the District of Columbia public charter schools,
with the first payment to occur within 15 days of the begin-
ning of each fiscal year: Provided further, That if the en-
tirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments
to any public charter schools currently in operation through
the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall be available
for public education in accordance with the School Reform
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C. Official Code, sec.
38–1804.03(A)(2)(D)): Provided further, That $480,000 of
this amount shall be available to the District of Columbia
Public Charter School Board for administrative costs: Pro-
vided further, That $76,542,000 (including $45,912,000
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from local funds, $12,539,000 from Federal funds, and
$18,091,000 from other funds) shall be available for the
University of the District of Columbia: Provided further,
That $27,256,000 (including $26,030,000 from local funds,
$560,000 from Federal funds and $666,000 other funds) for
the Public Library: Provided further, That the $1,007,000
enhancement shall be allocated such that $500,000 is used
for facilities improvements for 8 of the 26 library branches,
$235,000 for 13 FTEs for the continuation of the Homework
Helpers Program, $143,000 for 2 FTEs in the expansion
of the Reach Out And Roar (ROAR) service to licensed day
care homes, and $129,000 for 3 FTEs to expand literacy
support into branch libraries: Provided further, That
$2,198,000 (including $1,760,000 from local funds,
$398,000 from Federal funds and $40,000 from other funds)
shall be available for the Commission on the Arts and Hu-
manities: Provided further, That the public schools of the
District of Columbia are authorized to accept 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 appropria-
tion for official purposes: Provided further, That none of
the funds contained in this Act may be made available to
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pay the salaries of any District of Columbia Public School
teacher, principal, administrator, official, or employee who
knowingly provides false enrollment or attendance informa-
tion 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
purposes’’, approved February 4, 1925 (D.C. Official Code,
sec. 38–201 et seq.): Provided further, That this appropria-
tion 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 during
fiscal year 2002 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the
District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of
the costs incurred by the District of Columbia which are
attributable to the education of the nonresident (as estab-
lished by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of non-
residents 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, 2002, a tuition rate sched-
ule that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident stu-
dents at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate
charged at comparable public institutions of higher edu-
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cation in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall spend $1,200,000
to implement D.C. Teaching Fellows Program in the Dis-
trict’s public schools: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the amounts otherwise provided under this head-
ing or any other provision of law, there shall be appro-
priated to the District of Columbia public charter schools
on July 1, 2002, an amount equal to 25 percent of the total
amount provided for payments to public charter schools in
the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal
year 2003 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of
such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount
provided for such payments under the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2003: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the amounts otherwise provided under this head-
ing or any other provision of law, there shall be appro-
priated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on July
1, 2002, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount
provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools in the
proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year
2003 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such
payment shall be chargeable against the final amount pro-
vided for the District of Columbia Public Schools under the
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003: Provided
further, That no less than $200,000 be available for adult
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education: Provided further, That the third sentence of sec-
tion 441 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, ap-
proved December 24, 1973 (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 1–204.41), 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 2003, the fiscal year for the District
of Columbia Public Schools, District of Columbia Public
Charter Schools and the University of the District of Co-
lumbia shall begin on the first day of July and end on the
thirtieth day of June of each calendar year.’’: Provided fur-
ther, That the first paragraph under the heading ‘‘Public
Education System’’ in Public Law 107–20, approved July
24, 2001, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘For an additional
amount for ‘Public Education System’, $1,000,000 from
local funds to remain available until expended, for the State
Education Office for a census-type audit of the student en-
rollment of each District of Columbia Public School and
of each public charter school and $12,000,000 from local
funds for the District of Columbia Public Schools to conduct
the 2001 summer school session.’’.
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HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Human support services, $1,803,923,000 (including
$711,072,000 from local funds, $1,075,960,000 from Federal
funds, and $16,891,000 from other funds): Provided, That
$27,986,000 of this appropriation, to remain available
until expended, shall be available solely for District of Co-
lumbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided fur-
ther, That $75,000,000 shall be available to the Health Care
Safety Net Administration established by section 1802 of
the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Support Act of 2001, D.C. Bill
14–144; $90,000,000 available under the District of Colum-
bia Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–522) to the
Public Benefit Corporation for restructuring shall be made
available to the Health Care Safety Net Administration for
the purpose of restructuring the delivery of health services
in the District of Columbia and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That no less than
$7,500,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until
expended, shall be deposited in the Addiction Recovery
Fund established pursuant to section 5 of the Choice in
Drug Treatment Act of 2000, effective July 8, 2000 (D.C.
Law 13–146; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–3004), and used
solely for the purpose of the Drug Treatment Choice Pro-
gram established pursuant to section 4 of the Choice in
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Drug Treatment Act of 2000 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–
3003): Provided further, That no less than $500,000 of the
$7,500,000 appropriated for the Addiction Recovery Fund
shall be used solely to pay treatment providers who provide
substance abuse treatment to TANF recipients under the
Drug Treatment Choice Program: Provided further, That
no less than $2,000,000 of this appropriation shall be used
solely to establish, by contract, a 2-year pilot substance
abuse program for youth ages 16 through 21 years of age:
Provided further, That no less than $60,000 be available
for a D.C. Energy Office Matching Grant: Provided further,
That no less than $2,150,000 be available for a pilot In-
terim Disability Assistance program pursuant to title L of
the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 14–
144).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-car-
rying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia 
and 
leasing 
of 
passenger-carrying 
vehicles,
$300,151,000 (including $286,334,000 from local funds,
$4,392,000 from Federal funds, and $9,425,000 from other
funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from
hotels and places of business: Provided further, That no less
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than $650,000 be available for a mechanical alley sweeping
program: Provided further, That no less than $6,400,000
be available for residential parking enforcement: Provided
further, That no less than $100,000 be available for a Gen-
eral Counsel to the Department of Public Works: Provided
further, That no less than $3,600,000 be available for ticket
processing: Provided further, That no less than 14 residen-
tial parking control aides or 10 percent of the residential
parking control force be available for night time enforce-
ment of out-of-state tags: Provided further, That of the total
of 3,000 additional parking meters being installed in com-
mercial districts and in commercial loading zones none be
installed at loading zones, or entrances at apartment build-
ings and none be installed in residential neighborhoods:
Provided further, That no less than $262,000 be available
for taxicab enforcement activities: Provided further, That
no less than $241,000 be available for a taxicab driver secu-
rity revolving fund: Provided further, That no less than
$30,084,000 in local appropriations be available to the Di-
vision of Transportation, within the Department of Public
Works: Provided further, That no less than $12,000,000 in
rights-of-way fees shall be available for the Local Roads,
Construction and Maintenance Fund: Provided further,
That funding for a proposed separate Department of Trans-
portation is contingent upon Council approval of a reorga-
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nization plan: Provided further, That no less than $313,000
be available for handicapped parking enforcement: Provided
further, That no less than $190,000 be available for the Ig-
nition Interlock Device Program: Provided further, That no
less than $473,000 be available for the Motor Vehicle Insur-
ance Enforcement Program: Provided further, That
$11,000,000 shall be available for transfer to the Highway
Trust Fund’s Local Roads, Construction and Maintenance
Fund, upon certification by the Chief Financial Officer that
funds are available from the 2001 budgeted reserve or where
the Chief Financial Officer certifies that additional local
revenues are available: Provided further, That $1,550,000
made available under the District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–522) for taxicab driver
security enhancements in the District of Columbia shall re-
main available until September 30, 2002.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $403,868,000 (in-
cluding $250,015,000 from local funds, $134,839,000 from
Federal funds, and $19,014,000 from other funds).
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $42,896,000 from local
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Co-
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lumbia within the various appropriation headings in this
Act for which employees are properly payable.
RESERVE
For replacement of funds expended, if any, during fis-
cal year 2001 from the Reserve established by section 202(j)
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public Law 104–8,
$120,000,000 from local funds.
RESERVE RELIEF
For reserve relief, $30,000,000, for the purpose of
spending funds made available through the reduction from
$150,000,000 to $120,000,000 in the amount required for
the Reserve established by section 202(j) of the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Act of 1995, Public Law 104–8: Provided, That
$12,000,000 shall be available to the District of Columbia
Public Schools and District of Columbia Public Charter
Schools for educational enhancements: Provided further,
That $18,000,000 shall be available pursuant to a local Dis-
trict law: Provided further, That of the $30,000,000, funds
shall only be expended upon: (i) certification by the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia that the funds
are available and not required to address potential deficits,
(ii) enactment of local District law detailing the purpose
for the expenditure, (iii) prior notification by the Mayor
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to the Committees on Appropriations of both the Senate and
House of Representatives in writing 30 days in advance
of any such expenditure: Provided further, That the
$18,000,000 provided pursuant to local law shall be ex-
pended only when the Emergency Reserve established pursu-
ant to Section 450A(a) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–
204.50a(a)), has a minimum balance in the amount of
$150,000,000.
EMERGENCY AND CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUNDS
For the Emergency and Contingency Reserve Funds
established under section 450A of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official Code,
sec. 1–204.50a(b)), the Mayor may deposit the proceeds re-
quired pursuant to Section 159(a) of Public Law 106–522
and Section 404(c) of Public Law 106–554 in the Contin-
gency Reserve Fund beginning in fiscal year 2002 if the
minimum emergency reserve balance requirement estab-
lished in Section 450A(c) has been met.
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest, and certain fees
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Colum-
bia to fund District of Columbia capital projects as author-
ized by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Colum-
bia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official
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Code, secs. 1–204.62, 1–204.75, 1–204.90), $247,902,000
from local funds: Provided, That any funds set aside pursu-
ant to section 148 of the District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1523) that
are not used in the reserve funds established herein shall
be used for Pay-As-You-Go Capital Funds: Provided fur-
ther, That for equipment leases, the Mayor may finance
$14,300,000 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 $4,440,000 shall be for the Fire and
Emergency Medical Services Department, $2,010,000 shall
be for the Department of Parks and Recreation, and
$7,850,000 shall be for the Department of Public Works:
Provided further, That no less than $533,000 be available
for trash transfer capital debt service. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the District of Columbia is hereby
authorized to make any necessary payments related to the
‘‘District of Columbia Emergency Assistance Act of 2001’’:
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall use local
funds for any payments under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief Financial Officer shall certify the
availability of such funds, and shall certify that such funds
are not required to address budget shortfalls in the District
of Columbia.
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REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 gen-
eral fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990,
$39,300,000 from local funds, as authorized by section
461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, (105
Stat. 540; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.61(a)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$500,000 from local funds.
WILSON BUILDING
For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson
Building, $8,859,000 from local funds.
EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND TRANSFER
Subject to the issuance of bonds to pay the purchase
price of the District of Columbia’s right, title, and interest
in and to the Master Settlement Agreement, and consistent
with the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Establishment Act
of 1999 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 7–1811.01(a)(ii)) and the
Tobacco Settlement Financing Act of 2000 (D.C. Official
Code, sec. 7–1831.03 et seq.), there is transferred the amount
available pursuant thereto and Section 404(c) of Public
Law 106–554 to the Emergency and Contingency Reserve
Funds established pursuant to section 450A of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Of-
ficial Code, sec. 1–204.50a(a)).
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NON-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCY
To account for anticipated costs that cannot be allo-
cated to specific agencies during the development of the pro-
posed budget including anticipated employee health insur-
ance cost increases and contract security costs, $5,799,000
from local funds.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority,
$244,978,000 from other funds for fiscal year 2002 of which
$44,244,000 shall be apportioned for repayment of loans
and interest incurred for capital improvement projects
($17,953,000 payable to the District’s debt service fund and
$26,291,000 payable for other debt service).
For construction projects, $152,114,000, in the fol-
lowing capital programs: $52,600,000 for the Blue Plains
Wastewater Treatment Plant, $11,148,000 for the sewer
program, $109,000 for the combined sewer program,
$118,000 for the stormwater program, $77,957,000 for the
water program, $10,182,000 for the capital equipment pro-
gram: Provided, That the requirements and restrictions that
are applicable to general fund capital improvements
projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay
appropriation account shall apply to projects approved
under this appropriation account.
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WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT
For 
operation 
of 
the 
Washington 
Aqueduct,
$46,510,000 from other funds for fiscal year 2002.
STORMWATER PERMIT COMPLIANCE ENTERPRISE FUND
For operation of the Stormwater Permit Compliance
Enterprise Fund, $3,100,000 from other funds for fiscal
year 2002.
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise
Fund, established pursuant to the District of Columbia Ap-
propriation Act, 1982 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law
97–91), for the purpose of implementing the Law to Legal-
ize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles
for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia (D.C.
Law 3–172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 3–1301 et seq. and sec.
22–1716 et seq.), $229,688,000: Provided, That the District
of Columbia shall identify the source of funding for this
appropriation title from the District’s own locally gen-
erated revenues: Provided further, That no revenues from
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations or
activities of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control
Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$9,127,000 from other funds: Provided, That the Mayor
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shall submit a budget for the Armory Board for the forth-
coming fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 824; Public Law
93–198; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42(b)).
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, estab-
lished by section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement
Reform Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Official Code, sec.
1–711), $13,388,000 from the earnings of the applicable re-
tirement funds to pay legal, management, investment, and
other fees and administrative expenses of the District of Co-
lumbia Retirement Board: Provided, 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 annual budget submission and the
actual use of such funds in time for each annual audited
financial report.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $57,278,000 from other funds.
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
For the Housing Finance Agency, $4,711,000 from
other funds.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL REVITALIZATION CORPORATION
For the National Capital Revitalization Corporation,
$2,673,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For 
construction 
projects, 
an 
increase 
of
$1,550,786,700 of which $1,348,782,387 shall be from local
funds, $44,431,135 shall be from the Highway Trust Fund,
and $157,573,178 shall be from Federal funds, and a rescis-
sion of $476,182,431 from local funds appropriated under
this heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of
$1,074,604,269 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds for use of each capital project imple-
menting agency shall be managed and controlled in accord-
ance with all procedures and limitations established under
the Financial Management System: Provided further, That
all funds provided by this appropriation title shall be avail-
able only for the specific projects and purposes intended:
Provided further, That the capital budget of $83,400,000
for the Department of Health shall not be available until
the District of Columbia Council’s Committee on Human
Services receives a report on the use of any capital funds
for projects on the grounds of D.C. General Hospital: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the foregoing, all au-
thorizations for capital outlay projects, except those projects
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covered by the first sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal
Aid Highway Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90–
495), for which funds are provided by this appropriation
title, shall expire on September 30, 2003, except authoriza-
tions for projects as to which funds have been obligated in
whole or in part prior to September 30, 2003: Provided fur-
ther, That upon expiration of any such project authoriza-
tion, the funds provided herein for the project shall lapse:
Provided further, That except for funds approved in the
budgets prior to the fiscal year 2002 budget and FL–MA2
in the fiscal year 2002 Budget Request, no local funds may
be expended to renovate, rehabilitate or construct any facil-
ity within the boundaries of census tract 68.04 for any pur-
pose associated with the D.C. Department of Corrections,
the CSOSA, or the federal Bureau of Prisons unit until such
time as the Mayor shall present to the Council for its ap-
proval, a plan for the development of census tract 68.04
south of East Capitol Street, S.E., and the housing of any
misdemeanants, felons, ex-offenders, or persons awaiting
trial within the District of Columbia: Provided further,
That none of the conditions set forth in this paragraph shall
interfere with the operations of any Federal agency.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects
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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: Provided, That
in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds
may be expended with the authorization of the chair 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: Provided, That nothing
contained in this section shall be construed as modifying
or affecting 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. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 105. No funds appropriated in this Act for the
District of Columbia government for the operation of edu-
cational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encour-
age, facilitate, or further partisan political activities. Noth-
ing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school
buildings for the use of any community or partisan polit-
ical group during non-school hours.
SEC. 106. None of the Federal funds appropriated in
this Act shall 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.
SEC. 107. 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 rea-
sonable time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall
report to the Council of the District of Columbia and the
Congress the actual borrowings and spending progress com-
pared with projections.
SEC. 108. (a) None of the funds provided under this
Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and
District government agencies, that remain available for ob-
ligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
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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 increased by Con-
gress in 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; (5) reestablishes
through reprogramming any program or project previously
deferred through reprogramming; (6) augments existing
programs, projects, or responsibility centers through a re-
programming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent,
whichever is less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or more
personnel assigned to a specific program, project or respon-
sibility center; unless the Committees on Appropriations of
both the Senate and House of Representatives are notified
in writing 30 days in advance of any reprogramming as
set forth in this section.
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency
through a reprogramming or transfer of funds which trans-
fers any local funds from one appropriation title to another
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
House of Representatives are notified in writing 30 days
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in advance of the reprogramming or transfer, except that
in no event may the amount of any funds reprogrammed
or transferred exceed four percent of the local funds.
SEC. 109. Consistent with the provisions of 31 U.S.C.
1301(a), appropriations under this Act shall be applied
only to the objects for which the appropriations were made
except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 110. 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. 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. Code, sec. 1–
242(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation of
District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay
purposes, employees of the District of Columbia government
shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 111. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2002
revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal
year 2002. These estimates shall be used in the budget re-
quest for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003. The
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officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the
midyear report.
SEC. 112. 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
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 determina-
tion as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process
has been made in accordance with duly promulgated rules
and procedures and said determination has been reviewed
and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia.
SEC. 113. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Pub-
lic Law 99–177), the term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to each ac-
count 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: Pro-
vided, That sequestration orders shall not be applied to any
account that is specifically exempted from sequestration by
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the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
SEC. 114. 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 Treas-
ury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: Provided,
That the sequestration percentage specified in the order
shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal ap-
propriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically
exempted from sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 115. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GIFTS. (a) AP-
PROVAL BY MAYOR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity of the District of
Columbia government may accept and use a gift or
donation during fiscal year 2002 if—
(A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and
use of the gift or donation (except as provided in
paragraph (2)); and
(B) the entity uses the gift or donation to
carry out its authorized functions or duties.
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(2) EXCEPTION FOR COUNCIL AND COURTS.—The
Council of the District of Columbia and the District
of Columbia courts may accept and use gifts without
prior approval by the Mayor.
(b) RECORDS AND PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Each entity
of the District of Columbia government shall keep accurate
and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift
or donation under subsection (a), and shall make such
records available for audit and public inspection.
(c) INDEPENDENT AGENCIES INCLUDED.—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) EXCEPTION FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION.—This sec-
tion shall not apply to the District of Columbia Board of
Education, which may, pursuant to the laws and regula-
tions of the District of Columbia, accept and use gifts to
the public schools without prior approval by the Mayor.
SEC. 116. 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. Code, sec. 1–113(d)).
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SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the life
of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried
to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of
rape or incest.
SEC. 118. 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. Code, sec. 36–1401 et seq.) or to otherwise implement
or enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohab-
iting couples, including but not limited to registration for
the purpose of extending employment, health, or govern-
mental benefits to such couples on the same basis that such
benefits are extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 119. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS. Not-
withstanding any other provision of this Act, the Mayor,
in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, may ac-
cept, obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other
grants received by the District government that are not re-
flected in the amounts appropriated in this Act. No such
Federal, private, or other grant may be accepted, obligated,
or expended until (1) the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting
forth detailed information regarding such grant, and (2)
the Council has reviewed and approved the acceptance, obli-
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gation, and expenditure of such grant, such approval con-
tingent upon (A) no written notice of disapproval being
filed with the Secretary to the Council within 14 calendar
days of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial
Officer, and no oral notice of disapproval is given during
a meeting of the Council during such 14 calendar day pe-
riod, the report shall be deemed to be approved, and (B)
should notice of disapproval be given during such initial
14-calendar day period, the Council may approve or dis-
approve the report by resolution within 30 calendar days
of the initial receipt of the report from the Chief Financial
Officer, or such report shall be deemed to be approved. No
amount may be obligated or expended from the general fund
or other funds of the District government in anticipation
of the approval or receipt of a grant or in anticipation of
the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant
not subject to these provisions. The Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia shall prepare a quarterly report
setting forth detailed information regarding all Federal,
private, and other grants subject to these provisions. Each
such report shall be submitted to the Council of the District
of Columbia, and to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate, not later than
15 days after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
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SEC. 120. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL VE-
HICLES.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, none
of the funds made available by this Act or by any other
Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the
District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the offi-
cer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance
of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For purposes
of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and
workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer or employee
of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the
District of Columbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief
of the Department; (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief,
an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; (3)
the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and (4) the Chair-
man of the Council of the District of Columbia).
(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit, by Novem-
ber 15, 2001, an inventory, as of September 30, 2001, of
all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District of Co-
lumbia government. The inventory shall include, but not
be limited to, the department to which the vehicle is as-
signed; the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition
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date and cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual
operating and maintenance costs; current mileage; and
whether the vehicle is allowed to be taken home by a District
officer or employee and if so, the officer or employee’s title
and resident location.
SEC. 121. No officer or employee of the District of Co-
lumbia government (including any independent agency of
the District but excluding the Chief Financial Officer of the
District of Columbia, the Metropolitan Police Department,
and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer) may enter
into an agreement in excess of $2,500 for the procurement
of goods or services on behalf of any entity of the District
government until the officer or employee has conducted an
analysis of how the procurement of the goods and services
involved under the applicable regulations and procedures
of the District government would differ from the procure-
ment of the goods and services involved under the Federal
supply schedule and other applicable regulations and proce-
dures of the General Services Administration, including an
analysis of any differences in the costs to be incurred and
the time required to obtain the goods or services.
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not later than 120 days after the date that a District of
Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) student is referred for
evaluation or assessment—
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(1) the District of Columbia Board of Education,
or its successor, and DCPS shall assess or evaluate a
student who may have a disability and who may re-
quire special education services; and
(2) if a student is classified as having a dis-
ability, as defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat. 175;
20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C.
706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that student
in an appropriate program of special education serv-
ices.
SEC. 123. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased with
financial assistance provided using funds made avail-
able in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving the assistance should, in expending
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the assistance, purchase only American-made equip-
ment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each agency of the
Federal or District of Columbia government shall pro-
vide to each recipient of the assistance a notice de-
scribing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the
Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agen-
cy that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with
the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to
the United States that is not made in the United States,
the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or sub-
contract made with funds made available in this Act, pur-
suant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility proce-
dures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 124. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used for purposes of the annual independent audit of
the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2002
unless—
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(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia, in coordination with
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the District of
Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C.
Code, sec. 1–1182.8(a)(4)); and
(2) the audit includes a comparison of audited
actual year-end results with the revenues submitted in
the budget document for such year and the appropria-
tions enacted into law for such year.
SEC. 125. None of the Federal funds contained in this
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District govern-
ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting
representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
SEC. 126. No later than November 1, 2001, or within
30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council a re-
vised appropriated funds operating budget in the format
of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub-
mitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–
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301), for all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment for such fiscal year that is in the total amount of
the approved appropriation and that realigns all budgeted
data for personal services and other-than-personal-services,
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
SEC. 127. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in
this Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille-
gal drug.
(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds
contained in this Act and who carries out any program
described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used
for such program separately from any funds contained in
this Act.
SEC. 128. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins
on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay the salary
of any chief financial officer of any office of the District
of Columbia government who has not filed a certification
with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia that the officer understands the duties and
restrictions applicable to the officer and the officer’s agency
as a result of this Act (and the amendments made by this
Act), including any duty to prepare a report requested ei-
ther in the Act or in any of the reports accompanying the
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Act and the deadline by which each report must be sub-
mitted, and the District’s Chief Financial Officer shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives by the 10th day after the end
of each quarter a summary list showing each report, the
due date and the date submitted to the Committees.
SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regula-
tion to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with
the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I sub-
stance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)
or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat-
ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on Novem-
ber 3, 1998, shall not take effect.
SEC. 130. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con-
gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in-
clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for
religious beliefs and moral convictions.
PROMPT PAYMENT OF APPOINTED COUNSEL
SEC. 131. (a) ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST FOR DE-
LAYED PAYMENTS.—If the Superior Court of the District
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of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
does not make a payment described in subsection (b) prior
to the expiration of the 45-day period which begins on the
date the Court receives a completed voucher for a claim for
the payment, interest shall be assessed against the amount
of the payment which would otherwise be made to take into
account the period which begins on the day after the expira-
tion of such 45-day period and which ends on the day the
Court makes the payment.
(b) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.—A payment described in
this subsection is—
(1) a payment authorized under section 11–2604
and section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia
Criminal Justice Act);
(2) a payment 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; or
(3) a payment for counsel authorized under sec-
tion 21–2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of
Attorney Act of 1986).
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(c) STANDARDS
FOR SUBMISSION
OF COMPLETED
VOUCHERS.—The chief judges of the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court
of Appeals shall establish standards and criteria for deter-
mining whether vouchers submitted for claims for payments
described in subsection (b) are complete, and shall publish
and make such standards and criteria available to attor-
neys who practice before such Courts.
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section
shall be construed to require the assessment of interest
against any claim (or portion of any claim) which is de-
nied by the Court involved.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
respect to claims received by the Superior Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Ap-
peals during fiscal year 2002, and claims received pre-
viously that remain unpaid at the end of fiscal year 2001,
and would have qualified for interest payment under this
section.
SEC. 132. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall
submit to the Senate and House Committees on Appropria-
tions, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and the
House Government Reform Committee quarterly reports ad-
dressing the following issues: (1) crime, including the homi-
cide rate, implementation of community policing, the num-
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ber of police officers on local beats, and the closing down
of open-air drug markets; (2) access to drug abuse treat-
ment, including the number of treatment slots, the number
of people served, the number of people on waiting lists, and
the effectiveness of treatment programs; (3) management of
parolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including the num-
ber of halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve
monitoring and supervision of halfway house residents to
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in consultation
with the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency;
(4) education, including access to special education services
and student achievement to be provided in consultation
with the District of Columbia Public Schools; (5) improve-
ment in basic District services, including rat control and
abatement; (6) application for and management of Federal
grants, including the number and type of grants for which
the District was eligible but failed to apply and the number
and type of grants awarded to the District but for which
the District failed to spend the amounts received; and (7)
indicators of child well-being.
RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 133. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(j) of Public
Law 104–8, the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(j) RESERVE FUNDS.—
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‘‘(1) BUDGET RESERVE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal
years 2002 and 2003, the budget of the District
government for the fiscal year shall contain a
budget reserve in the following amounts:
‘‘(i) $120,000,000, in the case of fiscal
year 2002.
‘‘(ii) $70,000,000, in the case of fiscal
year 2003.
‘‘(B) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Any
amount made available from the budget reserve
described in subparagraph (A) shall remain
available until expended.
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY OF FY 2001 BUDGET RE-
SERVE
FUNDS.—For fiscal year 2001, any
amount in the budget reserve shall remain avail-
able until expended.
‘‘(2) CUMULATIVE CASH RESERVE.—In addition
to any other cash reserves required under section
450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, for
each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the budget of
the District government for the fiscal year shall con-
tain a cumulative cash reserve of $50,000,000.
‘‘(3) CONDITIONS ON USE.—The District of Co-
lumbia may obligate or expend amounts in the budget
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reserve under paragraph (1) or the cumulative cash
reserve under paragraph (2) only in accordance with
the following conditions:
‘‘(A) The Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall certify that the amounts
are available.
‘‘(B) The amounts shall be obligated or ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the
Council in support of each such obligation or ex-
penditure.
‘‘(C) The amounts may not be used to fund
the agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership.
‘‘(D) The amounts may be obligated or ex-
pended only if the Mayor notifies the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate in writing 30 days in advance
of any obligation or expenditure.
‘‘(4) REPLENISHMENT.—Any amount of the
budget reserve under paragraph (1) or the cumulative
cash reserve under paragraph (2) which is expended
in one fiscal year shall be replenished in the following
fiscal year appropriations to maintain the required
balance.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect October 1, 2001.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 159(c) of the
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law
106–522; 114 Stat. 2482) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section and the amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000.
‘‘(2) REPEAL OF POSITIVE FUND BALANCE RE-
QUIREMENT.—The amendment made by subsection
(b)(2) shall take effect October 1, 1999.
‘‘(3) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—All funds identified
by the District government pursuant to section 148 of
Public Law 106–113, as reflected in the certified an-
nual financial report for fiscal year 2000, shall be de-
posited during fiscal year 2002 into the Emergency
and Contingency Reserve Funds established pursuant
to Section 159 of Public Law 106–522, during fiscal
year 2002.’’.
(d) CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Section 450A(b)
of the Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a con-
tingency cash reserve fund (in this subsection referred
to as the ‘contingency reserve fund’) as an interest-
bearing account (separate from other accounts in the
General Fund) into which the Mayor shall deposit in
cash not later than October 1 of each fiscal year (be-
ginning with fiscal year 2002) such amount as may
be required to maintain a balance in the fund of at
least 3 percent of the total budget appropriated for
operating expenditures for such fiscal year which is
derived from local funds (or, in the case of fiscal
years prior to fiscal year 2007, such amount as may
be required to maintain a balance in the fund of at
least the minimum contingency reserve balance for
such fiscal year, as determined under paragraph
(2)).’’; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE DEFINED.—
In subparagraph (A), the ‘applicable percentage’
with respect to a fiscal year means the following:
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2002, 0 percent.
‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2003, 0 percent.
‘‘(iii) For fiscal year 2004, 0 percent.
‘‘(iv) For fiscal year 2005, 1 percent.
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‘‘(v) For fiscal year 2006, 2 percent.’’.
SEC. 134. INTEGRATED PRODUCT TEAM. No funds ap-
propriated by this Act shall be available for an Integrated
Product Team until reorganization plans for the Integrated
Product Team and a Capital Construction Services Admin-
istration have been approved, or deemed approved, by the
Council: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to
funds appropriated for the Office of Contracting and Pro-
curement.
SEC. 135. CORPORATION COUNSEL ANTITRUST, ANTI-
FRAUD, CONSUMER PROTECTION FUNDS. All funds when-
ever deposited in the District of Columbia Antitrust Fund
established pursuant to section 2 of the District of Columbia
Antitrust Act of 1980 (D.C. Law 3–169; D.C. Code § 28–
4516), the Antifraud Fund established pursuant to section
820 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act
of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C.
Code § 1–1188.20), and the District of Columbia Consumer
Protection Fund established pursuant to section 1402 of the
District of Columbia Budget Support Act for fiscal year
2001 (D.C. Law 13–172; D.C. Code § 28–3911), are hereby
appropriated for the use of the Office of the Corporation
Counsel of the District of Columbia until September 30,
2003, in accordance with the statutes that established these
funds.
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SEC. 136. RISK MANAGEMENT FOR SETTLEMENTS AND
JUDGMENTS. In addition to any other authority to pay
claims and judgments, any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the District government may pay the settle-
ment or judgment of a claim or lawsuit in an amount less
than $10,000, in accordance with the Risk Management for
Settlements and Judgments Amendment Act of 2000, effec-
tive October 19, 2000 (D.C. Law 13–172; D.C. Official Code
§ 2–402).
SEC. 137. To waive the period of Congressional review
of the Closing of Portions of 2nd and N Streets, N.E. and
Alley System in Square 710, S.O. 00–97, Act of 2001. Not-
withstanding section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (sec. 1–233(c)(1), D.C. Code), the Closing
of Portions of 2nd and N Streets, N.E. and Alley System
in Square 710, S.O. 00–97, Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14–106)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of such Act
or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
SEC. 138. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act
may be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who
represents a party who prevails in an action or any attor-
ney who defends any action, including an administrative
proceeding, brought against the District of Columbia Public
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
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(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attor-
ney exceeds 300 percent of the maximum amount of
compensation under section 11–2604(b)(1), District of
Columbia Code; or
(2) the maximum amount of compensation of the
attorney exceeds 300 percent of the maximum amount
of compensation under section 11–2604(b)(1), District
of Columbia Code, except that compensation and re-
imbursement in excess of such maximum may be ap-
proved for extended or complex representation in ac-
cordance with section 11–2604(c), District of Colum-
bia Code; and
(3) in no case may the compensation limits in
paragraphs (1) and (2) exceed $3,000.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the
Mayor and the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools concur in a Memorandum of Understanding
setting forth a new rate and amount of compensation, or
a new limit referred to in subsection (a)(3), then such new
rates or limits shall apply in lieu of the rates and limits
set forth in the preceding subsection to both the attorney
who represents the prevailing party and the attorney who
defends the action.
(c) Notwithstanding 20 U.S.C. § 1415, 42 U.S.C.
§ 1988, 29 U.S.C § 794a, or any other law, none of the funds
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appropriated under this Act, or in appropriations Acts for
subsequent fiscal years, may be made available to pay attor-
neys’ fees accrued prior to the effective date of this Act that
exceeds a cap imposed on attorneys’ fees by prior appro-
priations Acts that were in effect during the fiscal year
when the work was performed, or when payment was re-
quested for work previously performed, in an action brought
against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the
Individuals With Disabilities Act (20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.).
SEC. 139. The limitation on attorneys’ fees paid by
the District of Columbia for actions brought under the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400
et seq.) (sec. 138) shall not apply if the plaintiff is a child
who is—
(1) from a family with an annual income of less
than $17,600; or
(2) from a family where one of the parents is a
disabled veteran; or
(3) where the child has been adjudicated as ne-
glected or abused.
SEC. 140. MANDATORY ADVANCED ELECTRONIC IN-
FORMATION FOR AIR CARGO AND PASSENGERS ENTERING
THE UNITED STATES. (a) AIR CARGO INFORMATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 431(b) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431(b)) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘(b) PRODUCTION OF MANI-
FEST.—Any manifest’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(b) PRODUCTION OF MANIFEST.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any manifest’’;
(B) by indenting the margin of paragraph
(1), as so designated, two ems; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any
other requirement under this section, every air
carrier required to make entry or obtain clear-
ance under the customs laws of the United
States, the pilot, the master, operator, or owner
of such carrier (or the authorized agent of such
owner or operator) shall provide by electronic
transmission cargo manifest information speci-
fied in subparagraph (B) in advance of such
entry or clearance in such manner, time, and
form as the Secretary shall prescribe. The Sec-
retary may exclude any class of air carrier for
which the Secretary concludes the requirements
of this subparagraph are not necessary.
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‘‘(B) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The infor-
mation specified in this subparagraph is as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) The port of arrival or departure,
whichever is applicable.
‘‘(ii) The carrier code, prefix code, or,
both.
‘‘(iii) The flight or trip number.
‘‘(iv) The date of scheduled arrival or
date of scheduled departure, whichever is
applicable.
‘‘(v) The request for permit to proceed
to the destination, if applicable.
‘‘(vi) The numbers and quantities from
the master and house air waybill or bills of
lading.
‘‘(vii) The first port of lading of the
cargo.
‘‘(viii) A description and weight of the
cargo.
‘‘(ix) The shippers name and address
from all air waybills or bills of lading.
‘‘(x) The consignee name and address
from all air waybills or bills of lading.
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‘‘(xi) Notice that actual boarded quan-
tities are not equal to air waybill or bills
of lading quantities.
‘‘(xii) Transfer or transit information.
‘‘(xiii) Warehouse or other location of
the cargo.
‘‘(xiv) Such other information as the
Secretary, by regulation, determines is rea-
sonably necessary to ensure aviation trans-
portation safety pursuant to the laws en-
forced or administered by the Customs Serv-
ice.
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Informa-
tion provided under paragraph (2) may be shared
with other departments and agencies of the Federal
Government, including the Department of Transpor-
tation and the law enforcement agencies of the Fed-
eral Government, for purposes of protecting the na-
tional security of the United States.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subparagraphs
(A) and (C) of section 431(d)(1) of such Act are each
amended by inserting before the semicolon ‘‘or sub-
section (b)(2)’’.
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(b) PASSENGER INFORMATION.—Part II of title IV of
the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after section
431 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 432. PASSENGER AND CREW MANIFEST INFORMATION
REQUIRED FOR AIR CARRIERS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For every person arriving or de-
parting on an air carrier required to make entry or obtain
clearance under the customs laws of the United States, the
pilot, the master, operator, or owner of such carrier (or the
authorized agent of such owner or operator) shall provide,
by electronic transmission, manifest information specified
in subsection (b) in advance of such entry or clearance in
such manner, time, and form as the Secretary shall pre-
scribe.
‘‘(b) INFORMATION.—The information specified in this
subsection with respect to a person is—
‘‘(1) full name;
‘‘(2) date of birth and citizenship;
‘‘(3) sex;
‘‘(4) passport number and country of issuance;
‘‘(5) United States visa number or resident alien
card number, as applicable;
‘‘(6) passenger name record; and
‘‘(7) such other information as the Secretary, by
regulation, determines is reasonably necessary to en-
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sure aviation transportation safety pursuant to the
laws enforced or administered by the Customs Service.
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY
OF INFORMATION.—Information
provided under this section may be shared with other de-
partments and agencies of the Federal Government, includ-
ing the Department of Transportation and the law enforce-
ment agencies of the Federal Government, for purposes of
protecting the national security of the United States.’’.
(c) DEFINITION.—Section 401 of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(t) AIR
CARRIER.—The term ‘air carrier’
means an air carrier transporting goods or pas-
sengers for payment or other consideration, including
money or services rendered.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect 45 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 141. The General Accounting Office, in consulta-
tion with the relevant agencies and members of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of
Columbia, shall submit by January 2, 2002 a report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of
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Representatives detailing the awards in judgment rendered
in the District of Columbia that were in excess of the cap
imposed by prior appropriations Acts in effect during the
fiscal year when the work was performed, or when payment
was requested for work previously performed, in actions
brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.): Provided, That such report shall in-
clude a comparison of the cause of actions and judgments
rendered against public school districts of comparable demo-
graphics and population as the District.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2002’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 25,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate November 7, 2001.
Attest:
JERI THOMSON,
Secretary.