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sibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved
April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104–8),
$3,140,000: Provided, That none of the funds contained
in this Act may be used to pay any compensation of the
Executive 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
2000 under section 102 of such Act, as determined by the
Comptroller General (as described in GAO letter report
B–279095.2).
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, as amended, and that funds shall be allocated for
expenses 
associated 
with 
the 
Wilson 
Building,
$328,417,000 from local funds: Provided, That for equip-
ment leases, the Mayor may finance $27,527,000 of equip-
ment cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed two percent
of the par amount being financed on a lease purchase
basis with a maturity not to exceed five years: Provided
further, That $5,300,000 is allocated to the Metropolitan
Police Department, $3,200,000 for the Fire and Emer-
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gency Medical Services Department, $350,000 for the De-
partment of Corrections, $15,949,000 for the Department
of Public Works and $2,728,000 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, $38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by sec-
tion 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
approved December 24, 1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540;
Public Law 102–106; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$9,000,000 from local funds.
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.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL PAYMENTS
For optical and dental payments, $1,295,000 from
local funds.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
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Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance 
Authority, 
shall 
finance 
projects 
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds that result in cost savings or
additional revenues, by an amount equal to such financing:
Provided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the projects financed under this heading.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds. The reductions are to be allo-
cated to projects funded through the Productivity Bank
that produce cost savings or additional revenues in an
amount equal to the Productivity Bank financing: Pro-
vided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999,
on the status of the cost savings or additional revenues
funded under this heading.
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PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions of $14,457,000
for general supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for
management reform savings, in local funds to one or more
of the appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That
the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after the end
of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the sta-
tus of the general supply schedule savings and manage-
ment reform savings projected under this heading.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and
the Washington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds
(including $236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Author-
ity and $43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of
which $35,222,000 shall be apportioned and payable to
the District’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and
interest incurred for capital improvement projects.
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For construction projects, $197,169,000, as author-
ized by An Act authorizing the laying of watermains and
service sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of
assessments therefor, and for other purposes, approved
April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C.
Code, sec. 43–1512 et seq.): Provided, That the require-
ments and restrictions that are applicable to general fund
capital 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,
approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public
Law 97–91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing
the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and
Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District
of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–172;
D.C. Code, secs. 2–2501 et seq. and 22–1516 et seq.),
$234,400,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia
shall identify the source of funding for this appropriation
title from the District’s own locally generated revenues:
Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources
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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,
$10,846,000 from other funds for expenses incurred by
the Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted
by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To Establish A District of
Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2–
301 et seq.) and the District of Columbia Stadium Act
of 1957, approved September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Pub-
lic Law 85–300; D.C. Code, sec. 2–321 et seq.): Provided,
That the Mayor shall submit a budget for the Armory
Board for the forthcoming fiscal year as required by sec-
tion 442(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; Public Law
93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
D.C. 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, effective April 9, 1997,
$133,443,000 of which $44,435,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the general fund and $89,008,000 from
other funds.
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D.C. RETIREMENT BOARD
For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by sec-
tion 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform
Act of 1979, approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866;
D.C. Code, sec. 1–711), $9,892,000 from the earnings of
the applicable retirement funds to pay legal, management,
investment, and other fees and administrative expenses of
the District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided,
That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall pro-
vide to the Congress and to the Council of the District
of Columbia 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 annual
budget submission and the actual use of such funds in
time for each annual audited financial report: Provided
further, That section 121(c)(1) of the District of Columbia
Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–711(c)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘the total amount to which a member
may be entitled’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following: ‘‘the total amount to which a member may be
entitled under this subsection during a year (beginning
with 1998) may not exceed $5,000, except that in the case
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of the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the
Investment Committee of the Board, such amount may
not exceed $10,000 (beginning with 2000).’’.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Estab-
lishment Act, approved October 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000;
Public Law 88–622), $1,810,000 from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $50,226,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For construction projects, $1,260,524,000 of which
$929,450,000 is from local funds, $54,050,000 is from the
highway trust fund, and $277,024,000 is from Federal
funds, and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds
approriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for
a net amount of $1,218,637,500 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That funds for use of each capital
project implementing agency shall be managed and con-
trolled in accordance with all procedures and limitations
established under the Financial Management System: Pro-
vided further, That all funds provided by this appropria-
tion title shall be available only for the specific projects
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and purposes intended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the foregoing, all authorizations for capital out-
lay projects, except those projects covered by the first sen-
tence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of
1968, approved August 23, 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, 2001, except authorizations for projects
as to which funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to September 30, 2001: Provided further, That upon
expiration of any such project authorization the funds pro-
vided herein for the project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment 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 inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing 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-
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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 ob-
jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci-
fied, 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
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 applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
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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 affecting
the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947,
approved March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–
460; D.C. Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for the payment of public assistance without reference
to the requirement of section 544 of the District of Colum-
bia Public Assistance Act of 1982, effective April 6, 1982
(D.C. Law 4–101; D.C. Code, sec. 3–205.44), and for the
payment of the non-Federal share of funds necessary to
qualify for grants under subtitle A of title II of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
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 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.
Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of
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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 employee
of the District of Columbia government whose name, title,
grade, salary, past work experience, and salary history are
not available for inspection by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the Dis-
trict 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 au-
thorized representative.
SEC. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
necessary for making payments authorized by the District
of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977, effective Sep-
tember 23, 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 implementation
of any policy including boycott designed to support or de-
feat legislation pending before Congress or any State legis-
lature.
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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 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
compared with projections.
SEC. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
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 2000, 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 expenditure
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
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allocations specifically denied, limited or increased by Con-
gress in the 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) rees-
tablishes through reprogramming any program or project
previously deferred through reprogramming; (6) augments
existing programs, projects, or responsibility centers
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) in-
creases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a spe-
cific program, project, or responsibility center; unless the
Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House
of Representatives are notified in writing 30 days in ad-
vance 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 personal
cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer
or employee of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency
Act of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824;
Public Law 96–425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environ-
mental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon aver-
age of less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this
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section shall not apply to security, emergency rescue, or
armored vehicles.
COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS
SEC. 119. (a) CITY ADMINISTRATOR.—The last sen-
tence of section 422(7) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(7)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, not to exceed’’ and all that follows and inserting
a period.
(b) BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
OF REDEVELOPMENT
LAND AGENCY.—Section 1108(c)(2)(F) of the District of
Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel
Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–612.8(c)(2)(F)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(F) Redevelopment Land Agency board mem-
bers shall be paid per diem compensation at a rate
established by the Mayor, except that such rate may
not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
basic pay for level 15 of the District Schedule for
each day (including travel time) during which they
are engaged in the actual performance of their du-
ties.’’.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effec-
tive March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–
601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the
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District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–242(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensa-
tion of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for
pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code.
SEC. 121. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year
2000 revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter
of fiscal year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the
budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be
used for the midyear report.
SEC. 122. 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, effective February 21, 1986 (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
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or practical: Provided, That the determination 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
approved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 123. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved Decem-
ber 12, 1985, (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99–177), as
amended, the term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall
be synonymous with and refer specifically to each account
appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any seques-
tration order shall be applied to each of the accounts rath-
er than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Provided,
That sequestration orders shall not be applied to any ac-
count that is specifically exempted from sequestration by
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
SEC. 124. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99
Stat. 1037: Public Law 99–177), as amended, after the
amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for the
fiscal year involved have been paid to the District of Co-
lumbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay
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to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days after re-
ceipt of a request therefor from the Secretary of the
Treasury, 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 appropriation accounts in this Act that are not
specifically exempted from sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 125. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2000 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 inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia.
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(d) This section shall not apply to the District of Co-
lumbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the
laws and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept
and use gifts to the public schools without prior approval
by the Mayor.
SEC. 126. 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
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979,
effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Code,
sec. 1–113(d)).
SEC. 127. (a) The University of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority (hereafter in this section referred to as ‘‘Author-
ity’’), and the Council of the District of Columbia (here-
after in this section referred to as ‘‘Council’’) 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-
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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;
(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
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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,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 128. 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, including an
administrative proceeding, brought against the District of
Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the at-
torney exceeds the hourly rate of compensation
under section 11–2604(a), District of Columbia
Code; or
(2) the maximum amount of compensation of
the attorney exceeds the maximum amount of com-
pensation under section 11–2604(b)(1), District of
Columbia Code, except that compensation and reim-
bursement in excess of such maximum may be ap-
proved for extended or complex representation in ac-
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cordance with section 11–2604(c), District of Co-
lumbia Code.
ABORTION FUNDS RESTRICTION
SEC. 129. 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.
DOMESTIC PARTNERS FUNDS RESTRICTION
SEC. 130. None of the 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 (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or les-
bian), including but not limited to registration for the pur-
pose of extending employment, health, or governmental
benefits to such couples on the same basis that such bene-
fits are extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 131. The Superintendent of the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools shall submit to the Congress, the
Mayor, the District of Columbia 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—
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(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, agency reporting code, and object
class, and for all funds, including 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 agency reporting code, and for all funding
sources;
(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,
responsibility center, and agency reporting code; and
contract identifying codes used by the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools; 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 modifications, extensions, renewals; and
specific modifications made to each contract in the
last month;
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(4) all reprogramming requests and reports
that are required to be, and have been, submitted to
the Board of Education; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the or-
ganizational structure of the D.C. Public Schools,
displaying previous and current control centers and
responsibility centers, the names of the organiza-
tional entities that have been changed, the name of
the staff member supervising each entity affected,
and the reasons for the structural change.
SEC. 132. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Superintendent of
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University
of the District of Columbia shall annually compile an accu-
rate and verifiable report on the positions and employees
in the public school system and the university, respec-
tively. The annual report shall set forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A posi-
tions in the District of Columbia public schools and
the University of the District of Columbia for fiscal
year 1999, fiscal year 2000, and thereafter on full-
time equivalent basis, including a compilation of all
positions by control center, responsibility center,
funding source, position type, position title, pay
plan, grade, and annual salary; and
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(2) a compilation of all employees in the Dis-
trict of Columbia public schools and the University
of the District of Columbia as of the preceding De-
cember 31, verified as to its accuracy in accordance
with the functions that each employee actually per-
forms, by control center, responsibility center, agen-
cy reporting code, program (including funding
source), activity, location for accounting purposes,
job title, grade and classification, annual salary, and
position control number.
(b) SUBMISSION.—The annual report required by
subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted to the
Congress, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council,
the Consensus Commission, and the Authority, not later
than February 15 of each year.
SEC. 133. (a) No later than October 1, 1999, or with-
in 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, which ever occurs later, and each succeeding
year, the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools and the University of the District of Columbia
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees,
the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Con-
sensus Commission, and the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the pub-
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lic school system and the University of the District of Co-
lumbia for such fiscal year that is in the total amount
of the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted
data for personal services and other-than-personal serv-
ices, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
(b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of
this section shall be submitted in the format of the budget
that the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools and the University of the District of Columbia
submit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclu-
sion in the Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of
the District of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198,
as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 134. The District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority, acting
on behalf of the District of Columbia Public Schools
(DCPS) in formulating the DCPS budget, the Board of
Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, the
Board of Library Trustees, and the Board of Governors
of the University of the District of Columbia School of
Law shall vote on and approve their respective annual or
revised budgets before submission to the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor’s budget sub-
mission to the Council of the District of Columbia in ac-
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cordance with section 442 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301), or before submitting their respective
budgets directly to the Council.
CEILING ON TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
SEC. 135. (a) CEILING ON TOTAL OPERATING EX-
PENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the total amount appropriated in
this Act for operating expenses for the District of
Columbia for fiscal year 2000 under the caption
‘‘Division of Expenses’’ shall not exceed the lesser
of—
(A) the sum of the total revenues of the
District of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
(B) 
$5,522,779,000 
(of 
which
$152,753,000 shall be from intra-District funds
and $3,117,254,000 shall be from local funds),
which amount may be increased by the fol-
lowing:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions,
which are expended for emergency or un-
anticipated operating or capital needs ap-
proved by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority; or
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(ii) after notification to the Council,
additional expenditures which the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia
certifies will produce additional revenues
during such fiscal year at least equal to
200 percent of such additional expendi-
tures, and that are approved by the Au-
thority.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Chief Financial Offi-
cer of the District of Columbia and the Authority
shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that
the District of Columbia meets the requirements of
this section, including the apportioning by the Chief
Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds
made available to the District during fiscal year
2000, 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.
(b) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS NOT IN-
CLUDED IN CEILING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, during a control year, as defined in sec-
tion 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial
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Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995, approved April 17, 1995 (Public Law 104–8;
109 Stat. 152), may accept, obligate, and expend
Federal, private, and other grants received by the
District government that are not reflected in the
amounts appropriated in this Act.
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI-
CER REPORT AND AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such
Federal, private, or other grant may be accepted, ob-
ligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph (1)
until—
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia submits to the Authority a re-
port setting forth detailed information regard-
ing such grant; and
(B) the Authority has reviewed and ap-
proved the acceptance, obligation, and expendi-
ture of such grant in accordance with review
and approval procedures consistent with the
provisions of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
of 1995.
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPA-
TION OF APPROVAL OR RECEIPT.—No amount may
be obligated or expended from the general fund or
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other funds of the District government in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a grant under
paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipa-
tion of the approval or receipt of a Federal, private,
or other grant not subject to such paragraph.
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia shall prepare
a quarterly report setting forth detailed information
regarding all Federal, private, and other grants sub-
ject to this subsection. 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.
(c) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES BY FINANCIAL RE-
SPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—Not later than 20 calendar days after the end of
each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 1999, the Authority
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing
an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds obli-
gated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The
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report shall include information on the date, amount, pur-
pose, and vendor name, and a description of the services
or goods provided with respect to the expenditures of such
funds.
(d) APPLICATION
OF EXCESS REVENUES.—Local
revenues collected in excess of amounts required to sup-
port appropriations in this Act for operating expenses for
the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2000 under the
caption ‘‘Division of Expenses’’ shall be applied first to
a reserve account not to exceed $250,000,000 to be used
to finance seasonal cash needs (in lieu of short-term bor-
rowings); second to accelerate repayment of cash borrowed
from the Water and Sewer Fund; and third to reduce the
outstanding long-term bonded indebtedness.
SEC. 136. 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-appointed
official during fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal
year, the receiver or official shall prepare and submit to
the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the
expenditures and appropriations necessary for the mainte-
nance 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
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District of Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but
subject to the Mayor’s recommendations. Notwithstanding
any provision of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law
93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–101 et seq.) the Council may
comment or make recommendations concerning such an-
nual estimates but shall have no authority under such Act
to revise such estimates.
SEC. 137. The District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority and
the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public
Schools are hereby directed to report to the Appropria-
tions Committees of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of
the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives not later than April 1,
2000, on all measures necessary and steps to be taken
to ensure that the District’s Public Schools open on time
to begin the 2000–2001 academic year.
SEC. 138. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of
Columbia public schools shall be—
(1) classified as an Educational Service em-
ployee;
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(2) placed under the personnel authority of the
Board of Education; and
(3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
(b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate
competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall
not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL VEHICLES
SEC. 139. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL
VEHICLES.—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 officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the per-
formance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does
not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s resi-
dence 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 des-
ignated by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the discre-
tion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the D.C.
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours
a day; (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and (4)
the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia).
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(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit, by No-
vember 15, 1999, an inventory, as of September 30, 1999,
of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District
of Columbia government. The inventory shall include, but
not be limited to, the department to which the vehicle is
assigned; the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition
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 Dis-
trict officer or employee and if so, the officer or employee’s
title and resident location.
SEC. 140. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOY-
EES DETAILED WITHIN GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of
determining the amount of funds expended by any entity
within the District of Columbia government during fiscal
year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expendi-
tures of the District government attributable to any officer
or employee of the District government who provides serv-
ices which are within the authority and jurisdiction of the
entity (including any portion of the compensation paid to
the officer or employee attributable to the time spent in
providing such services) shall be treated as expenditures
made from the entity’s budget, without regard to whether
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the officer or employee is assigned to the entity or other-
wise treated as an officer or employee of the entity.
(b) MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCE-
DURES.—The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec.
1–601.1 et seq.), as amended, is further amended in sec-
tion 2408(a) by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’;
in subsection (b), by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting
‘‘2000’’; in subsection (i), by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and insert-
ing, ‘‘2000’’; and in subsection (k), by deleting ‘‘1999’’
and inserting, ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 141. 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—
(1) the District of Columbia Board of Edu-
cation (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Board’’),
or its successor and DCPS shall assess or evaluate
a student who may have a disability and who may
require special education services; and
(2) if a student is classified as having a dis-
ability, as defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat.
175; 20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C.
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706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that stu-
dent in an appropriate program of special education
services.
SEC. 142. (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 CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING 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
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment 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
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice
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describing 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
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing 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 con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 143. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit
of the District of Columbia government (including the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector
General of the District of Columbia pursuant to sec-
tion 208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procure-
ment Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–
1182.8(a)(4)); and
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(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 appro-
priations enacted into law for such year.
SEC. 144. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for
programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is
required but has not been approved by the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such
programs or functions are conditioned only on the ap-
proval by the Authority of the required reorganization
plans.
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instru-
ments for evaluating District of Columbia Public School
employees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bar-
gaining purposes.
SEC. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act
may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot-
ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia.