105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 2607
AMENDMENTS
TO
SENATE AMENDMENTS
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
November 12, 1997.
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendments of
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2607) entitled ‘‘An Act making
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia
and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the
revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1998, and for other purposes.’’, with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æOn page 1, line 1, strike all through line 7
Ω2æOn page 1, line 8, strike øThe¿ and insert: That the
Ω3æOn page 2, line 2, strike all from ‘‘to’’ through ‘‘Act,’’
on line 3
Ω4æOn page 11, line 20, after the word ‘‘fund’’ insert: de-
scribed in section 172 of this Act
Ω5æOn page 12, line 8, strike øall¿
Ω6æOn page 34, line 16, after ‘‘or’’ insert: previously
Ω7æOn page 44, line 15, before the period, insert:
, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram
for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes,
or other obligations issued for capital projects
Ω8æOn page 46, after line 9, insert:
(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, 1997, the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority shall submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, the Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight of the House, and the Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate providing an itemized accounting of all
non-appropriated funds obligated or expended by the Au-
thority for the quarter. The report shall include information
on the date, amount, purpose, and vendor name, and a de-
scription of the services or goods provided with respect to
the expenditures of such funds.
Ω9æOn page 47, line 21, strike ø$5,000,000¿ and insert:
$12,000,000
Ω10æOn page 59, line 11, strike ø(f)¿ and insert: (e)
Ω11æOn page 77, line 17, strike all through page 78, line
Ω12æOn page 78, after line 2, insert the following:
SEC. 166. Notwithstanding any other provision of Fed-
eral or District of Columbia law applicable to a reemployed
annuitant’s entitlement to retirement or pension benefits,
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may
waive the provisions of section 8344 of title 5 of the United
States Code for any reemployed annuitants appointed here-
tofore or hereafter as a Trustee under section 11202 or
11232 of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov-
ernment Improvement Act of 1997, or, at the request of such
a Trustee, for any employee of such Trustee.
SEC. 167. Section 2203(i)(2)(A) of the District of Co-
lumbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134;
110 Stat. 3009–504; D.C. Code 31–2853.13(i)(2)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) ANNUAL
LIMIT.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and clause (ii), during calendar year
1997, and during each subsequent calendar year,
each eligible chartering authority shall not ap-
prove more than 10 petitions to establish a pub-
lic charter school under this subtitle.
‘‘(ii) TIMETABLE.—Any petition approved
under clause (i) shall be approved during an ap-
plication approval period that terminates on
April 1 of each year. Such an approval period
may commence before or after January 1 of the
calendar year in which it terminates, except that
any petition approved at any time during such
an approval period shall count, for purposes of
clause (i), against the total number of petitions
approved during the calendar year in which the
approval period terminates.’’.
SEC. 168. Section 2205(a) of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat.
1321–122; D.C. Code 31–2853.15(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘7,’’ and inserting ‘‘15,’’.
SEC. 169. Section 2214(g) of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat.
1321–133; D.C. Code 31–2853.24(g)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘to the Board’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’.
SEC. 170. Section 2401(b)(3)(B) of the District of Co-
lumbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134;
110 Stat. 1321–137; D.C. Code 31–2853.41(b)(3)(B)) is
amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’;
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: