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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia, $1,850,000, in the amounts 
and for the projects specified in the table that appears under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia’’ in the statement of managers 
to accompany this Act: Provided, That each entity that receives 
funding under this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer for the District of Columbia (CFO), not later 
than 60 days after enactment of this Act, a detailed budget and 
comprehensive description of the activities to be carried out with 
such funds, and the CFO shall submit a comprehensive report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate not later than June 1, 2010. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program 
in the District of Columbia, $75,400,000, to be allocated as follows: 
for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $42,200,000 to improve 
public school education in the District of Columbia; for the State 
Education Office, $20,000,000 to expand quality public charter 
schools in the District of Columbia, to remain available until 
expended; for the Secretary of the Department of Education, 
$13,200,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for students in 
the District of Columbia in accordance with title III of division 
C of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public 
Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 126), to remain available until expended, 
of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer and fund 
assessments, and of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin-
ister testing of students to determine and compare academic 
performance of the schools enrolling students participating in the 
opportunity scholarship program: Provided, That notwithstanding 
the second proviso under this heading in Public Law 111–8, funds 
provided herein may only be used to provide opportunity scholar-
ships to students who received scholarships in the 2009–2010 school 
year: Provided further, That funds available under this heading 
for opportunity scholarships, including from prior-year appropria-
tions Acts, may be made available only for scholarships to students 
who received scholarships in the 2009–2010 school year: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
Act for opportunity scholarships may be used by an eligible student 
to enroll in a participating school under the DC School Choice 
Incentive Act of 2003 unless (1) the participating school has and 
maintains a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the District 
of Columbia; (2) the core subject matter teachers of the eligible 
student hold 4-year bachelor’s degrees; and (3) the participating 
school is in compliance with the accreditation and other standards 
prescribed under the District of Columbia compulsory school attend-
ance laws that apply to educational institutions not affiliated with 
the District of Columbia Public Schools: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Education shall submit a report to Congress not 
later than June 15, 2010 detailing the academic rigor and quality 
of each participating school and that for the purposes of submitting 
the report the Secretary shall administer to eligible students partici-
pating in the program the same tests of academic performance
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as those administered to students enrolled in the District of 
Columbia Public Schools in the 2009–2010 school year and the 
Secretary shall utilize the performance of scholarship recipients 
on that test as well as other metrics of academic quality considered 
appropriate by the Secretary to evaluate the academic rigor and 
quality of participating schools and include in this report compara-
tive data on District of Columbia Public Schools and Public Charter 
Schools: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall 
ensure that site inspections of participating schools are conducted 
at least twice annually. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR CONSOLIDATED LABORATORY FACILITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $15,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011, for costs associated 
with the construction of a consolidated bioterrorism and forensics 
laboratory: Provided, That the District of Columbia provides a 100 
percent match for this payment. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National 
Guard, $375,000, to remain available until expended for the District 
of Columbia National Guard retention and college access programs, 
which shall hereafter be known as the ‘‘Major General David F. 
Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and 
College Access Program’’. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $17,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011, to support permanent 
supportive housing programs in the District. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR YOUTH SERVICES 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $4,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011, to support the ‘‘Recon-
necting Disconnected Youth’’ initiative. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of 
the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’), except as otherwise 
specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act, (114 Stat. 2440; D.C. Official Code, 
section 1–204.50a) and provisions of the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget 
Request Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2010 under 
this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the total 
revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or 
$10,016,041,000 (of which $5,637,824,000 shall be from local funds, 
(including $394,417,000 from dedicated taxes) $2,661,782,000 shall 
be from Federal grant funds, $1,711,249,000 shall be from other 
funds, and $5,187,000 shall be from private funds); in addition, 
$185,725,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act as
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Federal payments, which does not include funds appropriated under 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–5): Provided further, That of the local funds, such amounts 
as may be necessary may be derived from the District’s General 
Fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds the District’s 
intradistrict authority shall be $791,096,000: in addition for capital 
construction projects, an increase of $3,249,642,000, of which 
$2,685,760,000 shall be from local funds, $54,893,000 from the 
District of Columbia Highway Trust fund, $186,805,000 from the 
Local Street Maintenance fund, $322,184,000 from Federal grant 
funds, and a rescission of $1,834,494,000 from local funds and 
a rescission of $91,327,000 from Local Street Maintenance funds 
appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years for a net 
amount of $1,323,821,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided under this heading are 
to be available, allocated and expended as proposed under Title 
III of the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request Act at the rate set 
forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds Division of Expenses’’ 
of the Fiscal Year 2010 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub-
mitted to the Congress of the United States by the District of 
Columbia on September 28, 2009: Provided further, That this 
amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, 
which are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 
capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall be 
approved by enactment of local District law and shall comply with 
all reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 777; D.C. Official Code sec. 1–201.01 
et seq.): Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to 
assure that the District of Columbia meets these requirements, 
including the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
appropriations and funds made available to the District during 
fiscal year 2010, 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. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2010’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $1,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which not to 
exceed $1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses. 
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Founda-
tion, established by section 423 of Public Law 102–281, $750,000, 
to remain available until expended.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recognize 
non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $118,200,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2011, to implement the Virginia 
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act grant program as provided 
by section 1405 of Public Law 110–140 (15 U.S.C. 8004). 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $17,959,000, of which $3,500,000 
shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002: Provided, That $750,000 shall be for 
the Help America Vote College Program as authorized by the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002: Provided further, That $300,000 shall 
be for a competitive grant program to support community involve-
ment in student and parent mock elections. 
ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses relating to election reform programs, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$70,000,000 shall be for requirements payments under part 1 of 
subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–252), $3,000,000 shall be for grants to carry out research 
on voting technology improvements as authorized under part 3 
of subtitle D of title II of such Act, and $2,000,000, shall be to 
conduct a pilot program for grants to States and units of local 
government for pre-election logic and accuracy testing and post- 
election voting systems verification. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase 
and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $335,794,000: Provided, That 
$335,794,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected 
pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 
1934, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this