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loans made to Charter Schools, and repayment of dollars utilized
to support credit enhancement earned in this or any fiscal year:
Provided further, That the account shall be under the control of
the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer who shall use
those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out the Credit
Enhancement Program, Direct Loan Fund Grant Program, and
any other charter school financing under the management of the
Office: Provided further, That in this and subsequent fiscal years
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall conduct an annual
audit of the funds expended by the Office and provide an annual
financial report to the Mayor, the Council of the District of
Columbia, the Office of the District of Columbia Treasurer and
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate for these funds showing, by object class, the expendi-
tures made and the purpose therefor: Provided further, That not
more than $250,000 of the total amount appropriated for this pro-
gram may be used for administrative expenses and training
expenses related to the cost of the National Charter School Con-
ference(s) to be hosted by December 2006; and no more than 5
percent of the funds appropriated for the direct loan fund may
be used for administrative expenses related to the administration
and annual audit of the direct loan, grant, and credit enhancement
programs.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS LABORATORY
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $8,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2006, for design, planning,
and procurement costs associated with the construction of a bioter-
rorism and forensics laboratory: Provided, That the District of
Columbia shall provide an additional $2,300,000 with local funds
as a condition of receiving this payment.
TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
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, 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 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a) and provisions of
this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2005 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
$6,199,114,000 (of which $4,165,485,000 shall be from local funds,
$1,687,554,000 shall be from Federal grant funds, $332,761,000
shall be from other funds, and $13,314,000 shall be from private
funds), in addition, $114,900,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act as Federal payments: 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
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all reserve requirements contained in the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act as amended by this Act: 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 2005, except that the Chief Finan-
cial Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital
projects.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $416,069,000 (including
$261,068,000 from local funds, $100,256,000 from Federal grant
funds, and $54,745,000 from other funds), in addition, $32,500,000
from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘Federal Payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia’’, and $500,000 from funds previously appropriated
in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Foster Care
Improvements in the District of Columbia’’ shall be available to
the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: Provided,
That not to exceed $9,300 for the Mayor, $9,300 for the Chairman
of the Council of the District of Columbia, $9,300 for the City
Administrator, and $9,300 for the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer shall be available from this appropriation for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That any pro-
gram fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be available
for the payment of expenses of the debt management program
of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues
from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations or
activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood Compact
Commission: Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall
identify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from
its own locally generated revenues: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued
March 18, 1986, the Office of the Chief Technology Officer’s dele-
gated 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 employee of the District
of Columbia government, for purchases that do not exceed $500,000.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $334,745,000 (including
$55,764,000 from local funds, $93,050,000 from Federal grant funds,
$185,806,000 from other funds, and $125,000 from private funds),
of which $13,000,000 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