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SEC. 128. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who rep-
resents 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 attor-
ney 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 compensa-
tion under section 11–2604(b)(1), District of Colum-
bia Code, except that compensation and reimburse-
ment in excess of such maximum may be approved for
extended or complex representation in accordance
with section 11–2604(c), District of Columbia Code.
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.
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
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enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting
couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), in-
cluding but not limited to registration for the purpose of
extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to
such couples on the same basis that such benefits are ex-
tended 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—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obligations,
year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total
fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget, bro-
ken out on the basis of control center, responsibility
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 object,
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
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contractor; the budget to which the contract is
charged, broken out on the basis of control center, re-
sponsibility 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 con-
tract and total payments made for the contract and
any modifications, extensions, renewals; and specific
modifications made to each contract in the last
month;
(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 orga-
nizational structure of the D.C. Public Schools, dis-
playing previous and current control centers and re-
sponsibility centers, the names of the organizational
entities that have been changed, the name of the staff
member supervising each entity affected, and the rea-
sons 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
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in the public school system and the university, respectively.
The annual report shall set forth—
(1) the number of validated schedule A positions
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 posi-
tions by control center, responsibility center, funding
source, position type, position title, pay plan, grade,
and annual salary; and
(2) a compilation of all employees in the District
of Columbia public schools and the University of the
District of Columbia as of the preceding December 31,
verified as to its accuracy in accordance with the
functions that each employee actually performs, by
control center, responsibility center, agency 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 sub-
section (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.
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SEC. 133. (a) No later than October 1, 1999, or within
30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, and each succeeding year, the
Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools
and the University of the District of Columbia shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the
District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission,
and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, a revised appropriated
funds operating budget for the public school system and the
University of the District of Columbia 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 services, 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 sub-
mit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion
in the Mayor’s budget submission to the Council of the Dis-
trict 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).
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SEC. 134. The District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility 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 Uni-
versity of the District of Columbia School of Law shall vote
on and approve the respective annual or revised budgets for
such entities before submission to the Mayor of the District
of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor’s budget submission
to the Council of the District of Columbia in accordance
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.
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 Co-
lumbia for fiscal year 2000 under the caption ‘‘Divi-
sion of Expenses’’ shall not exceed the lesser of—
(A) the sum of the total revenues of the Dis-
trict of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
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(B) $5,486,829,000 (of which $152,753,000
shall 
be 
from 
intra-District 
funds 
and
$3,108,304,000 shall be from local funds), which
amount may be increased by the following:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions, which are ex-
pended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital
needs approved by the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority; or
(ii) after notification to the Council, additional ex-
penditures which the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia certifies will produce additional revenues dur-
ing such fiscal year at least equal to 200 percent of such
additional expenditures, and that are approved by the Au-
thority.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Chief Financial Officer
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 Fi-
nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made
available to the District during fiscal year 2000, ex-
cept that the Chief Financial Officer may not repro-
gram for operating expenses any funds derived from
bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital
projects.
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(b) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS NOT INCLUDED
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 Re-
sponsibility 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 gov-
ernment that are not reflected in the amounts appro-
priated in this Act.
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
REPORT AND AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—No such Fed-
eral, private, or other grant may be accepted, obli-
gated, 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 regarding
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 provi-
sions of the District of Columbia Financial Re-
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sponsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995.
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPATION
OF APPROVAL OR RECEIPT.—No amount may be obli-
gated or expended from the general fund or other
funds of the District government in anticipation of
the approval or receipt of a grant under paragraph
(2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipation of the ap-
proval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant
not subject to such paragraph.
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall prepare a
quarterly report setting forth detailed information re-
garding all Federal, private, and other grants subject
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 Rep-
resentatives 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 Committee on
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Government Reform of the House, and the Committee on
Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing an itemized
accounting of all non-appropriated funds obligated or ex-
pended by the Authority for the quarter. The report shall
include information on the date, amount, purpose, and ven-
dor name, and a description of the services or goods pro-
vided with respect to the expenditures of such funds.
SEC. 136. If a department or agency of the government
of the District of Columbia is under the administration 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 District of Colum-
bia for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures and
appropriations necessary for the maintenance and oper-
ation 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 District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act, without revision but subject to the
Mayor’s recommendations. Notwithstanding any provision
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved De-
cember 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 annual estimates but
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shall have no authority under such Act to revise such esti-
mates.
SEC. 137. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of Co-
lumbia public schools shall be—
(1) classified as an Educational Service em-
ployee;
(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.
SEC. 138. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle
unless the officer 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 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 re-
sides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise designated
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by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the discretion of the
Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the D.C. Fire and
Emergency Ambulance Department who resides in the Dis-
trict 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).
(b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall sub-
mit, by November 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 in-
clude, 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 vehi-
cle; annual operating and maintenance costs; current mile-
age; 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. 139. (a) For purposes of determining the amount
of funds expended by any entity within the District of Co-
lumbia government during fiscal year 2000 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year, any expenditures of the District govern-
ment attributable to any officer or employee of the District
government who provides services which are within the au-
thority and jurisdiction of the entity (including any por-
tion of the compensation paid to the officer or employee at-
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tributable to the time spent in providing such services) shall
be treated as expenditures made from the entity’s budget,
without regard to whether the officer or employee is assigned
to the entity or otherwise treated as an officer or employee
of the entity.
(b) The District of Columbia Government Comprehen-
sive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1
et seq.), as amended, is further amended in section 2408(a)
by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (b),
by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (i),
by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’; and in sub-
section (k), by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 140. 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 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.