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serve at the pleasure of, and shall act under the
direction and control of the Chief Financial Of-
ficer, and shall be considered at-will employees
not covered by the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of
1978.
‘‘(B) OFFICES
DESCRIBED.—The offices
referred to in this subparagraph are as follows:
‘‘(i) The Office of the Treasurer (or
any successor office).
‘‘(ii) The Controller of the District of
Columbia (or any successor office).
‘‘(iii) The Office of the Budget (or
any successor office).
‘‘(iv) The Office of Financial Informa-
tion Services (or any successor office).
‘‘(v) The Department of Finance and
Revenue (or any successor office).
‘‘(vi) The District of Columbia Lot-
tery and Charitable Games Control Board
(or any successor office).
‘‘(C) REMOVAL
OF
PERSONNEL
BY
AU-
THORITY.—In addition to the power of the
Chief Financial Officer to remove any of the
personnel covered under this paragraph, the
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Authority may remove any such personnel for
cause, after written consultation with the Mayor
and the Chief Financial Officer.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
152(a) of the District of Columbia Appropriations
Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321-
102) is hereby repealed.
(B) Section 142(a) of the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–194;
110 Stat. 2375) is hereby repealed.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of the District of Columbia Appro-
priations Act, 1996, except that the amendment
made by paragraph (2)(B) shall take effect as if in-
cluded in the enactment of the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1997.
(b) PERSONNEL AUTHORITY UNDER MANAGEMENT
REFORM PLANS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11105(b) of the Bal-
anced Budget Act of 1997 is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and
(4)’’; and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR PERSONNEL UNDER DI-
RECTION AND CONTROL OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI-
CER.—This subsection shall not apply with respect
to any personnel who are appointed by, serve at the
pleasure of, and act under the direction and control
of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia pursuant to section 424(a)(4) of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of section 11105(b) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997.
(c) INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 424(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(D.C. Code, sec. 47–317.1) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) EXCLUSION FROM CONTRACTING AUTHOR-
ITY OF MAYOR.—The Mayor may not enter into any
contract, or issue any order, rule, or regulation, with
respect to any authority or activity under the juris-
diction of the Chief Financial Officer. Nothing in
this paragraph may be construed to affect the ability
of the Mayor to remove the Chief Financial Officer
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from office during a year other than a control
year.’’.
(d) AUTHORITY OVER DISTRICT MEDICAID PRO-
GRAM DURING CONTROL YEARS.—Section 424(c) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47–
317.3) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(18) Administering the State plan for medical
assistance for the District of Columbia under title
XIX of the Social Security Act, including exercising
all responsibilities over the finances and personnel of
the Office for Public Health Financing or any suc-
cessor office responsible for administering such
plan.’’.
(e) MONTHLY REPORTS
ON REVENUES
AND EX-
PENDITURES; INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON ALL ENTI-
TIES OF DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.—Section 424(d) of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47–
317.4) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(8) Preparing monthly reports containing the
following information (and submitting such reports
to Congress, the Council, the Mayor, and the Au-
thority not later than the 21st day of the month fol-
lowing the month covered by the report):
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‘‘(A) The cash flow of the District govern-
ment, including a statement of funds received
and disbursed for all standard categories of rev-
enues and expenses.
‘‘(B) The revenues and expenditures of the
District government, including a comparison of
the amounts projected for such revenues and
expenditures in the annual budget for the fiscal
year involved with actual revenues and expendi-
tures during the month.
‘‘(C) The obligations of funds made by or
on behalf of the District government, together
with a statement of accounts payable and the
disbursements paid towards such accounts dur-
ing the month and during the fiscal year in-
volved.
‘‘(9) Ensuring that any regular report on the
status of the funds of the District government pre-
pared by the Chief Financial Officer includes infor-
mation on the funds of all entities within the Dis-
trict government (including funds in any accounts of
the Authority and interest earned on such ac-
counts).’’.
(f) CLARIFICATION
OF GROUNDS
FOR REMOVAL
FROM OFFICE.—Section 424(b)(2) of the District of Co-
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lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47–317.2(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graphs:
‘‘(C) CONSULTATION
WITH
CONGRESS.—
The Authority or the Mayor (whichever is appli-
cable) may remove the Chief Financial Officer
under this paragraph only after the expiration
of the 30-day period which begins on the date
the Authority or the Mayor (as the case may
be) submits a written statement to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, explain-
ing the factual circumstances involved.
‘‘(D) FOR CAUSE DEFINED.—For purposes
of this paragraph, removal ‘for cause’ means re-
moval on any of the following grounds:
‘‘(i) Permanent disability.
‘‘(ii) Inefficiency.
‘‘(iii) Neglect of duty.
‘‘(iv) Malfeasance.
‘‘(v) A felony or conduct involving
moral turpitude.’’.
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(g) PERMITTING SELECTION OF LEGAL COUNSEL.—
Section 424(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(D.C. Code, sec. 47–317.1), as amended by subsection (c),
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) SELECTION OF COUNSEL.—In any action
brought by or on behalf of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer, and in any action brought against the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, the Chief Financial Officer shall be
represented by such counsel as it may select, includ-
ing the Corporation Counsel of the District of Co-
lumbia.’’.
POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTER DISABILITY RETIREMENTS
SEC. 141. (a) DETERMINATIONS OF DISABILITY STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Retirement Reform Act or any other law,
rule, or regulation, for purposes of any retirement pro-
gram of the District of Columbia for teachers, members
of the Metropolitan Police Department, or members of the
Fire Department, no individual may have disability status
unless the determination of the individual’s disability sta-
tus is made by a single entity designated by the District
to make such determinations (or, if the determination is
made by any other person, if such entity approves the de-
termination).
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(b) ANALYSIS BY ENROLLED ACTUARY OF IMPACT
OF DISABILITY RETIREMENTS.—Not later than January
1, 1998, and every 6 months thereafter, the Mayor of the
District of Columbia shall engage an enrolled actuary (to
be paid by the District of Columbia Retirement Board)
to provide an analysis of the actuarial impact of disability
retirements occurring during the previous 6-month period
on the police and fire fighter retirement programs of the
District of Columbia.
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.
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(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
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.
SPECIAL MASTERS’ BUDGETS
SEC. 143. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 1 of part D
of title IV of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
as amended by section 4(a) of the District of Columbia
Water and Sewer Authority Act of 1996, is amended by
inserting after section 445A the following new section:
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‘‘SPECIAL MASTERS’ BUDGETS
‘‘SEC. 445B. All Special Masters appointed by the
District of Columbia Superior Court or the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia to any agency
of the District of Columbia government shall prepare and
annually submit to the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority, for in-
clusion in the annual budget, annual estimates of expendi-
tures and appropriations. Such annual estimates shall be
approved by the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority and the
Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to section
202 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Act of 1995.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for subpart 1 of part D of title IV of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 445A the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 445B. Special masters’ budgets.’’.
COMMENCING OF ADVERSE ACTIONS FOR POLICE
SEC. 144. Section 1601(b–1) of the District of Co-
lumbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act
of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2–139; D.C.
Code, sec. 1–617.1(b–1)), is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph (1) is amended by striking the phrase
‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting the
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phrase ‘‘Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)’’
in its place.
(b) A new paragraph (3) is added to read as follows:
‘‘(3) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this sub-
section, for members of the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment, no corrective or adverse action shall be commenced
pursuant to this section more than 120 days, not including
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, after the date that
the agency knew or should have known of the act or occur-
rence allegedly constituting cause, as that term is defined
in subsection (d) of this section.’’.
NOTICE TO POLICE OFFICERS FOR OUT-OF-SERVICE
ASSIGNMENTS
SEC. 145. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law or collective bargaining agreement, the Metropoli-
tan Police Department shall change the advance notice
that is required to be given to officers for out-of-schedule
assignments from 28 days to 14 days.
(b) No officer shall be entitled to overtime for out-
of-regular schedule assignments if the Metropolitan Police
Department provides the officer with notice of the change
in assignment at least 14 days in advance.
SEC. 146. Except as provided in this Act under the
heading ‘‘DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXPAYERS RELIEF
FUND’’, any unused surplus as of the end of the fiscal
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year shall be used to reduce the District’s outstanding ac-
cumulated deficit.
RETIREMENT PROGRAMS
SEC. 147. (a) CAP ON STIPENDS OF RETIREMENT
BOARD MEMBERS.—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 period at the end
and inserting the following: ‘‘, and the total amount to
which a member may be entitled under this subsection
during a year (beginning with 1998) may not exceed
$5,000.’’.
(b) RESUMPTION OF CERTAIN TERMINATED ANNU-
ITIES PAID TO CHILD SURVIVORS OF DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (k)(5) of the Po-
licemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 4–622(e)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) If the annuity of a child under subparagraph
(A) or subparagraph (B) terminates because of marriage
and such marriage ends, the annuity shall resume on the
first day of the month in which it ends, but only if the
individual is not otherwise ineligible for the annuity.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any ter-
mination of marriage taking effect on or after No-
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vember 1, 1993, except that benefits shall be payable
only with respect to amounts accruing for periods
beginning on the first day of the month beginning
after the later of such termination of marriage or
such date of enactment.
PAY RAISE FOR POLICE OFFICERS
SEC. 148. Effective for the first full pay period fol-
lowing the date of the enactment of this Act, the salary
of any sworn officer of the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment shall be increased by 5 percent if—
(1) the officer performs primarily nonadminis-
trative public safety services; and
(2) the officer is certified by the Chief of the
Department as having met the minimum ‘‘Basic
Certificate’’ standards transmitted by the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority to Congress by letter dated
May 19, 1997, or (if applicable) the minimum stand-
ards under any physical fitness and performance
standards developed by the Department in consulta-
tion with the Authority.
PROHIBITING INCREASE IN WELFARE PAYMENTS
SEC. 149. Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act (sec. 1–233(a), D.C. Code) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(9);
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(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, or rule which
increases the amount of payment which may be for
any individual under the Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families Program to an amount greater than
the amount provided under such program under the
District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982,
as in effect on the day after the effective date of the
Public Assistance Temporary Amendment Act of
1997.’’.
SEC. 150. Effective as if included in the enactment
of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropria-
tions Act of 1996, section 517 of such Act (110 Stat.
1321–248) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 1991’’ and
inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment of this Act’’.
LIENS OF WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
SEC. 151. (a) REQUIRING IMPOSITION OF LIEN FOR
UNPAID BILLS.—The District of Columbia Water and
Sewer Authority shall take action to impose a lien against
each property with respect to which any payment owed
to the Authority is past due, but only if the payment is
past due for 60 or more consecutive days.
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(b) DISPOSITION
OF LIENS THROUGH PRIVATE
SOURCES.—Beginning January 31, 1998, the District of
Columbia Water and Sewer Authority shall dispose of all
pending liens imposed for the collection of amounts owed
to the Authority by assigning the right to collect under
such liens to a private entity in exchange for a cash pay-
ment, or by issuing securities secured by such liens.
MODIFICATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES OF AUTHORITY
SEC. 152. (a) RESTRICTIONS
ON POWER OVER
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
Section 207(d) of the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995
(D.C. Code, sec. 47–392.7(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection
(c),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c) (and except as
provided in paragraph (4)),’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI-
CER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Effective July 1,
1997, the Authority may not enter into any con-
tract, or issue any order, rule, or regulation, under
this subsection with respect to any authority or ac-
tivity (including activities relating to personnel man-
agement) under the jurisdiction of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer or Inspector General of the District of
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Columbia. Nothing in this paragraph may be con-
strued to affect the ability of the Authority to re-
move the Chief Financial Officer or Inspector Gen-
eral from office during a control year.’’.
(b) DEEMED APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS SUBMITTED
FOR REVIEW.—Section 203(b) of such Act (D.C. Code,
sec. 47–392.3(b)), as amended by section 5203(d) of the
Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009-1456), is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(5) DEEMED
APPROVAL.—If the Authority
does not notify the Mayor (or the appropriate officer
or agent of the District government) that it has de-
termined that a contract or lease submitted under
this subsection is consistent with the financial plan
and budget or is not consistent with the financial
plan and budget during the 30-day period which be-
gins on the first day after the Authority receives the
contract or lease, the Authority shall be deemed to
have determined that the contract or lease is consist-
ent with the financial plan and budget.’’.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
SEC. 153. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall enter into a con-
tract with a private entity under which the entity shall
carry out the following activities (by contract or otherwise)
on behalf of the District of Columbia:
(1) In accordance with the requirements of sub-
section (b), the establishment and operation of an
update of the present financial management system
for the government of the District of Columbia by
not later than June 30, 1998, to provide for the
complete, accurate, and timely input and processing
of financial data and the generation of reliable out-
put reports for financial management purposes.
(2) To execute a process in accordance with
‘‘best practice’’ procedures of the information tech-
nology industry to determine the need, if any, of fur-
ther improving the updated financial management
system in subsection (a).
(b) SPECIFICATIONS FOR SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.—For purposes
of subsection (a)(1), the requirements of this subsection
are as follows:
(1) The original vendor of the financial man-
agement system of the government of the District of
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Columbia in use as of October 1, 1996, shall update
the system to its most recent version.
(2) An information technology vendor shall op-
erate the financial data center environment of the
District government to ensure that its equipment
and operations are compatible with the updated fi-
nancial management system.
(3) A financial consulting vendor shall carry out
an assessment of the District government employees
who work with the financial management system,
provide training in the operation of the updated sys-
tem for those who are capable of effectively using
the system, and provide recommendations to the
Chief Financial Officer regarding those who are not
capable of effectively using the system, including
recommendations for reassignment or for separation
from District government employment.
(c) CERTIFICATION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
FOR ACQUISITION OF LONG-TERM FINANCIAL MANAGE-
MENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Financial Officer
of the District of Columbia shall enter into a con-
tract with a private entity under which the entity
shall conduct an independent assessment to certify
whether the District government (including the Dis-
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trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Man-
agement Assistance Authority) has established and
implemented policies and procedures that will result
in a disciplined approach to the acquisition of a fi-
nancial management system for the District govern-
ment, including policies and procedures with respect
to such items as—
(A) software acquisition planning,
(B) solicitation,
(C) requirements, development, and man-
agement,
(D) project office management,
(E) contract tracking and oversight,
(F) evaluation of products and services
provided by the contractor, and
(G) the method that will be used to carry
out a successful transition to the delivered sys-
tem by its users.
(2) MODEL FOR ASSESSMENT.—The independ-
ent assessment shall be performed based on the
Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model de-
veloped by the Software Engineering Institute or a
comparable methodology.
(3) REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT.—A copy of the
independent assessment shall be provided to the
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Comptroller General, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, and the Inspector General
of the District of Columbia, who shall review and
prepare a report on the assessment.
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON SPENDING FOR OTHER FI-
NANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROCUREMENT AND DE-
VELOPMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds made
available under this or any other Act may be used
to improve or replace the financial management sys-
tem of the government of the District of Columbia
(including the procuring of hardware and installa-
tion of new software, conversion, testing, and train-
ing) until the expiration of the 30-day period which
begins on the date the Comptroller General, Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, and In-
spector General of the District of Columbia submit
a report under subsection (c)(3) to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate, the Committee on Governmental Re-
form and Oversight of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, which certifies that the District government
has established and implemented the policies and
procedures described in subsection (c)(1).
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(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to funds used to carry out subsection (a) or
to carry out the contract described in subsection (c).
POWERS AND DUTIES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SEC. 154. (a) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO
CONDUCT AUDITS.—
(1) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR
INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT.—None of the funds
made available under this Act or any other Act may
be used to carry out any contract to conduct the an-
nual audit of the complete financial statement and
report of the activities of the District government for
fiscal year 1997 or any succeeding fiscal year unless
the contract is entered into by the Inspector General
of the District of Columbia.
(2) SCOPE
OF
AUDITS.—Section 208(a) the
District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of
1985 (sec. 1–1182.8(a), D.C. Code) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) The Inspector General may include in any audits
conducted pursuant to this subsection (by contract or oth-
erwise) of the activities of the District government such
audits of the activities of the Authority as the Inspector
General considers appropriate.’’.
(b) INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 208(a)(1) of such Act (sec. 1–1182.8(a)(1), D.C.
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Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(F) The Mayor may not enter into any contract, or
issue any order, rule, or regulation with respect to any
authority or activity under the jurisdiction of the Inspector
General. Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed
to affect the ability of the Mayor to remove the Inspector
General from office during a year other than a control
year.’’.
(c) CLARIFICATION
OF GROUNDS
FOR REMOVAL
FROM OFFICE.—Section 208(a)(1) of such Act (sec. 1–
1182.8(a)(1), D.C. Code), as amended by subsection (b),
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
‘‘(G) The Authority or the Mayor (whichever is appli-
cable) may remove the Inspector General under this para-
graph only after the expiration of the 30-day period which
begins on the date the Authority or the Mayor (as the
case may be) submits a written statement to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, ex-
plaining the factual circumstances involved.
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‘‘(H) For purposes of subparagraph (A), removal ‘for
cause’ means removal on any of the following grounds:
‘‘(i) Permanent disability.
‘‘(ii) Inefficiency.
‘‘(iii) Neglect of duty.
‘‘(iv) Malfeasance.
‘‘(v) A felony or conduct involving moral turpi-
tude.’’.
(d) REQUIRING PLACEMENT OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL HOTLINE ON PERMIT AND LICENSE APPLICATION
FORMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each District of Columbia
permit or license application form printed after the
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the
date of the enactment of this Act shall include the
telephone number established by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia for reporting in-
stances of waste, fraud, and abuse, together with a
brief description of the uses and purposes of such
number.
(2) QUARTERLY
REPORTS
ON
USE
OF
NUM-
BER.—Not later than 10 days after the end of such
calendar quarter of each fiscal year (beginning with
fiscal year 1998), the Inspector General of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall submit a report to Congress
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on the number and nature of the calls received
through the telephone number described in para-
graph (1) during the quarter and on the waste,
fraud, and abuse detected as a result of such calls.
REQUIRING USE OF DIRECT DEPOSIT OR MAIL FOR ALL
PAYMENTS
SEC. 155. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law (including any law or regulation
providing for collective bargaining or the enforcement of
any collective bargaining agreement) or collective bargain-
ing agreement, any payment made by the District of Co-
lumbia during fiscal year 1998 or any succeeding fiscal
year to any person shall be made by—
(1) direct deposit through electronic funds
transfer to a checking, savings, or other account des-
ignated by the person; or
(2) a check delivered through the United States
Postal Service to the person’s place of residence or
business.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia is authorized to issue rules to
carry out this section.
REVISION OF CERTAIN AUDITING REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 156. (a) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN INDE-
PENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT.—Effective with respect to fis-
cal year 1997 and each succeeding fiscal year, the inde-