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(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the 2005 District 
of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act. 
SEC. 809. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 810. 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 section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or a District of Columbia government em-
ployee as may otherwise be designated by the Chief 
of the Department; 
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(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 
the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 
Director; 
(4) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(5) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 811. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
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on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 812. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster-
ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 
illegal drug. 
SEC. 813. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 814. (a) Notwithstanding section 615(i)(3)(B) 
of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1415(i)(3)(B)), none of the funds contained in this 
Act or in any other Act making appropriations for the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2009 
or any succeeding fiscal year may be made available— 
(1) to pay the fees of an attorney who rep-
resents a party in or defends an IDEA proceeding 
which was initiated prior to the date of the enact-
ment of this Act in an amount in excess of $4,000 
for that proceeding; or 
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