Calendar No. 522
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4649
[Report No. 103–313]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the government of the
District of Columbia and other activities charge-
able in whole or in part against the revenues of
said District for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes.
JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994
Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 522
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4649
[Report No. 103–313]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994
Reported by Mr. KOHL, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the government of the District
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole
or in part against the revenues of said District for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
FISCAL YEAR 1995 APPROPRIATIONS
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year 
ending 
September 
30, 
1995, 
$667,930,000
$647,930,000, as authorized by section 502(a) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Re-
organization Act, Public Law 93–198, as amended (D.C.
Code, sec. 47–3406.1).
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO RETIREMENT FUNDS
For the Federal contribution to the Police Officers
and Fire Fighters’, Teachers’, and Judges’ Retirement
Funds, as authorized by the District of Columbia Retire-
ment Reform Act, approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat.
866; Public Law 96–122), $52,070,000.
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $81,159,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor,
$2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the District
of Columbia, and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall
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be available from this appropriation for expenditures for
official purposes: Provided further, That any program 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 not-
withstanding any other provision of law, there is hereby
appropriated from the earnings of the applicable retire-
ment funds $12,432,000 to pay legal, management, in-
vestment, and other fees and administrative expenses of
the District of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board
shall provide to the Congress and to the Council of the
District of Columbia a quarterly report of the allocations
of charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia Retirement
Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal to the
Council of the District of Columbia, an item accounting
of the planned use of appropriated funds in time for each
annual budget submission and the actual use of such
funds in time for each annual audited financial report:
Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources
shall be used to support the operations or activities of the
Statehood Commission and Statehood Compact Commis-
sion: Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall
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identify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood
from its own locally generated revenues.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $56,343,000:
Provided, That the District of Columbia Housing Finance
Agency, established by section 201 of the District of Co-
lumbia Housing Finance Agency Act, effective March 3,
1979 (D.C. Law 2–135; D.C. Code, sec. 45–2111), based
upon its capability of repayments as determined each year
by the Council of the District of Columbia from the Hous-
ing Finance Agency’s annual audited financial statements
to the Council of the District of Columbia, shall repay to
the general fund an amount equal to the appropriated ad-
ministrative costs plus interest at a rate of four percent
per annum for a term of 15 years, with a deferral of pay-
ments for the first three years: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the foregoing provision, the obligation to
repay all or part of the amounts due shall be subject to
the rights of the owners of any bonds or notes issued by
the Housing Finance Agency and shall be repaid to the
District of Columbia government only from available oper-
ating revenues of the Housing Finance Agency that are
in excess of the amounts required for debt service, reserve
funds, and operating expenses: Provided further, That
upon commencement of the debt service payments, such
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payments shall be deposited into the general fund of the
District of Columbia.
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Human resources development, $41,046,000.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase of 135
passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, includ-
ing 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year, $884,926,000: Provided, That the
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace
not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Fire
Department of the District of Columbia is authorized to
replace not to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles an-
nually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle
exceeds three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail-
able from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for
the prevention and detection of crime: Provided further,
That the Metropolitan Police Department shall provide
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and
improve the professionalism in the department: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
or Mayor’s Order 86–45, issued March 18, 1986, the Met-
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ropolitan Police Department’s delegated small purchase
authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia government may not require the Met-
ropolitan Police Department to submit to any other pro-
curement 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: Provided further, That funds
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia
Criminal Justice Act, approved September 3, 1974 (88
Stat. 1090; Public Law 93–412; D.C. Code, sec. 11–2601
et seq.), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995,
shall be available for obligations incurred under the Act
in each fiscal year since inception in the fiscal year 1975:
Provided further, That funds appropriated for expenses
under the District of Columbia Neglect Representation
Equity Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C. Law
5–129; D.C. Code, sec. 16–2304), for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 1995, shall be available for obligations
incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since inception
in the fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated for expenses under the District of Columbia
Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power
of Attorney Act of 1986, effective February 27, 1987
(D.C. Law 6–204; D.C. Code, sec. 21–2060), for the fiscal
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year ending September 30, 1995, shall be available for ob-
ligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since
inception in fiscal year 1989: Provided further, That not
to exceed $1,500 for the Chief Judge of the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals, $1,500 for the Chief Judge
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and
$1,500 for the Executive Officer of the District of Colum-
bia Courts shall be available from this appropriation for
official purposes: Provided further, That the District of
Columbia shall operate and maintain a free, 24-hour tele-
phone information service whereby residents of the area
surrounding Lorton prison in Fairfax County, Virginia,
can promptly obtain information from District of Colum-
bia government officials on all disturbances at the prison,
including escapes, fires, riots, and similar incidents: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia government
shall also take steps to publicize the availability of the 24-
hour telephone information service among the residents of
the area surrounding the Lorton prison: Provided further,
That not to exceed $100,000 of this appropriation shall
be used to reimburse Fairfax County, Virginia, and Prince
William County, Virginia, for expenses incurred by the
counties during the fiscal year ending September 30,
1995, in relation to the Lorton prison complex: Provided
further, That such reimbursements shall be paid in all in-
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stances in which the District requests the counties to pro-
vide police, fire, rescue, and related services to help deal
with escapes, fires, riots, and similar disturbances involv-
ing the prison: Provided further, That the Mayor shall re-
imburse the District of Columbia National Guard for ex-
penses incurred in connection with services that are per-
formed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia
status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that
shall be jointly determined and certified as due and pay-
able for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding
General of the District of Columbia National Guard: Pro-
vided further, That such sums as may be necessary for
reimbursement to the District of Columbia National
Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available from
this appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall
be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emer-
gency services involved.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $720,258,000
$715,330,000, to be allocated as follows: $542,682,000, of
which $1,500,000 shall be used to provide additional sup-
port to title I (chapter I) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), for the public
schools of the District of Columbia; $87,100,000 shall be
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allocated for the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund; $60,348,000 for the University of the District
of Columbia; $21,260,000 for the Public Library, of which
$200,000 shall be transferred to the Children’s Museum;
$3,301,000 for the Commission on the Arts and Human-
ities; and $5,567,000 for the District of Columbia School
of Law $639,000 for the D.C. Law Student Clinical Pro-
gram/Tuition Assistance Program: Provided, That the pub-
lic schools of the District of Columbia are authorized to
accept not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use
in the driver education program: Provided further, That
not to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools,
$2,500 for the President of the University of the District
of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall
be available from this appropriation for expenditures for
official purposes: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall not be available to subsidize the education of non-
residents of the District of Columbia at the University of
the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of
the University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, a tuition rate
schedule that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident
students at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition
rate charged at comparable public institutions of higher
education in the metropolitan area.
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HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $898,034,000: Provided,
That $20,800,000 of this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be available solely for District
of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided
further, That the District shall not provide free govern-
ment services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal
or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar
services to any legally constituted private nonprofit organi-
zation (as defined in section 411(5) of Public Law 100–
77, approved July 22, 1987) providing emergency shelter
services in the District, if the District would not be quali-
fied to receive reimbursement pursuant to the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, approved July 22,
1987 (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100–77; 42 U.S.C.
11301 et seq.).
PUBLIC WORKS
Public works, including rental of one passenger-car-
rying vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-
carrying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of
Columbia and purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles for
replacement only, $195,002,000: Provided, That this ap-
propriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or
miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business.
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WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Fund,
$12,850,000.
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For reimbursement to the United States of funds
loaned in compliance with An Act to provide for the estab-
lishment of a modern, adequate, and efficient hospital cen-
ter in the District of Columbia, approved August 7, 1946
(60 Stat. 896; Public Law 79–648); section 1 of An Act
to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Colum-
bia to borrow funds for capital improvement programs and
to amend provisions of law relating to Federal Govern-
ment participation in meeting costs of maintaining the
Nation’s Capital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat.
183; Public Law 85–451; D.C. Code, sec. 9–219); section
4 of An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia to plan, construct, operate, and maintain a
sanitary sewer to connect the Dulles International Airport
with the District of Columbia system, approved June 12,
1960 (74 Stat. 211; Public Law 86–515); sections 723
and 743(f) of the District of Columbia Self-Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved
December 24, 1973, as amended (87 Stat. 821; Public
Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321, note; 91 Stat.
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1156; Public Law 95–131; D.C. Code, sec. 9–219, note),
including interest as required thereby, $306,768,000.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000
general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30,
1990, $38,678,000, as authorized by section 461(a) of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental
Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1973, as
amended (105 Stat. 540; Public Law 102–106; D.C. Code,
sec. 47–321(a)).
SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For short-term borrowing, $5,000,000.
OPTICAL AND DENTAL BENEFITS
For optical and dental costs for nonunion employees,
$3,312,000.
PAY ADJUSTMENT
For pay increases and related costs, to be transferred
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia within the var-
ious appropriation headings in this Act for fiscal year
1995 from which employees are properly payable,
$106,095,000.
D.C. GENERAL HOSPITAL DEFICIT PAYMENT
For the purpose of reimbursing the General Fund for
costs incurred for the operation of the D.C. General Hos-
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pital pursuant to D.C. Law 1–134, the D.C. General Hos-
pital Commission Act of 1977, $10,000,000.
RAINY DAY FUND
For mandatory unavoidable expenditures within one
or several of the various appropriation headings of this
Act, to be allocated to the budgets for personal services
and nonpersonal services as requested by the Mayor and
approved by the Council pursuant to the procedures in sec-
tion 4 of the Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, effective
September 16, 1980 (D.C. Law 3–100; D.C. Code, sec.
47–363), $22,508,000.
JOB-PRODUCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES
For tax incentive programs to be enacted by the
Council targeted specifically to stimulating job-producing
economic development in the District, $22,600,000.
CASH RESERVE FUND
For the purpose of a cash reserve fund to replenish
the consolidated cash balances of the District of Columbia,
$3,957,000.
PERSONAL AND NONPERSONAL SERVICES ADJUSTMENTS
The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expendi-
tures for personal and nonpersonal services in the amount
of $5,702,000 $20,774,000, within one or several of the
various appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That
no reduction shall be taken in the following departments
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and agencies: Department of Finance and Revenue, Depart-
ment of Housing and Community Development, Depart-
ment of Public and Assisted Housing, Metropolitan Police
Department, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Depart-
ment, Police and Fire Retirement, Judge’s Retirement, D.C.
Courts (Court of Appeals; Superior Court; court system),
Corporation Counsel, Public Defender Service, Department
of Corrections, Board of Education (Public Schools), Teach-
er’s Retirement and Annuity Fund, Department of Human
Services, D.C. General Hospital Payment, Department of
Public Works, and all accounts listed under the ‘‘Finance
and Other Uses’’ appropriations account.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
For construction projects, $5,600,000, as authorized
by An Act authorizing the laying of water mains and serv-
ice sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of as-
sessments therefor, and for other purposes, approved April
22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58–140; D.C. Code,
secs. 43–1512 through 43–1519); the District of Columbia
Public Works Act of 1954, approved May 18, 1954 (68
Stat. 101; Public Law 83–364); An Act to authorize the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia to borrow
funds for capital improvement programs and to amend
provisions of law relating to Federal Government partici-
pation in meeting costs of maintaining the Nation’s Cap-
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ital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public
Law 85–451; including acquisition of sites, preparation of
plans and specifications, conducting preliminary surveys,
erection of structures, including building improvement and
alteration and treatment of grounds, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That $140,000 shall be available
for project management and $110,000 for design by the
Director of the Department of Public Works or by con-
tract for architectural engineering services, as may be de-
termined by the Mayor: Provided further, That funds for
use of each capital project implementing agency shall be
managed and controlled in accordance with all procedures
and limitations established under the Financial Manage-
ment System: Provided further, That all funds provided
by this appropriation title shall be available only for the
specific projects and purposes intended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations for
capital outlay projects, except those projects covered by
the first sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1968, approved August 23, 1968 (82
Stat. 827; Public Law 90–495; D.C. Code, sec. 7–134,
note), for which funds are provided by this appropriation
title, shall expire on September 30, 1996, except author-
izations for projects as to which funds have been obligated
in whole or in part prior to September 30, 1996: Provided
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further, That upon expiration of any such project author-
ization the funds provided herein for the project shall
lapse.
WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund,
$265,653,000, of which $40,160,000 shall be apportioned
and payable to the debt service fund for repayment of
loans and interest incurred for capital improvement
projects: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated
under this heading in prior fiscal years for construction
projects from the water and sewer enterprise fund for the
Washington Aqueduct, $21,365 are rescinded.
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise
Fund, established by the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982,
approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public
Law 97–91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing
the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and
Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District
of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3–172;
D.C. Code, secs. 2–2501 et seq. and 22–1516 et seq.),
$8,318,000, to be derived from non-Federal District of
Columbia revenues: Provided, That the District of Colum-
bia shall identify the source of funding for this appropria-
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tion title from the District’s own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal
sources shall be used to support the operations or activi-
ties of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.
CABLE TELEVISION ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Cable Television Enterprise Fund, estab-
lished by the Cable Television Communications Act of
1981, effective October 22, 1983 (D.C. Law 5–36; D.C.
Code, sec. 43–1801 et seq.), $2,353,000, of which
$140,000 shall be transferred to the general fund of the
District of Columbia.
STARPLEX FUND
For the Starplex Fund, an amount necessary for the
expenses incurred by the Armory Board in the exercise
of its powers granted by An Act to Establish a District
of Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes, ap-
proved June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2–
301 et seq.) and the District of Columbia Stadium Act
of 1957, approved September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Pub-
lic Law 85–300; D.C. Code, sec. 2–321 et seq.): Provided,
That the Mayor shall submit a budget for the Armory
Board for the forthcoming fiscal year as required by sec-
tion 442(b) of the District of Columbia Self-Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved Decem-
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ber 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; Public Law 93–198; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations con-
tained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the
designated certifying official and the vouchers as approved
shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing
official.
SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob-
jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci-
fied, shall be considered as the maximum amount that
may be expended for said purpose or object rather than
an amount set apart exclusively therefor.
SEC. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able, when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for
privately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the
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performance of official duties at rates established by the
Mayor: Provided, That such rates shall not exceed the
maximum prevailing rates for such vehicles as prescribed
in the Federal Property Management Regulations 101–7
(Federal Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues
of organizations concerned with the work of the District
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor:
Provided, That the Council of the District of Columbia
and the District of Columbia Courts may expend such
funds without authorization by the Mayor.
SEC. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of
judgments that have been entered against the District of
Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained
in this section shall be construed as modifying or affecting
the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947,
approved March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84–
460; D.C. Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for the payment of public assistance without reference
to the requirement of section 544 of the District of Colum-