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shall be paid a salary of more than $84,635 during fiscal
year 2000.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000 from
Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds), of which
$15,000,000 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. Code, sec. 1–2271 et seq.),
and the Business Improvement Districts Temporary
Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23): 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 District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, in-
cluding 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the 
current 
fiscal 
year, 
$778,770,000 
(including
$565,511,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal
funds, and $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That
the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace
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not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the De-
partment of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the
District of Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed
five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost
of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of
the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation
for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of
crime: Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police De-
partment 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 Metropolitan Police Department’s dele-
gated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided
further, That the District of Columbia government may not
require the Metropolitan Police Department to submit to
any other procurement review process, or to obtain the ap-
proval 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 the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia
National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with
services that are performed in emergencies by the National
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Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor,
in amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified
as due and payable for these services by the Mayor and the
Commanding General of the District of Columbia National
Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec-
essary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia Na-
tional 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
emergency services involved: Provided further, That the
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to maintain
3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition:
Provided further, That no more than 15 members of the
Metropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or as-
signed to the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of
Police submits a recommendation to the Council for its re-
view: Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for
inmates released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided
further, That commencing on December 31, 1999, the Metro-
politan Police Department shall provide to the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate,
and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of
Representatives, quarterly reports on the status of crime re-
duction in each of the 83 police service areas established
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throughout the District of Columbia: Provided further, That
up to $700,000 in local funds shall be available for the oper-
ations of the Citizen Complaint Review Board.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (includ-
ing $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds), to be allo-
cated as follows: $713,197,000 (including $600,936,000
from local funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds, and
$6,048,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers’ 
Retirement 
Fund;
$17,000,000 from local funds, previously appropriated in
this Act as a Federal payment, for resident tuition support
at public and private institutions of higher learning for eli-
gible District of Columbia residents; $27,885,000 from local
funds for public charter schools: Provided, That if the en-
tirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments
to any public charter schools currently in operation through
the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall be available
for new public charter schools on a per pupil basis: Pro-
vided further, That $480,000 of this amount shall be avail-
able to the District of Columbia Public Charter School
Board for administrative costs: $72,347,000 (including
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$40,491,000 from local funds, $13,536,000 from Federal
funds, and $18,320,000 from other funds) for the University
of the District of Columbia; $24,171,000 (including
$23,128,000 from local funds, $798,000 from Federal funds,
and $245,000 from other funds) for the Public Library;
$2,111,000 (including $1,707,000 from local funds and
$404,000 from Federal funds) for the Commission on the
Arts and Humanities: Provided further, That the public
schools of the District of Columbia are authorized to accept
not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driv-
er 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 official purposes: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this Act may be made avail-
able to pay the salaries of any District of Columbia Public
School teacher, principal, administrator, official, or em-
ployee who knowingly provides false enrollment or attend-
ance information under article II, section 5 of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for compulsory school attendance,
for the taking of a school census in the District of Columbia,
and for other purposes’’, approved February 4, 1925 (D.C.
Code, sec. 31–401 et seq.): Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall not be available to subsidize the education
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of any nonresident of the District of Columbia at any Dis-
trict of Columbia public elementary and secondary school
during fiscal year 2000 unless the nonresident pays tuition
to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent
of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia which are
attributable to the education of the nonresident (as estab-
lished by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia
Public Schools): 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, 2000, a tuition rate sched-
ule that will establish the tuition rate for nonresident stu-
dents at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate
charged at comparable public institutions of higher edu-
cation in the metropolitan area: Provided further, That the
District of Columbia Public Schools shall not spend less
than $365,500,000 on local schools through the Weighted
Student Formula in fiscal year 2000: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall appor-
tion from the budget of the District of Columbia Public
Schools a sum totaling 5 percent of the total budget to be
set aside until the current student count for Public and
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Charter schools has been completed, and that this amount
shall be apportioned between the Public and Charter schools
based on their respective student population count: Pro-
vided further, That the District of Columbia Public Schools
may spend $500,000 to engage in a Schools Without Vio-
lence program based on a model developed by the University
of North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
Human support services, $1,526,361,000 (including
$635,373,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Federal
funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided, That
$25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain available
until expended, shall be available solely for District of Co-
lumbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided fur-
ther, That a peer review committee shall be established to
review medical payments and the type of service received
by a disability compensation claimant: Provided further,
That the District of Columbia shall not provide free govern-
ment services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or
collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar serv-
ices to any legally constituted private nonprofit organiza-
tion, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law
100–77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency shelter
services in the District, if the District would not be quali-
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fied to receive reimbursement pursuant to such Act (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-car-
rying vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia 
and 
leasing 
of 
passenger-carrying 
vehicles,
$271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local funds,
$3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from other
funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from
hotels and places of business.
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
For all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment under court ordered receivership, $342,077,000 (in-
cluding $217,606,000 from local funds, $106,111,000 from
Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia within the various appropriation headings in this
Act for which employees are properly payable.
RESERVE
For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
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lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority, $150,000,000.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (109 Stat.
97; Public Law 104–8), $3,140,000: Provided, That none
of the funds contained in this Act may be used to pay any
compensation of the Executive Director or General Counsel
of the Authority at a rate in excess of the maximum rate
of compensation which may be paid to such individual dur-
ing fiscal year 2000 under section 102 of such Act, as deter-
mined by the Comptroller General (as described in GAO
letter report B–279095.2).
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees di-
rectly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia
to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized
by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia
Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended,
and that funds shall be allocated for expenses associated
with the Wilson Building, $328,417,000 from local funds:
Provided, That for equipment leases, the Mayor may fi-
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nance $27,527,000 of equipment cost, plus cost of issuance
not to exceed 2 percent of the par amount being financed
on a lease purchase basis with a maturity not to exceed
5 years: Provided further, That $5,300,000 is allocated to
the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,200,000 for the
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department,
$350,000 for the Department of Corrections, $15,949,000 for
the Department of Public Works and $2,728,000 for the
Public Benefit Corporation.
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 gen-
eral fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990,
$38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by section
461(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (105
Stat. 540; D.C. Code, sec. 47–321(a)(1)).
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing,
$9,000,000 from local funds.
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
For lease payments in accordance with the Certificates
of Participation involving the land site underlying the
building located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000 from
local funds.
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OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
For 
optical 
and 
dental 
insurance 
payments,
$1,295,000 from local funds.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance 
Authority, 
shall 
finance 
projects 
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds that result in cost savings or
additional revenues, by an amount equal to such financing:
Provided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after
the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on
the status of the projects financed under this heading.
PRODUCTIVITY BANK SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance 
Authority, 
shall 
make 
reductions 
totaling
$20,000,000 in local funds. The reductions are to be allo-
cated to projects funded through the Productivity Bank that
produce cost savings or additional revenues in an amount
equal to the Productivity Bank financing: Provided, That
the Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate by the 15th calendar day after the end of each quar-
ter beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the cost
savings or additional revenues funded under this heading.
PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum-
bia, under the direction of the Mayor and the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, shall make reductions of $14,457,000 for
general supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for man-
agement reform savings, in local funds to one or more of
the appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That the
Mayor shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate by the 15th calendar day after the end of each quar-
ter beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the gen-
eral supply schedule savings and management reform sav-
ings projected under this heading.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and
the Washington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds
(including $236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority
and $43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of which
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$35,222,000 shall be apportioned and payable to the Dis-
trict’s debt service fund for repayment of loans and interest
incurred for capital improvement projects.
For construction projects, $197,169,000, as authorized
by An Act authorizing the laying of watermains and service
sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of assess-
ments therefor, and for other purposes (33 Stat. 244; Public
Law 58–140; D.C. Code, sec. 43–1512 et seq.): Provided,
That the requirements and restrictions that are applicable
to general fund capital improvements projects and set forth
in this Act under the Capital Outlay appropriation title
shall apply to projects approved under this appropriation
title.
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 (95
Stat. 1174 and 1175; Public Law 97–91), for the purpose
of implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Num-
bers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes
in the District of Columbia (D.C. Law 3–172; D.C. Code,
sec. 2–2501 et seq. and sec. 22–1516 et seq.), $234,400,000:
Provided, That the District of Columbia shall identify the
source of funding for this appropriation title from the Dis-
trict’s own locally generated revenues: Provided further,
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That no revenues from Federal sources shall be used to sup-
port the operations or activities of the Lottery and Chari-
table Games Control Board.
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission,
$10,846,000 from other funds for expenses incurred by the
Armory Board in the exercise of its powers granted by the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act To Establish A District of Columbia
Armory Board, and for other purposes’’ (62 Stat. 339; D.C.
Code, sec. 2–301 et seq.) and the District of Columbia Sta-
dium Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 619; Public 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 section 442(b) of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 824; Public Law 93–
198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301(b)).
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HEALTH AND HOSPITALS PUBLIC
BENEFIT CORPORATION
For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals
Public Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11–
212, D.C. Code, sec. 32–262.2, $133,443,000 of which
$44,435,000 shall be derived by transfer from the general
fund and $89,008,000 from other funds.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, estab-
lished by section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement
Reform Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1–711),
$9,892,000 from the earnings of the applicable retirement
funds to pay legal, management, investment, and other fees
and administrative expenses of the District of Columbia Re-
tirement Board: Provided, 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: Provided further, That the District of Columbia
Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal
to the Council of the District of Columbia, an itemized ac-
counting 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 re-
port: Provided further, That 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 total amount to
which a member may be entitled’’ and all that follows and
inserting the following: ‘‘the total amount to which a mem-
ber may be entitled under this subsection during a year
(beginning with 1998) may not exceed $5,000, except that
in the case of the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman
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of the Investment Committee of the Board, such amount
may not exceed $7,500 (beginning with 2000).’’.
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by
the District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establish-
ment Act (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88–622), $1,810,000
from other funds.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise
Fund, $50,226,000 from other funds.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For construction projects, $1,260,524,000 of which
$929,450,000 is from local funds, $54,050,000 is from the
highway trust fund, and $277,024,000 is from Federal
funds, and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds ap-
propriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a
net amount of $1,218,637,500 to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, 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 Management System: Provided further,
That all funds provided by this appropriation title shall
be available only for the specific projects and purposes in-
tended: Provided further, That notwithstanding the fore-
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going, 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 (82 Stat. 827; Pub-
lic Law 90–495; D.C. Code, sec. 7–134, note), for which
funds are provided by this appropriation title, shall expire
on September 30, 2001, except authorizations for projects
as to which funds have been obligated in whole or in part
prior to September 30, 2001: Provided further, That upon
expiration of any such project authorization, the funds pro-
vided herein for the project shall lapse.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic 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.
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SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects
of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified,
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 pri-
vately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the per-
formance 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 Fed-
eral Property Management Regulations 101–7 (Federal
Travel Regulations).
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organi-
zations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia
government, when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That
in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds
may be expended with the authorization of the chair of the
Council.
SEC. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Colum-
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bia government: Provided, That nothing contained in this
section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the pro-
visions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Co-
lumbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (70 Stat.
78; Public Law 84–460; D.C. Code, sec. 47–1812.11(c)(3)).
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available
for the payment of public assistance without reference to
the requirement of section 544 of the District of Columbia
Public Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 4–101; D.C. Code,
sec. 3–205.44), and for the payment of the non-Federal
share of funds necessary to qualify for grants under subtitle
A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994.
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the
District of Columbia government for the operation of edu-
cational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encour-
age, facilitate, or further partisan political activities. Noth-
ing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school
buildings for the use of any community or partisan polit-
ical group during non-school hours.
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SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be made available to pay the salary of any employee
of the District of Columbia government whose name, title,
grade, salary, past work experience, and salary history are
not available for inspection by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia of the House Committee on Government
Reform, the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the
Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly author-
ized representative.
SEC. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making payments authorized by the District of
Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977 (D.C. Law 2–20;
D.C. Code, sec. 47–421 et seq.).
SEC. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be used
for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of
any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.
SEC. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor
shall develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project,
for capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a rea-
sonable time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall
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report to the Council of the District of Columbia and the
Congress the actual borrowings and spending progress com-
pared with projections.
SEC. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for
capital projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior ap-
proval from the Council of the District of Columbia, by reso-
lution, identifying the projects and amounts to be financed
with such borrowings.
SEC. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys
borrowed for capital projects for the operating expenses of
the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act
to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District
government agencies, that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for an
agency through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) cre-
ates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or
responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes allocations
specifically denied, limited or increased by Congress in the
Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds
have been denied or restricted; (5) reestablishes through re-
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programming any program or project previously deferred
through reprogramming; (6) augments existing programs,
projects, or responsibility centers through a reprogramming
of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
is less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
assigned to a specific program, project, or responsibility
center; unless the Appropriations Committees of both the
Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writing
30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set forth in
this section.
SEC. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal
cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or
employee of the District of Columbia government.
SEC. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this
Act shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency
Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96–425; 15 U.S.C.
2001(2)), with an Environmental Protection Agency esti-
mated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per
gallon: Provided, That this section shall not apply to secu-
rity, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
SEC. 119. (a) CITY ADMINISTRATOR.—The last sen-
tence of section 422(7) of the District of Columbia Home
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Rule Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–242(7)) is amended by striking
‘‘, not to exceed’’ and all that follows and inserting a period.
(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REDEVELOPMENT LAND
AGENCY.—Section 1108(c)(2)(F) of the District of Colum-
bia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of
1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–612.8(c)(2)(F)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(F) Redevelopment Land Agency board mem-
bers shall be paid per diem compensation at a rate
established by the Mayor, except that such rate may
not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
basic pay for level 15 of the District Schedule for each
day (including travel time) during which they are en-
gaged in the actual performance of their duties.’’.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–
139; D.C. Code, sec. 1–601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to
section 422(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act
(87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 1–
242(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation of
District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay
purposes, employees of the District of Columbia government
shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code.
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SEC. 121. No later than 30 days after the end of the
first quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2000
revenue estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal
year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the budget re-
quest for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the
midyear report.
SEC. 122. No sole source contract with the District of
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
newed or extended without opening that contract to the
competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985
(D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Code, sec. 1–1183.3), except that the
District of Columbia government or any agency thereof may
renew or extend sole source contracts for which competition
is not feasible or practical: Provided, That the determina-
tion as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process
has been made in accordance with duly promulgated rules
and procedures and said determination has been reviewed
and approved by the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 123. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Pub-
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(1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use
of the gift or donation: Provided, That the Council of
the District of Columbia may accept and use gifts
without prior approval by the Mayor; and
(2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry
out its authorized functions or duties.
(b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government
shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance
and use of any gift or donation under subsection (a) of this
section, and shall make such records available for audit and
public inspection.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘entity
of the District of Columbia government’’ includes an inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia.
(d) This section shall not apply to the District of Co-
lumbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the
laws and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept
and use gifts to the public schools without prior approval
by the Mayor.
SEC. 126. 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 of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
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hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C.
Law 3–171; D.C. Code, sec. 1–113(d)).
SEC. 127. (a) The University of the District of Colum-
bia shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Fi-
nancial Responsibility and Management Assistance Author-
ity 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, and object class, and for all funds, non-appro-
priated funds, and 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 for all funding sources;
(3) a list of all active contracts in excess of
$10,000 annually, which contains the name of each
contractor; the budget to which the contract is
charged, broken out on the basis of control center and
responsibility center, and contract identifying codes
used by the University of the District of Columbia;
payments made in the last quarter and year-to-date,
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the total amount of the contract and total payments
made for the contract and any modifications, exten-
sions, renewals; and specific modifications made to
each contract in the last month;
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports that
have been made by the University of the District of
Columbia within the last quarter in compliance with
applicable law; and
(5) changes made in the last quarter to the orga-
nizational structure of the University of the District
of Columbia, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
ganizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
(b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall
provide the Congress by February 1, 2000, a summary,
analysis, and recommendations on the information pro-
vided in the quarterly reports.
SEC. 128. Funds authorized or previously appro-
priated to the government of the District of Columbia by
this or any other Act to procure the necessary hardware
and installation of new software, conversion, testing, and
training to improve or replace its financial management
system are also available for the acquisition of accounting
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and financial management services and the leasing of nec-
essary hardware, software or any other related goods or
services, as determined by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act
may be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who
represents 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 120% of 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 120% of the maximum amount of
compensation under section 11–2604(b)(1), District of
Columbia Code, except that compensation and reim-
bursement in excess of such maximum may be ap-
proved for extended or complex representation in ac-
cordance with section 11–2604(c), District of Colum-
bia Code.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the
Mayor, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority and the Superintendent
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of the District of Columbia Public Schools concur in a
Memorandum of Understanding setting forth a new rate
and amount of compensation, then such new rates shall
apply in lieu of the rates set forth in the preceding sub-
section.
SEC. 130. 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. 131. 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
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. 132. 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
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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
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;
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(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 District of Columbia Pub-
lic Schools, displaying previous and current control
centers and responsibility centers, the names of the or-
ganizational entities that have been changed, the
name of the staff member supervising each entity af-
fected, and the reasons for the structural change.
SEC. 133. (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
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
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(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.
SEC. 134. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or with-
in 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
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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; D.C.
Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 135. 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
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with section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301), or before
submitting their respective budgets directly to the Council.
SEC. 136. (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
(B) $5,515,379,000 (of which $152,753,000
shall 
be 
from 
intra-District 
funds 
and
$3,113,854,000 shall be from local funds), which
amount may be increased by the following:
(i) proceeds of one-time transactions,
which are expended for emergency or unan-
ticipated operating or capital needs ap-
proved by the District of Columbia Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority; or
(ii) after notification to the Council,
additional expenditures which the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia
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certifies will produce additional revenues
during such fiscal year at least equal to 200
percent of such additional expenditures, and
that are approved by the Authority.
(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.
(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
(Public Law 104–8; 109 Stat. 152), may accept, obli-
gate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants
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received by the District government that are not re-
flected in the amounts appropriated 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-
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.
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(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
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. 137. 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
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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 (87 Stat. 774;
Public Law 93–198) the Council may comment or make
recommendations concerning such annual estimates but
shall have no authority under such Act to revise such esti-
mates.
SEC. 138. (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
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not compete with school-based personnel for retention pur-
poses.
SEC. 139. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL VE-
HICLES.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, none
of the funds made available by this Act or by any other
Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the
District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the offi-
cer 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 in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and
workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer or employee
of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the
District of Columbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief
of the Department; (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief,
an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; (3)
the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and (4) the Chair-
man of the Council of the District of Columbia).
(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—The Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit, by Novem-
ber 15, 1999, an inventory, as of September 30, 1999, of
all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District of Co-
lumbia government. The inventory shall include, but not
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be limited to, the department to which the vehicle is as-
signed; the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition
date and cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual
operating and maintenance costs; current mileage; 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. 140. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES
DETAILED WITHIN GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of deter-
mining the amount of funds expended by any entity within
the District of Columbia government during fiscal year
2000 and each succeeding fiscal year, any expenditures of
the District government attributable to any officer or em-
ployee of the District government who provides services
which are within the authority and jurisdiction of the enti-
ty (including any portion of the compensation paid to the
officer or employee attributable to the time spent in pro-
viding such services) shall be treated as expenditures made
from the entity’s budget, without regard to whether the offi-
cer or employee is assigned to the entity or otherwise treated
as an officer or employee of the entity.
(b) MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCE-
DURES.—The District of Columbia Government Com-
prehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–
601.1 et seq.), is further amended in section 2408(a) by de-
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leting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (b), by
deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; in subsection (i), by
deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’; and in subsection
(k), by deleting ‘‘1999’’ and inserting, ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 141. 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.
706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that student
in an appropriate program of special education serv-
ices.
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).
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(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING 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 avail-
able in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving the assistance should, in expending
the assistance, purchase only American-made equip-
ment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
(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 pro-
vide to each recipient of the assistance a notice de-
scribing 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 agen-
cy that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing 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 contract or sub-
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contract made with funds made available in this Act, pur-
suant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility proce-
dures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 143. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used for purposes of the annual independent audit of
the District of Columbia government (including the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless—
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the District of Columbia pursuant to section
208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procurement
Practices 
Act 
of 
1985 
(D.C. 
Code, 
sec. 
1–
1182.8(a)(4)); and
(2) the audit includes a comparison of audited
actual year-end results with the revenues submitted in
the budget document for such year and the appropria-
tions enacted into law for such year.
SEC. 144. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for
programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is
required but has not been approved by the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such
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programs or functions are conditioned only on the approval
by the Authority of the required reorganization plans.
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments
for evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees
shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining pur-
poses.
SEC. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel
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 rep-
resentation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
SEC. 147. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used to transfer or confine inmates classified above the
medium security level, as defined by the Federal Bureau
of Prisons classification instrument, to the Northeast Ohio
Correctional Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
SEC. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Colum-
bia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–8), as added by Section 155
of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(j) RESERVE.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year
2000, the plan or budget submitted pursuant to this
Act shall contain $150,000,000 for a reserve to be es-
tablished by the Mayor, Council of the District of Co-
lumbia, Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia, and the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS ON USE.—The reserve funds—
‘‘(A) shall only be expended according to
criteria established by the Chief Financial Offi-
cer and approved by the Mayor, Council of the
District of Columbia, and District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, but, in no case may any of
the reserve funds be expended until any other
surplus funds have been used;
‘‘(B) shall not be used to fund the agencies
of the District of Columbia government under
court ordered receivership; and
‘‘(C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in
the projected reductions budgeted in the budget
proposed by the District of Columbia government
for general supply schedule savings and manage-
ment reform savings.
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‘‘(3) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—The Authority
shall notify the Appropriations Committees of both
the Senate and House of Representatives in writing
30 days in advance of any expenditure of the reserve
funds.’’.
(b) Section 202 of such act (Public Law 104–8), as
amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(k) POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
shall maintain at the end of a fiscal year an annual
positive fund balance in the general fund of not less
than 4 percent of the projected general fund expendi-
tures for the following fiscal year.
‘‘(2) EXCESS FUNDS.—Of funds remaining in
excess of the amounts required by paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) not more than 50 percent may be used
for authorized non-recurring expenses; and
‘‘(B) not less than 50 percent shall be used
to reduce the debt of the District of Columbia.’’.
SEC. 149. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or with-
in 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the District of Co-
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lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Authority a revised appropriated funds operating
budget for all agencies of the District of Columbia govern-
ment 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 District of Columbia government submitted pursu-
ant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Code, sec. 47–301).
SEC. 150. None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or
syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
SEC. 151. (a) RESTRICTIONS.—None of the funds con-
tained in this Act may be used to make rental payments
under a lease for the use of real property by the District
of Columbia government (including any independent agen-
cy of the District) unless—
(1) the lease and an abstract of the lease have
been filed with the central office of the Deputy Mayor
for Economic Development; and
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(2)(A) the District of Columbia government occu-
pies the property during the period of time covered by
the rental payment; or
(B) within 60 days of the enactment of this Act
the Mayor certifies to Congress and the landlord that
occupancy is impracticable and submits with the cer-
tification a plan to terminate or renegotiate the lease
or rental agreement; or
(C) within 60 days of the enactment of this Act
the Council certifies to Congress and the landlord that
occupancy is impracticable and submits with the cer-
tification a plan to terminate or renegotiate the lease
or rental agreement.
(b) UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY.—After 120 days from the
date of the enactment of this Act, none of the funds con-
tained in this Act may be used to make rental payments
for property described in subsections (a)(2)(B) or (a)(2)(C)
of this section.
(c) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS BY MAYOR.—Not later
than 20 days after the end of each 6-month period that be-
gins on October 1, 1999, the Mayor of the District of Colum-
bia shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate listing
the leases for the use of real property by the District of Co-
lumbia government that were in effect during the 6-month
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period, and including for each such lease the location of
the property, the name of any person with any ownership
interest in the property, the rate of payment, the period
of time covered by the lease, and the conditions under which
the lease may be terminated.
SEC. 152. None of the funds contained in this Act or
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, may
be used to enter into a lease on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act (or to make rental payments under such
a lease) for the use of real property by the District of Co-
lumbia government (including any independent agency of
the District) or to purchase real property for the use of the
District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District) or to manage real property
for the use of the District of Columbia (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District) unless—
(1) the Mayor and Council certify to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate that existing real property
available to the District (whether leased or owned by
the District government) is not suitable for the pur-
poses intended;
(2) notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
there is made available for sale or lease all property
of the District of Columbia which the Mayor and
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Council from time to time determine is surplus to the
needs of the District of Columbia;
(3) the Mayor and Council implement a pro-
gram for the periodic survey of all District property
to determine if it is surplus to the needs of the Dis-
trict; and
(4) the Mayor and Council within 60 days of the
date of the enactment of this Act has filed a report
with the appropriations and authorizing committees
of the House and Senate providing a comprehensive
plan for the management of District of Columbia real
property assets and is proceeding with the implemen-
tation of the plan.
SEC. 153. Section 603(e)(2)(B) of the Student Loan
Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–293) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and public charter’’ after ‘‘pub-
lic’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Of such
amounts and proceeds, $5,000,000 shall be set aside
for use as a credit enhancement fund for public char-
ter schools in the District of Columbia, with the ad-
ministration of the fund (including the making of
loans) to be carried out by the Mayor through a com-
mittee consisting of 3 individuals appointed by the
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Mayor of the District of Columbia and 2 individuals
appointed by the Public Charter School Board estab-
lished under section 2214 of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995.’’.
SEC. 154. The Mayor, District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and
the Superintendent of Schools shall implement a process to
dispose of excess public school real property within 90 days
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 155. Section 2003 of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2851) is amended by striking ‘‘during the pe-
riod’’ and ‘‘and ending 5 years after such date.’’.
SEC. 156. Section 2206(c) of the District of Columbia
School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–134; D.C.
Code, sec. 31–2853.16(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘, except that a preference in admission may
be given to an applicant who is a sibling of a student al-
ready attending or selected for admission to the public char-
ter school in which the applicant is seeking enrollment.’’
SEC. 157. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—There is hereby
transferred from the District of Columbia Financial Re-
sponsibility and Management Assistance Authority (here-
after referred to as the ‘‘Authority’’) to the District of Co-
lumbia the sum of $18,000,000 for severance payments to
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SEC. 202. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this title may be construed to limit the abil-
ity of the Council of the District of Columbia to amend or
repeal any provision of law described in this title.
Attest:
Secretary.