District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001
PL 106-522 (H.R.5633), enacted 11/22/2000

114 STAT. 2440 
PUBLIC LAW 106-522—NOV. 22, 2000 
Nov. 22, 2000 
District of 
Columbia 
Appropriations 
Act, 2001. 
Public Law 106-522 
106th Congress 
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 
[H.R. 5633] 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
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, 2001, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a nation-
wide program to be administered by the Mayor for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $17,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such ftinds may be used on behalf 
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based 
upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at 
public institutions of higher education, usable at both public and 
private institutions for higher education: Provided further, 
That 
the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of 
a resident's academic merit and such other factors as may be 
authorized. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN 
The paragraph under the heading "Federal Pa3mfient for Incen-
tives for Adoption of Children" in Public Law 106-113, approved 
November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1501), is amended to read as follows: 
"For a Federal pa3niient to the District of Columbia to create incen-
tives to promote the adoption of children in the District of Columbia 
foster care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such fiinds shall 
remain available until September 30, 2002, and shall be used to 
carry out all of the provisions of title 38, except for section 3808, 
of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Support Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 
13-679, enrolled June 12, 2000.". 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia, $1,250,000, of which $250,000 shall be for 
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payment to a mentoring program and for hotline services; $250,000 
shall be for payment to a youth development program with a 
character building curriculum; $250,000 shall be for payment to 
a basic values training program; and $500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for the design, construction, and mainte-
nance of a trash rack system to be installed at the Hickey Run 
stormwater outfall. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $1,500,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the Mayor, in consultation 
with the Council of the District of Columbia, to provide offsets 
against local taxes for a commercial revitalization program, such 
program to provide financial inducements, including loans, grants, 
offsets to local taxes and other instruments that promote commer-
cial revitalization in Enterprise Zones and low and moderate income 
areas in the District of Columbia: Provided, That in carrying out 
such a program, the Mayor shall use Federal commercial revitaliza-
tion proposals introduced in Congress as a guideline: Provided 
further, That not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment Deadline, 
of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives on the progress 
made in carrying out the commercial revitalization program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
For a Federal pa3anent to the District of Columbia Public 
Schools, $500,000: Provided, That $250,000 of said amount shall 
be used for a program to reduce school violence: Provided 
further. 
That $250,000 of said amount shall be used for a program to 
enhance the reading skills of District public school students. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 
For a Federal payment to the Metropolitan Police Department, 
$100,000: Provided, That said funds shall be used to fund a youth 
safe haven police mini-station for mentoring high risk youth. 
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO COVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON 
For a Federal contribution to Covenant House Washington 
for a contribution to the construction in Southeast Washington 
of a new community service center for homeless, runaway and 
at-risk youth, $500,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CORRECTIONS 
TRUSTEE OPERATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia Correc-
tions Trustee, $134,200,000 for the administration and operation 
of correctional facilities and for the administrative operating costs 
of the Office of the Corrections Trustee, as authorized by section 
11202 of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712) of 
which $1,000,000 is to fund an initiative to improve case processing 
in the District of Columbia criminal justice system: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
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in this Act for the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee shall 
be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further. That in addition to the funds provided under this heading, 
the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee may use any remaining 
interest earned on the Federal payment made to the Trustee under 
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, to carry out 
the activities funded under this heading. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 
$105,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, $7,409,000; for the District of Columbia Superior 
Court, $71,121,000; for the District of Columbia Court System, 
$17,890,000; $5,255,000 to finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent 
for nonjudicial employees; and $3,325,000, including $825,000 for 
roofing repairs to the facility commonly referred to as the Old 
Courthouse and located at 451 Indiana Avenue, Northwest, to 
remain available until September 30, 2002, for capital improve-
ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act or in any other Act shall be available 
for the purchase, installation, or operation of an Integrated Justice 
Information System until a detailed plan and design has been 
submitted by the courts and approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
Contracts. 
further. 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
Reports. 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by 
the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 
of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to 
be provided on a contractual basis with the Greneral Services 
Administration (GSA), said services to include the preparation of 
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted 
directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Government Reform of the House of Representatives. 
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the 
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel 
appointed in proceedings in the Family Division of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, 
D.C. Code, and payments for counsel authorized under section 
21-2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the 
District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and 
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $34,387,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the funds provided in 
this Act under the heading "Federal Payment to the District of 
Columbia Courts" (other than the $3,325,000 provided under such 
heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities) may also be used for pa3rments under this heading: 
Provided further. That, in addition to the funds provided under 
this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in 
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114 STAT. 2443 
the District of Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act under 
the heading "Federal Pa5anent to the District of Columbia Couri;s" 
(other than the $3,325,000 provided imder such heading for capit£j 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities), to 
make payments described under this heading for obligations 
incurred during any fiscal year: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis-
tration in the District of Colimibia: Provided further, That notwith- Contracts, 
standing any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be Reports. 
apportioned qugirterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and 
financial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the 
General Services Administration (GSA), said services to include 
the prepeiration of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall 
be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate £uid House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia Covirts shall imple- Reports. 
ment the recommendations in the General Accounting Office Report 
GAO/AIMD/OGC-99-226 regarding payments to court-appointed 
attorneys and shall report quarterly to the Office of Management 
and Budget and to the House and Senate Appropriations Commit-
tees on the status of these reforms. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER 
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the NationeJ 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Grovemment Improvement Act of 
1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712), $112,527,000, of which 
$67,521,000 shsdl be for necessary expenses of Commimity Super-
vision £ind Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating 
to supervision of adults subject to protection orders or provision 
of services for or related to such persons; $18,778,000 shall be 
transferred to the Public Defender Service; and $26,228,000 shall 
be available to the Pretrisil Services Agency: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $17,854,000 shall be used 
to improve pretrial defendant and post-conviction offender super-
vision, enhance drug testing and sanctions-based treatment pro-
grams and other treatment services, expand intermediate sanctions 
and offender re-entry programs, continue planning and design pro-
posals for a residential Sanctions Center and improve administra-
tive infrastructure, including information technology; and $836,000 
of the $17,854,000 referred to in this proviso is for the Public 
Defender Service: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor-
tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
obligated and expended in the same meuiner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federsil agencies: Provided fur-
ther. That notwithstanding section 446 of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act or any provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 
of title 31, United States Code, the use of interest earned on 
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Contracts. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
the Federal payment made to the District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, by the Agency during 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999 shall not constitute a violation of such 
Act or such subchapter. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR WASHINGTON INTERFAITH NETWORK 
For a Federal payment to the Washington Interfaith Network 
to reimburse the Network for costs incurred in canying out 
preconstruction activities at the former Fort Dupont Dwellings and 
Additions, $1,000,000: Provided, That such activities may include 
architectural and engineering studies, property appraisals, environ-
mental assessments, grading and excavation, landscaping, paving, 
and the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, sewer lines, and 
other utilities: Provided further. That the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall make such payment only after the Network has received 
matching funds from private sources (including funds provided 
through loans) to carry out such activities in an aggregate amount 
which is equal to the amount of such pa3niient (as certified by 
the Inspector General of the District of Columbia) and has provided 
the Secretary of the Treasury with a request for reimbursement 
which contains documentation certified by the Inspector General 
of the District of Columbia showing that the Network carried out 
the activities and that the costs incurred in carrying out the activi-
ties were equal to or less than the amount of the reimbursement 
requested: Provided further. That none of the funds provided under 
this heading may be obligated or expended after December 31, 
2001 (without regard to whether the activities involved were carried 
out prior to such date). 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PLAN TO SIMPLIFY EMPLOYEE 
COMPENSATION SYSTEMS 
For a Federal payment to the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
for a contract for the study and development of a plan to simplify 
the compensation systems, schedules, and work rules applicable 
to employees of the District government, $250,000: Provided, That 
under the terms of the contract the plan shall include (at a min-
imum) a review of the current compensation systems, schedules, 
and work rules applicable to such employees; a review of the best 
practices regarding the compensation systems, schedules, and work 
rules of State and local governments and other appropriate 
organizations; a proposal for simplifying the systems, schedules, 
and rules applicable to employees of the District government; and 
the development of strategies for implementing such proposal, 
including an identification of any statutory, contractual, or other 
barriers to implementing the proposal and an estimated time frame 
for implementing the proposal: Provided further. That under the 
terms of the contract the contractor shall submit the plan to the 
Mayor and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate: Provided further. That the Mayor 
shall develop a proposed solicitation for the contract not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
submit a copy of the proposed solicitation to the Comptroller Gen-
eral for review at least 90 days prior to the issuance of such 
solicitation: Provided further. That not later than 45 days after 
receiving the proposed solicitation from the Mayor, the Comptroller 
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114 STAT. 2445 
General shall review the solicitation to ensure that it adequately 
addresses all of the necessary elements described under this heading 
and report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate on the results of this review: Pro-
vided further. That for purposes of this contract the term "District 
government" has the meaning given such term in section 305(5) 
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47-393(5), D.C. Code), except 
that such term shall not include the courts of the District of 
Columbia and shall include the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority. 
METRORAIL CONSTRUCTION 
For the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
(WMATA), a contribution of $25,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to design and build a Metrorail station located at New 
York and Florida Avenues, Northeast: Provided, That prior to the 
release of said funds from the U.S. Treasury, the District of 
Columbia shall set aside an additional $25,000,000 for this project 
in its Fiscal Year 2001 Budget and Financial Plan and, further, 
shall establish a special taxing district for the neighborhood of 
the proposed Metrorail station to provide $25,000,000: Provided 
further. That the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5309(a)(2) shall apply Applicability. 
to this project. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $3,450,000 
for environmental and infrastructure costs at Poplar Point: Pro-
vided, That of said amount, $2,150,000 shall be available for 
environmental assessment, site remediation, and wetlands restora-
tion of the 11 acres of real property under the jurisdiction of 
the District of Columbia: Provided further. That no more than 
$1,300,000 shall be used for infrastructure costs for an entrance 
to Anacostia Park: Provided further, That none of said funds shall 
be used by the District of Columbia to purchase private property 
in the Poplar Point area. 
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 
For a payment to the District of Columbia to reimburse the 
District for expenses incurred in connection with Presidential inau-
guration activities, $5,961,000, as authorized by section 737(b) of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 
1973 (87 Stat. 824; D.C. Code, sec. 1-1132), which shall be appor-
tioned by the Chief Financial Officer within the various appropria-
tion headings in this Act. 
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 
For a Federal contribution to the Children's National Medical 
Center in the District of Columbia, $500,000 to be used for the 
network of satellite pediatric health clinics for children and families 
in underserved neighborhoods and communities in the District of 
Columbia. 
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CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER 
For a Federal contribution to the Child Advocacy Center for 
its Safe Shores program, $500,000. 
ST. COLETTA OF GREATER WASHINGTON EXPANSION PROJECT 
For a Federal contribution to St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 
Inc. for costs associated with the establishment of a day program 
and comprehensive case management services for mentally retarded 
and multiple-handicapped adolescents and adults in the District 
of Columbia, including property acquisition and construction, 
$1,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia Special 
Olympics, $250,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
DIVISION OF EXPENSES 
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of 
the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act and section 126 of this Act, the total amount appropriated 
in this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia 
for fiscal year 2001 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser 
of the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 
such fiscal year or $5,677,379,000 (of which $172,607,000 shall 
be from intra-District funds and $3,250,783,000 shall be from local 
funds): Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Authority shall take such steps 
as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets 
these requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Finan-
cial Ofiicer of the appropriations and funds made available to 
the District during fiscal year 2001, except that the Chief Financial 
Ofiicer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived 
from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBLV FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND 
' 
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY 
For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority (Authority), established by sec-
tion 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public 
Law 104-8), $3,140,000: Provided, That these funds be derived 
from accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District of 
Columbia: Provided further. 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 
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114 STAT. 2447 
of the maximum rate of compensation which may be paid to such 
individual during fiscal year 2001 under section 102 of such Act, 
as determined by the Comptroller General (as described in GAG 
letter report B-279095.2): Provided further. That none of the funds 
contained in this Act or any other funds available to the Authority 
or any other entity of the District of Columbia government from 
any source (including any accounts of the Authority) may be used 
for any payments (inclu(fing but not limited to severance or bonus 
payments, and payments under agreements in effect before the 
enactment of tMs Act) to any individual upon or following the 
individual's separation from employment with the Authority (other 
than a payment of the individual's regular salary for services per-
formed prior to separation or a payment for unused annual leave 
accrued by the individual), except that an individual who is 
employed by the Authority during the entire period which begins 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ends on September 
30, 2001, may receive a severance payment after such date in 
an aggregate amount which does not exceed the product of 200 
percent of the individual's average weekly salary during the final 
12-month period (or portion thereof) during which the individual 
was employed by the Authority and the number of full years during 
which the individual was employed by the Authority. 
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 
Governmental direction and support, $195,771,000 (including 
$162,172,000 from local funds, $20,424,000 from Federal funds, 
and $13,175,000 from other funds): 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 be available from this appropriation 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 no revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support 
the operations or activities of the Statehood Commission and State-
hood Compact Commission: Provided further. That the District of 
Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission to 
Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues: Provided further. 
That all employees permanently assigned to work in the Office 
of the Mayor shall be paid from funds allocated to the Office 
of the Mayor: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, issued March 18, 1986, 
the Office of the Chief Technology Officer's delegated small purchase 
authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the District 
of Columbia government may not require the Office of the Chief 
Technology Officer to submit to any other procurement 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 
$303,000 and no fewer than 5 FTEs shall be available exclusively 
to support the Labor-Management Partnership Council: Provided 
further. That, effective September 30, 2000, section 168(a) of the 
Effective date. 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-
113; 113 Stat. 1531) is amended by inserting ", to remain available 
until expended," after "$5,000,000": Provided further. That not later Deadline, 
than March 1, 2001, the Chief Financial Officer of the District Study. 
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of Columbia shall submit a study to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate on the merits 
and potential savings of privatizing the operation and administra-
tion of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION 
Economic development and regulation, $205,638,000 (including 
$53,562,000 from local funds, $92,378,000 from Federal funds, and 
$59,698,000 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 Improve-
ment Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Code, sec. 
1-2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts Amend-
ment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12-26): Provided, That such funds 
are available for acquiring services provided by the General Services 
Administration: Provided further, That Business Improvement Dis-
tricts 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, including 130 
for police-type use and five for fire-type use, without regard to 
the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
and such sums as may be necessary for making refunds and for 
the pajonent of judgments that have been entered against the 
District 
of 
Columbia 
government 
$762,546,000 
(including 
$591,565,000 from local funds, $24,950,000 from Federal funds, 
and $146,031,000 from other funds): Provided, That the Metropoli-
tan Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed 25 
passenger-canying vehicles and the Department of Fire and Emer-
gency 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: Pro-
vided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
or Mayor's Order 86-45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan 
Police Department's delegated small purchase authority shall be 
$500,000: Provided further. That the District of Columbia govern-
ment may not require the Metropolitan Police Department to submit 
to any other procurement 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 the Mayor shall 
reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses 
incurred in connection with services that are performed in emer-
gencies 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 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 necessary 
for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard 
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114 STAT. 2449 
under the preceding proviso shall be available from this appropria-
tion, and the availability of the sums shall be deemed as consti-
tuting payment in advance for emergency services involved: Pro-
vided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department is author-
ized 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 assigned to 
the Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police submits 
a recommendation to the Council for its review: Provided 
further. 
That $100,000 shall be available for inmates released on medical 
and geriatric parole: Provided 
further. 
That commencing on 
December 31, 2000, the Metropolitan Police Department shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, 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 reduc-
tion in each of the 83 police service areas established throughout 
the District of Columbia. 
Effective date. 
Reports. 
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 
Public education system, including the development of national 
defense education programs, $998,918,000 (including $824,867,000 
from local funds, $147,643,000 from Federal funds, and $26,408,000 
from other funds), to be allocated as follows: $769,943,000 (including 
$629,309,000 from local funds, $133,490,000 from Federal funds, 
and $7,144,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the 
District of Columbia; $200,000 from local funds for the District 
of Columbia Teachers' Retirement Fund; $1,679,000 from local funds 
for the State Education Office, $17,000,000 from local funds, pre-
viously appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment, for resident 
tuition support at public and private institutions of higher learning 
for eligible District of Columbia residents; and $105,000,000 from 
local funds for public charter schools: Provided, That there shall 
be quarterly disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia 
public charter schools, with the first pa3anent to occur within 15 
days of the beginning of each fiscal year: Provided further. That 
the District of Columbia public charter schools will report enroll-
ment on a quarterly basis upon which a quarterly disbursement 
will be calculated: Provided further. That the quarterly payment 
of October 15, 2000, shall be 50 percent of each public charter 
school's annual entitlement based on its unaudited October 5 enroll-
ment count: Provided further. That if the entirety of this allocation 
has not been provided as pajonents to any public charter schools 
currently in operation through the per pupil funding formula, the 
funds shall be available for public education in accordance with 
the School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-2853.43(A)(2)(D); 
Public Law 104-134, as amended): Provided further. That $480,000 
of this amount shall be available to the District of Columbia Public 
Charter School Board for administrative costs: Provided 
further. 
That 
$76,433,000 
(including 
$44,691,000 
from 
local 
funds, 
$13,199,000 from Federal funds, and $18,543,000 from other funds) 
shall be available for the University of the District of Columbia: 
Provided further. That $200,000 is allocated for the East of the 
River Campus Assessment Study, $1,000,000 for the Excel Institute 
Adult Education Program to be used by the Institute for construc-
tion and to acquire construction services provided by the General 
Charter schools. 
Reports. 
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Services Administration on a reimbursable basis, $500,000 for the 
Adult Education State Plan, $650,000 for The Saturday Academy 
Pre-College Program, and $481,000 for the Strengthening of Aca-
demic Programs; and $26,459,000 (including $25,208,000 from local 
funds, $550,000 from Federal funds and $701,000 other funds) 
for the Public Library: Provided further. 
That the $1,020,000 
enhancement shall be allocated such that $500,000 is used for 
facilities improvements for 8 of the 26 library branches, $235,000 
for 13 FTEs for the continuation of the Homework Helpers Program, 
$166,000 for 3 FTEs in the expansion of the Reach Out And Roar 
(ROAR) service to license day care homes, and $119,000 for 3 
FTEs to expand literacy support into branch libraries: Provided 
further. That $2,204,000 (including $1,780,000 from local funds, 
$404,000 from Federal funds and $20,000 from other funds) shall 
be available for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities: Pro-
vided 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 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 appro-
priation for official purposes: Provided further. That none of the 
funds contained in this Act may be made available to pay the 
salaries of any District of Columbia Public School teacher, principal, 
administrator, official, or employee who knowingly provides false 
enrollment or attendance information under article II, section 5 
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for compulsory school attend-
ance, 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 appropriation shall 
not be available to subsidize the education of any nonresident 
of the District of Columbia at any District of Columbia public 
elementary and secondary school during fiscal year 2001 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 established by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia 
Public Schools): Provided further. That this appropriation shall 
not be available to subsidize the education of nonresidents 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, 2001, 
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: Provided 
further. 
That 
$2,200,000 is allocated to the Temporary Weighted Student Formula 
to fund 344 additional slots for pre-K students: Provided 
further. 
That $50,000 is allocated to fund a conference on learning support 
for children ages 3-4 hosted jointly by the District of Columbia 
Public Schools and District of Columbia public charter schools: 
Provided further. That no local funds in this Act shall be used 
to administer a system-wide standardized test more than once 
in fiscal year 2001: Provided further. That no less than $436,452,000 
shall be expended on local schools through the Weighted Student 
Formula: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and 
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114 STAT. 2451 
instruments for evaluating District of Columbia Public School 
employees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining 
purposes: Provided further. That the District of Columbia Public 
Schools shall spend $250,000 to engage in a Schools Without 
Violence program based on a model developed by the University 
of North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina: Provided 
further. That the District of Columbia Public Schools shall spend 
$250,000 to implement a Failure Free Reading program in the 
District's public schools: Provided further. That notwithstanding 
the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other 
provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of 
Columbia public charter schools on July 1, 2001, an amount equal 
to 25 percent of the total amount provided for payments to public 
charter schools in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia 
for fiscal year 2002 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount 
of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount 
provided for such payments under the District of Columbia Appro-
priations Act, 2002: Provided further. That notwithstanding the 
amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provi-
sion of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia 
Public Schools on July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 10 percent 
of the total amount provided for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for 
fiscal year 2002 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of 
such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided 
for the District of Columbia Public Schools under the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002. 
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Human 
support 
services, 
$1,535,654,000 
(including 
$637,347,000 from local funds, $881,589,000 from Federal funds, 
and $16,718,000 from other funds): Provided, That $25,836,000 
of this appropriation, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available solely for District of Columbia employees' disability 
compensation: Provided further. That the District of Columbia shall 
not provide free government services such as water, sewer, solid 
waste disposal or collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or 
similar services to any leggJly constituted private 
nonprofit 
organization, as defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B. 
McKinney 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 qualified to receive 
reimbursement pursuant to such Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 
100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.): Provided further. That $1,250,000 
shall be paid to the Doe Fund for the operation of its Ready, 
Willing, and Able Program in the District of Columbia as follows: 
$250,000 to cover debt owed by the District of Columbia government 
for services rendered shall be paid to the Doe Fund within 15 
days of the enactment of this Act; and $1,000,000 shall be paid 
in equal monthly installments by the fifteenth day of each month: 
Provided further. That $400,000 shall be available for the adminis-
trative costs associated with implementation of the Drug Treatment 
Choice Program established pursuant to section 4 of the Choice 
in Drug Treatment Act of 2000, signed by the Mayor on April 
20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13-329): Provided further. That $7,000,000 shall 
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be available for deposit in the Addiction Recovery Fund established 
pursuant to section 5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 
2000, signed by the Mayor on April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13-329): 
Provided further. That the District of Columbia is authorized to 
enter into a long-term lease of Hamilton Field with Gronzaga College 
High School and that, in exchange for such a lease, Gonzaga will 
introduce and implement a youth baseball program focused on 
13 to 18 year old residents, said program to include summer and 
fall baseball programs and baseball clinics: Provided further. That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, to augment the District 
of Columbia subsidy for the District of Columbia Health and Hos-
pitals Public Benefit Corporation, the District of Columbia may 
transfer from other non-Federal funds appropriated under this Act 
to the Human Support Services appropriation under this Act an 
amount not to exceed $90,000,000 for the purpose of restructuring 
the delivery of health services in the District of Columbia: Provided 
further, That such restructuring shall be pursuant to a restructuring 
plan approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Council 
of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the 
Board of Directors of the Public Benefit Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That— 
(1) the restructuring plan reduces personnel levels of D.C. 
General Hospital and of the Public Benefit Corporation con-
sistent with the reduction in force set forth in the August 
25, 2000, resolution of the Board of Directors of the Public 
Benefit Corporation regarding personnel structure, by reducing 
personnel by at least 500 full-time equivalent employees, with-
out replacement by contract personnel; 
(2) no transferred funds are expended until 10 calendar 
days after the restructuring plan has received final approval 
and a copy evidencing final approval has been submitted by 
the Mayor to the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and 
(3) the plan includes a certification that the plan does 
not request and does not rely upon any current or future 
request for additional appropriation of Federal funds. 
PUBLIC WORKS 
Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle 
for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying vehicles for 
use by the Council of the District of Columbia and leasing of 
passenger-carrying vehicles, $278,242,000 (including $265,078,000 
from local funds, $3,328,000 from Federal funds, and $9,836,000 
from other funds): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels 
and places of business: Provided further. That $100,000 shall be 
available for a commercial sector recycling initiative, $250,000 to 
initiate a recycling education campaign, $10,000 for community 
clean-up kits, $190,000 to restore a 3.5 percent vacancy rate in 
Parking Services, $170,000 to plant 500 trees, $118,000 for two 
water trucks, $150,000 for contract monitors and parking analysts 
within Parking Services, $1,409,000 for a neighborhood cleanup 
initiative, $1,000,000 for tree maintenance, $600,000 for an anti-
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114 STAT. 2453 
graffiti 
program, $226,000 for a hazardous waste 
program, 
$1,260,000 for parking control aides, and $400,000 for the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles to hire additional ticket adjudicators, con-
duct additional hearings, and reduce the waiting time for hearings. 
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS 
For all agencies of the District of Columbia government under 
court ordered receivership, $389,528,000 (including $234,913,000 
from local funds, $135,555,000 from Federal funds, and $19,060,000 
from other funds). 
RESERVE 
For replacement of funds expended, if any, during fiscal year 
2000 from the Reserve established by section 202( j) of the District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Act of 1995, Public Law 104-8, $150,000,000 from local funds: 
Provided, That none of these funds shall be obligated or expended 
under this heading until the emergency reserve fund established 
under this Act has been fully funded for fiscal year 2001 pursuant 
to section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act as 
set forth herein. 
EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND 
For the emergency reserve fiind established under section 
450A(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the amount 
provided for fiscal year 2001 under such section, to be derived 
from local funds. 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For payment of principal, interest and certain fees directly 
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, $243,238,000 from local funds: Provided, That 
any funds set aside pursuant to section 148 of the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 
1523) that are not used in the reserve funds established herein 
shall be used for Pay-As-You-Go Capital Funds: Provided 
further. 
That for equipment leases, the Mayor may finance $19,232,000 
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 $2,000,000 
is allocated to the Metropolitan Police Department, $4,300,000 for 
the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, $1,622,000 
for the Public Library, $2,010,000 for the Department of Parks 
and Recreation, $7,500,000 for the Department of Public Works, 
and $1,800,000 for the Public Benefit Corporation. 
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT 
For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general fund 
accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, $39,300,000 from 
local funds, as authorized by section 461(a) of the District of 
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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, $1,140,000 
from local funds. 
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connec-
tion with Presidential inauguration activities as authorized by sec-
tion 737(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Public 
Law 93-198, as amended, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 
824; D.C. Code, sec. 1-1803), $5,961,000 from local funds, previously 
appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment, which shall be 
apportioned by the Chief Financial Officer within the various appro-
priation headings in this Act. 
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. 
WILSON BUILDING 
For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson Building, 
$8,409,000 from local funds. 
OPTICAL AND DENTAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS 
For optical and dental insurance pa3nnents, $2,675,000 from 
local funds. 
MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORY SERVICE 
For management supervisory service, $13,200,000 from local 
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
among the various appropriation headings in this Act for which 
employees are properly payable. 
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND TRANSFER PAYMENT 
Subject to the issuance of bonds to pay the purchase price 
of the District of Columbia's right, title and interest in and to 
the Master Settlement Agreement, and consistent with the Tobacco 
Settlement Financing and Trust Fund Amendment Act of 2000, 
there is transferred the amount available pursuant thereto, but 
not to exceed $61,406,000, to the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund 
established pursuant to section 2302 of the Tobacco Settlement 
Trust Fund Establishment Act of 1999, effective October 20, 1999 
(D.C. Law 13-38; to be codified at D.C. Code, sec. 6-135), to be 
spent pursuant to local law. 
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114 STAT. 2455 
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS SAVINGS (INCLUDING MANAGED 
COMPETITION) 
The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the Chief 
Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority, shall make reductions 
of $10,000,000 for operational improvements savings in local funds 
to one or more of the appropriation headings in this Act. 
MANAGEMENT REFORM SAVINGS 
The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the Chief 
Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Financial Responsi-
bility and Management Assistance Authority, shall make reductions 
of $37,000,000 for management reform savings in local funds to 
one or more of the appropriation headings in this Act. 
CAFETERIA PLAN SAVINGS 
For the implementation of a Cafeteria Plan pursuant to Federal 
law, a reduction of $5,000,000 in local funds. 
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT 
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and the Wash-
ington Aqueduct, 
$275,705,000 
from 
other 
funds 
(including 
$230,614,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority and $45,091,000 
for the Washington Aqueduct) of which $41,503,000 shall be appor-
tioned and payable to the District's debt service fund for repayment 
of loans and interest incurred for capital improvement projects. 
For construction projects, $140,725,000, as authorized by the 
Act entitled "An Act authorizing the laying of watermains and 
service sewers in the District of Columbia, the levjdng 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 require-
ments 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, estab-
lished by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1982 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law 
97-91), for the purpose of implementing the Law to Legalize Lot-
teries, Daily Numbers 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.), $223,200,000: Pro-
vided, That the District of Columbia shall identify the source of 
funding for this appropriation title from the District's own locally 
generated revenues: Provided further. That no revenues from Fed-
eral sources shall be used to support the operations or activities 
of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board. 
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SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION 
For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, $10,968,000 
from other funds: 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 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Ben-
efit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11-212 (D.C. Code, sec. 
32-262.2), $123,548,000, of which $45,313,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the general fund, and $78,235,000 from other funds: 
Provided, That no appropriated amounts and no amounts from 
or guaranteed by the District of Columbia government (including 
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority) may be made available to the Corporation 
(through reprogramming, transfers, loans, or any other mechanism) 
which are not otherwise provided for under this heading until 
a restructuring plan for D.C. General Hospital has been approved 
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Council of the District 
of Columbia, the Authority, the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Chair of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation: Provided further, That for each payment or group 
of payments made by or on behalf of the Corporation, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall sign an affidavit 
certifying that the making of the payment does not constitute 
a violation of any provision of subchapter HI of chapter 13 of 
title 31, United States Code, or of any provision of this Act: Provided 
further. That more than one pa3m[ient may be covered by the same 
affidavit under the previous proviso, but a single affidavit may 
not cover more than one week's worth of payments: Provided fur-
ther. That it shall be unlawful for any person to order any other 
person to sign any affidavit required under this heading, or for 
any person to provide any signature required under this heading 
on such an affidavit by proxy or by machine, computer, or other 
facsimile device. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD 
For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established 
by section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act 
of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1-711), $11,414,000 from 
the earnings of the applicable retirement funds to pay legal, 
management, investment, and other fees and 
administrative 
expenses of the District of Columbia Retirement 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 expendi-
tures 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 accounting of 
the planned use of appropriated funds in time for each annual 
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114 STAT. 2457 
budget submission and the actual use of such funds in time for 
each annual audited financial report. 
CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES FUND 
For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by the Dis-
trict of Columbia Correctional Industries Establishment Act (78 
Stat. 1000; Public Law 88-622), $1,808,000 from other funds. 
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, 
$52,726,000 from other funds. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
For construction projects, an increase of $1,077,282,000 of which 
$806,787,000 is from local funds, $66,446,000 is from highway trust 
funds, and $204,049,000 is from Federal funds, and a rescission 
of $55,208,000 from local funds appropriated under this heading 
in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of $1,022,074,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds for use of each 
capital project implementing agency shall be managed and con-
trolled 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 intended: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations for Expiration date, 
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; 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, 2002, except authorizations for projects as to 
which funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to 
September 30, 2002: Provided further. That upon expiration of 
any such project authorization, the funds provided herein for the 
project shall lapse. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. 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. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
expenses of travel and for the pajnnent of dues of organizations 
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. 103. 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, 
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That nothing contained in this section shall be construed as modi-
fying or affecting the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII 
of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 
(70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84-460; D.C. Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)). 
Effective date. 
S E C . 104. (a) REQUIRING MAYOR TO MAINTAIN INDEX.—Effective 
with respect to fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year, 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall maintain an index 
of all employment personal services and consulting contracts in 
effect on behalf of the District government, and shall include in 
the index specific information on any severance clause in effect 
under any such contract. 
(b) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—The index maintained under sub-
section (a) shall be kept available for public inspection during 
regular business hours. 
(c) CONTRACTS EXEMPTED.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to any collective bargaining agreement or any contract 
entered into pursuant to such a collective bargaining agreement. 
(d) DISTRICT GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
"District government" means the government of the District of 
Columbia, including— 
(1) any department, agency or instrumentality of the 
government of the District of Columbia; 
(2) any independent agency of the District of Columbia 
established under part F of title IV of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act or any other agency, board, or commission 
established by the Mayor or the Council; 
(3) the Council of the District of Columbia; 
(4) any other agency, public authority, or public benefit 
corporation which has the authority to receive monies directly 
or indirectly from the District of Columbia (other than monies 
received from the sale of goods, the provision of services, or 
the loaning of funds to the District of Columbia); and 
(5) the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority. 
(e) No payment shall be made pursuant to any such contract 
subject to subsection (a), nor any severance pa5nnent made under 
such contract, if a copy of the contract has not been filed in the 
index. Interested parties may file copies of their contract or sever-
ance agreement in the index on their own behalf. 
SEC. 105. 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. 106. No funds appropriated in this Act for the District 
of Columbia government for the operation of educational institu-
tions, the compensation of personnel, or for other educational pur-
poses may be used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further par-
tisan political activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit 
the availability of school buildings for the use of any community 
or partisan political group during non-school hours. 
SEC. 107. 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 Committees on Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Government Reform, the Senate Committee on 
Governmental Affairs, and the Council of the District of Columbia, 
or their duly authorized representative. 
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114 STAT. 2459 
SEC. 108. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making pa3nnents 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. 109. No part of this appropriation shall be used for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 
including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before Congress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 110. 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 reasonable time after 
the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall report to the Council 
of the District of Columbia and the Congress the actual borrowings 
and spending progress compared with projections. 
SEC. 111. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act to 
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District govern-
ment agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2001, 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) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, 
or responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes allocations 
specifically denied, limited or increased by Congress in this 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 reprogramming any program 
or project previously deferred through reprogramming; (6) augments 
existing programs, projects, or responsibility centers through a re-
programming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsibility center; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations 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. 
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which transfers any local funds from one 
appropriation to another unless the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writing 
30 days in advance of the transfer, except that in no event may 
the amount of any funds transferred exceed 2 percent of the local 
funds in the appropriation. 
SEC. 112. Consistent with the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), 
appropriations under this Act shall be applied only to the objects 
for which the appropriations were made except as otherwise pro-
vided by law. 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Grovemment 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 compensa-
tion 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. 
Notification. 
Notification. 
114 STAT, 2460 
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Deadline. 
SEC. 114. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the 
District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2001 revenue estimates 
as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2001. These estimates 
shall be used in the budget request for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002. The officially revised estimates at midyear 
shall be used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 115. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia 
government or any agency thereof may be renewed 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 com-
petition 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 proce-
dures and said determination has been reviewed and approved 
by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority. 
SEC. 116. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), 
the term "program, project, and activity" shall be synon3mious with 
and refer specifically to each account appropriating Federal funds 
in this Act, and any sequestration order shall be applied to each 
of the accounts rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts: 
Provided, That sequestration orders shall not be applied to any 
account that is specifically exempted from sequestration by the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 117. In the event a sequestration order is issued pursuant 
to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law 99-177), after the amounts appro-
priated to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year involved 
have been paid to the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor from the Secretary 
of the Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: 
Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in the order 
shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation 
accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted from seques-
tration by such Act. 
SEC. 
118. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GIFTS, (a) APPROVAL BY 
MAYOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^An entity of the District of Columbia 
government may accept and use a gift or donation during 
fiscal year 2001 if— 
(A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of 
the gift or donation (except as provided in paragraph (2)); 
and 
(B) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out 
its authorized functions or duties. 
(2) EXCEPTION FOR COUNCIL AND COURTS.—^The Council 
of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia courts 
may accept and use gifts without prior approval by the Mayor, 
(b) RECORDS AND PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Each entity of the Dis-
trict of Columbia government shall keep accurate and detailed 
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records of the acceptance and use of any gift or donation under 
subsection (a), and shall make such records available for audit 
and public inspection. 
(c) INDEPENDENT AGENCIES INCLUDED.—For the purposes of 
this section, the term "entity of the District of Columbia govern-
ment" includes an independent agency of the District of Columbia. 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION.—This section shall 
not apply to the District of Columbia 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. 119. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may 
be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, 
or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator 
or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District 
of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3-171; D.C. Code, sec. l-113(d)). 
SEC. 120. (a) MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 2204(c)(1)(A) of the District of Columbia School Reform 
Act (sec. 31-2853.14(c)(1)(A), D.C. Code) is amended to read 
as follows: 
"(A) NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR PROCUREMENT CON-
TRACTS.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of an emer-
gency (as determined by the eligible 
chartering 
authority of a public charter school), with respect to 
£my procurement contract proposed to be awarded by 
the public charter school and having a value equal 
to or exceeding $25,000, the school shall publish a 
notice of a request for proposals in the District of 
Columbia Register and newspapers of general circula-
tion not less than 7 days prior to the award of the 
contract. 
"(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.—^The 
notice requirement of clause (i) shall not apply with 
respect to any contract for the lease or purchase of 
real property by a public charter school, any employ-
ment contract for a staff member of a public charter 
school, or any management contract entered into by 
a public charter school and the management company 
designated in its charter or its petition for a revised 
charter.". 
(2) SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS TO ELIGIBLE CHARTERING 
AUTHORITY.—Section 2204(c)(1)(B) of such Act (sec. 31-
2853.14(c)(1)(B), D.C. Code) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking "AUTHORITY" and 
inserting "ELIGIBLE CHARTERING AUTHORITY"; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking "Authority" and inserting 
"eligible chartering authority"; and 
(C) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: 
"(ii) EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT.—A contract 
described in subparagraph (A) shall become effective 
on the date that is 10 days after the date the school 
makes the submission under clause (i) with respect 
to the contract, or the effective date specified in the 
contract, whichever is later.". 
District of 
Columbia 
Register, 
publication. 
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(b) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF SCHOOL REFORM ACT.— 
(1) WAIVER OF DUPLICATE AND CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.— 
Section 2210 of such Act (sec. 31-2853.20, D.C. Code) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(d) WAIVER OF APPLICATION OF DUPLICATE AND CONFLICTING 
PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except as otherwise provided in this title, no provision of any 
law regarding the establishment, administration, or operation of 
public charter schools in the District of Columbia shall apply with 
respect to a public charter school or an eligible chartering authority 
to the extent that the provision duplicates or is inconsistent with 
any provision of this title.". 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this sub-
section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of 
the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995. 
(c) LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCHOOL OR PREKINDER-
GARTEN PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2204(c) of such Act (sec. 3 1 -
2853.14(c), D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
"(18) LICENSING AS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.—^A public 
charter school which offers a preschool or prekindergarten pro-
gram shall be subject to the same child care licensing require-
ments (if any) which apply to a District of Columbia public 
school which offers such a program.". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 2202 of such 
Act (sec. 31-2853.12, D.C. Code) is amended by striking clause 
(17). 
(B) Section 2203(h)(2) of such Act (sec. 31-2853.13(h)(2), 
D.C. Code) is amended by striking "(17),". 
(d) Section 2403 of the District of Columbia School Reform 
Act of 1995 (sec. 31-2853.43, D.C. Code) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
"(c) ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENTS.—^A public charter school may 
assign any payments made to the school under this section to 
a financial institution for use as collateral to secure a loan or 
for the repayment of a loan.". 
(e) Section 2210 of the District of Columbia School Reform 
Act of 1995 (sec. 31-2853.20, D.C. Code), as amended by subsection 
(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
"(e) PARTICIPATION IN G S A PROGRAMS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any provision of this 
Act or any other provision of law, a public charter school 
may acquire goods and services through the General Services 
Administration and may participate in programs of the 
Administration in the same manner and to the same extent 
as any entity of the District of Columbia government. 
"(2) PARTICIPATION BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.—^A public 
charter school may delegate to a nonprofit, tax-exempt organiza-
tion in the District of Columbia the public charter school's 
authority under paragraph (1).". 
SEC. 
121. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT 
Deadline. 
OF COLUMBIA, (a) The Superintendent of the District of Columbia 
Public Schools (DCPS) and the University of the District of 
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114 STAT. 2463 
Columbia (UDC) shall each submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee 
on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 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 expendi-
ture projections versus budget broken out on the basis of control 
« 
center, responsibility center, and object class, and for all funds, 
non-appropriated 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, responsibility center, and agency 
reporting code; and contract identifying codes used by DCPS 
and UDC; payments made in the last quarter and year-to-
date, the total amount of the contract and total payments 
made for the contract and any modifications, extensions, 
renewals; and specific modifications made to each contract in 
the last month; 
(4) all reprogramming requests and reports that are 
required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of 
Education; 
(5) all reprogramming requests and reports that have been 
made by UDC within the last quarter in compliance with 
applicable law; and 
(6) changes made in the last quarter to the organizational 
structure of DCPS and UDC, displaying for each entity previous 
and current control centers and responsibility centers, the 
names of the organizational entities that have been changed, 
the name of the staff member supervising each entity affected, 
and the reasons for the structural change. 
(b) The Superintendent of DCPS and UDC shall annually com-
pile an accurate and verifiable report on the positions £ind employees 
in the public school system and the university, respectively. The 
annual report shall— 
(1) set forth the number of validated schedule A positions 
in the District of Columbia public schools and UDC for fiscal 
year 2001, and thereafter 
on full-time equivalent basis, 
including a compilation of all positions by control center, respon-
sibility center, funding source, position type, position title, pay 
plan, grade, and annual salary; 
(2) set forth a compilation of all employees in the District 
of Columbia public schools and UDC 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 pur-
poses, job title, grade and classification, annual salary, and 
position control number; and 
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Deadline. 
Abortion. 
(3) 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. 
(c) No later than November 1, 2000, or within 30 calendar 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs 
later, and each succeeding year, the Superintendent of DCPS and 
UDC 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 UDC 
for such fiscal year: (1) 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; and (2) that is in the format of the budget 
that the Superintendent of DCPS and UDC submit to the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayoi-'s budget 
submission to the Council of the District 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. 122. (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 or any attorney who defends 
any action, including an administrative proceeding, brought against 
the District of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if— 
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attorney exceeds 
250 percent of the hourly rate of compensation under section 
ll-2604(a), District of Columbia Code; or 
(2) the maximum amount of compensation of the attorney 
exceeds 250 percent of the maximum amount of compensation 
under section ll-2604(bXl), District of Columbia Code, except 
that compensation and reimbursement in excess of such max-
imum may be approved for extended or complex representation 
in accordance with section ll-2604(c), District of Columbia 
Code; and 
(3) in no case may the compensation limits in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) exceed $2,500. 
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the Mayor 
and the Superintendent 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 subsection to both 
the attorney who represents the prevailing party and the attorney 
who defends the action. 
SEC. 123. 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. 124. 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, hetero-
sexual, or lesbian), including but not limited to registration for 
the purpose of extending emplo3nment, health, or governmental 
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114 STAT. 2465 
benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits are 
extended to legally married couples. 
SEC. 125. The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
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 University of the District of Columbia School 
of Law shall vote on and approve the respective annual or revised 
budgets for such entities before submission to the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor's budget submission 
to the Council of the District of Columbia in accordance with section 
442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-
198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), or before submitting their respective 
budgets directly to the Council. 
SEC. 126. (a) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GRANTS NOT INCLUDED 
IN CEILING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer, during a control year, as defined in section 305(4) 
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8; 109 
Stat. 152), may accept, obligate, and expend Federal, private, 
and other grants received by the District government that 
are not reflected in the amounts appropriated in this Act. 
(2) REQUIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER REPORT AND 
AUTHORITY APPROVAL.—^No such Federal, private, or other grant 
may be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph 
(1) until— 
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia submits to the Authority a report setting forth 
detailed information regarding such grant; and 
(B) the Authority has reviewed and approved the 
acceptance, obligation, and expenditure of such grant in 
accordance with review and approval procedures consistent 
with the provisions of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995. 
(3) PROHIBITION ON SPENDING IN ANTICIPATION OF APPROVAL 
OR RECEIPT.—^No amount may be obligated 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 
approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 
subject to such paragraph. 
(4) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—^The Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting 
forth detailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
other grants subject to this subsection. Each such report shall Deadline, 
be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, and 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, not later than 15 days after the end 
of the quarter covered by the report. 
(b) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES BY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Deadline. 
AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY.—^Not later than 20 cal-
endar days after the end of each fiscal quarter starting October 
1, 2000, the Authority shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
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Deadline. 
the Committee on Government Reform of the House, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing an itemized 
accounting of all non-appropriated funds obligated or expended 
by the Authority for the quarter. The report shall include informa-
tion on the date, amount, purpose, and vendor name, and a descrip-
tion of the services or goods provided with respect to the expendi-
tures of such funds. 
SEC. 127. If a department or agency of the government of 
the District of Columbia is under the administration of a court-
appointed receiver or other court-appointed official during fiscal 
year 2001 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 Columbia for the year, annual estimates 
of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for the mainte-
nance and operation 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 Columbia 
Home Rule Act, without revision but subject to the Mayor's rec-
ommendations. Notwithstanding any provision of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 774; PubUc 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 estimates. 
SEC. 128. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL VEHICLES.— 
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 officer or employee uses the 
vehicle only in the performance of the officer's or employee's official 
duties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "official duties" 
does not include travel between the officer's or employee's 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 Depart-
ment; (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 Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia). 
(b) INVENTORY OF VEHICLES.—^The Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia shall submit, by November 15, 2000, an 
inventory, as of September 30, 2000, of all vehicles owned, leased 
or operated by the District of Columbia government. The inventory 
shall include, but not be limited to, the department to which the 
vehicle is assigned; the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition 
date and cost; the general condition of the 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. 129. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES DETAILED 
WITHIN GOVERNMENT.—For purposes of determining the amount 
of funds expended by any entity within the District of Columbia 
government during fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal 
year, any expenditures of the District government attributable to 
any officer or employee of the District government who provides 
services which are within the authority and jurisdiction of the 
entity (including any portion of the compensation paid to the officer 
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114 STAT. 2467 
or employee attributable to the time spent in providing such serv-
ices) shall be treated as expenditures made from the entity's budget, 
without regard to whether the officer or employee is assigned to 
the entity or otherwise treated as an officer or employee of the 
entity. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF REDUCTION IN FORCE PROCEDURES.—Sec-
tion 2408 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive 
Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 
2-139; D.C. Code, sec. 1-625.7), is amended as follows: 
(1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking "September 30, 
2000" and inserting "September 30, 2000, and each subsequent 
fiscal year". 
(2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking "Prior to February 
1, 2000" and inserting "Prior to February 1 of each year". 
(3) Subsection (i) is amended by striking "March 1, 2000" 
and inserting "March 1 of each year". 
(4) Subsection (k) is amended by striking "September 1, 
2000" and inserting "September 1 of each year". 
(c) No ofBcer or employee of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (including any independent agency of the District but 
excluding the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority, the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment, and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer) may enter 
into an agreement in excess of $2,500 for the procurement of goods 
or services on behalf of any entity of the District government 
until the officer or employee has conducted an analysis of how 
the procurement of the goods and services involved under the 
applicable regulations and procedures of the District government 
would differ from the procurement of the goods and services involved 
under the Federal supply schedule and other applicable regulations 
and procedures of the General Services Administration, including 
an analysis of any differences in the costs to be incurred and 
the time required to obtain the goods or services. 
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not Deadline, 
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 require special education 
services; and 
(2) if a student is classified as having a disability, as 
defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (84 Stat. 175; 20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 
7(8) of the Rehabilitation 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 services. 
SEC. 131. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—None 
of the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the 
entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-
10c). 
(b) 
SENSE 
OF 
THE 
CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING 
NOTICE.— 
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD-
UCTS.—In the case of any equipment or product that may 
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Deadlines. 
Reports. 
be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance pro-
vided using funds made available in this Act, it is the sense 
of the Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, 
in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
equipment 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 provide to each recipient of the assistance 
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by 
the Congress. 
(c) 
PROHIBITION 
OF 
CONTRACTS WITH 
PERSONS 
FALSELY 
LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—If it has been finally 
determined by a court or Federal agency that any person inten-
tionally 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 
subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant 
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described 
in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 132. 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 Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority) for fiscal 
year 2001 unless— 
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General 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 docu-
ment for such year and the appropriations enacted into law 
for such year. 
SEC. 133. 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 representation in Congress for the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 134. 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 classifica-
tion instrument, to the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center located 
in Youngstown, Ohio. 
SEC. 135. Subsection 3(e) of Public Law 104-21 (D.C. Code 
sec. 7-134.2(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.—^Not later than February 1, 
2001, and each February 1 thereafter, the Inspector General of 
the District of Columbia shall audit the financial statements of 
the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund for the preceding 
fiscal year and shall submit to Congress a report on the results 
of such audit. Not later than May 31, 2001, and each May 31 
thereafter, the Inspector General shall examine the statements 
forecasting the conditions and operations of the Trust Fund for 
the next 5 fiscal years commencing on the previous October 1 
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114 STAT. 2469 
and shall submit to Congress a report on the results of such exam-
ination.". 
SEC. 136. No later than November 1, 2000, or within 30 cal- Deadline, 
endar 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 Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority a revised appropriated funds operating 
budget in the format of the budget that the District of Columbia 
government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 
47-301), for all agencies of the District of Columbia government 
for such fiscal year that is in the total amount of the approved 
appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data for personal serv-
ices and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
SEC. 137. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may Needle exchange. 
be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes 
for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. 
(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds contained 
in this Act and who carries out any program described in subsection 
(a) shall account for all funds used for such program separately 
from any funds contained in this Act. 
SEC. 138. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON LEASES.—Upon the expiration 
of the 60-day period that begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may be used 
to make rental pajonents under a lease for the use of real property 
by the District of Columbia government (including any independent 
agency of the District) unless the lease and an abstract of the 
lease have been filed (by the District of Columbia or any other 
party to the lease) with the central office of the Deputy Mayor 
for Economic Development, in an indexed registry available for 
public inspection. 
(b) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON CURRENT LEASES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the expiration of the 60-day period 
that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, in the 
case of a lease described in paragraph (3), none of the funds 
contained in this Act may be used to make rental payments 
under the lease unless the lease is included in periodic reports 
submitted by the Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate describing for each such lease the following 
information: 
(A) The location of the property involved, the name 
of the owners of record according to the land records of 
the District of Columbia, the name of the lessors according 
to the lease, the rate of pa5maent under the lease, the 
period of time covered by the lease, and the conditions 
under which the lease may be terminated. 
(B) The extent to which the property is or is not 
occupied by the District of Columbia government as of 
the end of the reporting period involved. 
(C) If the property is not occupied and utilized by 
the District government as of the end of the reporting 
period involved, a plan for occupying and utilizing the 
property (including construction or renovation work) or 
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a status statement regarding any efforts by the District 
to terminate or renegotiate the lease. 
(2) TIMING OF REPORTS.—^The reports described in para-
graph (1) shall be submitted for each calendar quarter (begin-
ning with the quarter ending December 31, 2000) not later 
than 20 days after the end of the quarter involved, plus an 
initial report submitted not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, which shall provide information 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) LEASES DESCRIBED.—^A lease described in this paragraph 
is a lease in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act for the use of real property by the District of Columbia 
government (including any independent agency of the District) 
which is not being occupied by the District government 
(including any independent agency of the District) as of such 
date or during the 60-day period which begins on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 139. (a) MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING DISTRICT GOVERNMENT 
PROPERTY.—Upon the expiration of the 60-day period that begins 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enter into a lease (or to make rental 
payments under such a lease) for the use of real property by 
the District of Columbia government (including any independent 
agency of the District) or to purchase real property for the use 
of the District of Columbia government (including any independent 
agency of the District) or to manage real property for the use 
of the District of Columbia (including any independent agency of 
the District) unless the following conditions are met: 
(1) The Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia 
certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate that existing real property avail-
able to the District (whether leased or owned by the District 
government) is not suitable for the purposes intended. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, there is 
made available for sale or lease all real property of the District 
of Columbia that the Mayor from time-to-time determines is 
surplus to the needs of the District of Columbia, unless a 
majority of the members of the Council override the Mayor's 
determination during the 30-day period which begins on the 
date the determination is published. 
(3) The Mayor and Council implement a program for the 
periodic survey of all District property to determine if it is 
surplus to the needs of the District. 
Deadline. 
(4) The Mayor and Council within 60 days of the date 
Reports. 
of the enactment of this Act have filed with the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate a report which provides a comprehensive plan for 
the management of District of Columbia real property assets, 
and are proceeding with the implementation of the plan, 
(b) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS.—If the District of Columbia 
enacts legislation to reform the practices and procedures governing 
the entering into of leases for the use of real property by the 
District of Columbia government and the disposition of surplus 
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114 STAT. 2471 
real property of the District government, the provisions of sub-
section (a) shall cease to be effective upon the effective date of 
the legislation. 
SEC. 140. None of the funds contained in this Act may be Reports, 
used after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on the Deadline, 
date of the enactment of this Act to pay the salary of any chief 
financial officer of any office of the District of Columbia government 
(including the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority and any independent agency 
of the District) who has not filed a certification with the Mayor 
and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia that 
the officer understands the duties and restrictions applicable to 
the officer and the officer's agency as a result of this Act (and 
the amendments made by this Act), including any duty to prepare 
a report requested either in the Act or in any of the reports 
accompanying the Act and the deadline by which each report must 
be submitted, and the District's Chief Financial Officer shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives by the tenth day after the end of each quarter 
a summary list showing each report, the due date and the date 
submitted to the Committees. 
SEC. 141. The proposed budget of the government of the District 
of Columbia for fiscal year 2002 that is submitted by the District 
to Congress shall specify potential adjustments that might become 
necessary in the event that the operational improvements savings, 
including managed competition, and management reform savings 
achieved by the District during the year do not meet the level 
of management savings projected by the District under the proposed 
budget. 
SEC. 142. In submitting any document showing the budget 
for an office of the District of Columbia government (including 
an independent agency of the District) that contains a category 
of activities labeled as "other", "miscellaneous", or a similar general, 
nondescriptive term, the document shall include a description of 
the types of activities covered in the category and a detailed break-
down of the amount allocated for each such activity. 
SEC. 143. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize 
or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, 
or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive. 
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initia-
tive of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by the electors 
of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, shall not take 
effect. 
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby solely authorized to 
allocate the District's limitation amount of qualified zone academy 
bonds (established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1397E) among qualified 
zone academies within the District. 
SEC. 145. (a) Section 11232 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 (sec. 24-1232, D.C. Code) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as sub-
sections (g) through (j); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new sub-
section: 
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Effective date. 
Effective date. 
"(f) TREATMENT AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Trustee and employees of the 
Trustee who are not covered under subsection (e) shall be 
treated as employees of the Federal Government solely for 
purposes of the following provisions of title 5, United States 
Code: 
"(A) Chapter 83 (relating to retirement). 
"(B) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employees' 
Retirement System). 
"(C) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance). 
"(D) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance). 
"(2) EFFECTIVE DATES OF COVERAGE.—^The effective dates 
of coverage of the provisions of paragraph (1) are as follows: 
"(A) In the case of the Trustee and employees of the 
Office of the Trustee and the Office of Adult Probation, 
August 5, 1997, or the date of appointment, whichever 
is later. 
"(B) In the case of employees of the Office of Parole, 
October 11, 1998, or the date of appointment, whichever 
is later. 
"(C) In the case of employees of the Pretrial Services 
Agency, January 3, 1999, or the date of appointment, 
whichever is later. 
"(3) RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—^The Trustee shall make con-
tributions under the provisions referred to in paragraph (1) 
at the same rates applicable to agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
"(4) REGULATIONS.—^The Office of Personnel Management 
shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this 
subsection.". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of title XI of the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997. 
SEC. 146. It is the sense of the Congress that the District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority should quickly complete the sale of the Franklin School 
property, a property which has been vacant for over 20 years. 
SEC. 147. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing 
the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insur-
ance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation 
enacted on such issue should include a "conscience clause" which 
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 148. (a) Chapter 23 of title 11, District of Columbia, 
is hereby repealed. 
(b) The table of chapters for title 11, District of Columbia, 
is amended by striking the item relating to chapter 23. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
on the date on which legislation enacted by the Council of the 
District of Columbia to establish the Office of the Chief Medical 
Examiner in the executive branch of the government of the District 
of Columbia takes effect. 
PROMPT PAYMENT OF APPOINTED COUNSEL 
SEC. 
149. (a) ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST FOR DELAYED PAY-
MENTS.—If the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals does not make a payment 
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114 STAT. 2473 
described in subsection (b) prior to the expiration of the 45-day 
period which begins on the date the Court receives a completed 
voucher for a claim for the pa3niient, interest shall be assessed 
against the amount of the pajonent which would otherwise be 
made to take into account the period which begins on the day 
after the expiration of such 45-day period and which ends on the 
day the Court makes the pa3nnent. 
(b) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.—^A payment described in this sub-
section is— 
(1) a payment authorized under section 11-2604 and sec-
tion 11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided 
under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act); 
(2) a payment for counsel appointed in proceedings in the 
Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code; or 
(3) a pa5anent for counsel authorized under section 21-
2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under 
the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 
and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986). 
(c) STANDARDS FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETED VOUCHERS.— 
The chief judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 
and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall establish stand-
ards and criteria for determining whether vouchers submitted for 
claims for pa5niients described in subsection (b) are complete, and 
shall publish and make such standards and criteria available to 
attorneys who practice before such Courts. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require the assessment of interest against any claim 
(or portion of any claim) which is denied by the Court involved. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section shall apply with respect Applicability. 
to claims received by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 
or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals after the expiration 
of the 90-day period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 150. (a) Effective 120 days after the date of the enactment 
Effective date. 
of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any Needle exchange, 
needle or syringe for the hj^jodermic injection of any illegal drug 
in any area of the District of Columbia which is within 1,000 
feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school (including 
a public charter school). It is stipulated that based on a survey 
by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia 
that sites at 4th Street Northeast and Rhode Island Avenue North-
east, Southern Avenue Southeast and Central Avenue Southeast, 
1st Street Southeast and M Street Southeast, 21st Street Northeast 
and H Street Northeast, Minnesota Avenue Northeast and Clay 
Place Northeast, and 15th Street Southeast and Ives Street South-
east are outside the 1,000-foot perimeter. Sites at North Capitol 
Street and New York Avenue Northeast, Division Avenue Northeast 
and Foote Street Northeast, Georgia Avenue Northwest and New 
Hampshire Avenue Northwest, and 15th Street Northeast and A 
Street Northeast are found to be within the 1,000-foot perimeter. 
(b) The Public Housing Police of the District of Columbia Reports. 
Housing Authority shall prepare a monthly report on activity 
involving illegal drugs at or near any public housing site where 
a needle exchange program is conducted, and shall submit such 
reports to the Executive Director of the District of Columbia 
Housing Authority, who shall submit them to the Committees on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate. The 
Executive Director shall ascertain any concerns of the residents 
of any public housing site about any needle exchange program 
conducted on or near the site, and this information shall be included 
in these reports. The District of Columbia Government shall take 
appropriate action to require relocation of any such program if 
so recommended by the police or by a significant number of resi-
dents of such site. 
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF LAW BANNING 
POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY MINORS 
SEC. 151. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—^There is hereby appropriated 
a Federal contribution of $100,000 to the Metropolitan Police 
Department of the District of Columbia, effective upon the enact-
ment by the District of Columbia of a law which reads as follows: 
"SECTION 1. BAN ON POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY MINORS. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any individual under 
18 years of age to possess any cigarette or other tobacco product 
in the District of Columbia. 
"(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
"(1) POSSESSION IN COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT.—Subsection 
(a) shall not apply with respect to an individual making a 
delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products in pursuance of 
emplo3niient. 
"(2) PARTICIPATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply with respect to an individual pos-
sessing products in the course of a valid, supervised law enforce-
ment operation. 
"(c) PENALTIES.—^Any individual who violates subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the following penalties: 
"(1) For any violation, the individual may be required to 
perform community service or attend a tobacco cessation pro-
gram. 
"(2) Upon the first violation, the individual shall be subject 
to a civil penalty not to exceed $50. 
"(3) Upon the second and each subsequent violation, the 
individual shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed 
$100. 
"(4) Upon the third and each subsequent violation, the 
individual may have his or her driving privileges in the District 
of Columbia suspended for a period of 90 consecutive days.". 
(b) USE OF CONTRIBUTION.—The Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment shall use the contribution made under subsection (a) to enforce 
the law referred to in such subsection. 
SEC. 152. Nothing in this Act bars the District of Columbia 
Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in 
private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District 
government regarding such lawsuits. 
31 use 6301 
SEC. 153. (a) Nothing in the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
note. 
Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) may be construed 
to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency from negotiating and entering into cooperative agreements 
and grants authorized by law which affect real property of the 
Federal Government in the District of Columbia if the principal 
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114 STAT. 2475 
purpose of the cooperative agreement or grant is to provide com-
parable benefits for Federal and non-Federal properties in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2001 Applicability. 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 154. (a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act, as amended by section 159(a) of this Act, is further 
amended by inserting after section 450A the following new section: 
"COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY 
"SEC. 
45OB. (a) 
COMPREHENSIVE 
FINANCIAL 
MANAGEMENT 
POLICY.—The District of Columbia shall conduct its financial 
management in accordance with a comprehensive financial manage-
ment policy. 
"(b) 
CONTENTS 
OF 
POLICY.—^The comprehensive 
financial 
management policy shall include, but not be limited to, the fol-
lowing: 
"(1) A cash management policy. 
"(2) A debt management policy. 
"(3) A financial asset management policy. 
"(4) An emergency reserve management policy in accord-
ance with section 450A(a). 
"(5) A contingency reserve management policy in accord-
ance with section 450A(b). 
"(6) A policy for determining real property tax exemptions 
for the District of Columbia. 
"(c) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The comprehensive financial manage- Deadlines. 
ment policy shall be reviewed at the end of each fiscal year by 
the Chief Financial Officer who shall— 
"(1) not later than July 1 of each year, submit any proposed 
changes in the policy to the Mayor and (in the case of a 
fiscal year which is a control year, as defined in section 305(4) 
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995) the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority 
(Authority) for review; 
"(2) not later than August 1 of each year, after consider-
ation of any comments received under paragraph (1), submit 
the changes to the Council of the District of Columbia (Council) 
for approval; and 
"(3) not later than September 1 of each year, notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate of any changes enacted by the Council. 
"(d) PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST COMPREHENSIVE Deadlines. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.— 
"(1) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—^Not later than April 1, 
2001, the Chief Financial Officer shall submit to the Mayor 
an initial proposed comprehensive financial management policy 
for the District of Columbia pursuant to this section. 
"(2) COUNCIL.—^Following review and comment by the 
Mayor, not later than May 1, 2001, the Chief Financial Officer 
shall submit the proposed financial management policy to the 
Council for its prompt review and adoption. 
"(3) AUTHORITY.—Upon adoption of the financial manage-
ment policy under paragraph (2), the Council shall immediately 
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submit the policy to the Authority for a review of not to exceed 
30 days. 
Effective date. 
"(4) CONGRESS.—Following review of the financial manage-
ment policy by the Authority under paragraph (3), the Authority 
shall submit the policy to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee 
on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate for 
review, and the policy shall take effect 30 days after the date 
the policy is submitted under this paragraph.". 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 450A the following new item: 
"Sec. 450B. Comprehensive financial management policy.". 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made 
by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000. 
APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
SEC. 155. (a) APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL.—Section 424(b) 
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 47-317.2, D.C. 
Code) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at the end the following: 
"Upon confirmation by the Council, the name of the Chief 
Financial Officer shall be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives for a 30-day period of review and comment before 
the appointment takes effect."; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting the following: "upon dismissal by the Mayor 
and approval of that dismissal by a % vote of the Council. 
Upon approval of the dismissal by the Council, notice of the 
dismissal shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
for a 30-day period of review and comment before the dismissal 
takes effect.". 
(b) FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 424(c) of such Act (sec. 47-317.3, 
D.C. Code) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking "DURING A CONTROL 
YEAR"; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
"During a control year, the Chief Financial Officer" and 
inserting "The Chief Financial Officer"; 
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking "Preparing" and 
inserting "During a control year, preparing"; 
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking "Assuring" and 
inserting "During a control year, assuring^'; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking "With the approval" 
and all that follows through "the Council—" and inserting 
"Preparing and submitting to the Mayor and the Council, 
with the approval of the Authority during a control year— 
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(F) in paragraph (11), by striking "or the Authority" 
and inserting "(or by the Authority during a control year)"; 
and 
(G) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
"(18) Exercising responsibility for the administration and 
supervision of the District of Columbia Treasurer (except that 
the Chief Financial Officer may delegate any portion of such 
responsibility as the Chief Financial Officer considers appro-
priate and consistent with efficiency). 
"(19) Administering all borrowing programs of the District 
government for the issuance of long-term and short-term indebt-
edness. 
"(20) Administering the cash management program of the 
District government, including the investment of surplus funds 
in governmental and non-governmental interest-bearing securi-
ties and accounts. 
"(21) Administering the centralized District government 
pajn'oll and retirement systems. 
"(22) Governing the accounting policies and 
systems 
applicable to the District government. 
"(23) Preparing appropriate annual, quarterly, and monthly 
financial reports of the accounting and financial operations 
of the District government. 
"(24) Not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal Deadline. 
year, preparing the complete fmancial statement and report 
on the activities of the District government for such fiscal 
year, for the use of the Mayor under section 448(a)(4).". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 424 of such Act 
(sec. 47-317.1 et seq., D.C. Code) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (d); 
(B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking "or subsection (d)"; 
and 
(C) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as sub-
sections (d) and (e), respectively. 
SEC. 156. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the District 
of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 
1978 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Code 1-601.1 et seq.), or any other 
District of Columbia law, statute, regulation, the provisions of the 
District of Columbia Personnel Manual, or the provisions of any 
collective bargaining agreement, employees of the District of 
Columbia government will only receive compensation for overtime 
work in excess of 40 hours per week (or other applicable tour 
of duty) of work actually performed, in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. 
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall be effective December 
Effective date. 
27, 1996. The Resolution and Order of the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
dated December 27, 1996, is hereby ratified and approved and 
shall be given full force and effect. 
SEC. 157. (a) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding section 503 of 
Public Law 100-71 and as provided in subsection (b), the Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
Columbia (in this section referred to as the "agency") may imple-
ment and administer the Drug Free Workplace Program of the 
agency, dated July 28, 2000, for employment applicants of the 
agency. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The waiver provided by subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) take effect on enactment; and 
(2) terminate on the date the Department of Health and 
Human Services approves the drug program of the agency 
pursuant to section 503 of Public Law 100-71 or 12 months 
after the date referred to in paragraph (1), whichever is later. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 158. Commencing October 1, 2000, the Mayor of the Dis-
Reports. 
trict of Columbia shall submit to the Senate and House Committees 
on Appropriations, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, 
and the House Government Reform Committee quarterly reports 
addressing the following issues: (1) crime, including the homicide 
rate, implementation of community policing, the number of police 
officers on local beats, and the closing down of open-air drug mar-
kets; (2) access to drug abuse treatment, including the number 
of treatment slots, the number of people served, the number of 
people on waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment programs; 
(3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including 
the number of halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve 
monitoring and supervision of halfway house residents to reduce 
the number of escapes to be provided in consultation with the 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency; (4) education, 
including access to special education services and student achieve-
ment to be provided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
Public Schools; (5) improvement in basic District services, including 
rat control and abatement; (6) application for and management 
of Federal grants, including the number and type of grants for 
which the District was eligible but failed to apply and the number 
and type of grants awarded to the District but which the District 
failed to spend the amounts received; and (7) indicators of child 
well-being. 
RESERVE FUNDS 
SEC. 159. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVE FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
is amended by inserting after section 450 the following new 
section: 
Deadlines. 
RESERVE FUNDS 
"SEC. 450A. (a) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established an emergency cash 
reserve fund (in this subsection referred to as the 'emergency 
reserve fund') as an interest-bearing account (separate from 
other accounts in the General Fund) into which the Mayor 
shall deposit in cash not later than February 15 of each fiscal 
year (or not later than October 1, 2000, in the case of fiscal 
year 2001) such amount as may be required to maintain a 
balance in the fund of at least 4 percent of the total budget 
appropriated for operating expenditures for such fiscal year 
which is derived from local funds (or, in the case of fiscal 
years prior to fiscal year 2004, such amount as may be required 
to maintain a balance in the fund of at least the minimum 
emergency reserve balance for such fiscal year, as determined 
under paragraph (2)). 
"(2) 
DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM EMERGENCY RESERVE 
BALANCE.— 
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114 STAT. 2479 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The 'minimum emergency reserve 
balance' with respect to a fiscal year is the amount equal 
to the applicable percentage of the total budget appro-
priated for operating expenditures for such fiscal year 
which is derived from local funds. 
"(B) 
APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE DEFINED.—In subpara-
' 
graph (A), the 'applicable percentage' with respect to a 
fiscal year means the following: 
"(i) For fiscal year 2001, 1 percent, 
"(ii) For fiscal year 2002, 2 percent. 
, 
"(iii) For fiscal year 2003, 3 percent. 
"(3) INTEREST.—Interest earned on the emergency reserve 
fund shall remain in the account and shall only be withdrawn 
in accordance with paragraph (4). 
"(4) CRITERIA FOR USE OF AMOUNTS IN EMERGENCY RESERVE 
FUND.—^The Chief Financial Officer, in consultation with the 
Mayor, shall develop a policy to govern the emergency reserve 
fund which shall include (but which may not be limited to) 
the following requirements: 
"(A) The emergency reserve fund may be used to pro-
vide for unanticipated and nonrecurring extraordinary 
needs of an emergency nature, including a natural disaster 
or calamity as defined by section 102 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(Public Law 100-707) or unexpected obligations by Federal 
law. 
"(B) The emergency reserve fund may also be used 
in the event of a State of Emergency as declared by the 
Mayor pursuant to section 5 of the District of Columbia 
Public Emergency Act of 1980 (sec. 6-1504, D.C. Code). 
"(C) The emergency reserve fund may not be used 
to fund— 
"(i) any department, agency, or office of the 
Grovernment of the District of Columbia which is 
administered by a receiver or other official appointed 
by a court; 
"(ii) shortfalls in any projected reductions which 
are included in the budget proposed by the District 
of Columbia for the fiscal year; or 
"(iii) settlements and judgments made by or 
against the Government of the District of Columbia. 
"(5) ALLOCATION OF EMERGENCY CASH RESERVE FUNDS.— 
Funds may be allocated from the emergency reserve fund only 
after— 
"(A) an analysis has been prepared by the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the availability of other sources of funding 
to carry out the purposes of the allocation and the impact 
of such allocation on the balance and integrity of the emer-
gency reserve fund; and 
"(B) with respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal 
year 2005, the contingency reserve fund established by 
subsection (b) has been projected by the Chief Financial 
Officer to be exhausted at the time of the allocation. 
"(6) NOTICE.—^The Mayor, the Council, and (in the case 
of a fiscal year which is a control year, as defined in section 
305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995) the District of Columbia 
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Deadline. 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and House of Representatives in writing not more than 30 
days after the expenditure of funds from the emergency reserve 
fund. 
"(7) REPLENISHMENT.—The District of Columbia shall 
appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal year in the budget 
process to replenish any amounts allocated from the emergency 
reserve fund during the preceding fiscal year by the following 
fiscal year. Once the emergency reserve equals 4 percent of 
total budget appropriated from local funds for operating 
expenditures for the fiscal year, the District of Columbia shall 
appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal year in the budget 
process to replenish any amounts allocated from the emergency 
reserve fund during the preceding year to maintain a balance 
of at least 4 percent of total funds appropriated from local 
funds for operating expenditures by the following fiscal year. 
"(b) CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^There is established a contingency cash 
reserve fund (in this subsection referred to as the 'contingency 
reserve fund') as an interest-bearing account (separate from 
other accounts in the Greneral Fund) into which the Mayor 
shall deposit in cash not later than October 1 of each fiscal 
year (beginning with fiscal year 2005) such amount as may 
be required to maintain a balance in the fund of at least 
3 percent of the total budget appropriated for operating expendi-
tures for such fiscal year which is derived from local funds 
(or, in the case of fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2007, such 
amount as may be required to maintain a balance in the 
fund of at least the minimum contingency reserve balance 
for such fiscal year, as determined under paragraph (2)). 
"(2) 
DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM CONTINGENCY RESERVE 
BALANCE.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The 'minimum contingency reserve 
balance' with respect to a fiscal year is the amount equal 
to the applicable percentage of the total budget appro-
priated from local funds for operating expenditures for 
such fiscal year which is derived from local funds. 
"(B) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE DEFINED.—In subpara-
graph (A), the 'applicable percentage' with respect to a 
fiscal year means the following: 
"(i) For fiscal year 2005, 1 percent, 
"(ii) For fiscal year 2006, 2 percent. 
"(3) INTEREST.—Interest earned on the contingency reserve 
fund shall remain in the account and may only be withdrawn 
in accordance with paragraph (4). 
"(4) 
CRITERIA FOR USE OF AMOUNTS IN CONTINGENCY 
RESERVE FUND.—^The Chief Financial Officer, in consultation 
with the Mayor, shall develop a policy governing the use of 
the contingency reserve fund which shall include (but which 
may not be limited to) the following requirements: 
"(A) The contingency reserve fund may only be used 
to provide for nonrecurring or unforeseen needs that arise 
during the fiscal year, including expenses associated with 
unforeseen weather or other natural disasters, unexpected 
obligations created by Federal law or new public safety 
or health needs or requirements that have been identified 
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114 STAT. 2481 
after the budget process has occurred, or opportunities 
to achieve cost savings. 
"(B) The contingency reserve fund may be used, if 
needed, to cover revenue shortfalls experienced by the Dis-
trict government for 3 consecutive months (based on a 
2 month rolling average) that are 5 percent or more below 
the budget forecast. 
"(C) The contingency reserve fund may not be used 
to fund any shortfalls in any projected reductions which 
are included in the budget proposed by the District of 
Columbia for the fiscal year. 
"(5) ALLOCATION OF CONTINGENCY CASH RESERVE.—Funds 
may be allocated from the contingency reserve fund only after 
an analysis has been prepared by the Chief Financial Officer 
of the availability of other sources of funding to carry out 
the purposes of the allocation and the impact of such allocation 
on the balance and integrity of the contingency reserve fund. 
"(6) REPLENISHMENT.—^The District of Columbia 
shall 
appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal year in the budget 
process to replenish any amounts allocated from the contin-
gency reserve fund during the preceding fiscal year by the 
following fiscal year. Once the contingency reserve equals 3 
percent of total funds appropriated from local funds for oper-
ating expenditures, the District of Columbia shall appropriate 
sufficient funds each fiscal year in the budget process to 
replenish any amounts allocated from the contingency reserve 
fund during the preceding year to maintain a balance of at 
least 3 percent of total funds appropriated from local funds 
for operating expenditures by the following fiscal year. 
"(c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Chief Financial Officer shall 
submit a quarterly report to the Mayor, the Council, the District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority (in the case of a fiscal year which is a control year, 
as defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995), and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives that includes a monthly statement on the balance 
and activities of the contingency and emergency reserve funds.". 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—-The table of contents for the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 450 the following new item: 
"Sec. 450A. Reserve funds.". 
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CURRENT RESERVE FUND.—Section 202(j) of the District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Act of 1995 (sec. 47-392.2(j), D.C. Code) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "Beginning with fiscal 
year 2000, the plan or budget submitted pursuant to this 
Act" and inserting "For each of the fiscal years 2000 
through 2004, the budget of the District government for 
the fiscal year"; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(4) REPLENISHMENT.—^Any amount of the reserve funds 
which is expended in one fiscal year shall be replenished in 
the reserve funds from the following fiscal year appropriations 
to maintain the $150,000,000 balance.". 
. 
114 STAT. 2482 
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(2) POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.—Section 202(k) of such Act 
(sec. 47-392.2(k), D.C. Code) is repealed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made 
by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000. 
TREATMENT OF REVENUE BONDS SECURED BY TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 
160. 
(a) PERMITTING COUNCIL TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY 
To ISSUE BONDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 490 of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (sec. 47-334, D.C. Code) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (i) through (m) as 
subsections (j) through (n), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
subsection: 
"(i)(l) The Council may delegate to the District of Columbia 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation (hereafter in this sub-
section referred to as the "Corporation") established pursuant to 
the Tobacco Settlement Financing Act of 2000 the authority of 
the Council under subsection (a) to issue revenue bonds, notes, 
and other obligations which are used to borrow money to finance 
or assist in the financing or refinancing of capital projects and 
other undertakings of the District of Columbia and which are pay-
able solely from and secured by payments under the Master Tobacco 
Settlement Agreement. The Corporation may exercise authority 
delegated to it by the Council as described in the first sentence 
of this paragraph (whether such delegation is made before or after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection) only in accordance 
with this subsection and the provisions of the Tobacco Settlement 
Financing Act of 2000. 
"(2) Revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations issued by 
the Corporation under a delegation of authority described in para-
graph (1) shall be issued by resolution of the Corporation, and 
any such resolution shall not be considered to be an act of the 
Council. 
"(3) The fourth sentence of section 446 shall not apply to— 
"(A) any amount (including the amount of any accrued 
interest or premium) obligated or expended from the proceeds 
of the sale of any revenue bond, note, or other obligation issued 
pursuant to this subsection; 
"(B) any amount obligated or expended for the payment 
of the principal of, interest on, or any premium for any revenue 
bond, note, or other obligation issued pursuant to this sub-
section; 
"(C) any amount obligated or expended to secure any rev-
enue bond, note, or other obligation issued pursuant to this 
subsection; or 
"(D) any amount obligated or expended for repair, mainte-
nance, and capital improvements to facilities financed pursuant 
to this subsection. 
"(4) In this subsection, the term 'Master Tobacco Settlement 
Agreement' means the settlement agreement (and related docu-
ments), as may be amended from time to time, entered into on 
November 23, 1998, by the District of Columbia and leading United 
States tobacco product manufacturers.". 
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114 STAT. 2483 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—^The fourth sentence of sec-
tion 446 of such Act (sec. 47-304, D.C. Code) is amended 
by striking "and (h)(3)" and inserting "(h)(3), and (i)(3)". 
(b) WAIVER OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD FOR TOBACCO 
SETTLEMENT FINANCING ACT.—^Notwithstanding section 602(c)(1) of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. l-233(c)(l), D.C. 
Code), the Tobacco Settlement Financing Act of 2000 (title XXXVII 
of D.C. Act 13-375, as amended by section 8(e) of D.C. Act 13-
387) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of such Act 
or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. 
SEC. 161. Section 603(e) of the Student Loan Marketing Associa-
tion Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 
3009-293), as amended by section 153 of the District of Columbia 
20 USC 1155. 
Appropriations Act, 2000, is amended— 
(1) by amending the second sentence of paragraph (2)(B) 
to read as follows: "Of such amounts and proceeds, $5,000,000 
shall be set aside for a credit enhancement fund for public 
charter schools in the District of Columbia, to be administered 
and disbursed in accordance with paragraph (3)."; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(3) 
CREDIT ENHANCEMENT FUND FOR PUBLIC CHARTER 
SCHOOLS.— 
"(A) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts in 
the credit enhancement fund established under paragraph 
(2)(B)— 
"(i) 50 percent shall be used to make grants under 
subparagraph (B); and 
"(ii) 50 percent shall be used to make grants under 
subparagraph (C). 
"(B) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL,—^Using the amounts described in Deadline, 
subparagraph (A)(i), not later than 1 year after the 
/: 
date of the enactment of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2001, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall make and disburse grants to eligible 
nonprofit corporations to carry out the purposes 
described in subparagraph (E). 
"(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—^The Mayor shall admin-
ister the program of grants under this subparagraph, 
except that if the committee described in subparagraph 
(C)(iii) is in operation and is fully functional prior 
to the date the Mayor makes the grants, the Mayor 
may delegate the administration of the program to 
the committee. 
"(C) OTHER GRANTS.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^Using the amounts described in 
subparagraph (A)(ii), the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia shall make grants to entities to carry out 
the purposes described in subparagraph (E). 
"(ii) PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOLS.—A public charter 
school in the District of Columbia may receive a grant 
under this subparagraph to carry out the purposes 
described in subparagraph (E) in the same manner 
as other entities receiving grants to carry out such 
activities. 
"(iii) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH COMMITTEE.—^The 
Mayor shall carry out this subparagraph through the 
114 STAT. 2484 
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committee appointed by the Mayor under the second 
sentence of paragraph (2)(B) (as in effect prior to the 
enactment of the District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 2001). The committee may enter into an agreement 
with a third party to carry out its responsibiUties under 
this subparagraph. 
"(iv) CAP ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—^Not more 
than 10 percent of the funds available for grants under 
this subparagraph may be used to cover the adminis-
trative costs of making grants under this subpara-
graph. 
"(D) 
SPECIAL RULE REGARDING ELIGIBILITY OF NON-
PROFIT CORPORATIONS.—In order to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this paragraph, a nonprofit corporation must 
provide appropriate certification to the Mayor or to the 
committee described in subparagraph (C)(iii) (as the case 
may be) that it is duly authorized by two or more public 
charter schools in the District of Columbia to act on their 
behalf in obtaining financing (or in assisting them in 
obtaining financing) to cover the costs of activities described 
in subparagraph (E)(i). 
"(E) PURPOSES OF GRANTS.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^The recipient of a grant under 
this paragraph shall use the funds provided under 
the grant to carry out activities to assist public charter 
schools in the District of Columbia in— 
"(I) obtaining financing to acquire interests 
in real property (including by purchase, lease, or 
donation), including financing to cover planning, 
development, and other incidental costs; 
"(II) obtaining financing for construction of 
facilities or the renovation, repair, or alteration 
of existing property or facilities (including the pur-
chase or replacement of fixtures and equipment), 
including financing to cover planning, develop-
ment, and other incidental costs; and 
"(III) enhancing the availability of loans 
(including mortgages) and bonds, 
"(ii) N O DIRECT FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.—Funds 
provided under a grant under this subparagraph may 
not be used by a recipient to make direct logins or 
grants to public charter schools.". 
Contracts. 
SEC. 162. (a) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF MAYOR.—^Notwith-
standing section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
or any other provision of District of Columbia or Federal law to 
the contrary, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have 
the exclusive authority to approve and execute leases of the Wash-
ington Marina and the Washington municipal fish wharf with the 
existing lessees thereof for an initial term of 30 years, together 
with such other terms and conditions (including renewail options) 
as the Mayor deems appropriate. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term "Washington Marina" means the portions of 
Federal property in the Southwest quadrant of the District 
of Columbia within Lot 848 in Square 473, the unassessed 
Federal real property adjacent to Lot 848 in Square 473, and 
riparian rights appurtenant thereto; and 
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114 STAT. 2485 
(2) the term "Washington municipal fish wharf' means 
the water frontage on the Potomac River lying south of Water 
Street between 11th and 12th Streets, including the buildings 
and wharves thereon. 
SEC. 163. Section 11201(g)(4)(A) of the National Capital Revital-
ization and Self-Govemment Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 24-1201(g)(4)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (vi) through (ix) as clauses 
(vii) through (x), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 
"(vi) immediately upon completing the remediation 
required under clause (ii) (but in no event later than 
June 1, 2003), transfer any property located south 
of Silverbrooke Road which is identified for use for 
educational purposes in the Fairfax County reuse plan 
to the County, without consideration, subject to the 
condition that the County use the property only for 
educational purposes;". 
SEC. 164. (a) Section 208(a) of the District of Columbia Procure-
ment Practices Act of 1985 (sec. l-1182.8(a), D.C. Code) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking "the same auditor)" 
and inserting "the same auditor, except as may be provided 
in paragraph (5)); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4)(A), an auditor who is a 
subcontractor to the auditor who audited the financial statement 
and report described in paragraph (3)(H) for a fiscal year may 
audit the financial statement and report for any succeeding fiscal 
year (as either the prime auditor or as a subcontractor to another 
auditor) if— 
"(A) such subcontractor is not a signatory to the statement 
and report for the previous fiscal year; 
"(B) the prime auditor reviewed and approved the work 
of the subcontractor on the statement and report for the pre-
vious fiscal year; and 
"(C) the subcontractor is not an employee of the prime 
contractor or of an entity owned, managed, or controlled by 
the prime contractor.". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to financial statements and reports for activities of the 
District of Columbia Government for fiscal years beginning with 
fiscal year 2001. 
SEC. 165. Section 11201(g) of the National Capital Revitaliza-
tion and Self-Grovemment Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 24-1201(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
"(6) MEADOWOOD FARM LAND EXCHANGE.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—If, not later than January 15, 2001, 
Fairfax County, Virginia, agrees to convey fee simple title 
to the property on Mason Neck in excess of 800 acres 
depicted on the map dated June 2000, on file in the Office 
of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Eastern 
States 
(hereafter 
in this 
paragraph 
referred 
to 
as 
'Meadowood Farm') to the Secretary of the Interior, then 
the Administrator of General Services shall agree to convey 
to Fairfax County, Virginia, fee simple title to the property 
Applicability. 
Virginia. 
Deadline. 
114 STAT. 2486 
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located at the Lorton Correctional Complex north of 
Silverbrook Road, and consisting of more than 200 acres 
identified in the Fairfax County Reuse Plan, dated July 
26, 1999, as land available for residential development 
in Land Units 1 and 2 (hereafter in this paragraph referred 
to as the 'Laurel Hill Residential Land'), the actual 
exchange to occur no later than December 31, 2001. 
"(B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—(i) When Fairfax County 
transfers fee simple title to Meadowood Farm to the Sec-
retary of the Interior, the Administrator of Greneral Services 
shall simultaneously transfer to the County the Laurel 
Hill Residential Land. 
"(ii) The transfer of property to Fairfax County, Vir-
ginia, under clause (i) shall be subject to such terms and 
conditions that the Administrator of Greneral Services con-
siders to be appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States. 
"(iii) Any proceeds derived from the sale of the Laurel 
Hill Residential Land by Fairfax County that exceed the 
Countys cost of acquiring, financing (which shall be deemed 
a County cost from the time of financing of the Meadowood 
Farm acquisition to the receipt of proceeds of the sale 
or sales of the Laurel Hill Residential Land until such 
time as the proceeds of such sale or sales exceed the 
acquisition and financing costs of Meadowood Farm to the 
County), preparing, and conveying Meadowood Farm and 
costs incurred for improving, preparing, and conveying the 
Laurel Hill Residential Land shall be remitted to the 
United States and deposited into the special fund estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (4)(A)(viii). 
"(C) MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY.—The property trans-
ferred to the Secretary of the Interior under this section 
shall be managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
for public use and recreation purposes.". 
SEC. 166. Section 158(b) of the District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 1527) is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS; TRANSFER.—An amount not to exceed 
$5,000,000 from the Nationsil Highway System funds apportioned 
to the District of Columbia under section 104 of title 23, United 
States Code, may be used for purposes of carrying out the project 
under subsection (a).". 
SEC. 167. The explanatory language contained in the Joint 
Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference for District 
of Columbia Appropriations contained in the Conference Report 
to accompany H.R. 4942 of the 106th Congress shall be considered 
to constitute a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con-
ference for the provisions in this Act. References in this joint state-
ment to the conference agreement mean the provisions in this 
Act, references to the House bill mean the House passed version 
of H.R. 4942, and references to the Senate bill mean the Senate 
passed amendment to H.R. 4942. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-522—NOV. 22, 2000 
114 STAT. 2487 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2001". 
Approved November 22, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5633: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Nov. 14, considered and passed House and Senate.