District of Columbia Appropriations Act
PL 93-91 (H.R.8658), enacted 08/14/1973

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PUBLIC L
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[87 STAT. 
Public Law 93-91 
August 14, 1973 
[H. R. 8658] 
District of 
Columbia Appro-
priation Act of 
1974. 
AN ACT 
85 Stat. 654. 
68 Stat. 102, 
108. 
D.C. Code 
9-2 20. 
D.C. Code 
47-250.1 a note. 
D.C. Code 
1-1441 note". 
D.C. Code 
43-1604. 
84 Stat. 1930. 
D.C. Code 
7-133. 
D.C. Code 
43-1540. 
D.C. Code 
47-1620. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, 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 other-
wise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30,1974, and for other purposes, namely: 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For payment to the following funds of the District of Columbia for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1974: $187,450,000 to the general fund; 
$2,656,000 to the water fund; and $1,628,000 to the sanitary sewage 
works fund; as authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Act 
of 1947, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2601 (a)); and the Act of 
May 18,1954 (D.C. Code,sec. 43-1641 and 1611). 
LOANS TO THE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For loans to the District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of 
June 6,1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended, the Act of November 3,1967 
(81 Stat. 339, 340), the Act of December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 321), the 
Act of May 18, 1964 (68 Stat. 105, 110), the Act of June 2, 1950 (64 
Stat. 196), and the Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 210), $226,184,000, 
which together with balances of i)revious appropriations for this pur-
pose, shall remain available until expended and be advanced upon 
request of the Commissioner, as follows: To the general fund, 
$177,969,000, to the highway fund, $11,900,000, to the water fund, 
$7,067,000, to the sanitary sewage works fund, $25,000,000, and to the 
metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund, $4,248,000. 
DIVISION OF EXPENSES 
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Colum-
bia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the District 
of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, $67,639,000, of which $629,700 shall be 
payable from the highway fund (including $72,400 from the motor 
vehicle parking account), $94,500 from the water fund, and $67,800 
from the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided^ That, for the purpose 
of assessing and reassessing real propert;^ in the District of Columbia, 
$6,000 of the appropriation shall be available for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 
per diem: Provided further,, That not to exceed $7,500 of this ai)pro-
priation shall be available for test borings and soil investigations: 
Provided further,, That $2,475,000 of this appropriation (to remain 
available until expended) shall be available 8olelj5r for District of 
Columbia employees' disability compensation: Provided further. That 
not to exceed $126,000 of this appropriation shall be available for 
settlement of property damage claims not in excess of $500 each and 
personal injury claims not in excess of $1,000 each: Provided further^ 
That not to exceed $60,000 of any appropriations available to the 
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District of Columbia may be used to match financial contributions 
from the Department of Defense to the District of Columbia Office of 
Civil Defense for the purchase of civil defense equipment and sup-
plies approved by the Department of Defense, when authorized by 
the Commissioner. 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
Public safety, including employment of consulting physicians, 
diagnosticians, and therapists at rates to be fixed by the Commis-
sioner ; cash gratuities of not to exceed $75 to each released prisoner; 
purchase of one hundred and ninety-seven passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only (including one hundred and ninety-two for 
police-type use and five for fire-type use without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year but not in excess 
of $400 per vehicle for police-type and $600 per vehicle for fire-type 
use above such limitation) ; $206,357,000, of which $7,854,600 shall be 
payable from the highway fund (including $112,000 from the motor 
vehicle parking account) : Provided^ That the Police Department is 
authorized to replace not to exceed twenty-five passenger carrying 
vehicles, and the Fire Department not to exceed five such vehicles 
annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds 
three-fourths the cost of the replacement: Provided 
further^ That 
$7,821,700 shall be available for reimbursement to the United States 
for services provided to the District of Columbia by the offices of the 
United States attorney and the United States marshal for the District 
of Columbia. 
EDUCATION 
Education, including provision of insurance, maintenance, and 
acceptance of not to exceed thirty-one passenger motor vehicles on a 
loan basis for exclusive use in the driver education program, and the 
development of national defense education programs, $198,029,000, 
of which $165,100 shall be payable from the highway fund. 
Section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to 
^^ stat. 1195. 
compensation received by teachers of the public schools of the District 
of Columbia for employment in a civilian office during the period 
July 1,1973, to August 31,1973. 
RECREATION 
Recreation, $14,300,000. 
H U M A N 
RESOURCES 
Human resources, including reimbursement for services rendered to 
the District of Columbia by Freedmen's Hospital; and care and treat-
ment of indigent patients in institutions, including those under sec-
tarian control, under contracts to be made by the Director of Human 
Resources; $218,443,000: Provided^ That the inpatient rate and out-
patient rate under such contracts, with the exception of Children's 
Hospital, and for services rendered by Freedmen's Hospital, shall not 
exceed $38 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $6 per 
visit; the inpatient rate and outpatient rate for Children's Hospital 
shall not exceed $40 per diem and $6.75 per visit; and the inpatient 
rate (excluding the proportionate share for repairs and construction) 
for services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for patient care 
shall be $24.53 per diem: Provided further^ That total reimbursements 
to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from Title X I X of the 
Social Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal year 
79 stat. 343; 
1970: Provided further^ That the hospital rates,specified herein shall *^42*usc*n1)6. 
86 Stat. 1426 
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not apply, beginning July 1,1969, to services provided to patients who 
are eligible for such services under the District of Columbia plan for 
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5 Stat. 343; 
medical assistance under Title X I X of the Social Security Act: Pro-
vided further^ That this appropriation shall be available for the fur-
nishing of medical assistance to individuals sixty-five years of age or 
older who are residing in the District of Columbia: Provided 
further^ 
That this appropriation shall be available for the treatment, in any 
institution, under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner and located 
either within or without the District of Columbia, of individuals 
found by a court to be chronic alcoholics. 
HIGHWAYS AND 
TRAFFIG 
Highways and traffic, including $162,600 for traffic safety educa-
tion; $600 for membership in the American Association of Motor 
Vehicle Administrators and $1,500 for membership in the Vehicle 
Equipment Safety Commission; rental of one passenger-carrying 
vehicle for use by the Commissioner; and purchase of sixteen pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; $23,460,200, of which 
$17,227,300 shall be payable from the highway fund 
(including 
$640,800 from the motor vehicle parking account) : Provided^ That 
this appropriation shall not be available for the purchase of driver-
training vehicles. 
ENVIKONMENTAL 
SERVICES 
Environmental services, $45,010,000, of which $11,931,100 shall be 
payable from the water fund, $13,629,500 from the sanitary sewage 
works fund, and $15,700 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage 
works fund. 
PERSOlSrAL SERVICES 
For pay increases and related retirement costs for general schedule 
employees, wage board employees, and Public Schools cafeteria 
employees to be transferred by the Commissioner of the District of 
Columbia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1974 from which 
said employees are properly payable, $13,782,000, of which $534,400 
shall be payable from the highway fund (including $6,800 from the 
motor vehicle parking account), $501,400 from the water fund, and 
$369,200 from the sanitary sewage works fund. 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with sections 108, 217, and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 
(68 Stat. 103,109, and 110), as amended; section 9 of the Act of Sep-
7-1^3.^""'"'"' 
tember 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act of 
D.c. Code 2- 
June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended; and section 4 of the Act of 
D c Code 9- 
June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 211), including interest as required thereby, 
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$39,633,000, of which $6,110,100 shall be payable from the highway 
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fund, $2,041,400 from the water fund, $1,436,000 from the sanitary 
sewage works fund, and $56,700 from the metropolitan area sanitary 
sewage works fund. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
D . c . Code 43-
1540, 43-1616, 
72 Stat. 15. 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, 
and payments under the Act of July 2, 1954 (68 Stat. 443), construc-
^^^f'y\°tz f' 
tion projects as authorized by the Acts of April 22,1904 (33 Stat. 244), 
220/40-804.' 
May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105, 110), June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), 
August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686), and the Act of December 9,1969 (83 
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309 
Stat. 321); including acquisition of sites; preparation of plans and 
specifications; conducting preliminary surveys; erection of structures, 
including building improvement and alteration and treatment of 
f
rounds; to remain available until expended, $128,178,000, of which 
9,142,300 shall be payable from the highway fund, $9,440,000 from 
the water fund, and $1,100,000 from the sanitary sewage works fund: 
Provided^ That $9,211,100 shall be available for construction services 
by the Director of the Department of General Services or by contract 
for architectural engineering services, as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, and the funds for the use of the Director of the Depart-
ment of General Services shall be advanced to the appropriation 
account, "Construction Services, Department of General Services": 
Provided further^ Notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations 
for capital outlay projects, except those projects covered by the first 
sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 
(Public Law 90-495, approved August 23, 1968), for which funds 
are provided by this paragraph, shall expire on June 30,1975, except 
authorizations for projects as to which funds have been obligated in 
whole or in part prior to such date. Upon expiration of any such 
project authorization the funds provided herein for such project shall 
lapse. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1. Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers covering 
expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited 
before payment by the designated certifying official and the vouchers 
as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing 
official. 
SEC. 2. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an 
appropriation for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such 
amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maximum 
amount which may be expended for said purpose or object rather 
than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author-
ized or approved by the Commissioner, for allowances for privately 
owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties at 10 
cents per mile but not to exceed $35 a month for each automobile, unless 
otherwise therein specifically provided, except that one hundred and 
thirteen (eighteen for venereal disease investigators in the Department 
of Human Resources) such allowances at not more than $550 each per 
annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioner. 
SEC. 4. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses of 
travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with 
the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized 
by the Commissioner. 
SEC. 5. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in con-
nection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of 
any regulation or order of the Public Service Commission requiring 
the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with the 
licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for opera-
tion in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and 
regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the 
Public Service Commission. 
SEC. 6. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the 
payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 
2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC. 7. All passenger motor vehicles (including watercraft) owned 
by the Pistrict of Columbia shall be operated and utilized in conf orm-
D.C. Code 
-441 note. 
82 Stat. 827,. 
D.C. Code 
7-135 note. 
Vouchers. 
Maximum allow-
Automobile 
allowances. 
Travel ex-
penses; organi-
zation dues. 
Taxicabs, re-
strictions. 
Street lighting. 
Vehicle use. 
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31 u s e 638a. 
Snow and ice 
control. 
Judgment pay-
ments. 
D.C. Code 47-
1910 note. 
70 Stat. 78. 
D.C. Code 47-
1586J. 
74 Stat. 17. 
76 Stat. 915. 
D.C. Code 3-
204. 
86 Stat. 532. 
42 u s e 3801 
note. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Chauffeur com-
pensation, limi-
tation. 
ity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), and 
shall be under the direction and control of the Commissioner, who 
may from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof 
or direct the alteration of interchangeable use of any of the same by 
officers and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided 
in this Act. "Official purposes" as used in the section 16 shall not apply 
to the Commissioner or in cases of officers and employees the charac-
ter of whose duties make such transportation necessary, but only as 
to such latter cases when approved b}^ the Commissioner. 
SEC. 8. Appropriations contained in this Act lor highways and 
traffic and environmental services shall be available for snow and ice 
control work when ordered by the Commissioner in writing. 
SEC. 9. There are hereby 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 which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds 
authorized by section 10 of the Act approved April 23,1924 (43 Stat. 
108) : Provided^ That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued as modifying or affectmg the provisions of paragraph 3, sub-
section (c) of section 11 of Title X I I of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 10. Except as otherwise provided herein, limitations and legis-
lative provisions contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1961, shall be applicable during the current fiscal year: Provided^ 
That the limitation for "Construction Services, Department of Gen-
eral Services" shall, during the current fiscal year, be 10 per centum 
of appropriations for all construction projects: Provided 
further^ 
That the limitation on expenditure of funds by the Chief of Police for 
prevention and detection of crime during the current fiscal year shall 
be $200,000: Provided further^ That during the current fiscal year, 
the limitation with respect to a central heating system, under the 
heading "Department of Sanitary Engineering", shall not be 
applicable. 
SEC. 11. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the pay-
ment of public assistance without reference to the requirement of sub-
section (b) of section 5 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance 
Act of 1962 and for the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify 
for Federal assistance under the Act of July 31, 1968 (Public Law 
90^45). 
SEC. 12. 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. 13. No part of any funds appropriated by this Act shall be used 
to pay the compensation (whether by contract or otherwise) of any 
individual for performing services as a chauffeur or driver for any 
designated officer or employee of the District of Columbia government 
(other than the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, Chief of 
Police and Fire Chief), or for performing services as a chauffeur or 
driver of a motor vehicle assigned for the personal or individual use 
of any such officer or employee (other than the Commissioner of the 
District of Columbia, Chief of Police and Fire Chief). No part of any 
funds appropriated by this Act, in excess of $12,000 in the aggregate, 
shall, in any fiscal year, be used to pay the compensation (whether by 
contract or otherwise) of individuals for performing services as a 
chauffeur or driver for the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, 
or for performing services as a chauffeur or driver of a motor vehicle 
assigned for the personal or individual use of the Commissioner of the 
District of Columbia. 
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Overtime or 
temporary posi-
tions, cost limi-
tation. 
Travel expend-
SEC. 14. Not to exceed 4i^ per centum of the total of all funds appro-
priated by this Act for personal compensation (except temporary 
positions provided for the Department of Corrections in this Act) 
may be used to pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 15. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act for 
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authorized travel and per diem costs outsidle the District of Columbia, iture, limitation 
Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $210,000. 
SEC. 16. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the compensation of any 
person appointed— 
(1) as a full-time employee to a permanent, authorized position 
in the government of the District of Columbia during any month 
when the number of such employees is greater than 39,619; or 
(2) as a temporary or part-time employee in the government of 
the District of Columbia during anv month in which the number 
of such employees exceeds the number of such employees for the 
same month of the preceding fiscal year, except temporary 
employees provided for the Department of Corrections in this Act. 
SEC. 17. No funds appropriated herein for the government of the 
District of Columbia for the operation of educational institutions, the 
compensation of personnel, or for other educational purposes maj^ be 
used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political 
activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of 
school buildings for the use of any community group during nonschool 
hours. 
SEC. 18. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act of 1974". 
Approved August 14, 1973. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Short title. 
Public Law 93-92 
AN ACT 
August 14, 1973 
To amend the District of Columbia Election Act regarding the times for 
filing 
[H. R. 6713] 
certain petitions, regulating the primary election for Delegate from the 
District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
District of 
Columbia Election 
Act, amendments. 
75 Stat. 82 0; 
85 Stat. 788. 
Regulations. 
69 Stat. 700; 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the District 
of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code, sees. 1-1101—1-1115) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Clause (A) of paragraph (2) of section 2 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1102) is amended to read as follows: "(A) who resides 
or is domiciled in the District and who does not claim voting residence 
or right to vote in any State or territory;". 
(2) Subsection (a) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) 
is amended by (A) striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (7), 75°statr'8i7 
(B) redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9), and (C) inserting 
immediately after paragraph (7) the followmg: 
"(8) prescribe such regulations as it considers necessary in 
order to carry out the purposes of this Act; and". 
(3) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1105) is amended by striking out "after the first Monday". 
(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) are each amended by strikin^g out "forty-
five" wherever is appears and inserting in lieu thereof "sixty". 
85 Stat. 789.