An Act making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes
PL 92-202 (H.R.11932), enacted 12/18/1971

682 
PUBLIC LAW 92-202-DEC. 18, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
Public Law 92-202 
AN ACT 
December 18, 1971 
[H. R, 11932] 
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, 1972, and for other purposes. 
District of 
Columbia Appro-
ve it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
priation Act, 1972. sums are appropriated, out of any money m the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1972, 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, 1972: $166,000,000 to the general fund; 
$2,572,000 to the water fund; and $1,514,000 to the sanitary sewage 
works fund, as authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 
Ante. p. 654. 
^947^ ^s amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2501 (a); 82 Stat. 612), and the 
los! ^*^'* ^°^' 
-^^^ ^^ ^ ^ y ^^' ^^^^ (^•^- ^^^^' ^^- 43-1541 and 1611). 
LOANS TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY 
D. C. Code 1 
1441 note. 
D.C. Code 43-
D.C, Code 1-102 
note. 
For loans to the District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of 
December 9,1969 (83 Stat. 320), the Act of May 18,1954 (68 Stat. 105, 
110), and the Act of June 2, 1950 (64 Stat. 195), $102,086,000, which 
1604. 
together with balances of previous appropriations for this purpose, 
D!c.*^code 7-133. shall Tcmain available until expended and be advanced upon request of 
D.C. Code 43- 
the Commissiouer, as follows: To the highway fund, $8,000,000, to the 
^5^*°' 
water fund, $6,000,000, to the general fund, $72,486,000, and to the 
sanitary sewage works fund, $15,600,000. 
COMMISSION ON T H E ORGANIZATION OF T H E GOVERNMENT or T H E 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out title I of the Act of Septem-
n'*r?*o*ll^V_ino ^^"^ 2^5 l^'^'O (Public Law 91-405), as amended, establishing the 
Commission on the Organization of the Government of the District 
of Columbia, $425,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, $58,757,000, of which $596,700 shall be 
payable from the highway fund (including $65,900 from the motor 
vehicle parking account), $90,200 from the water fund, and $65,700 
from the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided, That the certificates 
of the Commissioner (for $2,500) and of the Chairman of the City 
Council (for $2,500) shall be sufficient voucher for expenditures from 
this appropriation for such purposes, exclusive of ceremony expenses, 
as they may respectively deem necessary: Provided 
further. 
That, 
for the purpose of assessing and reassessing real property in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, $5,000 of the appropriation shall be available for 
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services as authorized by 5 L^^.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 appropriation shall be available for test borings and 
soil investigations: Provided further, That $1,380,000 of this appro-
priation (to remain available until expended) shall be available solely 
for District of Columbia employees' disability compensation: Pro-
vided further. That not to exceed $60,000 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 $50,000 of any appropriations 
available to the 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 supplies 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 Commissioner; 
cash gratuities of not to exceed $75 to each released prisoner; pur-
chase of one hundred and fifty-five passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only (including one hundred and forty 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); $168,275,000, of which $5,004,600 shall be payable 
from the highway fund (including $112,000 from the motor vehicle 
parking account) : Provided, That the Police Department and Fire 
Department are each authorized to replace not to exceed five passenger 
carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged 
vehicle exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replacement. 
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, the 
development of national defense education programs, $171,517,000, 
of which $125,100 shall be payable from the highway fund: 
Provided, 
That certificates of the following officials shall each be sufficient 
voucher for expenditures from this appropriation for such purposes 
as they may respectively deem necessary within the amounts specified: 
Superintendent of Schools, $1,000; President of the Federal City Col-
lege, $1,000; President of the Washington Technical Institute, $1,000; 
and President of District of Columbia Teachers College, $1,000. 
Section 5533(c) of title 5, L'nited States Code, shall not apply to 
compensation received by teachers of the public schools of the District 
of Columbia for employment in a civilian office during the period 
July 1, 1971, to August 31, 1971. 
RECREATION 
Recreation, $12,611,000. 
H U M A X 
RESOURCES 
Human resources, including reimbursement for services rendered to 
the District of Columbia by Freedmen's Hospital; and care and 
treatment of indigent patients in institutions, including those under 
sectarian control, under contracts to be made by the Director of Human 
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Eesoiirces; $182,402,000: 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 $21.99 per diem: Provided further^ That total reimbursements 
to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from Title X I X of the 
8/stat^*908^^' 
Social Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal year 
42 use 1396. 
19T0: Provided further, That the hospital rates specified herein shall 
not apply, beginning July 1,1969, to services provided to patients who 
are eligible for such services under the District of Columbia plan 
for medical assistance under Title X I X of the Social Security Act: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
furnishing of medical assistance to individuals sixty-five years of age 
or older who are residing in the District of Columbia without regard 
to the requirement of one-year residence contained in the District of 
D^c^*^code 32- 
Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946, under the heading "Operating 
321.' ' 
Expenses, Gallinger Municipal Hospital'', and this appropriation shall 
also be available to render assistance to such individuals who are 
temporarily absent from the District of Columbia: Provided 
further. 
That the authorization included under the heading "Department of 
74 Stat. 21. 
Public Health", in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1961, 
for compensation of convalescent patients as an aid to their rehabili-
tation is hereby extended to the Vocational Rehabilitation Adminis-
tration of the Department of Human Resources: 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. 
H I G H W A Y S AND TRAFJTIC 
HighAvays and traffic, including $160,600 for traffic safety education 
without reference to any other law; $600 for membership in the Amer-
ican Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and $1,200 for 
membership in the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission; rental of 
one passenger-carrying vehicle for use by the Commissioner; and pur-
chase of fortv-six passenger motor vehicles, of which forty-four shall 
be for replacement only; $20,202,000, of which $18,833,000 shall be 
payable from the highway fund (including $728,000 from the motor 
vehicle parking account) : Provided, That this appropriation shall not 
be available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
SAXITARY EXGIXEERIXG 
Sanitarv engineering, including the purchase of fifteen passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, $39,274,000, of which $11,445,500 
shall be payable from the water fund, $11,446,500 from the sanitary 
sewage works fund, and $15,500 from the metropolitan area sanitary 
sewage Avorks fund. 
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS 
For payment of property damage claims in excess of $500 and of 
personal injury claims in excess of $1,000, approved by the Commis-
sioner in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 
D.c. Code 1-902 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $23,000. 
to 1-906. 
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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 154^,^*4^,^/1,^^" 
September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act 7-133. 
of June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended; and section 4 of the Act 
^.c. code 2-
of June 12,1960 (74 Stat. 211), including interest as required thereby, 
D.C. code 9-220 
$23,573,700, of which $5,466,200 shall be payable from the highway 
D.C. code 43-
fund, $1,747,900 from the water fund, $647,900 from the sanitary sew- ^"3* 
age works fund, and $57,300 from the metropolitan area sanitary 
sewage works fund. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as 
amended, the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, the 
^2 stat. is. 
Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235), and payments under the Act of ^^f^^^^ ^^ga-
July 2,1954 (68 Stat. 443), construction projects as authorized by the 
Acts of April 22,1904 (33 Stat. 244), February 16,1942 (56 Stat. 91), 
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 Stat. 
320); including acquisition of sites; preparation of plans and specifi-
cations; conducting preliminary surveys; erection of structures, iaifeoT/y-us, 
including building improvement and alteration and treatment of 9-220, 40-804, 
grounds; to remain available until expended, $255,878,000, of which ^'^'*'*^ "°'^' 
$7,723,000 shall be payable from the highway fund, $9,565,000 from the 
water fund, and $63,400,000 from the sanitary sewage works fund and 
$10,200,000 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund: 
Provided, That $9,231,900 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 90^95, approved August 23, 1968), for which funds 
D!c.*?ode7;i35 
are provided by this paragraph, shall expire on June 30, 1973, except note. * 
authorizations for projects as to which funds have been obligated in 
whole or in part prior to such date. Upon expiration of any such proj-
ect authorization the funds provided herein for such project shall 
lapse: Provided further, Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any authorization for a capital outlay project, except those projects 
covered by the first sentence of section 23 (a) of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1968 (Public Law 90^95, approved August 23, 1968), for 
which funds have heretofore been appropriated shall expire two years 
from the date of the Act making such appropriation unless prior to 
the expiration of such period funds for such projects were or will have 
been obligated in whole or in part. Upon expiration of any such proj-
ect authorization the funds appropriated therefore shall lapse. 
130a. 
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[85 STAT. 
Vouchers. 
Maximum allow-
ances. 
Automobile al-
lowances. 
Travel ex-
p e n s e s . 
Experts and 
consultants. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Advancement of 
funds. 
Taxlcabs, re-
strictions. 
Street lighting. 
Vehicle u s e . 
31 u s e 638a. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. I. 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 disburs-
ing official without countersignature. 
SEC. 2. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an appro-
priation 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 be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 6. The disbursing officials designated by the Commissioner are 
authorized to advance to such officials as may be approved by the Com-
missioner such amounts and for such purposes as he may determine. 
SEC. 7. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in connec-
tion 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 operation 
in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and regula-
tions applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the Public 
Service Commission. 
SEC. 8. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the pay-
ment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 2 cents 
per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC. 9. All passenger motor vehicles (including watercraft) owned 
by the District of Columbia shall be operated and utilized in conform-
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 character 
of whose duties make such transportation necessary, but only as to such 
latter cases when approved by the Commissioner. 
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SEC. 10. Appropriations contained in this Act for highways and 
traffic and sanitary engineering shall be available for snow and ice 
control work w^hen ordered by the Commissioner in writing. 
SEC. 11. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the furnish-
ing of uniforms when authorized by the Commissioner. 
SEC. 12. 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) : Prorided^ That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued as modifying or affecting 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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 govern-
ment (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 an^ 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 th'e 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. 
SEC. 17. Not to exceed 5 per centum of the total of all funds appro-
priated by this Act for personnel compensation (budget classification 
01) may be used to pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 18. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act for 
authorized travel and per diem costs outside the District of Colum-
bia, Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $300,000. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1972". 
Approved December 18, 1971. 
Snow and ice 
control. 
Uniforms. 
Judgment pay-
ments. 
Ante, 
p. 653. 
70 Stat. 78. 
D.C. Code 47-
1586J. 
74 Stat. 17. 
76 Stat. 915. 
D.C. Code 3-204. 
8 2 Stat. 462. 
42 u s e 3801 
Chauffeur com-
pensation, limita-
tion. 
Overtime or 
temporary posi-
tions, cost limita-
tion. 
Limitation. 
Short title.