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, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.
PL 94-333 (H.R.13965), enacted 06/30/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-333—JUNE 30, 1976 
90 STAT. 785 
Public Law 94-333 
94th 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 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 
1976, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted ty 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 
ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1976: $248,948,700, as authorized by the District of Columbia 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 
93-198, as amended (D.C. Code 47-2501d); and $5,688,000 in lieu of 
reimbursements for charges for water and water services and sanitary 
sewer services furnished to facilities of the United States Government 
as authorized by the Act of May 18, 1954 (D.C. Code 43-1541 and 
1611). 
For "Federal payment to the District of Columbia" for the period 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976: $66,137,600, as authorized 
by the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (88 Stat. 793, 
D.C. Code 47-2501d); and $1,422,000 in lieu of reimbursements for 
charges for water and water services and sanitary sewer services 
furnished to facilities of the United States Government as authorized 
by the Act of May 18, 1954 (D.C. Code 43-1541 and 1611). 
LOANS TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For loans to the District of Columbia, as authorized by the District 
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 
Public Law 93-198, $210,000,000, which together with balances of 
previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain available until 
expended and be advanced upon request of the Mayor: 
Provided^ 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor is 
authorized to accept loans for the District from the United States 
Treasury, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to lend the 
Mayor such sums as the Mayor may determine are required for 
financing 
capital projects for which appropriations are authorized in 
this Act. 
D I V I S I O N O F E X P E N S E S 
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Colum-
bia for the current fiscal year and for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, out of the general fund of the District 
of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: 
June 30, 1976 
[H.R. 13965]" 
District of 
Columbia 
Appropriation 
Act, 1976. 
D.C. Code 
note. 
1-101 
90 STAT. 786 
PUBLIC LAW 94-333—JUNE 30, 1976 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, $116,366,400, of which $207,473 shall 
be available for fiscal year 1973, $6,065,579 shall be available for fiscal 
year 1974 and $10,103,627 shall be available for fiscal year 1975, of 
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which $4,261,300 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust 
fund: Provided^ That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor and $2,500 
for the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia shall 
be available from this appropriation for expenditures for official 
purposes: Provided further^ That, for the purpose of assessing and 
reassessing real property in the District of Columbia, $5,000 of the 
appropriation shall be available for services as authorized 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 appropriation 
shall be available for test borings and soil investigations: Provided 
further^ That $3,260,800 of this appropriation (to remain available 
until expended) shall be available solely for District of Columbia 
employees' disability compensation: Provided further^ That not to 
exceed $325,000 of this appropriation shall be available for settlement 
_ 
of property damage claims not in excess of $1,500 each and personal 
injury claims not in excess of $5,000 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 
Mayor: Provided further., That not to exceed $42,100 of this appro-
priation shall remain available until December 31, 1976, for expenses 
of the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission: Provided 
further^ That not to exceed $15,300 of this appropriation shall be 
available for the payment of stipends and reimbursements to the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission 
for expenses incurred prior to the enactment of this Act. 
For "General operating expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, $30,111,700, of which $1,065,325 shall be 
payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided., That not to 
exceed $625 for the Mayor and $625 for the Chairman of the Council 
of the District of Columbia shall be available from this appropriation 
for expenditures for official purposes: Provided further., That, for the 
purpose of assessing and reassessing real property in the District of 
Columbia, $1,250 of the appropriation shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not in excess 
of $100 per diem: Provided further., That not to exceed $1,875 of this 
appropriation shall be available for test borings and soil investiga-
tions: Provided further., That $837,800 of this appropriation (to 
remain available until expended) shall be available solely for District 
of Columbia employees' disability compensation: Provided further., 
That not to exceed $81,250 of this appropriation shall be available for 
settlement of property damage claims not in excess of $1,500 each and 
personal injury claims not in excess of $5,000 each: Provided further., 
That not to exceed $12,500 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 
Mayor. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-333—JUNE 30, 1976 
90 STAT. 787 
P U B L I C S A F E T Y 
Public safety, including purchase of two hundred and sixty-five 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including two hundred 
and sixty for police-type use and five for fire-type use without regard 
to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year), 
$243,059,100, of which $5,530,500 shall be payable from the revenue 
sharing trust fund: Provided^ That $1,300,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for fiscal year 1975: Provided 
further, 
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 Avhenever the cost of repair to any damaged 
vehicle exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replacement: 
Provided 
further, 
That $2,895,000 of this appropriation (to remain available 
until expended) shall be available for obligations incurred in fiscal 
year 1975 and fiscal year 1976 for the compensation and reimbureement 
of attorneys appointed under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-412) : Promded 
further, 
That not to 
D.C. Code 
exceed $200,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the 
11-2601 note. 
Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime. 
For "Public safety" for the period July 1, 1976, through Septem-
ber 30, 1976, $64,999,500, of which $1,382,625 shall be payable from 
the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, 
That not to exceed $50,000 
shall be available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for 
the prevention and detection of crime. 
E D U C A T I O N 
Education, including the development of national defense educa-
tion programs, $237,325,900, of which $8,149,000 shall be payable from 
the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, 
That the District of 
Columbia Public Schools are authorized to accept not to exceed thirty-
one motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education program: 
Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed $1,000 for the Superintendent 
of Schools, $1,000 for the President of Federal City College, and 
$1,000 for the President of Washington Technical Institute shall be 
available from this appropriation for expenditures for official purposes. 
For "Education" for the period July 1,1976, through September 30, 
1976, including the development of national defense 
education 
programs, $47,465,200, of which $2,037,250 shall be payable from the 
revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, 
That the District of Columbia 
Public Schools are authorized to accept not to exceed thirty-one motor 
vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education program: 
Provided 
further. 
That not to exceed $250 for the Superintendent of Schools, 
$250 for the President of Federal City College, and $250 for the Presi-
dent of Washington Technical Institute shall be available from this 
appropriation for expenditures for official purposes. 
E E C R E A T I O N 
Recreation, $16,520,000, of which $208,200 shall be payable from the 
revenue sharing trust fund. 
For "Recreation" for the period July 1,1976, through September 30, 
1976, $4,956,000, of which $52,050 shall be payable from the revenue 
sharing trust fund. 
90 STAT. 788 
PUBLIC LAW 94-333--JUNE 30, 1976 
HUMAN RESOURCES 
Human Resources, including care and treatment of indigent 
patients in institutions under contracts to be made by the Director of 
the Department of Human Resources, $264,074,500, of which 
$7,500,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Pro-
vided^ That the inpatient rate and outpatient rate under such contracts 
shall not exceed $76 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed 
$12 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 $25.18 per diem: Provided further^ 
That total reimbursements to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including 
42 use 1396. 
funds from title XIX of the Social Security Act, shall not exceed the 
amount for the fiscal year 1970: Provided further^ That the hospital 
rates specified herein shall not apply, beginning July 1, 1969, to serv-
ices provided to patients who are eligible for such services under the 
District of Columbia plan for medical assistance under title XIX of 
the Social Security Act: Provided further^ That this appropriation 
shall be available for the furnishing of medical assistance to individ-
uals sixty-five years of age or older who are residing in the District of 
Columbia. 
For "Human resources" for the period July 1, 1976, through Sep-
tember 30, 1976, including care and treatment of indigent patients in 
institutions under contracts to be made by the Director of the Depart-
ment of Human Resources, $74,871,000 including $333,500 for the 
improvement of care and treatment of the mentally retarded at Forest 
Haven, of which $1,875,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing 
trust fund: Provided^ That the inpatient rate and outpatient rate 
under such contracts shall not exceed $76 per diem and the outpatient 
rate shall not exceed $12 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 $25.18 
per diem: Provided further, That total reimbursements to Saint Eliz-
abeths Hospital, including funds from title XIX of the Social 
Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal year 1970: Pro-
vided further, That the hospital rates specified herein shall not apply, 
beginning July 1, 1969, to services provided to patients who are eli-
gible for such services under the District of Columbia plan for medical 
assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act: Provided fur-
ther. 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. 
TRANSPORTATION 
Transportation, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle 
for use by the Mayor, and purchase of forty-six passenger motor 
vehicles, of which forty-three shall be for replacement only; 
$26,919,400, of which $2,500,000 shall be payable from the revenue 
sharing trust fund: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
For "Transportation" for the period July 1, 1976, through Septem-
ber 30, 1976, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle for 
use by the Mayor; $6,915,600, of which $625,000 shall be payable from 
the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-333—JUNE 30, 1976 
90 STAT. 789 
ENVIEONMENTAL SERVICES 
Environmental services, $63,492,300, of which $1,500,000 shall be 
payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided^ That this 
appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscel-
laneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment 
houses with four or more apartments, or from any building or con-
nected group of buildings operating as a rooming or boarding house 
as defined in the housing regulations of the District of Columbia. 
For "Environmental services" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, $16,311,200, of which $375,000 shall be payable 
from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse 
from hotels and places of business or from apartment houses with four 
or more apartments, or from any building or connected group of 
buildings operating as a rooming or boarding house as defined in the 
housing regulations of the District of Columbia. 
PERSONAL SERVICES 
For pay increases and related costs for Police officers, Firefighters 
and Teachers to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Colum-
bia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1976 from which said 
employees are properly payable, $10,000,000. 
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For pay increases and related costs for Police officers, Firefightei-s 
and Teachers for the period July 1,1976, through September 30, 1976, 
to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the 
appropriations for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 
1976, from which said employees are properly payable, $2,500,000. 
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 Mayor 
in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 1929, as 
amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $304,500. 
D.C. Code 1-902 
to 1-906. 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compli-
ance 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 September 7, D.C. Code 
1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act of June 6, 1958 43-1540, 
(72 Stat. 183), as amended; and section 4 of the Act of June 12, 1960 Jf'^p^^' '^"•^'^^• 
(74 Stat. 211), as amended, including interest as required thereby, 
2li727 
$63,380,600: Provided^ That there are hereby appropriated from the 
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funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to 
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repay funds borrowed under the provisions of sections 471 and 472 43-1623. 
of Public Law 93-198: Provided further^ That the District is author- 
D.C. Code 
ized to repay outstanding loans from the United States Treasury with 
47-247, 47-2'l8. 
funds received from the sale of its first issue of general obligation 
D.C. Code 
bonds. 
47-241 note. 
BICENTENNIAL SERVICES 
For bicentennial services and related costs, $700,000, to be available 
solely for District of Columbia bicentennial activities (to remain 
available until September 30,1977) and to be transferred by the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia to the applicable appropriations from 
which such services are properly payable. 
90 STAT. 790 
PUBLIC LAW 94-333—JUNE 30, 1976 
D.C. Code 
43-1510, 
43-1604, 7-133, 
9-220, 40-804, 
1-1441 note. 
D.C. Code 7-135 
note. 
Vouchers. 
Maximum 
allowances. 
Automobile 
allowances. 
Travel expenses 
and organization 
dues. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compli-
ance with the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, and 
construction projects as authorized by the Acts of April 22, 1904 
(33 Stat. 244), 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. 321); including acquisition of sites; preparation of plans 
and specifications; conducting preliminary surveys; erection of struc-
tures, including building improvement and alteration and treatment 
of grounds; to remain available until expended, $117,706,500: Pro-
vided. That $3,445,700 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 Mayor 
and the funds for the use of the Director of the Department of General 
Services shall be advanced to the appropriation account "Construction 
Services, Department of General Services": Provided further, That 
the amount appropriated to the Construction Services Fund, Depart-
ment of General Services, be limited, during the current fiscal year, 
to ten per centum of appropriations for all construction projects: 
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 are 
provided by this paragraph, shall expire on June 30, 1978, 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 dis-
bursing 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 maxi-
mum 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 Mayor, for allowances for privately owned 
conversances used for the performance of official duties at 13 cents 
per mile but not to exceed $45 a month for each automobile and at 
8 cents per mile but not to exceed $30 a month for each motorcycle, 
unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that one hundred 
and thirteen (eighteen for venereal disease investigators in the Depart-
ment of Human Resources) such automobile allowances at not more 
than $715 each per annum may be authorized or approved by the 
Mayor. 
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 author-
ized by the Mayor. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-333—JUNE 30, 1976 
90 STAT. 791 
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 oper-
ation 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 cuiTent for street lighting in excess of 
2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC. 7. 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: Provided^ That 
nothing contained in this section shall be construed as modifying or 
affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, subsection (c) of section 11 of 
title XII of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act 
of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 8. 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 qual-
ify for Federal assistance under the Act of July 31,1968 (Public Law 
90-445). 
SEC. 9. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein, except as provided in section 204 of the 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1975 (Public Law 93-554). 
SEC. 10. 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 Mayor 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 Mayor of the District 
of Columbia, Chief of Police and Fire Chief). No part of any funds 
appropriated by this Act, in excess of $1,000 per month in the aggre-
gate ($12,000 per annum) shall be used to pay the compensation 
(whether by contract or otherwise) of individuals for performing 
services as a chauffeur or driver for the Mayor 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 Mayor 
of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 11. Not to exceed 414 per centum of the total of all funds 
appropriated by this Act for personal compensation may be used to 
pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 12. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act 
for authorized travel and per diem costs outside of the District of 
Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $210,000 for fiscal 
year 1976 and $52,500 for the period July 1, 1976, through Septem-
ber 30, 1976. 
SEC. 13. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, for the compensation of any person 
appointed— 
Taxicabs, 
restrictions. 
Street lighting, 
D.C. Code 7-701 
note. 
Judgment 
payments. 
D.C. Code 
47-1586J. 
D.C. Code 3-204 
note. 
D.C. Code 3-204. 
42 u s e 3801 
note. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
88 Stat. 1771. 
Chauffeur 
compensation. 
D.C. Code 
40-501a note. 
Overtime or 
temporary 
positions, cost 
limitation. 
Travel 
expenditure 
limitation. 
Number of 
employees. 
D.C. Code 1-216 
note. 
90 STAT. 792 
PUBLIC LAW 94-333—JUNE 30, 1976 
Partisan political 
activities. 
Space and service 
charges. 
40 use 490. 
Short title. 
(1) as 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 any month in which the number 
of such employees exceeds the number of such employees for the 
same month of the preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 14. 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 may 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 groups during non-
school hours. 
SEC. 15. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at rates to be fixed by the Mayor. 
SEC. 16. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration in excess of 90 per centum of the standard level user 
charge established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space and 
services. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1976". 
Approved June 30, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1185 (Comm. on Appropriations and No. 94-1293 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-943 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
May 26, considered and passed House. 
June 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 28, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in a Senate 
amendment; receded and concurred with amendments in certain other Senate 
amendments. 
June 29, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House amendments.