District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991
PL 101-518 (H.R.5311), enacted 11/05/1990

104 STAT. 2224 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
Public Law 101-518 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
^ov- 5. 19"" 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for 
[H.R. 5311] 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
District of 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
Columbia 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
Act!T99i^ ^^^^ 
otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes, namely: 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending 
September 30,1991, $430,500,000: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be made available to the District of Columbia until the number 
of full-time uniformed officers in permanent positions in the Metro-
politan Police Department is at least 4,430, excluding any such 
officer appointed after August 19, 1982, under qualification stand-
ards other than those in effect on such date. 
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO RETIREMENT FUNDS 
For the Federal contribution to the Police Officers and Fire 
Fighters', Teachers', and Judges' Retirement Funds, as authorized 
by the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act, approved 
November 17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866; Public Law 96-122), $52,070,000. 
TRANSITIONAL PAYMENT FOR SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia 
Mental Hospital Services Act, approved November 8, 1984 (98 
Stat. 3369; Public Law 98-621), $10,000,000. 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE 
The $70,300,000 previously appropriated under "Criminal Justice 
Initiative" for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1986, Septem-
ber 30, 1987, September 30, 1989, and September 30, 1991, for the 
design and construction of a prison within the District of Columbia 
shall remain in the United States Treasury and shall be transferred 
to the District of Columbia government only to the extent that 
outstanding obligations are due and payable to entities other than 
agencies and organizations of the District of Columbia government, 
and payments to such agencies and organizations may be made only 
in reimbursement for amounts actually expended in furtherance of 
the design and construction of the prison: Provided, That construc-
tion may not commence unless access and parking for construction 
vehicles are provided solely at a location other than city streets: 
information. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2225 
Provided 
further, 
That District officials meet monthly with 
neighborhood representatives to inform them of current plans and 
discuss problems: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
Telephone, 
shall operate and maintain a free, 24-hour telephone information ?^}^^^^ 
service whereby residents of the area surrounding the new prison, 
can promptly obtain information from District officials on all 
disturbances at the prison, including escapes, fires, riots, and similar 
incidents: Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall also 
take steps to publicize the availability of that service among the 
residents of the area surrounding the new prison. 
DRUG EMERGENCY 
For a Federal contribution 
to the District of Columbia, 
$26,708,000, to remain available until expended, to close open air 
drug markets, increase police visibility, and provide for speedier 
court processing of drug-related violent cases. 
COMMISSION ON BUDGET AND FINANCIAL PRIORITIES 
For payment to the District of Columbia for expenses incurred in 
fiscal year 1990 and fiscal year 1991 by the Commission on Budget 
and Financial Priorities, up to $1,000,000: Provided, That such funds 
shall become available only when equally matched with District 
funds. 
BOARD OF EDUCATION 
For a Federal contribution 
to the District of Columbia, 
$14,080,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for maintenance improve-
ments and emergency repairs to public school facilities, $2,000,000 
shall be for renovations to public school athletic and recreational 
grounds and facilities, $80,000 shall be for the D.C. Schools Project 
for immigrant children, $1,000,000 shall be for expansion of the 
early childhood program, and $1,000,000 shall be for the Anacostia 
Project in Southeast Washington. 
FIRE DEPARTMENT 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia for the Fire 
Department, $1,141,000. 
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia for the 
After School Kids Program, $160,000, of which $80,000 shall be 
available to the Social Services Division of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia for other youth screening and diversion pro-
grams. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GENERAL HOSPITAL 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia General 
Hospital, $5,000,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia, $3,041,000, 
of which $350,000 shall be to develop a program for boarder babies 
and children of substance abusers, $500,000 shall be to develop a 
104 STAT. 2226 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
residential aftercare program for pregnant substance abusers, 
$1,500,000 shall be for outpatient aftercare for pregnant substance 
abusers and the general recovering addict population, $500,000 shall 
be for a program for early detection of breast and cervical cancer to 
be conducted by an independent organization or institution of na-
tional prominence, and $191,000 shall be for security fences and 
security lighting at the Oak Hill Juvenile Detention Facility and 
security lighting at the Cedar Knoll Facility. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia Institute 
for Mental Health to provide professional mental health care to low-
income, underinsured, and indigent children, adults, and families in 
the District of Columbia, $1,000,000. 
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 
For a Federal contribution to the Children's National Medical 
Center for a cost-shared National Child Protection 
Center, 
$3,000,000. 
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. 
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 
Grovemmental direction and support, $112,879,000: 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 Adminis-
trator shall be available from this appropriation for expenditures for 
official purposes: Provided further. That any program fees collected 
from the issuance of debt shall be available for the pajnnent of 
expenses of the debt management program of the District of Colum-
bia: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, there is hereby appropriated $9,077,000 to pay legal, manage-
ment, investment, and other fees 8ind administrative expenses of the 
District of Columbia Retirement Board, of which $818,000 shall be 
derived from the general fund and not to exceed $8,259,000 shall be 
Reports. 
derived from the earnings of the applicable retirement funds: Pro-
vided further. That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall 
provide to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Colum-
bia a quarterly report of the allocations of charges by fund and of 
expenditures of all funds: Provided further. That the District of 
Columbia Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmit-
tal to the Council of the District of Columbia, an item accounting of 
the planned use of appropriated funds in time for each annual 
budget submission and the actual use of such funds in time for each 
annual audited financial report: Provided further, That of the In-
direct Cost Allocation distributed by the District government, no 
less than $500,000 shall be provided to the Department of Adminis-
trative Services and no less than $500,000 shall be provided to the 
Office of Personnel. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2227 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION 
Economic development and regulation, $135,541,000: Provided, 
That the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency, established 
by section 201 of the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency 
Act, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-135; D.C. Code, sec. 45-
2111), based upon its capability of repayments as determined each 
year by the Council of the District of Columbia from the Finance 
Agency's annual audited financial statements to the Council of the 
District of Columbia, shall repay to the general fund an amount 
equal to the appropriated administrative costs plus interest at a rate 
of four percent per annum for a term of 15 years, with a deferral of 
payments for the first three years: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the foregoing provision, the obligation to repay all or part 
' 
of the amounts due shall be subject to the rights of the owners of 
any bonds or notes issued by the Finance Agency and shall be repaid 
to the District of Columbia government only from available operat-
ing revenues of the Finance Agency that are in excess of the 
amounts required for debt service, reserve funds, and operating 
expenses: Provided further. That upon commencement of the debt 
service pajonents, such payments shall be deposited into the general 
fund of the District of Columbia: Provided further. That up to 
$275,000 within the 15 percent set-aside for special programs within 
the Tenant Assistance Program shall be targeted for the single-room 
occupancy initiative. 
PuBuc SAFETY AND JUSTICE 
Public safety and justice, including purchase 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 pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year, $920,464,000: 
Provided, That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to 
replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Fire 
Department of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace not 
to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the 
cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the 
cost of the replacement: Provided further. That not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the Chief of 
Police for the prevention and detection of crime: Provided further. 
That the Metropolitan Police Department shall provide quarterly 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and improve the profes-
sionalism in the department: Provided further. That notwithstand-
ing 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 funds 
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act, approved September 3, 1974 (88 Stat. 1090; Public Law 
93-412; D.C. Code, sec. 11-2601 et seq.), for the fiscal year ending 
September 30,1991, shall be available for obligations incurred under 
that Act in each fiscal year since inception in the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1975: Provided further, That funds appropriated for 
expenses under the District of Columbia Neglect Representation 
Equity Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-129; D.C. 
Code, sec. 16-2304), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, 
shall be available for obligations incurred under that Act in each 
104 STAT. 2228 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
fiscal year since inception in the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1985: Provided further, That $50,000 of any appropriation avail-
able to the District of Columbia may be used to match financial 
contributions from the United States Department of Defense to the 
District of Columbia Office of Emergency Preparedness 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 $1,500 for the Chief Judge of the District 
of Columbia Court of Appeals, $1,500 for the Chief Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and $1,500 for the 
Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts shall be avail-
able from this appropriation for official purposes: Provided further. 
That the District of Columbia shall operate and maintain a free, 24-
hour telephone information service whereby residents of the area 
surrounding Lorton prison in Fairfax County, Virginia, can 
promptly obtain information from District of Columbia government 
officials on all disturbances at the prison, including escapes, fires, 
riots, and similar incidents: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia government shall also take steps to publicize the availabil-
ity of the 24-hour telephone information service among the residents 
of the area surrounding the Lorton prison: Provided further. That 
not to exceed $100,000 of this appropriation shall be used to re-
imburse Fairfax County, Virginia, and Prince William County, Vir-
ginia, for expenses incurred by the counties during the fiscal year 
ending September 30,1991, in relation to the Lorton prison complex: 
Provided further, That such reimbursements shall be paid in all 
instances in which the District requests the counties to provide 
police, fire, rescue, and related services to help deal with escapes, 
riots, and similar disturbances involving the prison: Provided fur-
ther. That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
implement any plan that includes the closing of Engine Company 3, 
located at 439 New Jersey Avenue, Northwest: Provided 
further. 
That at least 21 ambulances shall be maintained on duty 24 hours 
per day, 365 days a year: Provided further. That the staffing levels of 
each two-piece engine company within the Fire Department shall be 
maintained in accordance with the provisions of article III, section 
18 of the Fire Department Rules and Regulations as then in effect: 
Provided further. That none of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to implement any staffing plan for the District of Columbia 
Fire Department that includes the elimination of any positions for 
Administrative Assistants to the Battalion Fire Chiefs of the Fire-
fighting Division of the Department: Provided further. That none of 
the funds provided in this Act may be used to implement District of 
Columbia Board of Parole notice of emergency and proposed rule-
making as published in the District of Columbia Register for July 
25, 1986 (33 DCR 4453a): 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 re-
imbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard under the 
preceding proviso shall be available from this appropriation, and the 
availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting pa3rment in 
advance for the emergency services involved: Provided further. That 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2229 
$17,630,000 for the Metropolitan Police Department and $2,600,000 
for the District of Columbia Superior Court shall remain available 
until expended. 
PuBuc EDUCATION SYSTEM 
Public education system, including the development of national 
defense education programs, $737,240,000, to be allocated as follows: 
$528,764,000 for the public schools of the District of Columbia; 
$22,000,000 for pay-as-you-go capital projects for public schools; 
$81,200,000 for the District of Columbia Teachers' Retirement Fund; 
$76,913,000 for the University of the District of Columbia; 
$20,378,000 for the Public Library; $3,527,000 for the Commission on 
the Arts and Humanities; $3,940,000 for the District of Columbia 
School of Law; and $518,000 for the Education Licensure Commis-
sion: Provided, That the public schools of the District of Columbia 
are authorized to accept not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclu-
sive use in the driver education program: Provided further, That the 
amount allocated under this title for the public schools shall be 
increased, dollar for dollar up to $36,400,000, by the amount the 
annual Federal payment for fiscal year 1991 is increased above the 
current $430,500,000 Federal payment in fiscal year 1990: 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 Colum-
bia, and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall be available from this 
appropriation for expenditures for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther. That this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the 
education of nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the Univer-
sity 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, 1991, a tuition rate schedule that will estab-
lish 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 under this heading for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1991, the Public Library shall be considered a statutorily 
independent agency and thus shall be exempted from any and all 
across-the-board rescissions that may be applied to Eigencies under 
the control of the Mayor. 
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES 
Human support services, $876,431,000: Provided, That $20,848,000 
of this appropriation, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available solely for District of Columbia employees' disability com-
pensation: Provided further. That of the funds provided for the D.C. 
General Hospital subsidy, $646,000 shall be used to provide health 
care to homeless persons: Provided further. That not less than 
$191,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used 
by the Administrator of the Youth Services Administration to in-
stall security fences and security lighting at the Oak Hill Juvenile 
Detention Facility and security lighting at the Cedar Knoll Facility: 
Provided further. That of the funds provided for the provision of 
emergency shelter services in the Department of Human Services, 
three-fourths of the funds shall be available solely for allocation to a 
legally constituted private nonprofit organization in the District £is 
defined in section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Act, 
approved July 22, 1987 (101 Stat. 495; 42 U.S.C. 11371(5)): Provided 
104 STAT. 2230 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
further. That the District shall not provide free government services 
such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or collection, utilities, 
maintenance, repairs, or similar services, if the District would not 
be qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to the McKinney 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.): Provided further. That the Hurt Home 
located at 3050 R Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, 
shall not be occupied by residential or day patients or used as a 
residential treatment facility until a final decision is rendered by 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Speyer v. Barry, Appeal 
No. 88-958. 
PuBUC 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 purchase of pas-
senger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, $229,482,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting 
ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business: 
Provided further. That any unobligated funds from the school tran-
sit subsidy shall be applied solely to the repayment of the general 
fund accumulated deficit. 
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER FUND 
For the Washington Convention Center Fund, $8,383,000: Pro-
vided, That the Convention Center Board of Directors, established 
by section 3 of the Washington Convention Center Management Act 
of 1979, effective November 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 3-36; D.C. Code, sec. 
9-602), shall reimburse the Auditor of the District of Columbia for 
all reasonable costs for performance of the annual Convention 
Center audit. 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in 
compliance with An Act to provide for the establishment of a 
modern, adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of 
Columbia, approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896; Public Law 79-
648); section 1 of An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the 
District of Columbia to borrow funds for capital improvement pro-
grams and to amend provisions of law relating to Federal Govern-
ment participation in meeting costs of maintaining the Nation's 
Capital City, approved June 6,1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public Law 85-451; 
D.C. Code, sec. 9-219); section 4 of An Act to authorize the Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia to plan, construct, operate, and 
maintain a sanitary sewer to connect the Dulles International 
Airport with the District of Columbia system, approved June 12, 
1960 (74 Stat. 211; Public Law 86-515); section 723 of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act 
of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 821; Public Law 93-
198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-321, space note); and section 743(f) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorga-
nization Act Amendments, approved October 13, 1977 (91 Stat. 1156; 
Public Law 95-131; D.C. Code, sec. 9-219, note), including interest as 
required thereby, $252,740,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2231 
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND DEFICIT 
For the purpose of reducing the $213,403,000 general fund 
accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1989, $20,000,000, of which 
not less than $18,287,000 shall be funded and apportioned by the 
Mayor from amounts otherwise available to the District of Columbia 
government (including amounts appropriated by this Act or reve-
nues otherwise available, or both): Provided, That if the Federal 
payment to the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1991 is reduced 
pursuant to an order issued by the President under section 252 of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
(Public Law 99-177, approved December 12, 1985), as amended, the 
percentage (if any) by which the $20,000,000 set aside for repajonent 
of the general fund accumulated deficit under this appropriation 
title is reduced as a consequence shall not exceed the percentage by 
which the Federal payment is reduced pursuant to such order: 
Provided further. That all net revenue the District of Columbia 
government may collect as a result of the District of Columbia 
government's pending appeal in the consolidated case of U.S. Sprint 
Communications, et al. v. District of Columbia et al., CA 10080-87 
(court order filed November 14, 1988), shall be applied solely to the 
repayment of the general fund accumulated deficit. 
SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS 
For the purpose of funding interest related to borrowing funds for 
short-term cash needs, $13,028,000. 
OPTICAL AND DENTAL BENEFITS 
For optical and dental costs for nonunion employees, $3,112,000. 
SUPPLY, ENERGY, AND EQUIPMENT ADJUSTMENT 
The Mayor shall reduce authorized supply, energy, and equipment 
appropriations and expenditures within object class 20 (supplies), 
30a (energy), and 70 (equipment) in the amount of $10,000,000, 
within one or several of the various appropriation headings in this 
Act. 
PERSONAL SERVICES ADJUSTMENT 
The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expenditures for per-
sonal services within object classes 11, 12, 13, and 14 in the amount 
of $10,000,000, within one or several of the various appropriation 
headings in this Act. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For construction projects, $324,322,000, as authorized by An Act 
authorizing the laying of water mains and service sewers in the 
District of Columbia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for 
other purposes, approved April 22,1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58-
140; D.C. Code, sees. 43-1512 through 43-1519); the District of 
Columbia Public Works Act of 1954, approved May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 
101; Public Law 83-364); An Act to authorize the Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia to borrow funds for capital improvement 
programs and to amend provisions of law relating to Federal 
Government participation in meeting costs of maintaining the Na-
104 STAT. 2232 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
tion's Capital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183; Public Law 
85-451; D.C. Code, sees. 9-219 and 47-3402); section 3(g) of the 
District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Parking Facility Act of 1942, 
approved August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686; Public Law 85-692; D.C. 
Code, sec. 40-805(7)); and the National Capital Transportation Act of 
1969, approved December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 320; Public Law 91-143; 
D.C. Code, sees. 1-2451, 1-2452, 1-2454, 1-2456, and 1-2457); includ-
ing acquisition of sites, preparation of plans and specifications, 
conducting preliminary surveys, erection of structures, including 
building improvement and alteration and treatment of grounds, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That $15,962,000 shall be 
available for project management and $17,521,000 for design by the 
Director of the Department of Public Works or by contract for 
architectural engineering services, as may be determined by the 
Mayor: Provided further. That funds for use by each capital project 
implementing agency shall be managed and controlled in accord-
ance with all procedures and limitations established under the 
Financial Management System: Provided further, That $22,000,000 
for the public school system, $392,000 for the Department of Recre-
ation and Parks, and $2,208,000 for the Department of Public Works 
for pay-as-you-go capital projects shall be financed from general 
fund operating revenues: Provided further. That all funds provided 
by this appropriation title shall be available only for the specific 
projects and purposes intended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 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, approved August 23, 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, 1992, except authorizations for projects as to which 
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30, 
1992: Provided further. That upon expiration of any such project 
authorization the funds provided herein for the project shall lapse. 
WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund, $226,209,000, of which 
$36,608,000 shall be apportioned and payable to the debt service 
fund for repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital 
improvement projects. 
For construction projects, $28,730,000, £is authorized by An Act 
authorizing the laying of water mains and service sewers in the 
District of Columbia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for 
other purposes, approved April 22,1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58-
140; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements 
and restrictions that are applicable to general fund capital improve-
ment projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay 
appropriation title shall apply to projects approved under this 
appropriation title: Provided further. That $39,609,000 in water and 
sewer enterprise fund operating revenues shall be available for pay-
as-you-go capital projects. 
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, estab-
lished by the District of Columbia Appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1982, approved December 4, 1981 (95 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2233 
Stat. 1174, 1175; Public Law 97-91), as amended, for the purpose of 
implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, 
and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of 
Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Code, sees. 
2-2501 et seq. and 22-1516 et seq.), $8,600,000, to be derived from 
non-Federal District of Columbia revenues: Provided, That the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for this 
appropriation title from the District's own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall 
be used to support the operations or activities of the Lottery and 
Charitable Games Control Board. 
CABLE TELEVISION ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Cable Television Enterprise Fund, established by the 
Cable Television Communications Act of 1981, effective October 22, 
1983 (D.C. Law 5-36; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1801 et seq.), $1,700,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
Government 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
contracts. 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all vouchers 
covering expenditures of appropriations 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. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified within an 
appropriation for particular purposes or objects of expenditure, such 
amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maxi-
mum amount that may be expended for said purpose or object 
rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor, except for 
those funds and programs for the Metropolitan Police Department 
under the heading "Public Safety and Justice" which shall be 
considered as the amounts set apart exclusively for and shall be 
expended solely by that Department; and the appropriation under 
the heading "Repayment of General Fund Deficit" which shall be 
considered as the amount set apart exclusively for and shall be 
expended solely for that purpose. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when 
authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for privately owned auto-
mobiles and motorcycles used for the performance of official duties 
at rates established by the Mayor: Provided, That such rates shall 
not exceed the maximum prevailing rates for such vehicles as 
prescribed in the Federal Property Management Regulations 101-7 
(Federal Travel Regulations). 
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for ex-
penses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations 
concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, 
when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That the Council of the 
District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Courts may 
expend such funds without authorization by the Mayor. 
104 STAT. 2234 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
SEC. 106. 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, That noth-
ing contained in this section shall be construed as modifying or 
affecting the provisions of section ll(cX3) of title XII of the District 
of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, approved March 
31, 1956 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84-460; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
1812.11(c)(3)). 
SEC. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the 
payment of public assistance without reference to the requirement 
of section 544 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 
1982, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. Code, sec. 3-
205.44), and for the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify 
for Federal assistance under the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention 
and Control Act of 1968, approved July 31, 1968 (82 Stat. 462; Public 
Law 90-445; 42 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.). 
SEC. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 109. Not to exceed iV2 per centum of the total of all funds 
appropriated by this Act for personnel compensation may be used to 
pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 110. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, for the compensation of 
any person appointed to a permanent position in the District of 
Columbia government during any month in which the number of 
employees exceeds 39,262. 
SEC. 111. No funds appropriated in this Act for the District of 
Columbia government 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 avail-
ability of school buildings for the use of any community or partisan 
political group during non-school hours. 
SEC. 112. The annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, shall be 
transmitted to the Congress no later than April 15,1991. 
SEC. 113. 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 the District of Columbia, the Subcommittee on Gen-
eral Services, Federalism, and the District of Columbia of the Senate 
Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Council of the District 
of Columbia, or their duly authorized representative. 
SEC. 114. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the 
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
payments authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery 
Act of 1977, effective September 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-20; D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-421 et seq.). 
SEC. 115. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be made 
available to pay the salary of any employee of the District of 
Columbia government whose name and salary are not available for 
public inspection. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2235 
SEC. 116. No part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 
or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including 
boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to 
perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be 
endangered if the fetus were carried to term. 
SEC. 118. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall develop 
an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for capital outlay borrow-
ings: 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 borrowing and spending 
progress compared with projections. 
SEC. 119. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital 
projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior approval from the 
Council of the District of Columbia, by resolution, identifying the 
projects and amounts to be financed with such borrowings. 
SEC. 120. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed for 
capital projects for the operating expenses of the District of Colum-
bia government. 
SEC. 121. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
for the implementation of a personnel lottery with respect to the 
hiring of fire fighters or police officers. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended by reprogramming except pursuant to ad-
vance approval of the reprogramming granted according to the 
procedure set forth in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the 
Committee of Conference (House Report No. 96-443), which accom-
panied the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1980, approved 
October 30, 1979 (93 Stat. 713; Public Law 96-93), as modified in 
House 
Report 
No. 
98-265, 
and 
in 
accordance 
with 
the 
Reprogramming Policy Act of 1980, effective September 16, 1980 
(D.C. Law 3-100; D.C. Code, sec. 47-361 et seq.). 
SEC. 123. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants to any officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 124. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to procure passenger automobiles as defined 
in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980, approved October 10, 
1980 (94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96-425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an 
Environmental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon aver-
age of less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this section shall 
not apply to security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles. 
SEC. 125. (a) Notwithstanding section 422(7) of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act 
of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-
198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(7)), the City Administrator shall be paid, 
during any fiscal year, a salary at a rate established by the Mayor, 
not to exceed the rate established for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5315. 
(b) For purposes of applying any provision of law limiting the 
availability of funds for payment of salary or pay in any fiscal year, 
the highest rate of pay established by the Mayor under subsection 
(a) of this section for any position for any period during the last 
quarter of calendar year 1990 shall be deemed to be the rate of pay 
payable for that position for September 30,1990. 
Abortion. 
Reports. 
104 STAT. 2236 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
(c) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of Columbia Re-
development Act of 1945, approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 793; 
Public Law 79-592; D.C. Code, sec. 5-803(a)), the Board of Directors 
of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency shall be 
paid, during any fiscal year, a per diem compensation at a rate 
established by the Mayor. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the provi-
sions 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. 1-601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorga-
nization Act of 1973, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; 
Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall apply with respect 
to the compensation of District of Columbia employees: Provided, 
That for pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia govern-
ment shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5 of the United 
States Code. 
SEC. 127. The Director of the Department of Administrative Serv-
ices may pay rentals and repair, alter, and improve rented premises, 
without regard to the provisions of section 322 of the Economy Act 
of 1932 (Public Law 72-212; 40 U.S.C. 278a), upon a determination by 
the Director, that by reason of circumstances set forth in such 
determination, the payment of these rents and the execution of this 
work, without reference to the limitations of section 322, is advan-
tajgeous to the District in terms of economy, efficiency, and the 
District's best interest. 
SEC. 128. No later than 30 days after the end of the first quarter of 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of Columbia 
the new fiscal year 1991 revenue estimates as of the end of the first 
quarter of fiscal year 1991. These estimates shall be used in the 
budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992. The 
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear 
report. 
SEC. 129. Section 466(b) of the District of Columbia Self-Govern-
ment and Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 806; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 
47-326), as amended, is amended by striking out "sold before Octo-
ber 1, 1990" and inserting in lieu thereof "sold before October 1, 
1991". 
Government 
SEC. 130. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia 
contracts. 
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, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85; 
D.C. Code, sec. 1-1183.3), except that the District of Columbia Public 
Schools may renew or extend sole source contracts for which com-
petition is not feasible or practical, provided that the determination 
as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has been 
made in accordance with duly promulgated Board of Education rules 
and procedures. 
SEC. 131. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, approved December 12, 1985 (99 Stat. 
1037; Public Law 99-177), as amended, the term "program, project, 
and activity" shall be synonymous 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 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2237 
than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Provided, That seques-
tration orders shall not be applied to any account that is specifically 
exempted from sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), 
as amended. 
SEC. 132. 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), as amended, after the amounts 
appropriated 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 ac-
counts in this Act that are not specifically exempted from sequestra-
tion by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), as amended. 
SEC. 133. Section 133(e) of the District of Columbia Appropriations 
Termination 
Act, 1990 is amended by striking "December 31, 1990" and inserting 
IAQ%„. loon 
"December 31,1991". 
103 Stat. 1280. 
SEC. 134. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1991 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 135. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, the 
District of Columbia shall pay interest on its quarterly pajonents to 
the United States that are made more than 60 days from the date of 
receipt of an itemized statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
of amounts due for housing District of Columbia convicts in Federal 
penitentiaries for the preceding quarter. 
SEC. 136. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ATTORNEYS.—Section 906 of the District of Columbia 
Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec-
tion 1-610.6, D.C. Code) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking "Notwithstanding" and 
inserting "Except as provided in subsection (c) and notwith-
standing"; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any person applying 
for or accepting any position in the Excepted Service as an attorney, 
and such person shall be covered by the provisions of section 
801(e).". 
(2) EMPLOYEES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.—Section 202(3) of 
such Act (section 1-602.2, D.C. Code) is amended by inserting 
after the second sentence the following: "Individuals serving as 
employees of boards £ind commissions shall be covered by the 
provisions of section 801(e).". 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—D.C. Law 3-36 is amended— 
(A) in section 4(aX4) (section 9-603(aX4), D.C. Code), by 
striking the colon at the end of the second sentence and all 
that follows and inserting a semicolon; and 
104 STAT. 2238 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
(B) in section 11 (section 9-610, D.C. Code), by striking 
"titles V and XVII" and inserting "titles V and XVII and 
section 801(e)". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Residency 
Preference Amendment Act of 1988. 
SEC. 137. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used by 
the District of Columbia to provide for the salaries, expenses, or 
other costs associated with, the offices of United States Senator or 
United States Representative under section 4(d) of D.C. Law 3-171 
(sec. l-113(d), D.C. Code). 
SEC. 138. (a) The proviso under the heading "Public Works" in the 
Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriation for Disaster Assist-
ance, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, 
and Other Urgent Needs, and Transfers, and Reducing Funds Budg-
eted for Military Spending Act of 1990, approved May 25, 1990 
(Public Law 101-302; 104 Stat. 241), shall remain in effect until 
September 30,1991. 
(b) Chapter IX of title II of the Dire Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriation for Disaster Assistance, Food Stamps, Unemployment 
Compensation Administration, and Other Urgent Needs, and Trans-
fers, and Reducing Funds Budgeted for Military Spending Act of 
1990, approved May 25, 1990 (Public Law 101-302; 104 Stat. 241), is 
amended in the item relating to "Public Safety and Justice" by 
striking "current operating revenues collected during fiscal year 
1991 and not from". 
SEC. 139. (a) Up to 75 officers or members of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who were hired before February 14, 1980, and 
who retire on disability before the end of calendar year 1991 shall be 
excluded from the computation of the rate of disability retirement 
under subsection 145(a) of the District of Columbia Retirement 
Reform Act, as amended, approved September 30, 1983 (97 Stat. 727; 
D.C. Code, sec. l-725(a)), for purposes of reducing the authorized 
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire 
Fighters' Retirement Fund pursuant to subsection 145(c) of the 
District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act. 
(b) The Mayor, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, 
shall engage an enrolled actuary, to be paid by the District of 
Columbia Retirement Board, and shall comply with the require-
ments of section 142(d) and section 144(d) of the District of Columbia 
Retirement Reform Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-122, D.C. Code, sees. 
l-722(d) and l-724(d)). 
(c) If any of the 75 light duty positions that may become vacant 
under subsection (a) are filled, a civilian employee shall be hired to 
fill that position or shall be filled by an officer or member of the 
Metropolitan Police Department for a temporary period of time. 
(d) The limited duty policy of the Metropolitan Police Department 
shall be that in effect prior to July 8, 1990, unless ordered by the 
relevant court. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-518—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2239 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Task 
Reports. 
Force on Substance Abusing Pregnant Women and Infants Exposed 
to Maternal Substance Abuse During Pregnancy shall report no 
later than March 29,1991. 
This Act may be cited £is the "District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 1991". 
Approved November 5, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5311: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-607 (Comm. on Appropriations); Nos. 101-897, 101-935, 
and 101-958 (all from Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-397 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): 
July 26, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 11, 12, 14, 18, considered and peissed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 20, 25, House rejected conference reports. 
Oct. 26, House and &nate agreed to conference report.