An Act making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in15246-15280 whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 1973, and for other purposes
PL 92-344 (H.R.15259), enacted 07/10/1972

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Guard installations. Such public housing facilities may be leased on an 
individual or multiple-unit basis. Expenditures for the rental of such 
housing facilities may not exceed the average authorized for the 
Department of Defense in any year except where the Secretary of the 
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating finds that the 
average is so low as to prevent rental of necessary housing facilities 
in some areas, in which event he is authorized to reallocate existing 
funds to high-cost areas so that rental expenditures in such areas 
exceed the average authorized for the Department of Defense." 
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: 
••(e) The authority provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section shall expire on June 30,1973." 
(3) by adding new subsections (f) and (g) as follows: 
"(f) The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating shall annually, not later than April 1, commencing April 1. 
1973, file with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President of the Senate a complete report of the utilization of the 
authority granted in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) during the 
preceding calendar year. 
"(g) The authority conferred by subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) 
may not be utilized after April 1, 1973, unless all reports required 
by subsection (f) have been filed with the Congress." 
Approved July 10, 1972. 
Limitation. 
Expiration date. 
84 Stat. 305. 
14 u s e 475. 
Report to Con-
gre s s. 
Public Law 92-344 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of CoUimbiu and other 
activities chargeable in v^^hole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for other purposes. 
July 10, 1972 
[H. R. 15259] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'prese7itatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1973, 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, 1973: $181,500,000 to the general 
fund; $2,550,000 to the water fund; and $1,524,000 to the sanitary 
sewage works fund, as authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue 
Act of 1947, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2501 (a)); and the Act 
of May 18, 1954 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-1541 and 1611). 
LOANS TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY 
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), the Act of June 2, 1950 (64 Stat. 195), and the Act of 
June 12,1960 (74 Stat. 210), $130,819,000, which together with balances 
of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain available 
until expended and be advanced upon request of the Commissioner, as 
follows: To the general fund, $90,968,000, to the highway fund, 
$16,706,000, to the water fund, $2,933,000, to the sanitary sewage works 
fund, $13,960,000, and to the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works 
fund, $6,252,000. 
District of 
Columbia Appro-
priation Act, 1973. 
85 Stat. 654. 
68 Stat. 102, 
108. 
D.C. Code 
1441 note. 
D.C. 
1604. 
Code 
1-
4 3 -
84 Stat. 1930. 
D.C. 
D.C. 
1540. 
D.C. 
1620. 
Code 
Code 
Code 
7-133 
4 3 -
47-. 
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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 proA'ided: 
(iENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, $63,187,000, of which $629,700 shall be 
payable from the highway fund (including $72,400 from the motor 
vehicle parking account), $94,500 from the water fund, and $67,300 
from the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided^ 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 
80 Stat. 416. 
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 appro-
priation shall be available for test borings and soil investigations: 
Provided further^ That $2,000,000 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 $100,000 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 eacli. 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
Public safety, including employment of consulting physicians, diag-
nosticians, and therapists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioner; 
cash gratuities of not to exceed $75 to each released prisoner; purchase 
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 limita-
tion 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 limi-
tation) ; $181,119,000, of which $7,854,600 shall be payable from the 
highway fund (including $112,000 from the motor vehicle parking 
account) : Provided, That the Police Department and Fire Depart-
ment are each authorized to replace not to exceed five passenger-carry-
ing 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 devel-
opment of national defense education programs, $179,607,000, of 
which $9,661,300 shall be for special education. Of the amount pro-
vided by this section for Education, $165,100 shall be payable from 
the highway fund. 
RECREATION 
Recreation, $13,829,000. 
HUMAN RESOtTRCES 
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 
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sectarian control, under contracts to be made by the Director of 
Human Resources; $207,587,000: Provided^ That the inpatient rate and 
outpatient 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 XIX 
of the Social Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal g
^ staf^Vos^'*^' 
year 1970: Provided further, That the hospital rates specified herein 
42 use 1396. 
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 XIX of the Social Security Act: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available ior the 
furnishing of medical assistance to individuals sixty-five years of age 
or older who are residing in the District of Columbia: Provided fur-
ther, 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 individ-
uals found by a court to be chronic alcoholics. 
HIGHWAYS AND TEAFriC 
Highways and traffic, including $166,700 for traffic safety education; 
$600 for membership in the American 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; $21,814,000, of which $20,136,900 shall be pay-
able from the highway fund (including $521,500 from the motor vehi- 
«t»tf9tf< 
cle parking account) : Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
SERVICES 
Environmental services, $44,309,800, of which $11,978,600 shall be 
payable from the water fund, $13,646,100 from the sanitary sewage 
works fund, and $15,700 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage 
works fund. 
ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES, INAUGURAL 
CEREMONIES 
Additional municipal services, inaugural ceremonies, $879,000, of 
which $99,200 shall be payable from the highway fund. 
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 Septem- 
D.C. code 43-
ber 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act of June 6, ]^.tzi^^'^^^^' 
1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended; and section 4 of the Act of June 12, 
DC. code 2-
1960 (74 Stat. 211), including interest as required thereby, $28,144,000, ^^D^C code 9-
of which $5,503,200 shall be payable from the highway fund, $1,904,600 220'. 
from the water fund, $1,053,100 from the sanitary sewage works fund, ^^23^' '^°'^^ ^^' 
and $115,400 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund. 
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72 Stat. 15. 
D.C. Code 43-
1510, 43-1604, 
7-133, 9-220, 40-
804, 1-1441 note. 
82 Stat. 827. 
D.C. Code 7-
135 note. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, 
and payments under the Act of July 2, 1964 (68 Stat. 443), construc-
tion 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. 320); including 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, $94,281,000, of which 
$12,227,700 shall be payable from the highway fund, $2,200,000 from 
the water fund, and $1,020,000 from the sanitary sewage works fund: 
Provided^ That $2,629,500 shall be available for construction services 
by the Director of the Department of General Services or by contract 
for architectural engineering services, as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, and the funds for the use of the Director of the Depart-
ment of General Services shall be advanced to the appropriation 
account, "Construction Services, Department of General Services": 
Provided further^ Notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations 
for capital outlay projects, except those projects covered by the first 
sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 
(Public Law 90-495, approved August 23, 1968), for which funds 
are provided by this paragraph, shall expire on June 30, 1974, except 
authorizations for projects as to which funds have been obligated m 
whole or in part prior to such date. Upon expiration of any such 
project authorization the funds provided herein for such project shall 
lapse. 
GENEEAL PROVISIONS 
Vouchers. 
Maximum allow-
ances. 
Automobile 
allowances. 
Travel ex-
penses; organiza-
tion dues. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Taxicabs, re-
strictions. 
SECTION 1. Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers cov-
ering expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be 
audited before payment by the designated certifying official and the 
vouchers as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated 
disbursing official. 
SEC. 2. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an 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 Depart-
ment 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 paj^ment 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. 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 
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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 regu-
lations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the Public 
Service Commission. 
SEC. 7. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the 
payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 
2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC. 8. 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 emj)loyees 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. 
SEC. 9. Appropriations contained in this Act for highways and 
traffic and environmental services shall be available for snow and ice 
control work when ordered by the Commissioner in writing. 
SEC. 10. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds 
authorized by section 10 of the Act approved April 23,1924 (43 Stat. 
108) : Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued as modifying or 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. 11. 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 General 
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 pre-
vention 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. 12tr^Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the pay-
ment of public assistance without reference to the requirement of 
subsection (b) of section 5 of the District of Columbia Public Assist-
ance 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 90-445). 
SEC. 13. 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. 14. 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 
Street lighting. 
Vehicle use. 
31 u s e 638a. 
Snow and ice 
control. 
Judgment pay-
ments. 
D.C. Code 47-
1910. 
70 Stat.-78. 
D.C. Code 47-
1586J. 
74 Stat. 17. 
76 Stat. 915. 
D.C. Code 3-204. 
82 Stat. 462. 
42 u s e 3801 
note. 
Chauffeur com-
pensation, limita-
tion. 
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Overtime or 
temporary posi-
tions, cost limi-
tation. 
Travel expend-
iture, limitation. 
Short title. 
or driver of a motor vehicle assigned for the personal or individual use 
of any such officer or employee (other than the Commissioner of the 
District of Columbia, Chief of Police and Fire Chief ^. No part of any 
funds appropriated by this Act, in excess of $12,000 in the aggregate, 
shall, in any fiscal year, be used to pay the compensation (whether 
by contract or otherwise) of individuals for performing services as a 
chauffeur or driver for the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, 
or for performing services as a chauffeur or driver of a motor vehicle 
assigned for the personal or individual use of the Commissioner of 
the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 15. Not to exceed 4i/^ per centum of the total of all funds ap-
propriated by this Act for personal compensation (except temporary 
positions provided for Courts and Department of Corrections in this 
Act) may be used to pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 16. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act for 
authorized travel and per diem costs outside the District of Columbia, 
Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $200,000. 
SEC. 17. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for the compensation of any person 
appointed— 
(1) as a full-time employee to a permanent, authorized posi-
tion 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 ot 
the District of Columbia during anv month in which the number 
of such employees exceeds the number of such employees for the 
same month of the preceding fiscal year except temporary employ-
ees provided for Courts and Department of Corrections in this 
Act. 
SEC. 18. 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 group during nonschool 
hours. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1973". 
Approved July 10, 1972. 
July 10, 1972 
[H. R. 9410] 
Public Law 92-345 
AN ACT 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend for one year (until June 30, 
1973) the period within wliicli certain si)ecial project grants may be made 
thereunder. 
Maternal and 
child health serv-
ices. 
Special project 
grants, extension. 
81 Stat. 921. 
42 use 702. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) paragraph 
(1) of section 502 of the Social Security Act is amended by striking 
out "each of the next 3 fiscal yeai-s" and inserting in lieu thereof "each 
of the next 4 
fiscal 
years"'. 
(b) Paragraph (2) of section 502 of such Act is amended by striking 
out "June 30, 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1974". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 505(a)(8) of the Social Security Act is 
amended by striking out "July 1, 1972" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"July 1,1973".