District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1981
PL 96-530 (H.R.8061), enacted 12/15/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-530—DEC. 15, 1980 
94 STAT. 3121 
Public Law 96-530 
96th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
Dec. 15,1980 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for 
[H. R. 8061] 
the fiscal year ending September 30,1981, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following District of 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not A^^^^'^rfation 
otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal Act'^*'^^^^ °" 
year ending September 30, 1981, 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, 1981, $295,400,000, 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 $8,100,000 
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, as 
amended (D.C. Code 43-1541 and 1611). 
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, Public Law 96-122, 
approved November 17,1979 (93 Stat. 866), $52,070,000. 
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connection 
with inauguration activities as authorized by section 7370b) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Govemment and Governmental Reorgani-
zation Act, Public Law 93-198, approved December 24,1973 (87 Stat. 
824; D.C. Code, sec. l-827(b)), $1,330,100. 
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connection 
with demonstration activities as authorized by section 737(b) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Govemment and Governmental Reorgani-
zation Act, Public Law 93-198, approved December 24,1973 (87 Stat. 
824; D.C. Code, sec. l-827(b)), $3,315,000. 
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, as amended, $130,567,600, which together DC. Code 1-121 
with balances of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall "
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remsiin available until expended and be advanced upon request of the 
Mayor: Provided, That during fiscal year 1981 and within the 
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the princip^ 
amount of 
direct loans shall not exceed $200,000,000. 
94 STAT. 3122 
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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 provided: 
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 
Governmental direction and support, $84,728,900: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor and $2,500 for the Chairman of the 
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Council of the District of Columbia shall be available from this 
appropriation for expenditures for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $7,500 of this appropriation shall be available 
for test borings and soil investigations: Provided further. That not to 
exceed $500,000 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 
$5,844,500 of the funds appropriated for the Department of General 
Services shall be apportioned and payable to the debt service fund for 
repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital improvement 
projects. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION 
Economic development and regulation, $29,111,800: Provided, That 
the Convention Center Board, established by section 3 of the Wash-
ington Convention Center Management Act of 1979, effective Novem-
ber 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: Provided further. 
That $2,561,600 of the funds appropriated for the Washington Con-
vention Center shall be apportioned and payable to the debt service 
fund for repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital 
improvement projects. 
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE 
Public safety and justice, including purchase of one hundred and 
thirty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including 
one hundred and thirty for police-type use and five for fire-type use 
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the 
current fiscal year); $352,705,600, of which $5,850,000 shall be payable 
from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That the Police 
Department is authorized to replace not to exceed twenty-five passen-
ger carrying vehicles, and the Fire Department not to exceed five 
such vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged 
vehicle exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replacement: Provided 
further. That funds appropriated for expenses under the District of 
Columbia Criminal Justice Act, Public Law 93-412, approved Sep-
tember 3,1974 (D.C. Code, section 11-2601 et seq.) for fiscal year 1981 
shall be available for obligations incurred under that Act in each 
fiscal year since inception in fiscal year 1975: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $200,000 shall be available from this appropriation for 
the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: Provided 
further. That $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 Emer-
gency Preparedness for the purchase of civil defense equipment and 
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94 STAT. 3123 
supplies approved by the Department of Defense, when authorized by 
the Mayor: Provided further, That $1,790,500 of the funds appropri-
ated for the Metropolitan Police Department; $789,500 of the funds 
appropriated for the Fire Department; $4,157,400 of the funds 
appropriated for the Department of Corrections; and $3,322,400 of the 
funds appropriated for the Courts shall be apportioned and payable to 
the debt service fund for repayment of loans and interest incurred for 
capital improvement projects. 
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 
Public education system, including the development of national 
defense education programs, $393,956,500, of which $8,750,000 shall 
be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund, to be allocated as 
follows: $275,599,700 for the District of Columbia Public Schools; 
$38,717,200 for the Teachers' Retirement and Annuity Fund; 
$60,266,600 for the University of the District of Columbia; $14,046,400 
for the Public Library; $551,100 for the Commission on the Arts and 
Humanities; $90,500 for the Educational Institution Licensure Com-
mission; and $4,685,000 for the School Transit Subsidy: 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 and $2,500 for the President of the 
University of the District of Columbia shall be available from this 
appropriation for expenditures for official purposes: Provided fur-
ther. That the $38,717,200 of this appropriation allocated for the 
Teachers' Retirement and Annuity Fund shall be transferred to the 
Teachers' Retirement and Annuity Fund, in accordance with the 
provisions of section 7 of An Act for the retirement of public-school 
teachers in the District of Columbia, approved August 7, 1946 (60 
Stat. 879; D.C. Code section 31-727): Provided further. That not less 
than $7,257,800 of this appropriation shall be used exclusively for 
maintenance of the public schools: Provided further. That $29,810,400 
of the funds appropriated for the District of Columbia Public Schools, 
$7,673,800 of the funds appropriated for the University of the District 
of Columbia, and $2,803,200 of the funds appropriated for the Public 
Library shall be apportioned and payable to the debt service fund for 
repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital improvement 
projects. 
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES 
Human support services, including care and treatment of indigent 
patients in institutions under contracts to be made by the Director of 
the Department of Human Resources, $381,742,000, of which 
$8,200,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: 
Provided, That the inpatient rate under such contracts shall not 
exceed $76 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $12 per 
visit except for 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, approved July 30,1965 (79 
Stat. 343; 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and the inpatient rate (excluding the 
proportionate share for repairs and construction) for services ren-
dered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for patient care shall be at the per 
diem rate established pursuant to section 2 of An Act to authorize 
certain expenditures from the appropriation of Saint Elizabeths 
Hospital, and for other purposes, approved August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 
751; 24 U.S.C. 168a): Provided further. That total reimbursements to 
DC. Code 
32-406a. 
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Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from title XIX of the 
Social Security Act, approved July 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 343; 42 U.S.C. 
1396 et seq.) shall not exceed $21,348,700: Provided further, That 
$5,807,100 of this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available solely for District of Columbia employees' disability 
compensation: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated 
for the summer youth jobs program shall be obligated until the 
Subcommittees on District of Columbia Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate have approved a plan submitted by 
the Mayor and the City Council detailing proposed expenditures: 
Provided further. That $2,107,200 of the funds appropriated for the 
Department of Recreation, $3,121,300 of the funds appropriated for 
the Department of Human Services, $1,302,000 of the funds appropri-
ated for the District of Columbia General Hospital, and $1,947,600 of 
the funds appropriated for District of Columbia Obligations shall be 
apportioned and payable to the debt service fund for repayment of 
loans and interest incurred for capital improvement projects. 
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE 
Transportation services and assistance, 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 sixteen passenger-carrjdng vehicles, for replacement 
only, $147,919,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be payable from the 
revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
not be available for the purchgise of driver-training vehicles: Provided 
further. That $13,743,200 of the funds appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Transportation and $26,471,400 of the funds appropriated for 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority shall be appor-
tioned and payable to the debt service fund for repa3rment of loans 
and interest incurred for capital improvement projects. 
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND SUPPLY 
Environmental 
services and supply, $43,126,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: 
Provided, That this appropriation 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: Provided further. That $10,848,300 of the funds appropri-
ated for the Department of Environmental Services shall be appor-
tioned and payable to the debt service fund for repayment of loans 
and interest incurred for capital improvement projects. 
INAUGURAL EXPENSES 
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connection 
with inauguration activities as authorized by section 737(b) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorgani-
zation Act, Public Law 93-198, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 
824; D.C. Code, sec. l-827(b)), $1,330,100. 
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94 STAT. 3125 
DEMONSTRATION EXPENSES 
For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connection 
with demonstration activities as authorized by section 737(b) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorgani-
zation Act, Public Law 93-198, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 
824; D.C. Code, sec. l-827(b)), $3,315,000. 
WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND 
For establishment of the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund, 
$82,190,200: Provided, That $14,937,500 of the funds appropriated to 
the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund shall be apportioned and 
payable to the debt service fund for repayment of loans and interest 
incurred for capital improvement projects. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For construction projects 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; D.C. Code section 43-1510 et seq.); the 
District of Columbia Public Works Act of 1954, approved May 18,1954 
(68 Stat. 101); An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District 
D.C. Code 
of Columbia to borrow funds for capital improvement programs and 
43-1601 note, 
to amend provisions of law relating to Federal Government participa-
tion in meeting costs of maintaining the Nation's Capital City, 
approved June 6,1958 (72 Stat. 183; D.C. Code, section 9-220); An Act 
To amend the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Parking Facility 
Act of 1942, as amended, approved August 20,1958 (72 Stat. 686); and 
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the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969, approved December 
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9, 1969 (83 Stat. 321; D.C. Code, sections 1-1443 and 9-220(b)(3)); D.C. Code 1-1441 
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, $220,908,400: Provided, 
That 
$2,813,300 shall be available for project management and $2,516,600 
for design by the Director of the Department of General Services or 
by contract for architectural engineering services, as may be deter-
mined by the Mayor, and that the funds for use of each capital project 
implementing agency shall be managed and controlled in accordance 
with all procedures and limitations established under the Financial 
Management System: Provided further. That all such funds shall be 
available only for the specific projects and purposes intended: Pro-
vided further. That 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 (82 Stat. 827, D.C. Code, 
section 7-135 note), for which funds are provided by this paragraph, 
shall expire on September 30,1982, 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. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
Consulting 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 services. 
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Vouchers. 
Maximum 
allowances. 
Automobile and 
motorcycle 
allowances. 
Travel expenses 
and organization 
dues. 
Taxicab 
regulation. 
Judgement 
payments. 
D.C. Code 3-204 
note. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Overtime and 
temporary 
positions, cost 
limitation. 
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 tne designated 
disbursing official. 
SEC. 103. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an 
appropriation for particular purposes or object of expenditures, 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. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when 
authorized or approved by the Mayor, for allowances for privately 
owned automobiles 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 from time to time in the Federal Travel 
Regulations. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses 
of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with 
the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized by 
the Mayor: Provided, That the Council of the District of Columbia 
may expend such funds without authorization by the Mayor. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in 
connection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforce-
ment of any regulation or order of the Public Service Commission 
requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connec-
tion 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 regulations applicable thereto as shall have been 
prescribed by the Public Service Commission. 
SEC. 107. 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, approved July 16, 1947 (61 Stat. 355; D.C. Code, section 
47-1586J), as amended. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the 
payment of public assistance without reference to the requirement of 
section 5(b) of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1962, 
approved October 15, 1962 (76 Stat. 915; D.C. Code, section 3-204) and 
for the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for Federal 
assistance under the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control 
Act of 1968, Public Law 90-445, approved July 31, 1968 (82 Stat. 462; 
42 U.S.C. 3801). 
SEC. 109. 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. 110. Not to exceed 4 ¥2 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. 
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SEC. 111. 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 $225,000. 
SEC. 112. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, for the compensation of 
any person appointed— 
(1) as a full-time employee to a permanent, authorized position 
in the government of the District of Columbia during any month 
when the number of such employees is greater than 35,313: 
Provided, That— 
(A) positions within this city employment limitation shall 
be set aside as the maximum number of permanent, author-
ized employees as follows: Appropriated positions, 31,005 of 
which 8,869 shall be for Public Schools; intra-District posi-
tions, 1,952; District of Columbia General Hospital, 2,356; 
and 
(B) the District of Columbia Public Schools and the District 
of Columbia General Hospital shall not exceed their respec-
tive employment limitations and are hereby required to 
report monthly to the Mayor, for the purpose of maintaining 
controls on city-wide employment, regarding the total 
number of current employees and the total number of 
separations and filling of positions within their respective 
employment limitations; 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. 113. No funds appropriated in this Act 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 or partisan political 
group during non-school hours. 
SEC. 114. The annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 1982 shall be transmitted to the Congress by not 
later than February 1, 1981. None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the 
government of the District of Columbia whose name, title, grade, 
salary, past work experience, and salary history are not available for 
inspection by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations or 
their duly authorized representatives. 
SEC. 115. There are hereby 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, 
section 47-331 et seq.). 
SEC. 116. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be made 
available to pay the salary of any employee of the government of the 
District of Columbia whose name and salary are not available for 
public inspection. 
SEC. 117. 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. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would 
Travel 
expenditure 
limitation. 
Employment 
limitation. 
D.C. Code 1-216 
note. 
Partisan 
political 
activities. 
D.C. annual 
budget, 
transmittal to 
Congress. 
Congressional or 
State legislation, 
partisan 
publicity. 
Abortion 
funding. 
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be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or except for such 
medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest, when 
such rape or incest has been reported promptly to a law enforcement 
agency or public health service. Nor are payments prohibited for 
drugs or devices to prevent implantation of the fertilized ovum, or for 
medical procedures necessary for the termination of an ectopic 
pregnancy. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act." 
Approved December 15, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-1271 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 96-1477 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-969 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Sept. 3, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 2, House agreed to conference report; receded from its disagreement and 
concurred in certain Senate amendments and in others with amendments. 
Dec. 4, Senate agreed to conference report and concurred in House amend-
ments.