An Act making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.
PL 93-405 (H.R.15581), enacted 08/31/1974

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[88 STAT. 
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
40 u s e 885. 
Unprocessed 
timber, sale re-
strictions. 
Space and serv-
ices, payment, 
limitation. 
40 u s e 490. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by section 17 of Public Law 
92-578 as amended, $824,000: Pro'vided^ That the funds appropriated 
in this paragraph shall be available only upon enactment into law 
of authorizing legislation. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be 
available to the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture for use 
for any sale hereafter made of unprocessed timber from Federal lands 
west of the 100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States which will be 
exported from the United States, or which will be used as a substitute 
for timber from private lands which is exported by the purchaser: 
Provided^ That this limitation shall not apply to specific quantities of 
grades and species of timber which said Secretaries determine are sur-
plus to domestic lumber and plywood manufacturing needs. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration in excess of 90 per centum of the standard level user 
charge established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space and 
services. 
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. This Act may be cited as the "Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1975". 
Approved August 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-405 
August 31, 1974 
[H.R. 15581] 
District of 
eolumbia Appro-
priation Act, 
1975. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1975, 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, 1975: $221,200,000 to the general 
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fund; $3,200,000 to the water fund; and $2,400,000 to the sanitarv 
sewage works fund; as authorized by the District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, Public Law 
93-198; and the Act of May 18, 1954 (D.C. Code, 43-1541 and 1611). 
D.C. Code 1-121 
note. 
LOANS TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY 
D.C. Code 1-
1441 note, 7-133. 
For loans to the District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of 
June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended, the Act of December 9, 1969 
D.C. code 9-220 
(83 Stat. 321), and the Act of May 18.1954 (68 Stat. 110), as amended, 
and the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act (Public Law 93-198), $152,600,000, which together 
with balances of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain 
available until expended and be advanced upon request of the Com-
missioner, as follows: To the general fund, $143,600,000, and to the 
highway fund, $9,000,000. 
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: 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, $77,524,400, of which $7,670,900 shall 
1)6 payable from the revenue sharing trust fund, $660,100 from the 
highway fund (including $79,200 from the motor vehicle parking 
account), $107,700 from the water fund, and $71,800 from the sanitary 
sewage works fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Com-
missioner and $2,500 for the Chairman of the District of Columbia 
Council shall be available from this appropriation for expenditures 
for official purposes: Provided 
further, 
That, for the purpose of 
assessing and reassessing real property in the District of Columbia, 
$5,000 of the appropriation shall be available for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 
l)er 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 $2,375,000 of this appropriation payable from 
the revenue sharing trust fund (to remain available until expended) 
shall be available solely for District of Columbia employees' disability 
compensation: Provided further, That not to exceed $125,000 of this 
appropriation shall be available for settlement of property damage 
claims not in excess of $500 each and personal injury claims not in 
excess of $1,000 each: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 
of any appropriations available to the District of Columbia may be 
used to match financial contributions from the Department of Defense 
to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the purchase 
of civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the Department 
of Defense, when authorized by the Commissioner. 
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PUBLIC 
SAFETY 
Public safety, including purchase of two hundred and sixty-five 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including two hundred 
and sixty for police-type use and five for fire-type use without regard 
to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year but 
not in excess of $400 per vehicle for police-type and $600 per vehicle 
for fire-type use above such limitation) ; $207,226,200, of which 
$5,500,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund, and 
$8,117,200 from the highway fund (including $112,000 from the motor 
vehicle parking account) : Provided^ That the Police Department is 
authorized to replace not to exceed tw^enty-five passenger 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 
$1,159,800 shall be available for reimbursement to the United States 
for services provided to the District of Columbia by the offices of the 
United States attorney and the United States marshal for the District 
of Columbia: 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. 
EDUCATION 
Education, including the development of national defense education 
programs, $207,748,800, of which $6,351,000 shall be payable from 
the revenue sharing trust fund, and $165,100 from the highway fund: 
Provided^ That the District of Columbia Public Schools are authorized 
to accept not to exceed thirty-one motor vehicles for exclusive use in 
the driver education program: Provided further^ That not to exceed 
$1,000 for the Superintendent of Schools," $1,000 for the President of 
Federal City College, and $1,000 for the President of Washington 
Technical Institute shall be available from this appropriation for 
expenditures for official purposes. 
RECREATION 
Kecreation, $14,902,000, of which $204,000 shall be payable from the 
revenue sharing trust fund. 
H U M A N 
RESOURCES 
Human resources, including care and treatment of indigent patients 
in institutions under contracts to be made by the Director of Human 
Resources; $224,708,500, of which $7,465,000 shall be payable from the 
revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That the inpatient rate and out-
patient rate under such contracts shall not exceed $76 per diem and the 
outpatient rate shall not exceed $12 per visit and the inpatient rate 
(excluding the proportionate share for repairs and construction) for 
services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for patient care shall 
be $24.53 per diem: Provided further^ That total reimbursements to 
Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from Title X I X of the 
42 use 1396. 
Social Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal y ^ r 
42 u s e 1396. 
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1970: Provided further^ That the hospital rates specified herein shall 
not apply, beginning July 1, 1969, to services provided to patients 
who are eligible for such services under the District of Columbia plan 
for medical assistance under Title X I X of the Social Security Act: 
Provided further, That this approj)riation shall be available for the 
furnishing of medical assistance to individuals sixty-five years of age 
or older who are residing in the District of Columbia. 
HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC 
Highways and traffic, including rental of one passenger-carrying 
vehicle for use by the Commissioner; and purchase of twenty-six 
passenger motor vehicles; $24,180,000 of which $2,380,900 shall be 
payable from the revenue sharing trust fund, and $18,874,700 from 
the highway fund (including $640,800 from the motor vehicle parking 
account): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for 
the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
SERVICES 
Environmental services, $50,347,000, of which $1,397,200 shall be 
payable from the revenue sharing trust fund, $13,090,200 from the 
water fund, $15,596,600 from the sanitary sewage works fund, and 
$63,300 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works 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. 
PERSONAL SERVICES 
For pay increases and related retirement costs for general schedule 
employees, wage board employees, interns and residents, and Public 
Schools cafeteria employees to be transferred by the Commissioner 
of the District of Columbia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 
1975 from which said employees are properly payable, $12,987,000, 
of which $535,600 shall be payable from the highway fund (including 
$6,200 from the motor vehicle parking account), $504,800 from the 
water fund, and $373,400 from the sanitary sewage works fund: 
Provided, That $251,300 shall be available for reimbursement to the 
United States for services provided to the District of Columbia by the 
offices of the United States attorney and the United States marshal 
for the District of Columbia. 
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS 
For payment of property damage claims in excess of $500 and of 
personal injury claims in excess of $1,000, approved by the Commis-
sioner in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 
1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $34,000. 
°-c- ^°^^ i-902 
to 1-906. 
REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with sections 108, 217, and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 
Stat. 103, 109, and 110), as amended; section 9 of the Act of Septem- ^^^f- c_°de 43 
ber 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act of June 6, 7-133, 
1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended; and section 4 of the Act of June 12, 
D.C. code 2-
1960 (74 Stat. 211), as amended, including interest as required thereby, ^ ^^^c code 9 
$49,067,000, of which $6,977,100 shall be payable from the highway 220: * 
D.C. Code 43 
1623. 
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fund, $2,219,000 from the water fund, $1,747,400 from the sanitary 
sewage works fund, and $133,400 from the metropolitan area sanitary 
sewage works fund. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
72 Stat. 15. 
D.C. Code 43-
1510, 43-1604, 
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, 1954 (68 Stat. 443), construction 
projects as authorized by the Acts of April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244), 
7.73"3.T22"o74o- 
May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105, 110), June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), August 
804, 1-1441 note. 
20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686), and the Act of December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 
321) ; including acquisition of sites; preparation of plans and specifi-
cations; conducting preliminary surveys; erection of structures, 
including building improvement and alteration and treatment of 
grounds; to remain available until expended, $204,918,000, of which 
$3,100,000 may be used for (1) the construction of a fully enclosed 
swimming pool at the south end of the existing structures comprising 
the Woodrow Wilson High School, including appropriate landscaping 
of the structure enclosing such pool, (2) the construction of a single 
entrance to such pool from Fort Drive, and (3) the closing of the 
existing access road between Nebraska Avenue and Fort Drive at the 
south end of such high school, including appropriate landscaping at 
the present access road entrance to be closed; the use of such pool 
during periods other than regular school hours on regular school days 
and on days when school is not in regular session to be in accordance 
with the terms of a joint agreement between the District of Columbia 
Board of Education and the District of Columbia Department of 
Recreation, and on no day may the use of such pool extend beyond 9 
p.m. and $9,345,000 shall be payable from the highway fund, $2,605,000 
from the water fund, and $1,405,000 from the sanitary sewage works 
fund: Provided^ That $7,178,200 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 
Department of General Services shall be advanced to the appropriation 
account, "Construction Services, Department of General Services": 
Provided further^ That the amount appropriated to the Construction 
Services Fund, Department of General Services, be limited, dur-
ing the current fiscal year, to ten per centum of appropriations for 
all construction projects: Provided further^ Notwithstanding the fore-
going, all authorizations for capital outlay projects, except those proj-
ects 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, 1976, except authorizations for projects as to which funds have 
been olaligated 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. 
D.C. Code 7-135 
note. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1. Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers covering 
expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited 
before payment by the designated certifying official and the vouchers 
as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disburs-
ing 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 13 
cents per mile but not to exceed $45 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 $715 each 
per annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioner. 
SEC. 4. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses 
of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with 
the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized by 
the Commissioner. 
SEC. 5. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in connec-
tion with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of any 
regulation or order of the Public Service Commission requiring the 
installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with the 
licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for operation 
in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and regula-
tions applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the Public 
Service Commission. 
SEC. 6. 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. 7. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds of 
the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia: Provided^ That 
nothing contained in this section shall be construed as modifying 
or affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, subsection (c) of section 
11 of title X I I of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax 
Act of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 8. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the payment 
of public assistance without reference to the requirement of subsec-
tion (b) of section 5 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act 
of 1962 and for the non-Federal share of filnds necessary to qualify 
for Federal assistance under the Act of July 31, 1968 (Public Law 
90-445). 
Vouchers, 
audit. 
Maximum allow-
ances. 
Automobile 
allowances. 
Travel ex-
penses; organiza^ 
tion dues. 
Taxicabs, re-
strictions. 
Street lighting. 
D.C. Code 7-701 
note. 
Judgment pay-
ments. 
D.C. Code 47-
1586J. 
D.C. Code 3-2 04 
note. 
D.C. Code 3-
204. 
42 u s e 3801 
note. 
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Fiscal year 
gj;Q_ 9 -^Q part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
ensauon"'^''°™" 
^^^' ^^' ^^ P^^^ °^ ^^^ fuuds appropriated by this Act shall be 
D.c. Code 40- 
uscd to pay the compensation (whether by contract or otherwise) of 
501a note. 
auy individual for performing services as a chauffeur or driver for 
any designated officer or employee of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (other than the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, Chief 
of Police and Fire Chief), or for performing services as a chauffeur or 
driver of a motor vehicle assigned for the personal or individual use 
of 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. 11. Not to exceed 414 per centum of the total of all funds appro-
tiorTs, cosriimi- 
priated by this Act for personal compensation may be used to pay the 
*^'^°"* 
cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
uJe^lil-^atiT'^^' 
^^^' ^^' "^^^ total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act for 
"D.C."code'""216 authorized travel and per diem costs outside the District of Columbia, 
"°te- 
Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $210,000. 
SEC. L3. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during the 
fiscal year ending June SO, 1975, for the compensation of any person 
appointed— 
(1) as full-time employee to a permanent, authorized position 
in the government of the District of Columbia during any month 
when the number of such employees is greater than 39,619; or 
(2) as a temporary or part-time employee in the government of 
the District of Columbia during any month in which the number 
of such employees exceeds the number of such employees for the 
same month of the preceding fiscal year. 
icrra'ctiv'itL°i!*" 
SEC. 14. No funds appropriated herein for the government of the 
District of Columbia for the operation of educational institutions, the 
compensation of personnel, or for other educational purposes may be 
used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further partisian political 
activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of 
school buildings for the use of any community group during non-
school hours. 
SEC. 15. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C 3109, at lates to be fixed by the 
Commissioner. 
SEC. 16. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration in excess of 90 per centum of the standard level user 
charge established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property 
40 use 490. 
j^j^(j Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space and 
services. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1975". 
Approved August 31, 1974. 
Overtime or 
temporary posi 
Number of em-
ployees 
Space and 
services. 
Short title.