District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1984
PL 98-125 (H.R.3415), enacted 10/13/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-125—OCT. 13, 1983 
97 STAT. 819 
Public Law 98-125 
98th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
Qct 13 1983 
activities chargeable in whole or in part agsdnst the revenues of said District for 
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the fiscal year ending Sep^mber 30,1984, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 3415] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following District o
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sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not Approprfation 
otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal Act, 1984. 
year ending September 30, 1984, 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, 1984, $386,000,000, as authorized by the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 
Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code 47-3406): Provided, That 
none of these funds shall be made available to the District of 
Columbia until the number of full-time uniformed officers in perma-
nent positions in the Metropolitan Police Department is at lesist 
3,880, excluding any such officer appointed after August 19, 1982, 
under qualification standards other than those in effect on such 
date. 
For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1984, in lieu of reimbursements for charges for water 
and water services and sanitary sewer services furnished to facilities 
of the United States Government, $16,520,000, as authorized by the 
Act of May 18, 1954, as amended (D.C. Code 43-1552 and 43-1612). 
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. 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMERGENCY INITIATIVE 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia, $25,171,600 
of which $11,735,400 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $2,841,300 for the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia shall be made available only upon enactment into law of 
authorizing legislation. 
EDUCATION INITIATIVE 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia, $350,000. 
SAINT EUZABETHS HOSPITAL 
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia, $5,700,000. 
97 STAT. 820 
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87 Stat. 774. 
Report to 
Congress and 
Council of the 
District of 
Columbia. 
LOANS TO THE DISTRICT OP 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, $115,000,000, which shall 
remain available until expended and be advanced upon request of 
the Mayor. 
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, $44,251,400: 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 payment of 
expenses of the debt management program of the District of Colum-
bia: Provided further. That not less than $320,000 shall be used by 
the Office of Personnel exclusively for the administration of pro-
grams for the training of District of Columbia government em-
ployees: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, there is hereby appropriated $2,603,700 to pay legal, manage-
ment, investment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the 
District of Columbia Retirement Board, of which $500,000 shall be 
derived from the general fund and not to exceed $2,103,700 (includ-
ing $200,000 for obligations incurred in fiscal year 1983) shall be 
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 the Council of the District of Columbia 
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 transmittal 
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. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION 
Economic development and regulation, $56,603,000: 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 45-2111), 
based upon its capability of repayments as determined each year by 
the Council of the District of Columbia from the Agency's annual 
audited financial statements to the Council of the District of Colum-
bia, shall repay to the general fund an amount equal to appropri-
ations plus interest at a rate of 4 percent per annum for a term of 
fifteen years, with a deferral of payments for the first three years: 
Provided further. That notwithstanding the foregoing provision, the 
obligation to repay all or a part of the amounts due shall be subject 
to the rights of the holders of any bonds or notes issued by the 
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97 STAT. 821 
Agency and shall be repaid to the District of Columbia only from 
available operating revenues of the Agency which are in excess of 
the amounts required for debt service, reserve funds, and operating 
expenses: Provided further. That upon commencement of the debt 
service payments, such payments shall be deposited into the general 
fund of the District of Columbia. 
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE 
Public safety and justice, including purchase of not to exceed 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 limita-
tion for the current fiscal year), $487,068,100 (including $2,841,300 
for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia which shall be 
made available only upon enactment into law of authorizing legisla-
tion), of which $6,231,900 shall be payable from the revenue sharing 
trust fund: Provided, That the Metropolitan Police Department is 
authorized to replace not to exceed twenty-five passenger carrying 
vehicles, and the Fire Department is authorized to replace not to 
exceed five such vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to 
any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the cost of the replace-
ment: Provided further. That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the 
prevention and detection of crime: Provided further. That funds 
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act, Public Law 93-412, approved September 3,1974 (88 Stat. 
1090; D.C. Code 11-2601 et seq.) for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1984, shall be available for obligations incurred under that Act 
in each fiscal year since inception in fiscal year 1975: Provided 
further. That $50,000 of any appropriation 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 purchsise of civil defense equipment and 
supplies approved by the Department of Defense, when authorized 
by the Mayor: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the 
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration shall be available from 
this appropriation for official purposes. 
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 
Public education system, including the development of national 
defense education programs, $483,532,900, of which $6,000,000 shall 
be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund, to be allocated as 
follows: $326,350,000 for the public schools of the District of Colum-
bia; $78,560,800 for the District of Columbia Teachers' Retirement 
Fund; $60,842,400 for the University of the District of Columbia; 
$12,436,100 for the Public Library; $916,400 for the Commission on 
the Arts and Humanities; $196,200 for the Educational Institution 
Licensure Commission; and $4,231,000 for the School Transit Sub-
sidy: Provided, That $515,000 of the funds provided for the public 
schools of the District of Columbia from the Driver Education 
Program Fund shall be used exclusively for the operation of the 
driver education program: Provided further, That the public schools 
of the District of Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 
thirty-one motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education 
program: Provided further. That not less than $7,257,800 of this 
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appropriation shall be used exclusively for maintenance of the 
public schools of the District of Columbia: 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 Columbia, and $2,000 
for the Public Librarian shall be available from this appropriation 
for expenditures for official purposes: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education of 
nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the University of the 
District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the University 
of the District of Columbia adopts for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1984, a tuition rate schedule which will establish the tuition 
rate for nonresident students at a level no lower than the nonresi-
dent tuition rate charged at comparable public institutions of higher 
education in the metropolitan area. 
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 Services, $503,236,600, of which 
$2,233,000 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 assist-
ance 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 rendered 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, 
24 use 168a. 
1947 (61 Stat. 751; 24 U.S.C. 168(a)): Provided further, That total 
funds paid by the District of Columbia as reimbursements for 
operating costs of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including any District 
of Columbia payments (but excluding the Federal matching share of 
payments) associated with title XIX of the Social Security Act, 
approved July 30,1965 (79 Stat. 343; 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), shall not 
exceed $5,700,000 and an additional $29,448,700: Provided further. 
That $11,558,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available solely for District of Columbia 
employees' disability compensation. 
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 passen-
ger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, $190,562,100, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the 
purchase of driver-training vehicles: Provided further. That this 
appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscella-
neous 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. 
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97 STAT. 823 
REPAYMENT OP LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance 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); the Departments of Labor, 
and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act of 1955, 
approved July 2,1954 (68 Stat. 443); section 1 of An Act to authorize 
68 Stat. 434. 
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 Nation's Capital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 
Stat. 183; D.C. Code 9-219); section 4 of An Act to authorize the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia to plan, construct, oper-
ate, and maintain a sanitary sewer to connect the Dulles Interna-
tional Airport with the District of Columbia system, approved June 
12, 1960 (74 Stat. 211); and section 723 of the District of Columbia 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 821; D.C. Code 47-321, note); section 
743(f) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmen-
tal Reorganization Act, approved October 13, 1977 (91 Stat. 1156; 
D.C. Code 9-219, note), including interest as required thereby, 
$158,735,600. 
REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND DEFICIT 
For the purpose of eliminating the cash portion of the 
$296,449,000 general fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 
1982, $15,000,000, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be funded 
and apportioned by the Mayor from amounts otherwise available to 
the District of Columbia government (including amounts appropri-
ated by this Act or revenues otherwise available, or both). 
SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS 
For the purpose of funding interest related to borrowing funds for 
short-term cash needs, $3,750,000. 
ADJUSTMENTS 
The Mayor shall reduce authorized appropriations and expendi-
tures within object class 30A (energy) in the amount of $3,871,300, 
and within object class 13 (additional gross pay) in the amount of 
$361,800, within one or several of the various appropriation head-
ings in this Act. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For construction projects as authorized by An Act authorizing the 
laying of water mains and service sewers in the District of Colum-
bia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for other purposes, 
approved April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; D.C. Code 43-1512-1519); 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 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; D.C. Code 9-219 
97 STAT. 824 
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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; 
D.C. Code 40-805(7)); and the National Capital Transportation Act of 
1969, approved December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 320; D.C. Code 1-2451. 
1-2452, 1-2454, 1-2456, and 1-2457); including acquisition of sites, 
preparation of plans and specifications, conducting preliminary sur-
veys, erection of structures, including building improvement and 
alteration and treatment of grounds, to remain available until 
expended, $111,587,400: Provided, That $4,101,600 shall be available 
for project management and $5,160,900 for design by the Director of 
the Department of General Services or by contract for architectural 
engineering services, as may be determined 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 
Expiration date, specific projects and purposes intended: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 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 7-134, note), 
for which funds are provided by this paragraph, shall expire on 
September 30, 1985, except authorizations for projects as to which 
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30, 
1985: Provided further. That upon expiration of any such project 
authorization the funds provided herein for such project shall lapse: 
Provided further. That the Mayor shall not request the advance of 
any moneys for new general fund capital improvement projects 
without the approval, by resolution, di the Council of the District of 
Columbia. 
WATER AND SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund, $114,383,100, of which 
$22,190,900 shall be apportioned and payable to the debt service 
fund for repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital im-
provement projects. 
For construction projects as authorized by an Act authorizing the 
laying of water mains and service sewers in the District of Colum-
bia, the levying of assessments therefore, and for other purposes, 
approved April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; D.C. Code 43-1512 et seq.), 
$11,220,000: Provided, That the requirements and restrictions which 
are applicable to general fund capital improvement projects and 
which are set forth in this Act under the heading Capital Outlay 
shall apply to projects approved under this heading. 
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Washington 
Convention Center Enterprise 
Fund, 
$9,617,000: Provided, That the Convention Center Board of Direc-
tors, 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 9-602), shall reimburse the auditor of the District of 
Columbia for all reasonable costs for performance of the annual 
convention center audit. 
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97 STAT. 825 
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND 
For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund estab-
lished by Public Law 97-91 (95 Stat. 1174,1175), as amended, for the 
purpose of implementing the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Num-
bers 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 22-1516 et seq.), $2,772,500, to be derived from non-Federal 
District of Columbia revenues: Provided, That the District of Colum-
bia shall identify the sources of funding for this appropriation from 
its own locally-generated revenues: Provided further. That no rev-
enues from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations 
or activities of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
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 which 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 pajnnent 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 
Consulting 
services. 
Vouchers. 
Maximum 
allowances. 
Automobile and 
motorcycle 
allowances. 
Travel expenses 
and organization 
dues. 
Taxicab 
regulation. 
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Judgment 
payments. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Overtime and 
temporary 
positions, cost 
limitation. 
Travel 
expenditure 
limitation. 
Employment 
limitation. 
D.C. annual 
budget, 
transmittal to 
Congress. 
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 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 District of Columbia government: Provided, That noth-
ing contained in this section shall be construed as modifying or 
affecting the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District 
of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, approved March 
31,1956 (70 Stat. 78; D.C. Code 47-1812.11(c)(3)). 
SEC. 108. 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; 29 DCR 1060), 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; 
42U.S.C.3801etseq.). 
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 AV2 per centum of the total of all funds 
appropriated by this Act for personal compensation may be used to 
pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 111. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act 
for authorized travel and per diem costs outside the District of 
Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia shall not exceed $300,000. 
SEC. 112. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, 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 30,417, the number of positions authorized by 
this Act. 
SEC. 113. 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 nonschool hours. 
SEC. 114. The annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, shall be trans-
mitted to the Congress by not later than April 15,1984. 
SEC. 115. 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 or their duly 
authorized representatives. 
SEC. 116. 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 
47-421 et seq.). 
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97 STAT. 827 
SEC. 117. 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. 
SEC. 118. 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. 119. None of the Federal funds provided 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; 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 enforce-
ment 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. 
SEC. 120. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall develop 
an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for capital outlay borrow-
ing from the United States Treasury: 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. 121. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital 
projects unless he 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. 122. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed for 
capital projects for the operating expenses of the District of Colum-
bia government. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
for the implementation of a personnel lottery with respect to the 
hiring of firefighters or police officers. 
SEC. 124. 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 accompa-
nied the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1980 (Public Law 
96-93, approved October 30, 1979) (93 Stat. 713), as modified in 
House Report No. 98-265, and in accordance with the Reprograming 
Policy Act of 1980, effective September 16, 1980 (D.C. Law 3-100; 
D.C. Code 47-361 et seq.). 
SEC. 125. 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. 126. 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; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)) with an Environmental Protec-
tion Agency estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles 
per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not apply to security, 
emergency rescue, or armored vehicles. 
SEC. 127. (a) Notwithstanding section 422(7) of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 
Congressional or 
State legislation, 
partisan 
publicity. 
Abortion 
funding. 
Borrowing and 
spending, report 
to Council of the 
District of 
Columbia and 
Congress. 
Capital project 
borrowing. 
Firefighters and 
police officers, 
hiring. 
Funds 
expended for 
reprogramming. 
Passenger 
automobiles, 
procurement. 
15 u s e 1901 
note. 
City 
Administrator, 
compensation. 
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Board members, 
compensation. 
Municipal waste 
disposal. 
Street lighting 
and traffic signal 
payments. 
Ante, p. 265. 
approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 790; D.C. Code 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 any position for any period during the last quarter of calendar 
year 1983 shall be deemed to be the rate of pay payable for that 
position for September 30,1983. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of Columbia Rede-
velopment Act of 1945, approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 793; D.C. 
Code 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. 128. 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 1-601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorgani-
zation Act of 1973, approved December 24,1973 (Public Law 93-198; 
87 Stat. 790; D.C. Code 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 government 
shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5 of the United States 
Code. 
SEC. 129. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to transport any output of the municipal waste system of the 
District of Columbia for disposal at any public or private landfill 
located in any State, excepting currently utilized landfills in Mary-
land and Virginia, until the appropriate State agency has issued the 
required permits. 
SEC. 130. (a) Payment for street lighting and traffic signal costs 
shall be made by the Mayor monthly for each calendar month 
during fiscal year 1984, except for any month covered by a program 
(1) which provides for such expenses to be borne by the ratepayers of 
the electric utility involved and (2) for which all final administrative 
and judicial determinations have been made. 
(b) Except for funds set apart exclusively for, or administratively 
apportioned for, eliminating the cash portion of the general fund 
accumulated deficit, appropriations under this Act shall be available 
to the Mayor for purposes of subsection (a). 
SEC. 131. (a) That part of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-51), under the heading "SENATE" is 
amended, in the paragraph with the heading "SECRETARY OF THE 
SENATE", by striking out "$390,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$537,000". 
PUBLIC LAW 98-125—OCT. 13, 1983 
97 STAT. 829 
(b) That part of such Act, under the heading "HOUSE OF REPRE- Ante, p. 267. 
SENTATIVES" is amended, in the paragraph with the heading 
"SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES", by striking out "$44,639,000 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$44,787,000"; and by striking out 
"$6,185,000" for the "Office of the Doorkeeper" and inserting in heu 
thereof "$6,333,000". 
(c) That part of such Act, under the heading "JOINT ITEMS" is Ante, p. 271. 
amended, in the paragraph with the heading "EDUCATION OF 
PAGES", by striking out such heading and paragraph. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation Short title. 
Act, 1984". 
Approved October 13, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3415: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-265 (Ck)mm. on Appropriations) and No. 98-379 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-185 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
June 29, considered and passed House. 
July 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 29, House agreed to conference report and concurred in Senate amend-
ments with amendments; Senate agreed to conference report and concurred 
in House amendments.