[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1283 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 170
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1283

                          [Report No. 106-88]

 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 September 30, 
                     2000, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 1999

  Mrs. Hutchison, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 September 30, 
                     2000, 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 sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, 
namely:

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

    For payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee, 
$176,000,000 for the administration and operation of correctional 
facilities and for the administrative operating costs of the Office of 
the Corrections Trustee, as authorized by section 11202 of the National 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, as 
amended: Provided, That said sums shall be paid quarterly by the 
Treasury of the United States based on quarterly apportionments 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $136,440,000 for 
payment to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the 
District of Columbia; of which not to exceed $128,440,000 shall be for 
District of Columbia Courts operation, to be allocated as follows: for 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,403,000; for the District 
of Columbia Superior Court, $78,561,000; for the District of Columbia 
Court System, $42,476,000; and of which not to exceed $8,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2001 for capital improvements for 
District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That of amounts 
available for District of Columbia Courts operation, $6,900,000 shall 
be for the Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect program pursuant to 
section 1101 of title 11, D.C. Code, and section 2304 of title 16, D.C. 
Code, and of which $26,036,000 shall be to carry out sections 2602 and 
2604 of title 11, D.C. Code, relating to representation of indigents in 
criminal cases under the Criminal Justice Act, in total, $32,936,000: 
Provided further, That, subject to normal reprogramming requirements 
contained in section 116 of this Act, this $32,936,000 may be used for 
other purposes under this heading: Provided further, That funds under 
this heading to carry out the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 11-2601 et seq.), shall be available for obligations 
incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since fiscal year 1975: 
Provided further, That funds under this heading to carry out the 
District of Columbia Neglect Representation Equity Act of 1984 (D.C. 
Code, sec. 16-2304), shall be available for obligations incurred under 
the Act in each fiscal year since fiscal year 1985: Provided further, 
That funds under this heading to carry out the District of Columbia 
Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act 
of 1986 (D.C. Code, sec. 21-2060), shall be available for obligations 
incurred under the Act in each fiscal year since fiscal year 1989: 
Provided further, That all amounts under this heading shall be paid 
quarterly by the Treasury of the United States based on quarterly 
apportionments approved by the Office of Management and Budget, with 
payroll and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis 
with the General Services Administration [GSA], said services to 
include the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which 
shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives.

 Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 
                      for the District of Columbia

    For payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 
for the District of Columbia, $80,300,000, as authorized by the 
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, as amended; of which $47,100,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
of Parole Revocation, Adult Probation and Offender Supervision, to 
include expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to 
protection orders or provision of services for or related to such 
persons; $17,400,000 shall be available to the Public Defender Service; 
and $15,800,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, said sums 
shall be paid quarterly by the Treasury based on quarterly 
apportionments approved by the Office of Management and Budget. Upon 
the Agency's certification as a Federal entity, as authorized by such 
Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public 
Defender Service shall be subject to quarterly apportionment by the 
Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That, of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $5,873,000 shall be available only 
for individuals on probation or supervised release for drug screening 
and testing.

   Federal Payment for District of Columbia Resident Tuition Support

    For payment to the District of Columbia, $17,000,000, for a 
program, to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia 
resident tuition support, subject to the enactment of authorizing 
legislation specifically referencing this program: Provided, That said 
funds will be used to pay the difference between in-State and out-of-
State tuition at public institutions of higher education on behalf of 
eligible District of Columbia residents: Provided further, That 
awarding of said funds shall be prioritized on the basis of a 
resident's academic merit and other factors as authorized.

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

    For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department, $1,000,000, for 
a program to eliminate open air drug trafficking in the District of 
Columbia.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                          Division of Expenses

    The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia 
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, $162,356,000 (including 
$137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000 from Federal funds, and 
$13,552,000 from other funds): 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 Administrator shall be available from 
this appropriation 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 Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources 
shall be used to support the operations or activities of the Statehood 
Commission and Statehood Compact Commission: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for 
Admission to Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues: 
Provided further, That all employees permanently assigned to work in 
the Office of the Mayor shall be paid from funds allocated to the 
Office of the Mayor: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law now or hereafter enacted, no Member of the District of 
Columbia Council eligible to earn a part-time salary of $92,520, 
exclusive of the Council Chairman, shall be paid a salary of more than 
$84,635 during fiscal year 2000.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

    Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000 (including 
$52,911,000 from local funds; $84,751,000 from Federal funds, and 
$52,673,000 from other funds), of which $15,000,000 collected by the 
District of Columbia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to 
the respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act 
of 1996 (D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Code, sec. 1-2271 et seq.), and the 
Business Improvement Districts Temporary Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. 
Law 12-23): Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring 
services provided by the General Services Administration: Provided 
further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be exempt from taxes 
levied by the District of Columbia.

                       Public Safety and Justice

    Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 135 
passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, including 130 for 
police-type use and five for fire-type use, without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$778,470,000 (including $565,211,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from 
Federal funds, and $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That the 
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed 
25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Department of Fire and Emergency 
Medical Services of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace 
not to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the 
cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the cost 
of the replacement: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the 
prevention and detection of crime: Provided further, That the 
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on efforts to 
increase efficiency and improve the professionalism in the department: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, or 
Mayor's Order 86-45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police 
Department's delegated small purchase authority shall be $500,000: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia government may not 
require the Metropolitan Police Department to submit to any other 
procurement review process, or to obtain the approval of or be 
restricted in any manner by any official or employee of the District of 
Columbia government, for purchases that do not exceed $500,000: 
Provided further, That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of 
Columbia National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with 
services that are performed in emergencies by the National Guard in a 
militia status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be 
jointly determined and certified as due and payable for these services 
by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of Columbia 
National Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary 
for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard under the 
preceding proviso shall be available from this appropriation, and the 
availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting payment in 
advance for emergency services involved: Provided further, That the 
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800 sworn 
officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Provided further, That 
$100,000 shall be available for inmates released on medical and 
geriatric parole: Provided further, That, commencing on December 31, 
1999, the Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, 
quarterly reports on the status of crime reduction in each of the 83 
police service areas established throughout the District of Columbia: 
Provided further, That $900,000 in local funds shall be available for 
the operations of the Office of Citizen Complaint Review.

                        Public Education System

    Public education system, including the development of national 
defense education programs, $867,411,000 (including $721,847,000 from 
local funds, $120,951,000 from Federal funds, and $24,613,000 from 
other funds), to be allocated as follows: $713,197,000 (including 
$600,936,000 from local funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds, and 
$6,048,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the District of 
Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Retirement Fund; $17,000,000 from local funds for a program 
for District of Columbia resident tuition support; $27,885,000 from 
local funds (not including funds already made available for District of 
Columbia public schools) for public charter schools: Provided, That if 
the entirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments to 
any public charter schools currently in operation through the per pupil 
funding formula, the funds shall be available for new public charter 
schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That $480,000 of this 
amount shall be available to the District of Columbia Public Charter 
School Board for administrative costs: $72,347,000 (including 
$40,491,000 from local funds, $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and 
$18,320,000 from other funds) for the University of the District of 
Columbia; $24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local funds, $798,000 
from Federal funds, and $245,000 from other funds) for the Public 
Library; $2,111,000 (including $1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000 
from Federal funds) for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities: 
Provided further, That the public schools of the District of Columbia 
are authorized to accept not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive 
use in the driver education program: 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 
official purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds contained 
in this Act may be made available to pay the salaries of any District 
of Columbia Public School teacher, principal, administrator, official, 
or employee who knowingly provides false enrollment or attendance 
information under article II, section 5 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
provide for compulsory school attendance, for the taking of a school 
census in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes'', approved 
February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-401 et seq.): Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the 
education of any nonresident of the District of Columbia at any 
District of Columbia public elementary and secondary school during 
fiscal year 2000 unless the nonresident pays tuition to the District of 
Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by the 
District of Columbia which are attributable to the education of the 
nonresident (as established by the Superintendent of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools): 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 September 30, 2000, a 
tuition rate schedule that will establish the tuition rate for 
nonresident students at a level no lower than the nonresident tuition 
rate charged at comparable public institutions of higher education in 
the metropolitan area: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
Public Schools shall not spend less than $365,500,000 on local schools 
through the Weighted Student Formula in fiscal year 2000: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall apportion from the 
budget of the Public Education System a sum totaling five percent (5 
percent) of the total budget to be set aside until the current student 
count for Public and Charter schools has been completed, and that this 
amount shall be apportioned between the Public and Charter schools 
based on their respective student population count.

                         Human Support Services

    Human support services, $1,526,111,000 (including $635,123,000 from 
local funds, $875,814,000 from Federal funds, and $15,174,000 from 
other funds): Provided, That $25,150,000 of this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available solely for District 
of Columbia employees' disability compensation: Provided further, That 
a peer review committee shall be established to review medical payments 
and the type of service received by a disability compensation claimant: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall not provide free 
government services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or 
collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar services to any 
legally constituted private nonprofit organization, as defined in 
section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (101 
Stat. 485; Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency 
shelter services in the District, if the District would not be 
qualified to receive reimbursement pursuant to such Act (101 Stat. 485; 
Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).

                              Public 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 leasing of passenger-
carrying vehicles, $271,395,000 (including $258,341,000 from local 
funds, $3,099,000 from Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from other funds): 
Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting 
ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business.

                         Receivership Programs

    For all agencies of the District of Columbia government under court 
ordered receivership, $337,077,000 (including $212,606,000 from local 
funds, $106,111,000 from Federal funds, and $18,360,000 from other 
funds).

                         Workforce Investments

    For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local funds, to be 
transferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia within the various 
appropriation headings in this Act for which employees are properly 
payable.

                                Reserve

    For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, $150,000,000.

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

    For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority, established by section 101(a) of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104-8), 
$3,140,000.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

    For payment of principal, interest and certain fees directly 
resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia to fund District 
of Columbia capital projects as authorized by sections 462, 475, and 
490 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 
1973, as amended, and that funds shall be allocated for expenses 
associated with the Wilson Building, $328,417,000 from local funds: 
Provided, That for equipment leases, the Mayor may finance $27,527,000 
of equipment cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed two percent of 
the par amount being financed on a lease purchase basis with a maturity 
not to exceed five years: Provided further, That $5,300,000 is 
allocated to the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,200,000 for the 
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, $350,000 for the 
Department of Corrections, $15,949,000 for the Department of Public 
Works and $2,728,000 for the Public Benefit Corporation.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

    For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general fund 
accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, $38,286,000 from local 
funds, as authorized by section 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540; Public 
Law 102-106; D.C. Code, sec. 47-321(a)(1)).

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

    For payment of interest on short-term borrowing, $9,000,000 from 
local funds.

                     Certificates of Participation

    For lease payments in accordance with the Certificates of 
Participation involving the land site underlying the building located 
at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000 from local funds.

                 Optical and Dental Insurance Payments

    For optical and dental insurance payments, $1,295,000 from local 
funds.

                           Productivity Bank

    The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall, 
under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, finance projects 
totaling $20,000,000 in local funds that result in cost savings or 
additional revenues, by an amount equal to such financing.

                          Productivity Savings

    The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall, 
under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, make reductions 
totaling $20,000,000 in local funds to be allocated to projects funded 
through the Productivity Bank that produce cost savings or additional 
revenues in an amount equal to the Productivity Bank financing.

                   Procurement and Management Savings

    The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall, 
under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, make reductions of 
$14,457,000 for general supply schedule savings and $7,000,000 for 
management reform savings, in local funds to one or more of the 
appropriation headings in this Act: Provided, That the Mayor submits a 
resolution to the Council authorizing the management reform savings and 
the Council approves the resolution.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

    For the Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct, 
$279,608,000 from other funds (including $236,075,000 for the Water and 
Sewer Authority and $43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of which 
$35,222,000 shall be apportioned and payable to the District's debt 
service fund for repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital 
improvement projects.
    For construction projects, $197,169,000, as authorized by An Act 
authorizing the laying of watermains and service sewers in the District 
of Columbia, the levying of assessments therefore, and for other 
purposes, approved April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58-140; 
D.C. Code, sec. 43-1512 et seq.): Provided, That the requirements and 
restrictions that are applicable to general fund capital improvements 
projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay 
appropriation title shall apply to projects approved under this 
appropriation title.

              Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund

    For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, established 
by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1982, approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 
1175; Public Law 97-91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing 
the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and 
Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective 
March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Code, secs. 2-2501 et seq. and 22-
1516 et seq.), $234,400,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia 
shall identify the source of funding for this appropriation title from 
the District's own locally-generated revenues: Provided further, That 
no revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support the 
operations or activities of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control 
Board.

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

    For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, $10,846,000 from other 
funds for expenses incurred by the Armory Board in the exercise of its 
powers granted by the Act entitled ``An Act To Establish A District of 
Columbia Armory Board, and for other purposes'', approved June 4, 1948 
(62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2-301 et seq.) and the District of 
Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, approved September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619; 
Public Law 85-300; D.C. Code, sec. 2-321 et seq.): Provided, That the 
Mayor shall submit a budget for the Armory Board for the forthcoming 
fiscal year as required by section 442(b) of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; Public Law 93-
198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301(b)).

          D.C. Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation

    For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit 
Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11-212, D.C. Code, sec. 32-262.2, 
effective April 9, 1997, $133,443,000 of which $44,435,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the general fund and $89,008,000 from other 
funds.

                         D.C. Retirement Board

    For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by section 121 of the 
District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act of 1979, approved November 
17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1-711), $9,892,000 from the 
earnings of the applicable retirement funds to pay legal, management, 
investment, and other fees and administrative expenses of the District 
of Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That the District of Columbia 
Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and to 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 itemized 
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.

                      Correctional Industries Fund

    For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by the District 
of Columbia Correctional Industries Establishment Act, approved October 
3, 1964 (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88-622), $1,810,000 from other 
funds.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

    For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, $50,226,000 
from other funds.

                             CAPITAL OUTLAY

                        (including rescissions)

    For construction projects, a net increase of $1,218,637,500 
(including an increase of $1,260,524,000 and a rescission of 
$41,886,500 from local funds appropriated under this heading in prior 
fiscal years, and an additional $1,260,524,000 of which $929,450,000 is 
from local funds, $54,050,000 is from the highway trust fund, and 
$277,024,000 is from Federal funds), to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That 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 funds provided by this 
appropriation title shall be available only for the specific projects 
and purposes intended: Provided 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, approved August 23, 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public 
Law 90-495; D.C. Code, sec. 7-134, note), for which funds are provided 
by this appropriation title, shall expire on September 30, 2001, except 
authorizations for projects as to which funds have been obligated in 
whole or in part prior to September 30, 2001: Provided further, That, 
upon expiration of any such project authorization, the funds provided 
herein for the project shall lapse.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Section 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 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, 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 maximum 
amount that 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 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 in the 
Federal Property Management Regulations 101-7 (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, in the case of the Council of 
the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with the authorization 
of the chair of the Council.
    Sec. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the 
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds 
and for the payment of judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government: Provided, That nothing 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; Public Law 84-460; D.C. Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)).
    Sec. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the 
payment of public assistance without reference to the requirement of 
section 544 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982, 
effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. Code, sec. 3-205.44), and 
for payment of the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for 
grants under subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
    Sec. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 109. 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 availability of 
school buildings for the use of any community or partisan political 
group during non-school hours.
    Sec. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be made 
available to pay the salary of any employee of the District of Columbia 
government whose name, title, grade, salary, past work experience, and 
salary history are not available for inspection by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia of the House Committee on Government Reform, the Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District 
of Columbia of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly authorized 
representative.
    Sec. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the 
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making payments 
authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977, 
effective September 23, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-20; D.C. Code, sec. 47-421 et 
seq.).
    Sec. 112. 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. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall develop 
an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for capital outlay 
borrowings: 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 borrowings and spending progress 
compared with projections.
    Sec. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital projects 
unless the Mayor has obtained prior approval from the Council of the 
District of Columbia, by resolution, identifying the projects and 
amounts to be financed with such borrowings.
    Sec. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed for 
capital projects for the operating expenses of the District of Columbia 
government.
    Sec. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act to the agencies 
funded by this Act, both Federal and District government agencies, that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through 
a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) 
eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center; (3) 
establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, limited or 
increased by Congress in the Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by 
any means for any program, project, or responsibility center for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (5) reestablishes through 
reprogramming any program or project previously deferred through 
reprogramming; (6) augments existing programs, projects, or 
responsibility centers through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) increases by 20 
percent or more personnel assigned to a specific program, project, or 
responsibility center; unless the Appropriations Committees of both the 
Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writing 30 days in 
advance of any reprogramming as set forth in this section.
    Sec. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 
the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 
(94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96-425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an 
Environmental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon average of 
less than 22 miles per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
    Sec. 118. (a) Strike the last sentence of section 422(7) of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 
Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(7)).
    (b) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of Columbia 
Redevelopment Act of 1945, approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 793; 
Public Law 79-592; D.C. Code, sec. 5-803(a)), the Board of Directors of 
the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency shall be paid, 
during any fiscal year, per diem compensation at a rate established by 
the Mayor.
    Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 
Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall apply 
with respect to the compensation of District of Columbia employees: 
Provided, That for pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia 
government shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code.
    Sec. 120. No later than 30 days after the end of the first quarter 
of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of Columbia the 
new fiscal year 2000 revenue estimates as of the end of the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2000. These estimates shall be used in the 
budget request for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The 
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear 
report.
    Sec. 121. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia 
government or any agency thereof may be renewed or extended without 
opening that contract to the competitive bidding process as set forth 
in section 303 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
1183.3), except that the District of Columbia government or any agency 
thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts for which competition 
is not feasible or practical: Provided, That the determination as to 
whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has been made in 
accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and said 
determination has been reviewed and approved by the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
    Sec. 122. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, the term ``program, project, and 
activity'' shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to each 
account appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any sequestration 
order shall be applied to each of the accounts rather than to the 
aggregate total of those accounts: Provided, That sequestration orders 
shall not be applied to any account that is specifically exempted from 
sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
    Sec. 123. In the event a sequestration order is issued pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, after the amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for 
the fiscal year involved have been paid to the District of Columbia, 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the 
Treasury, within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor from the 
Secretary of the Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the 
order: Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in the 
order shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal 
appropriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted 
from sequestration by such Act.
    Sec. 124. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia government may 
accept and use a gift or donation during fiscal year 2000 if--
            (1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the gift 
        or donation: Provided, That the Council of the District of 
        Columbia may accept and use gifts without prior approval by the 
        Mayor; and
            (2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out its 
        authorized functions or duties.
    (b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government shall keep 
accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or 
donation under subsection (a) of this section, and shall make such 
records available for audit and public inspection.
    (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ``entity of the 
District of Columbia government'' includes an independent agency of the 
District of Columbia.
    (d) This section shall not apply to the District of Columbia Board 
of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws and regulations of the 
District of Columbia, accept and use gifts to the public schools 
without prior approval by the Mayor.
    Sec. 125. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be 
used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or 
other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator or 
United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District of 
Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979, 
effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-171; D.C. Code, sec. 1-113(d)).
    Sec. 126. (a) The University of the District of Columbia shall 
submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Authority, and the Council of the District of 
Columbia no later than 15 calendar days after the end of each quarter a 
report that sets forth--
            (1) current quarter expenditures and obligations, year-to-
        date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
        expenditure projections versus budget, broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, and object class, and 
        for all funds, non-appropriated funds, and capital financing;
            (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
        the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
        responsibility center, detailed object, and for all funding 
        sources;
            (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
        annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
        budget to which the contract is charged, broken out on the 
        basis of control center and responsibility center, and contract 
        identifying codes used by the University of the District of 
        Columbia; payments made in the last quarter and year-to-date, 
        the total amount of the contract and total payments made for 
        the contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals; and 
        specific modifications made to each contract in the last month;
            (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that have been 
        made by the University of the District of Columbia within the 
        last quarter in compliance with applicable law; and
            (5) changes made in the last quarter to the organizational 
        structure of the University of the District of Columbia, 
        displaying previous and current control centers and 
        responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
        entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
        supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
        structural change.
    (b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall provide the 
Congress by February 1, 2000, a summary, analysis, and recommendations 
on the information provided in the quarterly reports.
    Sec. 127. Funds authorized or previously appropriated to the 
government of the District of Columbia by this or any other Act to 
procure the necessary hardware and installation of new software, 
conversion, testing, and training to improve or replace its financial 
management system are also available for the acquisition of accounting 
and financial management services and the leasing of necessary 
hardware, software or any other related goods or services, as 
determined by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.
    Sec. 128. None of the funds contained in this Act may be made 
available to pay the fees of an attorney who represents a party who 
prevails in an action, including an administrative proceeding, brought 
against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if--
            (1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attorney exceeds 
        the hourly rate of compensation under section 11-2604(a), 
        District of Columbia Code; or
            (2) the maximum amount of compensation of the attorney 
        exceeds the maximum amount of compensation under section 11-
        2604(b)(1), District of Columbia Code, except that compensation 
        and reimbursement in excess of such maximum may be approved for 
        extended or complex representation in accordance with section 
        11-2604(c), District of Columbia Code.
    Sec. 129. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother would be 
endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is 
the result of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 130. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 
(D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Code, sec. 36-1401 et seq.) or to otherwise 
implement or enforce any system of registration of unmarried, 
cohabiting couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), 
including but not limited to registration for the purpose of extending 
employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 
same basis that such benefits are extended to legally married couples.
    Sec. 131. The Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public 
Schools shall submit to the Congress, the Mayor, the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
and the Council of the District of Columbia no later than 15 calendar 
days after the end of each quarter a report that sets forth--
            (1) current quarter expenditures and obligations, year-to-
        date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
        expenditure projections versus budget, broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, agency reporting 
        code, and object class, and for all funds, including capital 
        financing;
            (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
        the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
        responsibility center, detailed object, and agency reporting 
        code, and for all funding sources;
            (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
        annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
        budget to which the contract is charged, broken out on the 
        basis of control center, responsibility center, and agency 
        reporting code; and contract identifying codes used by the 
        District of Columbia Public Schools; payments made in the last 
        quarter and year-to-date, the total amount of the contract and 
        total payments made for the contract and any modifications, 
        extensions, renewals; and specific modifications made to each 
        contract in the last month;
            (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that are 
        required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of 
        Education; and
            (5) changes made in the last quarter to the organizational 
        structure of the D.C. Public Schools, displaying previous and 
        current control centers and responsibility centers, the names 
        of the organizational entities that have been changed, the name 
        of the staff member supervising each entity affected, and the 
        reasons for the structural change.
    Sec. 132. (a) In General.--The Superintendent of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of Columbia 
shall annually compile an accurate and verifiable report on the 
positions and employees in the public school system and the university, 
respectively. The annual report shall set forth--
            (1) the number of validated schedule A positions in the 
        District of Columbia public schools and the University of the 
        District of Columbia for fiscal year 1999, fiscal year 2000, 
        and thereafter on full-time equivalent basis, including a 
        compilation of all positions by control center, responsibility 
        center, funding source, position type, position title, pay 
        plan, grade, and annual salary; and
            (2) a compilation of all employees in the District of 
        Columbia public schools and the University of the District of 
        Columbia as of the preceding December 31, verified as to its 
        accuracy in accordance with the functions that each employee 
        actually performs, by control center, responsibility center, 
        agency reporting code, program (including funding source), 
        activity, location for accounting purposes, job title, grade 
        and classification, annual salary, and position control number.
    (b) Submission.--The annual report required by subsection (a) of 
this section shall be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor, the 
District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and the 
Authority, not later than February 15 of each year.
    Sec. 133. (a) No later than October 1, 1999, or within 30 calendar 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs 
later, and each succeeding year, the Superintendent of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of Columbia 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, 
the District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority, a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the public 
school system and the University of the District of Columbia for such 
fiscal year that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation 
and that realigns budgeted data for personal services and other-than-
personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
    (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this section 
shall be submitted in the format of the budget that the Superintendent 
of the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the 
District of Columbia submit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
for inclusion in the Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the 
District of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 
47-301).
    Sec. 134. The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority, acting on behalf of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools [DCPS] in formulating the DCPS budget, the 
Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, the 
Board of Library Trustees, and the Board of Governors of the University 
of the District of Columbia School of Law shall vote on and approve the 
respective annual or revised budgets for such entities before 
submission to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in 
the Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the District of 
Columbia in accordance with section 442 of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), 
or before submitting their respective budgets directly to the Council.
    Sec. 135. (a) Ceiling on Total Operating Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
        expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2000 
        under the caption ``Division of Expenses'' shall not exceed the 
        lesser of--
                    (A) the sum of the total revenues of the District 
                of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
                    (B) $5,486,829,000 (of which $152,753,000 shall be 
                from intra-District funds and $3,108,304,000 shall be 
                from local funds), which amount may be increased by the 
                following:
    (i) proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended for 
emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs approved by the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority; or
    (ii) after notification to the Council, additional expenditures 
which the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia certifies 
will produce additional revenues during such fiscal year at least equal 
to 200 percent of such additional expenditures, and that are approved 
by the Authority.
            (2) Enforcement.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
        District of Columbia and the Authority shall take such steps as 
        are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets the 
        requirements of this section, including the apportioning by the 
        Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
        available to the District during fiscal year 2000, except that 
        the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating 
        expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other 
        obligations issued for capital projects.
    (b) Acceptance and Use of Grants Not Included in Ceiling.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Mayor, 
        in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, during a 
        control year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District of 
        Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
        of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (Public Law 104-8; 109 Stat. 
        152), may accept, obligate, and expend Federal, private, and 
        other grants received by the District government that are not 
        reflected in the amounts appropriated in this Act.
            (2) Requirement of chief financial officer report and 
        authority approval.--No such Federal, private, or other grant 
        may be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) until--
                    (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
                Columbia submits to the Authority a report setting 
                forth detailed information regarding such grant; and
                    (B) the Authority has reviewed and approved the 
                acceptance, obligation, and expenditure of such grant 
                in accordance with review and approval procedures 
                consistent with the provisions of the District of 
                Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
                Assistance Act of 1995.
            (3) Prohibition on spending in anticipation of approval or 
        receipt.--No amount may be obligated or expended from the 
        general fund or other funds of the District government in 
        anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under 
        paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipation of the 
        approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 
        subject to such paragraph.
            (4) Quarterly reports.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
        District of Columbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting 
        forth detailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
        other grants subject to this subsection. Each such report shall 
        be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, and to 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, not later than 15 days after 
        the end of the quarter covered by the report.
    (c) Report on Expenditures by Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.--Not later than 20 calendar days after 
the end of each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 1999, the Authority 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
providing an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds 
obligated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The report 
shall include information on the date, amount, purpose, and vendor 
name, and a description of the services or goods provided with respect 
to the expenditures of such funds.
    Sec. 136. If a department or agency of the government of the 
District of Columbia is under the administration of a court-appointed 
receiver or other court-appointed official during fiscal year 2000 or 
any succeeding fiscal year, the receiver or official shall prepare and 
submit to the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the District 
of Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures and 
appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of the 
department or agency. All such estimates shall be forwarded by the 
Mayor to the Council, for its action pursuant to sections 446 and 
603(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but 
subject to the Mayor's recommendations. Notwithstanding any provision 
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 
(87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-101 et seq.), the 
Council may comment or make recommendations concerning such annual 
estimates but shall have no authority under such Act to revise such 
estimates.
    Sec. 137. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia public schools 
shall be--
            (1) classified as an Educational Service employee;
            (2) placed under the personnel authority of the Board of 
        Education; and
            (3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
    (b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate competitive 
area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not compete with school-
based personnel for retention purposes.
    Sec. 138. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of 
the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to 
provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an 
official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only 
in the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties. For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ``official duties'' does not 
include travel between the officer's or employee's residence and 
workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer or employee of the 
Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the District of Columbia 
or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the 
discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the D.C. Fire 
and Emergency Ambulance Department who resides in the District of 
Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; (3) the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia; and (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
Columbia).
    (b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit, by November 
15, 1999, an inventory, as of September 30, 1999, of all vehicles 
owned, leased or operated by the District of Columbia government. The 
inventory shall include, but not be limited to, the department to which 
the vehicle is assigned; the year and make of the vehicle; the 
acquisition date and cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual 
operating and maintenance costs; current mileage; and whether the 
vehicle is allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
and if so, the officer or employee's title and resident location.
    Sec. 139. (a) For purposes of determining the amount of funds 
expended by any entity within the District of Columbia government 
during fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year, any 
expenditures of the District government attributable to any officer or 
employee of the District government who provides services which are 
within the authority and jurisdiction of the entity (including any 
portion of the compensation paid to the officer or employee 
attributable to the time spent in providing such services) shall be 
treated as expenditures made from the entity's budget, without regard 
to whether the officer or employee is assigned to the entity or 
otherwise treated as an officer or employee of the entity.
    (b) The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), as amended, is 
further amended in section 2408(a) by deleting ``1999'' and inserting, 
``2000''; in subsection (b), by deleting ``1999'' and inserting 
``2000''; in subsection (i), by deleting ``1999'' and inserting, 
``2000''; and in subsection (k), by deleting ``1999'' and inserting, 
``2000''.
    Sec. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later 
than 120 days after the date that a District of Columbia Public Schools 
[DCPS] student is referred for evaluation or assessment--
            (1) the District of Columbia Board of Education, or its 
        successor, and DCPS shall assess or evaluate a student who may 
        have a disability and who may require special education 
        services; and
            (2) if a student is classified as having a disability, as 
        defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat. 175; 20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) 
        or in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 
        359; 29 U.S.C. 706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that 
        student in an appropriate program of special education 
        services.
    Sec. 141. Notwithstanding any provision of any Federally-granted 
charter or any other provision of law, beginning with fiscal year 1999 
and for each fiscal year thereafter, the real property of the National 
Education Association located in the District of Columbia shall be 
subject to taxation by the District of Columbia in the same manner as 
any similar organization.
    Sec. 142. None of the funds contained in this Act may be used for 
purposes of the annual independent audit of the District of Columbia 
government (including the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless--
            (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General of the 
        District of Columbia pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the 
        District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. 
        Code, sec. 1-1182.8(a)(4)); and
            (2) the audit includes a comparison of audited actual year-
        end results with the revenues submitted in the budget document 
        for such year and the appropriations enacted into law for such 
        year.
    Sec. 143. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any 
office, agency or entity to expend funds for programs or functions for 
which a reorganization plan is required but has not been approved by 
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such programs 
or functions are conditioned only on the approval by the Authority of 
the required reorganization plans.
    Sec. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for evaluating 
District of Columbia Public Schools employees shall be a non-negotiable 
item for collective bargaining purposes.
    Sec. 145. None of the funds contained in this Act may be used by 
the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel or any other officer or 
entity of the District government to provide assistance for any 
petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to 
provide for voting representation in Congress for the District of 
Columbia.
    Sec. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act may be used after 
April 1, 2000, to transfer or confine inmates classified above the 
medium security level, as defined by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
classification instrument, to the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center 
located in Youngstown, Ohio.
    Sec. 147. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or within 30 calendar 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs 
later, the Chief Financial Officer shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for all agencies of the District of 
Columbia government for such fiscal year that is in the total amount of 
the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted data for personal 
services and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with 
anticipated actual expenditures.
    (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this section 
shall be submitted in the format of the budget that the District of 
Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-301).
    Sec. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8) 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i) Reserve.--
            ``(1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 2000, the 
        plan or budget submitted pursuant to this Act shall contain 
        $150,000,000 for a reserve to be established by the Mayor, 
        Council of the District of Columbia, Chief Financial Officer 
        for the District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia 
        Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
            ``(2) Conditions on use.--The reserve funds--
                    ``(A) shall only be expended according to criteria 
                established by the Chief Financial Officer and approved 
                by the Mayor, Council of the District of Columbia, and 
                District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
                Management Assistance Authority, but, in no case may 
                any of the reserve funds be expended until any other 
                surplus funds have been used;
                    ``(B) shall not be used to fund the agencies of the 
                District of Columbia government under court ordered 
                receivership; and
                    ``(C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in the 
                projected reductions budgeted in the budget proposed by 
                the District of Columbia government for general supply 
                schedule savings and management reform savings.
            ``(3) Report requirement.--The Authority shall notify the 
        Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House of 
        Representatives in writing 30 days in advance of any 
        expenditure of the reserve funds.''.
    (b) Section 202 of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Positive Fund Balance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The District of Columbia shall maintain 
        at the end of a fiscal year an annual positive fund balance in 
        the general fund of not less than 4 percent of the projected 
        general fund expenditures for the following fiscal year.
            ``(2) Excess funds.--Of funds remaining in excess of the 
        amounts required by paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) not more than 50 percent may be used for 
                authorized non-recurring expenses; and
                    ``(B) not less than 50 percent shall be used to 
                reduce the debt of the District of Columbia.''.
    Sec. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
provided by section 131 of Division A of Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 
2681-552) may also be used by the Mayor, in consultation with the 
Council of the District of Columbia and the National Capital 
Revitalization Corporation, for the purposes of providing offsets 
against local taxes for commercial revitalization in empowerment zones 
and low and moderate income areas.
    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 2000''.
                                                       Calendar No. 170

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1283

                          [Report No. 106-88]

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                                 A BILL

 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 September 30, 
                     2000, and for other purposes.

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                             June 24, 1999

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar