[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H11423-H11440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 354, I call up 
the bill (H.R. 3194), making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in 
part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of H.R. 3194, as amended pursuant to House Resolution 354, 
is as follows:

                               H.R. 3194

       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:
                TITLE I--FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a 
     program to be administered by the Mayor for District of 
     Columbia resident tuition support, subject to the enactment 
     of authorizing legislation for such program by Congress, 
     $17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That such funds may be used on behalf of eligible District of 
     Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference 
     between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public 
     institutions of higher education, usable at both public and 
     private institutions of higher education: Provided further, 
     That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the 
     basis of a resident's academic merit and such other factors 
     as may be authorized: Provided further, That if the 
     authorized program is a nationwide program, the Mayor may 
     expend up to $17,000,000: Provided further, That if the 
     authorized program is for a limited number of States, the 
     Mayor may expend up to $11,000,000: Provided further, That 
     the District of Columbia may expend funds other than the 
     funds provided under this heading, including local tax 
     revenues and contributions, to support such program.

        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create 
     incentives to promote the adoption of children in the 
     District of Columbia foster care system, $5,000,000: 
     Provided, That such funds shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2001 and shall be used in accordance with a 
     program established by the Mayor and the Council of the 
     District of Columbia and approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate: Provided further, That funds provided under this 
     heading may be used to cover the costs to the District of 
     Columbia of providing tax credits to offset the costs 
     incurred by individuals in adopting children in the District 
     of Columbia foster care system and in providing for the 
     health care needs of such children, in accordance with 
     legislation enacted by the District of Columbia government.

         Federal Payment to the Citizen Complaint Review Board

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
     administrative expenses of the Citizen Complaint Review 
     Board, $500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001.

          Federal Payment to the Department of Human Services

       For a Federal payment to the Department of Human Services 
     for a mentoring program and for hotline services, $250,000.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

       For salaries and expenses of 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 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712): 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
     Corrections Trustee shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
     Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 
     the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 
     expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That in 
     addition to the funds provided under this heading, the 
     District of Columbia Corrections Trustee may use a portion of 
     the interest earned on the Federal payment made to the 
     Trustee under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
     1998, (not to exceed $4,600,000) to carry out the activities 
     funded under this heading.

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           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

       For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
     Courts, $99,714,000 to be allocated as follows: for the 
     District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,209,000; for the 
     District of Columbia Superior Court, $68,351,000; for the 
     District of Columbia Court System, $16,154,000; and 
     $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, for 
     capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse 
     facilities: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
     operations of the District of Columbia Courts, not to exceed 
     $2,500,000 shall be for the design of an Integrated Justice 
     Information System and that such funds shall be used in 
     accordance with a plan and design developed by the courts and 
     approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 
     this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
     Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
     manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of 
     other Federal agencies, 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.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

       For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
     11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under 
     the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for 
     counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Division of 
     the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 
     23 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for counsel 
     authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Code (relating to 
     representation provided under the District of Columbia 
     Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of 
     Attorney Act of 1986), $33,336,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the funds provided in this Act under 
     the heading ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia 
     Courts'' (other than the $8,000,000 provided under such 
     heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia 
     courthouse facilities) may also be used for payments under 
     this heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 
     provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial 
     Administration in the District of Columbia may use a portion 
     (not to exceed $1,200,000) of the interest earned on the 
     Federal payment made to the District of Columbia courts under 
     the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, together 
     with funds provided in this Act under the heading ``Federal 
     Payment to the District of Columbia Courts'' (other than the 
     $8,000,000 provided under such heading for capital 
     improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities), 
     to make payments described under this heading for obligations 
     incurred during fiscal year 1999 if the Comptroller General 
     certifies that the amount of obligations lawfully incurred 
     for such payments during fiscal year 1999 exceeds the 
     obligational authority otherwise available for making such 
     payments: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
     administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 
     Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
     appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
     Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
     manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal 
     agencies, 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 salaries and expenses of the Court Services and 
     Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as 
     authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
     Government Improvement Act of 1997, (Public Law 105-33; 111 
     Stat. 712), $93,800,000, of which $58,600,000 shall be for 
     necessary expenses of Parole Revocation, Adult Probation, 
     Offender Supervision, and Sex Offender Registration, 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 $17,800,000 shall be available to the 
     Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall 
     be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
     Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
     agencies: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $20,492,000 shall be used in 
     support of universal drug screening and testing for those 
     individuals on pretrial, probation, or parole supervision 
     with continued testing, intermediate sanctions, and treatment 
     for those identified in need, of which $7,000,000 shall be 
     for treatment services.

                   Children's National Medical Center

       For a Federal contribution to the Children's National 
     Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $2,500,000 for 
     construction, renovation, and information technology 
     infrastructure costs associated with establishing community 
     pediatric health clinics for high risk children in medically 
     underserved areas of the District of Columbia.

           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: Provided, That the 
     Chief of Police shall provide quarterly reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives by the 15th calendar day after the end of 
     each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of 
     the project financed under this heading.

                       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, $778,770,000 (including $565,511,000 
     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 of Representatives and the 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

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     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 
     no more than 15 members of the Metropolitan Police Department 
     shall be detailed or assigned to the Executive Protection 
     Unit, until the Chief of Police submits a recommendation to 
     the Council for its review: 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 up to $700,000 in local funds shall be 
     available for the operations of the Citizen Complaint Review 
     Board.

                        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, previously appropriated in this Act as a Federal 
     payment, for resident tuition support at public and private 
     institutions of higher learning for eligible District of 
     Columbia residents; $27,885,000 from local funds 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 District 
     of Columbia Public Schools a sum totaling 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: Provided further, That the District of Columbia Public 
     Schools may spend $500,000 to engage in a Schools Without 
     Violence program based on a model developed by the University 
     of North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

                         Human Support Services

       Human support services, $1,526,361,000 (including 
     $635,373,000 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, $342,077,000 (including 
     $217,606,000 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 (109 Stat. 97; Public 
     Law 104-8), $3,140,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
     contained in this Act may be used to pay any compensation of 
     the Executive Director or General Counsel of the Authority at 
     a rate in excess of the maximum rate of compensation which 
     may be paid to such individual during fiscal year 2000 under 
     section 102 of such Act, as determined by the Comptroller 
     General (as described in GAO letter report B-279095.2).

                    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 2 
     percent of the par amount being financed on a lease purchase 
     basis with a maturity not to exceed 5 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 (105 Stat. 540; 
     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

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     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, 
     under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     shall finance projects totaling $20,000,000 in local funds 
     that result in cost savings or additional revenues, by an 
     amount equal to such financing: Provided, That the Mayor 
     shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     by the 15th calendar day after the end of each quarter 
     beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the projects 
     financed under this heading.

                       Productivity Bank Savings

       The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, 
     under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     shall make reductions totaling $20,000,000 in local funds. 
     The reductions are 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: Provided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after 
     the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the 
     status of the cost savings or additional revenues funded 
     under this heading.

                   Procurement and Management Savings

       The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, 
     under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     shall 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 shall provide 
     quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar 
     day after the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 
     1999, on the status of the general supply schedule savings 
     and management reform savings projected under this heading.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

       For operation of 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 
     the Act entitled ``An Act authorizing the laying of 
     watermains and service sewers in the District of Columbia, 
     the levying of assessments therefor, and for other purposes'' 
     (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 (95 Stat. 1174 and 
     1175; Public Law 97-91), 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 
     (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Code, sec. 2-2501 et seq. and sec. 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'' (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2-301 et 
     seq.) and the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 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 (87 Stat. 
     824; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301(b)).

  District of Columbia 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, $133,443,000 of which $44,435,000 shall 
     be derived by transfer from the general fund and $89,008,000 
     from other funds.

                 District of Columbia Retirement Board

       For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established 
     by section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform 
     Act of 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: 
     Provided further, That section 121(c)(1) of the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-711(c)(1)) 
     is amended by striking ``the total amount to which a member 
     may be entitled'' and all that follows and inserting the 
     following: ``the total amount to which a member may be 
     entitled under this subsection during a year (beginning with 
     1998) may not exceed $5,000, except that in the case of the 
     Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Investment 
     Committee of the Board, such amount may not exceed $7,500 
     (beginning with 2000).''.

                      Correctional Industries Fund

       For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by the 
     District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establishment 
     Act (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, $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, 
     and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds appropriated 
     under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of 
     $1,218,637,500 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 (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

       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 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

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     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 (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 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. Code, sec. 3-
     205.44), and for the 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 (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 this 
     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 provide a personal cook, 
     chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of the District of Columbia government.
       Sec. 118. 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 (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. 119. (a) City Administrator.--The last sentence of 
     section 422(7) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
     (D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(7)) is amended by striking ``, not to 
     exceed'' and all that follows and inserting a period.
       (b) Board of Directors of Redevelopment Land Agency.--
     Section 1108(c)(2)(F) of the District of Columbia Government 
     Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     612.8(c)(2)(F)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(F) Redevelopment Land Agency board members shall be paid 
     per diem compensation at a rate established by the Mayor, 
     except that such rate may not exceed the daily equivalent of 
     the annual rate of basic pay for level 15 of the District 
     Schedule for each day (including travel time) during which 
     they are engaged in the actual performance of their 
     duties.''.
       Sec. 120. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
     provisions of the District of Columbia Government 
     Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (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 (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. 121. 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. 122. 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 (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. 123. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-
     177), 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. 124. In the event a sequestration order is issued 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), 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. 125. (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. 126. 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 (D.C. 
     Law 3-171; D.C. Code, sec. 1-113(d)).
       Sec. 127. (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--

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       (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. 128. 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. 129. (a) 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 
     120 percent of 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 120 percent of 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.
       (b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the Mayor, 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority and the Superintendent of the District 
     of Columbia Public Schools concur in a Memorandum of 
     Understanding setting forth a new rate and amount of 
     compensation, then such new rates shall apply in lieu of the 
     rates set forth in the preceding subsection.
       Sec. 130. 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. 131. 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. 132. 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 District of Columbia 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. 133. (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. 134. (a) No later than November 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; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301).
       Sec. 135. 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; 
     D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), or before submitting their 
     respective budgets directly to the Council.
       Sec. 136. (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 heading ``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) $5,515,379,000 (of which $152,753,000 shall be from 
     intra-District funds and $3,113,854,000 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.

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       (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 (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. 137. 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 (87 Stat. 774; Public Law 
     93-198) the Council may comment or make recommendations 
     concerning such annual estimates but shall have no authority 
     under such Act to revise such estimates.
       Sec. 138. (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. 139. (a) Restrictions on Use of Official Vehicles.--
     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 District of Columbia Fire and 
     Emergency Medical Services 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) Inventory of Vehicles.--The Chief Financial Officer 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. 140. (a) Source of Payment for Employees Detailed 
     Within Government.--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) Modification of Reduction in Force Procedures.--The 
     District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel 
     Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), is further 
     amended in section 2408(a) by striking ``1999'' and inserting 
     ``2000''; in subsection (b), by striking ``1999'' and 
     inserting ``2000''; in subsection (i), by striking ``1999'' 
     and inserting ``2000''; and in subsection (k), by striking 
     ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
       Sec. 141. 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. 142. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of 
     the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
     entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds 
     the entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
     10a-10c).
       (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided using 
     funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the 
     Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in 
     expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
       (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
     the head of each agency of the Federal or District of 
     Columbia government shall provide to each recipient of the 
     assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
     paragraph (1) by the Congress.
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 143. 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.

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       Sec. 144. 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. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, 
     or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for 
     evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees shall 
     be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes.
       Sec. 146. 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. 147. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used 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. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 
     1995 (Public Law 104-8), as added by section 155 of the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``( j) 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 such Act (Public Law 104-8), as amended 
     by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(k) 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. (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 of the 
     District of Columbia 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; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301).
       Sec. 150. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used for any program of distributing sterile needles or 
     syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug, or 
     for any payment to any individual or entity who carries out 
     such program.
       Sec. 151. (a) Restrictions on Leases.--Upon the expiration 
     of the 60-day period that begins on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used to make rental payments under a lease for the use of 
     real property by the District of Columbia government 
     (including any independent agency of the District) unless the 
     lease and an abstract of the lease have been filed (by the 
     District of Columbia or any other party to the lease) with 
     the central office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic 
     Development, in an indexed registry available for public 
     inspection.
       (b) Additional Restrictions on Current Leases.--
       (1) In general.--Upon the expiration of the 60-day period 
     that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, in the 
     case of a lease described in paragraph (3), none of the funds 
     contained in this Act may be used to make rental payments 
     under the lease unless the lease is included in periodic 
     reports submitted by the Mayor and Council of the District of 
     Columbia to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate describing for each such lease the 
     following information:
       (A) The location of the property involved, the name of the 
     owners of record according to the land records of the 
     District of Columbia, the name of the lessors according to 
     the lease, the rate of payment under the lease, the period of 
     time covered by the lease, and the conditions under which the 
     lease may be terminated.
       (B) The extent to which the property is or is not occupied 
     by the District of Columbia government as of the end of the 
     reporting period involved.
       (C) If the property is not occupied and utilized by the 
     District government as of the end of the reporting period 
     involved, a plan for occupying and utilizing the property 
     (including construction or renovation work) or a status 
     statement regarding any efforts by the District to terminate 
     or renegotiate the lease.
       (2) Timing of reports.--The reports described in paragraph 
     (1) shall be submitted for each calendar quarter (beginning 
     with the quarter ending December 31, 1999) not later than 20 
     days after the end of the quarter involved, plus an initial 
     report submitted not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, which shall provide information as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (3) Leases described.--A lease described in this paragraph 
     is a lease in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act for the use of real property by the District of Columbia 
     government (including any independent agency of the District) 
     which is not being occupied by the District government 
     (including any independent agency of the District) as of such 
     date or during the 60-day period which begins on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 152. (a) Management of Existing District Government 
     Property.--Upon the expiration of the 60-day period that 
     begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the 
     funds contained in this Act may be used to enter into a lease 
     (or to make rental payments under such a lease) for the use 
     of real property by the District of Columbia government 
     (including any independent agency of the District) or to 
     purchase real property for the use of the District of 
     Columbia government (including any independent agency of the 
     District) or to manage real property for the use of the 
     District of Columbia (including any independent agency of the 
     District) unless the following conditions are met:
       (1) The Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia 
     certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate that existing real property 
     available to the District (whether leased or owned by the 
     District government) is not suitable for the purposes 
     intended.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, there is 
     made available for sale or lease all real property of the 
     District of Columbia that the Mayor from time-to-time 
     determines is surplus to the needs of the District of 
     Columbia, unless a majority of the members of the Council 
     override the Mayor's determination during the 30-day period 
     which begins on the date the determination is published.
       (3) The Mayor and Council implement a program for the 
     periodic survey of all District property to determine if it 
     is surplus to the needs of the District.
       (4) The Mayor and Council within 60 days of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act have filed with the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House 
     of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
     of the Senate a report which provides a comprehensive plan 
     for the management of District of Columbia real property 
     assets, and are proceeding with the implementation of the 
     plan.
       (b) Termination of Provisions.--If the District of Columbia 
     enacts legislation to reform the practices and procedures 
     governing the entering into of leases for the use of real 
     property by the District of Columbia government and the 
     disposition of surplus real property of the District 
     government, the provisions of subsection (a) shall cease to 
     be effective upon the effective date of the legislation.
       Sec. 153. Section 603(e)(2)(B) of the Student Loan 
     Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public Law 
     104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-293) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``and public charter'' after ``public''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Of such amounts 
     and proceeds, $5,000,000 shall be set aside for use as a 
     credit enhancement fund for public charter schools in the 
     District of Columbia, with the administration of the fund 
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     be carried out by the Mayor through a committee consisting of 
     three individuals appointed by the Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia and two individuals appointed by the Public Charter 
     School Board established under section 2214 of the District 
     of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995.''.
       Sec. 154. The Mayor, District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the 
     Superintendent of Schools shall implement a process to 
     dispose of excess public school real property within 90 days 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 155. Section 2003 of the District of Columbia School 
     Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; D.C. Code, sec. 31-
     2851) is amended by striking ``during the period'' and ``and 
     ending 5 years after such date.''.
       Sec. 156. Section 2206(c) of the District of Columbia 
     School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; D.C. Code, 
     sec. 31-2853.16(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``, except that a preference in admission may be 
     given to an applicant who is a sibling of a student already 
     attending or selected for admission to the public charter 
     school in which the applicant is seeking enrollment.''.
       Sec. 157. (a) Transfer of Funds.--There is hereby 
     transferred from the District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (hereafter 
     referred to as the ``Authority'') to the District of Columbia 
     the sum of $18,000,000 for severance payments to individuals 
     separated from employment during fiscal year 2000 (under such 
     terms and conditions as the Mayor considers appropriate), 
     expanded contracting authority of the Mayor, and the 
     implementation of a system of managed competition among 
     public and private providers of goods and services by and on 
     behalf of the District of Columbia: Provided, That such funds 
     shall be used only in accordance with a plan agreed to by the 
     Council and the Mayor and approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate: Provided further, That the Authority and the Mayor 
     shall coordinate the spending of funds for this program so 
     that continuous progress is made. The Authority shall release 
     said funds, on a quarterly basis, to reimburse such expenses, 
     so long as the Authority certifies that the expenses reduce 
     re-occurring future costs at an annual ratio of at least 2 to 
     1 relative to the funds provided, and that the program is in 
     accordance with the best practices of municipal government.
       (b) Source of Funds.--The amount transferred under 
     subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned on 
     accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District of 
     Columbia.
       Sec. 158. (a) In General.--The District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority 
     (hereafter referred to as the ``Authority''), working with 
     the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Director of the National 
     Park Service, shall carry out a project to complete all 
     design requirements and all requirements for compliance with 
     the National Environmental Policy Act for the construction of 
     expanded lane capacity for the Fourteenth Street Bridge.
       (b) Source of Funds; Transfer.--For purposes of carrying 
     out the project under subsection (a), there is hereby 
     transferred to the Authority from the District of Columbia 
     dedicated highway fund established pursuant to section 3(a) 
     of the District of Columbia Emergency Highway Relief Act 
     (Public Law 104-21; D.C. Code, sec. 7-134.2(a)) an amount not 
     to exceed $5,000,000.
       Sec. 159. (a) In General.--The Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia shall carry out through the Army Corps of Engineers, 
     an Anacostia River environmental cleanup program.
       (b) Source of Funds.--There are hereby transferred to the 
     Mayor from the escrow account held by the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority pursuant to section 134 of division A of the 
     Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-
     552), for infrastructure needs of the District of Columbia, 
     $5,000,000.
       Sec. 160. (a) Prohibiting Payment of Administrative Costs 
     From Fund.--Section 16(e) of the Victims of Violent Crime 
     Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Code, sec. 3-435(e)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and administrative costs necessary to 
     carry out this chapter''; and
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``, and no monies in the Fund may be used for any 
     other purpose.''.
       (b) Maintenance of Fund in Treasury of the United States.--
       (1) In general.--Section 16(a) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
     3-435(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence and 
     inserting the following: ``The Fund shall be maintained as a 
     separate fund in the Treasury of the United States. All 
     amounts deposited to the credit of the Fund are appropriated 
     without fiscal year limitation to make payments as authorized 
     under subsection (e).''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 16 of such Act (D.C. 
     Code, sec. 3-435) is amended by striking subsection (d).
       (c) Deposit of Other Fees and Receipts Into Fund.--Section 
     16(c) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3-435(c)) is amended by 
     inserting after ``1997,'' the second place it appears the 
     following: ``any other fines, fees, penalties, or assessments 
     that the Court determines necessary to carry out the purposes 
     of the Fund,''.
       (d) Annual Transfer of Unobligated Balances to 
     Miscellaneous Receipts of Treasury.--Section 16 of such Act 
     (D.C. Code, sec. 3-435), as amended by subsection (b)(2), is 
     further amended by inserting after subsection (c) the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(d) Any unobligated balance existing in the Fund in 
     excess of $250,000 as of the end of each fiscal year 
     (beginning with fiscal year 2000) shall be transferred to 
     miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury of the United States 
     not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal year.''.
       (e) Ratification of Payments and Deposits.--Any payments 
     made from or deposits made to the Crime Victims Compensation 
     Fund on or after April 9, 1997 are hereby ratified, to the 
     extent such payments and deposits are authorized under the 
     Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Code, 
     sec. 3-421 et seq.), as amended by this section.
       Sec. 161. Certification.--None of the funds contained in 
     this Act may be used after the expiration of the 60-day 
     period that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     to pay the salary of any chief financial officer of any 
     office of the District of Columbia government (including any 
     independent agency of the District) who has not filed a 
     certification with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer 
     of the District of Columbia that the officer understands the 
     duties and restrictions applicable to the officer and their 
     agency as a result of this Act.
       Sec. 162. The proposed budget of the government of the 
     District of Columbia for fiscal year 2001 that is submitted 
     by the District to Congress shall specify potential 
     adjustments that might become necessary in the event that the 
     management savings achieved by the District during the year 
     do not meet the level of management savings projected by the 
     District under the proposed budget.
       Sec. 163. In submitting any document showing the budget for 
     an office of the District of Columbia government (including 
     an independent agency of the District) that contains a 
     category of activities labeled as ``other'', 
     ``miscellaneous'', or a similar general, nondescriptive term, 
     the document shall include a description of the types of 
     activities covered in the category and a detailed breakdown 
     of the amount allocated for each such activity.
       Sec. 164. (a) Authorizing Corps of Engineers To Perform 
     Repairs and Improvements.--In using the funds made available 
     under this Act for carrying out improvements to the Southwest 
     Waterfront in the District of Columbia (including upgrading 
     marina dock pilings and paving and restoring walkways in the 
     marina and fish market areas) for the portions of Federal 
     property in the Southwest quadrant of the District of 
     Columbia within Lots 847 and 848, a portion of Lot 846, and 
     the unassessed Federal real property adjacent to Lot 848 in 
     Square 473, any entity of the District of Columbia government 
     (including the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Authority or its designee) may 
     place orders for engineering and construction and related 
     services with the Chief of Engineers of the United States 
     Army Corps of Engineers. The Chief of Engineers may accept 
     such orders on a reimbursable basis and may provide any part 
     of such services by contract. In providing such services, the 
     Chief of Engineers shall follow the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulations and the implementing Department of Defense 
     regulations.
       (b) Timing for Availability of Funds Under 1999 Act.--
       (1) In general.--The District of Columbia Appropriations 
     Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-124) is amended 
     in the item relating to ``FEDERAL FUNDS--Federal Payment for 
     Waterfront Improvements''--
       (A) by striking ``existing lessees'' the first place it 
     appears and inserting ``existing lessees of the Marina''; and
       (B) by striking ``the existing lessees'' the second place 
     it appears and inserting ``such lessees''.
       (2) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect as 
     if included in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
     1999.
       (c) Additional Funding for Improvements Carried Out Through 
     Corps of Engineers.--
       (1) In general.--There is hereby transferred from the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority to the Mayor the sum of $3,000,000 for 
     carrying out the improvements described in subsection (a) 
     through the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army 
     Corps of Engineers.
       (2) Source of funds.--The funds transferred under paragraph 
     (1) shall be derived from the escrow account held by the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority pursuant to section 134 of division A of 
     the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-
     552), for infrastructure needs of the District of Columbia.
       (d) Quarterly Reports on Project.--The Mayor shall submit 
     reports to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate on the status of the improvements described in 
     subsection (a) for each calendar quarter occurring until the 
     improvements are completed.
       Sec. 165. It is the sense of the Congress that the District 
     of Columbia should not impose or take into consideration any 
     height, square footage, set-back, or other construction or 
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     the issuance of industrial revenue bonds for a project of the 
     American National Red Cross at 2025 E Street Northwest, 
     Washington, D.C., in as much as this project is subject to 
     approval of the National Capital Planning Commission and the 
     Commission of Fine Arts pursuant to section 11 of the joint 
     resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution to grant authority for 
     the erection of a permanent building for the American 
     National Red Cross, District of Columbia Chapter, Washington, 
     District of Columbia'', approved July 1, 1947 (Public Law 
     100-637; 36 U.S.C. 300108 note).
       Sec. 166. (a) Permitting Court Services and Offender 
     Supervision Agency To Carry Out Sex Offender Registration.--
     Section 11233(c) of the National Capital Revitalization and 
     Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-
     1233(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) Sex offender registration.--The Agency shall carry 
     out sex offender registration functions in the District of 
     Columbia, and shall have the authority to exercise all powers 
     and functions relating to sex offender registration that are 
     granted to the Agency under any District of Columbia law.''.
       (b) Authority During Transition to Full Operation of 
     Agency.--
       (1) Authority of pretrial services, parole, adult probation 
     and offender supervision trustee.--Notwithstanding section 
     11232(b)(1) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
     Government Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-
     1232(b)(1)), the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Probation 
     and Offender Supervision Trustee appointed under section 
     11232(a) of such Act (hereafter referred to as the 
     ``Trustee'') shall, in accordance with section 11232 of such 
     Act, exercise the powers and functions of the Court Services 
     and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia 
     (hereafter referred to as the ``Agency'') relating to sex 
     offender registration (as granted to the Agency under any 
     District of Columbia law) only upon the Trustee's 
     certification that the Trustee is able to assume such powers 
     and functions.
       (2) Authority of metropolitan police department.--During 
     the period that begins on the date of the enactment of the 
     Sex Offender Registration Emergency Act of 1999 and ends on 
     the date the Trustee makes the certification described in 
     paragraph (1), the Metropolitan Police Department of the 
     District of Columbia shall have the authority to carry out 
     any powers and functions relating to sex offender 
     registration that are granted to the Agency or to the Trustee 
     under any District of Columbia law.
       Sec. 167. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
     be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 
     legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
     possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
     under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any 
     tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
       (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment 
     Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by 
     the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, 
     shall not take effect.
       Sec. 168. (a) In General.--There is hereby transferred from 
     the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority (hereinafter referred to as 
     the ``Authority'') to the District of Columbia the sum of 
     $5,000,000 for the Mayor, in consultation with the Council of 
     the District of Columbia, to provide offsets against local 
     taxes for a commercial revitalization program, such program 
     to be available in enterprise zones and low and moderate 
     income areas in the District of Columbia: Provided, That in 
     carrying out such a program, the Mayor shall use Federal 
     commercial revitalization proposals introduced in Congress as 
     a guideline.
       (b) Source of Funds.--The amount transferred under 
     subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned on 
     accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District of 
     Columbia.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives on the progress made in carrying out the 
     commercial revitalization program.
       Sec. 169. Section 456 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act (section 47-231 et seq. of the D.C. Code, as added by the 
     Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-
     373)) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority'' and inserting ``Mayor''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Authority'' and 
     inserting ``Mayor''.
       Sec. 170. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The District of Columbia has recently witnessed a spate 
     of senseless killings of innocent citizens caught in the 
     crossfire of shootings. A Justice Department crime 
     victimization survey found that while the city saw a decline 
     in the homicide rate between 1996 and 1997, the rate was the 
     highest among a dozen cities and more than double the second 
     highest city.
       (2) The District of Columbia has not made adequate funding 
     available to fight drug abuse in recent years, and the city 
     has not deployed its resources as effectively as possible. In 
     fiscal year 1998, $20,900,000 was spent on publicly funded 
     drug treatment in the District compared to $29,000,000 in 
     fiscal year 1993. The District's Addiction and Prevention and 
     Recovery Agency currently has only 2,200 treatment slots, a 
     50 percent drop from 1994, with more than 1,100 people on 
     waiting lists.
       (3) The District of Columbia has seen a rash of inmate 
     escapes from halfway houses. According to Department of 
     Corrections records, between October 21, 1998 and January 19, 
     1999, 376 of the 1,125 inmates assigned to halfway houses 
     walked away. Nearly 280 of the 376 escapees were awaiting 
     trial including two charged with murder.
       (4) The District of Columbia public schools system faces 
     serious challenges in correcting chronic problems, 
     particularly long-standing deficiencies in providing special 
     education services to the 1 in 10 District students needing 
     program benefits, including backlogged assessments, and 
     repeated failure to meet a compliance agreement on special 
     education reached with the Department of Education.
       (5) Deficiencies in the delivery of basic public services 
     from cleaning streets to waiting time at Department of Motor 
     Vehicles to a rat population estimated earlier this year to 
     exceed the human population have generated considerable 
     public frustration.
       (6) Last year, the District of Columbia forfeited millions 
     of dollars in Federal grants after Federal auditors 
     determined that several agencies exceeded grant restrictions 
     and in other instances, failed to spend funds before the 
     grants expired.
       (7) Findings of a 1999 report by the Annie E. Casey 
     Foundation that measured the well-being of children reflected 
     that, with one exception, the District ranked worst in the 
     United States in every category from infant mortality to the 
     rate of teenage births to statistics chronicling child 
     poverty.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that in considering the District of Columbia's fiscal year 
     2001 budget, the Congress will take into consideration 
     progress or lack of progress in addressing the following 
     issues:
       (1) Crime, including the homicide rate, implementation of 
     community policing, the number of police officers on local 
     beats, and the closing down of open-air drug markets.
       (2) Access to drug abuse treatment, including the number of 
     treatment slots, the number of people served, the number of 
     people on waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment 
     programs.
       (3) Management of parolees and pretrial violent offenders, 
     including the number of halfway house escapes and steps taken 
     to improve monitoring and supervision of halfway house 
     residents to reduce the number of escapes.
       (4) Education, including access to special education 
     services and student achievement.
       (5) Improvement in basic city services, including rat 
     control and abatement.
       (6) Application for and management of Federal grants.
       (7) Indicators of child well-being.
       Sec. 171. The Mayor, prior to using Federal Medicaid 
     payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals to serve a small 
     number of childless adults, should consider the 
     recommendations of the Health Care Development Commission 
     that has been appointed by the Council of the District of 
     Columbia to review this program, and consult and report to 
     Congress on the use of these funds.
       Sec. 172. GAO Study of District of Columbia Criminal 
     Justice System.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall--
       (1) conduct a study of the law enforcement, court, prison, 
     probation, parole, and other components of the criminal 
     justice system of the District of Columbia, in order to 
     identify the components most in need of additional resources, 
     including financial, personnel, and management resources; and
       (2) submit to Congress a report on the results of the study 
     under paragraph (1).
       Sec. 173. Nothing in this Act bars the District of Columbia 
     Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in 
     private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the 
     District government regarding such lawsuits.
       Sec. 174. Wireless Communications.--(a) In General.--Not 
     later than 7 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
     Director of the National Park Service, shall--
       (1) implement the notice of decision approved by the 
     National Capital Regional Director, dated April 7, 1999, 
     including the provisions of the notice of decision concerning 
     the issuance of right-of-way permits at market rates; and
       (2) expend such sums as are necessary to carry out 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Antenna Applications.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the receipt 
     of an application, a Federal agency that receives an 
     application submitted after the enactment of this Act to 
     locate a wireless communications antenna on Federal property 
     in the District of Columbia or surrounding area over which 
     the Federal agency exercises control shall take final action 
     on the application, including action on the issuance of 
     right-of-way permits at market rates.
       (2) Existing law.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed to affect the applicability of existing laws 
     regarding--
       (A) judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United 
     States Code (the Administrative Procedure Act), and the 
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       (B) the National Environmental Policy Act, the National 
     Historic Preservation Act and other applicable Federal 
     statutes; and
       (C) the authority of a State or local government or 
     instrumentality thereof, including the District of Columbia, 
     in the placement, construction, and modification of personal 
     wireless service facilities.
       This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.
                        TITLE II--TAX REDUCTION
       Sec. 201. Commending Reduction of Taxes by District of 
     Columbia.--The Congress commends the District of Columbia for 
     its action to reduce taxes, and ratifies D.C. Act 13-110 
     (commonly known as the Service Improvement and Fiscal Year 
     2000 Budget Support Act of 1999).
       Sec. 202. Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this title may 
     be construed to limit the ability of the Council of the 
     District of Columbia to amend or repeal any provision of law 
     described in this title.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 354, the 
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) and the gentleman from Virginia 
(Mr. Moran), each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook).
  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  This, of course, is the appropriations bill for the District of 
Columbia, as has been mentioned. I want to express my appreciation for 
the efforts of working with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), 
the ranking member, with the Members of the appropriations staff and 
certainly with the delegate from the District of Columbia, the mayor of 
the District and the members of the council, as well as many other 
people who have been involved in this.
  We received on Monday a letter from the President's office, from his 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, saying that the 
contents of the District of Columbia appropriations bill, as it was 
included as a portion of the bill received by the President last week, 
that the contents of that portion of the bill, all the things relating 
to the District of Columbia, were acceptable to the President, and the 
President would sign it if it were presented to him as a separate bill.
  Of course, we know that it was presented as part of a package. This 
bill before us, however, is a separate bill. It has the identical 
language which the President advised us Monday would be acceptable to 
the White House with only one variation.

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  The only variation is in the section that has to do with injection of 
illegal drugs by needle. The bill that passed last week and that the 
President said was acceptable to him stated that no public funds, 
neither from the Federal Government, nor from the District of Columbia, 
no funds could be used on a program of providing free needles to drug 
addicts.
  The only difference between that and this is this bill also has the 
additional phrase that says you also do not provide those funds to an 
entity that operates such a program of providing needles to drug 
addicts. Even though that is different from the bill that we had last 
week, and that is the only difference, it is identical to the bill that 
was signed into law by the President last year.
  So the only change, and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) 
earlier referred to it as a minuscule change, the only change is to 
continue the restriction under which the District and the Federal 
Government already operates that says you cannot operate a program of 
giving needles to drug addicts to inject themselves with illegal drugs 
and still qualify to receive government funds. That is it.
  Now, I should point out that the other things in this bill remain 
constant. This is what I think is important to the District of 
Columbia, because, see, we are trying to assist the District in its 
crackdown on drugs. We do not want a mixed message. We do not want 
people on one hand saying we are cracking down on drugs and then on the 
other, wink, wink, we are helping people to run a program that gives 
needles to drug addicts to shoot themselves up.
  No, we have in this bill a total of $33.5 million, money the Congress 
is under no obligation to provide, but money that we think is important 
to attack the link between crime and drugs in the District of Columbia, 
$20 million for drug testing, drug treatment, drug crackdown, because 
the District has a pervasive problem with the link between crime and 
drugs; and we want to crack down on it and break that link.
  We also have the provisions in this bill for the $17 million college 
assistance program for students in the District. We have $5 million of 
incentives to adopt foster children, to get thousands of kids in D.C. 
that are stuck in foster homes and have been for years adopted into 
safe, permanent, stable, loving homes.
  We have the provisions in this bill for the cleanup, several million 
dollars for the cleanup of the Anacostia River, payment to assist the 
infrastructure build-out of the Children's National Medical Center.
  We have provisions in this bill to assist the new mayor in one of his 
major initiatives of right-sizing the government in the District, $18 
million to assist them in reducing the size of the number of employees 
they have, reducing the number of employees doing contract buyouts and 
so forth.
  There is a lot of stuff in here that has great value to help the 
District of Columbia recover. Unfortunately, there are some people that 
say all that matters to them is giving away free needles to drug 
addicts, and nothing else matters; all we are trying to do on that 
issue is preserve the status quo.
  Now, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), if he wishes, may offer 
an amendment to this bill through his motion to recommit. He has that 
leeway. If there is some adjustment that he considers minuscule that he 
wants to make, he has the ability to offer it.
  But we believe, Mr. Speaker, that we have important measures in here 
for the future, the vitality, the growth, the public safety, the value 
and strength of the schools and education, the infrastructure, things 
that are important to people who live and work and solicit here in the 
District of Columbia.
  I would certainly hope that, if some people want to take an extreme 
position toward giving away needles to drug addicts, they would vote 
their conscience, but not use that as an excuse to vote against such an 
important measure to help with the improvement of the District of 
Columbia.
  The provision in this bill is identical to the provision signed into 
law by the President last year. Every other provision in the bill is 
identical to what the President advised us he wants to sign into law 
regarding the District of Columbia.
  I think we have a common sense approach here. If people wish the 
debate to center around the question of giving needles to drug addicts, 
then they should openly say so. But there is certainly no other excuse 
for anyone to vote against this bill unless they want to take that 
extreme position.
  Mr. Speaker, I include the following for the Record:

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  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton).
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Virginia for 
yielding me this time and for his endless and excellent work in trying 
to get the D.C. appropriations through.
  I want to assure my colleagues what yet another D.C. bill on the 
floor is all about. One has got to have followed the machinations of 
the majority. This is about a bill number to hang other appropriations 
on. There are a number of appropriations that this appropriation 
becomes the vehicle for. It is going to be used in the Senate to hang 
the other appropriations on.
  Above all, my colleagues know that this appropriation is not about 
needles. I have to come to the floor to concede that I lost that one. I 
wanted to use local funds for needle exchange, as is done in almost 115 
jurisdictions. But each and every bill, including the one before us 
now, has said no local or Federal funds may be used for needle 
exchange. I have lost that one. It is a tragedy for the District of 
Columbia. But I have to concede that I lost that one before, and I have 
lost that one now.
  This bill says no local or Federal funds may be used for needle 
exchange. I apologize that this is the fifth time that my colleagues 
have had to come to the floor to vote on the smallest appropriation, 
when it has the least to do with them and with the Nation.
  But I believe that I deserve the apology. I believe that the people I 
represent deserve the apology because of the money at issue here. It is 
not the small change that the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) just 
spoke about. Most of the money in this bill does not come from him or 
from the taxpayers of the Nation. It comes from the taxpayers of the 
District of Columbia.
  This is cruel and unusual manipulation. We are here for one reason 
and one reason only. The majority needs another Christmas tree to hang 
other appropriations on. Watch what happens in the Senate. That is what 
the D.C. bill will be used for when it goes back over swiftly to the 
Senate before the last one even has been vetoed.
  Stop holding the D.C. appropriation hostage to get other 
appropriations through. Let my people go.
  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt), a member of the Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia.
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma, the 
subcommittee chairman, for yielding me this time.
  This is a good bill, and I think it ought to be passed. The D.C. 
appropriations bill is the budget that was passed by the District city 
council. It was signed by the mayor. It truly fulfills the requirement 
of home rule when it comes to the financial part of it.
  The only roadblock that seems to be in the way is the needle exchange 
program. But I think we should do the compassionate thing when it comes 
to the needle exchange program. Current law says that, if one receives 
any Federal or any government dollars, one cannot conduct a needle 
exchange program; and that is what we are retaining in this bill.
  This bill is actually what we have in current law today, signed by 
the President last year. But if one goes to other countries or other 
cities in the country that have a needle exchange program, just as 
close as Baltimore, which has had a needle exchange program for the 
last 7 years, we found out in a July 5 article, Associated Press 
article this summer, that 90 percent, according to Johns Hopkins 
University, 90 percent of injection drug users are infected with a 
blood borne virus.
  Now, the whole purpose of having the needle exchange program is to 
prevent people from getting a blood borne virus. Yet, in Baltimore, 
after 7 years of trying to achieve this goal, 90 percent have a blood 
borne virus. It is a failure. It is a failed program. Ten percent 
should not be a passing grade in Baltimore. It should not be a passing 
grade in the District of Columbia.
  So we should do the compassionate thing. Is it compassionate to aid 
an injection drug user in an action that will cut years off the end of 
his life? No. It is a tragedy. Is it compassionate to help an injection 
drug user to conduct actions that 90 percent of the time will result in 
a blood borne virus and put him in an early grave? No. It is a tragedy.
  We should not allow a needle exchange program to become coffin nails, 
to drive nails into a coffin for people with an early grave because 
they have a drug-dependent personality. We should help them by getting 
them to a treatment center, by not aiding their actions, but helping 
them end those actions. That is what this bill does.
  It is consistent with the President's own drug czar. His policy 
states that he does not support the injection drug using or needle 
exchange programs for injection drug users because it sends the wrong 
message, and it is ineffective, and there is no sound science 
supporting it.
  So either one supports the President's drug czar and votes for this 
bill, or else one may as well call for his resignation because that is 
what is his policy. That is what is supporting this bill. I think it is 
a good bill and ought to be voted.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, let me suggest to the gentleman 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) that he may want to have his other speakers. 
We have restricted the number of speakers on our side out of deference 
for the rest of the Congress' schedule. So if he wants to have his 
speakers first, I will just speak when they are concluded, and he can 
wrap it up.
  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I think that is perfectly acceptable. I 
appreciate the courtesy of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Davis).
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
Oklahoma for yielding me this time. Shakespeare said in Henry V: ``Once 
more into the breach.'' The first D.C. budget was vetoed by the 
President on September 28. The second D.C. budget was passed by the 
House on October 14. This resolution today is our third attempt to 
enact a budget for the Nation's capital. The city, and I emphasize this 
is a city we are talking about, not an agency or department of the 
Federal Government, is still operating under a continuing resolution. 
This is not acceptable.
  The Nation's capital is caught in the middle, and many urban needs 
here are being adversely affected. It is my sincere hope that the 
flexible approach taken by the House will encourage the administration 
to sign this budget. This may be the city's last clear chance to get 
resources and reform it needs.
  While much progress has been made in the District, there are still 
enormous problems which must be addressed. A substantial number of 
functions remain in receivership, including foster care and offender 
supervision. The enhanced resources for foster care in this budget, to 
take just one example, are desperately needed by many children. The 
annual reports submitted by the Control Board to Congress just this 
week highlights the crisis we are facing with many of the city's 
receiverships.
  Our local courts are funded in this budget. They too very much need 
the added resources this bill provides.
  The House passed this week the legislation I sponsored and the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) sponsored to 
enhance college access opportunities for D.C. students. That money to 
fund that program is in this budget.
  There is additional money in this budget for public education. There 
are 146 public schools in this city and now 29 charter schools. The 
money to help the children in those schools is in this budget.
  This budget contains the largest tax cut in the city's history, which 
is central to our goal of retaining and attracting economic development 
to the Nation's capital.
  There is money in this budget to clean up the Anacostia River, open 
more drug treatment programs, and study widening of the 14th Street 
Bridge.
  What the city needs is a stronger tax base and more taxpayers. This 
bill takes us another step in that direction.
  In the 5 years I have had the honor to serve as Chairman of the 
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, it has been my philosophy 
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cannot have a healthy region without a healthy city. Working in a 
bipartisan manner, building consensus, I am proud of the way we have 
helped to turn this city around. I want the House appropriators to help 
us continue this process.
  Whatever the ultimate resolution is of the city's budget, it is 
important to keep the process going in order to achieve a positive 
result. I am very hopeful we can do this and keep this city from 
waiting for the funds they need.
  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Mica), who has been very active and consistent as a leader 
against the drug problems of the country.
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma for 
yielding me this time.
  The District of Columbia is probably a microcosm of what the 
Republican majority inherited some 4-plus years ago. We had big 
government and very high cost to the taxpayers. In fact, the District 
of Columbia, in my opinion, was the epitome of big government gone bad.
  In 1995, the new Republican majority inherited a District of Columbia 
which should have been a shining example for the whole country; but, 
instead, we inherited a district, which is our responsibility under the 
Constitution, riddled with debt, three-quarters of a billion dollars 
annual debt, schools that were failing, hospitals that were a disaster 
one would not take a patient to, child care programs that were defunct, 
housing that was disgraceful, public housing that one would not put 
one's worst enemy in, prisons that were taken over by the prisoners, 
utilities that had to be turned over to operate.

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  And one of the saddest stories I read from the Washington Post was 
that mentally ill children, and the other side claims to be so 
compassionate about children, were fed jello and rice and chicken diets 
steady for a month because the District failed to pay its bills. That 
is what we inherited. That was the liberal policy. A liberal policy on 
spending, a liberal policy on government, and all done with the highest 
number of workers of any government unit probably except for the former 
Soviet Union, 48,000 employees. We cut that down to some 30,000-plus 
employees.
  Now, this question today before us is not about spending, because 
there is some control we have brought and we have gotten them out of 
the wilderness of debt. This is about a criminal drug policy. Now, I 
chair the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources of the Committee on Government Reform. This is what a liberal 
drug policy did for Baltimore. This is 1996. They had 39,000 drug 
addicts after a liberalized needle exchange and liberalized program in 
that city; 312 deaths in 1997; 312 deaths in 1998.
  We were even able to bring down the deaths in the District of 
Columbia through a zero tolerance policy, through new administration 
that we have instituted in the District and through taking over these 
programs with fewer workers and fewer employees.
  The situation was so bad in Baltimore that one out of 10 citizens was 
a drug addict. That is how bad it was with the liberal drug policy. So 
the major difference here is a liberal approach to drug policy. Needle 
exchange is, again, a more liberal policy.
  Here is an example, again in Baltimore, 39,000 in 1996. Let me read 
from a Time magazine article dated September 6, 1999: ``Government 
officials dispute that it is one in ten,'' that is a drug addict in 
Baltimore from a liberal policy, ``it is more like one in eight.'' This 
is not my quote, ``says a veteran city councilwoman, Rikki Spector, and 
we have probably lost count.''
  So the question before us today is do we let our people go? And I 
consider these my people, too. Do we let them go to a liberal policy, 
do we let them go into the devastation that we have seen in another 
community that has adopted these policies? I say no.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  This is such a shame. We have a good bill here. The District of 
Columbia is on its feet. They have got good leadership; responsible 
leadership. They have a budget that everybody agreed to, that has tax 
cuts in it, and generates a surplus. We provided what money we had 
under our discretion in a way that met their priorities.
  This bill should have been signed long before the fiscal year began. 
And, in fact, the gentleman from Oklahoma may recall that the bill that 
we got out of the House Committee on Appropriations was agreed to 
unanimously, I think. And then we got to the House floor and it passed 
overwhelmingly with the support of the delegate from the District of 
Columbia, with the support of the ranking member, myself, and with the 
support of the leadership of both parties. The bill should have been 
enacted by now.
  But then we get into conference and we get into mischief. We get into 
social riders, ``gotcha'' types of legislation. So we used D.C. for 
political purposes. So the bill was vetoed. That is why the bill was 
vetoed, because it was used as a political vehicle instead of an 
appropriations bill.
  Then we get it back, and what happens but that the Senate made 
changes that made the bill itself acceptable, but then they added the 
Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill to it, plus an 
across-the-board spending cut. Again, the poor little D.C. bill gets 
crushed under these controversial measures. That was not right; it was 
not fair.
  Now we have the bill before us that we should all agree on, it has 
been pulled back from the across-the-board cut and the Labor-HHS bill, 
but we have gone back and reinserted language that the House Committee 
on Appropriations, in a bipartisan fashion, rejected. We have 
reinserted language that was rejected on the House floor, that was 
rejected by the Senate conferees. The Senate conferees took this 
language out, and we are going to put it back?
  Now, maybe we are playing gamesmanship here again. Well, send it back 
to the Senate and the Senate will take it out again. But if that is 
what we are doing, it is wrong. There is no good reason to be doing it.
  Let me try to explain what this particular issue is all about and why 
the White House and others feel strongly. Number one, it is an issue of 
home rule. That is the underlying issue before us. The gentleman from 
Kansas put this rider in. The gentleman from Kansas must be very well 
aware that Topeka, Kansas, has exactly the very same program that the 
District of Columbia wants to have. Kansas gets Federal funds, State 
funds, and uses its local funds for this needle exchange program. The 
gentleman has never attempted to deny Kansas its right to make that 
decision.
  Why does Kansas do it? Not because they want to increase the drug 
abuse, obviously; not because they want to make it easier to engage in 
destructive acts. They do it because they need access to drug addicts 
so that they can cure them. And that is what this program is all about, 
it is gaining access to people in need.
  That is why the Whitman-Walker Clinic did it. They decided to do it 
after the American Medical Association endorsed it, after the American 
Pharmaceutical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the 
American Nurses Association, the American Public Health Association, 
the Council of State and Territorial Health Officers, the U.S. 
Conference of Mayors, the National Association of County and City 
Health Officials endorsed it; and I could go down a long, long list. 
They have all looked at this program, and they have decided that we 
have a very serious problem across the country and this may be working.
  Why did Whitman-Walker particularly do it? Because D.C. has the worst 
problem, 75 percent of the babies born with HIV. How horrible a thing 
for a baby to be born with the HIV infection, infected as a result of 
the use of dirty needles. Three out of four of these babies have no 
chance, born because of dirty needles. They are trying to stop that. 
The District of Columbia has the worst AIDS epidemic. Deaths attributed 
to AIDS in D.C. is more than seven times the national average. Let me 
repeat that. Deaths attributed to AIDS in the District of Columbia is 
more than seven times the national average. AIDS is the leading cause 
of death for city residents between the ages of 30 and 44. A serious 
problem.

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  I do not know the best way to address the problem, but I sure know 
that it is a serious problem that we ought to care about. And what this 
program does, we are told by experts who are working in the field, is 
that it gives them an opportunity to identify people who are addicted 
and get them into drug treatment and counseling. And now we come along 
with this amendment that says that if this clinic offers these needles, 
which needles cost nothing, with private funds it would cost pennies 
to provide the program itself; but if Whitman-Walker even engages in 
this, we will not let them, according to the letter of the gentleman 
from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt) to Mrs. Rivlin, we will not let Whitman-
Walker, which is the principal organization in the city, a private 
nonprofit organization that addresses the AIDS epidemic, we will not 
let them get any Federal or District funds for any of their other 
programs; for their Ryan White money, for their NIH research grants; 
for their CDC grants. We will not let them get any of the local D.C. 
money if they participate in this program.

  We heard from the representative from Baltimore saying it works. It 
is working in Baltimore, even though they have a horrible situation. 
The statistics are terrible, but they were worse before they started 
the program. This program in the District of Columbia has reduced the 
incidence of transmission by 29 percent. Unbelievable progress. And 
here we come and say, no, we know better; cut it out.
  But the reason we are opposing it so strongly goes beyond this 
substantive issue itself. The reason we are opposing this so strongly 
is that we would not do this to Kansas. We would not do this to Topeka, 
Kansas. We would not do this to any city in Oklahoma. I would not allow 
the gentleman to do it to Virginia. We do not do this to any city 
across the country, even though 113 State and local organizations have 
this very same program. One hundred thirteen of them.
  We have never attempted to tell any of those cities or counties or 
States that we represent how to run their business, but we would do it 
to the District of Columbia; and we would hold hostage $429 million. We 
are talking here three millionths of the Federal budget, .000003 
percent of the Federal budget, $429 million, which means nothing. It 
gets rounded in the Federal budget, yet it is critical to the District 
of Columbia. How could we hold that up, deny that money?
  We insist on imposing our attitudes, our cultural conservatism, our 
ideas, that we would not impose on people we directly represent; yet we 
impose them on the District of Columbia. That is what is so wrong. We 
should not be doing it. We passed legislation through the leadership of 
the Subcommittee on District of Columbia of the Committee on Government 
Reform, chaired by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Davis), that said 
in the future D.C. is treated like any other community. They get their 
Federal grants and loans. We do not treat them like we would some kind 
of plantation that we were overseers over.
  D.C. has a right to be independent. D.C. has a right to rule itself. 
And that is what this issue is all about. If they decide that private, 
nonpublic money should be able to be used for a purpose that they think 
is necessary, then, gosh darn it, we ought to let them make at least 
that decision. To not allow them to make that decision is wrong, and 
that is why we oppose this bill.
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. I yield to the gentlewoman from the District 
of Columbia.
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for explaining 
fully what is at issue here.
  I want to leave this body with a very important fact that could be 
overlooked. This bill says that no public funds of any kind may be used 
for needle exchange. Please understand. This bill says that no Federal 
funds and no local funds may be used for needle exchange, making the 
District of Columbia the only jurisdiction in the United States that 
may not use its own local money for needle exchange.

                              {time}  1745

  It is important to understand, therefore, that we are voting no 
differently from what this body has voted five times previously. When 
we say no public funds, we mean no public funds. I regret that. But it 
is important to understand what we are voting on.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for 
explaining that. That should be the closing comment, really.
  I offered an amendment in the House Committee on Appropriations that 
said no Federal or local funds can be used for needle exchange, and the 
Republicans and the Democrats on the House Committee on Appropriations 
agreed. We got it to the House floor, and the House on the floor 
agreed. We went to conference with the Senate, and the Senate agreed in 
the last conference. No public funds, leave that language as it is.
  Then, at least, we will show a modicum of respect to the citizens of 
the District. We will get this bill passed. We will let them use their 
own money, which they desperately need, over $4 billion of their own 
local property tax money which we are holding up. We will give them the 
$429 million of grants from the Federal Government. We will treat them 
like any other community that we represent directly that can vote for 
us. The President will sign it right away. And then we will have acted 
responsibly, at least with regard to the District of Columbia 
appropriations bill. But until we do, we have to urge this body to vote 
no.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, as we close the debate on this bill, I can imagine that 
some people might have been confused listening to the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Moran). For example, they might have thought that somehow 
this amendment came out of the blue or that this amendment permits 
funding from public treasuries for needle exchange programs. No, the 
amendment is what says public funding cannot happen.
  The amendment was not inserted in the conference committee. It was 
not inserted in the committee at all. It was voted on on the floor of 
this House July 29. The identical language of which the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Moran) now complains was approved by this House of 
Representatives in a freestanding vote, no other issues, on July 29 by 
241-187. And 40 Democrats, Members of the own party of the gentleman, 
were among the 241 Members of this House who voted for it.
  The language is identical to what was signed into law last year by 
the President of the United States. It is identical to what the 
District of Columbia operates with today. It says they cannot operate a 
needle exchange program and still receive District of Columbia money or 
Federal Government money, nor can they use District of Columbia money 
or Federal Government money to operate a so-called needle exchange 
program where they give needles to drug addicts so they can shoot 
themselves up.
  They perpetuate their habit. They help them. They enable them. They 
give them drug paraphernalia. We have got laws on the books against 
drug paraphernalia. We are just saying they should not be encouraging 
that.
  Is there a needle exchange program in the District of Columbia? Yes, 
there is one. Does it operate with any funds that come from the 
Government? No. Does it operate with an entity that receives Government 
money? No. It is a purely private operation.
  The gentleman says needles cost nothing. Well, that particular 
program operates on a budget of somewhere in the general neighborhood 
of $300,000 a year. Now, I admit that is not millions and millions or 
billions of dollars. But it is not nothing, either.
  When we talk about protecting babies, I do not want to see more 
babies born addicted to heroin because somebody was helping their 
mother to continue shooting up while she was carrying that child. I do 
not want more people robbed, I do not want more people killed because 
somebody was stealing to protect their drug habit. They may have gotten 
a free needle, but they still had to buy the dope and they were still 
involved in it.
  If we want to get them off, let us get them off. Let us not give them 
the means to destroy themselves and to destroy other people, as well.

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  Now, Mr. Speaker, I heard it contended that somehow this bill was 
being held hostage. My goodness, just asking to continue the language 
that the President approved last year and that this House has adopted 
in a separate vote is not holding anything hostage. We are only here 
because the President vetoed the original bill. He vetoed that 
September 28.
  Why did he veto it? He gave seven reasons in his veto message.
  One, he wanted to permit public money to be spent on this needle 
program. Two, he wanted to permit the District of Columbia to legalize 
marijuana, supposedly for medicine, but under extremely loose standards 
that, frankly, were a joke. It was not medical marijuana. But he wanted 
to permit it. Three, he wanted to allow higher pay for the District of 
Columbia Council members. Four, he wanted higher legal fees for 
attorneys that were suing the schools of the District of Columbia. 
Five, he wanted taxpayers' money to be spent to finance a lawsuit 
trying to make the District of Columbia a State. Six, he wanted to 
overturn a rider that has been on the bill for, I think, about 9 years 
now and that he has approved a number of times before saying we do not 
treat people who are living together the same as a married couple. And 
last, he did not want to accept a provision that has been a part of 
this bill for over 20 years, limiting public funding of abortion so it 
does not apply in cases other than rape or incest or the life of the 
mother being involved.
  That is what the President said his veto was about. Every one of 
those were things that have been a part of this bill before. They were 
things that the President had signed into law before, with the 
exception of the District of Columbia Council members' salaries.
  Now we have made a couple of adjustments in the salary provision, in 
the legal fee provision, and made clear that the City's attorneys can 
keep them advised of lawsuits. But it is the President that picked 
these social issues. He picked the fight over old issues that have been 
decided in this Congress before.
  He vetoed the bill. He made us come back multiple times with this 
bill. We have not punished the District. We have not come back and 
said, my goodness, if these things mean so little to them, we are not 
going to help their kids go to college, we are not going to help with 
cleaning up the Anacostia River.

  We have not punished the District. We have a special constitutional 
responsibility. Article 1, section 8 says this Congress is responsible 
for the laws of the District of Columbia. We recognize that it is the 
Nation's capital, it is not just another city.
  Now, I was sorry to hear, Mr. Speaker, the delegate from the District 
of Columbia demean the efforts that we have undertaken to honor and 
respect and assist the District of Columbia by saying that things in 
the bill were ``small change.''
  We did not touch the budget that the District wanted. We have 
applauded them. With the help of this Congress, they have achieved a 
balanced budget in the District of Columbia. We want to keep it that 
way. They have passed and we have approved the most significant tax cut 
that they have ever had, a bipartisan effort by the local government 
here in the District of Columbia. We have endorsed that. And we have 
done things we were not obligated to do.
  The $17 million to help kids in the District go to college, I do not 
consider that small change. The efforts to help them with charter 
schools so they have choices and are not trapped in a dead-end school, 
I do not consider that small change. The environmental clean-up, 
millions of dollars to clean up the fouled Anacostia River, I do not 
consider that small change. The Nation's largest drug testing and drug 
treatment program to break the link between crime and drugs, $34 
million, I do not consider that small change. The $5 million in 
incentives to help kids be adopted into stable, safe, loving homes 
instead of being shuttled around in foster homes, I do not consider 
that small change.
  There are many things in this bill I do not consider small change and 
I do not think the residents will consider them, either, Mr. Speaker, 
the people who see it brings them lower taxes, better schools, more 
efficient government, a better environment, less crime, and less drugs, 
a city government that is more responsive. I do not think it is small 
change. I think it is important.
  I am sorry that some people think that what is more important is 
giving away needles to drug addicts. They can have all the private 
programs that they want to. They just should not try to mix those up 
with taxpayers' money.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of this bill. I thank the many people 
that have worked so valiantly and especially the cooperation that I 
have received working with local officials here in the District.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease). All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 354, the bill is considered read for 
amendment and the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended, 
pursuant to that resolution.
  The question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216, 
nays 210, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 562]

                               YEAS--216

     Aderholt
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kasich
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Traficant
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--210

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Campbell
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Forbes

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     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bereuter
     Hulshof
     Kilpatrick
     Maloney (NY)
     Murtha
     Rahall
     Scarborough
     Weldon (PA)

                              {time}  1819

  Mr. PASCRELL and Mr. BERMAN changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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