[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15545-15552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  the text of S. 1283, passed by the Senate on July 1, 1999, follows:

                                S. 1283

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of 
     Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and 
     for other purposes, namely:

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

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

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

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

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

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

   Federal Payment for District of Columbia Resident Tuition Support

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

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

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

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                          Division of Expenses

       The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
     Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund 
     of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically 
     provided.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

       Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000 (including 
     $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $13,552,000 from other funds): Provided, That not 
     to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for the Chairman of 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, and $2,500 for the 
     City Administrator shall be available from this appropriation 
     for official purposes: Provided further, That any program 
     fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be available 
     for the payment of expenses of the debt management program of 
     the District of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues 
     from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations 
     or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood 
     Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of 
     Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission 
     to Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues: 
     Provided further, That all employees permanently assigned to 
     work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid from funds 
     allocated to the Office of the Mayor: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law now or hereafter 
     enacted, no Member of the District of Columbia Council 
     eligible to earn a part-time salary of $92,520, exclusive of 
     the Council Chairman, shall be paid a salary of more than 
     $84,635 during fiscal year 2000.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

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

                       Public Safety and Justice

       Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 
     135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, 
     including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use, 
     without regard to the general purchase price limitation for 
     the current fiscal year, $778,470,000 (including $565,211,000 
     from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal funds, and 
     $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That

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     the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace 
     not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the 
     Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the 
     District of Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed 
     five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost 
     of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the 
     cost of the replacement: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the 
     Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: 
     Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department 
     shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate on efforts to increase 
     efficiency and improve the professionalism in the department: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, issued March 18, 1986, the 
     Metropolitan Police Department's delegated small purchase 
     authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the 
     District of Columbia government may not require the 
     Metropolitan Police Department to submit to any other 
     procurement review process, or to obtain the approval of or 
     be restricted in any manner by any official or employee of 
     the District of Columbia government, for purchases that do 
     not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That the Mayor shall 
     reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for 
     expenses incurred in connection with services that are 
     performed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia 
     status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall 
     be jointly determined and certified as due and payable for 
     these services by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the 
     District of Columbia National Guard: Provided further, That 
     such sums as may be necessary for reimbursement to the 
     District of Columbia National Guard under the preceding 
     proviso shall be available from this appropriation, and the 
     availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting 
     payment in advance for emergency services involved: Provided 
     further, That the Metropolitan Police Department is 
     authorized to maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 
     50 officer attrition: Provided further, That $100,000 shall 
     be available for inmates released on medical and geriatric 
     parole: Provided further, That, commencing on December 31, 
     1999, the Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
     Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the House 
     of Representatives, quarterly reports on the status of crime 
     reduction in each of the 83 police service areas established 
     throughout the District of Columbia: Provided further, That 
     $900,000 in local funds shall be available for the operations 
     of the Office of Citizen Complaint Review.

                        Public Education System

       Public education system, including the development of 
     national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (including 
     $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds), to be allocated as 
     follows: $713,197,000 (including $600,936,000 from local 
     funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds, and $6,048,000 from 
     other funds), for the public schools of the District of 
     Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the District of 
     Columbia Teachers' Retirement Fund; $17,000,000 from local 
     funds for a program for District of Columbia resident tuition 
     support; $27,885,000 from local funds (not including funds 
     already made available for District of Columbia public 
     schools) for public charter schools: Provided, That if the 
     entirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments 
     to any public charter schools currently in operation through 
     the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall be available 
     for new public charter schools on a per pupil basis: Provided 
     further, That $480,000 of this amount shall be available to 
     the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board for 
     administrative costs: $72,347,000 (including $40,491,000 from 
     local funds, $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000 
     from other funds) for the University of the District of 
     Columbia; $24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local 
     funds, $798,000 from Federal funds, and $245,000 from other 
     funds) for the Public Library; $2,111,000 (including 
     $1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000 from Federal funds) 
     for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities: Provided 
     further, That the public schools of the District of Columbia 
     are authorized to accept not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for 
     exclusive use in the driver education program: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of 
     Schools, $2,500 for the President of the University of the 
     District of Columbia, and $2,000 for the Public Librarian 
     shall be available from this appropriation for official 
     purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds contained 
     in this Act may be made available to pay the salaries of any 
     District of Columbia Public School teacher, principal, 
     administrator, official, or employee who knowingly provides 
     false enrollment or attendance information under article II, 
     section 5 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for 
     compulsory school attendance, for the taking of a school 
     census in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes'', 
     approved February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-401 et seq.): 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be 
     available to subsidize the education of any nonresident of 
     the District of Columbia at any District of Columbia public 
     elementary and secondary school during fiscal year 2000 
     unless the nonresident pays tuition to the District of 
     Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs 
     incurred by the District of Columbia which are attributable 
     to the education of the nonresident (as established by the 
     Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools): 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be 
     available to subsidize the education of nonresidents of the 
     District of Columbia at the University of the District of 
     Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the University of 
     the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000, a tuition rate schedule that will 
     establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at a 
     level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at 
     comparable public institutions of higher education in the 
     metropolitan area: Provided further, That the District of 
     Columbia Public Schools shall not spend less than 
     $365,500,000 on local schools through the Weighted Student 
     Formula in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief 
     Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall apportion 
     from the budget of the Public Education System a sum totaling 
     five percent (5 percent) of the total budget to be set aside 
     until the current student count for Public and Charter 
     schools has been completed, and that this amount shall be 
     apportioned between the Public and Charter schools based on 
     their respective student population count: 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, $1,526,111,000 (including 
     $635,123,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided, That 
     $25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be available solely for District of Columbia 
     employees' disability compensation: Provided further, That a 
     peer review committee shall be established to review medical 
     payments and the type of service received by a disability 
     compensation claimant: Provided further, That the District of 
     Columbia shall not provide free government services such as 
     water, sewer, solid waste disposal or collection, utilities, 
     maintenance, repairs, or similar services to any legally 
     constituted private nonprofit organization, as defined in 
     section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
     Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), 
     providing emergency shelter services in the District, if the 
     District would not be qualified to receive reimbursement 
     pursuant to such Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100-77; 42 
     U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).

                              Public Works

       Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying 
     vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying 
     vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Columbia 
     and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles, $271,395,000 
     (including $258,341,000 from local funds, $3,099,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from other funds): Provided, 
     That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting 
     ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of 
     business.

                         Receivership Programs

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

                         Workforce Investments

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

                                Reserve

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

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

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

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

       For payment of principal, interest and certain fees 
     directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia 
     to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized 
     by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia 
     Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended, and 
     that funds shall be allocated for expenses associated with 
     the Wilson Building, $328,417,000 from local funds: Provided, 
     That for equipment leases,

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     the Mayor may finance $27,527,000 of equipment cost, plus 
     cost of issuance not to exceed two percent of the par amount 
     being financed on a lease purchase basis with a maturity not 
     to exceed five years: Provided further, That $5,300,000 is 
     allocated to the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,200,000 
     for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, 
     $350,000 for the Department of Corrections, $15,949,000 for 
     the Department of Public Works and $2,728,000 for the Public 
     Benefit Corporation.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

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

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

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

                     Certificates of Participation

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

                 Optical and Dental Insurance Payments

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

                           Productivity Bank

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

                          Productivity Savings

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

                   Procurement and Management Savings

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

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

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

              Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund

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

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

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

          D.C. Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation

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

                         D.C. Retirement Board

       For the D.C. Retirement Board, established by section 121 
     of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act of 1979, 
     approved November 17, 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     711), $9,892,000 from the earnings of the applicable 
     retirement funds to pay legal, management, investment, and 
     other fees and administrative expenses of the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and 
     to the Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report 
     of the allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of 
     all funds: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal to 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, an itemized 
     accounting of the planned use of appropriated funds in time 
     for each annual budget submission and the actual use of such 
     funds in time for each annual audited financial report.

                      Correctional Industries Fund

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

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

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

                             CAPITAL OUTLAY


                        (including rescissions)

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

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Section 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
     this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
     contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to 
     those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of 
     public record and available for public inspection, except 
     where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
     existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all 
     vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations contained in 
     this Act shall be audited before payment by the designated 
     certifying official, and the vouchers as approved shall be 
     paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing official.
       Sec. 103. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified 
     within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of 
     expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall 
     be considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for 
     said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart 
     exclusively therefor.
       Sec. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, 
     when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for privately 
     owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the performance of 
     official duties at rates established by the Mayor: Provided, 
     That such rates shall not exceed the maximum prevailing rates 
     for such vehicles as prescribed in the Federal Property 
     Management Regulations 101-7 (Federal Travel Regulations).

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       Sec. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
     expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of 
     organizations concerned with the work of the District of 
     Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, 
     That, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 
     funds may be expended with the authorization of the chair of 
     the Council.
       Sec. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
     of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
     making refunds and for the payment of judgments that have 
     been entered against the District of Columbia government: 
     Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be 
     construed as modifying or affecting the provisions of section 
     11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Columbia Income and 
     Franchise Tax Act of 1947, approved March 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 
     78; Public Law 84-460; D.C. Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)).
       Sec. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
     the payment of public assistance without reference to the 
     requirement of section 544 of the District of Columbia Public 
     Assistance Act of 1982, effective April 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4-
     101; D.C. Code, sec. 3-205.44), and for payment of the non-
     Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for grants under 
     subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
     Enforcement Act of 1994.
       Sec. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     District of Columbia government for the operation of 
     educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or 
     for other educational purposes may be used to permit, 
     encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political 
     activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the 
     availability of school buildings for the use of any community 
     or partisan political group during non-school hours.
       Sec. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the 
     District of Columbia government whose name, title, grade, 
     salary, past work experience, and salary history are not 
     available for inspection by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the District of 
     Columbia of the House Committee on Government Reform, the 
     Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
     Restructuring and the District of Columbia of the Senate 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Council of the 
     District of Columbia, or their duly authorized 
     representative.
       Sec. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
     of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
     making payments authorized by the District of Columbia 
     Revenue Recovery Act of 1977, effective September 23, 1977 
     (D.C. Law 2-20; D.C. Code, sec. 47-421 et seq.).
       Sec. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be used for 
     publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any 
     policy including boycott designed to support or defeat 
     legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.
       Sec. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall 
     develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for 
     capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a reasonable 
     time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall report 
     to the Council of the District of Columbia and the Congress 
     the actual borrowings and spending progress compared with 
     projections.
       Sec. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital 
     projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior approval from 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, by resolution, 
     identifying the projects and amounts to be financed with such 
     borrowings.
       Sec. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed 
     for capital projects for the operating expenses of the 
     District of Columbia government.
       Sec. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
     government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for an 
     agency through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates 
     new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or 
     responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes allocations 
     specifically denied, limited or increased by Congress in the 
     Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     program, project, or responsibility center for which funds 
     have been denied or restricted; (5) reestablishes through 
     reprogramming any program or project previously deferred 
     through reprogramming; (6) augments existing programs, 
     projects, or responsibility centers through a reprogramming 
     of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
     less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
     assigned to a specific program, project, or responsibility 
     center; unless the Appropriations Committees of both the 
     Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writing 
     30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set forth in this 
     section.
       Sec. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger 
     automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act 
     of 1980, approved October 10, 1980 (94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 
     96-425; 15 U.S.C. 2001(2)), with an Environmental Protection 
     Agency estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 
     miles per gallon: Provided, That this section shall not apply 
     to security, emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
       Sec. 118. (a) Strike the last sentence of section 422(7) of 
     the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 
     1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     242(7)).
       (b) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the District of 
     Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, approved August 2, 1946 
     (60 Stat. 793; Public Law 79-592; D.C. Code, sec. 5-803(a)), 
     the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia 
     Redevelopment Land Agency shall be paid, during any fiscal 
     year, per diem compensation at a rate established by the 
     Mayor.
       Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
     provisions of the District of Columbia Government 
     Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 
     1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), 
     enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 
     790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall 
     apply with respect to the compensation of District of 
     Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay purposes, 
     employees of the District of Columbia government shall not be 
     subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 120. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
     quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, the 
     Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Council 
     of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2000 revenue 
     estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 
     2000. These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The officially 
     revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear 
     report.
       Sec. 121. No sole source contract with the District of 
     Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or 
     extended without opening that contract to the competitive 
     bidding process as set forth in section 303 of the District 
     of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective 
     February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Code, sec. 1-1183.3), 
     except that the District of Columbia government or any agency 
     thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts for which 
     competition is not feasible or practical: Provided, That the 
     determination as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding 
     process has been made in accordance with duly promulgated 
     rules and procedures and said determination has been reviewed 
     and approved by the District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
       Sec. 122. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, the term ``program, 
     project, and activity'' shall be synonymous with and refer 
     specifically to each account appropriating Federal funds in 
     this Act, and any sequestration order shall be applied to 
     each of the accounts rather than to the aggregate total of 
     those accounts: Provided, That sequestration orders shall not 
     be applied to any account that is specifically exempted from 
     sequestration by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 123. In the event a sequestration order is issued 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, as amended, after the amounts appropriated to 
     the District of Columbia for the fiscal year involved have 
     been paid to the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the 
     District of Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor 
     from the Secretary of the Treasury, such amounts as are 
     sequestered by the order: Provided, That the sequestration 
     percentage specified in the order shall be applied 
     proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation accounts 
     in this Act that are not specifically exempted from 
     sequestration by such Act.
       Sec. 124. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia 
     government may accept and use a gift or donation during 
     fiscal year 2000 if--
       (1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the gift 
     or donation: Provided, That the Council of the District of 
     Columbia may accept and use gifts without prior approval by 
     the Mayor; and
       (2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out its 
     authorized functions or duties.
       (b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government 
     shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance 
     and use of any gift or donation under subsection (a) of this 
     section, and shall make such records available for audit and 
     public inspection.
       (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ``entity of 
     the District of Columbia government'' includes an independent 
     agency of the District of Columbia.
       (d) This section shall not apply to the District of 
     Columbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws 
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     gifts to the public schools without prior approval by the 
     Mayor.
       Sec. 125. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for 
     salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
     offices of United States Senator or United States 
     Representative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
     Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979, 
     effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-171; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     113(d)).
       Sec. 126. (a) The University of the District of Columbia 
     shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the 
     Council of the District of Columbia no later than 15 calendar 
     days after the end of each quarter a report that sets forth--
       (1) current quarter expenditures and obligations, year-to-
     date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
     expenditure projections versus budget, broken out on the 
     basis of control center, responsibility center, and object 
     class, and for all funds, non-appropriated funds, and capital 
     financing;
       (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
     the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
     responsibility center, detailed object, and for all funding 
     sources;
       (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
     annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
     budget to which the contract is charged, broken out on the 
     basis of control center and responsibility center, and 
     contract identifying codes used by the University of the 
     District of Columbia; payments made in the last quarter and 
     year-to-date, the total amount of the contract and total 
     payments made for the contract and any modifications, 
     extensions, renewals; and specific modifications made to each 
     contract in the last month;
       (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that have been 
     made by the University of the District of Columbia within the 
     last quarter in compliance with applicable law; and
       (5) changes made in the last quarter to the organizational 
     structure of the University of the District of Columbia, 
     displaying previous and current control centers and 
     responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
     entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
     supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
     structural change.
       (b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall provide 
     the Congress by February 1, 2000, a summary, analysis, and 
     recommendations on the information provided in the quarterly 
     reports.
       Sec. 127. Funds authorized or previously appropriated to 
     the government of the District of Columbia by this or any 
     other Act to procure the necessary hardware and installation 
     of new software, conversion, testing, and training to improve 
     or replace its financial management system are also available 
     for the acquisition of accounting and financial management 
     services and the leasing of necessary hardware, software or 
     any other related goods or services, as determined by the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority.
       Sec. 128. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     made available to pay the fees of an attorney who represents 
     a party who prevails in an action, including an 
     administrative proceeding, brought against the District of 
     Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if--
       (1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attorney exceeds 
     the hourly rate of compensation under section 11-2604(a), 
     District of Columbia Code; or
       (2) the maximum amount of compensation of the attorney 
     exceeds the maximum amount of compensation under section 11-
     2604(b)(1), District of Columbia Code, except that 
     compensation and reimbursement in excess of such maximum may 
     be approved for extended or complex representation in 
     accordance with section 11-2604(c), District of Columbia 
     Code.
       Sec. 129. None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
     shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of 
     the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
     term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape 
     or incest.
       Sec. 130. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits 
     Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Code, sec. 36-
     1401 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or enforce any system 
     of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples (whether 
     homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), including but not 
     limited to registration for the purpose of extending 
     employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples 
     on the same basis that such benefits are extended to legally 
     married couples.
       Sec. 131. The Superintendent of the District of Columbia 
     Public Schools shall submit to the Congress, the Mayor, the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority, and the Council of the District of 
     Columbia no later than 15 calendar days after the end of each 
     quarter a report that sets forth--
       (1) current quarter expenditures and obligations, year-to-
     date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
     expenditure projections versus budget, broken out on the 
     basis of control center, responsibility center, agency 
     reporting code, and object class, and for all funds, 
     including capital financing;
       (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
     the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
     responsibility center, detailed object, and agency reporting 
     code, and for all funding sources;
       (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
     annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
     budget to which the contract is charged, broken out on the 
     basis of control center, responsibility center, and agency 
     reporting code; and contract identifying codes used by the 
     District of Columbia Public Schools; payments made in the 
     last quarter and year-to-date, the total amount of the 
     contract and total payments made for the contract and any 
     modifications, extensions, renewals; and specific 
     modifications made to each contract in the last month;
       (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that are 
     required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of 
     Education; and
       (5) changes made in the last quarter to the organizational 
     structure of the D.C. Public Schools, displaying previous and 
     current control centers and responsibility centers, the names 
     of the organizational entities that have been changed, the 
     name of the staff member supervising each entity affected, 
     and the reasons for the structural change.
       Sec. 132. (a) In General.--The Superintendent of the 
     District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the 
     District of Columbia shall annually compile an accurate and 
     verifiable report on the positions and employees in the 
     public school system and the university, respectively. The 
     annual report shall set forth--
       (1) the number of validated schedule A positions in the 
     District of Columbia public schools and the University of the 
     District of Columbia for fiscal year 1999, fiscal year 2000, 
     and thereafter on full-time equivalent basis, including a 
     compilation of all positions by control center, 
     responsibility center, funding source, position type, 
     position title, pay plan, grade, and annual salary; and
       (2) a compilation of all employees in the District of 
     Columbia public schools and the University of the District of 
     Columbia as of the preceding December 31, verified as to its 
     accuracy in accordance with the functions that each employee 
     actually performs, by control center, responsibility center, 
     agency reporting code, program (including funding source), 
     activity, location for accounting purposes, job title, grade 
     and classification, annual salary, and position control 
     number.
       (b) Submission.--The annual report required by subsection 
     (a) of this section shall be submitted to the Congress, the 
     Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Consensus 
     Commission, and the Authority, not later than February 15 of 
     each year.
       Sec. 133. (a) No later than October 1, 1999, or within 30 
     calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     whichever occurs later, and each succeeding year, the 
     Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools and 
     the University of the District of Columbia shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the 
     District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and 
     the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority, a revised appropriated funds 
     operating budget for the public school system and the 
     University of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year 
     that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
     that realigns budgeted data for personal services and other-
     than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
     expenditures.
       (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this 
     section shall be submitted in the format of the budget that 
     the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools 
     and the University of the District of Columbia submit to the 
     Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the 
     Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the District of 
     Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 
     Home Rule Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 
     47-301).
       Sec. 134. The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Authority, acting on behalf of the 
     District of Columbia Public Schools [DCPS] in formulating the 
     DCPS budget, the Board of Trustees of the University of the 
     District of Columbia, the Board of Library Trustees, and the 
     Board of Governors of the University of the District of 
     Columbia School of Law shall vote on and approve the 
     respective annual or revised budgets for such entities before 
     submission to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for 
     inclusion in the Mayor's budget submission to the Council of 
     the District of Columbia in accordance with section 442 of 
     the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Public Law 93-198, as 
     amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), or before submitting their 
     respective budgets directly to the Council.
       Sec. 135. (a) Ceiling on Total Operating Expenses.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
     expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2000 
     under the caption ``Division of Expenses'' shall not exceed 
     the lesser of--

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       (A) the sum of the total revenues of the District of 
     Columbia for such fiscal year; or
       (B) $5,486,829,000 (of which $152,753,000 shall be from 
     intra-District funds and $3,108,304,000 shall be from local 
     funds), which amount may be increased by the following:
       (i) proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended 
     for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs 
     approved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Authority; or
       (ii) after notification to the Council, additional 
     expenditures which the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia certifies will produce additional 
     revenues during such fiscal year at least equal to 200 
     percent of such additional expenditures, and that are 
     approved by the Authority.
       (2) Enforcement.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia and the Authority shall take such steps 
     as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 
     meets the requirements of this section, including the 
     apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     appropriations and funds made available to the District 
     during fiscal year 2000, except that the Chief Financial 
     Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
     derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
     capital projects.
       (b) Acceptance and Use of Grants Not Included in Ceiling.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Mayor, 
     in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, during a 
     control year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (Public Law 104-8; 109 
     Stat. 152), may accept, obligate, and expend Federal, 
     private, and other grants received by the District government 
     that are not reflected in the amounts appropriated in this 
     Act.
       (2) Requirement of chief financial officer report and 
     authority approval.--No such Federal, private, or other grant 
     may be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) until--
       (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
     submits to the Authority a report setting forth detailed 
     information regarding such grant; and
       (B) the Authority has reviewed and approved the acceptance, 
     obligation, and expenditure of such grant in accordance with 
     review and approval procedures consistent with the provisions 
     of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Act of 1995.
       (3) Prohibition on spending in anticipation of approval or 
     receipt.--No amount may be obligated or expended from the 
     general fund or other funds of the District government in 
     anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under 
     paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipation of the 
     approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 
     subject to such paragraph.
       (4) Quarterly reports.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting 
     forth detailed information regarding all Federal, private, 
     and other grants subject to this subsection. Each such report 
     shall be submitted to the Council of the District of 
     Columbia, and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, not later than 15 
     days after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
       (c) Report on Expenditures by Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority.--Not later than 20 calendar 
     days after the end of each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 
     1999, the Authority shall submit a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House, and 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing 
     an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds 
     obligated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The 
     report shall include information on the date, amount, 
     purpose, and vendor name, and a description of the services 
     or goods provided with respect to the expenditures of such 
     funds.
       Sec. 136. If a department or agency of the government of 
     the District of Columbia is under the administration of a 
     court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed official 
     during fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year, the 
     receiver or official shall prepare and submit to the Mayor, 
     for inclusion in the annual budget of the District of 
     Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures 
     and appropriations necessary for the maintenance and 
     operation of the department or agency. All such estimates 
     shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council, for its 
     action pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but subject to the 
     Mayor's recommendations. Notwithstanding any provision of the 
     District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 
     1973 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-101 
     et seq.), the Council may comment or make recommendations 
     concerning such annual estimates but shall have no authority 
     under such Act to revise such estimates.
       Sec. 137. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia 
     public schools shall be--
       (1) classified as an Educational Service employee;
       (2) placed under the personnel authority of the Board of 
     Education; and
       (3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
       (b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate 
     competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not 
     compete with school-based personnel for retention purposes.
       Sec. 138. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
     none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other 
     Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the 
     District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the 
     officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance 
     of the officer's or employee's official duties. For purposes 
     of this paragraph, the term ``official duties'' does not 
     include travel between the officer's or employee's residence 
     and workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer or 
     employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in 
     the District of Columbia or is otherwise designated by the 
     Chief of the Department; (2) at the discretion of the Fire 
     Chief, an officer or employee of the D.C. Fire and Emergency 
     Ambulance Department who resides in the District of Columbia 
     and is on call 24 hours a day; (3) the Mayor of the District 
     of Columbia; and (4) the Chairman of the Council of the 
     District of Columbia).
       (b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit, by 
     November 15, 1999, an inventory, as of September 30, 1999, of 
     all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District of 
     Columbia government. The inventory shall include, but not be 
     limited to, the department to which the vehicle is assigned; 
     the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition date and 
     cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual operating 
     and maintenance costs; current mileage; and whether the 
     vehicle is allowed to be taken home by a District officer or 
     employee and if so, the officer or employee's title and 
     resident location.
       Sec. 139. (a) For purposes of determining the amount of 
     funds expended by any entity within the District of Columbia 
     government during fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal 
     year, any expenditures of the District government 
     attributable to any officer or employee of the District 
     government who provides services which are within the 
     authority and jurisdiction of the entity (including any 
     portion of the compensation paid to the officer or employee 
     attributable to the time spent in providing such services) 
     shall be treated as expenditures made from the entity's 
     budget, without regard to whether the officer or employee is 
     assigned to the entity or otherwise treated as an officer or 
     employee of the entity.
       (b) The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
     Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), as 
     amended, is further amended in section 2408(a) by deleting 
     ``1999'' and inserting, ``2000''; in subsection (b), by 
     deleting ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''; in subsection (i), 
     by deleting ``1999'' and inserting, ``2000''; and in 
     subsection (k), by deleting ``1999'' and inserting, ``2000''.
       Sec. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
     later than 120 days after the date that a District of 
     Columbia Public Schools [DCPS] student is referred for 
     evaluation or assessment--
       (1) the District of Columbia Board of Education, or its 
     successor, and DCPS shall assess or evaluate a student who 
     may have a disability and who may require special education 
     services; and
       (2) if a student is classified as having a disability, as 
     defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat. 175; 20 U.S.C. 
     1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act of 
     1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C. 706(8)), the Board and DCPS 
     shall place that student in an appropriate program of special 
     education services.
       Sec. 141. Notwithstanding any provision of any Federally-
     granted charter or any other provision of law, beginning with 
     fiscal year 1999 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the 
     real property of the National Education Association located 
     in the District of Columbia shall be subject to taxation by 
     the District of Columbia in the same manner as any similar 
     organization.
       Sec. 142. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used for purposes of the annual independent audit of the 
     District of Columbia government (including the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless--
       (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General of the 
     District of Columbia pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the 
     District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. 
     Code, sec. 1-1182.8(a)(4)); and
       (2) the audit includes a comparison of audited actual year-
     end results with the revenues submitted in the budget 
     document for such year and the appropriations enacted into 
     law for such year.
       Sec. 143. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
     authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for 
     programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is 
     required but has not been approved by the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such programs 
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     the approval by the Authority of the required reorganization 
     plans.
       Sec. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, 
     or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for 
     evaluating District of Columbia Public Schools employees 
     shall be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining 
     purposes.
       Sec. 145. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel or any 
     other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
     assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks 
     to require Congress to provide for voting representation in 
     Congress for the District of Columbia.
       Sec. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used after April 1, 2000, to transfer or confine inmates 
     classified above the medium security level, as defined by the 
     Federal Bureau of Prisons classification instrument, to the 
     Northeast Ohio Correctional Center located in Youngstown, 
     Ohio.
       Sec. 147. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or within 30 
     calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, 
     and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority a revised appropriated funds 
     operating budget for all agencies of the District of Columbia 
     government for such fiscal year that is in the total amount 
     of the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted data 
     for personal services and other-than-personal-services, 
     respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
       (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this 
     section shall be submitted in the format of the budget that 
     the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to 
     section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Public 
     Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-301).
       Sec. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 
     1995 (Public Law 104-8) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(i) Reserve.--
       ``(1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 2000, the 
     plan or budget submitted pursuant to this Act shall contain 
     $150,000,000 for a reserve to be established by the Mayor, 
     Council of the District of Columbia, Chief Financial Officer 
     for the District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
       ``(2) Conditions on use.--The reserve funds--
       ``(A) shall only be expended according to criteria 
     established by the Chief Financial Officer and approved by 
     the Mayor, Council of the District of Columbia, and District 
     of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority, but, in no case may any of the reserve 
     funds be expended until any other surplus funds have been 
     used;
       ``(B) shall not be used to fund the agencies of the 
     District of Columbia government under court ordered 
     receivership; and
       ``(C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in the projected 
     reductions budgeted in the budget proposed by the District of 
     Columbia government for general supply schedule savings and 
     management reform savings.
       ``(3) Report requirement.--The Authority shall notify the 
     Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House of 
     Representatives in writing 30 days in advance of any 
     expenditure of the reserve funds.''.
       (b) Section 202 of the District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public 
     Law 104-8) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Positive Fund Balance.--
       ``(1) In general.--The District of Columbia shall maintain 
     at the end of a fiscal year an annual positive fund balance 
     in the general fund of not less than 4 percent of the 
     projected general fund expenditures for the following fiscal 
     year.
       ``(2) Excess funds.--Of funds remaining in excess of the 
     amounts required by paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) not more than 50 percent may be used for authorized 
     non-recurring expenses; and
       ``(B) not less than 50 percent shall be used to reduce the 
     debt of the District of Columbia.''.
       Sec. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     provided by section 131 of Division A of Public Law 105-277 
     (112 Stat. 2681-552) may also be used by the Mayor, in 
     consultation with the Council of the District of Columbia and 
     the National Capital Revitalization Corporation, for the 
     purposes of providing offsets against local taxes for 
     commercial revitalization in empowerment zones and low and 
     moderate income areas.
       Sec. 150. Wireless Communications. (a) In General.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 7 
     days after the date of 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 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, a Federal agency that receives an 
     application 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) Guidance.--In making a decision concerning wireless 
     service in the District of Columbia or surrounding area, a 
     Federal agency described in paragraph (1) may consider, but 
     shall not be bound by, any decision or recommendation of--
       (A) the National Capital Planning Commission; or
       (B) any other area commission or authority.
       Sec. 151. (a) Findings.--The Senate 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 2 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 1 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 Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that in considering the District of Columbia's fiscal year 
     2001 budget, the Senate 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. 152. 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. 153. Gao Study of District of Columbia Criminal 
     Justice System. Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     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 
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     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. 154. Termination of Parole for Illegal Drug Use. (a) 
     Arrest For Violation of Parole.--Section 205 of title 24 of 
     the District of Columbia Code is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``If the'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(a) If the''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), with respect to a 
     prisoner who is convicted of a crime of violence (as defined 
     in Sec. 23-1331) and who is released on parole at any time 
     during the term or terms of the prisoner's sentence for that 
     offense, the Board of Parole shall issue a warrant for the 
     retaking of the prisoner in accordance with this section, if 
     the Board, or any member thereof, has reliable information 
     (including positive drug test results) that the prisoner has 
     illegally used a controlled substance (as defined in Sec. 33-
     501) at any time during the term or terms of the prisoner's 
     sentence.''.
       (b) Hearing After Arrest; Termination of Parole.--Section 
     206 of title 24 of the District of Columbia Code is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
     with respect to a prisoner with respect to whom a warrant is 
     issued under section 205(b), if, after a hearing under this 
     section, the Board of Parole determines that the prisoner has 
     illegally used a controlled substance (as defined in Sec. 33-
     501) at any time during the term or terms of the prisoner's 
     sentence, the Board shall terminate the parole of that 
     prisoner.''.
       This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

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