[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20167-20197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2587, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2000

  Mr. ISTOOK submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 2587) 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:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-299)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2587) ``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'', 
     having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to 
     recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as 
     follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
     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:

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                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.

           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, $75,651,000; for the 
     District of Columbia Court System, $8,854,000; 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 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, 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

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     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 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 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 
     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 Public 
     Education System 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).

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                         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 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 
     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

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     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 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 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 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

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     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--
       (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. 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. 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 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; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301).
       Sec. 135. The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Authority, acting on behalf of the 
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     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 caption ``Division of Expenses'' shall not exceed 
     the lesser of--
       (A) the sum of the total revenues of the District of 
     Columbia for such fiscal year; or
       (B) $5,515,379,000 (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.
       (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. 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. 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 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. 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 
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     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.
       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 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 
     any such program.
       Sec. 151. (a) Restrictions.--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--
       (1) the lease and an abstract of the lease have been filed 
     with the central office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic 
     Development; and
       (2)(A) the District of Columbia government occupies the 
     property during the period of time covered by the rental 
     payment; or
       (B) within 60 days of the enactment of this Act the Mayor 
     certifies to Congress and the landlord that occupancy is 
     impracticable and submits with the certification a plan to 
     terminate or renegotiate the lease or rental agreement.
       (b) Unoccupied Property.--After 120 days from the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, none of the funds contained in 
     this Act may be used to make rental payments for property 
     described in subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section.
       (c) Semi-Annual Reports by Mayor.--Not later than 20 days 
     after the end of each 6-month period that begins on October 
     1, 1999, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate listing the leases for the use 
     of real property by the District of Columbia government that 
     were in effect during the 6-month period, and including for 
     each such lease the location of the property, the name of any 
     person with any ownership interest in the property, the rate 
     of payment, the period of time covered by the lease, and the 
     conditions under which the lease may be terminated.
       Sec. 152. None of the funds contained in this Act or the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, may be used to 
     enter into a lease on or after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act (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--
       (1) the Mayor certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the 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 property of the District 
     of Columbia which the Mayor from time to time determines is 
     surplus to the needs of the District of Columbia;
       (3) the Mayor implements a program for the periodic survey 
     of all District property to determine if it is surplus to the 
     needs of the District; and
       (4) the Mayor within 60 days of the date of the enactment 
     of this Act has filed a report with the appropriations and 
     authorizing committees of the House and Senate providing a 
     comprehensive plan for the management of District of Columbia 
     real property assets and is proceeding with the 
     implementation of the plan.
       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 
     (including the making of loans) to be carried out by the 
     Mayor through a committee consisting of 3 individuals 
     appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and 2 
     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

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     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 
     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.--
       (1) In general.--In using the funds made available under 
     this Act or any other 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.
       (2) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect as 
     if included in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
     1999, and shall apply to fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal 
     year thereafter.
       (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 ``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.
       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 
     zoning requirements in authorizing 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 
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     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. 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.
       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 
     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. Wireless Communications. (a) In General.--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 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 
     Communications Act of 1934,
       (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.
       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 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 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 
     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).
       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.

       Congress commends the District of Columbia for its action 
     to reduce taxes, and ratifies D.C. Act 13-111 (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.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
     Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
     Todd Tiahrt,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Jo Ann Emerson,
     John E. Sununu,
     Bill Young,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Kay Bailey Hutchison,
     Jon Kyl,
     Ted Stevens,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2587) making 
     appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
     and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
     the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, submit the 
     following joint statement to the House and the Senate in 
     explanation of the effect of the actions agreed upon by the 
     managers and recommended in the accompanying conference 
     report.
       The conference agreement on the District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2000, incorporates some of the provisions 
     of both the House and Senate versions of the bill. The 
     language and allocations set forth in House Report 106-249 
     and Senate Report 106-88 should be complied with unless 
     specifically addressed in the accompanying bill and statement 
     of the managers to the contrary. The agreement agreed to 
     herein, while repeating some report language for emphasis, 
     does not negate the language referenced above unless 
     expressly provided. General provisions which are identical in 
     the House and Senate passed versions of H.R. 2587 are 
     unchanged by the conference agreement and are approved unless 
     provided to the contrary herein.
       A summary chart appears later in this statement just before 
     the explanations of the general provisions showing the 
     Federal appropriations by account and the allocation of 
     District funds by agency or office under each appropriation 
     title showing the fiscal year

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     1999 appropriation, the fiscal year 2000 request, the House 
     and Senate recommendations and the conference allowance.

                TITLE I--FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

       Appropriates $17,000,000 as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate and makes modifications specifying that the entire 
     $17,000,000 will be available if the authorized program is a 
     nationwide program and $11,000,000 will be available if the 
     program is for a limited number of States. The language also 
     allows the District to use local tax revenues for this 
     program.

        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

       Appropriates $5,000,000 instead of $8,500,000 as proposed 
     by the House and includes language allowing the funds to be 
     used for local tax credits to offset costs incurred by 
     individuals in adopting children in the District's foster 
     care system and for health care needs of the children in 
     accordance with legislation to be enacted by the District 
     government.

         Federal Payment to the Citizen Complaint Review Board

       Appropriates $500,000 instead of $1,200,000 as proposed by 
     the House. This amount together with $700,000 in local funds 
     will provide a total of $1,200,000 for the Board's operations 
     in fiscal year 2000. The conferees recognize the importance 
     of an independent review body to act as a forum for the 
     review and resolution of complaints against officers of the 
     Metropolitan Police Department and special officers employed 
     by the District of Columbia. The conferees also request that 
     the Mayor's office provide a comprehensive plan for the use 
     of the Civilian Complaint Review Board. The plan/report 
     should contain information about the problems of the previous 
     review board and what will be done to avoid these problems 
     with the new board.

          Federal Payment to the Department of Human Services

       Appropriates $250,000 for a mentoring program and for 
     hotline services as proposed by the House.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

       Appropriates $176,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $183,000,000 as proposed by the House and includes 
     language allowing the Corrections Trustee to use interest 
     earnings of up to $4,600,000 to assist the Trustee with the 
     sharp, rather unexpected increase in the overall inmate 
     population.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

       Appropriates $99,714,000 instead of $100,714,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $136,440,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The reduction below the House allowance reflects the 
     $1,000,000 in the capital program as proposed by the Senate.
       Courts' budget.--The conferees request that budget 
     information submitted by the Courts with their FY 2001 and 
     future budgets include grants and reimbursements from all 
     other sources so that information on total resources 
     available to the courts will be available.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

       Appropriates $33,336,000 as proposed by the House and 
     includes language proposed by the Senate requiring monthly 
     financial reports. The conferees have included language 
     allowing the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration to 
     use interest earnings of up to $1,200,000 to make payments 
     for obligations incurred during fiscal year 1999 for services 
     provided by attorneys for indigents. The availability of this 
     additional amount is contingent on a certification by the 
     Comptroller General. The Courts have reported that they 
     anticipate a shortfall of ``approximately $1,000,000'' in 
     fiscal year 1999 for the Criminal Justice Act program.
       Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender 
     Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia
       Appropriates $93,800,000 instead of $105,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $80,300,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The increase above the Senate allowance includes 
     $7,000,000 for increased drug testing and treatment and 
     $6,500,000 for additional parole and probation officers 
     instead of $13,200,000 and $10,000,000, respectively, as 
     proposed by the House.

                   Children's National Medical Center

       Appropriates $2,500,000 for Children's National Medical 
     Center instead of $3,500,000 as proposed by the House.

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

       Appropriates $1,000,000 for the Metropolitan Police as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees recognize the 
     devastating problems caused by illegal drug use and fully 
     support this program to eliminate open air drug trafficking 
     in all four quadrants of the District of Columbia. The 
     conferees have included language requiring quarterly reports 
     to the Congress on all four quadrants. The reports should 
     include, at a minimum, the amounts expended, the number of 
     personnel involved, and the overall results and effectiveness 
     of the open air drug program in eliminating the drug 
     trafficking problem.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                   Governmental Direction and Support

       The conference action inserts language proposed by the 
     Senate concerning the salary of members of the Council of the 
     District of Columbia.


                 Office of the Chief Technology Officer

       The conferees are concerned that the District's child 
     support system is not Y2K compliant. The conferees have been 
     advised that the Office of Corporation Counsel is responsible 
     for developing, operating, and maintaining this system which 
     is used by the District's courts to collect child support 
     payments from absentee parents, disburse payments to 
     custodial parents, and account for these activities. The 
     conferees urge the District's Chief Technology Officer to 
     provide the Office of Corporation Counsel with the necessary 
     support to ensure that: (1) The system is promptly remediated 
     and tested, and (2) a business continuity and contingency 
     plan that includes the Courts' child support functions is in 
     place. The conferees request a report on this matter by 
     November 1, 1999.


                       Public Safety and Justice

       Appropriates $778,770,000 including $565,511,000 from local 
     funds and $184,247,000 from other funds instead of 
     $785,670,000 including $565,411,000 from local funds and 
     $191,247,000 from other funds as proposed by the House and 
     $778,470,000 including $565,211,000 from local funds and 
     $184,247,000 from other funds as proposed by the Senate. The 
     increase of $300,000 above the Senate allowance will provide 
     a total of $1,200,000 for the Citizen Complaint Review Board 
     consisting of $500,000 in Federal funds and $700,000 in local 
     funds instead of a total of $900,000 in local funds as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference action retains the proviso that caps the 
     number of police officers assigned to the Mayor's security 
     detail at 15 as proposed by the House.
       The conference action includes a proviso that allows up to 
     $700,000 in local funds for the Citizen Complaint Review 
     Board instead of $900,000 in local funds as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                            Fire Department

       The conferees recommend that the Fire and Emergency Medical 
     Services Department conduct a study about the need for 
     placement of automated external defribillators in Federal 
     buildings.


                        Public Education System

       The conference action includes the proviso proposed by the 
     Senate concerning the Weighted Student Formula and the 
     setting aside of five percent of the total budget which is to 
     be apportioned when the current student count for public and 
     charter schools has been completed. The conference action 
     also includes a proviso proposed by the Senate allowing 
     $500,000 for a Schools Without Violence program.


                         Human Support Services

       Appropriates $1,526,361,000 including $635,373,000 from 
     local funds as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,526,111,000 including $635,123,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                              Public Works

       The conference action deletes the proviso earmarking funds 
     as proposed by the Senate.


                         Receivership Programs

       Appropriates $342,077,000 including $217,606,000 from local 
     funds instead of $345,577,000 including $221,106,000 from 
     local funds as proposed by the House and $337,077,000 
     including $212,606,000 from local funds as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                                Reserve

       The conference action deletes the proviso concerning 
     expenditure criteria as proposed by the Senate.


District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

       The conference action retains the proviso concerning the 
     cap on the salary levels of the Executive Director and the 
     General Counsel as proposed by the House.


                           Productivity Bank

       The conference action retains the proviso requiring 
     quarterly reports as proposed by the House.


                       Productivity Bank Savings

       The conference action retains the proviso requiring 
     quarterly reports as proposed by the House.


                   Procurement and Management Savings

       The conference action restores the proviso requiring 
     quarterly reports as proposed by the House and deletes the 
     proviso requiring Council approval of a resolution 
     authorizing management reform savings proposed by the Senate.


                         D.C. Retirement Board

       The conference action amends the cap on the compensation of 
     the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Investment 
     Committee of the Board to $7,500 instead of $10,000 as 
     proposed by the House.

                             Capital Outlay

       The conference action revises the first paragraph for 
     clarity as proposed by the House.

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         Summary Table of Conference Recommendations by Agency

       A summary table showing the Federal appropriations by 
     account and the allocation of District funds by agency or 
     office under each appropriation heading for fiscal year 1999, 
     the fiscal year 2000 request, the House and Senate 
     recommendations, and the conference allowance follows:

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                           General Provisions

       The conference action changes several section numbers for 
     sequential purposes and makes technical revisions in certain 
     citations.
       The conference action restores section 117 of the House 
     bill prohibiting the use of Federal funds for a personal 
     cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of the District of Columbia government.
       The conference action approves section 119 of the House 
     bill in lieu of section 118 of the Senate bill concerning the 
     cap on the salary of the City Administrator and the per diem 
     compensation to the directors of the Redevelopment Land 
     Agency.
       The conference action approves section 127 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 128) concerning financial management 
     services.
       The conference action revises the ceiling on operating 
     expenses in section 135 (new section 136) to $5,515,379,000 
     including $3,113,854,000 from local funds instead of 
     $5,522,779,000 including $3,117,254,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $5,486,829,000 including $3,108,304,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conference action deletes subsection (d) of section 135 
     of the House bill concerning the application of excess 
     revenues as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference action deletes section 137 of the House bill 
     concerning a report on public school openings as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference action requires the inventory of motor 
     vehicles required by section 139 of the House bill and 138 of 
     the Senate bill (new section 139) to be submitted by the 
     Chief Financial Officer as proposed by the House instead of 
     by the Mayor as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference action restores section 142 of the House 
     bill concerning Compliance with Buy American Act as section 
     142.
       The conference action deletes section 141 of the Senate 
     bill concerning certain real property in the District of 
     Columbia. The language was made permanent in Public Law 105-
     277.
       The conference action deletes the date referenced in 
     section 146 of the Senate bill concerning the correctional 
     facility in Youngstown, Ohio as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference action approves section 148 of the Senate 
     bill concerning a reserve and positive fund balance for the 
     District of Columbia. The conferees believe that the reserve 
     fund will now serve as a true ``rainy day'' fund. Further, 
     the conferees have now required the District to maintain a 
     budget surplus of not less than 4 percent. Any funds in 
     excess of this level could be used for debt reduction and 
     non-recurring expenses. The conferees believe that this 
     combination of reforms will provide the District with a 
     stable financial situation that will in time reduce the 
     District's debt and lead to an improved bond rating.
       The conference action restores section 150 of the House 
     bill concerning the prohibition on the use of Federal and 
     local funds for a needle exchange program or for payments to 
     individuals or entities that carry out any such program.
       The conference action deletes section 151 of the House bill 
     which prohibits the use of Federal funds for legalizing 
     marijuana or reducing penalties. Section 168 of the House 
     bill (new section 167) prohibits Federal and local funds for 
     legalizing marijuana or reducing penalties.
       The conference action restores section 152 of the House 
     bill (new section 151) concerning the monitoring of real 
     property leases.
       The conference action restores section 153 of the House 
     bill (new section 152) concerning new leases and purchases of 
     real property and modifies the language to allow the use of 
     funds appropriated for the Southwest Waterfront in the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999.
       The conference action restores section 154 of the House 
     bill (new section 153) concerning public charter school 
     construction and repair funds and amends the language to 
     provide $5,000,000 for a credit enhancement fund.
       The conference action restores section 156 of the House 
     bill (new section 155) concerning the authorization period 
     for public charter schools.
       The conference action restores section 157 of the House 
     bill (new section 156) concerning sibling preference at 
     public charter schools.
       The conference action restores section 158 of the House 
     bill (new section 157) concerning buyouts and management 
     reforms and provides $18,000,000 instead of $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The conference action also inserts a 
     proviso concerning the spending and release of the funds.
       The conference action restores section 159 of the House 
     bill (new section 158) concerning the 14th Street Bridge and 
     provides $5,000,000 instead of $7,400,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conference action also changes the source of funds 
     from the infrastructure fund to the District's highway trust 
     fund. The conferees direct that responsibility for this 
     project along with these funds be transferred to the Federal 
     Highway Administration for execution.
       The conference action restores section 160 of the House 
     bill (new section 159) concerning the Anacostia River 
     environmental cleanup.
       The conference action restores section 161 of the House 
     bill (new section 160) concerning the Crime Victims 
     Compensation Fund and amends the language so that funds are 
     retained each year to pay crime victims at the beginning of 
     the next year. The conference action also inserts language 
     that ratifies payments and deposits to conform with the 
     Revitalization Act (Public Law 105-33).
       The conference action restores section 162 of the House 
     bill (new section 161) requiring the chief financial officers 
     of the District of Columbia government to certify that they 
     understand the duties and restrictions required by this Act.
       The conference action restores section 163 of the House 
     bill (new section 162) requiring the fiscal year 2001 budget 
     to specify potential adjustments that might be necessary if 
     the proposed management savings are not achieved.
       The conference action restores section 164 of the House 
     bill (new section 163) requiring descriptions of certain 
     budget categories.
       The conference action restores section 165 of the House 
     bill (new section 164) concerning improvements to the 
     Southwest Waterfront in the District and modifies the 
     language to provide flexibility for the Mayor in executing 
     new 30-year leases with the existing lessees or their 
     successors at the Municipal Fish Wharf and the Washington 
     Marina.
       The conference action restores section 166 of the House 
     bill (new section 165) expressing the sense of Congress 
     concerning the American National Red Cross project at 2025 E 
     Street Northwest.
       The conference action restores section 167 of the House 
     bill (new section 166) concerning sex offender registration.
       The conference action restores section 168 of the House 
     bill (new section 167) prohibiting the use of funds to 
     legalize marijuana or reduce penalties.
       The conference action retains and amends section 149 of the 
     Senate bill (new section 168) providing $5,000,000 to offset 
     local taxes for a commercial revitalization program in 
     enterprise zones and low and moderate income areas in the 
     District of Columbia. The conferees believe that the 
     Commercial Revitalization program will be an important tool 
     for the city to improve blighted neighborhoods in the 
     District of Columbia. The conferees believe it is important 
     to bring new commercial enterprises into neglected areas of 
     the city. The conferees direct the District to review 
     Congressional proposals on this issue in order to use the 
     funds effectively.
       The conference action retains and amends section 150 of the 
     Senate bill (new section 169) concerning wireless 
     communication and antenna applications. The language 
     recommended by the conferees requires the National Park 
     Service to implement the notice of decision approved by the 
     National Capital Regional Director, dated April 7, 1999, 
     including the issuance of right-of-way permits within 7 days 
     of the enactment of this Act subject to judicial review. 
     Concerning future applications for siting on Federal land, 
     the responsible Federal agency is directed to take final 
     action to approve or deny each application, including action 
     on the issuance of right-of-way permits at market rates, 
     within 120 days of the receipt of such application. This 120 
     day directive does not change or eliminate the obligation 
     that the responsible Federal agency must comply with existing 
     laws. As provided in current law, including the National 
     Capital Planning Act, a Federal agency considering 
     applications involving Federal land within the District of 
     Columbia area may consider, but is not bound by, 
     recommendations of the National Capital Planning Commission.
       The conference action inserts section 151 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 170) concerning quality-of-life issues and 
     changes the findings from a sense of the Senate to a sense of 
     the Congress.
       The conference action inserts section 152 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 171) concerning the use of Federal Medicaid 
     payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals.
       The conference action inserts section 153 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 172) concerning a study by the General 
     Accounting Office of the District's criminal justice system. 
     The conferees request that this be a comprehensive study of 
     all components of the criminal justice system including law 
     enforcement, courts, corrections, probation, and parole. The 
     report should include recommendations for improving the 
     performance of the overall system as well as the individual 
     agencies and programs.
       The conference action deletes section 154 of the Senate 
     bill concerning termination of parole for illegal drug use.

                        TITLE II--TAX REDUCTION

       The conference action restores Title II--Tax Reduction 
     commending the District of Columbia for its action to reduce 
     taxes and ratifying the District's Service Improvement and 
     Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Support Act of 1999 as proposed by 
     the House.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2000 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1999 amount, the 2000 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2000 
     follow:
Federal Funds:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999.....683,639,000

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  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal y393,740,000
  House bill, fiscal year 2000..............................453,000,000
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2000.............................410,740,000
  Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000....................429,100,000
                                    Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999.(254,539,000)
    Budget estimates of new (obligations) authority, fiscal y35,360,000
    House bill, fiscal year 2000...........................(23,900,000)
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2000............................18,360,000
District of Columbia funds:
  New Budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999...6,790,168,737
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal6,745,278,400
  House bill, fiscal year 2000............................6,785,832,400
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2000...........................6,749,882,400
  Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000..................6,778,432,400
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999..(11,736,237)
    Budget estimates of new (obligations) authority, fiscal y33,154,000
    House bill, fiscal year 2000............................(7,400,000)
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2000............................28,400,000

     Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
     Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
     Todd Tiahrt,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Jo Ann Emerson,
     John E. Sununu,
     Bill Young,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Kay Bailey Hutchison,
     Jon Kyl,
     Ted Stevens,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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