[House Report 104-740]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
104th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 104-740
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
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August 1, 1996.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Walsh, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3845]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill
(H.R. 3845) ``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, 1997, 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 Senate recede from its amendments numbered 3, 4,
5, 6, and 7.
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendments of the Senate numbered 9, 12, and 13, and agree to
the same.
Amendment numbered 1:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken by said amendment, insert
the following: That funds expended for the Office of the Mayor
are not to exceed $2,109,000, of which $632,000 is from intra-
District funds: Provided further, That $327,000 of the funds
for the Office of the Mayor shall be transferred to the
Department of Administrative Services as reimbursement for
occupancy costs, including costs for telephone, electricity and
other services: Provided further,
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 2:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter stricken by said amendment, and on page
3, after line 4 of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 3845, insert
the following:
federal contribution for repair of drinking water system
For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority
for contracting with a private entity (or entities) to carry
out a program to inspect, flush, and repair the drinking water
distribution system of the District of Columbia, $1,000,000.
, and on page 4, line 13 of the House engrossed bill, H.R.
3845, strike all after ``funds)'' down through and including
``Columbia'' on page 5, line 11.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 8:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 8, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Retain the matter proposed in said amendment, and on page
31, line 5 of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 3845, strike ``,
prior to October 1, 1996,''.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 10:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter proposed and restore the matter
stricken amended as follows:
In lieu of the first sum named in the matter restored
insert: $74,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 11:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter proposed and restore the matter
stricken amended as follows:
In lieu of subsection (a) in the matter restored insert:
(a) The heads of all personnel of the following offices,
together with all other District of Columbia accounting,
budget, and financial management personnel (including personnel
of independent agencies but not including personnel of the
legislative and judicial branches of the District government),
shall be appointed by, shall serve at the pleasure of, and
shall act under the direction and control of the Chief
Financial Officer:
The Office of the Treasurer.
The Controller of the District of Columbia.
The Office of the Budget.
The Office of Financial Information Services.
The Department of Finance and Revenue.
The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority established pursuant to Public
Law 104-8, approved April 17, 1995, may remove such individuals
from office for cause, after consultation with the Mayor and
the Chief Financial Officer.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 14:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert
the following:
SEC. 149. ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS AT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FACILITIES.
(a) Reduction in Facility Energy Costs and Water
Consumption.--In general.--The Director of the District of
Columbia Office of Energy shall, subject to the contract
approval provisions of Public Law 104-8--
(A) develop a comprehensive plan to identify and
accomplish energy conservation measures to achieve
maximum cost-effective energy and water savings;
(B) enter into innovative financing and contractual
mechanisms including, but not limited to utility
demand-side management programs and energy savings
performance contracts and water conservation
performance contracts: Provided, That the terms of such
contracts do not exceed twenty-five years; and
(C) permit and encourage each department or agency
and other instrumentality of the District of Columbia
to participate in programs conducted by any gas,
electric or water utility of the management of
electricity or gas demand or for energy or water
conservation.
reduction in minimum number of members of the board of trustees of
american university
Sec. 150. The first section of the Act entitled ``an Act
to incorporate the American University'', approved February 24,
1893 (27 Stat. 476), is amended by striking ``forty'' and
inserting ``twenty-five''.
waiver of congressional review for certain council acts
Sec. 151. Notwithstanding section 602(c)(1) of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental
Reorganization Act, each of the following District of Columbia
acts shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
act:
(1) The District of Columbia Real Property Tax Lien
Assignment or Sale and Transfer Amendment Act of 1996
(D.C. Act 11-353).
(2) The Telecommunications Competition Act of 1996
(D.C. Act 11-300).
(3) The Mortgage Lenders and Brokers Act of 1996
(D.C. Act 11-309).
And the Senate agree to the same.
James T. Walsh,
Henry Bonilla,
Jack Kingston,
R.P. Frelinghuysen,
Mark W. Neumann,
Mike Parker,
Bob Livingston,
Julian C. Dixon,
Jose E. Serrano,
Marcy Kaptur,
David R. Obey,
Managers on the Part of the House.
James M. Jeffords,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Mark O. Hatfield,
Herb Kohl
(Except amendments No. 6 and
No. 7),
Daniel K. Inouye
(Except amendments No. 6 and
No. 7),
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 amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3845) 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, 1997, 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, 1997, incorporates some of the provisions
of both the House and Senate versions of the bill. The language
and allocations set forth in House Report 104-689 and Senate
Report 104-328 should be complied with unless specifically
addressed in the accompanying bill and statement of the
managers to the contrary.
A summary chart appears after the explanation for
amendment 5 showing the Federal appropriations by account and
the allocation of District funds by agency or office under each
appropriation title showing the fiscal year 1996 appropriation,
the control board distribution for fiscal year 1996, and the
fiscal year 1997 request, House and Senate recommendations and
conference allowance.
Deficit Spending and Long-Term Deficit Borrowing
The conferees are concerned with the insidious aspects of
long-term borrowing to fund deficit spending. The conferees
note that the actual deficit for fiscal year 1995 was only
$25,000,000 when the accounting adjustments of $29,000,000 are
factored out.
For fiscal year 1996, the deficit was estimated at
$20,000,000 at the time the President signed the appropriations
Act; however, in testimony provided by the Chief Financial
Officer to the House Committee on Appropriations on May 15,
1996, the deficit was projected at $116,000,000, a 580 percent
increase. While the deficit was relatively small in fiscal year
1995, it is projected to increase significantly in fiscal year
1996.
The District is proposing to borrow $500,000,000 long
term to fund the accumulated deficit caused by overspending and
future projected deficits. The cost of this proposal is
$435,000,000 in interest costs that will have to be paid from
current operating revenues in addition to the $500,000,000 in
principal that will have to be repaid. Said another way,
instead of the $435,000,000 being used to benefit District
taxpayers in the form of teachers and counselors for education
programs, police activities and fire services as well as
programs to meet various social needs, those hundreds of
millions of dollars will be used for interest payments to
bondholders thus depriving the citizens of the District the use
of scarce revenues for basic city services. The insidious
nature of deficit borrowing is that it allows higher spending
that satisfies immediate needs while at the same time
entrapping current and future taxpayers into making interest
payments on funds borrowed to pay for goods and services that
were provided in the past. This $435,000,000 is in addition to
the $150,000,000 in interest payments being made on the
$336,000,000 in deficit borrowings made in fiscal year 1991.
Long-term borrowings for capital projects, on the other
hand, are entirely appropriate because the projects on which
those funds are spent last for the period during which those
borrowings are repaid so that the taxpayers at the time the
payments are made are able to benefit from those projects. This
is not the case with long-term borrowings for deficit spending.
Every effort should be made by the Mayor, the Council and the
control board to avoid deficit spending and thus alleviate the
need to obligate future taxpayers to pay for the overspending
of those who preceded them.
The accumulated deficit at the end of fiscal year 1995
totaled $378,000,000 which was computed by subtracting total
assets from total liabilities in the General Fund and resulted
in liabilities exceeding assets available to satisfy those
liabilities. However, an analysis of the liabilities reveals
that approximately $312,000,000 will either not require a use
of cash or are long-term in nature. For example, $142,000,000
is deferred revenue, which is a record of cash already received
that will be recorded as revenue earned in fiscal year 1996.
The cash is already in the General Fund's cash account. Another
$170,000,000 is recorded as accrued liabilities which are
estimates of payments that may be made sometime in the distant
future, such as payments resulting from claims and judgments,
disputes from grant claims, and possible Medicaid payments
subject to audits of reimbursement claims. Thus, only about
$66,000,000 of the remaining excess liabilities over assets of
the accumulated deficit may need to be paid in fiscal year
1996. Given this analysis it appears that a long-term borrowing
of $500,000,000 should be carefully analyzed and avoided by
pursuing other options. A very high priority should be given to
living within the current revenues.
An analysis of the District's cash account to determine
the pattern of overspending since fiscal year 1991 when
$336,000,000 was borrowed to fund the accumulated deficit
reveals that the District over spent an average of $71,000,000
per year. It should be noted that this amount reflects
increases and decreases in both the accounts receivable and the
accounts payable so that a deferral of the use of cash would
not artificially inflate the balance in the cash account. This
amount is approximately the amount of the projected fiscal year
1997 deficit of $74,000,000 recommended in this conference
agreement. The Mayor and the Control Board Chairman recently
stated that there were several ways of reducing the projected
fiscal year 1997 deficit. These recommendations as well as
those made by the many financial advisers who have testified
and published reports on the various ways the city can reduce
the costs of operating the Nation's Capital should be pursued
vigorously.
Testimony at recent and past hearings as well as reports
from financial advisors to the city and meetings with District
and control board officials have documented the concerns and
inherent problems in borrowing long-term to finance operating
deficits. The officials cited several ways to reduce the
projected deficit for fiscal year 1997; the advisors have
testified that future requests by the District to fund an
operating deficit should not be approved; and testimony
indicates that a change in one item, Medicaid, among several
other items, would eliminate the city's deficit and result in a
surplus. Efforts should be pursued immediately on these items
that will save District taxpayers and the Federal Government
hundreds of millions of dollars instead of spending scarce
local revenues on interest costs to bondholders.
Long-term borrowing for deficit spending does not resolve
the problems caused by overspending--rather it increases the
accumulated deficit and postpones the tough decisions that have
to be made. Deficit financing carries a very high cost that has
serious negative consequences to the financial health and
quality of life of the community.
Quality of District's Drinking Water
The conferees are deeply concerned about recent
violations of Federal drinking water quality standards and the
continuing problems that beset the drinking water supply and
distribution system for the District of Columbia. The Federal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently completed a
preliminary investigation of the water quality problems
attributed to the District's water distribution system and
concluded that there is an urgent and immediate need for the
District to implement steps to assure the integrity of drinking
water quality in the District. Among the most important of
these recommended actions is that the District hire a private
contractor or contractors to flush the drinking water
distribution system completely, and to inspect and repair water
valves.
The conferees agree that there is a strong Federal
interest in assuring that those who visit, live, and work in
the Nation's Capital have safe water to drink. Accordingly, the
conference agreement includes $1,000,000 in Federal funds for
this purpose under amendment number 2. These funds are provided
to the Financial Control Board to contract with a private
entity or entities to conduct the inspection, flushing and
repair work recommended by the EPA. The conferees direct the
control board to consult with the Department of Public Works,
the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority and the EPA in implementing
this activity. Further, the conferees encourage the control
board to move expeditiously to contract for the work in
anticipation of the funds provided in the accompanying bill
becoming available on October 1, 1996.
YCARE 2000 Private-Public Partnership
The conferees fully support the YCARE 2000 program
sponsored by the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. The program
provides work-readiness, conflict resolution training,
tutoring, socialization and other skills to at-risk District
youth who are in the age range of 5 to 18 years old. The
conferees believe that YCARE 2000 is an example of an efficient
and well-managed private-public partnership which can provide
social services to improve the lives of the city's young
people. The conferees note that the Council of the District of
Columbia has formally recognized the achievements of the YCARE
2000 initiative in a July 11, 1995 resolution.
In order to provide and facilitate private-public
partnerships such as YCARE 2000 and in order to reach at-risk
youth most efficiently, the conferees request that the Mayor,
the City Council, and the Board of Education work with
organizations like the YMCA to locate such programs on or near
school property. In addition, the conferees request that the
Mayor consult with representatives of private, not-for-profit
community organizations with demonstrated experience and
expertise in providing services to children and youth in the
District and, to the extent financial constraints permit, make
funds available to such groups for such services on the
condition that the groups provide equal matching amounts.
FEDERAL FUNDS
Federal Contribution for Repair of Drinking Water System
The conference agreement, under amendment number 2,
includes a Federal contribution of $1,000,000 to the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority for contracting with private entities to inspect,
flush, and repair the drinking water distribution system in the
District. A discussion of the quality of the district's
drinking water appears earlier in this statement.
DISTRICT FUNDS
Governmental Direction and Support
Amendment No. 1: Limits the fiscal year 1997 budget for
the Office of the Mayor to $2,109,000 of which $632,000 is from
intra-District funds instead of $1,753,000 of which $632,000 is
from intra-District funds as proposed by the House and
$2,209,000 of which $632,000 is from intra-District funds as
proposed by the Senate and provides that $327,000 of the
$2,109,000 shall be transferred to the Department of
Administrative Services as reimbursement for occupancy costs,
including costs for telephone, electricity and other services.
Amendment No. 2: Deletes a proviso proposed by the House
and stricken by the Senate and further deletes a proviso before
and a proviso that followed the proviso stricken by the Senate
concerning the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency and
inserts a new heading and paragraph appropriating $1,000,000 in
Federal funds to the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority for
contracting with private entities to carry out a program to
inspect, flush, and repair the drinking water distribution
system in the District.
The conference action deletes language as requested in
the consensus budget that eliminates the requirement for the
District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency to repay the
District's general fund $10,591,000 appropriated for fiscal
years 1980 through 1992 to finance the Agency's operations.
According to District officials, retaining the language
requires the Agency to carry the debt on its books and creates
a negative financial picture thereby making it difficult and
more costly for the Agency to access capital markets. The debt
was determined by the District's independent auditors to be
``uncollectible'' and is fully reserved for in the District's
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) (see page 34,
fiscal year 1995 CAFR). An earlier communication from District
officials requested that the language be retained. See
amendment number 12 for language ``forgiving'' the Agency from
the repayment requirement.
The conference action also appropriates $1,000,000 for a
Federal contribution to the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority for
contracting with private entities to inspect, flush, and repair
the city's water distribution system which has fallen into
disrepair. A discussion of the quality of the District's
drinking water appears earlier in this statement.
Public Safety and Justice
(including transfer of funds)
Amendment No. 3: Deletes language proposed by the Senate
that would have modified the appropriations title to indicate
that this appropriation included a transfer of funds. The
transfer of funds in amendment number 4 has not been agreed to
by the conferees.
Amendment No. 4: Deletes a proviso proposed by the Senate
that would have transferred $651,000 from the Department of
Public Works to the District of Columbia Court System for
maintenance and repair of elevators/escalators, heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems, fire alarms and
security systems, materials and services for building
maintenance and repair, and trash removal.
The conferees are extremely concerned and disappointed
that the Department of Public Works has failed to provide
maintenance and repair services to the District of Columbia
Courts in a professional manner, permitting necessary
maintenance and repair contracts to lapse and causing greater
expenses and disruptions as a result. While the conference
agreement retains this responsibility in the Department of
Public Works, the conferees expect this will not happen again.
The conference action reflects a reallocation of building
occupancy costs totaling $2,347,000 from the Superior Court's
budget to the Court System's budget because the payments are
made from that particular budget. This reallocation was
requested by District officials.
Capital Outlay
(including rescissions)
Amendment No. 5: Provides an increase of $46,923,000 for
construction projects as proposed by the House instead of
$75,923,000 as proposed by the Senate. The reduction of
$29,000,000 below the amount proposed by the Senate reflects
the deletion of duplicate capital outlay authority initially
provided in the fiscal year 1996 appropriations act (Public Law
104-234) for Facility Condition Assessment ($1,000,000) and
Financial Control System or FMS ($28,000,000). The amount
approved in fiscal year 1996 under ``Capital Outlay'' is
available for two years for the initial obligation after which
the authority remains available until exhausted. The House and
Senate versions of the bill for fiscal year 1997 include an
increase of $3,123,000 for the FMS which when added to the
$28,000,000 in the fiscal year 1996 act will provide a total of
$31,123,000 for FMS work.
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 title for fiscal year 1996, the
control board distribution for fiscal year 1996, and the fiscal
year 1997 request, House and Senate recommendations and
conference allowance follows:
General Provisions
Amendment No. 6: Restores language in section 129
proposed by the House and stricken by the Senate that prohibits
the use of any funds in this Act for any abortion except to
save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest.
Amendment No. 7: Restores language in section 130
proposed by the House and stricken by the Senate that prohibits
the use of any funds in this Act (1) for any system of
registration of unmarried cohabiting couples or (2) to
implement or enforce the District's Domestic Partners Act.
Amendment No. 8: Inserts language in section 132 that
adds the Financial Control Board to the entities in section 132
that are to receive monthly reports from the Board of Education
as proposed by the Senate and deletes language in section 126
that would have prohibited the expenditure of funds by agencies
for which a reorganization plan is required but has not been
approved by the City Council prior to October 1, 1996. The
language remaining in section 126 continues the prohibition on
expenditures for such agencies until the City Council approves
the required reorganization plans but removes the October 1,
1996 deadline for City Council approval.
Amendment No. 9: Adds the Financial Control Board to the
entities in section 133 that are to receive monthly reports
from the University of the District of Columbia as proposed by
the Senate.
CEILING ON EXPENSES AND DEFICIT
Amendment No. 10: Amends language proposed by the House
and stricken by the Senate in section 141 (1) establishing a
ceiling on fiscal year 1997 operating expenses from all funds
of $5,108,913,000 of which $134,528,000 are from intra-District
funds as proposed by the House and stricken by the Senate; (2)
limiting the operating deficit from all funds for fiscal year
1997 to $74,000,000 instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the
House and stricken by the Senate, and (3) requiring the Chief
Financial Officer and the Financial Control Board to take such
steps as are necessary to meet these requirements including the
apportioning of appropriations and funds by the Chief Financial
Officer during fiscal year 1997 as proposed by the House and
stricken by the Senate.
The conferees urge the Mayor, the City Council, and the
control board to use every means possible to reduce the costs
of operating the Nation's Capital and make every effort to
avoid deficit spending.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER POWERS
Amendment No. 11: Amends language in section 142 proposed
by the House and the Senate to clarify that all financial
personnel in the executive branch of the District government,
including all independent agencies and excluding the
legislative and judicial branches of the District Government,
are under the exclusive control of the Chief Financial Officer
instead of all financial personnel in the executive branch of
the District government as proposed by the House and all
financial personnel except those in the legislative and
judicial branches as proposed by the Senate. The clarification
is required to insure that the financial personnel of each
independent agency in the District, without exception, are
appointed by, serve at the pleasure of, and act under the
direction and control of the Chief Financial Officer. The
conferees do not expect any misinterpretation of the intent of
this statute and direct the Chief Financial Officer to notify,
in writing, the Committees on Appropriations as well as the
respective authorizing committees of the House and the Senate
of any person of any executive branch agency including any
independent agency who fails to comply with the requirements of
this section within five calendar days of the failure to
comply.
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
Amendment No. 12: Inserts a new section 147 as proposed
by the Senate that forgives the District of Columbia Housing
Finance Agency from the requirement to repay the District's
general fund for $10,591,000 appropriated during fiscal years
1980-1992 for the operations of the Agency. See also amendment
number 2 for a further discussion of this issue.
school reform
Amendment No. 13: Inserts a new section 148 as proposed
by the Senate that amends section 2561(b) of the District of
Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134) to
exclude Executive Order 11246 from being waived for
construction or maintenance projects coordinated through the
Federal General Services Administration for the District's
public school facilities. Executive Order 11246 governs civil
rights protections for Federal government construction
contracts.
other general provisions
Amendment No. 14: Inserts new general provisions numbered
149, 150 and 151 instead of a new general provision numbered
149 as proposed by the Senate. The additional general
provisions were requested by the House authorizing committee
and concurred in by the Senate authorizing committee. A brief
explanation of each of these general provisions follows.
Language agreed to by the conferees in section 149
proposed by the Senate authorizes the District of Columbia
Energy Office, subject to control board review, to negotiate
energy performance contracts for periods up to 25 years with
energy service companies who will provide investment capital to
reduce energy consumption in District facilities. Through this
method, the energy service companies will install energy
efficient lighting, heating, and cooling systems using their
investment capital with their payback coming in future years
from a portion of the money saved when the energy bills are
lowered. It is estimated that the District government could
realize annual savings of $50,000,000 in its energy costs
through this program.
Language requested by the House authorizing committee and
agreed to by the conferees in section 150 reduces the minimum
size of the Board of Trustees of American University from 40 to
25. According to the authorizing committee, this change was
requested by the University.
Language requested by the House authorizing committee and
agreed to by the conferees in section 151 waives the 30-day
congressional layover period for three specific pieces of
legislation already approved by the District government. The
Tax Lien Act of 1996 (D.C. Act 11-353) will expedite the
District's ability to sell $50,000,000 in uncollected property
taxes in return for $44,000,000 in cash. The authorizing
committee stated that this transaction could not move ahead in
a timely manner unless the review period is waived. Section 151
also waives the 30-day congressional layover for the
Telecommunications Competition Act of 1996 (D.C. Act 11-300)
and the Mortgage Lenders and Brokers Act of 1996 (D.C. Act 11-
309) which together comprise the District's efforts to
implement the Federal Telecommunications Act. The District's
Telecommunications Act opens the District's market to
telecommunications services providers. The Mortgage Lenders and
Brokers Act regulates mortgage lenders in the District and also
contains substantive amendments to the Telecommunications Act.
Conference Total--With Comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 1997 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 1996 amount, the 1997
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1997
follow:
Federal funds:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
1996.............................................. $712,070,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 1997.................................. 769,842,000
House bill, fiscal year 1997........................ 717,772,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 1997....................... 717,772,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1997.............. 718,772,000
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
1996.............................................. 6,702,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 1997.................................. (51,070,000)
House bill, fiscal year 1997........................ 1,000,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 1997....................... 1,000,000
District of Columbia Funds:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
1996.............................................\1\ 4,930,700,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 1997.................................. 5,050,308,000
House bill, fiscal year 1997........................ 5,021,308,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 1997....................... 5,050,308,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1997.............. 5,021,308,000
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
1996.............................................. 90,608,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 1997.................................. (29,000,000)
House bill, fiscal year 1997........................ 0
Senate bill, fiscal year 1997....................... (29,000,000)
\1\ Excludes $165,339,000 in intra-District funds for comparability
purposes with fiscal year 1997 which excludes intra-District funds.
James T. Walsh,
Henry Bonilla,
Jack Kingston,
R.P. Frelinghuysen,
Mark W. Neumann,
Mike Parker,
Bob Livingston,
Julian C. Dixon,
Jose E. Serrano,
Marcy Kaptur,
David R. Obey,
Managers on the Part of the House.
James M. Jeffords,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Mark O. Hatfield,
Herb Kohl
(Except amendments No. 6 and
No. 7),
Daniel K. Inouye
(Except amendments No. 6 and
No. 7),
Managers on the Part of the Senate.