[House Report 106-299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-299

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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

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                 August 5, 1999.--Ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Istook, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 2587]

      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:

                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 theDistrict 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 thegeneral fund of 
the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

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

                  Economic Development and Regulation

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

                       Public Safety and Justice

    Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 
135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, including 
130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use, without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year, $778,770,000 (including $565,511,000 from local 
funds, $29,012,000 from Federal funds, and $184,247,000 from 
other funds): Provided, That the Metropolitan Police Department 
is authorized to replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying 
vehicles and the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical 
Services of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace 
not to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually 
whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds 
three-fourths of the cost of the replacement: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from this 
appropriation for the Chief of Police for the prevention and 
detection of crime: Provided further, That the Metropolitan 
Police Department shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House 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 performedin 
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).

                         Workforce Investments

    For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local funds, to 
be transferred by the Mayor of the District ofColumbia 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 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, exceptwhere 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 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 
District of Columbia Public Schools [DCPS] in formulating the 
DCPS budget, the Board of Trustees of the University of the 
District of Columbia, the Board of Library Trustees, and the 
Board of Governors of the University of the District of 
Columbia School of Law shall vote on and approve the respective 
annual or revised budgets for such entities before submission 
to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the 
Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the District of 
Columbia in accordance with section 442 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
301), or before submitting their respective budgets directly to 
the Council.
    Sec. 136. (a) Ceiling on Total Operating Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the total amount appropriated in this 
        Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia 
        for fiscal year 2000 under the 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 Authorityshall 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 fiscalyear 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 Columbia government shall 
        provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice 
        describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the 
        Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined 
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 143. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used for purposes of the annual independent audit of the 
District of Columbia government (including the Districtof 
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 paymentsunder 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 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 Counciland 
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 amendedby 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 Sex Offender Registration Emergency 
        Act of 1999 and ends on the date the Trustee makes the 
        certification described in paragraph (1), the 
        Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
        Columbia shall have the authority to carry out any 
        powers and functions relating to sex offender 
        registration that are granted to the Agency or to the 
        Trustee under any District of Columbia law.
    Sec. 167. 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 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. Theconferees 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 defibrillators 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.

         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:


                           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 reducingpenalties. 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 $7,500,000 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
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2000..................................     393,740,000
    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 year 2000..............................      35,360,000
        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, 
      fiscal year 2000..................................   6,745,278,500
    House bill, fiscal year 2000........................   6,785,832,500
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2000.......................   6,749,882,500
    Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000..............   6,778,432,500
Conference agreement compared with:
        New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
          1999..........................................    (11,736,237)
        Budget estimates of new (obligations) authority, 
          fiscal year 2000..............................      33,154,000
        House bill, fiscal year 2000....................     (7,400,000)
        Senate bill, fiscal year 2000...................      28,550,000

                                   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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