[House Report 106-786]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-786

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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2001

                                _______
                                

 July 25, 2000.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

    Mr. Istook  of Oklahoma, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                            DISSENTING VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 4942]

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making 
appropriations for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

                        INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT

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                                                               Page

                                                            Bill Report
Summary of estimates and recommendations...................
                                                                      2
Federal Funds..............................................     2
                                                                      2
District of Columbia Funds.................................    13
                                                                      3
Comparative Summary of Bill................................
                                                                      4
General Statement..........................................
                                                                      5
Operating Expenses:
        DC Financial Responsibility and Management 
            Assistance Authority...........................    14
                                                                     47
        Governmental Direction and Support.................    15
                                                                     48
        Economic Development and Regulation................    16
                                                                     55
        Public Safety and Justice..........................    17
                                                                     60
        Public Education System............................    19
                                                                     64
        Human Support Services.............................    25
                                                                     72
        Public Works.......................................    26
                                                                     77
        Receivership Programs..............................    27
                                                                     80
        Reserve............................................    28
                                                                     84
        Repayment of Loans and Interest....................    33
                                                                     84
        Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt............    34
                                                                     84
        Interest on Short-Term Borrowing...................    34
                                                                     84
        Presidential Inauguration..........................    35
                                                                     85
        Certificates of Participation......................    35
                                                                     85
        Wilson Building....................................    35
                                                                     85
        Optical and Dental Payments........................    35
                                                                     85
        Management Supervisory Service.....................    35
                                                                     85
        Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer Payment.....    36
                                                                     85
        Operational Improvements Savings (Including Managed 
            Competition)...................................    36
                                                                     85
        Management Reform Savings..........................    36
                                                                     85
        Cafeteria Plan.....................................    37
                                                                     85
        Water and Sewer Authority..........................    37
                                                                     88
        Washington Aqueduct................................    37
                                                                     89
        Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.........    38
                                                                     89
        Sports and Entertainment Commission (Starplex).....    38
                                                                     89
        Public Benefit Corporation.........................    39
                                                                     89
        Retirement Board...................................    39
                                                                     89
        Correctional Industries............................    40
                                                                     90
        Washington Convention Center.......................    40
                                                                     90
        Capital Outlay.....................................    40
                                                                     90
General Provisions.........................................    41
                                                                     98
Rescissions of Funds.......................................
                                                                    107
Constitutional Authority...................................
                                                                    107
Comparison of Budget Resolution............................
                                                                    108
Five-year Projection of Outlays............................
                                                                    108
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments........
                                                                    108
Transfer of Funds..........................................
                                                                    108
Changes in the Application of Existing Law.................
                                                                    109
Appropriations Not Authorized by Law.......................
                                                                    114
Compliance with Clause 3--Rule XIII........................
                                                                    115
Committee votes............................................
                                                                    130
Comparative table..........................................
                                                                    136

                SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS


                             Federal Funds

    Budget estimates for Federal funds were submitted in the 
Budget of the United States for fiscal year 2001 on February 7, 
2000 (House Document No. 106-162) and totalled $445,425,000. 
Included in the request is a Federal payment of $134,300,00 for 
payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
Operations, $103,000,000 for payment to the District of 
Columbia Courts, including $7,709,000 for the Court of Appeals, 
$72,399,000 for the Superior Court and $17,892,000 for the 
Court System, and $5,000,000 which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2002 for capital improvements for the District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities. Also included is $38,387,000 
for Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts, 
$103,527,000 for Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 
for the District of Columbia, $17,000,000 for Resident Tuition 
Support, $5,000,000 for Incentives for Adoption of Children, 
$25,000,000 for metrorail construction, $3,000,000 for the 
National Museum of American Music, $10,000,000 for Brownfield 
Remediation, and $6,211,000 for the Presidential Inauguration.
    The Committee recommends a total of $414,000,000 in Federal 
funds for fiscal year 2001, including $14,000,000 for resident 
tuition support, $1,500,000 for the Chief Financial Officer 
(including $250,000 for a mentoring program and for hotline 
services, $500,000 for a youth development program with a 
character building curriculum, $500,000 for the design, 
construction, and maintenance of a trash rack system to be 
installed at the Hickey Run stormwater outfall, $250,000 for 
payment to a support program to assist homeless individuals to 
become productive, taxpaying citizens in the District of 
Columbia), $134,300,000 for the administration and operation of 
correctional facilities and for the administrative operating 
costs of the Office of the Corrections Trustee, $99,500,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia Courts 
(including $7,709,000 for he Court of Appeals, $72,399,000 for 
the Superior Court, $16,892,008 for the District of Columbia 
Court System, $2,500,000 for capital improvements for 
courthouse facilities), $34,387,000 for Defender Services in 
the District of Columbia Courts, $115,752,000 for the Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
Columbia, $1,000,000 for the Washington Interfaith Network to 
reimburse the Network for costs incurred in carrying out 
preconstruction activities at the former Fort Dupont Dwellings 
and Additions, $100,000 for the Office of the Mayor for a study 
analyzing the amount of revenue obtained by other jurisdictions 
on the personal income of residents earned within the District 
of Columbia and analyzing the lack of reciprocity between the 
District and nearby jurisdictions on the personal income earned 
in other jurisdictions, and for the negotiation of tax compacts 
to remedy the lack of reciprocity, $250,000 to the Office of 
the Mayor to study and design a system approved by the 
Comptroller General for simplifying the administration of 
personnel policies (including pay policies) with respect to 
employees of the District government, $25,000,000 which 
includes $7,000,000 in direct appropriations and $18,000,000 by 
transfer for construction of a Metrorail station located at New 
York and Florida Avenues, Northwest, $250,000 for a payment to 
the Federal City Council for the establishment of a National 
Museum of American Music, and $5,961,000 to reimburse the 
District for expenses incurred in connection with the 
Presidential inauguration activities.

                       District of Columbia Funds

    A total of $6,691,933,000 is requested in the budget from 
the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2001 which has not yet 
been transmitted to the Congress by the President. The Mayor's 
transmittal letter to the President is dated June 8, 2000. The 
budget is a consensus budget agreed to by the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority, the Council of the District of Columbia and the 
Mayor.
    The Committee recommends a total of $6,659,271,000 for 
fiscal year 2001 for all funds consisting of $5,496,472,000 in 
operating expenses and $1,162,799,000 in capital outlay funds.

                      Comparative Summary of Bill

    The following table summarizes the amounts recommended in 
the bill compared with appropriations enacted for fiscal year 
2000 and budget estimates presented for fiscal year 2001:

                                           COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF BILL
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                                                                                    Committee recommendation
                                    FY 2000         FY 2001        Committee         compared with (+ or -)
                                    enacted         request     recommendation ---------------------------------
                                                                                FY 2000 enacted  FY 2001 request
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                                                  FEDERAL FUNDS

Federal Payment for Resident        17,000,000      17,000,000      14,000,000      (3,000,000)      (3,000,000)
 Tuition......................
Federal Payment to the Chief                 0               0       1,500,000       1,500,000        1,500,000
 Financial Officer of the
 District of Columbia.........
Federal Payment for Incentives       5,000,000       5,000,000  ..............      (5,000,000)      (5,000,000)
 for Adoption of Children.....
Federal Payment for Citizen            500,000               0               0        (500,000)               0
 Complaint Review Board.......
Federal Payment for the                250,000               0               0        (250,000)               0
 Department of Human Services.
Federal Payment to the             176,000,000     134,300,000     134,300,000     (41,700,000)               0
 District of Columbia
 Corrections Trustee
 Operations...................
Federal Payment to the              99,714,000     103,000,000      99,500,000        (214,000)      (3,500,000)
 District of Columbia Courts..
Defender Services in the            33,336,000      38,387,000      34,387,000       1,051,000       (4,000,000)
 District of Columbia.........
Federal Payment to the Court        93,800,000     103,527,000     115,752,000      21,952,000       12,225,000
 Services and Offender
 Supervision Agency for the
 District of Columbia.........
Federal Payment for Washington               0               0       1,000,000               0        1,000,000
 Interfaith Network...........
Children's National Medical          2,500,000               0               0      (2,500,000)               0
 Center.......................
Federal Payment for                  1,000,000               0               0       (1,000,00)               0
 Metropolitan Police
 Department...................
Federal Payment to General           6,700,000               0               0      (6,700,000)               0
 Services Administration--
 Lorton Correctional Complex..
Georgetown Waterfront Park           1,000,000               0               0      (1,000,000)               0
 Fund, General Provision, Sec.
 176 (reappropriation)........
Metrorail Construction........               0      25,000,000       7,000,000       7,000,000      (18,000,000)
Federal Payment for Study of                 0               0         100,000         100,000          100,000
 Tax Revenue Comparisons......
Federal Payment for Simplified               0               0         250,000         250,000          250,000
 Pernonnel System.............
Federal Payment for the                      0       3,000,000         250,000         250,000       (2,750,000)
 National Museum of American
 Music........................
Federal Payment for Brownfield               0      10,000,000               0               0      (10,000,000)
 Remediation..................
Presidential Inauguration.....               0       6,211,000       5,961,000       5,961,000         (250,000)
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Federal Funds......     436,800,000     445,425,000     414,000,000     (22,800,000)     (31,425,000)
                               =================================================================================
                                           DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                                               Operating Expenses

D.C. Financial Responsibility        3,140,000       6,500,000       3,140,000               0       (3,360,000)
 and Management Assistance
 Authority....................
Governmental Direction and         167,356,000     197,771,000     194,621,000      27,265,000       (3,150,000)
 Support......................
Economic Development and           190,335,000     205,638,000     205,638,000      15,303,000                0
 Regulation...................
Public Safety and Justice.....     778,770,000     762,346,000     762,346,000     (16,424,000)               0
Public Education System.......     867,411,000     998,418,000     995,418,000     128,007,000       (3,000,000)
Human Support Services........   1,536,361,000   1,542,204,000   1,532,204,000       5,843,000      (10,000,000)
Public works..................     271,395,000     278,242,000     278,242.000       6,847,000                0
Receivership Programs.........     342,077,000     394,528,000     389,528,000      47,451,000       (5,000,000)
Workforce Investments.........       8,500,000               0               0      (8,500,000)               0
Buyouts and Other Management        18,000,000               0               0     (18,000,000)               0
 Reforms......................
Reserve.......................     150,000,000     150,000,000     150,000,000               0                0
Financing and Other...........     363,491,000     331,529,000     331,279,000     (32,212,000)        (250,000)
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, operating expenses,   4,686,836,000   4,867,176,000   4,842,416,000     155,580,000      (24,760,000)
     general fund.............
                               =================================================================================
                                                Enterprise funds

Water and Sewer Authority and      279,608,000     275,705,000     275,705,000      (3,903,000)               0
 Washington Aqueduct..........
Lottery and Charitable Games       234,400,000     223,200,000     223,200,000     (11,200,000)               0
 Control Board................
Sports and Entertainment            10,846,000      10,968,000      10,968,000         122,000                0
 Commission...................
Public Benefit Corporation....      89,008,000      78,235,000      78,235,000     (10,773,000)               0
D.C. Retirement Board.........       9,892,000      11,414,000      11,414,000       1,522,000                0
Correctional Industries Fund..       1,810,000       1,808,000       1,808,000          (2,000)               0
    Washington Convention           50,226,000      52,726,000      52,726,000       2,500,000                0
     Center...................
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, enterprise funds...     675,790,000     654,056,000     654,056,000      21,734,000)               0
                               =================================================================================
    Total, operating expenses.   5,362,626,000   5,521,232,000   5,496,472,000     133,846,000      (24,760,000)
                               =================================================================================
                                                 Capital Outlay

General fund..................   1,218,637,500   1,029,975,389   1,022,074,000    (196,563,500)      (7,901,389)
Water and sewer fund..........     197,169,000     140,725,000     140,725,000     (56,444,000)               0
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, capital outlay.....   1,415,806,500   1,170,700,389   1,162,799,000    (253,007,500)      (7,901,389)
                               =================================================================================
    Total, District of           6,778,432,500   6,691,932,389   6,659,271,000    (119,161,500)     (32,661,389)
     Columbia funds...........
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                           GENERAL STATEMENT


                         Control Board Failure


               independent audit report three months late

    The Committee is greatly disappointed in the failure of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority to ensure the timely completion of the 
District's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). This 
is not a new report; it has been prepared on time each year for 
over 20 years. The CAFR is an important document that provides 
District officials, citizens, the financial community, and 
others with important information on the financial health and 
integrity of the city. It is used by the financial community to 
determine the city's bond rating, which then determines 
interest rates on the city's bonds. For more than 20 years the 
CAFR has never been more than a few days late, let alone 3 
months late. In fact, in most years it was completed early. 
This complacency and inaction by the Authority as well as the 
District's Inspector General are unacceptable. The Committee 
requests a detailed plan from the Authority, the Inspector 
General, and the independent auditor by October 15, 2000, for 
the District's FY 2000 audit.

                             Reprogrammings

    The Committee notes that during the past year the District 
has submitted notifications of ``reprogrammings'' of 
appropriations that were not ``reprogrammings'' as that term is 
commonly understood. Instead the supposed ``reprogrammings'' 
were, in fact, ``transfers'' of amounts from one appropriation 
account to another account. See inquiry letter B--284857, dated 
April 13, 2000, to the Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
the Associate General Counsel, United States General Accounting 
Office. The Committee also notes that in the June 27, 2000, 
reply to GAO's inquiry, Dr. Natwar Gandhi, then Interim Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, concurred with 
the view expressed in GAO's inquiry. The Committee is pleased 
that the supposed ``reprogrammings'' were not implemented given 
the fact that the District lacked the requisite ``transfer'' 
authority to support the action. The Committee is pleased by 
the CFO's forthright and timely response and trusts that 
similar errors will not happen in the future.

                     Political Will and Fiscal Will


                     the public benefit corporation

    The Committee is deeply concerned that the District must 
act immediately to stop the fiscal hemorrhaging that is 
occurring at the Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), which 
operates D.C. General Hospital. For the past 30 months the PBC 
has run a monthly deficit, now reaching $2.5 million per month. 
During this time, rather than confront difficult decisions to 
keep the PBC from going bankrupt, the District and control 
board have used a facade of ``loaning'' money to the PBC. 
During this 30 months, these loans have reached $90-million 
beyond the $40-million annual subsidy which had been budgeted 
and approved. The Committee finds it insulting to hear anyone 
now seek to call these loans ``receivables'', as though the 
euphemism made any difference in their nature. Past practice 
reveals that these ``loaned'' monies then are routinely written 
off as bad debts. Nor can any title conceal the fact that this 
was unauthorized and unapproved spending, especially since the 
payments were not accompanied by any promissory note, repayment 
agreement, security interest, collateral agreement, agreement 
of interest to be charged, nor any other documents to 
demonstrate the due diligence which should accompany financial 
transaction of this magnitude. These were not bona fide 
investments of funds which by law were not authorized to be 
spent.
    By failing to address the problem of PBC and the associated 
hospital, the District and control board have made matters 
worse. They have lost the opportunity to correct the underlying 
mismanagement, cost taxpayers many millions of dollars, and 
destroyed any confidence that any new proposed solution would 
be better than past proposals. The greater threat to public 
health in the District is not the potential closing of D.C. 
General Hospital, but in letting it continue to siphon off 
precious health care dollars without providing an equal value 
of benefit to the public. Other hospitals have indicated their 
readiness to assume the burden, and likely at lesser cost to 
taxpayers.
    Just as bad as the financial failure is the failure of 
political will to address this problem. The Committee is 
disappointed that officials have preferred to procrastinate and 
spend, rather than risk the unhappiness of the political 
constituencies involved in PBC and DC General Hospital. 
District officials have failed to muster and demonstrate 
political willpower or courage, and for more than the 30 months 
mentioned above. The problem dates back beyond 10 years. The 
PBC was created in order to bail out a failing hospital, 
namely, DC General Hospital. District officials have had more 
than 10 years to undertake the necessary operational or 
management reforms so badly needed. A recent report by the 
Cambio Group stated that the PBC should reduce its staff by 
30%, and that even this rightsizing of the workforce at the PBC 
would not totally eliminate the monthly deficit incurred by the 
PBC. The recently announced staff changes are but a tiny 
fraction of the savings now needed.
    Leaders in the District have been asking, ``What can we do 
to get through this without upsetting anyone?'', when they 
should have been asking, ``How can we prepare today to make a 
better tomorrow?''
    No matter how good any current proposals may sound in this 
area, the Committee has no faith in the political willpower of 
District officials to follow-through with them. The Committee 
questions the legality of the so-called ``loans'' or 
``receivables'', and even if this were somehow a legal 
loophole, the Committee has acted to close it.

                             simplification

    The Committee urges the District to undertake 
simplification of the District government's operations and 
regulation within the District. Examples of the complexity 
within the District are too numerous, but the Committee will 
list a few. The District has provided information to the 
Committee which shows some of the complexity. For example, the 
District has 47 separate pay schedules, including 12 separate 
pay schedules for union employees, containing over 7,100 
separate pay variations (not including overtime, weekend or 
holiday pay). Additionally, there are 6,300 pay differentials, 
for over 13,400 variations in pay within the District for a 
work force of approximately 34,000 employees. To compare, the 
Federal government has millions of employees spread out over 
the country and the world. The Federal government has only 9 
schedules, within 32 different locality variables for a total 
of 9,472 possible non-military pay variations.
    How can the District expect to administer its work force 
efficiently when it has created such unmanageable complexity? 
Outside experts have indicated that their complexity exceeds 
the ability to manage them even with custom computer software. 
Even daily variations in the weather are made conditions for 
applying pay differentials and bonuses to certain workers. Yet 
despite such bonuses, weather conditions are made a rationale 
for stopping work while continuing pay. For example, a 
temperature of 87 degrees with 45% humidity is just one of 
several thresholds to stop work competely--even though workers 
in other employments must instead find a way to adjust and to 
continue. Without simplifying its personnel practices, the 
District cannot expect to find savings and efficiencies.

                         responsible government

    The National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 was enacted to realign functional 
responsibilities between the Federal Government and the 
government of the District of Columbia, to address funding 
mechanisms and sources between the Federal Government and the 
government of the District of Columbia, to address the 
financial condition of the District of Columbia government in 
both the short and long-term, to provide mechanisms for 
improving the economy of the District of Columbia, to improve 
the ability of the District of Columbia government to match its 
resources with its responsibilities, and to further improve the 
efficiency of the District of Columbia government.
    The Committee points out that, although the city has shown 
some progress in several areas of management and operation of 
D.C. agencies, it continues to demonstrate a preference to 
request significant increases in appropriations for departments 
which fail to accomplish basic elements of their missions, 
rather than implement management reforms.
    The FY 1998 budget submitted to Congress by the President 
forecast a net financial benefit to the city of $216,000,000 in 
FY 2001, due to the federal assumption of certain 
responsibilities and agency operations which occurred as a 
result of the Revitalization Act. In addition to the 
$216,000,000, tax collections have risen $400,000,000 over the 
last three years according to the Chief Financial Officer. 
Further $330,000,000 was appropriated for management reform 
during FY 1998 and FY 1999. The expected benefit of this 
funding was $200,000,000 in management reform savings annually. 
The General Accounting Office has testified in hearings held 
earlier this year that the District Government can currently 
only account for $1,500,000 in annual savings as a result of 
their management reform efforts. At that rate of reform, it 
would take approximately 220 years just to break even on the 
money spent to instigate those reforms.
    It is this history that causes the Committee to view the 
multitude of requested increases in spending with caution and a 
significant measure of disappointment at the opportunities 
which have passed for serious reform. Many of the benefits to 
the District of Columbia expected to result from the passage of 
the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997, and efforts at other management 
reform, have not been realized due to the reluctance on the 
part of city officials to make significant, and politically 
difficult, management changes to departments providing critical 
city services.
    The Committee strongly recommends that the city take more 
aggressive steps to ensure that departments have efficient 
organizational structures and operating procedures. The 
Committee intends to continue its focus on management reform as 
the primary path to a city government which provides a 
consistently high level of service to its citizens.

                           management reforms

    The Committee is very concerned that the District succeeds 
with the management reforms planned in the District budget. 
However, in FY00 the District will fail to meet its budgeted 
amount of reforms by a significant amount. Beyond the 
management reform targets contained in the District's FY00 
budget, the District has many other areas where it could save 
taxpayers money if it simply changed habits. For example, if 
the District leased or purchased cars through the GSA schedule 
instead of through the District procurement process, DC could 
have saved up to $7,000,000 over the past three years. (see 
chart that follows) These reforms are necessary for the long-
term stability of the District. To create incentives for the 
District to make these reforms, the Committee has fenced the 
$150,000,000 carried over from FY 2000, by adding a requirement 
that these funds shall become available only as the District is 
successful with its management reform undertakings. The chart 
referred to follows.

                                                                 A-1.--MANAGEMENT REFORM
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                                                                          DC acquisition                   GSA purchase                    Avg. DC cost/
                   Office                               Vehicle                date           DC cost          cost        Differential       per car
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Mayor.......................................  5 Sedans..................      01/01/1998      $90,775.00      $54,042.75      $36,732.25      $18,155.00
DC Council..................................  1 SUV.....................      01/24/1999       21,740.00       19,978.15        1,761.85       21,740.00
Inspector General...........................  5 Sedan...................      09/30/1997       88,450.00       54,042.75       34,407.25       17,690.00
                                              1 Van.....................      10/02/1998       24,992.00       17,220.06        7,771.94       24,992.00
Real Property & Management..................  1 Sedan...................      09/29/1998       16,285.00       10,808.55        5,476.45       16,285.00
                                              3 Trucks..................      02/06/1998       41,784.00       42,904.74       -1,120.74       13,928.00
Administrative Services.....................  1 Sedan...................      09/29/1998       16,285.00       10,808.55        5,476.45       16,285.00
Personnel...................................  1 Van.....................      09/30/1997       24,208.00       17,220.06        6,987.94       24,208.00
Office on Aging.............................  2 Vans....................      06/03/1998       39,760.00       34,440.12        5,319.88       19,880.00
                                              2 SUVs....................      02/03/1997       36,000.00       39,956.30       -3,956.30       18,000.00
                                              2 Trucks..................      06/10/1997       34,000.00       28,603.16        5,396.84       17,000.00
Corporation Council.........................  1 Sedan...................      09/28/1998       16,995.00       10,808.55        6,186.45       16,995.00
                                              1 Van.....................      09/30/1998       21,500.00       17,220.06        4,279.94       21,500.00
Consumer & Regulatory Affairs...............  81 Sedans.................      10/01/1998    1,365,994.00      875,492.55      490,501.45       16,864.12
Housing & Community Development.............  10 Sedans.................      04/30/1998      188,500.00      108,085.50       80,414.50       18,850.00
                                              4 Vans....................      06/01/1998       86,415.00       68,880.24       17,534.76       21,603.75
Election and Ethics.........................  1 Van.....................      05/02/1998       16,169.00       17,220.06       -1,051.06       16,169.00
Business Services & Econ. Development.......  1 SUV.....................      10/01/1998       25,940.00       19,978.15        5,961.85       25,940.00
Asst. City Admin. For Econ. Development.....  1 Van.....................      10/22/1997       17,800.00       17,220.06          579.94       17,800.00
Police Department...........................  1 Sedan...................      04/09/1999       19,847.00       18,650.46        1,196.54       19,847.00
                                              1 Van.....................      03/15/1999       15,976.00       17,220.06       -1,244.06       15,976.00
                                              5 SUVs....................      04/14/1999      120,740.00       99,890.75       20,849.25       24,148.00
Fire & Emergency Services...................  1 Sedan...................      04/09/1999       19,847.00       10,808.55        9,038.45       19,847.00
                                              4 Vans....................      01/12/1999      115,230.00       68,880.24       46,349.76       28,807.50
Dept. of Corrections........................  2 Trucks..................      05/11/1999       43,170.00       28,603.16       14,566.84       21,585.00
DC Public Schools...........................  7 Sedans..................      06/01/1998             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
                                              24 Trucks.................      06/01/1998             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
                                              1 Van.....................      09/22/1998       30,000.00       17,220.06       12,779.94       30,000.00
University of D.C...........................  1 Sedan...................      07/29/1997       18,000.00       10,808.55        7,191.45       18,000.00
Dept. Parks & Recreation....................  2 SUVs....................      11/24/1998       46,393.00       39,956.30        6,436.70       23,196.50
                                              3 Trucks..................      09/30/1998       64,677.00       42,904.74       21,772.26       21,559.00
                                              3 Vans....................      11/25/1998       57,559.00       51,660.18        5,898.82       19,186.33
                                              16 Vans...................      09/01/1997      132,000.00      103,320.36       28,679.64       22,000.00
Department of Health........................  17 Sedans.................      10/30/1997             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
                                              17 Vans...................      07/24/1998             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
Department of Human Services................  70 Sedans.................      08/01/1999      131,500.00      151,319.70      -19,819.70        9,392.86
                                              7 Trucks..................      01/03/1997       21,000.00      100,111.06      -79,111.06        3,000.00
                                              8 SUVs....................      04/02/1997       26,723.00       99,890.75      -73,167.75        5,344.60
                                              6 Vans....................      09/08/1997       67,186.00       51,660.18       15,525.82       22,395.33
D.C. General Hospital.......................  4 Sedans..................      08/31/1997       72,000.00       43,234.20       28,765.80       18,000.00
                                              1 Truck...................      05/05/1997          500.00       14,301.58      -13,801.58          500.00
                                              1 SUV.....................      12/01/1997       20,000.00       19,978.15           21.85       20,000.00
Chief Procurement Officer...................  4 Sedans..................      09/29/1998       65,140.00       43,234,20       21,905.80       16,285.00
D.C. Taxicab Commission.....................  1 Sedan...................      09/29/1997       16,989.00       10,808.55        6,180.45       16,989.00
Department of Public Works..................  63 Sedans.................       4/97-5/99      835,392.00      518,810.40      316,581.60       17,404.00
                                              72 SUVs...................       4/97-6/99    1,257.352.00    1,118,776.40      138,575.60       22,452.71
                                              33 Trucks.................       6/97-5/99      563,256.00      471,952.14       91,303.86       17,068.36
                                              15 Vans...................       3/97-5/99      170,128.00      120,540.42       49,587.58       24,304.00
DC Water and Sewer Authority................  78 Trucks.................       3/98-4/99    1,175,007.00    1,115,523.24       59,483.76       15,064.19
                                              12 SUVs...................       6/98-3/99      252,602.00      239,737.80       12,864.20       21,050.17
                                              17 Vans...................      12/01/1998      324,932.00      292,741.02       32,190.98       19,113.65
D.C. Housing Authority......................  26 Sedans.................      3/97-12/98      425,900.00      281,022.30      144,877.70       16,380.77
                                              5 SUVs....................       1/97-6/97       59,500.00       99,890.75      -40,390.75       11,900.00
                                              5 Trucks..................       4/97-9/97       52,000.00       71,507.90      -19,507.90       10,400.00
                                              2 Vans....................      07/23/1998       48,000.00       34,440.12       13,559.88       24,000.00
Child and Family Services...................  42 Sedans.................       7/97-7/98             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
                                              4 Vans....................       7/97-7/98       23,723.00       17,220.06        6,502.94       23,723.00
                                              1 Truck...................      06/17/1998       24,300.00       14,301.58        9,998.42       24,300.00
Commission on Mental Health.................  37 Sedans.................       1/98-9/98             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
                                              25 Trucks.................      05/04/1998             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
                                              16 Vans...................       1/98-9/98             N/A             N/A             N/A             N/A
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    Totals for categories...................  784.......................  ..............   $8,490,161.00   $6,905,856.27   $1,584,304.73  ..............
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Totals by Year (approximate):
1997:
  Vehicles--163
  D.C. Cost--$817,402.00
  D.C. Lease Cost--$358,028.00
1998:
  Vehicles--431
  D.C. Cost--$4,009,756.00
  D.C. Lease Cost--$472,158.00
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                                             A-2.--MANAGEMENT REFORM
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                                                                              Avg.
              Office                Lease/yr.   Avg. lease/    Mileage    mileage/per  Maintenance/  Avg. maint./
                                                  per car                     car           yr.        per car
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Mayor............................          N/A          N/A       15,683        3,137       $844.00       168.00
DC Council.......................          N/A          N/A           38           38          0.00         0.00
Inspector General................          N/A          N/A       73,744       14,749        335.00        67.00
                                           N/A          N/A           33           33          0.00         0.00
Real Property & Management.......          N/A          N/A        1,580        1,580        103.00       103.00
                                           N/A          N/A       88,943       29,648      4,969.00     1,656.33
Administrative Services..........          N/A          N/A        1,311        1,311        122.00       122.00
Personel.........................          N/A          N/A        5,667        5,667         87.00        87.00
Office on Aging..................          N/A          N/A           98           49          0.00         0.00
                                           N/A          N/A        1,444          722          0.00         0.00
                                           N/A          N/A            0            0          0.00         0.00
Corporation Council..............          N/A          N/A        7,940        7,940         81.00        81.00
                                           N/A          N/A        2,381        2,381         92.00        92.00
Consumere & Regulatory Affairs...          N/A          N/A      163,610        2,020     71,542.00       883.23
Housing & Community Development..          N/A          N/A      391,075       39,108        970.00        97.00
                                           N/A          N/A       31,013        7,753      3,744.00       936.00
Elections and Ethics.............          N/A          N/A       14,974       14,974        561.00       561.00
Business Services & Econ.                  N/A          N/A        1,596        1,596          0.00         0.00
 Development.....................
Asst. City Admin. for Econ.                N/A          N/A        3,682        3,682          0.00         0.00
 Development.....................
Police Department................          N/A          N/A            0            0          0.00         0.00
                                           N/A          N/A            0            0          0.00         0.00
                                           N/A          N/A       10.810        2,162          0.00         0.00
Fire & Emergency Services........          N/A          N/A            0            0          0.00         0.00
                                           N/A          N/A       16,136        4,034          0.00         0.00
Dept. of Correction..............          N/A          N/A            0            0          0.00         0.00
DC Public Schools................   $80,808.00   $11,544.00       22,721        3,246          0.00         0.00
                                     32,520.00     1,355.00      171,959        7,165          0.00         0.00
                                           N/A          N/A        1,856        1,856          0.00         0.00
University of D.C................          N/A          N/A       68,989       68,989       $227.00      $227.00
Dept. Parks & Recreation.........          N/A          N/A        4,103        2,052      1,653.00       826.50
                                           N/A          N/A       22,499        7,500      4,808.00     1,602.67
                                           N/A          N/A       16,446        5,482     12,150.00     4,050.00
                                     35,000.00     3,500.00      366.600       22,913     56,408.00     3,525.50
Department of Health.............    41,004.00     2,412.00      304,920       17,936      3,475.00       204.41
                                     54,264.00     3,192.00      502.203       29,541     11,398.00       670.47
Department of Human Services.....    82,607.00     1,475.13    2,336,759       33,382     25,438.00       363.40
                                           N/A          N/A      410,508       58,644      4,790.00       684.29
                                     15,960.00     5,320.00      170,232       21,279      2,148.00       268.50
                                      9,576.00     3,192.00      103,779       17,297      3,681.00       613.50
D.C. General Hospital............          N/A          N/A       90.738       22,685        718.00       179.50
                                           N/A          N/A        1,963        1,963         40.00        40.00
                                           N/A          N/A       69,471       69,471      3,147.00     3,147.00
Chief Procurement Officer........          N/A          N/A        9,593        2,398       $542.00      $135.50
D.C. Taxicab Commission..........          N/A          N/A        6,322        6,322         $0.00        $0.00
Department of Public Works.......    47,100.00    $3,140.00      425,923        6,761     26,938.00       427.59
                                     51,072.00     3,192.00      421,712        5,857     19,462.00       270.31
                                           N/A          N/A      220,644        6,686      9,023.00       273.42
                                     25,536.00     3,192.00      335,512       22,367      2,585.00       172.33
DC Water and Sewer Authority.....          N/A          N/A      190,592        2,443     47,849.00       613.45
                                           N/A          N/A       55,210        4,601      2,884.00       240.33
                                           N/A          N/A       53,480        3,146      9,092.00       534.82
D.C. Housing Authority...........          N/A          N/A      217,035        8,348      2,882.00       110.85
                                           N/A          N/A      183,535       36,707        330.00        66.00
                                           N/A          N/A      184,765       36,953      1,126.00       225.00
                                           N/A          N/A       15,491        7,746        231.00       115.50
Child and Family Services........   148,810.00     3,543.10    1,122,921       26,736     40,255.00       958.45
                                     13,027.00     4,342.33       60,752       15,188      4,972.00     1,243.00
                                           N/A          N/A       25,413       25,413      2,143.00     2,143.00
Commission on Mental Health......    77,700.00     2,100.00      210,436        5,687     31,800.00       859.46
                                     60,444.00     2,417.76      113,927        4,557     19,800.00       792.00
                                     40,500.00     2,531.25      223,538       13,971     14,650.00       915.63
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      Totals for Categories......   815,928.00  ...........    9,574,305  ...........    450,095.00  ...........
                                  ==============================================================================
Totals by Year (approximate):
1999:
  Vehicles--191
  D.C. Cost--$3,618,930.00
  D.C. Lease Cost--N/A
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                                             A-3.--MANAGEMENT REFORM
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                                            Cost per   Overhall cost/    GSA lease                        %
                 Office                   car/overall      office      cost/overall   Differential    Difference
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Mayor...................................   $18,492.60      $92,463.00    $21,368.30      $71,094.70       -76.89
DC Council..............................    21,740.00       21,740.00        281.32       21,458.68       -98.71
Inspector General.......................    17,891.00       89,455.00     37,074.40       52,380.60       -58.56
                                            24,992.00       24,992.00      4,828.29       20,163.71       -80.68
Real Property & Management..............    16,491.00       16,491.00      4,118.00       12,373.00       -75.03
                                            17,240.67       51,722.00     26,132.02       25,589.98       -49.48
Administrative Services.................    16,529.00       16,529.00      4,091.10       12,437.90       -75.25
Personnel...............................    24,469.00       24,469.00      7,972.71       16,496.29       -67.42
Office on Aging.........................    19,880.00       39,760.00      9,660.74       30,099.26       -75.70
                                            18,000.00       36,000.00     20,074.16       15,925.84       -44.24
                                            17,000.00       34,000.00     13,680.00       20,320.00       -59.76
Corporation Council.....................    17,157.00       17,157.00      4,754.00       12,403.00       -72.29
                                            21,684.00       21,684.00      5,133.53       16,550.47       -76.33
Consumer & Regulatory Affairs...........    18,630.59    1,509,077.79    337,121.00    1,171,956.79       -77.66
Housing & Community Development.........    19,044.00      190,440.00     78,707.50      111,732.50       -58.67
                                            23,475.75       93,903.00     23,327.69       70,575.31       -75.16
Elections and Ethics....................    17,291.00       17,291.00      6,770.62       10,520.38       -60.84
Business Services & Econ. Development...    25,940.00       25,940.00      6,847.44       19,092.56       -73.60
Asst. City Admin. for Econ. Development.    17,800.00       17,800.00      7,714.66       10,085.34       -56.66
Police Department.......................    19,847.00       19,847.00      2,592.00       17,255.00       -86.94
                                            15,976.00       15,976.00      2,412.00       13,564.00       -84.90
                                            24,148.00      120,740.00     19,663.65      101,076.35       -83.71
Fire & Emergency Services...............    19,847.00       19,847.00      1,980.00       17,867.00       -90.02
                                            28,807.50      115,230.00     11,745.68      103,484.32       -89.81
Dept. of Corrections....................    21,585.00       43,170.00      4,560.00       38,610.00       -89.44
DC Public Schools.......................    23,088.00      161,616.00     29,992.10      131,623.90       -81.44
                                             2,710.00       65,040.00    133,514.26      -68,474.26       105.28
                                            30,000.00       30,000.00      5,065.28       24,934.72       -83.12
University of D.C.......................    18,681.00       18,681.00     12,838.90        5,842.10       -31.27
Dept. Parks & Recreation................    24,849.50       49,699.00     13,822.42       35,876.58       -72.19
                                            24,764.33       74,292.99     16,829.86       57,463.13       -77.35
                                            27,286.33       81,858.99     16,609.98       65,249.01       -79.71
                                            32,576.50      521,224.00    163,434.00      357,790.00       -68.64
Department of Health....................     7,849.24      133,437.08    131,437.08        1,965.08        -1.47
                                             7,724.94      131,323.98    147,294.39      -15,970.41        12.16
Department of Human Services............     9,756.26      682,938.20    327,275.90      310,662.30       -45.49
                                             5,052.86       35,370.02    105,351.12      -69,981.10       197.85
                                             6,150.10       49,200.80    103,320.48      -54,119.68       110.00
                                            24,235.83      145,414.98     56,907.27       88,507.71       -60.87
D.C. General Hospital...................    18,538.50       74,154.00     32,833.80       41,320.20       -55.72
                                               620.00          620.00      7,114.82       -6,494.82      1047.55
                                            29,441.00       29,441.00     19,661.94        9,779.06       -33.22
Chief Procurement Officer...............    16,556.00       66,224.00     16,799.30       49,424.70       -74.63
D.C. Taxicab Commission.................    16,989.00       16,989.00      6,572.20       10,416.80       -61.31
Department of Public Works..............    18,686.76    1,177,265.88    416,812.30      760,453.58       -64.59
                                            23,263.63    1,674,981.36    774,431.68      900,549.68       -53.76
                                            17,888.64      590,325.12    256,610.16      333,714.96       -56.53
                                            24,821.00      372,315.00    152,156.56      220,158.44       -59.13
DC Water and Sewer Authority............    16,291.09    1,270,705.02    382,362.88      888,342.14       -69.91
                                            21,530.83      258,369.96     87,217.40      171,152.56       -66.24
                                            20,183.29      343,151.93     88,960.40      254,155.53       -74.07
D.C. Housing Authority..................    16,602.46      431,663.96    176,143.50      255,520.46       -59.19
                                            12,098.00       60,490.00     75,374.90      -14,884.90        24.61
                                            11,075.60       55,378.00     60,067.10       -4,689.10         8.47
                                            24,231.00       48,462.00     11,661.83       36,800.17       -75.94
Child and Family Services...............    13,504.64      567,194.88    361,772.10      205,422.78       -36.22
                                            27,452.00      109,808.00     36,841.76       72,966.24       -66.45
                                            28,586.00       28,586.00      8,117.82       20,468.18       -77.60
Commisson on Mental Health..............     5,918.92      219,000,04    167,563.60       51,436.44       -23.49
                                             6,419.52      160,488.00    129,949.78       30,538.22       -19.03
                                             6,893.75      110,300.00    106,243.94        4,056.06        -3.68
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      Totals for Categories.............                12,521,697.98  5,346,608.54    7,175,089.44       -57.03
Totals by Year (approximate)
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            Environmental Clean-Up Along the Anacostia River

    The Committee is including new language in section 127 of 
the bill modifying the Federal Grant Cooperative Agreement Act 
as it relates to the awarding of federal grants for 
environmental projects in the District of Columbia. This change 
modifies the existing legal standard, which allows the federal 
government to benefit from a grant project only in an 
incidental fashion. Under the new provision, the EPA will be 
permitted to award grants to the District for various pollution 
prevention and abatement activities that may exceed the 
``incidental'' threshold. Because 40% of the land area in the 
District of Columbia is owned by the federal government, in 
recent years EPA grants that are intended to benefit the 
citizens of the District and its waters have been limited 
because the federal benefits of these grants would have 
exceeded the low threshold in current law. This change in law 
is applicable only to the District of Columbia.
    The District of Columbia receives federal grants under 
Section 117(b) and Section 319(h) of the Clean Water Act. To 
meet the requirements outlined in these grants, the District of 
Columbia must implement various environmental projects to 
address the control and prevention of nonpoint source pollution 
to the District's waters. Many of the free flowing tributaries 
of the Anacostia and Potomac are located on federal property. 
In fact, the confluences of every major tributary along the 
Potomac and Anacostia rivers are located on either National 
Park Service or US Department of Agriculture property and are 
therefore, usually at the receiving end of the District's 
nonpoint source pollution generated in the headwaters of these 
tributaries. To address these problems, the District has 
identified several key projects for implementation on federal 
lands. Even though the primary beneficiary of these projects is 
the District of Columbia's waters, specifically the Anacostia 
River, the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 
prohibits the use of federal funds on these projects because 
they are located in federal facilities. This restriction makes 
it increasingly difficult to find viable projects to manage the 
District's nonpoint source pollution and will be a re-occurring 
problem as future grants are awarded in 2001 and 2002.
    The following lists the sites and projects whose 
implementation has been delayed because of the restrictions 
previously discussed.
    Hickey Run: Hickey Run, a major tributary of the Anacostia 
River, is located in upper northeast Washington, D.C. It is 
regarded as a highly degraded stream. The upper portion of the 
Hickey Run watershed features developed industrial and 
commercial land uses such as the Washington Terminal Company 
(Amtrak) and the Metro train yards. Over the years, this 
portion of the stream has suffered from chronic, and at times, 
severe oil spills. The lower portion of the stream flows 
through the idyllic setting of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) National Arboretum before discharging into 
the Anacostia River. The Arboretum management has expressed a 
desire to work with the District to construct any necessary 
measures on the grounds of the National Arboretum.
    Watts Branch: Watts Branch is the largest District 
tributary of the Anacostia River with roughly half of its 
watershed existing within DC. The stream flows from the eastern 
corner of the District in a northwesterly direction to meet the 
Anacostia River in Kenilworth Parkside, a National Park Service 
landholding adjacent to National Arboretum and Kingman Lake.
    The District is currently involved in stream bank 
stabilization projects with the Natural Resource Conservation 
Service (NRCS), involving armoring large sections of highly 
eroded stream bank. The second phase of this project is to 
address lower Watts Branch in Kenilworth Parkside, which also 
shows signs of high erosion due to limited forest buffers. This 
portion shows great potential for restoration of tidal 
wetlands, which would assist in trapping contaminated sediments 
from urban runoff before entering the Anacostia River.
    Pope Branch: The Pope Branch tributary is a fairly healthy 
stream in the residential areas in lower northeast and upper 
southeast. However, once on National Park Service land, the 
stream enters the Anacostia River via a pipe running through 
the park. This portion of the stream is further degraded by 
runoff from the impervious parking areas located within the 
park.
    The District proposes daylighting a quarter mile of piped 
stream from I-295 west to the Anacostia River. Replacing this 
tidal portion of Pope Branch will provide additional tidal 
wetlands, which would greatly assist in retaining sediments 
from the park and treating other sources of nonpoint source 
pollution.
    Fort Chaplin: The Fort Chaplin tributary to the Anacostia 
River is a severely physically degraded stream located in upper 
southeast. It is wholly located within a wooded stream valley 
park on publicly owned land. Major portions of this stream are 
distinguished by 10-15 foot high eroding banks which are 
undermining sewer lines and stormwater pipes. It has been 
estimated that this tributary alone is responsible for several 
tons of eroded sediment entering the Anacostia River each year.
    To address this problem, the District of Columbia proposes 
the complete natural restoration of the stream channel and 
banks to eliminate the heavy sediment load entering the 
Anacostia River downstream. Restoration will also reduce 
pressure on the stormwater and sewer line infrastructure 
exposed by the streambank and bed erosion. To accomplish a 
complete restoration of Fort Chaplin, a plan involving the use 
of bioengineering and natural channel design methodologies will 
be developed and implemented.

                            Tour Bus Parking

    The Committee is concerned about the traffic congestion and 
elevated air pollution which occurs due to the lack of an 
appropriate area for tour bus parking. Over 100,000 tour buses 
arrive each year, mostly around the Capitol, monuments and 
federal areas, and must go somewhere while their passengers 
tour the attractions. Currently, the tour buses have nowhere to 
go; whether sitting still or circling around they impeded 
traffic and their engines continue to emit fumes and 
pollutants. The problem is very old, and has been ``studied'' 
many times. Proposed solutions attract more dust than action. 
Decisions have been delayed, and the problem remains.
    The Committee encourages the city to push for a prompt 
resolution to this problem, creating a model for how other 
long-delayed issues can be resolved. Rather than parking and 
idling on public ways, emitting extra measures of pollutants, 
disrupting city traffic, and being threatened with fines these 
100,000 tour buses each year need a destination point 
convenient to the Capitol and monuments area that gets them out 
of traffic and gives them an area where they can wait, or 
pursue other tasks.

                            TOTAL RESOURCES

    Based on recommendations in the bill, a total of 
$6,659,271,000 and 33,368 full-time equivalent positions will 
be available to the District government during the next fiscal 
year. Included in this figure are appropriations from local 
funds, Federal grants, and private and other funds. The 
financing of appropriations from District funds is from the 
Federal payment and revenues from various local taxes, fees, 
charges and other collections received by the District 
government.
    A summary of the total resources by appropriation title 
follows:

                                    GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--TOTAL ESTIMATED RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FISCAL YEAR 2001
                                                                                     [Amounts in thousands]
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                                                              Local funds          Federal grants       Private and other      Subtotal FY 2001        Intra-District          FY 2001 total
                                                       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------        resources
                                             Code                                                                                                                        -----------------------
                                                           FTE        Amount       FTE       Amount      FTE       Amount      FTE        Amount       FTE       Amount      FTE        Amount
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District of Columbia Financial          XB              .........       3,140           0          0          0          0          0       3,140           0          0          0       3,140
 Responsibility and Management
 Assistance Authority.
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Governmental Direction and Support:
    Council of the District of          AB                    157      12,118           0          0          0          6        157      12,124           0          0        157      12,124
     Columbia.
    Office of the D.C. Auditor........  AC                     14       1,283           0          0          0          0         14       1,283           0          0         14       1,283
    Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.  DX                      1         748           0          0          0          0          1         748           0          0          1         748
    Office of the Mayor...............  AA                     71       6,067           0          0          0          0         71       6,067           0          0         71       6.067
    Office of the Secretary...........  BA                     25       1,853           0          0          2         93         27       1,946           0          0         27       1,946
    Citywide Call Center..............  CW                      0           0           0          0          0          0          0           0          38      1,959         38       1,959
    Office of the City Administrator..  AE                     58       5,000          15     18,386          0          0         73      23,386           4        266         77      23,652
    Office of Personnel...............  BE                    126       9,998           0          0         21      1,287        147      11,285          24      1,246        171      12,531
    Human Resource Development........  HD                      1       2,744           0          0          0          0          1       2,744           0          0          1       2,744
    Office of Finance and Resource      AS                     35       2,153           0          0          0          0         35       2,153           0          0         35       2,153
     Management.
    Office of Contracting and           PO                    223      15,337           0          0          0          0        223      15,337           0          0        223      15,337
     Procurement.
    Office of the Chief Technology      TO                     60      11,756           0          0          0         14         60      11,770          35      2,422         95      14,192
     Officer.
    Office of Property Management.....  AM                     62       6,620           0          0          1      1,930         63       8,550         219     26,269        282      34,819
    Contract Appeals Board............  AF                      6         734           0          0          0          0          6         734           0          0          6         734
    Board of Elections and Ethics.....  DL                     50       3,250           0          0          0          0         50       3,250           0          0         50       3,250
    Office of Campaign Finance........  CJ                     15       1,209           0          0          0          0         15       1,209           0          0         15       1,209
    Public Employee Relations Board...  CG                      4         652           0          0          0          0          4         652           0          0          4         652
    Office of Employee Appeals........  CH                     15       1,434           0          0          0          0         15       1,434           0          0         15       1,434
    Metropolitan Washington Council of  EA                      0         367           0          0          0          0          0         367           0          0          0         367
     Governments.
    Office of Inspector General.......  AD                     90      11,293          15      1,106          0          0        105      12,399           0          0        105      12,399
    Office of the Chief Financial       AT                    912      66,406           3        932         41      9,845        956      77,183          70      4,788      1,026      81,971
     Officer.
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Governmental Direction     ..............      1,925     161,022          33     20,424         65     13,175      2,023     194,621         390     36,950      2,413     231,571
       and Support.
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Economic Development and Regulation:
    Business Services & Economic        EB                     88      10,353           2        304          7     16,096         97      26,753           0          0         97      26,753
     Development.
    Office of Zoning..................  BJ                     16       1,763           0          0          0          0         16       1,763           0          0         16       1,763
    Department of Housing & Community   DB                      7       3,702         137     40,109          0      4,462        144      48,273           0          0        144      48,273
     Development.
    Department of Employment Services.  CF                     71      11,972         407     51,787        172     17,053        650      80,812           0          0        650      80,812
    Board of Appeals and Review.......  DK                      3         244           0          0          0          0          3         244           0          0          3         244
    Board of Real Property Assessments  DA                      3         300           0          0          0          0          3         300           0          0          3         300
     and Appeals.
    Department of Consumer and          CR                    397      25,228           0         75          6      1,210        403      26,513           0      1,500        403      28,013
     Regulatory Affairs.
    Office of Banking and Financial     BI                      0           0           0          0         20      1,869         20       1,869           0          0         20       1,869
     Institutions.
    Public Service Commission.........  DH                      0           0           2        103         56      5,575         58       5,678           0          0         58       5,678
    Office of People's Counsel........  DJ                      0           0           0          0         28      3,020         28       3,020           0          0         28       3,020
    Department of Insurance and         SR                      0           0           0          0         89      7,359         89       7,359           0          0         89       7,359
     Securities Regulation.
    Office of Cable Television and      CT                      0           0           0          0         14      3,054         14       3,054          12        517         26       3,571
     Telecommunications.
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Economic Development and   ..............        585      53,562         548     92,378        392     59,698      1,525     205,638          12      2,017      1,537     207,655
       Regulation.
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Public Safety and Justice:
    Metropolitan Police Department....  FA                  4,351     284,504         200      9,721         71      8,987      4,622     303,212           2      3,454      4,624     306,666
    Fire and Emergency Medical          FB                  1,948     116,587           0          0          0          9      1,948     116,596           0          0      1,948     116,596
     Services Department.
    Police and Fire Retirement System.  FD                      0      49,000           0          0          0          0          0      49,000           0          0          0      49,000
    Office of the Corporation Counsel.  CB                    297      28,076         180     13,760         12      4,129        489      45,965          27      2,130        516      48,095
    Settlement and Judgments..........  ZH                      0      23,450           0          0          0          0          0      23,450           0          0          0      23,450
    Department of Corrections.........  FL                    892      80,193           0          0        923    132,800      1,815     212,993           0        300      1,815     213,293
    National Guard....................  FK                     30       1,820          13        506          0          0         43       2,326           0          0         43       2,326
    Emergency Management Agency.......  BN                     26       2,015          13        963          0          0         39       2,978           0          0         39       2,978
    Commission on Judicial              DQ                      2         169           0          0          0          0          2         169           0          0          2         169
     Disabilities and Tenure.
    Judicial Nomination Commission....  DV                      1          90           0          0          0          0          1          90           0          0          1          90
    Office of Citizen Complaint Review  FH                     21         857           0          0          0          0         21         857           0          0         21         857
     Board.
    Advisory Commission on Sentencing.  FZ                      6         733           0          0          0          0          6         733           0          0          6         733
    Office of the Chief Medical         FX                     49       3,871           0          0          2        106         51       3,977           0          0         51       3,977
     Examiner.
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Public Safety and Justice  ..............      7,623     591,365         406     24,950      1,008    146,031      9,037     762,346          29      5,884      9,066     768,230
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Public Education System:
    Public Schools....................  GA                  9,660     628,809       1,097    133,490         93      7,144     10,850     769,443          81     35,106     10,931     804,549
    Teachers' Retirement System.......  GX                      0         200           0          0          0          0          0         200           0          0          0         200
    State Education Office............  GD                      9       1,679           0          0          0          0          9       1,679           0          0          9       1,679
    D.C. Resident Tuition Support.....  GT                     15      14,000           0          0          0          0         15      14,000           0          0         15      14,000
    Public Charter Schools............  GC                      0     105,000           0          0          0          0          0     105,000           0          0          0     105,000
    University of the District of       GF                    505      44,691         200     13,199        111     18,543        816      76,433         115      9,677        931      86,110
     Columbia.
    Public Library....................  CE                    422      25,208           9        550          1        701        432      26,459           0          0        432      26,459
    Commission on the Arts and          BX                      2       1,780           7        404          0         20          9       2,204           0         37          9       2,241
     Humanities.
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Public Education System..  ..............     10,613     821,367       1,313    147,643        205     26,408     12,131     995,418         196     44,820     12,327   1,040,238
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Human Support Services:
    Department of Human Services......  JA                    884     198,674       1,136    181,828         10      4,338      2,030     384,840           0      1,730      2,030     386,570
    Department of Health..............  HC                    420     314,906         752    690,295         64      9,680      1,236   1,014,881           5        401      1,241   1,015,282
    Department of Recreation and Parks  HA                    514      26,617           0         34         83      2,204        597      28,855          93      4,059        690      32,914
    Office on Aging...................  BY                     14      14,169           9      4,962          0          0         23      19,131           3        266         26      19,397
    Public Benefit Corporation Subsidy  JC                      0      45,313           0          0          0          0          0      45,313           0          0          0      45,313
    Unemployment Compensation Fund....  BH                      0       6,199           0          0          0          0          0       6,199           0          0          0       6,199
    Disability Compensation Fund......  BG                      0      25,836           0          0          0          0          0      25,836           0        100          0      25,936
    Office of Human Rights............  HM                     20       1,301           0        106          0          0         20       1,407           0          0         20       1,407
    Office on Latino Affairs..........  BZ                      4         882           0          0          0          0          4         882           0         30          4         912
    Energy Office.....................  JF                      0           0          13      4,364          6        496         19       4,860           0          0         19       4,860
    Brownfield Remediation............  BR                      0           0           0          0          0          0          0           0           0          0          0           0
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Human Support Services...  ..............      1,856     633,897       1,910    881,589        163     16,718      3,929   1,532,204         101      6,586      4,030   1,538,790
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Public Works:
    Department of Public Works........  KA                  1,460      98,973           8      3,328         47      6,288      1,515     108,589         265     19,703      1,780     128,292
    Department of Motor Vehicles......  KV                    258      24,709           0          0         76      3,116        334      27,825           0          0        334      27,825
    Taxicab Commission................  TC                      6         241           0          0          3        432          9         673           0          0          9         673
    Washington Metropolitan Area        KC                      0          82           0          0          0          0          0          82           0          0          0          82
     Transit Commission.
    Washington Metropolitan Area        KE                      0     138,073           0          0          0          0          0     138,073           0          0          0     138,073
     Transit Authority.
    School Transit Subsidy............  KD                      0       3,000           0          0          0          0          0       3,000           0          0          0       3,000
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Public Works.............  ..............      1,724     265,078           8      3,328        126      9,836      1,858     278,242         265     19,703      2,123     297,945
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Receivership Programs:
    Child and Family Services Agency..  RL                    367      97,198         210     68,754          0        700        577     168,452           0      1,800        577     168,452
    Incentive for Adoption of Children  ..............          0           0           0          0          0          0          0           0           0          0          0           0
    Commission on Mental Health         RM                  1,502     125,408         660     66,801          0     18,360      2,162     210,569           0          0      2,162     210,569
     Services.
    Corrections Medical Receiver......  RR                      0      12,307           0          0          0          0          0      12,307           0          0          0      12,307
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Receivership Programs....  ..............      1,869     234,913         870    135,555          0     19,060      2,739     389,528           0      1,800      2,739     391,328
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Financing and Other:
    Reserve...........................  RD                      0     150,000           0          0          0          0          0     150,000           0          0          0     150,000
    Repayment of Loans and Interest...  DS                      0     243,238           0          0          0          0          0     243,238           0          0          0     243,238
    Repayment of General Fund Deficit.  ZD                      0      39,300           0          0          0          0          0      39,300           0          0          0      39,300
    Interest on Short-Term Borrowing..  ZA                      0       1,140           0          0          0          0          0       1,140           0          0          0       1,140
    Inaugural Expenses................  SB                      0       5,961           0          0          0          0          0       5,961           0          0          0       5,961
    Certificate of Participation......  CP                      0       7,950           0          0          0          0          0       7,950           0          0          0       7,950
    Wilson Building...................  ZZ                      0       8,409           0          0          0          0          0       8,409           0          0          0       8,409
    Optical and Dental Insurance        DI                      0       2,675           0          0          0          0          0       2,675           0          0          0       2,675
     Payments.
    Management Supervisory Service....  MS                      0      13,200           0          0          0          0          0      13,200           0          0          0      13,200
    Tobacco Trust Transfer............  TT                      0      61,406           0          0          0          0          0      61,406           0          0          0      61,406
    Operational Improvement Savings...  PN                      0     (10,000)          0          0          0          0          0     (10,000)          0          0          0     (10,000)
    Management Reform Productivity      PC                      0     (37,000)          0          0          0          0          0     (37,000)          0          0          0     (37,000)
     Savings.
    Cafeteria Plan Savings............  PG                      0      (5,000)          0          0          0          0          0      (5,000)          0          0          0      (5,000)
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Financing and Other......  ..............          0     481,279           0          0          0          0          0     481,279           0          0          0     481,279
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
      Total, General Fund--Operating    ..............     26,195   3,245,623       5,088  1,305,867      1,959    290,926     33,242   4,842,416         993    117,760     34,235   4,960,176
       Expenses.
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Enterprise Funds:
    Water and Sewer Authority.........  LA                      0           0           0          0          0    230,614          0     230,614           0          0          0     230,614
    Washington Aqueduct...............  LB                      0           0           0          0          0     45,091          0      45,091           0          0          0      45,091
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Water and Sewer Fund.....  ..............          0           0           0          0          0    275,705          0     275,705           0          0          0     275,705
    Lottery and Charitable Games Board  DC                      0           0           0          0        100    223,200        100     223,200           0          0        100     223,200
    Sports and Entertainment            SC                      0           0           0          0          0     10,968          0      10,968           0          0          0      10,968
     Commission.
    Public Benefit Corporation........  JB                      0           0           0          0          0     78,235          0      78,235           0     71,424          0     149,659
    Retirement Board..................  DY                      0           0           0          0         14     11,414         14      11,414           0          0         14      11,414
    Correctional Industries Fund......  FP                      0           0           0          0         12      1,808         12       1,808          19      3,620         31       5,428
    Washington Convention Center......  ES                      0           0           0          0          0     52,726          0      52,726           0          0          0      52,726
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Enterprise and Other       ..............          0           0           0          0        126    654,056        126     654,056          19     75,044        145     729,100
       Funds.
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
      Total, Operating Expenses.......  ..............     26,195   3,245,623       5,088  1,305,867      2,085    944,982     33,368   5,496,472       1,012    192,804     34,380   5,689,276
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
Capital Outlay:
    General Fund......................  ..............          0     818,025           0    204,049          0          0          0   1,022,074           0          0          0   1,022,074
    Water and Sewer...................  ..............          0           0           0          0          0    140,725          0     140,725           0          0          0     140,725
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Capital Outlay...........  ..............          0     818,025           0    204,049          0    140,725          0   1,162,799           0          0          0   1,162,799
                                       =========================================================================================================================================================
      Grand Total.....................  ..............     26,195   4,063,648       5,088  1,509,916      2,085  1,085,707     33,368   6,659,271       1,012    192,804     34,380   6,852,075
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                             FEDERAL FUNDS

    A total of $1,923,917,000 in Federal funds will be 
available to the District of Columbia government during fiscal 
year 2001. Included in this total are the Federal payments for 
the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee of $134,300,000, 
for the District of Columbia Courts of $99,500,000, 
$115,752,000 for the District of Columbia Court Services and 
Offender Supervision Agency, $34,387,000 for Defender Services 
in the District of Columbia, $14,000,000 for Resident Tuition 
Support, $7,000,000 for Metrorail construction, $250,000 for a 
National Museum of American Music, $1,500,000 for the Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer (including payment to a mentoring 
program and for hotline services, $500,000 for a youth 
development program with a character building curriculum, 
$500,000 for the design, construction, and maintenance of a 
trash rack system to be installed at the Hickey Run stormwater 
outfall, and $250,000 for payment to support a program to 
assist homeless individuals to become productive, taxpaying 
citizens in the District of Columbia), $100,000 for payment for 
tax reciprocity activities, $250,000 to study a simplified 
personnel system, and $5,961,000 for reimbursement for expenses 
incurred in connection with the Presidential Inauguration. 
Other Federal funds will be received by the District from the 
various Federal grant programs.
    The following table summarizes the various Federal funds 
estimated to be available to the District government during 
fiscal year 2001:

                              Federal Funds

Federal payment for Resident Tuition Support............      14,000,000
Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the 
    District of Columbia................................       1,500,000
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Corrections 
    Trustee.............................................     134,300,000
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts......      99,500,000
Defender Services in the District Courts................      34,387,000
Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender 
    Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia.....     115,752,000
Federal payment for Washington Interfaith Network.......       1,000,000
Federal payment for Tax Reciprocity Activities..........         100,000
Federal payment for Simplified Personnel System.........         250,000
Metrorail construction..................................       7,000,000
Federal Payment for National Museum of American Music...         250,000
Presidential Inauguration...............................       5,961,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total, Federal funds in bill........................     414,000,000
Federal grants..........................................   1,509,917,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total, Federal funds................................   1,923,917,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

                            Federal Payment

    A table showing the Federal payment and its relationship to 
general fund local revenue collections for fiscal year 1951 
through 2001 follows:

  FEDERAL PAYMENT COMPARED TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GENERAL FUND REVENUE
                            LOCAL COLLECTIONS
                      [Dollar amounts in thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Federal
                                     Federal                  payment as
                                     payment      General         a
                                  appropriated    revenue     percentage
                                    (general       local      of general
                                      fund)     collections   fund local
                                                             collections
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1951............................         9,800       97,866         10.0
1952............................        10,400      102,398         10.2
1953............................        10,000      104,823          9.5
1954............................        11,000      105,456         10.4
1955............................        20,000      114,808         17.4
1956............................        18,000      122,302         14.7
1957............................        20,000      137,280         14.6
1958............................        20,000      144,745         13.8
1959............................        25,000      149,751         16.7
1960............................        25,000      162,888         15.3
1961............................        25,000      167,986         14.9
1962............................        30,000      181,615         16.5
1963............................        30,000      205,298         14.6
1964............................        37,500      215,804         17.4
1965............................        37,500      230,995         16.2
1966............................        44,250      256,398         17.3
1967............................        58,000      272,906         21.3
1968............................        70,000      301,767         23.2
1969............................        89,365      341,033         26.2
1970............................   \1\ 116,166      388,523         29.9
1971............................   \2\ 131,000      432,010         30.3
1972............................       173,654      458,523         37.9
1973............................       181,500      505,276         35.9
1974............................       187,450      534.253         35.1
1975............................       226,200      554,222         40.8
1976............................       248,949      628,245         39.6
Transition quarter..............        66,138      199,652         33.1
1977............................       276,000      754,447         36.6
1978............................       276,000      880,699         31.3
1979............................   \3\ 250,000      953,697         26.2
1980............................       276,500    1,082,209         25.5
1981............................       300,000    1,190,596         25.2
1982............................       336,600    1,271,727         26.5
1983............................   \4\ 361,000    1,402,409         25.7
1984............................   \5\ 386,000    1,522,875         25.3
1985............................   \6\ 425,000    1,692,804         25.1
1986............................       412,388    1,862,043         22.1
1987............................       444,500    2,042,444         21.8
1988............................       430,500    2,221,290         19.4
1989............................       430,500    2,419,603         17.8
1990............................   \7\ 430,500    2,502,883         17.2
1991............................   \8\ 530,500    2,603,560         20.4
1992............................   \9\ 630,500    2,665,101         23.7
1993............................  \10\ 624,854    2,808,647         22.2
1994............................  \11\ 630,603    2,738,840         23.0
1995............................       660,000    2,672,692         24.7
1996............................  \12\ 660,000    2,656,115         24.8
1997............................  \13\ 660,000    2,772,765         23.8
1998............................  \14\ 198,000    3,246,127          6.1
1999............................  \15\ 279,640    3,074,970          9.1
2000............................   \16\ 26,950    3,228,008          0.8
2001............................   \17\ 21,811    3,266,836          0.7
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes $5,000,000 as provided in Public Law 91-106 for law
  enforcement activities in fiscal year 1970 only and $8,000,000 as
  provided in Public Law 91-287 for use in determining the cost of the
  retroactive pay increase for policemen, firemen, and teachers.
\2\ Includes $5,000,000 as provided in Public Law 91-358 for purposes of
  the D.C. Court Reform and Criminal Procedures Act of 1970.
\3\ Excludes one-time special payment of $9,900,000 for the Federal
  share of the RFK stadium bond repayment.
\4\ Excludes one-time payment of $2,342,600 for special crime
  initiative.
\5\ Excludes one-time special payment of $31,221,600 for crime
  initiative. Saint Elizabeths Hospital and education.
\6\ Excludes $20,000,000 one-time special Federal payment for Saint
  Elizabeths Hospital and $9,873,000 for criminal justice initiative.
\7\ Excludes $15,000,000 special Federal payment for Saint Elizabeths
  Hospital and $31,772,000 for Drug Emergency.
\8\ Excludes $10,000,000 special Federal payment for Saint Elizabeths
  Hospital, $26,708,000 for Drug Emergency, $20,300,000 for new
  correctional treatment facility, $1,000,000 for Commission on Budget
  and Financial Priorities, $14,080,000 for Board of Education,
  $1,141,000 for the Fire Department, $160,000 for the Superior Court,
  $5,000,000 for D.C. General Hospital and $3,041,000 for the Department
  of Human Services.
\9\ Excludes $75,000 for the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,205,000
  for the Board of Education, $9,500,000 for D.C. General Hospital, and
  $500,000 for the Department of Human Services.
\10\ Reflects 24 percent of fiscal year 1991 revenues (two years prior)
  to budget year. Also, excludes $5,514,000 for inaugural activities and
  $5,561,600 for a trauma care fund.
\11\ Excludes $17,327,000 for crime and youth initiative.
\12\ Excludes $15,000,000 authorized in the Department of Justice
  appropriations for fiscal year 1996, Violent Crime Reduction Programs,
  State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance.
\13\ Excludes $5,702,000 for Inaugural Expenses.
\14\ Excludes $169,000,000 payment to the District of Columbia Trustee
  for Operations, $302,000,000 payment to the District of Columbia
  Corrections Trustee for Correctional Facilities, Construction and
  Repair, $123,000,000 for District of Columbia Courts, $23,000,000 for
  judicial related agencies, $5,400,000 for police pay raise, $2,600,000
  for fire fighter pay raises, $2,000,000 for the Inspector General, and
  $1,000,000 for District Education and Learning Technologies
  Advancement (DELTA) Council.
\15\ Excludes $184,800,000 for D.C. Corrections Trustee for Operations,
  $128,000,000 for D.C. Courts, and $59,400,000 for Offender
  Supervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency and $10,259,000 for
  payment to other Federal agencies and private entities.
\16\ Excludes $183,000,000 for D.C. Corrections Trustee for Operations,
  $100,714,000 for D.C. Courts, $105,500,000 for Offender Supervision,
  Defender Court Service Agencies and $33,336,000 for Defender Services
  in D.C. Courts.
\17\ Excludes $134,300,000 for the District of Columbia Corrections
  Trustee, $99,500,000 for the District of Columbia Courts, $34,387,000
  for Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts, $115,752,000
  for Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of
  Columbia, $1,000,000 to the Washington Interfaith Network, $7,000,000
  for Metrorail construction, and $250,000 for a National Museum of
  American Music.

                 District of Columbia Local Collections

    The District estimates it will collect a total of 
$3,266,836,000 in local revenues in fiscal year 2001 from 
various taxes, fees, and charges. These collections are 
expected to be $38,828,000 higher than the fiscal year 2000 
revised estimated collections.
    A summary of these revenues comparing fiscal years 2000 and 
2001 by source follows:

                                     DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOCAL COLLECTIONS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                           Fiscal Year--
                                                                 --------------------------------    Increase/
                                                                       2000            2001         (Decrease)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revenues:
    Local sources:
        Property taxes..........................................         652,250         644,360         (7,890)
        Sales taxes.............................................         626,565         651,230          24,665
        Income taxes............................................       1,279,855       1,291,179          11,324
        Gross receipts..........................................         214,722         219,753           5,031
        Other taxes.............................................         112,461         111,906           (555)
        Licenses and permits....................................          40,995          37,095         (3,899)
        Fines and forteitures...................................          53,276          67,716          14,440
        Charges/services........................................          37,802          61,528          23,726
        Miscellaneous...........................................          87,134          71,033        (16,101)
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, local revenues..............................       3,105,059       3,155,800          50,741
                                                                 ===============================================
Other financing sources:
    Tobacco settlement..........................................          53,949          42,036        (11,913)
    Lottery transfer............................................          69,000          69,000               0
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
        Total, other financing sources..........................         122,949         111,036        (11,913)
                                                                 ===============================================
        Total, general fund revenues............................       3,228,008       3,266,836          38,828
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                       History of Federal Payment

    The Committee is including the usual history of the Federal 
payment and its relationship to the District's appropriated 
budget going back to fiscal year 1921. Figures for fiscal years 
1921 through 1975 reflect general fund appropriations only, 
while appropriations from 1976 through 1980 are for operating 
expenses from all sources which include the general fund as 
well as the water and sewer fund. Appropriations for 1981 
through 2001 estimates include operating expenses from the 
general fund only.
    The history referred to follows:

                            FEDERAL PAYMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE GENERAL FUND
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Total           District of                         U.S. share as a
             Fiscal year                appropriations     Columbia share       U.S. share      percent of total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1921................................         21,474,271         12,256,178          9,218,093              42.93
1922................................         22,977,411         13,784,648          9,192,763              40.01
1923................................         23,833,043         14,430,265          9,402,778              39.45
1924................................         23,903,755         14,463,330          9,440,425              39.49
1925................................         31,175,672         22,030,317          9,145,355              29.33
1926................................         31,139,730         22,139,638          9,000,092              28.90
1927................................         33,951,478         24,950,987          9,000,491              26.51
1928................................         34,894,148         25,892,358          9,001,790              25.80
1929................................         35,957,970         26,957,753          9,000,217              25.03
1930................................         40,694,306         41,694,306          9,000,000              22.12
1931................................         45,625,286         36,125,252          9,500,034              20.82
1932................................         43,840,022         34,339,911          9,500,111              21.67
1933................................         39,626,998         31,851,847          7,775,151              19.62
1934................................         29,700,737         24,000,708          5,700,029              19.19
1935................................         34,620,004         30,080,709          4,539,295              13.11
1936................................         38,295,953         32,588,424          5,707,529              14.90
1937................................         40,182,768         35,177,768          5,005,000              12.46
1938................................         41,143,818         36,118,792          5,025,026              12.21
1939................................         40,494,451         35,494,451          5,000,000              12.35
1940................................         41,777,885         35,777,768          6,000,117              14.36
1941................................         43,136,909         37,136,909          6,000,000              13.91
1942................................         47,401,269         41,401,269          6,000,000              12.66
1943................................         49,422,932         43,422,932          6,000,000              12.14
1944................................         54,642,247         48,642,247          6,000,000              10.98
1945................................         62,599,125         56,599,125          6,000,000               9.58
1946................................         64,728,423         58,728,423          6,000,000               9.27
1947................................         72,584,314         64,584,314          8,000,000              11.02
1948................................         81,744,086         70,744,086         11,000,000              13.46
1949................................         86,017,985         75,017,985         11,000,000              12.79
1950................................         98,331,275         87,331,275         11,000,000              11.19
1951................................        103,924,822         94,124,822          9,800,000               9.43
1952................................        121,265,978        110,865,978         10,400,000               8.58
1953................................        113,589,327        103,589,327         10,000,000               8.80
1954................................        129,111,304        118,111,304         11,000,000               8.52
1955................................        139,578,760        119,578,760         20,000,000              14.33
1956................................        143,179,303        125,179,303         18,000,000              12.57
1957................................        155,579,025        135,579,025         20,000,000              12.86
1958................................        166,096,999        146,096,999         20,000,000              12.04
1959................................        185,915,914        160,915,914         25,000,000              13.45
1960................................        199,806,074        174,806,074         25,000,000              12.51
1961................................    \1\ 199,522,707        174,522,707         25,000,000              12.53
1962................................        209,571,780        179,571,780         30,000,000              14.31
1963................................        224,594,494        194,594,494         30,000,000              13.36
1964................................        240,934,361        203,434,361         37,500,000              15.56
1965................................        265,062,212        227,562,212         37,500,000              14.15
1966................................        285,093,147        240,843,147         44,250,000              15.52
1967................................        318,057,766        260,057,766         58,000,000              18.24
1968................................        371,269,747        301,269,747         70,000,000              18.85
1969................................        435,474,907        346,109,907         89,365,000              20.52
1970................................        528,960,521        412,794,521    \2\ 116,166,000              21.96
1971................................        591,262,769        460,262,769    \3\ 131,000,000              22.16
1972................................        641,466,600        467,812,600        173,654,000              27.07
1973................................        718,091,300        536,591,300        181,500,000              25.28
1974................................        777,764,647        590,314,647        187,450,000              24.10
1975................................        845,616,600        619,416,600        226,200,000              26.75
1976................................      1,042,142,700        793,194,000        248,948,700              23.89
1977................................      1,130,505,900        854,505,900        276,000,000              24.41
1978................................      1,260,791,300        984,791,300        276,000,000              21.89
1979................................      1,335,746,400      1,085,746,400    \4\ 250,000,000              18.72
1980................................      1,426,093,300      1,149,593,300        276,500,000              19.39
1981................................      1,457,886,500      1,157,886,500        300,000,000              20.58
1982................................      1,586,298,000      1,249,698,000        336,600,000              21.22
1983................................      1,792,104,300      1,431,104,300    \5\ 361,000,000              20.14
1984................................      1,897,285,000      1,511,285,000    \6\ 386,000,000              20.34
1985................................      2,076,246,000      1,651,246,000    \7\ 425,000,000              20.47
1986................................      2,247,906,000      1,835,517,650        412,388,350              18.35
1987................................      2,461,113,000      2,016,613,000        444,500,000              18.06
1988................................      2,701,265,000      2,270,765,000        430,500,000              15.94
1989................................      2,862,130,000      2,431,630,000        430,500,000              15.04
1990................................      3,107,833,000      2,677,333,000    \8\ 430,500,000              13.85
1991................................      3,204,698,000      2,674,198,000    \9\ 530,500,000              16.55
1992................................      3,301,426,000      2,670,926,000   \10\ 630,500,000              19.10
1993................................      3,286,294,000      2,661,439,600   \11\ 624,854,400              19.01
1994................................      3,352,102,000      2,721,499,000   \12\ 630,603,000              18.81
1995................................      3,254,904,000      2,594,904,000        660,000,000              20.28
1996 with unallocated...............      3,449,037,000      2,789,037,000   \13\ 660,000,000              19.14
1997................................      3,339,927,000      2,739,927,000   \14\ 660,000,000              19.41
1998................................      2,850,545,000      2,652,545,000   \15\ 198,000,000               6.95
1999................................      2,865,763,000      2,586,123,000   \16\ 279,640,000               9.76
2000................................      3,113,854,000      3,090,104,000    \17\ 23,750,000               0.76
2001................................      3,245,623,000      3,223,812,000    \18\ 21,811,000               0.67
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Excludes appropriations for capital outlay beginning with fiscal year 1961.
\2\ Includes $5,000,000 as provided in Public Law 91-106 for law enforcement activities in fiscal year 1970 only
  and $8,000,000 as provided in Public Law 91-287 for use in defraying the cost of the retroactive pay increase
  for policemen, and firemen and teachers.
\3\ Excludes $5,000,000 as provided in Public Law 91-358 for purposes of the D.C. Court Reform and Criminal
  Procedures Act of 1970.
\4\ Excludes one-time special payment of $9,900,000 for the Federal share of the RFK stadium bond repayment.
\5\ Excludes one-time payment of $2,342,600 for special crime initiative.
\6\ Excludes one-time special payment of $31,221,600 for crime initiative, Saint Elizabeths Hospital and
  education.
\7\ Excludes $20,000,000 one-time special Federal payment for Saint Elizabeths Hospital and $9,873,000 for
  criminal justice initiative.
\8\ Excludes $15,000,000 special Federal payment for Saint Elizabeths Hospital and $31,772,000 for Drug
  Emergency.
\9\ Excludes $10,000,000 special Federal payment for Saint Elizabeths Hospital $26,708,000 for Drug Emergency,
  $20,300,000 for new correctional treatment facility, $1,000,000 for Commission on Budget and Financial
  Priorities, $14,080,000 for Board of Education, $1,141,000 for the Fire Department, $160,000 for the Superior
  Court, $5,000,000 for D.C. General Hospital, and $3,041,000 for the Department of Human Services.
\10\ Excludes $75,000 for the Metropolitan Police Department, $3,205,000 for the Board of Education, $9,500,000
  for D.C. General Hospital, and $500,000 for the Department of Human Services.
\11\ Excludes $5,514,000 for inaugural activities and $5,561,600 for a trauma care fund.
\12\ Excludes $17,327,000 for crime youth initiative.
\13\ Excludes $15,000,000 authorized in the Department of Justice appropriations for fiscal year 1996, Violent
  Crime Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance.
\14\ Excludes $5,702,000 for Inaugural Expenses.
\15\ Excludes $169,000,000 payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee for operations, $302,000,000
  payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee for Correctional Facilities, Construction and Repair,
  $123,000,000 payment to the District of Columbia Courts, $23,000,000 for judicial related agencies, $5,400,000
  for police pay raise, $2,600,000 for fire fighter pay raises, $2,000,000 for the Inspector General, and
  $1,000,000 for District Education and Learning Technologies Advancement (DELTA) Council.
\16\ Excludes $184,800,000 for D.C. Corrections Trustee for Operations, $128,000,000 for D.C. Courts, and
  $59,400,000 Offender Supervision Defender and Court Services Agency and $10,259,000 for payment to other
  Federal agencies and private entities.
\17\ Excludes $183,000,000 for D.C. Corrections Trustee for Operations, $100,714,000 for D.C. Courts,
  $105,500,000 for Offender Supervision, Defender and Court Service Agencies and $33,336,000 for Defender
  Services in D.C. Courts.
\18\ Excludes $134,300,000 for the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee, $99,500,000 for the District of
  Columbia Courts, $34,387,000 for Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts, $115,752,000 for Courts
  Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, $1,000,000 to the Washington Interfaith
  Network, $7,000,000 for Metrorail construction, and $250,000 for a National Museum of American Music.

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

    The Committee provides $14,000,000 for the Resident Tuition 
Support program. In FY2000 the Committee provided $17 million 
for this program, which at the time was not yet operational or 
authorized by law. The President requested an additional $17 
million for the program in FY2001. Attached are the official 
projections by the program regarding its first two years of 
operation. They reflect facts about the program's actual 
utilization and its financial needs, rather than the rough 
estimates which by necessity were used in making last year's 
appropriation, and in preparing the President's proposed budget 
for this year. The Committee notes that the projected need to 
fully fund this program in school year 2000 is $12,922,439 and 
in school year 2001 is $16,244,126 for a two year total of 
$29,166,565. In FY2000 this program was not yet operational and 
the Committee could not make informed decisions as to the 
amount the program would need to be fully funded. In FY2000 the 
Committee provided $17,000,000. In FY2001 the Committee is 
providing $14,000,000, for a two year total of $31,000,000, 
which is $1,833,425 more than the program anticipates will be 
needed. This extra amount is provided to ensure that the 
program will receive the funds necessary if increased 
enrollment occurs in this program. However, to be able to make 
informed decisions as to the actual use of the program, the 
Committee request a report by September 18, 2000 detailing the 
actual use and cost of this program. Additionally, the 
Committee has included a proviso that no more than 5% of the 
amount provided may be used for administrative costs. The 
Committee notes that the program was projected to use 7%, a 
difference of $260,000 in FY2001. The Committee notes that the 
student caseload is about the same for each year, and so 
expects that later years should require less administrative 
expense than the first year, since they do not have the start-
up costs. The 5% should be very satisfactory, and will assure 
that the program benefits students, not bureaucrats.'' The 
projection is subject to some revision due to possible 
enrollment changes from lower to higher cost states, or vice 
versa. The Committee will follow the actual participation in 
this program with interest. The Committee requests quarterly 
reports on the status, spending, and location of students 
receiving support through this program, as well as, the 
administrative costs associated with operating the program.
    The following charts show the most optimistic projections 
for school years 2000 and 2001:

                                                SCHOOL YEAR 2000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      Total D.C.
            Institution name                        City               students       Tuition       Total cost
                                                                         2000      differential        2000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
George Washington University...........  Washington, DC............          166          $2,500        $415,000
Georgetown University..................  Washington, DC............           43           2,500         107,500
Howard University......................  Washington, DC............          187           2,500         467,500
American University....................  Washington, DC............           70           2,500         175,000
Catholic University of America.........  Washington, DC............           56           2,500         140,000
Corcoran School of Art.................  Washington, DC............            5           2,500          12,500
Trinity College........................  Washington, DC............          239           2,500         597,500
Anne Arundel Community College.........  Arnold, MD................            1           4,320           4,320
Bowie State University.................  Bowie, MD.................           45           4,823         217,035
Catonsville Community College..........  Catonsville, MD...........            1           3,180           3,180
Coppin State College...................  Baltimore, MD.............            8           4,690          37,520
Frostburg State University.............  Frostburg, MD.............           15           4,260          63,900
University of Maryland--University       College Park, MD..........           35             936          32,760
 College.
University of Maryland--Baltimore        Baltimore, MD.............           13           4,408          57,304
 County.
University of Maryland--College Park...  College Park, MD..........           42           6,522         273,924
University of Maryland--Eastern Shore..  Princess Anne, MD.........           37           4,642         171,754
Montgomery College of Takoma Park......  Takoma Park, MD...........           28           4,248         118,944
Morgan State University................  Baltmore, MD..............           38           5,104         193,952
Saint Marys College of Maryland........  St. Marys City, MD........            6           4,250          25,500
Montgomery College of Rockville........  Rockville, MD.............           29           4,248         123,192
Prince Georges Community College.......  Largo, MD.................           41           4,320         177,120
Salisbury State University.............  Salisbury, MD.............            6           4,210          25,260
Towson University......................  Towson, MD................            3           5,604          16,812
Capitol College........................  Laurel, MD................            7           2,500          17,500
Maryland College of Art and Design.....  Silver Spring, MD.........            9           2,500          22,500
Columbia Union College.................  Takoma Park, MD...........            5           2,500          12,500
Washington Bible College--Capital Bible  Lanham, MD................            7           2,500          17,500
 Seminary.
George Mason University................  Fairfax, VA...............           10           8,160          81,600
James Madison University...............  Harrisonburg, VA..........           23           5,000         115,000
Mary Washington College................  Fredericksburg, VA........            6           5,524          33,144
Nortern Virginia Community College.....  Annandale, VA.............           15           2,729          40,935
Old Dominion University................  Norfolk, VA...............            3           5,424          16,272
University of Virginia--Main Campus....  Charlottesville, VA.......           40          10,000         400,000
College of William and Mary............  Williamsburg, VA..........            9          10,000          90,000
Norfolk State University...............  Norfolk, VA...............           33           4,205         138,765
Thomas Nelson Community College........  Hampton, VA...............            2           3,265           6,530
Tidewater Community College............  Norfolk, VA...............            1           3,280           3,280
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and       Blacksburg, VA............           10           7,216          72,160
 State.
Virginia Commonwealth University.......  Richmond, VA..............            6           8,484          50,904
Virginia State University..............  Petersburg, VA............           26           4,845         125,970
Marymount University...................  Arlington, VA.............           47           2,500         117,500
Saint Pauls College....................  Lawrenceville, VA.........           12           2,500          30,000
Hampton University.....................  Hampton, VA...............           75           2,500         187,500
Virginia Union University..............  Richmond, VA..............           30           2,500          75,000
University of West Alabama.............  Livingston, AL............                        2,280              --
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.  Fayetteville, AR..........                        4,480              --
University of Arizona..................  Tucson, AZ................            3           6,952          18,023
Northern Arizona University............  Flagstaff, AZ.............            3           5,916          16,009
California Polytechnic State             San Luis Obispo, CA.......            3           7,380          22,041
 University--San Luis.
University of California--Santa Barbara  Santa Barbara, CA.........            3           9,574          30,077
Monterey Peninsula College.............  Monterey, CA..............            1           2,904           2,904
California State University--Long Beach  Long Beach, CA............            1           7,380           7,380
University of California--Berkeley.....  Berkeley, CA..............            7           9,574          67,156
University of Colorado at Colorado       Colorado Springs, CO......            3           7,148          20,447
 Springs.
University of Colorado at Boulder......  Boulder, CO...............            7          10,000          67,674
Central Connecticut State University...  New Britain, CT...........            1           5,508           5,508
University of Connecticut..............  Storrs, CT................            4           8,518          33,563
Delaware State University..............  Dover, DE.................           79           5,130         407,514
University of Delaware.................  Newark, DE................           22           8,000         172,098
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical      Tallahassee, FL...........           37           6,655         247,579
 University.
Florida International University.......  Miami, FL.................            5           6,654          35,078
University of Central Florida..........  Orlando, FL...............            4           6,656          23,882
Florida State University...............  Tallahassee, FL...........            4           6,656          26,631
Miami-Dade Community College...........  Miami, FL.................            3           3,604          10,812
The University of West Florida.........  Pensacola, FL.............            1           6,586           6,586
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main...  Atlanta, GA...............            7           6,930          45,068
Armstrong Atlantic State University....  Savannah, GA..............            3           5,220          15,289
Fort Valley State University...........  Ft. Valley, GA............            7           5,220          38,729
University of Georgia..................  Athens, GA................           16           6,930         109,560
Georgia Perimeter College..............  Decatur, GA...............            1           2,208           2,208
Kapiolani Community College............  Honolulu, HI..............            2           4,776           9,552
Iowa State University..................  Ames, IA..................            7           6,278          41,995
University of Northern Iowa............  Cedar Falls, IA...........            8           4,555          38,584
Lewis-Clark State College..............  Lewiston, ID..............            3           5,278          18,311
North Idaho College....................  Coeur D'Alene, ID.........            2           2,756           5,512
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale  Carbondale, IL............            3           5,562          18,675
Ball State University..................  Muncie, IN................            4           5,862          24,075
Indiana University-Bloomington.........  Bloomington, IN...........           12           8,241          95,201
Indiana University-Purdue University...  Indianapolis, IN..........            4           6,858          24,141
Indiana University-East................  Richmond, IN..............            3           4,503          11,962
Butler County Community College........  El Dorado, KS.............            5           1,456           7,280
University of Kansas Main Campus.......  Lawrence, KS..............            3           6,448          18,231
Fort Scott Community College...........  Ft. Scott, KS.............            3           1,344           4,032
Kansas State University................  New York, KS..............            3           6,448          16,983
University of New Orleans..............  New Orleans, LA...........            4           6,076          22,119
Louisiana Technical College-Lamar Salt.  Leesville, LA.............            2             400             800
Grambling State University.............  Grambling, LA.............            4           5,250          20,792
Southern University and A & M College..  Baton Rouge, LA...........            1           4,788           4,788
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth..  North Dartmouth, MA.......            3           6,862          21,155
University of Massachusetts-Amherst....  Amherst, MA...............            3           7,221          21,103
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.......  Ann Arbor, MI.............           34          10,000         336,912
Michigan State University..............  East Lansing, MI..........            3           7,230          23,148
University of Mississippi Main Campus..  Oxford University, MS.....            3           3,102           9,311
Mississippi State University...........  Mississippi Sta, MS.......            8           3,102          25,974
East Carolina University...............  Greenville, NC............            7           7,270          51,811
University of North Carolina at          Charlotte, NC.............            4           7,270          28,299
 Charlotte.
University of North Carolina at          Greensboro, NC............            4           8,454          32,422
 Greensboro.
North Carolina Central University......  Durham, NC................            9           7,270          63,289
Winston Salem State University.........  Winston Salem, NC.........            4           6,418          23,269
Catawba Valley Community College.......  Hickory, NC...............            2           4,004           8,008
Elizabeth City State University........  Elizabeth City, NC........            4           6,418          24,921
Fayetteville Technical Community         Fayetteville, NC..........            5           4,004          20,020
 College.
Fayetteville State University..........  Fayetteville, NC..........           14           7,270         100,463
North Carolina Agricultural and Tech...  Greensboro, NC............           20           7,270         143,494
University of North Carolina at          Asheville, NC.............            3           6,418          19,925
 Asheville.
University of North Carolina at Chapel   Chapel Hill, NC...........           13           9,166         119,678
 Hill.
North Carolina State University at       Raleigh, NC...............           10           9,166          89,861
 Raleigh.
University of New Hampshire--Main        Durham, NH................            3           8,720          26,333
 Campus.
New Jersey Institute of Technology.....  Newark, NJ................            3           4,344          12,434
Rutgers University--New Brunswick......  New Brunswick, NJ.........           23           4,724         108,678
University of New Mexico--Main Campus..  Albuquerque, NM...........            3           6,219          16,360
Fashion Institute of Technology........  New York, NY..............            7           3,815          26,705
Cornell University--NY State Statutory.  Ithaca, NY................            6           9,050          54,901
New York State College of Ceramics at    Alfred, NY................            3           3,200           9,273
 Alfred.
SUNY College at Purchase...............  Purchase, NY..............            3           4,900          15,073
Central State University...............  Wilberforce, OH...........            4           3,975          14,054
Ohio State University--Main Campus.....  Columbus, OH..............            7           7,569          55,459
Ohio University--Southern Campus.......  Ironton, OH...............            1             126             126
University of Cincinnati--Main Campus..  Cincinnati, OH............            3           7,506          21,134
Hocking Technical College..............  Nelsonville, OH...........            1           4,530           4,530
Miami University--Oxford...............  Oxford, OH................            8           6,460          51,714
Ohio University--Main Campus...........  Athens, OH................            6           5,001          32,141
Wright State University--Main Campus...  Dayton, OH................            3           3,930          10,433
Murray State College...................  Tishomingo, OK............            1           2,016           2,016
Langston University....................  Langston, OK..............            3           2,610           8,641
Western Oklahoma State College.........  Altus, OK.................            1           2,272           2,272
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.....  Cheyney, PA...............           26           5,356         141,335
Pennsylvania State University--Penn      Altoona, PA...............            6           3,194          19,164
 State.
University of Pittsburgh--Main Campus..  Pittsburgh, PA............           35           7,034         246,351
University of Pittsburgh--Titusville...  Titusville, PA............            2           6,754          13,508
California University of Pennsylvania..  California, PA............            4           5,356          20,133
Lincoln University.....................  Lincoln University, PA....           22           2,615          56,255
Pennsylvania State University--Penn      Hazelton, PA..............            2           3,138           6,276
 State.
Pennsylvania State University--Main      University PA, PA.........           16           6,816         107,163
 Campus.
Pennsylvania State University--Penn      Mont Alto, PA.............            3           3,138           9,414
 State.
Temple University......................  Philadelphia, PA..........           47           5,030         237,477
Pennsylvania College of Technology.....  Williamsport, PA..........            2           1,227           2,454
Citadel Military College of South        Charleston, SC............            3           5,083          15,324
 Carolina.
South Carolina State University........  Orangeburg, SC............           13           3,064          40,163
Trident Technical College..............  Charleston, SC............            2           2,210           4,420
College of Charleston..................  Charleston, SC............            3           3,490          10,742
University of South Carolina at          Columbia, SC..............            7           5,712          37,767
 Columbia.
University of Tennessee--Knoxville.....  Knoxville, TN.............            4           5,056          18,949
Tennessee State University.............  Nashville, TN.............           21           4,826         101,369
Central Texas College..................  Killeen, TX...............           31           1,390          43,090
Cisco Junior College...................  Cisco, TX.................            2             486             972
Del Mar College........................  Corpus Christi, TX........            1             768             768
University of Houston--University Park.  Houston, TX...............            3           5,112          14,168
Howard County Junior College District..  Big Spring, TX............            1             616             616
The University of Texas at Austin......  Austin, TX................            3           6,390          17,466
University of Houston--Downtown........  Houston, TX...............            1           6,390           6,390
University of Vermont and State          Burlington, VT............            3          10,000          30,514
 Agriculture.
Central Washington University..........  Ellensburg, WA............            4           6,693          26,731
Evergreen State College................  Olympia, WA...............            3           6,693          21,533
Madison Area Technical College.........  Madison, WI...............            2          10,000          20,000
University of Wisconsin--Madison.......  Madison, WI...............           34           8,180         276,281
Fairmont State College.................  Fairmont, WV..............            3           2,890           8,627
Glenville State College................  Glenville, WV.............           12           2,772          32,704
Marshall University....................  Huntington, WV............            4           3,946          15,326
Shepherd College.......................  Shepherdstown, WV.........           10           3,200          33,075
West Virginia State College............  Institute, WV.............            7           3,202          21,901
West Virginia University Institute of    Montgomery, WV............            2           3,738           7,476
 Technology.
West Virginia University...............  Morgantown, WV............            4           5,184          19,601
                                                                                 -------------------------------
      Subtotal.........................  ..........................  ...........  ..............      10,247,733
                                                                                 ===============================
UDC transfers and induced enrollments..  ..........................  ...........  ..............       1,474,706
Administrative costs...................  ..........................  ...........  ..............       1,200,000
                                                                                 ===============================
      Total............................  ..........................  ...........  ..............     $12,922,439
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                                                SCHOOL YEAR 2001
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                                                                      D.C. total
            Institution name                        City               students       Tuition       Total cost
                                                                         2001      differential
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George Washington University...........  Washington, DC............          206          $2,500        $515,000
Georgetown University..................  Washington, DC............           59           2,500         147,500
Howard University......................  Washington, DC............          233           2,500         582,500
American University....................  Washington, DC............           87           2,500         217,500
Catholic University of America.........  Washington, DC............           73           2,500         182,500
Corcoran School of Art.................  Washington, DC............            6           2,500          15,000
Trinity College........................  Washington, DC............          286           2,500         715,000
Anne Arundel Community.................  Arnold, MD................            1           4,320           4,320
Bowie State University.................  Bowie, MD.................           59           4,823         284,557
Catonsville Community College..........  Catonsville, MD...........            1           3,180           3,180
Coppin State College...................  Baltimore, MD.............           10           4,690          46,900
Frostburg State University.............  Frostburg, MD.............           19           4,260          80,940
University of Maryland--University       College Park, MD..........           58             936          54,288
 College.
University of Maryland--Baltimore        Baltimore, MD.............           17           4,408          74,936
 County.
University of Maryland--College Park...  College Park, MD..........           57           6,522         371,754
University of Maryland--Eastern Shore..  Princess Anne, MD.........           45           4,642         208,890
Montgomery College of Takoma Park......  Takoma Park, MD...........           28           4,248         118,944
Morgan State University................  Baltimore, MD.............           49           5,104         250,096
Saint Marys College of Maryland........  St. Marys City, MD........            8           4,250          34,000
Montgomery College of Rockville........  Rockville, MD.............           29           4,248         123,192
Prince Georges Community College.......  Largo, MD.................           41           4,320         177,120
Salisbury State University.............  Salisbury, MD.............            8           4,210          33,680
Towson University......................  Towson, MD................            4           5,604          22,416
Capitol College........................  Laurel, MD................           10           2,500          25,000
Maryland College of Art and Design.....  Silver Spring, MD.........            9           2,500          22,500
Columbia Union College.................  Takoma Park, MD...........            6           2,500          15,000
Washington Bible College--Capital Bible  Lanham, MD................            9           2,500          22,500
 Seminary.
George Mason University................  Fairfax, VA...............           13           8,160         106,080
James Madison University...............  Harrisonburg, VA..........           29           5,000         145,000
Mary Washington College................  Fredericksburg, VA........            8           5,524          44,192
Northern Virginia Community College....  Annandale, VA.............           15           2,729          40,935
Old Dominion University................  Norfolk, VA...............            4           5,424          21,696
University of Virginia--Main Campus....  Charlottesville, VA.......           53          10,000         530,000
College of William and Mary............  Williamsburg, VA..........           12          10,000         120,000
Norfolk State University...............  Norfolk, VA...............           43           4,205         180,815
Thomas Nelson Community College........  Hampton, VA...............            2           3,265           6,530
Tidewater Community College............  Norfolk, VA...............            1           3,280           3,280
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and       Blacksburg, VA............           13           7,216          93,808
 State University.
Virginia Commonwealth University.......  Richmond, VA..............            8           8,484          67,872
Virginia State University..............  Petersburg, VA............           30           4,845         145,350
Marymount University...................  Arlington, VA.............           71           2,500         177,500
Saint Pauls College....................  Lawrenceville, VA.........           15           2,500          37,500
Hampton University.....................  Hampton, VA...............          103           2,500         257,500
Virginia Union University..............  Richmond, VA..............           34           2,500          85,000
University of West Alabama.............  Livingston, AL............            4           2,280           9,120
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.  Fayetteville, AR..........            4           4,480          17,920
University of Arizona..................  Tucson, AZ................            4           6,952          27,808
Northern Arizona University............  Flagstaff, AZ.............            4           5,916          23,664
California Polytechnic State             San Luis Obispo, CA.......            5           7,380          36,900
 University--San Luis.
University of California--Santa Barbara  Santa Barbara, CA.........            4           9,574          38,296
Monterey Peninsula College.............  Monterey, CA..............            1           2,904           2,904
California State University--Long Beach  Long Beach, CA............            1           7,380           7,380
University of California--Berkeley.....  Berkeley, CA..............           10           9,574          95,740
University of Colorado at Colorado       Colorado Springs, CO......            4           7,148          28,592
 Springs.
University of Colorado at Boulder......  Boulder, CO...............            9          10,000          90,000
Central Connecticut State University...  New Britain, CT...........            1           5,508           5,508
University of Connecticut..............  Storrs, CT................            5           8,518          42,590
Delaware State University..............  Dover, DE.................           98           5,130         502,740
University of Delaware.................  Newark, DE................           28           8,000         224,000
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical      Tallahassee, FL...........           48           6,655         319,440
 University.
Florida International University.......  Miami, FL.................            7           6,654          46,578
University of Central Florida..........  Orlando, FL...............            5           6,656          33,280
Florida State University...............  Tallahassee, FL...........            5           6,656          33,280
Miami-Dade Community College...........  Miami, FL.................            3           3,604          10,812
The University of West Florida.........  Pensacola, FL.............            1           6,586           6,586
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main     Atlanta, GA...............            9           6,930          62,370
 Campus.
Armstrong Atlantic State University....  Savannah, GA..............            4           5,220          20,880
Fort Valley State University...........  FT Valley, GA.............           10           5,220          52,200
University of Georgia..................  Athens, GA................           21           6,930         145,530
Georgia Perimeter College..............  Decatur, GA...............            1           2,208           2,208
Kapiolani Community College............  Honolulu, HI..............            2           4,776           9,552
Iowa State University..................  Ames, IA..................            9           6,278          56,502
University of Northern Iowa............  Cedar Falls, IA...........           12           4,555          54,660
Lewis-Clark State College..............  Lewiston, ID..............            5           5,278          26,390
North Idaho College....................  Coeur D'Alene, ID.........            2           2,756           5,512
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale  Carbondale, IL............            5           5,562          27,810
Ball State University..................  Muncie, IN................            5           5,862          29,310
Indiana University-Bloomington.........  Bloomington, IN...........           15           8,241         123,615
Indiana University-Purdue University-    Indianapolis, IN..........            5           6,858          34,290
 Indiana.
Indiana University-East................  Richmond, IN..............            4           4,503          18,012
Butler County Community College........  El Dorado, KS.............            5           1,456           7,280
University of Kansas Main Campus.......  Lawrence, KS..............            4           6,448          25,792
Fort Scott Community College...........  Ft Scott, KS..............            3           1,344           4,032
Kansas State University................  New York, KS..............            4           6,448          25,792
University of New Orleans..............  New Orleans, LA...........            5           6,076          30,380
Louisiana Technical College-Lamar        Leesville, LA.............            2             400             800
 Salter.
Grambling State University.............  Grambling, LA.............            6           5,250          31,500
Southern University and A & M College..  Baton Rouge, LA...........            1           4,788           4,788
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth..  North Dartmouth, MA.......            4           6,862          27,448
University of Massachusetts-Amherst....  Amherst, MA...............            4           7,221          28,884
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.......  Ann Arbor, MI.............           46          10,000         460,000
Michigan State University..............  East Lansing, MI..........            4           7,230          28,920
University of Mississippi Main Campus..  Oxford University, MS.....            4           3,102          12,408
Mississippi State University...........  Mississippi State, MS.....           12           3,102          37,224
East Carolina University...............  Greenville, NC............            9           7,270          65,430
University of North Carolina at          Charlottte, NC............            5           7,270          36,350
 Charlotte.
University of North Carolina at          Greenbsboro, NC...........            5           8,454          42,270
 Greensboro.
North Carolina Central University......  Durham, NC................           12           7,270          87,240
Winston Salem State University.........  Winston Salem, NC.........            5           6,418          32,090
Catawba Valley Community College.......  Hickory, NC...............            2           4,004           8,008
Elizabeth City State University........  Elizabeth City, NC........            5           6,418          32,090
Fayetteville Technical Community         Fayetteville, NC..........            5           4,004          20,020
 College.
Fayetteville State University..........  Fayetteville, NC..........           18           7,270         130,860
North Carolina Agricultural and          Greensboro, NC............           25           7,270         181,750
 Technical.
University of North Carolina at          Asheville, NC.............            4           6,418          25,672
 Asheville.
University of North Carolina at Chapel   Chapel Hill, NC...........           18           9,166         164,988
 Hill.
North Carolina State University at       Raleigh, NC...............           13           9,166         119,158
 Raleigh.
University of New Hampshire--Main        Durham, NH................            4           8,720          34,880
 Campus.
New Jersey Institute of Technology.....  Newark, NJ................            4           4,344          17,376
Rutgers University--New Brunswick......  New Brunswick, NJ.........           30           4,724         141,720
University of New Mexico--Main Campus..  Albuquerque, NM...........            4           6,219          24,876
Fashion Institute of Technology........  New York, NY..............            7           3,815          26,705
Cornell University--NY State Statutory   Ithaca, NY................            8           9,050          72,400
 College.
New York State College of Ceramics at    Alfred, NY................            4           3,200          12,800
 Alfred.
SUNY College at Purchase...............  Purchase, NY..............            4           4,900          19,600
Central State University...............  Wilberforce, OH...........            5           3,975          19,875
Ohio State University--Main Campus.....  Columbus, OH..............           10           7,569          75,690
Ohio University--Southern Campus.......  Ironton, OH...............            1             126             126
University of Cincinnati--Main Campus..  Cincinnati, OH............            4           7,506          30,024
Hocking Technical College..............  Nelsonville, OH...........            1           4,530           4,530
Miami University--Oxford...............  Oxford, OH................           10           6,460          64,600
Ohio University--Main Campus...........  Athens, OH................            9           5,001          45,009
Wright State University--Main Campus...  Dayton, OH................            4           3,930          15,720
Murray State College...................  Tishomingo, OH............            1           2,016           2,016
Langston University....................  Langston, OK..............            5           2,610          13,050
Western Oklahoma State College.........  Altus, OK.................            1           2,272           2,272
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.....  Cheyney, PA...............           33           5,356         176,748
Pennsylvania State University--Penn      Altoona, PA...............            6           3,194          19,164
 State Altoona.
University of Pittsburgh--Main Campus..  Pittsburgh, PA............           42           7,034         295,428
University of Pittsburgh--Titusville...  Titusville, PA............            2           6,754          13,508
California University of Pennsylvania..  California, PA............            5           5,356          26,780
Lincoln University.....................  Lincoln University, PA....           25           2,615          65,375
Pennsylvania State University--Penn      Hazelton, PA..............            2           3,138           6,276
 State Hazelton.
Pennsylvania State University--Main      University Park, PA.......           23           6,816         156,768
 Campus.
Pennsylvania State University--Penn      Mont Alto, PA.............            3           3,138           9,414
 State.
Temple University......................  Philadelphia, PA..........           64           5,030         321,920
Pennsylvania College of Technology.....  Williamsport, PA..........            2           1,227           2,454
Citadel Military College of South        Charleston, SC............            4           5,083          20,332
 Carolina.
South Carolina State University........  Orangeburg, SC............           19           3,064          58,216
Trident Technical College..............  Charleston, SC............            2           2,210           4,420
College of Charleston..................  Charleston, SC............            4           3,490          13,960
University of South Carolina at          Columbia, SC..............            9           5,712          51,408
 Columbia.
University of Tennessee--Knoxville.....  Knoxville, TN.............            5           5,056          25,280
Tennessee State University.............  Nashville, TN.............           28           4,826         135,128
Central Texas College..................  Killeen, TX...............           31           1,390          43,090
Cisco Junior College...................  Cisco, TX.................            2             486             972
Del Mar College........................  Corpus Christi, TX........            1             768             768
University of Houston--University Park.  Houston, TX...............            4           5,112          20,448
Howard County Junior College District..  Big Spring, TX............            1             616             616
The University of Texas at Austin......  Austin, TX................            4           6,390          25,560
University of Houston--Downtown........  Houston, TX...............            1           6,390           6,390
University of Vermont and State          Burlington, VT............            4          10,000          40,000
 Agriculture.
Central Washington University..........  Ellensburg, WA............            6           6,693          40,158
Evergreen State College................  Olympia, WA...............            4           6,693          26,772
Madison Area Technical College.........  Madison, WI...............            2          10,000          20,000
University of Wisconsin--Madison.......  Madison, WI...............           47           8,180         384,460
Fairmont State College.................  Fairmont, WV..............            4           2,890          11,560
Glenville State College................  Glenville, WV.............           15           2,772          41,580
Marshall University....................  Huntington, WV............            5           3,946          19,730
Shepherd College.......................  Shepherdstown, WV.........           13           3,200          41,860
West Virginia State College............  Institute, WV.............            8           3,202          25,616
West Virginia University Institute of    Montgomery, WV............            2           3,738           7,476
 Technology.
West Virginia University...............  Morgantown, WV............            5           5,184          25,920
                                                                                 -------------------------------
      Subtotal.........................  ..........................  ...........  ..............      13,164,248
                                                                                 ===============================
UDC transfers and induced enrollments..  ..........................  ...........  ..............       1,879,878
Administrative costs...................  ..........................  ...........  ..............       1,200,000
                                                                                 ===============================
      Total............................  ..........................  ...........  ..............     $16,244,126
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        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

    The Committee has included language extending the 
availability of $5,000,000 appropriated in last year's bill to 
create incentives for the adoption of children in the District 
of Columbia foster care system. The District government has 
approved a program in their Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 13-
679) to promote adoptions. The program provides for attorney 
fees and home visits.

             Federal Payment to the Chief Financial Officer

    The Committee recommends $1,500,000 for the District's 
Chief Financial Officer. The Committee's recommendation 
includes $250,000 for a mentoring program and for hotline 
services, $500,000 for a youth development program, $500,000 to 
remain available until expended for a trash rack system at the 
Hickey Run stormwater outfall, and $250,000 for a program to 
assist homeless individuals to become productive, taxpaying 
citizens in the District.
    The Committee commends the current Chief Financial Officer, 
Natwar M. Gandhi, for his outstanding record as the former 
Deputy CFO for Tax and Revenue. He demonstrated superior 
management skills in carrying out his duties and 
responsibilities in that position. In the relatively short time 
he has been Chief Financial Officer, he has shown strong 
leadership and decisiveness and has exhibited a keen knowledge 
of the requirements of his office and has displayed a level of 
integrity and courage that should serve as a model for all 
District employees. The Committee is extremely pleased that a 
person of his caliber and standing has been named Chief 
Financial Officer.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee

    The Committee recommends the budget request of $134,300,000 
for the administration and operation of correctional facilities 
and for the administrative operating costs of the trustee in 
fiscal year 2001. The Corrections Trustee was established by 
the National Capital Revitalization Act of 1997 and exercises 
financial oversight over all aspects of the District's 
Department of Corrections. The Trustee is also charged with 
facilitating the closure of the Lorton complex and the transfer 
of sentenced prisoners from the District to the Federal Bureau 
of Prisons by 2001. During the past year three facilities at 
Lorton were closed and only two of the original seven are 
currently in operation. The Trustee testified that final 
closure of the Lorton complex will be accomplished in a timely 
fashion by December 31, 2001.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

    A Federal payment of $99,500,000 is recommended for the 
operation of the District of Columbia courts in fiscal year 
2001. This amount consists of $97,000,000 for court operations 
and $2,500,000 for capital improvements to courthouse 
facilities. The Committee's recommendations reflect an increase 
of $5,286,000 or 5.8 percent above last year's allocation for 
court operations and a reduction of $5,500,000 for capital 
improvements which is $2,500,000 below the courts' request. 
This amount reflects the request for design of an Integrated 
Justice Information System that was funded in last year's 
capital budget. The Committee has not received from the courts 
the plan and design required by last year's Act.

                Anti-deficiency Act Violations By Courts

    The Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the 
District of Columbia by letter dated January 4, 2000, to the 
Speaker has responded to the General Accounting Office's 
conclusions set forth in its report, D.C. Courts Planning and 
Budgeting Difficulties During Fiscal year 1998 (GAO/AIMD/OGC 
99-226 September 1999) that DC Courts violated the 
Antideficiency Act in overobligating its fiscal year 1998 
appropriation and that DC Courts lacked the authority to retain 
and spend interest. The position of the Joint Committee is that 
they operated in conformity with the Antideficiency Act in 
overobligating their fiscal year 1998 appropriation and 
possessed the authority to retain and spend interest. Neither 
position is tenable.
    The DC Courts cites 31 U.S.C. Sec. 1515(b)(1)(A) and (B) as 
its authority to overobligate the 1998 appropriation. The 
reliance on such authority is misplaced. This same assertion by 
DC Courts was considered and rejected by the GAO in its report 
GAO/AIMD/OGC 99-226, pp. 10-14, 20-24. The GAO report makes it 
clear that the overobligation was attributable to DC Courts 
failure to properly manage its discretionary spending during 
fiscal year 1998. For example, the DC Courts failed to 
immediately initiate steps to reduce spending levels to stay 
within the amounts appropriated and, instead, increased 
spending by granting a discretionary pay raise. The primary 
step DC Courts relied upon was obtaining additional funding. 
When the additional funding did not materialize DC Courts 
relied upon its failure to take steps to live within their 
appropriation early in the year to justify not taking more 
draconian measures later in the year on the grounds that the 
continuations of government services were essential for the 
safety to human life and property.
    Finally, the DC Courts lacked authority to retain and spend 
the interest earned on Federal funds appropriated and paid to 
DC Courts. DC Courts should have deposited the interest 
earnings into the U.S. Treasury. Section 450 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act, D.C. Code Ann. Sec. 47-130 (1981, 1997 
Replacement Vol., 1999 Supp.). Further, even if it could have 
retained the interest, it could not spend it. The District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1998 appropriated 
$108 million, not $108 million plus interest. It is a 
fundamental principle of appropriations law, as Chief Justice 
Rehnquist of the Supreme Court has made clear, that the 
expenditure of public funds is proper only when authorized by 
Congress, not that public funds may be expended unless 
prohibited by Congress. United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 
317, 321 (1976). In this case, DC Courts can point to no law in 
effect during 1998 that authorized it to spend interest earned 
on the Federal funds provided to operate the DC Courts.

                    committee's continuing concerns

    The Committee is encouraged by the progress that the 
District of Columbia Superior and Court of Appeals have made to 
address past budgetary and administrative problems. The 
Committee is particularly encouraged by the courts' decision to 
allow the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to provide 
technical and management reviews of both the courts' operations 
and structure, but regrets that the findings will not be 
available in a more timely manner prior to legislative actions 
by this Committee.
    The Committee continues to have concerns, however, about 
the operation of the Superior Court regarding new policies 
governing the payment of court-appointed attorneys. It is the 
Committee's belief that these attorneys should be fully 
compensated for cases that have been completed or are in 
progress. Moreover, these attorneys should neither be penalized 
for the Court's lateness in issuing vouchers, nor for its 
failure to issue vouchers for cases, nor for its failure to 
properly record and track vouchers in its accounting system.
    In addition, the Committee is still troubled by the way the 
courts implemented the prompt payment provision that was 
included in the fiscal 1999 D.C. Appropriations Act. The 
courts' implementation does not permit interest charges to be 
assigned to late payments on vouchers until 30 days after being 
approved by a judge rather than the 30 days after being 
submitted. In all other applications of the Prompt Pay Act, 
interest is assigned 30 days after the payment vouchers are 
submitted.
    The Committee, therefore, has clarified its original intent 
with legislative language in section 170 of the bill requiring 
that interest is to be assigned on vouchers not paid within 45 
days of submission. It is hoped that this requirement, and the 
additional 15 days, will encourage the courts to revise its 
current review process that this Committee finds both 
duplicative and labor intensive in favor of one that enables 
judges to review vouchers within a short time of submission and 
permits a periodic post-payment audit.
    The Committee is also aware of concerns raised by the 
court-appointed attorneys that the current review and approval 
process by the judges may be inconsistent and erratic. The 
Committee, therefore, strongly recommends that the courts 
complete its work on establishing uniform guidelines to assist 
judges in determining the appropriate level of compensation for 
work performed by these attorneys.
    If further savings to this program are needed, the 
Committee encourages the courts to work with the U.S. Attorneys 
Office to consider expanding the Superior Court's diversion 
options program that is designed to enable non-violent, low-
level misdemeanor and traffic cases to be processed before 
there is an accumulation of legal fees and court time. A number 
of courts have established programs where individuals charged 
with these types of offenses are given the option of performing 
community services or participation in treatment programs in 
exchange for dismissal of the charges, contingent upon these 
individuals committing no future offenses.

                    crime victims compensation fund

    The Committee has reviewed the request of the District of 
Columbia that ``Any unobligated balance existing in the [Crime 
Victims Compensation] Fund in excess of 10% of the current 
year's pay out or $25,000, whichever is greater, as of the end 
of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2000) shall be 
transferred to the Justice Grants Administration within the 
Executive Office of the Mayor not later than 30 days after the 
end of the fiscal year.'' The Committee understands that the 
transferred balance is to be used to fund staff support for the 
District of Columbia Commission on Violence Against Women, with 
remaining funds to be ``made available for victims assistance 
in accordance with a plan [to be] developed by the Executive 
Office of the Mayor and submitted to the Council.''
    The Committee supports efforts to assist the victims of 
crime in the District of Columbia. However, the Committee 
expects that all requests for funds be accompanied by a 
detailed plan for their expenditure. In the case of this 
request, no judgment on the efficacy of funding can be made, as 
no program, or detailed plan for a program, currently exists on 
which to base this judgment. Further, funds transferred to the 
Executive Office of the Mayor would be subject to Congressional 
Budget Office scoring which would negatively impact the 
allocation made to the District of Columbia.
    The Committee will work with the District of Columbia to 
develop a plan that satisfies the concern that funding provided 
to assist the victims of crime, be used for the benefit of the 
victims, and not to fund administrative costs beyond that 
absolutely necessary.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

    The bill includes $34,387,000, to remain available until 
expended, for attorney programs for indigent defendants, child 
abuse and guardianship cases administered by the District of 
Columbia Courts.
    The Committee is concerned that funding for the Criminal 
Justice Act is adequate to ensure payment to attorneys 
representing clients in the District under this program. To 
that end, the Committee has included an additional $1,051,000 
above last year's appropriation level. The Committee realizes 
that the requested increase was more than that allocated, 
however, a review of the current spend out rate for this 
program indicates that the amount provided in this bill is 
appropriate at this time.

             Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency


                     (including transfer of funds)

    This bill includes $115,752,000 or an increase of 
$22,309,000 for fiscal year 2001 for this new federal agency, 
which was established by the National Capital Revitalization 
and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Revitalization 
Act) to reorganize and operate the functions of pretrial 
services, parole, adult probation and offender supervision in 
the District of Columbia. The Revitalization Act established 
the D.C. Pretrial Services Agency as an independent agency 
within CSOSA. Funding for the D.C. Public Defender Service, an 
independent District agency, is transferred from this 
appropriation to the Public Defender Service.
    This mission of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA) is to increase 
public safety, prevent crime, reduce recidivism, and support 
the fair administration of justice in close collaboration with 
the community. The Agency will enhance decision-making and 
provide effective community supervision thereby ensuring public 
confidence in the criminal justice system. Since its 
establishment in 1997, CSOSA has made considerable progress in 
coordinating and streamlining the former pretrial and 
supervision functions of the D.C. Government, establishing an 
infrastructure to support the Agency's mission, revising 
certain policies and procedures to close loopholes and improve 
supervision, instituting a system of offender and staff 
accountability, and developing a strategic plan that focuses 
the Agency's activities and resources on specific goals and 
strategies for achieving its mission. CSOSA seeks to 
dramatically reduce crime among the population that it 
supervises with an anticipated outcome that reduces recidivism 
for violent and drug-related crime by an overall rate of 50 
percent over the next five years.
    The provisions of the Revitalization Act that created CSOSA 
were enacted to address serious public safety problems caused 
by an inadequate supervision structure within the District and 
to relieve the D.C. government from financial responsibility 
for services typically provided under state funding. Prior to 
the creation of CSOSA, the District agencies responsible for 
supervision--pretrial services, adult probation and parole--
lacked sufficient resources and the basic infrastructure to 
provide effective monitoring and intervention.
    The FY 2000 appropriation provided $93,443,000, including 
$23,264,000 in program increases, for CSOSA--the most 
significant funding increase since enactment of the 
Revitalization Act. Resources were provided to build agency 
infrastructure, establish and improve mission critical 
programs, such as drug testing and sanctions-based treatment, 
reduce supervision caseload ratios, and improve legal 
representation for indigent persons. During FY 2000, CSOSA has 
instituted a $7,000,000 treatment program that is projected to 
serve the critical needs of approximately 44% of the pretrial 
and post-conviction offender populations. The Agency has 
expanded drug testing of the post-conviction offender 
population, which is expected to increase 102% over FY 1999 
drug testing levels, and supervision caseload levels for 
probation and parole are being reduced from 72:1 to 50:1 by the 
end of FY 2000. In addition to improving operational programs, 
CSOSA has established a federally compliant administrative 
infrastructure and received an unqualified opinion on its 
financial statement from the independent auditor, 
PricewaterhouseCoopers. This a major accomplishment, given the 
fact that CSOSA began with no financial infrastructure in 
place, and considering that half of existing federal agencies 
do not receive unqualified opinions.
    Based on the results the Agency has achieved to date and 
the anticipated outcomes expected in the years to come, the 
Committee is therefore recommending an additional $22,161,000 
in direct federal funding for the purpose of improving 
supervision, drug testing, intervention and treatment, 
including funds for defender services program enhancements.
    Despite an excellent record of quality performance and 
vision by CSOSA, the Committee is gravely worried that the 
success will not continue, and will not justify a continuation 
of the amount appropriated last year, nor included in the House 
bill for this year. An impending change of leadership threatens 
this funding, because it threatens a dramatic reduction in the 
quality of CSOSA's performance and vision. Without perfect 
assurance that leadership will continue at the same high level, 
the Committee does not intend to continue the current 
heightened level of funding. The Committee has reduced funding 
for the Pretrial Services Agency by $5,000,000 from the 
Subcommittee mark. This amount was originally provided to 
contract for halfway house bed space for pretrial defendants 
under intensive or restrictive supervision. The D.C. Department 
of Corrections currently provides the halfway house facilities 
for pretrial defendants ordered to a residential placement as a 
condition of their release. However, pursuant to the 
Revitalization Act, the Department of Corrections questions its 
ongoing legal or statutory obligation to continue to provide 
this service. Since the Department's budget does not include a 
reduction to terminate this service, the Committee expects the 
Department to continue providing halfway house bed space for 
pretrial defendants.
    Eligibility determinations for representation.--The 
Committee's recommendation includes $291,000 in Federal funds 
for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for 
transfer to the D.C. Public Defender Service (PDS) to improve 
the process for determining whether defendants are indigent and 
whether they qualify for legal representation under the 
Criminal Justice Act (CJA). Due to limited staffing and 
resources, PDS relies almost exclusively on defendants' self-
reported financial information when making CJA eligibility 
determinations. This initiative would permit PDS to establish 
procedures to verify the information reported by defendants and 
make more accurate eligibility determinations. It is 
anticipated that this initiative will produce more accurate and 
cost-efficient eligibility decisions and will better aid the 
D.C. Court System in administering the CJA program.
    This initiative will fund computer software applications 
that will modernize and automate the process of eligibility 
determination. The software also will allow PDS to more 
thoroughly monitor contribution orders from D.C. Superior Court 
judges, which should result in a significant offset to the cost 
of indigent defense representation. In addition, PDS will hire 
two Senior Eligibility Examiners to monitor the eligibility 
determinations and implement financial verification procedures, 
and purchase computer equipment and related support to 
implement this initiative.

                 Brownfield Remediation at Poplar Point

    The Committee supports efforts to remediate areas of 
environmental contamination and stimulate economic development. 
However, in the case of the Brownfield remediation at Poplar 
Point, the Committee has not approved the request for 
$10,000,000. The plan submitted contains insufficient detail 
regarding the expenditure of the $10,000,000 requested. In 
fact, the plan presented fails to provide any specific 
information as to the phases of the project, statements of 
work, start/completion dates, and detailed goals. In addition, 
the $10,000,000 is requested to remain available until 
expended.
    The Committee expects all requests for funding to be 
accompanied by detailed plans for its expenditure. Projects in 
the conceptual stage by definition cannot be fully funded, as 
the level of full funding cannot be established. Funding for 
conceptual projects is more appropriately targeted to 
Architectural and Engineering studies which would provide the 
basis for a responsible decision on the merits of a project.
    In the case of the Brownfield Remediation at Poplar Point, 
the District of Columbia has provided a conceptual plan, and a 
request that funding of $10,000,000 remain available until 
expended. The Committee believes approval of this appropriation 
would invite waste and mismanagement, and therefore does not 
support the request, pending a far greater level of information 
as well as access to available funds.

          Washington Interfaith Network/Fort DuPont Dwellings

    The Committee recommends $1,000,000 in Federal funds to 
reimburse the Washington Interfaith Network for costs incurred 
in carrying out preconstruction activities at the former Fort 
Dupont Dwellings and Additions. Such activities may include 
architectural and engineering studies, property appraisals, 
environmental assessments, grading and excavation, landscaping, 
paving, and the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, 
sewer lines, and other utilities.
    The project is a joint venture between the Washington 
Interfaith Network (WIN) and Enterprise Homes, Inc. (a non-
profit venture) Washington Interfaith Network intends to market 
the homes to former and current public housing residents. 
Enterprise Homes will be the builder, and offer post-settlement 
workshops on issues including finance, home maintenance, and 
insurance.
    The project consists of building 125-150 for-sale single 
family townhouses on the vacant section of the Fort Dupont 
Dwellings public housing site at the intersection of ``B'' 
Street and Ridge Road, S.E. WIN plans to sell the majority of 
town homes to first-time homebuyers with incomes ranging from 
$15,000-$45,000 with a limited number of homes for sale to 
first time buyers earning up to $60,000. Preference will be 
given to residents living in Fort Dupont public housing and 
other D.C. public housing.
    The Washington Interfaith Network consists of 45 dues 
paying religious congregations representing approximately 
20,000 people living in the District of Columbia. Enterprise 
Homes Inc. (EHI), was formed in 1985 as a subsidiary of the 
Enterprise Foundation. EHI works in private/public partnerships 
with nonprofit housing developers, for-profit housing 
developers, community organizations, and municipal agencies. 
Their mission is to see that all low-income people have access 
to fit and affordable housing.

                       Tax Reform in the District

    The Committee has included $100,000 as a Federal payment to 
the Mayor for a study analyzing the District's tax structure, 
and the anticipated impact upon the District's economy and 
government of recent and potential tax changes, and of tax 
simplification. The study may include proposals made by the 
District's Delegate to the House of Representatives. The bill 
language requires that the contractor be a qualified 
independent auditor experienced in analyzing tax sources with 
no other affiliation with the District government.

            Federal Payment for Simplified Personnel System

    The Committee recommends $250,000 as a Federal payment to 
the Mayor to engage a contractor approved by the Comptroller 
General of the United States to study and design a system for 
simplifying the administration of personnel policies, including 
pay policies, for District government employees.

                         Metrorail Construction


                     (including transfer of funds)

    The bill includes $25,000,000 as a contribution to the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for construction 
of Metrorail station at New York and Florida Avenues, 
Northeast. The $25,000,000 consists of $7,000,000 in direct 
appropriations and $18,000,000 by transfer from interest earned 
on Federal and other funds held by the control board on behalf 
of the District government.

                   National Museum of American Music

    The Committee recommends $250,000 as a payment to the 
Federal City Council for the establishment of a National Museum 
of American Music. These funds shall be used for the cost of 
activities necessary to complete the planning phase for such 
museum and that the Committee has required a two to one match 
(private to Federal funding) prior to disbursements being made. 
The Committee has included these funds solely as a placeholder 
to gauge the private sector support for the financing of this 
project and will revisit this request during conference if 
substantial financial support is shown.

                       Presidential Inauguration

    The bill includes $5,961,000 to reimburse the District for 
expenses incurred in connection with Presidential inauguration 
activities in 2001 as authorized by section 737(b) of Public 
Law 93-198, as amended. These funds will be used to reimburse 
the District government for various costs associated with the 
inaugural activities such as police activities, traffic and 
crowd control, fire and emergency ambulance service and health 
and cleanup activities. The amounts appropriated for previous 
inaugurals since 1969 are shown in the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Fiscal Year             Appropriation          Public Law
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1969..........................           $440,000  P.L. 90-473
1973..........................            879,000  P.L. 92-344
1977..........................            650,000  P.L. 95-26 Suppl.
1981..........................          1,330,100  P.L. 96-530
1985..........................          2,300,000  P.L. 98-473
1989..........................          2,300,000  P.L. 100-462
1989..........................          1,000,000  P.L. 101-45 Suppl.
1993..........................          5,514,000  P.L. 102-382
1997..........................          5,702,000  P.L. 104-194
2001 estimate.................          6,211,000  (pending)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             Federal Grants

    The District of Columbia participates as a State, county 
and city in the various Federal grant programs. At the time the 
fiscal year 2001 budget was submitted the city estimated that 
it would receive a total of $1,509,916,000 in Federal grants 
during the coming fiscal year.
    The following table shows the amount of Federal grants the 
city expects to receive and the office or agency that expects 
to receive them:

Summary of Federal grant assistance to the District of Columbia

        Agency                                          FY 2001 estimate
Governmental Direction and Support:
    Office of the City Administrator....................      18,386,000
    Office of the Inspector General.....................       1,106,000
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer...............         932,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Governmental Direction and Support.........      20,424,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Economic Development and Regulation:
    Office of Business Services and Economic Development         304,000
    Department of Housing and Community Development.....      40,109,000
    Department of Employment Services...................      51,787,000
    Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.......          75,000
    Public Service Commission...........................         103,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Economic Development and Regulation........      92,378,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Public Safety and Justice:
    Metropolitan Police Department......................       9,721,000
    Office of the Corporation Counsel...................      13,760,000
    National Guard......................................         506,000
    Emergency Management Agency.........................         963,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Public Safety and Justice..................      24,950,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Public Education System:
    Public Schools......................................     133,490,000
    University of the District of Columbia..............      13,199,000
    Public Library......................................         550,000
    Commission on the Arts and Humanities...............         404,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Public Education System....................     147,643,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Human Support Services:
    Department of Human Services........................     181,828,000
    Department of Health................................     690,295,000
    Department of Recreation and Parks..................          34,000
    Office on Aging.....................................       4,962,000
    Department of Human Rights..........................         106,000
    Energy Office.......................................       4,364,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Human Support Services.....................     881,589,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Public Works:
    Department of Public Works..........................       3,328,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Receivership Programs:
    Child and Family Services Agency....................      68,754,000
    Commission on Mental Health Services................      66,801,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Receivership Programs......................     135,555,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Federal grants--operating expenses.........   1,305,867,000
Capital outlay--grants..................................     204,049,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Grand Total, federal grants.......................   1,509,916,000

                      Balanced Budget Recommended

    The Committee is recommending a balanced budget in 
accordance with the District government's request. It is 
estimated that sufficient resources will be available from 
current revenue authority and pending authority to finance 
operating expenses. A financial plan for each of the eight 
categories of operating expenses--(1) general fund, (2) 
University of the District of Columbia, (3) water and sewer 
fund, (4) Lottery and Charitable Games fund, (5) Cable 
Television fund, (6) D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission, 
(7) D.C. General Hospital fund, and (8) Washington Convention 
Center follows:

                                        FISCAL YEAR 2001 FINANCIAL PLANS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                    Grants and
                                                                    Local funds    other revenue    Gross funds
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             REVENUE

Local sources, current authority:
    Property taxes..............................................        644,360               0         644,360
    Sales taxes.................................................        651,230               0         651,230
    Income taxes................................................      1,291,179               0       1,291,179
    Gross Receipts..............................................        219,753               0         219,753
    Other taxes.................................................        111,906               0         111,906
    Licenses, permits...........................................         37,095               0          37,095
    Fines, forteitures..........................................         67,716               0          67,716
    Service charges.............................................         61,528               0          61,528
    Miscellaneous...............................................         71,033         290,926         361,959
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, local revenues..................................      3,155,800         290,926       3,446,726
                                                                 ===============================================
Federal sources:
    Federal payment.............................................         21,811               0          21,811
    Grants......................................................              0       1,305,867       1,305,867
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Federal sources.................................         21,811       1,305,867       1,327,678
                                                                 ===============================================
Other financing sources:
    Lottery transfer............................................         69,000               0          69,000
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, other financing sources.........................         69,000               0          69,000
                                                                 ===============================================
      Total, general fund revenues..............................      3,246,611       1,596,793       4,843,404
                                                                 ===============================================
Expenditures:
  Current operating:
    District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management          3,140               0           3,140
     Assistance Authority.......................................
    Governmenal Direction and Support...........................        161,022          33,599         194,621
    Economic Development and Regulation.........................         53,562         152,076         205,638
    Public Safety and Justice...................................        591,365         170,981         762,346
    Public Education System.....................................        821,367         174,051         995,418
    Human Support Services......................................        633,897         898,307       1,532,204
    Public Works................................................        265,078          13,164         278,242
    Receiverships...............................................        234,913         154,615         389,528
    Financing and Other.........................................        308,673               0         308,673
    Tobacco Trust Transfer......................................         61,406               0          61,406
    Cafeteria Plan Savings......................................         (5,000)              0          (5,000)
    Reserve.....................................................        150,000               0         150,000
    Management Reform Productivity Savings......................        (37,000)              0         (37,000)
    Operational Improvement Savings.............................        (10,000)              0         (10,000)
    Management Supervisory Service (MSS)........................         13,200               0          13,200
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, general fund expenditures..........................      3,245,623       1,596,793       4,842,416
                                                                 ===============================================
Surplus/(Deficit)...............................................            988               0             988
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


          UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL PLAN
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Fiscal year  Fiscal year  Fiscal year
                                       1999         2000         2001
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revenues:
    Tuition......................      15,539       10,735        10,735
    District of Columbia               50,148       40,491        44,691
     appropriaton................
    Intra-district charges.......       7,111        9,677         9,677
    Federal grants and contracts.       8,871       13,536        13,199
    Private grants and contracts.       1,112        1,006         1,299
    Land-grant endowment income..         548          500           500
    Auxiliary enterprises........         873          900           900
    Investment income............         648          700           725
    Miscellaneous income.........       3,805        4,479         4,384
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total Revenues.............      88,655       82,024        86,110
                                  ======================================
Expenditures:
    Personal services............      45,859       48,383        51,985
    Contractual services.........      10,391       11,179        12,335
    Supplies.....................       1,195        2,545         2,306
    Occupancy costs..............       2,589        3,998         3,993
    Depreciation.................       4,395            0             0
    Miscellaneous................      20,511       15,461        15,491
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Expenditures........      84,940       81,566        86,110
                                  ======================================
Revenue over expenditures........       3,715          458             0
                                  --------------------------------------
Mandatory transfers-principal and        (468)        (458)            0
 interest........................
Manadatory transfers-plant fund..      (1,084)           0             0
Other transfers and additions:
    Excess of restricted                  123            0             0
     additions over transfers to
     revenue.....................
                                  --------------------------------------
Net increase in fund balance.....       2,286            0             0
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                         D.C. WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             FY 1999       FY 2000       FY 2000       FY 2001
                                                             actual       approved       revised       request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Budget:
    Operating Case Provided:
        Retail sales....................................      188,012       205,555       176,279       188,958
        Wholesale water sales...........................       47,811        49,146        47,000        48,000
        Other...........................................       13,428        10,706        12,232        11,424
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
          Total, cash revenue...........................      249,251       265,407       235,511       248,382
                                                         =======================================================
Operating Cash Used:
    Operation and maintenance...........................      149,411       174,078       171,512       173,682
    Payment in lieu of taxes............................       13,500        20,475         9,036         9,428
    Debt service........................................       41,984        35,222        33,408        41,679
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Operating Cash Used......................      204,895       229,775       213,956       224,789
                                                         =======================================================
Operating Surplus                                              44,356        35,632        21,555        23,593
Capital Budget:
    Sources of Capital Funds............................       94,376        81,059        99,218       134,415
    Uses of Capital Funds...............................      106,649       167,594       160,997       139,933
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
    Transfer from Cash Reserve..........................      (12,273)      (86,535)      (61,779)       (5,518)
Cash Reserves:
    Beginning Balances:                                        55,101       129,680       138,849        94,168
        Operating Surplus (Deficit).....................       44,355        35,632        21,556        23,592
        Cash Reserves Recovered from D.C................       18,200        18,200        18,200        10,400
        DC Pilot Refund from FY 1999....................            0             0         4,000             0
        County Refunds..................................       38,083             0        (8,978)            0
        Breen Capital...................................        5,100             0             0             0
        Prepayment of Aqueduct Treasury Loans...........       (9,716)            0       (16,413)      (28,410)
        Virginia Nitrogen Payment.......................            0             0         2,233         1,117
        Transfer to Rate Stabilization Fund.............            0        (3,500)       (3,500)            0
        Transfer to CIP.................................      (12,273)      (86,535)      (61,779)       (5,518)
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
Ending balance..........................................      138,850        93,477        94,168        95,349
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                           D.C. LOTTERY FINANCIAL PLAN
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Fiscal year   Fiscal year   Fiscal year   Fiscal year
                                                           1999 actual   2000 budget  2000 revised  2001 request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Revenue:
  Sales:
    Instant Lottery.....................................       29,506        40,000        31,200        32,500
    Lucky Numbers.......................................       73,197        71,000        73,000        73,500
    DC Four.............................................       60,210        61,000        64,500        65,000
    Powerball...........................................       34,104        47,800        30,600        31,000
    Quick Cash..........................................        5,129         4,472         4,500         5,500
    Daily Millions......................................           --            --            --            --
    Cash 4 Life.........................................        1,619           746           700            --
    Hot Five............................................        3,326         5,982         6,500         5,300
    Super Sevens........................................           --            --            --         7,200
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operating Revenue..........................      207,091       231,000       211,000       220,000
                                                         =======================================================
Operating Expenses:
  Administration........................................        6,988         8,350         8,350         9,100
  Prize.................................................      110,519       123,455       107,465       112,975
  Contractural Services.................................       10,355        11,538         8,400         8,400
  Agent Commissions.....................................       11,108        13,189        12,065        12,500
  Advertising...........................................        3,208         4,130         3,750         4,750
  Ticket Distribution...................................        1,002         1,850         1,600         1,600
  Direct Charges........................................        2,244         2,888         3,770         3,875
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operating Expenses.........................      145,424       165,400       145,400       153,200
                                                         =======================================================
Operating Income (loss).................................       61,667        65,600        65,600        66,800
Nonoperating Revenue (expenses): Principally interest...        2,633         3,400         3,400         3,200
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
Income (loss) before operating transfers................       64,300        69,000        69,000        70,000
Operating transfers in (out)............................      (64,225)      (69,000)      (69,000)      (70,000)
Net income (loss).......................................           75            --            --            --
Retained Earnings (deficit) at beginning of year........        3,152         3,227         3,227         3,227
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------
Retained Earnings (deficit) at end of year..............        3,227         3,227         3,227         3,227
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                         CABLE TELEVISION FINANCIAL PLAN
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Fiscal year     Fiscal year     Fiscal year
                                                                    1999 actual     2000 budget    2001 request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating revenue:
    Franchise fees..............................................           3,132           3,400           3,400
    Other revenue...............................................             358             358             358
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, operating revenue..................................           3,490           3,758           3,758
                                                                 ===============================================
Operating expenses:
    Personal services...........................................             682           1,282             815
    Supplies....................................................               2               6               5
    Energy......................................................              --               6               6
    Communications..............................................              20              47              71
    Rent........................................................             678             718             752
    Contracting services........................................             833             241             513
    Subsides and transfers......................................              --              --              --
    Depreciation................................................              --              --              --
    Equipment...................................................              31             150             751
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, operating expenses.................................           2,246           2,450           2,913
                                                                 ===============================================
Income (loss) before operating transfer.........................           1,244           1,308             845
Operating transfer in (out).....................................               0               0               0
Net income (loss)...............................................           1,244           1,308             845
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                      D.C. SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION STARPLEX FUND FINANCIAL PLAN
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Fiscal year     Fiscal year     Fiscal year
                                                                    1999 actual   2000 requested  2001 projected
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating Revenues:
    Rental......................................................           1,058           1,777           1,518
    Event Services..............................................           1,268           1,715           1,389
    Event Parking...............................................             768             913             730
    Food & Beverage Concessions.................................           1,258           1,393           1,250
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Revenues..............................           4,352           5,798           4,887
                                                                 ===============================================
Other Revenues:
    Redemption of Investments...................................               0           3,300           4,507
    Commuter Parking............................................             243             190             230
    Investment Income...........................................           1,022             832             800
    Advertising and Other Revenues..............................             455             726             545
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Other Revenues..................................           1,720           5,048           6,082
                                                                 ===============================================
      Total Revenues............................................           6,072          10,846          10,969
                                                                 ===============================================
Expenditures:
    Continuing Full-Time........................................           1,316           1,504           1,558
    Temporary Full-Time.........................................           1,001           1,183           1,236
    Overtime/Holiday............................................             233             233             233
    Health/Retirement...........................................             384             380             395
    Office Supplies & Services/Professional Services............              58              53              54
    Utilities/Telephone.........................................             379             421             421
    Administration Cost.........................................             732             871             871
    Miscellaneous Expenses......................................           1,375           1,520           1,520
    Depreciation/Capital........................................             947           1,462           1,462
    Equipment...................................................              27           3,219           3,219
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, Expenditures.......................................           6,452          10,846          10,969
                                                                 ===============================================
Operating Income................................................           (380)               0               0
Nonoperating revenue (expenses).................................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Income (Loss) Before Transfers..................................           (380)               0               0
Operating Transfers In (Out)....................................
                                                                 ===============================================
Net Income (Loss)...............................................           (380)               0               0
Retained Earnings, Beginning of Year............................           9,267           8,887           8,887
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Retained Earnings, End of Year..................................           8,887           8,887           8,887
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                       D.C. GENERAL HOSPITAL ENTERPRISE FUND (PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION)
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 (1)  Fiscal
                                                                  year 1999     (2) Fiscal year  (3) Fiscal year
                                                                    actual        2000 budget     2001 requested
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revenues.....................................................         142,895          110,900          121,990
                                                              ==================================================
Operating Expenses:
    Personal Services........................................         109,734           96,075          104,205
    Contractual Services.....................................          24,729           21,809           24,286
    Materials and Supplies...................................          13,211           15,501           13,611
    Energy, communications and other.........................           6,129            5,950            7,558
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Expenses...........................         153,803          139,335          149,660
                                                              ==================================================
Nonoperating Expenses:
    Depreciation.............................................           5,476            7,520            8,285
    Bad debt.................................................           8,611            8,480            8,480
      Subtotal, Nonoperating Expenses........................          14,087           16,000           16,765
      Total, Expenses........................................         167,890          155,335          166,425
                                                              ==================================================
Income (loss) before operating fund transfer.................         (24,995)         (44,435)         (44,435)
Operating transfers in (out) general fund....................          46,842           44,435           44,435
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
Nonoperating revenue:
    Drawn from the general fund..............................          21,847                0                0
    General fund equity (deficit) beginning of year..........              (0)               0                0
    Retained Earnings (Deficit)..............................        (125,037)        (108,411)         (97,006)
    Contributed Capital......................................         119,816          119,816          119,816
    General fund equity (deficit) end of year................          16,626           11,405           22,810
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                 WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY OPERATING, BUILDING AND MARKETING FUNDS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Fiscal year     Fiscal year     Fiscal year
                                                                    1999 actual     2000 budget   2001 requested
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revenues:
    Dedicated Tax...............................................          40,800        * 51,800          54,800
    Interest-Dedicated Taxes....................................               0               0               0
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..................................................          40,800          51,800          54,800
                                                                 ===============================================
Building Rental.................................................           3,419           4,155           4,400
Exhibitor Services..............................................           1,840           2,200           2,391
Communications..................................................           1,098           1,247           1,399
Concessions.....................................................             686             925             960
Miscellaneous...................................................             296             400             350
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..................................................           7,339           8,927           9,500
                                                                 ===============================================
      Total Revenue.............................................          48,139          60,727          64,300
                                                                 ===============================================
Expenses:
    Personal Services...........................................          10,175          10,175          11,720
    Contractual Services........................................           3,300           2,650           6,500
    Supplies....................................................             400             350             475
    Occupancy Costs.............................................           1,950           2,300           2,105
    Debt Service................................................               0          25,951          25,951
    Land and Building...........................................          26,650               0               0
    Depreciation................................................               0           3,000               0
    Miscellaneous...............................................             214             350             525
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total, WCC Program Expenses...............................          42,689          44,776          47,276
                                                                 ===============================================
Income (loss) Before Transfers in (out).........................           5,450          15,951          17,024
                                                                 ===============================================
Marketing Fund/Transfers Out:
    Washington Convention & Visitors Association................           2,700           2,700           2,700
    D.C. Committee to Promote Washington........................           2,025           2,025           2,025
    D.C. Chamber of Commerce....................................             525             525             525
    Greater Washington IBERO American Chamber of Commerce.......             200             200             200
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Net Transfer out of WCC Authority.........................           5,450           5,450           5,450
                                                                 ===============================================
Net Income......................................................               0          10,501          11,574
Retained Earnings (deficit) at the beginning of year............         132,017         132,017         142,518
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
Retained Earnings (deficit) at the end of year..................         132,017         142,518         154,092
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Revised Projections by the Office of Tax and Revenue.

                               Personnel

    The Committee recommends a total of 34,380 continuing full-
time equivalent positions to be financed from District of 
Columbia funds, Federal grants, private and other, and intra-
District funds during fiscal year 2001 consisting of 34,235 
positions under the general operating expenses and 145 from the 
enterprise and other funds.
    The following table summarizes by agency the positions 
authorized, requested and recommended for fiscal year 2001:

                     FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Fiscal year  Fiscal year    Fiscal year
                                    2000         2001     2001 committee
                                  approved     request    recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Governmental Direction and
 Support:
    Council of the District of          153          157            157
     Columbia.................
    District of Columbia                 14           14             14
     Auditor..................
    Advisory Neighborhood                 0            1              1
     Commissions..............
    Office of the Mayor.......           67           71             71
    Office of the Secretary...           27           27             27
    Citywide Call Center......            0           38             38
    Office of the City                   57           77             77
     Administrator............
    Office of Personnel.......          171          171            171
    Human Resource Development           10            1              1
    Office of Finance and                23           35             35
     Resource Management......
    Office of Contracting and           223          223            223
     Procurement..............
    Office of the Chief                  55           95             95
     Technology Officer.......
    Office of Property                  278          282            282
     Management...............
    Contract Appeals Board....            6            6              6
    Board of Elections and               50           50             50
     Ethics...................
    Office of Campaign Finance           15           15             15
    Public Employee Relations             4            4              4
     Board....................
    Office of Employee Appeals           15           15             15
    Office of the Inspector              60          105            105
     General..................
    Office of the Chief               1,069        1,026          1,026
     Financial Officer........
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Governmental           2,297        2,413          2,413
         Direction and Support
                               =========================================
Economic Development and
 Regulation:
    Business Services and                55           97             97
     Economic Development.....
    Office of Zoning..........           16           16             16
    Department of Housing and           132          144            144
     Community Development....
    Department of Employment            636          650            650
     Services.................
    Board of Appeals and                  3            3              3
     Review...................
    Board of Real Property                3            3              3
     Assessment and Appeals...
    Department of Consumer and          383          403            403
     Regulatory Affairs.......
    Office of Banking and                10           20             20
     Financial Institutions...
    Public Service Commission.           58           58             58
    Office of People's Counsel           28           28             28
    Department of Insurance              89           89             89
     and Securities Regulation
    Office of Cable Television           26           26             26
     and Telecommunications...
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Economic               1,439        1,537          1,537
         Development
         Regulation...........
                               =========================================
Public Safety and Justice:
    Metropolitan Police               4,648        4,624          4,624
     Department...............
    Fire and Emergency Medical        1,828        1,948          1,948
     Services Department......
    Office of the Corporation           513          516            516
     Counsel..................
    Department of Corrections.        2,176        1,815          1,815
    National Guard............           30           43             43
    Emergency Management                 39           39             39
     Agency...................
    Commission on Judicial                2            2              2
     Disabilities and Tenure..
    Judicial Nomination                   1            1              1
     Commission...............
    Office of Citizen                    21           21             21
     Complaint Review Board...
    Advisory Commission on                6            6              6
     Sentencing...............
    Chief Medical Examiner....            0           51             51
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Public Safety          9,264        9,066          9,066
         and Justice..........
                               =========================================
Public Education System:
    Board of Education (Public        9,843       10,931         10,931
     Schools).................
    State Education Office....            0            9              9
    Resident Tuition Support..            0           15             15
    University of the District        1,099          931            931
     of Columbia..............
    Public Library............          408          432            432
    Commission on the Arts and            9            9              9
     Humanities...............
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Public                11,359       12,327         12,327
         Education System.....
                               =========================================
Human Support Services:
    Department of Human               1,981        2,030          2,030
     Services.................
    Department of Health......        1,107        1,241          1,241
    Department of Recreation            589          690            690
     and Parks................
    Office of Aging...........           26           26             26
    Office of Human Rights....           16           20             20
    Office on Latino Affairs..            4            4              4
    Energy Office.............           19           19             19
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Human Support          3,742        4,030          4,030
         Services.............
                               =========================================
Public Works:
    Department of Public Works        1,372        1,780          1,780
    Department of Motor                 305          334            334
     Vehicles.................
    Taxicab Commission........            9            9              9
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Public Works...        1,686        2,123          2,123
                               =========================================
Receivership Programs:
    Child and Family Services           517          577            577
     Agency...................
    Commission on Mental              2,228        2,162          2,162
     Health Services..........
    Corrections Medical                  10            0              0
     Receiver.................
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Receivership           2,755        2,739          2,739
         Programs.............
                               =========================================
Financing and Other Uses:
    D.C. Financial                       33            0              0
     Responsibility and
     Management Assistance
     Authority................
                               =========================================
        Total, General Fund...       32,575       34,235         34,235
                               =========================================
Enterprise Funds:
    Lottery and Charitable              100          100            100
     Games....................
    D.C. Retirement Board.....           13           14             14
    Correctional Industries...           31           31             31
                               -----------------------------------------
        Total, Enterprise               144          145            145
         Funds................
                               =========================================
          Total, FTEs.........       32,719       34,380     \1\ 34,380
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes 1,012 from intra-District funds.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES


District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

    The Committee recommends $3,140,000 from local funds 
instead of $6,500,000 from interest earnings for the operations 
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority for fiscal year 2001.
    Budget submission inadequate.--The control board continues 
to submit inadequate budget justifications. This was pointed 
out in last year's report (H. Rept 106-249, page 75), but 
apparently control board officials did not read the report or 
have chosen to ignore the Committee's request. In either event, 
the control board has once again failed to provide the minimum 
level of justification material. The control board should set 
an example for the District government in how to prepare 
budgets that managers can use to evaluate their performance. 
The audacity of requesting a budget that is more than double 
that of the previous year with little or no written 
justification, for a year when the control board will be 
winding down, speaks volumes.
    Inadequacy of control board's financial staff.--Unlike the 
control board's legal and other staff, the operations of the 
control board's Chief Financial Officer appear to be 
substandard. The District's independent auditors, Peat Marwick, 
cited the control board for not providing necessary 
documentation to enable the District government to perform 
certain reconciliations in connection with the District's 
independent audits. The Committee in last year's report 
requested from the control board account balances and 
reconciliations referred to in the management letter. Once 
again the control board failed to provide the information. This 
unresponsiveness and lack of good faith effort are not what is 
expected from the control board and does not reflect well on 
the control board. The Committee requests the Authority to 
provide account balances and reconciliations referred to in the 
management letter to the District's Chief Financial Officer and 
to the Committee no later than 10 calendar days after the end 
of each month.
    Salary levels of staff.--The Committee recommends that 
language carried in last year's bill concerning the salary 
levels of the Executive Director and the General Counsel be 
continued in this year's bill. The language has been carried in 
the bill for the past two years and requires the Authority to 
comply with a June 16, 1998 General Accounting Office opinion 
that concluded the Authority had overpaid its Executive 
Director and General Counsel.
    Severance pay, buyouts, etc.--The Committee is concerned 
with the control board's generosity with taxpayers' money in 
approving six figure severance and other payments to former 
District government employees, including a former chief 
financial officer. Taxpayers cannot afford the control board's 
generosity. Those funds could and should be put to better use 
in public education or public safety or senior citizens or 
other District programs that directly benefit residents and 
taxpayers rather than used to reward a select few whose motives 
may be fine but whose job performance did not quite measure up. 
The Committee expects this practice to stop immediately. The 
Committee does not approve of the use of any funds as severance 
pay or buyouts for control board employees. The control board 
was created for a specific purpose which is public knowledge. 
Employees who leave the control board for whatever reason and 
wish to continue working should seek employment in the same 
manner as regular employees who leave the District government. 
In fact, they may even wish to continue their careers as 
District government employees.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

    The Committee recommends a total of $194,621,000 and 2,023 
full-time equivalent positions for the various departments, 
agencies and activities funded through this appropriation.
    The allowance recommended by activity follows:

                                                                               GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
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                                                                                                                                                     Committee         Bill compared with--
                                                      FY 2000         FY 2001                         FY 2001        Committee                    recommendation -------------------------------
                 Agency/Activity                     approved         request     Intra-District   request less   recommendation  Intra-District    less Intra-       FY 2000         FY 2001
                                                                                                  Intra-District                                     District        approved        requested
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Council of the District of Columbia.............      10,477,000      12,124,000               0      12,124,000      12,124,000               0      12,124,000       1,167,000               0
Office of the District of Columbia Auditor......       1,183,000       1,283,000               0       1,283,000       1,283,000               0       1,283,000         100,000               0
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions...............         623,000         748,000               0         748,000         748,000               0         748,000         125,000               0
Office of the Mayor.............................       9,207,000      10,717,000               0      10,717,000       6,067,000               0       6,067,000     (3,140,000)     (4,650,000)
Office of the Secretary.........................       1,816,000       1,946,000               0       1,946,000       1,946,000               0       1,946,000         130,000               0
Citywide Call Center............................               0       1,959,000     (1,959,000)               0       1,959,000     (1,959,000)               0       1,959,000               0
Office of the City Administrator................      13,067,000      23,652,000       (266,000)      23,386,000      23,652,000       (266,000)      23,386,000      10,585,000               0
Office of Personnel.............................      11,624,000      12,531,000     (1,246,000)      11,285,000      12,531,000     (1,246,000)      11,285,000         907,000               0
Human Resources Development.....................       3,766,000       2,744,000               0       2,744,000       2,744,000               0       2,744,000     (1,022,000)               0
Office of Finance and Resource Management.......       1,983,000       2,153,000               0       2,153,000       2,153,000               0       2,153,000         170,000               0
Office of Contracting and Procurement...........      14,150,000      15,337,000  ..............      15,337,000      15,337,000  ..............      15,337,000       1,187,000               0
Office of the Chief Technology Officer..........       5,511,000      14,192,000     (2,422,000)      11,770,000      14,192,000     (2,422,000)      11,770,000       8,681,000               0
Office of Property Management...................      31,108,000      34,819,000    (26,269,000)       8,550,000      34,819,000    (26,269,000)       8,550,000       3,711,000               0
Contract Appeals Board..........................         687,000         734,000               0         734,000         734,000               0         734,000          47,000               0
Board of Elections and Ethics...................       3,238,000       3,250,000               0       3,250,000       3,250,000               0       3,250,000          12,000               0
Office of Campaign Finance......................         978,000       1,209,000               0       1,209,000       1,209,000               0       1,209,000         231,000               0
Public Employee Relations Board.................         632,000         652,000               0         652,000         652,000               0         652,000          20,000               0
Office of Employee Appeals......................       1,337,000       1,434,000               0       1,434,000       1,434,000               0       1,434,000          97,000               0
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments..         367,000         367,000               0         367,000         367,000               0         367,000               0               0
Office of Inspector General.....................       6,827,000      12,399,000               0      12,399,000      12,399,000               0      12,399,000       5,572,000               0
Office of Chief Financial Officer...............      81,571,000      80,471,000     (4,788,000)      75,683,000      81,971,000     (4,788,000)      77,183,000         400,000       1,500,000
                                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Total, Governmental Direction and Support.....     200,152,000     234,721,000    (36,950,000)     197,771,000     231,571,000    (36,950,000)     194,621,000      31,419,000     (3,150,000)
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                  Council of the District of Columbia

    The Committee recommends a total of $12,124,000 and 157 
full-time equivalent positions (including $12,118,000 and 157 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds and $6,000 from 
other funds) for fiscal year 2001 for the operation of the 
legislative branch of government for the District.
    The Council of the District is the elected legislative 
branch of the District government, Its mission is to enact 
laws, adopt the annual operating budget, and establish and 
oversee the programs and operations of District government 
agencies. The Council is composed of 13 members--five of whom 
including the Chairman, are elected at-large, and eight who are 
elected from wards.

               Office of the District of Columbia Auditor

    The Committee recommends $1,283,000 and 14 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for fiscal year 2001 for 
the operation of this office.
    The Office of the District of Columbia Auditor assist the 
Council of the District of Columbia in performing its oversight 
responsibilities, conducts statutory audits of various 
accounts, operations and programs of the District of Columbia 
government, and reviews revenue estimates in support of annual 
budgets and municipal bonds.

                   Advisory Neighborhood Commissions

    The Committee recommends $748,000 and one full-time 
equivalent position from local funds for the Advisory 
Neighborhood Commissions which consisting of 37 chartered 
advisory neighborhood commissions which were established by the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act to advise the District 
government on matters of public policy in areas such as 
planning, transportation, social service programs, health, 
safety and sanitation.

                          Office of the Mayor

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $6,067,000 
and 71 full-time equivalent positions from local funds for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Office of the Mayor. The allowance 
reflects a net decrease of $4,650,000 consisting of a technical 
adjustment downward of $5,000,000 and increases of $350,000. 
The reduction of $5,000,000 reflects a technical adjustment to 
the FY 2001 request that duplicates the one-time appropriation 
provided in the FY 2000 appropriations act from interest earned 
on accounts held by the control board on behalf of the 
District. The $5,000,000 was a one-time appropriation included 
in section 168 of the FY 2000 appropriations act and in the 
Mayor's FY 2000 approved budget to provide offsets against 
local taxes for a commercial revitalization program. The 
District's FY 2001 budget did not request a second $5,000,000 
from interest earnings. Therefore, the Mayor's budget was 
overstated by $5,000,000 in FY 2001.
    The increases of $350,000 include $100,000 for a study 
analyzing the District's tax structure, and the anticipated 
impact upon the District's economy and government of recent and 
potential tax changes, and of tax simplification. The study may 
include proposals made by the District's Delegate to the House 
of Representatives. The bill language requires that the 
contractor be a qualified independent auditor experienced in 
analyzing tax sources with no other affiliation with the 
District government. Also included is $250,000 to study and 
design a system approved by the Comptroller General for 
simplifying the administration of personnel policies, including 
pay policies, with respect to employees of the District 
government.
    Report on the District's Issuance of Industrial Revenue 
Bonds.--The Executive Office of the Mayor is directed to submit 
along with its Fiscal Year 2002 Budget, a report detailing the 
District of Columbia's use of its authority under Section 490 
of the Home Rule Act to issue District revenue bonds, notes or 
other obligations (including refunding bonds, notes or other 
obligations) to borrow money to finance, refinance, or 
reimburse, and to assist in the financing, refinancing, or 
reimbursing of certain activities during FY 1999-FY 2000. 
Specifically, the report should detail each application for 
issuance, the amount of the proposed issuance, the specific 
activities to be financed from the issuance and the disposition 
of the application.
    Report on the District's Support for Non-Profit 
Organizations.--The Executive Office of the Mayor is directed 
to submit along with its Fiscal Year 2002 Budget, a report 
detailing all grants, contracts, contributions, or other forms 
of assistance, real or in-kind, provided by the Government of 
the District of Columbia, including all agencies thereof to any 
organization registered as a non-profit entity. The report 
should include the amount of the assistance, the method by 
which the assistance was provided (grants, contract, etc.) and 
the benefit to be derived by the Government of the District of 
Columbia or the citizens of the District of Columbia from such 
assistance.
    The Office of the Mayor is responsible for setting policy 
priorities, providing management direction and support to 
agencies, to serve the needs of the public and to restore one 
government, good government, and self-government to the 
District of Columbia.

                        Office of the Secretary

    The bill includes $1,946,000 and 27 full-time equivalent 
positions (including $1,853,000 and 25 full-time equivalent 
positions from local funds and $93,000 and two full-time 
equivalent positions from other funds) for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Office of the Secretary.
    The Office of the Secretary assists the Mayor and the 
executive agencies with their operations by providing 
ministerial and logistical support services, managing the 
District's records storage program and archives, and reviewing, 
publishing, and distributing all District government rules, 
regulations, and administrative orders.

                          citywide call center

    The budget includes $1,959,000 and 38 full-time equivalent 
positions to be funded by intra-District funds for a citywide 
call center to serve as the District of Columbia's primary 
point of entry for citizens and customers attempting to access 
non-emergency services, and information.

                    office of the city administrator

    A total of $23,386,000 and 73 full-time equivalent 
positions (including $5,000,000 and 58 full-time equivalents 
positions from local funds and $18,386,000 and 15 full-time 
equivalent positions from federal funds) are included in the 
bill for the operation of the Office of the City Administrator 
in fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of the City Administrator provides direction and 
coordination to agencies for effective management and service 
delivery, as defined by the Mayor and the residents of the 
District of Columbia.

                          office of personnel

    The Committee recommends $11,285,000 and 147 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $9,998,000 and 126 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds and $1,287,000 and 21 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds) for the Office 
of Personnel for the fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of Personnel provides comprehensive human 
resource management programs and services to attract, develop, 
and retain a highly qualified workforce and to facilitate 
organizational effectiveness.

                       human resource development

    The Committee recommends $2,744,000 and one full-time 
equivalent position from local funds for the Human Resource 
Development Fund.
    The Human Resource Development Fund was created in April 
1997 by Mayoral Order 97-95 to facilitate and better manage 
investments in the workforce.

               Office of finance and resource management

    The Committee recommends $2,153,000 and 35 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the operation of the 
Office of Finance and Resource Management in fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of Finance and Resource Management was created 
at the beginning of fiscal year 1999 after the dismantling of 
the Department of Administrative Services. The Office is 
responsible for collecting and paying utility and 
telecommunications services for District government agencies.

                 office of contracting and procurement

    The Committee recommends $15,337,000 and 223 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Office of 
Contracting and Procurement for fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of Contracting and Procurement is responsible 
for providing its customers with breakthrough improvement in 
the cost, quality and timeliness of delivery of goods and 
services by the District's supplier base.

                 office of the chief technology officer

    The bill includes $11,770,000 and 60 full-time equivalent 
positions (including $11,756,000 and 60 full-time equivalent 
positions from local funds and $14,000 for other funds) for the 
Office of the Chief Technology Officer for fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of the Chief Technology Officer is responsible 
for articulating the manner in which the government leverages 
its investments in information technology to attain the 
government's goal of being an efficient and effective service 
provider.
    The Committee has included language in the bill that 
provides the office with small purchase procurement authority 
of $500,000, similar to that provided to the Metropolitan 
Police Department. This will assist the office to successfully 
complete the citywide telecommunications and data access 
infrastructures.

                   Department of property management

    The Committee recommends $8,550,000 and 63 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $6,620,000 and 62 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds and $1,930,000 and one 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds) for the 
Department of Property Management for fiscal year 2001.
    The Department of Property Management is responsible for 
maximizing the value of the District's real property assets, 
and to create a wholesome environment for the District's 
customers, workforce, and all other facility users.

                         contract appeals board

    The Committee recommends $734,000 and six full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Contract Appeals 
Board for fiscal year 2001.
    The Contract Appeals Board provides a quasi-judicial forum 
to assure that the contracting practices of District agencies 
are responsive, impartial, and expeditious.

                     Board of Elections and Ethics

    The Committee recommends a total of $3,250,000 and 50 full-
time equivalent positions from local funds for fiscal year 2001 
for the Board of Elections and Ethics.
    The Board of Elections and Ethics is responsible for the 
administration and enforcement of the election laws of the 
District of Columbia.

                       Office of Campaign Finance

    The Committee recommends $1,209,000 and 15 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Office of 
Campaign Finance for fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of Campaign is responsible for the preservation 
of the confidence of the public in the integrity of the 
District government and to ensure trust by enforcing District 
of Columbia laws pertaining to campaign finance, lobbying, 
conflict of interest, and ethical conduct of public officials.

                    Public Employee Relations Board

    The Committee recommends the total request of $652,000 and 
four full-time equivalent positions from local funds for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Public Employee Relations Board.
    The Board is responsible for solving labor-management 
disputes in the District government.

                       Office of Employee Appeals

    The total budget request of $1,434,000 and 15 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds is included in the bill 
for the Office of Employee Appeals for fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of Employee Appeals is an administrative hearing 
agency that adjudicates appeals filed by District employees 
concerning adverse actions, performance ratings, 
classifications, privacy and records management, erroneous 
employee payments, reductions-in-force, and grievances.

             Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

    The total budget request of $367,000 from local funds is 
included in the bill as the District's share of the Council of 
Government's budget for fiscal year 2001.
    The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments is the 
cooperative association of the 16 major cities and counties in 
the metropolitan area. It was organized in 1957 and is the 
official planning agency for metropolitan Washington by 
designation of various Federal agencies. The Council provides 
the mechanism for interlocal and interstate cooperation in 
metropolitan Washington.

                      Office of Inspector General

    The appropriation of $12,399,000 and 105 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $11,293,000 and 90 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds and $1,106,000 and 15 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds) is 
recommended for fiscal year 2001 for the Office of Inspector 
General.
    The Office of Inspector General provides oversight of the 
District government's activities to prevent and detect fraud, 
abuse, and waste in the programs and operations.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    The Committee recommends $77,183,000 and 956 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $66,406,000 and 912 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $932,000 and three full-
time equivalent positions from federal funds, and $9,845,000 
and 41 full-time equivalent positions from other funds) for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer for fiscal year 2001.
    The Committee has included $1,500,000 from Federal funds 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer consisting of 
$250,000 for payment to a mentoring program and for hotline 
services, $500,000 for payment to a youth development program 
with a character building curriculum, $500,000 for the design, 
construction and maintenance of a trash rack system to be 
installed at the Hickey Run stormwater outfall, and $250,000 to 
support a program to assist homeless individuals to become 
productive, taxpaying citizens in the District of Columbia.
    The Committee requests that the District of Columbia 
conduct a review of property within the city which is currently 
listed as tax exempt. The Committee would like a comparison of 
those properties currently exempted, with the property owned by 
the National Association of Wheat Growers (which is a 501(c)(3) 
organization), located at 415 Second Street, N.E. Washington, 
D.C. 20002. The Committee requests that the city make a 
recommendation as to whether the National Wheat Growers 
property qualifies for tax exempt status. It is requested that 
this recommendation, along with a report on the comparison from 
which this recommendation was based, be submitted to the 
Committee no later than September 15, 2000.
    The Office of the Chief Financial Officer is comprised of 
the former Office of Budget and Planning, Office of Finance and 
Treasury, Office of Financial Operations and Systems, and the 
Office and Tax and Revenues. The Office is responsible for 
bringing fiscal stability, accountability and integrity to the 
District through comprehensive financial management in order to 
support public services and restore stakeholder confidence in 
the Government of the District of Columbia.
    Budget justifications.--The District's fiscal year 2001 
documents, both operating and capital, are virtually useless. 
Nothing more needs to be said about them. The Distinguished 
Budget Presentation Award in the front of each budget document 
reminds the Committee of the Certificate of Achievement for 
Excellence in Financial Reporting presented to the District 
government for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 
fiscal year 1993 even though the District government was 
financially insolvent. The District government needs to do a 
much better job.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

    The Committee recommends a total of $205,638,000 and 1,525 
full-time equivalent positions for fiscal year 2001 for the 
department and agencies funded through this appropriation.

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Business Services and Economic Development...      22,515,000      26,753,000               0       26,753,000      26,753,000               0       26,753,000       4,238,000                0
Office of Zoning.............................       1,275,000       1,763,000               0        1,763,000       1,763,000               0        1,763,000         488,000                0
Department of Housing and Community                57,939,000      48,273,000               0       48,273,000      48,273,000               0       48,273,000      (9,666,000)               0
 Development.................................
Department of Employment Services............      63,690,000      80,812,000               0       80,812,000      80,812,000               0       80,812,000      17,122,000                0
Board of Appeals and Review..................         240,000         244,000               0          244,000         244,000               0          244,000           4,000                0
Board of Real Property Assessments and                291,000         300,000               0          300,000         300,000               0          300,000           9,000                0
 Appeals.....................................
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs      28,625,000      28,013,000      (1,500,000)      26,513,000      28,013,000      (1,500,000)      26,513,000        (612,000)               0
Office of Banking and Financial Institutions.         870,000       1,869,000               0        1,869,000       1,869,000               0        1,869,000         999,000                0
Public Service Commission....................       5,327,000       5,678,000               0        5,678,000       5,678,000               0        5,678,000         351,000                0
Office of the People's Counsel...............       2,823,000       3,020,000               0        3,020,000       3,020,000               0        3,020,000         197,000                0
Department of Insurance and Securities              6,990,000       7,359,000               0        7,359,000       7,359,000               0        7,359,000         369,000                0
 Regulation..................................
Office of Cable Television and                      2,886,000       3,571,000        (517,000)       3,054,000       3,571,000        (517,000)       3,054,000         685,000                0
 Telecommunications..........................
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      Total, Economic Development and             193,471,000     207,655,000      (2,017,000)     205,638,000     207,655,000      (2,017,000)     205,638,000      14,184,000                0
       Regulation............................
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        department of business services and economic development

    The Committee recommends $26,753,000 and 97 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $10,353,000 and 88 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $304,000 and two full-
time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and $16,096,000 
and seven full-time equivalent positions from other funds) for 
the Department of Business Services and Economic Development in 
fiscal year 2001.
    The Department of Business Services and Economic 
Development mission is to facilitate the creation and growth of 
wealth in the District of Columbia and expansion of its revenue 
base through: (1) the development and implementation of 
programs and policies for the retention, expansion and 
attraction of commerce and trade, including local, small and 
disadvantaged businesses; (2) efficiently, effectively and 
fairly regulating business activities and land and building use 
in the District of Columbia; and (3) developing and maintaining 
stable, and diverse attractive neighborhoods throughout the 
District of Columbia.

                            office of zoning

    The Committee recommends $1,763,000 and 16 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Office of Zoning 
for fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of Zoning provides administrative, professional, 
and technical assistance to the Zoning Commission and the Board 
of Zoning Adjustment in the maintenance and regulation of 
zoning and the zoning process in the District of Columbia.

            department of housing and community development

    The Committee recommends $48,273,000 and 144 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $3,702,000 and seven full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $40,109,000 and 137 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and 
$4,462,000 from other funds) for the Department of Housing and 
Community Development for fiscal year 2001.
    The Department of Housing and Community Development 
promotes economic development initiatives, creates and 
maintains stable and viable mixed income neighborhoods, 
maintains and expends the city's tax base, and encourages self-
sufficiency in its housing programs and policies, for the 
benefit of the District of Columbia residents by leveraging 
public dollars for private funding and resources.

                   department of employment services

    The Committee recommends a total of $80,812,000 and 650 
full-time equivalent positions (including $11,972,000 and 71 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $51,787,000 
and 407 full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and 
$17,053,000 and 172 full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Employment 
Services.
    The Department of Employment Services provides meaningful 
employment and training opportunities; ensures timely payment 
of benefits for unemployed and injured workers, and promotes 
safe, healthy, and productive work places for employees and 
employers.

                      board of appeals and review

    The Committee recommends $244,000 and three full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Board of Appeals 
and Review in fiscal year 2001.
    The Board of Appeals and Review is the administrative 
agency commissioned to review agency decisions disputed by 
citizens and medical facilities.

             board of real property assessments and appeals

    The Committee recommends $300,000 and three full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Board of Real 
Property Assessment and Appeals for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Board of Real Property Assessments and 
Appeals is to ensure that real property, which comes before the 
Board for review, is assessed at 100 percent of its market 
value and is in equalization with similar properties.

             department of consumer and regulatory affairs

    The Committee recommends a total of $26,513,000 and 403 
full-time equivalent positions (including $25,228,000 and 397 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $75,000 from 
Federal funds, and $1,210,000 and six full-time equivalent 
positions from other funds) for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
    The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs protects 
the health, safety, and welfare of District of Columbia 
residents by regulating business activities, land and building 
use, occupational and professional conduct and standards, 
rental housing and condominiums, and the physical environment 
for the District.
    Rent control.--The Committee believes that the analysis and 
conclusions of the report released by the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority on 
July 10 contain important proposals for improving the economic 
climate and the condition of rental housing in the District of 
Columbia to consider the report before proposing a 5-year 
extension of the District's existing rent control statute.
    To promote better pubic understanding of the report 
released by the Authority, the Committee requests that the 
Council and the Authority submit specific recommendations to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act to implement the conclusions of the 
report. Recommendations should address but not be limited to:
          how the rent control provisions in the D.C. Code can 
        be improved, in order to ensure that the subsidy 
        benefits of rent control are not extended to residents 
        who do not qualify as low-income families--those making 
        less than 80% of area median income--as defined by the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development;
          how the capital improvement review provisions in the 
        D.C. Code can be made less burdensome, in order to 
        reduce private and government funds expended during the 
        review process and to encourage capital improvements to 
        aging properties; and
          how the introduction of vacancy decontrol could be 
        implemented, in order to improve the economic and 
        regulatory climate.

              office of banking and financial institutions

    The Committee recommends $1,869,000 and 20 full-time 
equivalent positions from other funds) for the Office of 
Banking and Financial Institutions for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Office of Banking and Financial 
Institutions is to promote a climate in which financial 
institutions will organize to do business in the District of 
Columbia and contribute to the economic development of the 
District.

                       public service commission

    A total of $5,678,000 and 58 full-time equivalent positions 
(including $103,000 and two full-time equivalent positions from 
Federal funds and $5,575,000 and 56 full-time equivalent 
positions from other funds) is recommended for fiscal year 2001 
for the Public Service Commission.
    The mission of the Public Service Commission is to serve 
the public interest by ensuring that financially healthy 
utilities provide safe, reliable, and quality service at just 
and reasonable rates for District of Columbia residential, 
business and government ratepayers.

                       Office of People's Counsel

    The Committee has approved $3,020,000 and 28 full-time 
equivalent positions from other funds for fiscal year 2001 for 
the Office of People's Counsel.
    The mission of the Office of the People's Counsel is to 
ensure that utility consumers of natural gas, electric, and 
telephone services, in the District of Columbia have legal 
representation before local and federal decision-making bodies.

           Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation

    The Committee recommends $7,359,000 and 89 full-time 
equivalent positions from other funds for the Department of 
Insurance and Securities Regulation for fiscal year 2001.
    The Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation is 
responsible for implementing and enforcing laws and regulations 
governing the insurance and securities industry in the District 
of Columbia.

                       Office of Cable Television

    A total of $3,054,000 and 14 full-time equivalent positions 
from other funds) are recommended for the Office Cable 
Television for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Office of Cable Television is to 
protect, promote and advocate the public interest in cable 
television with the District of Columbia, to oversee and 
coordinate programming for the municipal channels, and to 
coordinate the Interagency Task Force on Telecommunications.

                       Public Safety and Justice

    The Committee recommends a total of $762,346,000 and 9,037 
full-time equivalent positions for fiscal year 2001 for the 
public safety activities funded through this appropriation.
    The allocation of funds by department and agency is shown 
in the following tabulation:

                                                                                    PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
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Metropolitan Police Department...............     305,028,000     306,666,000      (3,454,000)     303,212,000     306,666,000      (3,454,000)     303,212,000       1,638,000                0
Fire and Emergency Medical Services               111,942,000     116,596,000               0      116,596,000     116,596,000               0      116,596,000       4,654,000                0
 Department..................................
Police Officers and Fire Fighers' Retirement       39,900,000      49,000,000               0       49,000,000      49,000,000               0       49,000,000       9,100,000                0
 System......................................
Office of the Corporation Counsel............      48,325,000      48,095,000      (2,130,000)      45,965,000      48,095,000      (2,130,000)      45,965,000        (230,000)               0
Settlements and Judgments....................      26,900,000      23,450,000               0       23,450,000      23,450,000               0       23,450,000      (3,450,000)               0
Department of Corrections....................     245,877,000     213,293,000        (300,000)     212,993,000     213,293,000        (300,000)     212,993,000     (32,584,000)               0
District of Columbia National Guard..........       1,748,000       2,326,000               0        2,326,000       2,326,000               0        2,326,000         578,000                0
Emergency Management Agency..................       2,641,000       2,978,000               0        2,978,000       2,978,000               0        2,978,000         337,000                0
Commission on Judicial Disabilities and               143,000         169,000               0          169,000         169,000               0          169,000          26,000                0
 Tenure......................................
Judicial Nomination Commission...............          85,000          90,000               0           90,000          90,000               0           90,000           5,000                0
Citizen Complaint Review Board...............       1,200,000         857,000               0          857,000         857,000               0          857,000        (343,000)               0
Advisory Commission on Sentencing............         707,000         733,000               0          733,000         733,000               0          733,000          26,000                0
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.........               0       3,977,000               0        3,977,000       3,977,000               0        3,977,000       3,977,000                0
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      Total, Public Safety and Justice.......     784,496,000     768,230,000      (5,884,000)     762,346,000     768,230,000      (5,884,000)     762,346,000     (16,266,000)               0
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                     metropolitan police department

    The Committee has approved a total of $303,212,000 and 
4,622 full-time equivalent positions (including $284,504,000 
and 4,351 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, 
$9,721,000 and 200 full-time equivalent positions from federal 
funds, and $8,987,000 and 71 full-time equivalent positions 
from other funds) for fiscal year 2001 for the Metropolitan 
Police Department.
    The mission of the Metropolitan Police Department is to 
provide law enforcement and other police services to people 
living, working and visiting the District of Columbia and to 
improve the quality of life in the city.

             fire and emergency medical services department

    A total of $116,596,000 and 1,948 full-time equivalent 
positions (including $116,587,000 and 1,948 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds and $9,000 from other 
funds) is recommended for fiscal year 2001 for the Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department.
    The mission of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services 
Department is to improve the quality of life to those who 
choose to live, work, visit and do business in the District of 
Columbia by preventing fires before they occur; extinguishing 
those fires that do occur; and providing emergency medical and 
ambulance service.

                   police and fire retirement system

    A total of $49,000,000 from local funds is recommended for 
fiscal year 2001 for the City's contribution to the police and 
fire retirement system.
    The Police and Fire Retirement System provides annuity 
payments and other retirement and disability benefits for 
Metropolitan Police and Fire Department retirees and survivors.

                   office of the corporation counsel

    The Committee has approved $45,965,000 and 489 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $28,076,000 and 297 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $13,760,000 and 180 
full-time equivalent positions from federal funds and 
$4,129,000 and 12 full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) for fiscal year 2001 for the Office of the Corporation 
Counsel.
    The mission of the Office of the Corporation Counsel is to 
conduct all legal business for the District of Columbia 
including all suits instituted by and against the government 
thereof.

                       settlements and judgments

    The Committee recommends $23,450,000 from local funds for 
fiscal year 2001 for this special account to settle claims and 
lawsuits and pay judgments in all types of tort cases entered 
against the District government.

                       department of corrections

    The bill includes the total request of $212,993,000 and 
1,815 full-time equivalent positions (including $80,193,000 and 
892 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, and 
$132,800,000 and 923 full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Corrections.
    The Committee notes that the Department currently provides 
the halfway house facilities for pretrial defendants ordered to 
a residential placement as a condition of their release. 
However, the Committee has been advised that pursuant to the 
National Capital Revitalization Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-
33), the Department questions its ongoing legal or statutory 
obligation to continue to provide this service. Since the 
Department's budget does not include a reduction to terminate 
this service, the Committee expects the Department to continue 
providing halfway house bed space for pretrial defendants.
    The mission of the Department of Corrections is to ensure 
public safety and uphold the public trust by providing for the 
safety and secure confinement of pre-trial detainees and 
sentenced prisoners and to do so fairly, without undue 
suffering and as efficiently as possible.

                             national guard

    The Committee recommends $2,326,000 and 43 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $1,820,000 and 30 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds and $506,000 and 13 full-
time equivalent positions from other funds) for the District's 
support of the National Guard during fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the District of Columbia National Guard is 
to serve as an integral component of the nation's military 
forces when activated and is trained to respond during civil 
emergencies or disturbances to protect life, property, and the 
interest of the District of Columbia.

                      emergency management agency

    A total of $2,978,000 and 39 full-time equivalent positions 
(including $2,015,000 and 26 full-time equivalent positions 
from local funds and $963,000 and 13 full-time equivalent 
positions from Federal funds) are recommended for the fiscal 
year 2001 for the Emergency Management Agency.
    The mission of the Emergency Management Agency is providing 
24-hour emergency assistance by mobilizing and deploying 
personnel and resources, updating emergency operations plans 
and strategies, training emergency personnel, managing special 
events, warning and informing the public of emergencies and 
disasters in order to save lives and to protect property in the 
District of Columbia.

             commission on judicial disabilities and tenure

    The Committee recommends $169,000 and two full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Commission on 
Judicial Disabilities and Tenure for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and 
Tenure is to provide for the preservation of an independent and 
fair judiciary by making determinations regarding the 
discipline, involuntary retirement, and reappointment of judges 
of the District of Columbia courts.

                     judicial nomination commission

    The budget request of $90,000 and one full-time equivalent 
position from local funds is recommended for fiscal year 2001 
for the Judicial Nomination Commission.
    The mission of the Judicial Nomination Commission is to 
select and recommend to the President of the United States 
nominees to fill judicial vacancies in the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals and the Superior Court.

                     citizen complaint review board

    The Committee recommends $857,000 and 21 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds for the Citizen Complaint 
Review Board for fiscal year 2001.
    The Citizen Complaint Review Board provides the public with 
an independent and impartial forum for the review and 
resolution of complaints against officers of the Metropolitan 
Police Department and special police officers employed by the 
District of Columbia government.

                   advisory commission on sentencing

    The bill includes $733,000 and six full-time equivalent 
positions from local funds for the Advisory Commission on 
Sentencing for fiscal year 2001.
    The Advisory Commission on Sentencing is responsible for 
conducting a comprehensive study on criminal sentencing 
practices in the District of Columbia.

                  office of the chief medical examiner

    The Committee recommends $3,977,000 and 51 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $3,871,000 and 49 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds and $106,000 and two 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds) for the Office 
of the Chief Medical Examiner for fiscal year 2001.
    The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner investigates and 
certifies all deaths in the District of Columbia that occur by 
any means of violence (injury), and those that occur 
unexpectedly, without medical attention, in custody, or which 
pose a threat to the public health.

                        Public Education System

    A total of $994,418,000 and 12,131 full-time equivalent 
positions is recommended for the operation of the activities 
included within this appropriation title.
    A summary of the allocations to the agencies and offices 
under this heading compared with the budget estimates follows:

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District of Columbia Public Schools..........     717,288,000     804,549,000     (35,106,000)     769,443,000     804,549,000     (35,106,000)     769,443,000      87,261,000                0
Teachers' Retirement System..................      10,700,000         200,000               0          200,000         200,000               0          200,000     (10,500,000)               0
State Education Office.......................               0       1,679,000  ...............       1,679,000       1,679,000  ...............       1,679,000       1,679,000                0
D.C. Resident Tuition Support................      17,000,000      17,000,000  ...............      17,000,000      14,000,000  ...............      14,000,000      (3,000,000)     (3,000,000)
Public Charter Schools.......................      27,885,000     105,000,000               0      105,000,000     105,000,000               0      105,000,000      77,115,000                0
University of the District of Columbia.......      82,024,000      86,110,000      (9,677,000)      76,433,000      86,110,000      (9,677,000)      76,433,000       4,086,000                0
Public Library...............................      24,171,000      26,459,000               0       26,459,000      26,459,000               0       26,459,000       2,288,000                0
Commission on the Arts and Humanities........       2,111,000       2,241,000         (37,000)       2,204,000       2,241,000         (37,000)       2,204,000         130,000                0
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      Total, Public Education System.........     881,179,000   1,043,238,000     (44,820,000)     998,418,000   1,040,238,000     (44,820,000)     995,418,000     159,059,000      (3,000,000)
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                   Board of Education--Public Schools

    An appropriation of $769,443,000 and 10,850 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $628,809,000 and 9,660 full-
time equivalent positions from local funds, $133,490,000 and 
1,097 full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and 
$7,144,000 and 93 full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) for the public school system are approved for fiscal 
year 2001.
    The mission of the District of Columbia Public Schools is 
to provide a viable and comprehensive system of publicly 
supported education for students from pre-kindergarten through 
grade twelve. The District of Columbia Public Schools, under 
the direction of the Board of Education and the management of 
the Superintendent, provides services including comprehensive 
programs at the elementary, junior and senior high school 
levels. Additionally, special educational services for the 
handicapped students and career training opportunities for 
adults at career development centers are provided.

                Total Funds Available for Public Schools

    The total funds available to the public school system in 
fiscal year 2001 follows:

Total resources

        Agency                                          Fiscal year 2001
Operating Expenses:
    Local funds.........................................    $628,809,000
    Federal grants......................................     133,490,000
    Private and other funds.............................       7,144,000
    Intra-District funds................................      35,106,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, operating expenses.......................     804,549,000

                            Pupil Membership

    For the 2000-2001 school year, the number of students in 
the District's public school system, excluding public charter 
schools, excluding public charter schools, is expected to 
decrease by 85, to 70,677. The following table shows annual 
pupil membership statistics from 1969-1970 to the 2000-2001 
estimates:

               PUPIL MEMBERSHIP, 1969-70 THROUGH 2000-2001
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              School year                  Enrollment         Change
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1969...................................         145,584               0
1970...................................         142,857          (2,727)
1971...................................         139,650          (3,207)
1972...................................         136,783          (2,867)
1973...................................         132,438          (4,345)
1974...................................         128,389          (4,049)
1975...................................         126,568          (1,821)
1976...................................         122,586          (3,982)
1977...................................         116,595          (5,991)
1978...................................         113,858          (2,737)
1979...................................         106,156          (7,702)
1980...................................          99,225          (6,931)
1981...................................          94,425          (4,800)
1982...................................          91,828          (2,597)
1983...................................          89,491          (2,337)
1984...................................          87,927          (1,564)
1985...................................          87,677            (250)
1986...................................          86,893            (784)
1987...................................          87,955           1,062
1988...................................          85,306          (2,649)
1989...................................          81,301          (4,005)
1990...................................          80,694            (607)
1991...................................          80,618             (76)
1992...................................          80,937             319
1993...................................          80,678            (259)
1994...................................          80,450            (228)
1995...................................          79,802            (648)
1996...................................          78,648          (1,154)
1997...................................          77,111          (1,537)
1998...................................          71,889          (5,222)
1999...................................          70,762          (1,127)
2000 estimate..........................          70,677             (85)
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    With the amount recommended in the bill, per pupil 
expenditures for the 2000-2001 school year from all sources 
will total $11,383 of which $8,897 will be from District funds 
and $2,486 will be from Federal and other funds.

                      Teachers' Retirement System

    The Committee recommends the sum of $200,000 from local 
funds for Teachers' Retirement and Annuity Payments in fiscal 
year 2001.
    The Teachers' Retirement System provides annuity payments 
and other retirement and disability benefits for retired 
District teachers and their survivors.

                         State Education Office

    The bill includes $1,679,000 and nine full-time equivalent 
positions from local funds for the State Education Office. The 
State Education office serves as the State Authority for the 
District of Columbia in its application for and monitoring of 
Federal funds in areas that impact education and other areas 
and perform specified functions in monitoring and assisting the 
District's local education agencies.

                     D.C. Resident Tuition Support

    The Committee recommends $14,000,000 and 15 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds appropriated as a Federal 
payment for D.C. Resident Tuition Support from a Federal 
payment previously approved under Federal funds in this bill 
(p. 24). The Resident Tuition Support provides high school 
graduates from the District of Columbia the benefits of in-
State tuition at State colleges and universities outside the 
District of Columbia.

                         Public Charter Schools

    The Committee recommends $105,000,000 from local funds for 
public charter schools for the fiscal year 2001. The enrollment 
at public charter schools for the 2000-2001 school year is 
expected to be 10,500, an increase of 50.4 percent over 1999. 
The enrollment has grown each year since 1996 when there were 
100 students; in 1997 there were 250 students; in 1998 there 
were 3,659 students; and in 1999 there are 6,980 students.
    The purpose of the public charter school is to provide an 
alternative, free education for students who reside in the 
District of Columbia.
    Two different charter school laws exist side-by-side in the 
D.C. Code. The District Council charter school law (D.C. Code 
sec. 2801 et seq.) was passed just prior to the passage of the 
School Reform Act, the congressional charter school law for the 
District (D.C. Code Sec. 31-2851 et seq.) The Council version 
was vetoed by Mayor Barry and sent back to the Council 
accompanied by a letter explaining that the Mayor vetoed the 
bill because it established excessive regulation of the charter 
schools by the superintendent. In spite of the veto (there is 
disagreement about whether the veto came in time), the Council 
sent the bill along to Congress, which took no action and the 
bill went onto the books.
    Many of the provisions of the Council law conflict with 
provisions in the School Reform Act. For example, under the 
Council version there is only one chartering authority--the 
board of education. Additionally, the two laws set up distinct 
processes for charter school conversions, establish different 
enrollment reporting dates, and contain many other inconsistent 
or conflicting provisions.
    These variations have already caused problems and have the 
potential for creating even more serious problems down the 
road. For example, in FY 2000 the District's Chief Financial 
Officer erroneously charged each of the charter schools two 
separate administrative fees of \1/2\ of 1% of their annual 
budgets. One of these fees was sent to each school's chartering 
board as mandated by the School Reform Act. The other fee (for 
all of the schools--even those chartered by the D.C. Public 
Charter School Board) was sent to the Superintendent as 
mandated by the Council version of the law.
    The Committee has included an amendment to make clear the 
intent of Congress that the School Reform Act controls all 
matters relating to charter schools in the District of 
Columbia. The amendment prevents the inevitable confusion that 
arises from the existence of two laws purporting to govern the 
same activity.

Addressing concerns about increasing regulation of the charter schools 
        by the chartering boards

    Charter schools are an innovation in public education 
designed to provide educational opportunities free from 
traditional public school bureaucracy. The District of Columbia 
has one of the most vibrant charter school programs in the 
United States, after only three years enrolling more than 10% 
of the District's public school children.
    However, the vibrancy of the District's public charter 
school movement is at risk from increasingly bureaucratic 
oversight by the chartering boards, which appear to be losing 
sight of what makes public charter schools different from 
traditional public schools. Over the last two years, the 
chartering boards have greatly increased the number and 
frequency of school system-style monitoring visits and 
reporting requirements, and even have begun to intrude on areas 
given over to the exclusive control of the charter schools by 
the School Reform Act (such as personnel and instructional 
methods). Charter school leaders, like their traditional public 
school counterparts, are finding that much of their time is 
being taken up by these procedural and other demands. Many 
school leaders report that because of the burden of oversight 
they have little time to spend on their schools' academic 
programs--the same complaint that is made by so many principals 
of traditional public schools.
    The Congress is mindful of the need for the charter schools 
to be accountable to the public for academic achievement and 
the use of public money. However, such accountability must not 
be used to justify imposing on the charter schools the ``expect 
and inspect'' variety of procedural accountability that has 
proven to be such a failure in traditional public school 
systems. Charter schools are to be held accountable for 
results--increased student achievement--only. How the charter 
schools achieve those results is left to the creative judgment 
of those who found and run the schools.
    The School Reform Act sets up a scheme by which charter 
schools are to be held accountable. In addition to a rigorous 
application process that has resulted in most charter school 
petitions being denied, the Act requires the submission of a 
detailed annual report by each school, including an audited 
financial statement. The Act also mandates that all charter 
school students take the same standardized tests as other 
public school to obtain and maintain accreditation, and to 
undergo a review every five years to determine whether there is 
a reason to revoke its charter.
    The chartering boards must resist the urge to add 
significantly to these already substantial requirements. 
Accountability is important, but must be limited to fiscal 
responsibility and student outcomes. The freedom of the public 
charter schools from process accountability and other forms of 
bureaucratic interference must be preserved if these schools 
are to do a better job of schooling children than is being done 
by school systems. The chartering boards must at all costs 
avoid infringing on those matters left within the exclusive 
control of the charter schools by the School Reform Act; and 
they must not require the schools to sign away this control as 
a condition of approval.
    Finally, the chartering boards should not extend the 
charter petition approval process beyond the dates permitted by 
the School Reform Act. The intent of Congress in establishing 
the School Reform Act was that by April 1 of each year charter 
applicants would know whether they would receive a charter to 
open school the following September. Charter applicants should 
not have to wait until June or July for approval, as has 
frequently been the case, nor should schools have to delay 
their opening for an entire year after approval to allow the 
chartering boards even more time to ensure that they are 
``ready'' to open. Finally, ``final approval'' to begin 
operation as a charter school should not have to await the 
signing of a so-called charter school contract, which has been 
used by both boards to impose on the schools greater 
requirements than contemplated by the School Reform Act.

Modification of contracting requirements

    Under current law, charter schools must go through a 
complex bidding process for all contracts with a value of over 
$10,000, while for DCPS and other District agencies the amount 
is $25,000. This requirement sets the charter schools back for 
months on critical purchases. Since most of these contracts are 
for building construction or renovation, these delays have 
caused a serious hardship to the public charter schools, 
especially those in the startup phase--many of which are not 
granted their charters until long after April 1, the deadline 
under the Act. The committee has included an amendment to 
correct the inequities in the current law, limit the scope of 
this section to procurement contracts, exclude those contracts 
that by their nature cannot be bid, and shorten the amount of 
time in which procurement contracts need to be advertised and 
reviewed. Finally, this amendment places the contract review 
process under the jurisdiction of the authorized chartering 
boards, which because of their oversight responsibilities are 
thoroughly familiar with each individual charter school and 
therefore are in the best position to evaluate the contracting 
process.

Licensing requirements for preschool or prekindergarten programs

    The School Reform Act requires the public charter schools, 
but not DCPS schools, to obtain a license for preschool or 
prekindergarten programs. Because of understaffing and other 
factors, the District government takes a year or more to issue 
such licenses. This creates a hardship on the public charter 
schools, which cannot open their programs for children under 5, 
and for the hundreds of parents who cannot find good schooling 
and care for their young children.
    DCPS schools are not required to obtain licensing for pre-
kindergarten or preschool programs for children over 3 years 
old. The reasoning is that DCPS schools are already schools, 
with all the licensing and public oversight that implies, 
whereas the licensing law is designed for individuals and 
organizations that are not already in public education that 
wish to run programs for small children. The same reasoning 
applies to the public charter schools.
    The committee has included an amendment to put the public 
charter schools on the same footing as DCPS schools, requiring 
licensing for the former in any case in which it is required 
for the latter.

Facilities disposition

    Public school buildings in the District, as elsewhere, are 
built with public funds for the purpose of public education. 
When they were built ``public education'' meant DCPS; now 
public charter schools are included in the definition. 
Congress, recognizing this, intended that public charter 
schools have easy and inexpensive access to abandoned school 
buildings.
    Congressional intent has not been realized. Although the 
School Reform Act gives the charter schools a preference in 
leasing or buying surplus school buildings, the nature of the 
preference is not defined. The preference is further diluted by 
a provision permitting the District to ignore the preference if 
more money can be made by disposing of the buildings to 
commercial or other entities.
    Because of these problems, the public charter schools have 
been forced to compete with commercial bidders in lengthy 
bidding processes. Many school buildings that would have been 
highly suitable for public charter school use have been leased 
or sold to commercial entities for non-educational purposes. 
When the charter schools have been able to lease abandoned 
school buildings, the lengthy delays inherent in the process 
have resulted in vastly increased costs and extended 
uncertainty about whether the schools would be able to open 
their doors on time.
    The committee has included an amendment to define the 
preference so as to guarantee quick and inexpensive charter 
school access to surplus buildings, prior to the buildings 
being offered to other entities.
    Qualified Zone Academy Bonds.--The state allocation for the 
Qualified Zone Academy Bonds program in the District for the 
last three fiscal years totaled $3,769,000. The state education 
agency which is under the jurisdiction of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has failed to authorize any 
eligible local educational agency to use these bonds in the 
past three years. By transferring the authority to the use of 
such funds to the Mayor will allow financing for the renovation 
or repair of public school facilities, purchase equipment, and 
train personnel.
    Access to General Services Administration.--The District 
government, including the District of Columbia Public Schools 
(DCPS) is eligible to receive services from the General 
Services Administration (GSA). Charter schools are public 
schools in the District that operate independently of DCPS, but 
should also be eligible to acquire such services. For the 
purpose of fostering public education, GSA can also provide 
services to organizations designated by public charter schools 
to act on their behalf, which are incorporated as non-profit, 
tax exempt organizations in the District of Columbia.
    Assignment of Funds to Financial Institutions.--Since 
public charter schools are entitled to a per-pupil facilities 
allowance from the District, these payments can be assigned 
from the District directly to financial institutions to serve 
as collateral to secure a loan to charter schools for the 
purpose of purchase or renovation of facilities.

                 University of the District of Columbia

    The Committee recommends the sum of $76,433,000 and 816 
full-time equivalent positions (including $44,691,000 and 505 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $13,199,000 
and 200 full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and 
$18,543,000 and 111 full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) for the University in fiscal year 2001.
    The University of the District of Columbia is the nation's 
only urban land grant institution. Its mission is to improve 
the quality of life by meeting higher education needs and 
aspirations of the residents of the District of Columbia at the 
lowest possible cost.

                             Public Library

    The Committee recommends approval of the $26,459,000 and 
432 full-time equivalent positions (including $25,208,000 and 
422 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, $550,000 
and nine full-time equivalent position from Federal funds, and 
$701,000 and one full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) requested for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Public Library is to acquire and 
organize information, including books and other materials, to 
meet the educational, cultural and recreational needs of adults 
and children in the community; and to provide free access to 
these materials and services in a manner ``convenient to the 
homes and offices of all residents.

                 Commission on the Arts and Humanities

    An appropriation of $2,204,000 and nine full-time 
equivalent positions (including $1,780,000 and two full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $404,000 and seven full-
time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and $20,000 from 
other funds) are recommended for the Commission on the Arts and 
Humanities for fiscal year 2001.
    The Commission on the Arts and Humanities objectives are to 
enrich the quality of life for the people of the District of 
Columbia through the arts, in partnership with the community.

                         Human Support Services

    A total of $1,532,204,000 and 3,929 full-time equivalent 
positions is recommended for the departments and agencies 
funded through this appropriation title.
    A summary comparing the Committee's recommendations with 
the estimates by department and activity follows:

                                                                                     HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
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                                                                                                                                                    Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                   FY 2000         FY 2001                          FY 2001        Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/Activity                    approved         request      Intra-District   request less   recommendation   Intra-District    less Intra-       FY 2000          FY 2001
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Department of Human Services.................     395,344,000     386,570,000      (1,730,000)     384,840,000     386,570,000      (1,730,000)     384,840,000      (8,774,000)               0
Department of Health.........................   1,004,296,000   1,015,282,000        (401,000)   1,014,881,000   1,015,282,000        (401,000)   1,014,881,000      10,986,000                0
Department of Parks and Recreation...........      30,150,000      32,914,000      (4,059,000)      28,855,000      32,914,000      (4,059,000)      28,855,000       2,764,000                0
Office on Aging..............................      19,264,000      19,397,000        (266,000)      19,131,000      19,397,000        (266,000)      19,131,000         133,000                0
Public Benefit Corporation Subsidy...........      44,435,000      45,313,000               0       45,313,000      45,313,000               0       45,313,000         878,000                0
Unemployment Compensation Fund...............       7,200,000       6,199,000               0        6,199,000       6,199,000               0        6,199,000      (1,001,000)               0
Disability Compensation Fund.................      25,250,000      25,936,000        (100,000)      25,836,000      25,936,000        (100,000)      25,836,000         686,000                0
Office of Human Rights.......................       1,221,000       1,407,000               0        1,407,000       1,407,000               0        1,407,000         186,000                0
Office of Latino Affairs.....................         910,000         912,000         (30,000)         882,000         912,000         (30,000)         882,000           2,000                0
D.C. Energy Office...........................       4,859,000       4,860,000               0        4,860,000       4,860,000               0        4,860,000            1000                0
Brownfield Remediation.......................               0      10,000,000               0       10,000,000               0               0                0               0     (10,000,000)
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    Total, Human Support Services............   1,532,929,000   1,548,790,000      (6,586,000)   1,542,204,000   1,538,790,000      (6,586,000)   1,532,204,000       5,861,000     (10,000,000)
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                      Department of Human Services

    A total of $384,840,000 and 2,030 full-time equivalent 
positions (including $198,674,000 and 884 full-time equivalent 
positions from local funds, $181,828,000 and 1,136 full-time 
equivalent positions from Federal funds, and $4,338,000 and ten 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds) are 
recommended in the bill for the Department of Human Services 
for fiscal year 2001.
    The Department of Human Services sets policy and 
administers the delivery of social and mental health services; 
implement and administers the District's program under the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act; and to serve as the focal point for policy and 
implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
program with the District.

                          Department of Health

    The Committee recommends $1,014,881,000 and 1,236 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $314,906,000 and 420 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $690,295,000 and 752 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and 
$9,680,000 and 64 full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) for the Department of Health for fiscal year 2001.
    The Department of Health sets policy and administers the 
delivery of health care services, implements and administers 
the District's programs under the Social Security Act Title 
XIX, and serves as the focal point for policies affecting and 
safe guarding public health within the District.

                   Department of Recreation and Parks

    An appropriation of $28,855,000 and 597 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $26,617,000 and 514 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $34,000 from Federal 
funds, and $2,204,000 and 83 full-time equivalent positions 
from other funds) are recommended for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Recreation and Parks.
    The mission of the Department of Recreation and Parks is to 
provide quality leisure services to residents and visitors to 
the District of Columbia in safe, well-maintained parks and 
facilities; to be environmentally responsible; to deliver 
programs that are stimulating, enriching, and culturally 
sensitive; to strategically manage financial and human 
resources; to provide adaptive programs and facilities for 
challenged customers; and to attain our goals and objectives 
through a dedicated team supported by volunteers, and public 
and private partnerships.
    Brentwood Park Ballfield.--The Committee urges the District 
of Columbia to enter into a lease agreement with Gonzaga 
College High School for a facility known as the Hamilton Field 
located at Brentwood Park, 6th and Penn Street, N.W.

                            Office on Aging

    The Committee recommends the sum of $19,131,000 and 23 
full-time equivalent positions (including $14,169,000 and 14 
full-time equivalent positions from local funds and $4,962,000 
and nine full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds) for 
the Office on Aging for fiscal year 2001.
    The Office on Aging develops and carries out a 
comprehensive and coordinated system of health, education, 
employment, and social services for the District's elderly who 
are 60 years of age and older.

                   Public Benefit Corporation Subsidy

    A total of $45,313,000 from local funds is recommended as 
the District's share of the operating costs of the city's 
public acute care hospital in fiscal year 2001. Please see 
pages 6 and 7 of this report for a discussion of the 
Committee's concerns about the failure of the control board and 
the District government to address the D.C. General Hospital 
problems, which date back more than 10 years. In addition to 
that discussion, it should be noted that during hearings before 
the Committee on June 9, 1993 (FY 1994 hearings before the 
House Subcommittee on D.C. Appropriations, part 2, pages 2349, 
2353), on the District's financial problems and the use of 
$336,600,000 million borrowed to retire the District's 
accumulated general fund deficit, the then Chief Financial 
Officer testified that ``. . . some cash went . . . to the D.C. 
General Hospital.'' She further testified that ``. . . for the 
last five years, they (D.C. General Hospital) have spent $15 to 
$20 million more per year than they have raised in revenues and 
we have given them in appropriations.'' Later during that same 
testimony, she stated that ``The D.C. General Hospital practice 
has been a well-known financial problem. The Mayor in no 
uncertain terms, as well as the Chairman of the City Council, 
had brought to the attention of D.C. General that their 
practices are no longer acceptable. They have identified a 
series of actions that have to do with reducing staffing at 
D.C. General, increasing their collections of payments due from 
third parties . . .''. Those statements were made 7 years ago. 
As noted earlier on page 7 of this report, the Committee has no 
faith in the political willpower of District officials to 
follow-through and correct the problems and underlying 
mismanagement.
    The District of Columbia General Hospital Payment (Public 
Benefit Corporation) subsidy provides financing support for the 
Public Benefit Corporations uncompensated health care and 
service delivery to District residents.

                     Unemployment Compensation Fund

    An appropriation of $6,199,000 from local funds is 
recommended for fiscal year 2001 for the Unemployment 
Compensation Fund.
    The mission of the Unemployment Compensation Fund is to 
provide unemployment compensation to eligible former District 
government employees, during periods of unemployment, as a 
result of separation through no fault of their own.

                      Disability Compensation Fund

    A total of $25,836,000 from local funds is recommended for 
the Disability Compensation Fund for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Disability Compensation Fund is to 
provide District government employees injured on the job with 
workers' compensation, including medical care, vocational 
rehabilitation, compensation for wage loss, and survivors' 
compensation.

                         Office of Human Rights

    The sum of $1,407,000 and 20 full-time equivalent positions 
(including $1,301,000 and 20 full-time equivalent positions 
from local funds and $106,000 from Federal fund) are 
recommended for the Office of Human Rights for fiscal year 
2001.
    The mission of the Office of Human Rights is to ensure an 
end to illegal discriminatory practices in employment, housing 
and commercial space, public accommodations, education 
institutions, and District government contracting, for the 
private sector, as well as, District government employees.

                        Office on Latino Affairs

    The Committee recommends the sum of $882,000 and four full-
time equivalent positions from local funds for the Office on 
Latino Affairs for fiscal year 2001.
    The objective of the Office on Latino Affairs is to ensure 
that health, education, employment, and social services are 
available to the Latino community within the District of 
Columbia.

                             Energy Office

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $4,860,000 
and 19 full-time equivalent positions (including $4,364,000 and 
13 full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds and 
$496,000 and six full-time equivalent positions from other 
funds) for fiscal year 2001 for the Energy Office.
    The mission of the Energy Office is to enhance the 
District's quality-of-life and economic competitiveness through 
initiatives which improve energy efficiency. These initiatives 
include education programs, energy-saving regulations, direct 
conservation, and energy assistance services.

                 brownfield remediation at poplar point

    The Committee supports efforts to remediate areas of 
environmental contamination and stimulate economic development. 
However, in the case of the Brownfield remediation at Poplar 
Point, the plan submitted contains insufficient detail 
regarding the expenditure of the $10,000,000 requested. In 
fact, the plan presented fails to provide any specific 
information as to the phases of the project, statements of 
work, start/completion dates, and detailed goals. In addition, 
the $10,000,000 is requested to remain available until 
expended.
    The Committee expects all requests for funding to be 
accompanied by detailed plans for its expenditure. Projects in 
the conceptual stage by definition cannot be fully funded, as 
the level of full funding cannot be established. Funding for 
conceptual projects is more appropriately targeted to 
Architectural and Engineering studies which would provide the 
basis for a responsible decision on the merits of a project.
    In the case of the Brownfield Remediation at Poplar Point, 
the District of Columbia has provided a conceptual plan, and a 
request that funding of $10,000,000 remain available until 
expended. Approval of this appropriation would invite waste and 
mismanagement, and is not supported by the Committee.

                              Public Works

    A total of $278,242,000 and 1,858 full-time equivalent 
positions for fiscal year 2001 is recommended in the bill for 
activities funded through this appropriation.
    A summary comparing the Committee's recommendations with 
the estimates by department and activity follows:

                                                                                          PUBLIC WORKS
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                                                                                                                                                    Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                   FY 2000         FY 2001                          FY 2001        Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/Activity                    approved         request      Intra-District   request less   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-       FY 2000          FY 2001
                                                                                                intra-District                                      District         approved         request
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Department of Public Works...................     125,081,000     128,292,000     (19,703,000)     108,589,000     128,292,000     (19,703,000)     108,589,000       3,211,000                0
Department of Motor Vehicles.................      25,903,000      27,825,000               0       27,825,000      27,825,000               0       27,825,000       1,922,000                0
Taxicab Commission...........................         730,000         673,000               0          673,000         673,000               0          673,000         (57,000)               0
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit                   81,000          82,000               0           82,000          82,000               0           82,000           1,000                0
 Commission..................................
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit              135,532,000     138,073,000               0      138,073,000     138,073,000               0      138,073,000       2,541,000                0
 Authority (Metro)...........................
School Transit Subsidy.......................       3,450,000       3,000,000               0        3,000,000       3,000,000               0        3,000,000        (450,000)               0
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    Total, Public Works......................     290,777,000     297,945,000     (19,703,000)     278,242,000     297,945,000     (19,703,000)     278,242,000       7,168,000                0
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                       Department of Public Works

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $108,589,000 
and 1,515 full-time equivalent positions (including $98,973,000 
and 1,460 full-time equivalent positions from local funds, 
$3,328,000 and eight full-time equivalent positions from 
Federal funds, and $6,288,000, and 47 full-time equivalent 
positions from other funds) for the Department of Public Works 
for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Department of Public Works is to improve 
the overall quality of life in the District of Columbia and 
enhance the District's ability to compete for residents, 
business, tourism and trade.

                      Department of Motor Vehicles

    The Committee recommends $27,825,000 and 334 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $24,709,000 and 258 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds and $3,116,000 and 76 
full-time equivalent positions from other funds) for the 
Department of Motor Vehicles in fiscal year 2001.
    The Department of Motor Vehicles provides basic city 
services including: traffic adjudication, vehicle inspections, 
vehicle registration and driver testing, which include medical 
reviews and insurance compliance.

                           Taxicab Commission

    A total of $673,000 and nine full-time equivalent positions 
(including $241,000 and six full-time equivalent positions from 
local funds and $432,000 and three full-time equivalent 
positions from other funds) are recommended for the Taxicab 
Commission for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Taxicab Commission is to ensure that the 
public is provided with safe and reliable taxicab and other 
transportation services through the regulation of the public 
vehicle-for-hire industry in the District of Columbia.

            Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission

    The Committee recommends $82,000 from local funds for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Transit Commission.
    The mission of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Commission is to ensure that the public is provided with 
responsible and reliable transportation services through the 
regulation of privately-owned, for-hire passenger carriers 
serving the region.

             Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

    The Committee recommends approval of the requested 
$138,073,000 from local funds for fiscal year 2001 for the 
District's share of the operating expenses and debt services 
for Metrorail and Metrobus operations.
    The mission of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority is to provide safe, convenient, and cost-efficient 
mass transit service within the District of Columbia and 
throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area.

                         School Transit Subsidy

    The bill includes $3,000,000 from local funds for fiscal 
year 2001 for the school transit subsidy.
    The School Transit Subsidy provides a subsidy for school 
children who use metrobus and metrorail for educationally 
related transportation. The students share of the base adult 
Metrobus and Metrorail fare was increased from one-third to 
one-half beginning June 21, 1995.

                         Receivership Programs

    The Committee recommends $389,528,000 and 2,739 full-time 
equivalent positions for the three receivership programs funded 
through this appropriation.
    A summary comparing the Committee's recommendations with 
City's estimates by receivership follows:

                                                                                      RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
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                                                                                                intra-District                                      District         approved         request
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Child and Family Services Agency.............     120,555,000     168,452,000      (1,800,000)     166,652,000     168,452,000      (1,800,000)     166,652,000      47,897,000                0
Incentives for Adoption of Children..........       5,000,000       5,000,000               0        5,000,000               0               0                0      (5,000,000)     (5,000,000)
Commission on Mental Health Services.........     204,422,000     210,569,000               0      210,569,000     210,569,000               0      210,569,000       6,147,000                0
Corrections Medical Receiver.................      13,300,000      12,307,000               0       12,307,000      12,307,000               0       12,307,000        (993,000)               0
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    Total, Receivership Programs.............     343,277,000     396,328,000      (1,800,000)     394,528,000     391,328,000      (1,800,000)     389,528,000      48,051,000      (5,000,000)
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                       Child and Family Services

                     (LaShawn Foster Care Program)

    The Committee recommends $166,652,000 and 577 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $97,198,000 and 367 full-time 
equivalent positions from local funds, $68,754,000 and 210 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds and $700,000 
for other funds) for the Child and Family Services (LaShawn 
Foster Care program) for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Child and Family Services (LaShawn 
Foster Care Program) is to support the development of healthy 
families, to assist families and children in need, to protect 
abused and neglected children, and to provide a permanent home 
for all wards of the District of Columbia.

                  Incentives for Adoption of Children

    The Committee recommends the availability of the $5,000,000 
in Federal funds to provide incentives for the adoption of 
children be extended from September 30, 2001 to September 30, 
2002. The Committee has not provided additional Federal funds 
for this program which has not yet been implemented.

                  Commission on Mental Health Services

    The Committee recommends $210,569,000 and 2,162 full-time 
equivalent positions (including $125,408,000 and 1,502 full-
time equivalent positions from local funds, $66,801,000 and 660 
full-time equivalent positions from Federal funds, and 
$18,360,000 from other funds) for the Commission on Mental 
Health Services for the fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Commission on Mental Health Services is 
to assure that well-run mental health services are available to 
the residents and visitors to the District of Columbia and to 
provide excellence in the assessment, treatment, and provision 
of a continuum of care for the mental health consumer.

                      Corrections Medical Receiver

    The Committee recommends $12,307,000 from local funds for 
the Corrections Medical Receiver in fiscal year 2001.
    The Corrections Medical Receiver was appointed in August 
1996. Pursuant to Campbell v. McGruder, filed August 22, 1985, 
requirements were imposed regarding staffing, medical, mental 
health and other services at the Central Detention Facility 
(D.C. Jail).

                        Financing and Other Uses

    The Committee recommends a total of $481,279,000 for the 
following appropriation titles:

                                                                                       FINANCING AND OTHER
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                                                FY 2000                                       FY 2001 request     Committee                      recommendation --------------------------------
              Agency/Activity                   approved     FY 2001 request  Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation  Intra-District    less intra-        FY 2000          FY 2001
                                                                                                  District                                          District         approved         request
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Workforce Investments.....................       8,500,000                0                0               0                0                0               0       (8,500,000)               0
Buyouts and Other Management Reforms......      18,000,000                0                0               0                0                0               0      (18,000,000)               0
Reserve...................................     150,000,000      150,000,000                0     150,000,000      150,000,000                0     150,000,000                0                0
Repayment of Loans and Interest...........     328,417,000      243,238,000                0     243,238,000      243,238,000                0     243,238,000      (85,179,000)               0
Repayment of General Fund Deficit.........      38,286,000       39,300,000                0      39,300,000       39,300,000                0      39,300,000        1,014,000                0
Short-Term Borrowing......................       9,000,000        1,140,000                0       1,140,000        1,140,000                0       1,140,000       (7,860,000)               0
Inaugural Expenses........................               0        6,211,000                0       6,211,000        5,961,000                0       5,961,000        5,961,000        (250,000)
Certificates of Participation.............       7,950,000        7,950,000                0       7,950,000        7,950,000                0       7,950,000                0                0
Wilson Building...........................               0        8,409,000                0       8,409,000        8,409,000                0       8,409,000        8,409,000                0
Optical and Dental Insurance Payments.....       1,295,000        2,675,000                0       2,675,000        2,675,000                0       2,675,000        1,380,000                0
Productivity Bank.........................      20,000,000                0                0               0                0                0               0      (20,000,000)               0
Productivity Bank Savings.................     (20,000,000)               0                0               0                0                0               0       20,000,000                0
Management Supervisory Service............               0       13,200,000                0      13,200,000       13,200,000                0      13,200,000       13,200,000                0
Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer                   0       61,406,000                0      61,406,000       61,406,000                0      61,406,000       61,406,000                0
 Payment..................................
Operational Improvement Savings...........               0      (10,000,000)               0     (10,000,000)     (10,000,000)               0     (10,000,000)     (10,000,000)               0
Management Reform Savings.................               0      (37,000,000)               0     (37,000,000)     (37,000,000)               0     (37,000,000)     (37,000,000)               0
Caferteria Plan Savings...................               0       (5,000,000)               0      (5,000,000)      (5,000,000)               0      (5,000,000)      (5,000,000)               0
Management Reform and Productivity Savings      (7,000,000)               0                0               0                0                0               0        7,000,000
General Supply Schedule Savings...........     (14,457,000)               0                0               0                0                0               0       14,457,000                0
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    Total, Financing and Other Uses.......     539,991,000      481,529,000                0     481,529,000      481,279,000                0     481,279,000      (58,712,000)       (250,000)
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                                Reserve

    The Committee recommends the $150,000,000 from local funds 
for a reserve as required by section 155 of the fiscal year 
1999 D.C. Appropriations Act.
    The Committee has consolidated the spending of the fiscal 
year 2000 reserve of $150,000,000 under one appropriation 
paragraph instead of under the various appropriation headings 
as requested and has included language that prohibits the 
obligation of spending of the funds unless (1) the reductions 
and savings under other appropriation headings are achieved and 
certified by the Inspector General; (2) the reserve assets are 
not required to replace funds expended in fiscal year 2000 from 
the Reserve; and (3) the District government enters into leases 
provided for under the heading ``Federal Payment for Waterfront 
Improvements'' in Public Law 105-277 as amended.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

    A total of $243,238,000 from local funds is recommended for 
the repayment of loans and interest for fiscal year 2001.
    The Repayment of Loans and Interest appropriation provides 
for the payment of the long-term debt service costs of the 
District government's long-term borrowings to finance capital 
project expenditures of general fund agencies.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

    In fiscal year 1980, the District's financial results were 
reported according to generally accepted accounting principles 
(GAAP) and revealed an accumulated general fund operating 
deficit of $387,509,000 at the close of fiscal year 1980. This 
meant that the general fund's accrued liabilities from past 
years exceeded its current assets by $387,509,000. Over the 
next seven years the District reduced the deficit by a total of 
$182,916,000 or 47 percent. However, in fiscal year 1988 an 
unfavorable tax decision and other factors resulted in a 
further deficit of $14,279,000. In fiscal year 1989 and 1990 
spending pressures combined with falling revenues created 
further deficits that brought the accumulated general fund 
deficit to $331,589,000.
    In August 1991, Congressional legislation was approved 
(Public Law 102-106) and the District issued $336,605,000 in 
12-year general recovery bonds to eliminate the general fund 
deficit. The amount included $5,000,000 to cover the costs 
associated with issuing the bonds.
    The Committee recommends the request of $39,300,000 from 
local funds for fiscal year 2001 to cover the principal and 
interest due on these bonds.

                    Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

    The Committee recommends $1,140,000 from local funds for 
fiscal year 2001 to pay the interest and other costs associated 
with borrowings to meet short-term cash needs of the District 
government.

                           Inaugural Expenses

    The Committee recommends $5,961,000 for costs that will be 
incurred by the District of Columbia during the 2001 
Presidential Inauguration. These funds will cover the costs of 
police and fire protection, emergency ambulance and health 
services, construction of the inaugural stands and the securing 
of manholes and installing and removing traffic light poles and 
cables along the parade route, providing portable water and 
portable toilets along the inaugural parade route, and 
operating the Mayor's Command Center to coordinate and monitor 
the inaugural activities.

                     Certification of Participation

    The Committee recommends $7,950,000 from local funds for 
the semiannual lease payments on the land site of the One 
Judiciary Square Building for fiscal year 2001.

                            Wilson Building

    The Committee recommends $8,409,000 for the annual costs 
due on the John A. Wilson Building.

                      Optical and Dental Payments

    The Committee recommends $2,675,000 from local funds for 
optical and dental payments for fiscal year 2001. The Optical 
and Dental Benefits program will provide optical and dental 
care benefits for non-union District government employees and 
their dependents.

                     Management Supervisory Service

    The Committee recommends $13,200,000 for a pay increase of 
approximately 19 percent to certain managers and supervisors 
that will be transferred to this new classification.

                     Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund

    The Committee recommends $61,406,000 to establish a Tobacco 
Settlement Trust Fund, which will fund program investments and 
financial investments to improve the quality of life for 
citizens of the District.

                    Operational Improvement Services

    The Committee recommends a reduction of $10,000,000 for 
operational improvements and delivery of services by agencies.

                       Management Reform Savings

    The Committee recommends a reduction of $37,000,000 from 
savings realized from money invested in management reform.

                         Cafeteria Plan Savings

    The Committee recommends a reduction of $5,000,000 for the 
anticipated savings associated with the implementation of 
Internal Revenue Service Section 125 allowing the pre-tax 
treatment of selected employee benefits.

                            Enterprise Funds

    The Committee recommends a total of $654,056,000 for the 
activities funded through these appropriation titles.

                                                                                        ENTERPRISE FUNDS
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                                                   FY 2000         FY 2001                          FY-2001        Committee                     recommendation --------------------------------
               Agency/Activity                    approved         request      Intra-District   request less   recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-       FY 2000          FY 2001
                                                                                                intra-District                                      District         approved         request
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Water and Sewer Authority....................     236,075,000     230,614,000               0      230,614,000     230,614,000               0      230,614,000      (5,461,000)               0
Washington Aqueduct..........................      43,533,000      45,091,000               0       45,091,000      45,091,000               0       45,091,000       1,558,000                0
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    Total, Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund...     279,608,000     275,705,000  ...............     275,705,000     275,705,000  ...............     275,705,000      (3,903,000)               0
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board...     234,400,000     223,200,000               0      223,200,000     223,200,000               0      223,200,000     (11,200,000)               0
Sports and Entertainment Commission..........      10,846,000      10,968,000               0       10,968,000      10,968,000               0       10,968,000         122,000                0
Public Benefit Corporation...................     155,335,000     149,659,000     (71,424,000)      78,235,000     149,659,000     (71,424,000)      78,235,000      (5,676,000)               0
Retirement Board.............................       9,892,000      11,414,000               0       11,414,000      11,414,000               0       11,414,000       1,522,000                0
Correctional Industries Fund.................       5,660,000       5,428,000      (3,620,000)       1,808,000       5,428,000      (3,620,000)       1,808,000        (232,000)               0
Washington Convention Center Authority.......      50,226,000      52,726,000               0       52,726,000      52,726,000               0       52,726,000       2,500,000                0
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    Total, Enterprise Funds..................     745,967,000     729,100,000     (75,044,000)     654,056,000     729,100,000     (75,044,000)     654,056,000     (16,867,000)               0
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                   Water and Sewer Utility Authority

    The Committee recommends $230,614,000 from other fund for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Water and Sewer Utility Authority.
    The Water and Sewer Authority is responsible for providing 
retail water service to the District of Columbia and limited 
water service to portions of the surrounding metropolitan area. 
It is also responsible for providing retail wastewater 
collection and treatment service to portions of certain 
outlying areas, in an environmentally safe manner that protects 
our waterways. A brief description of the appropriation for the 
Water and Sewer Authority capital outlay appears on pages 89 
and 92.

                    federal water and sewer payments

    At the request of the President's Office of management and 
Budget (OMB), the Committee, reluctantly, approved in the 
fiscal year 1990 District of Columbia Appropriations Act 
(Public law 101-168) a change in the method used to pay for 
Federal water and sewer services, received by various Federal 
Departments and agencies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan 
area from the District's water and sewer operation, from a 
lump-sum Federal appropriation to requiring payment by each 
Federal agency. OMB assured the Committee by letter (one of the 
letters was signed by the President) that sufficient funds were 
available in agency accounts to make these payments. Congress 
approved the change but was concerned that Federal agencies 
might take advantage of the District's water and sewer 
operation and not make their payments. A U.S. Treasury account 
was established requiring agencies to deposit quarterly 
payments into the account and the U.S. Treasury to transfer the 
payments to the District's water and sewer operation. While the 
U.S. Treasury has made full payment for all water bills to the 
District's water and sewer operation, the concern Congress had 
was justified based on actions by a few agencies that are in 
violation of the statute because they have not made the 
mandated transfers in full to the Treasury account resulting in 
accumulated arrearages of $20,000,000. The law does not grant 
any option to agencies to withhold payment for any reason. The 
clear legislative intent of the Congress was that the U.S. 
Treasury account be a ``zero balance'' account, with agency 
deposits equal to the U.S. Treasury payments made on behalf of 
the agencies. An arrearage by any agency is unacceptable.
    The Committee directs that all Federal agencies immediately 
make full and complete transfer/payments to the U.S. Treasury 
based on the billings received to date, and thereby eliminate 
their arrearage. The clear intent of the legislation, and the 
assurances given by OMB at the time of enactment of Public Law 
101-168, was that OMB along with the U.S. Treasury would take 
whatever action was necessary to ensure that agencies made 
their payments by the second day of each fiscal quarter based 
on billings received from the District's water and sewer 
operation. The Committee directs all Federal agencies to comply 
with the statute and the intent of the legislation and for OMB 
and the U.S. Treasury to take whatever actions are necessary to 
collect the arrearages immediately. Any billing disputes are to 
be mediated between the affected parties and the District's 
Water and Sewer Authority in the normal process of resolving 
disputes; ongoing disputes are not grounds for withholding 
payment. Taxpayers should not have to pay twice for a service; 
once from the general fund and second because an agency uses 
its funds for purposes other than reimbursing the general fund.

                          Washington Aqueduct

    The Committee recommends $45,091,000 from other funds for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Washington Aqueduct.
    The mission of the Washington Aqueduct is to collect, 
purify, and pump an adequate supply of potable water for the 
District of Columbia, Arlington County, and the City of Falls 
Church, Virginia.

               Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board

    An appropriation of $223,200,000 and 100 full-time 
equivalent positions from revenue generated by the Board are 
recommended for fiscal year 2001 for the Lottery and Charitable 
Games Control Board.
    The mission of the District of Columbia Lottery and 
Charitable Games Control Board is to generate revenues for the 
general fund and regulate charitable games to support programs 
and services for the residents of the District of Columbia.

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

    The Committee recommends $10,968,000 from other funds for 
the Sports and Entertainment Commission for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Sports and Entertainment Commission, 
formerly the D.C. Armory Board, is to consolidate the 
District's efforts in attracting amateur and professional 
sporting events to the District. The Sports and Entertainment 
Commission is an independent agency of the District's and is 
responsible for the management of the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium 
and the secondary use of the D.C. Armory.

           Pubic Benefit Corporation (D.C. General Hospital)

    The Committee recommends $78,235,000 from other funds for 
the Public Benefit Corporation (District of Columbia General 
Hospital) for fiscal year 2001.
    The Committee's concerns about the Public Benefit 
Corporation are discussed earlier on pages 6 and 7 of the 
report.
    The Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency, 
diagnostic, preventive, and rehabilitative services.

                         D.C. Retirement Board

    The Committee recommends a total of $11,414,000 and 14 
full-time equivalent positions from investment income for 
fiscal year 2001 for the D.C. Retirement Board.
    The mission of the District of Columbia Retirement Board is 
to invest, control, and manage the assets of the D.C. Teachers' 
Retirement Fund, the D.C. Police Officers and Fire Fighters' 
Retirement Fund.

                      Correctional Industries Fund

    The Committee recommends $1,808,000 and 12 full-time 
equivalent positions from other funds for the Correctional 
Industries Fund for fiscal year 2001.
    The mission of the Correctional Industries Fund is to 
rehabilitate inmates by equipping them with a means of 
livelihood after their release from the institutions.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

    The Committee recommends $52,726,000 from other funds for 
the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund for fiscal 
year 2001.
    The primary mission of the Washington Convention Center is 
to serve as a public enterprise to expand the tax base of the 
District of Columbia by promoting and hosting large 
international and national conventions and trade shows that 
bring hundreds of thousands of out-of-town delegates and 
exhibitors to the city, to provide space and facilities for 
local public shows and event, to foster redevelopment of 
downtown Washington, D.C., and provide expanded employment 
business opportunities for residents of the District of 
Columbia.

                             CAPITAL OUTLAY

    The Committee recommends a net increase of $1,022,074,000 
for fiscal year 2001-2006 (consisting of $751,579,000 in local 
funds, $204,049,000 in Federal grants, and $66,446,000 from the 
highway trust fund. Included under the appropriation heading 
Water and Sewer and the Washington Aqueduct is $140,725,000 for 
fiscal year 2001 capital.

                         CAPITAL OUTLAY PROGRAM
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                                     FY 2001-2006      Recommendation FY
                                        request            2001-2006
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Office of Personnel:
    Human Resource Information            8,000,000           8,000,000
     System, Benefits Management
     System.....................
                                 =======================================
Office of the Chief Technology
 Officer:
    District Reporting System:
        D.C. Wide Area Network..          6,507,000           6,507,000
        Geographic Information            6,000,000           6,000,000
         System.................
        Telecommunication.......          2,600,000           2,600,000
        MPD Distributed Prisoner          2,400,000           2,400,000
         Booking................
    Tech City:
        Unified Communication            20,850,000          20,850,000
         Centers................
        IT Infrastructure                11,700,000          11,700,000
         Implementation.........
        Data Warehousing........         13,610,000          13,610,000
        E-Government............         11,200,000          11,200,000
        Data Center                      10,300,000          10,300,000
         Consolidation..........
        SHARE Facility Upgrade..          1,100,000           1,100,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Office of the         86,267,000          86,267,000
             Chief Technology
             Officer............
                                 =======================================
Office of Property Management:
    Upgrade HVAC System, Reeves           1,875,000           1,875,000
     Municipal Center...........
    Asbestos Abatement..........          2,000,000           2,000,000
    Renovation Old Juvenile               3,700,000           3,700,000
     Court Building.............
    Government Centers:
        Improve Property                 14,000,000          14,000,000
         Management ITS.........
        Petworth/Georgia Avenue           2,100,000           2,100,000
         DMV Facility...........
        Minnesota Avenue and              4,900,000           4,900,000
         Benning Road Metro.....
        Electronic Security               5,310,000           5,310,000
         Standards and
         Intergration...........
        Energy Conservation.....         (1,000,000)         (1,000,000)
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Office of             32,885,000          32,885,000
             Property Management
                                 =======================================
Board of Elections and Ethics:
    Voting Tabulation System....          1,000,000           1,000,000
                                 =======================================
Office of the Chief Financial
 Officer:
    Facility Improvements:......
        E Street Facility                 5,000,000           5,000,000
         Upgrade................
        Payroll/Personnel System          1,500,000           1,500,000
        Financial Systems                 2,000,000           2,000,000
         Integration............
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Office of              8,500,000           8,500,000
             Property Management
                                 =======================================
Office of Business and Economic
 Development:
    Banking Database System.....            500,000             500,000
    Neighborhood Revitalization:
        Columbia Heights........          2,000,000           2,000,000
        Georgia Avenue/Shaw.....          6,000.000           6,000,000
    Vacant Property                      21,300,000         21, 300,000
     Revitalization.............
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Office of                 29,800,000          29,800,000
         Business and Economic
         Development............
                                 =======================================
Department of Housing and
 Community Development:
    Affordable Housing                   20,000,000          20,000,000
     Acquisitions...............
                                 =======================================
Metropolitan Police Department:
    Base Building Renovation....        (17,000,000)        (17,000,000)
    Mission Critical Helicopter.          2,000,000           2,000,000
    Information Technology               12,000,000          12,000,000
     Initiatives................
    Central Cellblock...........         (2,215,000)         (2,215,000)
    Renovate Holding Cells......           (213,000)           (213,000)
    Property Streamlining:
        Fleet Facility..........          7,980,000           7,980,000
        Property Warehouse......          3,000,000           3,000,000
        Special Operation                 5,000,000           5,000,000
         Division Facility......
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Metropolitan          10,552,000          10,552,000
             Police Department..
                                 =======================================
Fire and Emergency Medical
 Services:
    Apparatus Replacement.......          4,300,000           4,300,000
    Engine 20 Replacement.......          1,484,000           1,484,000
    Emergency Generator                   1,000,000           1,000,000
     Installed at all Facilities
    Fire Training Simulator.....            824,000             824,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Fire and                   7,608,000           7,608,000
         Emergency Medical
         Services...............
                                 =======================================
Department of Corrections:
    General Renovations:
        Renovation of Cell Doors          6,388,000           8,378,000
         and Motors.............
        Upgrade Fire Alarm and            1,716,000           1,716,000
         Sprinkler System.......
        Upgrade Central Security            742,000             742,000
         Electronics............
    General Improvements:
        Lighting Upgrade........          1,646,000           1,646,000
        Plumbing Upgrades in              3,590,000           1,795,000
         Housing Area...........
        Installation of Hotwater          2,206,000           1,103,000
         System.................
        HVAC Replacement........         14,000,000           7,000,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Department of         30,288,000          22,380,000
             Corrections........
                                 =======================================
Public Schools:
    General Improvements:
        Roof Replacement........          7,000,000           7,000,000
        Boiler Replacement......          7,193,000           7,193,000
        Emergency Generators....             99,000              99,000
        HVAC Replacement........         21,895,000          21,895,000
        Underground Storage              10,246,000          10,246,000
         Tanks..................
        Window Replacement......         (4,500,000)         (4,500,000)
    Maintenance Improvements:
        Miscellaneous Asbestos..          6,000,000           6,000,000
        Electrical Modifications          7,052,000           7,052,000
        Americans with                    4,849,000           4,849,000
         Disabilities Act
         Compliance.............
        Equipment Upgrade.......          2,498,000           2,498,000
        Interior Finish.........          4,500,000           4,500,000
        Modernization...........         (9,500,000)         (9,500,000)
        Emergency Projects......         11,300,000          11,300,000
        New School..............         40,000,000          40,000,000
    School Modernization:
        Key Elementary..........          1,370,000           1,370,000
        Ongoing Initiatives.....        105,365,000         105,365,000
        Duke Ellington School of          3,000,000           3,000,000
         Arts...................
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Public               218,367,000         218,367,000
             Schools............
                                 =======================================
University of the District of
 Columbia:
    Permanent Improvements......          1,574,000           1,574,000
    Interactive Classroom.......            270,000             270,000
    Arts/Science Extension......          2,371,000           2,371,000
    Renovate Academic Lab.......         12,501,000          12,501,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, University of the         16,716,000          16,716,000
         District of Columbia...
                                 =======================================
Public Library:
    HVAC Renovations at Martin            2,613,000           2,613,000
     Luther King Library and
     Library Facilities.........
    Elevator Replacement at               2,750,000           2,750,000
     Martin Luther King and
     Branch Libraries...........
    General Improvements Various          3,000,000           3,000,000
     Branch Libraries...........
    Library Information                   3,907,000           3,907,000
     Technology Investment......
    Material Flow Management                330,000             330,000
     System.....................
    Vehicle Replacement.........            647,000             647,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Public Library...         13,247,000          13,247,000
                                 =======================================
Commission on the Arts and
 Humanities:
    Artbank II..................            890,000             890,000
    Neighborhood Murals.........            783,000             783,000
    Community Initiatives.......            724,000             724,000
    Downtown Projects...........            595,000             595,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Commission on the          2,992,000           2,992,000
         Arts and Humanities....
                                 =======================================
Department of Human Services:
    Renovation of CCNV Shelter..         (5,600,000)         (5,600,000)
    Dix Pavilion Renovations....        (29,180,000)        (29,180,000)
    Renovation of Elliot                  5,381,000           5,381,000
     Building, Forest Haven.....
    Gayle School Renovation.....            250,000             250,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Department of            (29,149,000)        (29,149,000)
         Human Development......
                                 =======================================
Department of Health:
    Animal Shelter..............            690,000             690,000
    STD Clinic..................          1,250,000           1,250,000
    Immunization Program........          1,125,000           1,125,000
    Medicaid Management System..          1,063,000           1,063,000
    Capital Health Capacity,             10,000,000          10,000,000
     1131 Spring Road, NW.......
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Department of             14,128,000          14,128,000
         Health.................
                                 =======================================
Department of Recreation and
 Parks:
    Technology Acquisition......          1,400,000           1,400,000
    Facility Expansion:
        Kenilworth Parkside               5,000,000           5,000,000
         Recreation Center......
        Ft. Station Recreation            2,300,000           2,300,000
         Center.................
        Lafayette Recreation              1,710,000           1,710,000
         Center.................
        Joe Cole Recreation               1,405,000           1,405,000
         Center.................
        Hagan Cultural Center...          1,875,000           1,875,000
        Georgetown Recreation               400,000              400,00
         Center.................
        Parkview Recreation               1,100,000           1,100,000
         Center.................
        Anacostia Recreation              1,300,000           1,300,000
         Center.................
        Trinidad Recreation               3,800,000           3,800,000
         Center.................
        D.C. Wide Property                3,200,000           3,200,000
         Improvement............
    New Construction:
        New Recreation Center             5,000,000           5,000,000
         Emery..................
        New Recreation Center             6,650,000           6,650,000
         Kelly Miller...........
        New Recreation Center             4,482,000           4,482,000
         Randall................
        New Recreation Center             1,700,000           1,700,000
         Girard Street..........
        Vehicle Replacement.....          3,930,000           3,930,000
        Recreation and Aquatic            5,400,000           5,400,000
         Center Rhode Island
         Avenue.................
        Recreation Complex                  500,000             500,000
         Children's Island......
    Site Renovations:
        Fort Greble Recreation            1,900,000           1,900,000
         Center.................
        Park Lighting...........         17,400,000          17,400,000
        Capital East Natatorium.          1,600,000           1,600,000
        Watkins Recreation                  300,000             300,000
         Center.................
        Roper Recreation Center.            800,000             800,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Department of         73,152,000          73,152,000
             Parks and
             Recreation.........
                                 =======================================
Public Benefit Corporation (D.C.
 General Hospital):
    Roof Replacement............            750,000             750,000
    Window Replacement..........            900,000             900,000
    Boiler Plant Renovation.....          1,500,000           1,500,000
    PAX System..................          1,800,000           1,800,000
    Walker-Jones CHC Renovation.            450,000             450,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Public Benefit             5,400,000           5,400,000
         Corporation............
                                 =======================================
Department of Public Works:
    Major Equipment Acquisition:
        Heavy Equipment                  32,949,000          32,949,000
         Acquisition............
        Supercan--Rat Abatement.          3,000,000           3,000,000
    Facility Renovations:
        Fenwich Building                  5,500,000           5,500,000
         Renovation.............
        Parking Garage, West              4,000,000           4,000,000
         Virginia Avenue........
        Storage Facility, West            5,000,000           5,000,000
         Virginia Avenue........
        Tire Shop, West Virginia            500,000             500,000
         Avenue.................
        Facility Relocations....         15,300,000          15,300,000
        Solid Waste Transfer              5,600,000           5,600,000
         Station, Fort Totten
         Transfer Station.......
    Local Street Improvements:
        Project Hope Station              2,409,538           2,410,000
         Dwellings..............
        Georgetown Streetscape            9,000,000           9,000,000
         Renovation.............
    Highway Trust Fund and
     Federal Grants:
        Transportation
         Electrical System
         Improvements
        FY 2001 Streetlight               1,332,450           1,332,000
         Replacement Contract...
        Streetlight System                4,062,850           4,062,000
         Upgrade................
        FY 2001 Electrical                  233,450             233,000
         Systems Upgrade........
    Highway Aid Match Fund:
        Emergency Transportation          1,278,650           1,279,000
         Projects...............
        Traffic Congestion                  775,450             775,000
         Mitigation.............
        FY 2001 National                  3,636,400           3,636,000
         Recreational Trails
         Program................
    Traffic Safety Improvements:
        Traffic Accident                    213,675             214,000
         Reporting and Analysis
         System.................
        Pavement Skid Testing...            344,600             345,000
        Hazard Elimination......          4,430,600           4,431,000
        Railroad/Highway                    127,600             128,000
         Crossing Safety........
        Transportation Plan                 227,600             228,000
         Review.................
        Review for Road and                 554,600             555,000
         Bridge Construction
         Projects...............
        Highway Safety                      982,600             983,000
         Improvement Program/
         Safety Management
         System.................
        Streetlight and Traffic           1,999,600           2,000,000
         Operations Design......
    Bridge Rehabilitation and
     Replacement:
        Rehabilitation 22nd               2,635,320           2,636,000
         Street Bridge over K
         Street, NW.............
        K Street, NW, 21st                4,326,320           4,327,000
         Street to 25th Street..
        Rehabilitation Southern          10,723,320          10,724,000
         Avenue Bridge over
         Suitland Parkway.......
        Rehabilitation of Mall           28,510,320          28,511,000
         Tunnel.................
        City Wide Culvert                   465,320             466,000
         Inventory..............
        City Wide Consultant              2,285,320           2,286,000
         Bridge Inspection......
        Rehabilitation Theodore          81,112,330          81,113,000
         Roosevelt Memorial
         Bridge.................
    Roadway Resurfacing:
        FY 2001 F.A. Resurfacing            626,248             626,000
         (NHS)..................
        FY 2001 F.A. Resurfacing            675,400             675,000
         (STP)..................
        FY 2001 1st F.A.                  5,108,030           5,108,000
         Resurfacing............
        FY 2001 2nd F.A.                  2,170,000           2,170,000
         Resurfacing............
        FY 2001 3rd F.A.                  6,138,000           6,138,000
         Resurfacing............
        FY 2001 4th F.A.                  5,520,000           5,520,000
         Resurfacing............
        FY 2001 5th F.A.                  9,854,000           9,854,000
         Resurfacing............
        FY 2001 6th F.A.                  5,710,000           5,710,000
         Resurfacing............
        FY 2001 7th F.A.                  4,332,000           4,332,000
         Resurfacing............
        FY 2001 1st F.A.                  1,466,000           1,466,000
         Citywide Pavement......
        FY 2001 2nd F.A.                  1,732,000           1,732,000
         Citywide Pavement......
    Roadside Improvements:
        FY 2001 Corridor Tree               477,250             478,000
         Improvement Plan.......
    Traffic Safety Improvements:
        Branch Avenue, SE, M              1,211,750           1,210,000
         Street to O Street.....
        FY 2001 Hot                         579,500             580,000
         Thermoplastic Pavement
         Marking Contract.......
    Roadside Reconstruction:
        Brentwood Road, NE, 9th           3,386,450           3,387,000
         Street.................
        First Street, NE, K               2,283,450           2,284,000
         Street to New York Ave.
        19th Street, NW, G                  883,450             884,000
         Street to Pennsylvania
         Avenue.................
        Q Street NW, 14th Street          1,838,450           1,839,000
         to Rhode Island Avenue.
        4th Street, SW, C Street          3,222,450           3,223,000
         to I Street............
        Eastern Avenue, NE,               2,134,450           2,135,000
         Riggs Road.............
        5th Street, NW, Van               1,229,450           1,230,000
         Buren Street...........
        Western Avenue, NW,               1,688,450           1,689,000
         Brandywine Street......
        FY 2001 Wheelchair/                 610,450             611,000
         Bicycle Ramps Citywide.
        Streetscape Improvements          8,404,450           8,405,000
         Central Business.......
    Congestion Mitigation and
     Air Quality:
        FY 2002 Integrated                  645,150             645,000
         Ridesharing............
        FY 2002 Telework                    364,300             364,000
         Resource Center
         (Telecommute)..........
        FY 2002 Commuter                  1,269,150           1,269,000
         Operations Center......
        FY 2002 Employer                    828,150             828,000
         Outreach...............
        FY 2002 Guaranteed Ride           1,250,150           1,250,000
         Home...................
        Endzone.................             54,300              54,000
        Northeast Inspection              7,024,300           7,024,000
         Station................
        Metrochek Pilot                   6,000,275           6,000,000
         Demonstration Project..
    Federal Planning and
     Management Systems:
        Barney Circle                       853,435             853,000
         Replacement Projects
         Environment............
        Tour Bus Facility                   341,435             341,000
         Feasibility Analysis...
        Parking Inventory.......            284,436             284,000
        FY 2001 State Planning           13,850,856          13,851,000
         and Research Program...
        Research Development and          5,400,436           5,400,000
         Technology.............
        FY 2002 Metropolitan             10,782,426          10,782,000
         Planning...............
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Department of        353,747,390         353,754,000
             Public Works.......
                                 =======================================
Department of Motor Vehicles:
    DMV Information Technology..         16,575,000          16,575,000
                                 =======================================
Washington Metropolitan Area
 Transit Authority:
    Metrobus:...................         23,700,000          23,700,000
    Metrorail Rehabilitation....         46,200,000          46,200,000
    New York Avenue Metro.......         25,000,000          25,000,000
    MetroBarn Repairs...........          5,000,000           5,000,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
        Total, Washington                99,900,000          99,900,000
         Metropolitan Area
         Transit Authority......
                                 =======================================
Washington Convention Center:
    Convention Center Agreements         10,000,000          10,000,000
                                 =======================================
        Total Capital Outlay,         1,029,975,390       1,022,074,000
         General Fund...........
                                 =======================================
Local Funds.....................        759,487,000         751,579,000
Highway Trust Fund..............         66,439,000          66,446,000
Federal Grants..................        204,050,000         204,049,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
Water and Sewer Authority:
Wastewater Projects:
    Blue Plains:
        Bio-Solids Management...         74,346,000          74,346,000
        Rehabilitation Major              3,026,000           3,026,000
         Capital Facilities.....
    Sewer Collection:
        Rehabilitation/Extension          1,182,000           1,182,000
         Sanitary Sewers........
Water Projects:
    Storage:
        2MG 4th High Storage                 77,000              77,000
         Tank...................
        12MG Second High                    188,000             188,000
         Reservoir..............
    Distribution System:
        Water Distribution......          1,779,000           1,779,000
        Replacement/Extension               120,000             120,000
         Watermains.............
        Cleaning Lining                  14,481,000          14,481,000
         Watermains.............
    Metering and Other Projects:
        Meter Replacement/AMR             4,805,000           4,805,000
         Installation...........
        Washington Aqueduct.....         39,022,000          39,022,000
        Capital Equipment.......          1,699,000           1,699,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
            Total, Water and            140,725,000         140,725,000
             Sewer..............
                                 =======================================
            Total, Capital            1,170,700,390       1,162,799,000
             Outlay.............
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    A brief explanation of the Committee's recommendations is 
provided starting below:
    Office of Personnel.--The Committee recommends $8,000,000 
for a HRIS/Benefits Management System.
    Office of the Chief Technology Officer.--The Committee 
recommends $6,507,000 for a D.C. wide area network, $6,000,000 
for a Geographic Information System, $2,600,000 for 
telecommunications, $2,400,000 for the Metropolitan Police 
Department Distributed Prisoner Bookings, $20,850,000 for 
unified communication centers, $11,700,000 for IT 
infrastructure implementation, $13,610,000 for data 
warehousing, $11,200,000 for E-government, $10,300,000 for data 
center consolidation, and $1,100,000 for SHARE facility upgrade 

    Office of Property Management.--The Committee recommends 
$1,875,000 for upgrade of HVAC System at the Reeves Municipal 
Center, $2,000,000 for asbestos abatement, $3,700,000 for 
renovation of the Old Juvenile Court building, $14,000,000 to 
improve Property Management ITS, $2,100,000 for a Petworth/
Georgia Avenue Department of Motor Vehicle facility, $4,900,000 
for Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road Metro, $5,310,000 for 
electronic security standards and integration, and rescission 
of $1,000,000 from energy conservation.
    Board of Elections and Ethics.--The Committee recommends 
$1,000,000 a voting tabulation system.
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer.--The Committee 
recommends $5,000,000 for E Street Facility upgrade, $1,500,000 
for payroll/personnel system, $2,000,000 for Financial System 
Integration.
    Office of Business and Economic Development.--The Committee 
recommends $500,000 for a Banking Database System, $2,000,000 
for neighborhood revitalization in Columbia Heights and 
$6,000,000 in Georgia Avenue/Shaw area, and $21,300,000 for 
vacant property revitalization.
    Department of Housing and Community Development.--The 
Committee recommends $20,000,000 for affordable housing 
acquisitions.
    Metropolitan Police Department.--The Committee recommends 
$12,000,000 for information technology initiatives, $7,980,000 
for a fleet facility, $3,000,000 for a property warehouse, 
$5,000,000 for a special operations division facility, and 
rescissions of $17,000,000 from base building renovation, 
$2,215,000 from the central cellblock project, and $213,000 
from the renovation of holding cells project.
    Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.--The 
Committee recommends $4,300,000 for apparatus replacement, 
$1,484,000 for Engine 20 replacement located at 4300 Wisconsin 
Avenue, Northwest, $1,000,000 for emergency generator at all 
facilities and $824,000 for fire training simulators.
    Department of Corrections.--The Committee recommends 
$8,378,000 for renovation of cell doors and motors, $1,716,000 
for upgrading fire alarm and sprinkler systems, $742,000 to 
upgrade central security electronics, $1,646,000 for lighting 
upgrade, $1,795,000 for plumbing upgrades in housing areas, 
$1,103,000 for installation of hotwater system, and $7,000,000 
for HVAC replacement.
    D.C. Public Schools.--The Committee recommends $41,933,000 
for general improvements (including $7,000,000 for roof 
replacement, $7,193,000 for boiler replacement, $99,000 for 
emergency generators, $21,895,000 for heating, ventilating, and 
air conditioning replacements, $10,246,000 for underground 
storage tanks and a rescission of $4,500,000 from window 
replacement), $66,699,000 for maintenance improvements 
(including $6,000,000 for miscellaneous asbestos, $7,052,000 
for electrical modifications, $4,849,000 for American with 
disabilities compliance, $2,498,000 for equipment upgrade, 
$4,500,000 for interior finish, $11,300,000 for emergency 
projects, $40,000,000 for new schools and a rescission of 
$9,500,000 from modernization projects), $1,370,000 for Key 
Elementary, $3,000,000 for Duke Ellington School of Arts and 
$105,365,000 for onging initiatives.
    University of the District of Columbia.--The Committee 
recommends $1,574,000 for permanent improvements, $270,000 for 
interactive classrooms, $2,371,000 for arts/science extension, 
and $12,501,000 to renovate the academic laboratory.
    Public Library.--The Committee recommends $2,613,000 for 
heating, ventilating and air condition renovations at Martin 
Luther King Memorial Library and library facilities, $2,750,000 
for elevator replacement at Martin Luther King Memorial Library 
and branch libraries, $3,000,000 for general improvements at 
various branch libraries, $3,907,000 for library information 
technology investment, $330,000 for a material flow management 
system, and $647,000 for vehicle replacements.
    Commission on the Arts and Humanities.--The Committee 
recommends $890,000 for an artbank project, $783,000 for 
neighborhood murals projects, $724,000 for community 
initiatives, and $595,000 for downtown initiatives.
    Department of Human Services.--The Committee recommends 
$5,381,000 for the Elliot Building at Forest Haven, $250,000 
for Gayle School renovation, and rescissions of $5,600,000 from 
the renovation of CCNV Shelter project, $29,180,000 from the 
Dix Pavilion Renovations project.
    Department of Health.--The Committee recommends $690,000 
for the animal shelter project, $1,250,000 for the STD Clinic, 
$1,125,000 for the immunization program, $1,063,000 for a 
Medicaid management system, and $10,000,000 for the Capital 
Health Capacity at 1131 Spring Road, Northwest.
    Department of Recreation and Parks.--The Committee 
recommends $1,400,000 for technology acquisition. The Committee 
also recommends $18,890,000 for facility expansion (including 
$5,000,000 for Kenilworth Parkside Recreation Center, 
$2,300,000 for Fort Station Recreation Center, $1,710,000 for 
Lafayette Recreation Center, $1,405,000 for Joe Cole Recreation 
Center, $1,875,000 for the Hagan Cultural Center, $400,000 for 
Georgetown Recreation Center, $1,100,000 for Parkview 
Recreation Center, $1,300,000 for Anacosita Recreation Center, 
$3,800,000 for the Trinidad Recreation Center), and $3,200,000 
for D.C. wide property improvement. Also included is 
$27,662,000 for new construction (including $5,000,000 for new 
Emery Recreation Center, $6,650,000 for new Kelly Miller 
Recreation Center, $4,482,000 for new Recreation Center at 
Randall, $1,700,000 for new Recreation Center at Girard Street, 
$3,930,000 for vehicle replacement, $5,400,000 for Recreation 
and Aquatic Center at Rhode Island Avenue, and $500,000 for 
recreation complex at Children's Island). Also recommended is 
$22,000,000 for site renovations (including $1,900,000 for Fort 
Greble Recreation Center, $17,400,000 for lighting, $1,600,000 
for Capital East Natatorium, $300,000 for Watkins Recreation 
Center, and $800,000 for Roper Recreation Center).
    Public Benefit Corporation.--The Committee recommends 
$750,000 for roof replacement, $900,000 for window replacement, 
$1,500,000 for boiler plant renovation, $1,800,000 for a PAX 
System, and $450,000 for the Walker-Jones Community Health 
Center renovation.
    Department of Public Works.--The Committee recommends 
$32,949,000 for heavy equipment acquisition, $3,000,000 for 
supercan--rate abatement, $15,000,000 for facility renovations 
(including $5,500,000 for the Fenwich Building renovation, 
$4,000,000 for parking garage at West Virginia Avenue, 
Northeast, $5,000,000 for storage facility at West Virginia 
Avenue, Northeast, $500,000 for tire shop at West Virginia 
Avenue, Northeast), $15,300,000 for facility relocations, 
$5,600,000 for Solid Waste Transfer Station at Fort Totten, 
$2,410,000 for local street improvements Project HOPE-Station 
Dwellings, and $9,000,000 for Georgetown Streetscape 
Renovation. Also recommended is $5,627,000 for transportation 
electrical system improvements, $5,690,000 for highway aid 
match fund projects, $8,884,000 for traffic safety 
improvements, $130,063,000 for bridge rehabilitation and 
replacement (including $2,636,000 for rehabilitation of 22nd 
Street Bridge over K Street, Northwest, $4,327,000 for K 
Street, Northwest, 21st Street to 25th Street, $10,724,000 for 
rehabilitation of Southern Avenue Bridge over Suitland Parkway, 
$28,511,000 for rehabilitation of Mall tunnel, $466,000 for 
citywide culvert inventory, $2,286,000 for citywide consultant 
bridge inspection, and $81,113,000 for rehabilitation of the 
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge). The Committee also 
recommends $43,331,000 for roadway resurfacing, $478,000 for 
corridor tree improvement plan, $1,790,000 for traffic safety 
improvements, $25,687,000 for roadway reconstruction, 
$17,434,000 for congestion mitigation and air quality, and 
$31,511,000 for Federal planning and management system.
    Department of Motor Vehicles.--The Committee recommends 
$16,575,000 for Department of Motor Vehicles information 
technology.
    Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.--The 
Committee recommends $23,700,000 for metrobus, $46,200,000 for 
metrorail rehabilitation, $25,000,000 for the New York Avenue 
Metro, and $5,000,000 for Metrobus Barn repairs.
    Washington Convention Center.--The Committee recommends 
$10,000,000 for the Washington Convention Center agreement.
    Water and Sewer Authority.--The Committee recommends 
$140,725,000 for fiscal year 2001 consisting of $77,372,000 for 
Blue Plains (including $74,346,000 for Bio-Solids Management 
and $3,026,000 for rehabilitation of major capital facilities), 
$1,182,000 for sewer collection--rehabilitation/extension 
sanitary sewers, $265,000 for water storage facilities, 
$16,380,000 for distribution systems, $4,805,000 for meter 
replacement AMR installation, $39,022,000 for the Washington 
Aqueduct and $1,699,000 for capital equipment.

                           General Provisions

    The Committee has retained the general provisions carried 
in last year's bill. The Committee notes that District 
officials shifted many of the general provisions to other parts 
of the bill as provisos, an exercise that required considerable 
time and effort but would have resulted in very little if any 
benefit. The Committee has not concurred in those shifts and 
suggests that District officials, including budget and legal 
staff, find more productive ways to spend their time and 
taxpayer funds.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 101 
requiring that expenditures for contracts are public record and 
available for public inspection.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 102 
requiring all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations 
be audited before payment by the designated certifying 
official.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 103 
specifying that appropriations for particular purposes or 
objects of expenditure shall be considered the maximum amount 
that may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an 
amount set apart exclusively therefor.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 104 
making appropriations available for allowances for privately 
owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the performance of 
official duties when authorized by the Mayor.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 105 
authorizing appropriations for expenses of travel and dues or 
organizations concerned with the work of the District of 
Columbia government when authorized by the Mayor.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 106 
authorizing payment of refunds and judgments that have been 
entered against the District of Columbia government.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 107 making 
appropriations 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 and 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. These provision are no 
longer applicable.
    The Committee recommends a new Sec. 107 requiring the Mayor 
to maintain an index of all employment personal services and 
consulting contracts in effect on behalf of the District 
government and to include in the index specific information on 
any severance clause in effect under any such contract.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 108 
which prohibits any appropriation to remain available for 
obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly 
provided.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 109 
which prohibits any funds appropriated in this act for 
operation of educational institutions, the compensation of 
personnel, or for other educational purposes to be used to 
permit, encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political 
activities.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 110 
which prohibits any funds appropriated in this Act 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.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 111 
which appropriates from the applicable funds of the District of 
Columbia such sums as are necessary for making payments 
authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 
1977.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 112 
which prohibits use of appropriations 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.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 113 
which requires the Mayor to develop an annual plan, by quarter 
and by project, for capital outlay borrowing.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 114 
which prohibits the Mayor from borrowing for capital projects 
unless approved by Council resolution.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 115 
which prohibits the Mayor from using moneys borrowed for 
capital projects for operating expenses.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 116 
which establishes reprogramming requirements.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 117 
which prohibits Federal funds provided in this Act from being 
used to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal 
servants to any officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
government.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 118 
which prohibits any Federal funds in this Act to be obligated 
or expended to procure passenger automobiles as defined in the 
Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980, with an Environmental 
Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon of less than 22 
miles per gallon.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 119 which 
amended the law removing the limit on the salary of the City 
Administrator and established the rate of per diem for the 
Redevelopment Land Agency Board Members. The language is now 
permanent law.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 120 
(new Sec. 119) which states that for pay purposes, employees of 
the District of Columbia government shall not be subject to the 
provisions of title 5 of the United States Code.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 121 
(new Sec. 120) which requires the Mayor to submit new revenue 
estimates not later than 30 days after the end of the first 
quarter of the fiscal year and use these estimates in the 
budget request for the following fiscal year.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 122 
(new Sec. 121) which requires that 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, except that the District of 
Columbia government may renew or extend sole source contracts 
for which competition is not feasible or practical.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 123 
(new Sec. 122) which relates to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 124 
(new Sec. 123) which relates to sequestration orders.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 125 
(new Sec. 124) which allows the District of Columbia government 
to accept gift and donations.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 126 
(new Sec. 125) which prohibits Federal funds from being 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 Representatives under section 4(d) of 
the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention 
Initiatives of 1979.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 127 
which requires the University of the District of Columbia to 
submit certain quarterly financial reports.
    The Committee recommends a new Sec. 127 which states that 
nothing in the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 
1977 may be construed to prohibit the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency from negotiating and entering 
into cooperative agreements and grants authorized by law which 
affect real property of the Federal Government in the District 
of Columbia if the principal purpose of the cooperative 
agreement or grant is to provide comparable benefits for 
Federal and Non-Federal properties in the District of Columbia.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 128 which 
allowed funds authorized or previously appropriated to the 
government of the District of Columbia to procure necessary 
hardware and installation of new software, conversion, testing, 
and training to improve or replace its financial management 
system.
    The Committee recommends a new Sec. 128 establishing 
conditions for granting preference in use of surplus school 
properties to public charter schools.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 129 which 
placed a limit on attorney fees who represents a party who 
prevails in an action, including an administrative proceedings, 
brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools under 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
    The Committee recommends a new Sec. 129 amending the 
District of Columbia School Reform Act concerning modification 
of contracting requirements for public charter schools.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 130 
prohibiting the use of funds for any abortions 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.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 131 
that prohibits the use of funds to implement the Domestic 
Partners Act.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 132 
which requires Public Schools to submit quarterly financial 
reports.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 133 
which requires the Public Schools and the University of the 
District of Columbia to compile an accurate and verifiable 
report on the positions and employees in the public school 
system and the university.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 134 
which requires the public schools and the University of the 
District of Columbia to submit no later than November 1 or 
within 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the 
public school system and the University of the District of 
Columbia.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 135 
which requires approval by all boards concerned with the Public 
Schools and the University of the District of Columbia to vote 
on and approve the respective annual or revised budgets for 
such entities before submission to the Mayor for submission of 
the budget to the Council.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 136 which 
establishes a ceiling on operating expenses and transferred it 
to the first item under ``District of Columbia Funds; Operating 
Expense; Division of Expenses''.
    The Committee recommends a new Sec. 136 on the acceptance 
and use of grants not included in ceiling under ``Division of 
Expenses''.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 137 
which requires departments or agencies of the government of the 
District of Columbia which are under the administration of a 
court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed official to 
prepare and submit to the Mayor for inclusion in the annual 
budget, estimates of expenditures and appropriations necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the department or agency. 
Also requires the Mayor to forward the estimates to the 
Council. The Council may comment or make recommendations on 
such estimates but shall have no authority to revise such 
estimates.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 138 
which stipulates notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
rule or regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia 
public schools shall be classified as an Educational Service 
employee, placed under the personnel authority of the Board of 
Education, and subject to all Board of Education rules. Also 
states that school-based personnel shall constitute a separate 
competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not 
compete with school-based personnel for retention purposes.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 139 
which places restrictions on the use of official vehicles.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 140 
which requires any expenditures attributable to any officer of 
employee who provides services which are within the authority 
and jurisdiction of the entity be treated as expenditures made 
from the entity's budget. Subsection (b) amends the 
Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 and is applicable to 
the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority as well as 
all District agencies (including independent agencies). 
Subsection (c) requires a prior analysis for purchases in 
excess of $2,500 except for certain purchases made by the 
control board, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the 
Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 141 
which requires that not later than 120 days after the date a 
District of Columbia Public School student is referred for 
evaluation or assessment that the Public Schools assess or 
evaluate the student who may have a disability and place the 
student in an appropriate program of special education.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 142 
which requires that none of funds made available in this Act be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy 
American Act.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 143 
which requires that none of funds contained in this Act may be 
used for purposes of the annual independent audit unless the 
audit is conducted by the Inspector General and the audit 
includes a comparison of audited actual year-end results with 
the revenues submitted in the budget document for such year.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 144 
which prohibits the expenditure of 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.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 145 
which requires that the evaluation process and instruments for 
evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees shall 
be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 146 
which prohibits the use of funds contained in this Act by the 
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.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 147 
which prohibits the use of funds 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.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 148 
which amends language concerning the $150,000,000 reserve.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 149 which 
required the Chief Financial Officer no later than November 1 
or within 30 calendar days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act to submit a revised appropriated funds operating 
budget to the appropriate Committees of Congress, the Mayor, 
and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.
    Section 149.--The Committee has included language in 
section 149 of the bill to shift the responsibility of the 
annual financial statement audit of the District's Highway 
Trust Fund from the General Accounting Office to the District's 
Inspector General. This change should reduce the amount of 
duplication in current audit efforts between GAO, the 
District's Inspector General, and the independent auditors for 
the District.
    The Committee has amended Sec. 150 to prohibit the use of 
Federal funds in this Act, instead of all funds, for any 
program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the 
hypodermic injection of any illegal drug, and has deleted the 
requirement for a separate accounting by individuals or 
entities who receive funds in this Act and carry out a needle 
exchange program.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 151 
which places restrictions on leases.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 152 
which places restrictions on the management of existing 
District government property.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 153 which 
amended the Student Loan Marketing Association Reorganization 
Act of 1996.
    The Committee recommends a new Sec. 153 which amends Public 
Law 106-113 to provide $5,000,000 from the National Highway 
System funds apportioned to the District of Columbia 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.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 154 which 
required the Mayor, District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the 
Superintendent of Public Schools to implement a process to 
dispose of excess public school real property within 90 days of 
the enactment of this Act.
    The Committee has approved a new Sec. 154 which prohibits 
funds from being used after the expiration of a 30-day period 
to pay the salary of any chief financial officer of any office 
of the District of Columbia government who has not filed a 
certification with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer 
that the officer understands the duties and restrictions 
applicable to the officer and reports required as a result of 
this Act.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 155 which 
amended the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995.
    The Committee recommends a new section 155 providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of the District of Columbia 
Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act or any other 
District of Columbia law employees of the District of Columbia 
government will only receive overtime compensation for time 
worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 156 which 
amended the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 to 
give preference in admission to a sibling of a student already 
attending or selected for admission to a public charter school.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 157 which 
transferred $18,000,000 from the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority to the Mayor 
for severance payments, expanded contracting authority, and 
implementation of a system of managed competition among public 
and private providers of goods and services.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 158 which 
transferred $5,000,000 to the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority from the 
District of Columbia Emergency Highway Relief Act for a project 
to complete all requirements for compliance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act for the construction of expanded lane 
capacity for the Fourteenth Street Bridge.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 159 which 
required the Mayor to carry out through the Army Corps of 
Engineers, an Anacostia River environmental cleanup program 
with $5,000,000 transferred from 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.
    The Committee recommends a new section 159 concerning the 
Student Loan Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 8009-293, as amended by Public 
Law 106-113 Stat. 1526), regarding the District's qualified 
zone academy bonds.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 160 which 
amended the Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 161 
(new Sec. 154) which prohibits use of any funds in this Act to 
pay the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 
the District of Columbia government 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.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 162 
(new Sec, 156) which required that the budget for fiscal year 
2001 that is submitted by the District to Congress 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 in 
the proposed budget.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 163 
(new Sec. 157) which required any document showing the budget 
for an office of the District of Columbia government that 
contains a category of activities labeled as ``other'', 
``miscellaneous'', or a similar general, nondescriptive term, 
include a description of the types of activities covered in the 
category and a detailed breakdown of the amount allocated for 
each such activity.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 164 which 
authorized the Corps of Engineers to perform repairs and 
improvement to the Southwest Waterfront.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 165 which 
expressed 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.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 166 which 
amended the National Capital Revitalization and Self-government 
Improvement Act of 1997 to establish a sex offender 
registration.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 167 
(new Sec. 158) which prohibits use of funds contained in this 
Act 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 or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
    The Committee recommends a new section 160 amending the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to treat employees of the Pretrial 
Services, Defense Services, Parole, Adult Probation and 
Offender Supervision Trustee as employees of the Federal 
Government solely for purposes relating to retirement, life 
insurance, and health insurance
    The Committee recommends a new section 161 expressing the 
sense of Congress that the patients at Saint Elizabeth Hospital 
and the taxpayers of the District of Columbia are being poorly 
served by the current facilities and management of the Hospital
    The Committee recommends a new section 162 expressing the 
sense of Congress that the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority should 
quickly complete the sale of the Franklin School property.
    The Committee recommends a new section 163 expressing the 
sense of Congress that the District of Columbia government 
should take all steps necessary to ensure that officials of the 
District government (including officials of independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, and corporations of the 
government) maintain a fiduciary duty to the taxpayers of the 
District in the administration of funds under their control.
    The Committee recommends a new section 164 which provides 
that no amounts may be made available during fiscal year 2001 
to the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit 
Corporation (through reprogramming, transfers, loans, or any 
other mechanism) other than the amounts which are otherwise 
provided for the Corporation in this Act under the heading 
District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit 
Corporation.
    The Committee recommends a new section 165 which requires, 
for each payment or group of payments made by or on behalf of 
the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit 
Corporation, the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia to sign an affidavit certifying that the making of the 
payment does not constitute a violation of any provision of 
subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, 
or any provision of this Act.
    The Committee recommends a new section 166 which prohibits 
the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit 
Corporation from obligating or expending any amounts during 
fiscal year 2001 unless (at the time of the obligation or 
expenditure) the Corporation certifies that the obligation or 
expenditure is within the budget authority provided to the 
Corporation in this Act.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 168 which 
transferred $5,000,000 from the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority to the Mayor 
to provide offsets against local taxes for a commercial 
revitalization program.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 169 which 
amended the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 170 which 
listed findings of the Congress on numerous issues.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 171 which 
required the Mayor prior to using Federal Medicaid Payments to 
Disproportionate Share Hospitals to consider the 
recommendations of the Health Care Development Commission.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 172 which 
required the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of 
the District of Columbia Criminal Justice System.
    The Committee has not approved the deletion of Sec. 173 
(new Sec. 167) which provides that nothing in this Act bars the 
District of Columbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or 
commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 
with officials of the District government regarding such 
lawsuits.
    The Committee recommends a new Sec. 168 which provides that 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Health 
Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives Act of 2000 (D.C. Bill 
13-399) shall not take effect. The language also clarifies that 
the Council or Mayor are not prevented from addressing the 
issue of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, but 
the intent of Congress is that any legislation enacted on this 
issue should include a ``conscience clause'' which provides 
exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
    The Committee has approved a new Sec. 169 that repeals the 
Medical Examiner chapter of the D.C. Code, as requested by the 
District, and makes the repeal effective on the date that the 
District's new legislation takes effect.
    The Committee has approved a new Sec. 170 clarifying the 
Prompt Pay Act as it relates to court-appointed attorneys. The 
clarification requires that court assign interest on vouchers 
not paid within 45 days of submission by the attorney instead 
of 30 days after being approved by a judge.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 174 which 
related to wireless communications.
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 175 which 
amended the ``Community Development Block Grants in title II of 
H.R. 2684 (Public Law 106-74).
    The Committee has approved the deletion of Sec. 176 which 
reappropriated $3,000,000 for the Georgetown Waterfront Park 
Fund.

    Appropriations Can Be Used Only for the Purposes for Which Made

    Title 31 of the United States Code makes clear that 
appropriations can be used only for the purposes for which they 
were appropriated as follows:
    Section 1301. Application.
    (a) Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for 
which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided 
by law.

                          RESCISSION OF FUNDS

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee reports that rescissions of 
prior year budget authority are recommended in the accompanying 
bill under the heading ``Capital Outlay'', as requested.

                        CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

    Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives states that:

          Each report of a committee on a bill or joint 
        resolution of a public character, shall include a 
        statement citing the specific powers granted to the 
        Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed 
        by the bill or joint resolution.

    The Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to 
report this legislation on the following:
    Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of 
the United States of America which states:

          The Congress shall have Power * * * To exercise 
        exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over 
        such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, 
        by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of 
        Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the 
        United States * * *.

    And Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution 
of the United States which states:

          No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in 
        consequence of Appropriations made by law * * *.

    Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to 
these specific powers granted by the Constitution.

                   COMPARISON WITH BUDGET RESOLUTION

    Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires an explanation of compliance with 
section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), requires 
that the report accompanying a bill providing new budget 
authority contain a statement detailing how the authority 
compares with the reports submitted under section 302 of the 
Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 
the budget for the fiscal year. This information follows:

                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                  302(b) allocation            This bill--
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Budget                    Budget
                                                               authority     Outlays     authority     Outlays
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Discretionary...............................................          414          414          414          418
Mandatory...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
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                    FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF OUTLAYS

    In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as 
amended, the following table provided by the Congressional 
Budget Office contains 5-year projections of the outlays 
associated with the budget authority provided in the 
accompanying bill:

Federal funds

        Item and fiscal year                                      Amount
Budget authority in bill................................    $414,000,000
Outlays:
    2001................................................    $382,000,000
    2002................................................     $32,000,000
    2003................................................................
    2004................................................................
    2005................................................................

    The bill provides no new revenues or tax expenditures, and 
will have no effect on budget authority, tax expenditures, 
direct loan obligations, or primary loan guarantee commitments 
available under existing law for fiscal year 2000 and beyond.

          FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as 
amended, the Committee is required to report new budget 
authority and outlays provided for financial assistance to 
State and local governments. The accompanying bill contains 
Federal funding as follows:
        Item                                              Recommendation
New fiscal year 2001 budget authority...................    $298,000,000
Fiscal year 2001 outlays resulting therefrom............    $272,000,000

                           TRANSFERS OF FUNDS

    Clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires that the report include information 
describing the transfer of funds recommended in the 
accompanying bill.
    1. The Committee has included language transferring 
$18,000,000 from interest earned by the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority to 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for 
construction of a Metrorail station at New York and Florida 
Avenues, Northeast.
    2. The Committee has included language transferring 
$18,778,000 from the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency to the Public Defender Service.

               CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following statements are 
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the 
accompanying bill which might be construed, under some 
circumstances, as directly or indirectly changing the 
application of existing law.
    1. Under ``Governmental Direction and Support'', there is 
language which provides that program fees collected from the 
issuance of bonds or other debt instruments shall be available 
for the payment of expenses of the District's debt management 
program. Section 490 of the Home Rule Charter (Public Law 93-
198, as amended) authorizes the District government to issue 
revenue bonds for a number of specified purposes and was 
amended by Public Law 95-218 specifically to enable the 
District government to act as a conduit for the issuance of 
revenue bonds for private colleges and universities. This 
language will allow the District government to be reimbursed 
for the costs of issuing bonds on behalf of third-party 
beneficiaries.
    2. Under ``Public Safety and Justice'', language provides 
an exemption for two classes of passenger motor vehicles from 
31 U.S.C. 1343(c) which states, in part, that:
    (c)(1) Except as specifically provided by law, an agency 
may use an appropriation to buy a passenger motor vehicle 
(except a bus or ambulance) only at a total cost (except costs 
required only for transportation) that

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

          (C) is not more than the maximum price established by 
        the agency having authority under law to establish a 
        maximum price; and
          (D) is not more than the amount specified in a law.
    The classes of motor vehicles exempted from the price 
ceiling are vehicles used for police, fire fighting and fire 
prevention activities. Because of the special requirements for 
those types of vehicles the costs exceed the maximum set for 
passenger motor vehicles for regular use.
    3. Language is included under ``Public Safety and Justice'' 
authorizing the Mayor to reimburse the National Guard for 
expenses incurred in connection with emergency services 
performed by the Guard at the request of the Mayor. The 
language also provides that the availability of these funds is 
to be considered as constituting payment in advance for the 
emergency services involved.
    4. Language is included under ``Public Safety and Justice'' 
providing $500,000 for the Police Chief's confidential fund in 
fiscal year 2000 in accordance with the Police Chief's 
estimates.
    5. Language under the ``Public Safety and Justice'' give 
the Metropolitan Police Department independent authority to 
make purchases up to $500,000 and provides that the District of 
Columbia government may not require the Department to submit to 
any other procurement review process, or to obtain the approval 
of any other official or employee.
    6. Language is included under ``Public Education System'' 
authorizing the District of Columbia Public Schools to accept 
not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver 
education program.
    7. Language is included under ``Public Education System'' 
requiring the Board of Trustees of the University of the 
District of Columbia to establish a tuition rate for 
nonresident students at a level no lower than the rate for 
nonresident students at comparable public institutions of 
higher education in the metropolitan area.
    8. Language under ``Public Education System'' prohibits the 
use of appropriated funds for educational services provided to 
non-resident, non-tuition paying students in the District of 
Columbia Public School system.
    9. Language under ``Public Education System'' prohibits the 
use of appropriated funds for salaries of any DC public school 
principal, teacher, administrator, official or employee who 
provides false enrollment, and/or attendance information.
    10. Under ``Human Support Services,'' there is language 
providing that appropriations available solely for employees' 
disability compensation shall remain available until expended. 
31 U.S.C. 1301(c)(2) provides in part, that:
    (c) An appropriation in a regular, annual appropriation law 
may be construed to be permanent or available continuously only 
if the appropriation--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

          (2) expressly provides that it is available after the 
        fiscal year covered by the law in which it appears.
    11. Language under ``Human Support Services'' prohibits the 
District from providing fee government service to private 
nonprofit organizations if the District would not be qualified 
to receive reimbursement pursuant to the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Act.
    12. Language is included under ``Public Works'' providing 
for the rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle for use by the 
Mayor and three passenger-carrying vehicle for use by the 
Council of the District of Columbia.
    13. Language under ``Repayment of General Fund Recovery 
Debt'' provides funds to reduce the District's accumulated 
general fund deficit.
    14. Language under ``Lottery and Charitable Games 
Enterprise Fund'' requires the use of non-Federal funds to 
finance the operations of the Lottery Board and directs the 
District to identify the source of funding from its own 
locally-generated revenues.
    15. Language under ``District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority'' limits the 
use of appropriated funds by the control board to pay salaries 
to its executive director and general counsel to the amount set 
forth in statute as determined by the General Accounting 
Office.
    16. The bill includes language under ``D.C. Retirement 
Board'' appropriating funds to pay legal, management, 
investment and other fees and administrative expense of the 
District of Columbia Retirement Board. Section 121(f)(1) of the 
District of Columbia Retirement and Reform Act (Public Law 96-
122) states that all administrative expenses incurred by the 
Board are to be paid out of funds appropriated for such 
purposes. The language recommended by the Committee 
appropriates the total amount required for the operation of the 
board and specifies that the total amount is to be from the 
investment income of the pension funds. The language also 
clarifies that all expenses of the Board are to be paid from 
this appropriation. A requirement for quarterly reports as well 
as timely submission of budget data and audit information is 
also included in the language.
    17. Under ``Capital Outlay'' there is language that 
provides that the amount appropriated shall remain available 
until expended. This language is needed to provide an exemption 
to 31 U.S.C. 1301(c)(2) to allow the funds to remain available 
beyond fiscal year 2000. The exemption is needed because of the 
length of time required for the design and construction of 
capital projects.
    18. The Committee has included language under ``Capital 
Outlay'' requiring that funds appropriated for capital outlay 
projects shall be managed and controlled in accordance with 
procedures and limitations established under the financial 
management system and that all such funds shall be available 
only for the specific project and purpose intended.
    19. Section 101 of the ``General Provisions'' requires that 
all expenditures for consulting services obtained through 
procurement contracts be open for public inspection.
    20. Language under section 104 grants the Mayor the 
authority within rates prescribed by Federal Travel 
Regulations, to establish allowances for privately owned 
automobiles and motorcycles used for official purposes.
    21. A proviso is included under section 105 of the bill 
permitting the Council of the District of Columbia to expend 
funds for travel and payment of dues without authorization by 
the Mayor.
    22. Section 106 appropriates funds for refunding 
overpayments of taxes collected and for paying judgments 
against the District of Columbia government.
    23. Language in section 111 of the ``General Provisions'' 
has been carried since 1979 and allows the payment of a 
percentage of taxes collected to individuals who provide 
information to the District resulting in the collection of 
taxes.
    24. A proviso is included under Section 113 requiring the 
Mayor to develop an annual plan for borrowing capital outlay 
funds and to submit quarterly reports to the Council of the 
District of Columbia and Congress.
    25. Language in section 114 of the ``General Provisions'' 
requires the Mayor to obtain approval from the Council of the 
District of Columbia prior to borrowing funds for capital 
projects.
    26. Section 115 of the ``General Provisions'' prohibits the 
Mayor from paying operating expenses with funds borrowed for 
capital projects.
    27. Language in section 116 relates to reprogramming 
requirements.
    28. Language in section 117 prohibits the use of Federal 
funds in the bill to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or 
other personal servants to any officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia government.
    29. Language in section 118 prohibits the use of Federal 
funds in the bill to purchase passenger automobiles as defined 
in 15 U.S.C. 2001(2) with an Environmental Protection Agency 
estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per 
gallon.
    30. Language under section 119 clarifies the pay setting 
authority for District employees as the District's Merit 
Personnel Act rather than title 5 of the United States Code.
    31. Language in section 121 prohibits the District 
government from renewing or extending sole source contracts 
without opening them to the competitive bidding process as set 
forth in section 303 of the District of Columbia Procurement 
Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-
85).
    32. Sec. 122 requires any sequestration pursuant to the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
(Public Law 99-177) to be applied to each of the Federal fund 
appropriation accounts rather than to the aggregate total of 
these accounts.
    33. Language in section 123 provides that in the event a 
sequestration order is issued after the amounts appropriated to 
the District have been paid to the District, the Mayor is 
required to pay the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days 
after receipt of a request from the Secretary, the amounts 
sequestered by the order provided the sequestration percentage 
is applied to each of the Federal appropriation accounts and 
not applied to the aggregate total.
    34. Language under section 124 allows the District of 
Columbia government to accept and use, with the Mayor's 
approval, donations received for public purposes authorized by 
law. The language also requires that accurate records be 
maintained by the agency or entity administering the program 
and that the records be available for audit and public 
inspection. The language also allows the Council of the 
District of Columbia and the Board of Education to accept gifts 
and donations without the approval of the Mayor.
    35. Language under section 125 continues current law as it 
relates to the prohibition on the use of Federal funds for 
salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the offices 
of U.S. Senator or Representative under section 4(d) of the 
D.C. Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979.
    36. Language in section 130 prohibits funds appropriated in 
this Act from being expended for abortions, 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.
    37. Language in section 131 prohibits funds made available 
pursuant to any provision of this Act from being used to 
implement or enforce any system of registration of unmarried, 
cohabitating couples whether they are homosexual, lesbian, 
heterosexual, including but not limited to registration for the 
purpose of extending employment, health, or governmental 
benefits to such couples on the same basis such benefits are 
extended to legally married couples.
    38. Language in section 132 requires the Superintendent of 
the District of Columbia Public Schools to submit to the 
Congress, Mayor, and Council of the District of Columbia no 
later than fifteen calendar days after the end of each quarter 
a report that sets forth:
          (a) Current quarter expenditures and obligations, 
        year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total 
        fiscal year expenditures projections vs. budget broken 
        out on the basis of control center, responsibility 
        center, agency reporting code, and object class, and 
        for all funds, including capital financing;
          (b) A list of each account for which spending is 
        frozen and the amount of funds frozen;
          (c) A list of all active contracts in excess of 
        $10,000 annually;
          (d) All reprogramming requests and reports; and
          (e) Changes made in the last quarter to the 
        organizational structure of the D.C. Public Schools.
    39. Language in section 133 requires annual reporting 
requirements from the Superintendent of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of 
Columbia on the number of validated schedule ``A'' positions, a 
compilation of all employees as of the preceeding December 31, 
verified as to its accuracy in accordance with the functions 
that each employee actually performs, and requires that the 
report be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor, and Council of 
the District of Columbia, not later than February 15 of each 
year.
    40. Language in section 134 requires the Superintendent of 
the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of 
the District of Columbia to submit to the Congress, the Mayor, 
and Council of the District of Columbia, 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.
    41. Language in section 135 requires the District Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, acting on 
behalf of the District of Columbia Public Schools 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 D.C. School of Law 
to vote on and approve their respective annual or revised 
budget 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.
    42. Language in sec. 139 of the ``General Provisions'' 
restricts the use of official vehicles to official duties and 
not between a residence and workplace, except in the case of a 
police officer who resides in the District of Columbia at the 
discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the 
D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who resides 
in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day, the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia, and the Chairman of the 
Council of the District of Columbia.
    43. Language in sec. 142 of the ``General Provisions'' 
states that none of the funds made available in this Act may be 
expended unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds 
the entity will comply with the Buy American Act.
    44. Language in sec. 143 of the ``General Provisions'' 
prohibits the use of funds for the audit of the District 
government's annual financial statements unless the DC 
Inspector General either conducts, or contracts for, the audit.
    45. Language in sec. 145 of the ``General Provisions'' 
provides that the evaluation process and instruments for 
evaluating District of Columbia Public Schools employees shall 
be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes.
    46. Language in sec. 146 of the ``General Provisions'' 
prohibits the use of appropriated funds by the 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.
    47. Language in sec. 150 of the ``General Provisions'' 
prohibits the use of Federal funds in this Act to carry out any 
program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the 
hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
    48. Language in section 158 prohibits use of any funds to 
enact or carry out any law, rule, regulation to legalize or 
otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, 
or distribution of any schedule I substance under 21 U.S.C. 802 
or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
    49. Language in section 152 prohibits the use of funds to 
make rental payments of the use of real property unless certain 
conditions are met.
    50. Language in section 153 prohibits the use of funds to 
enter into a new lease or to purchase real property unless the 
Mayor determines that existing real property available to the 
District is not suitable.
    51. Language in section 166 requires the Chief Financial 
Officers of the District of Columbia to certify that they 
understand the duties and restrictions applicable to their 
agency as a result of this Act.
    52. Language in section 168 prohibits the District's Health 
Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives Act of 2000 (D.C. Bill 
13-399) from taking effect. The language also clarifies that 
the Council or Mayor are not prevented from addressing the 
issue of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, but 
the intent of Congress is that any legislation enacted on this 
issue should include a ``conscience clause'' which provides 
exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
    53. Language in section 169 repeals the Medical Examiner 
chapter of the D.C. Code, as requested by the District, and 
makes the repeal effective on the date that the District's new 
legislation takes effect.
    54. Language in section 170 clarifies the Prompt Pay Act as 
it relates to court-appointed attorneys. The clarification 
requires that interest be assigned on vouchers not paid within 
45 days after the attorney submits the voucher instead of 30 
days after being approved by a judge.

                  APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following table lists the 
appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not 
authorized by law:
          Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer
          Federal payment to Washington Interfaith Network
          Federal payment for Tax Reform in the District
          Federal payment for Simplified Personnel System
          Federal payment for the National Museum of American 
        Music
          Federal payment for Metrorail Construction

          Compliance With Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)

    In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):

           CHAPTER 23 OF TITLE 11 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


                     [Chapter 23. Medical Examiner.

[Sec.
[11-2301. Medical Examiner; Deputies; appointment, qualifications, and 
          compensation.
[11-2302. Supporting services and facilities.
[11-2303. Former duties of coroner; oaths; teaching.
[11-2304. Deaths to be investigated; notification and investigation of 
          deaths.
[11-2305. Possession of evidence and property.
[11-2306. Further investigation; autopsy.
[11-2307. Autopsy by pathologist other than medical examiner.
[11-2308. Delivery of body; expenses.
[11-2309. Records; reports; fees for other services.
[11-2310. Records as evidence.
[11-2311. Autopsies performed under court order.
[11-2312. Tissue transplants.

[Sec. 11-2301. Medical Examiner; Deputies; appointment, qualifications, 
                    and compensation.

  [(a) The Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of Columbia 
shall designate or appoint a Chief Medical Examiner and such 
Deputy Medical Examiners for the District of Columbia as may be 
necessary.
  [(b) The Chief Medical Examiner and his deputies shall be 
physicians licensed in the District of Columbia. The Chief 
Medical Examiner and at least one deputy shall be certified in 
anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology or be 
board eligible. They may be designated from among physicians 
practicing in the District of Columbia Department of Public 
Health [Department of Human Services].
  [(c) The Commissioner [Mayor] shall fix the compensation of 
the Chief Medical Examiner and his deputies at a rate or rates 
not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the rate for GS-18 
of the General Schedule contained in section 5332 of title 5 of 
the United States Code.

[Sec. 11-2302. Supporting services and facilities.

  [The Commissioner [Mayor] shall furnish or make available 
such investigative, technical, and clerical personnel, 
facilities, and equipment as the medical examiners shall 
require, or he may arrange or contract for such services, 
equipment, and facilities with the United States Government or 
universities and hospitals in the District of Columbia.

[Sec. 11-2303. Former duties of coroner; oaths; teaching.

  [(a) The Chief Medical Examiner shall be responsible for all 
the medical functions formerly performed by the coroner in the 
District of Columbia, consistent with the provisions of this 
chapter, and the Chief Medical Examiner and those deputies may 
administer oaths and affirmations and take affidavits in 
connection with the performance of their duties.
  [(b) The Chief Medical Examiner and those deputies may be 
authorized by the Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of 
Columbia to teach medical and law school classes, to conduct 
special classes for law enforcement personnel, and to engage in 
other activities related to their work.

[Sec. 11-2304. Deaths to be investigated; notification and 
                    investigation of deaths.

  [(a) Under regulations established by the Chief Medical 
Examiner, the following types of human deaths occurring in the 
District of Columbia shall be investigated:
          [(1) Violent deaths, whether apparently homicidal, 
        suicidal, or accidental, including deaths due to 
        thermal, chemical, electrical, or radiational injury, 
        and deaths due to criminal abortion, whether apparently 
        self-induced or not.
          [(2) Sudden deaths not caused by readily recognizable 
        disease.
          [(3) Deaths under suspicious circumstances.
          [(4) Death of persons whose bodies are to be 
        cremated, dissected, buried at sea, or otherwise 
        disposed of so as to be thereafter unavailable for 
        examination.
          [(5) Deaths related to disease resulting from 
        employment or to accident while employed.
          [(6) Deaths related to disease which might constitute 
        a threat to public health.
  [(b) All law enforcement officers, physicians, undertakers, 
embalmers and other persons shall promptly notify a medical 
examiner of the occurrence of all deaths coming to their 
attention which are subject to investigation under subsection 
(a) of this section and shall assist in making dead bodies and 
related evidence available to the medical examiner for 
investigation and autopsy.
  [(c) Any physician, undertaker, or embalmer who willfully 
fails to comply with this section shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than 
$100 nor more than $1,000.
  [(d) The Chief Medical Examiner shall by regulation prescribe 
procedures for taking possession of a body following a death 
subject to investigation under subsection (a) of this section 
and for obtaining all essential facts concerning the medical 
causes of death and the names and addresses of as many 
witnesses as it is practicable to obtain.

[Sec. 11-2305. Possession of evidence and property.

  [(a) At the scene of any death subject to investigation under 
section 11-2304, a law enforcement officer or the medical 
examiner shall take possession of any objects or articles 
useful in establishing the cause of death and shall hold them 
as evidence.
  [(b) In the absence of the next of kin, a police officer or 
the medical examiner may take possession of all property of 
value found on or in the custody of the deceased. If possession 
is taken of the property, the police officer or medical 
examiner shall make an exact inventory of it, and deliver the 
property to the property clerk of the Metropolitan Police 
Department.

[Sec. 11-2306. Further investigation; autopsy.

  [(a) If, in the opinion of the medical examiner, the cause of 
death is established with reasonable medical certainty, the 
medical examiner shall complete a report thereon.
  [(b) If, in the opinion of the Chief Medical Examiner, or the 
United States attorney, further investigation as to the cause 
of death is required or the public interest so requires, a 
medical examiner shall either perform, or arrange for a 
qualified pathologist to perform, an autopsy on the body of the 
deceased. No consent of next of kin shall be required for an 
autopsy performed pursuant to this section.
  [(c) The medical examiner shall make a complete record of the 
findings of the autopsy and conclusions with respect thereto 
and shall prepare a report, and, upon request, furnish a copy 
to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

[Sec. 11-2307. Autopsy by pathologist other than medical examiner.

  [(a) If an autopsy is performed by a pathologist other than a 
medical examiner by request of a medical examiner, the 
pathologist shall furnish to the medical examiner a complete 
record of the findings of the autopsy and conclusions with 
respect thereto. The medical examiner shall thereupon prepare a 
report, indicating the name of the pathologist performing the 
autopsy and the pathologist's findings and conclusions, and the 
medical examiner's own comments with respect thereto, if 
appropriate, and, upon request, shall furnish a copy thereof to 
the appropriate law enforcement agency.
  [(b) A pathologist other than a medical examiner who performs 
an autopsy at the request of a medical examiner shall be 
compensated in accordance with a fee rate established by the 
Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of Columbia.

[Sec. 11-2308. Delivery of body; expenses.

  [(a) Following investigation or autopsy, the medical examiner 
shall release the body of the deceased to the person having the 
right to the body for purposes of burial pursuant to law. If 
there is no such person, the medical examiner shall dispose of 
it according to law.
  [(b) Expenses of transportation of a body by a medical 
examiner and of autopsies performed pursuant to this chapter 
shall be borne by the District of Columbia.

[Sec. 11-2309. Records; reports; fees for other services.

  [(a) The Chief Medical Examiner shall be responsible for 
maintaining full and complete records and files, properly 
indexed, giving the name, if known, of every person whose death 
is investigated, the place where the body was found, the date, 
cause, and manner of death, and all other relevant information and 
reports of the medical examiner concerning the death, and shall issue a 
death certificate.
  [(b) The records and files maintained under the provisions of 
subsection (a) of this section shall be open to inspection by 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia or the Mayor's authorized 
representative, the United States attorney and the United 
States Attorney's assistants, the Metropolitan Police 
Department, or any other law enforcement agency or official; 
and the medical examiner shall promptly deliver to such persons 
copies of all records relating to every death as to which 
further investigation may be advisable.
  [(c) Any other person with a legitimate interest may obtain 
copies of records maintained under the provisions of subsection 
(a) upon such conditions and payment of such fees as may be 
prescribed by the Chief Medical Examiner. If such person fails 
to meet the prescribed conditions, such person may obtain 
copies of such records pursuant to court order if the court is 
satisfied that such person has a legitimate interest.
  [(d) The Chief Medical Examiner shall prepare an annual 
report to the Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of Columbia 
containing information on the number of autopsies performed, 
statistics as to cause of death, and such other relevant 
information as the Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of 
Columbia shall require. The report shall be open to inspection 
by the public. The report shall not identify by name deceased 
persons examined.
  [(e) Medical examiners may charge fees, at rates prescribed 
by the Chief Medical Examiner, for completing insurance forms 
or performing similar services for private parties.

[Sec. 11-2310. Records as evidence.

  [The records maintained pursuant to section 11-2309, or 
reproductions thereof certified by the Chief Medical Examiner, 
are admissable [admissible] in evidence in any court in the 
District of Columbia, except that statements made by witnesses 
or other persons and conclusions upon non-medical matters are 
not made admissible by this section.

[Sec. 11-2311. Autopsies performed under court order.

  [In the case of sudden, violent, or suspicious death when the 
body is buried without investigation, the United States 
attorney, on his or her own motion or on request of a medical 
examiner or the Metropolitan Police Department, may petition 
the appropriate court for an order to conduct an inquiry. The 
court may order the body exhumed and an autopsy performed. In 
such cases, records and reports shall be filed as if the 
autopsy were performed prior to burial except that a copy of 
the report shall be furnished directly to the court.

[Sec. 11-2312. Tissue transplants.

  [The Chief Medical Examiner may allow the removal of tissue 
pursuant to section 9 of the District of Columbia Tissue Bank 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 2-258 [2-1605]).]
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         SECTION 441 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE ACT

  Sec. 441. The fiscal year of the District shall, beginning on 
October 1, 1976, commence on the first day of October of each 
year and shall end on the thirtieth day of September of the 
succeeding calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also 
constitute the budget and accounting year. [However, the fiscal 
year for the Armory Board shall begin on the first day of 
January and shall end on the thirty-first day of December of 
each calendar year.] However, the fiscal year for the Armory 
Board shall begin on the first day of January and shall end on 
the thirty-first day of December of each calendar year, and, 
beginning the first day of July 2001, the fiscal year for the 
District of Columbia Public Schools shall begin on the first 
day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June of each 
calendar year. The District of Columbia Public Schools shall 
take appropriate action to ensure that its financial books are 
closed by June 30, 2003.
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 SECTION 202 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND 
                   MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1995


SEC. 202. PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL PLAN AND 
                    ANNUAL DISTRICT BUDGET.

  (a) * * *

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  [(j) Reserve.--
          [(1) * * *
          [(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.
  [(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.]
  (j) Reserve.--
          (1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 2000, the 
        financial plan or budget submitted pursuant to this Act 
        shall contain $150,000,000, to remain available until 
        expended, 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;
                  (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, management 
                reform savings, and cafeteria plan savings.
          (3) Report requirement.--The Authority shall notify 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
        House of Representatives in writing 30 days in advance 
        of any expenditure of the reserve funds.
          (4) Replenishment.--Any amount of the reserve funds 
        which is expended in one fiscal year shall be 
        replenished in the reserve funds from the following 
        fiscal year appropriations to maintain the $150,000,000 
        balance.
  (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.
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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL REFORM ACT OF 1995


TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL REFORM

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SEC. 2202. CONTENTS OF PETITION.

      A petition under section 2201 to establish a public 
charter school shall include the following:
          (1) * * *

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          [(17) In the case that the proposed school's 
        educational program includes preschool or 
        prekindergarten, an assurance the proposed school will 
        be licensed as a child development center by the 
        District of Columbia Government not later than the 
        first date on which such program commences.]

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SEC. 2203. PROCESS FOR APPROVING OR DENYING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL 
                    PETITIONS.

      (a) * * *

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      (d) Approval.--
          (1) * * *
          (2) Conditional approval.--
                  (A) * * *
                  (C) Special rule regarding petitions for 
                public school conversions.--An eligible 
                chartering authority may not conditionally 
                approve under this paragraph a petition to 
                convert a District of Columbia public school 
                into a public charter school under section 
                2201(a).

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      (h) Approved Petition.--
          (1) * * *
          (2) Charter.--The provisions described in paragraphs 
        (1), (7), (8), (11), (16), [(17),] and (18) of section 
        2202 of a petition to establish a public charter school 
        that are approved by an eligible chartering authority, 
        together with any amendments to such provisions in the 
        petition containing conditions or requirements agreed 
        to by the eligible applicant under subsection (d), 
        shall be considered a charter granted to the school by 
        the eligible chartering authority.

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SEC. 2204. DUTIES, POWERS, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, OF PUBLIC CHARTER 
                    SCHOOLS.

  (a) * * *

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  (c) Prohibitions and Other Requirements.--
          (1) Contracting authority.--
                  [(A) Notice requirement.--Except in the case 
                of an emergency (as determined by the eligible 
                chartering authority of a public charter 
                school), with respect to any contract proposed 
                to be awarded by the public charter school and 
                having a value equal to or exceeding $10,000, 
                the school shall publish a notice of a request 
                for proposals in the District of Columbia 
                Register and newspapers of general circulation 
                not less than 30 days prior to the award of the 
                contract.]
                  (A) Notice requirement for procurement 
                contracts.--
                          (i) In general.--Except in the case 
                        of an emergency (as determined by the 
                        eligible chartering authority of a 
                        public charter school), with respect to 
                        any procurement contract proposed to be 
                        awarded by the public charter school 
                        and having a value equal to or 
                        exceeding $25,000, the school shall 
                        publish a notice of a request for 
                        proposals in the District of Columbia 
                        Register and newspapers of general 
                        circulation not less than 7 days prior 
                        to the award of the contract.
                          (ii) Exception for certain 
                        contracts.--The notice requirement of 
                        clause (i) shall not apply with respect 
                        to any contract for the lease or 
                        purchase of real property by a public 
                        charter school, any employment contract 
                        for a staff member of a public charter 
                        school, or any management contract 
                        entered into by a public charter school 
                        and the management company designated 
                        in its charter or its petition for a 
                        revised charter.
                  (B) Submission to the [authority] eligible 
                chartering authority.--
                          (i) Deadline for submission.--With 
                        respect to any contract described in 
                        subparagraph (A) that is awarded by a 
                        public charter school, the school shall 
                        submit to the [Authority] eligible 
                        chartering authority, not later than 3 
                        days after the date on which the award 
                        is made, all bids for the contract 
                        received by the school, the name of the 
                        contractor who is awarded the contract, 
                        and the rationale for the award of the 
                        contract.
                          [(ii) Effective date of contract.--
                                  [(I) In general.--Subject to 
                                subclause (II), a contract 
                                described in subparagraph (A) 
                                shall become effective on the 
                                date that is 15 days after the 
                                date the school makes the 
                                submission under clause (i) 
                                with respect to the contract, 
                                or the effective date specified 
                                in the contract, whichever is 
                                later.
                                  [(II) Exception.--A contract 
                                described in subparagraph (A) 
                                shall be considered null and 
                                void if the Authority 
                                determines, within 12 days of 
                                the date the school makes the 
                                submission under clause (i) 
                                with respect to the contract, 
                                that the contract endangers the 
                                economic viability of the 
                                public charter school.]
                          (ii) Effective date of contract.--A 
                        contract described in subparagraph (A) 
                        shall become effective on the date that 
                        is 10 days after the date the school 
                        makes the submission under clause (i) 
                        with respect to the contract, or the 
                        effective date specified in the 
                        contract, whichever is later.

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          (18) Licensing as child development center.--A public 
        charter school which offers a preschool or 
        prekindergarten program shall be subject to the same 
        child care licensing requirements (if any) which apply 
        to a District of Columbia public school which offers 
        such a program.

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SEC. 2209. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVICES TO PUBLIC 
                    CHARTER SCHOOLS.

  (a) * * *
    (b) Preference in Leasing or Purchasing Public School 
Facilities.--
          (1) Former public school property.--
                  (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law relating to the disposition of 
                a facility or property described in 
                subparagraph (B), the Mayor and the District of 
                Columbia Government shall give preference to an 
                eligible applicant whose petition to establish 
                a public charter school has been conditionally 
                approved under section 2203(d)(2), or a Board 
                of Trustees, with respect to the [purchase or 
                lease] purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of a 
                facility or property described in subparagraph 
                (B)[, provided that doing so will not result in 
                a significant loss of revenue that might be 
                obtained from other dispositions or uses of the 
                facility or property.].
                  (B) Property described.--A facility or 
                property referred to in subparagraph (A) is a 
                facility, or real property--
                          (i) * * *

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                          [(iii) with respect to which the 
                        Board of Education has transferred 
                        jurisdiction to the Mayor.]
                          (iii) with respect to which the 
                        Authority or the Board of Education has 
                        transferred jurisdiction to the Mayor 
                        at any time prior or subsequent to the 
                        date of the enactment of this title.
                  (C) Disposition to public charter schools.--
                          (i) In general.--Public charter 
                        schools shall have the priority right 
                        to lease, lease-purchase, or purchase 
                        any vacant facility or property 
                        described in subparagraph (B), and any 
                        facility or property described in 
                        subparagraph (B) which is leased or 
                        occupied as of the date of the 
                        enactment of this subparagraph by an 
                        entity other than a public charter 
                        school.
                          (ii) Appraisal of property.--When a 
                        public charter school notifies the 
                        Mayor of its intention to exercise its 
                        rights under clause (i), the Mayor 
                        shall obtain within 90 days an 
                        independent fair market appraisal of 
                        the facility or property based on its 
                        current permitted use, and shall 
                        transmit a copy of the appraisal to the 
                        public charter school. The public 
                        charter school shall have 30 days from 
                        the date of receipt of the appraisal to 
                        enter into a contract for the purchase, 
                        lease-purchase, or lease of such 
                        facility or property, which time may be 
                        extended by mutual agreement. Upon 
                        execution of the contract, the public 
                        charter school shall have 180 days to 
                        complete the acquisition of the 
                        property.
                          (iii) Prices.--
                                  (I) Purchase.--The purchase 
                                price of a facility or property 
                                described in this clause and in 
                                subparagraph (B) shall be the 
                                fair market value of the 
                                facility or property, less a 25 
                                percent discount.
                                  (II) Lease.--The lease price 
                                of a facility or property 
                                described in this clause and in 
                                subparagraph (B) shall be the 
                                price charged by the District 
                                of Columbia to other nonprofit 
                                organizations leasing public 
                                facilities or, if there is no 
                                nonprofit rate, fair market 
                                value less a 25 percent 
                                discount. The price shall be 
                                reduced to take into account 
                                the value of any improvement to 
                                the public school facility or 
                                property which is preapproved 
                                by the Mayor.
                                  (III) Lease-purchase.--A 
                                lease-purchase price of a 
                                facility or property described 
                                in this clause and in 
                                subparagraph (B) shall reflect 
                                a 25 percent discount from fair 
                                market value, in a manner 
                                consistent with subclauses (I) 
                                and (II).
                          (iv) Quarterly report.--On January 1, 
                        April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each 
                        calendar year, the Mayor shall publish 
                        a report describing the status of each 
                        facility or property described in 
                        subparagraph (B), including the date of 
                        expiration of the lease term or right 
                        of occupancy, if any, and the date, if 
                        any, each facility or property was or 
                        will be put out for bid or transferred 
                        to a District of Columbia agency, if 
                        any. The Mayor shall deliver such 
                        report to each eligible chartering 
                        authority and shall publish it in the 
                        District of Columbia register.
                  (D) Disposition of facilities or properties 
                after exclusive period.--
                          (i) In general.--The Mayor may put 
                        out for bid to the public or transfer 
                        to a District of Columbia agency for 
                        the use of such agency any facility or 
                        property described in this subparagraph 
                        (B) which was not acquired by a public 
                        charter school pursuant to subparagraph 
                        (C).
                          (ii) Notice.--At least 90 days prior 
                        to putting any such facility property 
                        out for bid or transferring it to a 
                        District of Columbia agency, the Mayor 
                        shall notify each eligible chartering 
                        authority in writing of his intention 
                        to do so.
                          (iii) Public charter school right to 
                        acquire before bid or transfer.--Prior 
                        to the expiration of the 90-day notice 
                        period described in clause (ii), a 
                        public charter school may purchase, 
                        lease-purchase, or lease any facility 
                        or property described in the notice 
                        under the terms described in clause 
                        (iii) of subparagraph (C).
                          (iv) Public charter school right to 
                        match bid.--With regard to any facility 
                        or property offered for bid under this 
                        subparagraph, the Mayor shall notify 
                        each eligible chartering authority in 
                        writing within 5 days of the amount of 
                        the highest acceptable bid. A public 
                        charter school may purchase, lease-
                        purchase, or lease such facility or 
                        property by submitting a bid for the 
                        facility or property within 30 business 
                        days of receipt by each eligible 
                        chartering authority of such notice. 
                        The cost of acquisition shall be as 
                        described in clause (iii) of 
                        subparagraph (C).
                          (v) Facilities or properties not put 
                        out for bid or transferred.--A public 
                        charter school shall have the right to 
                        purchase, lease-purchase, or lease, 
                        under the terms described in clause 
                        (iii) of subparagraph (C), any facility 
                        or property described in this paragraph 
                        that has not been put out for bid or 
                        transferred to a District of Columbia 
                        agency by the Mayor as provided for in 
                        this subparagraph.
          (2) Current public school property.--
                  (A) * * *
                  (B) Property described.--A facility or 
                property referred to in subparagraph (A) is a 
                facility, real property, or a designated area 
                of a facility or real property, that--
                          (i) * * *
                          (ii) is available for use because the 
                        Board of Education is not using, for 
                        educational, administrative, or other 
                        [purposes,] purposes directly related 
                        to its mission, the facility, real 
                        property, or designated area.
                  (C) Preference described.--A public charter 
                school shall have first priority to lease, or 
                otherwise contract for the use of, any property 
                described in subparagraph (B), at a rate which 
                does not exceed the rate charged a private 
                nonprofit entity for the use of a comparable 
                property of the District of Columbia public 
                schools and which is reduced to take into 
                account the value of repairs or improvements 
                made to the facility or property by the public 
                charter school.
          (3) Exercise of preference by certain other 
        entities.--A public charter school may delegate to a 
        nonprofit, tax-exempt organization in the District of 
        Columbia the public charter school's authority under 
        this subsection.
  (c) Use of Facilities by Former Public Schools.--
          (1) In general.--A public charter school which was 
        converted from a District of Columbia public school 
        under section 2201 shall have the right to the 
        exclusive use of the facility or property it occupied 
        prior to its conversion so long as its charter is in 
        effect.
          (2) Rate charged.--The rate charged by the District 
        of Columbia public schools for the use of a facility or 
        property described in paragraph (1) by a public charter 
        school described in such paragraph may not exceed the 
        rate charged a private nonprofit entity for the use of 
        a comparable facility or property, and shall be reduced 
        to take into account the value of repairs or 
        improvements made to the facility or property by the 
        public charter school.

SEC. 2210. APPLICATION OF LAW.

  (a) * * *

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  (d) Waiver of Application of Duplicate and Conflicting 
Provisions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except as otherwise provided in this title, no provision of any 
law regarding the establishment, administration, or operation 
of public charter schools in the District of Columbia shall 
apply with respect to a public charter school or an eligible 
chartering authority to the extent that the provision 
duplicates or is inconsistent with any provision of this title.
  (e) Participation in GSA Programs.--
          (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
        this Act or any other provision of law, a public 
        charter school may acquire goods and services through 
        the General Services Administration and may participate 
        in programs of the Administration in the same manner 
        and to the same extent as any entity of the District of 
        Columbia Government.
          (2) Participation by certain organizations.--A public 
        charter school may delegate to a nonprofit, tax-exempt 
        organization in the District of Columbia the public 
        charter school's authority under paragraph (1).

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SEC. 2403. PAYMENTS.

  (a) * * *

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  (c) Assignment of Payments.--A public charter school may 
assign any payments made to the school under this section to a 
financial institution for use as collateral to secure a loan or 
for the repayment of a loan.

SEC. 2404. ANNUAL ENROLLMENT AUDIT BY STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.

  (a) In General.--The State Education Office established 
pursuant to legislation enacted by the District of Columbia 
Council shall conduct an annual audit of enrollment of students 
in District of Columbia public schools and public charter 
schools pursuant to section 107 of the Uniform Per Student 
Funding Formula for Public Schools and Public Charter Schools 
and Tax Conformity Clarification Amendment Act of 1998 (DC Law 
12-207; sec. 31-2906, DC Code).
  (b) Deadline for Beginning Audit.--The State Education Office 
shall begin the audit required to be conducted under subsection 
(a) not later than one week following October 5 of each year.
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 SECTION 2408 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE MERIT 
                         PERSONNEL ACT OF 1978


SEC. 2408. ABOLISHMENT OF POSITIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.

  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, 
or collective bargaining agreement either in effect or to be 
negotiated while this legislation is in effect for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, [2000] 2001, each agency head is 
authorized, within the agency head's discretion, to identify 
positions for abolishment.
  (b) Prior to February 1, [2000] 2001, each personnel 
authority (other than a personnel authority of an agency which 
is subject to a management reform plan under subtitle B of 
title XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997) shall make a final 
determination that a position within the personnel authority is 
to be abolished.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

  (i) With respect to agencies which are not subject to a 
management reform plan under subtitle B of title XI of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Mayor shall submit to the 
Council a listing of all positions to be abolished by agency 
and responsibility center by March 1, [2000] 2001 or upon the 
delivery of termination notices to individual employees.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

  (k) A personnel authority shall cause a 30-day termination 
notice to be served, no later than September 1, [2000] 2001, on 
any incumbent employee remaining in any position identified to 
be abolished pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

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   SECTION 3 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EMERGENCY HIGHWAY RELIEF ACT


SEC. 3. DEDICATED HIGHWAY FUND AND REPAYMENT OF TEMPORARY WAIVER 
                    AMOUNTS.

  (a) * * *

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  [(e) GAO Audit.--Not later than December 31, 1996, and each 
December 31 thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall audit the financial condition and the operations 
of the fund established under this section and shall submit to 
Congress a report on the results of such audit and on the 
financial condition and the results of the operation of the 
fund during the preceding fiscal year and on the expected 
condition and operations of the fund during the next 5 fiscal 
years.]
  (e) Inspector General Audit.--Not later than February 1, 
2001, and each February 1, thereafter, the Inspector General of 
the District of Columbia shall audit the financial statements 
of the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund for the 
preceding fiscal year and shall submit to Congress a report on 
the results of such audit. Not later than May 31, 2001, and 
each May 31, thereafter, the Inspector General shall examine 
the statements forecasting the conditions and operations of the 
Trust Fund for the next five fiscal years commencing on the 
previous October 1 and shall submit to Congress a report on the 
results of such examination.
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   SECTION 158 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1999

  Sec. 158. (a) * * *
  [(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.]
  (b) Source of Funds.--An amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from 
the National Highway System funds apportioned to the District 
of Columbia under section 104 of title 23, United States Code, 
may be used for purposes of carrying out the project under 
subsection (a).
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            SECTION 11232 OF THE BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997

SEC. 11232. PRETRIAL SERVICES, PAROLE, ADULT PROBATION AND OFFENDER 
                    SUPERVISION TRUSTEE.

  (a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

  (f) Treatment as Federal Employees.--
          (1) In general.--The Trustee and employees of the 
        Trustee who are not covered under subsection (e) shall 
        be treated as employees of the Federal Government 
        solely for purposes of the following provisions of 
        title 5, United States Code:
                  (A) Chapter 83 (relating to retirement).
                  (B) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal 
                Employees' Retirement System).
                  (C) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance).
                  (D) Chapter 89 (relating to health 
                insurance).
          (2) Effective dates of coverage.--The effective dates 
        of coverage of the provisions of paragraph (1) are as 
        follows:
                  (A) In the case of the Trustee and employees 
                of the Office of the Trustee and the Office of 
                Adult Probation, August 5, 1997, or the date of 
                appointment, whichever is later.
                  (B) In the case of employees of the Office of 
                Parole, October 11, 1998, or the date of 
                appointment, whichever is later.
                  (C) In the case of employees of the Pretrial 
                Services Agency, January 3, 1999, or the date 
                of appointment, whichever is later.
          (3) Rate of contributions.--The Trustee shall make 
        contributions under the provisions referred to in 
        paragraph (1) at the same rates applicable to agencies 
        of the Federal Government.
          (4) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management 
        shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry 
        out this subsection.
  [(f)] (g) Funding.--Funds available for operations of the 
Trustee shall be made available to the extent provided in 
appropriations acts to the Trustee, through the State Justice 
Institute. Funding requests shall be proposed by the Trustee to 
the President and Congress for each Fiscal Year.
  [(g)] (h) Liability and Litigation Authority.--
          (1) * * *

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  [(h)] (i) Certification.--The District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency shall assume 
its duties pursuant to section 11233 when, within the period 
beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this 
subtitle and ending three years after the date of the enactment 
of this subtitle, the Trustee certifies to the Attorney General 
and the Attorney General concurs that the Agency can carry out 
the functions described in section 11233 and the United States 
Parole Commission can carry out the functions described in 
section 11231.
  [(i)] (j) Exercise of Authority on Behalf of Public Defender 
Service.--At the request of the Director of the District of 
Columbia Public Defender Service, the Trustee may exercise any 
of the powers and authorities of the Trustee on behalf of such 
Service in the same manner and to the same extent as the 
Trustee may exercise such powers and authorities in relation to 
any agency described in subsection (b).

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are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 1

    Date: July 20, 2000.
    Measure: District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Moran.
    Description of Motion: To replace language in section 168, 
which prohibits the District's health Insurance Coverage for 
Contraceptives Act of 2000 from taking effect, clarifies that 
the Council or Mayor are not prevented from addressing the 
issue of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, and 
expresses the intent of Congress that any legislation on this 
issue should include a ``conscience clause'' to provide 
exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions, with 
language that prohibits the use of funds to carry out the Act 
unless the District government includes a religious exemption 
in the Act.
    Results: Rejected 19 yeas to 24 nays.
        Members Voting Yeas           Members Voting Nay
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Aderholt
Mrs. DeLauro                        Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Dickey
Mr. Farr                            Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mr. Goode
Mr. Hinchey                         Ms. Granger
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Istook
Mr. Kolbe                           Ms. Kaptur
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Lewis
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Miller
Mr. paster                          Mr. Nethercutt
Mr. Price                           Mrs. Northup
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Packard
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Peterson
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Regula
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
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are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 2

    Date: July 20, 2000.
    Measure: District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Moran.
    Description of Motion: To strike all of the general 
provisions in the bill.
    Results: Rejected 21 yeas to 31 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Bonilla
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Callahan
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Dixon                           Mr. Dickey
Mr. Farr                            Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Hinchey                         Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Goode
Mr. Jackson                         Ms. Granger
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Hobson
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Istook
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Kingston
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Miller
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Nethercutt
Mr. Price                           Mrs. Northup
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Packard
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Peterson
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Porter
                                    Mr. Regula
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
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are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 3

    Date: July 20, 2000.
    Measure: District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Hoyer.
    Description of Motion: To delete section 146 that prohibits 
the use of funds by District officials or entities to provide 
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks 
to require Congress to provide voting representation in 
Congress for the District of Columbia.
    Results: Rejected 24 yeas to 28 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Bonilla
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Callahan
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Dixon                           Mr. Dickey
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Goode
Mr. Hinchey                         Ms. Granger
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Hobson
Mr. Jackson                         Mr. Istook
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Knollenberg
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Miller
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Nethercutt
Mr. Pastor                          Mrs. Northup
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Packard
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Peterson
Mr. Price                           Mr. Regula
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Rogers
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Skeen
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Sununu
Mr. Wolf                            Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Young
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are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 4

    Date: July 20, 2000.
    Measure: District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Dixon.
    Description of Motion: To delete section 150 that prohibits 
the use of funds for distributing sterile needles or syringes 
for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug and requires a 
separate accounting by individuals or entities who receive 
funds in this Act and carry out a needle exchange program.
    Results: Adopted 28 yeas to 25 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Bonilla
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Callahan
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Dixon                           Mr. Dickey
Mr. Edwards                         Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Goode
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Ms. Granger
Mr. Hinchey                         Mr. Istook
Mr. Hobson                          Mr. Kingston
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Jackson                         Mr. Latham
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Nerthercutt
Mr. Kolbe                           Mrs. Northup
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Packard
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Peterson
Mr. Miller                          Mr. Rogers
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Skeen
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Sununu
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Tiahrt
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Walsh
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Wamp
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Wicker
Mr. Price                           Mr. Wolf
Mr. Regula                          Mr. Young
Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Sabo
Mr. Serrano
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are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 5

    Date: July 20, 2000.
    Measure: District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Cunningham.
    Description of Motion: To cap fees for attorneys who 
represent special education students.
    Results: Rejected 9 yeas to 37 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt                        Mr. Callahan
Mr. Cunningham                      Mr. Cramer
Mr. Goode                           Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Hinchey                         Mr. Dickey
Mr. Hobson                          Mr. Dicks
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Dixon
Mr. Sununu                          Mr. Edwards
Mr. Tiahrt                          Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Wamp                            Mr. Farr
                                    Mr. Frelinghuysen
                                    Mr. Istook
                                    Mr. Jackson
                                    Ms. Kaptur
                                    Mr. Kingston
                                    Mr. Knollenberg
                                    Mr. Kolbe
                                    Mr. Latham
                                    Mrs. Lowey
                                    Mrs. Meek
                                    Mr. Miller
                                    Mr. Mollohan
                                    Mr. Moran
                                    Mr. Nethercutt
                                    Mrs. Northup
                                    Mr. Obey
                                    Mr. Olver
                                    Mr. Pastor
                                    Mr. Peterson
                                    Mr. Porter
                                    Mr. Regula
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Ms. Roybal-Allard
                                    Mr. Serrano
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young

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are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 6

    Date: July 20, 2000.
    Measure: District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Tiahrt.
    Description of Motion: To prohibit the distribution of any 
needle or syringe for the hypodermic injection of any illegal 
drug in any area of the District of Columbia which is within 
1,000 feet of educational and certain other facilities and to 
impose a $500 fine for each violation.
    Results: Rejected 25 yeas to 26 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt                        Mr. Boyd
Mr. Bonilla                         Mr. Cramer
Mr. Callahan                        Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Cunningham                      Mr. Dixon
Mr. Dickey                          Mr. Edwards
Mrs. Emerson                        Mr. Farr
Mr. Goode                           Mr. Frelinghuysen
Ms. Granger                         Mr. Hinchey
Mr. Istook                          Mr. Hoyer
Mr. Knollenberg                     Mr. Jackson
Mr. Latham                          Ms. Kaptur
Mr. Nethercutt                      Mr. Kolbe
Mrs. Northup                        Mr. Lewis
Mr. Packard                         Mrs. Meek
Mr. Peterson                        Mr. Miller
Mr. Regula                          Mr. Mollohan
Mr. Rogers                          Mr. Moran
Mr. Skeen                           Mr. Olver
Mr. Sununu                          Mr. Pastor
Mr. Tiahrt                          Ms. Pelosi
Mr. Walsh                           Mr. Porter
Mr. Wamp                            Mr. Price
Mr. Wicker                          Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Wolf                            Mr. Sabo
Mr. Young                           Mr. Serrano
                                    Mr. Visclosky
                                    
                                    

                            DISSENTING VIEWS

    From both a policy and fiscal perspective, the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act for Fiscal 2001 is a step backwards 
from the progress made in last year's appropriations. Chairman 
Istook has been diligent in his efforts to ensure that the 
District and its elected leaders hold true to their commitment 
to reform the operations of the District. To its credit, the 
Republican majority left the District's own $4.427 billion 
budget largely intact.
    Unfortunately, the subcommittee allocation was $34 million 
below the administration's request and $26 million below last 
year's funding level. When this lower funding level is combined 
with the imposition of a new social rider that restricts the 
District's ability to implement its new health insurance law, 
the Health Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives Act of 2000, 
(D.C. Bill 13-399), this legislation should be opposed in its 
present form.
    This Committee has found billions in the fiscal 2001 budget 
to reallocate. Yet it cannot find the $34 million the 
Subcommittee needs to honor and fund the obligations Congress 
agreed to assume when it took over funding responsibility for 
the District's courts, its corrections and its pretrial and 
parole services. This lower allocation threatens to derail two 
critically needed economic development initiatives in the 
District: completion of the New York Avenue Metro Station and 
the Poplar Point Brownfield Remediation Project. It does not 
have the funds to extend the foster care adoption incentives, 
something the Subcommittee Chairman was instrumental in 
including in last year's bill. It even underfunds the 
operations and scheduled closure plans of the Control Board, 
the board established by Congress to oversee the District's 
finances.
    Of particular concern is the majority's attempt to fund the 
New York Avenue subway project with some possible double 
counting. Lacking the allocation to provide the full $25 
million in Federal funds, the majority funds $18 million of the 
project's Federal share with funds from the Control Board's 
accounts that may already be committed elsewhere in this 
budget. This subway project will cost $75 million, with the 
private sector and the District's local budget already 
committed to contribute $25 million each.
    The minority also objects to the inclusion of two 
provisions that were never discussed or shared with the 
minority or the public until just one hour before the 
Subcommittee markup. The first provision gives charter schools 
a competitive advantage in acquiring surplus District property. 
The second provision bars the Public Benefit Corporation from 
using its existing lines of credit to borrow funds above its 
budgeted amount. While the minority shares the majority's 
concerns about the grave financial condition of the Public 
Benefit Corporation, which operates D.C. General Hospital, 
emergency care services and health clinics for some of the 
District's poorest residents, it does not believe Congress, by 
fiat, should force its insolvency. Policy experts within the 
Control Board, the Mayor's office, and outside consultants, who 
are currently working on a remedy, were never consulted prior 
to inclusion of this provision. Moreover, the full 
ramifications of this provision are still not known but certain 
to disrupt and probably eliminate health care services to some 
of the District's neediest residents.
    Finally, the Democratic minority regrets that once again 
this measure includes a series of provisions that violate the 
principle of democracy and home rule and restrict how the 
District may elect to use its own funds to address its own set 
of priorities.
    Earlier this year, the minority wrote to the Subcommittee 
Chairman and suggested that the Subcommittee begin with a clean 
fiscal 2001 appropriations bill, clear of all last year's 76 
general provisions. In other words, a true appropriations bill 
without the trappings of an authorization bill. The District 
and the President followed this recommendation. They bracketed 
complete sections of last year's bill that they recommended 
against including in this year's bill. The Administration's 
fiscal 2001 budget submission states that the ``Administration 
and the District have now concluded that Congress should not 
re-enact any of the 76 general provisions included in last 
year's Act, since all those provisions that advanced legitimate 
policy purposes are now addressed elsewhere in existing or 
proposed local or Federal law, and the remaining provisions are 
unnecessary or inappropriately interfere with local matters.''
    The majority followed this request to only a limited 
extent, eliminating just 25 of the general provisions that were 
included in last year's bill. Unfortunately, the majority 
retained 51 of the 76 general provisions from last year and 
included 17 new general provisions.
    Of the total included from last year, ten of these 
provisions should be deleted because they duplicate existing 
provisions of DC Code. For example: Section 101, which requires 
procurement contracts for consulting services to be public 
record, duplicates 1 DC Code 1183.19(b). Section 114, which 
requires Council approval of capital project borrowing, 
duplicates 47 DC Code 322, 327, 328, 340.3.
    Twelve provisions should be deleted because they duplicate 
laws passed by the Council as part of this year's Budget 
Support Act, such as Section 104, which allows funds to be used 
for allowances for privately owned vehicles used for official 
duties. This section duplicates Section 3202 of the local 
Budget Support Act. Section 118, which requires automobiles to 
be fuel efficient, duplicates Section 3402 of the Budget 
Support Act.
    Thirteen provisions should be deleted because they are 
``one time'' provisions and are no longer applicable or 
duplicate existing Federal law. For example, Section 103, which 
states that appropriations are the maximum amount that can be 
expended for that purpose, is covered under Federal law (31 USC 
1341(a)(1)). Section 109, which prohibits use of Federal funds 
for partisan political purposes, is covered by Federal law (31 
USC 1301(a); 5 USC 7321 et seq.).
    And finally, 16 of these general provisions from last year 
should be deleted to ensure that the District is treated the 
same as any other State or local jurisdiction. Some of these 
provisions may mandate useful fiscal practices, but the fact 
that Congress imposes these practices only on the District, and 
not any other jurisdictions, that they are elected to 
represent, strikes at the essence of the principle of home 
rule. Moreover, six of these sixteen provisions restrict how 
the District may elect to use even its own local funds or 
private funds.
    Why must we single out this one local government and its 
residents and prohibit them from using local funds to support a 
needle exchange program, a program proven effective at reducing 
the spread of AIDS, when no other local government faces a 
similar restriction and when the greater growth in AIDS among 
women and children is attributable to the use of dirty needles? 
Why must we once again bar the District from using its own 
local funds to provide abortion services for its low-income 
residents, when we impose no similar restriction on any other 
jurisdiction? Why must we continue to prevent the District from 
implementing its local domestic partnership law, when more than 
3,000 employers across the country have been able to extend 
health care coverage to their employees' domestic partners? 
Eight states have enacted medical marijuana laws similar to the 
one approved through a referendum by District residents in the 
spring of 1998. Congress has taken no action to block 
implementation in these eight state laws, only the District's. 
And finally, why can't the District use its own local funds to 
pursue a lawsuit to provide full representation in this 
institution?
    Some may argue that these riders are merely an extension of 
current law. While this is technically correct, the context and 
circumstances with which Congress might have justified past 
intervention is now gone with the elimination of the direct 
Federal payment. Federal taxpayer funds are no longer involved 
with these activities. Congress should, therefore, no longer 
concern itself with the actions of one local jurisdiction, the 
District, unless it is prepared to impose identical 
restrictions on all local governments.
    The Democratic minority is pleased that a majority of the 
full committee shared this perspective on at least one 
restriction when it approved an amendment by Rep. Dixon to 
permit the District to use its own local funds to revive its 
needle exchange program. This progress, however, was offset by 
the adoption of an amendment that will block the District from 
implementing the Health Insurance Coverage for Contraceptives 
Act of 2000, requiring the District to adopt a separate law 
that must include an opt-out on ``moral or religious grounds,'' 
In principle, the minority opposes any Federal restriction on 
the District's proposed local law.
    The Democratic minority encourages the House to respect the 
District's right to pursue its own prerogatives with its own 
funds regardless of how members might feel about the merits of 
the specific local initiative. We should refrain from imposing 
any additional restrictions on the District's use of its own 
funds and support possible floor amendments that seek to remove 
these unwarranted restrictions that still remain.

                                   James P. Moran.
                                   Julian C. Dixon.

                                
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