[Senate Report 106-88]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 170
106th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     106-88

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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2000

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                 June 24 , 1999.--Ordered to be printed

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         Mrs. Hutchison, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1283]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1283) 
making appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part 
against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, reports 
favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.


                            C O N T E N T S

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Summary of bill..................................................     3
General statement................................................     7
Total resources..................................................    12
Federal funds....................................................    13
District of Columbia funds:
    Operating expenses:
        Governmental direction and support.......................    20
        Economic development and regulation......................    28
        Public safety and justice................................    32
        Public education system..................................    37
        Human support services...................................    41
        Public works.............................................    44
        Receivership programs....................................    47
        Workforce investments....................................    52
        Reserve..................................................    52
        D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
          Author- 
          ity....................................................    52
        Financing and other uses:
            Repayment of Loans and Interest......................    54
            Repayment of General Fund Deficit....................    54
            Interest on Short-Term Borrowing.....................    54
            Certificates of Participation........................    54
            Optical and Dental Insurance Payments................    54
            Productivity Bank....................................    54
            Productivity Savings.................................    55
        Procurement and Management Savings:
            General Supply Schedule Savings......................    56
            Management Reform Productivity Savings...............    56
        Enterprise funds:
            Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct    58
            Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board...........    58
            Sports and Entertainment Commission..................    58
            Public Benefit Corporation...........................    58
            Retirement Board.....................................    58
            Correctional Industries Fund.........................    59
            Washington Convention Center.........................    59
Capital outlay...................................................    59
General provisions...............................................    63
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    66
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................    66
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    67

                            SUMMARY OF BILL

    The following discussion of the bill includes general 
information on initiatives and concerns of the Committee and an 
analysis of the total resources estimated to be available to 
the District of Columbia in the coming fiscal year.
    The Committee considered requests from the President for 
Federal funds totaling $393,740,000 in budget authority for the 
District of Columbia appropriation. This amount was contained 
in the Budget of the U.S. Government--2000, transmitted to the 
Congress on February 1, 1999 (House Doc. 106-3). The President 
requested: (1) $176,000,000 for the D.C. corrections trustee 
operations; $137,440,000 for the D.C. Courts operations and 
capital improvements; and (3) $80,300,000 for the D.C. Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
    The Committee recommendation consists of: (1) $176,000,000 
for the D.C. corrections trustee operations; (2) $136,440,000 
for D.C. courts operations and capital improvements; (3) 
$80,300,000 for the D.C. Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency operations; (4) $17,000,000 (in transfers) 
for a program of District of Columbia resident tuition support; 
and (5) $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Police Department for a 
program to eliminate open air drug trafficking in the District 
of Columbia.
    The Senate bill includes a recommendation of 
$6,749,882,500, including $4,049,917,500 in local funds; 
$1,508,432,000 in Federal grants; and $1,191,533,000 in private 
and other funds to be appropriated in fiscal year 2000 for the 
District of Columbia. In addition to these recommended amounts, 
the Committee recommends an appropriation of $410,740,000 in 
Federal funds for the operations itemized below.

Federal Funds

        Item                                                            

Federal payment to D.C. corrections trustee operations..    $176,000,000
Federal payment for D.C. courts.........................     136,440,000
Federal payment for D.C. Court Services and Offender 
    Supervision Agency..................................      80,300,000
Federal payment for D.C. resident tuition support.......      17,000,000
Federal payment for Metropolitan Police Department......       1,000,000
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      Subtotal (Federal funds included in this bill)....     410,740,000
Federal grants..........................................   1,508,432,000
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      Total Federal funds...............................   1,919,172,000

    A comparative summary of the appropriations recommended 
follows:

                                                               COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF BILL
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                                                                                                                      Committee recommendation compared
                                                                                                                               with (+ or -)--
                                                            Fiscal year 1999   Fiscal year 2000      Committee     -------------------------------------
                                                                enacted            request         recommendation    Fiscal year 1999   Fiscal year 2000
                                                                                                                         enacted            request
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                      FEDERAL FUNDS

Metrorail improvements and expansion.....................       $25,000,000   .................  .................      -$25,000,000   .................
Federal payment for management reform....................        25,000,000   .................  .................       -25,000,000   .................
Federal payment for Boys Town U.S.A......................         7,100,000   .................  .................        -7,100,000   .................
Nation's Capital Infrastructure Fund.....................        18,778,000   .................  .................       -18,778,000   .................
Environmental Study and Related Activities at Lorton              7,000,000   .................  .................        -7,000,000   .................
 Correctional Complex....................................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia corrections         184,800,000       $176,000,000       $176,000,000         -8,800,000   .................
 trustee operations......................................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia courts.......       128,000,000        137,440,000        136,440,000         +8,440,000        -$1,000,000
District of Columbia Offender Supervision, Defender and          59,400,000         80,300,000         80,300,000        +20,900,000   .................
 Court Services Agenices.................................
Federal payment for Metropolitan Police Department.......         1,200,000   .................         1,000,000           -200,000         +1,000,000
Federal payment for Fire Department......................         3,240,000   .................  .................        -3,240,000   .................
Y2K Conversion (courts) emergency funding................         2,249,000   .................  .................        -2,249,000   .................
Federal payment for Georgetown Waterfront................         1,000,000   .................  .................        -1,000,000   .................
Federal payment to Historical Society for City Museum....         2,000,000   .................  .................        -2,000,000   .................
Federal payment for a National Museum of American Music             700,000   .................  .................          -700,000   .................
 and Downtown Revitalization.............................
United States Park Police................................         8,500,000   .................  .................        -8,500,000   .................
Federal payment for waterfront improvement...............         3,000,000   .................  .................        -3,000,000   .................
Federal payment for mentoring services...................           200,000   .................  .................          -200,000   .................
Federal payment for hotline..............................            50,000   .................  .................           -50,000   .................
Federal payment for public charter schools...............        15,622,000   .................  .................       -15,622,000   .................
Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration..................  .................
    Project..............................................         3,000,000   .................  .................        -3,000,000   .................
Federal payment for Children's National..................  .................
    Medical Center.......................................         1,000,000   .................  .................        -1,000,000   .................
National Capital Revitalization Financing:
    Economic Development.................................        25,000,000   .................  .................       -25,000,000   .................
    Special Education....................................        30,000,000   .................  .................       -30,000,000   .................
    Year 2000 Information Technology.....................        20,000,000   .................  .................       -20,000,000   .................
    Infrastructure and Economic Development..............        50,000,000   .................  .................       -50,000,000   .................
Federal payment for D.C. resident tuition support........  .................  .................        17,000,000        +17,000,000        +17,000,000
Y2K Conversion (emergency funding).......................        61,800,000   .................  .................       -61,800,000   .................
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      Total, Federal Funds...............................       683,639,000        393,740,000        410,740,000       -272,899,000        +17,000,000
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                DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                    Operating Expenses

Governmental Direction and Support.......................       164,144,000        174,667,000        162,356,000         -1,788,000        -12,311,000
Economic Development and Regulation......................       159,039,000        190,335,000        190,335,000        +31,296,000   .................
Public Safety and Justice................................       755,786,000        778,670,000        778,470,000        +22,684,000           -200,000
Public Education System..................................       788,956,000        850,411,000        867,411,000        +78,455,000        +17,000,000
Human Support Services...................................     1,514,751,000      1,525,996,000      1,526,111,000        +11,360,000           +115,000
Public Works.............................................       266,912,000        271,395,000        271,395,000         +4,483,000   .................
Receivership Programs....................................       318,979,000        337,077,000        337,077,000        +18,098,000   .................
Workforce Investments....................................  .................         8,500,000          8,500,000         +8,500,000   .................
Reserve..................................................  .................       150,000,000        150,000,000       +150,000,000   .................
D.C. Financial Responsiblity and Management Assistance            7,840,000          3,140,000          3,140,000         -4,700,000   .................
 Authority...............................................
Financing and Other......................................       451,623,000        384,948,000        384,948,000        -66,675,000   .................
Procurement and Management Savings.......................       -10,000,000        -21,457,000        -21,457,000        -11,457,000   .................
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      Total, operating expenses, general fund............     4,418,030,000      4,653,682,000      4,658,286,000       +240,256,000         +4,604,000
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                     Enterprise Funds

Water and Sewer Authority and Washington Aqueduct........       273,314,000        279,608,000        279,608,000         +6,294,000   .................
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board...............       225,200,000        234,400,000        234,400,000         +9,200,000   .................
Office of Cable Television...............................         2,108,000   .................  .................        -2,108,000   .................
Public Service Commission................................         5,026,000   .................  .................        -5,026,000   .................
Office of People's Counsel...............................         2,501,000   .................  .................        -2,501,000   .................
Office of Insurance and Securities Regulation............         7,001,000   .................  .................        -7,001,000   .................
Office of Banking and Financial Institutions.............           640,000   .................  .................          -640,000   .................
Sports and Entertainment Commission......................         8,751,000         10,846,000         10,846,000         +2,095,000   .................
Public Benefit Corporation...............................        66,764,000         89,008,000         89,008,000        +22,244,000   .................
D.C. Retirement Board....................................        18,202,000          9,892,000          9,892,000         -8,310,000   .................
Correctional Industries Fund.............................         3,332,000          1,810,000          1,810,000         -1,522,000   .................
Washington Convention Center.............................        48,139,000         50,226,000         50,226,000         +2,087,000   .................
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      Total, Enterprise Funds............................       660,978,000        675,790,000        675,790,000        +14,812,000   .................
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      Total, operating expenses..........................     5,079,008,000      5,329,472,000      5,334,076,000       +255,068,000         +4,604,000
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                      Capital Outlay

General fund.............................................     1,711,160,737      1,218,637,500      1,218,637,500       -492,523,237   .................
Water and sewer fund.....................................  .................       197,169,000        197,169,000       +197,169,000   .................
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      Total, capital outlay..............................     1,711,160,737      1,415,806,500      1,415,806,500       -295,354,237   .................
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      Total, District of Columbia funds..................     6,790,168,737      6,745,278,500      6,749,882,500        -40,286,237         +4,604,000
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                           GENERAL STATEMENT

                              introduction

    On October 21, 1998, Congress passed the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999, Public Law 105-277. Division A of this 
Omnibus Act appropriated funds for the District of Columbia for 
fiscal year 1999. Since the passage of the act, District of 
Columbia voters and their elected leadership, working with the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority and Congress, have set in motion changes 
that will affect the governmental structure of the District. 
These changes include continued improvements in the District's 
financial condition and changes in the elected leadership, 
including the election of a new mayor, three new District of 
Columbia Council members and five new school board members. 
These changes have been accompanied by the appointment of a new 
superintendent of the District of Columbia's public schools and 
changes in the composition of the Authority. The changes in 
leadership have coincided with changes in the relationships 
between the key players responsible for governing the District 
of Columbia. The Authority's role has evolved from that of 
direct management of the daily operations of the District's 
nine largest agencies, as required by the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
Public Law 105-33, to exercising oversight of the District 
government.

                district of columbia financial condition

    The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8) created 
both the Authority and the Office of Chief Financial Officer 
[OCFO]. The Authority and OCFO are charged with improving the 
delivery of District services and returning the District of 
Columbia to a position of financial solvency. Since the 
establishment of the OCFO, the District has evidenced four 
consecutive years of balanced municipal budgets. Working in 
concert with the District's elected political leadership, the 
Authority and the OCFO have implemented a series of financial 
and management reforms and have improved tax collection. These 
reforms, federal assistance, and an improved economy have 
resulted in two consecutive years of budget surpluses, with the 
possibility of yet a third.
    The District ended fiscal year 1997 with a surplus of 
$185,900,000. For fiscal year 1998, the District's budget 
surplus was $444,849,000. The District's fiscal year 1998 
surplus was, in part, the result of the Revitalization. The 
Revitalization Act, which improved the District's fiscal 
prospects through the infusion of over $5,000,000,000 in 
federal funds, transferred financial responsibility for a 
number of functions to the federal government, including 
accumulated pension liability for police, firefighters, 
teachers, and judges. The Act increased the federal share for 
Medicaid from 50 percent to 70 percent and transferred 
responsibility for housing District felons to the federal 
government.
    At the end of fiscal year 1998, the District's accumulated 
general fund balance was $112,492,000. If the District achieves 
a projected surplus of $169,784,000 for fiscal year 1999, the 
accumulated general fund surplus at the end of fiscal year 1999 
is projected to be $282,276,000, according to the District's 
proposed fiscal year 2000 budget. The District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999 requires the inclusion 
of a $150,000,000 reserve in any budget submitted for 
congressional approval, beginning with the budget for fiscal 
year 2000. Based on this provision, the District's proposed 
fiscal year 2000 budget would produce a projected fiscal year 
2000 year-end surplus of over 6 percent of the general fund 
expenditure proposed for fiscal year 2000.

          no supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1999

    No additional funding for the District of Columbia was 
requested by the Administration, the District government or the 
Authority, and none was included in the Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999.

                     changes in district leadership

    Last year, 1998, witnessed a year of significant change in 
the District's elected political leadership. On May 21, 1998, 
Mayor Marion Barry announced his intention not to seek 
reelection to a fifth four-year term. On November 5, 1998, 
voters elected Anthony Williams as Mayor of the District of 
Columbia. Mr. Williams had served three years as the District's 
Chief Financial Officer before resigning on June 8, 1998, to 
seek and eventually win the election for the position of mayor.
    Changes in the District's mayoral leadership were also 
accompanied by changes in the District of Columbia Council and 
the District's elected school board. In the November 1998 
general election, District voters elected three new District of 
Columbia Council members--Vincent Orange, Jim Graham, and Phil 
Mendelson--and reelected David Catania, who had been elected in 
December 1997 in a special election.
    The District voters also sent new members to the District's 
elected school board. They include: Gail Dixon (At-large), 
Westy Byrd (Ward 2), Tom Kelly (Ward 7), William Lockridge 
(Ward 8), and Dwight Singleton (Ward 4).
    In addition to changes in elected leadership, there were 
changes in the composition of the Authority. During a three 
month period--from June through August--the President appointed 
four new members to the five-member Authority, including a new 
chair. In mid-June 1998, the President appointed Robert P. 
Watkins, a former federal prosecutor, and Dr. Alice Rivlin, 
vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board, to the Authority for 
three-year terms. The President also reappointed Constance 
Newman to a one-year term on July 29, 1998. On August 4, 1998, 
the President appointed Eugene Kinlow, a board member of Metro, 
the Washington region transportation authority, and Darius 
Mans, a World Bank economist, to two-year terms on the 
Authority. September 1, 1998 marked the start of the terms of 
the newly appointed members of the Authority. The President 
designated Dr. Rivlin as the Authority's new chair, replacing 
Dr. Andrew Brimmer, the Authority's first chair. Also, stepping 
down from the Authority's board were Joyce Ladner, Edward 
Singletary and Stephen Harlan.
    In January 1999, Dr. Camille Barnett, who served as the 
District's first Chief Management Officer [CMO], resigned. The 
position of CMO was established pursuant to both the 
Revitalization Act and the District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 1999. The CMO was charged with managing the daily 
operations of the District's nine largest agencies, including: 
the Departments of Administrative Services; Consumer and 
Regulatory Affairs; Corrections; Employment Services; Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services; Housing and Community Development; 
Human Services; Public Works; and Public Health.

                           management reform

    On March 5, 1999, the District of Columbia Management 
Restoration Act of 1999, Public Law 106-1, was enacted. The act 
repeals the District of Columbia Management Reform Act of 1997 
(Subtitle B of Title XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 
Public Law 105-33), thus restoring to the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia management authority for the daily operation of the 
District's nine largest departments. The act allows the mayor 
to appoint and dismiss department heads. It also restores the 
District of Columbia Council's authority to confirm mayoral 
appointments without the concurrence of the Authority.
    Management reforms have proceeded unevenly. Despite 
progress made in some agencies, others have faltered. For 
example, the police department has been slow to decrease the 
number of officers doing administrative work, and the District 
is losing $1,800,000 annually because it maintains 9,000 unused 
telephone lines.

                            public education

    For the first time in four years, the District of Columbia 
public schools opened on time in September 1998. However, 
despite this accomplishment, the school system faces challenges 
in meeting the needs of its students. The District's public 
education system has experienced changes during the past year 
and will face challenges in the coming months.
    In April 1998, the chief executive of the District of 
Columbia Public Schools [DCPS] resigned and was replaced by 
Arlene Ackerman as Superintendent of DCPS. On November 3, 1998, 
voters elected five new members to the school board. In late 
October 1998, the Authority's chair signed a memorandum 
returning authority to the Board of Education, offering the 
elected school board the return of responsibility and authority 
for operations of the District's public schools by June 30, 
2000. In 1996, the Authority had declared the school system in 
a state of crisis, stripped the elected school board of its 
powers, and appointed an emergency board of trustees. In 
January 1998, the elected school board successfully challenged 
the Authority's power to transfer its oversight and management 
powers to the appointed emergency board of trustees. The 
October 1998 memorandum gives the elected school board some 
input on school discipline and facilities, and promises to 
increase the elected board's decisionmaking powers. The elected 
board continues to retain the power to grant charters to groups 
seeking to start public charter schools.
    In 1998, the District also witnessed an expansion in the 
number of public charter schools. These schools are financially 
supported by public education dollars, but operate 
independently of the school system bureaucracy. In 1998, 22 
institutions received charter school designation, and 19 
charter schools are currently operating in the District of 
Columbia.
    In an effort to strengthen the academic performance of 
students, the DCPS school system has implemented new standards 
for promotion. During the summer of 1998, the District 
implemented an expanded summer school program in an effort to 
increase student achievement and help students meet the 
requirements for promotion. Nearly 20,000 students attended 
summer school.
    The District public school system provides special 
education services to nearly 7,700 students, representing 
approximately ten percent of the District's public school 
population. The number of students seeking special education 
assistance is expected to grow to 11,000. This growth in 
special education needs has implications for the future cost of 
education and the pace of educational reform. The school system 
budgeted $167,000,000 for special education services for fiscal 
year 1999, which is 30 percent of the school system's budget. 
Funding is not the only issue. Delays in the period between the 
time a student is referred and assessed increase the number of 
students placed in private educational institutions, which adds 
to the cost of special education. Concern about the cost of 
these delays prompted Congress to include a provision in the 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 
to extend the time period between referral and assessment of 
student's special education needs from 50 to 120 days. In 
September 1998, two court appointed receivers were appointed to 
improve educational instruction at the Oak Hill Prison School, 
which houses the District's youth offenders.
    In response, on April 13, 1999 the District of Columbia 
Council passed a resolution to establish, on an emergency 
basis, a special committee to investigate the delivery of 
special education services. All members of the District of 
Columbia Council comprise the committee, which has one year to 
investigate and recommend improvements in the delivery of 
services. In April 1999, the superintendent of public schools 
placed three of the agency's top special education 
administrators on administrative leave. The superintendent also 
announced administrative and programmatic changes as part of a 
90 day action plan intended to address some of the agency's 
long standing problems, including transferring the 
responsibility for special education assessments to school 
principals.

                             receiverships

    The courts continue to play a significant role in the daily 
operations of the District government. According to the 
District's proposed budget for fiscal year 2000, seven percent 
of proposed total general fund expenditures ($4,658,286,000) 
will be controlled by court appointed receivers. Three agencies 
(the Child and Family Services Agency, Commission on Mental 
Health Services, and the Correctional Medical Receiver) account 
for $337,077,000 in proposed spending controlled by court 
order.
    The District could also see the return of the Housing 
Authority from receivership by the year 2000, according to 
reports. The agency has been in receivership since 1995. 
Despite progress made by the District's public housing agency, 
there are no indications that three of the four other agencies 
under court ordered receivership are prepared to be returned to 
District government control any time soon.

       district of columbia performance accountability standards

Legislative history
    On October 19, 1994, the Home Rule Act was amended by 
Public Law 103-373, the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 
1994, to include performance and financial accountability 
requirements for the District government. The amendment 
required the District government to devise, implement, and 
submit to the Congress comprehensive financial and performance 
standards. The purpose of the requirement was to force District 
government accountability by requiring systematic goal-setting, 
measurement and reporting of program performance and financial 
management.
District government compliance with the performance accountability 
        requirements
    As of January 1, 1997, Congress had not received a 
performance accountability plan from the District government. 
On July 10, 1997, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a 
hearing on the District's fiscal year 1998 budget request. At 
the hearing, the Mayor was questioned on the status of the 
District government's performance accountability plan. 
Testimony established that the Mayor did not comply with the 
law.
    Because of the Mayor's noncompliance with the legislative 
requirements, Public Law 103-373 was amended in the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1998, Public Law 
105-100, to require the Authority to develop a performance 
accountability plan and deliver it to Congress and the 
Comptroller General by March 1, beginning in 1998.
    On September 30, 1998, Dr. Camille Barnett, the District's 
Chief Management Officer [CMO], submitted the District's fiscal 
year 1999 Performance Accountability Plan to Congress. In the 
development of the plan, each agency worked to: (1) clarify its 
mission; (2) describe key programs, projects and initiatives; 
and (3) identify measures of services and functions deemed in 
support of its commitment to its customers, residents of the 
District of Columbia.
    In January 1999, Dr. Barnett resigned as the District's 
CMO. On March 5, 1999, the District of Columbia Management 
Restoration Act of 1999 restored to the Mayor management 
authority for the daily operation of the District's nine 
largest departments.
    On March 24, 1999, the Mayor delivered to Congress a draft 
project plan for the Performance Accountability Work Plan. The 
final work plan, entitled District of Columbia Management 
Report, was submitted to Congress on June 1, 1999, as part of 
the District government's consensus budget for fiscal year 
2000.
Analysis of District of Columbia Management Report
    The Management Report establishes baseline measures for 
performance-based management in the District of Columbia. The 
report includes a range of measures for all levels of 
government. The Committee is confident that, through the use of 
performance measures and outcome indicators, the District 
government will improve both operational efficiencies and the 
``customer satisfaction'' of District residents.

            president's budget proposal for fiscal year 2000

    The President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2000, 
released in February 1999, proposes $393,740,000 in Federal 
funds for the District of Columbia. The $393,000,000 total 
encompasses a $176,000,000 payment to the D.C. corrections 
trustee for operations; $137,440,000 for the D.C. courts, 
including $128,440,000 for operations and $9,000,000 for 
capital improvements; and $80,300,000 for court services and 
the offender supervision agency.
    In addition, the President proposed $17,000,000 for the 
U.S. Department of Education for a program of resident tuition 
support in the District of Columbia.
    Unlike previous fiscal years, no unrestricted Federal 
payment or Federal contribution to the Nation's Capital is 
proposed. Although the Revitalization Act authorizes a Federal 
contribution in concept, it indicated no specific dollar amount 
or formula for fiscal years after 1998.

                            TOTAL RESOURCES

    Based on recommendations in the bill, a total of 
$6,902,635,500, including $152,753,000 of intra-District funds, 
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 various 
local taxes, fees, charges, and other collections received by 
the District government.

                          intra-district funds

    Based on recommendations in the bill, a total of 
$152,753,000 is allocated to intra-District funds. Intra-
District payments are a mechanism that District agencies 
(buying agencies) use to pay for services rendered by other 
District agencies (selling agencies). The mechanism allows a 
buying agency to transfer funds to a selling agency. The intra-
District payment covers the selling agency's costs of 
delivering the services. Each District government agency 
selling a service to another agency has an intra-District 
revenue budget. The intra-District budget reflects the selling 
agency's projection of costs related to the services it will 
render. The intra-District budget is an internal government 
transaction. Although these funds are included in the total 
ceiling for the recommended fiscal year 2000 budget of District 
funds, intra-District funds are not included in the recommended 
total appropriation for the individual District budget 
functions: governmental direction and support; economic 
development and regulation; public safety and justice; public 
education system; human support services; public works; 
financing and other uses; receivership programs; the Authority; 
and enterprise funds.

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

    A total of $1,919,172,000 in Federal funds will be 
available to the District government during fiscal year 2000. 
Included in this total are the Federal payments for the D.C. 
corrections trustee operations, the D.C. Courts, and the D.C. 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency. The total also 
includes $17,000,000 for the Public Education System and 
$1,000,000 for Public Safety and Justice. Other Federal funds 
will be received by the District government from the various 
Federal grant programs. In addition, Federal reimbursements are 
received from such programs as Medicaid and Medicare.
    The following table summarizes the various Federal funds 
estimated to be available to the District government during 
fiscal year 2000:

Federal Funds

        Item                                                            

Federal payment to D.C. corrections trustee operations..    $176,000,000
Federal payment for D.C. courts.........................     136,440,000
Federal payment to D.C. Court Services and Offender 
    Supervision Agency..................................      80,300,000
Federal payment for D.C. resident tuition support.......      17,000,000
Federal payment for Metropolitan Police Department......       1,000,000
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      Subtotal (Federal funds included in this bill)....     410,740,000
Federal grants..........................................   1,508,432,000
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      Total Federal funds...............................   1,919,172,000

           Federal Payment to Corrections Trustee Operations

    Pursuant to section 601 of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 
(Revitalization Act), the Committee recommends an appropriation 
of $176,000,000 for payment to the D.C. corrections trustee for 
the administration and operation of correctional facilities for 
sentenced adult felons and for the administrative operating 
costs of the Office of the Corrections Trustee.
    The corrections trustee is responsible for: (1) financial 
oversight of the operations of the D.C. Department of 
Corrections [DOC]; (2) facilitating the closure of the Lorton 
Correctional Facility in Lorton, VA, by December 31, 2001, and 
the transfer of sentenced felon prisoners from the District to 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and (3) assisting the DOC in its 
reformation and stabilization.

Corrections trustee operations

    The President's budget request for fiscal year 2000 is 
$176,000,000 for the Corrections Trustee operations. The Office 
of the Corrections Trustee provided the following 
justifications for the requested funds:

  District of Columbia Corrections Operations Crosswalk of Fiscal Year 
          1999 Changes and Summary of Fiscal Year 2000 Request

                         [Dollars in thousands]

        Adjustment to Base                                        Amount
Fiscal Year 1999 Enacted......................................  $184,800
        Adjustment to Base....................................\1\ 19,450
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Fiscal Year 1999 Base.........................................   204,250
Program Changes...............................................\2\-28,250
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Fiscal Year 2000 Estimate.....................................   176,000

\1\ Breakdown of Adjustment to Base:
                Increases (Automatic, non-policy):
                        Increase in Inmate Population......     $9,200 
                        Increases for contract rates for         3,500 
                            private prison beds.
                        Annualization of contract with          11,590 
                            State of Virginia Department of 
                            Corrections.
                        Administrative expenses............        135 
                Decreases:
                        System of Internal Controls and           (750)
                            audits.
                        Personnel initiatives..............     (4,225)
                                                       ---------------

                          TOTAL............................     19,450 
                                                       ===============

\2\ Program Changes:
                Closure of youth facility and staff           ($36,970)
                    reductions of 464 FTE.
                Employee separation costs..................      6,720 
                Sick leave buyout initiative...............      2,000 
                                                       ---------------

                  TOTAL....................................    (28,250)

Base program description

    The D.C. Department of Corrections [DOC] is in transition 
from having responsibility for direct oversight of confinement 
of all District pretrial detainees and sentenced prisoners to 
its new role of overseeing the confinement of only pretrial 
detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, and others held for court-
related processing. The DOC has already closed three of the 
seven facilities at Lorton with the Occoquan facility having 
closed in May 1999. The closing of the Occoquan facility will 
result in a staff reduction of 464 FTE, including overhead, for 
a budget reduction of $36,970,000. The Minimum Security 
Facility is scheduled to close by September 30, 1999, as 
inmates continue to be transferred to the Federal Prison 
System. The felony inmate population in DOC-operated facilities 
will be reduced from 7,800 inmates in 1995 to about 2,000 
inmates by the end of fiscal year 2000.
    The fiscal year 2000 request is based on the Administration 
definition of a sentenced felon, which includes only those 
felons serving sentences and whose legal charges have been 
fully adjudicated. This definition excludes those felons 
awaiting trail on other charges or other court appearances.
    The Corrections Trustee is requesting $176,000,000 as the 
Federal contribution to the DOC total projected budget of 
$245,877,000 for fiscal year 2000. The projected budget balance 
for the DOC is approximately $69,696,000. The Corrections 
Trustee's request will fund the total adult felony inmate 
population of 2,340 estimated to be under the care and custody 
of the DOC during fiscal year 2000. The Trustee is requesting 
an additional $84,000,000 to fund 3,800 contract bed spaces.
    A ``sick leave buyout'' program has been enacted to 
encourage DOC staff who are candidates to be released due to 
the DOC's downsizing to conserve sick leave balances rather 
than use the leave that would be lost upon separation. The 
program is also designed to reduce overtime for other employees 
who might be required to work to cover other employees' 
absences during the use of sick leave. Under the program, staff 
may receive compensation for a portion of sick leave balances. 
The Corrections Trustee is budgeting $2,000,000 for the ``sick 
leave buyout'' initiative for fiscal year 2000. The Corrections 
Trustee estimates the elimination of 400 positions with the 
closing of facilities in fiscal year 2000. The resulting six 
months severance pay for these employees totals $6,720,000.

Recent new responsibilities of the corrections trustee

    Unanticipated circumstances throughout the past year have 
altered the responsibilities of the Corrections Trustee. First, 
the number of District of Columbia inmates has increased by 
approximately 1,000 to about 10,500 inmates and shows no sign 
of abating. The increase is attributed to an increase in the 
number of parole violators and changes for certain processes of 
releasing felons from the system. This increase complicates the 
Trustee's efforts to coordinate the availability of bed-space 
with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in order to close the prison 
facilities at Lorton, Virginia, by the December 31, 2001 
deadline. The Lorton Correctional Complex closure plan is 
currently on schedule.
    Second, on August 5, 1998, the U.S. Attorney General 
appointed the Corrections Trustee for the District of Columbia 
to perform an in-depth review and inspection of the security 
procedures, management practices and work opportunities of the 
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, a private correctional 
facility at Youngstown, Ohio. The request was prompted by two 
murders and the escape of six D.C. prisoners in the spring of 
1998 at the Youngstown facility. Pursuant to the 
recommendations of the Corrections Trustee, the facility's 
population was reduced to below 1,000 inmates and is slowly 
being increased after a reclassification of the security level 
of the inmates and a transfer out of high security inmates. 
Additionally, the DOC, working with the Office of the 
Corrections Trustee, adopted the Federal Bureau of Prisons' 
classification system for its inmates. The entire D.C. inmate 
population, housed both at DOC-operated and contract 
facilities, was reclassified by late 1998.
    Third, an alarming number of offenders have absconded from 
halfway houses run by the DOC. At the request of Congress, the 
Department of Justice has convened a task force comprised of 
the Office of Corrections Trustee, the DOC, the D.C. Superior 
Court and various other District agencies to address the 
problem.
    Of the appropriated funds, approximately $173,400,000 will 
be used to house the District's sentenced adult felon 
population in private, Federal, and District facilities. Of the 
current D.C. adult felon population of 7,200 inmates, 2,000 
inmates will be transferred to private facilities contracted by 
the Federal Prison System by December 31, 2000. The remaining 
inmates will be transferred to the Federal Prison System when 
the Lorton complex is closed or by December 31, 2001, whichever 
is earlier.
    During this transition period, the corrections trustee will 
work in the strategic planning process to prepare the DOC for 
its new role as a local correctional authority. In its new 
role, the DOC will be responsible for its pretrial and 
misdemeanant inmate population and those prisoners held for 
court-related procedures.
    The remaining appropriation of approximately $2,600,000 
shall be used for personnel services and other administrative 
expenses.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

    The Revitalization Act required the Federal Government to 
finance the D.C. courts beginning in fiscal year 1998. The 
Federal payment funds the operations of the D.C. Court of 
Appeals, Superior Court, and the court system. Beginning with 
the fiscal year 1999 appropriations bill, the Federal 
Government also provided funds for capital improvements. By 
law, the annual budget included estimates of the expenditures 
for the operations of the courts prepared by the Joint 
Committee on Judicial Administration and the President's 
recommendation for funding the courts' operations.
    The President's recommended level for fiscal year 2000 is 
$137,440,000, which includes: $128,440,000 for the courts 
operations; and $9,000,000 for capital improvements for 
District courthouse facilities, said sum to remain available 
until September 30, 2001. The courts have requested 
$149,016,000, which includes $131,646,000 for operations, and 
$17,370,000 for capital improvements for fiscal year 2000 only. 
Based on the following analysis, the Committee supports the 
President's proposed funding level of $128,440,000 for the 
courts' operations; and recommends $8,000,000 for the courts' 
capital improvement program, to remain available until 
September 30, 2001.

Quarterly apportionments

    The Committee again directs that the quarterly 
apportionments paid by the Treasury to the courts shall be in 
equal payments, exclusive of payments for the capital account 
and the pension account. Should the Office of Management and 
Budget [OMB] recommend that more than an equal quarterly 
payment be made to the courts, the Director of OMB shall 
forward to the chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a written request that 
includes an itemized statement of the recommended payment and a 
justification for each item for which an increased payment is 
recommended. Both Committee chairmen shall provide OMB with a 
written approval of the payment request before OMB can direct 
the increased quarterly payment by the Treasury of the United 
States.

Reporting requirements

    The courts are directed to submit monthly reports, through 
the General Services Administration, to the Senate and House 
Committees on Appropriations, within 15 calendar days after the 
end of each month, on the status of obligations by object class 
and a monthly personnel summary by position, full-time 
equivalent positions (FTE's), and program/function. The 
obligation report should show, at a minimum, the original 
operating plan, current operating plan, obligations year to 
date, percent obligated, planned obligations year to date, 
percentage deviation from plan year to date, projected total 
obligations end of year, and projected surplus/deficit.
    In addition, the obligation report shall: (1) under the 
Court System Spending Plan, include a breakdown of expenditures 
for the Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect Program and the 
program of representation of indigents in criminal cases under 
the Criminal Justice Act; (2) include a monthly breakdown of 
expenditures for the District of Columbia courts' capital 
improvements; and (3) where year-to-date obligations exceed or 
fall below the plan estimates by 1 percent or more, include an 
explanation of why a category is over- or under-budgeted.

D.C. courts capital projects

    The Committee directs OMB to report to the Committee prior 
to releasing funds during fiscal year 2000 for any capital 
improvements to the District's courthouse facilities. The 
report shall: (1) identify the facility undergoing improvement; 
(2) include a complete description of the project to be 
undertaken; (3) itemize each improvement, renovation, or 
service and its cost; (4) include the contracting date, 
contracting party, and a timeline for the completion of each 
contracted improvement, renovation, or service; and (5) 
identify any design studies for which funding is sought. This 
request was directed to OMB last year, and OMB failed to comply 
with the Committee's directive. The Committee expects complete 
and timely compliance by OMB throughout fiscal year 2000.
    The President's budget proposal requests $9,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2001, for capital 
improvements for District courthouse facilities. The Committee 
recommends $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2001. The Committee notes with concern the failure of OMB to 
provide it with timely information on capital improvements to 
District courthouse facilities during fiscal year 1999, as 
requested in Senate Report 105-254. Without this information, 
the Committee lacks critical data essential to a thorough 
analysis of the President's and the courts' funding request for 
capital improvements. The Committee urges OMB and the courts to 
develop more detailed data on the courts' capital improvements 
program and to provide it to the Committee as requested.

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

    The Revitalization Act established the Court Services and 
Offender Supervision Agency (Agency) for the District of 
Columbia to assume the functions of the District's pretrial 
services, adult probation, parole, and adult offender 
supervision functions.
    The Act established a Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult 
Probation, and Offender Supervision Trustee. The Trustee was 
appointed to: (1) carry out the reorganization and transition 
of functions relating to pretrial services, parole, adult 
probation, and offender supervision as required by section 
11232 of the Act; and (2) facilitate certification of the 
Agency's readiness to assume these functions on or before 
August 5, 2000. Following the agency's certification in 2000, 
the Trustee will continue to work closely with all facets of 
the District of Columbia and Federal criminal justice, courts, 
corrections, and rehabilitation services and programs to ensure 
a smooth transition to Federal status and to improve offender 
supervision and court services programs, policy and practice.
    The President's proposed budget of $80,300,000 represents 
an increase of $20,900,000, or 35 percent, over the fiscal year 
1999 budget request of $59,400,000. The President's budget 
proposal would fund additional programs and activities, which 
require increased staffing requests.
    The Committee directs that the $5,873,000 be reprogrammed 
from within the $80,300,000 for drug testing of individuals on 
probation. Based on the high level of crime and drug use in the 
District, the Committee supports the increased drug testing of 
individuals on probation with the goal of detecting parole 
violations and, ultimately, reducing crime and making the 
District a safer city in which to live.

   Federal Payment for District of Columbia Resident Tuition Support

    The Committee recommends $17,000,000 in Federal funds for a 
program, to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support. The disbursement of these 
funds from the U.S. Treasury is subject to the enactment of 
authorizing legislation specifically referencing this program. 
These funds will be used to pay the difference between in-State 
and out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher 
education on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents, 
and the awarding of the funds shall be prioritized on the basis 
of a resident's academic merit and other factors as authorized.
    The President requested the funding of $17,000,000 for the 
District resident tuition support program in the budget 
proposed for the Department of Education. The Committee 
recommends, instead, an appropriation to the District of 
Columbia.

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $1,000,000 to 
the Metropolitan Police Department [MPD] to implement a program 
to eliminate open air drug markets in the District of Columbia. 
The Committee is concerned that, despite a reduction in the 
number of violent crimes committed in the District, drug 
dealers continue to transact business in plain view in the 
heart of the nation's capital. The Committee supports the 
efforts of the District's Chief of Police to deploy officers to 
the neighborhood streets. However, illegal drug activity 
remains a critical concern. The appropriated funds shall be 
used by the MPD to set up a vice squad and employ undercover 
agents to address and eliminate this problem. The Committee 
directs the MPD Chief of Police to provide the Committee by 
January 15, 2000, with an action plan for eliminating the 
District's open air drug trafficking.

                             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 2000 budget was submitted, the District estimated 
that it would receive a total of $1,521,828,000 in Federal 
grants during the coming fiscal year.
    The following table shows the amount of Federal grants the 
District expects to receive and the office or agency that 
expects to receive them based on Committee recommendations:

Summary of Federal grants assistance to the District of Columbia

        Agency                                             2000 estimate
Governmental direction and support:
    Office of City Administrator........................     $10,757,000
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer...............         913,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Governmental direction and support.........      11,670,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Economic development and regulation:
    Department of Housing and Community Development.....      48,388,000
    Department of Employment Services...................      35,867,000
    Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.......         392,000
    Public Service Commission...........................         104,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, economic development and regulation........      84,751,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Public safety and justice:
    Metropolitan Police Department......................      13,695,000
    Office of the Corporation Counsel...................      13,554,000
    Department of Corrections...........................         800,000
    Office of Emergency Preparedness....................         963,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, public safety and justice..................      29,012,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Public education system:
    Public schools......................................     106,213,000
    University of the District of Columbia..............      13,536,000
    Public library......................................         798,000
    Commission on the Arts and Humanities...............         404,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, public education system....................     120,951,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Human support services:
    Department of Human Development.....................     189,742,000
    Department of Health................................     676,115,000
    Department of Recreation and Parks..................          34,000
    Office on Aging.....................................       5,300,000
    Office of Human Rights..............................         221,000
    Energy Office.......................................       4,402,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, human support services.....................     875,814,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Public works: Department of Public Works................       3,099,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Receivership programs:
    Child and Family Services Receiver..................      43,799,000
    Commission on Mental Health Services Receiver.......      62,312,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, receivership programs......................     106,111,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Federal grants--operating expenses.........   1,231,408,000
Capital outlay--grants..................................     277,024,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Grand total, Federal grants.......................   1,508,432,000

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                   Governmental Direction and Support

    The Committee recommends a total of $162,356,000 for fiscal 
year 2000.
    A comparative summary by agency follows:

                                                                               GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
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                                                                                                   Fiscal year                                      Committee          Bill compared with--
                                                   Fiscal year     Fiscal year                    2000 request      Committee                    recommendation --------------------------------
                Agency/activity                   1999 approved   2000 request   Intra-District    less intra-   recommendation  Intra-District    less intra-     Fiscal year     Fiscal year
                                                                                                    District                                        District      1999 approved    2000 request
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Council of the District of Columbia............      $9,388,000     $10,477,000  ..............     $10,477,000     $10,477,000  ..............     $10,477,000     +$1,089,000  ...............
Office of the District of Columbia Auditor.....       1,048,000       1,183,000  ..............       1,183,000       1,183,000  ..............       1,183,000        +135,000  ...............
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions..............  ..............         623,000  ..............         623,000         623,000  ..............         623,000        +623,000  ...............
Office of the Mayor............................       2,256,000       4,207,000  ..............       4,207,000       4,207,000  ..............       4,207,000      +1,951,000  ...............
Office of the Secretary........................       2,146,000       1,816,000  ..............       1,816,000       1,816,000  ..............       1,816,000        -330,000  ...............
Office of Communications.......................         350,000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............        -350,000  ...............
Office of Intergovernmental Relations..........       1,271,000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............      -1,271,000  ...............
Office of the City Administrator...............       1,166,000      25,378,000       -$246,000      25,132,000      13,067,000       -$246,000      12,821,000     +11,901,000     -$12,311,000
Office of Personnel............................       9,879,000      11,624,000      -1,179,000      10,445,000      11,624,000      -1,179,000      10,445,000      +1,745,000  ...............
Human Resource Development.....................  ..............       3,766,000  ..............       3,766,000       3,766,000  ..............       3,766,000      +3,766,000  ...............
Office of Finance and Resource Management......  ..............       1,983,000      -1,205,000         778,000       1,983,000      -1,205,000         778,000      +1,983,000  ...............
Office of Contracts and Procurement............      18,804,000      14,150,000  ..............      14,150,000      14,150,000  ..............      14,150,000      -4,654,000  ...............
Office of the Chief Technology Officer.........      17,898,000       5,511,000      -1,771,000       3,740,000       5,511,000      -1,771,000       3,740,000     -12,387,000  ...............
Office of Property Management..................      36,270,000      31,108,000     -21,956,000       9,152,000      31,108,000     -21,956,000       9,152,000      -5,162,000  ...............
Contract Appeals Board.........................         603,000         687,000  ..............         687,000         687,000  ..............         687,000         +84,000  ...............
Board of Elections and Ethics..................       2,954,000       3,238,000  ..............       3,238,000       3,238,000  ..............       3,238,000        +284,000  ...............
Office of Campaign Finance.....................         920,000         978,000  ..............         978,000         978,000  ..............         978,000         +58,000  ...............
Public Employee Relations Board................         559,000         632,000  ..............         632,000         632,000  ..............         632,000         +73,000  ...............
Office of Employee Appeals.....................       1,213,000       1,337,000  ..............       1,337,000       1,337,000  ..............       1,337,000        +124,000  ...............
Metropolitan Washington Council Governments....         374,000         367,000  ..............         367,000         367,000  ..............         367,000          -7,000  ...............
Office of Inspector General....................       7,430,000       6,827,000  ..............       6,827,000       6,827,000  ..............       6,827,000        -603,000  ...............
Chief Financial Officer........................      89,411,000      81,571,000      -6,439,000      75,132,000      81,571,000      -6,439,000      75,132,000      -7,840,000  ...............
                                                ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Governmental Direction and Support     203,940,000     207,463,000     -32,796,000     174,667,000     195,152,000     -32,796,000     162,356,000      -8,788,000      -12,311,000
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                  council of the district of columbia

    The Committee recommends $10,477,000 to be derived from 
general revenues for fiscal year 2000 and 153 full-time 
equivalent [FTE] positions. This is an increase of $1,089,000 
and 3 FTE positions over fiscal year 1999. The Council of the 
District of Columbia (Council) is the legislative branch of the 
local government responsible for enacting laws, approving the 
annual operating budget, and establishing and overseeing the 
programs and operations of government agencies. The Council, 
composed of 13 members, exercises its legislative 
responsibilities through 13 standing committees. Proposed 
legislation is referred to an appropriate committee where all 
data collection, hearings, analysis, and other related 
activities are conducted.
    The Committee recommends that the salary of District of 
Columbia Council Members may be increased up to 5 percent over 
the 1997 salary to $84,635. The District Council recently 
passed a 15-percent salary increase over the 1997 salary level. 
Since the Members of the Council are part-time employees who 
have no restrictions on outside earnings, the Committee is 
satisfied that a 5-percent salary increase will sufficiently 
compensate Council Members for their service to the District 
government.

                              d.c. auditor

    The Committee recommends the requested appropriation for 
fiscal year 2000 of $1,183,000 and 14 FTE positions. This is an 
increase of $135,000 and 2 FTE position over fiscal year 1999. 
The D.C. Auditor is required to audit annually the accounts and 
operations of the District government and certify revenue 
assumptions underlying budgetary and financial actions.

                advisory neighborhood commissions [anc]

    The Committee recommends the requested appropriation of 
$623,000 for fiscal year 2000.
    As proposed by the House of Representatives, the conference 
agreement for the Fiscal Year 1999 District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act deleted the District government's requested 
funding of $573,000 for the ANC. Congressional action to 
eliminate funding followed the receipt by Congress of reports 
by the D.C. Auditor that documented the improper expenditure of 
taxpayer funds by certain ANC. The conference agreement 
authorized the reprogramming of funds for fiscal year 1999 for 
the ANC provided that the D.C. Council enacted necessary 
management controls to ensure that the funds would be disbursed 
for previously reviewed and approved purposes, consistent with 
the District's laws, regulations and rules.
    On April 27, 1999, the ``Advisory Neighborhood Commissions 
Management Control and Funding Temporary Amendment Act of 
1999'' became law. The law amends the Advisory Neighborhood 
Commissions Act of 1975 as follows: (1) the chairman of an ANC 
is required to maintain a surety bond; (2) each ANC must submit 
certain documentation with quarterly financial reports and 
relinquish its checkbooks to the D.C. Auditor if it fails to 
file two consecutive quarterly reports on time; and (3) 
reallocates quarterly allotments held in reserve for each ANC 
in order to provide funding for the ANC in fiscal year 1999.
    Funds in the amount of $573,000 were reprogrammed by the 
District government during fiscal year 1999. The requested 
appropriation is $50,000 above the fiscal year 1999 funding 
level.
    The Committee is satisfied that the D.C. Council's 
amendments will enable the District government to monitor more 
carefully the expenditure of funds by the ANC. The Committee 
expects that the D.C. Auditor will continue its documentation 
of ANC expenditures to ferret out any irregularities or 
improprieties.
    The ANC's have the responsibility for advising the District 
government on matters of public policy and issues such as 
planning, transportation, social services, health, safety, and 
sanitation, especially as they relate to their respective 
neighborhood commission areas. The 37 chartered ANC's, which 
are made up of 299 single-member districts, serve as a liaison 
between the District government and the community.

                          office of the mayor

    The amount recommended for the Office of the Mayor is 
$4,207,000 and 67 FTE positions for fiscal year 2000. This 
represents an increase of $1,951,000 and 28 FTE positions above 
fiscal year 1999 levels. The Mayor provides leadership in 
advocating the priorities and needs of the District's 
constituents through the development of policies formulated by 
input from the citizens, and ensuring that the independent 
nonelected entities that operate the District government 
reflect these policies.
    Beginning with fiscal year 2000, the functions performed by 
the Office of Communications and the Office of 
Intergovernmental Relations will be performed within the Office 
of the Mayor. The transferred functions of the Office of 
Communications include responsibility for coordinating and 
disseminating official information regarding the policies, 
programs, and activities of the District government to the news 
media and the public.
    The transferred functions of the Office of 
Intergovernmental Relations include responsibility for 
assisting agencies to communicate and work with other branches 
of the local government on legislative issues, operations, and 
the delivery of services. The Mayor's Office will also assume 
responsibility for serving as a liaison between the District 
government and the Congress, the White House, Federal agencies, 
and regional governments and entities.
Quality of Life Improvements
    The Committee calls renewed attention to the importance of 
continued progress on the basic safety, quality of life, and 
management issues that affect residents' willingness to live in 
the District. The Committee directs that, commencing on October 
1, 1999, the Mayor provide the Committee with quarterly reports 
on the District's progress in addressing the following issues: 
(1) crime, including the implementation of community policing, 
the number of police officers on local beats, and the closing 
down of open-air drug markets; (2) access to drug abuse 
treatment, including the number of treatment slots, the number 
of people served, the number of people on waiting lists, and 
the effectiveness of treatment programs; (3) management of 
parolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including the number 
of halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve monitoring 
and supervision of halfway house residents to reduce the number 
of escapes to be provided in consultation with the Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency; (4) education, 
including access to special education services and student 
achievement; (5) improvement in basic District services, 
including rat control and abatement; and (6) management of 
Federal grants, including the number and type of grants for 
which the District was eligible but failed to apply and the 
number and type of grants awarded to the District but which the 
District failed to spend the amounts received.

                        office of the secretary

    The Committee recommends $1,816,000 and 27 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This represents a decrease of $330,000 
and 6 FTE positions below fiscal year 1999. The Office of the 
Secretary serves as the administrative and logistical staff 
support to the Mayor and the immediate executive offices of the 
Mayor. The Office of the Secretary is the sole custodian of the 
seal of the District of Columbia and authenticates its proper 
use. The secretary attests to the authenticity of executive 
branch official records.

                    office of the city administrator

    The Committee recommends $12,821,000 and 53 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000 for the City Administrator. This level 
represents an increase of $11,901,000 and 40 FTE positions over 
fiscal year 1999. Increases in both funding and FTE positions 
are due to the transfer of local funding, responsibilities and 
staff from the Office of the Chief Management Officer to the 
Office of the City Administrator and the transfer of federal 
funding and staff from the Office of Grants Management and 
Development. On March 8, 1999, the President signed into law 
the D.C. Management Restoration Act, restoring to the Mayor the 
authority to hire and fire agency heads and manage daily 
District operations. This authority had previously been 
transferred to the Office of the Chief Management Officer, 
which was established by the Management Reform Act of 1997.
    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.

                        d.c. office of personnel

    The Committee recommends the requested budget of 
$10,445,000 and 147 FTE positions for fiscal year 2000. This 
represents an increase of $1,745,000 and a decrease of 18 FTE 
positions from fiscal year 1999 levels. The Office of Personnel 
is responsible for providing 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 $3,766,000 and 10 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. Human Resource Development was created in 
April 1997 by the Mayoral Order to facilitate and better manage 
investments in the workforce, such as training and 
administrative reform initiatives. The Center for Workforce 
Development, also created in 1997, manages training activities. 
Its mission is to develop, coordinate, and support government 
training throughout the District. The fiscal year 2000 budget 
request devotes 68 percent of the budget to direct training and 
22 percent for the Tuition Assistance program.

               office of finance and resource management

    The Committee recommends the requested $778,000 and 11 FTE 
positions for fiscal year 2000. The Office of Finance and 
Resource Management was created at the beginning of fiscal year 
1999 following the dismantling of the Department of 
Administrative Services. This new office is responsible for 
collecting and paying utility and telecommunications services 
for District government agencies.

                 office of contracting and procurement

    The Office of Contracting and Procurement is responsible 
for improving the cost, quality, and timeliness of delivery of 
goods and services by the District's supplier base and is 
headed by the Chief Procurement Officer. The Committee 
recommends $14,150,000 and 223 FTE positions for fiscal year 
2000. These levels represent a decrease of $4,654,000 and a 
decrease of 11 FTE positions below fiscal year 1999 levels.

                 office of the chief technology officer

    The Office of the Chief Technology Officer is responsible 
for providing and enforcing direction, policy, and standards to 
the various government agencies regarding the procurement and 
implementation of technology-based solutions. The Committee 
recommends $3,740,000 and 42 FTE positions for fiscal year 
2000. These levels represent a decrease of $12,387,000 and 10 
FTE positions below fiscal year 1999 levels.

                     office of property management

    Beginning in fiscal year 2000, the function of the Office 
of Property Management [OPM] will be contracted out, and the 
management and monitoring of the contracts will be the 
responsibility of the staff. The contracts OPM will manage 
include: (1) real estate property management; (2) design 
engineering construction administration; (3) facilities 
operations management administration; (4) protective services; 
(5) custodial services; and (6) energy services. The office 
replaces the former DAS Buildings Management Administration and 
Real Property Administration. The Committee recommends 
$9,152,000 and 79 FTE positions for fiscal year 2000. This 
represents a decrease of $5,162,000 and an increase of one FTE 
position over fiscal year 1999 levels.

                         contract appeals board

    The Committee recommends the requested budget of $687,000 
and 6 FTE positions for fiscal year 2000. This represents an 
increase of $84,000 and no new FTE positions. The Contract 
Appeals Board hears, reviews, and decides contracting disputes 
between the District government and the contracting community. 
The Contract Appeals Board is a quasi-judicial body authorized 
to hear all claims brought by contractors against the District 
government arising out of or related to a contract.

                     board of elections and ethics

    The Committee recommends for fiscal year 2000 the requested 
budget of $3,238,000 and 50 FTE positions. This represents an 
increase of $284,000 and no new FTE positions. The Board of 
Elections and Ethics is charged with administering and 
enforcing the election laws of the District of Columbia.

                       office of campaign finance

    The Committee recommends $978,000 and 15 FTE positions for 
fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $58,000 and no 
new FTE positions. The Office of Campaign Finance is 
responsible for independently administering and enforcing 
District laws pertaining to the financial disclosure process 
and the conduct of political campaigns and candidates, 
lobbyists, public officials, and political committees.

                    public employee relations board

    The Committee recommends $632,000 and 4 FTE positions in 
fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $73,000 and no 
new FTE positions. The Public Employees Relations Board is 
responsible for the impartial resolution of labor-management 
disputes in the District government.

                       office of employee appeals

    The Committee recommends $1,337,000 and 15 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000, to be derived from general revenues. This 
reflects an increase of $124,000 and no new FTE positions. This 
office is responsible for adjudicating appeals in which 
District employees have challenged decisions regarding adverse 
actions, reductions in force, grievances, performance 
evaluations, classification of positions, erroneous employee 
overpayments, and issues of privacy and records management.

             metropolitan washington council of governments

    The Committee recommends $367,000 for fiscal year 2000, a 
decrease of $7,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level. The 
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments provides a forum 
for the cooperative resolution of regional issues such as 
substance abuse, traffic congestion, public safety, inadequate 
housing, and air and water pollution.

                    office of the inspector general

    The Committee recommends $6,827,000 and 60 FTE positions in 
fiscal year 2000. These levels reflect a decrease of $603,000 
and no new FTE positions. The Office of the Inspector General 
is responsible for the prevention and detection of fraud, 
abuse, waste, and mismanagement in the programs and operations 
of the District government.

                 office of the chief financial officer

    The Committee recommends $75,132,000 and 965 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This reflects a decrease of $7,840,000 an 
increase of 27 FTE positions over the fiscal year 1999 levels. 
Through comprehensive financial management, the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer [OCFO] is responsible for bringing 
fiscal stability, accountability, and integrity to the District 
government to support public services and restore stakeholder 
confidence in the government of the District of Columbia. The 
increased funding will be used in part to support revenue 
generating activities in accordance with Public Law 105-100, 
section 138(a)(1)(B)(ii).
    The Committee recommendation represents the consolidated 
budget for all divisions in the OCFO: (1) Policy and Operating 
Support Office; (2) Office of Budget and Planning; (3) Office 
of Grants Management and Development; (4) Office of the Chief 
Informatiion Officer; (5) Office of Financial Operations and 
Systems; (6) Office of Finance and Treasury; and (7) Office of 
Tax and Revenue.
    The Policy and Operating Support Office provides policy and 
operational support to the District's core financial operation 
and to the financial operations of the District's program 
agencies.
    The Office of Budget and Planning serves as executive 
advisor on the budget for the District of Columbia. It 
prepares, monitors, analyzes, and executes the District's 
budget and financial plan, including operating funds, capital 
funds, and enterprise funds.
    The Office of Grants Management and Development is the 
certified State agency for receiving Federal grants. It is 
responsible for obtaining and administering the maximum amount 
of Federal, foundation, and corporate resources to support the 
policies and programs of the District government.
    The Office of the Chief Information Officer is responsible 
for the development and maintenance of Districtwide financial 
systems. The office is the implementing agency for the new 
financial management system and is responsible for the 
integration and planning of financial management operations and 
systems.
    The Office of Financial Operations and Systems maintains 
financial data integrity and provides a stable and disciplined 
processing environment to generate accurate and consistent 
information to the stakeholders of the District of Columbia.
    The Office of Finance and Treasury is responsible for the 
management of the District's assets and liabilities.
    The Office of Tax and Revenue is responsible for ensuring 
the effective administration and enforcement of the District's 
business, income, excise, and real property tax laws. The 
office initiates tax compliance and collections efforts, 
processes taxpayers' returns and refunds, and provides tax-
related assistance and information for District residents.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

    The Committee recommends a total of $190,335,000 for fiscal 
year 2000, of which $15,000,000 will be collected from business 
improvement district tax revenue.
    Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency 
or department:

                                                                               ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Business Services and Economic               $20,746,000      $22,515,000  ...............      $22,515,000      $22,515,000  ...............      $22,515,000      +$1,769,000  ...............
 Development...........................
Office of Zoning.......................          956,000        1,275,000  ...............        1,275,000        1,275,000  ...............        1,275,000         +319,000  ...............
Department of Housing and Community           56,709,000       57,939,000       -1,200,000       56,739,000       57,939,000       -1,200,000       56,739,000       +1,230,000  ...............
 Development...........................
Housing Authority......................        2,080,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............       -2,080,000  ...............
Department of Employment Service.......       57,132,000       63,690,000  ...............       63,690,000       63,690,000  ...............       63,690,000       +6,558,000  ...............
Board of Appeals and Review............          203,000          240,000  ...............          240,000          240,000  ...............          240,000          +37,000  ...............
Board of Real Property Assessments and           293,000          291,000  ...............          291,000          291,000  ...............          291,000           -2,000  ...............
 Appeals...............................
Department of Consumer and Regulatory         24,554,000       28,625,000       -1,500,000       27,125,000       28,625,000       -1,500,000       27,125,000       +4,071,000  ...............
 Affairs...............................
Office of Banking and Financial          ...............          870,000  ...............          870,000          870,000  ...............          870,000         +870,000  ...............
 Institutions..........................
Public Service Commission..............  ...............        5,327,000  ...............        5,327,000        5,327,000  ...............        5,327,000       +5,327,000  ...............
Office of People's Counsel.............  ...............        2,823,000  ...............        2,823,000        2,823,000  ...............        2,823,000       +2,823,000  ...............
Department of Insurance and Securities   ...............        6,990,000  ...............        6,990,000        6,990,000  ...............        6,990,000       +6,990,000  ...............
 Regulation............................
Office of Cable Television and           ...............        2,886,000         -436,000        2,450,000        2,886,000         -436,000        2,450,000       +2,886,000  ...............
 Telecommunications....................
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      Total, Economic Development and        162,673,000      193,471,000       -3,136,000      190,335,000      193,471,000       -3,136,000      190,335,000      +30,798,000  ...............
       Regulation......................
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               BUSINESS SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    The Committee recommends $22,515,000 and 55 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Business Services 
and Economic Development. These levels represent an increase of 
$1,769,000 and a decrease of 25 FTE positions from fiscal year 
1999. The department is responsible for facilitating the 
creation and growth of wealth in the District of Columbia and 
the expansion of its revenue base by developing and 
implementing programs and policies for the retention, 
expansion, and attraction of commerce and trade; and developing 
and maintaining stable, diverse and attractive neighborhoods 
throughout the District. This department is comprised of three 
major programs: Office of Economic Development/Office of Motion 
Picture and Television Development, Office of Planning, and 
Office of Local Business Development.

                            OFFICE OF ZONING

    The Committee recommends $1,275,000 and 16 FTE positions in 
fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $319,000 and 3 
FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999. The Office of 
Zoning provides professional, technical, and administrative 
staff support to the Zoning Commission and the Board of Zoning 
Adjustment in the maintenance and regulation of the zoning 
process in the District of Columbia.

            department of housing and community development

    The Committee recommends $56,739,000 and 132 FTE positions 
for the Department of Housing and Community Development [DHCD]. 
These levels represent an increase of $1,230,000 and a decrease 
of 32 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999. The DHCD is 
responsible for: 1) promoting economic development initiatives; 
2) creating and maintaining stable and viable mixed income 
neighborhoods; 3) maintaining and expanding the city's tax 
base; and 4) encouraging self-sufficiency in its housing 
programs and policies, for the benefit of District of Columbia 
residents by leveraging public dollars for private funding and 
resources.

                   DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

    The Committee recommends $63,690,000 and 636 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $6,558,000 
and a decrease of 19 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 
levels. The Department of Employment Services provides 
opportunities for citizens to prepare for, find, and maintain 
gainful employment; provides income maintenance to mitigate the 
effects of unemployment; and ensures the quality of working 
conditions for wage earners by protecting their health, safety, 
rights, and benefits.

                      BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW

    The Committee recommends $240,000, to be derived from 
general revenues, and 3 FTE positions for fiscal year 2000. 
This level represents an increase of $37,000 and one FTE 
position over fiscal year 1999. The Board of Appeals and Review 
adjudicates appeals by citizens and medical facilities against 
decisions rendered by District agencies.

             BOARD OF REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS AND APPEALS

    The Committee recommends $291,000, to be derived from 
general revenues, and 3 FTE positions for fiscal year 2000. 
This level represents a decrease of $2,000 under fiscal year 
1999. The Board is responsible for ensuring that real property 
in the District is assessed at 100 percent of its estimated 
market value and at rates equal to similar properties.

             DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

    The Committee recommends $27,125,000, and 383 FTE 
positions, for fiscal year 2000. These levels reflect an 
increase of $4,071,000 and 37 FTE positions over fiscal year 
1999. The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is 
charged with protecting the health, safety, and welfare of 
District residents by regulating business activities, land and 
building use, occupational and professional conduct and 
standards, rental housing and condominiums, and the physical 
environment of the District.

              Office of Banking and Financial Institutions

    The Committee recommends $870,000 in funding and 10 FTE 
positions for the Office of Banking and Financial Institutions 
[OBFI] for fiscal year 2000. This level represents an increase 
of $230,000 and 10 FTE positions over the fiscal year 1999 
levels. The OBFI is responsible for regulating and promoting a 
climate in which financial institutions will organize to do 
business in the District of Columbia, contribute to the 
economic development of the District through the increased 
availability of capital and credit, and expand advantageous 
financial services to the public in a nondiscriminatory manner.

                       Public Service Commission

    The Committee recommends $5,327,000 and 58 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $301,000 
and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. 
The commission is responsible for serving the public interest 
by ensuring that utilities provide safe, reliable, and quality 
service at reasonable rates for District of Columbia 
residential, business, and government ratepayers.

                     Office of the People's Counsel

    The Committee recommends $2,823,000 and 28 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $322,000 
and 4 FTE positions above the fiscal year 1999 levels. The 
Office of the People's Counsel acts as an advocate on behalf of 
District of Columbia consumers of natural gas, electric, and 
telephone services in all matters affecting rates or service. 
The office is authorized to represent no-fault automobile 
insurance consumers if the commissioner holds rate hearings.

           Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation

    The Committee recommends $6,990,000 and 89 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. These levels reflect a decrease of 
$11,000 and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 
levels. 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.

           Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications

    The Committee recommends $2,450,000 and 14 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000 for the Office of Cable Television and 
Telecommunications [OCTT]. This represents an increase of 
$42,000 and 6 new FTE positions over fiscal year 1999 levels. 
The OCTT protects, promotes, and advocates the public interest 
in cable television and telecommunications within the District 
of Columbia; oversees and coordinates programming for the 
municipal channels; and coordinates the Office of Cable 
Television Advisory Committee and the interagency task force on 
telecommunications.

                       Public Safety and Justice

    The Committee recommends a total of $778,470,000 in fiscal 
year 2000 for the public safety and justice activities funded 
in this appropriation.
    A comparative summary by agency follows:

                                                                                    PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Metropolitan Police Department.........     $301,570,000     $305,228,000      -$3,454,000     $301,774,000     $305,028,000      -$3,454,000     $301,574,000      +$3,458,000        -$200,000
Fire and Emergency Medical Services          104,878,000      111,942,000          -72,000      111,870,000      111,942,000          -72,000      111,870,000       +7,064,000  ...............
 Department............................
Police and Fire Retirement System......       35,100,000       39,900,000  ...............       39,900,000       39,900,000  ...............       39,900,000       +4,800,000  ...............
Office of the Corporation Counsel......       43,389,000       48,325,000       -1,900,000       46,425,000       48,325,000       -1,900,000       46,425,000       +4,936,000  ...............
Settlements and Judgments..............       19,700,000       26,900,000  ...............       26,900,000       26,900,000  ...............       26,900,000       +7,200,000  ...............
Department of Corrections..............      257,015,000      245,877,000         -300,000      245,577,000      245,877,000         -300,000      245,577,000      -11,138,000  ...............
National Guard.........................        1,783,000        1,748,000  ...............        1,748,000        1,748,000  ...............        1,748,000          -35,000  ...............
Office of Emergency Preparedness.......        2,627,000        2,641,000  ...............        2,641,000        2,641,000  ...............        2,641,000          +14,000  ...............
Commission on Judicial Disabilities and          138,000          143,000  ...............          143,000          143,000  ...............          143,000           +5,000  ...............
 Tenure................................
Judicial Nomination Commission.........           86,000           85,000  ...............           85,000           85,000  ...............           85,000           -1,000  ...............
Office of Citizen Complaint Review.....  ...............          900,000  ...............          900,000          900,000  ...............          900,000         +900,000  ...............
Advisory Commission on Sentencing......  ...............          707,000  ...............          707,000          707,000  ...............          707,000         +707,000  ...............
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      Total, Public Safety and Justice.      766,286,000      784,396,000       -5,726,000      778,670,000      784,196,000       -5,726,000      778,470,000      +17,910,000         -200,000
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                     METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

    The Committee recommends $301,574,000 and 4,646 FTE 
positions for the Metropolitan Police Department [MPD] for 
fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $3,458,000 and 
a decrease of 35 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 
levels. The MPD is the primary law enforcement agency of the 
District of Columbia. The department's mission is to eliminate 
crime, fear of crime, and general disorder, while establishing 
respect and trust within the community.

Restructuring

    The MPD was recently restructured to reflect the changing 
priorities of the new Chief of Police, Charles Ramsey, who was 
hired April 21, 1998. Chief Ramsey's stated goal is the 
development of a technologically advanced, community-oriented 
MPD. To accomplish this goal, the MPD has been reorganized into 
three Regional Operations Command Centers [ROC], located in the 
community. Each ROC is led by a Regional Assistance Chief, 
accountable for managing resources and coordinating efforts 
throughout the region.
    The ROC consist of the seven full-service police districts, 
five of which comprise 83 smaller sectors called Police Service 
Areas [PSA].

Police service areas

    The Committee has a continued interest in the progress of 
the PSA in reducing crime and restoring a sense of order on the 
streets and in the neighborhoods of our nation's Capital. The 
Committee again directs the MPD to report quarterly to the 
Committee on the 83 PSA activities and accomplishments. The 
reports should include for each PSA: (1) details on steps taken 
to reduce criminal activity; (2) monthly statistics on criminal 
activity, classified by crime type; and (3) the number of 
officers assigned to each PSA and responsibilities of each.
    Public Law 105-277 required the MPD to provide Congress 
with quarterly reports on the status of crime reduction in each 
of the PSA. As of June 1, 1999, the Committee had received only 
one quarterly report. The Committee understands the vast and 
difficult challenges facing the MPD. Nevertheless, the 
Committee is and remains vitally concerned that residents of 
the District should feel secure in their homes and walking 
their neighborhood streets. Unfortunately, this goal has not 
yet been attained. While crime rates have been declining 
nationwide, crime rates in the District remain higher than in 
other cities of comparable size.
    The Committee again directs the MPD to provide quarterly 
reports on PSA activities to the Committee for fiscal year 
2000. The reports should include for each PSA: (1) details on 
steps taken to reduce criminal activity; (2) monthly statistics 
on criminal activity, classified by crime type; and (3) the 
number of officers assigned to each PSA and responsibilities of 
each.

Open Air Drug Markets

    The Committee recommends $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan 
Police Department [MPD] for a program to eliminate open-air 
drug trafficking in the District of Columbia. The Committee 
directs the MPD Chief of Police to report to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives by 
January 15, 2000, with an action plan for eliminating the 
District's open air drug trafficking.

             FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

    The Committee recommends $111,870,000 and 1,828 FTE 
positions for fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of 
$7,064,000 and 64 FTE positions compared to the fiscal year 
1999 levels. The department is responsible for providing fire 
prevention, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance 
services throughout the District of Columbia.

               police and firefighters' retirement system

    The Committee recommends $39,900,000 for the police and 
fire retirement system for fiscal year 2000. This represents an 
increase of $4,800,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. The 
police and firefighters' retirement system provides annuity 
payments and other retirement and disability benefits for the 
District Metropolitan Police and Fire Department retirees and 
survivors. The reduced funding level is the result of the 
August 5, 1997, enactment of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act, Public Law 
105-33. Under the terms of the act, the Federal Government 
assumed the District's unfunded pension liability for the 
retirement plans of the teachers, police officers, 
firefighters, and judges. The Federal Government pays the 
future retirement, death, and a share of the disability 
benefits earned by those beneficiaries vested prior to June 30, 
1997; benefits earned after the freeze date by teachers, police 
officers, and firefighters remain the responsibility of the 
District government.

                     OFFICE OF CORPORATION COUNSEL

    For the Office of the Corporation Counsel [OCC], the 
Committee recommends $46,425,000 and 489 FTE positions for 
fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $4,936,000 and 
a decrease of 7 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 
levels. The OCC is the legal office of the District government. 
It conducts all legal business for the District of Columbia, 
including all suits instituted by and against the government. 
During fiscal year 1999, the functions of the Office of 
Paternity and Child Support Enforcement in the Department of 
Human Services will transfer to the OCC.

                       SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS

    The Committee recommends $26,900,000 from general revenues 
for fiscal year 2000 for the payment of settlements and 
judgments, which represents an increase of $7,200,000 over 
fiscal year 1999. This special account was established for the 
settlement of claims and suits and the payment of judgments in 
all types of tax cases entered against the District government.

                       DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

    The Committee recommends $245,577,000 and 2,176 FTE 
positions for the Department of Corrections [DOC] for fiscal 
year 2000. These levels represent a decrease of $11,138,000 and 
a reduction of 836 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999. 
The DOC protects the public by holding pretrial detainees and 
sentenced inmates in a secure setting and by increasing the 
probability that those placed in its care will live law-abiding 
lives after their release. Toward this objective, the 
department provides educational training and counseling 
opportunities to inmates during incarceration.
    The National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (the act) transferred responsibility 
for sentenced adult felons to the Federal Government and 
provided for the closure of the Lorton facilities by December 
31, 2001. The DOC is currently addressing organizational and 
management issues necessary for the efficient and effective 
transition outlined in the act and is developing a 
comprehensive strategic plan for the operation of the new local 
jail system after the transfer of all sentenced felons.

                          D.C. NATIONAL GUARD

    The Committee recommends $1,748,000 and 30 FTE positions 
for the D.C. National Guard for fiscal year 2000. This 
represents a decrease of $35,000 and no new FTE positions 
compared to fiscal year 1999. The National Guard is responsible 
for protecting life, property, and the interests of the 
District during civil emergencies. In addition to its more 
traditional public safety and military activities, the Guard 
actively supports various youth programs, economic development, 
and a drug-free community. It supplements the activities of the 
D.C. police and other law enforcement agencies on a daily 
basis.

                    OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

    The Committee recommends $2,641,000 and 39 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $14,000 
and 1 FTE position over fiscal year 1999 levels. The Office of 
Emergency Preparedness has the primary responsibility for 
directing, administering, and coordinating 24-hour emergency 
assistance to the District of Columbia.

             COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES AND TENURE

    The Committee recommends $143,000 and 2 FTE positions for 
the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure for fiscal 
year 2000. This is an increase of $5,000 and no new FTE 
positions. The Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure 
makes determinations concerning the discipline, involuntary 
retirement, and reappointment of judges of the D.C. courts.

                     JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMISSION

    The Committee recommends the full budget request of $85,000 
and 1 FTE position, to be derived from general revenues, for 
the Judicial Nomination Commission in fiscal year 2000. This 
represents a decrease of $1,000 and no change in FTE positions 
compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. The Commission is 
responsible for selecting and recommending nominees to the 
President to fill judicial vacancies in the D.C. Court of 
Appeals and the Superior Court.

                   OFFICE OF CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW

    The Committee recommends $900,000 in local funds and 21 FTE 
positions for the Office of Citizen Complaint Review. The 
mission of the Office of Citizen Complaint Review is to provide 
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 Committee recommends $707,000 in local funds and 6 FTE 
positions for the Advisory Commission on Sentencing. The 
mission of the Advisory Commission on Sentencing is to conduct 
a comprehensive study on criminal sentencing practices in the 
District of Columbia.

                        Public Education System

    A total of $867,411,000 is recommended for fiscal year 2000 
for the operation of the public education system of the 
District of Columbia.
    A comparative summary by agency follows:

                                                                                     PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Board of Education (Public Schools)....     $648,159,000     $717,288,000      -$4,091,000     $713,197,000     $717,288,000      -$4,091,000     $713,197,000     +$69,129,000  ...............
Teachers' Retirement System............       18,600,000       10,700,000  ...............       10,700,000       10,700,000  ...............       10,700,000       -7,900,000  ...............
Public Charter Schools.................       27,857,000       27,885,000  ...............       27,885,000       27,885,000  ...............       27,885,000          +28,000  ...............
University of the District of Columbia.       81,525,000       82,024,000       -9,677,000       72,347,000       82,024,000       -9,677,000       72,347,000         +499,000  ...............
Public Library.........................       23,419,000       24,171,000  ...............       24,171,000       24,171,000  ...............       24,171,000         +752,000  ...............
Commission on the Arts and Humanities..        2,187,000        2,111,000  ...............        2,111,000        2,111,000  ...............        2,111,000          -76,000  ...............
D.C. resident tuition support..........  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............       17,000,000  ...............       17,000,000      +17,000,000     +$17,000,000
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      Total, Public Education System...      801,747,000      864,179,000      -13,768,000      850,411,000      881,179,000      -13,768,000      867,411,000      +79,432,000      +17,000,000
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                  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    The Committee recommends $713,197,000 and 9,810 FTE 
positions for the D.C. public schools. These levels represent 
an increase of $69,129,000 and a decrease of 413 FTE positions 
compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. The D.C. public schools 
provide preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and 
continuing education programs for approximately 80,000 District 
students.

School Safety

    The Committee notes with approval the agreement between 
DCPS and MPD whereby MPD will accept responsibility for school 
safety. National events have elevated the issue of school 
safety to the fore. DCPS facilities have had a history of 
violence, and many high schools already have metal detectors. 
At the same time, DCPS has a major responsibility to improve 
academic standards, administrative efficiencies, facilities 
quality, and the special education program. By delegating the 
responsibility for school safety to MPD, DCPS officials can 
focus on the remaining challenges that must be addressed if 
District public school students are to receive the quality 
education required to prepare them for a productive adult life.

                      teachers' retirement system

    The Committee recommends $10,700,000 for payment to the 
teachers' retirement system. This amount reflects a decrease of 
$7,900,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level. This fund provides 
payments to teachers retired under the Disability and Service 
Retirement Program and for survivor benefits and refund 
payments of retirement contributions made by teachers leaving 
the retirement program before attaining retirement eligibility. 
Under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (the act), the Federal Government 
assumed the District's pension liability for the retirement 
plans of the teachers, police officers, firefighters, and 
judges. Pursuant to the act, the Federal Government pays the 
future retirement, death, and a share of the disability 
benefits earned by those beneficiaries vested prior to June 30, 
1997 (the freeze date). Benefits earned after the freeze date 
by teachers, police officers, and firefighters remain the 
responsibility of the District.

                            Tuition Support

    The Committee recommends $17,000,000 for a program, to be 
administered by the Mayor, for resident tuition support in the 
District of Columbia. The appropriation of these funds is 
subject to the enactment of authorizing legislation 
specifically referenced this program. The purpose of this 
program is to afford high school graduates from the District of 
Columbia the benefits of in-State tuition at State colleges and 
universities outside the District of Columbia. Unlike their 
peers in other cities, students in the District lack a network 
of state-supported colleges and the preferential admissions 
treatment in-state colleges provide their resident student 
applicants. The tuition support program will help level the 
playing field for District high school graduates seeking a 
college education.

                         PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

    The Committee recommends $27,885,000 for D.C. public 
charter schools for fiscal year 2000. This amount represents a 
$28,000 increase over the fiscal year 1999 level. The fiscal 
year 1999 budget provides funds for the 19 public charter 
schools currently in operation.
    A public charter school is a publicly funded school that is 
separate from the D.C. public schools [DCPS]. Public charter 
schools are exempt from D.C. statutes, policies, rules, and 
regulations established for DCPS and are organized in 
accordance with the D.C. Nonprofit Corporation Act. A public 
charter school exercises exclusive control over its educational 
program, expenditures, administration, personnel, and 
instructional methods within authorized limitations. The Public 
Charter Board, composed of seven members, works in conjunction 
with the D.C. School Board as the eligible chartering authority 
for public charter schools.
    The District's proposed budget for the Public Education 
System includes a potential budget gap for charter schools 
because the current formula for charter school funding for 
fiscal year 2000 is based on the student count for fiscal year 
1999. The budget proposal creates the potential for under-
funding if the student enrollment for the 1999-2000 academic 
year at the D.C. Public Charter Schools exceeds the fiscal year 
1999 student count. Therefore, the Committee recommends the 
inclusion of language in the appropriation section for Public 
Education System to set aside five percent (5 percent) of the 
total education budget until the current student count for 
public schools and public charter schools has been determined. 
This earmarking of funds until the fall will ensure adequate 
funding of students at both public and charter schools.

                 UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    The Committee recommends $72,347,000 and 937 FTE positions 
for the University of the District of Columbia [UDC] for fiscal 
year 2000. These levels reflect an increase of $499,000 and 9 
FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. UDC is a 
public comprehensive university, federally chartered as a land-
grant institution.

                          D.C. PUBLIC LIBRARY

    The Committee recommends $24,171,000 and 408 FTE positions 
for the D.C. Public Library [DCPL] for fiscal year 2000. These 
levels reflect an increase of $752,000 and a decrease of 26 FTE 
positions compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. The DCPL was 
created to furnish books and other printed 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 all residents. 
The Public Library system comprises a main library (Martin 
Luther King Memorial Library), 26 neighborhood facilities and 2 
specialized bookmobiles. Special services are provided for the 
deaf, the homebound, the blind, the physically handicapped, 
seniors, low-level adult readers, and adult basic education 
learners.

                 COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

    The Committee recommends a total of $2,111,000 and 9 FTE 
positions for fiscal year 2000. These levels reflect a decrease 
of $76,000 and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 
1999. The Commission on the Arts and Humanities is responsible 
for acting on matters relating to the arts and by providing 
funds, services, and information to artists, art organizations, 
educational institutions, community organizations, government 
agencies, and the District community at large.

                         Human Support Services

    The Committee recommends a total of $1,526,111,000 for 
fiscal year 2000 for the operation of the human support 
services of the District of Columbia.
    A comparative summary follows:

                                                                                     HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
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                                                                                             Fiscal year                                         Committee            Bill compared with--
                                          Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ----------------------------------
            Agency/activity              1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-    Fiscal year 1999    Fiscal year
                                                                                               District                                           District         approved        2000 request
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Department of Human Development.......     $393,069,000     $395,094,000      -$1,653,000     $393,441,000     $395,094,000      -$1,653,000     $393,441,000       +$2,025,000  ...............
Department of Health..................      997,782,000    1,004,296,000         -183,000    1,004,113,000    1,004,296,000         -183,000    1,004,113,000        +6,514,000  ...............
Department of Recreation and Parks....       27,318,000       30,150,000       -3,954,000       26,196,000       30,150,000       -3,954,000       26,196,000        +2,832,000  ...............
Office on Aging.......................       18,264,000       19,264,000         -648,000       18,616,000       19,264,000         -648,000       18,616,000        +1,000,000  ...............
Public Benefit Corporation Subsidy....       46,835,000       44,435,000  ...............       44,435,000       44,435,000  ...............       44,435,000        -2,400,000  ...............
Unemployment Compensation Fund........       10,678,000        7,200,000  ...............        7,200,000        7,200,000  ...............        7,200,000        -3,478,000  ...............
Disability Compensation Fund..........       21,089,000       25,250,000         -100,000       25,150,000       25,250,000         -100,000       25,150,000        +4,161,000  ...............
Department of Human Rights............        1,044,000        1,106,000  ...............        1,106,000        1,221,000  ...............        1,221,000          +177,000        +$115,000
Office on Latino Affairs..............          685,000          910,000          -30,000          880,000          910,000          -30,000          880,000          +225,000  ...............
D.C. Energy Office....................        5,219,000        4,859,000  ...............        4,859,000        4,859,000  ...............        4,859,000          -360,000  ...............
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      Total, Human Support Services...    1,521,983,000    1,532,564,000       -6,568,000    1,525,996,000    1,532,679,000       -6,568,000    1,526,111,000       +10,696,000         +115,000
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                    DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

    The Committee recommends a total of $393,441,000 and 1,954 
FTE positions for the Department of Human Development for 
fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of 
$2,025,000 and 22 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 
levels. In 1997 the Department of Human Services was divided 
into two distinct departments, Department of Human Development 
[DHD] and the Department of Health [DOH].
    The DHD is responsible for setting policy and administering 
delivery of social and mental health services; implementation 
and administration of the District's program under the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; and 
implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
Program.

                          Department of Health

    The Committee recommends a total of $1,004,113,000 and 
1,105 FTE positions for the Department of Health [DOH]. These 
levels represent an increase of $6,514,000 and 23 FTE positions 
over fiscal year 1999 levels. The DOH is responsible for 
delivering health care services, implementing and administering 
the District's health insurance programs, and safeguarding 
public health within the District.

                   DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS

    The Committee recommends the sum of $26,196,000 and 496 FTE 
positions for fiscal year 2000. These levels represent an 
increase of $2,832,000 and 111 FTE positions compared to fiscal 
year 1999 levels. The department develops and provides leisure 
services to residents of and visitors to the District of 
Columbia by maintaining the District's parks and recreation 
facilities.

                          D.C. OFFICE ON AGING

    The fiscal year 2000 recommendation for the D.C. Office on 
Aging is $18,616,000 and 23 FTE positions. This level reflects 
an increase of $1,000,000 and no change in FTE positions 
compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. The Office on Aging is 
responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive and 
coordinated system of health, education, employment, and social 
services for the District's citizens who are 60 years of age 
and older.

                   PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION SUBSIDY

    The Committee recommends $44,435,000 as a subsidy to the 
Public Benefit Corporation for fiscal year 2000 to provide 
financing support for the Public Benefit Corporation's 
uncompensated health care and service delivery to the District. 
This level is a decrease of $2,400,000 below the funding level 
for fiscal year 1999.

                     UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND

    The Committee recommends $7,200,000 for fiscal year 2000. 
This level represents a decrease of $3,478,000 below the fiscal 
year 1999 budget. The unemployment compensation fund is a 
statutory program established to provide unemployment 
compensation to former District government employees during 
periods of unemployment that are a result of separation through 
no fault of their own.

                      DISABILITY COMPENSATION FUND

    The Committee recommends $25,150,000 for the disability 
compensation fund for fiscal year 2000. This level represents 
an increase of $4,161,000 over the fiscal year 1999 budget. The 
disability compensation fund provides District government 
employees injured on the job with workers' compensation, 
including medical care, vocational rehabilitation, compensation 
for lost wages, and survivor benefits.

                         OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

    The Committee recommends $1,221,000 and 16 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This level represents an increase of 
$177,000 and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 
levels. The office is charged with investigating complaints of 
discriminatory practices in employment, housing and commercial 
space, places of public accommodation, and educational 
institutions for the private sector as well as in employment 
for all District government employees.

                        OFFICE OF LATINO AFFAIRS

    The Committee recommends $880,000 and 4 FTE positions for 
fiscal year 2000. This level represents an increase of $225,000 
and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. 
The agency is responsible for ensuring that a full range of 
education, employment, health, and social services are 
available to the Latino community in the District of Columbia.

                           D.C. ENERGY OFFICE

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,859,000 and 
19 FTE positions for the Energy Office in fiscal year 2000. 
These levels represent a decrease of $360,000 and an increase 
of 6 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. The 
office prepares energy plans, identifies energy issues, 
prepares energy supply and demand forecasts, develops energy 
emergency contingency plans, provides financial assistance to 
low-income customers, and participates in various proceedings 
before the District's Public Service Commission and the Council 
of the District of Columbia.

                              Public Works

    The Committee recommends a total of $271,395,000 for the 
activities to be funded under this account during fiscal year 
2000.
    A comparative summary by agency follows:

                                                                                          PUBLIC WORKS
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Department of Public Works.............     $139,697,000     $125,081,000     -$18,872,000     $106,209,000     $125,081,000     -$18,872,000     $106,209,000     -$14,616,000  ...............
Department of Motor Vehicles...........       12,923,000       25,903,000         -510,000       25,393,000       25,903,000         -510,000       25,393,000      +12,980,000  ...............
Taxicab Commission.....................          716,000          730,000  ...............          730,000          730,000  ...............          730,000          +14,000  ...............
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit              81,000           81,000  ...............           81,000           81,000  ...............           81,000  ...............  ...............
 Commission............................
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit         132,319,000      135,532,000  ...............      135,532,000      135,532,000  ...............      135,532,000       +3,213,000  ...............
 Authority (Metro).....................
School Transit Subsidy.................        3,450,000        3,450,000  ...............        3,450,000        3,450,000  ...............        3,450,000  ...............  ...............
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      Total, Public Works..............      289,186,000      290,777,000      -19,382,000      271,395,000      290,777,000      -19,382,000      271,395,000       +1,591,000  ...............
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                       DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

    The Committee recommends $106,209,000 and 1,105 FTE 
positions for fiscal year 2000. These levels reflect a decrease 
of $14,616,000 and 86 FTE positions from fiscal year 1999 
levels. The Department of Public Works is responsible for 
maintaining the District's physical infrastructure, collecting 
and disposing of solid waste, and maintaining all of the 
District's vehicles and equipment except those of the 
departments of police, fire, public schools, and corrections.

                      DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

    The Committee recommends $25,393,000 and 257 FTE positions 
for the Department of Motor Vehicles [DMV]. This level 
represents an increase of $12,980,000 and 49 FTE positions over 
fiscal year 1999. The DMV was a new agency for fiscal year 1999 
that is responsible for all traffic adjudication hearings, 
traffic adjudication processing, vehicle inspection, and 
vehicle registration and driver testing. The mission of the DMV 
is to improve the District's economic competitiveness and 
quality of life by fostering the safe operation of motor 
vehicles on the District's streets in accordance with 
applicable laws and regulations.

                        D.C. TAXICAB COMMISSION

    The Committee recommends $730,000 and 9 FTE positions for 
fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $14,000 and no 
new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. The D.C. 
Taxicab Commission is responsible for the regulation of the 
public vehicle-for-hire industry in the District of Columbia.

            WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION

    The Committee recommends $81,000, to be derived from 
general revenues, for fiscal year 2000. This level reflects the 
same funding level as fiscal year 1999. The commission 
administers and carries out the delegated powers of the 
Washington metropolitan area regulation compact. The compact 
confers upon the commission jurisdiction over the regulation of 
privately owned for-hire passenger carriers serving the region.

         WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY SUBSIDY

    The Committee recommends $135,532,000 for fiscal year 2000, 
reflecting a $3,213,000 increase over the fiscal year 1999 
level. The transit authority is responsible for the 
construction and maintenance of the Metrorail system, the 
establishment of recommended fares, and the determination of 
funding sources for the various programs.

                         SCHOOL TRANSIT SUBSIDY

    The Committee recommends $3,450,000 for fiscal year 2000, 
which is identical to the fiscal year 1999 level. This program 
provides a subsidy for reduced-fare transportation of District 
students who use Metrobus or Metrorail for educationally 
related transportation.

                         Receivership Programs

    The Committee recommends $337,077,000 for receivership 
programs for fiscal year 2000.
    Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency 
or department:

                                                                                      RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Child and Family Services Agency.......     $107,131,000     $120,555,000      -$1,200,000     $119,355,000     $120,555,000      -$1,200,000     $119,355,000     +$13,424,000  ...............
Commission on Mental Health Services...      198,548,000      204,422,000  ...............      204,422,000      204,422,000  ...............      204,422,000       +5,874,000  ...............
Corrections Medical Receiver...........       13,300,000       13,300,000  ...............       13,300,000       13,300,000  ...............       13,300,000  ...............  ...............
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      Total, Receivership Programs.....      318,979,000      338,277,000       -1,200,000      337,077,000      338,277,000       -1,200,000      337,077,000      +19,298,000  ...............
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                             Receiverships

    The proposed fiscal year 2000 budget includes a separate 
appropriation account for three of the receiverships that are 
operating D.C. government agencies. This is the second 
consecutive year in which the District government has included 
a budget for the receiverships. Returning those receiverships 
to District government control is of vital importance because 
of the loss of control over key governmental management and 
budget functions that they represent. The lack of budgetary 
independence is a liability for the District because the 
receivers have historically claimed that they are underfunded 
and demand additional resources as a requirement for improved 
service delivery.
    To address this risk, the District government must develop 
a comprehensive strategy for ensuring the timely return of the 
receiverships back to District control. Court orders mandate 
minimum service levels or timely action to remedy inadequately 
managed programs. These orders contribute to the District's 
high fixed expenses and limit budgeting flexibility. Providing 
acceptable service levels and the resulting return of these 
receiverships to District government control is essential to 
the city's long-term structural fiscal recovery.
    The fiscal year 2000 budget funds the receiverships at 
levels necessary to meet the requirements set by the courts. 
This requires larger increases in local funding for these 
agencies than other agencies within the government.

                       Child and Family Services

    The Committee recommends $119,355,000 and 517 FTE positions 
for the Child and Family Services Agency [CFSA] receivership. 
This represents an increase of $13,424,000 over the fiscal year 
1999 level. The general receivership, known as the LaShawn 
Foster Care Receiver, was established in August 1995. The CFSA 
provides child welfare and child protection services pursuant 
to local and Federal law. In August 1995, a general receiver 
was appointed to develop an implementation plan for required 
actions.
    Prior to fiscal year 1999, the CFSA budget was contained 
within the total budget of the Department of Human Services, 
although it is operated as an independent agency. For fiscal 
year 2000, CFSA is shown as a separate human services agency in 
an effort to determine the financial impact of the LaShawn 
Foster Care Receiver on the District's budget.

                  Commission on Mental Health Services

    The Committee recommends $204,422,000 and 2,228 FTE 
positions for fiscal year 2000 for the Commission on Mental 
Health Services [CMHS]. This represents an increase of 
$5,874,000 and a decrease of 204 FTE positions compared to the 
fiscal year 1999 level. CMHS provides comprehensive mental 
health services to adults, ensures the availability of mental 
health services to children and youth, and provides mental 
health evaluation and treatment of persons referred through the 
criminal justice system.
    On July 13, 1997, CMHS was placed into receivership because 
of the District's failure to adequately comply with the Dixon 
court decree, which guarantees patients the right to treatment 
in the least restrictive setting and requires development of 
suitable treatment alternatives to inpatient hospitalization. 
For fiscal year 2000, CMHS is shown as a separate entity in an 
effort to determine the financial impact of the receivership on 
the District's budget.

                      corrections medical receiver

    The Committee recommends $13,300,000 and 10 FTE positions 
for the Corrections Medical Receiver [CMR] for fiscal year 
2000. These levels are identical to fiscal year 1999 levels. 
The receiver was appointed in August 1996, to monitor staffing, 
medical, mental health, and other services at the central 
detention facility (District jail). For fiscal year 2000, the 
CMR is shown as a separate budget item in an effort to 
determine the financial impact of the receivership on the 
District's budget.

                                                                                              OTHER
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Workforce Investment...................  ...............       $8,500,000  ...............       $8,500,000       $8,500,000  ...............       $8,500,000      +$8,500,000
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Reserve................................  ...............      150,000,000  ...............      150,000,000       15,000,000  ...............      150,000,000     +150,000,000  ...............
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D.C. Financial Responsibility and             $7,840,000        3,140,000  ...............        3,140,000        3,140,000  ...............        3,140,000       -4,700,000  ...............
 Management Assistance Authority.......
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                         Workforce Investments

    The Committee recommends $8,500,000 in local funds for 
workforce investments. This funding is intended to decrease the 
disparity between unionized and non-union employees. To prevent 
the disparity from increasing in fiscal year 2000, the proposed 
budget includes the following: $6,800,000 to fund a half-year 6 
percent non-union base increase effective the beginning of the 
third quarter of fiscal year 2000; $513,000 to fund an 
attorneys pay raise of 15 percent; $350,000 to fund the 
Disability Compensation fund; and $837,000 to fund the Defined 
Contribution Plan.

                                Reserve

    The Committee supports the establishment of the 
$150,000,000 reserve by the Chief Financial Officer and the 
Financial Authority. The fiscal year 1999 appropriations act 
for the District of Columbia includes a provision requiring 
that the fiscal year 2000 budget include a $150,000,000 
reserve.

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

    The Committee recommends $3,140,000 for fiscal year 2000 
for the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority (Authority). This amount 
represents a decrease of $4,700,000 below the fiscal year 1999 
level.
    The decrease includes a reduction of $4,200,000, which 
reflects the transfer of responsibilities from the Office of 
Chief Management Officer, which was eliminated by legislation 
in March 1999, to the Executive Office of the Mayor and City 
Administrator; and a reduction of $500,000, which reflects the 
streamlining of the Authority's operations in fiscal year 2000.
    The Authority is responsible for eliminating budget 
deficits and cash shortages through visionary financial 
planning, sound budgeting, accurate revenue forecasts, and 
careful spending, while ensuring the most efficient and 
effective delivery of services by the District of Columbia 
government.

                        Financing and Other Uses

    The Committee recommends a total of $384,948,000 for the 
activities to be funded under several accounts during fiscal 
year 2000.
    A comparative summary by agency follows:

                                                                                    FINANCING AND OTHER USES
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Washington Convention Center Transfer         $5,400,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............      -$5,400,000  ...............
 Payment...............................
Repayment of Loans and Interest........      382,170,000     $328,417,000  ...............     $328,417,000     $328,417,000  ...............     $328,417,000      -53,753,000  ...............
Repayment of General Fund Deficit......       38,453,000       38,286,000  ...............       38,286,000       38,286,000  ...............       38,286,000         -167,000  ...............
Interest on Short-Term Borrowing.......       11,000,000        9,000,000  ...............        9,000,000        9,000,000  ...............        9,000,000       -2,000,000  ...............
Certificates of Participation..........        7,926,000        7,950,000  ...............        7,950,000        7,950,000  ...............        7,950,000          +24,000  ...............
Human Resources Development............        6,674,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............       -6,674,000  ...............
Optical and Dental Payments............  ...............        1,295,000  ...............        1,295,000        1,295,000  ...............        1,295,000       +1,295,000  ...............
Productivity Bank......................  ...............       20,000,000  ...............       20,000,000       20,000,000  ...............       20,000,000      +20,000,000  ...............
Productivity Bank Savings..............  ...............      -20,000,000  ...............      -20,000,000      -20,000,000  ...............      -20,000,000      -20,000,000  ...............
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      Total, Financing and Other Uses..      451,623,000      384,948,000  ...............      384,948,000      384,948,000  ...............      384,948,000      -66,675,000  ...............
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                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

    The Committee recommends $328,417,000 for fiscal year 2000. 
This level represents a decrease of $53,753,000 under fiscal 
year 1999 levels. The substantial decrease in debt service from 
fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2000 is attributable to debt 
restructuring.

               Repayment of General Fund Recovery Deficit

    The Committee recommends the request of $38,286,000 for 
fiscal year 2000. This level represents a decrease of $167,000 
from fiscal year 1999. The funds are appropriated for the debt 
service associated with the financing of the District's 
$331,600,000 accumulated deficit at the end of fiscal year 
1990.

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

    The Committee recommends $9,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 for 
the payment of interest and other costs associated with 
District borrowings to meet short-term, seasonal cash needs. 
This level is $2,000,000 below the fiscal year 1999 amount.

                     Certificates of Participation

    The Committee recommends $7,950,000 for the certificates of 
participation for fiscal year 2000. This level represents a 
$24,000 increase over fiscal year 1999. This appropriation 
funds the semiannual lease payments due on the One Judiciary 
Square Building.

                 Optical and Dental Insurance Payments

    The Committee recommends $1,295,000 in local funds for the 
Optical and Dental Benefits program. The program will provide 
optical and dental care benefits for non-union District 
government employees and their dependents. Fiscal year 2000 is 
the first time this item has been budgeted. The budget will 
fund benefits for 2 quarters of fiscal year 2000 and will begin 
with the third quarter.

                           Productivity Bank

    The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for the Productivity 
Bank to provide for specific investments that achieve cost 
savings, revenue gains, and service improvements. Fiscal year 
2000 is the first time this item has been budgeted.

                          Productivity Savings

    The Committee supports the allocation of a negative 
$20,000,000 to productivity savings by the Mayor, District 
Council, and Authority as proposed in the District's consensus 
budget for fiscal year 2000. Productivity Bank Savings 
represent cost reductions derived from projects funded by the 
Productivity Bank.

                   Procurement and Management Savings

    The Committee recommends a total of $21,457,000 in 
reductions for procurement and management savings to be 
achieved under this account during fiscal year 2000.
    A comparative summary follows:

                                                                               PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SAVINGS
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Management Reform and Productivity          -$10,000,000      -$7,000,000  ...............      -$7,000,000      -$7,000,000  ...............      -$7,000,000      +$3,000,000  ...............
 Savings...............................
General Supply Schedule Savings........  ...............      -14,457,000  ...............      -14,457,000      -14,457,000  ...............      -14,457,000      -14,457,000  ...............
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      Total, Procurement and Management      -10,000,000      -21,457,000  ...............      -21,457,000      -21,457,000  ...............      -21,457,000      -11,457,000  ...............
       Savings.........................
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                    General Supply Schedule Savings

    The Committee recommends Supply Schedule Savings of 
$14,457,000. The savings reflect the reductions of the 
District's expenditures on commonly recurring purchases through 
the use of the General Supply Schedule.

                 Management Reform Productivity Savings

    The Committee recommends Management Reform Productivity 
Savings of $7,000,000. The savings reflect productivity savings 
due to the Management Reform Operating and Capital Projects 
undertaken in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999. The 
Committee directs the Chief Financial Officer to provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives with a report identifying the specific 
allocations and the departments and agencies in which these 
savings will be made by December 31, 1999.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

    The Committee recommends $675,790,000 for enterprise funds 
for fiscal year 2000.
    Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency 
or department:

                                                                                   ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
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                                                                                              Fiscal year                                         Committee           Bill compared with--
                                           Fiscal year      Fiscal year                       2000 request      Committee                       recommendation ---------------------------------
            Agency/activity               1999 approved     2000 request    Intra-District    less intra-     recommendation   Intra-District    less intra-      Fiscal year      Fiscal year
                                                                                                District                                           District      1999 approved     2000 request
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Water and Sewer Authority..............     $239,493,000     $236,075,000  ...............     $236,075,000     $236,075,000  ...............     $236,075,000      -$3,418,000  ...............
Washington Aqueduct....................       33,821,000       43,533,000  ...............       43,533,000       43,533,000  ...............       43,533,000       +9,712,000  ...............
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      Total, Water and Sewer Enterprise      273,314,000      279,608,000  ...............      279,608,000      279,608,000  ...............      279,608,000       +6,294,000  ...............
       Fund............................
Lottery and Charitable Games Board.....      225,200,000      234,400,000  ...............      234,400,000      234,400,000  ...............      234,400,000       +9,200,000  ...............
Office of Cable Television and                 2,844,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............       -2,844,000  ...............
 Telecommunications....................
Public Service Commission..............        5,026,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............       -5,026,000  ...............
Office of People's Counsel.............        2,501,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............       -2,501,000  ...............
Department of Insurance and Securities         7,001,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............       -7,001,000  ...............
 Regulation............................
Office of Banking and Financial                  640,000  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............         -640,000  ...............
 Institutions..........................
Sports and Entertainment Commission....        8,751,000       10,846,000  ...............       10,846,000       10,846,000  ...............       10,846,000       +2,095,000  ...............
Public Benefit Corporation.............       96,613,000      155,335,000     -$66,327,000       89,008,000      155,335,000     -$66,327,000       89,008,000      +58,722,000  ...............
Retirement Board.......................       18,202,000        9,892,000  ...............        9,892,000        9,892,000  ...............        9,892,000       -8,310,000  ...............
Correctional Industries Fund...........        9,432,000        5,660,000       -3,850,000        1,810,000        5,660,000       -3,850,000        1,810,000       -3,772,000  ...............
Washington Convention Center Authority.       48,139,000       50,226,000  ...............       50,226,000       50,226,000  ...............       50,226,000       +2,087,000  ...............
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      Total, Enterprise Funds..........      697,663,000      745,967,000      -70,177,000      675,790,000      745,967,000      -70,177,000      675,790,000      +48,304,000  ...............
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         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

    The Committee recommends a total of $279,608,000, of which 
$236,075,000 is for the Water and Sewer Authority [WASA] and 
$43,533,000 is for the Washington Aqueduct for fiscal year 
2000. This represents a decrease of $3,418,000 for WASA from 
fiscal year 1999 levels and an increase of $9,712,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 level for the Washington Aqueduct.
    The WASA 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.
    The Washington Aqueduct collects, purifies, and pumps 
potable water for the District of Columbia, Arlington County, 
and the city of Falls Church, VA. Funding for the Washington 
Aqueduct comes from the Water and Sewer Authority.

             Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Funds

    The Committee recommends $234,400,000 and 100 FTE positions 
for fiscal year 2000. This represents an increase of $9,200,000 
and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999 levels. 
The Lottery and Charitable Games Board administers the 
legalized lotteries and online numbers games, and protects the 
public against fraud and deception through the regulation of 
lottery and charitable gaming activities in the District of 
Columbia.

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

    The Committee recommends $10,846,000 to be derived from the 
operations of the commission for fiscal year 2000. This 
represents an increase of $2,095,000 above fiscal year 1999 
levels. The commission manages the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial 
Stadium and the secondary use of the D.C. National Guard Armory 
to provide suitable facilities for athletic events, 
conventions, trade shows, and concerts.

          D.C. Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation

    The Committee recommends $89,008,000 for the Public Benefit 
Corporation [PBC]. This represents an increase of $58,722,000 
from fiscal year 1999 levels. The PBC is responsible for 
delivering comprehensive high quality, cost effective and 
timely medical care, with a special community commitment to 
ensuring care for the District's underserved and indigent.
    The PBC operates D.C. General Hospital and several 
community health centers in the District. The PBC provides 
inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic, preventive and 
rehabilitative services.

                         D.C. Retirement Board

    The Committee recommends $9,892,000 and 13 FTE positions 
for the operations of the D.C. Retirement Board (the Board) for 
fiscal year 2000. This represents a decrease of $8,310,000 and 
no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 1999. The Board 
invests, controls, and manages the assets of the D.C. teachers' 
retirement fund, the D.C. police officers' and firefighters' 
retirement fund.

                      Correctional Industries Fund

    The Committee recommends $1,810,000 and 8 FTE positions for 
correctional industries in fiscal year 2000. This represents a 
decrease of $3,772,000 and 116 FTE positions below fiscal year 
1999. Correctional industries is responsible for rehabilitating 
the inmate population of the D.C. Department of Corrections 
[DOC] by equipping them with the skills to earn a livelihood 
after release from the institution. The agency's inmate labor 
force is decreasing due to the transfer of DOC inmates to 
federal and contract facilities.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

    The Committee recommends $50,226,000 for fiscal year 2000, 
an increase of $2,087,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. The 
Washington Convention Center Authority serves as a public 
enterprise fund to expand the District's tax base by promoting 
and hosting large national and international conventions and 
trade shows.

                             CAPITAL OUTLAY

    The Committee recommends $1,415,806,500 for capital 
projects in fiscal year 2000, including $887,563,500 from local 
funds, $277,024,000 in Federal grants, $54,050,000 from the 
District's transportation highway trust fund and $197,169,000 
from the water and sewer funds.
    Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency 
or department:

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                                                            Committee
                                      Fiscal year 2000-  recommendation
                                        2005 estimate    for fiscal year
                                                            2000-2005
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Office of Property Management:
    Government Centers..............        $6,050,000        $6,050,000
    Energy Conservation.............         1,000,000         1,000,000
    Wilson Building.................        75,000,000        75,000,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Office of Property             82,050,000        82,050,000
       Management...................
                                     ===================================
Office of Contracts and Procurement:         1,400,000         1,400,000
 Procurement Management Information.
                                     ===================================
Office of the Chief Technology              50,000,000        50,000,000
 Officer: Tech City.................
                                     ===================================
Metropolitan Police Department:
    General Improvements............       101,233,000       101,233,000
    Information Technology..........         5,300,000         5,300,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Metropolitan Police           106,533,000       106,533,000
       Department...................
                                     ===================================
Fire and Emergency Medical Services
 Department:
    Firehouse Replacement...........         3,000,000         3,000,000
    Facilities Renovations..........           850,000           850,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Fire and Emergency              3,850,000         3,850,000
       Medical Services Department..
                                     ===================================
Department of Corrections: General           7,230,000         7,230,000
 Renovation.........................
                                     ===================================
Public Schools:
    Construction--Barnard...........         9,438,000         9,438,000
    Construction--Cleveland.........         6,004,000         6,004,000
    Construction--Key...............         5,148,000         5,148,000
    Construction--Miner.............         9,438,000         9,438,000
    Construction--Noyes.............         6,862,000         6,862,000
    Construction--Patterson.........         7,822,000         7,822,000
    Construction--Randle Highland...         7,721,000         7,721,000
    Construction--Thompson..........         6,864,000         6,864,000
    Kelly Miller Junior High                10,286,000        10,286,000
     Replacement....................
    Bathroom Renovation.............        25,656,000        25,656,000
    New Technology Center...........        25,000,000        25,000,000
    Modernization ongoing Initiative       244,449,000       244,449,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Public Schools.........       364,688,000       364,688,000
                                     ===================================
University of the District of
 Columbia:
    Building and Site Renovation....        12,360,000        12,360,000
    Electrical and Mechanical.......         4,000,000         4,000,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, University of the              16,360,000        16,360,000
       District of Columbia.........
                                     ===================================
Commission on the Arts and                    -886,500          -886,500
 Humanities: Public Arts Fund.......
                                     ===================================
Public Library: Facilities                   5,000,000         5,000,000
 Renovations........................
                                     ===================================
Department of Human Development:
    Renovation of Dix Pavilion......        -1,000,000        -1,000,000
    General Renovation..............        17,354,000        17,354,000
    General Renovation..............         5,600,000         5,600,000
    New Facility....................        23,000,000        23,000,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Department of Human            44,954,000        44,954,000
       Development..................
                                     ===================================
Department of Health: General                2,658,000         2,658,000
 Renovation.........................
                                     ===================================
Department of Recreation and Parks:
    Facility Expansion..............         9,147,000         9,147,000
    General Improvement.............        12,000,000        12,000,000
    New Recreation Facility.........        13,144,000        13,144,000
    Facility Renovation.............        20,403,000        20,403,000
    Bald Eagle Recreation...........         3,690,000         3,690,000
    North Michigan Recreation.......         1,500,000         1,500,000
    Sherwood Recreation Center......         1,050,000         1,050,000
    Kennedy Playground..............           530,000           530,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Department of                  61,464,000        61,464,000
       Recreation and Parks.........
                                     ===================================
Office on Aging: Senior Wellness             9,000,000         9,000,000
 Center.............................
                                     ===================================
Commission on Mental Health                 79,700,000        79,700,000
 Services: Construct/Renovate New
 Facilities.........................
                                     ===================================
Department of Public Works:
    Relocation of Solid Waste                3,438,000         3,438,000
     Facilities.....................
    Transportation Electrical.......        -2,900,000        -2,900,000
    Local Street Improvement........        -4,600,000        -4,600,000
    Roadway Rehabilitation..........       -12,408,000       -12,408,000
    Roadside Improvement............        -2,300,000        -2,300,000
    Roadway Upgrade.................        -6,900,000        -6,900,000
    Roadway Rehabilitation..........       -10,892,000       -10,892,000
    Major Equipment Acquisition.....        12,449,000        12,449,000
    Highway Trust Fund..............       331,074,000       331,074,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Department of Public          306,961,000       306,961,000
       Works, Transportation........
                                     ===================================
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
 Authority:
    Metrobus........................        22,500,000        22,500,000
    Metrorail Rehabilitation........        46,500,000        46,500,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Washington Metropolitan        69,000,000        69,000,000
       Area Transit Authority.......
                                     -----------------------------------
Public Benefit Corporation (D.C.
 General Hospital):
    Elevator Renovations............           400,000           400,000
    Step Down Telemetry Unit........           300,000           300,000
    Upgrade Electrical Switchboard..           300,000           300,000
    Mechanical Renovations..........           400,000           400,000
    Computerized Transfers                   2,728,000         2,728,000
     Topography.....................
    CHC Planning and Development....         2,000,000         2,000,000
    Construction of New Facility....         2,548,000         2,548,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Public Benefit                  8,676,000         8,676,000
       Corporation (D.C. General
       Hospital)....................
                                     ===================================
      Total, General Fund...........     1,218,637,500     1,218,637,500
                                     ===================================
Water and Sewer Authority:
    Wastewater Projects:
        Blue Plains.................        55,373,000        55,373,000
        Blue Plains.................         1,153,000         1,153,000
        Alternate: Disinfecting                389,000           389,000
         Facility...................
        Bio-Solids Management.......         7,139,000         7,139,000
        Rehabilitation Major Capital        20,675,000        20,675,000
         Facility...................
        Blue Plains Facility                 1,934,000         1,934,000
         Rehabilitation.............
    Sewer Collection:
        Sanitary Pumping Facilities.         1,670,000         1,670,000
        Reb./Ext. Sanitary Sewer....         8,759,000         8,759,000
        Sewer Infrastructure                 1,800,000         1,800,000
         Rehabilitation.............
    Combined Sewer:
        Combine Sewer Overflow......           207,000           207,000
        Combine Sewer Overflow Phase         7,152,000         7,152,000
         II.........................
        Northeast Boundary Relief            1,600,000         1,600,000
         Sewer......................
    Stormwater Projects:
        Capital Hill Relief Sewer...           142,000           142,000
        Rehabilitation Storm Water             960,000           960,000
         Pumping Station............
        Replacement/Extension Storm          1,322,000         1,322,000
         Sewer......................
        Lawrence Avenue Storm Sewer.            13,000            13,000
        3rd Street SE Storm Sewer...            57,000            57,000
    Water Projects:
        Water Storage Facilities....         1,671,000         1,671,000
        Elevated Water Tank                     17,000            17,000
         Anacostia..................
    Pumping: Water Pumping Facility.         1,548,000         1,548,000
    Distribution System:
        Water Distribution..........         3,175,000         3,175,000
        Clean and Line 20 inch               1,037,000         1,037,000
         Watermains.................
        48 inch Third High Watermain            32,000            32,000
         Replacement................
        30 inch Anacostia 1st High             200,000           200,000
         Watermain..................
        48 inch 2nd High Service                76,000            76,000
         Area Watermain.............
        Rep./Ext. Watermains........        25,967,000        25,967,000
        Water Infrastructure                 1,200,000         1,200,000
         Rehabilitation.............
        Cleaning Lining Watermains..         5,261,000         5,261,000
    Metering and Other Projects:
        Small Meters................         1,500,000         1,500,000
        Large Meters................         2,000,000         2,000,000
    Washington Aqueduct.............        20,977,000        20,977,000
    Capital Equipment...............        22,163,000        22,163,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total, Water and Sewer Fund...       197,169,000       197,169,000
                                     ===================================
      Grand Total, Capital Outlay...     1,415,806,500     1,415,806,500
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                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The bill contains various general provisions which are 
contained annually in appropriations bills. The Committee 
recommends various changes throughout the general provisions 
for style and updating. The following summarizes the Committee 
recommendations pertaining to these provisions:
    Section 116 pertains to reprogramming of appropriated 
budget authority. The current law states that a reprogramming 
of funds that augments ``activities'' requires a 30-day written 
Congressional notification. The Committee recommends that the 
words ``activity'' and ``activities'' be replaced with the word 
``responsibility center(s).'' The purpose of this change is to 
streamline the reprogramming process. The District's Office of 
Budget and Planning [OBP] receives a number of reprogramming 
requests throughout the year to shift funds between object 
classes in the same object category of the same responsibility 
center. Because these shifts of funds are within the same 
responsibility center, they require approval by only the Mayor 
or OBP, regardless of amount. Because only OBP approval is 
required, these reprogramming requests are analyzed and 
processed by OBP with a minimum of delay. To facilitate the 
District's ability to reprogram within responsibility centers 
and eliminate any ambiguity in this section, the Committee 
recommends these clarifying language changes.
    The Committee has approved a request to delete section 117 
that prohibits the use of Federal funds for certain hiring 
purposes.
    The Committee has approved language amending section 118 to 
remove the salary limitation for the position of City 
Administrator. The Committee has approved the deletion of 
subsection (b).
    The Committee has approved a request to amend section 126 
to require quarterly reports by the University of the District 
of Columbia.
    The Committee has retained section 130 new section 128, 
that limits attorney fees in special education cases in amounts 
allowable under D.C. Code, section 11-2604.
    The Committee has not approved the request to delete old 
section 131 new section 129 that prohibits the use of funds for 
abortions except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of 
rape or incest.
    The Committee has not approved the request to delete old 
section 133 new section 130 that prohibits the use of funds to 
implement the Domestic Partners Act.
    The Committee has approved language amending old sections 
134 and 135 and new sections 131 and 132 to require the 
Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools, 
rather than the Emergency Transitional Education Board of 
Trustees, to provide certain reports to Congress and the 
District government.
    The Committee has amended language in old section 137 new 
section 134 that transfers certain responsibilities from the 
Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees to the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority.
    The Committee has approved a request to amend old section 
138(b)(4) new section 135(b)(4) to require quarterly reports by 
the Chief Financial Officer.
    The Committee has approved the addition of language to old 
section 143(a) new section 138(a) concerning the use of 
official vehicles.
    The Committee has not approved the request to delete old 
section 151 new section 145 that would prohibit the use of 
funds by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel for a 
petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress 
to provide for voting representation in Congress for the 
District of Columbia.

     reserve and positive fund balance for the district of columbia

    The purpose of section 148 is to establish a foundation on 
which the District of Columbia can establish a sound fiscal 
policy for years to come, as well as to address the concerns 
raised by local leaders about pent up funds due to the 
statutory reserve created in the fiscal year 1999 
appropriations bill. The District of Columbia is a city just 
coming out of a fiscal crisis. The District had a Control Board 
imposed on it and, effectively, needed a federal rescue. This 
is now behind the District. It has recently achieved investment 
grade bond rating, although the Committee notes that the 
District's rating is the lowest rank of investment grade. The 
challenge is to insure that the District's current positive 
financial picture is not a brief respite, but a permanent part 
of the District's structure.
    During last year's appropriation bill, the Committee 
established a statutory reserve of $150,000,000. The Committee 
considers this reserve fund to be vitally important to the 
District's financial well being. This fund should serve as a 
true ``rainy day'' fund that should not be for routine, yearly 
cost overruns. In general, the Committee proposes that the 
following conditions be imposed on the use of the fund: (a) if 
needed, funds shall be spent according to criteria established 
by the Mayor, District Council, CFO, and the Control Board, and 
only after all other surplus funds have been spent; (b) funds 
shall not be used to meet the spending needs of agencies under 
court ordered receivership; (c) funds shall not be used to 
cover budget shortfalls resulting from supply schedule savings 
and management reforms; and, (d) any spending from this fund 
must first be reported to the Congress 30 days in advance. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, the Committee does 
not expect this reserve fund to be spent.
    In addition to the reserve fund, the Committee proposes to 
establish a positive surplus fund balance requirement. The 
Committee bill establishes a four percent surplus fund balance. 
This positive fund balance, coupled with the reserve fund, will 
provide the District of Columbia with a healthy financial 
cushion. This should provide a positive signal to bond rating 
agencies that the District's newly found financial health is 
not likely to disappear in coming years. Over the long term, 
this could significantly reduce the borrowing costs of the 
District and result in future savings to District taxpayers.
    The Committee allows that any funds in excess of the 
positive fund balance may be used for debt reduction and non-
recurring expenses. The Committee believes that the District 
should use as much of this funding for debt reduction as it 
deems prudent, but that no more than half of the surplus above 
the four percent balance should be used for non-recurring 
expenses.
    The Committee understands that there might be financial 
circumstances in which spending would make more financial sense 
than paying debts that are below current market rates. The 
Committee, therefore, urges District leaders to make prudent 
decisions regarding this balance, and should it occur that a 
different percentage mix is necessary, urges District leaders 
to consult with the Congress about modifying the requirements 
imposed in this statute.
    In sum, the Committee has structured changes to insure the 
District's financial strength. The statutory positive fund 
balance of four percent should serve as a firm foundation on 
which to build fiscal stability for the District.
    By creating a stronger reserve fund and establishing a 
positive fund balance in law, the Committee believes it has 
permitted District leaders the flexibility to use extra funds 
for spending or debt reduction while at the same time insuring 
that the District's current financial health will not be 
fleeting.

                       commercial revitalization

    Section 149 is a new section relating to commercial 
revitalization incentives for the District of Columbia. 
Commercial revitalization in blighted neighborhoods is a 
critical component of improving the quality of life in urban 
America. Rebuilding the hopes and dreams of the residents of 
America's poorest neighborhoods begins with bringing economic 
opportunity to these areas. One method of doing this is to 
provide tax incentives for businesses to construct or 
substantially rehabilitate commercial properties. Not only does 
this stop the neighborhood decay, but it brings new economic 
opportunity as well. This section provides the Mayor, in 
consultation with the City Council and the Corporation with the 
authority to use federal funds appropriated in Section 131, 
Division A of Public Law 105-277 during fiscal year 1999 for 
the purposes of providing local tax abatement for commercial 
revitalization. In engaging in such a program, the Committee 
urges the Mayor to review S.889 as a guideline for implementing 
any such credit procedure.

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on 
general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment 
to the House bill ``which proposes an item of appropriation 
which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing 
law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously 
passed by the Senate during that session.''
    The bill includes $17,000,000 to fund a program of tuition 
support for District residents.
    The bill appropriates $1,000,000 for the District of 
Columbia Metropolitan Police Department for a program to 
eliminate open air drug markets.

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee 
ordered reported en bloc, S. 1282, an original Treasury and 
General Government Appropriations bill, 2000, and S. 1283, an 
original District of Columbia Appropriations bill, 2000, and an 
original Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, 
2000, each subject to amendment and each subject to its budget 
allocations, by a recorded vote of 28-0, a quorum being 
present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Kyl
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute 
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or 
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution 
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the 
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by 
the committee.''

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8)

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                TITLE II--RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORITY

Subtitle A--Establishment and Enforcement of Financial Plan and Budget 
                        for District Government

SEC. 201. * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


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

    (a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (h) Permitting Separation of Employees in Accordance With 
Financial Plan and Budget.--The fourth sentence of section 
422(3) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 1-242(3), D.C. Code) is 
amended by striking ``pursuant to procedures'' and all that 
follows through ``Act of 1991'' and inserting the following: 
``in the implementation of a financial plan and budget for the 
District government approved under subtitle A of title II of 
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Act of 1995''.
    (i) Reserve.--
            (1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 2000, 
        the plan or budget submitted pursuant to this Act shall 
        contain $150,000,000 for a reserve to be established by 
        the Mayor, Council of the District of Columbia, Chief 
        Financial Officer for the District of Columbia, and the 
        District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
        Management Assistance Authority.
            (2) Conditions on use.--The reserve funds--
                    (A) shall only be expended according to 
                criteria established by the Chief Financial 
                Officer and approved by the Mayor, Council of 
                the District of Columbia, and District of 
                Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
                Management Assistance Authority, but, in no 
                case may any of the reserve funds be expended 
                until any other surplus funds have been used;
                    (B) shall not be used to fund the agencies 
                of the District of Columbia government under 
                court ordered receivership; and
                    (C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in 
                the projected reductions budgeted in the budget 
                proposed by the District of Columbia government 
                for general supply schedule savings and 
                management reform savings.
            (3) Report requirement.--The Authority shall notify 
        the Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and 
        House of Representatives in writing 30 days in advance 
        of any expenditure of the reserve funds.
    (j) Positive Fund Balance.--
            (1) In general.--The District of Columbia shall 
        maintain at the end of a fiscal year an annual positive 
        fund balance in the general fund of not less than 4 
        percent of the projected general fund expenditures for 
        the following fiscal year.
            (2) Excess funds.--Of funds remaining in excess of 
        the amounts required by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) not more than 50 percent may be used 
                for authorized non-recurring expenses; and
                    (B) not less than 50 percent shall be used 
                to reduce the debt of the District of Columbia.

                                            BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
                                                     AMENDED
                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount  of   Committee    Amount  of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent
 Resolution for 2000: Subcommittee on the District of
 Columbia:
    General purpose discretionary...........................          410          410          405      \1\ 405
    Violent crime reduction fund............................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
    Mandatory...............................................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2000....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      \2\ 401
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........            4
    2002....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
    2003....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
    2004 and future year....................................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2000           NA          410           NA          401
 in bill....................................................
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.


  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2000
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                                      Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                   Committee              compared with (+ or -)
                        Item                          1999 appropriation    Budget estimate     recommendation   ---------------------------------------
                                                                                                                  1999 appropriation    Budget estimate
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                    FEDERAL FUNDS

Metrorail improvements and expansion................             25,000   ..................  ..................            -25,000   ..................
Federal payment for management reform...............             25,000   ..................  ..................            -25,000   ..................
Federal payment for Boys Town U.S.A.................              7,100   ..................  ..................             -7,100   ..................
Nation's Capital Infrastructure Fund................             18,778   ..................  ..................            -18,778   ..................
Environmental Study and Related Activities at Lorton              7,000   ..................  ..................             -7,000   ..................
 Correctional Complex...............................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia                     184,800             176,000             176,000              -8,800   ..................
 corrections trustee operations.....................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts..            128,000             137,440             136,440              +8,440              -1,000
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............              2,249   ..................  ..................             -2,249   ..................
Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender               59,400              80,300              80,300             +20,900   ..................
 Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia.....
Federal payment for D.C. Resident tuition Support...  ..................  ..................             17,000             +17,000             +17,000
Federal payment for Metropolitan Police Department..              1,200   ..................              1,000                -200              +1,000
Federal payment for Fire Department.................              3,240   ..................  ..................             -3,240   ..................
Federal payment for Georgetown Waterfront...........              1,000   ..................  ..................             -1,000   ..................
Federal payment to Historical Society for City                    2,000   ..................  ..................             -2,000   ..................
 Museum.............................................
Federal payment for a National Museum of American                   700   ..................  ..................               -700   ..................
 Music and Downtown Revitalization..................
United States Park Police...........................              8,500   ..................  ..................             -8,500   ..................
Federal payment for waterfront improvements.........              3,000   ..................  ..................             -3,000   ..................
Federal payment for mentoring services..............                200   ..................  ..................               -200   ..................
Federal payment for hotline services................                 50   ..................  ..................                -50   ..................
Federal payment for public charter schools..........             15,622   ..................  ..................            -15,622   ..................
Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Project.....              3,000   ..................  ..................             -3,000   ..................
Federal payment for Children's National Medical                   1,000   ..................  ..................             -1,000   ..................
 Center.............................................
National Revitalization Financing:
    Economic Development............................             25,000   ..................  ..................            -25,000   ..................
    Special Education...............................             30,000   ..................  ..................            -30,000   ..................
    Year 2000 Information Technology................             20,000   ..................  ..................            -20,000   ..................
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............             61,800   ..................  ..................            -61,800   ..................
Infrastructure and Economic Development.............             50,000   ..................  ..................            -50,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal funds to the District of                   683,639             393,740             410,740            -272,899             +17,000
       Columbia.....................................
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             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                 Operating Expenses

Governmental direction and support..................           (164,144)           (174,667)           (162,356)            (-1,788)           (-12,311)
Economic development and regulation.................           (159,039)           (190,335)           (190,335)           (+31,296)  ..................
Public safety and justice...........................           (755,786)           (778,670)           (778,470)           (+22,684)              (-200)
Public education system.............................           (788,956)           (850,411)           (867,411)           (+78,455)           (+17,000)
Human support services..............................         (1,514,751)         (1,525,996)         (1,526,111)           (+11,360)              (+115)
Public works........................................           (266,912)           (271,395)           (271,395)            (+4,483)  ..................
Receivership Programs...............................           (318,979)           (337,077)           (337,077)           (+18,098)  ..................
Workforce Investments...............................  ..................             (8,500)             (8,500)            (+8,500)  ..................
Reserve.............................................  ..................           (150,000)           (150,000)          (+150,000)  ..................
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and                (7,840)             (3,140)             (3,140)            (-4,700)  ..................
 Management Assistance Authority....................
Financing and other users...........................  ..................           (384,948)  ..................  ..................          (-384,948)
Washington Convention Center transfer payment.......             (5,400)  ..................  ..................            (-5,400)  ..................
Repayment of Loans and Interest.....................           (382,170)  ..................           (328,417)           (-53,753)          (+328,417)
Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt.............            (38,453)  ..................            (38,286)              (-167)           (+38,286)
Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing.........            (11,000)  ..................             (9,000)            (-2,000)            (+9,000)
Certificates of Participation.......................             (7,926)  ..................             (7,950)               (+24)            (+7,950)
Human development...................................             (6,674)  ..................  ..................            (-6,674)  ..................
Optical and Dental Insurance payments...............  ..................  ..................             (1,295)            (+1,295)            (+1,295)
Productivity Bank...................................  ..................  ..................            (20,000)           (+20,000)           (+20,000)
Productivity Savings................................  ..................  ..................           (-20,000)           (-20,000)           (-20,000)
Procurement and Management savings..................           (-10,000)           (-21,457)           (-21,457)           (-11,457)  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, operating expenses, general fund.......         (4,418,030)         (4,653,682)         (4,658,286)          (+240,256)            (+4,604)

                  Enterprise Funds

Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington                   (273,314)           (279,608)           (279,608)            (+6,294)  ..................
 Aqueduct...........................................
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board..........           (225,200)           (234,400)           (234,400)            (+9,200)  ..................
Office of Cable Television..........................             (2,108)  ..................  ..................            (-2,108)  ..................
Public Service Commission...........................             (5,026)  ..................  ..................            (-5,026)  ..................
Office of People's Counsel..........................             (2,501)  ..................  ..................            (-2,501)  ..................
Office of Insurance and Securities Regulation.......             (7,001)  ..................  ..................            (-7,001)  ..................
Office of Banking and Financial Institutions........               (640)  ..................  ..................              (-640)  ..................
Sports and Entertainment Commission.................             (8,751)            (10,846)            (10,846)            (+2,095)  ..................
Public Benefit Corporation..........................            (66,764)            (89,008)            (89,008)           (+22,244)  ..................
D.C. Retirement Board...............................            (18,202)             (9,892)             (9,892)            (-8,310)  ..................
Correctional Industries Fund........................             (3,332)             (1,810)             (1,810)            (-1,522)  ..................
Washington Convention Center........................            (48,139)            (50,226)            (50,226)            (+2,087)  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Enterprise Funds.......................           (660,978)           (675,790)           (675,790)           (+14,812)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, operating expenses.....................         (5,079,008)         (5,329,472)         (5,334,076)          (+255,068)            (+4,604)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                   Capital Outlay

General fund........................................         (1,711,161)         (1,218,638)         (1,218,638)          (-492,523)  ..................
Water and Sewer Fund................................  ..................           (197,169)           (197,169)          (+197,169)  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Capital Outlay.........................          1,711,161           1,415,807           1,415,807            -295,354   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, District of Columbia funds.............         (6,790,169)         (6,745,279)         (6,749,883)           (-40,286)            (+4,604)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total:
          Federal Funds to the District of Columbia.            683,639             393,740             410,740            -272,899             +17,000
          District of Columbia funds................         (6,790,169)         (6,745,279)         (6,749,883)           (-40,286)            (+4,604)
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