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106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3194

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 3, 1999

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of 
 said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, 
namely:

                TITLE I--FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a program to 
be administered by the Mayor for District of Columbia resident tuition 
support, subject to the enactment of authorizing legislation for such 
program by Congress, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds may be used on behalf of eligible District of 
Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference between 
in-State and out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher 
education, usable at both public and private institutions of higher 
education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may be 
prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic merit and such other 
factors as may be authorized: Provided further, That if the authorized 
program is a nationwide program, the Mayor may expend up to 
$17,000,000: Provided further, That if the authorized program is for a 
limited number of States, the Mayor may expend up to $11,000,000: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia may expend funds other 
than the funds provided under this heading, including local tax 
revenues and contributions, to support such program.

        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create 
incentives to promote the adoption of children in the District of 
Columbia foster care system, $5,000,000: Provided, That such funds 
shall remain available until September 30, 2001 and shall be used in 
accordance with a program established by the Mayor and the Council of 
the District of Columbia and approved by the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading may be used to cover 
the costs to the District of Columbia of providing tax credits to 
offset the costs incurred by individuals in adopting children in the 
District of Columbia foster care system and in providing for the health 
care needs of such children, in accordance with legislation enacted by 
the District of Columbia government.

         Federal Payment to the Citizen Complaint Review Board

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
administrative expenses of the Citizen Complaint Review Board, 
$500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.

          Federal Payment to the Department of Human Services

    For a Federal payment to the Department of Human Services for a 
mentoring program and for hotline services, $250,000.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

    For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia Corrections 
Trustee, $176,000,000 for the administration and operation of 
correctional facilities and for the administrative operating costs of 
the Office of the Corrections Trustee, as authorized by section 11202 
of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement 
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712): Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated in this 
Act for the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 
in addition to the funds provided under this heading, the District of 
Columbia Corrections Trustee may use a portion of the interest earned 
on the Federal payment made to the Trustee under the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, (not to exceed $4,600,000) to carry 
out the activities funded under this heading.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

    For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 
$99,714,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, $7,209,000; for the District of Columbia Superior 
Court, $68,351,000; for the District of Columbia Court System, 
$16,154,000; and $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2001, for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse 
facilities: Provided, That of the amounts available for operations of 
the District of Columbia Courts, not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be for 
the design of an Integrated Justice Information System and that such 
funds shall be used in accordance with a plan and design developed by 
the courts and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this 
heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies, with 
payroll and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis 
with the General Services Administration (GSA), said services to 
include the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which 
shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

    For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605, 
D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the District of 
Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in 
proceedings in the Family Division of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code, and 
payments for counsel authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Code 
(relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia 
Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act 
of 1986), $33,336,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the funds provided in this Act under the heading ``Federal Payment 
to the District of Columbia Courts'' (other than the $8,000,000 
provided under such heading for capital improvements for District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for payments under 
this heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds provided 
under this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in 
the District of Columbia may use a portion (not to exceed $1,200,000) 
of the interest earned on the Federal payment made to the District of 
Columbia courts under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
1999, together with funds provided in this Act under the heading 
``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts'' (other than the 
$8,000,000 provided under such heading for capital improvements for 
District of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make payments described 
under this heading for obligations incurred during fiscal year 1999 if 
the Comptroller General certifies that the amount of obligations 
lawfully incurred for such payments during fiscal year 1999 exceeds the 
obligational authority otherwise available for making such payments: 
Provided further, That such funds shall be administered by the Joint 
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as 
funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll 
and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the 
General Services Administration (GSA), said services to include the 
preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be 
submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives.

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

    For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the 
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712), $93,800,000, of which 
$58,600,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Parole Revocation, Adult 
Probation, Offender Supervision, and Sex Offender Registration, to 
include expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to 
protection orders or provision of services for or related to such 
persons; $17,400,000 shall be available to the Public Defender Service; 
and $17,800,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as 
funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $20,492,000 shall be used in support of universal drug 
screening and testing for those individuals on pretrial, probation, or 
parole supervision with continued testing, intermediate sanctions, and 
treatment for those identified in need, of which $7,000,000 shall be 
for treatment services.

                   Children's National Medical Center

    For a Federal contribution to the Children's National Medical 
Center in the District of Columbia, $2,500,000 for construction, 
renovation, and information technology infrastructure costs associated 
with establishing community pediatric health clinics for high risk 
children in medically underserved areas of the District of Columbia.

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

    For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department, $1,000,000, for 
a program to eliminate open air drug trafficking in the District of 
Columbia: Provided, That the Chief of Police shall provide quarterly 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives by the 15th calendar day after the end of each quarter 
beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the project financed 
under this heading.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                          Division of Expenses

    The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia 
for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the District of 
Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

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

                  Economic Development and Regulation

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

                       Public Safety and Justice

    Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 135 
passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, including 130 for 
police-type use and five for fire-type use, without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$778,770,000 (including $565,511,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from 
Federal funds, and $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That the 
Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed 
25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Department of Fire and Emergency 
Medical Services of the District of Columbia is authorized to replace 
not to exceed five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the 
cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the cost 
of the replacement: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the 
prevention and detection of crime: Provided further, That the 
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on efforts to increase efficiency and improve the 
professionalism in the department: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, 
issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police Department's delegated 
small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia government may not require the Metropolitan Police 
Department to submit to any other procurement review process, or to 
obtain the approval of or be restricted in any manner by any official 
or employee of the District of Columbia government, for purchases that 
do not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That the Mayor shall 
reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses incurred 
in connection with services that are performed in emergencies by the 
National Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor, in 
amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified as due and 
payable for these services by the Mayor and the Commanding General of 
the District of Columbia National Guard: Provided further, That such 
sums as may be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia 
National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available from this 
appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall be deemed as 
constituting payment in advance for emergency services involved: 
Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized 
to maintain 3,800 sworn officers, with leave for a 50 officer 
attrition: Provided further, That no more than 15 members of the 
Metropolitan Police Department shall be detailed or assigned to the 
Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police submits a 

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