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and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of 
Representatives, quarterly reports on the status of crime reduction in 
each of the 83 police service areas established throughout the District 
of Columbia: Provided further, That funds appropriated for expenses 
under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act, approved September 
3, 1974 (88 Stat. 1090; Public Law 93-412; D.C. Code, sec. 11-2601 et 
seq.), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, shall be 
available for obligations incurred under the Act in each fiscal year 
since inception in the fiscal year 1975: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated for expenses under the District of Columbia Neglect 
Representation Equity Act of 1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C. Law 
5-129; D.C. Code, sec. 16-2304), for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1999, shall be available for obligations incurred under the Act in 
each fiscal year since inception in the fiscal year 1985: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated for expenses under the District of 
Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of 
Attorney Act of 1986, effective February 27, 1987 (D.C. Law 6-204; D.C. 
Code, sec. 21-2060), for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 
shall be available for obligations incurred under the Act in each 
fiscal year since inception in fiscal year 1989.

                        Public Education System

    Public education system, including the development of national 
defense education programs, $793,725,000 (including $640,135,000 from 
local funds, $130,638,000 from Federal funds, and $22,952,000 from 
other funds), to be allocated as follows: $644,805,000 (including 
$545,000,000 from local funds, $95,121,000 from Federal funds, and 
$4,684,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the District of 
Columbia; $18,600,000 from local funds for the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Retirement Fund; $32,626,000 (including $12,235,000 from 
local funds and $20,391,000 from Federal funds not including funds 
already made available for District of Columbia public schools) for 
public charter schools: Provided, That if the entirety of this 
allocation has not been provided as payments to any public charter 
schools currently in operation through the per pupil funding formula, 
the funds shall be available for new public charter schools on a per 
pupil basis: Provided further, That $485,000 be available to the 
District of Columbia Public Charter School Board for administrative 
costs: Provided further, That if the entirety of this allocation has 
not been provided as payment to one or more public charter schools by 
May 1, 1999, and remains unallocated, the funds shall be deposited into 
a special revolving loan fund described in section 172 of Public Law 
95-100 (111 Stat. 2191), to be used solely to assist existing or new 
public charter schools in meeting startup and operating costs: Provided 
further, That the Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees of 
the District of Columbia shall report to Congress not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act on the capital needs of 
each public charter school and whether the current per pupil funding 
formula should reflect these needs: Provided further, That until the 
Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees reports to Congress 
as provided in the preceding proviso, the Emergency Transitional 
Education Board of Trustees shall take appropriate steps to provide 
public charter schools with assistance to meet capital expenses in a 
manner that is equitable with respect to assistance provided to other 
District of Columbia public schools: Provided further, That the 
Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees shall report to 
Congress not later than November 1, 1998, on the implementation of 
their policy to give preference to newly created District of Columbia 
public charter schools for surplus public school property; $72,088,000 
(including $40,148,000 from local funds, $14,079,000 from Federal 
funds, and $17,861,000 from other funds) for the University of the 
District of Columbia; $23,419,000 (including $22,326,000 from local 
funds, $686,000 from Federal funds and $407,000 from other funds) for 
the Public Library; $2,187,000 (including $1,826,000 from local funds 
and $361,000 from Federal funds) for the Commission on the Arts and 
Humanities: Provided further, That the public schools of the District 
of Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 31 motor vehicles 
for exclusive use in the driver education program: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for 
the President of the University of the District of Columbia, and $2,000 
for the Public Librarian shall be available from this appropriation for 
official purposes: Provided further, That in using funds for repair and 
improvement of the District of Columbia's public school facilities made 
available under this or any other Act, the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (or its 
designee) may place orders for engineering and construction and related 
services with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may accept such orders on a 
reimbursable basis and may provide any part of the services under such 
orders by contract. In providing such services, the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers shall follow the Federal Acquisitions Regulation and the 
implementing regulations of the Department of Defense: Provided 
further, That $244,078 shall be used to reimburse the National Capital 
Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America for services provided on 
behalf of 12,600 students at 39 public schools in the District of 
Columbia during fiscal year 1998 (including staff, curriculum, and 
support materials): Provided further, That the Inspector General of the 
District of Columbia shall certify not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act whether or not the services were so 
provided: Provided further, That the reimbursement shall be made not 
later than 15 days after the Inspector General certifies that the 
services were provided: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall be 
available for services provided by the National Capital Area Council of 
the Boy Scouts of America for services provided at 78 schools in the 
District of Columbia during fiscal year 1999 (including staff, 
curriculum, and support materials): Provided further, That none of the 
funds contained in this Act may be made available to pay the salaries 
of any District of Columbia Public School teacher, principal, 
administrator, official, or employee who provides false enrollment or 
attendance information under article II, section 5 of the Act entitled 
``An Act to provide for compulsory school attendance, for the taking of 
a school census in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes'', 
approved February 4, 1925 (DC Code, sec. 31-401 et seq.): Provided 
further, That funds in this Act shall not be available for pay raises 
to teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools who have not 
passed competency tests in literacy, communications, and subject matter 
skills: Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be 
available to subsidize the education of any nonresident of the District 
of Columbia at any District of Columbia public elementary or secondary 
school during fiscal year 1999 unless the nonresident pays tuition to 
the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs 
incurred by the District of Columbia which are attributable to the 
education of the nonresident (as established by the Superintendent of 
the District of Columbia Public Schools): Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the education of 
nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the University of the 
District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the University of 
the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1999, a tuition rate schedule that will establish the tuition rate 
for nonresident students at a level no lower than the nonresident 
tuition rate charged at comparable public institutions of higher 
education in the metropolitan area.

                         Human Support Services

    Human support services, $1,514,751,000 (including $614,679,000 from 
local funds, $886,682,000 from Federal funds, and $13,390,000 from 
other funds): Provided, That $21,089,000 of this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available solely for District 
of Columbia employees' disability compensation: Provided further, That 
a peer review committee shall be established to review medical payments 
and the type of service received by a disability compensation claimant: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall not provide free 
government services such as water, sewer, solid waste disposal or 
collection, utilities, maintenance, repairs, or similar services to any 
legally constituted private nonprofit organization, as defined in 
section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 
(Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), providing emergency shelter 
services in the District, if the District would not be qualified to 
receive reimbursement pursuant to such Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 
100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).

                              Public Works

    Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle 
for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying vehicles for use by 
the Council of the District of Columbia and leasing of passenger-
carrying vehicles, $266,912,000 (including $257,242,000 from local 
funds, $3,216,000 from Federal funds, and $6,454,000 from other funds): 
Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting 
ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business.

           Washington Convention Center Fund Transfer Payment

    For payment to the Washington Convention Center, $5,400,000 from 
local funds.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

    For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in 
compliance with An Act to provide for the establishment of a modern, 
adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, 
approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896; Public Law 79-648); section 1 of 
An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to 
borrow funds for capital improvement programs and to amend provisions 
of law relating to Federal Government participation in meeting costs of 
maintaining the Nation's Capital City, approved June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 
183; Public Law 85-451; D.C. Code, sec. 9-219); section 4 of An Act to 
authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to plan, 
construct, operate, and maintain a sanitary sewer to connect the Dulles 
International Airport with the District of Columbia system, approved 
June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 211; Public Law 86-515); sections 723 and 
743(f) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 
1973, as amended (87 Stat. 821; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
321, note; 91 Stat. 1156; Public Law 95-131; D.C. Code, sec. 9-219, 
note), including interest as required thereby, $382,170,000 from local 
funds.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

    For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general fund 
accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, $38,453,000 from local 
funds, as authorized by section 461(a) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended (105 Stat. 540; Public 
Law 102-106; D.C. Code, sec. 47-321(a)(1)).

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

    For payment of interest on short-term borrowing, $11,000,000.

                     Certificates of Participation

    For lease payments in accordance with the Certificates of 
Participation involving the land site underlying the building located 
at One Judiciary Square, $7,926,000.

                      Human Resources Development

    For human resources development, $6,674,000.

                          Productivity Savings

    The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall, 
under the direction of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, make reductions of 
$10,000,000 in local funds to one or more of the appropriation headings 
in this Act for productivity savings.

                         Receivership Programs

    For agencies of the District of Columbia government under court 
ordered receivership, $318,979,000 (including $188,439,000 from local 
funds, $96,691,000 from Federal funds, and $33,849,000 from other 
funds).

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

    For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority, established by section 101(a) of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public Law 104-8), 
$7,840,000: Provided, That none of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used to pay the compensation of the Executive Director or General 
Counsel of the Authority during any period after April 1, 1999, for 
which such individual has not repaid the Treasury of the District of 
Columbia for compensation paid during any fiscal year which is 
determined by the Comptroller General (as described in GAO letter 
report B-279095.2) to have been paid in excess of the maximum rate of 
compensation which may be paid to such individual during such year 
under section 102 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
contained in this Act may be used to pay any compensation of the 
Executive Director or General Counsel of the Authority at a rate in 
excess of the maximum rate of compensation which may be paid to such 
individual during fiscal year 1999 under section 102 of such Act, as 
determined by the Comptroller General (as described in GAO letter 
report B-279095.2): Provided further, That not later than 5 calendar 
days after the end of each month (beginning with September 1998), the 
Authority shall provide to the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia a statement of the balance of each account held by the 
Authority as of the end of the month, together with a description of 
the activities within each such account during the month: Provided 
further, That none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 
be used to pay the salary or expenses of any officer or employee of the 
Authority who is required to provide information under the preceding 
proviso and who fails to provide such information in accordance with 
such proviso.

         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

    For the Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct, 
$273,314,000 from other funds (including $239,493,000 for the Water and 
Sewer Authority and $33,821,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of which 
$39,933,000 shall be apportioned and payable to the District's debt 
service fund for repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital 
improvement projects.

               Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board

    For the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, established by 
the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1982, approved December 4, 1981 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; 
Public Law 97-91), as amended, for the purpose of implementing the Law 
to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for 
Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 
1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Code, secs. 2-2501 et seq. and 22-1516 et 
seq.), $225,200,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall 
identify the source of funding for this appropriation title from the 
District's own locally generated revenues: Provided further, That no 
revenues from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations 
or activities of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.

                    Cable Television Enterprise Fund

    For the Cable Television Enterprise Fund, established by the Cable 
Television Communications Act of 1981, effective October 22, 1983 (D.C. 
Law 5-36; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1801 et seq.), $2,108,000 from other 
funds.

                       Public Service Commission

    For the Public Service Commission, $5,026,000 (including $252,000 
from Federal funds and $4,774,000 from other funds).

                     Office of the People's Counsel

    For the Office of the People's Counsel, $2,501,000 from other 
funds.

           Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation

    For the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation, 
$7,001,000 from other funds.

              Office of Banking and Financial Institutions

    For the Office of Banking and Financial Institutions, $640,000 
(including $390,000 from local funds and $250,000 from other funds).

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