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to the Congress, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the Council of 
the District of Columbia no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after 
the end of each month a report that sets forth--
            (1) current month expenditures and obligations, year-to-
        date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
        expenditure projections versus budget broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, and object class, and 
        for all funds, non-appropriated funds, and capital financing;
            (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
        the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
        responsibility center, detailed object, and for all funding 
        sources;
            (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
        annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
        budget to which the contract is charged, broken out on the 
        basis of control center and responsibility center, and contract 
        identifying codes used by the University of the District of 
        Columbia; payments made in the last month and year-to-date, the 
        total amount of the contract and total payments made for the 
        contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals; and 
        specific modifications made to each contract in the last month;
            (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that have been 
        made by the University of the District of Columbia within the 
        last month in compliance with applicable law; and
            (5) changes made in the last month to the organizational 
        structure of the University of the District of Columbia, 
        displaying previous and current control centers and 
        responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
        entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
        supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
        structural change.
    Sec. 129. Funds authorized or previously appropriated to the 
government of the District of Columbia by this or any other Act to 
procure the necessary hardware and installation of new software, 
conversion, testing, and training to improve or replace its financial 
management system are also available for the acquisition of accounting 
and financial management services and the leasing of necessary 
hardware, software or any other related goods or services, as 
determined by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.
    Sec. 130. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may be made 
available to pay the fees of an attorney who represents a party who 
prevails in an action brought against the District of Columbia Public 
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if--
            (1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attorney exceeds 
        the hourly rate of compensation under section 11-2604(a), 
        District of Columbia Code; or
            (2) the maximum amount of compensation of the attorney 
        exceeds the maximum amount of compensation under section 11-
        2604(b)(1), District of Columbia Code, except that compensation 
        and reimbursement in excess of such maximum may be approved for 
        extended or complex representation in accordance with section 
        11-2604(c), District of Columbia Code.
    (b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be made available 
to pay the fees of an attorney who represents a party who prevails in 
an administrative proceeding under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).
    Sec. 131. None of the funds contained in this Act may be available 
for the operations of any department, agency, or entity (other than the 
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, the Washington 
Convention Center Authority, or any operations for borrowing activities 
under part E of title IV of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act) 
unless appropriated by Congress in an annual appropriations Act.
    Sec. 132. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother would be 
endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is 
the result of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 133. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 
(D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Code, sec. 36-1401 et seq.) or to otherwise 
implement or enforce any system of registration of unmarried, 
cohabiting couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), 
including but not limited to registration for the purpose of extending 
employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 
same basis that such benefits are extended to legally married couples.
    Sec. 134. The Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees 
shall submit to the Congress, the Mayor, the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia no later than fifteen (15) calendar 
days after the end of each month a report that sets forth--
            (1) current month expenditures and obligations, year-to-
        date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
        expenditure projections versus budget broken out on the basis 
        of control center, responsibility center, agency reporting 
        code, and object class, and for all funds, including capital 
        financing;
            (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
        the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
        responsibility center, detailed object, and agency reporting 
        code, and for all funding sources;
            (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
        annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
        budget to which the contract is charged broken, out on the 
        basis of control center, responsibility center, and agency 
        reporting code; and contract identifying codes used by the D.C. 
        Public Schools; payments made in the last month and year-to-
        date, the total amount of the contract and total payments made 
        for the contract and any modifications, extensions, renewals; 
        and specific modifications made to each contract in the last 
        month;
            (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that are 
        required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of 
        Education; and
            (5) changes made in the last month to the organizational 
        structure of the D.C. Public Schools, displaying previous and 
        current control centers and responsibility centers, the names 
        of the organizational entities that have been changed, the name 
        of the staff member supervising each entity affected, and the 
        reasons for the structural change.
    Sec. 135. (a) In General.--The Emergency Transitional Education 
Board of Trustees of the District of Columbia and the University of the 
District of Columbia shall annually compile an accurate and verifiable 
report on the positions and employees in the public school system and 
the university, respectively. The annual report shall set forth--
            (1) the number of validated schedule A positions in the 
        District of Columbia public schools and the University of the 
        District of Columbia for fiscal year 1998, fiscal year 1999, 
        and thereafter on full-time equivalent basis, including a 
        compilation of all positions by control center, responsibility 
        center, funding source, position type, position title, pay 
        plan, grade, and annual salary; and
            (2) a compilation of all employees in the District of 
        Columbia public schools and the University of the District of 
        Columbia as of the preceding December 31, verified as to its 
        accuracy in accordance with the functions that each employee 
actually performs, by control center, responsibility center, agency 
reporting code, program (including funding source), activity, location 
for accounting purposes, job title, grade and classification, annual 
salary, and position control number.
    (b) Submission.--The annual report required by subsection (a) of 
this section shall be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor, the 
District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and the 
Authority, not later than February 15 of each year.
    Sec. 136. (a) No later than October 1, 1998, or within 15 calendar 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, which ever occurs 
later, and each succeeding year, the Emergency Transitional Education 
Board of Trustees and the University of the District of Columbia shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the 
District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority, a revised appropriated funds operating budget for the public 
school system and the University of the District of Columbia for such 
fiscal year that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation 
and that realigns budgeted data for personal services and other-than-
personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
    (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this section 
shall be submitted in the format of the budget that the Emergency 
Transition Education Board of Trustees and the University of the 
District of Columbia submit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
for inclusion in the Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the 
District of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 
47-301).
    Sec. 137. The Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees, 
the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, 
the Board of Library Trustees, and the Board of Governors of the 
University of the District of Columbia School of Law shall vote on and 
approve their respective annual or revised budgets before submission to 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor's 
budget submission to the Council of the District of Columbia in 
accordance with section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, 
Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), or before 
submitting their respective budgets directly to the Council.
    Sec. 138. (a) Ceiling on Total Operating Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
        expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1999 
        under the caption ``Division of Expenses'' shall not exceed the 
        lesser of--
                    (A) the sum of the total revenues of the District 
                of Columbia for such fiscal year; or
                    (B) $5,216,689,000 (of which $132,912,000 shall be 
                from intra-District funds and $2,865,763,000 shall be 
                from local funds), which amount may be increased by the 
                following:
                            (i) proceeds of one-time transactions, 
                        which are expended for emergency or 
                        unanticipated operating or capital needs 
                        approved by the District of Columbia Financial 
                        Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                        Authority; or
                            (ii) after notification to the Council, 
                        additional expenditures which the Chief 
                        Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
                        certifies will produce additional revenues 
                        during such fiscal year at least equal to 200 
                        percent of such additional expenditures, and 
                        that are approved by the Authority.
            (2) Reserve fund.--To the extent that the sum of the total 
        revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year 
        exceed the total amount provided for in paragraph (2)(B), the 
        Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, with the 
        approval of the Authority, may credit up to ten percent (10%) 
        of the amount of such difference, not to exceed $3,300,000, to 
        a reserve fund which may be expended for operating purposes in 
        future fiscal years, in accordance with the financial plans and 
        budgets for such years.
            (3) Enforcement.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
        District of Columbia and the Authority shall take such steps as 
        are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets the 
        requirements of this section, including the apportioning by the 
        Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
        available to the District during fiscal year 1999, except that 
        the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating 
        expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other 
        obligations issued for capital projects.
    (b) Acceptance and Use of Grants Not Included in Ceiling.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Mayor, 
        in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, during a 
        control year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District of 
        Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
        of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (Public Law 104-8; 109 Stat. 
        152), may accept, obligate, and expend Federal, private, and 
        other grants received by the District government that are not 
        reflected in the amounts appropriated in this Act.
            (2) Requirement of chief financial officer report and 
        authority approval.--No such Federal, private, or other grant 
        may be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) until--
                    (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
                Columbia submits to the Authority a report setting 
                forth detailed information regarding such grant; and
                    (B) the Authority has reviewed and approved the 
                acceptance, obligation, and expenditure of such grant 
                in accordance with review and approval procedures 
                consistent with the provisions of the District of 
                Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
                Assistance Act of 1995.
            (3) Prohibition on spending in anticipation of approval or 
        receipt.--No amount may be obligated or expended from the 
        general fund or other funds of the District government in 
        anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under 
        paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipation of the 
        approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 
        subject to such paragraph.
            (4) Monthly reports.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
        District of Columbia shall prepare a monthly report setting 
        forth detailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
        other grants subject to this subsection. Each such report shall 
        be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, and to 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, not later than 15 days after 
        the end of the month covered by the report.
    (c) Report on Expenditures by Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.--Not later than 20 calendar days after 
the end of each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 1998, the Authority 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight of the House, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate providing an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated 
funds obligated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The 
report shall include information on the date, amount, purpose, and 
vendor name, and a description of the services or goods provided with 
respect to the expenditures of such funds.
    (d) Application of Excess Revenues.--Local revenues collected in 
excess of amounts required to support appropriations in this Act for 
operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1999 
under the caption ``Division of Expenses'' shall be applied first to 
the elimination of the general fund accumulated deficit; second to a 
reserve account not to exceed $250,000,000 to be used to finance 
seasonal cash needs (in lieu of short term borrowings); third to 
accelerate repayment of cash borrowed from the Water and Sewer Fund; 
and fourth to reduce the outstanding long term debt.
    Sec. 139. The District of Columbia Emergency Transitional Education 
Board of Trustees shall, subject to the contract approval provisions of 
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8)--
            (1) develop a comprehensive plan to identify and accomplish 
        energy conservation measures to achieve maximum cost-effective 
        energy and water savings;
            (2) enter into innovate financing and contractual 
        mechanisms including, but not limited to, utility demand-side 
        management programs, and energy savings performance contracts 
        and water conservation performance contracts so long as the 
        terms of such contracts do not exceed 25 years; and
            (3) permit and encourage each department or agency and 
        other instrumentality of the District of Columbia to 
        participate in programs conducted by any gas, electric or water 
        utility of the management of electricity or gas demand or for 
        energy or water conservation.
    Sec. 140. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia public schools 
shall be--
            (1) classified as an Educational Service employee;
            (2) placed under the personnel authority of the Board of 
        Education; and
            (3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
    (b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate competitive 
area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not compete with school-
based personnel for retention purposes.
    Sec. 141. (a) Restrictions on Use of Official Vehicles.--(1) None 
of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used 
to provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an 
official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only 
in the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties. For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ``official duties'' does not 
include travel between the officer's or employee's residence and 
workplace (except in the case of a police officer who resides in the 

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