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                                                 Union Calendar No. 378
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4380

                          [Report No. 105-670]

 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, 1999, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 1998

    Mr. Taylor, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
 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, 1999, 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, 1999, and for other purposes, namely:

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

                  Metrorail Improvements and Expansion

    For a Federal contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority for improvements and expansion of the Mount Vernon 
Square Metrorail station located at the site of the proposed Washington 
Convention Center project, $25,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  Nation's Capital Infrastructure Fund

    For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia towards the 
costs of infrastructure needs, which shall be deposited into an escrow 
account of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority and disbursed by the Authority from 
such account for the repair and maintenance of roads, highways, 
bridges, and transit in the District of Columbia, $21,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

   Environmental Study and Related Activities at Lorton Correctional 
                                Complex

    For a Federal contribution for an environmental study and related 
activities at the Lorton Correctional Complex, to be transferred to the 
Federal agency with authority over the Complex, $7,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

       Offender Supervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency

    For a Federal contribution for the District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency for establishment of a 
residential sanctions center and drug testing, intervention, and 
treatment, to be used to ensure adequate response to persons who 
violate conditions of supervision and to implement recommendations of 
the District of Columbia Truth-in-Sentencing Commission, $4,000,000.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

    For payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee, 
$184,800,000 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.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $142,000,000 for 
payment to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the 
District of Columbia; of which not to exceed $121,000,000 shall be for 
District of Columbia Courts operation, and not to exceed $21,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2001, shall be for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, 
That said sums shall be paid quarterly by the Treasury of the United 
States based on quarterly apportionments approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget, with payroll and financial services to be 
provided on a contractual basis with the General Services 
Administration, said services to include the preparation and submission 
of monthly financial reports to the President and 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 and Oversight of the House of Representatives.

District of Columbia Offender Supervision, Defender, and Court Services 
                                 Agency

    For payment to the District of Columbia Offender Supervision, 
Defender, and Court Services Agency, $59,400,000, as authorized by the 
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, Public Law 105-33; of which $33,802,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of Parole Revocation, Adult Probation and Offender 
Supervision; $14,486,000 shall be available to the Public Defender 
Service; and $11,112,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services 
Agency.

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

    For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department, $1,200,000, for 
the administration and operating costs of the Citizen Complaint Review 
Office.

                  Federal Payment for Fire Department

    For payment to the Fire Department, $3,240,000, for a 5.5 percent 
pay increase to be effective and paid to firefighters beginning October 
1, 1998.

                  Federal Payment for Boys Town U.S.A.

    For a Federal contribution to the Board of Trustees of Boys Town 
U.S.A. for expansion of the operations of Boys Town of Washington, 
located at 4801 Sargent Road, Northeast, $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be paid upon certification by the 
Inspector General of the District of Columbia that $3,100,000 in 
matching funds from private contributions have been collected by Boys 
Town of Washington.

         Federal Payment to Historical Society for City Museum

    For a Federal payment to the Historical Society of Washington, 
D.C., for the establishment and operation of a Museum of the City of 
Washington, D.C. at the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be deposited in a 
separate account of the Society used exclusively for the establishment 
and operation of such Museum: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall make such payment in quarterly installments, and the 
amount of the installment for a quarter shall be equal to the amount of 
matching funds that the Society has deposited into such account for the 
quarter (as certified by the Inspector General of the District of 
Columbia): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not later than January 1, 1999, the District of Columbia shall 
enter into an agreement with the Society under which the District of 
Columbia shall lease the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square to the 
Society beginning on such date for 99 years at a rent of $1 per year 
for use as a city museum.

                       United States Park Police

    For a Federal payment to the United States Park Police, $8,500,000, 
to acquire, modify and operate a helicopter and to make necessary 
capital expenditures to the Park Police aviation unit base.

              Federal Payment for Waterfront Improvements

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Department of 
Housing and Community Development for a study by the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers of necessary improvements to the Southwest Waterfront in the 
District of Columbia (including upgrading marina dock pilings and 
paving and restoring walkways in the marina and fish market areas) for 
the portions of Federal property in the Southwest quadrant of the 
District of Columbia that consist of Lots 847 and 848, a portion of Lot 
846, and the unassessed Federal real property adjacent to Lot 848 in 
Square 473, and for carrying out the improvements recommended by the 
study, $3,000,000: Provided, That no portion of such funds shall be 
available to the District of Columbia for carrying out such 
improvements unless the District of Columbia executes a 30-year lease 
with the existing lessees, or with their successors in interest, of 
such portions of property not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

                 Federal Payment for Mentoring Services

    For a Federal payment to the International Youth Service and 
Development Corps, Inc. for a mentoring program for at-risk children in 
the District of Columbia, $200,000: Provided, That the International 
Youth Service and Development Corps, Inc. shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate an annual report on the activities carried out with such funds 
due November 30 of each year.

                  Federal Payment for Hotline Services

    For a Federal payment to the International Youth Service and 
Development Corps, Inc. for the operation of a resource hotline for 
low-income individuals in the District of Columbia, $50,000: Provided, 
That the International Youth Service and Development Corps, Inc. shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate an annual report on the activities 
carried out with such funds due November 30 of each year.

                  Federal Payment for Public Education

    For a Federal contribution to the public education system for 
public charter schools, $20,391,000.

                       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, $164,144,000 (including 
$136,485,000 from local funds, $13,955,000 from Federal funds, and 
$13,704,000 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 Chief Management Officer 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.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

    Economic development and regulation, $159,039,000 (including 
$45,162,000 from local funds, $83,365,000 from Federal funds, and 
$30,512,000 from other funds), of which $12,000,000 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 Federal 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, 
$755,786,000 (including $531,660,000 from local funds, $30,327,000 from 
Federal funds, and $193,799,000 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 and 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 recommendation to the Council for its review: 
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for inmates released 
on medical and geriatric parole: Provided further, That commencing on 
December 31, 1998, the Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

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