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                                                 Union Calendar No. 453
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 4942

                          [Report No. 106-786]

 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, 2001, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2000

    Mr. Istook, 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 the 
  revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
                     2001, 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, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

        For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a 
nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $14,000,000, 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 for 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 not more than 5 percent of the funds may be used to pay 
administrative expenses.

        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

    The paragraph under the heading ``Federal Payment for Incentives 
for Adoption of Children'' in Public Law 106-113, approved November 29, 
1999 (113 Stat. 1501), is amended to read as follows: ``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, 2002, and shall be used to carry out all of the 
provisions of title 38, except for section 3808, of the Fiscal Year 
2001 Budget Support Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 13-679, enrolled June 12, 
2000.

   Federal Payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
                                Columbia

        For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia, $1,500,000, of which $250,000 shall be for 
payment to a mentoring program and for hotline services; $500,000 shall 
be for payment to a youth development program with a character building 
curriculum; $500,000 to remain available until expended, shall be for 
the design, construction, and maintenance of a trash rack system to be 
installed at the Hickey Run stormwater outfall; and $250,000 shall be 
for payment to support a program to assist homeless individuals to 
become productive, taxpaying citizens in the District of Columbia.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

        For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia 
Corrections Trustee, $134,300,000 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) of which 
$1,000,000 is to fund an initiative to improve case processing in the 
District of Columbia criminal justice system: 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 any remaining interest earned on 
the Federal payment made to the Trustee under the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1998, 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, 
$99,500,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, $7,709,000; for the District of Columbia Superior 
Court, $72,399,000; for the District of Columbia Court System, 
$16,892,000; and $2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2002, for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse 
facilities: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act or in any 
other Act shall be available for the purchase, installation or 
operation of an Integrated Justice Information System until a detailed 
plan and design has been submitted 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), $34,387,000, 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 $2,500,000 
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 shall use funds provided in this Act under the 
heading ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts'' (other 
than the $2,500,000 provided under such heading for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make 
payments described under this heading for obligations incurred during 
any fiscal year: 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: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia Courts shall implement 
the recommendations in the General Accounting Office Report GAO/AIMD/
OGC-99-226 regarding payments to court-appointed attorneys and shall 
report to the Office of Management and Budget and to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees quarterly on the status of these 
reforms.

     Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision

                  Agency for the District of Columbia

                     (including transfer of funds)

        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) $115,752,000, of which 
$69,871,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community 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; $18,778,000 shall be 
transferred to the Public Defender Service; and $27,103,000 shall be 
available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $22,161,000 shall be used to improve 
pretrial defendant and post-conviction offender supervision, enhance 
drug testing and sanctions-based treatment programs and other treatment 
services, expand intermediate sanctions and offender re-entry programs, 
continue planning and design proposals for a residential Sanctions 
Center and improve administrative infrastructure, including information 
technology; and $836,000 of the $22,161,000 referred to in this proviso 
is for the Public Defender Service: 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: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 446 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act or any provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 
of title 31, United States Code, the use of interest earned on the 
Federal payment made to the District of Columbia Offender Supervision, 
Defender, and Court Services Agency under the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1998, by the Agency during fiscal years 1998 and 
1999 shall not constitute a violation of such Act or such subchapter.

           Federal Payment for Washington Interfaith Network

    For a Federal payment to the Washington Interfaith Network to 
reimburse the Network for costs incurred in carrying out 
preconstruction activities at the former Fort Dupont Dwellings and 
Additions, $1,000,000: Provided, That such activities may include 
architectural and engineering studies, property appraisals, 
environmental assessments, grading and excavation, landscaping, paving, 
and the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, sewer lines, and 
other utilities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall make such payment only after the Network has received matching 
funds from private sources (including funds provided through loans) to 
carry out such activities in an aggregate amount which is equal to the 
amount of such payment (as certified by the Inspector General of the 
District of Columbia) and has provided the Secretary of the Treasury 
with a request for reimbursement which contains documentation certified 
by the Inspector General of the District of Columbia showing that the 
Network carried out the activities and that the costs incurred in 
carrying out the activities were equal to or less than the amount of 
the reimbursement requested: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this heading may be obligated or expended after December 
31, 2001 (without regard to whether the activities involved were 
carried out prior to such date).

                       Tax Reform in the District

    For a Federal payment to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for 
a study analyzing the District's tax structure, and the anticipated 
impact upon the District's economy and government of recent and 
potential tax changes, and of tax simplification, $100,000, to remain 
available until expended. This may include but not be limited to 
proposals made by the District's Delegate to the House of 
Representatives. Provided, That the Mayor shall enter into a contract 
for such analysis only with a qualified independent auditor who is 
experienced in analyzing tax sources and who has no other affiliation 
with the District government.

            Federal Payment for Simplified Personnel System

    For a Federal payment to the Mayor of the District of Columbia to 
study and design a system approved by the Comptroller General for 
simplifying the administration of personnel policies (including pay 
policies) with respect to employees of the District government, 
$250,000: Provided, That the Mayor shall carry out such study and 
design through a contractor approved by the Comptroller General.

                         Metrorail Construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For a contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority for construction of a Metrorail station located at New York 
and Florida Avenues, Northeast, $25,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $7,000,000 is appropriated under this heading and 
$18,000,000 shall be transferred by the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (DCFRMA) from 
interest earned on accounts held by DCFRMA on behalf of the District of 
Columbia government.

         Federal Payment for National Museum of American Music

        For a Federal payment to the Federal City Council for the 
establishment of a National Museum of American Music, $250,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds shall be 
used for the costs of activities necessary to complete the planning 
phase for such Museum, including the costs of personnel, design 
projects, environmental assessments, and the preparation of requests 
for proposals: Provided further, That such funds shall be deposited 
into a separate account of the Federal City Council used exclusively 
for the establishment of such Museum: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall make such payment only after the 
Federal City Council has deposited matching donated funds from private 
sources into the account in an aggregate amount which is equal to 200 
percent of the amount appropriated herein (as certified by the 
Inspector General of the District of Columbia.)

                       Presidential Inauguration

        For a payment to the District of Columbia to reimburse the 
District for expenses incurred in connection with Presidential 
inauguration activities, $5,961,000, as authorized by section 737(b) of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 
Stat. 824; D.C. Code, sec. 1-1132), which shall be apportioned by the 
Chief Financial Officer within the various appropriation headings in 
this Act.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

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