PL 106-553, HR 4942 – 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.

[DOCID: f:publ553.106] Public Law 106-553 106th Congress An Act 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, Section 1. <> (a) The provisions of the following bills of the 106th Congress are hereby enacted into law:

(1) <> H.R. 5547, as introduced on October 25, 2000. <> (2) H.R. 5548, as introduced on October 25, 2000.

(b) <> In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

Approved December 21, 2000.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4942 (S. 3041):

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 106-786 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 106-1005 (Comm. of Conference).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-409 accompanying S. 3041 (Comm. on Appropriations).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):

July 26, Sept. 14, considered and passed House.

Sept. 27, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3041.

Oct. 26, House agreed to conference report.

Oct. 27, Senate agreed to conference report.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENDNOTE: The following appendixes were added pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of this Act. Appendix A was repealed and deemed never to have been enacted by section 406 of Public Law 106-554 (114 Stat. 2763A-189). TABLE OF CONTENTS The table of contents is as follows:

APPENDIX A--H.R. 5547 APPENDIX B--H.R. 5548 [This appendix was repealed and deemed never to have been enacted by section 406 of Public Law 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763A-189] APPENDIX A--H.R. 5547 That the following sums are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, $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 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.

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, $1,250,000, of which $250,000 shall be for payment to a mentoring program and for hotline services; $250,000 shall be for payment to a youth development program with a character building curriculum; $250,000 shall be for payment to a basic values training program; and $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.

Federal Payment for Commercial Revitalization Program For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the Mayor, in consultation with the Council of the District of Columbia, to provide offsets against local taxes for a commercial revitalization program, such program to provide financial inducements, including loans, grants, offsets to local taxes and other instruments that promote commercial revitalization in Enterprise Zones and low and moderate income areas in the District of Columbia: Provided, That in carrying out such a program, the Mayor shall use Federal commercial revitalization proposals introduced in Congress as a guideline: Provided further, That not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives on the progress made in carrying out the commercial revitalization program.

Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Schools For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public Schools, $500,000: Provided, That $250,000 of said amount shall be used for a program to reduce school violence: Provided further, That $250,000 of said amount shall be used for a program to enhance the reading skills of District public school students.

Federal Payment to the Metropolitan Police Department For a Federal payment to the Metropolitan Police Department, $100,000: Provided, That said funds shall be used to fund a youth safe haven police mini-station for mentoring high risk youth.

Federal Contribution to Covenant House Washington For a Federal contribution to Covenant House Washington for a contribution to the construction in Southeast Washington of a new community service center for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth, $500,000.

Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee Operations For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee, $134,200,000 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, $105,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,409,000; for the District of Columbia Superior Court, $71,121,000; for the District of Columbia Court System, $17,890,000; $5,255,000 to finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent for nonjudicial employees; and $3,325,000, including $825,000 for roofing repairs to the facility commonly referred to as the Old Courthouse and located at 451 Indiana Avenue, Northwest, 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...