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Calendar No. 800
106th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 106-409
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2001
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September 13, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
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Mrs. Hutchison, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 3041]
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 3041)
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, reports
favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.
C O N T E N T S
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Page
Summary of bill.................................................. 3
General statement................................................ 8
Total resources.................................................. 15
Federal funds.................................................... 16
Federal grants................................................... 30
District of Columbia funds:
Operating expenses:
D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Author-
ity.................................................... 31
Governmental direction and support....................... 32
Economic development and regulation...................... 39
Public safety and justice................................ 43
Public education system.................................. 47
Human support services................................... 51
Public works............................................. 54
Receivership programs.................................... 57
Financing and other uses:
Reserve.............................................. 62
Repayment of Loans and Interest...................... 62
Repayment of General Fund Recovery Deficit........... 63
Short-Term Borrowing................................. 63
Inaugural Expenses................................... 63
Certificates of Participation........................ 63
Wilson Building...................................... 63
Optical and Dental Insurance Payments................ 64
Management Supervisory Service....................... 64
Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer Payment....... 64
Operational Improvements Savings......................... 64
Management Reform Savings................................ 65
Cafeteria Plan Savings................................... 65
Enterprise and other funds:
Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct 68
Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund......... 68
Sports and Entertainment Commission.................. 68
D.C. Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation. 68
D.C. Retirement Board................................ 68
Correctional Industries Fund......................... 69
Washington Convention Center Authority............... 69
Capital outlay................................................... 69
General provisions............................................... 76
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 81
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 81
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 82
SUMMARY OF BILL
The following discussion of the bill includes general
information on initiatives and concerns of the Committee and an
analysis of the total resources estimated to be available to
the District of Columbia in the coming fiscal year.
The Committee considered requests from the President for
Federal funds totaling $445,425,000 in budget authority for the
District of Columbia appropriation. This amount was contained
in the Budget of the U.S. Government--2001, transmitted to the
Congress on February 7, 2000. The President requested:
$134,300,000 for the D.C. corrections trustee operations;
$103,527,000 for the D.C. Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency; $103,000,000 for the D.C. Courts operations
and capital improvements; $38,387,000 for Defender Services in
the District of Columbia Courts; $17,000,000 for payment for
D.C. resident tuition support; $5,000,000 for incentives for
the adoption of foster children; a $25,000,000 contribution for
a New York Avenue Metro station; $3,000,000 for a National
Museum of American Music; $10,000,000 for remediation at Poplar
Point; and $6,211,000 for reimbursement of expenses incurred in
connection with the Presidential inauguration.
The Committee recommendation totals $440,905,000,
appropriated as follows: (1) $17,000,000 for a program of
District of Columbia resident tuition support; (2) $1,500,000
for the Commercial Revitalization Program; (3) $500,000 for the
District of Columbia Public Schools; (4) $500,000 for the
Department of Human Services; (5) $134,200,000 for the D.C.
corrections trustee operations; (6) $109,080,000 for the
District of Columbia Courts; (7) $38,387,000 for defender
services in the District of Columbia Courts; (8) $108,527,000
for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the
District of Columbia; (9) $25,000,000 as a contribution for
construction of a Metrorail station at the intersections of New
York and Florida Avenues, Northeast; and (10) $6,211,000 as
reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with the
Presidential Inauguration in January 2001.
The Senate bill includes a total recommendation of
$6,516,531,000, including $3,914,408,000 in local funds;
$1,509,916,000 in Federal grants; and $1,092,207,000 in private
and other funds to be appropriated in fiscal year 2001 for the
District of Columbia. In addition to these amounts, the
Committee recommends an appropriation of $440,905,000 in
Federal funds for the operations itemized below.
Federal Funds
Item
Federal payment for Resident Tuition Support............ $17,000,000
Federal payment for Commercial Revitalization Program... 1,500,000
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public
Schools............................................. 500,000
Federal payment to the Department of Human Services..... 500,000
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Corrections
Trustee............................................. 134,200,000
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts...... 109,080,000
Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts.... 38,387,000
Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia..... 108,527,000
Metrorail construction.................................. 25,000,000
Presidential Inauguration............................... 6,211,000
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Total, Federal funds in bill...................... 440,905,000
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Federal grants.......................................... 1,509,916,000
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Total, Federal funds.............................. 1,950,821,000
A comparative summary of the appropriations recommended
follows:
COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF BILL
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Committee recommendation compared
with (+ or -)
Fiscal year 2000 Fiscal year 2001 Committee -------------------------------------
enacted request recommendation Fiscal year 2000 Fiscal year 2001
enacted request
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FEDERAL FUNDS
Federal Payment for Resident Tuition..................... $17,000,000 $17,000,000 $17,000,000 ................. .................
Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children.. 5,000,000 5,000,000 ................. -$5,000,000 -$5,000,000
Federal Payment for Commercial Revitalization Program.... ................. ................. 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000
Federal Payment for Citizen Complaint Review Board....... 500,000 ................. ................. -500,000 .................
Federal to the District of Columbia Public Schools....... ................. ................. 500,000 500,000 500,000
Federal Payment for the Department of Human Services..... 250,000 ................. 500,000 250,000 500,000
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections 176,000,000 134,300,000 134,200,000 -41,800,000 -100,000
Trustee Operations......................................
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts....... 99,714,000 103,000,000 109,080,000 9,366,000 6,080,000
Defender Services in the District of Columbia............ 33,336,000 38,387,000 38,387,000 5,051,000 .................
Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender 93,800,000 103,527,000 108,527,000 14,727,000 5,000,000
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia.........
Children's National Medical Center....................... 2,500,000 ................. ................. -2,500,000 .................
Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department....... 1,000,000 ................. ................. -1,000,000 .................
Federal Payment to General Services Administration-- 6,700,000 ................. ................. -6,700,000 .................
Lorton Correctional Complex.............................
Georgetown Waterfront Park Fund, General Provision, Sec. 1,000,000 ................. ................. -1,000,000 .................
176 (reappropriation)...................................
Metrorail Construction................................... ................. 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 .................
Federal Payment for the National Museum of American Music ................. 3,000,000 ................. ................. -3,000,000
Federal Payment for Brownfield Remediation............... ................. 10,000,000 ................. ................. -10,000,000
Presidential Inauguration................................ ................. 6,211,000 6,211,000 6,211,000 .................
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Total, Federal Funds............................... 436,800,000 445,425,000 440,905,000 4,105,000 -4,520,000
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
Operating Expenses
D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 3,140,000 6,500,000 6,500,000 3,360,000 .................
Authority...............................................
Governmental Direction and Support....................... 167,356,000 197,771,000 194,271,000 26,915,000 -3,500,000
Economic Development and Regulation...................... 190,335,000 205,638,000 205,638,000 15,303,000 .................
Public Safety and Justice................................ 778,770,000 762,346,000 762,346,000 -16,424,000 .................
Public Education System.................................. 867,411,000 998,418,000 998,918,000 131,507,000 500,000
Human Support Services................................... 1,526,361,000 1,542,204,000 1,532,704,000 6,343,000 -9,500,000
Public Works............................................. 271,395,000 278,242,000 278,242,000 6,847,000 .................
Receivership Programs.................................... 342,077,000 394,528,000 389,528,000 47,451,000 -5,000,000
Workforce Investments.................................... 8,500,000 ................. ................. -8,500,000 .................
Buyouts and Other Management Reforms..................... 18,000,000 ................. ................. -18,000,000 .................
Reserve.................................................. 150,000,000 150,000,000 ................. -150,000,000 -150,000,000
Financing and Other...................................... 363,491,000 331,529,000 331,529,000 -31,962,000 .................
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Total, operating expenses, general fund............ 4,686,836,000 4,867,176,000 4,699,676,000 12,840,000 -167,500,000
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Enterprise Funds
Water and Sewer Authority and Washington Aqueduct........ 279,608,000 275,705,000 275,705,000 -3,903,000 .................
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board............... 234,400,000 223,200,000 223,200,000 -11,200,000 .................
Sports and Entertainment Commission...................... 10,846,000 10,968,000 10,968,000 122,000 .................
Public Benefit Corporation............................... 89,008,000 78,235,000 78,235,000 -10,773,000 .................
D.C. Retirement Board.................................... 9,892,000 11,414,000 11,414,000 1,522,000 .................
Correctional Industries Fund............................. 1,810,000 1,808,000 1,808,000 -2,000 .................
Washington Convention Center............................. 50,226,000 52,726,000 52,726,000 2,500,000 .................
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Total, enterprise funds............................ 675,790,000 654,056,000 654,056,000 -21,734,000 .................
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Total, operating expenses.......................... 5,362,626,000 5,521,232,000 5,353,732,000 -8,894,000 -167,500,000
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Capital Outlay
General fund............................................. 1,218,637,500 1,029,975,389 1,022,074,000 -196,563,500 -7,901,389
Water and sewer fund..................................... 197,169,000 140,725,000 140,725,000 -56,444,000 .................
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Total, capital outlay.............................. 1,415,806,500 1,170,700,389 1,162,799,000 -253,007,500 -7,901,389
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Total, District of Columbia funds.................. 6,778,432,500 6,691,932,389 6,516,531,000 -261,901,500 -175,401,389
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GENERAL STATEMENT
introduction
On November 29, 1999, the President signed the Consolidated
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000, Public Law 106-113.
Division A of this act appropriated funds for the District of
Columbia for fiscal year 2000. Since the passage of the act,
District of Columbia voters, their elected leadership, working
with the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority (the Authority), and Congress
have set in motion changes that affect the governmental
structure of the District, including continued improvements in
the District's financial condition, evidenced by the District's
third consecutive year with a budget surplus; and a proposed
amendment to the District's home rule charter that could change
the size and composition of the Board of Education.
These changes have been accompanied by controversy over the
13-week delay in completion of the District's annual financial
report and debate over the structure, composition and
effectiveness of elected versus appointed school boards. In
addition, since the passage of Public Law 106-113, the District
government has had to address problems related to the provision
of special education, foster care, and court operations. As the
District continues to make improvements in its financial
condition and address management deficiencies, the Authority's
role has evolved from that of direct management of the daily
operations of the District's nine largest agencies to one of
exercising oversight of the District government. This
transition has been aided by a high level of citizen and
congressional support for Mayor Anthony Williams' government
reform efforts, as evidenced by congressional passage of the
District of Columbia Management Reform Act of 1999, Public Law
106-1. The Act, signed into law on March 5, 1999, transferred
direct administrative responsibility for the District's nine
largest agencies from the Authority to the Mayor.
district of columbia financial condition
The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Act of 1995, Public Law 104-8 (the Act),
created the Authority and the Office of Chief Financial Officer
(OCFO). The Authority is charged with improving the delivery of
District services. The CFO is charged with returning the
District of Columbia to financial solvency by producing 4
consecutive years of balanced municipal budgets. Working in
concert with the District's elected leadership, the Authority
and the CFO have implemented a series of financial and
management reforms and have improved tax collection. These
reforms, coupled with continued Federal assistance and an
improved economy, have resulted in 3 consecutive years of
budget surpluses. The Act requires the District to produce 4
consecutive years of balanced or surplus budgets as a
prerequisite for the abolition of the Authority and the return
of home rule.
The District ended fiscal year 1997 with a surplus of
$185,900,000. For fiscal year 1998, the District's budget
surplus was $112,492,000.\1\ After a 13-week delay, the
District's CFO reported a fiscal year 1999 surplus of
$86,400,000, after subtracting $35,000,000 toward the
retirement of the District's long-term debt. The April 29, 2000
release by the CFO of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
(CAFR), which was due on February 1, 2000, strained the CFO's
relationship with the Mayor, the District Council, the
Authority, and the private firm charged with conducting the
annual audit.
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\1\ The District's fiscal year 1998 surplus was, in part, the
result of the National Capital Revitalization Act of 1997 (Public Law
105-33). The Revitalization Act, which improved the city's fiscal
prospects through the infusion of over $5,000,000,000 in Federal funds,
transferred financial responsibility for a number of functions to the
Federal Government, including accumulated pension liability for police,
firefighters, teachers, and judges. The Act increased the Federal share
for Medicaid from 50 percent to 70 percent, and transferred
responsibility for housing District felons to the Federal Government.
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The delay in the release of the report triggered criticism
of the CFO's leadership and eventually led to her resignation
on May 5, 2000. In a February 28, 2000, letter to the
Authority, eight members of the District Council requested the
CFO's dismissal, citing the CFO's failure to: (1) meet the
statutory deadline for the CAFR; (2) produce trial balances
during fiscal year 1999; (3) adequately ensure that District of
Columbia staff participated in training on the new financial
management system; and (4) notify elected official of the CAFR
delay. On May 5, 2000, the CFO resigned, and her deputy for tax
and revenue was named acting CFO.
The District of Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal year
1999 (Public Law 105-277, Division A, Sec. 101(c)), requires
the inclusion of a $150,000,000 operating reserve in any budget
submitted for congressional approval, beginning with the budget
for fiscal year 2000. Earlier during the year, the Mayor sought
to use approximately two-thirds of the $150,000,000 reserve for
a number of projects, most of which were non-emergency,
recurring items. Because they did not meet the statutory
requirements, their funding from the reserve was objected to by
the chair of the District's Senate Appropriation's
Subcommittee. The chairman approved funding of $8,600,000 to
satisfy the District's Y2K obligations and $18,000,000 for the
District of Columbia Public School system for the District's
special education needs.
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2000
Pursuant to a Senate amendment, $4,485,000 in emergency
funding was included in the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2000 to reimburse the
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department for certain
costs incurred by the District as host of the International
Monetary Fund and World Bank Organization Spring Conference in
April 2000.
public education
The District's public education system has experienced
changes during the past year and will face challenges in the
coming months. Reforming the District of Columbia Board of
Education (Board) governing structure, improving the
performance of public school students, continuing support of
charter schools as an alternative, and addressing the problems
of special education students are but a few of the challenges
confronting the District.
School Board Reform
The Mayor, District Council, Authority, and various public
schools constituencies support reform of the Board, which,
historically, has been a fractious body.
The direction of school board reform in the District,
including the size of the school board and whether to elect or
appoint school board members, has been a controversial topic.
On February 17, 2000, after weeks of debate, the District
Council, with the Mayor's support, approved legislation that
would restructure the District of Columbia Board of Education,
pending approval of a referendum by District voters. The act,
which would amend the District's Home Rule Act, would: (1)
reduce the school board from 11 to 9 members; (2) allow voters
to elect four members of the board from four new school
election districts (currently eight members of the board are
elected by ward); (3) allow voters to elect one at-large member
to serve as President of the Board of Education; and (4) allow
the mayor to appoint four members to the board with the advice
and consent of the District council.
The Board of Election and Ethics (BEE) held a public
meeting on Tuesday, May 2, 2000, to hear public comment and
formulate the final short title and summary statement for the
Proposed Charter Amendment III, ``The School Governance Charter
Amendment Act of 2000''. Upon completion of this exercise, the
BEE certified the referendum question. On June 27, 2000, 51
percent of District residents that voted were in favor of the
hybrid Board of Education. Candidates for the five elected
seats on the new school board will appear on the November 7,
2000 general election ballot.
Support for Charter Schools
The charter school movement in the District of Columbia has
steadily gained support, despite some controversy. Nearly one
in every 11 school children attending public schools in the
District is enrolled in one of the 31 public charter schools.
Last year Congress provided additional support for the charter
school movement. Section 155 of Title I of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2000 amended the District of
Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, Public Law 104-134 (D.C.
Code, Sec. 31-2851) to extend indefinitely the legislative
authority for charter schools. In addition, Section 153 of the
act makes charter schools eligible for school construction and
repair funds by amending the Student Loan Marketing Association
Reorganization Act of 1996. The provision provides $5,000,000
in credit enhancement funds for public charter schools. These
funds are administered by a 5-member board appointed by the
Mayor and the Public Charter School Board. This provision will
help charter schools meet one of their most pressing needs--
adequate physical facilities. In addition, the Authority has
transferred the power to dispose of surplus schools to the
Office of the Mayor.
In March of this year, four members of the Emergency
Transitional Education Board of Trustees, the school advisory
panel created by the Authority, resigned in protest of the
Authority's support for the transfer of the Paul Junior High
School building to a charter school group. The scheduled
conversion was opposed by the Superintendent of Public Schools,
who sought to create a math and technology program to be housed
in the same building. The conversion of Paul to a charter
school was granted by the Public Charter School Board, which is
one of two charter granting authorities in the District,\2\
endorsed by the Authority, and supported by two-thirds of the
parents with children in attendance at Paul.
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The Paul Junior High School controversy served as a
lightning rod for issues surrounding the conversion and
transfer of public school buildings to charter schools. On
March 7, 2000, in the midst of the Paul Junior High School
controversy, the District council passed legislation that
places a 7\1/2\ month moratorium on public school building
conversions and transfers to public charter schools. Supporters
of the legislation contend it is necessary to correct
deficiencies in the conversion process.
Special Education
The problems of the District's special education program
include the timely evaluation of students and transportation
issues. Despite congressional scrutiny, the appointment by the
courts of a special master for special education, and promises
from school officials to address these concerns, the school
system has shown little progress in addressing the educational
needs of special education students, who represent about 15
percent of total public school enrollment.
The transportation issue has been a particularly
intractable problem. Bus service for special needs students is
routinely late or nonexistent. According to a report by the
special master appointed by a Federal judge to help resolve
transportation and other special education issues, at least 1
in every 10 special education students missed a significant
part of morning classes during the first 2 months of the year
because of transportation problems.
To address the problem of assessment backlog, Congress
approved the expenditure of $18,000,000 of the District's
reserve funds.
On April 13, 1999, the Council of the District of Columbia
passed a resolution that established, on an emergency basis, a
special committee to investigate the delivery of special
education services. All members of the District council serve
on the Special Education Program Investigation Special
Committee. The resolution gave the Special Committee 1 year to
investigate and recommend improvements in the delivery of
services. Earlier this year the District council passed a
resolution extending the deadline for submission of the report
by the Special Committee on Special Education until September
2000. In April 1999, the superintendent of public schools
placed three of the agency's top special education
administrators on administrative leave. The superintendent also
announced administrative and programmatic changes as part of a
90-day action plan intended to address some of the agency's
long-standing problems, including transferring the
responsibility for special education assessments to school
principals. According to school officials, significant progress
has been made in addressing the assessment backlog.
voting rights challenge
On April 19, 1999, a three-judge panel heard arguments for
and against providing voting representation in the House of
Representatives and the Senate for citizens of the District of
Columbia. Presently, the District of Columbia elects a non-
voting delegate to Congress, who has been granted the right to
cast committee votes but cannot vote in either the Committee-
as-a-Whole or the House.
The three judge panel, whose ruling may be appealed
directly to the Supreme Court, handed down their decision on
March 20, 2000. By a decision of two to one, the panel founded
that District residents did not have a legal right to voting
representation in Congress. The majority opinion stated that
the constitution clearly grants voting representation in the
House and Senate for ``the People of the several States.'' The
majority opinion suggested that residents seek redress through
the political process and not the courts.
receiverships
The courts continue to play a significant role in the daily
operations of the District government. Three agencies (Child
and Family Services, Mental Health Services, and District of
Columbia Jail Medical Services) account for at least
$389,528,000 in proposed spending controlled by court order.
The budget does not include cost estimates for one other agency
controlled by a court-appointed receiver: the District of
Columbia Public Housing Authority.
In December 1999, Mayor Williams appointed an individual to
serve as his administration's liaison with the four agencies
under receivership. The liaison's primary mission is to help
fashion solutions that will lead to the return of these
agencies to District administrative control. The effectiveness
of the agencies under receivership and the progress of the
receivers in returning the four agencies to District government
control have been uneven, at best. Only the Housing Authority
seems certain to be returned to District control within the
year.
Housing Authority
The Housing Authority, which has been in receivership since
1995, could be returned to the District's control later this
year. In anticipation of this transfer of authority to District
control, earlier this year, District public housing residents
elected three tenants to a nine-member board of commissioners
charged with setting policy and approving major contracts for
the agency after the court-appointed receiver completes his
assignment.
Child and Family Services
Child and Family Services, the District agency charged with
protecting abused and neglected children, has been criticized
for its handling of the Brianna Blackmond case. Brianna
Blackmond was a 23-month old child who was slain on January 6,
2000, after being returned to her mentally retarded mother. A
year earlier, the mother had been charged and found guilty of
child neglect. The child's death prompted a congressional
hearing on May 5, 2000, and a series of recommendations that
would include requiring social workers to provide field reports
to judges 10 days before hearings on a child's status and
additional training for social workers.
In the wake of the Brianna Blackmond case, the court-
appointed receiver has asked the District for an additional
$65,197,000. These funds would increase the agency's budget to
$185,752,000 and would be used to provide higher payments to
foster parents, hire additional social workers, and implement
other initiatives necessary to fully comply with the court
order to improve the agency's services. The problems of the
agency are numerous and include inadequate staffing, delays in
the approval of foster parents, warehousing of teenagers in
group homes, shortage of foster homes, and excessive time in
foster care (on average 3 years) before children are adopted or
reunited with their families.
Mental Health Services
In addition to the Housing Authority, Mental Health
Services, which has been under receivership since 1997, may be
returned to District control within the next 12 months. On
March 6, 2000, a U.S. District Judge approved a plan to return
the agency to District control on the premise that the system
had actually deteriorated under the receiver. The plan, agreed
to by District officials and a coalition representing mental
health groups, removed the court-appointed receiver at the end
of March 2000, places the agency under control of an interim
receiver, and transfers control to the District by April 2001.
The court would appoint a monitor to review the District's
administration of mental health services during a 6-month
period.
The dismal state of mental health services in the District
was illustrated on February 29, 2000, when police and
firefighters were called to a Northwest Washington mental
health group home and found the doors chained shut. The home is
part of an unofficial network of unregulated group homes for
the mentally ill. Though no formal lists of the unregulated
homes exists, an estimated 200 such homes operate in the
District. During an October 28, 1999, hearing, mental health
advocates noted cases of fraud, neglect, and abuse by mental
health residential facilities operators.
District of Columbia Jail Medical Services
The cost of health services is one of the issues prompting
District officials to seek removal of the medical services
receiver at the District of Columbia jail. The jail's medical
services, which have been under receivership since 1995, cost
$19 per inmate per day, according to statistics from the
National Institute of Corrections. The District's per inmate
medical expense is far higher than the city of Baltimore's cost
of $5.18 per inmate per day and is almost three times the
national average.
district of columbia performance accountability standards
Legislative history
On October 19, 1994, the Home Rule Act was amended by
Public Law 103-373, the Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of
1994, to include performance and financial accountability
requirements for the District government. The amendment
required the District government to devise, implement, and
submit to the Congress comprehensive financial and performance
standards. The purpose of the requirement was to force District
government accountability by requiring systematic goal-setting,
measurement and reporting of program performance and financial
management.
District government compliance with the performance accountability
requirements
The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Act of 1994, Public Law 103-373, mandates
that the District submit to Congress a performance
accountability plan for the upcoming year, and a performance
accountability report for the previous year that compares
planned performance with actual performance. Both the plan and
the report are due on March 1 each year, at which point the
General Accounting Office has until April 15 to evaluate the
District's performance report and submit its findings to
Congress. The report must: (1) explain the District's progress
in meeting two levels of planned performance, acceptable and
superior; (2) include the title of the supervisor responsible
for each goal; and (3) provide a status update on the progress
of the District agencies that are currently under court order.
For fiscal year 2001, the District intentionally bypassed
the March 1 deadline, opting to submit the performance measures
in June to coincide with the budget proposal submitted to
Congress. The justification given by the Mayor's office is that
the District plans to integrate the performance goals closely
with the budget numbers. The document provides little more than
a coincidental correlation between the performance measures
submitted to the District Council and the budget proposals.
The performance measures in the Mayor's budget proposal,
submitted to the District Council on March 13, 2000, are
deficient. Although the Mayor's staff has made assurances that
progress has been made since the budget's submission, the
measures contain a number of ``to be determined'' (TBD) goals,
as well as numerous goals that are identical to last year's
goals. Of the 282 measures outlined in the Mayor's budget
proposal, 129 are either TBD or the same goal as last year. For
example, the Metropolitan Police Department's budget proposal
section contains 23 performance measures; 20 are TBD and 3 have
goals. The Department of Housing has 10 performance measures.
While there are no TBDs, 8 of the 10 are the same as last
year's performance measures. Although significant progress has
been made since Mayor Williams began his administration, much
work remains to be done.
One final concern regarding the District's performance
measures is their lack of baseline measurements. The Williams
administration considers this to be the first performance cycle
to which it plans to hold itself fully accountable. However,
without baseline numbers to measure performance, it could prove
difficult to hold the District accountable to any specific
performance goals. For example, the Department of Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs plans to increase the number of citations
for a variety of ABC violations by 50 percent. Without a sound
baseline to measure progress, an increase like 50 percent has
little effect when measuring performance.
The Committee has maintained high expectations for the
current administration's commitment to a performance-based
government. While the Mayor and his administration are entitled
to a period of transition, the Committee expects fiscal year
2001 to result in full compliance with the requirements of the
law. Without a system of goal-setting, measurement and
reporting of program performance, the District government will
not achieve either operational efficiencies or the ``customer
satisfaction'' of District residents.
president's budget proposal for fiscal year 2001
The President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2001
proposes $445,425,000 in Federal funds for the District of
Columbia. The $445,425,000 total encompasses a $134,300,000
payment to the D.C. corrections trustee for operations;
$103,000,000 for the D.C. courts, including $98,000,000 for
operations and $5,000,000 for capital improvements; $38,387,000
for defender services in the D.C. courts; and $103,527,000 for
court services and the offender supervision agency. In
addition, the President proposed $17,000,000 to the District of
Columbia for a program of resident tuition support.
The President has proposed additional payments to the
District of Columbia, including $5,000,000 to continue a
program initiated by Congress in fiscal year 2000 that creates
incentives to promote the adoption of children in the District;
$10,000,000 to the District of Columbia for environmental
cleanup and site preparation at Poplar Point; $3,000,000 for
planning of a National Museum of American Music; and $6,211,000
to the District of Columbia as reimbursement for anticipated
expenses that will be incurred in connection with Presidential
inauguration activities.
The fiscal year 2001 budget proposal contains $25,000,000
for a contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority for the construction of a Metro station at the
intersection of New York and Florida Avenues, in Northeast,
D.C.
TOTAL RESOURCES
Based on recommendations in the bill, a total of
$6,709,335,000, including $192,804,000 of intra-District funds,
will be available to the District government during the next
fiscal year. Included in this figure are appropriations from
local funds, Federal grants, and private and other funds. The
financing of appropriations from District funds is from various
local taxes, fees, charges, and other collections received by
the District government.
intra-district funds
Based on recommendations in the bill, a total of
$192,804,000 is allocated to intra-District funds. Intra-
District payments are a mechanism that District agencies
(buying agencies) use to pay for services rendered by other
District agencies (selling agencies). The mechanism allows a
buying agency to transfer funds to a selling agency. The intra-
District payment covers the selling agency's costs of
delivering the services. Each District government agency
selling a service to another agency has an intra-District
revenue budget. The intra-District budget reflects the selling
agency's projection of costs related to the services it will
render. The intra-District budget is an internal government
transaction. Although these funds are included in the total
ceiling for the recommended fiscal year 2001 budget of District
funds, intra-District funds are not included in the recommended
total appropriation for the individual District budget
functions: governmental direction and support; economic
development and regulation; public safety and justice; public
education system; human support services; public works;
(financing and other uses); receivership programs; workforce
investments; the Authority; and enterprise funds.
FEDERAL FUNDS
A total of $440,905,000 in Federal funds will be available
to the District government during fiscal year 2001. Included in
this total are the Federal payments for the D.C. corrections
trustee operations, the D.C. Courts, and the D.C. Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency. The total also
includes $17,000,000 for the Public Education System;
$1,500,000 for a Commercial Revitalization Program; $500,000
for the District of Columbia Public Schools; $500,000 for the
Department of Human Services; $25,000,000 for a Metrorail
station; and $6,211,000 for Presidential Inauguration expenses.
A total of $1,509,916,000 in Federal funds will be received by
the District government from the various Federal grant
programs. In addition, Federal reimbursements are received from
such programs as Medicaid and Medicare.
The following table summarizes the various Federal funds
estimated to be available to the District government during
fiscal year 2001:
Federal Funds
Item
Federal payment for resident tuition support............ $17,000,000
Federal payment for commercial revitalization program... 1,500,000
Federal payment to the D.C. public schools.............. 500,000
Federal payment to the Department of Human Services..... 500,000
Federal payment to D.C. corrections trustee operations.. 134,200,000
Federal payment for D.C. courts......................... 109,080,000
Defender services in D.C. courts........................ 38,387,000
Federal payment to Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia..... 108,527,000
Metrorail construction.................................. 25,000,000
Presidential inauguration............................... 6,211,000
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Subtotal (Federal funds included in this bill).... 440,905,000
Federal grants.......................................... 1,509,916,000
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Total Federal funds............................... 1,950,821,000
Federal Payment for District of Columbia Resident Tuition Support
The Committee recommends $17,000,000 in Federal funds for
the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Program. Initial
funding of $17,000,000 for this program was included in the
Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Act. On November 12, 1999,
Public Law 106-98, the District of Columbia College Access Act
of 1999, was signed into law. The Act established the Tuition
Assistance Program, a scholarship fund under the direction of
the Mayor of the District of Columbia, in consultation with the
Secretary of Education.
Under the Act, scholarships are awarded to District
residents for undergraduate education within 3 years of
graduation or getting a graduate equivalent degree [GED]. The
applicant must be a District resident for 12 consecutive months
before the academic year of the award. Scholarships pay the
difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition, with a
cap of $10,000 per student per school year, at public
universities in Maryland and Virginia. Scholarships may also be
used for tuition at private colleges in the metropolitan area
and at private Historically Black Colleges and Universities
anywhere in Maryland or Virginia, with a cap of $2,500 per
student per year.
The Act authorizes the Mayor to expand the public portion
of the program from public institutions of higher education in
Maryland and Virginia to public colleges and universities
across the nation under the following conditions: (1) the Mayor
determines that a significant number of students are having
difficulty gaining admission because of preferences given to
in-State applicants; (2) the Mayor consults with the Committee
on Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Secretary of
Education about expanding the program; and (3) the Mayor
considers the projected costs of the expanded program on the
individual awards (due to a greater difference between in-State
and out-of-State costs) and the administration of the program.
On May 16, 2000, the Mayor notified the House Committee on
Government Reform that, because the necessary provisions had
been satisfied, the Mayor would exercise his authority to
expand the Act to cover the difference between in-State and
out-of-State tuition at public institutions in all 50 States.
Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children
In the Fiscal Year 2000 District of Columbia Appropriations
Act, Congress recommended and the President approved a Federal
contribution of $5,000,000 to create incentives to promote the
adoption of children in the District's foster care system. The
Committee is recommending that the funds appropriated in fiscal
year 2000 remain available through September 30, 2002, for
funding of this Congressionally initiated program.
The Mayor and District Council have agreed to a plan in the
Budget Support Act for the expenditure of the initial
$5,000,000 appropriation. Of the total funds, $3,000,000 will
be used to: (1) create a flexible fund to support adoptions of
siblings and other hard to place children by covering the costs
of home renovations to accommodate wheelchair access and other
special needs; (2) create an adoption resource center and post-
adoption services to provide on-going support and education for
new foster parents; and (3) provide funds to enhance the
current Children and Family Services Administration recruitment
efforts.
The balance of $2,000,000 will be used to establish a
scholarship fund to support transition to independence for
adopted teens pursuant to the Adoption Voucher Fund Act of
2000, enacted by the District Council on June 6, 2000.
Federal Payment to Commercial Revitalization Program
The Committee recommends a Federal payment of $1,500,000 to
the Mayor to continue the District of Columbia Commercial
Revitalization Program [CRP]. This program was initiated during
fiscal year 2000 with funding of $5,000,000 in interest
earnings held by the Authority and appropriated in the
District's Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Act, Public Law 106-
113.
Transfer of funds
Although program guidelines and allocation criteria have
been completed, as recently as July, 2000, the Authority had
failed to transfer the appropriated funds to the Office of the
Mayor, despite the legislative mandate requiring the funds'
immediate transfer. The Committee directs that the Authority
immediately transfer any of the $5,000,000 appropriated to the
District for CRP which have yet to be transferred to the Office
of the Mayor.
Status of program
The District's CRP is an integral component of the Mayor's
strategy to attract increased trade, commerce and employment in
the District of Columbia. On June 12, 2000, the District
Council adopted the necessary authorizing legislation, the
``Supermarket Tax Exemption Act of 2000,'' which was signed by
the Mayor and is subject to review by the Authority and
Congress. CRP funds will be committed fully during fiscal year
2001.
Since the program's establishment, the Mayor has identified
and commenced negotiations regarding the development of four
retail projects targeted for assistance through CRP. The
Brentwood/Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center in Northeast D.C.
will be the first CRP-assisted project, following the
conclusion of land assembly and negotiation of the final
purchase terms. This project, which will include construction
of a major anchor retail store, as well as other national
retail stores, will be publicly announced in early September
2000.
No year funds
The appropriated funds are to remain available until
expended. These funds are ``no year'' moneys because final
arrangements for capital projects often take a year or more to
complete land assembly, environmental and feasibility
assessments, negotiation of business terms, and other typical
due diligence requirements.
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Schools
The Committee recommends $500,000 to the District of
Columbia Public Schools. Of this amount, $250,000 shall be used
to fund a program to reduce school violence, and the remaining
$250,000 shall be used for a program to enhance the reading
skills of the District's public school students.
Federal Payment to the Department of Human Services
The Committee recommends $500,000 for a contribution to the
construction in Southeast Washington of a new community service
center for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth.
Federal Payment to Corrections Trustee Operations
Pursuant to section 601 of the National Capital
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997
(Revitalization Act), the Committee recommends an appropriation
of $134,300,000 for payment to the D.C. corrections trustee for
the administration and operation of correctional facilities for
sentenced adult felons and for the administrative operating
costs of the Office of the Corrections Trustee.
The corrections trustee is responsible for: (1) financial
oversight of the operations of the D.C. Department of
Corrections [DOC]; (2) facilitating the closure of the Lorton
Correctional Facility in Lorton, VA, by December 31, 2001, and
the transfer of sentenced felon prisoners from the District to
the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and (3) assisting the DOC in its
reformation and stabilization.
Corrections trustee operations
The President's budget request for fiscal year 2001 is
$134,300,000 for the Corrections Trustee operations. The Office
of the Corrections Trustee provided the following
justifications for the requested funds:
District of Columbia Corrections Operations Crosswalk of Fiscal Year
2000 Changes and Summary of Fiscal Year 2001 Request
[Dollars in thousands]
Adjustment to Base Amount
Fiscal Year 2000 Enacted...................................... $175,331
Adjustment to Base.................................... (7,491)
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Fiscal Year 2000 Base......................................... 167,840
Program Changes............................................... (33,640)
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Fiscal Year 2001 Estimate..................................... 134,200
Note.--The Fiscal Year 2000 Consolidated Appropriation Act rescinded
0.38 percent of discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2000
resulting in a decrease of $668,800.
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Base program description
The D.C. Department of Corrections [DOC] is in transition
from having responsibility for direct oversight of confinement
of all District pretrial detainees and sentenced prisoners to
its new role of overseeing the confinement of only pretrial
detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, and others held for court-
related processing. The fiscal year 2001 budget request is
based on funding the Federal Government's responsibilities for
``sentenced felons,'' as set forth in the Memorandum of
Understanding signed during the development of the
Revitalization Act. The Federal funding responsibility is
limited to the DOC operations related to those serving
sentences and whose legal charges have been fully adjudicated
(``State ready''). This definition excludes those felons
awaiting trial on other charges or other court appearances,
which are considered to be a local responsibility.
A major concern is the unanticipated growth of the overall
D.C. inmate population. Since October 1, 1998, the inmate
population has grown from 9,700 to its current level of over
10,700. The growth in the adult felony population accounts for
nearly all of the increase. The number of inmates for which the
District of Columbia is responsible (i.e., misdemeanants,
pretrial inmates, and felony inmates awaiting final
adjudication and/or court processing) is estimated to be
relatively stable at about 2,500. The felony inmate increase is
due to slower than anticipated releases from the DOC, in part
due to more stringent release procedures required to provide a
better transition for inmates returning to the community. While
the rate of increase has slowed slightly, it is anticipated
that the inmate population will continue to grow to about
11,300 at a rate of 4 percent annually. The growth threatens
the timely transfer of D.C. ``State ready'' inmates to the
Federal Bureau of Prisons [BOP]. The original projection of the
number of inmates to be housed in BOP was approximately 7,400.
The current projection for the end of fiscal year 2001
increases the estimate by 1,400 to 8,800. This increase is
occurring simultaneously with BOP's unanticipated rate of
inmate growth.
An updated ``Transition Plan for the Transfer of District
of Columbia Sentenced Felons to the Federal Government and the
Closure of the Lorton Correctional Complex'' was provided to
Congress on February 7, 2000. The plan reported that four of
the six Lorton facilities had already closed by January 2000,
with two of those facilities closing ahead of the schedule
anticipated in the February 1999 transition plan. Of the
remaining two facilities, the Maximum Security Facility is
expected to close by the end of March 2001, and the Central
Facility will close by December 31, 2001, as required by the
Revitalization Act. The plan also addressed the transfer of all
remaining felony inmates to BOP by that time from the contract
facility at Youngstown, Ohio (1,700 inmates) and from the
contract with Virginia at the Sussex II and Red Onion
Facilities (1,355 inmates). It is anticipated that over 6,000
inmates of the 8,800 sentenced felons will be in BOP custody by
the end of fiscal year 2001.
The cost of operations ranks the District of Columbia
corrections system among the most expensive in the country. To
reduce costs, the Department of Corrections has 3,200 sentenced
felons in contract facilities. However, much of the anticipated
savings has not been realized. This is due to the lack of
downsizing after inmates were placed in contract prison
facilities and the excessive use of overtime.
The District of Columbia's fiscal year 1999 budget for the
local responsibilities of the DOC severely underfunded its
operations at $70,000,000. The combination of the unanticipated
growth of the inmate population, combined with the under
funding on the part of the District's local budget, resulted in
a budget shortfall for fiscal year 1999 of $23,000,000. The
local funding portion of the shortfall was estimated at
$12,000,000. With the $12,000,000 the DOC funding for fiscal
year 1999 from local funds would be $82,000,000, over
$6,000,000 below the $88,600,000 level estimated for the post-
fiscal year 2002 period in the Trustee's February 2000 Lorton
closure plan. (Note: This does not include local budget
expenditures at the D.C. Jail for the medical receiver,
estimated at $12,000,000 per year.)
Recent Accomplishments of the Corrections Trustee
Since the transmittal of the President's fiscal year 2000
Budget to Congress, three facilities have closed at Lorton,
Virginia: the Occoquan Facility in early May 1999, the Minimum
Security Facility at the end of July 1999, and the Youth
Facility at the end of January 2000. The Occoquan Facility
closed on schedule according to the February 1999 Lorton
closure plan. The Minimum Security Facility closed in advance
of the September 30, 1999 estimated closing date, and the Youth
Facility closed in advance of the March 31, 2000 estimated
closing date. Along with the closures, two Reductions-in-Force
(RIF) were implemented that eliminated 667 positions at the
DOC. In addition to the RIF's, vacancies were backfilled in
uniform positions at other DOC-operated correctional
facilities, thus reducing the need for a portion of the
overtime. Overall, the number of employees has been reduced by
32 percent since November 1997, from 3,159 employees to the
current level of 2,141 employees, as reported by the DOC.
The priority consideration program that was established by
the Corrections Trustee is in place and is beginning to assist
staff scheduled to be separated from the DOC with re-employment
with the Federal Government and other agencies. The program is
coordinated with the Federal Prison System, the DOC, the D.C.
Office of Personnel, D.C. Department of Employment Services,
and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, pursuant to the
requirements of the Revitalization Act for displaced employees.
The program has elicited limited interest until the RIF
procedures had been implemented, but several applicants have
already been hired by the Bureau of Prisons, with the
expectation that greater numbers of staff will avail themselves
of the program as the closure date for the Lorton facilities
approaches.
One of the successes of the past year has been the
implementation of a system of internal audits and controls. DOC
Director Washington has supported this initiative by
establishing a permanent unit to oversee the development and
implementation of the new system. The Office of the Corrections
Trustee provided guidance and training by: (1) advising the
D.C. Department of Corrections in the implementation of
practices to establish a system of internal controls; (2)
providing oversight in the development of internal auditing
tools; and (3) sponsoring and conducting audit-related
training.
The Corrections Trustee prepared a 280 page report
requested by the Deputy Attorney General on a review of inmates
who are sentenced under both local and Federal statutes, and a
review of a number of other interagency and inter-
jurisdictional issues unique to D.C.'s current transition. The
request was in response to an order of the U.S. District Court
requesting that the Department of Justice investigate the
policies and procedures related to dual code jurisdiction
cases. This order is a result of questions raised specifically
to the commitment processes for Federal and D.C. code cases as
a result of issues surfaced with dual jurisdiction cases housed
in the D.C. Department of Corrections. This report, released in
October 1999, included 24 major recommendations and has been
favorably received by the Department of Justice and its
component agencies, the U.S. District Court, and the DOC. As a
result of the report, the Deputy Attorney General has requested
the Corrections Trustee to coordinate implementation of the
report's recommendations with all affected agencies of the
Federal and District governments.
Continuing efforts are underway to determine staffing
patterns and maximize staff reallocation during the closure
process at the Lorton complex, so that the closure of
facilities may proceed smoothly, at the lowest cost, and with
the lowest security risk to the complex and the local
community. In addition, the Trustee undertook a major
engineering analysis to assess the capital improvements
necessary over the next several years at the Central Detention
Facility to ensure that the DOC has a properly updated jail
facility in good repair. That report forms the basis of current
planning of Mayor Williams' administration for major capital
improvements to the Central Detention Facility.
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts
The Revitalization Act requires that, commencing in fiscal
year 1998, the Federal Government finance the D.C. courts,
including the operations of the D.C. Court of Appeals, Superior
Court, and the court system. Beginning with the fiscal year
1999 appropriations bill, the Federal Government also provided
funds for capital improvements. By law, the annual budget
includes estimates of the expenditures for the operations of
the courts prepared by the Joint Committee on Judicial
Administration and the President's recommendation for funding
the courts' operations.
The President's recommended level for fiscal year 2001 is
$103,000,000, which includes $98,000,000 for the courts
operations; and $5,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2002, for capital improvements for District courthouse
facilities. The courts have requested $122,799,000, which
includes $104,529,000 for operations, and $18,270,000 for
capital improvements. Based on the following analysis the
Committee recommends a funding level of $103,255,000 for the
courts' operations, and $5,825,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002, for the courts' capital improvement
program.
D.C. Courts Budget Request
The D.C. Court system has submitted a budget request
totaling $122,799,000 in Federal funds for fiscal year 2001.
The operations request of $104,529,000 exceeds the President's
proposed operations budget by $6,529,000 and would be used as
follows: $5,255,000 to finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent
for non-judicial employees and $1,274,000 for superior court
staffing, equipment and program requests. The capital request
of $18,270,000 exceeds the President's proposed capital budget
by $13,270,000, $8,200,000 of which would be used for the
restoration and renovation of the Old City Hall as the new D.C.
Court of Appeals, and the balance for other ongoing capital
projects.
The President's fiscal year 2001 operating budget denied
the Courts' request for non-judicial employee compensation on
the basis that the Courts did not timely provide the analysis
requested by OMB to justify this increase. The Committee has
reviewed the detailed independent analysis of court employee
compensation, entitled ``Comparison of Pay and Job
Classification of Non-Judicial Positions in the District of
Columbia Courts'', dated November 1999. The Courts acknowledge
that the pay disparity analysis was not made available to the
administration in a timely manner. As a result, OMB did not
have the benefit of the analysis as it prepared the fiscal year
2001 budget.
The November 1999 independent study establishes that pay
levels for the D.C. Courts' non-judicial employees are almost
19 percent below the U.S. Court average and 16 percent below
the Federal average for comparable jobs. The D.C. Courts'
fiscal year 2001 budget requests $5,255,000 and represents an
adjustment of 8.48 percent. This percentage increase is
comprised of the two regular cost of living adjustments (COLA)
of 3.68 percent and 4.8 percent that were not provided to non-
judicial employees in January 1999 and January 2000.
History of Courts Pay Scale
In the Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriation Act, Congress
recognized the pay disparity created by the Revitalization Act
and provided a 10 percent pay parity adjustment. Of that 10
percent, non-judicial employees received 3.68 percent in
January 1999. The remaining 6.32 percent was applied primarily
to obligations for Defender Services. As GAO reported in its
certification, the Courts' fiscal year 1999 obligations for
Defender Services exceeded available resources of $32,000,000.
Therefore, in fiscal year 1999, the Courts paid $36,000,000 of
Defender Services obligations, including $6,000,000 of fiscal
year 1998 carry-over obligations. The Courts dedicated funds
originally planned for the pay adjustment to help ensure
payments were made to attorneys who provided mandatory services
under the Criminal Justice Act, Counsel for Child Abuse and
Neglect, and Guardianship programs.
PAY DISPARITY OF D.C. COURTS' NON-JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES
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Pay
disparity Funding gap
(percent)
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U.S. Courts................................ 19 $10,850,000
Federal agencies........................... 16 9,140,000
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A recent independent study found that, on average, D.C.
Courts' non-judicial employees are paid 19 percent less than
their counterparts in comparable jobs in U.S. Courts, and 16
percent less than comparable Federal employees on the General
Schedule. To address this pay gap, the Committee recommends an
increase of $5,255,000. In addition, the Committee expects the
Courts to direct $3,900,000 of previously provided operating
funds for a pay increase for non-judicial personnel, as
necessary to provide on average a 16 percent pay increase.
These combined funds would bring D.C. Courts' non-judicial
staff into parity with their counterparts in comparable jobs on
the Federal General Schedule. However, the Committee recognizes
that D.C. Courts' non-judicial employee pay would remain, on
average, 3 percent below the level for comparable jobs in the
U.S. Courts.
Committee Recommendation for Operations Budget
The Committee recognizes that the D.C. Courts have
undergone significant leadership changes this year. In February
2000, the Courts' Executive Officer, Ulysses Hammond, retired.
The new Acting Executive Officer and her budget staff have
provided the Committee with thorough budget justifications and
have been both accessible to and cooperative with Committee
staff. The Committee is optimistic that the installation of a
new management team for the Courts will enhance the Courts'
relationship with Congress.
To close the pay disparity gap for the Courts' employees,
thereby enabling the Courts to attract competent, qualified
employees, and in recognition of the recent signs of improved
management by the Acting Executive Officer and the Fiscal
Officer, the Committee recommends an additional appropriation
to the D.C. Courts' operations of $5,255,000, which represents
the 8.48 percent pay adjustment for non-judicial court
employees. The additional funds are to be allocated as follows:
(1) $359,000 for non-judicial employees of the Court of
Appeals; (2) $4,323,000 for non-judicial employees of the
Superior Court; and (3) $573,000 for non-judicial employees of
the Court System.
Committee Recommendation for Capital Budget
The President's budget proposal recommends $5,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2001, for capital
improvements for District courthouse facilities. The Courts are
requesting $18,270,000 for the Courts' infrastructure. Included
in this request is $8,200,000 for the restoration of the Old
Courthouse at 451 Indiana Avenue for use by the Court of
Appeals. While the Committee supports this capital project, it
does not have the resources to meet the Courts' budget request.
However, the Committee is recommending the appropriation of an
additional $825,000 for roofing repairs deemed necessary to
prevent further damage to the building.
Other Funding Requests
The President rejected the Courts' request of $409,000 for
information technology (IT) staff increases. The rationale for
the denial of funds is the Courts' failure to provide OMB with
information detailing how previously-appropriated IT funds have
been spent and justifications for the requested funds.
Likewise, the President denied the Courts' request of $240,000
for the expansion of juvenile urban services because the
request was unsupported by a needs analysis. Finally, according
to OMB, the Courts' request of $625,000 for equipment
replacement was also unsupported. The Committee does not
recommend funding these program requests for fiscal year 2001.
However, the Committee will review these programs during the
fiscal year 2002 budget cycle should the Courts submit the
requests with adequate budget justifications.
Quarterly apportionments
The Committee again directs that the quarterly
apportionments paid by the Treasury to the courts shall be in
equal payments, exclusive of payments for the capital account
and the pension account. Should OMB recommend that more than an
equal quarterly payment be made to the courts, the Director of
OMB shall forward to the chairmen of the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a
written request that includes an itemized statement of the
recommended payment and a justification for each item for which
an increased payment is recommended. Both Committee chairmen
shall provide OMB with a written approval of the payment
request before OMB can direct the increased quarterly payment
by the Treasury of the United States.
Reporting requirements
The courts are directed to submit monthly reports, through
the General Services Administration, to the Senate and House
Committees on Appropriations, within 15 calendar days after the
end of each month, on the status of obligations by object class
and a monthly personnel summary by position, full-time
equivalent positions (FTE's), and program/function. The
obligation report should show, at a minimum, the original
operating plan, current operating plan, obligations year to
date, percent obligated, planned obligations year to date,
percentage deviation from plan year to date, projected total
obligations end of year, and projected surplus/deficit.
In addition, the obligation report shall: (1) under the
Court System Spending Plan, include a breakdown of expenditures
for the Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect Program and the
program of representation of indigents in criminal cases under
the Criminal Justice Act; (2) include a monthly breakdown of
expenditures for the District of Columbia courts' capital
improvements; and (3) where year-to-date obligations exceed or
fall below the plan estimates by 1 percent or more, include an
explanation of why a category is over- or under-budgeted.
D.C. courts capital projects
The Committee directs OMB to report to the Committee prior
to releasing funds during fiscal year 2001 for any capital
improvements to the District's courthouse facilities. The
report shall: (1) identify the facility undergoing improvement;
(2) include a complete description of the project to be
undertaken; (3) itemize each improvement, renovation, or
service and its cost; (4) include the contracting date,
contracting party, and a timeline for the completion of each
contracted improvement, renovation, or service; and (5)
identify any design studies for which funding is sought. This
request was directed to OMB last year, and OMB failed to comply
with the Committee's directive. The Committee expects complete
and timely compliance by OMB throughout fiscal year 2001.
Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts
The Committee recommends $38,387,000 for attorney programs
for indigent defendants, child abuse and guardianship cases
administered by the District of Columbia Courts. Funding for
these programs was established as a separate account in the
Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Act because of problems that
attorneys experienced in receiving payments from the Courts
during the last quarter of the fiscal year.
The request of $38,387,000 consists of: (1) $30,537,000 for
the Criminal Justice Act [CJA] program; (2) $7,000,000 for the
Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect [CCAN] program; and (3)
$850,000 for the Guardianship program. The request for the
Criminal Justice Act program includes a one-time payment of
$4,500,000 for payment of past Criminal Justice Act
obligations.
The Office of Defender Services has requested an additional
$3,403,000 in Federal funds for an increase in the hourly rate
paid to investigators who assist attorneys in the CJA and CCAN
Programs. Currently, the D.C. Courts pay investigators $10 per
hour, while Federal counterparts pay investigators $35 per
hour.
Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
for the District of Columbia
The Revitalization Act established the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency [CSOSA] for the District of
Columbia to assume the functions of the District's pretrial
services, adult probation, parole, and adult offender
supervision functions.
The bill appropriates $108,527,000 for fiscal year 2001 for
CSOSA. This new Federal agency was established by the National
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of
1997 (Revitalization Act) to reorganize and operate the
functions of pretrial services, parole, adult probation and
offender supervision in the District of Columbia. The
Revitalization Act established the D.C. Pretrial Services
Agency as an independent agency within CSOSA. Funding for the
D.C. Public Defender Service, an independent District agency,
is transferred from this appropriation to the Public Defender
Service.
The mission of CSOSA for the District of Columbia is to
increase public safety, prevent crime, reduce recidivism, and
support the fair administration of justice in close
collaboration with the community. The Agency will enhance
decision-making and provide effective community supervision,
thereby ensuring public confidence in the criminal justice
system. Since its establishment in 1997, CSOSA has made
considerable progress in coordinating and streamlining the
former pretrial and supervision functions of the D.C.
government, establishing an infrastructure to support the
Agency's mission, revising certain policies and procedures to
close loopholes and improve supervision, instituting a system
of offender and staff accountability, and developing a
strategic plan that focuses the Agency's activities and
resources on specific goals and strategies for achieving its
mission. CSOSA seeks to dramatically reduce crime among the
population that it supervises with an anticipated outcome that
reduces recidivism for violent and drug-related crime by an
overall rate of 50 percent over the next 5 years.
The provisions of the Revitalization Act that created CSOSA
were enacted to address serious public safety problems caused
by an inadequate supervision structure within the District and
to relieve the D.C. government from financial responsibility
for services typically provided under State funding. Prior to
the creation of CSOSA, the District agencies responsible for
supervision--pretrial services, adult probation and parole--
lacked sufficient resources and the basic infrastructure to
provide effective monitoring and intervention.
The fiscal year 2000 appropriation provided $93,443,000,
including $23,264,000 in program increases, for CSOSA--the most
significant funding increase since enactment of the
Revitalization Act. Resources were provided to build agency
infrastructure, establish and improve mission critical
programs, such as drug testing and sanctions-based treatment,
reduce supervision caseload ratios, and improve legal
representation for indigent persons. During fiscal year 2000,
CSOSA has instituted a $7,000,000 treatment program that is
projected to serve the critical needs of approximately 44
percent of the pretrial and post-conviction offender
population, which is expected to increase 102 percent over
fiscal year 1999 drug testing levels, and supervision caseload
levels for probation and parole being reduced from 72:1 to 50:1
by the end of fiscal year 2000. In addition to improving
operational programs, CSOSA has established a federally
compliant administrative infrastructure and received an
unqualified opinion on its financial statement from the
independent auditor, Price Waterhouse.
Based on the results the Agency has achieved to date and
the anticipated outcomes expected in the future, the Committee
is recommending an increase of $15,084,000 over the fiscal year
2000 appropriation for the purpose of funding non-policy
adjustments to base, improving supervision, drug testing,
intervention and treatment, including funds for defender
services program enhancements. This funding level restores
$5,000,000 of a $6,000,000 base reduction proposed in the
President's budget for contractual treatment services. The
$5,000,000 contractual treatment program will serve the
critical needs of approximately 37 percent of the pretrial and
post-conviction offender populations. Funding provided for
program enhancements, $8,854,000, supports:
Supervision.--$2,234,000 and 37 positions to provide case
management supervision for defendants housed at halfway houses
pending trial, expand supervision of curfew conditions of high-
risk defendants, provide background investigations and reports
to the Court for traffic court and quality of life crimes, and
to improve evening and weekend supervision of high-risk
offenders;
Drug Testing.--$362,000 and 8 positions to enhance drug lab
capacity and to establish drug testing collection capabilities
for Pretrial Services' Restrictive Community Supervision
Program in the city's halfway houses;
Treatment and Support Services.--$1,029,000 and 19
positions to provide substance abuse case management and
assessment services, and ancillary treatment services such as
housing placement, employment assistance, health care and
educational and vocational training;
Sanctions.--$1,252,000 to contract for halfway back beds so
that swift and appropriate sanctions can be imposed on
individuals under supervision at the first sign of relapse, and
to improve offender re-entry programs;
Executive and Administrative Support.--$3,432,000 and 37
positions to move a large segment of Community Supervision
Officers out of downtown District of Columbia Court offices
into the community, fully implement and evaluate the Agency's
performance management strategy, provide staff to adequately
support the information technology program, improve employee
training and administrative support, and initiate DNA testing
of offenders; and
Public Defender Service.--$545,000 and 7 positions for
Public Defender Service Lorton closure response initiative.
Metrorail Construction
The Committee recommends a contribution of $25,000,000 in
Federal funds to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority [WMATA] for the construction of a Metrorail station
at the intersections of New York and Florida Avenues,
Northeast. The contribution is contingent upon the District
government setting aside $25,000,000 in its capital budget for
the project and establishing a special taxing district for the
neighborhood of the proposed Metrorail site to contribute an
additional $25,000,000. The Committee notes that the District's
Fiscal Year 2001 Budget & Financial Plan earmarks $25,000,000
in its capital budget for the Metrorail project. However, the
commitment of $25,000,000 in private funds has not been secured
by the establishment of a special taxing district. Until the
private funding has been secured, the Federal funds
appropriated herein shall be held by the U.S. Treasury .
The Committee notes that, in response to hearing questions
propounded to the Mayor concerning the Metrorail project, the
revised estimated cost of the proposed New York Avenue Metro
station has been increased from $75,000,000 to $84,000,000. The
Committee contribution, therefore, is not a one-third
contribution to this project; nor does the Committee plan to
revise its contribution to reflect a percentage contribution.
The Committee will closely monitor the development of this
project, especially cost containment issues.
The Committee directs WMATA to provide the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives with
quarterly reports on the New York Avenue Metrorail project,
including construction schedules, any modifications in cost
estimates and the status of private funding.
Federal Payment for Presidential Inauguration
The President's budget requested $6,211,000 for
reimbursement to the District of Columbia for expenses
anticipated in connection with Presidential inauguration
activities in January 2001. The Committee recommends funding
the requested $6,211,000.
Federal Payment For National Museum Of American Music
The Committee has not recommended additional funding for
the National Museum of American Music. The President's budget
proposal includes $3,000,000 to fund the staff, consultants,
design, environmental assessments and preparation of Request
for Proposals to complete the planning phase of the museum.
In the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriation
Act (Public Law 105-277), the Federal City Council, a private,
nonprofit organization, received $300,000 to conduct a needs
and design study for a National Museum of American Music.
Although the needs and design study has not been completed, the
scope of the envisioned project has expanded to a multi-million
dollar, mixed-use development that would include, in addition
to the Museum, performance and entertainment venues, retail and
dining facilities, hotels and housing, a performing arts
theater, and an elementary school. The Federal City Council and
other interested parties have targeted the current Washington
Convention Center site as the preferred location for the
development.
The Committee has determined that additional funding of the
project is premature. First, local District officials have not
had an opportunity to review and analyze the proposed project.
Nor has the District government made a financial commitment to
this project. Also at issue is whether the project envisioned
by the Federal City Council constitutes the highest and best
use of the real estate under consideration. Finally, the
Committee has not been provided with a detailed analysis of the
project scope and all potential funding sources.
The Committee directs the General Accounting Office [GAO]
to review the proposed National Museum of American Music
project proposal and report to the Committee by April 1, 2001,
on: (1) total project cost estimates; (2) all potential project
funding sources (including local District, Federal, and private
funding sources); (3) an analysis of whether the proposed
project is suited for the site of the current Convention
Center; and (4) whether it constitutes the highest and best use
of the property at issue. The requested data will enable the
Committee to more carefully analyze the appropriateness of
continued Federal funding.
Brownfield Remediation At Poplar Point
Poplar Point encompasses areas of land in the Anacostia
neighborhood of Southeast Washington that are under the
jurisdiction of the District of Columbia, the Federal
Government and the private sector. Of the entire tract, only 11
acres of Poplar Point are under the District's jurisdiction,
and the District government anticipates developing this land.
The President is requesting $10,000,000 in Federal funds for
site preparation, including environmental remediation in the
areas under private or District jurisdiction.
As evidenced by other projects recommended for funding in
this report, the Committee strongly supports the District's
economic development efforts. Likewise, the Committee supports
programs that will remediate areas of environmental
contamination. However, the Committee does not approve the
appropriation request of $10,000,000 for Poplar Point at this
time because the District has failed to provide the Committee
with detailed project information, including the project's
scope, a project time line or schedule, and information on
potential funding sources. The information provided the
Committee has provided an historical perspective of Poplar
Point, but inadequately justifies the budget request.
The Committee recommends that the District rely upon its
local economic development funds to develop a detailed project
plan for the acreage at issue prior to the next budget cycle.
In developing this plan, the District government is encouraged
to outline specific details on the project's time line, scope,
and all potential funding sources for Poplar Point remediation
and development.
FEDERAL GRANTS
The District of Columbia participates as a State, county,
and city in the various Federal grant programs. At the time the
fiscal year 2001 budget was submitted, the District estimated
that it would receive a total of $1,509,916,000 in Federal
grants during the coming fiscal year.
The following table shows the amount of Federal grants the
District expects to receive and the office or agency that
expects to receive them based on Committee recommendations:
Summary of Federal grants assistance to the District of Columbia
Agency 2001 estimate
Governmental Direction and Support:
Office of the City Administrator.................... $18,386,000
Office of the Inspector General..................... 1,106,000
Office of the Chief Financial Officer............... 932,000
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Total, Governmental Direction and Support......... 20,424,000
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Economic Development and Regulation:
Office of Business Services and Economic Development 304,000
Department of Housing and Community Development..... 40,109,000
Department of Employment Services................... 51,787,000
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs....... 75,000
Public Service Commission........................... 103,000
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Total, Economic Development and Regulation........ 92,378,000
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Public Safety and Justice:
Metropolitan Police Department...................... 9,721,000
Office of the Corporation Counsel................... 13,760,000
National Guard...................................... 506,000
Office of Emergency Preparedness.................... 963,000
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Total, Public Safety and Justice.................. 24,950,000
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Public Education System:
Public Schools...................................... 133,490,000
University of the District of Columbia.............. 13,199,000
Public Library...................................... 550,000
Commission on the Arts and Humanities............... 404,000
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Total, Public Education System.................... 147,643,000
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Human Support Services:
Department of Human Services........................ 181,828,000
Department of Health................................ 690,295,000
Department of Recreation and Parks.................. 34,000
Office on Aging..................................... 4,962,000
Department of Human Rights.......................... 106,000
Energy Office....................................... 4,364,000
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Total, Human Support Services..................... 881,589,000
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Public Works: Department of Public Works................ 3,328,000
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Receivership Programs:
Child and Family Services Agency.................... 68,754,000
Commission on Mental Health Services................ 66,801,000
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Total, Receivership Programs...................... 135,555,000
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Total, Federal grants--operating expenses......... 1,305,867,000
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Capital outlay--grants.................................. 204,049,000
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Grand Total, Federal grants....................... 1,509,916,000
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority
The Committee recommends $6,500,000 in other funds for
fiscal year 2001 for the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Authority).
These funds will be derived from accounts held by the Authority
on behalf of the District and will be used by the Authority to
continue assisting the District government in restoring
financial solvency and improving management.
The Authority was created through the enactment of Public
Law 104-8 in April 1995. It is responsible for eliminating
budget deficits and cash shortages through visionary financial
planning, sound budgeting, accurate revenue forecasts, and
careful spending, while ensuring the most efficient and
effective delivery of services by the District of Columbia
government.
At the time of the Authority's establishment, the District
government was: (1) unable to pay its employees or contractors;
(2) running a significant operating deficit; (3) carrying a
large accumulated deficit; and (4) relying on the Treasury as
its only source of funds. The District's ordinary services,
such as motor vehicle inspections and building permits, were
difficult to process and obtain, and the District could not
sell its bonds at market rates. The District's income tax base
was eroding steadily, while the District government employed
one worker for every 10 residents.
The control period for the District will end upon
certification by the Authority that: (1) the District
government has adequate access to both short-term and long-term
credit markets at reasonable interest rates to meet its
borrowing needs; and (2) for 4 consecutive fiscal years
(occurring after the date of the enactment of the Act) the
expenditures made by the District government during each of the
years did not exceed the revenues of the District government
during such years as determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as contained in the
District's comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR).
Under Public Law 104-8, fiscal year 2001 is likely to be
the last budget for the District of Columbia that the Authority
will have to approve and send to Congress. The Authority
anticipates that the CAFR for fiscal year 2000, due in February
2001, will indicate another operating surplus for the District.
If so, that report will mark the fourth such operating surplus
in a row. No borrowings have been issued by the Authority, and
the District government has no borrowings to repay the
Treasury. The District has regained access to the capital
markets on reasonable terms and conditions. These are the
statutory prerequisites mandated by Congress that must be
achieved before the District can transition from the control
period. If these mandates are met, as anticipated, during
fiscal year 2001, the Authority will have successfully
fulfilled the requirements of its statutorily-mandated mission
under the enabling legislation and will lapse during 2001.
The Committee expects that the transition year from the
control period will be among the most challenging thus far for
both the District government and the Authority. The only change
in the Authority's statutory operations in the final year of
the control period is that the Authority will not formally
approve the fiscal year 2002 Operating Budget and Financial
Plan. The Authority must, however, conduct a thorough review of
the fiscal year 2002 budget, which must be forwarded to the
Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia, the President
and the Congress (Public Law 104-8, Sec. 221(a)). The Authority
must also provide adequate support and contingency planning
with respect to challenges associated with financial strategic
planning, human resources administration, the Public Benefits
Corporation, procurement, planning and fiscal adjustments
required to improve operations of the public schools
administration, and the transition from the control period. The
Committee expects the Authority to exercise appropriate
discretion in planning and managing staff, salary, benefits,
severance and contract obligations for fiscal year 2001 in
order to optimize all human and other resources to ensure
effective operations under Public Law 104-8.
The Authority has requested a budget of $6,500,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $3,360,000 more than was approved for fiscal
year 2000. The Committee recommends the $6,500,000 budget
request and directs that any of these funds which are not
obligated by the Authority prior to its dissolution be
deposited in the contingent reserve account. The Committee
recognizes that the Authority's careful oversite of the
District's fiscal affairs during fiscal year 2001 is essential
to the Authority's dissolution. The Committee directs the
Authority to provide monthly financial reports to the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives
itemizing all Authority expenditures and earnings.
Governmental Direction and Support
The Committee recommends a total of $194,271,000 for fiscal
year 2001.
A comparative summary by agency follows:
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
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Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
District District 2000 approved 2001 request
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Council of the District of Columbia......... $10,477,000 $12,124,000 ............... $12,124,000 $12,124,000 ............... $12,124,000 $1,647,000 ...............
Office of the District of Columbia Auditor.. 1,183,000 1,283,000 ............... 1,283,000 1,283,000 ............... 1,283,000 100,000 ...............
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions........... 623,000 748,000 ............... 748,000 748,000 ............... 748,000 125,000 ...............
Office of the Mayor......................... 9,207,000 10,717,000 ............... 10,717,000 7,217,000 ............... 7,217,000 (1,990,000) ($3,500,000)
Office of the Secretary..................... 1,816,000 1,946,000 ............... 1,946,000 1,946,000 ............... 1,946,000 130,000 ...............
Citywide Call Center........................ .............. 1,959,000 ($1,959,000) .............. 1,959,000 ($1,959,000) .............. 1,959,000 ...............
Office of the City Administrator............ 13,067,000 23,652,000 (266,000) 23,386,000 23,652,000 (266,000) 23,386,000 10,585,000 ...............
Office of Personnel......................... 11,624,000 12,531,000 (1,246,000) 11,285,000 12,531,000 (1,246,000) 11,285,000 907,000 ...............
Human Resources Development................. 3,766,000 2,744,000 ............... 2,744,000 2,744,000 ............... 2,744,000 (1,022,000) ...............
Office of Finance and Resource Management... 1,983,000 2,153,000 ............... 2,153,000 2,153,000 ............... 2,153,000 170,000 ...............
Office of Contracting and Procurement....... 14,150,000 15,337,000 ............... 15,337,000 15,337,000 ............... 15,337,000 1,187,000 ...............
Office of the Chief Technology Officer...... 5,511,000 14,192,000 (2,422,000) 11,770,000 14,192,000 (2,422,000) 11,770,000 8,681,000 ...............
Office of Property Management............... 31,108,000 34,819,000 (26,269,000) 8,550,000 34,819,000 (26,269,000) 8,550,000 3,711,000 ...............
Contract Appeals Board...................... 687,000 734,000 ............... 734,000 734,000 ............... 734,000 47,000 ...............
Board of Elections and Ethics............... 3,238,000 3,250,000 ............... 3,250,000 3,250,000 ............... 3,250,000 12,000 ...............
Office of Campaign Finance.................. 978,000 1,209,000 ............... 1,209,000 1,209,000 ............... 1,209,000 231,000 ...............
Public Employee Relations Board............. 632,000 652,000 ............... 652,000 652,000 ............... 652,000 20,000 ...............
Office of Employee Appeals.................. 1,337,000 1,434,000 ............... 1,434,000 1,434,000 ............... 1,434,000 97,000 ...............
Metropolitan Washington Council of Govern- 367,000 367,000 ............... 367,000 367,000 ............... 367,000 ............... ...............
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Office of Inspector General................. 6,827,000 12,399,000 ............... 12,399,000 12,399,000 ............... 12,399,000 5,572,000 ...............
Office of the Chief Financial Officer....... 81,571,000 80,471,000 (4,788,000) 75,683,000 80,471,000 (4,788,000) 75,683,000 (1,100,000) ...............
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Total, Governmental Direction and 200,152,000 234,721,000 (36,950,000) 197,771,000 231,221,000 (36,950,000) 194,271,000 31,069,000 (3,500,000)
Support..............................
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council of the district of columbia
The Committee recommends $12,124,000 to be derived from
general revenues for fiscal year 2001 and 157 full-time
equivalent [FTE] positions. This is an increase of $1,647,000
and 4 FTE positions over fiscal year 2000. The Council of the
District of Columbia (Council) is the legislative branch of the
local government responsible for enacting laws, approving the
annual operating budget, and establishing and overseeing the
programs and operations of government agencies. Composed of 13
members, the Council exercises its legislative responsibilities
through 13 standing committees. Proposed legislation is
referred to an appropriate committee where all data collection,
hearings, analysis, and other related activities are conducted.
d.c. auditor
The Committee recommends the requested appropriation for
fiscal year 2001 of $1,283,000 and 14 FTE positions. This is an
increase of $100,000 and no new FTE positions over fiscal year
2000. The D.C. Auditor is required to audit annually the
accounts and operations of the District government and certify
revenue assumptions underlying budgetary and financial actions.
advisory neighborhood commissions [anc]
The Committee recommends the requested appropriation of
$748,000 and 1 FTE position for fiscal year 2001. This
represents an increase of $125,000 and 1 FTE position over
fiscal year 2000. The new position will staff the Office of
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, which will provide
technical, administrative, and financial reporting assistance
to the Commissions.
The ANC's have the responsibility for advising the District
government on matters of public policy and issues such as
planning, transportation, social services, health, safety, and
sanitation, especially as they relate to their respective
neighborhood commission areas. The 37 chartered ANC's serve as
a liaison between the District government and the community.
office of the mayor
The amount recommended for the Office of the Mayor is
$7,217,000 and 71 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. These
levels represent a decrease of $1,990,000 and an increase of 4
FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Mayor
provides leadership in advocating the priorities and needs of
the District's constituents through the development of policies
formulated by input from the citizens and ensuring that the
independent, nonelected entities that operate the District
government reflect these policies.
Commercial Revitalization Program
The Committee has included an additional appropriation of
$1,500,000 to the Office of the Mayor for continuation of the
Commercial Revitalization Program initiated during fiscal year
2001. The Committee directs the Mayor to provide quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
House of Representatives on the status of all projects
developed under this program.
The Committee calls continued attention to the importance
of the District's progress in addressing the basic safety,
quality of life, and management issues that affect residents'
willingness to live in the District. Based on the data received
in response to the reporting requirement Congress imposed last
year, progress has been mixed. Noteworthy improvements occurred
in a number of areas (more drug treatment slots, backlog
reduced in special education evaluations.) At the same time,
obvious challenges remain (e.g., grants management). In certain
areas, the paucity of data furnished underscores the importance
of ensuring reliable baseline data to enable the District to
manage and monitor performance and measure success.
office of the secretary
The Committee recommends $1,946,000 and 27 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $130,000
and no new FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. The Office of
the Secretary serves as the administrative and logistical staff
support to the Mayor and the immediate executive offices of the
Mayor. The Office of the Secretary is the sole custodian of the
seal of the District of Columbia and authenticates its proper
use. The secretary attests to the authenticity of executive
branch official records.
citywide call center
The Committee recommends $1,959,000 in intra-District funds
and 38 FTE for the Citywide Call Center. The Center is a new
agency for fiscal year 2001 that creates an independent entity
to manage citizen and customer inquiries of the District
government. In fiscal year 2001, the Center is funded by other
district agencies through the intra-District funding process.
The mission of the Citywide Call Center is to serve as the
District's primary point of entry for citizens and customers
attempting to access non-emergency services and information.
The Center will connect callers to agencies and individuals and
enter and track service requests.
office of the city administrator
The Committee recommends $23,386,000 and 73 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001 for the City Administrator. This level
represents an increase of $10,565,000 and 20 FTE positions
above fiscal year 2000.
The Office of the City Administrator provides direction and
coordination to agencies for effective management and service
delivery, as defined by the Mayor and the residents of the
District of Columbia.
d.c. office of personnel
The Committee recommends the requested budget of
$11,285,000 and 147 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This
represents an increase of $840,000 and no new FTE positions
from fiscal year 2000 levels. The Office of Personnel is
responsible for providing comprehensive human resource
management programs and services to attract, develop, and
retain a highly qualified workforce and to facilitate
organizational effectiveness.
human resources development
The Committee recommends $2,744,000 and 1 FTE position for
fiscal year 2001. This recommendation represents a decrease of
$1,022,000 and 9 FTE positions below fiscal year 2000. Human
Resource Development was created in April 1997 by Mayoral Order
to facilitate and better manage investments in the workforce,
such as training and administrative reform initiatives. The
Center for Workforce Development, also created in 1997, manages
training activities. Its mission is to develop, coordinate, and
support government training throughout the District. The agency
has been targeted to receive an additional $1,042,000 and 9 FTE
positions in fiscal year 2001. These additional funds are to
restore reductions in personal services and other services and
charges. These funds will be made available upon certification
by the District's Chief Financial Officer.
office of finance and resource management
The Committee recommends the requested $2,153,000 and 35
FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This request represents an
increase of $1,375,000 and 24 FTE positions above fiscal year
2000 levels. The Office of Finance and Resource Management is
responsible for collecting and paying utility and
telecommunications services for District government agencies.
office of contracting and procurement
The Office of Contracting and Procurement is responsible
for improving the cost, quality, and timeliness of delivery of
goods and services by the District's supplier base and is
headed by the Chief Procurement Officer. The Committee
recommends $15,337,000 and 223 FTE positions for fiscal year
2001. These levels represent an increase of $1,187,000 and no
new FTE positions for fiscal year 2001.
office of the chief technology officer
The Office of the Chief Technology Officer is responsible
for providing and enforcing direction, policy, and standards to
the various government agencies regarding the procurement and
implementation of technology-based solutions. The Committee
recommends $11,770,000 and 60 FTE positions for fiscal year
2001. These levels represent an increase of $8,030,000 and 18
FTE positions above fiscal year 2000 levels.
office of property management
The Office of Property Management [OPM] has primary
responsibility for facility management services within the
District government. OPM performs acquisition, construction,
leasing, facility management, repair and alteration, facility
modernization, and security services for the tenant occupants
of its facilities. The Committee recommends $8,550,000 and 63
FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents a decrease
of $602,000 and 16 FTE positions below fiscal year 2000 levels.
contract appeals board
The Committee recommends the requested budget of $734,000
and 6 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents an
increase of $47,000 and no new FTE positions. The Contract
Appeals Board hears, reviews, and decides contracting disputes
between the District government and the contracting community.
The Contract Appeals Board is a quasi-judicial body authorized
to hear all claims brought by contractors against the District
government arising out of or related to a contract.
board of elections and ethics
The Committee recommends for fiscal year 2001 the requested
budget of $3,250,000 and 50 FTE positions. This represents an
increase of $12,000 and no new FTE positions. The Board of
Elections and Ethics is charged with administering and
enforcing the election laws of the District of Columbia.
office of campaign finance
The Committee recommends $1,209,000 and 15 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $231,000
and no new FTE positions. The Office of Campaign Finance is
responsible for independently administering and enforcing
District laws pertaining to the financial disclosure process
and the conduct of political campaigns and candidates,
lobbyists, public officials, and political committees.
public employee relations board
The Committee recommends $652,000 and 4 FTE positions in
fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $20,000 and no
new FTE positions. The Public Employees Relations Board is
responsible for the impartial resolution of labor-management
disputes in the District government.
office of employee appeals
The Committee recommends $1,434,000 and 15 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001, to be derived from general revenues. This
reflects an increase of $97,000 and no new FTE positions. This
office is responsible for adjudicating appeals in which
District employees have challenged decisions regarding adverse
actions, reductions in force, grievances, performance
evaluations, classification of positions, erroneous employee
overpayments, and issues of privacy and records management.
metropolitan washington council of governments
The Committee recommends $367,000 for fiscal year 2001,
representing no change from the fiscal year 2000 level. The
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments provides a forum
for the cooperative resolution of regional issues such as
substance abuse, traffic congestion, public safety, inadequate
housing, and air and water pollution.
office of the inspector general
The Committee recommends $12,399,000 and 105 FTE positions
in fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of
$5,572,000 and 45 FTE positions above fiscal year 2000 levels.
These increases are due to programmatic enhancements such as
the expansion of a Medicaid Fraud Unit and an additional 21 FTE
to strengthen the audit, inspection and investigative functions
of the agency. The Office of the Inspector General is
responsible for the prevention and detection of fraud, abuse,
waste, and mismanagement in the programs and operations of the
District government.
office of the chief financial officer
The Committee recommends $75,683,000 and 956 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This reflects an increase of $551,000 and
a decrease of 9 FTE positions over the fiscal year 2000 levels.
Through comprehensive financial management, the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer [OCFO] is responsible for bringing
fiscal stability, accountability, and integrity to the District
government to support public services and restore stakeholder
confidence in the government of the District of Columbia.
The Committee recommendation represents the consolidated
budget for all divisions in the OCFO: (1) Executive Direction;
(2) Office of Budget and Planning; (3) Office of Grants
Management and Development; (4) Office of the Chief Information
Officer; (5) Office of Financial Operations and Systems; (6)
Office of Finance and Treasury; and (7) Office of Tax and
Revenue.
Executive Direction includes the immediate office of the
CFO and offices providing communications, legal, procurement,
personnel and financial management support for the District's
core financial operation and to the financial operations of the
District's program agencies.
The Office of Budget and Planning serves as executive
advisor on the budget for the District of Columbia. It
prepares, monitors, analyzes, and executes the District's
budget and financial plan, including operating funds, capital
funds, and enterprise funds.
The Office of Grants Management and Development is the
certified State agency for receiving Federal grants. It is
responsible for obtaining and administering the maximum amount
of Federal, foundation, and corporate resources to support the
policies and programs of the District government.
The Office of the Chief Information Officer is responsible
for the development and maintenance of Districtwide financial
systems. The office is the implementing agency for the new
financial management system and is responsible for the
integration and planning of financial management operations and
systems.
The Office of Financial Operations and Systems maintains
financial data integrity and provides a stable and disciplined
processing environment to generate accurate and consistent
information to the stakeholders of the District of Columbia.
The Office of Finance and Treasury is responsible for the
management of the District's assets and liabilities.
The Office of Tax and Revenue is responsible for ensuring
the effective administration and enforcement of the District's
business, income, excise, and real property tax laws. The
office initiates tax compliance and collections efforts,
processes taxpayers' returns and refunds, and provides tax-
related assistance and information for District residents.
Economic Development and Regulation
The Committee recommends a total of $205,638,000 for fiscal
year 2001, of which $15,000,000 will be collected from business
improvement district tax revenue.
Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency
or department:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
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Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
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Business Services and Economic Development... $22,515,000 $26,753,000 ............... $26,753,000 $26,753,000 ............... $26,753,000 $4,238,000 ..............
Office of Zoning............................. 1,275,000 1,763,000 ............... 1,763,000 1,763,000 ............... 1,763,000 488,000 ..............
Department of Housing and Community 57,939,000 48,273,000 ............... 48,273,000 48,273,000 ............... 48,273,000 (9,666,000) ..............
Development.................................
Department of Employment Services............ 63,690,000 80,812,000 ............... 80,812,000 80,812,000 ............... 80,812,000 17,122,000 ..............
Board of Appeals and Review.................. 240,000 244,000 ............... 244,000 244,000 ............... 244,000 4,000 ..............
Board of Real Property Assessments and Ap- 291,000 300,000 ............... 300,000 300,000 ............... 300,000 9,000 ..............
peals.......................................
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs 28,625,000 28,013,000 ($1,500,000) 26,513,000 28,013,000 ($1,500,000) 26,513,000 (612,000) ..............
Office of Banking and Financial Institutions. 870,000 1,869,000 ............... 1,869,000 1,869,000 ............... 1,869,000 999,000 ..............
Public Service Commission.................... 5,327,000 5,678,000 ............... 5,678,000 5,678,000 ............... 5,678,000 351,000 ..............
Office of the People's Counsel............... 2,823,000 3,020,000 ............... 3,020,000 3,020,000 ............... 3,020,000 197,000 ..............
Department of Insurance and Securities Regula- 6,990,000 7,359,000 ............... 7,359,000 7,359,000 ............... 7,359,000 369,000 ..............
tion......................................
Office of Cable Television and Telecommunica- 2,886,000 3,571,000 (517,000) 3,054,000 3,571,000 (517,000) 3,054,000 685,000 ..............
tions......................................
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Total, Economic Development and 193,471,000 207,655,000 (2,017,000) 205,638,000 207,655,000 (2,017,000) 205,638,000 14,184,000 ..............
Regulation............................
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BUSINESS SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Committee recommends $26,753,000 and 97 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Business Services
and Economic Development. These levels represent an increase of
$4,238,000 and 42 FTE positions over fiscal year 2000. The
department is responsible for facilitating the creation and
growth of wealth in the District of Columbia and the expansion
of its revenue base by developing and implementing programs and
policies for the retention, expansion, and attraction of
commerce and trade; and developing and maintaining stable,
diverse and attractive neighborhoods throughout the District.
This department is comprised of three major programs: Office of
Economic Development/Office of Motion Picture and Television
Development, Office of Planning, and Office of Local Business
Development.
OFFICE OF ZONING
The Committee recommends $1,763,000 and 16 FTE positions in
fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $488,000 and
no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000. The Office
of Zoning provides professional, technical, and administrative
staff support to the Zoning Commission and the Board of Zoning
Adjustment in the maintenance and regulation of the zoning
process in the District of Columbia.
department of housing and community development
The Committee recommends $48,273,000 and 144 FTE positions
for the Department of Housing and Community Development [DHCD].
These levels represent a decrease of $8,466,000 and an increase
of 12 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000. The DHCD is
responsible for: (1) promoting economic development
initiatives; (2) creating and maintaining stable and viable
mixed income neighborhoods; (3) maintaining and expanding the
city's tax base; and (4) encouraging self-sufficiency in its
housing programs and policies, for the benefit of District
residents, by leveraging public dollars for private funding and
resources.
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
The Committee recommends $80,812,000 and 650 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of
$17,122,000 and 14 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000
levels. The Department of Employment Services provides
opportunities for citizens to prepare for, find, and maintain
gainful employment; provides income maintenance to mitigate the
effects of unemployment; and ensures the quality of working
conditions for wage earners by protecting their health, safety,
rights, and benefits.
BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW
The Committee recommends $244,000, to be derived from
general revenues, and 3 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001.
This level represents an increase of $4,000 and no new FTE
positions over fiscal year 2000. The Board of Appeals and
Review adjudicates appeals by citizens and medical facilities
against decisions rendered by District agencies.
BOARD OF REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS AND APPEALS
The Committee recommends $300,000, to be derived from
general revenues, and 3 FTE positions for fiscal year 2001.
This level represents an increase of $9,000 over fiscal year
2000. The Board is responsible for ensuring that real property
in the District is assessed at 100 percent of its estimated
market value and at rates equal to similar properties.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
The Committee recommends $26,513,000 and 403 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect a decrease of
$612,000 and an increase of 20 FTE positions over fiscal year
2000. The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is
charged with protecting the health, safety, and welfare of
District residents by regulating business activities, land and
building use, occupational and professional conduct and
standards, rental housing and condominiums, and the physical
environment of the District.
Office of Banking and Financial Institutions
The Committee recommends $1,869,000 in funding and 20 FTE
positions for the Office of Banking and Financial Institutions
[OBFI] for fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase
of $999,000 and 10 FTE positions over the fiscal year 2000
levels. The OBFI is responsible for regulating and promoting a
climate in which financial institutions will organize to do
business in the District of Columbia, contribute to the
economic development of the District through the increased
availability of capital and credit, and expand advantageous
financial services to the public in a nondiscriminatory manner.
Public Service Commission
The Committee recommends $5,678,000 and 58 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $351,000
and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels.
The commission is responsible for serving the public interest
by ensuring that utilities provide safe, reliable, and quality
service at reasonable rates for District of Columbia
residential, business, and government ratepayers.
Office of the People's Counsel
The Committee recommends $3,020,000 and 28 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $197,000
and no new FTE positions above the fiscal year 2000 levels. The
Office of the People's Counsel acts as an advocate on behalf of
District of Columbia consumers of natural gas, electric, and
telephone services in all matters affecting rates or service.
The office is authorized to represent no-fault automobile
insurance consumers if the commissioner holds rate hearings.
Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation
The Committee recommends $7,359,000 and 89 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of
$369,000 and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000
levels. The Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation
is responsible for implementing and enforcing laws and
regulations governing the insurance and securities industry in
the District.
Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications
The Committee recommends $3,054,000 and 14 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001 for the Office of Cable Television and
Telecommunications [OCTT]. This represents an increase of
$604,000 and no new FTE positions over fiscal year 2000 levels.
The OCTT protects, promotes, and advocates the public interest
in cable television and telecommunications within the District
of Columbia; oversees and coordinates programming for the
municipal channels; and coordinates the Office of Cable
Television Advisory Committee and the interagency task force on
telecommunications.
Public Safety and Justice
The Committee recommends a total of $762,346,000 in fiscal
year 2001 for the public safety and justice activities funded
in this appropriation.
A comparative summary by agency follows:
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
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Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
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Metropolitan Police Department............... $305,028,000 $306,666,000 ($3,454,000) $303,212,000 $306,666,000 ($3,454,000) $303,212,000 $1,638,000 ..............
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Depart- 111,942,000 116,596,000 ............... 116,596,000 116,596,000 ............... 116,596,000 4,654,000 ..............
ment........................................
Police Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement 39,900,000 49,000,000 ............... 49,000,000 49,000,000 ............... 49,000,000 9,100,000 ..............
System......................................
Office of the Corporation Counsel............ 48,325,000 48,095,000 (2,130,000) 45,965,000 48,095,000 (2,130,000) 45,965,000 (230,000) ..............
Settlements and Judgments.................... 26,900,000 23,450,000 ............... 23,450,000 23,450,000 ............... 23,450,000 (3,450,000) ..............
Department of Corrections.................... 245,877,000 213,293,000 (300,000) 212,993,000 213,293,000 (300,000) 212,993,000 (32,584,000) ..............
District of Columbia National Guard.......... 1,748,000 2,326,000 ............... 2,326,000 2,326,000 ............... 2,326,000 578,000 ..............
Emergency Management Agency.................. 2,641,000 2,978,000 ............... 2,978,000 2,978,000 ............... 2,978,000 337,000 ..............
Commission on Judicial Disabilities and 143,000 169,000 ............... 169,000 169,000 ............... 169,000 26,000 ..............
Tenure......................................
Judicial Nomination Commission............... 85,000 90,000 ............... 90,000 90,000 ............... 90,000 5,000 ..............
Citizen Complaint Review Board............... 1,200,000 857,000 ............... 857,000 857,000 ............... 857,000 (343,000) ..............
Advisory Commission on Sentencing............ 707,000 733,000 ............... 733,000 733,000 ............... 733,000 26,000 ..............
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner......... .............. 3,977,000 ............... 3,977,000 3,977,000 ............... 3,977,000 3,977,000 ..............
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Total, Public Safety and Justice....... 784,496,000 768,230,000 (5,884,000) 762,346,000 768,230,000 (5,884,000) 762,346,000 (16,266,000) ..............
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METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Committee recommends $303,212,000 and 4,622 FTE
positions for the Metropolitan Police Department [MPD] for
fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $1,638,000 and
a decrease of 24 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000
levels. The MPD is the primary law enforcement agency of the
District of Columbia.
Police service areas
The Committee has a continued interest in the progress of
the Police Service Areas [PSA] in reducing crime and restoring
a sense of order on the streets and in the neighborhoods of our
nation's Capital. The Committee again directs the MPD to report
quarterly to the Committee on the 83 PSA activities and
accomplishments. The reports should include for each PSA: (1)
details on steps taken to reduce criminal activity; (2) monthly
statistics on criminal activity, classified by crime type; and
(3) the number of officers assigned to each PSA and
responsibilities of each.
The Committee again directs the MPD to provide quarterly
reports on PSA activities to the Committee for fiscal year
2001. The reports should include for each PSA: (1) details on
steps taken to reduce criminal activity; (2) monthly statistics
on criminal activity, classified by crime type; and (3) the
number of officers assigned to each PSA and responsibilities of
each.
Underage Drinking By College Students
The Committee is concerned about the incidents of underage
drinking in the District, particularly by college students. The
Committee directs the Metropolitan Police Department [MPD] to
develop an annual plan to minimize such incidents. The MPD is
directed to work with each of the universities located in the
District to insure coordination for such a plan.
FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
The Committee recommends $116,596,000 and 1,948 FTE
positions for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of
$4,726,000 and 120 FTE positions compared to the fiscal year
2000 levels. The department is responsible for providing fire
prevention, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance
services throughout the District of Columbia.
police and firefighters' retirement system
The Committee recommends $49,000,000 for the police and
fire retirement system for fiscal year 2001. This represents an
increase of $9,100,000 above the fiscal year 2000 level. The
police and firefighters' retirement system provides annuity
payments and other retirement and disability benefits for the
District Metropolitan Police and Fire Department retirees and
survivors.
OFFICE OF CORPORATION COUNSEL
For the Office of the Corporation Counsel [OCC], the
Committee recommends $45,965,000 and 489 FTE positions for
fiscal year 2001. This represents a decrease of $460,000 and no
new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The OCC
is the legal office of the District government. It conducts all
legal business for the District of Columbia, including all
suits instituted by and against the government.
SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS
The Committee recommends $23,450,000 from general revenues
for fiscal year 2001 for the payment of settlements and
judgments, which represents a decrease of $3,450,000 below
fiscal year 2000. This special account was established for the
settlement of claims and suits and the payment of judgments in
all types of tort cases entered against the District
government.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
The Committee recommends $212,993,000 and 1,815 FTE
positions for the Department of Corrections [DOC] for fiscal
year 2001. These levels represent a decrease of $32,584,000 and
a reduction of 361 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000.
The DOC protects the public by holding pretrial detainees and
sentenced inmates in a secure setting and by increasing the
probability that those placed in its care will live law-abiding
lives after their release. Toward this objective, the
department provides educational training and counseling
opportunities to inmates during incarceration.
The Revitalization Act transferred responsibility for
sentenced adult felons to the Federal Government and provided
for the closure of the Lorton facilities by December 31, 2001.
The DOC is currently addressing organizational and management
issues necessary for the efficient and effective transition
outlined in the act and is developing a comprehensive strategic
plan for the operation of the new local jail system after the
transfer of all sentenced felons.
D.C. NATIONAL GUARD
The Committee recommends $2,326,000 and 43 FTE positions
for the D.C. National Guard for fiscal year 2001. This
represents an increase of $578,000 and 13 new FTE positions
compared to fiscal year 2000. The National Guard is responsible
for protecting life, property, and the interests of the
District during civil emergencies. In addition to its more
traditional public safety and military activities, the National
Guard actively supports various youth programs, economic
development, and a drug-free community. It supplements the
activities of the D.C. police and other law enforcement
agencies on a daily basis.
D.C. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
The Committee recommends $2,978,000 and 39 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $337,000
and no new FTE positions over fiscal year 2000 levels. The
Office of Emergency Preparedness has the primary responsibility
for directing, administering, and coordinating 24-hour
emergency assistance to the District of Columbia.
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES AND TENURE
The Committee recommends $169,000 and 2 FTE positions for
the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure for fiscal
year 2001. This is an increase of $26,000 and no new FTE
positions. The Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure
makes determinations concerning the discipline, involuntary
retirement, and reappointment of judges of the D.C. courts.
JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMISSION
The Committee recommends the full budget request of $90,000
and 1 FTE position, to be derived from general revenues, for
the Judicial Nomination Commission in fiscal year 2001. This
represents an increase of $5,000 and no change in FTE positions
compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Commission is
responsible for selecting and recommending nominees to the
President to fill judicial vacancies in the D.C. Court of
Appeals and the Superior Court.
CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD
The Committee recommends $857,000 in local funds and 21 FTE
positions for the Citizen Complaint Review Board. This funding
level reflects a decrease of $343,000 below fiscal year 2000.
The mission of the Citizen Complaint Review Board is to provide
the public with an independent and impartial forum for the
review and resolution of complaints against officers of the
Metropolitan Police Department and Special Police officers
employed by the District of Columbia government.
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON SENTENCING
The Committee recommends $733,000 in local funds and 6 FTE
positions for the Advisory Commission on Sentencing. This level
is $26,000 below fiscal year 2000 funding. The mission of the
Advisory Commission on Sentencing is to conduct a comprehensive
study on criminal sentencing practices in the District of
Columbia.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
The Committee recommends $3,977,000 and 51 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. Beginning in fiscal year 2001, the Office
of the Chief Medical Examiner [OCME] is reflected as an
independent agency. This agency was formerly part of the
Department of Health. The OCME conducts and reports on the
medical investigation of all known or suspected homicides,
suicides, accidental deaths, medically unattended deaths, and
deaths which constitute a threat to the public health and
safety.
Public Education System
A total of $998,918,000 is recommended for fiscal year 2001
for the operation of the public education system of the
District of Columbia.
A comparative summary by agency follows:
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
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Fiscal year Fiscal year 2001 request Committee recommendation --------------------------------
Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
District District 2000 approved 2001 request
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District of Columbia Public Schools.......... $717,288,000 $804,549,000 ($35,106,000) $769,443,000 $805,049,000 ($35,106,000) $769,943,000 $87,761,000 +$500,000
Teachers' Retirement System.................. 10,700,000 200,000 ............... 200,000 200,000 ............... 200,000 (10,500,000) ..............
State Education Office....................... .............. 1,679,000 ............... 1,679,000 1,679,000 ............... 1,679,000 1,679,000 ..............
D.C. Resident Tuition Support................ 17,000,000 17,000,000 ............... 17,000,000 17,000,000 ............... 17,000,000 ............... ..............
Public Charter Schools....................... 27,885,000 105,000,000 ............... 105,000,000 105,000,000 ............... 105,000,000 77,115,000 ..............
University of the District of Columbia....... 82,024,000 86,110,000 (9,677,000) 76,433,000 86,110,000 (9,677,000) 76,433,000 4,086,000 ..............
Public Library............................... 24,171,000 26,459,000 ............... 26,459,000 26,459,000 ............... 26,459,000 2,288,000 ..............
Commission on the Arts and Humanities........ 2,111,000 2,241,000 (37,000) 2,204,000 2,241,000 (37,000) 2,204,000 130,000 ..............
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Total, Public Education System......... 881,179,000 1,043,238,000 (44,820,000) 998,418,000 1,043,738,000 (44,820,000) 998,918,000 162,559,000 +500,000
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Committee recommends $769,943,000 and 10,850 FTE
positions for the D.C. public schools. These levels represent
an increase of $56,746,000 and 1,040 FTE positions compared to
fiscal year 2000 levels. The D.C. public schools provide
preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and continuing
education programs for approximately 70,677 District students.
Failure Free Reading Program
The Committee continues to be concerned about the academic
performance of the District's school system, particularly with
regard to students who have learning disabilities. The
Committee has directed the DCPS to spend $250,000 on an
innovative program entitled Failure Free Reading. The program
is in operation in a number of States and has a high success
rate, particularly with students in the lowest academic
percentile.
Schools Without Violence Program
The Committee continues to be concerned about the safety of
students in the District of Columbia Public School [DCPS]
system. The Committee has directed the DCPS to spend $250,000
on a Schools Without Violence program. This program is in
effect in over 100 schools nationwide, including large, small,
urban and rural schools and is proving successful in all
schools. The program unites students, faculty, parents and
community in an attempt to transform the fundamental character
of schools.
teachers' retirement system
The Committee recommends $200,000 for payment to the
teachers' retirement system. This amount reflects a decrease of
$10,500,000 below the fiscal year 2000 level. This fund
provides payments to teachers retired under the Disability and
Service Retirement Program and for survivor benefits and refund
payments of retirement contributions made by teachers leaving
the retirement program before attaining retirement eligibility.
Under the Revitalization Act, the Federal Government assumed
the District's pension liability for the retirement plans of
the teachers, police officers, firefighters, and judges.
Pursuant to the act, the Federal Government pays the future
retirement, death, and a share of the disability benefits
earned by those beneficiaries vested prior to June 30, 1997
(the freeze date). Benefits earned after the freeze date by
teachers, police officers, and firefighters remain the
responsibility of the District.
STATE EDUCATION OFFICE
The Committee recommends $1,679,000 and 9 FTE positions for
the State Education Office. Fiscal year 2001 is the first year
of operation for the State Education Office, the mission of
which is to serve as the State authority for the District in
its application for and monitoring of Federal funds in areas
that impact education and other areas and to perform specified
functions in monitoring and assisting the District's local
education agencies. A plan will be developed in fiscal year
2001 by the State Education Officer to guide the transfer of
those State functions and other duties.
Tuition Support
The Committee recommends $17,000,000 and 15 FTE positions
to a program that provides resident tuition support in the
District of Columbia. The Resident Tuition Support program was
established pursuant to the District of Columbia College Access
Act of 1999, enacted on November 12, 1999. The program provides
tuition subsidies to District residents to cover the difference
between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public
institutions in all 50 States. Unlike their peers in other
cities, students in the District lack a network of State-
supported colleges and the preferential admissions treatment
in-State colleges provide their resident student applicants.
The tuition support program will help level the playing field
for District high school graduates seeking a college education.
PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
The Committee recommends $105,000,000 for D.C. public
charter schools for fiscal year 2001. This amount represents a
$77,115,000, or 276.5 percent, increase over the fiscal year
2000 level. The fiscal year 2001 budget provides funds for the
28 existing public charter schools currently in operation, as
well as funds associated with 8 new charters for fiscal year
2001.
A public charter school is a publicly funded school that is
separate from the D.C. public schools [DCPS]. Public charter
schools are exempt from D.C. statutes, policies, rules, and
regulations established for DCPS and are organized in
accordance with the D.C. Nonprofit Corporation Act. A public
charter school exercises exclusive control over its educational
program, expenditures, administration, personnel, and
instructional methods within authorized limitations. The Public
Charter Board, composed of seven members, works in conjunction
with the D.C. School Board as the eligible chartering authority
for public charter schools.
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Committee recommends $76,433,000 and 816 FTE positions
for the University of the District of Columbia [UDC] for fiscal
year 2001. These levels reflect an increase of $4,086,000 and a
decrease of 121 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000
levels. UDC is a public comprehensive university, federally
chartered as a land-grant institution.
D.C. PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Committee recommends $26,459,000 and 432 FTE positions
for the D.C. Public Library [DCPL] for fiscal year 2001. These
levels reflect an increase of $2,288,000 and 24 FTE positions
compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The DCPL was created to
furnish books and other printed materials to meet the
educational, cultural, and recreational needs of adults and
children in the community, and to provide free access to these
materials and services in a manner convenient to all residents.
The Public Library system comprises a main library (Martin
Luther King Memorial Library), 26 neighborhood facilities and 2
specialized bookmobiles. Special services are provided for the
deaf, the homebound, the blind, the physically handicapped,
seniors, low-level adult readers, and adult basic education
learners.
COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
The Committee recommends a total of $2,204,000 and 9 FTE
positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an
increase of $93,000 and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal
year 2000. The Commission on the Arts and Humanities is
responsible for acting on matters relating to the arts and by
providing funds, services, and information to artists, art
organizations, educational institutions, community
organizations, government agencies, and the District community
at large.
Human Support Services
The Committee recommends a total of $1,532,704,000 for
fiscal year 2001 for the operation of the human support
services of the District of Columbia.
A comparative summary follows:
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
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Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
District District 2000 approved 2001 request
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Department of Human Services................ $395,344,000 $386,570,000 ($1,730,000) $384,840,000 $387,070,000 ($1,730,000) $385,340,000 ($8,274,000) +$500,000
Department of Health........................ 1,004,296,000 1,015,282,000 (401,000) 1,014,881,000 1,015,282,000 (401,000) 1,014,881,000 10,986,000 ...............
Department of Parks and Recreation.......... 30,150,000 32,914,000 (4,059,000) 28,855,000 32,914,000 (4,059,000) 28,855,000 2,764,000 ...............
Office on Aging............................. 19,264,000 19,397,000 (266,000) 19,131,000 19,397,000 (266,000) 19,131,000 133,000 ...............
Public Benefit Corporation Subsidy.......... 44,435,000 45,313,000 ............... 45,313,000 45,313,000 ............... 45,313,000 878,000 ...............
Unemployment Compensation Fund.............. 7,200,000 6,199,000 ............... 6,199,000 6,199,000 ............... 6,199,000 (1,001,000) ...............
Disability Compensation Fund................ 25,250,000 25,936,000 (100,000) 25,836,000 25,936,000 (100,000) 25,836,000 686,000 ...............
Office of Human Rights...................... 1,221,000 1,407,000 ............... 1,407,000 1,407,000 ............... 1,407,000 186,000 ...............
Office on Latino Affairs.................... 910,000 912,000 (30,000) 882,000 912,000 (30,000) 882,000 2,000 ...............
D.C. Energy Office.......................... 4,859,000 4,860,000 ............... 4,860,000 4,860,000 ............... 4,860,000 4,859,000 ...............
Brownfield Remediation...................... .............. 10,000,000 ............... 10,000,000 .............. ............... .............. ............... (10,000,000)
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Total, Human Support Services......... 1,532,929,000 1,548,790,000 (6,586,000) 1,542,204,000 1,539,290,000 (6,586,000) 1,532,704,000 6,361,000 (9,500,000)
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
The Committee recommends a total of $385,340,000 and 2,030
FTE positions for the Department of Human Services [DHS] for
fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect a decrease of $8,351,000
and an increase of 76 FTE positions compared to fiscal year
2000 levels.
The DHS is responsible for setting policy and administering
delivery of social and mental health services; implementation
and administration of the District's program under the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; and
implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Program.
Covenant House
The Committee has provided $500,000 to aid in the
construction of Covenant House's new Community Service Center,
under DHS located east of the Anacostia River. It is serving
youth with a high drop-out rate and high teen pregnancy rate.
The new Center will provide a child care center, a parent
training center, a computer learning lab, and a host of other
youth oriented activities that are designed to help at-risk
youth. The current Covenent House has already served several
thousand youths. The new center will enable Covenant House to
serve an even greater number.
Department of Health
The Committee recommends a total of $1,014,881,000 and
1,236 FTE positions for the Department of Health [DOH]. These
levels represent an increase of $10,768,000 and 131 FTE
positions over fiscal year 2000 levels. The DOH is responsible
for delivering health care services, implementing and
administering the District's health insurance programs, and
safeguarding public health within the District.
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS
The Committee recommends the sum of $28,855,000 and 597 FTE
positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels represent an
increase of $2,659,000 and 101 FTE positions compared to fiscal
year 2000 levels. The department develops and provides leisure
services to residents of and visitors to the District of
Columbia by maintaining the District's parks and recreation
facilities.
D.C. OFFICE ON AGING
The fiscal year 2001 recommendation for the D.C. Office on
Aging is $19,131,000 and 23 FTE positions. This level reflects
an increase of $515,000 and no change in FTE positions compared
to fiscal year 2000 levels. The Office on Aging is responsible
for developing and implementing a comprehensive and coordinated
system of health, education, employment, and social services
for the District's citizens who are 60 years of age and older.
PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION SUBSIDY
The Committee recommends $45,313,000 as a subsidy to the
Public Benefit Corporation for fiscal year 2001 to provide
financing support for the Public Benefit Corporation's
uncompensated health care and service delivery to the District.
This level is an increase of $878,000 above the funding level
for fiscal year 2000.
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND
The Committee recommends $6,199,000 for fiscal year 2001.
This level represents a decrease of $1,001,000 below the fiscal
year 2000 budget. The unemployment compensation fund is a
statutory program established to provide unemployment
compensation to former District government employees during
periods of unemployment that are a result of separation through
no fault of their own.
DISABILITY COMPENSATION FUND
The Committee recommends $25,836,000 for the disability
compensation fund for fiscal year 2001. This level represents
an increase of $686,000 over the fiscal year 2000 budget. The
disability compensation fund provides District government
employees injured on the job with workers' compensation,
including medical care, vocational rehabilitation, compensation
for lost wages, and survivor benefits.
OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The Committee recommends $1,407,000 and 20 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of
$186,000 and 4 FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000
levels. The office is charged with investigating complaints of
discriminatory practices in employment, housing and commercial
space, places of public accommodation, and educational
institutions for the private sector as well as in employment
for all District government employees.
OFFICE OF LATINO AFFAIRS
The Committee recommends $882,000 and 4 FTE positions for
fiscal year 2001. This level represents an increase of $2,000
and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels.
The agency is responsible for ensuring that a full range of
education, employment, health, and social services are
available to the Latino community in the District of Columbia.
D.C. ENERGY OFFICE
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,860,000 and
19 FTE positions for the Energy Office in fiscal year 2001.
These levels represent an increase of $1,000 and no new FTE
positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The office
prepares energy plans, identifies energy issues, prepares
energy supply and demand forecasts, develops energy emergency
contingency plans, provides financial assistance to low-income
customers, and participates in various proceedings before the
District's Public Service Commission and the Council of the
District of Columbia.
Public Works
The Committee recommends a total of $278,242,000 for the
activities to be funded under this account during fiscal year
2001.
A comparative summary by agency follows:
PUBLIC WORKS
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Fiscal year Fiscal year 2001 request Committee recommendation --------------------------------
Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
District District 2000 approved 2001 request
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Department of Public Works................... $125,081,000 $128,292,000 ($19,703,000) $108,589,000 $128,292,000 ($19,703,000) $108,589,000 $3,211,000 ..............
Department of Motor Vehicles................. 25,903,000 27,825,000 ............... 27,825,000 27,825,000 ............... 27,825,000 1,922,000 ..............
Taxicab Commission........................... 730,000 673,000 ............... 673,000 673,000 ............... 673,000 (57,000) ..............
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commis- 81,000 82,000 ............... 82,000 82,000 ............... 82,000 1,000 ..............
sion........................................
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 135,532,000 138,073,000 ............... 138,073,000 138,073,000 ............... 138,073,000 2,541,000 ..............
Authority (Metro)...........................
School Transit Subsidy....................... 3,450,000 3,000,000 ............... 3,000,000 3,000,000 ............... 3,000,000 (450,000) ..............
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Total, Public Works.................... 290,777,000 297,945,000 (19,703,000) 278,242,000 297,945,000 (19,703,000) 278,242,000 7,168,000 ..............
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Committee recommends $108,589,000 and 1,515 FTE
positions for fiscal year 2001. These levels reflect an
increase of $2,380,000 and 410 FTE positions from fiscal year
2000 levels. The Department of Public Works is responsible for
maintaining the District's physical infrastructure, collecting
and disposing of solid waste, and maintaining all of the
District's vehicles and equipment except those of the
departments of police, fire, public schools, and corrections.
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
The Committee recommends $27,825,000 and 334 FTE positions
for the Department of Motor Vehicles [DMV]. This level
represents an increase of $2,432,000 and 77 FTE positions over
fiscal year 2000. The DMV, created as a new agency for fiscal
year 1999, is responsible for all traffic adjudication
hearings, traffic adjudication processing, vehicle inspection,
and vehicle registration and driver testing. The mission of the
DMV is to improve the District's economic competitiveness and
quality of life by fostering the safe operation of motor
vehicles on the District's streets in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations.
D.C. TAXICAB COMMISSION
The Committee recommends $673,000 and 9 FTE positions for
fiscal year 2001. This represents a decrease of $57,000 and no
new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels. The D.C.
Taxicab Commission is responsible for the regulation of the
public vehicle-for-hire industry in the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION
The Committee recommends $82,000, to be derived from
general revenues, for fiscal year 2001. This level reflects a
$1,000 increase in funding compared to fiscal year 2000. The
commission administers and carries out the delegated powers of
the Washington metropolitan area regulation compact. The
compact confers upon the commission jurisdiction over the
regulation of privately owned for-hire passenger carriers
serving the region.
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY SUBSIDY
The Committee recommends $138,073,000 for fiscal year 2001
for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority [WMATA]
subsidy, reflecting a $2,541,000 increase over the fiscal year
2000 level. The WMATA is responsible for the construction and
maintenance of the Metrorail system, the establishment of
recommended fares, and the determination of funding sources for
the various programs.
SCHOOL TRANSIT SUBSIDY
The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
which is $450,000 less than the fiscal year 2000 level. This
program provides a subsidy for reduced-fare transportation of
District students who use Metrobus or Metrorail for
educationally related transportation.
Receivership Programs
The Committee recommends $389,528,000 for receivership
programs for fiscal year 2001.
Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency
or department:
RECEIVERSHIP PROGRAMS
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Fiscal year Fiscal year 2001 request Committee recommendation ---------------------------------
Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
District District 2000 approved 2001 request
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Child and Family Services Agency............ $120,555,000 $168,452,000 ($1,800,000) $166,652,000 $168,452,000 ($1,800,000) $166,652,000 $47,897,000 ...............
Incentives for Adoption of Children......... 5,000,000 5,000,000 ............... 5,000,000 .............. ............... .............. (5,000,000) ($5,000,000)
Commission on Mental Health Services........ 204,422,000 210,569,000 ............... 210,569,000 210,569,000 ............... 210,569,000 6,147,000 ...............
Corrections Medical Receiver................ 13,300,000 12,307,000 ............... 12,307,000 12,307,000 ............... 12,307,000 (993,000) ...............
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Total, Receivership Programs.......... 343,277,000 396,328,000 (1,800,000) 394,528,000 391,328,000 (1,800,000) 389,528,000 48,051,000 (5,000,000)
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Receiverships
The proposed fiscal year 2001 budget includes a separate
appropriation account for three of the receiverships that are
operating D.C. government agencies. This is the second
consecutive year in which the District government has included
a budget for the receiverships. Returning those receiverships
to District government control is of vital importance because
of the loss of control over key governmental management and
budget functions that they represent. The lack of budgetary
independence is a liability for the District because the
receivers have historically claimed that they are underfunded
and demand additional resources as a requirement for improved
service delivery.
To address this risk, the District government must develop
a comprehensive strategy for ensuring the timely return of the
receiverships back to District control. Court orders mandate
minimum service levels or timely action to remedy inadequately
managed programs. These orders contribute to the District's
high fixed expenses and limit budgeting flexibility. Providing
acceptable service levels and the resulting return of these
receiverships to District government control is essential to
the city's long-term structural fiscal recovery.
The fiscal year 2001 budget funds the receiverships at
levels necessary to meet the requirements set by the courts.
This requires larger increases in local funding for these
agencies than other agencies within the government.
Child and Family Services
The Committee recommends $166,652,000 and 577 FTE positions
for the Child and Family Services Agency [CFSA] receivership.
These levels represent an increase of $47,297,000 and 60 FTE
positions over the fiscal year 2000 levels. The general
receivership, known as the LaShawn Foster Care Receiver, was
established in August 1995 to develop an implementation plan
for required actions. The CFSA provides child welfare and child
protection services pursuant to local and Federal law.
Prior to fiscal year 1999, the CFSA budget was contained
within the total budget of the Department of Human Services,
although it is operated as an independent agency. For fiscal
year 2001, CFSA is shown as a separate human services agency in
an effort to determine the financial impact of the LaShawn
Foster Care Receiver on the District's budget.
Commission on Mental Health Services
The Committee recommends $210,569,000 and 2,162 FTE
positions for fiscal year 2001 for the Commission on Mental
Health Services [CMHS]. This represents an increase of
$6,147,000 and a decrease of 66 FTE positions compared to the
fiscal year 2000 level. CMHS provides comprehensive mental
health services to adults, ensures the availability of mental
health services to children and youth, and provides mental
health evaluation and treatment of persons referred through the
criminal justice system.
On July 13, 1997, CMHS was placed into receivership because
of the District's failure to adequately comply with the Dixon
court decree, which guarantees patients the right to treatment
in the least restrictive setting and requires development of
suitable treatment alternatives to inpatient hospitalization.
For fiscal year 2001, CMHS is shown as a separate entity in an
effort to determine the financial impact of the receivership on
the District's budget.
corrections medical receiver
The Committee recommends $12,307,000 and no positions for
the Corrections Medical Receiver [CMR] for fiscal year 2001.
These levels reflect a decrease of $993,000 and 10 FTE
positions compared to fiscal year 2000. The receiver was
appointed in August 1996 to monitor staffing, medical, mental
health, and other services at the Central Detention Facility
(D.C. Jail). For fiscal year 2001, the CMR is shown as a
separate budget item in an effort to determine the financial
impact of the receivership on the District's budget.
During fiscal year 2000, the receiver entered into a
contract with a new medical provider for the D.C. Jail. With
the new contract medical provider, the District government
expects the D.C. Jail to transition out of receivership during
fiscal year 2001.
Financing and Other Uses
The Committee recommends a total of $331,529,000 for the
activities to be funded under several accounts during fiscal
year 2001.
A comparative summary by agency follows:
FINANCING AND OTHER USES
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Fiscal year 2000 Fiscal year 2001 Intra- Fiscal year 2001 Committee Intra- recommendation ----------------------------------
Agency/activity approved request District request less recommendation District less intra- Fiscal year 2000 Fiscal year
intra-District District approved 2001 request
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Workforce Investments.................... $8,500,000 ................ ........... ................ ................ ........... ................ ($8,500,000) ...............
Buyouts and Other Management Re- forms.. 18,000,000 ................ ........... ................ ................ ........... ................ (18,000,000) ...............
Reserve.................................. 150,000,000 $150,000,000 ........... $150,000,000 ................ ........... ................ (150,000,000) ($150,000,000)
Repayment of Loans and Interest.......... 328,417,000 243,238,000 ........... 243,238,000 243,238,000 ........... $243,238,000 (85,179,000) ...............
Repayment of General Fund Deficit........ 38,286,000 39,300,000 ........... 39,300,000 39,300,000 ........... 39,300,000 1,014,000 ...............
Short-Term Borrowing..................... 9,000,000 1,140,000 ........... 1,140,000 1,140,000 ........... 1,140,000 (7,860,000) ...............
Inaugural Expenses....................... ................ 6,211,000 ........... 6,211,000 6,211,000 ........... 6,211,000 6,211,000 ...............
Certificates of Participation............ 7,950,000 7,950,000 ........... 7,950,000 7,950,000 ........... 7,950,000 ................ ...............
Wilson Building.......................... ................ 8,409,000 ........... 8,409,000 8,409,000 ........... 8,409,000 8,409,000 ...............
Optical and Dental Insurance Payments.... 1,295,000 2,675,000 ........... 2,675,000 2,675,000 ........... 2,675,000 1,380,000 ...............
Productivity Bank........................ 20,000,000 ................ ........... ................ ................ ........... ................ (20,000,000) ...............
Productivity Bank Savings................ (20,000,000) ................ ........... ................ ................ ........... ................ 20,000,000 ...............
Management Supervisory Service........... ................ 13,200,000 ........... 13,200,000 13,200,000 ........... 13,200,000 13,200,000 ...............
Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer ................ 61,406,000 ........... 61,406,000 61,406,000 ........... 61,406,000 61,406,000 ...............
Payment.................................
Operational Improvement Savings.......... ................ (10,000,000) ........... (10,000,000) (10,000,000) ........... (10,000,000) (10,000,000) ...............
Management Reform Savings................ ................ (37,000,000) ........... (37,000,000) (37,000,000) ........... (37,000,000) (37,000,000) ...............
Caferteria Plan Savings.................. ................ (5,000,000) ........... (5,000,000) (5,000,000) ........... (5,000,000) (5,000,000) ...............
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Total, Financing and Other Uses.... 561,448,000 481,529,000 ........... 481,529,000 331,529,000 ........... 331,529,000 (226,559,000) (150,000,000)
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Reserve
The Committee bill includes legislative provisions
requiring contingency and emergency reserve accounts to be
established and maintained by the District of Columbia
government. For the past 2 years, this Committee has included
language in the District's appropriations bills that provided
for a cash reserve to serve as a true ``rainy day'' fund to be
used only for emergency, nonrecurring expenses. Unfortunately,
the Committee has been disappointed that during fiscal year
2000 the District: (1) proposed spending the reserve funds on
non-emergency, recurring programs; and (2) failed to maintain a
ready cash reserve, as anticipated by the Committee's
legislation.
The Committee has consulted with District officials in an
effort to draft reserve legislation that will prove both
realistic and effective and that will become a permanent part
of the District's cash management policy. As a result of these
consultations, the Committee has included reserve fund
legislation that will assist the District government in
achieving the following goals:
--Build and maintain a contingency cash reserve fund equal to
3 percent of the District's total budget appropriated
for operating expenditures no later than October 1,
2006.
--Build and maintain an emergency cash reserve equal to 4
percent of the District's total budget appropriated for
operating expenditures no later than October 1, 2008.
The contingency reserve fund may be spent only when the
Chief Financial Officer certifies that expenditures must be
made in the current fiscal year to protect the District's
fiscal viability and disbursements are either: (1) for non-
recurring or unforeseen needs; or (2) to cover revenue
shortfalls the District experiences for cash receipts that are
at least 5 percent below forecast for 3 consecutive months
(based on a 2 month rolling average).
The emergency cash reserve only may be spent in a state of
emergency as defined in either Federal law or the District of
Columbia Code.
Neither the contingency nor emergency reserve funds may be
used to fund: (1) District receiverships; (2) shortfalls in
projected reductions in the District's proposed budgets; or (3)
settlements and judgments by or against the District
government. Both reserve accounts are to be kept in separate,
interest-bearing accounts and must be fully replenished at the
beginning of each fiscal year.
The Committee expects that the 3 percent contingency
reserve fund and the 4 percent emergency reserve fund will be
fully funded prior to the Committee's statutory time lines. The
Committee also expects that, commencing in fiscal year 2001,
any surplus funds accrued by the District government during any
fiscal year in excess of the projected surplus for that fiscal
year shall be equally divided and deposited in the reserve
funds.
Repayment of Loans and Interest
The Committee recommends $243,238,000 for fiscal year 2001
for repayment of loans and interest. This level represents a
decrease of $85,179,000 below fiscal year 2000 levels. The
substantial decrease in debt service from fiscal year 2000 to
fiscal year 2001 is attributable to debt restructuring and the
planned securitization of the tobacco settlement proceeds to
retire a portion of the District's long-term debt.
Repayment of General Fund Recovery Deficit
The Committee recommends the request of $39,300,000 for
fiscal year 2001 for repayment of general fund recovery debt.
This level represents an increase of $1,014,000 over fiscal
year 2000. The anticipated final repayment of the General Fund
Deficit bonds will occur in fiscal year 2003.
The General Fund Recovery Debt represents the debt service
associated with the financing of the District's $331,600,000
accumulated deficit at the end of fiscal year 1990. The
projected fiscal year 2001 debt service for the series 1991 B
Bonds is $39,300,000. This debt service is distinct from the
debt service reflected in Repayment of Loans and Interest,
which is associated with financing the capital improvement
program. The $1,014,000 increase is based on projected interest
costs associated with these variable-rate bonds due to market
conditions and to letter of credit facility fees for these
bonds previously reflected in the Repayment of Loans and
Interest budget.
Short-Term Borrowing
The Committee recommends $1,140,000 in fiscal year 2001 for
the payment of interest and other costs associated with
District borrowings to meet short-term, seasonal cash needs.
This level is $7,860,000 below the fiscal year 2000 amount and
is based on improved cash management and anticipated fiscal
year 2001 cash flow requirements.
Inaugural Expenses
The Committee recommends $6,211,000 in Federal funds as
reimbursement to the District for the anticipated costs that
will be incurred by the District during the 2001 Presidential
Inauguration. In accordance with Section 737(b) of Public Law
93-198, the District will be reimbursed for necessary expenses
incurred in relation to assemblages, marches, and other
demonstrations in the District, which relate primarily to the
Federal Government.
Certificates of Participation
The Committee recommends $7,950,000 for the certificates of
participation for fiscal year 2001. This level is identical to
fiscal year 2000. This appropriation funds the semiannual lease
payments due on the One Judiciary Square Building.
Wilson Building
The Committee recommends $8,409,000 in local funds for the
annual costs due on the John A. Wilson Building. The proposed
fiscal year 2001 operating budget includes the scheduled lease
payments, along with the projected security costs. The D.C.
Council, the Mayor's Office and several other District agencies
will occupy the Wilson Building during the first quarter of
fiscal year 2001.
Optical and Dental Insurance Payments
The Committee recommends $2,675,000 in local funds for the
Optical and Dental Benefits program. This level represents a
$1,380,000 increase over the fiscal year 2000 level. The
program provides optical and dental care benefits for non-union
District government employees and their dependents.
Management Supervisory Service
The Committee recommends $13,200,000 in local funds for
Management Supervisory Service [MSS] for fiscal year 2001. The
MSS budget includes funding for a pay increase of approximately
19 percent to certain managers and supervisors who will be
transferred to this new classification. Managers under this
classification serve ``at-will'' and are subject to termination
upon 15 days advance notice. Such managers do not have the
right to appeal their termination. The District's leadership
believes this new classification will allow it to hire the best
managers, and, if necessary, terminate ineffective managers.
Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer Payment
The Committee recommends a transfer of $61,406,000 in local
funds to the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund. The purpose of this
payment is to provide funding for the Tobacco Settlement Trust
Fund, which will fund program and financial investments.
In November 1998, the District of Columbia and 46 states
and various jurisdictions signed a Master Settlement Agreement
with the tobacco industry, ending a 4-year battle over
treatment costs incurred for smoking-related illnesses. Under
this settlement, the tobacco companies are scheduled to pay
$253,000,000,000 over a 25-year or longer period. The receiving
governments may use the funds for any purpose, including
securing the issuance of revenue bonds.
The District government created the Tobacco Settlement
Trust Fund (D.C. Law 13-38) to manage the District's portion of
this settlement. In fiscal year 2001, the District plans to
securitize the settlement payments in exchange for one lump sum
payment that will then be used to pay existing debt, thereby
creating relief from the debt service payments associated with
that debt. The $61,406,000 represents the amount of debt
service that the District expects to save as a result of this
transaction.
Operational Improvement Savings
The District's proposed budget recommends $10,000,000 to be
derived from Operational Improvement Savings. In fiscal year
2001, a new Operational Improvement Division [OID] will be
created in the Office of the City Administrator to improve
operations in agencies and the delivery of services. As a
result of achieving operational improvements, OID expects to
generate $10,000,000 in savings.
The Committee neither recommends nor objects to the
Operational Improvement Savings line item in the District's
budget. While the goal of OID is laudable, the District has
demonstrated little success in producing verifiable savings in
categories that it has calculated into its annual budget
submissions. So that the District government and Congress can
monitor the success of Operational Improvements Savings, the
Committee directs the District's Chief Financial Officer to
submit quarterly reports to the Mayor, District Council, the
Authority, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and House of Representatives. The first report is due on
January 15, 2001. The report should identify the source of
savings by department or agency and program. In addition, the
report should specify whether the savings are the result of a
reduction in operational costs on an aggregate basis, a
reduction of unit costs of operations, the streamlining of
staffing patterns, the reduction of contract costs, or any
other sources of savings or increased revenues.
Management Reform Savings
The District's proposed budget recommends $37,000,000 in
management reform savings for fiscal year 2001. The projected
savings amount represents a $30,000,000 increase over the
fiscal year 2000 level of $7,000,000. The District government
expects to achieve these savings by eliminating up to 1,000
vacant full-time equivalent [FTE] positions. In order to ensure
that savings are achieved in fiscal year 2001, the process will
be completed by the end of fiscal year 2000.
The District plans to create vacancies as a result of
retirements and by vacancies currently existing throughout the
government. Within selected District agencies, retirement
incentives will be made available to employees. In agencies
under the authority of the Mayor, there are approximately 3,000
employees who will be eligible for regular retirement or early-
out retirement by September 30, 2000. In addition, it is
estimated that approximately 1,000 locally-funded vacancies
exist throughout the District government.
The Committee commends the District government for its goal
of $37,000,000 in management reform savings and will closely
monitor the District government's ability to meet its target of
eliminating up to 1,000 FTE positions by September 30, 2000.
The Committee directs the District's Chief Financial Officer to
provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
House of Representatives with a detailed accounting of the
elimination of all FTE positions by October 31, 2000. The
accounting should verify whether the position was eliminated by
retirement or by the elimination of a vacant position and
identify the position by job title, agency or department, and
salary.
Cafeteria Plan Savings
The District's proposed budget includes $5,000,000 in
anticipated savings with the implementation of Internal Revenue
Service [IRS] Section 125, allowing the pre-tax treatment of
selected employee benefits.
During fiscal year 2001, the District government will
institute a Cafeteria Plan benefits program, pending the
certification of funds by the Chief Financial Officer. Pursuant
to IRS Section 125, the District will implement a Cafeteria
Plan benefits program for the pre-tax treatment of health
insurance premiums, offer pre-tax funded flexible medical
spending accounts and pre-tax funded dependent care accounts.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
The Committee recommends $654,056,000 for enterprise funds
for fiscal year 2001.
Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency
or department:
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
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Fiscal year Committee Bill compared with--
Fiscal year Fiscal year 2001 request Committee recommendation --------------------------------
Agency/activity 2000 approved 2001 request Intra-District less intra- recommendation Intra-District less intra- Fiscal year Fiscal year
District District 2000 approved 2001 request
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Water and Sewer Authority.................... $236,075,000 $230,614,000 ............... $230,614,000 $230,614,000 ............... $230,614,000 ($5,461,000) ..............
Washington Aqueduct.......................... 43,533,000 45,091,000 ............... 45,091,000 45,091,000 ............... 45,091,000 1,558,000 ..............
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Total, Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund. 279,608,000 275,705,000 ............... 275,705,000 275,705,000 ............... 275,705,000 (3,903,000) ..............
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board... 234,400,000 223,200,000 ............... 223,200,000 223,200,000 ............... 223,200,000 (11,200,000) ..............
Sports and Entertainment Commission.......... 10,846,000 10,968,000 ............... 10,968,000 10,968,000 ............... 10,968,000 122,000 ..............
Public Benefit Corporation................... 155,335,000 149,659,000 ($71,424,000) 78,235,000 149,659,000 ($71,424,000) 78,235,000 (5,676,000) ..............
Retirement Board............................. 9,892,000 11,414,000 ............... 11,414,000 11,414,000 ............... 11,414,000 1,522,000 ..............
Correctional Industries Fund................. 5,660,000 5,428,000 (3,620,000) 1,808,000 5,428,000 (3,620,000) 1,808,000 (232,000) ..............
Washington Convention Center Authority....... 50,226,000 52,726,000 ............... 52,726,000 52,726,000 ............... 52,726,000 2,500,000 ..............
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Total, Enterprise Funds................ 745,967,000 729,100,000 (75,044,000) 654,056,000 729,100,000 (75,044,000) 654,056,000 (16,867,000) ..............
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Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct
The Committee recommends a total of $275,705,000, of which
$230,614,000 is for the Water and Sewer Authority [WASA] and
$45,091,000 is for the Washington Aqueduct for fiscal year
2001. This represents a decrease of $5,461,000 for WASA from
fiscal year 2000 levels and an increase of $1,558,000 over the
fiscal year 2000 level for the Washington Aqueduct.
The WASA is responsible for providing retail water service
to the District of Columbia and limited water service to
portions of the surrounding metropolitan area. It is also
responsible for providing retail wastewater collection and
treatment service to portions of certain outlying areas.
The Washington Aqueduct collects, purifies, and pumps
potable water for the District of Columbia, Arlington County,
and the city of Falls Church, VA. Funding for the Washington
Aqueduct comes from the Water and Sewer Authority.
Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Funds
The Committee recommends $223,200,000 and 100 FTE positions
for fiscal year 2001. This represents a decrease of $11,200,000
and no new FTE positions compared to fiscal year 2000 levels.
The Lottery and Charitable Games Board administers the
legalized lotteries and online numbers games, and protects the
public against fraud and deception through the regulation of
lottery and charitable gaming activities in the District of
Columbia.
Sports and Entertainment Commission
The Committee recommends $10,968,000 to be derived from the
operations of the commission for fiscal year 2001. This
represents an increase of $122,000 above fiscal year 2000
levels. The commission manages the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Stadium and the secondary use of the D.C. National Guard Armory
to provide suitable facilities for athletic events,
conventions, trade shows, and concerts.
D.C. Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation
The Committee recommends $78,235,000 for the Public Benefit
Corporation [PBC]. This represents a decrease of $10,773,000
from fiscal year 2000 levels. The PBC is responsible for
delivering comprehensive high quality, cost effective and
timely medical care, with a special community commitment to
ensuring care for the District's underserved and indigent.
The PBC operates D.C. General Hospital and several
community health centers in the District. The PBC provides
inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic, preventive and
rehabilitative services.
D.C. Retirement Board
The Committee recommends $11,414,000 and 14 FTE positions
for the operations of the D.C. Retirement Board (the Board) for
fiscal year 2001. This represents an increase of $1,522,000 and
1 new FTE position compared to fiscal year 2000. The Board
invests, controls, and manages the assets of the D.C. teachers'
retirement fund, the D.C. police officers' and firefighters'
retirement fund.
Correctional Industries Fund
The Committee recommends $1,808,000 and 12 FTE positions
for correctional industries in fiscal year 2001. This
represents an increase of 4 FTE positions above fiscal year
2000. Correctional industries is responsible for rehabilitating
the inmates of the D.C. Department of Corrections [DOC] by
equipping them with the skills to earn a livelihood after
release from the institution. The agency's inmate labor force
is decreasing due to the transfer of DOC inmates to federal and
contract facilities.
Washington Convention Center Authority
The Committee recommends $52,726,000 for fiscal year 2001,
an increase of $2,500,000 above the fiscal year 2000 level. The
Washington Convention Center Authority serves as a public
enterprise fund to expand the District's tax base by promoting
and hosting large national and international conventions and
trade shows.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
The Committee recommends $1,162,799,000 for capital
projects in fiscal year 2001, including $751,579,000 from local
funds, $204,049,000 in Federal grants, $66,446,000 from the
District's transportation highway trust fund and $140,725,000
from the water and sewer funds.
Committee recommendations under Department of Corrections
and Department of Public Works reflect changes requested by
District government in a letter to the Committee dated July 11,
2000 from Otis E. Williams, Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
Following is a tabulation of the allocated funds by agency
or department:
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Committee
Fiscal year 2001- recommendation
2006 estimate for fiscal year
2001-2006
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Office of Personnel: Human Resource $8,000,000 $8,000,000
Information System, Benefits
Management System..................
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Office of the Chief Technology
Officer:
District Reporting System:
D.C. Wide Area Network........ 6,507,000 6,507,000
Geographic Information 6,000,000 6,000,000
System.....................
Telecommunication........... 2,600,000 2,600,000
MPD Distributed Prisoner 2,400,000 2,400,000
Booking....................
Tech City:
Unified Communication 20,850,000 20,850,000
Centers....................
IT Infrastructure 11,700,000 11,700,000
Implementation.............
Data Warehousing............ 13,610,000 13,610,000
E-Government................ 11,200,000 11,200,000
Data Center Consolidation... 10,300,000 10,300,000
SHARE Facility Upgrade...... 1,100,000 1,100,000
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Total, Office of the Chief 86,267,000 86,267,000
Technology Officer.......
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Office of Property Management:
Upgrade HVAC System, Reeves 1,875,000 1,875,000
Municipal Center...............
Asbestos Abatement.............. 2,000,000 2,000,000
Renovation Old Juvenile Court 3,700,000 3,700,000
Building.......................
Government Centers:
Improve Property Management 14,000,000 14,000,000
ITS........................
Petworth/Georgia Avenue DMV 2,100,000 2,100,000
Facility...................
Minnesota Avenue and Benning 4,900,000 4,900,000
Road Metro.................
Electronic Security 5,310,000 5,310,000
Standards and Intergration.
Energy Conservation......... -1,000,000 -1,000,000
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Total, Office of Property 32,885,000 32,885,000
Management...............
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Board of Elections and Ethics: 1,000,000 1,000,000
Voting Tabulation System...........
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Office of the Chief Financial
Officer:
Facility Improvements:
E Street Facility Upgrade... 5,000,000 5,000,000
Payroll/Personnel System.... 1,500,000 1,500,000
Financial Systems 2,000,000 2,000,000
Integration................
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Total, Office of Property 8,500,000 8,500,000
Management...............
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Office of Business and Economic
Development:
Banking Database System......... 500,000 500,000
Neighborhood Revitalization:
Columbia Heights............ 2,000,000 2,000,000
Georgia Avenue/Shaw......... 6,000,000 6,000,000
Vacant Property Revitalization.. 21,300,000 21,300,000
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Total, Office of Business and 29,800,000 29,800,000
Economic Development.........
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Department of Housing and Community 20,000,000 20,000,000
Development: Affordable Housing
Acquisitions.......................
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Metropolitan Police Department:
Base Building Renovation........ -17,000,000 -17,000,000
Mission Critical Helicopter..... 2,000,000 2,000,000
Information Technology 12,000,000 12,000,000
Initiatives....................
Central Cellblock............... -2,215,000 -2,215,000
Renovate Holding Cells.......... -213,000 -213,000
Property Streamlining:
Fleet Facility.............. 7,980,000 7,980,000
Property Warehouse.......... 3,000,000 3,000,000
Special Operation Division 5,000,000 5,000,000
Facility...................
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Total, Metropolitan Police 10,552,000 10,552,000
Department...............
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Fire and Emergency Medical Services:
Apparatus Replacement........... 4,300,000 4,300,000
Engine 20 Replacement........... 1,484,000 1,484,000
Emergency Generator Installed at 1,000,000 1,000,000
all Facilities.................
Fire Training Simulator......... 824,000 824,000
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Total, Fire and Emergency 7,608,000 7,608,000
Medical Services.............
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Department of Corrections:
General Renovations:
Renovation of Cell Doors and 6,388,000 8,378,000
Motors.....................
Upgrade Fire Alarm and 1,716,000 1,716,000
Sprinkler System...........
Upgrade Central Security 742,000 742,000
Electronics................
General Improvements:
Lighting Upgrade............ 1,646,000 1,646,000
Plumbing Upgrades in Housing 3,590,000 1,795,000
Area.......................
Installation of Hotwater 2,206,000 1,103,000
System.....................
HVAC Replacement............ 14,000,000 7,000,000
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Total, Department of 30,288,000 22,380,000
Corrections..............
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Public Schools:
General Improvements:
Roof Replacement............ 7,000,000 7,000,000
Boiler Replacement.......... 7,193,000 7,193,000
Emergency Generators........ 99,000 99,000
HVAC Replacement............ 21,895,000 21,895,000
Underground Storage Tanks... 10,246,000 10,246,000
Window Replacement.......... -4,500,000 -4,500,000
Maintenance Improvements:
Miscellaneous Asbestos...... 6,000,000 6,000,000
Electrical Modifications.... 7,052,000 7,052,000
American with Disabilities 4,849,000 4,849,000
Act Compliance.............
Equipment Upgrade........... 2,498,000 2,498,000
Interior Finish............. 4,500,000 4,500,000
Modernization............... -9,500,000 -9,500,000
Emergency Projects.......... 11,300,000 11,300,000
New School.................. 40,000,000 40,000,000
School Modernization:
Key Elementary.............. 1,370,000 1,370,000
Ongoing Initiatives......... 105,365,000 105,365,000
Duke Ellington School of 3,000,000 3,000,000
Arts.......................
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Total, Public Schools..... 218,367,000 218,367,000
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University of the District of
Columbia:
Permanent Improvements.......... 1,574,000 1,574,000
Interactive Classroom........... 270,000 270,000
Arts/Science Extension.......... 2,371,000 2,371,000
Renovate Academic Lab........... 12,501,000 12,501,000
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Total, University of the 16,716,000 16,716,000
District of Columbia.........
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Public Library:
HVAC Renovations at Martin 2,613,000 2,613,000
Luther King Library and Library
Facilities.....................
Elevator Replacement at Martin 2,750,000 2,750,000
Luther King and Branch
Libraries......................
General Improvements Various 3,000,000 3,000,000
Branch Libraries...............
Library Information Technology 3,907,000 3,907,000
Investment.....................
Material Flow Management System. 330,000 330,000
Vehicle Replacement............. 647,000 647,000
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Total, Public Library......... 13,247,000 13,247,000
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Commission on the Arts and
Humanities:
Artbank II...................... 890,000 890,000
Neighborhood Murals............. 783,000 783,000
Community Initiatives........... 724,000 724,000
Downtown Projects............... 595,000 595,000
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Total, Commission on the Arts 2,992,000 2,992,000
and Humanities...............
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Department of Human Services:
Renovation of CCNV Shelter...... -5,600,000 -5,600,000
Dix Pavilion Renovations........ -29,180,000 -29,180,000
Renovation of Elliot Building, 5,381,000 5,381,000
Forest Haven...................
Gayle School Renovation......... 250,000 250,000
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Total, Department of Human -29,149,000 -29,149,000
Development..................
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Department of Health:
Animal Shelter.................. 690,000 690,000
STD Clinic...................... 1,250,000 1,250,000
Immunization Program............ 1,125,000 1,125,000
Medicaid Management System...... 1,063,000 1,063,000
Capital Health Capacity, 1131 10,000,000 10,000,000
Spring Road, NW................
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Total, Department of Health... 14,128,000 14,128,000
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Department of Recreation and Parks:
Technology Acquisition.......... 1,400,000 1,400,000
Facility Expansion:
Kennilworth Parkside 5,000,000 5,000,000
Recreation Center..........
Fort Station Recreation 2,300,000 2,300,000
Center.....................
Lafayette Recreation Center. 1,710,000 1,710,000
Joe Cole Recreation Center.. 1,405,000 1,405,000
Hagan Cultural Center....... 1,875,000 1,875,000
Georgetown Recreation Center 400,000 400,000
Parkview Recreation Center.. 1,100,000 1,100,000
Anacostia Recreation Center. 1,300,000 1,300,000
Trinidad Recreation Center.. 3,800,000 3,800,000
D.C. Wide Property 3,200,000 3,200,000
Improvement................
New Construction:
New Recreation Center Emery. 5,000,000 5,000,000
New Recreation Center Kelly 6,650,000 6,650,000
Miller.....................
New Recreation Center 4,482,000 4,482,000
Randall....................
New Recreation Center Girard 1,700,000 1,700,000
Street.....................
Vehicle Replacement......... 3,930,000 3,930,000
Recreation and Aquatic 5,400,000 5,400,000
Center Rhode Island Avenue.
Recreation Complex 500,000 500,000
Children's Island..........
Site Renovations:
Fort Greble Recreation 1,900,000 1,900,000
Center.....................
Park Lighting............... 17,400,000 17,400,000
Capital East Natatorium..... 1,600,000 1,600,000
Watkins Recreation Center... 300,000 300,000
Roper Recreation Center..... 800,000 800,000
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Total, Department of Parks 73,152,000 73,152,000
and Recreation...........
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Public Benefit Corporation (D.C.
General Hospital):
Roof Replacement................ 750,000 750,000
Window Replacement.............. 900,000 900,000
Boiler Plant Renovation......... 1,500,000 1,500,000
PAX System...................... 1,800,000 1,800,000
Walker-Jones CHC Renovation..... 450,000 450,000
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Total, Public Benefit 5,400,000 5,400,000
Corporation..................
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Department of Public Works:
Major Equipment Acquisition:
Heavy Equipment Acquisition. 32,949,000 32,949,000
Supercan--Rat Abatement..... 3,000,000 3,000,000
Facility Renovations:
Fenwich Building Renovation. 5,500,000 5,500,000
Parking Garage, West 4,000,000 4,000,000
Virginia Avenue............
Storage Facility, West 5,000,000 5,000,000
Virginia Avenue............
Tire Shop, West Virginia 500,000 500,000
Avenue.....................
Facility Relocations............ 15,300,000 15,300,000
Solid Waste Transfer Station, 5,600,000 5,600,000
Fort Totten Transfer Station...
Local Street Improvements:
Project Hope Station 2,409,538 2,410,000
Dwellings..................
Georgetown Streetscape 9,000,000 9,000,000
Renovation.................
Highway Trust Fund and Federal
Grants:
Transportation Electrical 1,332,450 1,332,000
System Improvements Fiscal
Year 2001 Streetlight
Replacement Contract.......
Streetlight System Upgrade.. 4,062,850 4,062,000
Fiscal Year 2001 Electrical 233,450 233,000
Systems Upgrade............
Highway Aid Match Fund:
Emergency Transportation 1,278,650 1,279,000
Projects...................
Traffic Congestion 775,450 775,000
Mitigation.................
Fiscal Year 2001 National 3,636,400 3,636,000
Recreational Trails Program
Traffic Safety Improvements:
Traffic Accident Reporting 213,675 214,000
and Analysis System........
Pavement Skid Testing....... 344,600 345,000
Hazard Elimination.......... 4,430,600 4,431,000
Railroad/Highway Crossing 127,600 128,000
Safety.....................
Transportation Plan Review.. 227,600 228,000
Review for Road and Bridge 554,600 555,000
Construction Projects......
Highway Safety Improvement 982,600 983,000
Program/Safety Management
System.....................
Streetlight and Traffic 1,999,600 2,000,000
Operations Design..........
Bridge Rehabilitation and
Replacement:
Rehabilitation 22nd Street 2,635,320 2,636,000
Bridge over K Street, NW...
K Street, NW, 21st Street to 4,326,320 4,327,000
25th Street................
Rehabilitation Southern 10,723,320 10,724,000
Avenue Bridge over Suitland
Parkway....................
Rehabilitation of Mall 28,510,320 28,511,000
Tunnel.....................
City Wide Culvert Inventory. 465,320 466,000
City Wide Consultant Bridge 2,285,320 2,286,000
Inspection.................
Rehabilitation Theodore 81,112,330 81,113,000
Roosevelt Memorial Bridge..
Roadway Resurfacing:
Fiscal Year 2001 F.A. 626,248 626,000
Resurfacing (NHS)..........
Fiscal Year 2001 F.A. 675,400 675,000
Resurfacing (STP)..........
Fiscal Year 2001 1st F.A. 5,108,030 5,108,000
Resurfacing................
Fiscal Year 2001 2nd F.A. 2,170,000 2,170,000
Resurfacing................
Fiscal Year 2001 3rd F.A. 6,138,000 6,138,000
Resurfacing................
Fiscal Year 2001 4th F.A. 5,520,000 5,520,000
Resurfacing................
Fiscal Year 2001 5th F.A. 9,854,000 9,854,000
Resurfacing................
Fiscal Year 2001 6th F.A. 5,710,000 5,710,000
Resurfacing................
Fiscal Year 2001 7th F.A. 4,332,000 4,332,000
Resurfacing................
Fiscal Year 2001 1st F.A. 1,466,000 1,466,000
Citywide Pavement..........
Fiscal Year 2001 2nd F.A. 1,732,000 1,732,000
Citywide Pavement..........
Roadside Improvements: Fiscal 477,250 478,000
Year 2001 Corridor Tree
Improvement Plan...............
Traffic Safety Improvements:
Branch Avenue, SE, M Street 1,211,750 1,210,000
to O Street................
Fiscal Year 2001 Hot 579,500 580,000
Thermoplastic Pavement
Marking Contract...........
Roadside Reconstruction:
Brentwood Road, NE, 9th 3,386,450 3,387,000
Street.....................
First Street, NE, K Street 2,283,450 2,284,000
to New York Avenue.........
19th Street, NW, G Street to 883,450 884,000
Pennsylvania Avenue........
Q Street NW, 14th Street to 1,838,450 1,839,000
Rhode Island Avenue........
4th Street, SW, C Street to 3,222,450 3,223,000
I Street...................
Eastern Avenue, NE, Riggs 2,134,450 2,135,000
Road.......................
5th Street, NW, Van Buren 1,229,450 1,230,000
Street.....................
Western Avenue, NW, 1,688,450 1,689,000
Brandywine Street..........
Fiscal Year 2001 Wheelchair/ 610,450 611,000
Bicycle Ramps Citywide.....
Streetscape Improvements 8,404,450 8,405,000
Central Business...........
Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality:
Fiscal Year 2002 Integrated 645,150 645,000
Ridesharing................
Fiscal Year 2002 Telework 364,300 364,000
Resource Center (Telecom-
mute)......................
Fiscal Year 2002 Commuter 1,269,150 1,269,000
Operations Center..........
Fiscal Year 2002 Employer 828,150 828,000
Outreach...................
Fiscal Year 2002 Guaranteed 1,250,150 1,250,000
Ride Home..................
Endzone..................... 54,300 54,000
Northeast Inspection Station 7,024,300 7,024,000
Metrochek Pilot 6,000,275 6,000,000
Demonstration Project......
Federal Planning and Management
Systems:
Barney Circle Replacement 853,435 853,000
Projects Environment.......
Tour Bus Facility 341,435 341,000
Feasibility Analysis.......
Parking Inventory........... 284,436 284,000
Fiscal Year 2001 State 13,850,856 13,851,000
Planning and Research
Program....................
Research Development and 5,400,436 5,400,000
Technology.................
Fiscal Year 2002 10,782,426 10,782,000
Metropolitan Planning......
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Total, Department of 353,747,390 353,754,000
Public Works.............
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Department of Motor Vehicles: DMV 16,575,000 16,575,000
Information Technology.............
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority:
Metrobus........................ 23,700,000 23,700,000
Metrorail Rehabilitation........ 46,200,000 46,200,000
New York Avenue Metro........... 25,000,000 25,000,000
MetroBarn Repairs............... 5,000,000 5,000,000
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Total, Washington Metropolitan 99,900,000 99,900,000
Area Transit Authority.......
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Washington Convention Center: 10,000,000 10,000,000
Convention Center Agreements.......
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Total, Capital Outlay, General 1,029,975,390 1,022,074,000
Fund.........................
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Local Funds............... 759,487,000 751,579,000
Highway Trust Fund........ 66,439,000 66,446,000
Federal Grants............ 204,050,000 204,049,000
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Water and Sewer Authority:
Wastewater Projects:
Blue Plains:
Bio-Solids Management... 74,346,000 74,346,000
Rehabilitation Major 3,026,000 3,026,000
Capital Facilities.....
Sewer Collection: 1,182,000 1,182,000
Rehabilitation/Extension
Sanitary Sew- ers.........
Water Projects:
Storage:
2MG 4th High Storage 77,000 77,000
Tank...................
12MG Second High 188,000 188,000
Reservoir..............
Distribution System:
Water Distribution...... 1,779,000 1,779,000
Replacement/Extension 120,000 120,000
Watermains.............
Cleaning Lining 14,481,000 14,481,000
Watermains.............
Metering and Other Projects:
Meter Replacement/AMR 4,805,000 4,805,000
Installation...........
Washington Aqueduct..... 39,022,000 39,022,000
Capital Equipment............... 1,699,000 1,699,000
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Total, Water and Sewer........ 140,725,000 140,725,000
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Total, Capital Outlay......... 1,170,700,390 1,162,799,000
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee has carefully reviewed the general provisions
that were included in last year's appropriations act. Based on
this review, the Committee has deleted approximately half of
the 76 general provisions. The remaining general provisions
relate to fiscal policies deemed necessary for prudent
management of the District's resources and several policy goals
that are appropriate for the Nation's Capital. The following
summarizes the Committee recommendations pertaining to these
provisions:
The Committee has retained Sec. 103 (new Sec. 101)
specifying that appropriations for particular purposes or
objects of expenditure shall be considered the maximum amount
that may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an
amount set apart exclusively therefor.
The Committee has retained Sec. 105 (new Sec. 102)
authorizing appropriations for expenses of travel and dues of
organizations concerned with the work of the District of
Columbia government when authorized by the Mayor.
The Committee has retained Sec. 106 (new Sec. 103)
authorizing payments of refunds and judgments that have been
entered against the District of Columbia government.
The Committee has retained Sec. 109 (new Sec. 104) which
prohibits any funds appropriated in this act for operation of
educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for
other educational purposes to be used to permit, encourage,
facilitate, or further partisan political activities.
The Committee has retained Sec. 110 (new Sec. 105) which
prohibits any funds appropriated in this Act to pay the salary
of any employee of the District of Columbia government whose
name, title, grade, salary, past work experience, and salary
history are not available for inspection by Congress.
The Committee has retained Sec. 111 (new Sec. 106) which
appropriates from the applicable funds of the District of
Columbia such sums as are necessary for making payments
authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of
1977.
The Committee has retained Sec. 112 (new Sec. 107) which
prohibits use of appropriations for publicity or propaganda
purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before
Congress or any State legislature.
The Committee has retained Sec. 113 (new Sec. 108) which
requires the Mayor to develop an annual plan, by quarter and by
project, for capital outlay and borrowing.
The Committee has retained Sec. 116 (new Sec. 109) which
establishes reprogramming criteria.
The Committee has modified Sec. 117 (new Sec. 110) to
require that appropriations be applied only to the objects for
which the appropriations were made, except as otherwise
provided by law.
The Committee has retained Sec. 120 (new Sec. 111), which
States that for pay purposes, employees of the District of
Columbia government shall not be subject to the provisions of
title 5 of the United States Code.
The Committee has retained Sec. 121 (new Sec. 112), which
requires the Mayor to submit new revenue estimates not later
than 30 days after the end of the first quarter of the fiscal
year and use these estimates in the budget request for the
following fiscal year.
The Committee has retained Sec. 122 (new Sec. 113), which
requires that no sole source contract with the District of
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or
extended without opening that contract to the competitive
bidding process, except that the District of Columbia
government may renew or extend sole source contracts for which
competition is not feasible or practical.
The Committee has retained Sec. 123 (new Sec. 114), which
relates to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act.
The Committee has retained Sec. 124 (new Sec. 115), which
relates to sequestration orders.
The Committee has retained Sec. 125 (new Sec. 116), which
allows the District of Columbia government to accept gifts and
donations under certain conditions.
The Committee has retained Sec. 126 (new Sec. 117), which
prohibits Federal funds from being used by the District of
Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or other costs
associated with the offices of United States Senator or United
States Representative under 4(d) of the District of Columbia
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979.
The Committee has consolidated Sections 127, 132, 133, and
134 (new Sec. 118), which set forth the reporting requirements
for the District of Columbia Public Schools and the University
of the District of Columbia.
The Committee has retained Sec. 128 (new Sec. 119), which
allows funds authorized or previously appropriated to the
government of the District of Columbia to procure necessary
hardware and installation of new software, conversion, testing,
and training to improve or replace its financial management
system.
The Committee has retained Sec. 129 (new Sec. 120), which
places a limit on attorney fees for attorneys who represent a
party who prevails in an action, including an administrative
proceeding, brought against the District of Columbia Public
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
The Committee has retained Sec. 130 (new Sec. 121),
prohibiting the use of funds for any abortions 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.
The Committee has retained Sec. 131 (new Sec. 122), that
prohibits the use of funds to implement the Domestic Partners
Act.
The Committee has retained Sec. 135 (new Sec. 123), which
requires approval by all boards concerned with the District of
Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of
Columbia to vote on and approve the respective annual or
revised budgets for such entities before submission to the
Mayor for submission of the budget to the Council.
The Committee has retained Sec. 136(b) and (c) (new Sec.
124), on the acceptance and use of grants not included in the
ceiling under ``Division of Expenses''.
The Committee has retained Sec. 137 (new Sec. 125), which
requires departments or agencies of the District of Columbia
government under the administration of a court-appointed
receiver or other court-appointed official to prepare and
submit to the Mayor for inclusion in the annual budget,
estimates of expenditures and appropriations necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the department or agency.
The Committee has retained Sec. 139 (new Sec. 126), which
places restriction on the use of official vehicles.
The Committee has retained Sec. 140 (new Sec. 127), which
requires detailees to be funded from the department or agency
for which they are employed and makes necessary changes to
update reduction-in-force legislation.
The Committee has retained Sec. 141 (new Sec. 128), which
requires that not later than 120 days after the date a District
of Columbia Public School student is referred for evaluation or
assessment that the Public Schools assess or evaluate the
student who may have a disability and place the student in an
appropriate program of special education.
The Committee has retained Sec. 142 (new Sec. 129), which
requires that none of the funds made available in this Act be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy
American Act.
The Committee has retained Sec. 143 (new Sec. 130), which
requires that none of the funds contained in this Act may be
used for purposes of the annual independent audit unless the
audit is conducted by the Inspector General and the audit
includes a comparison of audited actual year-end results with
the revenues submitted in the budget document for such year.
The Committee has retained Sec. 146 (new Sec. 131), which
prohibits the use of funds contained in this Act by the
Corporation Counsel or any other officer or entity of the
District government to provide assistance for any petition
drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to
provide for voting representation in Congress for the District
of Columbia.
The Committee has retained Sec. 149 (new Sec. 132), which
requires that, no later than November 1 or within 30 calendar
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief
Financial Officer shall submit a revised appropriated funds
operating budget to the appropriate Committees of Congress, the
Mayor, and the Authority.
The Committee has retained Sec. 150 (new Sec. 133), which
prohibits the use of funds in this Act for any program of
distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic
injection of any illegal drug and requires a separate
accounting by individuals or entities who receive funds in this
Act and carry out a needle exchange program.
The Committee has retained Sec. 151 (new Sec. 134), which
places restrictions on District leases.
The Committee has retained Sec. 152 (new Sec. 135), which
places restrictions on the management of existing District
government property.
The Committee has retained Sec. 161 (new Sec. 136), which
prohibits use of any funds in this Act to pay the salary of any
chief financial officer of any office of the District of
Columbia government who has not filed a certification with the
Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia that the officer understands the duties and
restrictions applicable to the officer and the agency as a
result of this Act.
The Committee has retained Sec. 162 (new Sec. 137), which
requires that the budget for fiscal year 2002 that is submitted
by the District to Congress specify potential adjustments that
might become necessary in the event that the management savings
achieved by the District during the year do not meet the level
of management savings projected in the proposed budget.
The Committee has retained Sec. 163 (new Sec. 138), which
requires any document showing the budget for an office of the
District of Columbia government that contains a category of
activities labeled as ``other'', ``miscellaneous'', or a
similar general, non-descriptive term, include a description of
the types of activities covered in the category and a detailed
breakdown of the amount allocated for each such activity.
The Committee has retained Sec. 167 (new Sec. 139), which
prohibits use of funds contained in this Act to enact or carry
out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise
reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or
distribution of any schedule I substance under the Controlled
Substances Act or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
The Committee has retained Sec. 173 (new Sec. 140), which
provides that nothing in this Act bars the District of Columbia
Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in
private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the
District government regarding such lawsuits.
The Committee has added a new provision, Sec. 141, which
states that nothing in the Federal Grant and Cooperative
Agreements Act of 1977 may be construed to prohibit the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from
negotiating and entering into cooperative agreements and grants
authorized by law which affect real property of the Federal
Government in the District of Columbia if the principal purpose
of the cooperative agreement or grant is to provide comparable
benefits for Federal and Non-Federal properties in the District
of Columbia.
The Committee has included a new general provision, Sec.
142, that requires the Chief Financial Officer to develop a
comprehensive financial management policy for the District of
Columbia.
Section 143 is a new general provision that amends existing
law to outline the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in a
non-control year or following the lapse of the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority.
The Committee has added a new provision, Sec. 144, which
provides that, notwithstanding the provisions of the District
of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act or any
other District of Columbia law, employees of the District of
Columbia government will only receive overtime compensation for
time worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
The Committee has added a new provision, Sec. 145, which
permits the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to
continue to operate its ongoing drug-free workplace testing
program during the period that its plan is being reviewed for
approval by the Department of Health and Human Services,
pursuant to Sec. 503 of Public Law 100-71.
The Committee has modified Sec. 170 (new Sec. 146) to
require the Mayor to continue to submit quarterly reports to
the Committees on Appropriations and Governmental Affairs,
commencing October 1, 2000, on the District's progress in
addressing the following issues: (1) crime, including the
homicide rate, implementation of community policing, the number
of police officers on local beats, and the closing down of
open-air drug markets; (2) access to drug abuse treatment,
including the number of treatment slots, the number of people
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the
effectiveness of treatment programs; (3) management of parolees
and pre-trial violent offenders, including the number of
halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve monitoring and
supervision of halfway house residents to reduce the number of
escapes to be provided in consultation with the Court Services
and Offender Supervision Agency; (4) education, including
access to special education services and student achievement to
be provided in consultation with the District of Columbia
Public Schools; (5) improvement in basic District services,
including rat control and abatement; (6) application for and
management of Federal grants, including the number and type of
grants for which the District was eligible but failed to apply
and the number and type of grants awarded to the District but
which the District failed to spend the amounts received; and
(7) indicators of child well-being.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on
general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment
to the House bill ``which proposes an item of appropriation
which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing
law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously
passed by the Senate during that session.''
Items providing funding for fiscal year 2001 which lack
authorization are as follows:
Commercial Revitalization Program....................... $1,500,000
D.C. Public School System............................... 500,000
D.C. Department of Human Services....................... 500,000
Metrorail Construction.................................. 25,000,000
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee
ordered reported S. 3041, an original District of Columbia
Appropriations bill, subject to amendment and subject to its
budget allocations, by a recorded vote of 27-1, a quorum being
present. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Stevens Mr. Shelby
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Kyl
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by
the committee.''
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000, PUBLIC LAW 106-113
DIVISION A
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
TITLE I--FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS
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FEDERAL FUNDS
Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children
[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, 2001
and shall be used in accordance with a program established by
the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia and
approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That funds
provided under this heading may be used to cover the costs to
the District of Columbia of providing tax credits to offset the
costs incurred by individuals in adopting children in the
District of Columbia foster care system and in providing for
the health care needs of such children, in accordance with
legislation enacted by the District of Columbia government.]
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.
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General Provisions
* * * * * * *
Sec. 168. (a) In General.--There is hereby transferred from
the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority (hereinafter referred to as the
``Authority'') to the District of Columbia the sum of
$5,000,000, 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 be available 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.
(b) Source of Funds.--The amount transferred under
subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned on
accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District of
Columbia.
(c) Report.--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.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent
Resolution for 2001: Subcommittee on the District of
Columbia:
General purpose, defense discretionary.................. ........... ........... ........... ...........
General purpose, non-defense discretionary.............. 441 441 \1\ 441 444
Mandatory............................................... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2001.................................................... ........... ........... ( \2\ ) 408
2002.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 36
2003.................................................... ........... ........... ........... ...........
2004.................................................... ........... ........... ........... ...........
2005 and future year.................................... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2001 NA 332 NA 304
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2001
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation
compared with (+ or -)
Item 2000 Budget estimate Committee ---------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 2000
appropriation Budget estimate
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FEDERAL FUNDS
Federal payment for Resident Tuition Support....................... 17,000 17,000 17,000 ............... ...............
Federal payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children............ 5,000 5,000 ............... -5,000 -5,000
Federal payment for Commercial Revitalization program.............. ............... ............... 1,500 +1,500 +1,500
Federal payment to DCPS............................................ ............... ............... 500 +500 +500
Federal Payment to the Chief Financial Office of the District of ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Columbia..........................................................
Federal payment to the Citizen Complaint Review Board.............. 500 ............... ............... -500 ...............
Federal payment to the Department of Human Services................ 250 ............... 500 +250 +500
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 176,000 134,300 134,200 -41,800 -100
Operations........................................................
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Courts................. 99,714 103,000 109,080 +9,366 +6,080
Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts................... 33,336 38,387 38,387 +5,051 ...............
Federal payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision 93,800 103,527 108,527 +14,727 +5,000
Agency for the District of Columbia...............................
Federal payment of Washington Interfaith Network................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Children's National Medical Center................................. 2,500 ............... ............... -2,500 ...............
Federal payment for Metropolitan Police Department................. 1,000 ............... ............... -1,000 ...............
Federal payment to the General Services Administration (Lorton 6,700 ............... ............... -6,700 ...............
Correctional Complex).............................................
Federal payment to the Georgetown Waterfront Park Fund............. 1,000 ............... ............... -1,000 ...............
Federal payment for Study of Tax Reform in the District............ ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Federal payment for Simplified Personnel System.................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Metrorail construction............................................. ............... 25,000 25,000 +25,000 ...............
(By transfer).................................................. ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
Federal payment for the National Museum of American Music.......... ............... 3,000 ............... ............... -3,000
Federal payment for Brownfield remediation......................... ............... 10,000 ............... ............... -10,000
Presidential Inauguration.......................................... ............... 6,211 6,211 +6,211 ...............
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Total, Federal funds to the District of Columbia............. 436,800 445,425 440,905 +4,105 -4,520
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
Operating Expenses
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management (3,140) (6,500) (6,500) (+3,360) ...............
Assistance Authority..............................................
Governmental direction and support................................. (167,356) (197,771) (194,271) (+26,915) (-3,500)
Economic development and regulation................................ (190,335) (205,638) (205,638) (+15,303) ...............
Public safety and justice.......................................... (778,770) (762,346) (762,346) (-16,424) ...............
Public education system............................................ (867,411) (998,418) (998,918) (+131,507) (+500)
Human support services............................................. (1,526,361) (1,542,204) (1,532,704) (+6,343) (-9,500)
Public works....................................................... (271,395) (278,242) (278,242) (+6,847) ...............
Receivership Programs.............................................. (342,077) (394,528) (394,528) (+52,451) ...............
Workforce Investments.............................................. (8,500) ............... ............... (-8,500) ...............
Buyouts and Management Reforms..................................... (18,000) ............... ............... (-18,000) ...............
Reserve............................................................ (150,000) (150,000) ............... (-150,000) (-150,000)
Financing and Other................................................ (384,948) (331,529) (331,529) (-53,419) ...............
Procurement and Management Savings................................. (-21,457) ............... ............... (+21,457) ...............
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Total, operating expenses, general fund...................... (4,686,836) (4,867,176) (4,704,676) (+17,840) (-162,500)
Enterprise Funds
Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct.............. (279,608) (275,705) (275,705) (-3,903) ...............
Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board......................... (234,400) (223,200) (223,200) (-11,200) ...............
Sports and Entertainment Commission................................ (10,846) (10,968) (10,968) (+122) ...............
Public Benefit Corporation......................................... (89,008) (78,235) (78,235) (-10,773) ...............
D.C. Retirement Board.............................................. (9,892) (11,414) (11,414) (+1,522) ...............
Correctional Industries Fund....................................... (1,810) (1,808) (1,808) (-2) ...............
Washington Convention Center....................................... (50,226) (52,726) (52,726) (+2,500) ...............
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Total, Enterprise Funds...................................... (675,790) (654,056) (654,056) (-21,734) ...............
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Total, operating expenses.................................... (5,362,626) (5,521,232) (5,358,732) (-3,894) (-162,500)
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Capital Outlay
General fund....................................................... (1,218,638) (1,029,975) (1,022,074) (-196,564) (-7,901)
Water and Sewer Fund............................................... (197,169) (140,725) (140,725) (-56,444) ...............
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Total, Capital Outlay........................................ (1,415,807) (1,170,700) (1,162,799) (-253,008) (-7,901)
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Total, District of Columbia funds............................ (6,778,433) (6,691,932) (6,521,531) (-256,902) (-170,401)
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Total:
Federal Funds to the District of Columbia................ 436,800 445,425 440,905 +4,105 -4,520
District of Columbia funds............................... (6,778,433) (6,691,932) (6,521,531) (-256,902) (-170,401)
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