GENERAL PROVISIONS

The bill contains various general provisions which are contained annually in appropriations bills. The following summarizes the Committee recommendations pertaining to these provisions:

The Committee has retained language in section 103 that requires District officials to obligate and expend the full amount appropriated for programs and activities of the Metropolitan Police Department and for repayment of general fund deficit. The Committee expects District officials to comply fully with this language which requires the obligation and expenditure of all funds included in the bill for the general fund deficit and the police department and prohibits any effort to reprogram or redirect the funds for other purposes, regardless of the circumstances.

The Committee has retained language in section 116 prohibiting the use of funds in the bill 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.

Section 117 of the bill contains language prohibiting the use of Federal funds for abortion. This provision is the same that has been contained in the Senate version of the D.C. appropriations bill for several years.

Language in section 118 requires an annual plan by quarter and by project for any capital outlay borrowings.

The Committee has retained language in section 121 prohibiting the use of funds in the bill for implementation of a personnel lottery to hire police and firefighters.

The Committee has included section 123 which prohibits the use of Federal funds for a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants for D.C. officers or employees.

Section 139 clarifies legislative language which will enable the Department of Education to release appropriated funds to the Washington Research Library Consortium.

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."

Under the heading "Public safety and justice" the bill includes $4,836,000 to enable the courts of the District of Columbia to more effectively handle the increased drug and violent crime caseload.

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."

Section 11-903 of the D.C. Code is amended as follows:

The Superior Court shall consist of a chief judge and [fifty] fifty-eight associate judges [(seven of whom shall not be appointed until twelve months after the effective date of the District of Columbia Reorganization Act of 1970)].

Effective January 1, 1990 section 43 of the D.C. Code is amended as follows:

§ 43-1552. Water and water service supplied for the use of the government of the United States.

(a) All water and water services furnished from the District water supply system through any connection thereto for direct use by the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, situated in the District, except water and water services furnished to the United States for the maintenance, operation, and extension of the water system, shall be paid for at the rates for the furnishing and readiness to furnish water applicable to other water consumers in the District. All water and water services furnished from the District water supply system through any connection thereto for direct use by the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, situated outside the District in the States of Maryland or Virginia, except water and water services furnished to the United States for the maintenance, operation, and extension of the water system, shall be paid for at rates comparable to those which may be in effect and charged to state, municipal, or county agencies or other political authorities or jurisdictions within the respective states wherein said federal facilities may be situated for similar water service from the District water supply system: Provided, that conditions as to water pressure, quantity, rates of demand, and points of connection available or permissible at any time for service outside the District, if any, shall be fixed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia so as to fully protect the prior interests of water consumers within the District: Provided further, that as a

condition of service, at each point of federal connection to the water system of the District for service outside the District there shall be installed and maintained at the expense of the department, independent establishment, or agency of the United States which is to use water there from a suitable meter or meters and incidental vaults, valves, piping and recording devices, and such other equipment as the Mayor in his discretion deems necessary to control and record the use of water through each such connection. [Payment shall be made as provided in subsection (b) of this section. The provisions of §§ 43-1527, 431528, and 43-1529, relating, respectively, to enforcement of payment for water charges by penalty charge for late payment, by shutting off of the water supply for nonpayment, and the imposition of lien and sale of property, shall not apply in any case where water or water service is furnished to a building, establishment, or other place owned by the government of the United States and occupied by a department, independent establishment, or agency thereof.]

[(b) For the purpose of effectuating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, there shall be included annually in the budget estimates of the Mayor (beginning with the budget estimates for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1977) the estimated value, as determined by the Mayor, of the water and water services to be furnished to the United States during the fiscal year for which the budget estimates are prepared, based on the rates for water and water_services that will be in effect during such fiscal year. There shall be appropriated annually to the District, subject to subsequent adjustment within 2 fiscal years, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum corresponding to the estimated value of water and water services to be furnished to the United States: Provided, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve the United States of its obligation to make payments to the District for water and water services furnished prior to October 1, 1977: Provided further, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, outstanding payments for water and water services furnished by the District prior to October 1, 1977, shall be advanced and paid, subject to subsequent adjustment within 2 fiscal years, to the District by the United States on October 1, 1977. (May 18, 1954, 68 Stat. 102, ch. 218, title I, § 106; Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 857, Pub. L. 89-610, title V, § 503; 1973 Ed., § 43-1541; Oct. 6, 1977, 91 Stat. 1093, Pub. L. 95– 122, § 1(1).]

"(b)(1) Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 1990 and thereafter, the government of the District of Columbia shall bill directly on a quarterly basis and in advance for water services provided to all buildings, establishments, or other places owned by the Government of the United States. Bills for each such building, establishment, or place shall be directed to the Federal department, independent estab

lishment, or agency responsible for paying other utility charges for the location. The District government shall adjust its individual billings to reflect actual usage of water services not later than 2 years after the conclusion of each quarter.

"(2) Each Federal department, independent establishment, or agency responsible for making payments described in paragraph (1) for utility services to buildings, establishments, or other places shall pay from funds available to it, quarterly on the first day of each fiscal quarter to the account in the United States Treasury designated or established for 'Federal Payment for Water and Sewer Services, the amount billed by the District government for water services to be furnished. Amounts in the account shall be made available to the District government on the 5th day of each fiscal quarter but in no case later than 30 days after payments are received from Federal agencies.

"(3) The amount or time period for late payment of water charges involving a building, establishment, or other place owned by the Government of the United States imposed by the District of Columbia shall not be different from those imposed by the District of Columbia on its most favored

customer.

§ 43-1612. Sanitary sewer service charges for United States government.

(a) The sanitary sewer service charges prescribed herein shall be applicable to all sanitary sewer services furnished by the sanitary sewage works of the District through any connection thereto for direct use by the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, and such charges shall be predicated on the value of water and water services received by such facilities of the government of the United States or any department,_ independent establishment, or agency thereof from the District water supply system. Payment of the said sanitary sewer service charge shall be made as provided in subsection (b) of this section [: Provided, that the aggregate amount of such sanitary sewer service charge for each fiscal year shall be determined in the manner prescribed in § 43-1607: Provided further, that the obligation to pay for sanitary sewer services received by the government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof shall be with respect to such service furnished on and after July 1, 1954].

[(b) For the purpose of effectuating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, there shall be included annually in the budget estimates of the Mayor (beginning with the budget estimates for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1977) the estimated value, as determined by the Mayor, of the sanitary sewer services to be furnished to the United States during the fiscal year for which the budget estimates are prepared, based on the rates for sanitary

sewer services that will be in effect during such fiscal year. There shall be appropriated annually to the District, subject to subsequent adjustment within 2 fiscal years, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum corresponding to the estimated value of sanitary sewer services to be furnished to the United States: Provided, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve the United States of its obligation to make payments to the District for sanitary sewer services furnished prior to October 1, 1977: Provided further, that, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, outstanding payments for sanitary sewer services furnished by the District prior to October 1, 1977, shall be advanced and paid, subject to subsequent adjustment within 2 fiscal years, to the District by the United States on October 1, 1977. (May 18, 1954, 68 Stat. 108, ch. 218, title II, § 212; 1973 Ed., § 431611; Oct. 6, 1977, 91 Stat. 1093, Pub. L. 95-122, § 1(2).]

"(b)(1) Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 1990 and thereafter, the government of the District of Columbia shall bill directly on a quarterly basis and in advance all buildings, establishments, or other places owned by the Government of the United States for the sanitary sewer services it receives. The District government shall adjust its individual billings to reflect actual usage of sanitary sewer services not later than 2 years after the conclusion of each quarter.

"(2) Each Federal department, independent establishment, or agency responsible for making payments described in paragraph (1) for utility services to buildings, establishments, or other places shall pay from funds available to it, quarterly on the first day of each fiscal quarter to the account in the United States Treasury designated or established for 'Federal Payment for Water and Sewer Services, the amount billed by the District government for sanitary sewer services to be furnished. Amounts in the account shall be made available to the District government on the 5th day of each fiscal quarter but in no case later than 30 days after payments are received from Federal agencies.

"(3) The amount or time period for late payment of water charges involving a building, establishment, or other place owned by the Government of the United States imposed by the District of Columbia shall not be different from those imposed by the District of Columbia on its most favored

customer.

Effective January 1, 1990 subsection (d) of section 207 of the District of Columbia Public Works Act of 1954 (Public Law 364-May 18, 1954; 68 Stat 106) is amended as follows:

(d) [Wherever a property upon which a sanitary sewer service charge is imposed uses water from the water supply system of the District for an industrial or commercial purpose in such manner that the water so used is not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District, the quantity of water so used and not discharged into the