Appropriations for FY2000: District of Columbia (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Dec. 23, 1999 |
| Report Number |
RL30213 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Eugene Boyd, Government and Finance Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
On November 29, 1999, President Clinton signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for
FY2000,
formerly H.R. 3194 , into law as P.L. 106-113 . The Act appropriates funds for the
District of Columbia, Division A of the act, and four other appropriation measures, Division B of the
act, including: Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary; Foreign Operation Appropriations; Interior
Appropriations; and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations for FY2000.
Division B of P.L. 106-113 , also includes a section governing Miscellaneous Appropriations, and
provisions amending the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, State Department authorization, milk
supports, and intellectual properties. As originally forwarded to the conference committee,
H.R. 3194 provided appropriations for FY2000 solely for the District of Columbia. The
House approved the conference measure on November 18, 1999, and the Senate approved the
measure on November 19, 1999.
Division A of P.L. 106-113 is the third District of Columbia Appropriations Act for FY2000
considered by Congress. The Act includes $436 million in special federal payments to the District
of Columbia. This is slightly higher than the amount included in the vetoed version of
H.R. 3064 ($429 million) and H.R. 2587 ($430 million). The difference
is $6.7 million in federal funds for the environmental cleanup of the Lorton Correctional Facility.
On November 3, 1999, President Clinton vetoed H.R. 3064 , which included funds
for the District of Columbia and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education for FY2000. On September 28, 1999, the President vetoed H.R. 2587 ,
Congress' first attempt to appropriate funds for the District of Columbia for FY2000. District
officials urged the President to veto H.R. 2587 , because of the inclusion of several so
called "social rider" provisions. They characterized the provisions as assaults on the city's limited
home rule. P.L. 106-113 includes many of the social riders contained in H.R. 2587 and
H.R. 3064 . The Act includes provisions that prohibit:
the use of federal or local funds to establish and maintain a needle exchange
program, but would allow the private financing of needle exchange programs;
the District from decriminalizing the use of marijuana and implementing
Initiative 59 governing medical marijuana;
the use of federal or District funds to finance a court challenge aimed at
securing congressional voting representation in the House and Senate for District residents, but
would allow the city's corporation counsel to review and comment on private lawsuits filed on behalf
of citizens of the District of Columbia;
the use of federal or District funds for abortions except in cases or rape, incest,
or the mother's health is endangered; and
the implementation of a domestic partners act passed in 1992 that would extend health,
employment, and other benefits and protections to unmarried, cohabiting, heterosexual or
homosexual couples.
