98th Congress > House > Vote 347
Description: TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3415, A BILL MAKING $600.8 MILLION IN 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 SEPT. 30, 1984. (MOTION PASSED)
Bill summary: (House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment)
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1984 - Appropriates specified sums to the District of Columbia for FY 1984 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia, provided there are a specified number of Metropolitan police officers hired by August 19, 1982; (2) Federal loans to the District for capital outlay; (3) the Criminal Justice Emergency Initiative; (4) the Education Initiative; (5) the Superior
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Court of the District of Columbia; and (6) Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) public education; (5) human support services, with a limitation on reimbursements for operating costs of Saint Elizabeths Hospital; (6) public works; (7) repayment of specified loans and interest; (8) repayment of the general fund deficit; (9) short-term borrowings; (10) reduction of the energy budgets of various agencies; (11) capital outlay; (12) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water construction projects; (13) the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund; and (14) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, provided that no Federal funds are used to support such activities.
Sets forth general provisions covering spending limitations on the appropriations made by this Act, including prohibitions against using such funds for: (1) abortions, except where the mother's life is endangered or where necessary for victims of rape or incest; and (2) reprogramming, unless the reprogramming was approved according to specified procedures.
Authorizes the Mayor to establish the salary of the City Administrator and the per diem compensation of the board members of the Redevelopment Land Agency.
Declares that the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 shall apply with respect to the compensation of District employees.
Provides for the payment of official travel expenses and for the use of privately owned motor vehicles for the performance of official duties.
Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to prepare or enforce any Public Service Commission requirement that taxicabs be metered; or (2) to implement a personnel lottery in hiring firefighters or police officers.
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1984 to: (1) increase the appropriation for the Secretary of the Senate; and (2) decrease the appropriation for the education of pages.
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Bill titles: A bill making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 128, p. 7692;
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