DIVISION OF EXPENSES

DIVISION OF EXPENSES The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: General Operating Expenses General operating expenses, $84,453,300, of which $799,300 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor and $2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia shall be available from this appropriation for expenditures for official purposes: Provided further, That, for the purpose of assessing and reassessing real property in 90 STAT. 1491the District of Columbia, $5,000 of this appropriation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,500 of this appropriation shall lie available for test borings and soil investigations: Provided further, That $4,480,700 of this appropriation (to remain available until expended) shall be available solely for District of Columbia employees’ disability compensation: Provided further, That not to exceed $325,000 of this appropriation shall be available for settlement of property damage claims not in excess of $1,500 each and personal injury claims not in excess of $5,000 each: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 of any appropriations available to the District of Columbia may be used to match financial contributions from the Department of Defense to the District of Columbia Office of Emergency Preparedness for the purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the Department of Defense, when authorized by the Mayor. Public Safety Public safety, including purchase of two hundred and sixty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including two hundred and sixty for police-type use and five for fire-type use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year); $247,160,400, of which $5,530,400 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That the Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed twenty-five passenger carrying vehicles, and the Fire Department not to exceed five such vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That funds appropriated for expenses under the Criminal Justice Act of 1974 (Public Law 93 –412) for fiscal year 1977 shall be available for obligations incurred under that Act in fiscal year 1975 and fiscal year 1976: Provided further, That not to exceed $200,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime. Education Education, including the development of national defense education programs, $245,287,700, of which $5,179,800 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That the District of Columbia Public Schools are authorized to accept not to exceed thirty-one motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education program: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 for the Superintendent of Schools, $1,000 for the President of Federal City College, and $1,000 for the President of Washington Technical Institute shall be available from this appropriation for expenditures for official purposes. Recreation Recreation, $17,674,400, of which $208,200 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund. Human Resources Human Resources, including care and treatment of indigent patients in institutions under contracts to be made by the Director of the 90 STAT. 1492Department of Human Resources, $268,475,600, of which $6,520,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That the inpatient rate under such contracts shall not exceed $76 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $12 per visit, and the inpatient rate (excluding the proportionate share for repairs and construction) for services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for patient care shall be $25.18 per diem: Provided further, That total reimbursements to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from title XIX of the Social Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal year 1970: Provided further, That the hospital rates specified herein Shall not apply, begining July 1, 1969, to services provided to patients who are eligible for such services under the District of Columbia plan for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the furnishing of medical assistance to individuals sixty-five years of age or older who are residing in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That $13,733,000 of this appropriation shall be available for care and treatment of the mentally retarded at Forest Haven. Transportation Transportation, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle for use by the Mayor, $54,182,600, of which $6,262,300 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. Environmental Services Environmental services, $69,036,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment houses with four or more apartments, or from any building or connected group of buildings operating as a rooming or boarding house as defined in the housing regulations of the District of Columbia. Personal Services For pay increases and related costs for police officers, firefighters and teachers, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1977 from which said employees are properly payable, $16,245,000. Settlement of Claims and Sluts For payment of property damage claims in excess of $500 and of personal injury claims in excess of $1,000, approved by the Mayor in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $166,600. Repayment of Loans and Interest For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compliance with sections 108, 217, and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 103,109, and 110), as amended; section 9 of the Act of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act. of June 6, 90 STAT. 14931958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended; section 4 of the Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 211), as amended; and section 723 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 93–198), as amended, including interest as required thereby, $80,839,100: Provided, That there are hereby appropriated from the fluids of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to repay funds borrowed under the provisions of sections 471 and 472 of Public Law 93–198: Provided further, That the District is authorized to repay outstanding loans from the United States Treasury with funds received from the sale of general obligation bonds authorized for such purpose. Capital Outlay For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compliance with the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, construction projects as authorized by the Acts of April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244), May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105, 110), June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686), and the Act of December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 321); including acquisition of sites; preparation of plans and specifications; conducting preliminary surveys; erection of structures, including building improvement and alteration and treatment of grounds; to remain available until expended, $36,586,700: Provided, That $1,854,600 shall be available for construction services by the Director of the Department of General Services or by contract for architectural engineering services, as may be determined by the Mayor, and the funds for the use of the Director of the Department of General Services shall be advanced to the appropriation account “Construction Services, Department of General Services”: Provided further, That the amount appropriated to the Construction Services Fund, Department of General Services, be limited, during the current fiscal year, to ten per centum of appropriations for all construction projects, except for Project Numbered 24–99. Permanent Improvements, for which construction services shall be limited to twenty per centum of the appropriation: Provided further, Notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations for capital outlay projects, except those projects covered by the first sentence of section 23 (a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–495, approved August. 23, 1968), for which funds are provided by this paragraph, shall expire on September 30, 1978, except authorizations for projects as to which funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date. Upon expiration of any such project authorization the funds provided herein for such project shall lapse: Provided further, That $1,292,000 is hereby appropriated for the completion of the Sursum Corda Neighborhood Center; $900,000 shall be for the completion of the Sursum Corda Neighborhood Center to be repaid to the city out of funds raised by Sursum Corda, Inc., through fundraising activities: And provided further, That all sums so collected be applied to the cost of construction with a corresponding reduction in, or refund of, appropriated District of Columbia funds; and $392,000 shall be for equipment for the center.