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2000 CIS H 18136
TITLE: D.C.
Appropriations for 2000, Part 1
CIS-NO: 2000-H181-36
SOURCE:
Committee on Appropriations. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Apr. 15, 28, May 18, June 16,
22, 23, Sept. 29, 1999
LENGTH: iii+1290+xviii p. il. Index.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1011; 1011-A
SUDOC:
Y4.AP6/1:D63/2000/PT.1
LC-CARD-NO: 60-060520
MC-ENTRY-NO:
2000-14813
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-113
SUMMARY:
Hearings before the Subcom on
D.C. Appropriations to consider D.C. requests for FY2000 appropriations.
Some testimony abstracts include page references to matching
justifications in Part 2 (see H181-37).
Also examines recent D.C.
resident referendum legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, but
blocked by Congress in an amendment to the D.C. appropriations bill. President
Clinton subsequently vetoed the bill, citing opposition to the medical marijuana
amendment.
Supplementary material (p. 1226-1290, and throughout)
includes witnesses' written replies to Subcom questions, submitted statements,
and a report.
Includes a subject index (p. iii-xviii).
CONTENT-NOTATION: DC programs, FY2000 approp
DESCRIPTORS:
D.C.;
MUNICIPAL FINANCE; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; MARIJUANA; NARCOTICS AND
DRUG TRAFFIC; REFERENDUM; MEDICAL REGULATION; D.C. MUNICIPAL LAW; FEDERAL-LOCAL
RELATIONS; PRESIDENTIAL VETOES; CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE RELATIONS
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Apr. 15, 1999 p. 1-95,
1237-1290
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
WILLIAMS, ANTHONY A. (Mayor, D.C)
CROPP, LINDA W. (Chairman, D.C. City Council)
RIVLIN, ALICE M. (Chairman, D.C. Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of mayor's FY2000 budget proposal for D.C.;
issues relating to activities of the D.C. Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority; perspectives on D.C. government management and
budget issues.
INSERTIONS:
a. D.C.
Department of Health alleged violation of Federal prohibition
on abortion funding, materials (p. 63-79).
b. D.C. Office
of the Mayor, "D.C. Management Report" June 1, 1999, with tables (p. 1237-1290).
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs, FY2000
approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
D.C. OFFICE
OF THE MAYOR; GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY; ABORTION; FEDERAL-LOCAL RELATIONS;
STATISTICAL DATA: GOVERNMENT
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO:
2 Apr. 28, 1999 p. 97-414
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
CLARK, JOHN L. (Trustee, D.C.
Department of Corrections)
CARVER, JOHN A., III (Trustee,
D.C. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA))
WALLACE, JO-ANN (Director, D.C. Public Defender Service)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: D.C. Department of Corrections FY2000 request
(for submitted justifications, see H181-37, p. 2375-2385) for closure of the
D.C. correctional facility in Lorton, Va. and transfer of D.C. prisoners to the
Bureau of Prisons as required by the National Capital and Self Government
Improvement Act of 1997.
CSOSA FY2000 request (for
submitted justifications, see H181-37, p. 2327-2373) for reorganization and
transfer to the Federal Government of D.C. pretrial services and parole and
probation programs as required by the National Capital Revitalization and Self
Government Improvement Act of 1997.
D.C. Public Defender
Service FY2000 request for legal services to indigent criminal defendants in
D.C.
INSERTIONS:
a. D.C. Department of
Corrections, "Report on the Projected Closure of the Lorton Correctional
Complex" Feb. 18, 1999 (p. 113-123).
b. Maryland Cabinet
Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, "Maryland Crime Control and Prevention
Strategy: 1998 Edition" (p. 217-233).
c. Bureau of Justice
Assistance, "Offenders, Drugs, Crime and Treatment: Literature Review" Mar. 1990
(p. 236-245).
d. Taxman, Faye S. (et al.), "Treatment As
Crime Control: Impact of Treatment on the Individual Offending Rates of
Hard-Core Substance Abusing Offenders" Mar. 26, 1999, with tables and
bibliography (p. 246-296).
e. Petersilia, Joan R., "Crime
Control Rationale for Reinvesting in Community Corrections" Spectrum, Summer
1995, with bibliography (p. 323-334).
f. Kleiman, Mark A.
(UCLA), "Getting Deterrence Right: Applying Tipping Models and Behavioral
Economics to the Problems of Crime Control" prepared for UCLA Interdisciplinary
Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences, Feb. 6, 1998 (p. 336-362).
g. Corbett, Ronald P., Jr. (Mass Probation Service),
"Amazing Grace (and Then Some): Reflections on the Boston Strategy" of crime
control book excerpt, with bibliography (p. 366-380).
h.
CSOSA, agency caseload and operations and drug testing and treatment issues,
materials, June 3, 1999 (p. 381-413).
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs, FY2000 approp
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
D.C. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; PRISONS;
LORTON, VA.; VIRGINIA; BUREAU OF PRISONS; FEDERAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; D.C. COURT
SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY; GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION; PAROLE AND
PROBATION; LEGAL AID AND SERVICES; POVERTY; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; MARYLAND; CRIME
PREVENTION; STATE GOVERNMENTS; NARCOTICS AND DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG ABUSE AND
TREATMENT; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; STATISTICAL DATA: LAW ENFORCEMENT; BOSTON, MASS.;
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS; NATIONAL CAPITAL AND SELF GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT
ACT
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO: 3 May
18, 1999 p. 415-715
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
JARMON, GLORIA L. (Director, Health,
Education, and Human Services Accounting and Financial Management Issues,
Accounting and Information Management Division, GAO)
WAGNER, ANNICE M. (Chief Judge, D.C. Court of Appeals)
HAMILTON, EUGENE N. (Chief Judge, D.C. Superior Court;
both representing D.C. Courts Joint Committee on Judicial Administration)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: D.C. FY2000 request (for submitted
justifications, see H181-37, p. 2291-2326) for D.C. Court of Appeals, D.C.
Superior Court, and D.C. court system.
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Differing perspectives on D.C. courts decision to defer
payments to court-appointed attorneys in response to FY98 budget shortfall;
review of items included in Superior Court budget request not supported by the
Administration.
INSERTIONS:
a. GAO, "D.C.
Courts: Planning and Budgeting Difficulties During FY98" Sept. 1999 (p.
541-589).
b. D.C. Courts Joint Committee on Judicial
Administration, D.C. court system employee classification system and personnel
policies, documents (p. 637-667).
c. Legal services for
indigent defendants in D.C. court system, materials (p. 683-709).
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs, FY2000 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
D.C. COURT OF
APPEALS; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; D.C. COURTS; LAWYERS; PLANNING; GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY; STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING; LEGAL
AID AND SERVICES; POVERTY; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO: 4 June 16, 1999 p. 717-800
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MCCARTHY, GREGORY M. (Director, Office of Policy and
Evaluation, D.C. Office of the Mayor)
KELLEY, MARLENE N.
(Dr.) (Interim Director, D.C. Department of Health)
OFFNER, PAUL (Director, D.C. Medicaid Program)
FAIRMAN, JOHN A. (CEO, D.C. Health and
Hospitals Public Benefit Corp. (PBC))
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on D.C. health care
initiatives and issues, including mayor's proposal to expand
health insurance coverage of uninsured city
residents.
INSERTION:
-- PBC, "Reforming
Health Care in D.C.: Tailoring Change to Real-Life Citizen
Needs" Apr. 14, 1999 (p. 756-767).
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs, FY2000 approp
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
D.C. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR;
HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH
INSURANCE
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO: 5
June 22, 1999 p. 801-827, 849-857
WITNESSES
(and witness notations):
SNIPES, JEANEE (public charter
school student)
LANCASTER, SIDIKI P. (President, Parent
Association, Chamberlain Campus, Edison-Friendship Public Charter School)
SCOTT, DELORES L. (Educational Advocate, Sasha Bruce
Youthwork, Inc)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Positive experiences with public charter schools in D.C.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs, FY2000
approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
BRUCE, SASHA,
YOUTHWORK, INC.; SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
00-H181-36
TESTIMONY NO: 6 June 22, 1999 p. 857-987
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
PEABODY, MALCOLM E.
(Chairman, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools; also representing D.C. Public
Charter School Coalition)
MCCARTHY, JACK (Trustee,
Washington Math Science Technology Public Charter High School)
BAKER, JOSEPHINE C. (Chair, D.C. Public Charter School
Board)
ACKERMAN, ARLENE (Superintendent, D.C. Public
Schools (DCPS))
COOPER, MAUDINE R. (Chair, Emergency
Transitional Education Board of Trustees, DCPS)
NEWMAN,
CONSTANCE B. (Vice Chairman, D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: DCPS FY2000 budget
request.
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Issues
and challenges facing public charter schools in D.C., including difficulties in
acquiring excess DCPS facilities (related materials, p. 968-984); update on
improvements in DCPS since June 1998; perspectives on D.C. school issues.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs, FY2000
approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
D.C. PUBLIC
CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD; D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION; EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO: 7
June 23, 1999 p. 989-1009, 1016
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
BEACH, WILLIAM W. (Director, Center
for Data Analysis, Heritage Foundation)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Merits of recently enacted and proposed tax reductions for
D.C.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs, FY2000
approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
HERITAGE
FOUNDATION; TAX INCENTIVES AND SHELTERS
00-H181-36
TESTIMONY NO: 8 June 23, 1999 p. 1017-1142
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
WILLIAMS, ANTHONY
A. (Mayor, D.C)
CROPP, LINDA W. (Chairman, D.C. City
Council)
RIVLIN, ALICE M. (Chairman, D.C. Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority)
HOLT,
VALERIE (Chief Financial Officer, D.C)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: D.C.
government overall FY2000 request (for submitted justifications, see H181-37, p.
1-846) and financial plan.
INSERTION:
--
D.C. Office of the Chief Financial Officer, D.C. municipal bonds refinancing and
restructuring proposal, correspondence with attachments, Apr. 7, 1999 (p.
1078-1142).
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC programs,
FY2000 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
D.C.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR; PLANNING; MUNICIPAL BONDS
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO: 9 Sept. 29, 1999 p. 1143-1170
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
NORTON,
ELEANOR HOLMES (Del, D-DC)
BARR, BOB (Rep, R-Ga)
JORDAN, BRIAN (Assistant Chief, Special Services Branch,
D.C. Police Department)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Conflicting views on Congressional efforts to block D.C.
ballot initiative legalizing medical use of marijuana.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Marijuana medical use legalization, DC
initiative review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
D.C. POLICE DEPARTMENT
00-H181-36 TESTIMONY NO: 10 Sept. 29, 1999 p. 1170,
1176-1209
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
VEREEN, DONALD R., JR. (Dr.) (Deputy Director, Office of
National Drug Control Policy)
WARREN, MARY L. (Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice)
LEWIS, WILMA A. (U.S. Attorney, D.C)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Issues relating to use of
marijuana for medical purposes; explanation of Department of Justice position on
State and D.C. initiatives to legalize medical use of marijuana.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Marijuana medical use legalization,
DC initiative review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS; STATE LAWS; OFFICE OF NATIONAL
DRUG CONTROL POLICY; DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
00-H181-36
TESTIMONY NO: 11 Sept. 29, 1999 p. 1209-1225
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
VINES, KEITH B.
(Assistant District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, Calif)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Support for
legalization of marijuana use for medical purposes.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Marijuana medical use legalization, DC
initiative review
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001
