114 STAT. 2478
PUBLIC LAW 106-522—NOV. 22, 2000
(b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD. —The waiver provided by subsection (a)
shall—
(1) take effect on enactment; and
(2) terminate on the date the Department of Health and
Human Services approves the drug program of the agency
pursuant to section 503 of Public Law 100-71 or 12 months
after the date referred to in paragraph (1), whichever is later.
Effective date.
SEC. 158. Commencing October 1, 2000, the Mayor of the Dis-
Reports.
trict of Columbia shall submit to the Senate and House Committees
on Appropriations, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee,
and the House Government Reform Committee quarterly reports
addressing the following issues: (1) crime, including the homicide
rate, implementation of community policing, the number of police
officers on local beats, and the closing down of open-air drug markets; (2) access to drug abuse treatment, including the number
of treatment slots, the number of people served, the number of
people on waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment programs;
(3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent offenders, including
the number of halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve
monitoring and supervision of halfway house residents to reduce
the number of escapes to be provided in consultation with the
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency; (4) education,
including access to special education services and student achievement to be provided in consultation with the District of Columbia
Public Schools; (5) improvement in basic District services, including
rat control and abatement; (6) application for and management
of Federal grants, including the number and type of grants for
which the District was eligible but failed to apply and the number
and type of grants awarded to the District but which the District
failed to spend the amounts received; and (7) indicators of child
well-being.
RESERVE FUNDS
SEC. 159. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVE FUNDS. —
(1) IN GENERAL.— The District of Columbia Home Rule Act
is amended by inserting after section 450 the following new
section:
Deadlines.
RESERVE FUNDS
"SEC. 450A. (a) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND. —
"(1) IN GENERAL.— T here is established an emergency cash
reserve fund (in this subsection referred to as the 'emergency
reserve fund') as an interest-bearing account (separate from
other accounts in the General Fund) into which the Mayor
shall deposit in cash not later than February 15 of each fiscal
year (or not later than October 1, 2000, in the case of fiscal
year 2001) such amount as may be required to maintain a
balance in the fund of at least 4 percent of the total budget
appropriated for operating expenditures for such fiscal year
which is derived from local funds (or, in the case of fiscal
years prior to fiscal year 2004, such amount as may be required
to maintain a balance in the fund of at least the minimum
emergency reserve balance for such fiscal year, as determined
under paragraph (2)).
" (2) DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM EMERGENCY RESERVE
BALANCE. —
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