PUBLIC LAW 106-553—APPENDIX A 114 STAT. 2762A-35
August 5, 1997, or the date of appointment, whichever
is later.
"(B) In the case of employees of the Office of Parole,
October 11, 1998, or the date of appointment, whichever
is later.
"(C) In the case of employees of the Pretrial Services
Agency, January 3, 1999, or the date of appointment,
whichever is later.
"(3) RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Trustee shall make contributions under the provisions referred to in paragraph (1)
at the same rates applicable to agencies of the Federal Government.
"(4) REGULATIONS. —The Office of Personnel Management
shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this
subsection.".
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of title XI of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997.
SEC. 146. It is the sense of the Congress that the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority should quickly complete the sale of the Franklin School
property, a property which has been vacant for over 20 years.
SEC. 147. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing
the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation
enacted on such issue should include a "conscience clause" which
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
SEC. 148. (a) Chapter 23 of title 11, District of Columbia,
is hereby repealed.
(b) The table of chapters for title 11, District of Columbia,
is amended by striking the item relating to chapter 23.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect
on the date on which legislation enacted by the Council of the
District of Columbia to establish the Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner in the executive branch of the government of the District
of Columbia takes effect.
PROMPT PAYMENT OF APPOINTED COUNSEL
SEC. 149. (a) ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST FOR DELAYED PAY-
MENTS.— If the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals does not make a payment
described in subsection (b) prior to the expiration of the 45-day
period which begins on the date the Court receives a completed
voucher for a claim for the payment, interest shall be assessed
against the amount of the payment which would otherwise be
made to take into account the period which begins on the day
after the expiration of such 45-day period and which ends on the
day the Court makes the payment.
(b) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.— ^A payment described in this subsection is—
(1) a payment authorized under section 11-2604 and section 11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided
under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act);
(2) a payment for counsel appointed in proceedings in the
Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code; or
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