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 101 STAT. 1329-101

PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 8, 1979 (D.C Law 2-189; D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(8) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1978 (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia govenment shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code. SEC. 127. The Director of the Department of Administrative Services may pay rentals and repair, alter, and improve rented premises, without regard to the provisions of section 322 of the Economy Act of 1932 (Public Law 72-212; 40 U.S.C. 278a), upon a determination by the Director, that by reason of circumstances set forth in such determination, the payment of these rents and the execution of this work, without reference to the limitations of section 322, is advantageous to the District in terms of economy, efficiency and the District's best interest. SEC. 128. No later than 30 days after the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 1988, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 1988 revenue estimate as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 1988: Provided, That these estimates shall be used in the fiscal year 1989 annual budget request: Provided further, That the officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear report. SEC. 129. Section 466(b) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 806; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-326), is amended by striking out "sold before October 1, 1987" and inserting in lieu thereof "sold before October 1, 1988". SEC. 130. No sole source contract with the District of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or extended without opening that contract to the competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85), except that the District of Columbia Public Schools may renew or extend sole source contracts for which competition is not feasible or practical, provided that the determination as to whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has been made in accordance with duly promulgated Board of Education rules and procedures. SEC. 131. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended, the term "program, project, and activity" shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act and any sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Provided, That sequestration orders shall not be applied to any account that is specifically exempted from sequestration by Public Law 99-177, as amended. SEC. 132. Beginning with the fiscal year 1988, amounts appropriated for any fiscal year as the Federal payment to the District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, as amended (D.C. Code, section 47-3406), shall not be subject to apportionment and shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the District of Columbia no later

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