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 PUBLIC LAW 106-553—APPENDIX A 114 STAT. 2762A-23 SEC. 115. 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 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Code, sec. 1 -1183.3), except that the District of Columbia government or any agency thereof 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 rules and procedures and said determination has been reviewed and approved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority. SEC. 116. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), 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 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. SEC. 117. In the event a sequestration order is issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law 99-177), after the amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days after receipt of a request therefor from the Secretary of the Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in the order shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically exempted from sequestration by such Act. SEC. 118. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF GIFTS, (a) APPROVAL BY MAYOR. — (1) IN GENERAL.— An entity of the District of Columbia government may accept and use a gift or donation during fiscal year 2001 if— (A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the gift or donation (except as provided in paragraph (2)); and (B) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out its authorized functions or duties. (2) EXCEPTION FOR COUNCIL AND COURTS. —The Council of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia courts may accept and use gifts without prior approval by the Mayor. (b) RECORDS AND PUBLIC INSPECTION. —Each entity of the District of Columbia government shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or donation under subsection (a), and shall make such records available for audit and public inspection. (c) INDEPENDENT AGENCIES INCLUDED.—For the purposes of this section, the term "entity of the District of Columbia government" includes an independent agency of the District of Columbia. (d) EXCEPTION FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION. —T h is section shall not apply to the District of Columbia Board of Education, which

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