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 PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003 FEDERAL PAYMENT

TO THE

DISTRICT

OF

117 STAT. 109

COLUMBIA COURTS

For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, $161,943,000, to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $8,551,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior Court, $81,339,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Court System, $40,402,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; and $31,651,000 for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent with the General Services Administration master plan study and building evaluation report: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the General Services Administration (GSA), said services to include the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate: Provided further, That funds made available for capital improvements may remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the items and entities funded under such heading: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, the use of interest earned on the Federal payment made to the District of Columbia Courts under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, by the Courts during fiscal year 1998 shall not constitute a violation of such Act or such subchapter. DEFENDER SERVICES

IN

DISTRICT

OF

Contracts. Reports.

COLUMBIA COURTS

For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical assistance and/or such other services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, and payments for counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $17,100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $1,500,000 of this appropriation is to

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