The act included a provision subjecting all discretionary appropriations for FY2006, including special federal payments to the District of Columbia, to a 1% across-the-board rescission to help offset the cost of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief assistance. One month earlier, on November 30, 2005, the President signed into law the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2006, P.L. 109-115 (TTHUD). The act includes $603 million in special federal payments, including funding for two new initiatives: $3 million for marriage development accounts for low-income persons, and it transfers 15 acres of federal land at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium to the District for lease to public charter school entity to construct a boarding school. Budget Request

		FY2006: The President's Budget Request

On February 8, 2005, the Bush Administration released its FY2006 budget request. The Administration's proposed budget included $573.397 million in federal payments to the District of Columbia. FY2006: District's Budget Request

On June 2, 2005, the District's city council unanimously approved the city's $8.8 billion operating budget for FY2006 and forwarded it to the President for review, approval, and transmittal to Congress. 3058 would have continued to maintain the restrictions and prohibitions on the use of federal and District funds for medical marijuana, abortion services, and needle exchange programs. These proposed funding reductions, which total $8.6 million, would have offset three new initiatives not included in the House bill: $3 million for marriage development accounts and life skills training for low-income persons; $2 million for a Latino youth education and health initiative; and $3 million for a housing initiative for recently released ex-offenders. Consistent with the provisions included in the House bill, the Senate bill would have prohibited the use of District and federal funds to implement the District medical marijuana initiative, or for abortion services except in cases of rape or incest, or the mother's life is endangered. 109-115 . P.L. This includes $73 million in support of elementary, secondary, and post secondary education. In addition, the bill includes $465.6 million in special federal payments for four functions (court operations, defender-related services, offender supervision, and criminal justice coordination), which represents 77.2%, of the $603 million in special federal payments to the District of Columbia. 109-115

The general provisions of P.L. 109-115 contain several social rider provisions included in previous appropriations acts. It does not include language included in the Senate bill that would have liberalized District gun control laws. 109-148 . The budget also provides $3 billion in capital outlays, including $535 million to finance the construction of a new baseball stadium. The Senate version of H.R. The final version of the act, as approved by both the House and the Senate and signed by the President, prohibits the use of federal and District funds in support of a needle exchange program. Language prohibiting the implementation of the initiative was included in P.L. P.L. 3058 . The House, Senate, and final conference versions of the TTHUD Appropriations Act for FY2006, consistent with the provision first included in the District's FY2002 Appropriations Act, include a general provision that allows the use of District, but not federal, funds to administer the program. The House version of H.R.
On February 8, 2005, the Administration released its FY2006 budget request. The Administration's proposed budget included $573.4 million in federal payments to the District of Columbia. Four payments (for court operations, defender services, offender supervision, and criminal justice coordination) represented $471.4 million, or 82%, of the proposed $573.4 million in total federal payments to the District.
On June 2, 2005, the District's city council approved the city's $8.8 billion operating budget for FY2006. The District's budget, which must be approved by Congress, also included $3 billion in capital outlays, including $535 million to finance a new baseball stadium. In addition, the District's budget included a request for $635 million in special federal payments.
The conference version of H.R. 3058—a bill providing FY2006 appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies (TTHUD)—was signed into law by the President on November 30, 2005, as P.L. 109-115. The act appropriated $603 million in special federal payments to the District, including $75 million in special federal payments in support of elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education initiatives. P.L. 109-148 subjects the $603 million to a 1% rescission to help offset the cost of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief and avian flu pandemic preparedness.
In addition, P.L. 109-115 contains a number of general provisions, including several so-called social riders. Consistent with provisions included in previous appropriations acts, P.L. 109-115 prohibits the use of federal and District funds to finance or administer a needle exchange program intended to reduce the spread of AIDS and HIV; or for abortion services except in an instance of rape or incest, or when the life of the mother is threatened. A provision not included in the final version of the act, but included in a Senate version of H.R. 3058, would have allowed the use of local, but not federal, funds for a needle exchange program.
The act, as approved by Congress, restricts the use of District and federal funds for abortion services and prohibits the implementation of the city's medical marijuana initiative, which would decriminalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. It does not include a House provision that would have prohibited the District from enforcing a section of its gun control laws that requires registered owners of handguns to keep such weapons unloaded, disassembled, or trigger-locked in their homes.
The final version of the act includes two new initiatives: $3 million for marriage development accounts for low-income persons and a transfer of 15 acres of federal land at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium to the District for construction of a public charter boarding school. P.L. 109-115 does not include two initiatives included in the Senate version of the act: a $2 million Latino youth education and health initiative and a $3 million housing initiative for recently released ex-offenders. This report will be updated as events warrant.