118 STAT. 3343 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 ‘‘(3) By adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘ ‘(3) CONVERSION PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Any District of Columbia public school that was approved to become a conversion public charter school under section 2201 before the effective date of this subsection or is approved to become a conversion public charter school after the effective date of this subsection, shall have the right to exclusively occupy the facili ties the school occupied as a District of Columbia public school under a lease for a period of not less than 25 years, renewable for additional 25 year periods as long as the school maintains its charter at the appraised value of the property based on use of the property for school purposes.’.’’. (4) Section 347 is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: ‘‘ ‘(f) AUDIT.—The Board shall maintain its accounts according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The Board shall pro vide for an audit of the financial statements of the Board by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with Government auditing standards for financial audits issued by the Comptroller General. The findings and recommendations of any such audit shall be forwarded to the Mayor, the Council of the District of Columbia, and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia.’; and ‘‘(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘ ‘(h) CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT.—The Board shall have the authority to solicit, award, and execute contracts independently of the Office of Contracting and Procurement and the Chief Procure ment Officer.’.’’. (b) The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the District of Columbia Appro priations Act, 2005. SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secu rity shall transfer up to $40,000,000 from funds appropriated to the Coast Guard’s ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ account in fiscal year 2005 from the Rescue 21 project to the HH–65 re engining project, subject to 15 day advance notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 105. Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C 5133(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2005’’. SEC. 106. Notwithstanding the amounts in the detailed funding table included in House Report 108–774, the appropriation for ‘‘Transportation Security Administration, Maritime and Land Secu rity’’ shall include the following: ‘‘Credentialing, $5,000,000; TWIC, $15,000,000; Hazardous materials truck tracking, $2,000,000; Haz ardous materials safety, $17,000,000; Enterprise staffing, $24,000,000; Rail security, $12,000,000; Offsetting collections, ¥$27,000,000’’. SEC. 107. The matter under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’ in the Military Construction Appropria tions Act, 2005 (division A of Public Law 108–324), is amended by striking ‘‘$1,069,947,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,065,597,000’’ and the matter under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Naval Reserve’’ in such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$44,246,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$48,596,000’’. Ante, p. 1222. Ante, p. 1221. 42 USC 5133. Effective date. 20 USC 1155 note. Ante, p. 1352.
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