PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 737 of Prisons shall begin the transferring of inmates to Bureau of Prison or private contract facilities required by this section. SEC. 11202. CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE. (a) APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.— (1) APPOINTMENT. —Pursuant to the Federal Government's assumption of responsibility for persons convicted of a felony offense under the District of Columbia Code, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Chairman of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the "D.C. Control Board"), the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Council, and the District of Columbia judiciary, shall select a Corrections Trustee, who shall be an independent officer of the government of the District of Columbia, to oversee financial operations of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections until the Bureau of Prisons has designated all felony offenders sentenced under the District of Columbia Code to a penal or correctional facility operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons under section 11201. (2) REMOVAL. — The Corrections Trustee may be removed by the Mayor with the concurrence of the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall have the authority to remove the Corrections Trustee for misfeasance or malfeasance in office. At the request of the Corrections Trustee, the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority may exercise any of its powers and authorities on behalf of the Corrections Trustee. (b) DUTIES OF TRUSTEE. — Beginning on the date of appointment and continuing until the felony population sentenced pursuant to the District of Columbia Code residing at the Lorton Correctional Complex is transferred to a penal or correctional facility operated or contracted for by the Bureau of Prisons, the Corrections Trustee shall carry out the following responsibilities (notwithstanding any law of the District of Columbia to the contrary): (1) Exercise financial oversight over the District of Columbia Department of Corrections and allocate funds as enacted in law or as otherwise allocated, including funds for short term improvements which are necessary for the safety and security of staff, inmates and the community. (2) Purchase any necessary goods or services on behalf of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections consistent with Federal procurement regulations as they apply to the Bureau of Prisons. (c) FUNDING. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Funds available for the Corrections Trustee, staff and all necessary and appropriate operations shall be made available to the extent provided in appropriations acts to the Corrections Trustee. Funding requests shall be proposed by the Corrections Trustee to the President and Congress for each Fiscal Year. (2) REIMBURSEMENT TO BUREAU OF PRISONS. —Upon receipt of Federal funds, the Corrections Trustee shall immediately provide an advance reimbursement to the Bureau of Prisons of all funds identified by the Congress for construction of new prisons and major renovations, which shall remain available until expended. The Bureau of Prisons shall be responsible
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