PUBLIC LAW 106-553—APPENDIX A 114 STAT. 2762A-27
for such fiscal year: (1) that is in the total amount of the approved
appropriation and that realigns budgeted data for personal services
and other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated
actual expenditures; and (2) that is in the format of the budget
that the Superintendent of DCPS and UDC submit to the Mayor
of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor's budget
submission to the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public
Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301).
SEC. 122. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may
be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who represents
a party who prevails in an action or any attorney who defends
any action, including an administrative proceeding, brought against
the District of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if—
(1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attorney exceeds
250 percent of the hourly rate of compensation under section
ll-2604(a). District of Columbia Code; or
(2) the maximum amount of compensation of the attorney
exceeds 250 percent of the maximum amount of compensation
under section ll-2604(b)(l), District of Columbia Code, except
that compensation and reimbursement in excess of such maximum may be approved for extended or complex representation
in accordance with section ll-2604(c), District of Columbia
Code; and
(3) in no case may the compensation limits in paragraphs
(1) and (2) exceed $2,500.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the Mayor
and the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools
concur in a Memorandum of Understanding setting forth a new
rate and amount of compensation, then such new rates shall apply
in lieu of the rates set forth in the preceding subsection to both
the attorney who represents the prevailing party and the attorney
who defends the action.
SEC. 123. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall
be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits Expansion
Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Code, sec. 36 -1401 et seq.)
or to otherwise implement or enforce any system of registration
of unmarried, cohabiting couples (whether homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), including but not limited to registration for
the purpose of extending employment, health, or governmental
benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits are
extended to legally married couples.
SEC. 125. The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority, acting on behalf of the
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) in formulating the
DCPS budget, the Board of Trustees of the University of the District
of Columbia, the Board of Library Trustees, and the Board of
Governors of the University of the District of Columbia School
of Law shall vote on and approve the respective annual or revised
budgets for such entities before submission to the Mayor of the
District of Columbia for inclusion in the Mayor's budget submission
to the Council of the District of Columbia in accordance with section
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