U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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19–012 2003

108th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–18

REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

HIS REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 

THE INTERIOR, LABOR, AND THE TREASURY; THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS; AS WELL AS THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

JANUARY 8, 2003.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 

ordered to be printed


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, January 7, 2003. 

Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed 

requests for Fiscal Year 2003 budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, the Interior, 

Labor, and the Treasury; the Corps of Engineers; as well as the 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Federal 

Trade Commission. 

The details of these requests are set forth in the enclosed letter 

from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I concur with his comments and observations. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE W. BUSH.

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[Estimate No. 1, 108th Cong., 1st Sess.] 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, January 3, 2003. 

The PRESIDENT, The White House. 

Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2003 budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Health and 

human Services, the Interior, Labor, and the Treasury; the Corps 

of Engineers; as well as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. 

As described below and in more detail in the enclosures, the requests include the following: 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

• $332.8 million is proposed for a new Farm Bill Technical Assistance account. This proposal is necessary to ensure that adequate resources are available for USDA to effectively deliver the 

fully authorized level of grant funding for conservation programs 

provided in Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 

The $332.8 million requested would be fully offset by reductions 

within USDA, as proposed in accompanying amendments. 

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 

• $361.3 million is proposed for the Health Facilities Construction and Management Fund. This proposal would allow the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to accelerate the 

construction of specialized biosafety laboratories at universities and 

research institutions across the country needed for priority bioterrorism and infectious disease research. Further, this proposal reflects the revised facilities request for the National Institutes of 

Health (NIH) that would allow NIH to fully fund construction of 

the second phase of the John Edward Porter National Neuroscience 

Research Center in FY 2003. 

The $361.3 million requested would be fully offset within HHS 

by reductions to various accounts, as proposed in accompanying 

amendments.

Department of the Interior (DOI)/Corps of Engineers 

• $34.0 million is proposed for expenses in DOI related to the 

settlement of a lawsuit with the Sumner Peck plaintiffs in Sumner 

Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. The proposal would 

provide the first of three $34.0 million annual payments to the 

plaintiffs. 

This proposal would be fully offset by reducing several Bureau of 

Reclamation activities within DOI by $24.0 million. The remaining 

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$10.00 million would be provided from funds previously requested 

in the Corps of Engineers for the Delaware River Main Channel 

project, which has been delayed pending regulatory approval from 

the affected States. 

Department of Labor 

• $81.7 million is proposed for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to finance the implementation of the enhanced 

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, as amended by the 

Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107–210). The proposal is comprised of $60.5 million for National Emergency Grants (NEGs) for State administration of health insurance tax credits for eligible participants; $16.8 million for increased costs of State administration of 

trade readjustment allowances; and $4.5 million for increased costs 

of federal administration of TAA certifications and program oversight. An additional $858.3 million in mandatory funding also is included for TAA training and income support benefits as a result of 

the expansion in benefits to which trade-displaced workers are entitled under the 2002 Trade Act. 

The discretionary proposal would be fully offset by reducing unneeded funds for two activities within ETA by $81.7 million. 

These funds had been requested for administrative costs of proposals for a temporary extended unemployment compensation program and NEGs to address the economic slowdown. Congress did 

provide administrative funding for extended unemployment benefits but did not act on the Administration’s NEG proposal. 

Department of the Treasury 

• $70.0 million is proposed for the IRS to fund the first year implementation of the advance payment feature of the health insurance tax credit program. The tax credit program was included in 

the Trade Act of 2002 to assist dislocated workers with their health 

insurance premiums. 

This increase would be fully offset within IRS by a proposed 

$70.0 million reduction to the Business Systems Modernization account. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 

• $11.6 million is proposed for the EEOC to support its enforcement of federal anti-discrimination law, including the efficient resolution of its workload of private-sector workplace discrimination 

charges. 

This increase would be fully offset by a proposed reduction to the 

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC) contingency fund in the Department of Agriculture. 

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 

• $16 million is proposed for the FTC to create a centralized, national registry for consumers who choose not to receive telemarketing solicitations. This amount would be fully offset within 

the FTC by fees. Consumers will be able to enroll in the Do Not 

Call registry via the Internet or by calling a toll-free number. Telemarketers would be required to remove the registered numbers 

from their lists. 

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I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied that 

they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the heads of the 

affected Departments and agencies in recommending that you 

transmit the amendments to the Congress. 

Sincerely, 

MITCHELL E. DANIELS, Jr., 

Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

FARM BILL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 124–126

FY 2003 Pending Request: —

Proposed Amendment: $332,832,000

Revised Request: $332,832,000

(Insert the above heading and the appropriations language that 

follows after the material under the heading ‘‘Conservation Operations’’:) 

For necessary expenses of the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service in providing technical assistance and administrative support for programs authorized under subtitle D of title XII of the 

Food Security Act of 1985, $332,832,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

This proposal would provide $332.8 million for technical assistance needed to implement the conservation programs authorized in 

Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002. This increase in budgetary resources is fully offset by proposed reductions to: U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) 

Conservation Operations account (¥$118.9 million); a number of 

mandatory conservation programs (¥$147.5 million); three rural 

development programs (¥$45.0); the Forest Land Enhancement 

Program (¥$8.0 million); and the Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program (¥$13.4 

million). These proposed reductions are provided in accompanying 

amendments. 

This proposal is necessary to ensure that adequate resources are 

available for USDA to effectively deliver the fully authorized level 

of grant funding for conservation programs provided in the 2002 

farm bill. 

In previous years, technical assistance has been funded primarily 

through two sources: (1) a portion of the mandatory conservation 

funding available for farm bill programs, and (2) a portion of the 

discretionary funding provided to the Conservation Operations account. The Department of Justice has recently determined that 

USDA is limited in the amount of mandatory Commodity Credit 

Corporation funding it is authorized to use for government employees to provide technical assistance. This limitation will make it 

very difficult for USDA to fully implement the farm bill conservation programs without diverting a significant portion of funding in 

the Conservation Operations account that is not currently devoted 

to farm bill implementation. 

In order to mitigate the situation, this proposal establishes a new 

discretionary Farm Bill Technical Assistance account that would 

include sufficient resources to deliver the farm bill conservation 

programs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

FY 2003 Appendix Pages: 124–125

FY 2003 Pending Request: $897,190,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$118,914,000

Revised Request: $778,276,000

This proposal would reduce funding available for technical assistance in the Conservation Operations account. In an accompanying 

proposal, the funding would now be requested as part of the new 

Farm Bill Technical Assistance account. 

Currently, the Natural Resources Conservation Service spends 

approximately $150.0 million providing technical assistance to support farm bill programs. This funding would now be provided in the 

proposed new Farm Bill Technical Assistance account and merged 

with the other funding the agency uses to provide technical assistance for the farm bill programs, totaling $332.8 million. Resources 

remaining in the Conservation Operations account would be available for established uses, including general conservation planning, 

soil and snow surveys, and plant material centers.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 

AND CHILDREN (WIC)

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 178

FY 2003 Pending Request: $4,751,000,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$25,000,000

Revised Request: $4,726,000,000

This proposal would reduce the contingency fund for the WIC 

program by $25.0 million (from $150.0 to $125.0 million). This reduction is possible due to lower than anticipated food costs in WIC 

in FY 2003. A $125.0 million contingency fund in FY 2003 would 

be sufficient to ensure that WIC can serve all eligible persons seeking services. 

Funds from this reduction would be used to offset accompanying 

proposals for the Department of Agriculture ($13,386,000 for a new 

Farm Bill Technical Assistance account), and for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ($11,614,000 for Salaries and 

Expenses). 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 195–201

FY 2003 Pending Request: —

Proposed Amendment: ¥$147,532,000

Revised Request: ¥$147,532,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, insert 

the following new appropriations language after Section 722:) 

Sec. 723: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

personnel to carry out the following programs:

(a) an environmental quality incentives program authorized 

by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq. in excess of $595,000,000;

(b) a ground and surface water conservation program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9 in excess of $38,250,000;

(c) a water conservation program in the Klamath Basin authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9 in excess of $8,118,000;

(d) a farmland protection program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

3838h–i in excess of $85,000,000;

(e) a grassland reserve program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

3838n–q in excess of $72,250,000;

(f) a wildlife habitat incentives program authorized by 16 

U.S.C. 3839bb et seq. in excess of $25,500,000; and

(g) an agricultural management assistance program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1524 in excess of $17,900,000.

This proposal would reduce funding available for a number of 

mandatory conservation programs that receive funding from the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). 

In prior years, funding from these programs was made available 

for technical assistance in addition to financial assistance. The Department of Justice has determined that the amount of funding allowable for technical assistance when provided by government employees is covered by a cap on the amount of CCC funding that can 

be spent on government employee salaries and benefits. The cap is 

set at the amount of funding spent on government employee salaries and benefits in 1995, or $56.0 million, which is not sufficient 

to provide adequate technical assistance to the recipients of these 

programs.

In an accompanying proposal, $332.8 million will be provided 

through a new discretionary appropriation for technical assistance. 

The proposed reductions in these mandatory programs, totaling 

$147.5 million, would provide a portion of the offset needed to fund 

the increased discretionary appropriation.

FY 2003 Pending Request: —

Proposed Amendment: ¥$5,000,000

Revised Request: ¥$5,000,000

(Insert the following new appropriations language after the proposed Section 723:) 

Sec. 724: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

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personnel to carry out section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 in excess of $18,000,000. 

This proposal would reduce funding for a new renewable energy 

loan and grant program authorized in P.L. 107–171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) has other existing programs that can be used to 

provide funding for similar purposes to those stated for this new 

renewable energy loan and grant program. The $5.0 million in savings resulting from this amendment would be available to partially 

offset an accompanying proposal that would provide $332.8 million 

in technical assistance to implement the farm bill conservation programs.

FY 2003 Pending Request: —

Proposed Amendment: ¥$10,000,000

Revised Request: ¥$10,000,000

(Insert the following new appropriations language after the proposed Section 724:) 

Sec. 725: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

personnel to carry out section 6405 of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002. Funds under such section for fiscal year 

2003 are hereby cancelled. 

This proposal would eliminate funding for a new program that 

provides grants for training firefighters and emergency medical 

personnel in rural areas authorized in P.L. 107–171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) has an existing fire prevention and 

training program that is funded at $360.0 million in 2002 to train 

and equip firefighters. For FY 2003, the Administration is requesting $3.5 billion in grant assistance for State and local first responders, including firefighters. Additionally, both the Department of the 

Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and USDA’s Forest Service 

have rural fire assistance funding, which can be used to fund training. The $10.0 million in savings resulting from this amendment 

would be available to partially offset an accompanying proposal 

that would provide $332.8 million in technical assistance to implement the farm bill conservation programs.

FY 2003 Pending Request: —

Proposed Amendment: ¥$30,000,000

Revised Request: ¥$30,000,000

(Insert the following new appropriations language after the proposed Section 725:) 

Sec. 726: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

personnel to carry out section 6401 of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 in excess of $10,000,000. Funds under such 

section for fiscal year 2003 in excess of $10,000,000 are hereby cancelled. 

This proposal would reduce funding for a program that provides ‘‘value-added’’ grants to rural cooperatives to assist in marketing 

products made from new uses of agricultural crops. USDA has 

other programs, including the rural cooperative development 

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grants, that provide similar assistance, and the FY 2002 funding 

for the program was carried forward because it was not used, 

which means that a total of $50.0 million will be available to be 

spent on the purposes of the program in FY 2003. The $30.0 million in savings resulting from this amendment would be available 

to partially offset an accompanying proposal that would provide 

$332.8 million in technical assistance to implement the farm bill 

conservation programs.

FY 2003 Pending Request: —

Proposed Amendment: ¥$8,000,000

Revised Request: ¥$8,000,000

(Insert the following new appropriations language after the proposed Section 726:) 

Sec. 727: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

personnel to carry out section 8002 of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 in excess of $92,000,000. Funds under such 

section for fiscal year 2003 in excess of $92,000,000 are hereby cancelled. 

This proposal would reduce funding for a new program that provides financial assistance to State foresters and private owners to 

improve the management of non-industrial private forest lands. 

USDA is currently in the process of drafting the regulations to implement the program, and it is unlikely that the rules will be prepared in time to spend the full amount expected to be spent in FY 

2003. The $8.0 million in savings resulting from this amendment 

would be available to partially offset an accompanying proposal 

that would provide $332.8 million in technical assistance to implement the farm bill conservation programs.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 466

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,056,980,000

Proposed Amendment: $361,300,000

Revised Request: $1,418,280,000

(In the appropriation language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$1,056,980,000’’ and substitute $1,418,280,000; delete 

‘‘632,800,000’’ and substitute $769,100,000; and delete 

‘‘$150,000,000’’ and substitute $375,000,000.) 

This proposal would revise the National Institutes of Health’s 

(NIH’s) pending request in two areas. First, it would allow the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to accelerate the 

construction of specialized biosafety laboratories at universities and 

research institutions across the country that are needed for priority 

bioterrorism and infectious disease research. Second, this proposal 

would allow NIH to fully fund construction of the second phase of 

the John Edward Porter National Neuroscience Research Center in 

FY 2003. 

Funding of these requests would be provided by increasing the 

amount to be derived by transfer to this account, by $225.0 million, 

from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and, 

in an accompanying proposal, increasing by $136.3 million the 

amount to be derived by transfer to this account from NIH’s Buildings and Facilities account. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

VARIOUS

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 442–444

FY 2003 Pending Total Request: $27,335,075

Proposed Total Amendment: — Revised Total Request: $27,335,075 

This proposal would reallocate $136.3 million from various accounts within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Building and Facilities account in NIH, for transfer to the Health Facilities Construction and Management Fund in the Department of 

Health and Human Services, to be available until expended. The 

$136.3 million would allow NIH to fully fund construction of the 

second phase of the John Edward Porter National Neuroscience Research Center in FY 2003. The FY 2003 Budget proposed to fully 

finance this project before it was displaced by the cost increases associated with the Clinical Research Center. 

A related proposal is also included in this transmittal that would 

increase transfers from NIH to the Health Facilities Construction 

and Management Fund by an additional $225.0 million for a total 

of $375.0 million, to remain available until expended, to accelerate 

construction of specialized extramural biosafety laboratories. 

The details of the account reallocations follow. 

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $5,122,111,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$28,884,000

Revised Request: $5,093,227,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$5,122,111,000’’ and substitute $5,093,227,000 each place it occurs.)

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $2,746,280,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$12,683,000

Revised Request: $2,733,597,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$2,746,280,000’’ and substitute $2,733,597,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

FY 2003 Pending Request: $366,550,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$2,369,000

Revised Request: $364,181,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$366,550,000’’ and substitute $364,181,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY

DISEASES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,578,913,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$421,000

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Revised Request: $1,578,492,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$1,578,913,000’’ and substitute $1,578,492,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,416,780,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$7,100,000

Revised Request: $1,409,680,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$1,416,780,000’’ and substitute $1,409,680,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,959,054,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$6,780,000

Revised Request: $3,952,274,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$3,959,054,000’’ and substitute $3,952,274,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,842,404,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$5,741,000

Revised Request: $1,836,663,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$1,842,404,000’’ and substitute $1,836,663,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,191,431,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$17,724,000

Revised Request: $1,173,707,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$1,191,431,000’’ and substitute $1,173,707,000.) 

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $620,083,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$4,324,000

Revised Request: $615,759,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$620,083,000’’ and substitute $615,759,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $681,433,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$4,853,000

Revised Request: $676,580,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$74,471,000’’ and substitute $74,171,000; and delete ‘‘$606,962,000’’ and substitute $602,409,000.)

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

FY 2003 Pending Request: $953,160,000 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$10,544,000 

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Revised Request: $942,616,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$953,160,000’’ and substitute $942,616.00.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN

DISEASES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $478,085,000 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$773,000 

Revised Request: $477,312,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$478,085,000’’ and substitute $477,312,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION

DISORDERS

FY 2003 Pending Request: $364,186,000 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$4,876,000 

Revised Request: $359,310,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$364,186,000’’ and substitute $359,310,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

Proposed Amendment: ¥$670,000

Revised Request: $127,488,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$128,158,000’’ and substitute $127,488,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

FY 2003 Pending Request: $409,960,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$1,463,000 

Revised Request: $408,497,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$409,960,000’’ and substitute $408,497,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $948,452,000 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$4,031,000 

Revised Request: $944,421,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$948,452,000’’ and substitute $944,421,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,332,165,000 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$9,360,000 

Revised Request: $1,322,805,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$1,332,165,000’’ and substitute $1,322,805,000.) 

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $457,032,000 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$6,955,000 

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Revised Request: $450,077,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$457,032,000’’ and substitute $450,077,000.) 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

FY 2003 Pending Request: $118,842,000 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$698,000 

Revised Request: $118,144,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$118,842,000’’ and substitute $118,144,000.)

NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,072,581,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$55,000

Revsied Request: $1,072,526,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$1,072,581,000’’ and substitute $1,072,526,000.) 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE

MEDICINE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $111,494,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$702,000

Revised Request: $110,792,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$111,494,000’’ and substitute $110,792,000.) 

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $178,559,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$1,044,000

Revised Request: $177,515,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$178,559,000’’ and substitute $177,515,000.) 

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

FY 2003 Pending Request: $62,933,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$292,000

Revised Request: $62,641,000 

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$62,933,000’’ and substitute $62,641,000.) 

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $308,987,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$2,743,000

Revised Request: $306,244,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$308,987,000’’ and substitute $306,244,000.) 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

FY 2003 Pending Request: $252,642,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$1,215,000

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Revised Request: $251,427,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$252,642,000’’ and substitute $251,427,000.) 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $632,800,000

Proposed Amendment: $136,300,000

Revised Request: $769,100,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete ‘‘$632,800,000’’ and substitute $769,100,000.)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 542

FY 2003 Pending Request: $739,705,000

Proposed Amendment: $14,900,000 (net) 

Revised Request: $754,605,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$739,705,000’’ and substitute $754,705,000; and insert after 

‘‘under Public Law 106–163;’’ the following new provision:)

of which $32,300,000 is for the settlement agreement of Sumner 

Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation (Civ. No F–91–048 

OWW (E.D. Cal)); 

This proposal would fund $32.3 million of the $34.0 million FY 

2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. 

v. Bureau of Reclamation. The remaining $1.7 million is requested 

in an accompanying proposal for the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund. 

This would be the first of three equal payments of $34 million. 

The Administration is developing a proposal to address any outstanding federal drainage obligations in the San Luis Unit. 

Proposed offsets would be derived from reductions within the 

Water and Related Resources account ($17.4 million), as detailed 

below. An additional $14.9 million in offsets would be provided 

from the Bureau of Reclamation’s San Gabriel Restoration Fund 

($4.9 million) and the Corps of Engineers, Construction, General 

account ($10.0 million), as approved in accompanying amendments. 

Specifically, the proposed offsets from activities within the Water 

and Related Resources account are: 

• $5.0 million, Central Valley Project (CVP) replacement, additions, and extraordinary maintenance program. Funding for longterm maintenance and replacements would be reduced, but $11.0 

million would still be available for all but the least critical activities. 

• $0.4 million, CVP, including New Melones adaptive management and temperature management studies, and the ArroyoPasajero watershed management plan. These are new studies that 

can be postponed. 

• $0.8 million, CVP miscellaneous project programs, water conservation program. These are new studies that can be postponed. 

• $6.2 million, Title XVI water reuse and recycling projects in 

California. The projects driven by local sponsors, and will still go 

forward with reduced federal funding. Reductions include: 

• $0.3 million, Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling 

Project; 

• $0.5 million, Long Beach Area Water Reclamation & Reuse 

Program; 

• $0.7 million, North San Diego County Water Reclamation 

Program; 

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• $0.7 million, Orange County Regional Water Reclamation 

Program; • $2.3 million, San Diego Area Water Reclamation Program; • $0.7 million, San Gabriel Basin Project; and • $1.0 million, San Jose Area Water Reclamation and Reuse 

Program. • $5.0 million, CVP, Auburn-Folsom South Unit, Placer County 

Water Authority Pumps. 

Replacement of these pumps can be delayed and limited operations can continue with temporary pumps.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 544

FY 2003 Pending Request: $48,904,000

Proposed Amendment: — Revised Request: $48,904,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, insert 

after, ‘‘to remain available until expended’’ the following new provision:)

, of which $1,700,000 is for the settlement agreement of Sumner 

Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation (Civ. No. F–91–048 

OWW (E.D. Cal))

This proposal would fund $1.7 million of the $34.0 million FY 

2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in the case of Sumner Peck 

Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. The remaining $32.3 million 

is requested in an accompanying amendment for the Water and Related Resources account. 

The $1.7 million would be provided from the Land Retirement 

Program, which is an appropriate source of funding for the settlement costs (the settlement includes fallowing of irrigated agricultural land). 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

SAN GABRIEL BASIN RESTORATION FUND

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 546

FY 2003 Pending Request: — Proposed Amendment: ¥$4,900,000

Revised Request: ¥$4,900,000

(Under the above heading, insert the following new appropriations language:) 

From unobligated balances under this heading, $4,900,000 is 

hereby cancelled.

This $4.9 million reduction would offset part of the $34.0 million 

FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between the 

Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in the case of Sumner 

Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. 

The San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund has $4.9 million in carryover balances available as a result of local project sponsors not 

contributing the 35 percent cost-share necessary to obligate federal 

funds. 

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CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL WORKS 

CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 886–887

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,440,000,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$10,000,000

Revised Request: $1,430,000,000

This proposed $10.0 million reduction would offset part of the 

$34.0 million, FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between the Department of the Interior, and plaintiffs in the 

case of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. The remaining $24.0 million is provided in accompanying amendments. 

The $10.0 million is available from the Corp’s Delaware River 

Main Channel project, which has been delayed as a result of the 

need to obtain regulatory approval from the affected States.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 657

FY 2003 Pending Request: $48,980,616,000

Proposed Amendment: $60,465,000

Revised Request: $5,041,081,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$2,517,616,000’’ and substitute ‘‘$2,578,081,000;’’ and insert after 

‘‘section 169 of such Act;’’ and of which $60,465,000 is available for 

the period October 1, 2002 until expended to carry out section 

173(a)(4)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act;) 

This proposal would provide $60.5 million in the Training and 

Employment Services account for National Emergency Grants 

(NEGs), authorized in Public Law 107–210, the Trade Act of 2002. 

These ‘‘Trade NEGs’’ will be awarded to States to support the administration of health insurance tax credits for eligible participants 

in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. 

The requested increase is offset in two accompanying proposals 

that would reduce the pending request for the Employment and 

Training Administration’s State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations (SUIESO) and Program Administration (PA) accounts for unneeded administrative expenses. Administrative funds for the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation program were provided in the authorizing legislation 

(P.L. 107–147). The administrative resources for PA are not needed 

because Congress did not act on the Administration’s request to expand NEGs to address the economic slowdown. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 659

FY 2003 Pending Request: $13,000,000

Proposed Amendment: $858,250,000

Revised Request: $871,250,000

This proposal would increase the FY 2003 mandatory request for 

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) training and cash allowances. 

The amendment is required as a result of the expansion in benefits 

to which trade-displaced workers are entitled in Public Law 107–

210, the Trade Act of 2002, which was enacted on August 6, 2002. 

At the time of the FY 2003 Budget request, the authorization for 

the TAA program had expired, and the budget included only phaseout benefits. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

OPERATIONS

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 660

FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,686,543,000 (general funds and trust 

funds combined) 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$59,400,000 (net change) Revised Request: $3,627,143,000

(In the appropriations language above the above heading, delete 

‘‘$3,530,091,000’’ and substitute $3,470,691,000 and delete ‘‘; and of 

which not to exceed $76,200,000’’ through ‘‘program of extended unemployment benefits’’.) 

This proposed $59.4 million net reduction would offset a portion 

of the FY 2003 costs associated with enactment of Public Law 107–

210, the Trade Act of 2002, which significantly expanded the Trade 

Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. In an accompanying proposal, these resources would finance a new discretionary appropriation in the Training and Employment Services account for National 

Emergency Grants (NEGs) for State administration of health insurance tax credits for eligible participants in the TAA program. 

This proposal also would provide a new discretionary appropriation of $16.8 million in the State Unemployment Insurance and 

Employment Service Operations (SUIESO) account for State grants 

for the administrative costs of providing mandatory cash benefits 

to trade-displaced workers under the expanded TAA program. 

The proposed offset would be derived from a reduction of $76.2 

million within the SUIESO account for the administrative costs associated with the FY 2003 Budget’s proposed temporary Emergency 

Extended Unemployment Compensation program. These funds 

have been provided in Public Law 107–147, which authorized the 

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation program.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 663

FY 2003 Pending Request: $179,814,000 (general funds and trust 

funds combined) 

Proposed Amendment: ¥$1,065,000 (net) 

Revised Request: $178,749,000

(In the appropriations language above the above heading, delete 

‘‘$126,752,000’’ and substitute $121,642,000; delete ‘‘$53,062,000’’

and substitute $57,107,000; and delete the provision ‘‘and of which 

$5,530,000’’ through ‘‘September 11, 2001’’.) 

This proposal is necessary to ensure that adequate resources are 

available for the Employment and Training Administration to effectively administer the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107–210), which significantly expanded eligibility and benefits in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. It would provide $4,465,000 to finance the increased federal administration costs in FY 2003 associated with TAA program oversight and eligibility determination. 

The $4,465,000 increase would be offset by a reduction to the account of $5,530,00, which is no longer needed for administrative 

costs of the National Emergency Grants (NEGs). Congress did not 

act on the FY 2003 Budget’s proposed expansion of NEGs to address the economic slowdown. The remaining net reduction to the 

account of $1,065,000 would partially offset the increased FY 2003 

costs in the Training and Employment Services account for ‘‘Trade 

NEGs,’’ as authorized in the 2002 Trade Act. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 836–837

FY 2003 Pending Request: — Proposed Amendment: $70,000,000

Revised Request: $70,000,000

(Under the bureau Internal Revenue Service, immediately after 

the Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative account, insert the above proposed heading and the following new appropriation language:) 

For necessary expenses to implement the health insurance tax 

credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107–210), 

$70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.

This proposal would establish a new account within IRS to put 

into effect the advance payment feature of the health insurance tax 

credit program, included in the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107–210) 

to assist dislocated workers with their health insurance premiums. 

The Act required that this feature be implemented by August 2003 

but provided no implementation funding. As proposed in an accompanying amendment, the $70.0 million needed to fund the first 

year implementation of the advance payment feature would be offset from the Business Systems Modernization account within IRS. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 838

FY 2003 Pending Request: $450,000,000

Proposed Amendment: ¥$70,000,000 

Revised Request: $380,000,000

This proposal would reduce the Business Systems Modernization 

account by $70.0 million to offset a new account, Health Insurance 

Tax Credit Administration, proposed in an accompanying amendment. This reduction is possible by deferring certain tax administration applications to FY 2004.

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1109

FY 2003 Pending Request: $323,516,000

Proposed Amendment: $11,614,000

Revised Request: $335,130,000

This proposal would increase the pending request for the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by $11.6 million. 

This additional funding would support enforcement of federal law 

prohibiting discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, 

color, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability, and allow 

EEOC to continue to resolve efficiently its workload of private sector charges. 

Of the $11.6 million proposed increase, approximately $9.7 million would finance compensation and benefits and related costs and 

approximately $1.9 million would finance rent payments, both of 

which are at levels higher than those requested in the FY 2003 

Budget. 

This increase is fully offset in an accompanying amendment that 

would reduce the pending request for the Special Supplemental 

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). 

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1135

FY 2003 Pending Request: $176,509,000

Proposed Amendment: $13,000,000

Revised Request: $189,509,000

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 

‘‘$176,509,000’’ and substitute $189,509,000; delete the phrase,‘‘; 

and offsetting collections’’ through ‘‘Telephone Consumer Fraud 

and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.)’’ and substitute 

the following:)

: Provided further, That $16,000,000 in offsetting collections derived 

from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the do-not-call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telephone Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 

et seq.), shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used 

for necessary expenses in this appropriation

This proposal would provide an additional $16.0 million to create 

a Do Not Call registry. The registry would be a national database 

of telephone numbers of consumers who choose not to receive telephone solicitations. Consumers would enroll in the registry by calling a toll-free number or via the Internet. Once the program is implemented, telemarketers would be required to ‘‘scrub’’ their telephone lists, removing the numbers of all registered consumers. 

Calling a consumer whose telephone number is on the registry 

would be a Rule violation. 

As proposed in this amendment, fees collected from businesses 

would offset the $16.0 million needed to implement and enforce 

this program.

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