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[House Report 106-521]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-521

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MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
               SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

                                _______
                                

 March 14, 2000.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

 Mr. Young of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted 
                             the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                    DISSENTING AND ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 3908]

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

                            Bill Highlights

    The bill recommended by the Committee includes 
$1,701,021,000 of emergency funding to support Plan Colombia 
and Andean region counternarcotics activities, as well as 
related Department of Defense activities. It also includes 
$4,955,723,000 for peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and other 
national security matters, of which $4,709,023,000 is for the 
Department of Defense. The bill includes $2,243,257,000 for 
Hurricane Floyd and other natural disaster assistance and for 
other emergency purposes. Additionally, the bill includes 
several nonemergency appropriations for various miscellaneous 
activities, the additional funding for which is offset.

                                TITLE I

                            COUNTERNARCOTICS

                               CHAPTER 1

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The Committee recommends $299,698,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $6,650,000 is provided as an emergency 
appropriation as requested for DEA activities in support of 
Plan Colombia, and $293,048,000 is provided as a contingent 
emergency appropriation. This amount provides for activities 
necessary to support a comprehensive strategy to combat the 
flow of drugs from Colombia and the region into the United 
States.
    Of this amount, $17,198,000 is provided to support 
intelligence and investigative programs in source countries, an 
increase of $10,548,000 above the amount requested for DEA 
activities to implement Plan Colombia, as follows: (1) 
$6,250,000 requested for fiscal year 2000 and 2001 costs 
associated surveillance and electronic intercept equipment in 
source countries as requested; (2) $5,000,000 to enhance 
analytic and support capabilities on a regional basis; (3) 
$4,500,000 for improvements to the MERLIN system in source 
countries to support intelligence and investigative 
requirements; and (4) $1,448,000 for other field programs, an 
increase of $1,048,000 above the amount requested. The 
Committee expects DEA to submit a spending plan prior to the 
expenditure of these funds.
    The Committee notes that narcotics trafficking 
investigations are increasingly dependent on the use of 
intercepted communications, accounting for 72% of all court-
authorized electronic surveillance actions. Court-approved 
electronic surveillance was vital to the recent successes of 
Operations Millenium and Impunity, which linked drug 
trafficking activity within the United States to the highest 
levels of the international cocaine trade. Recognizing that as 
criminal organizations utilize advanced technologies to elude 
law enforcement, U.S. law enforcement's current drug 
intelligence and investigative capabilities have been eroded. 
Therefore, the Committee also recommends $282,500,000, as a 
contingent emergency appropriation, to be deposited in the 
Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund, to ensure that 
current domestic drug-related intelligence and investigative 
capabilities are maintained in accordance current statutory 
requirements and deadlines. In addition, the Committee approves 
the reprogramming submitted by the Department on January 10, 
2000, which makes available an additional $100,000,000 for this 
purpose.

                               CHAPTER 2

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

                      Assistance for Plan Colombia

Fiscal year 2000 supplemental request.................       $98,400,000
Fiscal year 2001 request..............................        62,400,000
Committee recommendation..............................       185,800,000

    The Committee recommends $185,800,000 in emergency 
supplemental appropriations, to support Plan Colombia goals to 
stand up and equip two additional Colombian Army 
counternarcotics battalions and to assist the Government of 
Colombia in its efforts to enhance its airborne tracking and 
interception capabilities.
    The Committee recommends funds for the following programs:

Train and equip Colombian Army counternarcotics 
    battalions..........................................     $21,200,000
Counternarcotics brigade headquarters...................       1,000,000
Aviation infrastructure support.........................      13,200,000
Military reform.........................................       6,000,000
Organic intelligence capability.........................       5,000,000
Senior Scout............................................       5,000,000
Tracker aircraft modifications..........................      10,000,000
AC-47 aircraft modifications............................       7,400,000
Ground based radars.....................................      20,000,000
Radar command and control...............................       5,000,000
Andean Ridge intelligence collection....................       7,000,000
Colombian ground interdiction...........................       5,000,000
Classified..............................................      80,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     185,800,000

    The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, a report on the proposed uses of 
all funds under this heading. In addition, this report shall 
describe steps taken to ensure the maximum force protection of 
U. S. personnel while deployed in Colombia, including their 
rules of engagement.

                    Organic Intelligence Capability

    The Committee bill includes $5,000,000 to provide aircraft 
to the Colombian Air Force with organic intelligence 
capability. The Committee directs that the Secretary of Defense 
provide a report to the congressional defense committees 30 
days prior to the obligation of these funds detailing the 
types, cost, configuration and quantity of the aircraft being 
provided.

                          Classified Programs

    The Committee's recommendations regarding classified 
programs are summarized in a classified annex accompanying this 
report.

                    GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER

    The Committee bill includes a general provision providing 
authorities for the use of Department of Defense funds in this 
Act for counterdrug activities.

                               CHAPTER 3

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                          Department of State

 Assistance for Plan Colombia and for Andean Regional Counternarcotics 
                               Activities

Fiscal year 2000 Emergency Supplemental request.......      $818,000,000
Fiscal year 2001 Plan Colombia request................       256,000,000
Committee recommendation..............................     1,099,000,000

    The Committee has recommended $1,099,000,000 in emergency 
supplemental appropriations to support Plan Colombia to reduce 
the supply of narcotics to the United States from the Andean 
region; to aid Colombian local and national governing ability; 
and to support human rights. Also, these funds will assist 
other nations in the region in reducing the cultivation, 
production and trafficking of illegal narcotics destined for 
the United States and to provide alternative economic 
development and related assistance.
    Of this amount, the President requested that $818,000,000 
be designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended. In addition, the President requested $256,000,000 in 
fiscal year 2001 to support Plan Colombia. These funds shall 
only be available to the extent that an official budget request 
that designates the entire amount as an emergency requirement 
is transmitted to the Congress. The Committee has provided that 
these funds be available until expended, as requested by the 
Administration. To ensure that programs undertaken with these 
emergency funds may be implemented rapidly, the Committee has 
provided that funds obligated after February 6, 2000, and prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act for administrative 
expenses which directly support Plan Colombia and for Andean 
regional counternarcotics activities may be finally charged to 
funds made available for such purposes by this title.
    The Committee has provided a waiver of section 482(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, regarding the procurement 
of weapons and ammunition, for funds under this heading. 
Further, to support Plan Colombia and for regional 
counternarcotics activities, any U. S. government agency to 
which funds are transferred under any authority of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may utilize, in addition to any 
authorities available for carrying out section 481, any 
additional authorities available to that agency for carrying 
out related activities, including the use of such funds for 
administrative expenses.
    The Committee directs the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development, to 
provide to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act, a report on the proposed uses of all 
funds under this heading on a country-by-country basis for each 
proposed program, project or activity. The Committee expects 
the Administration's report to reflect the priorities as 
recommended in the following funding columns. The Committee 
notes that the report by the Secretary of State must be 
received prior to the initial obligation of any of these 
emergency supplemental funds. The Committee expects this report 
to serve as the basis for any future reprogramming of funds by 
the Executive Branch. Further, all funds provided under this 
heading are subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations.

                      Assistance for Plan Colombia

    The Committee has recommended $962,000,000 to support the 
Colombian government's Plan Colombia. This assistance is 
designed to support the five objectives of the Colombian 
government: to gain control of the drug producing regions in 
southern Colombia; to increase drug interdiction efforts; to 
provide additional assistance to the Colombian National Police; 
to increase alternative economic development programs; to 
strengthen government and nongovernmental human rights 
programs; and to assist Colombian national and local government 
justice and anti-crime programs.

              Support for the Push into Southern Colombia

    The Committee has recommended $501,000,000 to support the 
Government of Colombia's objective to gain control of the drug 
producing regions of southern Colombia. This amount is 
$47,100,000 below the overall level requested by the 
Administration for this objective for fiscal years 2000 and 
2001 for Plan Colombia.
    These funds will support certain aspects of training and 
equipping the second and third Colombian Army counternarcotics 
battalions. Central to this entire effort is providing reliable 
airlift for these counternarcotics battalions. The Committee 
recommendation funds procurement of 28 UH-60 Blackhawk and 15 
UH-1N helicopters for use by the Colombian Army. These funds 
also will support pilot, crew and mechanic training and 
operations and maintenance support for these aircraft in fiscal 
years 2000 and 2001. The Committee directs that UH-60 Blackhawk 
procurement be managed by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation 
Agency.
    The Committee has recommended that of the funds provided in 
support of this objective, $16,000,000 be utilized to support 
alternative development in southern Colombia and $15,000,000 be 
provided for temporary emergency resettlement and employment 
programs as proposed by the Administration. The Committee 
recommendation funds the following programs:

Train and equip Colombian Army counternarcotics 
    battalions..........................................      $7,000,000
Army counternarcotics battalion UH-1N program...........      64,000,000
Army counternarcotics battalion UH-60 program...........     362,000,000
Sustain Army counternarcotics battalion.................       6,000,000
Forward infrastructure development......................       3,000,000
Force protection enhancements...........................       4,000,000
Logistical support......................................       4,400,000
Army counternarcotics battalion organic intelligence....       9,000,000
Training for senior commanders..........................       1,100,000
Army counternarcotics battalion communications..........       3,000,000
Other infrastructure and sustainment....................       6,500,000
Alternative development in southern Colombia............      16,000,000
Temporary emergency resettlement and employment.........      15,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total--Push into southern Colombia..................    $501,000,000

                    Support for Interdiction Efforts

    The Committee has recommended $130,500,000 to enhance 
United States and Colombian narcotics interdiction efforts. The 
majority of these funds are dedicated to upgrading the radar 
systems in four U.S. Customs Service P-3 airborne early warning 
interdiction aircraft. The U.S. Customs Service aircraft will 
be dedicated to missions to detect and monitor suspect targets 
destined for the United States from cocaine source zones, 
primarily Colombia. The Committee also supports the 
Administration's $2,000,000 request for the U.S. Department of 
Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control to expand programs 
aimed at sanctioning Colombian narcotics kingpins and 
$1,000,000 requested for the U.S. Office of National Drug 
Control Policy's counternarcotics intelligence architecture 
program.
    Additionally, the Committee recommendation funds U.S. and 
Colombian air, land, and sea interdiction programs as follows:

Upgrade Colombian Air Force OV-10 aircraft..............     $15,000,000
Upgrade aircraft for night operations...................       1,900,000
Airfield upgrades.......................................       8,000,000
Upgrade U.S. Customs Service P-3 aircraft radar systems.      68,000,000
Support for Colombian air interdiction program..........      19,500,000
Support for Colombian riverine interdiction program.....      12,000,000
Ammunition for Colombian riverine interdiction program..       2,000,000
Colombian Navy operations infrastructure support........       1,000,000
U.S. ONDCP Counternarcotics intelligence architecture...       1,000,000
U.S. Treasury/OFAC sanctions support....................       2,100,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total--Interdiction support.......................    $130,500,000

               Support for the Colombian National Police

    The Committee has recommended $115,500,000 to support the 
Colombian National Police (CNP). The Committee notes that the 
CNP has for years been at the forefront of the Colombian 
government's counter-narcotics efforts and has received 
significant United States support in recent years. The 
Committee recommends three significant programs to enhance the 
CNP's eradication efforts. These include: $26,000,000 for 
procurement, training and support for two UH-60 Blackhawk 
helicopters, $20,600,000 for twelve Huey II helicopters, and 
$20,000,000 for the purchase of T-65 agricultural spray 
aircraft and OV-10 aircraft. The Committee recommends 
additional funds be provided for communications, ammunition, 
spare parts, training and logistical support. The Committee 
directs that the UH-60 Blackhawks for use by the Colombian 
National Police will be dedicated to counternarcotics 
operations in southern Colombia. The Committee is aware of the 
success of the CNP's poppy eradication program and encourages 
expansion of this effort with additional spray aircraft 
provided with funds under this Act. The Committee 
recommendation funds the following programs:

Secure communications...................................      $3,000,000
Weapons and ammunition..................................       3,000,000
UH-60 Blackhawk procurement and support.................      26,000,000
Enhanced logistical support.............................       2,000,000
CNP forward operating capability and force protection...       5,000,000
CNP border bases construction...........................       5,000,000
Additional CNP airmobile units..........................       2,000,000
Upgrade CNP aviation facilities.........................       8,000,000
Additional spray aircraft...............................      20,000,000
Upgrade existing CNP airplanes (including FLIR).........       5,000,000
Upgrade 12 UH-1H helicopters to Huey II configuration...      20,600,000
Sustainment and operations..............................       5,000,000
Training for pilots and mechanics.......................       1,900,000
Airfield security.......................................       2,000,000
Enhanced eradication....................................       4,000,000
Spare parts.............................................       3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total--Support for the Colombian National Police..    $115,500,000

        Support for Alternative Economic Development in Colombia

    The Committee has recommended $116,500,000 to support 
alternative economic development programs in Colombia. These 
funds are in addition to the $16,000,000 provided for 
alternative development associated with the Colombian 
government's objective to ``Push into Southern Colombia''. The 
Committee supports the Administration's proposal to work 
closely with the Colombian government's alternative development 
agency, PLANTE, in the development and execution of these 
programs. The Committee recognizes these funds represent a ten-
fold increase above current U.S. alternative development 
support to Colombia and, therefore, has recommended $6,000,000 
for operating expenses for the Agency for International 
Development to effectively manage this program, as well as 
management of human rights and rule of law programs. The 
Committee recommendation funds the following programs:

Environmental programs..................................      $5,000,000
Voluntary eradication programs..........................      46,000,000
Assistance to local governments.........................      15,000,000
Assistance for internally displaced persons.............      24,500,000
AID Operating Expenses in Colombia......................       6,000,000
Community-level alternative development.................      20,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total--Alternative economic development in 
      Colombia..........................................    $116,500,000

        Support for Human Rights and Judicial Reform in Colombia

    The Committee has recommended $98,500,000 for a broad range 
of human rights, judicial reform and other programs designed to 
support the peace process and to strengthen democracy and rule 
of law in Colombia. The Committee strongly supports funding for 
these programs and recognizes that protecting human rights and 
rule of law are central to the overall goals of Plan Colombia. 
Therefore, the Committee has recommended an increase of 
$5,500,000 above the amount requested by the Administration for 
protection of human rights workers, to strengthen human rights 
institutions and for judicial reform. The Committee recommends 
$2,500,000 to assist in the creation of a professional military 
legal corps and to institutionalize human rights training in 
the Colombian military. The Committee recommends enhancement of 
demand reduction programs in Colombia and Peru and 
establishment of similar programs in Bolivia and Ecuador 
through the Department of State's International Narcotics 
Control Bureau. The Committee recommendation funds the 
following programs:

Protection of human rights workers......................      $4,500,000
Strengthen human rights institutions....................       8,500,000
Establish CNP/Fiscalia human rights units...............       4,000,000
Judicial system policy reform...........................       2,500,000
Criminal code reform....................................       3,500,000
Prosecutor training.....................................       4,500,000
Judges training.........................................       4,000,000
Casa de Justicia judicial program.......................       6,500,000
Public defender program.................................       2,500,000
Asset forfeiture-money laundering task force............       4,000,000
Counternarcotics investigative units....................       4,000,000
Anti-corruption program.................................       6,000,000
Asset management program................................       1,000,000
Anti-kidnapping program.................................       2,000,000
Financial crime program.................................       3,000,000
Judicial Police training program........................       4,000,000
Witness and judicial security...........................       5,000,000
Armed Forces human rights and legal reform..............       1,500,000
Army JAG school.........................................       1,000,000
Training for Customs police.............................       6,000,000
Maritime enforcement and port security..................       4,000,000
Multilateral case initiative............................       4,500,000
Prison security program.................................       8,000,000
Banking supervision assistance..........................       1,000,000
Revenue enhancement assistance..........................       1,000,000
Customs training assistance.............................       1,000,000
Conflict management and peace process...................       1,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total--Support for human rights and judicial 
      reform............................................     $98,500,000

                       Greater Regional Emphasis

    The Committee recognizes the unique crisis affecting 
Colombia and the United States and has, therefore, responded to 
the President's request that the overwhelming majority of these 
emergency funds be provided in direct support of Plan Colombia. 
However, this effort requires a greater regional emphasis so 
that the problems associated with the cultivation, processing 
and trafficking of illegal narcotics are not simply relocated 
elsewhere in the region. Therefore, the Committee has 
recommended $137,000,000 for assistance for other countries in 
the region. This is $61,000,000 above the amount requested by 
the President for regional activities.

                            Support for Peru

Alternative economic development and other programs...       $15,000,000
Other interdiction programs...........................        27,000,000
                                                       -----------------
      Total...........................................       $42,000,000

    The Committee has recommended that up to $42,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Peru, including up to 
$15,000,000 for alternative economic development programs and 
up to $27,000,000 for interdiction programs. These funds are 
designed to support mutually beneficial narcotics interdiction 
programs, including upgrading Peruvian government C-26 
surveillance aircraft, communications upgrades, spare parts, 
expanding riverine operations, and interdiction training for 
the Peruvian National Police's road interdiction efforts. The 
Committee recommendation includes $7,000,000 to upgrade four 
UH-1H helicopters to Huey II configuration for use by the 
Peruvian National Police in the coca growing regions of the 
Huallaga and Apurimac valleys. The Committee is aware that the 
government of Peru is considering alternatives to its aging 
fleet of Russian-built helicopters currently providing 
logistical and resupply support for Peruvian counternarcotics 
programs. The Committee encourages the Department of State to 
consider the use of funds under this Act to support American-
made helicopters which can conduct high-altitude logistical and 
resupply operations in Peru.
    The Committee supports expansion of the ongoing alternative 
development programs already underway in key coca growing areas 
of Peru. The Committee expects these programs to consist of 
technical assistance, training and credit programs to former 
coca growers for the cultivation and marketing of licit crops. 
Additionally, these funds may be utilized to strengthen local 
governments and improve community and economic infrastructure, 
such as water supplies, farm-to-market roads and refurbishment 
of local schools.

                          Support for Bolivia

Alternative economic development and other programs...       $49,000,000
Interdiction..........................................         8,000,000
                                                       -----------------
      Total...........................................       $57,000,000

    The Committee has recommended that not less than 
$57,000,000 be made available for assistance for Bolivia, 
including not less than $49,000,000 for alternative economic 
development and $8,000,000 for interdiction programs. The 
Committee supports the efforts of the Bolivian government, 
through its ``Dignity Plan'', to terminate coca production in 
the Chapare region of Bolivia. The Committee understands that 
these additional funds for alternative economic development 
will allow the Bolivian government to expand programs designed 
to develop and market new agricultural products and to assist 
with small scale infrastructure such as maintenance of farm-to-
market roads and bridges. The Committee expects interdiction 
assistance will reinforce the Bolivian government's 
counternarcotics presence in the Yungas region, upgrade 
intelligence collection equipment, expand C-130 pilot training, 
and provide spare parts for various military vehicles.

                          Support for Ecuador

Alternative economic development and other programs...        $8,000,000
Other interdiction programs...........................        12,000,000
                                                       -----------------
      Total...........................................       $20,000,000

    The Committee has recommended that not less than 
$20,000,000 be made available for assistance for Ecuador, 
including not less than $8,000,000 for alternative economic 
development and other programs to be carried out by the Agency 
for International Development. The Committee recognizes the 
severe economic and political crisis currently facing Ecuador 
and understands that this instability only increases the 
opportunity for the cultivation of coca and the trafficking of 
precursor chemicals and illicit narcotics destined for the 
United States. The Committee supports alternative economic 
development and other programs to improve water and sanitation, 
health services, improved local governance, demand reduction, 
and to assist displaced people, especially in Sucumbios 
province on Ecuador's northern border with Colombia.
    The Committee has recommended $12,000,000 for interdiction 
programs, including $3,500,000 for the upgrade, training and 
support for two UH-1H helicopters to Huey II configuration for 
use by the Ecuadoran National Police. The Committee directs 
that the balance of interdiction funds be dedicated to boosting 
Ecuadoran police and military interdiction capabilities and to 
enhance road and seaport interdiction programs.

               Support for Regional Interdiction Programs

Total--Regional Interdiction Program.........................$18,000,000

    The Committee has recommended not less than $18,000,000 for 
interdiction programs in other countries in South and Central 
America and the Caribbean. The Committee has been made aware of 
the significant interdiction requirements in Panama, Costa 
Rica, Brazil and Venezuela. The Committee directs that the 
Secretary of State, when reporting to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations as 
required by this Act, will provide recommendations and 
justifications for the use of this money on a country-by-
country basis.

                               CHAPTER 4

                  Military Construction, Defense-wide

    The Committee recommends $116,523,000 for Military 
Construction, Defense-wide, as compared to the request of 
$38,600,000. These amounts are provided as a contingent 
emergency appropriation for the construction of three Forward 
Operating Locations to support the Colombia Anti-Drug Program, 
as follows:
        Location/Facility                                           Cost
Ecuador:
    Airfield Pavement/Rinse Facility....................     $38,600,000
    Aircraft Maintenance Hangar/Nose/Dock Apron.........       6,723,000
    Expeditionary Maintenance Facilities................       4,900,000
    Expeditionary Rescue Station........................       2,200,000
    Expeditionary Squadron Ops/AMU/Storage..............       2,600,000
    Expeditionary Visiting Airmen Quarters/Dining 
      Facility..........................................       4,650,000
    Expeditionary Visiting Officer Quarters.............       1,600,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Ecuador.................................      61,273,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Aruba:
    Airfield Pavement/Rinse Facility....................       8,800,000
    Expeditionary Maintenance Facilities................         860,000
    Small Exped. Aircraft Maintenance Hangar/Apron......         590,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Aruba...................................      10,250,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Curacao:
    Airfield Pavement/Rinse Facility....................      29,500,000
    Aircraft Maintenance Hangar/Nose/Dock Apron.........       9,200,000
    Expeditionary Maintenance Facilities................       3,000,000
    Expeditionary Squadron Ops/AMU/Storage..............       2,200,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Curacao.................................      43,900,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Various:
    Planning and Design.................................       1,100,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Various.................................       1,100,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     116,523,000

                                TITLE II

 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN KOSOVO AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS

                               CHAPTER 1

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

           Security and Maintenance of United States Missions

    The Committee recommends $104,000,000, as an emergency 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, instead of 
$239,000,000, as requested. This amount provides for the costs 
of site acquisition, design and construction of a new secure 
embassy facility and Marine guard quarters in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
    The Committee recommendation does not include additional 
funds requested to construct a new diplomatic facility in 
Pristina, Kosovo, or a new annex on the existing embassy 
compound in Tirana, Albania. The Committee notes that funds 
remain unallocated from fiscal year 1999 emergency 
appropriations and fiscal year 2000 appropriations in this 
account, and may be reprogrammed to address critical security 
needs at other posts in the region.

                               CHAPTER 2

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

             Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund

    The President requested, and the Committee recommends, 
$2,050,400,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund to pay for 
unfunded costs associated with contingency operations in Kosovo 
and East Timor.
    The following table summarizes the Committee's 
recommendations for activities to be funded from this fund.

                                         FY 2000 CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Supplemental      Committee
                                                                      request     recommendation    Difference
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kosovo:
    Military Personnel:
        Army....................................................         157,400         157,400  ..............
        Navy....................................................          25,600          25,600  ..............
        Marine Corps............................................           6,400           6,400  ..............
        Air Force...............................................           2,400           2,400  ..............
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
          Total.................................................         191,800         191,800  ..............
                                                                 ===============================================
    Operation and Maintenance:
        Army....................................................       1,332,100       1,332,100  ..............
        Navy....................................................          49,900          49,900  ..............
        Marine Corps............................................  ..............  ..............  ..............
        Air Force...............................................         114,800         114,800  ..............
        Defense-Wide:
            USSOCOM.............................................          24,000          24,000  ..............
            AFIS................................................             300             300  ..............
            DISA................................................          52,200          52,200  ..............
            DLA.................................................           2,200           2,200  ..............
            Other...............................................         226,600         226,600  ..............
        Total, Defense-Wide.....................................         305,300         305,300  ..............
        Navy Reserve............................................             100             100  ..............
        OHDACA..................................................          12,000          12,000  ..............
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
          Total.................................................       1,814,200       1,814,200  ..............
                                                                 ===============================================
    Other:
        Defense Health Program..................................          19,400          19,400  ..............
                                                                 ===============================================
          Total Kosovo..........................................       2,025,400       2,025,400  ..............
                                                                 ===============================================
East Timor:
    Operation and Maintenance:
        Army....................................................           9,000           9,000  ..............
        Navy....................................................          12,000          12,000  ..............
        Marine Corps............................................           1,000           1,000  ..............
        Air Force...............................................           3,000           3,000  ..............
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
          Total East Timor......................................          25,000          25,000  ..............
                                                                 ===============================================
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund: Grand Total......       2,050,400       2,050,400  ..............
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                          Classified Programs

    The Committee's recommendations regarding classified 
programs are summarized in a classified annex accompanying this 
report.

                           Natural Disasters

    The President requested $27,400,000 for damage to 
Department of Defense facilities resulting from Hurricane 
Floyd. The Committee has been informed by the military services 
regarding other natural disasters which have been no less 
destructive to U.S. military facilities, and which have also 
resulted in a strain on the Department's financial resources. 
These include Hurricanes Irene, Dennis, and Jose; Typhoons Bart 
and Olga; and an earthquake which struck Southern California. 
Based on estimates received from the Department, the Committee 
recommends emergency supplemental appropriations of 
$115,875,000 for natural disaster related expenses. The 
Committee is aware that the military services have identified 
and begun to complete specific repairs as a result of these 
natural disasters. Accordingly, the Committee recommends 
providing funds to the military services and defense components 
in the applicable operation and maintenance accounts, rather 
than in a transfer fund as proposed by the budget request.

                                           NATURAL DISASTERS--REPAIRS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                   Supplemental      Committee
                                                                      request     recommendation    Difference
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Operation and Maintenance:
    Army........................................................  ..............          19,532         19,532
    Navy........................................................  ..............          20,565         20,565
    Marine Corps................................................  ..............          37,155         37,155
    Air Force...................................................  ..............          30,065         30,065
    Defense-Wide................................................          27,400  ..............        (27,400)
    Army Reserve................................................  ..............           2,174          2,174
    Army National Guard.........................................  ..............           2,851          2,851
    Defense Health Program......................................  ..............           3,533          3,533
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total.....................................................          27,400         115,875         88,475
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                                Vieques

    The President requested $40,000,000 to meet the concerns of 
the residents of Vieques, Puerto Rico, related to training at 
the Navy range on the island. This proposal would implement 
measures to meet expressed health, safety, environmental, and 
economic concerns. In light of the importance of this range to 
meeting immediate Navy and Marine Corps readiness and training 
requirements, the Committee recommends an emergency 
supplemental appropriation of $40,000,000, for ``Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', for the purposes requested by the 
President.

             Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) Aircraft

    The President requested $73,000,000 in emergency 
supplemental appropriations to purchase, modify, and provision 
a used 757 aircraft to support the Foreign Emergency Support 
Team (FEST). The Committee recommends approval of this request.

                      Budget Execution Shortfalls

    The Committee bill includes a general provision which 
provides authority for the Secretary of Defense to transfer 
funds (from balances which otherwise would expire at the end of 
the fiscal year) to tactical aviation shortfalls identified by 
the Air Force during execution of the fiscal year 2000 budget, 
such as engines, radars, countermeasure dispensers, conformal 
fuel tanks, radar warning receivers, and aircraft cost 
increases. The Committee directs that Air Force expiring 
balances be used as the first priority, but that Defense-Wide 
expiring balances may also be used only to the extent that Air 
Force funds are not sufficient to fully meet tactical aviation 
budget execution shortfalls.

                           M1A2 Tank Upgrades

    In the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000, the 
Congress provided authority to enter into a new multiyear 
contract for procurement of an additional 307 M1A2 Abrams tank 
upgrades subject to submission of a cost analysis report to the 
congressional defense committees. This analysis, provided to 
Congress in February 2000, outlined an alternate procurement 
strategy using existing statutory multiyear authority to 
shorten the span of the contract, reduce unit prices by more 
than 14 percent, save over $250 million over the life of the 
contract, and field combat equipment at a much faster rate. 
Upon further discussions with the Committee, it was determined 
that opportunities existed to further reduce average unit costs 
from the originally proposed $7.26 million per vehicle to $5.9 
million per vehicle, a 19 percent savings. Although this 
approach would require an additional up front appropriation of 
$125 million to accelerate production rates and facilitate 
revisions to the multiyear contract, the total program savings 
produced by this appropriation should exceed $350 million over 
the life of the contract. The Committee bill includes a general 
provision which initiates this process, with funding provided 
by transfer from unobligated reserves in the National Defense 
Stockpile Transaction Fund.

                   Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP)

    For fiscal year 2000, additional funds were provided within 
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'' to 
initiate a new Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) project within 
the SHARP program. It has become apparent that continuing this 
effort within the SHARP program will delay the fielding of 
SHARP, an event not desired by either the Committee or the 
Navy. Therefore, the Committee directs that the SAR effort be 
shifted to the TARPS-CD development program for concept testing 
and evaluation. The additional funds, however, shall remain in 
the SHARP program to finance other program requirements. The 
Committee understands that there are lessons learned by the 
recent carrier deployment of the TARPS-CD system and fully 
expects the Navy to implement enhancements necessary to meet 
future fleet operational requirements.

                         Defense Health Program

    The Committee bill includes general provisions which 
provide $854,500,000, and requisite legal authority, to cover 
unfunded requirements and unanticipated increases in TRICARE 
contract claims in the Defense Health Program. Within this 
amount $90,300,000 is available for obligations and 
obligational adjustments for prior year contract claims and 
$764,200,000 is available for obligations and obligational 
adjustments for fiscal years 2000 and 2001. This funding is 
essential in order for the Department of Defense to meet both 
its legal obligations and to avoid severe disruptions to the 
military health care system due to lack of funding.
    While providing the authority and funding for prior year 
claims, the Committee in no way believes this action obviates 
any investigation or reporting necessary under the Department's 
fiscal management guidelines. To the contrary, the Committee 
believes that a thorough review of this matter should be 
conducted in order to avoid a similar circumstance in the 
future. Therefore, the Committee directs the Department, in 
conjunction with the General Accounting Office, to review this 
matter for potential violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act and 
the Department's fiscal rules and regulations. The Committee 
further directs the Department to report to the congressional 
defense committees 60 days after enactment of this Act on the 
extent and scope of any violations of fiscal law or DOD fiscal 
regulations.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    In addition to general provisions cited previously in this 
chapter, the Committee recommends the following general 
provisions.
    The Committee bill includes a general provision which 
provides the Department of Defense with the authority to 
maintain housing allowances at the 1999 levels during fiscal 
year 2000. The Department has advised the Committee that the 
funds required to make any retroactive payments to service 
members in a military housing area can be accommodated within 
the military personnel accounts.
    The Committee bill includes a general provision which 
provides $1,556,200,000 in emergency supplemental 
appropriations to cover the cost of price increases in bulk 
petroleum purchased by the Department of Defense.

                               CHAPTER 3

                   Overview of Funding Recommendation

    The President has requested $250,875,000 in emergency funds 
for assistance for southeast Europe and Kosovo. Of this total, 
the Committee is recommending $142,700,000. The Committee 
recommendation focuses on supplemental assistance for 
Montenegro, Croatia, and building up defense alliances in the 
region.
    The Republic of Montenegro faces increasing pressure from 
Serbian forces, and needs United States assistance to maintain 
its democratic, pro-Western government. In addition, the 
Committee is greatly encouraged by recent political events in 
Croatia, which should lead to further progress on 
implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords. The new Government 
of Croatia is committed to democracy, human rights, the return 
of refugees, and free markets, and needs immediate assistance 
to attain these goals.
    The Committee is recommending $12,400,000 of the total of 
$92,800,000 requested for Kosovo. These funds are to be 
allocated to support American officers involved in the 
international police force. From existing funds in the account, 
the Administration has already allocated $150,000,000 for 
assistance for Kosovo, of which only $10,000,000 had been 
obligated as of March 1, 2000.
    The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, contained a provision 
prohibiting obligations for Kosovo unless the Secretary of 
State could certify that the resources pledged by the United 
States at the November 17, 1999, donors conference on Kosovo 
would not exceed 15 percent of the total resources pledged by 
all donors. On December 3, 1999, the Secretary of State 
certified that the United States pledge amounted to 14.82 
percent of all pledges.
    The emergency supplemental request of $92,800,000 would 
breach the ceiling of 15 percent based on the November pledge 
total of $1,056,000,000. Even though total pledges have 
increased to $1,210,700,000 as of late February, approval of 
the full request of the Administration would result in the 
United States providing as much as 20 percent of the total 
international effort to rebuild Kosovo.
    The Committee is extremely concerned that the United States 
is meeting its share of the funding burden for Kosovo while 
other nations are failing to live up to their responsibilities. 
As an example, the Committee has received information from the 
Department of State that as of March 1 of this year, 481 of the 
550 American police officers pledged by the United States as 
our share of the international police force in Kosovo were 
deployed. Of the remaining 3,883 officers that were supposed to 
be provided by European and other nations, only 1,878 were 
deployed.
    In addition, the Committee notes that at the November 
donors conference, the European Commission pledged 500,000,000 
euros (approximately $486,000,000) subject to parliamentary 
approval. However, the European Parliament only authorized a 
contribution of 360,000,000 euros (approximately $350,000,000), 
so the Commission subsequently reduced its pledge to that 
amount.
    The United States has already provided significant 
resources to assist Kosovo. We provided $347,000,000 in 
humanitarian assistance in fiscal year 1999. Of the total 
resources available to the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Refugees (UNHCR) for the Kosovo emergency last year, 
$78,500,000, or 27 percent, came from the United States. The 
United States also exceeded its usual contribution of 25 
percent for refugee assistance worldwide through UNHCR last 
year by providing almost one-third of the resources available 
to that organization.
    All these funds are in addition to the $156,000,000 pledged 
for Kosovo at the November donors conference and already 
available from funds previously appropriated for fiscal year 
2000.
    The decision of the Administration to seek significant 
additional resources for Kosovo is contrary to assurances that 
were given by the President to the Congress that the United 
States would not play a major role in the rebuilding of post-
conflict Kosovo. For this reason and the reasons cited above, 
the Committee cannot recommend additional funds for Kosovo 
beyond those that will directly impact public order. Therefore 
the Committee is recommending not to exceed $12,400,000 for 
support of United States officers participating in the 
international police force. The maintenance of public order is 
of the highest priority for the protection of United States 
troops in Kosovo, and it is only for this reason that the 
Committee is recommending additional emergency funding.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

     Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development

    The Committee recommends funding for Agency for 
International Development (AID) operating expenses at a level 
of $13,000,000, compared to the request of $22,000,000. The 
recommendation assumes that full funding of $4,000,000 will be 
provided for security improvements. However, funding for new 
and expanded office space, additional employees and for other 
costs has been reduced by 50 percent.
    The reduction from the President's request is recommended 
due to a significant cut in program funding being proposed by 
the Committee under the account ``Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States''. In addition, the Committee is 
concerned the Agency for International Development is 
projecting a larger administrative presence in the Balkans than 
is justified given the nature and size of the programs proposed 
for the region. Many of the funds appropriated to the program 
account are, or will be, administered by other agencies. In 
addition, some of these funds will be provided as budget 
support rather than as programs that would be administered by 
the Agency for International Development. For these reasons the 
Committee does not believe the full request for AID's operating 
expenses is justified at this time.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

    The Committee recommends $95,825,000 for ``Assistance for 
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'', which is $99,175,000 
below the Administration's request of $195,000,000.
    The Committee is recommending the full funding requests of 
$34,000,000 for Montenegro and $35,725,000 for Croatia. In 
addition, as requested $13,700,000 are being recommended for 
assistance to opposition political parties in Serbia including 
support for nongovernmental organizations and independent 
media. Funding of $12,400,000 for Kosovo is limited to police 
activities.

                floods in mozambique and southern africa

    The Committee urges the Administration to use every effort 
possible to guarantee sufficient funding for recovery 
assistance for Mozambique and surrounding territories affected 
by the recent floods. Nearly one million people are homeless or 
in desperate need of help. The death toll is expected to soar 
into the thousands and mass starvation is feared, as the entire 
region's harvest were destroyed. The number of malaria cases 
has tripled and medical personnel worry about other waterborne 
diseases such as cholera and dysentery. Though Mozambique is 
one of the continent's poorest countries, with a per capita 
income of $670 a year, its economy was one of the fastest 
growing until the floods started in February, 2000 and Cyclone 
Eline struck on February 22, 2000. After a 16-year civil war 
ended in 1992, the former Portuguese colony embraced democratic 
elections and free-market capitalism, wooing foreign investors 
by selling off state-run enterprises. The Committee is 
concerned about the long-term impact of the floods on the 
country's recovery from civil war and especially the future of 
efforts to rid Mozambique of 2 million land mines from more 
than a decade of fighting. Flood waters have washed away land, 
complicating mapping projects that have located land mines. The 
Committee commends the US Agency for International Development, 
the Coast Guard and the Department of Defense for their efforts 
so far. Recognizing the enormity of the flood's impacts, the 
Committee strongly urges the US Agency for International 
Development to move forward in a timely manner with medium and 
long-term recovery efforts. The Committee requests that the 
assessment report on the devastation and need of the area 
(including an analysis of how the United States can best be of 
assistance in regional recovery efforts) be submitted to the 
Congress from the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
USAID Administrator, no later than April 15, 2000. The 
Committee expects that any assistance made available pursuant 
to the assessment report should be provided in a manner which 
is proportionate to the geographic enormity of the disaster. 
The Committee further requests that reallocation and 
reprogramming efforts to provide available funds for recovery 
not be programmed away from other Africa funds. Additionally, 
the Committee directs the Administration to submit a Fiscal 
year 2001 budget amendment modifying their request for 
development assistance and child survival funding based upon 
new needs.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             International Military Education and Training

    The Committee recommends $2,875,000 in International 
Military Education and Training grants for countries of the 
Balkans and southeast Europe. This is the same level requested 
by the President. These funds will be used to promote 
professionalization of the militaries of southeast Europe, 
including enhancement of self-defense capabilities, inter-
operability, and improved civilian-military relationships to 
solidify democratic reform efforts. In the event of another 
military crisis in southeast Europe, increased cooperation 
between the militaries of the region and the United States and 
its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies will be 
crucial.

                   Foreign Military Financing Program

    The Committee recommends $31,000,000 in Foreign Military 
Financing grants to countries of the Balkans and southeast 
Europe, the same level as requested by the President. These 
funds will be used to strengthen NATO ties with Balkan 
countries and the countries of southeast Europe. They will also 
help bolster Serbia's neighbors to help withstand its 
provocations and unite for regional security cooperation.
    Pursuant to the President's budget request, the funds will 
be allocated as follows:

Albania.................................................       4,400,000
Bosnia..................................................       3,000,000
Bulgaria................................................       5,700,000
Macedonia...............................................       6,000,000
Romania.................................................       7,500,000
Slovakia................................................       2,400,000
Slovenia................................................       2,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      TOTAL.............................................      31,000,000

    The Committee is aware that the funds for Bosnia will be 
used to maintain equipment that was provided to that country 
pursuant to authority previously provided to the President to 
drawdown $100,000,000 in military goods and services. However, 
future maintenance requirements should be met by that 
government and not by the United States.

                               CHAPTER 4

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

    The Committee recommends $6,700,000, as a contingent 
emergency for storm related damage to family housing at 
numerous locations, as authorized by Section 2854 of Title 10, 
United States Code. Of this amount, $1,400,000 was requested 
under ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide''.

                Quarters Number 6, Marine Corps Barracks

    The Commandant of the Marine Corps' residence has been 
located at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. since 1810. 
This historic structure has lacked major renovation and repair 
over the years. A comprehensive approach to address roof 
repairs, replacement of structural components damaged by water/
termites, replacement of antiquated electrical wiring and 
plumbing, window replacements, and asbestos and lead paint 
removal are necessary. In addition, the quarters fails to meet 
ADA standards and is in need of a fire suppression system. 
Funds for design of this renovation have been identified by the 
Marine Corps. The Committee urges the Marine Corps to 
accelerate the design and to develop an adequate cost estimate 
for this project. The Committee supports the use of private 
donations, along with appropriated funds, to assist in the cost 
of the renovation. A general provision has been included 
authorizing the use of private donations for this purpose and 
requiring a thirty day notification to the appropriate 
committees of Congress prior to the expenditure of such funds.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

    The Committee provides $12,348,000 as a contingent 
emergency appropriation due to storm damage related to 
Hurricane Floyd for an Armed Forces Reserve Center in 
Greenville, North Carolina.

                               TITLE III

     NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                               CHAPTER 1

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                    Office of the Inspector General

    The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for the Office of the 
Inspector General, and intends these funds to be used for 
oversight and audit activities involving the more than $16 
billion provided in emergency agricultural assistance in fiscal 
years 1999 and 2000. The Committee wants to ensure the 
Inspector General's office has resources to carry out its 
oversight activities with respect to these funds.
    Since 1998, the Farm Service Agency has received more than 
$130 million in additional funds to cover shortfalls in their 
budget requests. In spite of budgetary restrictions, the 
Committee continues to provide the funding necessary to ensure 
that services to producers are maintained. The Committee 
directs the Inspector General to conduct a study of the Farm 
Service Agency salary and expense requirements necessary to 
administer the programs of the Farm Service Agency and report 
the findings to the Committee within six months of enactment.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The Committee recommends $7,140,000 to contain and control 
Pierce's disease which is devastating agricultural areas in 
Southern California, and is moving northward into other 
regions. Funds are needed immediately to monitor for the 
earliest signs of the disease and to inspect nurserystock prior 
to shipment. The disease is spread by a vigorous and difficult 
to control insect called the glassy-winged sharpshooter. This 
insect is a major problem, but elimination of the insect would 
not eliminate the disease.
    The Committee is disappointed by the federal response to 
this outbreak. It is clear that efforts to control the spread 
of the disease must be increased. It is also clear that there 
is an immediate need for additional research efforts to study 
near and long term alternatives for controlling the bacterium 
common to Pierce's disease. The Committee expects the Secretary 
to initiate such efforts immediately, within existing 
resources.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    Severely depressed commodity prices, combined with impacts 
of natural disasters, continue to place significant stress on 
farm and ranch income. Recognizing the dire farm income 
situation, Congress provided $8.7 billion in additional 
emergency assistance as part of the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation act. As producers begin spring planting, the farm 
economy remains depressed, driving up demand for loan 
deficiency payments (LDP's), commodity loans, farm credit and 
emergency program assistance. LDP and commodity loan workload 
is expected to increase by roughly $5 billion over the fiscal 
year 1999 level. Further, costs of implementing the Pigford 
consent decree settlement, involving discrimination claims by 
African-American farmers, have increased beyond previous 
estimates and are being absorbed within the salaries and 
expenses account. Absorbing these costs would lead to a 
reduction of 900 county staff, further exacerbating the 
staffing shortfall to meet workload. Beyond the sheer workload 
demands, county office employees are hobbled by severely 
outdated computer systems, including key program systems for 
which technical support will no longer be available from the 
vendor effective March 31. The Committee believes it is 
essential that services be made available to producers in a 
reliable, timely manner. Workload at the county offices through 
early 2000 has essentially exhausted the resources available 
for temporary employment which is critical to providing timely 
services. The Committee includes funds needed to support an 
adequate level of county office staffing and to make computer 
system changes needed to avoid potential failures which would 
impair program and payment delivery.
    Within the amount recommended, the Committee recommends 
$26,237,000 for temporary staffing to assure program delivery, 
$12,865,000 for consent decree costs, and $38,458,000 for 
information technology, for a total of $77,560,000.

                     emergency conservation program

    The Committee recommends language which would allow the use 
of unobligated funds available in the Emergency Conservation 
Program to be used to repair farm buildings and equipment that 
were damaged by Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or Irene, in order to 
assist lower-income producers to restore farming operations. 
The Committee is aware that the available unallocated balance 
in the Emergency Conservation Program is $5,000,000, and that 
the available unobligated balance is $94,000,000 as of January 
31, 2000. Within these available resources, the Committee 
expects the Department to meet all requirements for repair of 
hurricane-related damage to buildings and equipment.

                              CORPORATIONS

                federal crop insurance corporation fund

    As part of the fiscal year 1999 emergency supplemental 
appropriations bill, funds were provided to buy down the cost 
of crop insurance by 30 percent. Based on actual levels of 
insurance purchased by producers, the cost exceeded the funds 
available by approximately $13,000,000. The Committee 
recommends supplemental funding up to $13,000,000 to cover this 
shortfall. This additional appropriation will avoid the need to 
bill participating producers an average of $10 each to recover 
excess premium. In most cases, the cost of such billing would 
exceed the reimbursement owed.

                   commodity credit corporation fund

    The Committee recommends language which would forgive up to 
$81,000,000 in marketing loans made by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to producer-owned associations that suffered losses 
from Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or Irene. For certain crops, the 
Department of Agriculture provides loans to producer-owned 
associations to provide flexibility in marketing commodities. 
Such associations use loan proceeds to purchase crops from 
individual producers, and subsequently sell the crops to repay 
the USDA loan. According to the Office of Management and 
Budget, a number of these associations suffered hurricane-
related losses to uninsured crops in storage after the 
association had purchased them from producers. Due to 
degradation of crop quality, associations cannot sell crop 
collateral at prices sufficient to repay the USDA loan. 
Forgiving a portion of the association loans would relieve 
additional financial stress on these associations and their 
members.
    The Committee directs that these funds shall be distributed 
among any and all affected associations, and among all 
qualifying commodities.

           RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

                  rural community advancement program

    The Committee recommends $28,000,000 for water and waste 
grants.
    The Committee also recommends $15,000,000 for Community 
Facilities grants.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

    The Committee recommends $15,872,000 for the subsidy cost 
to support $40,000,000 in direct loans to fund new rural rental 
housing projects in areas affected in 1999 by Hurricanes 
Dennis, Floyd, or Irene. This will support approximately 1,000 
units to house displaced low-income and elderly rural residents 
whose housing was damaged or destroyed by last year's 
hurricanes.
    The Committee also recommends language providing for a loan 
level of $296,000,000 for section 502 housing loans and a loan 
level of $13,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans.

                       rental assistance program

    The Committee recommends $13,600,000 in rental assistance 
grants to ensure that qualifying low-income tenants in the 
1,000 units to be constructed in hurricane-affected areas will 
pay no more than 30 percent of their income for housing 
expenses.

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

    The Committee recommends $6,000,000 for mutual and self-
help housing grants.

                    rural housing assistance grants

    The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for rural housing 
assistance grants.

                       farm labor program account

    The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for grants to low-
income migrant and seasonal farm workers.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

    The Committee recommends $1,021,000 to subsidize the cost 
of rural utilities 5 percent hardship loans for an estimated 
loan level of $113,250,000.

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

         Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager

    The Committee recommends an additional $2,000,000 for the 
Foreign Agricultural Service to administer and oversee 
emergency and other international food assistance. The Service 
is expected to undertake activities in support of monetization 
where there is the highest potential for promoting and 
enhancing economic growth and development in recipient 
countries. Further, the Service is directed to specifically 
expand its presence in Ukraine where there is a strong 
potential for expansion, and Bulgaria, where there is a need 
for more adequate administration and monitoring of USDA 
programs due to the sharp increase in USDA food aid programs in 
the Balkans. The Committee believes these funds will help build 
strong U.S. partnerships with emerging economies and enhance 
exports to develop long-term markets for U.S. agricultural 
inputs and products.

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                        buildings and facilities

    The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for the first phase of 
construction to replace the Los Angeles, California, 
laboratory. This laboratory provides critical technical and 
analytical support to FDA's domestic and import inspection 
effort, and is a key element in the Agency's science base. The 
existing facility is over 40 years old, outmoded to the point 
of obsolescence, and unsafe. Expediting this project will 
enhance FDA's efforts to assure that products are safe, will 
significantly improve operational efficiency, and will provide 
a safe working environment for FDA employees.

                           Additional Matters

                          bovine tuberculosis

    It has come to the Committee's attention that bovine 
tuberculosis has been identified in deer for the first time in 
Michigan. Free-roaming deer are quickly transferring this 
disease to cattle herds throughout the state. This severely 
impacts Michigan's dairy and cattle industry.
    The Committee urges the Department to address this problem 
immediately, through epidemiology and surveillance, deer 
ecology, epidemiological risk analysis, disease control and 
eradication, and diagnosis and pathogenesis.
    The Secretary of Agriculture will be expected to promptly 
notify the Committee of any additional funding requirements, 
accompanied by official requests for additional funds. The 
Secretary is directed to report to the Committee by May 1, 
2000, on his plan of action.

                        plant pests and diseases

    The Committee is concerned about the increasing risk to our 
national food supply from plant pests and diseases. Recent 
examples include citrus canker in Florida, Pierce's disease in 
California, plum pox virus in Pennsylvania, Asian longhorned 
beetles in Illinois and New York, and Mediterranean and Mexican 
fruit flies throughout the southern United States. The 
Committee notes that the Secretary of Agriculture has authority 
to declare emergencies and to use the resources of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to meet such threats to American 
agricultural production. This system has served our country 
well for many years by granting the Secretary the power to make 
virtually unlimited efforts to eliminate emerging pest and 
disease problems before outbreaks expand and become 
unmanageable.
    It appears that a problem has now arisen with this system. 
After the Secretary has made an emergency declaration, the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must apportion funds from 
the Treasury before the effort can commence. It appears that 
the exercise of this apportionment function has unnecessarily 
delayed USDA action, and has permitted problems to expand, and 
to increase the cost of eradication. The Committee strongly 
believes that this is not a proper use of OMB's ministerial 
power.
    In particular, the state of Florida is increasing its 
effort to control and eradicate citrus canker during the 
current fiscal year. The Committee supports this effort, and 
directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report by May 1, 2000 
on all requests for OMB apportionment of funds under existing 
emergency declarations.
    Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to 
submit to the Committee copies of all apportionments requested 
under emergency declarations at the time they are submitted to 
OMB, as well as the response received from OMB.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Section 3101.--The Committee recommends $35,000,000 for 
technical assistance to support enrollment of acreage into the 
Conservation Reserve Program and the Wetlands Reserve Program. 
These programs provide significant environmental benefits. In 
addition, in the current economic crisis facing the farm 
sector, these programs provide needed assistance to farmers and 
ranchers who want to conserve natural resources but lack 
financial resources to do so.
    Section 3102.--The Committee recommends a technical 
correction to the Act of August 19, 1958 to permit Section 
416(b) food aid programs to operate more efficiently.
    Section 3103.--The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for 
replacement of commercial lime, orange, and grapefruit trees 
that have been removed to control citrus canker. The principal 
method for controlling the spread of citrus canker is tree 
removal, followed by a period of two years for the land to lay 
fallow, and five years of lost revenue. The current program 
calls for the removal of trees within a 1,900 foot radius of 
any detected citrus canker. With current estimates of total 
affected acreage, deducting federal crop insurance indemnity, 
the Committee estimates that $25,000,000 will be required for 
lime trees and $15,000,000 will be required for other trees in 
order to compensate growers for lost production.
    Section 3104.--The Committee recommends language making 
certain areas of Dade County, Florida eligible for Business and 
Industry loans.

                               CHAPTER 2

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    Recent events in Los Angeles and New York have heightened 
public concern about police misconduct. The Committee is 
concerned that the Justice Department has not moved 
expeditiously to conclude ongoing investigations into patterns 
and practices of police misconduct and discrimination in 
carrying out law enforcement activities in those cities. The 
Committee directs the Justice Department to use resources 
already made available to complete these important 
investigations and, if inadequate, to use the Department's 
authority to supplement such resources, pursuant to 
reprogramming requirements.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                  Economic Development Administration

                Economic Development Assistance Programs

    The Committee recommends $25,800,000, as an emergency 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, instead of 
$30,550,000 requested as an emergency appropriation and 
$900,000 requested as a contingent emergency appropriation. 
This amount provides for planning assistance, public works 
grants, and capitalization of revolving loans funds to assist 
in the recovery efforts of communities impacted Hurricane Floyd 
and other recent disasters. The Committee expects the EDA to 
submit a spending plan prior to the release of these funds.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  Operations, Research, and Facilities

    The Committee recommends $19,400,000, as an emergency 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, instead of 
$23,900,000 requested as an emergency appropriation, and 
$5,000,000 requested as a contingent emergency appropriation. 
This amount provides $17,400,000 to assist fishermen impacted 
by Hurricanes Floyd, Dennis, Georges, and Mitch, as well as to 
provide relief from the recent, unexplained, disaster in the 
Long Island Sound lobster fishery. The Committee expects NOAA 
to submit a spending plan prior to the release of these funds. 
In addition, $2,000,000 is provided for repairs to the Beaufort 
laboratory in North Carolina damaged as a result of Hurricane 
Floyd.
    The Committee recommendation does not include additional 
amounts requested as contingency funds to address undeclared 
and undetermined fisheries disasters. Funds requested for 
additional research and assessment activities for the West 
Coast groundfish fishery are not included. The fiscal year 2000 
appropriations Act included an enhancement of $1,540,000 to 
augment ongoing research and assessment activities to study the 
continuing decline of the West Coast groundfish fishery.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Small Business Administration

                     Disaster Loans Program Account

    The Committee recommends an additional $33,300,000 in 
emergency fiscal year 2000 subsidy appropriations for disaster 
loans for recovery efforts related to Hurricane Floyd, and 
other natural disasters, instead of $31,000,000 as requested. 
The Committee notes that, when combined with previous 
appropriations, this additional amount will provide for a total 
fiscal year 2000 disaster loan program level of $1,201,000,000.
    The Committee also recommends an additional $27,600,000 in 
emergency fiscal year 2000 appropriations for direct 
administrative expenses associated with disaster loan making 
and servicing activities necessary to carry out the disaster 
loan program related to Hurricane Floyd and other natural 
disasters, instead of $19,500,000 as requested. The 
recommendation includes language, not requested, that no funds 
provided shall be used for indirect administrative expenses. 
The Committee notes that this additional amount results in a 
total appropriation of $143,600,000 for the direct 
administrative costs of the fiscal year 2000 disaster loan 
program.
    The Committee notes that the amounts provided exceed the 
requested amount due to updated projections by the Small 
Business Administration which include disaster loan activity 
since the time of the request.
    Language is included designating the amounts provided as an 
emergency requirement, and making these amounts available only 
to the extent that an official budget request is submitted 
requesting that these specific amounts be designated as an 
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 3

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                         General Investigations

    The Committee recommendation includes $1,500,000 for the 
Corps of Engineers to conduct a study of the need for 
additional flood protection in Princeville, North Carolina. The 
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

   national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration 
                                program

    The Committee directs the Corps of Engineers to fully fund 
the artificial reef, Cape May Point, New Jersey Demonstration 
project from the funds appropriated in the FY2000 Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations Act for the National Shoreline 
Erosion Control Development and Demonstration Program.

                   Operation and Maintenance, General

    The Committee has recommended $27,925,000 for the Corps of 
Engineers to perform emergency maintenance of projects impacted 
by natural disasters in 1999, $8,750,000 more than the amount 
requested by the Administration. The work to be performed 
includes dredging, repairs to dredged material disposal areas, 
snagging and clearing, and scour protection at navigation 
projects impacted by Hurricanes Floyd, Bret, and Irene. The 
entire amount has been designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    The Committee recommendation includes $16,000,000 as 
proposed by the Administration. This funding will be used to 
accelerate environmental cleanup at the Paducah, Kentucky, and 
Portsmouth, Ohio, gaseous diffusion plants. The entire amount 
has been designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                        Other Defense Activities

                      (including transfer of fund)

    The Committee recommendation includes $63,000,000 for Other 
Defense Activities, an increase of $45,000,000 over the 
Administration's request. Of the total, $4,000,000 is offset by 
the transfer of unobligated balances in the ``Biomass energy 
development'' account. The entire amount has been designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    Highly Enriched Uranium Blend Down Project.--The Committee 
recommendation includes language authorizing the Department to 
initiate design of the Highly Enriched Uranium Blend Down 
Project at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. No 
additional funding is required for this project in fiscal year 
2000.
    Office of Security and Emergency Operations.--The Committee 
recommendation supports the Administration's request of 
$4,000,000 for the Office of Security and Emergency Operations 
to support critical staffing needs. The funding will support an 
additional 16 employees. As these employees are hired, the 
Committee expects the Office to reduce its reliance on support 
service contractors and management and operating contractor 
detailees.
    Cyber Security.--The Committee recommendation for cyber 
security activities is $49,000,000, an increase of $45,000,000 
over the Administration's request of $4,000,000. The additional 
funding is provided to address urgent cyber security needs at 
the three nuclear weapons laboratories and to establish the 
requirements and develop prototypes to enhance protection of 
the Department's classified networks.
    Environment, Safety and Health.--The Committee 
recommendation supports the Administration's request of 
$10,000,000 to accelerate projects which have been initiated to 
address worker health and safety concerns at the Paducah, 
Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, gaseous diffusion plants.

                               CHAPTER 4

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                        Wildland Fire Management

    The Committee recommends an additional $100,000,000 for 
wildland fire management. This amount is contingent upon 
receipt of a budget request that includes a Presidential 
designation of the amount requested as an emergency requirement 
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                              Construction

    The Committee recommends an additional $5,000,000 for 
construction to repair damage due to hurricanes. The Committee 
understands that these funds will be used for repairs to 
Service property in the States of Maryland, New Jersey, North 
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.

                         National Park Service

                              Construction

    The Committee recommends an additional $4,000,000 for 
construction to repair or replace visitor facilities, 
equipment, roads and trails, and cultural sites and artifacts 
at national park units damaged by ice storms, floods, 
hurricanes and lightning. The Committee understands that these 
funds will be used for repairs to Service property in Alabama, 
Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, 
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South 
Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin 
Islands.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 Surveys, Investigations, and Research

    The Committee recommends an additional $1,800,000 for 
surveys, investigations, and research to repair or replace 
stream monitoring equipment and associated facilities damaged 
by storms, floods, and hurricanes. The Committee understands 
that these funds will be used for repairs in the States of 
Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North 
Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South 
Dakota, Vermont, and Virginia.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                        Wildland Fire Management

    The Committee recommends an additional $150,000,000 for 
wildland fire management. This amount is contingent upon 
receipt of a budget request that includes a Presidential 
designation of the amount requested as an emergency requirement 
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 5

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families

                   Low Income Home Energy Assistance

    The Committee recommends $600,000,000 to replenish the 
Emergency Fund of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program, the same as recommended by the Administration.

                               CHAPTER 6

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                              COAST GUARD

                           Operating Expenses

    The bill appropriates an additional $37,000,000 for the 
Coast Guard's operating expenses. This amount includes 
$18,000,000 for additional and unanticipated health care costs 
for Coast Guard personnel, their dependents, and retirees, and 
$19,000,000 for aviation spare parts. The entire amount 
appropriated has been designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended. The administration proposed similar 
supplemental funding for health care costs, but was derived by 
transfer from funding made available to the Department of 
Defense.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                          Federal-aid Highways

                        Emergency Relief Program

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

    The bill provides an appropriation of $600,000,000 to fund 
the backlog of requests for damage repairs necessary due to 
disasters. Since the beginning of fiscal year 1999, the 
emergency relief program has been facing heavy demand for on-
going funding needs from events approved in prior years. This 
coupled with requests for funding for events which occurred in 
fiscal year 1999 such as Hurricanes Floyd and Dennis 
contributed to the current backlog of requests. The funding 
needs far exceeded the annual authorization of $100,000,000 for 
the emergency relief program. The entire amount appropriated 
has been designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The bill provides $24,739,000 to reimburse the Navy for 
wreckage location and recovery of Egypt Air 990 and Alaska Air 
261, as well as for facilities, technical assistance, and 
testing associated with the investigations. The entire amount 
appropriated has been designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    The Committee has included a provision that prohibits the 
use of any funding provided in the regular fiscal year 2000 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act for 
operation of the transportation computer center.
    The Committee has included a provision that enacts an 
executive draft on federal transportation in the national 
capital region.

                               CHAPTER 7

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

    The Committee recommends providing $25,000,000 for the 
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of 
providing temporary rental assistance, and for development of 
affordable housing needed for persons dislocated by the floods 
caused by Hurricane Floyd and surrounding events. North 
Carolina estimates that 2,000 families, including many 
homeowners, were displaced by the floods that ravaged parts of 
North Carolina. This appropriation will enable the State to 
provide temporary rental assistance to low-income families who 
lost their homes and will enable communities to begin 
rebuilding. The Committee has also recommended an additional 
$11,000,000 for disaster related work through the New Jersey 
Department of Community Affairs.

                        Administrative Provision

    The Committee has included language providing for one-year 
renewal, using unobligated amounts in the Housing Certificate 
Fund, of certain homeless assistance grants that were not 
renewed in the most recent HUD funding cycle.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            DISASTER RELIEF

    The Committee recommendation permits an additional 
$77,400,000 in emergency funds appropriated to FEMA to be used 
for home buyouts and relocation assistance for flood victims of 
Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina and other affected states, 
the same as proposed in the President's request. Public Law 
106-113 made a portion of the appropriation for ``disaster 
relief'' available for buyout of principal residences that have 
been made uninhabitable by flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd 
and surrounding events and established conditions for 
eligibility. Upon further review, FEMA has determined that 
additional funds are required to satisfy the most urgent buyout 
and relocation needs in the affected areas. While rules for 
administering this effort are just now being finalized, the 
Committee agrees with the goals of FEMA as they seek to remove 
people from the 100-year floodplain, thereby reducing the cost 
of future disasters.
    The Committee understands that the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers has substantially completed a flood control project 
in Harlan County, Kentucky, and directs the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) to make necessary revisions to the 
flood plain map for the area. An addendum to the existing map 
for the affected project areas should be made available to the 
City and County of Harlan.
    From within the amounts available to FEMA, the Committee 
directs FEMA to provide up to $200,000 to the National Ground 
Water Association to assemble and disseminate information 
promoting safe disinfection procedures for ground water wells 
contaminated by flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    The supplemental request included a rescission of 
$40,000,000 designated by the Congress for a space shuttle 
science mission and proposed using these funds for shuttle 
upgrades and hiring of additional staff at four NASA centers. 
The Committee remains committed to the need for a dedicated 
space shuttle science mission and therefore has not taken the 
action proposed in the supplemental request. Instead, the 
Committee recommends additional appropriations for ``Human 
space flight'' of $25,800,000 to be used for the most urgent 
upgrades to ensure the safe operation of the space shuttle 
fleet. During fiscal year 1999 NASA discovered significant 
wiring problems with the shuttle fleet which resulted in launch 
delays. Numerous other safety upgrades have been identified as 
requiring urgent resolution and the Committee is encouraged 
that NASA appears to be developing a comprehensive upgrade 
program. The most recent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel report 
noted ``. . . the slow-paced implementation of the Orbiter 
Upgrade Program does not bode well for any early improvements . 
. . in identifying and eliminating vulnerabilities.'' The panel 
urged NASA and the Congress to follow closely the findings and 
recommendations of the National Research Council's report, 
``Upgrading the Space Shuttle'' (1999). It is the Committee's 
intent that NASA pursue the direction of the Advisory Panel 
with regard to upgrades. Related to the issue of upgrades is 
the recognition that NASA's aggressive down-sizing plan has 
placed the safe operation of the fleet in jeopardy. To resolve 
this issue, the Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$20,200,000 for ``Mission support'' for hiring up to 282 FTE to 
augment NASA's staff and the Johnson, Kennedy, Marshall, and 
Stennis Centers. Finally, the Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $29,000,000 for ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology'' to address urgent and unanticipated program needs.

                           Transfers of Funds

    The Committee has included language transferring $2,600,000 
from the Environmental Protection Agency, environmental 
programs and management account to the state and tribal 
assistance grants account.

                                TITLE IV

                SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND OFFSETS

                               CHAPTER 1

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                           Weapons Activities

    The Committee recommendation includes $55,000,000 as 
proposed by the Administration. This funding will be used to 
address critical workforce and required infrastructure 
improvements at three production facilities. Additional funding 
of $45,000,000 is included for the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee; $7,000,000 is included for the Kansas City Plant in 
Missouri; and $3,000,000 is included for the Pantex Plant in 
Amarillo, Texas.

                            Energy Programs

                                science

    The Committee directs the Department to develop a plan 
outlining the cost, scope, and schedule for decontaminating and 
decommissioning the High Flux Beam Reactor at the Brookhaven 
National Laboratory.

                               CHAPTER 2

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                       State and Private Forestry

                          (Transfer of Funds)

    The Committee recommends an additional $500,000 for State 
and private forestry, to be derived by transfer from 
unobligated balances in the wildland fire management account, 
for volunteer fire assistance programs in those counties in 
North Carolina where the President has made emergency 
declarations. The Committee recognizes the extreme and 
unprecedented damage to eastern North Carolina by Hurricane 
Floyd and the excellent emergency work done by local volunteer 
fire departments to protect life and property. These funds 
should be distributed among all affected counties on the basis 
of population.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                          Energy Conservation

    The Committee recommends an additional $19,000,000 for 
energy conservation to become available on October 1, 2000 for 
weatherization assistance grants. The Committee notes that 
weatherization assistance funds are not distributed until many 
months after they are appropriated. The Committee is providing 
these funds, and the advance notice of their availability, so 
that they will be available prior to the next winter heating 
season. The Committee expects the Department to make the 
necessary preparations to ensure that these funds can be 
distributed as soon as they become available. The Department of 
Energy estimates that with these funds approximately 9,500 
additional homes can be weatherized.

                               CHAPTER 3

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The Committee recommends this technical change to clarify 
that funds collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 
Academy for tuition, room, board, and other authorized 
activities can be used to support these activities in addition 
to the $228,373,000 appropriated in the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                     health resources and services

    The Committee recommends $20,000,000, for special projects 
of regional and national significance (SPRANS) for abstinence 
education activities. This funding shall become available on 
October 1, 2000 and remain available until September 30, 2001.
    The committee supports abstinence education for 
adolescents, ages 12 through 18, and supports expansion of 
efforts to present an abstinence-only message to America's 
youth. The preliminary results from these programs in states 
such as Oklahoma are promising. It is important, however, to 
ensure that America's youth do not receive mixed messages, or 
medically inaccurate information. The legislation directs that 
abstinence messages given to a group of youth by a grantee must 
not be diluted by any instructor or materials from the same 
grantee. Nothing in the legislation is intended to prevent 
these adolescents from seeking health information or services. 
Nothing shall preclude entities who are teaching these 
abstinence-only classes and who have a public health mandate 
from discussing other forms of sexual conduct or providing 
services, as long as this is conducted in a different setting 
than where and when the abstinence-only course is being 
conducted.
    The committee is also committed to studying the 
effectiveness of abstinence education, of sexuality education, 
and of lack of education in these areas. In order to properly 
track the long term effects of these programs, it is necessary 
to conduct longitudinal studies that follow groups of 
adolescents receiving a particular curricula for a number of 
years. Therefore the committee provides up to 2.5% of the 
funding under this legislation to study, track and evaluate 
groups of youth who receive such education, including a 
representative sample of adolescent clients who use Federally 
funded family planning services. These cohorts should be large 
enough to provide statistically significant results in all 
major population segments of American society, including 
African Americans, Asians, Caucasians, Hispanics, and Native 
Americans. They should also be able to track socio-economic 
variables as well. Criteria for success should include 
prevention and reduction of out of wedlock pregnancies and 
sexually transmitted diseases, including both viral and 
bacterial; rates of abortion; age at first intercourse; and 
numbers who postpone intercourse throughout adolescence. 
Progress reports should be submitted to Congress annually.

                     National Institutes of Health

                        buildings and facilities

    The enacted fiscal year 2000 appropriation for the 
Buildings and Facilities program contained $27,000,000 intended 
for the Clinical Research Center.

                Administration for Children and Families

                     Refugee and entrant assistance

    The Committee recommends extending the availability of 
Refugee and Entrant Assistance funds to a three-year period. 
The Administration included this proposal in the FY 2001 
President's Budget. With the extended availability of these 
funds, States will have three years to obligate and expend 
funds, negating the need for continued reappropriations in this 
account.

     Payments to the States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance

    The Committee recommends an additional $35,000,000 for 
Payments to the States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance. 
The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-169) 
expanded service available to older youth in Foster Care and 
certain youths that have aged out of Foster Care. It also 
increased funding to $140,000,000.
    The supplemental funds recommended by the Committee along 
with the $105,000,000 provided in the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000 will assure full funding for this 
program.

                        Administration on Aging

                        Aging services programs

    The Committee recommends extending the availability of 
several specified items funded in the Administration on Aging.

      GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    Section 4301.--The Committee recommends that the authority 
to transfer funds among accounts, an authority provided to all 
agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, be 
removed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    The Committee received testimony that the agency has 
provided Congress with inaccurate spending data, the result of 
both a culture of disrespect for the role of Congress and a 
breakdown of budgetary and financial management systems. The 
Committee understands that the Director and the Secretary have 
taken aggressive steps to begin to address this situation. 
These include:
          Certification, by the Departmental Chief Financial 
        Officer of all National Center for Infectious Diseases' 
        expenditures;
          Certified training on budget execution and financial 
        management by the Departmental Chief Financial Officer 
        for all senior managers in the National Center for 
        Infectious Diseases;
          An external review of all CDC fiscal management 
        practices;
          A review of all of CDC's 133 programs to assure that 
        there are no further discrepancies between 
        Congressional directives and reports to Congress and 
        the way money is actually being spent;
          A review by an independent auditing firm of all 
        expenditures relating to hantavirus;
          New leadership for the viral disease programs.
    The Committee believes that the flexibilities it provides 
to the departments and agencies under its jurisdiction can only 
be carried out when proper management controls and systems are 
in place. The Committee will re-evaluate the ability of the 
agency to manage its budgetary resources in the fiscal year 
2001 bill. The Committee expects the agency to refrain from 
exercising this transfer authority prior to the enactment of 
this supplemental appropriation.
    Section 4302.--The Committee recommends the repeal of 
Section 216 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000. This section provides for the delayed obligation of 
funds within a number of accounts listed in the table below. As 
a result of this action, the department and agencies funded by 
this Act will be able to obligate funds in the normal pattern.

                          DELAYED OBLIGATIONS

          
National Institutes of Health...........................  $3,000,000,000
Health Resources and Services Administration............     450,000,000
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..............     500,000,000
Children and Family Services Programs...................     400,000,000
Social Services Block Grant.............................     425,000,000
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration.     200,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total...............................................   4,975,000,000

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

             Education Research, Statistics and Improvement

    The Committee recommends several technical changes to the 
names of individual projects funded in this account.

              GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    Section 4303.--The Committee recommends that Section 304 of 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 be 
repealed. Section 304 permits the Department of Education to 
transfer up to 1% of any appropriation among accounts. The 
total increase may not exceed 3%. This provision was originally 
included in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1997. The Committee report accompanying the House bill for 
this fiscal year and from time-to-time in following fiscal 
years included the following language in the section related to 
Departmental Management:

          Each of the departments under the Committee's 
        jurisdiction is statutorily required to have audited 
        financial statements covering all the department's 
        accounts and activities. Congress enacted this 
        requirement in the Government Management Reform Act of 
        1994 after having observed the benefits of the pilot 
        program of audited financial statements that had been 
        required by the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 
        1990. An audited financial statement is like a 
        ``scorecard'' that reflects a department's progress in 
        achieving the significant financial management reforms 
        required by the CFO Act, and in providing effective 
        stewardship and management of government funds. 
        Accordingly, the Committee expects the Department to 
        work vigorously towards obtaining a clean opinion on 
        its financial statements. The transfer and 
        reprogramming authority the Committee has granted 
        provides substantial flexibility to the Department and 
        is particularly valuable during periods of increasing 
        fiscal constraints. However, the Committee questions 
        the extent to which agencies can properly exercise such 
        authority and accurately account for affected funds if 
        they have not made substantial progress towards 
        achieving the CFO Act's financial management reforms. 
        Accordingly, in subsequent years, the Committee will 
        consider the Department's progress in making such 
        reforms and in obtaining a clean opinion on its 
        financial statements when scrutinizing requests for 
        current appropriations and in deciding whether to 
        continue, expand or limit transfer and reprogramming 
        authority.

    As a result of difficulties encountered in the installation 
of a new financial management system and several material 
weaknesses only tangentially related to the installation of the 
financial system, the independent auditors of the Department's 
fiscal year 1998 statement indicated that they ``. . . were 
unable to obtain sufficient evidential support for the amounts 
presented. . . .'' The Committee, as evidenced in its reports, 
believes that the audited statement is important both as an 
achievement itself and an indicator of the concern management 
places on this critical area. Given the multiple failures 
delineated in the Report of the Independent Auditors, the 
Committee believes that the Department's transfer authority 
should be suspended. The Committee will review this decision in 
the fiscal year 2001 bill. The Committee expects the Department 
to refrain from exercising this authority until after the 
enactment of this supplemental appropriation.
    The Committee notes that the independent auditors of the 
Department's 1998 statement indicated that they ``. . . were 
unable to obtain sufficient evidential support for the amounts 
presented . . .'' and, thus, issued a disclaimer of opinion on 
the 1998 financial statements. This occurred after the 
Department had received the previous year a ``clean'', 
unqualified opinion on its financial statements. Given the 
results of the 1998 audit, the Committee believes that the 
Department's transfer authority should be suspended for the 
remainder of fiscal year 2000. The Committee expects the 
Department to refrain from exercising this authority until 
after the enactment of this supplemental appropriation. The 
Committee also notes that the 1999 audit released on March 1, 
2000 shows improvement over 1998 and will review its decision 
in the fiscal year 2001 bill.
    Section 4304.--The Committee recommends that the authority 
of agencies under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction to carry over 
salary and expense funds for one additional quarter be removed 
from the Department of Education and the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention. The purpose of this provision was to 
avoid year-end spending simply to obligate expiring funds. The 
provision was first included in the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999. As with transfer authority, the 
Committee believes that this increased flexibility is available 
to departments that have shown effective managerial oversight 
of budget execution and modern, operational financial systems. 
Since the enactment of the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000 serious deficiencies have appeared in 
the budget and financial management and reporting systems of 
several agencies and departments funded by that bill.
    1. The Independent auditors for the Department of Education 
were unable to obtain sufficient evidentiary support for the 
amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet as of 
September 30, 1998. The Committee believes that this failure 
represents a serious breakdown. As such, the Committee 
recommends suspending this authority through the end of the 
fiscal year. The Committee will review the progress of the 
agency toward attaining a clean opinion as part of the agency 
management review in the fiscal 2001 bill.
    2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has 
indicated in testimony before the Committee that it provided 
incorrect information to the Committee with respect to spending 
levels for hantavirus and had not followed Congressional 
directives with respect to funding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 
The Secretary and the Director of CDC have moved aggressively 
to address these problems. However, the Committee believes that 
CDC should not exercise the flexibilities included in this 
provision until there is firm evidence that the recently 
initiated reforms are effective. The Committee will review the 
progress of the agency as part of the agency management review 
during the consideration of the fiscal 2001 bill.
    Sec. 4305.--The Committee recommends technical corrections 
in the conforming amendments on the set-asides in the Welfare-
to-Work Amendments of 1999 as enacted by the Consolidated 
Omnibus Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-113 
at 113 Stat. 1501A-286). The last 3 zeroes were omitted in 
setting forth the amounts of three reserved set-asides in FY 
1999.

                               CHAPTER 4

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                              JOINT ITEMS

                          Capitol Police Board

                         SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS

    The bill provides an additional $1,874,000 to the Capitol 
Police Board for security enhancements at the Library of 
Congress to complete the closed circuit television ($1,390,000) 
and access control ($484,000) improvement tasks. These 
projects, initially funded in the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, Public Law 
105-277, require additional funding for the closed circuit 
television installation and the bollard perimeter at the James 
Madison Memorial Building.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                              fire safety

    The bill provides $15,166,000 to the Architect of the 
Capitol to address deficiencies identified in the Office of 
Compliance's recently issued ``Report on Fire Safety 
Inspections of Congressional Buildings''.
    According to the Architect of the Capitol, the Office of 
Compliance identified 173 potential fire safety hazards or 
violations in the Capitol and House office buildings. The 
Office of the Architect has advised the Committee that most of 
these findings have been addressed through a combination of 
ongoing studies, designs, project implementations, or existing 
funding. The funding in this bill will provide the resources 
necessary to address all remaining findings with design or 
construction funds, testing and maintenance services, or 
studies of appropriate options. The Architect of the Capitol 
has indicated that since report issuance, 66 of the findings 
either had been or now have been resolved; 15 are still in 
process of being corrected, and study, design, or construction 
funds have already been appropriated for another 92 items. In 
this bill, funding is provided to continue design and 
implementation for 24 of the 92 projects which can be started 
during fiscal year 2000. For the remaining 68 of the 92 
projects, further study and design solutions are in process and 
need to be completed before the Architect will have the 
necessary documentation to request additional funding. For some 
projects, additional funds will probably be required when 
solution options are determined and/or designs have been 
completed.
    In addition, the Committee has provided funds to address 
similar fire safety issues that the Architect has identified in 
other buildings under his jurisdiction, namely the Library of 
Congress, the Botanic Garden and the Capitol Power Plant. In 
order to avoid unnecessary permanent staff build-up for 
temporary design and construction tasks, the bill also provides 
funds for project management and fire engineering services.
    A list of the specific projects funded in the bill follows:

                                                     Recommended in bill
U.S. Capitol:
    Study and design, replace Halon systems.............         $40,000
    Asbestos survey, all buildings......................       1,225,000
    Install smoke detectors & fire alarm system.........       2,600,000
    Fire alarm system upgrade...........................          50,000
    Testing emergency generators & switchgear, all 
      buildings.........................................       1,170,000
    Fire safety project management & engineering 
      services..........................................       1,704,000
    Study damper/smoke control..........................          50,000
    Fire safety standard operating procedures & program 
      development.......................................         200,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total U.S. Capitol................................       7,039,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
House office buildings:
    Replace Omega sprinkler heads, LHOB & CHOB..........        $100,000
    Design, replacement of switchgear, FHOB.............          30,000
    Design, replace Halon fire suppression systems, 
      RHOB, CHOB, FHOB, & OHOB..........................         125,000
    Fire alarm system upgrade, RHOB, LHOB, CHOB,& FHOB..         190,000
    Upgrade pull stations, RHOB.........................          20,000
    Design, fire protection for areas not covered by 
      sprinkler systems, CHOB, LHOB, FHOB...............         107,000
    Survey for emergency lighting upgrade, all buildings 
      including garages.................................         209,000
    Elevator fireman's recall, RHOB, LHOB, CHOB, & FHOB.          41,000
    Storage of hazardous materials, west underground 
      garage............................................          25,000
    Design, refuge areas, all buildings.................         155,000
    Correct fire wall penetrations, all buildings.......          40,000
    Fire dampers, CHOB storerooms.......................          10,000
    Fire safety project management......................         200,000
    RHOB sprinklers & telecommunications cable tray 
      systems...........................................       1,815,000
    Emergency generator, LHOB...........................         150,000
    Emergency power distribution, LHOB..................         325,000
    Sprinkler mechanical equipment rooms, all buildings.          36,000
    Study damper/smoke control, all buildings...........         235,000
    Emergency power distribution, CHOB..................         400,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total House Office Buildings......................       4,213,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Capitol power plant: Fire alarm upgrade for ADA.........           3,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Botanic garden:
    Design, D.C village refuge areas....................          10,000
    Study damper/smoke control..........................          11,000
    Design, D.C. village fire alarm system for ADA......           5,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total Botanic Garden..............................          26,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Library Buildings And Grounds, Structural and Mechanical 
    Care:
    Replace sprinkler heads, all buildings..............         550,000
    Replace switch gear, JMMB...........................       1,750,000
    Study & design, replace Halon fire suppression 
      systems, all buildings............................         120,000
    Study, emergency lighting, all buildings............         200,000
    ADA fire alarm upgrades, all buildings..............         750,000
    Design, refuge areas, all buildings.................          85,000
    Fire safety project management......................         200,000
    Study damper/smoke control, all buildings...........         230,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total Library Buildings and Grounds...............       3,885,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Total All Items (Excluding Senate office buildings).....      15,166,000

Abbreviations: ADA--Americans with Disabilities Act; CHOB--Cannon House 
Office Building; FHOB--Ford House Office Building; JMMB--James Madison 
Memorial Building; LHOB--Longworth House Office Building; OHOB--O'Neill 
House Office Building; RHOB--Rayburn House Office Building.
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                               CHAPTER 5

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                        Internal Revenue Service

                 processing, assistance and management

    The President has requested an additional $19,796,000 for a 
new initiative, Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and 
Equity (STABLE). The Committee believes that this request 
should be considered within the context of the fiscal year 2001 
appropriations process and denies, without prejudice, funding 
for this initiative in fiscal year 2000.

                          tax law enforcement

    The President has requested an additional $6,807,000 for a 
new initiative, Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and 
Equity (STABLE). The Committee believes that this request 
should be considered within the context of the fiscal year 2001 
appropriations process and denies, without prejudice, funding 
for this initiative in fiscal year 2000.

                          information systems

    The President has requested an additional $13,180,000 for a 
new initiative, Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and 
Equity (STABLE). The Committee believes that this request 
should be considered within the context of the fiscal year 2001 
appropriations process and denies, without prejudice, funding 
for this initiative in fiscal year 2000.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

   Committee for the Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
                                Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

    The President has requested an additional $687,000 to 
finance the expanded marketing of Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) 
products to federal employees. The Committee believes that this 
request should be considered within the context of the fiscal 
year 2001 appropriations process and denies, without prejudice, 
additional funding in fiscal year 2000.

                    General Services Administration

                         policy and operations

    The President has requested an additional $2,000,000 for 
the General Services Administration's efforts related to 
information security and, specifically, for the Federal 
Computer Incident Response Center. The Committee believes this 
request should be considered within the context of the fiscal 
year 2001 appropriations process and denies, without prejudice, 
additional funding in fiscal year 2000.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         salaries and expenses

    The President has requested an additional $1,000,000 for 
ongoing work related to ensuring the availability of 
information security personnel in federal agencies in light of 
changes in GSA purchasing practices. The Committee believes 
that this request should be considered within the context of 
the fiscal year 2001 appropriations process and denies, without 
prejudice, additional funding in fiscal year 2000.

                               CHAPTER 6

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              medical care

    Language is included in the bill permitting the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to use up to $200,000 of fiscal year 2000 
funds for planning and technical assistance needs for the 2002 
Paralympic Games. The Committee recognizes that the Department 
is the nation's leader in rehabilitative medicine and already 
sponsors several successful sporting events for disabled 
athletes. The Committee expects the Department's level of 
effort to be no less than that for the 1996 Paralympic Games 
and directs the Department to submit a plan for participating 
in the 2002 Paralympic Games by May 1, 2000.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                       homeless assistance grants

    The Committee has included language clarifying that 1% of 
the technical assistance funds may be used for management and 
information systems needed to track the number of clients 
served by homeless programs.

                     Federal Housing Administration

              fha-general and special risk program account

    The Committee recommends providing $49,000,000 in credit 
subsidy necessary for HUD to commit estimated levels of 
mortgage loan commitments. The Committee is concerned, however, 
that this additional appropriation is necessary only because 
HUD refused to adhere to the assumptions made by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in determining credit subsidy rates 
when the President's Budget request was submitted to Congress. 
This failure violates budget conventions and HUD is admonished 
to refrain from similar actions in the future.

                     Management and Administration

                      office of inspector general

    The Committee recommends extending the time period for the 
expenditure of funds from one year to two years, and provides 
that $6,000,000 of the appropriation is not available for 
obligation until October 1, 2000. This longer term facilitates 
the implementation of the Anti-fraud initiative, including the 
hiring of the remaining new staff needed and coordinating with 
local enforcement officials.

                        Administrative Provision

    The Committee has included language clarifying that 
assisted families continue to have the right to elect to remain 
in the same unit of their project if that project is eligible 
to receive enhanced vouchers.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                 environmental programs and management

    The Committee has included bill language which clarifies 
the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to make certain 
grants for watershed and aquifer protection work in the State 
of New York which had been provided in the fiscal year 2000 
Appropriations Act.
    Bill language has also been included which transfers 
$2,600,000 appropriated in fiscal year 1999 as a grant to 
develop an automated data center and for other monitoring and 
information gathering work in the State of Pennsylvania, to the 
State and tribal assistance grants account for specific 
wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements in the State 
of Pennsylvania.

                               CHAPTER 7

                                OFFSETS

    Section 4701.--The Committee recommends language to 
prohibit funding for the Fund for Rural America.
    Section 4702.--The Committee recommends language to 
prohibit funding for the Initiative for Future Agriculture and 
Food Systems.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

         Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommendation rescinds $13,000,000 as 
proposed by the Administration.

                        Other Defense Activities

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommendation rescinds $40,000,000 from 
funds appropriated in fiscal year 1999 for United States/
Russian plutonium disposition activities. These funds have been 
identified as excess to current program needs, and the 
Administration has proposed to defer the availability of these 
funds until fiscal year 2003.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                        Office of the Secretary

                    general departmental management

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends rescinding an advance 
appropriation of $20,000,000 for title XX of the Public Health 
Service Act for abstinence education activities. The Committee 
has provided for these activities under the Health Resources 
and Services Administration.

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

      federal information technology systems and related expenses

                              (rescission)

    The bill includes a rescission of $26,600,000 from 
unobligated balances of the funds transferred to the Department 
of Transportation for Year 2000 conversion of Federal 
information technology systems and related expenses. The bill 
also includes a provision that the Department of Transportation 
shall allocate this rescission among the appropriate accounts 
within the Department and report such allocation to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        housing certificate fund

    Language proposed by the Administration to cancel 
$25,000,000 of unexpended balances from this account has not 
been included.
    Language proposed by the Administration to rescind 
$103,000,000 of obligated balances from this account has not 
been included.

                                TITLE V

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Section 5102.--The Committee has included language that 
repeals certain pay date shifts that were included in the 
Fiscal Year 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act. That Act 
provided that when military members were to be paid on 
September 30, 2000, or when civilian employees were to be paid 
on September 29, 2000, or on September 30, 2000, these groups 
were to be paid on October 1, 2000. Section 5002 of this Act 
repeals those pay date shifts.
    Section 5103.--Language is included in the bill that makes 
a technical correction to the budget scoring provisions of the 
Fiscal Year 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act. This scoring 
correction is made effective immediately after enactment of 
this Act. This correction will not have any effect on OMB 
scoring of that legislation.
    Section 5104.--The bill includes a provision that waives 
sequestration for any budget breach that might be caused by the 
appropriations included in the bill. At the time of preparation 
of this bill, OMB scoring was not available, and it was not 
clear whether this provision would be needed. As this 
legislation progresses, the OMB scoring will be further 
assessed to see whether this provision needs to be retained. 
Waiving sequestration, if necessary, would be consistent with 
the development of fiscal year 2000 appropriations. The measure 
of fiscal control for this fiscal year has been whether the on-
budget surplus was breached, or whether the Social Security 
Trust Fund was used rather than whether the budget caps were 
breached. It is in this same policy this bill has been 
developed. A technical breach of the budget caps is not viewed 
as the relevant fiscal control.
    Section 5105.--The Committee bill includes a general 
provision, requested in the supplemental budget request, which 
provides authorization for funds in the Committee bill (or 
funds made available by transfer) for intelligence activities.
    Section 5106.--The Committee bill includes a general 
provision, requested in the supplemental budget request, which 
repeals provisions in the Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2000, regarding prompt payment and progress payments for 
defense contracts.
    Sec. 5107.--The Committee bill includes a general provision 
which provides that no funds appropriated to the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 2000 may be used to 
relocate, or to plan for the relocation of, the functions or 
personnel of the Technical Training Center from its location in 
Chattanooga, Tennessee.

               Changes in the Application of Existing Law

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following statements are 
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the 
accompanying bill which directly or indirectly change the 
application of existing law.
    The bill includes several appropriations that are not 
authorized by law and as such may be construed as legislative 
in nature.
    The bill includes several emergency appropriation and 
contingent emergency appropriation designations that may be 
construed as legislative in nature.
    Language is included under Department of Agriculture, 
Emergency Conservation Program, which allows the use of 
unobligated balances for repair and reconstruction of farm 
structures and equipment under certain conditions.
    Language is included under Department of Agriculture, 
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund, which directs the Secretary 
to provide assistance to marketing associations under certain 
conditions.
    Language is included which provides additional funds for 
conservation technical assistance, notwithstanding section 11 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation Act.
    Language is included which prohibits funding for the Fund 
for Rural America.
    Language is included which prohibits funding for the 
Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.
    Language is included which provides $40,000,000 for 
replacement of commercial lime, orange, and grapefruit trees 
that have been removed to control citrus canker.
    Language is included making certain areas of Dade County, 
Florida eligible for Business and Industry loans.
    Language is included under Department of State, Security 
and Maintenance of United States Missions, providing that 
appropriations are available notwithstanding section 15 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
    Language has been included for Department of Defense--
Military, which provides transfer authority and specific 
authorization for funds in support of counter-drug efforts in 
Colombia.
    Language has been included for Department of Defense--
Military, providing funds for economic development activities 
on the island of Vieques.
    Language has been included for Department of Defense--
Military, under ``Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer 
Fund'', which increases the number of appropriations accounts 
to which funds may be transferred.
    Language has been included for Department of Defense--
Military, concerning funds for intelligence related programs.
    Language has been included for Department of Defense--
Military, which provides additional authority to maintain 
housing allowances at the 1999 levels for fiscal year 2000.
    Language has been included for Department of Defense--
Military, which provides for the obligation of funds for prior 
year contracts for the TRICARE health care program.
    Language is included under the Corps of Engineers, General 
Investigations, which states that the study of flood protection 
for Princeville, North Carolina, may include any flood 
mitigation measures that the Secretary of the Army determines 
are necessary.
    Language has been included under ``Other defense 
activities'' which authorizes the Department of Energy to 
initiate design of the Highly Enriched Uranium Blend Down 
Project.
    Two rescissions and one transfer of previously appropriated 
funds are included under Atomic Energy Defense Activities.
    Under ``Operating Expenses of the Agency for International 
Development'', funds are made available until September 30, 
2001.
    Under ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States'', funds are made available until September 30, 2001; 
funds are made available only for assistance for Montenegro and 
Croatia, assistance to support democratization in Serbia, and 
not to exceed $12,400,000 for assistance for Kosovo; and funds 
made available for Kosovo may only be used for police 
activities.
    Under ``International Military Education and Training'', 
funds are made available until September 30, 2001; and funds 
are made available for grants to countries of the Balkans and 
southeast Europe.
    Under ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', funds are 
made available until September 30, 2001; funds are made 
available for grants to counties of the Balkans and southeast 
Europe; and such grants shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding 
sections 23(b) and 23(c) of the Arms Export Control Act.
    Language is included under Bilateral Economic Assistance 
establishing a new Assistance Plan for Colombia and for Andean 
Regional Counternarcotics Activities account, making the funds 
appropriated available until expended, exempting the funds from 
the application of section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, and allowing any agency to which funds are transferred 
or allocated to use part of such transfer or allocation for 
administrative expenses incurred after February 6, 2000. Other 
language under the account mandates the availability of funds 
for Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and other countries, directs that 
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency manage the procurement 
of certain helicopters, directs that 2 helicopters be used by 
the Colombian National Police, and requires a report on the 
proposed use of funds prior to initial obligation.
    Language is included under Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, transferring funds 
from the Wildland Fire Management account for volunteer fire 
assistance programs in North Carolina.
    Language is included under the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, Salaries and Expense account to make $750,000 
available from room, board and fees of the Mine Safety and 
Health Academy in addition to the amounts appropriated.
    Language is included under the Department of Health and 
Human Services, Refugee and Entrant Assistance to extend the 
availability of certain funds for an additional year.
    Language is included under the Department of Health and 
Human Services, Administration on Aging, Aging Services 
Programs to extend the availability of funds for an item 
specifically identified in this account.
    Language is included in the Department of Health and Human 
Services, General Provisions to remove the authority to 
transfer funds from the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
with respect to funds appropriated to the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
    Language is included in the Department of Health and Human 
Services, General Provisions to repeal provisions delaying the 
obligation of funds appropriated to the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Children and Family 
Services Programs, the Social Services Block Grant and the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
    Language is included in the Department of Education, 
Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement clarifying the 
intent of Congress with respect to certain funding items 
identified in this account.
    Language is included in the Department of Education, 
General Provisions striking the authority of the Department to 
transfer funds among accounts. Language is included in the 
General Provisions denying the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and the Department the ability to extend the 
availability of certain salary and expense funds for an 
additional quarter. Language is included in the general 
provisions amending Section 403 of the Social Security Act to 
make technical corrections to set-asides within the Welfare to 
Work program.
    Language is included that exempts the Architect of the 
Capitol from section 3709 of the Revised Statutes in connection 
with the funds provided for fire safety.
    A general provision is included which authorizes the use of 
private donations for construction, improvement, repair and 
maintenance of Quarters Number 6 located at Marine Corps 
Barracks, Washington, D.C.
    A general provision is included authorizing the Secretary 
of the Air Force to carry out a demonstration project at Brooks 
Air Force Base, Texas to improve mission effectiveness and 
reduce the cost of providing installation support.
    The bill includes a provision that rescinds $26,600,000 
from unobligated balances of funds transferred to the 
Department of Transportation for Year 2000 conversion of 
federal information technology systems and related expenses.
    Language has been included that enacts an executive draft 
on federal transportation in the national capital region.
    In title IV of the bill, in connection with the 
appropriation provided in Public Law 105-277 for Information 
Technology Systems and Related Expenses, the Committee strikes 
``$2,250,000,000'' and inserts ``$2,015,000,000''.
    Language is included that restricts the availability of the 
funds to the current fiscal year unless otherwise provided.
    Language is included repealing sections 305 and 306 of H.R. 
3425 that was enacted by reference in Public Law 106-113 that 
shifted certain pay dates from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 
2001.
    Language is included that amends section 1001(a) of Public 
Law 106-113 by making a technical correction to the budget 
scoring of that law and prescribes the timing of the correction 
to immediately subsequent to enactment of that law.
    Language is included waiving sequestration for any budget 
breach that might be caused by this Act.
    Language is included under the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Veterans health administration, medical care, allowing 
the use of funds for planning and technical assistance to the 
2002 Paralympic Games.
    Language is included under the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, HOME investment partnerships program, 
providing $25,000,000 for the purpose of providing temporary 
rental assistance, and for developing new affordable housing 
for victims of Hurricane Floyd and surrounding events.
    Language is included under the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, homeless assistance grants, clarifying that 
one percent of the technical assistance funds may be used for 
management and information systems.
    Language is included under the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, management and administration, office of 
inspector general, which extends existing appropriations by one 
additional fiscal year with a limitation that certain funds 
become available on October 1, 2000.
    Language is included under the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, administrative provisions, which adds a new 
provision amending section 8(t)(1)(B) of the United Housing Act 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
    Bill language is included under the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, community development block grants, 
which clarifies that a project is located at Spring Hill 
College in Mobile, Alabama.
    Language is included under the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, administrative provisions, providing for the 
one-year renewal of certain homeless assistance gains.
    Billn language is included under the Environmental 
Protection Agency, state and tribal assistance grants, which 
clarifies that a water and wastewater projects is located 
within Haywood County, North Carolina.
    Language is included under the Environmental Protection 
Agency, environmental programs and management, which clarifies 
the authority to make certain grants and which transfers funds 
to another account within EPA.
    Language is included under General Provisions which would 
prevent the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from using funds 
appropriated in fiscal year 2000 to relocate or plan for the 
relocation of the Technical Training Center.

                  Appropriations Not Authroized by Law

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following table lists the 
appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not 
authorized by law:
Department of Justice
    Drug Enforcement Administration
    Salaries and Expenses
Department of Commerce
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    Operations, Research, and Facilities, with certain 
            exceptions
Department of Defense--Military
    Operation and Maintenance, Army
    Operation and Maintenance, Navy
    Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
    Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
    Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
    Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve
    Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard
    Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund
    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
    Defense Health Program
    Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense
    Defense-Wide Working Capital Funds
Assistance for Plan Colombia and for Andean Regional 
            Counternarcotics Activities
Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States
International Military Education and Training
Foreign Military Financing Program
Military Construction, Defense-wide
Military Construction, Army Reserve
Family Housing, Army
Family Housing, Navy and Marine Corps
Family Housing, Air Force
Department of Housing and Urban Development (except Public and 
            Indian Housing programs)
Environmental Protection Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                           Transfer of Funds

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing 
the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill.

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                   Account to                        Amount                Account from                Amount
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Energy--Other Defense Activities..    $4,000,000  Department of Energy--Biomass         $4,000,000
                                                                 Energy Development.
Department of Defense--Military, Procurement of    125,000,000  Department of Defense--Military,     125,000,000
 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.                      National Defense Stockpile
                                                                 Transaction Fund.
Department of Defense--Military, Aircraft           90,000,000  Department of Defense--Air Force      90,000,000
 Procurement, Air Force.                                         or Defense-Wide in titles I or II
                                                                 of P.L. 106-79, or in title IV of
                                                                 P.L. 105-262, or in title III of
                                                                 P.L. 105-56.
Environmental Protection Agency, State and           2,600,000  Environmental Protection Agency,       2,600,000
 Tribal Assistance Grants.                                       Environmental Programs and
                                                                 Management.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, State       500,000  Department of Agriculture, Forest        500,000
 and Private Forestry.                                           Service, Wildland Fire Management.
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                              Rescissions

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following table is submitted 
describing the rescissions recommended in the accompanying 
bill:

                  rescissions recommended in the bill

                                                                 Amounts
                                                             recommended
        Department or Activity                            for rescission
Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 
    Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste 
    Management..........................................     $13,000,000
Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 
    Other Defense Activities............................      40,000,000
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
    Secretary...........................................      20,000,000
Department of Transportation, Federal Information 
    Technology Systems and Related Expenses.............      26,600,000

                 Comparison With the Budget Resolution

    Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires an explanation of compliance with 
section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as 
amended, which requires that the report accompanying a bill 
providing new budget authority contain a statement detailing 
how that authority compares with the reports submitted under 
section 302 of the Act for the most recently agreed to 
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year from 
the Committee's section 302(a) allocation.
    Appropriations in this bill are either designated emergency 
or offset in budget authority therein. Prior to the development 
of this bill the Committee had not received increases to its 
allocation to reflect the actual appropriations enacted to 
date. Because of this, any comparison to the Committee's 
current allocation, even adjusted for any anticipated increases 
for the emergency appropriations in this bill, would not 
provide an accurate picture of where the Committee stands 
against its allocation. The bill includes several provisions 
that cause fiscal year 2000 outlays to increase. Even though 
these provisions are included, they are not large enough to 
create an on-budget deficit for this year or impact the Social 
Security Trust Fund surplus. Also, at the time of reporting 
this bill, it was not certain whether the outlay increases 
would be within the outlay allowance for discretionary 
appropriations.

                      Five-Year Outlay Projections

    In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, the following table contains 
five-year projections associated with the budget authority 
provided in the accompanying bill:
                                                                Millions
Budget Authority:
    2000................................................           8,458
    2001................................................             435
Outlays:
    2000................................................           9,137
    2001................................................          -2,739
    2002................................................           1,596
    2003................................................             476
    2004 and beyond.....................................             226

               Assistance to State and Local Governments

    In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, the financial assistance to 
State and local governments is as follows:
                                                                Millions
Budget Authority........................................           1,336
Fiscal Year 2000 outlays resulting therefrom............             963

                        Constitutional Authority

    Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives states that:

          Each report of a committee on a bill or joint 
        resolution of a public character, shall include a 
        statement citing the specific powers granted to the 
        Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed 
        by the bill or joint resolution.

    The Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to 
report this legislation from Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I 
of the Constitution of the United States of America which 
states:

          No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in 
        consequence of Appropriations made by law . . .

    Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to 
this specific power granted by the Constitution.

         Compliance With Clause 3 of Rule XIII (Ramseyer Rule)

    In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):

                         ACT OF AUGUST 19, 1958

    [A]t any time Commodity Credit Corporation has any grain 
available for donation pursuant to [clause (3) or (4) of] the 
Food for Progress Act of 1985, section 416 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949, as amended, section 210 of the Agricultural Act of 
1956, or title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act, as amended, the Corporation, in lieu of 
processing all or any part of such grain into human food 
products, may purchase such processed food products in 
quantities not to exceed the equivalent of the respective grain 
available for donation on the date of such purchase and donate 
such processed food products pursuant to [clause (3) or (4) of 
such] the Food for Progress Act of 1985, such section 416, and 
to such section 210, and make such processed food products 
available [to the President] pursuant to such title II, and may 
sell, without regard to the provisions of section 407 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, a quantity of the grain 
equivalent to the processed food products so purchased: 
Provided, That no food product purchased pursuant to the 
authority contained herein shall constitute less than 50 per 
centum by weight of the grain from which processed (except that 
this limitation does not apply in the case of the protein 
byproduct resulting from the production of fuel alcohol from 
agricultural commodities), or contain any additive other than 
for normal vitamin enrichment, preservative, and bleaching 
purposes.
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SECTIONS 8175 AND 8176 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2000

    [Sec. 8175. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Department of Defense shall make progress payments based on 
progress no less than 12 days after receiving a valid billing 
and the Department of Defense shall make progress payments 
based on cost no less than 19 days after receiving a valid 
billing: Provided, That this provision shall be effective only 
with respect to billings received during the last month of the 
fiscal year.]
    [Sec. 8176. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Department of Defense shall make adjustments in payment 
procedures and policies to ensure that payments are made no 
earlier than one day before the date on which the payments 
would otherwise be due under any other provision of law: 
Provided, That this provision shall be effective only with 
respect to invoices received during the last month of the 
fiscal year.]
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  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
              RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

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                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $228,373,000, including purchase and bestowal 
of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and 
first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
[including not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the 
National Mine Health and Safety Academy] and, in addition, not 
to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health 
and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of 
training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be 
collected, to be available for mine safety and health education 
and training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; the 
Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
and other contributions from public and private sources and to 
prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is 
authorized to promote health and safety education and training 
in the mining community through cooperative programs with 
States, industry, and safety associations; and any funds 
available to the department may be used, with the approval of 
the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and 
survival operations in the event of a major disaster.

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           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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                        Administration on Aging

                        AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the 
Public Health Service Act, $934,285,000, of which $2,200,000 
shall be for the Anchorage, Alaska Senior Center and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as 
amended, the amounts available to each State for administration 
of the State plan under title III of such Act shall be reduced 
not more than 5 percent below the amount that was available to 
such State for such purpose for fiscal year 1995: Provided 
further, That in considering grant applications for nutrition 
services for elder Indian recipients, the Assistant Secretary 
shall provide maximum flexibility to applicants who seek to 
take into account subsistence, local customs, and other 
characteristics that are appropriate to the unique cultural, 
regional, and geographic needs of the American Indian, Alaska 
and Hawaiian Native communities to be served.

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                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Health and Human 
Services in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 
percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations 
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That this 
section shall not apply to funds appropriated under the heading 
``Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Disease Control, 
Research, and Training'', funds made available to the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention under the heading ``Public 
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', or any other funds 
made available in this Act to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.

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    [Sec. 216. Of the funds appropriated for the National 
Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2000, $3,000,000,000 shall 
not be available for obligation until September 29, 2000. Of 
the funds appropriated for the Health Resources and Services 
Administration for fiscal year 2000, $450,000,000 shall not be 
available for obligation until September 29, 2000. Of the funds 
appropriated for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
for fiscal year 2000, $500,000,000 shall not be available for 
obligation until September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated 
for the Children and Families Services Programs for fiscal year 
2000, $400,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Social 
Services Block Grant for fiscal year 2000, $425,000,000 shall 
not be available for obligation until September 29, 2000. Of 
the funds appropriated for the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration for fiscal year 2000, 
$200,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
September 29, 2000. Such funds delayed by this section shall be 
available for obligation until October 15, 2000.]

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                  TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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            EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational 
Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 
1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act 
of 1994, including sections 411 and 412; section 2102 of title 
II, and parts A, B, and K and section 10102, section 10105, and 
10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI 
of Public Law 103-227, $596,892,000: Provided, That $50,000,000 
shall be available to demonstrate effective approaches to 
comprehensive school reform, to be allocated and expended in 
accordance with the instructions relating to this activity in 
the statement of managers on the conference report accompanying 
Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of the managers on the 
conference report accompanying Public Law 105-277: Provided 
further, That the funds made available for comprehensive school 
reform shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain 
available through September 30, 2001, and in carrying out this 
initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only 
approaches that show the most promise of enabling children to 
meet challenging State content standards and challenging State 
student performance standards based on reliable research and 
effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics 
and parental involvement: Provided further, That $30,000,000 of 
the funds provided for the national education research 
institutes shall be allocated notwithstanding section 
912(m)(1)(B-F) and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 
931(c)(2) of Public Law 103-227: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under section 10601 of title X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
$1,500,000 shall be used to conduct a violence prevention 
demonstration program: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall 
be available to support activities under section 10105 of part 
A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965, of which up to $2,250,000 may be available for 
evaluation, technical assistance, and school networking 
activities: Provided further, That funds made available to 
local educational agencies under this section shall be used 
only for activities related to establishing smaller learning 
communities in high schools: Provided further, That funds made 
available for section 10105 of part A of title X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall become 
available on July 1, 2000, and remain available through 
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That of the funds 
available for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
National Constitution Center, established by Public Law 100-
433, for exhibition design, program planning and operation of 
the center, $10,000,000 shall be provided to continue a 
demonstration of public school facilities to the Iowa 
Department of Education, $1,000,000 shall be made available to 
the New Mexico Department of Education for school performance 
improvement and drop-out prevention, $300,000 shall be made 
available to Semos Unlimited, Inc., in New Mexico to support 
bilingual education and literacy programs, $700,000 shall be 
awarded to Loyola University Chicago for recruitment and 
preparation of new teacher candidates for employment in rural 
and inner-city schools, $500,000 shall be awarded to Shedd 
Aquarium/Brookfield Zoo for science education/exposure programs 
for local elementary school students, $3,000,000 shall be 
awarded to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to expand 
school-based mentoring, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the 
Chicago Public School System to support a substance abuse pilot 
program in conjunction with Elgin and East Aurora School 
Systems, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of 
Virginia Center for Governmental Studies for the Youth 
Leadership Initiative, $800,000 shall be awarded to the 
Institute for Student Achievement at Holmes Middle School and 
Annandale High School in Virginia for academic enrichment 
programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Mountain Arts Center 
for educational programming, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the 
University of Louisville for research in the area of academic 
readiness, $500,000 shall be awarded to the West Ed Regional 
Educational Laboratory for the 24 Challenge and Jumping Levels 
Math Demonstration Project, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to 
Central Michigan University for a charter schools development 
and performance institute, $950,000 shall be awarded to the 
Living Science Interactive Learning Model partnership in Indian 
River, Florida for a science education program, $825,000 shall 
be awarded to the [North Babylon Community Youth Services for 
an educational program] Town of Babylon Youth Bureau for an 
educational program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Los 
Angeles County Office of Education/Educational 
Telecommunications and Technology for a pilot program for 
teachers, $650,000 shall be awarded to the University of 
Northern Iowa for an institute of technology for inclusive 
education, $500,000 shall be awarded to Youth Crime Watch of 
America to expand a program to prevent crime, drugs and 
violence in schools, $892,000 shall be awarded to Muhlenberg 
College in Pennsylvania for an environmental science program, 
$560,000 shall be awarded to the Western Suffolk St. Johns-
LaSalle Academy Science and Technology Mentoring Program, 
$4,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Teaching Academy of 
Chicago for a model teacher recruitment, preparation and 
professional development program, $2,000,000 shall be awarded 
to the University of West Florida for a teacher enhancement 
program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Delta State University 
in Mississippi for innovative teacher training, $1,000,000 
shall be awarded to the Alaska Humanities Forum, Inc., in 
Anchorage, Alaska, $250,000 shall be awarded to An Achievable 
Dream in Newport News, Virginia to improve academic performance 
of at-risk youths, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Rock School 
of Ballet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to expand its 
community-outreach programs for inner-city children and 
underprivileged youth in Camden, New Jersey and southern New 
Jersey, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of 
Maryland Center for Quality and Productivity to provide a link 
for the Blue Ribbon Schools, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
Continuing Education Center and Teachers' Institute in South 
Boston, Virginia [to promote participation among youth in the 
United States democratic process] to expand access to and 
improve advanced education, $1,000,000 shall be for the 
National Museum of Women in the Arts to expand its 
``Discovering Art'' program to elementary and secondary schools 
and other educational organizations, $400,000 shall be awarded 
to the Alaska Department of Education's summer reading program, 
$400,000 shall be awarded to the Partners in Education, Inc., 
to foster successful business-school partnerships, $250,000 
shall be for the Kodiak Island Borough School District for 
development of an environmental education program, $2,000,000 
shall be for the Reach Out and Read Program to expand literacy 
and health awareness for at-risk families, $1,000,000 shall be 
for the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, Virginia for an 
educational program, $450,000 shall be for the Challenger 
Learning Center in Hardin County, Kentucky for technology 
assistance and teacher training, $250,000 shall be for the 
Crawford County School System in Georgia for technology and 
curriculum support, $500,000 shall be for the Berrien County 
School System in Georgia for technology development, $35,000 
shall be for the Louisville Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club 
Diversion Enhancement Program, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
Philadelphia Orchestra's Philly Pops to operate the Jazz in the 
Schools program in the Philadelphia school district, $500,000 
for the Mississippi Delta Education for a teacher incentive 
program initiative, $500,000 shall be for A Community of Agile 
Partners in Education and the Pennsylvania Telecommunications 
Exchange Network for a technology resource sharing initiative, 
$500,000 shall be for enhanced teacher training in reading in 
the District of Columbia, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
Project 2000 D.C. mentoring project, and $1,250,000 shall be 
awarded to Helen Keller World Wide to expand the ChildSight 
vision screening program and provide eyeglasses to additional 
children whose educational performance may be hindered by poor 
vision, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Explornet Technology 
Learning Project in North Carolina, $1,750,000 shall be awarded 
to the Connecticut Early Reading Success Institute to broaden 
the training of professionals in best practices in reading 
instruction, $400,000 shall be awarded to the National Academy 
of Recording Artists and Sciences Foundation for the GRAMMY in 
the Schools program to provide music education to high school 
students, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Rosa and Raymond 
Parks Institute for Self-Development for the Pathways to 
Freedom program for civil rights education for young people and 
for community learning centers, $500,000 shall be awarded to 
the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation to replicate and 
scientifically evaluate full-service community schools, 
$500,000 shall be awarded to the Henry Abbott Technical High 
School in Danbury, Connecticut for workforce education and 
training activities, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
Educational Performance Foundation, CPI music education program 
called ``From the Top'', $250,000 shall be awarded to the Mount 
Vernon School District in Mount Vernon, New York for the 
Institute of Student Achievement program, $2,000,000 shall be 
awarded to the National Council of La Raza for a project to 
improve educational outcomes and opportunities for Hispanic 
children, $250,000 shall be awarded to the [Oakland Unified 
School District in California for an African American Literacy 
and Culture Project] California State University, Hayward, for 
an African-American Literacy and Culture Project carried out in 
partnership with the Oakland Unified School District in 
California, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Vasona Center 
Youth Science Institute, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Life 
Learning Academy Charter School in San Francisco, California, 
$250,000 shall be awarded to the National Urban Coalition Say 
YES To A Youngster's Future Program to provide math and science 
education, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Wisconsin Academy 
Staff Development Initiative in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to 
provide math, science, and technology teacher training, 
$500,000 shall be awarded to the University of Missouri-St. 
Louis to develop a plan to improve the education system in the 
City of St. Louis, Missouri, $313,000 shall be awarded to the 
City of Houston for the ASPIRE after-school program, [$900,000 
shall be awarded to the Boston Music Education Collaborative 
comprehensive interdisciplinary music program and teacher 
resource center in Boston, Massachusetts] $462,500 shall be 
awarded to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the teacher 
resource center and $370,000 shall be awarded to the Boston 
Music Education Collaborative for an interdisciplinary music 
program, in Boston, Massachusetts, $250,000 shall be awarded to 
the Baltimore Reads after-school tutoring program in Baltimore, 
Maryland, $300,000 shall be awarded to the School of 
International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont to develop an 
education curriculum addressing child labor issues in 
collaboration with the Brattleboro Union High School, $750,000 
shall be awarded to the University of Puerto Rico for the 
continuation and expansion of the Hispanic Educational Linkages 
Program in New York City, including the South Bronx, New York, 
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Community Service Society of 
New York for mentoring, tutoring and technology activities in 
New York City public schools, including schools in the South 
Bronx, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Smithsonian Institution 
for a jazz music education program in Washington, D.C., 
$500,000 shall be awarded to Johnson Elementary School in Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, to develop an innovative arts education model 
which could be replicated in other schools, $2,000,000 shall be 
awarded to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for after-school 
programs, $500,000 shall be for the University of New Orleans 
for a teacher preparation and educational technology 
initiative, and $250,000 shall be for the Florida Department of 
Education for an Internet-based teacher recruitment model, 
$250,000 shall be awarded to the [Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts for the ``Make a Ballet'' arts education 
program in the New York City area] American Ballet Theater for 
the ``Make a Ballet'' arts education program in the New York 
City area: Provided further, That of the funds available for 
section 10601 of title X of such Act, $2,000,000 shall be 
awarded to the Center for Educational Technologies for 
production and distribution of an effective CD-ROM product that 
would complement the ``We the People: The Citizen and the 
Constitution'' curriculum: Provided further, That, in addition 
to the funds for title VI of Public Law 103-227 and 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 601(c)(1)(C) of that 
Act, $1,000,000 shall be available to the Center for Civic 
Education to conduct a civic education program with Northern 
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and, consistent with the 
civics and Government activities authorized in section 
601(c)(3) of Public Law 103-227, to provide civic education 
assistance to democracies in developing countries. The term 
``developing countries'' shall have the same meaning as the 
term ``developing country'' in the Education for the Deaf Act.

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                          GENERAL PROVISIONS

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                          [(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    [Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the 
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the 
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.]

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                     TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 513. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2000 from appropriations made available for salaries and 
expenses for fiscal year 2000 in this Act, shall remain 
available through December 31, 2000, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations shall be notified at least 15 days 
prior to the obligation of such funds: Provided further, That 
the provisions of this section shall not apply to any funds 
appropriated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
or to the Department of Education.

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                 SECTION 403 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

SEC. 403. GRANTS TO STATES.

    (a) Grants.--
          (1) * * *

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          (5) Welfare-to-work grants.--
                (A) * * *

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                  (F) Funding for indian tribes.--1 percent of 
                the amount specified in subparagraph (I) for 
                fiscal year 1998 and [$1,500,000] $15,000,000 
                of the amount so specified for fiscal year 1999 
                shall be reserved for grants to Indian tribes 
                under section 412(a)(3).
                  (G) Funding for evaluations of welfare-to-
                work programs.--0.6 percent of the amount 
                specified in subparagraph (I) for fiscal year 
                1998 and [$900,000] $9,000,000 of the amount so 
                specified for fiscal year 1999 shall be 
                reserved for use by the Secretary to carry out 
                section 413(j).
                  (H) Funding for evaluation of abstinence 
                education programs.--
                          (i) In general.--0.2 percent of the 
                        amount specified in subparagraph (I) 
                        for fiscal year 1998 and [$300,000] 
                        $3,000,000 of the amount so specified 
                        for fiscal year 1999 shall be reserved 
                        for use by the Secretary to evaluate 
                        programs under section 510, directly or 
                        through grants, contracts, or 
                        interagency agreements.

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                          PUBLIC LAW 105-277

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           DIVISION B--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

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   TITLE III--YEAR 2000 CONVERSION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
                                SYSTEMS

         FISCAL YEAR 1999 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

          Information Technology Systems and Related Expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for emergency expenses related to 
Year 2000 conversion of Federal information technology systems 
and related expenses, [$2,250,000,000] $2,015,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2001, of which $5,500,000 
shall be transferred to the Legislative Branch. * * *

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  DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 
   INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000--PUBLIC LAW 106-74

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                       HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

    For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized 
under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended);

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Provided further, That up to 1 percent of the funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for technical 
assistance and management and information systems: Provided 
further, That all balances previously appropriated in the 
``Emergency Shelter Grants'', ``Supportive Housing'', 
``Supplemental Assistance for Facilities to Assist the 
Homeless'', ``Shelter Plus Care'', ``Section 8 Moderate 
Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy'', and ``Innovative 
Homeless Initiatives Demonstration'' accounts shall be 
transferred to and merged with this account, to be available 
for any authorized purpose under this heading.

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                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$83,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001 of 
which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various funds of 
the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 shall be 
provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in 
the appropriation for ``Drug elimination grants for low-income 
housing'': Provided, That of the amounts provided herein, 
$6,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000: Provided 
further, That the Inspector General shall have independent 
authority over all personnel issues within the Office of 
Inspector General.

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             TITLE V--PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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    SUBTITLE C--RENEWAL OF EXPIRING RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS AND 
PROTECTION OF RESIDENTS

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SEC. 538. UNIFIED ENHANCED VOUCHER AUTHORITY

    (a) * * *
    ``(t) Enhanced vouchers.--
          ``(1) In General.--* * *
                  ``(A) * * *
                  ``(B) [during any period that the assisted 
                family continues residing in the same project 
                in which the family was residing on the date of 
                the eligibility event for the project, if] the 
                assisted family may elect to remain in the same 
                project in which the family was residing on the 
                date of the eligibility event for the project, 
                and if, during any period the family makes such 
                and election and continues to so reside, the 
                rent for the dwelling unit of the family in 
                such project exceeds the applicable payment 
                standard established pursuant to subsection (o) 
                for the unit, the amount of rental assistance 
                provided on behalf of the family shall be 
                determined using a payment standard that is 
                equal to the rent for the dwelling unit (as 
                such rent may be increased from time to time), 
                subject to paragraph (10)(A) of subsection (o);

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              PUBLIC LAW 106-113, APPENDIX E--H.R. 3425

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TITLE III--FISCAL YEAR 2000 OFFSETS AND RESCISSIONS

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    [Sec. 305. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code, and section 1006(h) of title 37, United States 
Code, the basic pay and allowances that accrues to members of 
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the pay period 
ending on September 30, 2000, shall be paid, whether by 
electronic transfer of funds or otherwise, no earlier than 
October 1, 2000.]
    [Sec. 306. The pay of any Federal officer or employee that 
would be payable on September 29, 2000, or September 30, 2000, 
for the preceding applicable pay period (if not for this 
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or otherwise, on October 1, 2000.]
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                   SECTION 1001 OF PUBLIC LAW 106-113

    Sec. 1001. Paygo Adjustments.--(a) Notwithstanding Rule 3 
of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint 
explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
accompanying Conference Report No. 105-217, legislation enacted 
in this division by reference in the paragraphs after 
[paragraph 4 of subsection 1000(a)] paragraph (5) of section 
1000(a), and the provisions of titles V, VI, and VII of the 
legislation enacted in this division by reference in such 
paragraph (5), that would have been estimated by the Office of 
Management and Budget as changing direct spending or receipts 
under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 were it included in an Act other than an 
appropriations Act shall be treated as direct spending or 
receipts legislation as appropriate, under section 252 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, but 
shall be subject to subsection (b).
    (b) * * *
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                             Rollcall No. 1

    Date: March 9, 2000.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Obey.
    Description of Motion: To reduce funding for equipping and 
training Colombian army forces for counternarcotics efforts and 
to provide expedited procedures for restoring this assistance 
by July 15, 2000, if the House has not already done so.
    Results: Rejected 20 yeas to 36 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Cunningham                      Mr. Callahan
Mr. Hinchey                         Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Dickey
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Dicks
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Edwards
Mrs. Lowey                          Mrs. Emerson
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Farr
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Forbes
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Goode
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Hobson
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Istook
Mr. Price                           Mr. Kingston
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Latham
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Lewis
Mr. Wicker                          Mr. Miller
                                    Mr. Mollohan
                                    Mr. Moran
                                    Mr. Murtha
                                    Mr. Nethercutt
                                    Mrs. Northup
                                    Mr. Packard
                                    Mr. Peterson
                                    Mr. Regula
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
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                             Rollcall No. 2

    Date: March 9, 2000.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
2000.
    Motion by: Ms. Pelosi.
    Description of Motion: To provide $1.3 billion for 
substance abuse treatment and prevention.
    Results: Rejected 23 yeas to 31 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Boyd
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Callahan
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Cramer
Mr. Hinchey                         Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Hoyer                           Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Jackson                         Mr. Frelinghuysen
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Goode
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Hobson
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Mollohan                        Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Murtha                          Mr. Latham
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Lewis
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Miller
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Nethercutt
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Packard
Mr. Price                           Mr. Peterson
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Porter
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Regula
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Rogers
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young

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                             Rollcall No. 3

    Date: March 9, 2000.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Edwards.
    Description of Motion: To provide $400 million for 
veterans' substance abuse dependency prevention and treatment.
    Results: Rejected 23 yeas to 30 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Bonilla
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Callahan
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Dickey
Mr. Farr                            Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Goode
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Hobson
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Kolbe
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Mollohan                        Mr. Lewis
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Miller
Mr. Murtha                          Mr. Nethercutt
Mr. Obey                            Mrs. Northup
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Packard
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Peterson
Mr. Price                           Mr. Porter
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Regula
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Rogers
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Skeen
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
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                             rollcall no. 4

    Date: March 9, 2000.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Visclosky.
    Description of Motion: To provide $6.6 million to complete 
preconstruction and engineering and design of an emergency 
outlet at Devils Lake, North Dakota.
    Results: Rejected 24 yeas to 30 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Bonilla
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Callahan
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Dickey
Mr. Farr                            Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Hinchey                         Mr. Goode
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Hobson
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Kingston
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Knollenberg
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Kolbe
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Mollohan                        Mr. Lewis
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Miller
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Nethercutt
Mr. Olver                           Mrs. Northup
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Packard
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Peterson
Mr. Price                           Mr. Porter
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Regula
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Rogers
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Skeen
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
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                             rollcall no. 5

    Date: March 9, 2000.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
2000.
    Motion by: Ms. Kaptur.
    Description of Motion: To provide $130 million for grants 
and loans for equity capital to establish farmer-owned 
cooperatives for processing agricultural commodities (including 
livestock).
    Results: Rejected 19 yeas to 27 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Callahan
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Dickey
Mrs. Emerson                        Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Goode
Mr. Hinchey                         Mr. Hobson
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Kingston
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Knollenberg
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Kolbe
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Lewis
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Miller
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Moran
Mr. Price                           Mr. Nethercutt
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mrs. Northup
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Packard
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Peterson
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Regula
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young

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                             rollcall no. 6

    Date: March 9, 2000.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Regula.
    Description of Motion: To report the bill, to authorize the 
Chairman to seek a rule for consideration of the bill, and to 
authorize the Chairman to move that the House disagree to the 
amendments of the Senate and agree to a conference requested by 
the Senate.
    Results: Adopted 33 yeas to 13 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Bonilla                         Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Farr
Mr. Callahan                        Mr. Hinchey
Mr. Cramer                          Ms. Kaptur
Ms. DeLauro                         Ms. Kilpatrick
Mr. Dickey                          Mrs. Meek
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Obey
Mrs. Emerson                        Mr. Olver
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mr. Pastor
Mr. Goode                           Mr. Sabo
Mr. Hobson                          Mr. Serrano
Mr. Kingston                        Mr. Tiahrt
Mr. Knollenberg                     Mr. Visclosky
Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Latham
Mr. Lewis
Mrs. Lowey
Mr. Miller
Mr. Moran
Mr. Nethercutt
Mrs. Northup
Mr. Packard
Mr. Peterson
Mr. Price
Mr. Regula
Mr. Rogers
Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Skeen
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Wamp
Mr. Wolf
Mr. Young

                            DISSENTING VIEWS

    Most Americans know that Colombia is a major exporter of 
illegal drugs. But many do not know that illegal drug 
trafficking is only one of the serious problems facing that 
country. Colombia has suffered for more than 50 years from 
periods of political chaos and extreme violence. It has by far 
the highest murder rate in the world and military conflicts 
account for only a portion of the murders. It has not one but 
two major leftist guerrilla movements that control major 
portions of the nation's land area. It has armed terrorist 
right-wing para-militaries that like the guerrillas derive 
significant funds from drug trafficking, kidnapping and other 
illegal activities. It has a population deeply divided along 
racial, social and economic lines. Adding greatly to the 
complexity of Colombia's difficulties is the fact that all of 
these problems are deeply intertwined with one another.
    There are a number of things that the United States can do 
to reduce drug trafficking in Colombia and increase the 
opportunities for Colombians to build a safer and more lawful 
society that do not inject the United States into the middle of 
the long standing social and economic conflicts in that country 
and do not risk an ever widening U.S. commitment. Some of those 
things are contained in this package. The approximately $200 
million for monitoring and interdiction of narco-air traffic 
offers by far the greatest hope for reducing the flow of drugs 
to the United States and Europe and reducing revenues to the 
guerrilla movements, the para-militaries and various other 
criminal elements. It turns the difficult terrain of that 
country to the advantage of those wishing to stop the sale of 
drugs rather than to the advantage of those who wish to sell 
them.
    But the $522 million appropriated in this bill for the 
creation and support of three elite infantry battalions in the 
Colombian Army could have exactly the opposite effect. It is 
unlikely to have significant impact on drug trafficking, and it 
will inject the United States into a whole range of internal 
Colombian issues, which we as a nation neither fully understand 
nor have the ability, on our own, to control. Furthermore, the 
executive branch and the House Republican leadership are asking 
the Congress to place the country on this course without full 
hearings or an informed and deliberate debate. Neither the 
Armed Services, the Foreign Relations, the Intelligence nor the 
Appropriations Committees have had the opportunity to hold the 
type of hearings that would in my opinion represent minimum due 
diligence for a decision of this magnitude.
    It is true that Colombia is an important country. Its 
peace, stability and prosperity have an important effect on all 
of Central and South America and they are important to U.S. 
national interests. Colombia now has a President who is saying 
and apparently trying to do the right things after years of 
governments in that country that did mostly the wrong things. 
But it would be a grave mistake for us to fail to differentiate 
between the national leader and the country he is attempting to 
lead. An alliance between President Pastrana and the United 
States cannot defeat the FARC, cannot stop the drug traffic, 
cannot stop the violence by paramilitaries and other criminal 
organizations and cannot bring peace, security and prosperity 
to Colombia. Only the Colombian people can do that.
    I do not know whether the people of that country are ready 
to do all or any of the things we envisage for them. The true 
level of resolve among the bankers, businessmen, landowners, 
middle class professionals, or peasants in Colombia to 
undertake this battle is not easy to determine. If they are 
fully committed there would be excellent prospects for success. 
But if this is a situation where we are training and supplying 
a military force that in the end receives more support from us 
than the country it represents, we are crossing a line today 
that will be remembered for many years. It is a line we have 
crossed before and almost always with deep regret.
    While I do not know the degree to which Colombians are 
committed to the course that this appropriation presumes they 
should take, there are some troubling signs. Ralph Peters, a 
retired U.S. Army Officer who served in the Andes and in the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy wrote in the Washington 
Post recently:

          Does the Colombian government--feckless, corrupt and 
        inconstant--deserve our help to survive * * * Plenty of 
        Colombians profit from the disorder and do not really 
        want the rule of law. They only want a little more room 
        to maneuver. Expatriate Colombians, lolling on Florida 
        beaches or shopping in Madrid, would be perfectly 
        willing to fight to the last American G.I.

    I don't know how to square the argument that Colombia is 
ready to shoulder this burden with the fact that they have 
recently signed an agreement with the IMF to cut back on 
military expenditures. I don't knowhow to square that argument 
with the fact that neither the elites of Colombia nor their upper-
middle class counterparts will be represented in either the officer or 
enlisted ranks of these new battalions. I certainly don't understand 
how to square it with the fact that more than half of the Colombian 
Army is exempt by law from serving in a combat situation by virtue of 
the fact that they hold a high school diploma.
    There are some in the administration and in the Speaker's 
Office who would say that we have no choice but to move forward 
with this package at this time. President Pastrana has taken 
risks. He is in a precarious situation. He must have our 
support. If that is true, then it immediately raises a second 
question. What if we go forward with this package, train and 
equip these 3,000 Colombian troops and they get the devil 
beaten out them by the 15,000 FARC running around in the same 
jungle in Eastern and Southern Colombia to which they are being 
deployed? What will be the options before the Congress and the 
American people then?
    If we have a difficult choice today how much difficult will 
it be after a military defeat of the force we have trained and 
equipped. Will we drop President Pastrana or his successor like 
a hot potato. Will we train another brigade to take the place 
of the one that was lost and let it face the possibility of the 
same fate? Or will we up the ante? Pastrana or his successor 
will at that point have taken even greater risks at our urging 
and direction, and will be even more politically vulnerable as 
a result. The dilemma we face today is a relatively simple one 
compared to the one we would face, if our new units are less 
successful than the optimists who favor this policy are 
predicting. If you don't wish to face the dilemma you might 
want to vote to take a little more time in providing this money 
because the prospects for one or more of these units being 
mauled appears to be significant.
    The FARC are by all accounts the best-armed and equipped 
guerilla force in modern history. They have better uniforms, 
better weapons and better pay than the Colombian army. An 
article published in Janes Intelligence Review a little more 
than a year ago described an encounter between the 52nd 
Counter-Guerilla Battalion and two FARC units in Caqueta during 
the spring of 1998. As the Colombian Army units approached the 
FARC they:

          * * * determined their speed and direction and set up 
        a ``U''-shaped trap around an opening in the jungle and 
        occupied all of the high ground and crestlines. They 
        drew the army battalion into the mouth of the `U' and 
        then sealed the open end. * * * Outside this ring the 
        guerillas set up a second echelon consisting of 
        ambushes against both aircraft and ground forces. 
        Between Sunday March 1 and Tuesday March 3, the 
        guerillas launched vicious assaults against the army 
        troops in the trap. Using mortars, machine guns, rocket 
        launchers and small arms, the guerillas pounded the 
        army unit until it effectively ceased to exist.

Jane's concluded that the FARC have rapidly developed new 
operational capabilities. These include:

           The capability to attack and overrun small 
        and medium garrisons.
           The ability to directly confront and defeat 
        army units in open combat.
           The capability to simultaneously mass large 
        units against multiple targets around the country.
           They are a long way from being capable of 
        overthrowing the government. They are, however, in a 
        position of strength in terms of demanding favorable 
        political terms. Some degree of territorial autonomy 
        seems to be prominent in both the FARC and the ELN's 
        thinking.

    Before we provide these funds we need to decide exactly 
what we want the three hundred men we are going to train to do 
with respect to the 15,000 to 25,000 rebels in the FARC and the 
ELN. According to the best information we have available, they 
will be assigned to patrol two of the ten provinces that lie in 
Colombia's portion of the Amazon Jungle Basin. Those two 
provinces alone occupy and area of more than 40,000 square 
miles, an area almost the size of Pennsylvania, an area that is 
virtually without roads, an area that in covered with a dense 
jungle canopy.
    If we succeeded in driving the FARC out of those two 
provinces, what would we have accomplished, politically in 
behalf of Colombia, or in terms of reducing drug supplies? 
There will be 150,000 to 200,000 square miles of Colombian 
Jungle left--an area about the size of California. And that 
entire area is merely a fraction of the entire Amazon Jungle 
Basin that covers significant portions of not only Columbia but 
Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia as well. What we may 
actually be doing is forcing a massive deforestation of 
successive sectors of the rain forest as we push coca growers 
from one region to the next.
    Currently, neither the FARC nor the ELN have a strong base 
among the peasants they claim to represent in most of the 
populated areas of Colombia. But, we may very well change that 
with a counter insurgency operation run out of Washington, D.C. 
If the Colombians truly want to shoulder the burden of forcing 
these organizations to the table, we should help them. But we 
will make a terrible and tragic mistake to get out in front of 
the people of Colombia in solving this problem.
    Finally I would point out that Plan Colombia is a six-year 
plan. Only last week the Pentagon laid out their understanding 
of the military aspects of the plan. Phase I will take the 
first two years and will be concentrated in Putamayo and 
Caqueta. Phase II will be during years three and four and will 
focus on the rest of the South Eastern Colombia and in the 
Central Jungle Areas. Phase III will be focused on the 
Northwestern Provinces where the overwhelming portion of the 
population resides. We may or may not know the price tag for 
the first year, but as far as I know there are no estimates for 
the cost for the whole six years. To assume that it will take 
only six years is to assume that everything will go as planned. 
Does anybody think they have a responsibility to have at least 
some ballpark estimate of how much we are going to have to 
spend over the next decade if we obligate ourselves to this 
course of action?
    There are good pieces in this package. The air interdiction 
can and I believe will be quite effective both in reducing FARC 
revenues and reducing drug traffic. The assistance in 
institution building can be very positive if it is effectively 
executed. Efforts to make the Colombians realize that a nation 
of ``haves'' and total ``have-nots'' will never produce a truly 
stable society or reach its economic potential are extremely 
important. Also efforts to provide education, nutrition, 
housing and medical care to that nation's poor are essential to 
any real or lasting change. But we should think very carefully 
about the path that calls for us to train and equip a counter-
guerrilla military brigade. It certainly should not be decided 
in a bum's rush to act first and ask questions later.
    It is not enough to say that Madeline Albright, or Thomas 
Pickering, or General McCaffery is convinced that this is the 
right thing to do--or that the Speaker favors this. The 
Constitution requires that each member of Congress must make 
that judgement, and if you feel that you do not have the 
information to make the right judgement, you should demand that 
this decision be delayed until you have sufficient information 
to make that judgement.
    The amendment I offered in Committee would have deferred 
consideration of this matter until we bring the regular bills 
to the floor--hopefully in June. (See Committee Rollcall Vote 
No. 1 on page 63 of the Report) If no action is taken by the 
House on this matter by July 15, my amendment would have 
brought the matter immediately to the floor under an expedited 
procedure. Whether we resolve this in April or July will not in 
my judgement materially affect President Pastrana's ability to 
move the peace process forward. It will on the other hand 
greatly affect our ability to understand exactly what 
obligations we are making on behalf of the American people 
before we make them.

                                                         Dave Obey.

       DISSENTING VIEWS OF HON. NANCY PELOSI AND HON. DAVID OBEY

    Along party lines, the Committee voted 23-31 (rollcall vote 
No. 2) in rejecting an amendment offered by Ms. Pelosi that 
would have invested $1.3 billion for domestic drug demand 
reduction services. This amount equals the amount included in 
this bill for international source-country cocaine supply 
reduction. The Pelosi amendment would have provided an 
additional $1,300,000,000 over four years for state and local 
substance abuse prevention and treatment services funded 
through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration at the Department of Health and Human Services.
    The Majority has included funds in this bill to support a 
``comprehensive strategy to combat the flow of drugs from 
Colombia and the region into the United States.'' However, it 
is not a comprehensive strategy to reduce overall cocaine and 
other illegal drug consumption in the United States, which is 
the ultimate policy objective of our national war on drugs. By 
rejecting the Pelosi amendment, the Committee failed to 
recognize that our national drug control strategy must focus on 
demand reduction, as well as supply reduction--especially since 
a large portion of illegal drugs consumed in the United States 
is domestically produced.
    Substance abuse is a critical and persistent public health 
problem facing the Nation's major cities and smallest 
communities. The impact of substance abuse on families, public 
safety, employment and productivity is deep and well 
documented. While drug treatment is proven to work, cities and 
towns still have waiting lists for treatment services. In fact, 
there is a large ``treatment gap'' identified by public surveys 
and acknowledged by the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
in its reports. Our public treatment systems are able to serve 
only 2.1 million out of an estimated 5.7 million people in need 
of treatment--leaving 3.6 million people in severe need of 
substance abuse treatment. As a result, people working to 
overcome their addictions cannot get into treatment. While 
Federal funding for these programs has increased in recent 
years, it has not come close to covering the need.
    A Rand Corporation study on reducing cocaine consumption, 
sponsored by the U.S. Army and the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, found that achieving a one percent reduction 
would cost $723 million for source-country control, or $366 
million for interdiction, or $246 million for domestic 
enforcement, or $34 million for treatment. In other words, 
funds spent on domestic drug treatment were 23 times more 
effective than source-country control, 11 times more effective 
than interdiction, and 7 times more effective than law 
enforcement.
    An even greater crisis awaits us if we fail to reach 
millions of today's youth experimenting with drugs or reaching 
a vulnerable age with effective substance abuse prevention 
services. Effective model prevention programs have been 
identified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse within the 
NIH, and other agencies. For every dollar invested in 
prevention, communities can save four to five dollars in costs 
for drug treatment and counseling; and estimated treatment 
needs are projected to increase by 57% by 2015 if current 
initiation rates continue without prevention intervention.
    The Pelosi amendment would have provided treatment for an 
additional 303,000 addicted individuals and proven prevention 
services to an estimated 2.4 million youth. It would provide 
help to those who need it most, by establishing a priority for 
high-need populations such as youth, minority and rural 
communities, pregnant and postpartum women, and individuals who 
are homeless, at-risk for HIV infection, or have co-occurring 
mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
    The amendment would have increased the Substance Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Block Grant by $650,000 over the next 
years, and guaranteed that all states receive at least a 6.25% 
increase this year over the current allotments. An additional 
$650,000 would have been awarded competitively to local 
providers in three-year grants to implement or expand proven 
drugs treatment and prevention programs at the community level. 
Most of these funds would be dedicated to Targeted Capacity 
Expansion grants to boost local treatment capacity. Some of the 
additional funds, when combined with current funding, would 
also allow SAMHSA to support State Incentive Grants in all 
states to fill gaps and improve quality through the development 
of comprehensive, state-wide plans to coordinate all prevention 
services and funding streams within the state. A portion of the 
funds would also be competitively awarded to local providers 
under the research-based Knowledge Development and Application 
program to develop and test new strategies for providing opioid 
treatments for injection drug users, and support the existing 
Family Strengthening Initiative to provide parenting skills to 
high-risk parents such as those addicted to drugs whose 
children are at greater risk of substance abuse.
    We are facing a true public health crisis in this country. 
Illicit drugs make their way into our communities, our schools, 
our places of work. While rates of drug use among teens have 
leveled off after a rapid increase since 1992, over half of all 
high schools seniors are still using illicit drugs; and rates 
among young adults age 18-25 have continued to rise. Regular 
abuse of illicit drugs is rising among certain minority 
populations. Drug use has increased 40% in the past five years 
among African-Americans and 17% among Hispanics. Substance 
abuse costs the nation about $246 billion a year. These figures 
do not even capture the lost potential, wrecked families and 
other human costs resulting from substance abuse.
    While cocaine is a prevalent drug among adults, and 
deserving of special eradication efforts, it is worth noting 
that it is used far less frequently by our nation's youth than 
other drugs. Fifty percent of the nation's high school seniors 
have used marijuana, 15% have used inhalants, and 14% have used 
hallucinogens, while 10% have used cocaine and 5% have used 
crack. Even if were to succeed at reducing the foreign supply 
of drugs, drugs with rising popularity are often produced here 
at home. Cocaine consumption peaked in 1993 and has leveled 
off, while abuse of other drugs such as methamphetamines and 
marijuana has been rising. In many communities, 
methamphetamines have risen to epidemic proportions. According 
to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, methamphetamines 
are rampant in the Western and Midwestern states. In 1998 in 
San Diego, California, one in every three arrestees tested 
positive for methamphetamines. Production and trafficking have 
risen in the Northeast and Southeast regions as well. The point 
of considering these usage statistics is that a balanced 
approach must take measure of the entirety of our national drug 
problems.
    The Majority's refusal to support an equivalent increase 
for domestic drug abuse treatment and prevention ignores the 
reality that these are the most effective tools available to 
reduce the burden of drug abuse on our society. A five-year 
evaluation of SAMHSA substance abuse treatment services found 
treatment has significant and lasting benefits. Patients 
receiving treatment reported 50% decrease in drug and alcohol 
use 1 year after completing treatment, 53% decrease in alcohol/
drug related medical visits, 43% decrease in criminal activity, 
56% decrease in sexual encounters for money or drugs, 51% 
decrease in sexual encounters with an injection drug user, 43% 
decrease in homelessness, and a 19% increase in employment. A 
$1 investment in drug abuse prevention will likely save $15 in 
reduced health, justice, and other costs to society, according 
to a SAMHSA-sponsored study that used findings from the 
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.
    Stopping imported drugs like cocaine and heroin before they 
reach our borders is an important and difficult endeavor. But 
it is only a part of what is needed to prevent and control the 
human and economic cost of substance abuse. The Pelosi 
amendment would have addressed the abuse of all drugs, 
including those abused most by our nation's youth, with proven 
effective prevention and treatment services. The Majority's 
refusal to support this amendment means that, even if the 
Colombia strategy proves effective, we will continue to ignore 
the needs of millions of Americans and get far less return for 
our investment.

                                   Nancy Pelosi.
                                   Dave Obey.

                            ADDITIONAL VIEWS

    As the ranking minority member of the Energy and Water 
Development Subcommittee, I submit these additional views on 
the bill as reported by the Committee on Appropriations. The 
bill includes substantial new funding requested by the 
President for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to pay for 
emergency flood control and disaster assistance projects around 
the country, which I strongly support. However, I strongly 
object to the majority's refusal to include $6.6 million in 
funding to complete engineering and design work on the proposed 
Devil's Lake flood control project in North Dakota. This was a 
decision that could result in continued flooding in and around 
the communities located near Devil's Lake.
    The problem of flooding in Devil's Lake is an emergency 
that must be addressed. The lake has expanded westward seven 
miles since 1992 and is, among other things, about to possibly 
swamp a local high school. The lake has risen twenty-five 
vertical feet since 1992 and has completely submerged several 
roads leading to and from the lake. The town of Devil's Lake 
(pop. 9,000) is temporarily protected by newly-constructed 
levees, but this is not a permanent solution to the problem of 
the lake's continued expansion and almost certain uncontrolled 
overflow into the Sheyenne River. To date, the Federal 
Government has expended approximately $300 million in the 
Devil's Lake region for levee construction, road raisings, 
relocation assistance, commodity relief, and public assistance 
payments. None of these expenditures represent a permanent fix.
    The solution that the Corps is proposing is to cut an 
outlet from the Western side of the lake to relieve the 
pressure of rising water and allow the purest lake water to be 
released in a controlled manner to the Sheyenne River. The 
Corps is convinced that the outlet will work, and the problem 
would be permanently solved. The funding requested was simply 
to complete the study, design, engineering and environmental 
impact statement so that informed decisions could be made as 
soon as possible on whether to proceed with the overall 
project. During full committee consideration of the bill, I 
offered an amendment (Roll Call No. 4), to include $6.6 million 
in funding for Devil's Lake. While I support this process and 
regret the majority's decision to not include funding to help 
the people of North Dakota, I am hopeful that some funding for 
Devil's Lake will be included in the final version of this 
supplemental appropriations bill.

                                                Peter J. Visclosky.
                                  
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