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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–521

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

REPORT

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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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 configu-
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ration 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
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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
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Location/Facility Cost

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 requestCommittee recommendation Difference

Kosovo:

Military Personnel:

Army .......................................................................................... 157,400 157,400 ........................

Navy .......................................................................................... 25,600 25,600 ........................
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FY 2000 CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS—Continued

[In thousands of dollars]

Supplemental requestCommittee recommendation Difference

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 ........................

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
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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]

Supplemental requestCommittee recommendation Difference

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

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, DefenseWide’’, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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 strong-
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ly 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
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$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
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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
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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. For-
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giving 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.
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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. Freeroaming 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.
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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
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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
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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 pursu-
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ant 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
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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,
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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
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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
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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 addi-
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tional 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.
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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 appro-
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priated 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.
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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;
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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 re-
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quired 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
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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-toWork 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.
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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
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Recommended in bill

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.

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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 appro-
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priations 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.
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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.
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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 Admin- istration, 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.
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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.
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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
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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.

Account to Amount Account from Amount

Department of Energy—Other Defense Activities.$4,000,000 Department of Energy—Biomass Energy Development.$4,000,000

Department of Defense—Military, Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat

Vehicles, Army.

125,000,000 Department of Defense—Military, National

Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.

125,000,000

Department of Defense—Military, Aircraft

Procurement, Air Force.

90,000,000 Department of Defense—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.

90,000,000

Environmental Protection Agency, State and

Tribal Assistance Grants.

2,600,000 Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Programs and Management.2,600,000

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,

State and Private Forestry.

500,000 Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,

Wildland Fire Management.

500,000

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 ad-
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justed 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.
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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 øclause (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 øclause (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 øto 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.

SECTIONS 8175 AND 8176 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

øSEC. 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.¿

øSEC. 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

* * * * * * *

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

* * * * * * *

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Adminis- tration, $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; øincluding 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

* * * * * * *

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
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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.

* * * * * * *

øSEC. 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

* * * * * * *

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
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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 schoolbased mentoring, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago Pub-
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lic 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 øNorth 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 øto 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
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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 øOakland Unified School

District in California for an African American Literacy and Culture

Project¿ California State University, Hayward, for an AfricanAmerican 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
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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, ø$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 øKennedy 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

* * * * * * *

ø(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

øSEC. 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.¿

* * * * * * *

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

* * * * * * *

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.

* * * * * * *

SECTION 403 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

SEC. 403. GRANTS TO STATES.

(a) GRANTS.—

(1) * * *

* * * * * * *

(5) WELFARE-TO-WORK GRANTS.—

(A) * * *

* * * * * * *

(F) FUNDING FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—1 percent of the

amount specified in subparagraph (I) for fiscal year 1998

and ø$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 ø$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.—
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(i) IN GENERAL.—0.2 percent of the amount specified

in subparagraph (I) for fiscal year 1998 and

ø$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.

* * * * * * *

PUBLIC LAW 105–277

* * * * * * *

DIVISION B—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS

* * * * * * *

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, ø$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.***

* * * * * * *

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT, INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000—PUBLIC LAW 106–74

* * * * * * *

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);

* * * * * * *

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
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Initiatives Demonstration’’ accounts shall be transferred to and

merged with this account, to be available for any authorized purpose under this heading.

* * * * * * *

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.

* * * * * * *

TITLE V—PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

* * * * * * *

SUBTITLE C—RENEWAL OF EXPIRING RENTAL ASSISTANCE

CONTRACTS AND PROTECTION OF RESIDENTS

* * * * * * *

SEC. 538. UNIFIED ENHANCED VOUCHER AUTHORITY

(a) * * *

‘‘(t) ENHANCED VOUCHERS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—* * *

‘‘(A) * * *

‘‘(B) øduring 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

* * * * * * *

øSEC. 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.¿

øSEC. 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 section) shall be

paid, whether by electronic transfer of funds or otherwise, on October 1, 2000.¿

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 øparagraph 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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House of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an

amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of

those voting for and those voting against, are printed below:

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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House of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an

amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of

those voting for and those voting against, are printed below:

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
65

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House of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an

amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of

those voting for and those voting against, are printed below:

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
66

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House of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an

amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of

those voting for and those voting against, are printed below:

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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House of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an

amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of

those voting for and those voting against, are printed below:

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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FULL COMMITTEE VOTES

Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(a)(1)(b) of rule XIII of the

House of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an

amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of

those voting for and those voting against, are printed below:

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

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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
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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 know how 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
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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
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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 ‘‘havenots’’ 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.

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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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