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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–549

PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3908, THE

‘‘2000 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT’’

MARCH 28, 2000.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. GOSS, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 450]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House

Resolution 450, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3908, the

‘‘2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,’’ under an

open rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate divided

equally between the chairman and ranking minority member of the

Committee on Appropriations.

The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the

bill. The rule further waives all points of order against provisions

in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill) except as specified in the rule.

The rule provides, prior to the consideration of any other amendment, for consideration of the amendments printed in Part A of

this report, which may be offered only in the order printed in this

report. The rule further provides for consideration of the amendments printed in Part B of this report, which may be offered only

at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill.

All of the amendments printed in this report may be offered only

by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read,

shall be debatable for the time specified, shall not be subject to

amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of

the question in the House or the Committee of the Whole. The rule

waives all points of order against the amendments provided in this

report.
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The rule waives points of order during consideration of the bill

against amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule

XXI (prohibiting non-emergency designated amendments to be offered to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation).

The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to

Members who have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule allows for the Chairman of the Committee

of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and

to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if the

vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule provides one

motion to recommit with or without instructions.

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill

includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report and requiring three-day availability of

printed hearings on a general appropriations bill) against consideration of the bill. While the report has been available for three days,

the printed hearings regarding the emergency appropriations contained in this bill are not available. The blanket waiver includes

a waiver of the following points of order that lie against consideration of the bill: • section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting

consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in

excess of a committee’s 302(a) and a subcommittee’s 302(b) allocation of such authority) because the bill, as reported, is in

excess of both the committee and subcommittee allocation in

budget authority; • section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting

consideration of legislation within the Budget Committee’s jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget Committee) because

the bill, as reported from the Appropriations Committee, contains emergency designations pursuant to the Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and other matters that fall within the

Budget Committee’s jurisdiction;

• section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act (requiring

a Congressional Budget Office cost estimate in the committee

report on any legislation containing new budget authority or a

change in revenues) because the committee report does not

contain the required CBO cost estimate;

• section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting

consideration of legislation or an amendment that would cause

the total level of new budget authority or outlays in the most

recent budget resolution to be exceeded or would cause revenues to be less) because the bill, as reported, is in excess of the

total level of new budget authority allowed under the budget

resolution; and

• section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting

consideration of budget-related legislation, as reported, that is

not subject to appropriations) because the section 2201(b) of

the bill, relating to an annual limitation on housing allowances

for the Defense Department, creates a new entitlement that is

not subject to appropriation.

The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in a general appropriations
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bill) against provisions in the bill is necessary because the bill contains at least 28 provisions which are not authorized by law and

at least 54 provisions which are legislative in nature. These provisions are listed on pages 45–50 in the Appropriations Committee

report (106–521). The bill also contains both non-emergency and

emergency provisions which are in violation of clause 2(e) of rule

XXI.

The waiver of clause 2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting non-emergency

designated amendments to be offered to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation) against amendments is necessary because the Supplemental Appropriations bill contains numerous emergency designations under the Budget Act. Offering an

amendment containing an emergency designation would in turn

violate section 306 of the Budget Act. Consequently, in order for

any amendments to be offered to the bill, this prohibition needs to

be waived.

COMMITTEE VOTES

Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House Rule XIII the results of each

record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with

the names of those voting for and against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 92

Date: March 28, 2000.

Measure: H.R. 3908, 2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.

Motion by: Mr. Moakley.

Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered by

Representative Pelosi to fund $600 million for the Substance Abuse

Block Grant and for community treatment and community prevention services.

Results: Defeated 4 to 8.

Vote by Members: Goss—Nay; Linder—Nay; Pryce—Nay; DiazBalart—Nay; Hastings—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Reynolds—Nay;

Moakley—Yea; Frost—Yea; Hall—Yea; Slaughter—Yea; Dreier—

Nay.

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

Part A

Sanford—Cuts $1.631 billion from various programs in the bill;

strikes all references in the bill to emergency designations, making

it subject to the spending caps and recorded as on-budget spending;

and requires a sequestration (across-the-board) of other funds in

order to pay for the bill. (10 minutes)

Toomey—Appropriates $4 billion in FY2000 funds to reduce publicly-held debt. (30 minutes)

Part B

Ramstad—Strikes Title I, Counternarcotics, from the bill. (20

minutes)

Hutchinson—Provides $15 million in unobligated funds in the

COPS program available for policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and trafficking. (10 minutes)
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Obey—Cuts $552 million of the $1.071 billion in Title I of the bill

for ‘‘Counternarcotics.’’ (20 minutes)

Sawyer—Earmarks a sum of no less than $50 million for the estimated 1.5 million already displaced persons in Colombia. (10 minutes)

Gilman/Goss/Delahunt/Farr—Makes delivery of military assistance to Colombia contingent upon the President certifying the following: (1) agreement by the government of Colombia to a strategy

to completely eliminate illicit drug cultivation by 2005; (2) Colombia’s armed forces having the authority to dismiss persons for gross

violations of human rights; (3) Colombia’s armed forces cooperating

with civilian authorities in the investigation and prosecution in civilian courts of gross human rights abuses by armed forces personnel; and (4) Colombia’s armed forces developing a Judge Advocate General Corps. (20 minutes) Fowler—Strikes language in the bill that would permit the $40

million to be used to fund a binding referendum, because national

security requirements should not be set by public referenda and because establishing such a precedent on Vieques could have a potentially crippling effect on other vital military operations; requires

that before the $40 million is released to Puerto Rico for economic

development, the President must certify to the Congress that the

following conditions have been met: (1) trespassers have been removed from the range; (2) that the integrity and accessibility of the

range is uninterrupted; (3) that he has directed the Attorney General to strictly enforce trespassing laws on the range in the future;

and (4) that he has directed that live-fire training operations be resumed, and that such operations have been initiated; and allows an

unlimited portion of the $40 million to be spent on a health study

of the island of Vieques immediately upon enactment, without condition. (10 minutes)

Lewis (CA)/Spence—Appropriates an additional $4 billion during

FY 2000 for urgent defense priorities in the areas of personnel benefits, military health care recruitment and retention, and equipment readiness. (30 minutes)

Largent—Provides that $750,000 from the Salaries and Expenses

portion of the General Administration account appropriated to the

Department of Justice under the Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Act, 2000, would be available to the Commission on Online Child

Protection to conduct its work. (10 minutes)

Weldon (PA)/Smith (MI)—Provides $10 million to fund the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program; $10 million for burn research; and

$80 million for a Fire Competitive Grant Program, to be matched

by local governments 50/50. Allows CDBG funds to be freed up for

local fire service use. (10 minutes)

Kasich/Shays/Condit/Frank—Withholds 50% of the bill’s funding

for military operations in Kosovo until the President certifies that

the European Commission, member nations of the European

Union, and European member nations of NATO have: (1) obligated

or contracted for at least 33% of the assistance committed by them

for 1999 and 2000 for reconstruction in Kosovo; (2) obligated or

contracted for at least 75% of the assistance committed by them for

1999 and 2000 for humanitarian assistance in Kosovo; (3) provided
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at least 75% of the assistance committed by them for 1999 and

2000 for the Kosovo Consolidated Budget; and (4) provided at least

75% of the number of police committed by them for the United Nations international police force for Kosovo. Requires the President

to submit by June 1, 2000, a certification to Congress detailing: (1)

commitments and pledges made by each organization/nation for the

above categories of assistance; (2) amount of assistance provided by

each organization or nation for the above categories of assistance;

and (3) commitments and responsibilities undertaken for Kosovo,

the progress made in fulfilling them, an assessment of the tasks

that remain to be accomplished, and an anticipated schedule for

completing those tasks. (30 minutes)

Schaffer—Directs the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office to conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept.

of Education. (10 minutes)

Hoekstra—Transfers unobligated funds in the Natural Services

Trust account for the purpose of directing the IG to conduct a review and audit on the State Commission on National and Community Service. (10 minutes)

Summaries provided by amendment sponsors.

TEST OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

PART A

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SANFORD

OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 2, strike lines 3 through 21 (and redesignate the subsequent chapters and sections accordingly).

Page 3, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ‘‘(reduced by $87,400,000)’’.

Page 5, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $281,000,000)’’.

Page 8, lines 18 and 25, after each dollar amount, insert the following: ‘‘(reduced by $77,923,000)’’.

Page 11, strike line 8 and all that follows through page 13, line

21.

Page 44, strike line 19 and all that follows through page 46, line

3.

Page 46, strike lines 5 through 22 (and redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly).

Page 49, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $8,100,000)’’.

Page 52, strike lines 7 through 17.

Page 52, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $59,000,000)’’.

Page 56, strike line 14 and all that follows through page 57, line

15.

Page 62, strike line 11 and all that follows through page 64, line

6.

Page 79, strike lines 9 through 14 and insert the following:

SEC. 5104. (a) INAPPLICABILITY OF EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.—

A proviso in this Act shall not have effect if the proviso—
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(1) designates an amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985; or

(2) makes the availability of an amount contingent on such

a designation by the President.

(b) EXEMPTION OF DEFENSE FUNDS FROM SEQUESTRATION.—Accounts for which amounts are made available in title III of this Act,

and accounts previously within the defense category of discretionary appropriations under the Balanced Budget and Emergency

Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be exempt from any sequestration

that is required under section 251(a)(6) of such Act to eliminate

any fiscal year 2000 breach caused by the appropriations or other

provisions of this Act.

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TOOMEY OF

PENNSYLVANIA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 30 MINUTES

Page 58, after line 17, insert the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 7

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

For deposit of an additional amount into the account established

under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States Code, to reduce the

public debt, $4,000,000,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to

section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such amount shall be

available only to the extent that an official budget request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President

to the Congress.

PART B

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RAMSTAD

OF MINNESOTA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

Page 2, strike line 1 and all that follows through page 9, line 4.

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HUTCHINSON OF ARKANSAS, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 2, after line 21, insert the following:
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OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

Of the unobligated balances available in the program under this

heading, $15,000,000 shall be used for policing initiatives to combat

methamphetamine production and trafficking.

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE OBEY OF

WISCONSIN, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

Page 3, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ‘‘(reduced by $51,000,000)’’.

Page 5, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $501,000,000)’’.

Page 8, after line 13, insert the following:

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

SEC. 1301. (a) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR HOUSE CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUSH INTO SOUTHERN COLUMBIA.—

If, by July 15, 2000, the House of Representatives has not considered an appropriation bill that includes funds to support the Push

into Southern Columbia, then it shall be in order at any time after

such date (but before July 31) to move that the House resolve itself

into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union for the

consideration of such a bill.

(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER OF HOUSE.—This section is

enacted—

(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of

Representatives, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules

of the House, but applicable only with respect to the procedure

to be followed in the House in the case of a bill described in

this section, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent

that it is inconsistent with such rules; and

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the

House to change the rules at any time, in the same manner

and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the

House.

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SAWYER OF

OHIO, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 8, line 13, before the period insert the following: ‘‘: Provided

further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less

than $50,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for internally displaced persons in Colombia’’.

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GILMAN OF

NEW YORK, OR REPRESENTATIVE GOSS OF FLORIDA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

Page 9, after line 4, insert the following:
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CHAPTER 5

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE

SEC. 1501. (a) CONDITIONS ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIA.—

(1) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds appropriated in this

title for military assistance may be made available to the Government of Colombia until the President submits to the Congress a certification that—

(A) the Government of Colombia has agreed to and is

implementing a strategy to eliminate Colombia’s total coca

and opium poppy production by 2005 through a mix of alternative development programs; manual eradication; aerial spraying of chemical herbicides; tested, environmentally safe mycoherbicides; and the destruction of illicit

narcotics laboratories on Colombian territory;

(B) the head of the Colombian Armed Forces has been

granted and is exercising authority that is identical to that

held by the head of the Colombian National Police to summarily dismiss Colombian Armed Forces personnel for

gross violations of human rights;

(C) the Colombian Armed Forces are cooperating with civilian authorities in investigating Colombian Armed

Forces personnel where credible evidence exists of gross

violations of human rights, and, if those investigations result in indictments, the Colombian Armed Forces are cooperating with civilian authorities in prosecuting and punishing such personnel in the civilian courts; and

(D) the Colombian Armed Forces are developing and deploying in their field units a Judge Advocate General

Corps to investigate Colombian Armed Forces personnel

for gross violations of human rights.

(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the limitation in

paragraph (1) if the President determines that the waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances.

(b) MONITORING.—Of the funds made available under this title—

(1) up to $1,500,000 shall be made available to provide comprehensive law of war training and to support the development

of a judge advocate general corps to investigate Colombian

Armed Forces personnel who are credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights;

(2) up to $250,000 shall be made available to enhance the

United States Embassy’s capabilities to monitor the use of

United States assistance to Colombian Armed Forces to investigate reports of gross violations of human rights involving

United States assistance; and

(3) up to $250,000 shall be made available to enhance the

United States Embassy’s capabilities to monitor the role of the

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National

Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Colombian Self Defense

organization (AUC) in criminal acts against American citizens

and property, including, but not limited to, kidnapping, extortion, murder, and terrorist acts.
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SEC. 1502. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS FOR PERSONS CREDIBLY ALLEGED

TO HAVE AIDED AND ABETTED COLOMBIAN INSURGENT AND PARA- MILITARY GROUPS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

made available in this or any other Act for any fiscal year for the

Department of State may be used to issue visas to any person who

has been credibly alleged to have provided direct or indirect support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the

National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Colombian Self Defense organization (AUC), including conspiracy to allow, facilitate,

or promote the illegal activities of such groups.

(b) EXEMPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary

of State finds, on a case-by-case basis, that the entry into the

United States of a person who would otherwise be excluded under

this section is necessary for medical reasons, or to permit the prosecution of such person in the United States, or the person has cooperated fully with the investigation of crimes committed by individuals associated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United

Colombian Self Defense organization (AUC).

(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if the President determines that the waiver is in the national interest.

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOWLER OF

FLORIDA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 11, line 24, insert ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon.

Page 11, line 25, strike ‘‘and conducting’’ and all that follows

through the comma on page 12, line 2.

Page 13, line 10, strike ‘‘fire-fighting’’ and all that follows

through the comma on line 12.

Page 13, strike lines 14 through 17 and insert the following:

the President has certified to the Congress that trespassing and

other intrusions on the range have ceased; that the integrity and

accessibility of the training range is uninterrupted; that he has directed the Attorney General to strictly enforce all Federal laws

aimed at preventing trespassing and other violations of security

and safety on the range; and that he has directed that military

training operations utilizing the full range of live ordnance in use

prior to April 19, 1999, be resumed and that such training operations have been initiated:

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS OF

CALIFORNIA, OR REPRESENTATIVE SPENCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 30 MINUTES

At the end of chapter 2 of title II (page 20, after line 10), insert

the following new sections:

SEC. 2207. (a) QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAMS.—In addition to

amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available

for obligation until September 30, 2001, $231,000,000, of which—
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(1) $221,000,000 is available only for the Basic Allowance for

Housing program, as follows: ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, $70,000,000;

‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, $56,000,000;

‘‘Military Personnel, Marine Corps’’, $17,100,000;

‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, $58,600,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Army’’, $4,100,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Navy’’, $4,000,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps’’, $600,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air Force’’, $300,000;

‘‘National Guard Personnel, Army’’, $6,900,000; and

‘‘National Guard Personnel, Air Force’’, $3,400,000; and

(2) $10,000,000 is available only for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the overseas special supplemental

food program established under section 1060a of title 10,

United States Code.

(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

SEC. 2208. (a) MILITARY RECRUITING, ADVERTISING, AND RETEN- TION PROGRAMS.—In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense elsewhere in

this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000

(Public Law 106–79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available for obligation until September

30, 2001, and to be available only for military personnel recruiting,

advertising, and retention programs, $600,600,000, as follows: (1) For military personnel accounts, $450,600,000, as follows: ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, $76,400,000;

‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, $69,100,000;

‘‘Military Personnel, Marine Corps’’, $6,000,000;

‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, $108,800,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Army’’, $47,500,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Navy’’, $14,100,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps’’, $1,000,000;

‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air Force’’, $11,700,000;

‘‘National Guard Personnel, Army’’, $103,300,000; and

‘‘National Guard Personnel, Air Force’’, $12,700,000.

(2) For operation and maintenance accounts, $150,000,000,

as follows:

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $45,900,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $26,200,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,

$14,700,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $21,600,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,

$8,800,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve’’,

$11,900,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve’’,

$1,600,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’,

$1,000,000;
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‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $2,100,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’’, $14,000,000; and

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard’’, $2,200,000.

(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

SEC. 2209. (a) DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.—In addition to

amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), there is hereby appropriated, to remain available for obligation until September

30, 2001, $750,000,000 for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’.

(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

SEC. 2210. (a) DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.—In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the

Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department

of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), there is

hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, and to be available

only for depot-level maintenance and repair, $1,205,600,000, as follows:

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $200,000,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $538,800,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $50,000,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $250,000,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve’’, $33,000,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’,

$5,000,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve’’,

$37,200,000; and

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard’’,

$91,600,000.

(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

SEC. 2211. (a) HIGH PRIORITY SUPPORT TO DEPLOYED FORCES.—

In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available

for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79),

there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, for the

support of deployed forces as specified in subsection (b),

$1,212,700,000, as follows:

(1) For operation and maintenance accounts, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, $738,900,000, as

follows:

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $200,000,000;
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‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $310,300,000;

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $197,000,000;

and

‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,

$31,600,000.

(2) For procurement accounts, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002, $405,800,000, as follows:

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, $50,000,000, to be available only for Apache helicopter safety and reliability modifications;

‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, $50,000,000, to be available only for the Patriot missile reliability enhancement

program;

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, $52,800,000, of which

$27,000,000 is available only for CH–46 helicopter engine

safety procurement and $25,800,000 is available only for

EP–3 sensor improvements and modifications;

‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, $209,700,000, of

which $111,600,000 is available only for U–2 reconnaissance aircraft sensor modifications and $98,100,000 is

available only for flight training simulators;

‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, $30,300,000; and

‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, $13,000,000.

(3) For research, development, test and evaluation accounts,

to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001,

$68,000,000, as follows:

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air

Force’’, $10,000,000, to be available only for a JSTARS aircraft mission trainer; and

‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, DefenseWide’’, $58,000,000.

(b) SPECIFIED PURPOSES.—Amounts appropriated in this section

are available only for the provision to deployed United States forces

of—

(1) equipment safety and reliability enhancements;

(2) improved materiel and logistics support; and

(3) upgraded intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

(ISR) capabilities.

(c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount made available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LARGENT

OF OKLAHOMA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 78, after line 17, insert the following new chapter:
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CHAPTER 8

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Of the amount appropriated under this heading in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section

1000(1) of Public Law 106–113) (113 Stat. 1537–1), $750,000 shall

be available to the Commission on Online Child Protection established under section 1405 of the Child Online Protection Act (47

U.S.C. 231 note) for carrying out the duties of the Commission, to

remain available until the termination of the Commission under

section 1405(l) of such Act.

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WELDON

OF PENNSYLVANIA, OR REPRESENTATIVE SMITH OF MICHIGAN, OR

A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 80, after line 11, insert the following new sections:

SEC. 5109. For an additional amount for the Secretary of Agriculture for carrying out section 306(a)(14) of the Consolidated Farm

and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(14)), $10,000,000, to

remain available until expended.

SEC. 5110. (a) For an additional amount for carrying out this section, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

(b) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

shall establish an office in the Agency to establish specific criteria

of grant recipients and to administer grants under this section.

(c) The Director may make grants, on a competitive basis, to

safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn safety

programs for the purpose of assisting those organizations in conducting burn prevention programs or augmenting existing burn

prevention programs.

(d) The Director may make grants, on a competitive basis, to hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn

care research.

(e) The Director may make grants, on a competitive basis, to governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn

treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims.

SEC. 5111. (a) For an additional amount for carrying out this section, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended.

(b) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

shall establish a program to award grants to volunteer, paid, and

combined departments that provide fire and emergency medical

services.

(c) Grants awarded under this section may be used—

(1) to acquire personal protective equipment required for

firefighting personnel by the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, and other personal protective equipment for

firefighting personnel;
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(2) to acquire additional firefighting equipment, including

equipment for communication and monitoring;

(3) to establish wellness and fitness programs for firefighting

personnel to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related

to health and conditioning problems;

(4) to promote professional development of fire code enforcement personnel;

(5) to integrate computer technology to improve records management and training capabilities;

(6) to train firefighting personnel in firefighting, emergency

response, and arson prevention and detection;

(7) to enforce fire codes;

(8) to fund fire prevention programs and public education

programs about arson prevention and detection, and juvenile

fire setter intervention; and

(9) to modify fire stations, fire training facilities, and other

facilities to protect the health and safety of firefighting personnel.

(d) Applications for grants under this section shall include—

(1) a demonstration of financial need;

(2) evidence of a commitment for at least an equal amount

as the amount of the grant sought, to be provided by non-Federal sources;

(3) a cost benefit analysis linking the funds to improvements

in public safety; and

(4) a commitment to provide information to the National Fire

Incident Reporting System for the period for which the grant

is received.

(e) Grant recipients under this section shall be subject to audits

to ensure that the funds are spent for their intended purposes.

SEC. 5112. (a) Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the end and

inserting a semicolon; and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following new paragraph:

‘‘(24) provision of assistance to local fire fighting, emergency

medical, or rescue services for—

‘‘(A) acquisition, repair, or rehabilitation of equipment

(including any accessory, communications, or protective

equipment) or vehicles for fire fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services,

‘‘(B) construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, or improvement of facilities for local fire fighting, emergency medical,

or rescue services, or

‘‘(C) training or planning involved in providing fire fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services; and’’.

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KASICH

OF OHIO, OR REPRESENTATIVE SHAYS OF CONNECTICUT, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 30 MINUTES

At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the

short title) the following new section:
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SEC. ll. (a) Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the

heading ‘‘Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund’’ for

military operations in Kosovo, not more than 50 percent may be obligated until the President certifies in writing to Congress that the

European Commission, the member nations of the European

Union, and the European member nations of the North Atlantic

Treaty Organization have, in the aggregate—

(1) obligated or contracted for at least 33 percent of the

amount of the assistance that those organizations and nations

committed to provide for 1999 and 2000 for reconstruction in

Kosovo;

(2) obligated or contracted for at least 75 percent of the

amount of the assistance that those organizations and nations

committed for 1999 and 2000 for humanitarian assistance in

Kosovo;

(3) provided at least 75 percent of the amount of the assistance that those organizations and nations committed for 1999

and 2000 for the Kosovo Consolidated Budget; and

(4) deployed at least 75 percent of the number of police, including special police, that those organizations and nations

pledged for the United Nations international police force for

Kosovo.

(b) The President shall submit to Congress, with any certification

submitted by the President under subsection (a), a report containing detailed information on—

(1) the commitments and pledges made by each organization

and nation referred to in subsection (a) for reconstruction assistance in Kosovo, humanitarian assistance in Kosovo, the

Kosovo Consolidated Budget, and police (including special police) for the United Nations international police force for

Kosovo;

(2) the amount of assistance that has been provided in each

category, and the number of police that have been deployed to

Kosovo, by each such organization or nation; and

(3) the full range of commitments and responsibilities that

have been undertaken for Kosovo by the United Nations, the

European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the progress made by those organizations in fulfilling those commitments and responsibilities,

an assessment of the tasks that remain to be accomplished,

and an anticipated schedule for completing those tasks.

(c) If the President does not submit to Congress a certification

and report under subsections (a) and (b) on or before June 1, 2000,

then, beginning on June 2, 2000, the 50 percent of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Overseas Contingency

Operations Transfer Fund’’ for military operations in Kosovo that

remain unobligated (as required by subsection (a)) shall be available only for the purpose of conducting a safe, orderly, and phased

withdrawal of United States military personnel from Kosovo, and

no other amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense in

this Act or any Act enacted before the date of the enactment of this

Act may be obligated to continue the deployment of United States

military personnel in Kosovo. In that case, the President shall sub-
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mit to Congress, not later than June 30, 2000, a report on the plan

for the withdrawal.

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAFFER

OF COLORADO, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following new section:

SEC. ll. Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of

this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct and complete a comprehensive fraud audit of the Department

of Education and submit a report setting forth the results of the

audit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the

House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education,

Labor and Pensions of the Senate.

14. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HOEKSTRA OF MICHIGAN, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for reviews and audits of the State Commissions on National and Community Service (including alternative administrative entities) established under section 178 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12638), $1,000,000, to be derived by

transfer from the unobligated balance in the National Service

Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle D

of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.).

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