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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5482

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing

and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,

commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 18, 2000

Mr. WALSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Appropriations

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2001, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

6 Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

7 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis-
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1 cal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur2 poses, namely:

3 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

4 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

5 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

8 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex9 aminations as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters

10 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or

11 on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.

12 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur13 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,

14 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre15 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran16 teed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’

17 and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and

18 for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107,

19 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61;

20 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;

21 76 Stat. 1198), $22,766,276,000, to remain available

22 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $17,419,000

23 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen24 eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary

25 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

26 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in
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1 the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters

2 51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifi3 cally provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appro4 priation: Provided further, That such sums as may be

5 earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reim6 bursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving fund’’ to augment

7 the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing

8 home care provided to pensioners as authorized.

9 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

10 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

11 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38

12 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55,

13 and 61, $1,634,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro15 gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au16 thorized to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38,

17 United States Code, other than under subsection (a)(1),

18 (2), (5) and (11) of that section, shall be charged to the

19 account: Provided further, That funds shall be available

20 to pay any court order, court award or any compromise

21 settlement arising from litigation involving the vocational

22 training program authorized by section 18 of Public Law

23 98–77, as amended.

24 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

25 For military and naval insurance, national service life

26 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
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1 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as

2 authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72

3 Stat. 487, $19,850,000, to remain available until ex4 pended.

5 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

9 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as

10 authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Pro11 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

12 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con13 gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur14 ther, That during fiscal year 2001, within the resources

15 available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for

16 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing

17 loans.

18 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

19 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $162,000,000,

20 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro21 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

22 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized

25 by 38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such

26 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
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1 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

2 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds

3 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin4 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,400.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

6 carry out the direct loan program, $220,000, which may

7 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

8 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

9 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the cost of direct loans, $52,000, as authorized

12 by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such

13 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

14 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

15 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds

16 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin17 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,726,000.

18 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

19 carry out the direct loan program, $432,000, which may

20 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

21 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

22 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

23 ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

26 loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub-
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1 chapter V, as amended, $532,000, which may be trans2 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

3 operating expenses’’.

4 GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR

5 HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 Not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated

8 by this Act for ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Med9 ical care’’ may be expended for the administrative ex10 penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program author11 ized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI.

12 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

13 MEDICAL CARE

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op16 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili17 ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and

18 outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De19 partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat20 ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the depart21 ment; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and

22 equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental

23 thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in the department;

24 administrative expenses in support of planning, design,

25 project management, real property acquisition and disposi26 tion, construction and renovation of any facility under the
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1 jurisdiction or for the use of the department; oversight,

2 engineering and architectural activities not charged to

3 project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing fa4 cilities in the several hospitals and homes under the juris5 diction of the department, not otherwise provided for, ei6 ther by contract or by the hire of temporary employees

7 and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances there8 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State

9 homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative

10 and legal expenses of the department for collecting and

11 recovering amounts owed the department as authorized

12 under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical

13 Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.,

14 $20,281,587,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of

15 the funds made available under this heading,

16 $900,000,000 is for the equipment and land and struc17 tures object classifications only, which amount shall not

18 become available for obligation until August 1, 2001, and

19 shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided

20 further, That of the funds made available under this head21 ing, not to exceed $500,000,000 shall be available until

22 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That of the funds

23 made available under this heading, not to exceed

24 $28,134,000 may be transferred to and merged with the

25 appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’: Provided
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1 further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall con2 duct by contract a program of recovery audits for the fee

3 basis and other medical services contracts with respect to

4 payments for hospital care; and, notwithstanding 31

5 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise,

6 as the result of such audits shall be available, without fis7 cal year limitation, for the purposes for which funds are

8 appropriated under this heading and the purposes of pay9 ing a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a

10 result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided

11 further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding

12 proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as

13 that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be

14 allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that re15 gion.

16 In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–

17 33 establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Med18 ical Care Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited

19 to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be trans20 ferred to this account, to remain available until expended

21 for the purposes of this account.

22 None of the foregoing funds may be transferred to

23 the Department of Justice for the purposes of supporting

24 tobacco litigation.
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1 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

3 medical and prosthetic research and development as au4 thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until

5 September 30, 2002, $351,000,000, plus reimbursements.

6 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

9 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

10 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad11 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi12 ties, $62,000,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, That

13 technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities

14 Management Field Service, including project management

15 and real property administration (including leases, site ac16 quisition and disposal activities directly supporting

17 projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans Af18 fairs components only on a reimbursable basis, and such

19 amounts will remain available until September 30, 2001.

20 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

21 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

23 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

24 uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for

25 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas26 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General
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1 Services Administration for security guard services, and

2 the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em3 ployee mail, $1,050,000,000: Provided, That expenses for

4 services and assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C.

5 3104(a)(1), (2), (5) and (11) that the Secretary deter6 mines are necessary to enable entitled veterans (1) to the

7 maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to ob8 tain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve

9 maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged

10 to this account: Provided further, That of the funds made

11 available under this heading, not to exceed $45,000,000

12 shall be available until September 30, 2002: Provided fur13 ther, That funds under this heading shall be available to

14 administer the Service Members Occupational Conversion

15 and Training Act.

16 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op19 eration of the National Cemetery Administration, not oth20 erwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances

21 therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; pur22 chase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial

23 operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles,

24 $109,889,000: Provided, That travel expenses shall not ex25 ceed $1,125,000: Provided further, That of the amount
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1 made available under this heading, not to exceed $125,000

2 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

3 for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

7 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,

8 as amended, $46,464,000: Provided, That of the amount

9 made available under this heading, not to exceed $28,000

10 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

11 for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

12 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

13 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

14 any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use

15 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the

16 purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,

17 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,

18 United States Code, including planning, architectural and

19 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period

20 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro21 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite

22 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and

23 site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is

24 $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were

25 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

26 $66,040,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That except for advance planning of projects (in2 cluding market-based assessments of health care needs

3 which may or may not lead to capital investments) funded

4 through the advance planning fund and the design of

5 projects funded through the design fund, none of these

6 funds shall be used for any project which has not been

7 considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary

8 process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap9 propriation for fiscal year 2001, for each approved project

10 shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction

11 documents contract by September 30, 2001; and (2) by

12 the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,

13 2002: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly

14 report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any

15 approved major construction project in which obligations

16 are not incurred within the time limitations established

17 above: Provided further, That no funds from any other ac18 count except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli19 gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving

20 a project which was approved in the budget process and

21 funded in this account until one year after substantial

22 completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department

23 of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with

24 respect to that part only.
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1 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

2 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

3 any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use

4 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan5 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance

6 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip7 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of

8 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

9 construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the

10 purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,

11 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title

12 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a

13 project is less than $4,000,000, $162,000,000, to remain

14 available until expended, along with unobligated balances

15 of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations

16 which are hereby made available for any project where the

17 estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That

18 funds in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs

19 to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction

20 or for the use of the department which are necessary be21 cause of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster

22 or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to

23 prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.

24 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

25 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38

26 U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected, to remain avail-
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1 able until expended, which shall be available for all author2 ized expenses except operations and maintenance costs,

3 which will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.

4 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

5 FACILITIES

6 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct

7 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re8 model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and

9 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care

10 to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137,

11 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.

12 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

13 CEMETERIES

14 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

15 or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by

16 38 U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000, to remain available until

17 expended.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2001 for

21 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’,

22 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans23 ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.

24 SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart25 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for salaries
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1 and expenses shall be available for services authorized by

2 5 U.S.C. 3109.

3 SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De4 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations

5 for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor

6 projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be

7 available for the purchase of any site for or toward the

8 construction of any new hospital or home.

9 SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De10 partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos11 pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene12 ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits

13 to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under

14 5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless re15 imbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ ac16 count at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of

17 Veterans Affairs.

18 SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart19 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for ‘‘Com20 pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and

21 ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available

22 for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to

23 be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year

24 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2000.
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1 SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the

2 Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 shall

3 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding

4 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X

5 of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law

6 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust

7 fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation

8 and pensions’’.

9 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 law, during fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Veterans

11 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance

12 Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur13 ance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Gov14 ernment Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reim15 burse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the

16 cost of administration of the insurance programs financed

17 through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement

18 shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated

19 in an insurance program in fiscal year 2001, that are

20 available for dividends in that program after claims have

21 been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been

22 set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administra23 tion of an insurance program exceeds the amount of sur24 plus earnings accumulated in that program, reimburse25 ment shall be made only to the extent of such surplus
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1 earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall deter2 mine the cost of administration for fiscal year 2001, which

3 is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance pro4 gram and to the provision of any total disability income

5 insurance included in such insurance program.

6 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of

7 law, collections authorized by the Veterans Millennium

8 Health Care and Benefits Act (Public Law 106–117) and

9 credited to the appropriate Department of Veterans Af10 fairs accounts in fiscal year 2001, shall not be available

11 for obligation or expenditure unless appropriation lan12 guage making such funds available is enacted.

13 SEC. 109. In accordance with section 1557 of title

14 31, United States Code, the following obligated balance

15 shall be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such

16 title and shall remain available for expenditure until Sep17 tember 30, 2003: funds obligated by the Department of

18 Veterans Affairs for a contract with the Institute for Clin19 ical Research to study the application of artificial neural

20 networks to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate can21 cer through the Cooperative DoD/VA Medical Research

22 program from funds made available to the Department of

23 Veterans Affairs by the Department of Defense Appro24 priations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–335) under the
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1 heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,

2 Defense-Wide’’.

3 SEC. 110. As HR LINK$ will not be part of the

4 Franchise Fund in fiscal year 2001, funds budgeted in

5 customer accounts to purchase HR LINK$ services from

6 the Franchise Fund shall be transferred to the General

7 Administration portion of the ‘‘General operating ex8 penses’’ appropriation in the following amounts: $78,000

9 from the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, $358,000 from

10 the ‘‘National cemetery administration’’, $1,106,000 from

11 ‘‘Medical care’’, $84,000 from ‘‘Medical administration

12 and miscellaneous operating expenses’’, and $38,000 shall

13 be reprogrammed within the ‘‘General operating ex14 penses’’ appropriation from the Veterans Benefits Admin15 istration to General Administration for the same purpose.

16 SEC. 111. Not to exceed $1,600,000 from the ‘‘Med17 ical care’’ appropriation shall be transferred to the ‘‘Gen18 eral operating expenses’’ appropriation to fund personnel

19 services costs of employees providing legal services and ad20 ministrative support for the Office of General Counsel.

21 SEC. 112. Not to exceed $1,200,000 may be trans22 ferred from the ‘‘Medical care’’ appropriation to the ‘‘Gen23 eral operating expenses’’ appropriation to fund contracts

24 and services in support of the Veterans Benefits Adminis25 tration’s Benefits Delivery Center, Systems Development
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1 Center, and Finance Center, located at the Department

2 of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hines, Illinois.

3 SEC. 113. Not to exceed $4,500,000 from the ‘‘Con4 struction, minor projects’’ appropriation and not to exceed

5 $2,000,000 from the ‘‘Medical care’’ appropriation may

6 be transferred to and merged with the Parking Revolving

7 Fund for surface parking lot projects.

8 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of

9 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise

10 made available in this Act for ‘‘Medical care’’ appropria11 tions of the Department of Veterans Affairs may be obli12 gated for the realignment of the health care delivery sys13 tem in Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN

14 12) until 60 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

15 certifies that the Department has: (1) consulted with vet16 erans organizations, medical school affiliates, employee

17 representatives, State veterans and health associations,

18 and other interested parties with respect to the realign19 ment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to

20 the Congress and the public information from the con21 sultations regarding possible impacts on the accessibility

22 of veterans health care services to affected veterans.
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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

2 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

3 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

4 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For activities and assistance to prevent the involun7 tary displacement of low-income families, the elderly and

8 the disabled because of the loss of affordable housing

9 stock, expiration of subsidy contracts (other than con10 tracts for which amounts are provided under another

11 heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or

12 other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for

13 other purposes, $13,940,907,000 and amounts that are

14 recaptured in this account to remain available until ex15 pended: Provided, That of the total amount provided

16 under this heading, $13,430,000,000, of which

17 $9,230,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000 and

18 $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2001,

19 shall be for assistance under the United States Housing

20 Act of 1937 (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437): Pro21 vided further, That the foregoing amounts shall be for use

22 in connection with expiring or terminating section 8 sub23 sidy contracts, for amendments to section 8 subsidy con24 tracts, for enhanced vouchers (including amendments and

25 renewals) under any provision of law authorizing such as26 sistance under section 8(t) of the United States Housing
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1 Act of 1937 (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), contract administra2 tors, and contracts entered into pursuant to section 441

3 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act:

4 Provided further, That amounts available under the first

5 proviso under this heading shall be available for section

6 8 rental assistance under the Act: (1) for the relocation

7 and replacement of housing units that are demolished or

8 disposed of pursuant to section 24 of the United States

9 Housing Act of 1937 or to other authority for the revital10 ization of severely distressed public housing, as set forth

11 in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of Vet12 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

13 Independent Agencies for fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995,

14 and 1997, and in the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions

15 and Appropriations Act of 1996; (2) for the conversion

16 of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8; (3)

17 for funds to carry out the family unification program; (4)

18 for the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts

19 to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant

20 to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agen21 cy; (5) for tenant protection assistance, including replace22 ment and relocation assistance; and (6) for the 1-year re23 newal of section 8 contracts for units in a project that

24 is subject to an approved plan of action under the Emer25 gency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or
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1 the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident

2 Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That of the

3 total amount provided under this heading, $11,000,000

4 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the

5 development and maintenance of information technology

6 systems: Provided further, That of the total amount pro7 vided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made

8 available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the

9 designation of a public housing development under section

10 7 of the Act, the establishment of preferences in accord11 ance with section 651 of the Housing and Community De12 velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restric13 tion of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with

14 section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary

15 determines that such amount is not needed to fund appli16 cations for such affected families, to other nonelderly dis17 abled families: Provided further, That of the total amount

18 provided under this heading, $452,907,000 shall be made

19 available for incremental vouchers under section 8 of the

20 United States Housing Act of 1937 on a fair share basis

21 and administered by public housing agencies: Provided

22 further, That of the total amount provided under this

23 heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be made available for the

24 completion of the Jobs Plus Demonstration: Provided fur25 ther, That amounts available under this heading may be
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1 made available for administrative fees and other expenses

2 to cover the cost of administering rental assistance pro3 grams under section 8 of the United States Housing Act

4 of 1937: Provided further, That the fee otherwise author5 ized under section 8(q) of such Act shall be determined

6 in accordance with section 8(q), as in effect immediately

7 before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work

8 Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided further, That

9 $1,833,000,000 is rescinded from unobligated balances re10 maining from funds appropriated to the Department of

11 Housing and Urban Development under this heading or

12 the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’

13 or any other heading for fiscal year 2000 and prior years:

14 Provided further, That any such balances governed by re15 allocation provisions under the statute authorizing the

16 program for which the funds were originally appropriated

17 shall not be available for this rescission: Provided further,

18 That the Secretary shall have until September 30, 2001,

19 to meet the rescission in the proviso preceding the imme20 diately preceding proviso: Provided further, That any obli21 gated balances of contract authority that have been termi22 nated shall be canceled.
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1 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to

4 carry out capital and management activities for public

5 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the

6 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42

7 U.S.C. 1437), $3,000,000,000, to remain available until

8 expended, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be for car9 rying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, for

10 lease adjustments to section 23 projects and $43,000,000

11 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the

12 development and maintenance of information technology

13 systems: Provided, That no funds may be used under this

14 heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the

15 United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further,

16 That of the total amount, up to $75,000,000 shall be

17 available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment to make grants to public housing agencies for

19 emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and

20 natural disasters in fiscal year 2001.

21 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

22 For payments to public housing agencies for the oper23 ation and management of public housing, as authorized

24 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,

25 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $3,242,000,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended: Provided, That no funds

2 may be used under this heading for the purposes specified

3 in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

4 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For grants to public housing agencies and Indian

7 tribes and their tribally designated housing entities for use

8 in eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized

9 by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, for grants for federally as10 sisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909,

11 and for drug information clearinghouse services author12 ized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to remain

13 available until expended: Provided, That of the total

14 amount provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000

15 shall be solely for technical assistance, technical assistance

16 grants, training, and program assessment for or on behalf

17 of public housing agencies, resident organizations, and In18 dian tribes and their tribally designated housing entities

19 (including up to $150,000 for the cost of necessary travel

20 for participants in such training) for oversight, training

21 and improved management of this program, $2,000,000

22 shall be available to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America

23 for the operating and start-up costs of clubs located in

24 or near, and primarily serving residents of, public housing

25 and housing assisted under the Native American Housing

26 Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and
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1 $10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to

2 combat violent crime in public and assisted housing under

3 the Operation Safe Home Program administered by the

4 Inspector General of the Department of Housing and

5 Urban Development: Provided further, That of the amount

6 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the

7 Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home: Pro8 vided further, That of the amount under this heading,

9 $20,000,000 shall be available for the New Approach

10 Anti-Drug program which will provide competitive grants

11 to entities managing or operating public housing develop12 ments, federally assisted multifamily housing develop13 ments, or other multifamily housing developments for low14 income families supported by non-Federal governmental

15 entities or similar housing developments supported by non16 profit private sources in order to provide or augment secu17 rity (including personnel costs), to assist in the investiga18 tion and/or prosecution of drug-related criminal activity

19 in and around such developments, and to provide assist20 ance for the development of capital improvements at such

21 developments directly relating to the security of such de22 velopments: Provided further, That grants for the New Ap23 proach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive

24 basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of

25 Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
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1 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

2 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

3 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition,

4 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based

5 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24

6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, $575,000,000

7 to remain available until expended, of which the Secretary

8 may use up to $10,000,000 for technical assistance and

9 contract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly by

10 grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including

11 training and cost of necessary travel for participants in

12 such training, by or to officials and employees of the de13 partment and of public housing agencies and to residents:

14 Provided, That none of such funds shall be used directly

15 or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards

16 to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly per17 mitted herein.

18 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro21 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American

22 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996

23 (NAHASDA) (Public Law 104–330), $650,000,000, to

24 remain available until expended, of which $6,000,000 shall

25 be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, con26 tract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the
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1 training, oversight, and management of Indian housing

2 and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for

3 related travel: Provided, That of the amount provided

4 under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available

5 for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as

6 authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further,

7 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such

8 notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section

9 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend10 ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub11 sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other

12 obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to

13 exceed $54,600,000: Provided further, That for adminis14 trative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program,

15 up to $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which

16 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

17 for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the ad18 ministrative costs of these guarantees: Provided further,

19 That of the amount provided in this heading, $2,000,000

20 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for de21 velopment and maintaining information technology sys22 tems.
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1 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

5 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development

6 Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain

7 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in8 cluding the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de9 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

10 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are

11 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of

12 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $71,956,000.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

14 the guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from

15 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred

16 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and

17 expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of

18 these guarantees.

19 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

20 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

21 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per22 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS

23 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901),

24 $258,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring con-
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1 tracts that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such

2 Act that meet all program requirements before awarding

3 funds for new contracts and activities authorized under

4 this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may use

5 up to 1 percent of the funds under this heading for train6 ing, oversight, and technical assistance activities.

7 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

8 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De9 velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De10 velopment, $25,000,000 to remain available until ex11 pended, which amount shall be awarded by June 1, 2001,

12 to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State

13 community and/or economic development agencies, local

14 rural nonprofits and community development corporations

15 to support innovative housing and economic development

16 activities in rural areas: Provided, That all grants shall

17 be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section

18 102 of the HUD Reform Act.

19 EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES

20 For grants in connection with a second round of em21 powerment zones and enterprise communities,

22 $90,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That $75,000,000 shall be available for the Sec24 retary of Housing and Urban Development for ‘‘Urban

25 Empowerment Zones’’, as authorized in the Taxpayer Re26 lief Act of 1997, including $5,000,000 for each empower-
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1 ment zone for use in conjunction with economic develop2 ment activities consistent with the strategic plan of each

3 empowerment zone: Provided further, That $15,000,000

4 shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for

5 grants for designated empowerment zones in rural areas

6 and for grants for designated rural enterprise commu7 nities.

8 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For assistance to units of State and local govern11 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community

12 development activities, and for other purposes,

13 $5,057,550,000: Provided, That of the amount provided,

14 $4,409,000,000 is for carrying out the community devel15 opment block grant program under title I of the Housing

16 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

17 (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), to remain available

18 until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That

19 $71,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith20 standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall

21 be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council,

22 $2,600,000 shall be available as a grant to the National

23 American Indian Housing Council, $10,000,000 shall be

24 available as a grant to the National Housing Development

25 Corporation, for operating expenses not to exceed
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1 $2,000,000 and for a program of affordable housing ac2 quisition and rehabilitation, and $45,500,000 shall be for

3 grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act of which

4 $3,000,000 shall be made available to support Alaska Na5 tive serving institutions and native Hawaiian serving insti6 tutions, as defined under the Higher Education Act, as

7 amended, and of which $3,000,000 shall be made available

8 to tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, ren9 ovate, and equip their facilities: Provided further, That not

10 to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro11 priated herein (other than a grant made available in this

12 paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council or the Na13 tional American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using

14 funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Com15 munity Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be

16 expended for ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’

17 and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations promul18 gated by the department: Provided further, That

19 $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital

20 Fund for the development and maintenance of information

21 technology systems: Provided further, That $20,000,000

22 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Housing Op23 portunity Program.

24 Of the amount made available under this heading,

25 $28,450,000 shall be made available for capacity building,
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1 of which $25,000,000 shall be made available for ‘‘Capac2 ity Building for Community Development and Affordable

3 Housing’’, for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for

4 activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Dem5 onstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect

6 immediately before June 12, 1997, of which not less than

7 $5,000,000 of the funding shall be used in rural areas,

8 including tribal areas, and of which $3,450,000 shall be

9 made available for capacity building activities adminis10 tered by Habitat for Humanity International.

11 Of the amount made available under this heading, the

12 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use

13 up to $55,000,000 for supportive services for public hous14 ing residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United

15 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for resi16 dents of housing assisted under the Native American

17 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996

18 (NAHASDA) and for grants for service coordinators and

19 congregate services for the elderly and disabled residents

20 of public and assisted housing and housing assisted under

21 NAHASDA.

22 Of the amount made available under this heading,

23 $44,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives

24 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed

25 and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest-
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1 ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza2 tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating

3 or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous4 ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare

5 reform initiatives: Provided, that any unobligated balances

6 of amounts set aside for neighborhood initiatives in fiscal

7 years 1998, 1999, and 2000 may be utilized for any of

8 the foregoing purposes: Provided further, That these

9 grants shall be provided in accord with the terms and con10 ditions specified in the statement of managers accom11 panying this conference report.

12 Of the amount made available under this heading,

13 notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000

14 shall be available for YouthBuild program activities au15 thorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez

16 National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such

17 activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any

18 funds made available under this heading: Provided, That

19 local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to

20 leverage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a pri21 ority for YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That no

22 more than ten percent of any grant award may be used

23 for administrative costs: Provided further, That not less

24 than $10,000,000 shall be available for grants to establish

25 YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural areas: Pro-
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1 vided further, That of the amount provided under this

2 paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be set aside and made avail3 able for a grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building

4 for community development and affordable housing activi5 ties as specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration

6 Act of 1993, as amended.

7 Of the amounts made available under this heading,

8 $2,000,000 shall be available to the Utah Housing Fi9 nance Agency for the temporary use of relocatable housing

10 during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games provided such

11 housing is targeted to the housing needs of low-income

12 families after the Games.

13 Of the amount made available under this heading,

14 $292,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco15 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety

16 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the

17 terms and conditions specified in the statement of man18 agers accompanying this conference report.

19 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as au20 thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community

21 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, in22 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de23 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

24 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are

25 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
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1 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000,

2 notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding

3 obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing

4 and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided fur5 ther, That in addition, for administrative expenses to carry

6 out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall

7 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

8 ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’.

9 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

10 For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by

11 section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Develop12 ment Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelop13 ment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and

15 Urban Development shall make these grants available on

16 a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the De17 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act

18 of 1989.

19 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

22 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na23 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended,

24 $1,800,000,000 to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds shall be

26 available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the
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1 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided

2 further, That $17,000,000 shall be transferred to the

3 Working Capital Fund for the development and mainte4 nance of information technology systems.

5 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the emergency shelter grants program (as au8 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

9 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the

10 supportive housing program (as authorized under subtitle

11 C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabili12 tation single room occupancy program (as authorized

13 under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend14 ed) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441

15 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and

16 the shelter plus care program (as authorized under sub17 title F of title IV of such Act), $1,025,000,000, to remain

18 available until expended: Provided, That not less than 30

19 percent of these funds shall be used for permanent hous20 ing, and all funding for services must be matched by 25

21 percent in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That

22 all awards of assistance under this heading shall be re23 quired to coordinate and integrate homeless programs

24 with other mainstream health, social services, and employ25 ment programs for which homeless populations may be eli-
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1 gible, including Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insur2 ance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,

3 Food Stamps, and services funding through the Mental

4 Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce In5 vestment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program:

6 Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds ap7 propriated under this heading is transferred to the Work8 ing Capital Fund to be used for technical assistance for

9 management information systems and to develop an auto10 mated, client-level Annual Performance Report System:

11 Provided further, That $500,000 shall be made available

12 to the Interagency Council on the Homeless for adminis13 trative needs.

14 SHELTER PLUS CARE RENEWALS

15 For the renewal on an annual basis of contracts ex16 piring during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under the Shel17 ter Plus Care program, as authorized under subtitle F of

18 title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance

19 Act, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain available until

20 expended: Provided, That each Shelter Plus Care project

21 with an expiring contract shall be eligible for renewal only

22 if the project is determined to be needed under the appli23 cable continuum of care and meets appropriate program

24 requirements and financial standards, as determined by

25 the Secretary.
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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For assistance for the purchase, construction, acqui5 sition, or development of additional public and subsidized

6 housing units for low income families not otherwise pro7 vided for, $996,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That $779,000,000 shall be for capital

9 advances, including amendments to capital advance con10 tracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section

11 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for

12 project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for

13 project rental assistance, for the elderly under such section

14 202(c)(2), and for supportive services associated with the

15 housing, of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service

16 coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate

17 service grants for residents of assisted housing projects

18 and of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for grants

19 under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.

20 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible projects under such

21 section to assisted living or related use: Provided further,

22 That of the amount under this heading, $217,000,000

23 shall be for capital advances, including amendments to

24 capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for per25 sons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the
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1 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for

2 project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for

3 project rental assistance, and supportive services associ4 ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au5 thorized by section 811 of such Act: Provided further, That

6 $1,000,000, to be divided evenly between the appropria7 tions for the section 202 and section 811 programs, shall

8 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the devel9 opment and maintenance of information technology sys10 tems: Provided further, That the Secretary may designate

11 up to 25 percent of the amounts earmarked under this

12 paragraph for section 811 of such Act for tenant-based

13 assistance, as authorized under that section, including

14 such authority as may be waived under the next proviso,

15 which assistance is 5 years in duration: Provided further,

16 That the Secretary may waive any provision of such sec17 tion 202 and such section 811 (including the provisions

18 governing the terms and conditions of project rental as19 sistance and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary

20 determines is not necessary to achieve the objectives of

21 these programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to

22 develop, operate, or administer projects assisted under

23 these programs, and may make provision for alternative

24 conditions or terms where appropriate.
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1 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un4 committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep5 tember 30, 2000, and any collections made during fiscal

6 year 2001, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy

7 Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National

8 Housing Act, as amended.

9 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

10 FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 During fiscal year 2001, commitments to guarantee

14 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the

15 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan

16 principal of $160,000,000,000.

17 During fiscal year 2001, obligations to make direct

18 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the

19 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed

20 $250,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall

21 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con22 nection with sales of single family real properties owned

23 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual

24 Mortgage Insurance Fund.

25 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

26 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000,
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1 of which not to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred

2 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not

3 to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appro4 priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for

5 administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000, of which

6 $96,500,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital

7 Fund for the development and maintenance of information

8 technology systems: Provided, That to the extent guaran9 teed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or be10 fore April 1, 2001 an additional $1,400 for administrative

11 contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000

12 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a

13 pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but

14 in no case shall funds made available by this proviso ex15 ceed $16,000,000.

16 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

19 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12

20 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan

21 guarantee modifications (as that term is defined in section

22 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend23 ed), $101,000,000, to remain available until expended:

24 Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize total

25 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of
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1 up to $21,000,000,000: Provided further, That any

2 amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act

3 for the cost (as such term is defined in section 502 of

4 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed

5 loans that are obligations of the funds established under

6 section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act that have

7 not been obligated or that are deobligated shall be avail8 able to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

9 in connection with the making of such guarantees and

10 shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding the

11 expiration of any period of availability otherwise applicable

12 to such amounts.

13 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

14 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and

15 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed

16 $50,000,000; of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be

17 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi18 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for19 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed

20 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern21 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family

22 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in23 sured under such Act.

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

25 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,
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1 $211,455,000, of which $193,134,000, shall be trans2 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’;

3 and of which $18,321,000 shall be transferred to the ap4 propriation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition,

5 for administrative contract expenses necessary to carry

6 out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,

7 $144,000,000, of which $33,500,000 shall be transferred

8 to the Working Capital Fund for the development and

9 maintenance of information technology systems: Provided,

10 That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed

11 $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2001, an additional

12 $19,800,000 for administrative contract expenses shall be

13 available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed

14 loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro

15 rata amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but in

16 no case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed

17 $14,400,000.

18 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

19 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

20 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out

23 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act,

24 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed
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1 $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September

2 30, 2002.

3 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

4 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

5 $9,383,000 to be derived from the GNMA guarantees of

6 mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac7 count, of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be trans8 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’.

9 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

10 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

11 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro12 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

13 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

14 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

15 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ16 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec17 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

18 $53,500,000, to remain available until September 30,

19 2002: Provided, That of the amount provided under this

20 heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for Ad21 vancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Pro22 vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be for program eval23 uation to support strategic planning, performance meas24 urement, and their coordination with the Department’s

25 budget process: Provided further, That $500,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended, shall be for a commission

2 as established under section 525 of Preserving Affordable

3 Housing for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st

4 Century Act.

5 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

6 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

7 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth8 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil

9 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing

10 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing

11 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,

12 $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

13 2002, of which $24,000,000 shall be to carry out activities

14 pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds

15 made available under this heading shall be used to lobby

16 the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Gov17 ernment in connection with a specific contract, grant or

18 loan.

19 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

20 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

21 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author22 ized by sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead23 Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $100,000,000 to

24 remain available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall

25 be for CLEARCorps and $10,000,000 shall be for the
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1 Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and

2 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970

3 that shall include research, studies, testing, and dem4 onstration efforts, including education and outreach con5 cerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-re6 lated environmental diseases and hazards.

7 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary administrative and non-administrative

11 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel12 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex13 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex14 penses, $1,072,000,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be

15 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

16 Administration, $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds

17 of the Government National Mortgage Association,

18 $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ‘‘Community devel19 opment fund’’ account, $150,000 shall be provided by

20 transfer from the ‘‘Title VI Indian federal guarantees pro21 gram’’ account, and $200,000 shall be provided by trans22 fer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund pro23 gram’’ account: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited

24 from using any funds under this heading or any other

25 heading in this Act from employing more than 77 schedule

26 C and 20 noncareer Senior Executive Service employees:
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1 Provided further, That not more than $758,000,000 shall

2 be made available to the personal services object class:

3 Provided further, That no less than $100,000,000 shall be

4 transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the develop5 ment and maintenance of Information Technology Sys6 tems: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 7 out

7 of 10 vacancies at the GS–14 and GS–15 levels until the

8 total number of GS–14 and GS–15 positions in the De9 partment has been reduced from the number of GS–14

10 and GS–15 positions on the date of enactment of this pro11 vision by two and one-half percent: Provided further, That

12 the Secretary shall submit a staffing plan for the Depart13 ment by May 15, 2001: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary is prohibited from using funds under this heading

15 or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 14

16 employees in the Office of Public Affairs or in any position

17 in the Department where the employee reports to an em18 ployee of the Office of Public Affairs.

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

21 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,

22 as amended, $85,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be

23 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

24 Administration and $10,000,000 shall be provided from

25 the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the
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1 appropriation for ‘‘Drug elimination grants for low-income

2 housing’’: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have

3 independent authority over all personnel issues within the

4 Office of Inspector General.

5 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi9 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not

10 to exceed $500 for official reception and representation

11 expenses, $22,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter13 prise Oversight Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such

14 amount shall be available from the General Fund of the

15 Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and

16 make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the

17 Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount

18 shall be reduced as collections are received during the fis19 cal year so as to result in a final appropriation from the

20 General Fund estimated at not more than $0.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 FINANCING ADJUSTMENT FACTORS

23 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au24 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts

25 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured
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1 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart

2 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of

3 1988 (Public Law 100–628; 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall

4 be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to

5 the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or

6 cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the

7 Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies

8 or local governments or local housing agencies with

9 projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

10 Development for which settlement occurred after January

11 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding

12 the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15

13 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and

14 not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide

15 project owners with incentives to refinance their project

16 at a lower interest rate.

17 FAIR HOUSING AND FREE SPEECH

18 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under

19 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2001 to investigate

20 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise

21 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ22 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac23 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving

24 or preventing action by a Government official or entity,

25 or a court of competent jurisdiction.
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1 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

2 GRANTS

3 SEC. 203. (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding sec4 tion 854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act

5 (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made

6 available under this title for fiscal year 2001 that are allo7 cated under such section, the Secretary of Housing and

8 Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant, in

9 the amount determined under subsection (b), for any

10 State that—

11 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year

12 under clause (ii) of such section; and

13 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for

14 fiscal year 2001 under such clause (ii) because the

15 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis16 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year

17 2001 do not have the number of cases of acquired

18 immunodeficiency syndrome required under such

19 clause.

20 (b) AMOUNT.—The amount of the allocation and

21 grant for any State described in subsection (a) shall be

22 an amount based on the cumulative number of AIDS cases

23 in the areas of that State that are outside of metropolitan

24 statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) of such sec25 tion 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2001, in proportion to
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1 AIDS cases among cities and States that qualify under

2 clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligi3 ble under subsection (a).

4 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—Section 856 of the

5 Act is amended by adding the following new subsection

6 at the end:

7 ‘‘(h) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For purposes of

8 environmental review, a grant under this subtitle shall be

9 treated as assistance for a special project that is subject

10 to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property

11 Disposition Reform Act of 1994, and shall be subject to

12 the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such

13 section.’’.

14 ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY

15 SEC. 204. Section 204 of the Departments of Vet16 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

17 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, is

18 amended by striking ‘‘and 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2000,

19 and thereafter’’.

20 MAXIMUM PAYMENT STANDARD FOR ENHANCED

21 VOUCHERS

22 SEC. 205. Section 8(t)(1)(B) of the United States

23 Housing Act of 1937 is amended by inserting ‘‘and any

24 other reasonable limit prescribed by the Secretary’’ imme25 diately before the semicolon.
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1 DUE PROCESS FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

2 SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated under this

3 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing

4 and Urban Development to prohibit or debar or in any

5 way diminish the responsibilities of any entity (and the

6 individuals comprising that entity) that is responsible for

7 convening and managing a continuum of care process

8 (convenor) in a community for purposes of the Stewart

9 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act from participating

10 in that capacity unless the Secretary has published in the

11 Federal Register a description of all circumstances that

12 would be grounds for prohibiting or debarring a convenor

13 from administering a continuum of care process and the

14 procedures for a prohibition or debarment: Provided, That

15 these procedures shall include a requirement that a

16 convenor shall be provided with timely notice of a proposed

17 prohibition or debarment, an identification of the cir18 cumstances that could result in the prohibition or debar19 ment, an opportunity to respond to or remedy these cir20 cumstances, and the right for judicial review of any deci21 sion of the Secretary that results in a prohibition or debar22 ment.

23 HUD REFORM ACT COMPLIANCE

24 SEC. 207. Except as explicitly provided in legislation,

25 any grant or assistance made pursuant to Title II of this

26 Act shall be made in accordance with section 102 of the
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1 Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform

2 Act of 1989 on a competitive basis.

3 EXPANSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSUMPTION

4 AUTHORITY FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

5 SEC. 208. Section 443 of the Stewart B. McKinney

6 Homeless Assistance Act is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘SEC. 443. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

8 ‘‘For purposes of environmental review, assistance

9 and projects under this title shall be treated as assistance

10 for special projects that are subject to section 305(c) of

11 the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act

12 of 1994, and shall be subject to the regulations issued by

13 the Secretary to implement such section.’’.

14 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE

15 NATIONAL HOUSING ACT

16 SEC. 209. (a) SECTION 203 SUBSECTION DESIGNA17 TIONS.—Section 203 of the National Housing Act is

18 amended by—

19 (1) redesignating subsection (t) as subsection

20 (u);

21 (2) redesignating subsection (s), as added by

22 section 329 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af23 fordable Housing Act, as subsection (t); and

24 (3) redesignating subsection (v), as added by

25 section 504 of the Housing and Community Devel26 opment Act of 1992, as subsection (w).
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1 (b) MORTGAGE AUCTIONS.—The first sentence of

2 section 221(g)(4)(C)(viii) of the National Housing Act is

3 amended by inserting after ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ the fol4 lowing: ‘‘, except that this subparagraph shall continue to

5 apply if the Secretary receives a mortgagee’s written no6 tice of intent to assign its mortgage to the Secretary on

7 or before such date’’.

8 (c) MORTGAGEE REVIEW BOARD.—Section 202(c)(2)

9 of the National Housing Act is amended—

10 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’;

11 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or their

12 designees.’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’;

13 (3) by adding the following new subparagraph

14 at the end:

15 ‘‘(G) the Director of the Enforcement Cen16 ter; or their designees.’’.

17 INDIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

18 SEC. 210. Section 201(b) of the Native American

19 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996

20 is amended—

21 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as

22 paragraphs (5) and (6) respectively; and

23 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol24 lowing new paragraph:

25 ‘‘(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Notwith26 standing paragraph (1), a recipient may provide
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1 housing or housing assistance provided through af2 fordable housing activities assisted with grant

3 amounts under this Act to a law enforcement officer

4 on the reservation or other Indian area, who is em5 ployed full-time by a Federal, state, county or tribal

6 government, and in implementing such full-time em7 ployment is sworn to uphold, and make arrests for

8 violations of Federal, state, county or tribal law, if

9 the recipient determines that the presence of the law

10 enforcement officer on the Indian reservation or

11 other Indian area may deter crime.’’.

12 PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN

13 SUPPORT OF THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS

14 SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this or

15 any other Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing

16 and Urban Development to provide any grant or other as17 sistance to construct, operate, or otherwise benefit a facil18 ity, or facility with a designated portion of that facility,

19 which sells, or intends to sell, predominantly cigarettes or

20 other tobacco products. For the purposes of this provision,

21 predominant sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products

22 means cigarette or tobacco sales representing more than

23 35 percent of the annual total in-store, non-fuel, sales.
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1 PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PUERTO RICO

2 PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION SETTLEMENT

3 AGREEMENT

4 SEC. 212. No funds may be used to implement the

5 agreement between the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

6 Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration, and the De7 partment of Housing and Urban Development, dated June

8 7, 2000, related to the allocation of operating subsidies

9 for the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration unless

10 the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration and the

11 Department of Housing and Urban Development submit

12 by December 31, 2000 a schedule of benchmarks and

13 measurable goals to the House and Senate Committees on

14 Appropriations designed to address issues of mismanage15 ment and safeguards against fraud and abuse.

16 HOPE VI GRANT FOR HOLLANDER RIDGE

17 SEC. 213. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City

18 may use the grant award of $20,000,000 made to such

19 authority for development efforts at Hollander Ridge in

20 Baltimore, Maryland with funds appropriated for fiscal

21 year 1996 under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Demolition,

22 Site Revitalization, and Replacement Housing Grants’’ for

23 use, as approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

24 Development—

25 (1) for activities related to the revitalization of

26 the Hollander Ridge site; and
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1 (2) in accordance with section 24 of the United

2 States Housing Act of 1937.

3 COMPUTER ACCESS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS

4 SEC. 214. (a) USE OF PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL

5 AND OPERATING FUNDS.—Section 9 of the United States

6 Housing Act of 1937 is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting before

8 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including the estab9 lishment and initial operation of computer centers in

10 and around public housing through a Neighborhood

11 Networks initiative, for the purpose of enhancing the

12 self-sufficiency, employability, and economic self-reli13 ance of public housing residents by providing them

14 with onsite computer access and training resources’’;

15 (2) in subsection (e)(1)—

16 (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking the

17 word ‘‘and’’ at the end;

18 (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the

19 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

20 (C) by adding after subparagraph (J) the

21 following:

22 ‘‘(K) the costs of operating computer cen23 ters in public housing through a Neighborhood

24 Networks initiative described in subsection

25 (d)(1)(E), and of activities related to that ini26 tiative.’’; and
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1 (3) in subsection (h)—

2 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking the word

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

4 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe5 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

6 (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the

7 following:

8 ‘‘(8) assistance in connection with the establish9 ment and operation of computer centers in public

10 housing through a Neighborhood Networks initiative

11 described in subsection (d)(1)(E).’’.

12 (b) DEMOLITION, SITE REVITALIZATION, REPLACE13 MENT HOUSING, AND TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE

14 GRANTS FOR PROJECTS.—Section 24 of the United States

15 Housing Act of 1937 is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (d)(1)(G), by inserting before

17 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including a Neighbor18 hood Networks initiative for the establishment and

19 operation of computer centers in public housing for

20 the purpose of enhancing the self-sufficiency, em21 ployability, an economic self-reliance of public hous22 ing residents by providing them with onsite com23 puter access and training resources’’; and

24 (2) in subsection (m)(2), in the first sentence,

25 by inserting before the period the following ‘‘, in-
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1 cluding assistance in connection with the establish2 ment and operation of computer centers in public

3 housing through the Neighborhoods Networks initia4 tive described in subsection (d)(1)(G)’’.

5 MARK-TO-MARKET REFORM

6 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of

7 law, the properties known as the Hawthornes in Independ8 ence, Missouri shall be considered eligible multifamily

9 housing projects for purposes of participating in the multi10 family housing restructuring program pursuant to title V

11 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

12 Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro13 priations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–65).

14 SECTION 236 EXCESS INCOME

15 SEC. 216. Section 236(g)(3)(A) of the National

16 Housing Act is amended by striking out ‘‘fiscal year

17 2000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal years 2000 and

18 2001’’.

19 CDBG ELIGIBILITY

20 SEC. 217. Section 102(a)(6)(D) of the Housing and

21 Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by—

22 (1) in clause (v), striking out the ‘‘or’’ at the

23 end;

24 (2) in clause (vi), striking the period at the end;

25 and

26 (3) adding at the end the following new clause:
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1 ‘‘(vii)(I) has consolidated its government with one or

2 more municipal governments, such that within the county

3 boundaries there are no unincorporated areas, (II) has a

4 population of not less than 650,000, (III) for more than

5 10 years, has been classified as a metropolitan city for

6 purposes of allocating and distributing funds under sec7 tion 106, and (IV) as of the date of enactment of this

8 clause, has over 90 percent of the county’s population

9 within the jurisdiction of the consolidated government; or

10 ‘‘(viii) notwithstanding any other provision of this

11 section, any county that was classified as an urban county

12 pursuant to subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1999, at the

13 option of the county, may hereafter remain classified as

14 an urban county for purposes of this Act.’’.

15 EXEMPTION FOR ALASKA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM

16 REQUIREMENT OF RESIDENT ON BOARD OF PHA

17 SEC. 218. Public housing agencies in the States of

18 Alaska and Mississippi shall not be required to comply

19 with section 2(b) of the United States Housing Act of

20 1937, as amended, during fiscal year 2001.

21 USE OF MODERATE REHABILITATION FUNDS FOR HOME

22 SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of

23 law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

24 shall make the funds available under contracts

25 NY36K113004 and NY36K113005 of the Department of

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1 the HOME Investment Partnerships Act and shall allocate

2 such funds to the City of New Rochelle, New York.

3 LOMA LINDA REPROGRAMMING

4 SEC. 220. Of the amounts made available under the

5 sixth undesignated paragraph under the heading ‘‘Com6 munity Planning and Development—Community Develop7 ment Block Grants’’ in title II of the Departments of Vet8 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

9 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

10 Law 105–276) for the Economic Development Initiative

11 (EDI) for grants for targeted economic investments, the

12 $1,000,000 to be made available (pursuant to the related

13 provisions of the joint explanatory statement in the con14 ference report to accompany such Act (House Report 105–

15 769)) to the City of Loma Linda, California, for infra16 structure improvements at Redlands Boulevard and Cali17 fornia Streets shall, notwithstanding such provisions, be

18 made available to the City for infrastructure improve19 ments related to the Mountain View Bridge.

20 NATIVE AMERICAN ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ROSS PROGRAM

21 SEC. 221. (a) Section 34 of the United States Hous22 ing Act of 1937 is amended—

23 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC

24 HOUSING’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC AND IN25 DIAN HOUSING’’;

26 (2) in subsection (a)—
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1 (A) by inserting after ‘‘residents,’’ the fol2 lowing: ‘‘recipients under the Native American

3 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act

4 of 1996 (notwithstanding section 502 of such

5 Act) on behalf of residents of housing assisted

6 under such Act,’’ and

7 (B) by inserting after ‘‘public housing resi8 dents’’ the second place it appears the fol9 lowing: ‘‘and residents of housing assisted

10 under such Act’’,

11 (3) in subsection (b)—

12 (A) by inserting after ‘‘project’’ the first

13 place it appears the following: ‘‘or the property

14 of a recipient under such Act or housing as15 sisted under such Act’’;

16 (B) by inserting after ‘‘public housing resi17 dents’’ the following: ‘‘or residents of housing

18 assisted under such Act’’; and

19 (C) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after

20 ‘‘public housing project’’ the following: ‘‘or resi21 dents of housing assisted under such Act’’; and

22 (4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘State or

23 local’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, or tribal’’.

24 (b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Section 538(b)(1)

25 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of
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1 1998 is amended by inserting after ‘‘public housing’’ the

2 following: ‘‘and housing assisted under the Native Amer3 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of

4 1996’’.

5 TREATMENT OF EXPIRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

6 INITIATIVE GRANTS

7 SEC. 222. (a) AVAILABILITY.—Section 220(a) of the

8 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

9 Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations

10 Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–74; 113 Stat. 1075) is amend11 ed by striking ‘‘September 30, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep12 tember 30, 2001’’.

13 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary of the Treasury

14 and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

15 shall take such actions as may be necessary to carry out

16 such section 220 (as amended by this subsection (a) of

17 this section) notwithstanding any actions taken previously

18 pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code.

19 HOME PROGRAM DISASTER FUNDING FOR ELDERLY

20 HOUSING

21 SEC. 223. Of the amounts made available under

22 Chapter IX of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of

23 1993 for assistance under the HOME investment partner24 ships program to the city of Homestead, Florida (Public

25 Law 103–50; 107 Stat. 262), up to $583,926.70 shall be

26 made available to Dade County, Florida, for use only for
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1 rehabilitating housing for low-income elderly persons, and

2 such amount shall not be subject to the requirements of

3 such program, except for section 288 of the HOME In4 vestment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838).

5 CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP

6 SEC. 224. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and

7 Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘1993’’ and all that follows through ‘‘City of Los An9 geles’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through 2001 to the City of

10 Los Angeles’’.

11 EXTENSION OF APPLICABILITY OF DOWNPAYMENT

12 SIMPLIFICATION PROVISIONS

13 SEC. 225. Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(10)

14 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(10)(A))

15 is amended, in the matter that precedes clause (i), by

16 striking ‘‘mortgage’’ and all that follows through ‘‘involv17 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘mortgage closed on or before Decem18 ber 31, 2002, involving’’.

19 USE OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM FUNDS FOR

20 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

21 SEC. 226. Section 423 of the Stewart B. McKinney

22 Homeless Assistance Act is amended under subsection (a)

23 by adding the following paragraph:

24 ‘‘(7) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.—A

25 grant for the costs of implementing and operating

26 management information systems for purposes of
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1 collecting unduplicated counts of homeless people

2 and analyzing patterns of use of assistance funded

3 under this Act.’’.

4 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE REFORM

5 SEC. 227. Section 184 of the Housing and Commu6 nity Development Act of 1992 is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or as a result

8 of a lack of access to private financial markets’’; and

9 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘refi10 nance,’’ after ‘‘acquire,’’.

11 USE OF SECTION 8 VOUCHERS FOR OPT-OUTS

12 SEC. 228. Section 8(t)(2) of the United States Hous13 ing Act of 1937 is amended by inserting after ‘‘contract

14 for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States

15 Housing Act of 1937 for such housing project’’ the fol16 lowing: ‘‘(including any such termination or expiration

17 during fiscal years after fiscal year 1996 prior to the effec18 tive date of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and

19 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen20 cies Appropriations Act, 2001)’’.

21 HOMELESS DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY

22 SEC. 229. (a) DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.—

23 Subtitle A of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Home24 less Assistance Act is amended by adding at the end the

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1 ‘‘SEC. 402. DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.

2 ‘‘The Secretary may not provide a grant under this

3 title for any governmental entity serving as an applicant

4 unless the applicant agrees to develop and implement, to

5 the maximum extent practicable and where appropriate,

6 policies and protocols for the discharge of persons from

7 publicly funded institutions or systems of care (such as

8 health care facilities, foster care or other youth facilities,

9 or correction programs and institutions) in order to pre10 vent such discharge from immediately resulting in home11 lessness for such persons.’’.

12 (b) ASSISTANCE UNDER EMERGENCY SHELTER

13 GRANTS PROGRAM.—Section 414(a)(4) of the Stewart B.

14 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is amended—

15 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),

16 by inserting a comma after ‘‘homelessness’’;

17 (2) by striking ‘‘Not’’ and inserting the fol18 lowing: ‘‘Activities that are eligible for assistance

19 under this paragraph shall include assistance to very

20 low-income families who are discharged from pub21 licly funded institutions or systems of care (such as

22 health care facilities, foster care or other youth fa23 cilities, or correction programs and institutions).

24 Not’’.
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1 TECHNICAL CHANGE TO SENIORS HOUSING COMMISSION

2 SEC. 230. Section 525 of the Preserving Affordable

3 Housing for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st

4 Century Act’’ (42 U.S.C. 12701 note) is amended in sub5 section (a) by striking ‘‘Commission on Affordable Hous6 ing and Health Care Facility Needs in the 21st Century’’

7 and inserting ‘‘Commission on Affordable Housing and

8 Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century’’.

9 INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS REFORMS

10 SEC. 231. Title II of the Stewart B. McKinney

11 Homeless Assistance Act is amended—

12 (1) in section 202, under subsection (b) by in13 serting after the period the following: ‘‘The positions

14 of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall rotate

15 among its members on an annual basis.’’; and

16 (2) in section 209 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and in17 serting ‘‘2005’’.

18 SECTION 8 PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE

19 SEC. 232. (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of sec20 tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42

21 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(13) PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A public housing

24 agency may use amounts provided under an an25 nual contributions contract under this sub26 section to enter into a housing assistance pay-
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1 ment contract with respect to an existing, newly

2 constructed, or rehabilitated structure, that is

3 attached to the structure, subject to the limita4 tions and requirements of this paragraph.

5 ‘‘(B) PERCENTAGE LIMITATION.—Not

6 more than 20 percent of the funding available

7 for tenant-based assistance under this section

8 that is administered by the agency may be at9 tached to structures pursuant to this para10 graph.

11 ‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH PHA PLAN AND

12 OTHER GOALS.—A public housing agency may

13 approve a housing assistance payment contract

14 pursuant to this paragraph only if the contract

15 is consistent with—

16 ‘‘(i) the public housing agency plan

17 for the agency approved under section 5A;

18 and

19 ‘‘(ii) the goal of deconcentrating pov20 erty and expanding housing and economic

21 opportunities.

22 ‘‘(D) INCOME MIXING REQUIREMENT.—

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 25

24 percent of the dwelling units in any build25 ing may be assisted under a housing as-
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1 sistance payment contract for project2 based assistance pursuant to this para3 graph.

4 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation

5 under clause (i) shall not apply in the case

6 of assistance under a contract for housing

7 consisting of single family properties or for

8 dwelling units that are specifically made

9 available for households comprised of el10 derly families, disabled families, and fami11 lies receiving supportive services.

12 ‘‘(E) RESIDENT CHOICE REQUIREMENT.—

13 A housing assistance payment contract pursu14 ant to this paragraph shall provide as follows:

15 ‘‘(i) MOBILITY.—Each low-income

16 family occupying a dwelling unit assisted

17 under the contract may move from the

18 housing at any time after the family has

19 occupied the dwelling unit for 12 months.

20 ‘‘(ii) CONTINUED ASSISTANCE.—Upon

21 such a move, the public housing agency

22 shall provide the low-income family with

23 tenant-based rental assistance under this

24 section or such other tenant-based rental

25 assistance that is subject to comparable in-
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1 come, assistance, rent contribution, afford2 ability, and other requirements, as the Sec3 retary shall provide by regulation. If such

4 rental assistance is not immediately avail5 able to fulfill the requirement under the

6 preceding sentence with respect to a low7 income family, such requirement may be

8 met by providing the family priority to re9 ceive the next voucher or other tenant10 based rental assistance amounts that be11 come available under the program used to

12 fulfill such requirement.

13 ‘‘(F) CONTRACT TERM.—A housing assist14 ance payment contract pursuant to this para15 graph between a public housing agency and the

16 owner of a structure may have a term of up to

17 10 years, subject to the availability of sufficient

18 appropriated funds for the purpose of renewing

19 expiring contracts for assistance payments, as

20 provided in appropriations Acts and in the

21 agency’s annual contributions contract with the

22 Secretary, and to annual compliance with the

23 inspection requirements under paragraph (8),

24 except that the agency shall not be required to

25 make annual inspections of each assisted unit
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1 in the development. The contract may specify

2 additional conditions for its continuation. If the

3 units covered by the contract are owned by the

4 agency, the term of the contract shall be agreed

5 upon by the agency and the unit of general

6 local government or other entity approved by

7 the Secretary in the manner provided under

8 paragraph (11).

9 ‘‘(G) EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TERM.—A

10 public housing agency may enter into a contract

11 with the owner of a structure assisted under a

12 housing assistance payment contract pursuant

13 to this paragraph to extend the term of the un14 derlying housing assistance payment contract

15 for such period as the agency determines to be

16 appropriate to achieve long-term affordability of

17 the housing or to expand housing opportunities.

18 Such a contract shall provide that the extension

19 of such term shall be contingent upon the fu20 ture availability of appropriated funds for the

21 purpose of renewing expiring contracts for as22 sistance payments, as provided in appropria23 tions Acts, and may obligate the owner to have

24 such extensions of the underlying housing as25 sistance payment contract accepted by the
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1 owner and the successors in interest of the

2 owner.

3 ‘‘(H) RENT CALCULATION.—A housing as4 sistance payment contract pursuant to this

5 paragraph shall establish rents for each unit as6 sisted in an amount that does not exceed 110

7 percent of the applicable fair market rental (or

8 any exception payment standard approved by

9 the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1)(D)),

10 except that if a contract covers a dwelling unit

11 that has been allocated low-income housing tax

12 credits pursuant to section 42 of the Internal

13 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 42) and is

14 not located in a qualified census tract (as such

15 term is defined in subsection (d) of such section

16 42), the rent for such unit may be established

17 at any level that does not exceed the rent

18 charged for comparable units in the building

19 that also receive the low-income housing tax

20 credit but do not have additional rental assist21 ance. The rents established by housing assist22 ance payment contracts pursuant to this para23 graph may vary from the payment standards

24 established by the public housing agency pursu-
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1 ant to paragraph (1)(B), but shall be subject

2 to paragraph (10)(A).

3 ‘‘(I) RENT ADJUSTMENTS.—A housing as4 sistance payments contract pursuant to this

5 paragraph shall provide for rent adjustments,

6 except that—

7 ‘‘(i) the adjusted rent for any unit as8 sisted shall be reasonable in comparison

9 with rents charged for comparable dwelling

10 units in the private, unassisted, local mar11 ket and may not exceed the maximum rent

12 permitted under subparagraph (H); and

13 ‘‘(ii) the provisions of subsection

14 (c)(2)(C) shall not apply.

15 ‘‘(J) TENANT SELECTION.—A public hous16 ing agency shall select families to receive

17 project-based assistance pursuant to this para18 graph from its waiting list for assistance under

19 this subsection. Eligibility for such project20 based assistance shall be subject to the provi21 sions of section 16(b) that apply to tenant22 based assistance. The agency may establish

23 preferences or criteria for selection for a unit

24 assisted under this paragraph that are con25 sistent with the public housing agency plan for
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1 the agency approved under section 5A. Any

2 family that rejects an offer of project-based as3 sistance under this paragraph or that is re4 jected for admission to a structure by the owner

5 or manager of a structure assisted under this

6 paragraph shall retain its place on the waiting

7 list as if the offer had not been made. The

8 owner or manager of a structure assisted under

9 this paragraph shall not admit any family to a

10 dwelling unit assisted under a contract pursu11 ant to this paragraph other than a family re12 ferred by the public housing agency from its

13 waiting list. Subject to its waiting list policies

14 and selection preferences, a public housing

15 agency may place on its waiting list a family re16 ferred by the owner or manager of a structure

17 and may maintain a separate waiting list for

18 assistance under this paragraph, but only if all

19 families on the agency’s waiting list for assist20 ance under this subsection are permitted to

21 place their names on the separate list.

22 ‘‘(K) VACATED UNITS.—Notwithstanding

23 paragraph (9), a housing assistance payment

24 contract pursuant to this paragraph may pro25 vide as follows:
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1 ‘‘(i) PAYMENT FOR VACANT UNITS.—

2 That the public housing agency may, in its

3 discretion, continue to provide assistance

4 under the contract, for a reasonable period

5 not exceeding 60 days, for a dwelling unit

6 that becomes vacant, but only (I) if the va7 cancy was not the fault of the owner of the

8 dwelling unit, and (II) the agency and the

9 owner take every reasonable action to min10 imize the likelihood and extent of any such

11 vacancy. Rental assistance may not be pro12 vided for a vacant unit after the expiration

13 of such period.

14 ‘‘(ii) REDUCTION OF CONTRACT.—

15 That, if despite reasonable efforts of the

16 agency and the owner to fill a vacant unit,

17 no eligible family has agreed to rent the

18 unit within 120 days after the owner has

19 notified the agency of the vacancy, the

20 agency may reduce its housing assistance

21 payments contract with the owner by the

22 amount equivalent to the remaining

23 months of subsidy attributable to the va24 cant unit. Amounts deobligated pursuant

25 to such a contract provision shall be avail-
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1 able to the agency to provide assistance

2 under this subsection.

3 Eligible applicants for assistance under this

4 subsection may enforce provisions authorized by

5 this subparagraph.’’.

6 (b) APPLICABILITY.—In the case of any dwelling unit

7 that, upon the date of the enactment of this Act, is as8 sisted under a housing assistance payment contract under

9 section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937

10 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) as in effect before such enact11 ment, such assistance may be extended or renewed not12 withstanding the requirements under subparagraphs (C),

13 (D), and (E) of such section 8(o)(13), as amended by sub14 section (a).

15 DISPOSITION OF HUD-HELD AND HUD-OWNED MULTI16 FAMILY PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED

17 SEC. 233. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 law, in managing and disposing of any multifamily prop19 erty that is owned or held by the Secretary and is occupied

20 primarily by elderly or disabled families, the Secretary of

21 Housing and Urban Development shall maintain any rent22 al assistance payments under section 8 of the United

23 States Housing Act of 1937 that are attached to any

24 dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary

25 determines that such a multifamily property owned or held

26 by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-
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1 ance payments under such section 8, the Secretary may,

2 in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract

3 for project-based rental assistance payments with an

4 owner or owners of other existing housing properties or

5 provide other rental assistance.

6 FAMILY UNIFICATION PROGRAM

7 SEC. 234. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Hous8 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C 1437f(x)(2)) is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘any family (A) who is other10 wise eligible for such assistance, and (B)’’ and in11 serting ‘‘(A) any family (i) who is otherwise eligible

12 for such assistance, and (ii)’’; and

13 (2) by inserting before the period at the end the

14 following: ‘‘and (B) for a period not to exceed 18

15 months, otherwise eligible youths who have attained

16 at least 18 years of age and not more than 21 years

17 of age and who have left foster care at age 16 or

18 older’’.

19 PERMANENT EXTENSION OF FHA MULTIFAMILY

20 MORTGAGE CREDIT DEMONSTRATIONS

21 SEC. 235. Section 542 of the Housing and Commu22 nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is

23 amended—

24 (1) in subsection (a)—
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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘dem2 onstrate the effectiveness of providing’’ and in3 serting ‘‘provide’’; and

4 (B) in the second sentence, by striking

5 ‘‘demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’;

6 (2) in subsection (b)—

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘deter8 mine the effectiveness of’’ and inserting ‘‘pro9 vide’’; and

10 (B) by striking paragraph (5), and insert11 ing the following new paragraph:

12 ‘‘(5) INSURANCE AUTHORITY.—Using any au13 thority provided in appropriation Acts to insure

14 mortgages under the National Housing Act, the Sec15 retary may enter into commitments under this sub16 section for risk-sharing units.’’;

17 (3) in subsection (c)—

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘test the

19 effectiveness of’’ and inserting ‘‘provide’’; and

20 (B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert21 ing the following new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(4) INSURANCE AUTHORITY.—Using any au23 thority provided in appropriation Acts to insure

24 mortgages under the National Housing Act, the Sec-
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1 retary may enter into commitments under this sub2 section for risk-sharing units.’’;

3 (4) by striking subsection (d);

4 (5) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ and ‘‘PILOT’’ each place

5 such terms appear; and

6 (6) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DEM7 ONSTRATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAMS’’.

8 TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

9 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

12 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

13 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun14 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of

15 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

16 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

17 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for

18 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

19 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun20 tries, when required by law of such countries,

21 $28,000,000, to remain available until expended.

22 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur25 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including
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1 hire of passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by

2 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed

3 the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for

4 senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $7,500,000,

5 $5,000,000 of which to remain available until September

6 30, 2001 and $2,500,000 of which to remain available

7 until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the Chemical

8 Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall have not

9 more than three career Senior Executive Service positions:

10 Provided further, That there shall be an Inspector General

11 at the Board who shall have the duties, responsibilities,

12 and authorities specified in the Inspector General Act of

13 1978, as amended: Provided further, That an individual

14 appointed to the position of Inspector General of the Fed15 eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall, by

16 virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of In17 spector General of the Board: Provided further, That the

18 Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of

19 the Office of Inspector General of FEMA in performing

20 the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall

21 not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

4 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 To carry out the Community Development Banking

6 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services

7 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals

8 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for

9 ES–3, $118,000,000, to remain available until September

10 30, 2002, of which $5,000,000 shall be for technical as11 sistance and training programs designed to benefit Native

12 American Communities, and up to $8,750,000 may be

13 used for administrative expenses, up to $19,750,000 may

14 be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $1,000,000

15 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the

16 direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct

17 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

18 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

19 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available

20 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

21 direct loans not to exceed $53,000,000.

22 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

25 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve26 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at
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1 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv2 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,

3 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi4 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to

5 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex6 penses, $52,500,000.

7 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

8 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

9 OPERATING EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na12 tional and Community Service (referred to in the matter

13 under this heading as the ‘‘Corporation’’) in carrying out

14 programs, activities, and initiatives under the National

15 and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the

16 matter under this heading as the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501

17 et seq.), $458,500,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2002: Provided, That not more than

19 $31,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses

20 authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C.

21 12671(a)(4)) with not less than $2,000,000 targeted for

22 the acquisition of a cost accounting system for the Cor23 poration’s financial management system, an integrated

24 grants management system that provides comprehensive

25 financial management information for all Corporation

26 grants and cooperative agreements, and the establishment,
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1 operation and maintenance of a central archives serving

2 as the repository for all grant, cooperative agreement, and

3 related documents, without regard to the provisions of sec4 tion 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act: Provided further, That not

5 more than $2,500 shall be for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses: Provided further, That not more

7 than $70,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year

8 limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service

9 Trust account for educational awards authorized under

10 subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.),

11 of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for

12 national service scholarships for high school students per13 forming community service: Provided further, That not

14 more than $231,000,000 of the amount provided under

15 this heading shall be available for grants under the Na16 tional Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C

17 of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating

18 to activities including the AmeriCorps program), of which

19 not more than $45,000,000 may be used to administer,

20 reimburse, or support any national service program au21 thorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

22 12581(d)(2)); and not more than $25,000,000 may be

23 made available to activities dedicated to developing com24 puter and information technology skills for students and

25 teachers in low-income communities: Provided further,
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1 That not more than $10,000,000 of the funds made avail2 able under this heading shall be made available for the

3 Points of Light Foundation for activities authorized under

4 title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided

5 further, That no funds shall be available for national serv6 ice programs run by Federal agencies authorized under

7 section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided

8 further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds ap9 propriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be

10 provided in a manner that is consistent with the rec11 ommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure

12 that priority is given to programs that demonstrate qual13 ity, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided

14 further, That not more than $21,000,000 of the funds

15 made available under this heading shall be available for

16 the Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle

17 E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided

18 further, That not more than $43,000,000 shall be available

19 for school-based and community-based service-learning

20 programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act

21 (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not

22 more than $28,500,000 shall be available for quality and

23 innovation activities authorized under subtitle H of title

24 I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): Provided further,

25 That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for au-
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1 dits and other evaluations authorized under section 179

2 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That to

3 the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall in4 crease significantly the level of matching funds and in5 kind contributions provided by the private sector, shall ex6 pand significantly the number of educational awards pro7 vided under subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total

8 Federal costs per participant in all programs: Provided

9 further, That of amounts available in the National Service

10 Trust account from previous appropriations Acts,

11 $30,000,000 shall be rescinded: Provided further, That not

12 more than $7,500,000 of the funds made available under

13 this heading shall be made available to America’s Prom14 ise—The Alliance for Youth, Inc. only to support efforts

15 to mobilize individuals, groups, and organizations to build

16 and strengthen the character and competence of the Na17 tion’s youth: Provided further, That not more than

18 $5,000,000 of the funds made available under this head19 ing shall be made available to the Communities In Schools,

20 Inc. to support dropout prevention activities: Provided fur21 ther, That not more than $2,500,000 of the funds made

22 available under this heading shall be made available to the

23 Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. to support

24 childhood parent education and family support activities:

25 Provided further, That not more than $2,500,000 of the
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1 funds made available under this heading shall be made

2 available to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to estab3 lish an innovative outreach program designed to meet the

4 special needs of youth in public and Native American

5 housing communities: Provided further, That not more

6 than $1,500,000 of the funds made available under this

7 heading shall be made available to the Youth Life Founda8 tion to meet the needs of children living in insecure envi9 ronments.

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

12 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,

13 as amended, $5,000,000, which shall be available for obli14 gation through September 30, 2002.

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

16 The Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing

17 and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Ap18 propriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–74) is amended

19 under the heading ‘‘Corporation for National and Commu20 nity Service, National and Community Service Programs

21 Operating Expenses’’ in title III by reducing to

22 $229,000,000 the amount available for grants under the

23 National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle

24 C of title I of the National and Community Service Act

25 of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) (with a corresponding reduction to

26 $40,000,000 in the amount that may be used to admin-
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1 ister, reimburse, or support any national service program

2 authorized under section 121(d)(2) of the Act), and by

3 increasing to $33,500,000 the amount available for quality

4 and innovation activities authorized under subtitle H of

5 title I of the Act, with the increase in subtitle H funds

6 made available to provide a grant covering a period of

7 three years to support the ‘‘P.A.V.E. the Way’’ project

8 described in House Report 106–379.

9 COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses for the operation of the

12 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as

13 authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251–7298, $12,445,000, of

14 which $895,000 shall be available for the purpose of pro15 viding financial assistance as described, and in accordance

16 with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under

17 this heading in Public Law 102–229.

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

19 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

22 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

23 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na24 tional Cemetery, including the purchase of two passenger

25 motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed
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1 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses,

2 $17,949,000, to remain available until expended.

3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

6 SCIENCES

7 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of

8 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities

9 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ10 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of

11 1980, as amended, $63,000,000.

12 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

13 REGISTRY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub16 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out

17 activities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and

18 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re19 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

20 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund

21 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA),

22 as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal

23 Act, as amended, $75,000,000, to be derived from the

24 Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to

25 section 517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That
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1 not withstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per2 forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of

3 CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct

4 other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities,

5 including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical

6 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited

7 health care providers: Provided further, That in per8 forming any such health assessment or health study, eval9 uation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not

10 be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of

11 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro12 priated under this heading shall be available for the Agen13 cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in

14 excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section

15 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2001, and existing

16 profiles may be updated as necessary.

17 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

18 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

19 For science and technology, including research and

20 development activities, which shall include research and

21 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ22 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of

23 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and

24 related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or

25 allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–
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1 5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at

2 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv3 alent to the maximum rate payable for senior level posi4 tions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory

5 equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in sup6 port of research and development; construction, alteration,

7 repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to

8 exceed $75,000 per project, $696,000,000, which shall re9 main available until September 30, 2002.

10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

11 For environmental programs and management, in12 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for

13 personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including

14 uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5

15 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

16 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

17 diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen18 ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger

19 motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air20 craft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci21 eties or associations which issue publications to members

22 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers

23 who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, re24 habilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

25 $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official

26 reception and representation expenses, $2,087,990,000,
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1 which shall remain available until September 30, 2002:

2 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act

3 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de4 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in

5 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol

6 which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,

7 Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the

8 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

9 Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for

10 advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,

11 section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and

12 which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25

13 of the Protocol: Provided further, That none of the funds

14 made available in this Act may be used to implement or

15 administer the interim guidance issued on February 5,

16 1998, by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to

17 title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and designated

18 as the ‘‘Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Ad19 ministrative Complaints Challenging Permits’’ with re20 spect to complaints filed under such title after October

21 21, 1998, and until guidance is finalized. Nothing in this

22 proviso may be construed to restrict the Environmental

23 Protection Agency from developing or issuing final guid24 ance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964:

25 Provided further, That notwithstanding section
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1 1412(b)(12)(A)(v) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as

2 amended, the Administrator shall promulgate a national

3 primary drinking water regulation for arsenic not later

4 than June 22, 2001.

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

8 General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction,

9 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili10 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $34,094,000, to

11 remain available until September 30, 2002.

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al14 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,

15 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,

16 $23,931,000, to remain available until expended.

17 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen20 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil21 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec22 tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

23 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita24 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

25 per project; $1,270,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall

26 not become available until September 1, 2001), to remain
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1 available until expended, consisting of $635,000,000, as

2 authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend3 ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as

4 amended by Public Law 101–508, and $635,000,000 as

5 a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Sub6 stance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section

7 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds ap8 propriated under this heading may be allocated to other

9 Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of

10 CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appro11 priated under this heading, $11,500,000 shall be trans12 ferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation

13 to remain available until September 30, 2002, and

14 $36,500,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and tech15 nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September

16 30, 2002.

17 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under19 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec20 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza21 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

22 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

23 $75,000 per project, $72,096,000, to remain available

24 until expended.
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1 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ3 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

4 Pollution Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from

5 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until

6 expended.

7 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

8 For environmental programs and infrastructure as9 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv10 ing funds and performance partnership grants,

11 $3,628,740,000, to remain available until expended, of

12 which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitalization

13 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under

14 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

15 amended; $825,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants

16 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec17 tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended,

18 except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe

19 Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made

20 available under this heading in this Act, or in previous

21 appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the Adminis22 trator for health effects studies on drinking water con23 taminants; $75,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi24 neering, planning, design, construction and related activi25 ties in connection with the construction of high priority

26 water and wastewater facilities in the area of the United
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1 States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appro2 priate border commission; $35,000,000 shall be for grants

3 to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and

4 wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Na5 tive Villages; $335,740,000 shall be for making grants for

6 the construction of wastewater and water treatment facili7 ties and groundwater protection infrastructure in accord8 ance with the terms and conditions specified for such

9 grants in the conference report and joint explanatory

10 statement of the committee of conference accompanying

11 this Act, except that, notwithstanding any other provision

12 of law, of the funds herein and hereafter appropriated

13 under this heading for such special needs infrastructure

14 grants, the Administrator may use up to 3 percent of the

15 amount of each project appropriated to administer the

16 management and oversight of construction of such

17 projects through contracts, allocation to the Corps of En18 gineers, or grants to States; and $1,008,000,000 shall be

19 for grants, including associated program support costs, to

20 States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies,

21 tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for

22 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control

23 and abatement and related activities, including activities

24 pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading

25 in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under sec-
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1 tion 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter moni2 toring and data collection activities: Provided, That not3 withstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pol4 lution Control Act, as amended, the limitation on the

5 amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund

6 that may be used by a State to administer the fund shall

7 not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made

8 by such fund in fiscal year 2001 and prior years where

9 such amounts represent costs of administering the fund

10 to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed rea11 sonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately

12 from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible pur13 poses of the fund, including administration: Provided fur14 ther, That for fiscal year 2001, and notwithstanding sec15 tion 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,

16 as amended, the Administrator is authorized to use the

17 amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section

18 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant

19 to section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further,

20 That for fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding the limitation

21 on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, up to a total of 11 22 ⁄2 percent

23 of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds

24 under Title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Admin25 istrator for grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Pro-
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1 vided further, That no funds provided by this legislation

2 to address the water, wastewater and other critical infra3 structure needs of the colonias in the United States along

4 the United States-Mexico border shall be made available

5 after June 1, 2001 to a county or municipal government

6 unless that government has established an enforceable

7 local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in

8 that jurisdiction the development or construction of any

9 additional colonia areas, or the development within an ex10 isting colonia the construction of any new home, business,

11 or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other

12 necessary infrastructure: Provided further, That notwith13 standing any other provision of law, all claims for prin14 cipal and interest registered through any current grant

15 dispute or any other such dispute hereafter filed by the

16 Environmental Protection Agency relative to construction

17 grants numbers C–180840–01, C–180840–04, C–

18 470319–03, and C–470319–04, are hereby resolved in

19 favor of the grantee: Provided further, That EPA, in con20 sidering the local match for the $5,000,000 appropriated

21 in fiscal year 1999 for the City of Cumberland, Maryland,

22 to separate and relocate the city’s combined sewer and

23 stormwater system, shall take into account non-federal

24 money spent by the City of Cumberland for combined

25 sewer, stormwater and wastewater treatment infrastruc-
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1 ture on or after October 1, 1999, and that the fiscal year

2 1999 and any subsequent funds may be used for any re3 quired non-federal share of the costs of projects funded

4 by the federal government under Section 580 of Public

5 Law 106–53.

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the obligated

8 balances of sums available in multiple-year appropriations

9 accounts shall remain available through the seventh fiscal

10 year after their period of availability has expired for liqui11 dating obligations made during the period of availability.

12 For fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

13 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ14 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s

15 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro16 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an

17 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree18 ments to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal

19 consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist

20 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental

21 programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law,

22 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award23 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance

24 agreements.
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1 Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, is

2 amended by adding at the end the following new para3 graph:

4 ‘‘(6) Notwithstanding paragraph 5, this sub5 section shall not apply with respect to an area des6 ignated nonattainment under section 107(d)(1) until

7 one year after that area is first designated non8 attainment for a specific national ambient air qual9 ity standard. This paragraph only applies with re10 spect to the national ambient air quality standard

11 for which an area is newly designated nonattainment

12 and does not affect the area’s requirements with re13 spect to all other national ambient air quality stand14 ards for which the area is designated nonattainment

15 or has been redesignated from nonattainment to at16 tainment with a maintenance plan pursuant to sec17 tion 175(A) (including any pre-existing national am18 bient air quality standard for a pollutant for which

19 a new or revised standard has been issued).’’.

20 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

21 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

23 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na24 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

25 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire
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1 of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by

2 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception

3 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

4 rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,201,000.

5 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

6 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

7 For necessary expenses to continue functions as8 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office

9 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi10 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality

11 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No.

12 1 of 1977, $2,900,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

13 any other provision of law, no funds other than those ap14 propriated under this heading shall be used for or by the

15 Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environ16 mental Quality: Provided further, That notwithstanding

17 section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of

18 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed

19 by the President, by and with the advice and consent of

20 the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all powers,

21 functions, and duties of the Council.

22 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

26 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
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1 General Act of 1978, as amended, $33,660,000, to be de2 rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso3 ciation Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

4 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

5 DISASTER RELIEF

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert

8 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

9 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwith10 standing 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be trans12 ferred to ‘‘Emergency management planning and assist13 ance’’ for the consolidated emergency management per14 formance grant program; and up to $15,000,000 may be

15 obligated for flood map modernization activities following

16 disaster declarations: Provided, That of the funds made

17 available under this heading in this and prior Appropria18 tions Acts and under section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford

19 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to the

20 State of Florida, $3,000,000 shall be for a hurricane miti21 gation initiative in Miami-Dade County.

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster relief’’,

23 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con25 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

26 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,

2 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex3 tent that an official budget request for a specific dollar

4 amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of

5 the request as an emergency requirement as defined in

6 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

7 of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to

8 the Congress.

9 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 For the cost of direct loans, $1,678,000, as author11 ized by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re12 lief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such

13 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

14 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

15 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds

16 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin17 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.

18 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

19 the direct loan program, $427,000.

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

22 including hire and purchase of motor vehicles as author23 ized by 31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor,

24 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as author25 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not

26 to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum
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1 rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C.

2 5376; expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and

3 individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emer4 gency preparedness; transportation in connection with the

5 continuity of Government programs to the same extent

6 and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary of

7 a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to

8 exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex9 penses, $215,000,000.

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

12 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,

13 as amended, $10,000,000: Provided, That notwith14 standing any other provision of law, the Inspector General

15 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall also

16 serve as the Inspector General of the Chemical Safety and

17 Hazard Investigation Board.

18 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

21 Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec22 tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),

23 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As24 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake

25 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C.

26 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
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1 Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the

2 Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.

3 App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National

4 Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404–405),

5 and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $269,652,000:

6 Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation

7 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131(b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C.

8 5196(e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available

9 under this heading shall be available until expended for

10 project grants.

11 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND

12 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year

13 2001, as authorized by Public Law 106–74, shall not be

14 less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by

15 FEMA necessary for its radiological emergency prepared16 ness program for the next fiscal year. The methodology

17 for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equi18 table; and shall reflect costs of providing such services,

19 including administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees

20 received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the

21 Fund as offsetting collections and will become available

22 for authorized purposes on October 1, 2001, and remain

23 available until expended.

24 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

25 To carry out an emergency food and shelter program

26 pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77, as amended,
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1 $140,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 31 2 ⁄2

3 percent of the total appropriation.

4 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For activities under the National Flood Insurance

7 Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,

8 as amended, not to exceed $25,736,000 for salaries and

9 expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood insur10 ance operations, and not to exceed $77,307,000 for flood

11 mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses

12 under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act,

13 which amount shall be available for transfer to the Na14 tional Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2002.

15 In fiscal year 2001, no funds in excess of: (1) $55,000,000

16 for operating expenses; (2) $455,627,000 for agents’ com17 missions and taxes; and (3) $40,000,000 for interest on

18 Treasury borrowings shall be available from the National

19 Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Commit20 tees on Appropriations.

21 In addition, up to $17,730,000 in fees collected but

22 unexpended during fiscal years 1994 through 1998 shall

23 be transferred to the Flood Map Modernization Fund and

24 available for expenditure in fiscal year 2001.
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1 Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance

2 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Pub3 lic Law 104–208, is further amended by striking ‘‘Sep4 tember 30, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.

5 The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National

6 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C.

7 4127(c)), is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2000’’

8 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.

9 NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)–(C) and

12 1366(f) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as

13 amended, $20,000,000 to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2002, for activities designed to reduce the risk

15 of flood damage to structures pursuant to such Act, of

16 which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the National

17 Flood Insurance Fund.

18 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

19 FEDERAL CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Consumer In21 formation Center, including services authorized by 5

22 U.S.C. 3109, $7,122,000, to be deposited into the Federal

23 Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, That the

24 appropriations, revenues, and collections deposited into

25 the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Fed-
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1 eral Consumer Information Center activities in the aggre2 gate amount of $12,000,000. Appropriations, revenues,

3 and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year

4 2001 in excess of $12,000,000 shall remain in the Fund

5 and shall not be available for expenditure except as au6 thorized in appropriations Acts.

7 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

8 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

10 in the conduct and support of human space flight research

11 and development activities, including research, develop12 ment, operations, and services; maintenance; construction

13 of facilities including revitalization and modification of fa14 cilities, construction of new facilities and additions to ex15 isting facilities, facility planning and design, and acquisi16 tion or condemnation of real property, as authorized by

17 law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications

18 activities including operations, production, and services;

19 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation

20 of mission and administrative aircraft, $5,462,900,000, to

21 remain available until September 30, 2002.

22 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

24 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and

25 technology research and development activities, including
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1 research, development, operations, and services; mainte2 nance; construction of facilities including revitalization,

3 and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities

4 and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and

5 design, and acquisition or condemnation of real property,

6 as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and

7 communications activities including operations, produc8 tion, and services; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte9 nance and operation of mission and administrative air10 craft, $6,190,700,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2002.

12 MISSION SUPPORT

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

14 in carrying out mission support for human space flight

15 programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro16 grams, including research operations and support; mainte17 nance; construction of facilities including revitalization

18 and modification of facilities, construction of new facilities

19 and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and

20 design, environmental compliance and restoration, and ac21 quisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized

22 by law; program management; personnel and related costs,

23 including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized

24 by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease,

25 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad-
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1 ministrative aircraft; not to exceed $40,000 for official re2 ception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to

3 exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of passenger

4 motor vehicles, $2,608,700,000 to remain available until

5 September 30, 2002.

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

8 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,

9 as amended, $23,000,000.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

12 funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,

13 aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this

14 appropriations Act, when any activity has been initiated

15 by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facili16 ties as authorized by law, such amount available for such

17 activity shall remain available until expended. This provi18 sion does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mis19 sion support’’ pursuant to the authorization for minor re20 vitalization and construction of facilities, and facility plan21 ning and design.

22 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

23 funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,

24 aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this

25 appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for con-
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1 struction of facilities shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2003.

3 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

4 funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of

5 Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act

6 for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the

7 National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall re8 main available until September 30, 2001 and may be used

9 to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs

10 associated with personnel relocation, and for other serv11 ices, to be provided during the next fiscal year. Funds for

12 announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain avail13 able, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is

14 claimed or the offer is withdrawn.

15 Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the

16 joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference

17 accompanying this Act, no part of the funds appropriated

18 for ‘‘Human space flight’’ may be used for the develop19 ment of the International Space Station in excess of the

20 amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted as

21 part of the budget request for fiscal year 2001.

22 No funds in this or any other Appropriations Act may

23 be used to finalize an agreement prior to December 1,

24 2001 between NASA and a nongovernment organization
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1 to conduct research utilization and commercialization

2 management activities of the International Space Station.

3 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

4 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 During fiscal year 2001, gross obligations of the Cen7 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di8 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12

9 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro10 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid11 ity Facility shall not exceed $296,303: Provided further,

12 That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Community

13 Development Revolving Loan Fund, of which $650,000,

14 together with amounts of principal and interest on loans

15 repaid, shall be available until expended for loans to com16 munity development credit unions, and $350,000 shall be

17 available until expended for technical assistance to low18 income and community development credit unions.

19 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

20 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

21 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National

22 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.

23 1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal

24 of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized

25 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; authorized travel; maintenance and op-
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1 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re2 search support; acquisition of aircraft; $3,350,000,000, of

3 which not to exceed $275,592,000 shall remain available

4 until expended for Polar research and operations support,

5 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper6 ational and science support and logistical and other re7 lated activities for the United States Antarctic program;

8 the balance to remain available until September 30, 2002:

9 Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and

10 materials furnished by the National Research Centers and

11 other National Science Foundation supported research fa12 cilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided fur13 ther, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is

14 less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated

15 for included program activities, all amounts, including

16 floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for

17 those program activities or their subactivities shall be re18 duced proportionally: Provided further, That $65,000,000

19 of the funds available under this heading shall be made

20 available for a comprehensive research initiative on plant

21 genomes for economically significant crops: Provided fur22 ther, That no funds in this or any other Act shall be used

23 to acquire or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking ca24 pability built or retrofitted by a shipyard located in a for25 eign country if such a vessel of United States origin can
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1 be obtained at a cost no more than 50 per centum above

2 that of the least expensive technically acceptable foreign

3 vessel bid: Provided further, That, in determining the cost

4 of such a vessel, such cost be increased by the amount

5 of any subsidies or financing provided by a foreign govern6 ment (or instrumentality thereof ) to such vessel’s con7 struction: Provided further, That if the vessel contracted

8 for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for the

9 2002–2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of

10 any origin may be leased for a period of not to exceed

11 120 days for that season and each season thereafter until

12 delivery of the new vessel.

13 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

14 For necessary expenses of major construction

15 projects pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act

16 of 1950, as amended, including authorized travel,

17 $121,600,000, to remain available until expended.

18 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

19 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

20 engineering education and human resources programs and

21 activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation

22 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ23 ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized

24 travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of

25 Columbia, $787,352,000, to remain available until Sep26 tember 30, 2002: Provided, That to the extent that the
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1 amount of this appropriation is less than the total amount

2 authorized to be appropriated for included program activi3 ties, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified

4 in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their

5 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: Provided fur6 ther, That $10,000,000 shall be available for the Office

7 of Innovation Partnerships.

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out

10 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended

11 (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

12 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed

13 $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses;

14 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

15 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of

16 Columbia; reimbursement of the General Services Admin17 istration for security guard services; $160,890,000: Pro18 vided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries

19 and expenses’’ in fiscal year 2001 for maintenance and

20 operation of facilities, and for other services, to be pro21 vided during the next fiscal year.

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

24 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of

25 1978, as amended, $6,280,000, to remain available until

26 September 30, 2002.
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

6 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $90,000,000, of which

8 $5,000,000 shall be for a homeownership program that

9 is used in conjunction with section 8 assistance under the

10 United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That of the

11 amount made available, $2,500,000 shall be for an endow12 ment to establish the George Knight Scholarship Fund for

13 the Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute.

14 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys17 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

18 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

19 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for

20 civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official

21 reception and representation expenses; $24,480,000: Pro22 vided, That during the current fiscal year, the President

23 may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31

24 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action to be nec25 essary in the interest of national defense: Provided further,
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1 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be

2 expended for or in connection with the induction of any

3 person into the Armed Forces of the United States.

4 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and

6 III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no

7 specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi8 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

9 set forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for

10 the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does not

11 apply to accounts that do not contain an object classifica12 tion for travel: Provided further, That this section shall

13 not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials

14 of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

15 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

16 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec18 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter19 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

20 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

21 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen22 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to

23 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

24 forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if

25 appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts
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1 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

2 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor3 respondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the

4 estimates in the same proportion.

5 SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the

6 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

7 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

8 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

9 of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5

10 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and

11 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

12 SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and

13 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora14 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of

15 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

16 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

17 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for

18 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso19 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed20 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ21 ing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof,

22 Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within

23 the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

24 Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
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1 SEC. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

4 SEC. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

5 expended—

6 (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or

7 employee of the United States unless—

8 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

9 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de10 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

11 services for which such expenditure is being

12 made; or

13 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

14 such certification, and without such a voucher

15 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

16 and

17 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

18 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

19 exempt by law from such audit.

20 SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to

21 any department or agency may be expended for the trans22 portation of any officer or employee of such department

23 or agency between their domicile and their place of em24 ployment, with the exception of any officer or employee
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1 authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or

2 5 U.S.C. 7905.

3 SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may

4 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re5 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re6 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

7 by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost

8 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in9 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

10 in the research.

11 SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,

12 directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse13 ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether

14 retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more

15 than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of

16 the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by

17 law.

18 SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act

19 shall be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise com20 pensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or

21 adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the au22 thority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission pur23 suant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act

24 (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
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1 SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under exist2 ing law, or under an existing Executive Order issued pur3 suant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

4 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

5 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are:

6 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in7 spection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

8 list of all contracts entered into within 24 months prior

9 to the date on which the list is made available to the public

10 and of all contracts on which performance has not been

11 completed by such date. The list required by the preceding

12 sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a

13 narrative description of the work to be performed under

14 each such contract.

15 SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no

16 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

17 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

18 to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41

19 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such

20 executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such

21 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula22 tions promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report

23 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval24 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

25 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from
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1 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

2 such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the

3 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and

4 (B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to

5 such contract.

6 SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section

7 406, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart8 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide

9 a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to

10 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

11 SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to

12 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

13 to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.

14 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

15 less than 22 miles per gallon.

16 SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I

17 of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of

18 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

19 $300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re20 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress

21 and a period of 30 days has expired following the date

22 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap23 propriations.

24 SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,

25 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
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1 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

2 should be American-made.

3 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering

4 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail5 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

6 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

7 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by

8 the Congress.

9 SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

10 may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to

11 grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office

12 of Management and Budget Circular A–21.

13 SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

14 year 2001 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

15 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

16 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this

17 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity,

18 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official

19 to which the funds are made available that the program,

20 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal

21 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private

22 property rights, or unfunded mandates.

23 SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Depart24 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub25 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as
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1 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi2 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority

3 available to each such corporation or agency and in accord

4 with law, and to make such contracts and commitments

5 without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by

6 section 104 of the Act as may be necessary in carrying

7 out the programs set forth in the budget for 2001 for such

8 corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: Pro9 vided, That collections of these corporations and agencies

10 may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commit11 ments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act

12 (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assist13 ance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), ex14 cept that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage in15 surance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or

16 where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to pro17 tect the financial interest of the United States Govern18 ment.

19 SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the

20 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)),

21 funds made available pursuant to authorization under

22 such section for fiscal year 2001 may be used for imple23 menting comprehensive conservation and management

24 plans.
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1 SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to na3 tional service education awards shall mean any loan made

4 directly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Post5 secondary Education, in addition to other meanings under

6 section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service

7 Act.

8 SEC. 422. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act,

9 no part of any appropriation for the Department of Hous10 ing and Urban Development shall be available for any ac11 tivity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti12 mates submitted to the Congress.

13 SEC. 423. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act shall be used to promul15 gate a final regulation to implement changes in the pay16 ment of pesticide tolerance processing fees as proposed at

17 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or any similar proposals. The Envi18 ronmental Protection Agency may proceed with the devel19 opment of such a rule.

20 SEC. 424. Except in the case of entities that are

21 funded solely with Federal funds or any natural persons

22 that are funded under this Act, none of the funds in this

23 Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any pro24 gram to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate,

25 non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate in respect to adju-
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1 dicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive

2 officer of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall

3 certify that none of these funds have been used to engage

4 in the lobbying of the Federal Government or in litigation

5 against the United States unless authorized under existing

6 law.

7 SEC. 425. No part of any funds appropriated in this

8 Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch,

9 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative

10 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and

11 for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pam12 phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film presen13 tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending

14 before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con15 gress itself.

16 SEC. 426. None of the funds provided in title II for

17 technical assistance, training, or management improve18 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides

19 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each

20 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the

21 costs associated with each activity as part of the Budget

22 Justifications. For fiscal year 2001, HUD shall transmit

23 this information to the Committees by December 1, 2000,

24 for 30 days of review.
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1 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act may be used for the designation, or approval of the

3 designation, of any area as an ozone nonattainment area

4 under the Clean Air Act pursuant to the 8-hour national

5 ambient air quality standard for ozone that was promul6 gated by the Environmental Protection Agency on July

7 18, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 38,356, p. 38855) and remanded

8 by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on May 14,

9 1999, in the case, American Trucking Ass’ns. v. EPA (No.

10 97–1440, 1999 Westlaw 300618) prior to June 15, 2001

11 or final adjudication of this case by the Supreme Court

12 of the United States, whichever occurs first.

13 SEC. 428. Section 432 of Public Law 104–204 (110

14 Stat. 2874) is amended—

15 (a) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘or to restruc16 ture and improve the efficiency of the workforce’’

17 after ‘‘the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis18 tration’’ and before ‘‘the Administrator’’;

19 (b) by deleting paragraph (4) of subsection (h)

20 and inserting in lieu thereof—

21 ‘‘(4) The provisions of subsections (1) and

22 (3) of this section may be waived upon a deter23 mination by the Administrator that use of the

24 incentive satisfactorily demonstrates downsizing

25 or other restructuring within the Agency that
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1 would improve the efficiency of agency oper2 ations or contribute directly to evolving mission

3 requirements.’’

4 (c) by deleting subsection (i) and inserting in

5 lieu thereof—

6 ‘‘(i) REPORTS.—The Administrator shall submit a re7 port on NASA’s restructuring activities to the Committee

8 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the

9 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate not later than

10 September 30, 2001. This report shall include—

11 ‘‘(1) an outline of a timetable for restructuring

12 the workforce at NASA Headquarters and field Cen13 ters;

14 ‘‘(2) annual Full Time Equivalent (FTE) tar15 gets by broad occupational categories and a sum16 mary of how these targets reflect the respective mis17 sions of Headquarters and the field Centers;

18 ‘‘(3) a description of personnel initiatives, such

19 as relocation assistance, early retirement incentives,

20 and career transition assistance, which NASA will

21 use to achieve personnel reductions or to rebalance

22 the workforce; and

23 ‘‘(4) a description of efficiencies in operations

24 achieved through the use of the voluntary separation

25 incentive.’’; and
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1 (d) in subsection (j), by deleting ‘‘September 30,

2 2000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30,

3 2002’’.

4 SEC. 429. Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2000’’, and

6 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.

7 SEC. 430. All Departments and agencies funded

8 under this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the

9 existing statutory authorities and funding, to expand their

10 use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the

11 conduct of their business practices and public service ac12 tivities.

13 SEC. 431. Title III of the National Aeronautics and

14 Space Act of 1958, Public Law 85–568, is amended by

15 adding the following new section at the end:

16 ‘‘SEC. 312. (a) Appropriations for the Administration

17 for fiscal year 2002 and thereafter shall be made in three

18 accounts, ‘Human space flight’, ‘Science, aeronautics and

19 technology’, and an account for amounts appropriated for

20 the necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General.

21 Appropriations shall remain available for 2 fiscal years.

22 Each account shall include the planned full costs of the

23 Administration’s related activities.

24 ‘‘(b) To ensure the safe, timely, and successful ac25 complishment of Administration missions, the Administra-
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1 tion may transfer amounts for Federal salaries and bene2 fits; training, travel and awards; facility and related costs;

3 information technology services; publishing services;

4 science, engineering, fabricating and testing services; and

5 other administrative services among accounts, as nec6 essary.

7 ‘‘(c) The Administrator, in consultation with the Di8 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, shall de9 termine what balances from the ‘Mission support’ account

10 are to be transferred to the ‘Human space flight’ and

11 ‘Science, aeronautics and technology’ accounts. Such bal12 ances shall be transferred and merged with the ‘Human

13 space flight’ and ‘Science, aeronautics and technology’ ac14 counts, and remain available for the period of which origi15 nally appropriated.’’.

16 TITLE V—FILIPINO VETERANS’ BENEFITS

17 IMPROVEMENTS

18 SEC. 501. (a) RATE OF COMPENSATION PAYMENTS

19 FOR FILIPINO VETERANS RESIDING IN THE UNITED

20 STATES.—(1) Section 107 of title 38, United States Code,

21 is amended—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘Payments’’ in the second sen23 tence of subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘Except as pro24 vided in subsection (c), payments’’; and
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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section:

3 ‘‘(c) In the case of benefits under subchapters II and

4 IV of chapter 11 of this title paid by reason of service

5 described in subsection (a) to an individual residing in the

6 United States who is a citizen of, or an alien lawfully ad7 mitted for permanent residence in, the United States, the

8 second sentence of subsection (a) shall not apply.’’.

9 (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall

10 take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and

11 shall apply to benefits paid for months beginning on or

12 after that date.

13 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE OF DISABLED

14 FILIPINO VETERANS RESIDING IN THE UNITED

15 STATES.—Section 1734 of such title is amended—

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary,’’;

17 and

18 (2) by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(b) An individual who is in receipt of benefits under

20 subchapter II or IV of chapter 11 of this title paid by

21 reason of service described in section 107(a) of this title

22 who is residing in the United States and who is a citizen

23 of, or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence

24 in, the United States shall be eligible for hospital and

25 nursing home care and medical services in the same man-
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1 ner as a veteran, and the disease or disability for which

2 such benefits are paid shall be considered to be a service3 connected disability for purposes of this chapter.’’.

4 (c) HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS RESIDING IN THE

5 PHILIPPINES.—Section 1724 of such title is amended by

6 adding at the end the following new subsection:

7 ‘‘(e) Within the limits of an outpatient clinic in the

8 Republic of the Philippines that is under the direct juris9 diction of the Secretary, the Secretary may furnish a vet10 eran who has a service-connected disability with such med11 ical services as the Secretary determines to be needed.’’.

12 TITLE VI—DEBT REDUCTION

13 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

14 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

15 GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE

16 PUBLIC DEBT

17 For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year

18 2001 into the account established under section 3113(d)

19 of title 31, United States Code, to reduce the public debt,

20 $5,172,730,916.14.

21 Titles I–IV of this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Depart22 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel23 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,

24 2001’’.

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