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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1141

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 25, 1999

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1999, 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 Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur6 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

3 CHAPTER 1

4 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

5 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex8 penses’’, $42,753,000, to remain available until expended:

9 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the

10 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

13 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 For additional gross obligations for the principal

16 amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by

17 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the

18 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, $1,095,000,000, as

19 follows: $350,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership

20 loans; $200,000,000 for direct farm ownership loans;

21 $185,000,000 for direct farm operating loans;

22 $185,000,000 for subsidized guaranteed farm operating

23 loans; and $175,000,000 for emergency farm loans.

24 For the additional cost of direct and guaranteed farm

25 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans as de26 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
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1 1974, to remain available until September 30, 2000: farm

2 operating loans, $28,804,000, of which $12,635,000 shall

3 be for direct loans and $16,169,000 shall be for guaran4 teed subsidized loans; farm ownership loans, $35,505,000,

5 of which $29,940,000 shall be for direct loans and

6 $5,565,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; emergency

7 loans, $41,300,000; and administrative expenses to carry

8 out the loan programs, $4,000,000: Provided, That the en9 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer10 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

12 1985, as amended.

13 CHAPTER 2

14 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

15 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex19 penses, Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ to support in20 creased detention requirements for Central American

21 criminal aliens and to address the expected influx of illegal

22 immigrants from Central America as a result of Hurricane

23 Mitch, $80,000,000, which shall remain available until ex24 pended and which shall be administered by the Attorney

25 General: Provided, That the entire amount is designated

26 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

2 Emegency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

3 CHAPTER 3

4 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY

5 MILITARY PERSONNEL

6 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel,

8 Army’’, $8,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is

9 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:

12 Provided further, That of such amount, $5,100,000 shall

13 be available only to the extent that an official budget re14 quest for a specific dollar amount, that includes designa15 tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency

16 requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans18 mitted by the President to the Congress.

19 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per21 sonnel, Army’’, $7,300,000: Provided, That the entire

22 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

23 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

24 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

25 1985, as amended: Provided further, That of such amount,
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1 $1,300,000 shall be available only to the extent that an

2 official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that

3 includes designation of the entire amount of the request

4 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

5 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

6 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

7 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per9 sonnel, Air Force’’, $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire

10 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

11 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

12 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

13 1985, as amended.

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main17 tenance, Army’’, $69,500,000: Provided, That the entire

18 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

19 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

21 1985, as amended.

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main24 tenance, Navy’’, $16,000,000: Provided, That the entire

25 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
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1 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

2 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

3 1985, as amended.

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main6 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $300,000: Provided, That the en7 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer8 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

10 1985, as amended.

11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main13 tenance, Air Force’’, $8,800,000: Provided, That the en14 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer15 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

17 1985, as amended.

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main20 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $46,500,000: Provided, That the

21 entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer22 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

24 1985, as amended.
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1 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Humani3 tarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid’’, $37,500,000: Provided,

4 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

5 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

6 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

8 CHAPTER 4

9 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

10 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

11 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

12 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

13 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672,

14 for an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster As15 sistance’’ for necessary expenses for international disaster

16 relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, pursu17 ant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

18 as amended, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated

20 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant

21 to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

23 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

24 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

25 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672,

26 for an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
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1 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur2 poses, to provide assistance to Jordan, $50,000,000 to be3 come available upon enactment of this Act and to remain

4 available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the

5 entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer6 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

8 1985, as amended.

9 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN EMERGENCY

10 DISASTER RECOVERY FUND

11 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672,

12 for necessary expenses to address the effects of hurricanes

13 in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake

14 in Colombia, $621,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2000: Provided, That the funds appropriated

16 under this heading shall be subject to the provisions of

17 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

18 as amended, and, except for section 558, the provisions

19 of title V of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,

20 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as con21 tained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus Con22 solidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

23 Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)): Provided further, That

24 up to $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this para25 graph may be transferred to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the

26 Agency for International Development’’, to remain avail-
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1 able until September 30, 2000, to be used for administra2 tive costs of USAID in addressing the effects of those hur3 ricanes, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to con4 tract directly for the personal services of individuals in the

5 United States: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000

6 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph may be trans7 ferred to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for Inter8 national Development Office of Inspector General’’, to re9 main available until expended, to be used for costs of au10 dits, inspections, and other activities associated with the

11 expenditure of the funds appropriated by this paragraph:

12 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this

13 heading shall be obligated and expended subject to the

14 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap15 propriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated

16 under this heading shall be subject to the funding ceiling

17 contained in section 580 of the Foreign Operations, Ex18 port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations

19 Act, 1999 (as contained in Division A, section 101(d) of

20 the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental

21 Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)), not22 withstanding section 545 of that Act: Provided further,

23 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading

24 may be made available for nonproject assistance: Provided

25 further, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
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1 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,

4 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex5 tent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount

6 that includes designation of the entire amount of the re7 quest as an emergency requirement as defined in the

8 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

9 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the

10 Congress.

11 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

12 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

13 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672,

14 for an additional amount for ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’,

15 $41,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That up to $25,000,000 may be used for a contribu17 tion to the Central America Emergency Trust Fund, ad18 ministered by the International Bank for Reconstruction

19 and Development: Provided further, That the entire

20 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

21 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

23 1985, as amended.
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1 MILITARY ASSISTANCE

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

4 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672,

5 for an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Financing

6 Program’’, for grants to enable the President to carry out

7 section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, in addition

8 to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for

9 grants only for Jordan, $50,000,000 to become available

10 upon enactment of this Act and to remain available until

11 September 30, 2001: Provided, That funds appropriated

12 under this heading shall be nonrepayable, notwithstanding

13 section 23(b) and section 23(c) of the Arms Export Con14 trol Act: Provided further, That the entire amount is des15 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

18 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER

19 SEC. 301. The value of articles, services, and military

20 education and training authorized as of November 15,

21 1998, to be drawn down by the President under the au22 thority of section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act

23 of 1961, as amended, shall not be counted against the ceil24 ing limitation of that section.
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1 CHAPTER 5

2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

3 FOREST SERVICE

4 RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reconstruction and

6 Construction’’, $5,611,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, to address damages from Hurricane Georges and

8 other natural disasters in Puerto Rico: Provided, That the

9 entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer10 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

12 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the amount pro13 vided shall be available only to the extent that an official

14 budget request that includes designation of the entire

15 amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

16 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted

18 by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That

19 funds in this account may be transferred to and merged

20 with the ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ account and

21 the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account as needed to ad22 dress emergency requirements in Puerto Rico.
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1 CHAPTER 6

2 OFFSETS

3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

4 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

5 PROGRAMS

6 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Of the funds appropriated under Public Law 105–

9 277 for the cost of direct credit agreements for Public Law

10 480 title I credit, $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded.

11 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

12 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

13 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of the amount provided under this heading in P.L.

16 105–277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup17 plemental Appropriations Act, 1999, $150,000,000 are re18 scinded.

19 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

20 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

21 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub24 lic Law 105–277, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

4 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub7 lic Law 105–118 and in prior acts making appropriations

8 for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro9 grams, $40,000,000 are rescinded.

10 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

11 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

12 (RESCISSION)

13 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub14 lic Law 105–277 and in prior acts making appropriations

15 for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro16 grams, $17,000,000 are rescinded.

17 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

18 STATES

19 (RESCISSION)

20 Of the unobligated balances of funds available under

21 this heading, $20,000,000 are rescinded.

22 ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF

23 THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

24 (RESCISSION)

25 Of the unobligated balances of funds available under

26 this heading, $25,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 MILITARY ASSISTANCE

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

4 (RESCISSION)

5 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub6 lic Law 105–277, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

7 MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

8 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

9 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

10 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

11 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

12 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

13 (RESCISSION)

14 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub15 lic Law 105–277, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

16 REDUCTION IN CALLABLE CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS

17 (RESCISSION)

18 Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Con19 tribution to the Asian Development Bank’’, ‘‘Contribution

20 to the Inter-American Development Bank’’, and ‘‘Con21 tribution to the International Bank for Reconstruction

22 and Development’’ for callable capital stock in Public Law

23 96–123 and in prior acts making appropriations for for24 eign assistance and related programs, a total of

25 $648,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

2 (RESCISSION)

3 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub4 lic Law 105–277, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

8 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

9 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 Of the budgetary resources provided for ‘‘Small Com11 munity Air Service’’ by Public Law 101–508 for fiscal

12 years prior to fiscal year 1998, $815,000 are rescinded.

13 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

14 STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS

15 (RESCISSION)

16 Of the available balances under this heading,

17 $6,500,000 are rescinded.

18 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

19 TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 Of the budgetary resources provided for the trust

23 fund share of transit programs in Public Law 102–240

24 under 49 U.S.C. 5338(a)(1), $665,000 are rescinded.
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1 INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT

2 Of the available balances under this heading,

3 $600,000 are rescinded.

4 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE

5 SEC. 1001. Division B, title I, chapter 1 of Public

6 Law 105–277 is amended as follows: under the heading

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

8 ‘‘$1,496,600,000’’ and insert ‘‘$1,456,600,000’’.

9 TITLE II

10 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND

11 RESCISSIONS

12 CHAPTER 1

13 THE JUDICIARY

14 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex17 penses,’’ $921,000, to remain available until expended.

18 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED

19 AGENCIES

20 RELATED AGENCY

21 UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

22 BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE

23 (RESCISSION)

24 Of the unobligated balances available under this

25 heading, $20,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 CHAPTER 2

2 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON

3 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

4 For necessary expenses for the United States Com5 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized

6 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of

7 1998 (Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain avail8 able until expended.

9 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

10 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

11 (RESCISSION)

12 Of the unobligated balances of funds available under

13 this heading, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

14 CHAPTER 3

15 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

16 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

17 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

18 (RESCISSION)

19 Of the funds made available under this heading in

20 Public Law 105–83, $6,800,000 are rescinded.

21 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

22 INDIANS

23 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Trust Pro25 grams’’, $21,800,000, to remain available until expended,

26 of which $6,800,000 is for activities pursuant to the Trust
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1 Management Improvement Project High Level Implemen2 tation Plan and $15,000,000 is to support litigation in3 volving individual Indian trust accounts: Provided, That

4 litigation support funds may, as needed, be transferred to

5 and merged with the ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ ac6 count in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the ‘‘Salaries and

7 Expenses’’ account in the Office of the Solicitor, the ‘‘Sal8 aries and Expenses’’ account in Departmental Manage9 ment, the ‘‘Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’’

10 account in the Minerals Management Service and the

11 ‘‘Management of Lands and Resources’’ account in the

12 Bureau of Land Management.

13 CHAPTER 4

14 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

15 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

16 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

17 SERVICE OPERATIONS

18 Under this heading in section 101(f) of Public Law

19 105–277, strike ‘‘$3,132,076,000’’ and insert

20 ‘‘$3,111,076,000’’ and strike ‘‘$180,933,000’’ and insert

21 ‘‘$164,933,000’’.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

2 SERVICES

3 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

4 FEDERAL CAPITAL LOAN PROGRAM FOR NURSING

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the funds made available under the Federal Cap7 ital Loan Program for Nursing appropriation account,

8 $2,800,000 are rescinded.

9 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

10 EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT

11 (RESCISSION)

12 Of the funds made available under this heading in

13 section 101(f) of Public Law 105–277, $6,800,000 are re14 scinded.

15 RELATED AGENCY

16 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

17 For an additional amount for the Corporation for

18 Public Broadcasting, to remain available until expended,

19 $30,600,000 to be available for fiscal year 1999, and

20 $17,400,000 to be available for fiscal year 2000: Provided,

21 That such funds be made available to National Public

22 Radio, as the designated manager of the Public Radio Sat23 ellite System, for acquisition of satellite capacity.
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1 CHAPTER 5

2 CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

4 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

5 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

6 HOUSE PAGE DORMITORY

7 For necessary expenses for renovations to the facility

8 located at 501 First Street, S.E., in the District of Colum9 bia, $3,760,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That the Architect of the Capitol shall transfer to

11 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep12 resentatives such portion of the funds made available

13 under this paragraph as may be required for expenses in14 curred by the Chief Administrative Officer in the renova15 tion of the facility, subject to the approval of the Com16 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives:

17 Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Stat18 utes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall not apply

19 to the funds made available under this paragraph.

20 O’NEILL HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING

21 For necessary expenses for life safety renovations to

22 the O’Neill House Office Building, $1,800,000, to remain

23 available until expended: Provided, That section 3709 of

24 the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)

25 shall not apply to the funds made available under this

26 paragraph.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

2 SEC. 501. (a) The aggregate amount otherwise au3 thorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump4 sum allowance for the Office of the Minority Leader of

5 the House of Representatives and the aggregate amount

6 otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year

7 for the lump-sum allowance for the Office of the Majority

8 Whip of the House of Representatives shall each be in9 creased by $333,000.

10 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year

11 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year.

12 SEC. 502. (a) Each office described under the head13 ing ‘‘HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES’’ in the Act

14 making appropriations for the legislative branch for a fis15 cal year may transfer any amounts appropriated for the

16 office under such heading among the various categories

17 of allowances and expenses for the office under such head18 ing.

19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any

20 amounts appropriated for official expenses.

21 (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year

22 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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1 CHAPTER 6

2 POSTAL SERVICE

3 PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to the Post5 al Service Fund’’ for revenue forgone reimbursement pur6 suant to 39 U.S.C. 2401(d), $29,000,000.

7 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

8 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

9 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of the funds made available under this heading in

12 Public Law 101–130, the Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emer13 gency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disas14 ters of National Significance, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

15 CHAPTER 7

16 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

17 DEVELOPMENT

18 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

19 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS

20 Notwithstanding the 6th undesignated paragraph

21 under the heading ‘‘COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVEL22 OPMENT—COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS’’ in

23 title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous24 ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies

25 Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–276; 112 Stat.
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1 2477) and the related provisions of the joint explanatory

2 statement in the conference report to accompany such Act

3 (Report 105–769, 105th Congress, 2d Session) referred

4 to in such paragraph, of the amounts provided under such

5 heading and made available for the Economic Develop6 ment Initiative (EDI) for grants for targeted economic in7 vestments, $250,000 shall be for a grant to Project Re8 store of Los Angeles, California, for the Los Angeles City

9 Civic Center Trust, to revitalize and redevelop the Civic

10 Center neighborhood, and $100,000 shall be for a grant

11 to the Southeast Rio Vista Family YMCA, for develop12 ment of a child care center in the City of Huntington

13 Park, California.

14 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 Under this heading in Public Law 105–276, add the

17 words, ‘‘to remain available until September 30, 2000,’’

18 after $81,910,000,’’.

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

20 SEC. 2001. No part of any appropriation contained

21 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond

22 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

23 SEC. 2002. (a) LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR

24 CLUB WHEAT PRODUCERS.—In making loan deficiency

25 payments available under section 135 of the Agricultural
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1 Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) to producers of

2 club wheat, the Secretary of Agriculture may not assess

3 a premium adjustment on the amount that would other4 wise be computed for club wheat under the section to re5 flect the premium that is paid for club wheat to ensure

6 its availability to create a blended specialty product known

7 as western white wheat.

8 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—As soon as prac9 ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the

10 Secretary of Agriculture shall make a payment to each

11 producer of club wheat that received a discounted loan de12 ficiency payment under section 135 of the Agricultural

13 Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) before that date

14 as a result of the assessment of a premium adjustment

15 against club wheat. The amount of the payment for a pro16 ducer shall be equal to the difference between—

17 (1) the loan deficiency payment that would have

18 been made to the producer in the absence of the pre19 mium adjustment; and

20 (2) the loan deficiency payment actually re21 ceived by the producer.

22 (c) FUNDING SOURCE.—The Secretary shall use

23 funds available to provide marketing assistance loans and

24 loan deficiency payments under subtitle C of the Agricul-
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1 tural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et seq.) to

2 make the payments required by subsection (b).

3 TITLE III

4 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

5 SEC. 3001. The Agriculture, Rural Development,

6 Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap7 propriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section

8 101(a) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup9 plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

10 277)) is amended—

11 (a) in title III, under the heading ‘‘Rural Com12 munity Advancement Program, (Including Transfer

13 of Funds)’’, by inserting ‘‘1926d,’’ after ‘‘1926c,’’;

14 by inserting ‘‘, 306C, and 306D’’ after

15 ‘‘381E(d)(2)’’ the first time it appears in the para16 graph; and by striking ‘‘, as provided in 7 U.S.C.

17 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C’’;

18 (b) in title VII, in section 718 by striking ‘‘this

19 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘annual appropriations Acts’’;

20 (c) in title VII, in section 747 by striking

21 ‘‘302’’ and inserting ‘‘203’’; and

22 (d) in title VII, in section 763(b)(3) by striking

23 ‘‘Public Law 94–265’’ and inserting ‘‘Public Law

24 104–297’’.
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1 SEC. 3002. Division B, title V, chapter 1 of the Om2 nibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro3 priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) is amended

4 under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture, Agri5 culture Research Service’’ by inserting after

6 ‘‘$23,000,000,’’ the following: ‘‘to remain available until

7 expended,’’.

8 SEC. 3003. The Foreign Operations, Export Financ9 ing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 ( as

10 contained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus

11 Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria12 tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)) is amended—

13 (a) in title II under the heading ‘‘Burma’’ by

14 striking ‘‘headings ‘Economic Support Fund’ and’’

15 and inserting ‘‘headings ‘Child Survival and Disease

16 Programs Fund’, ‘Economic Support Fund’ and’’;

17 (b) in title V in section 587 by striking ‘‘199–

18 339’’ and inserting ‘‘99–399’’;

19 (c) in title V in subsection 594(a) by striking

20 ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’;

21 (d) in title V in subsection 594(b) by striking

22 ‘‘subparagraph (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’;

23 and

24 (e) in title V in subsection 594(c) by striking

25 ‘‘521 of the annual appropriations Act for Foreign
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1 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro2 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘520 of this Act’’.

3 SEC. 3004. Subsection 1706(b) of title XVII of the

4 International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r–

5 262r–2), as added by section 614 of the Foreign Oper6 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro7 priations Act, 1999, is amended by striking ‘‘June 30’’

8 and inserting ‘‘September 30’’.

9 SEC. 3005. The Department of the Interior and Re10 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in

11 division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated

12 and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999

13 (Public Law 105–277)) is amended—

14 (a) in the last proviso under the heading

15 ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Adminis16 trative Provisions’’ by striking ‘‘section

17 104(c)(50)(B) of the Marine Mammal Protection

18 Act (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

19 104(c)(5)(B) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act

20 of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407)’’.

21 (b) in section 354(a) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C.

22 544(a)(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘16 U.S.C. 544b(a)(2))’’.

23 (c) The amendments made by subsections (a)

24 and (b) of this section shall take effect as if included
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1 in Public Law 105–277 on the date of its enact2 ment.

3 SEC. 3006. The Departments of Labor, Health and

4 Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appro5 priations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section

6 101(f) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup7 plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

8 277)) is amended—

9 (a) in title I, under the heading ‘‘Federal Un10 employment Benefits and Allowances’’, by striking

11 ‘‘during the current fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘from

12 October 1, 1998, through September 30, 1999’’;

13 (b) in title II under the heading ‘‘Office of the

14 Secretary, General Departmental Management’’ by

15 striking ‘‘$180,051,000’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘$188,051,000’’;

17 (c) in title II under the heading ‘‘Children and

18 Families Services Programs, (Including Rescis19 sions)’’ by striking ‘‘notwithstanding section 640

20 (a)(6), of the funds made available for the Head

21 Start Act, $337,500,000 shall be set aside for the

22 Head Start Program for Families with Infants and

23 Toddlers (Early Head Start): Provided further,

24 That’’;
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1 (d) in title II under the heading ‘‘Office of the

2 Secretary, General Departmental Management’’ by

3 inserting after the first proviso the following: ‘‘Pro4 vided further, That of the funds made available

5 under this heading for carrying out title XX of the

6 Public Health Service Act, $10,831,000 shall be for

7 activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of

8 which $9,131,000 shall be for prevention service

9 demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2) of

10 title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, with11 out application of the limitation of section 2010(c)

12 of said title XX:’’;

13 (e) in title III under the heading ‘‘Special Edu14 cation’’ by inserting before the period at the end of

15 the paragraph the following: ‘‘: Provided further,

16 That $1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds

17 provided by Public Law 105–78 under section

18 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide information on

19 diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for

20 children with disabilities’’;

21 (f) in title II under the heading ‘‘Public Health

22 and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ by striking

23 ‘‘$322,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$180,000’’;
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1 (g) in title III under the heading ‘‘Education

2 Reform’’ by striking ‘‘$491,000,000’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘$459,500,000’’;

4 (h) in title III under the heading ‘‘Vocational

5 and Adult Education’’ by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ the

6 first time that it appears and inserting

7 ‘‘$14,000,000’’, and by inserting before the period

8 at the end of the paragraph the following: ‘‘: Pro9 vided further, That of the amounts made available

10 for the Perkins Act, $4,100,000 shall be for tribally

11 controlled postsecondary vocational institutions

12 under section 117’’;

13 (i) in title III under the heading ‘‘Higher Edu14 cation’’ by inserting after the first proviso the fol15 lowing: ‘‘Provided further, That funds available for

16 part A, subpart 2 of title VII of the Higher Edu17 cation Act shall be available to fund awards for aca18 demic year 1999–2000 for fellowships under part A,

19 subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms

20 and conditions of part A, subpart 1:’’;

21 (j) in title III under the heading ‘‘Education

22 Research, Statistics, and Improvement’’ by inserting

23 after the third proviso the following: ‘‘Provided fur24 ther, That of the funds appropriated under section

25 10601 of title X of the Elementary and Secondary
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1 Education Act of 1965, as amended, $1,000,000

2 shall be used to conduct a violence prevention dem3 onstration program: Provided further, That of the

4 funds appropriated under section 10601 of title X of

5 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

6 1965, as amended, $50,000 shall be awarded to the

7 Center for Educational Technologies to conduct a

8 feasibility study and initial planning and design of

9 an effective CD ROM product that would com10 plement the book, We the People: The Citizen and

11 the Constitution:’’;

12 (k) in title III under the heading ‘‘Reading Ex13 cellence’’ by inserting before the period at the end

14 of the paragraph the following: ‘‘: Provided, That up

15 to one percent of the amount appropriated shall be

16 available October 1, 1998 for peer review of applica17 tions’’;

18 (l) in title V in section 510(3) by inserting after

19 ‘‘Act’’ the following: ‘‘or subsequent Departments of

20 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and

21 Related Agencies Appropriations Acts’’; and

22 (m)(1) in title VIII in section 405 by striking

23 subsection (e) and inserting the following:

24 ‘‘(e) OTHER REFERENCES TO TITLE VII OF THE

25 STEWART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—
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1 The table of contents of the Stewart B. McKinney Home2 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is

3 amended—

4 ‘‘(1) by striking the items relating to title VII

5 of such Act, except the item relating to the title

6 heading and the items relating to subtitles B and C

7 of such title; and

8 ‘‘(2) by striking the item relating to the title

9 heading for title VII and inserting the following:

10 ‘‘ ‘TITLE VII—EDUCATION AND TRAINING’.’’.

11 (2) The amendments made by subsection

12 (m)(1) of this section shall take effect as if included

13 in Public Law 105–277 on the date of its enact14 ment.

15 SEC. 3007. The last sentence of section 5595(b) of

16 title 5, United States Code (as added by section 309(a)(2)

17 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, Pub18 lic Law 105–275) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(1)(G)’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘(a)(1)(C)’’.

20 SEC. 3008. The Department of Transportation and

21 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained

22 in division A, section 101(g) of the Omnibus Consolidated

23 and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999

24 (Public Law 105–277)) is amended: (a) in title I under

25 the heading ‘‘National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
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1 tration, Operations and Research, (Highway Trust

2 Fund)’’ by inserting before the period at the end of the

3 paragraph ‘‘: Provided further, That notwithstanding other

4 funds available in this Act for the National Advanced

5 Driving Simulator Program, funds under this heading are

6 available for obligation, as necessary, to continue this pro7 gram through September 30, 1999’’.

8 SEC. 3009. Division B, title II, chapter 5 of the Om9 nibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro10 priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) is amended

11 under the heading ‘‘Capitol Police Board, Security En12 hancements’’ by inserting before the period at the end of

13 the paragraph ‘‘: Provided further, That for purposes of

14 carrying out the plan or plans described under this head15 ing and consistent with the approval of such plan or plans

16 pursuant to this heading, the Capitol Police Board shall

17 transfer the portion of the funds made available under this

18 heading which are to be used for personnel and overtime

19 increases for the United States Capitol Police to the head20 ing ‘‘Capitol Police Board, Capitol Police, Salaries’’ under

21 the Act making appropriations for the legislative branch

22 for the fiscal year involved, and shall allocate such portion

23 between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Represent24 atives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the

25 Senate in such amounts as may be approved by the Com-
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1 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

2 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate’’.

3 SEC. 3010. Section 3027(d)(3) of the Transportation

4 Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note;

5 112 Stat. 366) as added by section 360 of the Department

6 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

7 Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(g) of

8 the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental

9 Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)) is re10 designated as section 3027(c)(3).

11 SEC. 3011. The Departments of Commerce, Justice,

12 and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria13 tions Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(b)

14 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple15 mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277))

16 is amended—

17 (a) in title I, under the heading ‘‘Legal Activi18 ties, Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activi19 ties’’, by inserting ‘‘and shall remain available until

20 September 30, 2000’’ after ‘‘Holocaust Assets in the

21 United States’’; and

22 (b) in title IV, under the heading ‘‘Department

23 of State, Administration of Foreign Affairs, Salaries

24 and Expenses’’, by inserting ‘‘and shall remain avail-
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1 able until September 30, 2000’’ after ‘‘Holocaust

2 Assets in the United States’’.

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘1999 Emergency Sup4 plemental Appropriations Act’’.

5 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

6 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

7 fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur8 poses, namely:

9 TITLE I—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

10 APPROPRIATIONS

11 CHAPTER 1

12 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

13 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

14 EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MIGRANT AND

15 SEASONAL FARMWORKERS

16 For emergency grants to assist low-income migrant

17 and seasonal farmworkers under section 2281 of the Food,

18 Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (42

19 U.S.C. 5177a), $25,000,000: Provided, That the entire

20 amount shall be available only to the extent an official

21 budget request for $25,000,000, that includes designation of

22 the entire amount of the request as an emergency require23 ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by

25 the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the
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1 entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer2 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such

3 Act.

4 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

5 MARKETING SERVICES

6 For an additional amount to carry out the agricul7 tural marketing assistance program under the Agricultural

8 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), $200,000,

9 and the rural business enterprise grant program under sec10 tion 310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop11 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)), $500,000: Provided, That the

12 entire amount shall be available only to the extent an offi13 cial budget request for $700,000, that includes designation

14 of the entire amount of the request as an emergency require15 ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by

17 the President to Congress: Provided further, That the entire

18 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re19 quirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

20 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

21 SUPPLY

22 (SECTION 32)

23 For an additional amount for the fund maintained for

24 funds made available under section 32 of the Act of August

25 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), $150,000,000: Provided, That the

26 entire amount shall be available only to the extent an offi-
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1 cial budget request for $150,000,000, that includes designa2 tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency

3 requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans5 mitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, That

6 the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer7 gency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

8 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex11 penses’’, $42,753,000, to remain available until expended:

12 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con13 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

14 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def15 icit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

16 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 For additional gross obligations for the principal

19 amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by

20 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agri21 cultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership

22 loans, $550,000,000, of which $350,000,000 shall be for

23 guaranteed loans; operating loans, $370,000,000, of which

24 $185,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; and

25 for emergency insured loans, $175,000,000 to meet the needs

26 resulting from natural disasters.
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1 For the additional cost of direct and guaranteed loans,

2 including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain

4 available until expended, as follows: farm ownership loans,

5 $35,505,000, of which $5,565,000 shall be for guaranteed

6 loans; operating loans, $28,804,000, of which $16,169,000

7 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; and for emergency

8 insured loans, $41,300,000 to meet the needs resulting from

9 natural disasters; and for additional administrative ex10 penses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan pro11 grams, $4,000,000: Provided, That the entire amounts are

12 designated by the Congress as emergency requirements pur13 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

15 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

16 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Con17 servation Program’’ for expenses resulting from natural dis18 asters, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended:

19 Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only

20 to the extent that an official budget request for $30,000,000,

21 that includes designation of the entire amount of the request

22 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

23 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

24 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:

25 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
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1 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec2 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

3 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

4 LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PROGRAM

5 An amount of $3,000,000 is provided to implement a

6 livestock indemnity program as established in Public Law

7 105–18: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available

8 only to the extent an official budget request for $3,000,000,

9 that includes designation of the entire amount of the request

10 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

11 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

12 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:

13 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by

14 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec15 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

16 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

17 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood

19 Prevention Operations’’ to repair damages to the waterways

20 and watersheds, including debris removal that would not

21 be authorized under the Emergency Watershed Program, re22 sulting from natural disasters, $100,000,000, to remain

23 available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount

24 shall be available only to the extent that an official budget

25 request for $100,000,000, that includes designation of the
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1 entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement

2 as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

3 Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the

4 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire

5 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re6 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

7 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

8 For an additional amount for the costs of direct loans

9 and grants of the rural utilities programs described in sec10 tion 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel11 opment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), as provided in 7 U.S.C.

12 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C for distribution through the

13 national reserve, $30,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall

14 be for grants under such program: Provided, That the entire

15 amount shall be available only to the extent an official

16 budget request for $30,000,000, that includes designation of

17 the entire amount of the request as an emergency require18 ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by

20 the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the

21 entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer22 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such

23 Act.
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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 For additional gross obligations for the principal

4 amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by

5 title V of the Housing Act of 1949, to be available from

6 funds in the rural housing insurance fund to meet needs

7 resulting from natural disasters, as follows: $10,000,000 for

8 loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Sec9 retary; and $1,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans.

10 For the additional cost of direct and guaranteed loans,

11 including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section

12 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain

13 available until expended, $1,534,000, as follows: section 502

14 loans, $1,182,000; and section 504 housing repair loans,

15 $352,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail16 able only to the extent that an official budget request for

17 $1,534,000, that includes designation of the entire amount

18 of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in

19 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

20 of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the

21 Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des22 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur23 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

24 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

25 For an additional amount for grants for very low-in26 come housing repair, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, to
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1 meet needs resulting from natural disasters, $1,000,000:

2 Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only

3 to the extent that an official budget request for $1,000,000,

4 that includes designation of the entire amount of the request

5 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

6 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

7 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:

8 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by

9 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec10 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

12 SEC. 1101. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive

13 the limitation established under the second sentence of the

14 second paragraph of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935

15 (7 U.S.C. 612c), on the amount of funds that may be de16 voted during fiscal year 1999 to any 1 agricultural com17 modity or product thereof.

18 SEC. 1102. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE. (a) IN GEN19 ERAL.—Section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural Develop20 ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen21 cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(a) of division

22 A of Public Law 105–277), is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(not later

24 than June 15, 1999)’’ after ‘‘made available’’; and
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1 (2) in subsection (g)(1), by inserting ‘‘or private

2 crop insurance (including a rain and hail policy)’’

3 before the period at the end.

4 (b) DESIGNATION AS EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—

5 Such sums as are necessary to carry out the amendments

6 made by subsection (a): Provided, That such amount shall

7 be available only to the extent an official budget request,

8 that includes designation of the entire amount of the request

9 as an emergency requirement for purposes of the Balanced

10 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is

11 transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur12 ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress

13 as an emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of

14 such Act.

15 SEC. 1103. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Com16 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i),

17 an additional $28,000,000 shall be provided through the

18 Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal year 1999 for tech19 nical assistance activities performed by any agency of the

20 Department of Agriculture in carrying out any conserva21 tion or environmental program funded by the Commodity

22 Credit Corporation: Provided, That the entire amount shall

23 be available only to the extent an official budget request

24 for $28,000,000, that includes designation of the entire

25 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
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1 fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con2 trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi3 dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire

4 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re5 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

6 SEC. 1104. Notwithstanding any other provision of

7 law, monies available under section 763 of the Agriculture,

8 Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and

9 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, shall be pro10 vided by the Secretary of the Agriculture directly to any

11 State determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to have

12 been materially affected by the commercial fishery failure

13 or failures declared by the Secretary of Commerce in Sep14 tember, 1998 under section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens

15 Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Such State

16 shall disburse the funds to individuals with family incomes

17 below the Federal poverty level who have been adversely af18 fected by the commercial fishery failure or failures: Pro19 vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to

20 the extent an official budget request for such amount, that

21 includes designation of the entire amount of the request as

22 an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

23 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

24 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:

25 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
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1 the Congress as an emergency requirement under section

2 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

3 SEC. 1105. (a) For an additional amount for the Live4 stock Assistance Program under Public Law 105–277,

5 $70,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be

6 available only to the extent an official budget request for

7 $70,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount

8 of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in

9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

10 of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the

11 Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des12 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur13 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

14 (b) An additional amount of $250,000,000 is rescinded

15 as provided in section 3002 of this Act.

16 SEC. 1106. CROP INSURANCE OPTIONS FOR PRO17 DUCERS WHO APPLIED FOR CROP REVENUE COVERAGE

18 PLUS. (a) ELIGIBLE PRODUCERS.—This section applies

19 with respect to a producer eligible for insurance under the

20 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) who

21 applied for the supplemental crop insurance endorsement

22 known as Crop Revenue Coverage PLUS (referred to in this

23 section as ‘‘CRCPLUS’’) for the 1999 crop year for a spring

24 planted agricultural commodity.
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1 (b) ADDITIONAL PERIOD FOR OBTAINING OR TRANS2 FERRING COVERAGE.—Notwithstanding the sales closing

3 date for obtaining crop insurance coverage established

4 under section 508(f)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act

5 (7 U.S.C. 1508(f)(2)) and notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall

7 provide a 14-day period beginning on the date of enactment

8 of this Act, but not to extend beyond April 12, 1999, during

9 which a producer described in subsection (a) may—

10 (1) with respect to a federally reinsured policy,

11 obtain from any approved insurance provider a level

12 of coverage for the agricultural commodity for which

13 the producer applied for the CRCPLUS endorsement

14 that is equivalent to or less than the level of federally

15 reinsured coverage that the producer applied for from

16 the insurance provider that offered the CRCPLUS en17 dorsement; and

18 (2) transfer to any approved insurance provider

19 any federally reinsured coverage provided for other

20 agricultural commodities of the producer by the same

21 insurance provider that offered the CRCPLUS en22 dorsement, as determined by the Corporation.
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1 CHAPTER 2

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

4 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN EMERGENCY

5 DISASTER RECOVERY FUND

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, for

8 necessary expenses to address the effects of hurricanes in

9 Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake in

10 Colombia, $611,000,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2000: Provided, That the funds appropriated

12 under this heading shall be subject to the provisions of chap13 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

14 amended, and, except for section 558, the provisions of title

15 V of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re16 lated Programs Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, sec17 tion 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency

18 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

19 277)): Provided further, That such assistance may be made

20 available notwithstanding such provisions of law regulating

21 the making, performance, amendment, or modification of

22 contracts as the Administrator of the United States Agency

23 for International Development (USAID) may specify: Pro24 vided further, That at least five days prior to any use of

25 the authority in the preceding proviso the Administrator

26 of USAID shall report in writing to the Committees on Ap-
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1 propriations of his intent to exercise such authority: Pro2 vided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds appro3 priated by this paragraph may be transferred to ‘‘Oper4 ating Expenses of the Agency for International Develop5 ment’’, to remain available until September 30, 2000, to

6 be used for administrative costs of USAID in addressing

7 the effects of those hurricanes, of which up to $1,000,000

8 may be used to contract directly for the personal services

9 of individuals in the United States: Provided further, That

10 of the funds made available under this heading, not less

11 than $2,000,000 should be made available to support the

12 clearance of landmines and other unexploded ordnance in

13 Nicaragua and Honduras: Provided further, That, of the

14 amount appropriated under this heading, up to

15 $10,000,000 may be made available to establish and sup16 port a scholarship fund for qualified low-to-middle income

17 students to attend Zamorano Agricultural University in

18 Honduras: Provided further, That up to $1,500,000 of the

19 funds appropriated by this heading may be transferred to

20 ‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Devel21 opment, Office of Inspector General’’, to remain available

22 until expended, to be used for costs of audits, inspections,

23 and other activities associated with the expenditure of funds

24 appropriated by this heading: Provided further, That

25 $500,000 of the funds appropriated by this heading shall
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1 be made available to the Comptroller General for purposes

2 of monitoring the provision of assistance using funds ap3 propriated by this heading: Provided further, That any

4 funds appropriated by this heading that are made available

5 for nonproject assistance shall be obligated and expended

6 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations and to the notification procedures

8 relating to the reprogramming of funds under section 634A

9 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1):

10 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head11 ing shall be obligated and expended subject to the regular

12 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria13 tions: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be

14 available only to the extent that an official budget request

15 for $611,000,000, that includes designation of the entire

16 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de17 fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con18 trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi19 dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire

20 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re21 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced

22 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

23 amended: Provided further, That the Agency for Inter24 national Development should undertake efforts to promote

25 reforestation, with careful attention to the choice, place-
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1 ment, and management of species of trees consistent with

2 watershed management objectives designed to minimize fu3 ture storm damage, and to promote energy conservation

4 through the use of renewable energy and energy-efficient

5 services and technologies: Provided further, That reforest6 ation and energy initiatives under this heading should be

7 integrated with other sustainable development efforts: Pro8 vided further, That of the funds made available under this

9 heading, up to $10,000,000 may be used to build permanent

10 single family housing for those who are homeless as a result

11 of the effects of hurricanes in Central America and the Car12 ibbean.

13 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

14 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, for

15 an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster Assist16 ance’’ for necessary expenses for international disaster re17 lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, pursuant

18 to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

19 amended, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended:

20 Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only

21 to the extent that an official budget request for $35,000,000,

22 that includes designation of the entire amount of the request

23 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

24 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

25 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:

26 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
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1 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec2 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

4 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

5 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

6 For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry

7 out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of

8 1961, as amended, in addition to amounts otherwise avail9 able for such purposes: to provide assistance to Jordan,

10 $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001:

11 Provided, That the entire amount made available for fiscal

12 year 1999 herein is designated by the Congress as an emer13 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

15 1985, as amended.

16 MILITARY ASSISTANCE

17 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

18 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the Presi20 dent to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Control

21 Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such

22 purposes, $50,000,000, to become available upon enactment

23 of this Act and to remain available until September 30,

24 2001, which shall be for grants only for Jordan: Provided,

25 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be non26 repayable, notwithstanding section 23(b) and section 23(c)
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1 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That the

2 entire amount made available for fiscal year 1999 herein

3 is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

4 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget

5 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

6 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

7 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

8 Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, for

9 an additional amount for ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’,

10 $41,000,000, to remain available until expended and subject

11 to the terms and conditions under the same heading in the

12 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro13 grams Appropriations Act, 1999, as included in Public

14 Law 105–277, section 101(d): Provided, That up to

15 $25,000,000 may be used for a contribution to the Central

16 America Emergency Trust Fund, administered by the

17 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development:

18 Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to the

19 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro20 priations: Provided further, That the entire amount is des21 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur22 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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1 GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER

2 SEC. 1201. The value of articles, services, and military

3 education and training authorized as of November 15, 1998,

4 to be drawn down by the President under the authority of

5 section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

6 amended, shall not be counted against the ceiling limitation

7 of that section.

8 CHAPTER 3

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

10 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

11 CONSTRUCTION

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,

13 $12,612,000, to remain available until expended, to repair

14 damage due to rain, winds, ice, snow, and other acts of

15 nature, and to replace and repair power generation equip16 ment: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by

17 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec18 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,

20 That the amount provided shall be available only to the ex21 tent that an official budget request that includes designation

22 of the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant

23 to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans25 mitted by the President to the Congress.
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1 OTHER RELATED AGENCY

2 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL

3 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Holocaust Memorial

5 Council’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended,

6 for the Holocaust Museum to address security needs: Pro7 vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress

8 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

9 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def10 icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,

11 That the amount provided shall be available only to the ex12 tent that an official budget request that includes designation

13 of the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant

14 to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans16 mitted by the President to the Congress.

17 CHAPTER 4

18 INDEPENDENT AGENCY

19 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

20 DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR UNMET NEEDS

21 For ‘‘Disaster Assistance for Unmet Needs’’,

22 $313,600,000, which shall remain available until September

23 30, 2001, for use by the Director of the Federal Emergency

24 Management Agency (Director) only for disaster relief,

25 buyout assistance, long-term recovery, and mitigation in
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1 communities affected by Presidentially-declared natural

2 disasters designated during fiscal years 1998 and 1999,

3 only to the extent those activities are not reimbursable by

4 or for which funds are not made available by the Federal

5 Emergency Management Agency (under its ‘‘Disaster Re6 lief’’ program), the Small Business Administration, or the

7 Army Corps of Engineers: Provided, That in administering

8 these funds the Director shall allocate these funds to States

9 to be administered by each State in conjunction with its

10 Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief

11 program: Provided further, That each State shall provide

12 not less than 25 percent in non-Federal public matching

13 funds or its equivalent value (other than administrative

14 costs) for any funds allocated to the State under this head15 ing: Provided further, That the Director shall allocate these

16 funds based on the unmet needs arising from a Presi17 dentially-declared disaster as identified by the Director as

18 those which have not or will not be addressed by other Fed19 eral disaster assistance programs and for which it is deemed

20 appropriate to supplement the efforts and available re21 sources of States, local governments and disaster relief orga22 nizations: Provided further, That the Director shall estab23 lish review groups within FEMA to review each request by

24 a State of its unmet needs and certify as to the actual costs

25 associated with the unmet needs as well as the commitment
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1 and ability of each state to provide its match requirement:

2 Provided further, That the Director shall implement all

3 mitigation and buyout efforts in a manner consistent with

4 the requirements of section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford

5 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided

6 further, That the Director shall publish a notice in the Fed7 eral Register governing the allocation and use of the funds

8 under this heading, including provisions for ensuring the

9 compliance of the states with the requirements of this pro10 gram: Provided further, That 10 days prior to distribution

11 of funds, the Director shall submit a list to the House and

12 Senate Committees on Appropriations, setting forth the pro13 posed uses of funds and the most recent estimates of unmet

14 needs: Provided further, That the Director shall submit

15 quarterly reports to the Committees regarding the actual

16 projects and needs for which funds have been provided

17 under this heading: Provided further, That to the extent any

18 funds under this heading are used in a manner inconsistent

19 with the requirements of the program established under this

20 heading and any rules issued pursuant thereto, the Director

21 shall recapture an equivalent amount of funds from the

22 State from any existing funds or future funds awarded to

23 the State under this heading or any other program admin24 istered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency:

25 Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
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1 only to the extent an official budget request, that includes

2 designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer3 gency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and

4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is

5 transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur6 ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress

7 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

8 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def9 icit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

10 GENERAL PROVISION, THIS TITLE

11 SEC. 1401. EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE

12 PROGRAM. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited

13 as the ‘‘Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999’’.

14 (b) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—Congress finds

15 that—

16 (1) the United States steel industry has been se17 verely harmed by a record surge of more than

18 40,000,000 tons of steel imports into the United

19 States in 1998, caused by the world financial crisis;

20 (2) this surge in imports resulted in the loss of

21 more than 10,000 steel worker jobs in 1998, and was

22 the imminent cause of 3 bankruptcies by medium23 sized steel companies, Acme Steel, Laclede Steel, and

24 Geneva Steel;
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1 (3) the crisis also forced almost all United States

2 steel companies into—

3 (A) reduced volume, lower prices, and fi4 nancial losses; and

5 (B) an inability to obtain credit for contin6 ued operations and reinvestment in facilities;

7 (4) the crisis also has affected the willingness of

8 private banks and investment institutions to make

9 loans to the U.S. steel industry for continued oper10 ation and reinvestment in facilities;

11 (5) these steel bankruptcies, job losses, and finan12 cial losses are also having serious negative effects on

13 the tax base of cities, counties, and States, and on the

14 essential health, education, and municipal services

15 that these government entities provide to their citi16 zens; and

17 (6) a strong steel industry is necessary to the

18 adequate defense preparedness of the United States in

19 order to have sufficient steel available to build the

20 ships, tanks, planes, and armaments necessary for the

21 national defense.

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

23 (1) the term ‘‘Board’’ means the Loan Guarantee

24 Board established under subsection (e);
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1 (2) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the Emergency

2 Steel Guaranteed Loan Program established under

3 subsection (d); and

4 (3) the term ‘‘qualified steel company’’ means

5 any company that—

6 (A) is incorporated under the laws of any

7 State;

8 (B) is engaged in the production and man9 ufacture of a product defined by the American

10 Iron and Steel Institute as a basic steel mill

11 product, including ingots, slab and billets, plates,

12 flat-rolled steel, sections and structural products,

13 bars, rail type products, pipe and tube, and wire

14 rod; and

15 (C) has experienced layoffs, production

16 losses, or financial losses since the beginning of

17 the steel import crisis, after January 1, 1998.

18 (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF EMERGENCY STEEL GUARAN19 TEED LOAN PROGRAM.—There is established the Emergency

20 Steel Guaranteed Loan Program, to be administered by the

21 Board, the purpose of which is to provide loan guarantees

22 to qualified steel companies in accordance with this section.

23 (e) LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—There

24 is established a Loan Guarantee Board, which shall be com25 posed of—
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1 (1) the Secretary of Commerce, who shall serve

2 as Chairman of the Board;

3 (2) the Secretary of Labor; and

4 (3) the Secretary of the Treasury.

5 (f) LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.—

6 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Program may guarantee

7 loans provided to qualified steel companies by private

8 banking and investment institutions in accordance

9 with the procedures, rules, and regulations established

10 by the Board.

11 (2) TOTAL GUARANTEE LIMIT.—The aggregate

12 amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding at any

13 one time under this section may not exceed

14 $1,000,000,000.

15 (3) INDIVIDUAL GUARANTEE LIMIT.—The aggre16 gate amount of loans guaranteed under this section

17 with respect to a single qualified steel company may

18 not exceed $250,000,000.

19 (4) MINIMUM GUARANTEE AMOUNT.—No single

20 loan in an amount that is less than $25,000,000 may

21 be guaranteed under this section.

22 (5) TIMELINES.—The Board shall approve or

23 deny each application for a guarantee under this sec24 tion as soon as possible after receipt of such applica25 tion.
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1 (6) ADDITIONAL COSTS.—For the additional cost

2 of the loans guaranteed under this subsection, includ3 ing the costs of modifying the loans as defined in sec4 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2

5 U.S.C. 661a), there is appropriated $140,000,000 to

6 remain available until expended.

7 (g) REQUIREMENTS FOR LOAN GUARANTEES.—A loan

8 guarantee may be issued under this section upon applica9 tion to the Board by a qualified steel company pursuant

10 to an agreement to provide a loan to that qualified steel

11 company by a private bank or investment company, if the

12 Board determines that—

13 (1) credit is not otherwise available to that com14 pany under reasonable terms or conditions sufficient

15 to meet its financing needs, as reflected in the finan16 cial and business plans of that company;

17 (2) the prospective earning power of that com18 pany, together with the character and value of the se19 curity pledged, furnish reasonable assurance of repay20 ment of the loan to be guaranteed in accordance with

21 its terms;

22 (3) the loan to be guaranteed bears interest at a

23 rate determined by the Board to be reasonable, taking

24 into account the current average yield on outstanding

25 obligations of the United States with remaining peri-
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1 ods of maturity comparable to the maturity of such

2 loan; and

3 (4) the company has agreed to an audit by the

4 General Accounting Office, prior to the issuance of the

5 loan guarantee and annually while any such guaran6 teed loan is outstanding.

7 (h) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOAN GUARAN8 TEES.—

9 (1) LOAN DURATION.—All loans guaranteed

10 under this section shall be payable in full not later

11 than December 31, 2005, and the terms and condi12 tions of each such loan shall provide that the loan

13 may not be amended, or any provision thereof

14 waived, without the consent of the Board.

15 (2) LOAN SECURITY.—Any commitment to issue

16 a loan guarantee under this section shall contain such

17 affirmative and negative covenants and other protec18 tive provisions that the Board determines are appro19 priate. The Board shall require security for the loans

20 to be guaranteed under this section at the time at

21 which the commitment is made.

22 (3) FEES.—A qualified steel company receiving

23 a guarantee under this section shall pay a fee in an

24 amount equal to 0.5 percent of the outstanding prin-
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1 cipal balance of the guaranteed loan to the Depart2 ment of the Treasury.

3 (i) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Com4 merce shall submit to the Congress annually, a full report

5 of the activities of the Board under this section during fiscal

6 years 1999 and 2000, and annually thereafter, during such

7 period as any loan guaranteed under this section is out8 standing.

9 (j) SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For

10 necessary expenses to administer the Program, $5,000,000

11 is appropriated to the Department of Commerce, to remain

12 available until expended, which may be transferred to the

13 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Trade Development of

14 the International Trade Administration.

15 (k) TERMINATION OF GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—The

16 authority of the Board to make commitments to guarantee

17 any loan under this section shall terminate on December

18 31, 2001.

19 (l) REGULATORY ACTION.—The Board shall issue such

20 final procedures, rules, and regulations as may be necessary

21 to carry out this section not later than 60 days after the

22 date of enactment of this Act.

23 (m) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount

24 made available to carry out this section—
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1 (1) is designated by the Congress as an emer2 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

3 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

4 Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)); and

5 (2) shall be available only to the extent that an

6 official budget request that includes designation of the

7 entire amount of the request as an emergency require8 ment (as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985) is transmitted by

10 the President to the Congress.

11 SEC. 1402. PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT.

12 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

13 ‘‘Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Act’’.

14 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

15 (1) consumption of foreign oil in the United

16 States is estimated to equal 56 percent of all oil con17 sumed, and that percentage could reach 68 percent by

18 2010 if current prices prevail;

19 (2) the number of oil and gas rigs operating in

20 the United States is at its lowest since 1944, when

21 records of this tally began;

22 (3) if prices do not increase soon, the United

23 States could lose at least half its marginal wells,

24 which in aggregate produce as much oil as the United

25 States imports from Saudi Arabia;
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1 (4) oil and gas prices are unlikely to increase for

2 at least several years;

3 (5) declining production, well abandonment, and

4 greatly reduced exploration and development are

5 shrinking the domestic oil and gas industry;

6 (6) the world’s richest oil producing regions in

7 the Middle East are experiencing increasingly greater

8 political instability;

9 (7) United Nations policy may make Iraq the

10 swing oil producing nation, thereby granting Saddam

11 Hussein tremendous power;

12 (8) reliance on foreign oil for more than 60 per13 cent of our daily oil and gas consumption is a na14 tional security threat;

15 (9) the level of United States oil security is di16 rectly related to the level of domestic production of oil,

17 natural gas liquids, and natural gas; and

18 (10) a national security policy should be devel19 oped that ensures that adequate supplies of oil are

20 available at all times free of the threat of embargo or

21 other foreign hostile acts.

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

23 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Loan

24 Guarantee Board established by subsection (e).
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1 (2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the

2 Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program

3 established by subsection (d).

4 (3) QUALIFIED OIL AND GAS COMPANY.—The

5 term ‘‘qualified oil and gas company’’ means a com6 pany that—

7 (A) is incorporated under the laws of any

8 State;

9 (B) is—

10 (i) an independent oil and gas com11 pany (within the meaning of section

12 57(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code

13 of 1986); or

14 (ii) a small business concern under sec15 tion 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

16 632) that is an oil field service company

17 whose main business is providing tools,

18 products, personnel, and technical solutions

19 on a contractual basis to exploration and

20 production operators who drill, complete,

21 produce, transport, refine and sell hydro22 carbons and their byproducts as their main

23 commercial business; and
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1 (C) has experienced layoffs, production

2 losses, or financial losses since the beginning of

3 the oil import crisis, after January 1, 1997.

4 (d) EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS GUARANTEED LOAN

5 PROGRAM.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Emer7 gency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program, the

8 purpose of which shall be to provide loan guarantees

9 to qualified oil and gas companies in accordance with

10 this section.

11 (2) LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD.—There is estab12 lished to administer the Program a Loan Guarantee

13 Board, to be composed of—

14 (A) the Secretary of Commerce, who shall

15 serve as Chairperson of the Board;

16 (B) the Secretary of Labor; and

17 (C) the Secretary of the Treasury.

18 (e) AUTHORITY.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Program may guarantee

20 loans provided to qualified oil and gas companies by

21 private banking and investment institutions in ac22 cordance with procedures, rules, and regulations es23 tablished by the Board.

24 (2) TOTAL GUARANTEE LIMIT.—The aggregate

25 amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding at any
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1 one time under this section shall not exceed

2 $500,000,000.

3 (3) INDIVIDUAL GUARANTEE LIMIT.—The aggre4 gate amount of loans guaranteed under this section

5 with respect to a single qualified oil and gas company

6 shall not exceed $10,000,000.

7 (4) MINIMUM GUARANTEE AMOUNT.—No single

8 loan in an amount that is less than $250,000 may be

9 guaranteed under this section.

10 (5) EXPEDITIOUS ACTION ON APPLICATIONS.—

11 The Board shall approve or deny an application for

12 a guarantee under this section as soon as practicable

13 after receipt of an application.

14 (f) REQUIREMENTS FOR LOAN GUARANTEES.—The

15 Board may issue a loan guarantee on application by a

16 qualified oil and gas company under an agreement by a

17 private bank or investment company to provide a loan to

18 the qualified oil and gas company, if the Board determines

19 that—

20 (1) credit is not otherwise available to the com21 pany under reasonable terms or conditions sufficient

22 to meet its financing needs, as reflected in the finan23 cial and business plans of the company;

24 (2) the prospective earning power of the com25 pany, together with the character and value of the se-
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1 curity pledged, provide a reasonable assurance of re2 payment of the loan to be guaranteed in accordance

3 with its terms;

4 (3) the loan to be guaranteed bears interest at a

5 rate determined by the Board to be reasonable, taking

6 into account the current average yield on outstanding

7 obligations of the United States with remaining peri8 ods of maturity comparable to the maturity of the

9 loan; and

10 (4) the company has agreed to an audit by the

11 General Accounting Office before issuance of the loan

12 guarantee and annually while the guaranteed loan is

13 outstanding.

14 (g) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOAN GUARANTEES.—

15 (1) LOAN DURATION.—All loans guaranteed

16 under this section shall be repayable in full not later

17 than December 31, 2010, and the terms and condi18 tions of each such loan shall provide that the loan

19 agreement may not be amended, or any provision of

20 the loan agreement waived, without the consent of the

21 Board.

22 (2) LOAN SECURITY.—A commitment to issue a

23 loan guarantee under this section shall contain such

24 affirmative and negative covenants and other protec25 tive provisions as the Board determines are appro-
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1 priate. The Board shall require security for the loans

2 to be guaranteed under this section at the time at

3 which the commitment is made.

4 (3) FEES.—A qualified oil and gas company re5 ceiving a loan guarantee under this section shall pay

6 a fee in an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the out7 standing principal balance of the guaranteed loan to

8 the Department of the Treasury.

9 (h) REPORTS.—During fiscal year 1999 and each fis10 cal year thereafter until each guaranteed loan has been re11 paid in full, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the

12 Congress a report on the activities of the Board.

13 (i) SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For

14 necessary expenses to administer the Program, $2,500,000

15 is appropriated to the Department of Commerce, to remain

16 available until expended, which may be transferred to the

17 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Trade Development of

18 the International Trade Administration.

19 (j) TERMINATION OF GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—The

20 authority of the Board to make commitments to guarantee

21 any loan under this section shall terminate on December

22 31, 2001.

23 (k) REGULATORY ACTION.—Not later than 60 days

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall issue
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1 such final procedures, rules, and regulations as are nec2 essary to carry out this section.

3 (l) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount

4 made available to carry out this section—

5 (1) is designated by the Congress as an emer6 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

7 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

8 Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)); and

9 (2) shall be available only to the extent that the

10 President submits to the Congress a budget request

11 that includes designation of the entire amount of the

12 request as an emergency requirement.

13 SEC. 1403. DEDUCTION FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUC14 TION. (a) DEDUCTION.—Subject to the limitations in sub15 section (c), the Secretary of the Interior shall allow lessees

16 operating one or more qualifying wells on public land to

17 deduct from the amount of royalty otherwise payable to the

18 Secretary on production from a qualifying well, the amount

19 of expenditures made by such lessees after April 1, 1999

20 to—

21 (1) increase oil or gas production from existing

22 wells on public land;

23 (2) drill new oil or gas wells on existing leases

24 on public land; or

25 (3) explore for oil or gas on public land.
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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

2 (1) the term ‘‘lessee’’ means any person to whom

3 the United States issues a lease for oil and gas explo4 ration, production, or development on public land, or

5 any person to whom operating rights in such lease

6 have been assigned;

7 (2) the term ‘‘public land’’ has the same mean8 ing given such term in section 103(e) of the Federal

9 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.

10 1702(e)); and

11 (3) the term ‘‘qualifying well’’ means any well

12 for the production of natural gas, crude oil, or both

13 that is on public land and—

14 (A) has production that is treated as mar15 ginal production under section 631A(c)(6) of the

16 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or

17 (B) has been classified as a qualifying well

18 by the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of

19 maximizing the benefits of this section.

20 (c) SUNSET.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not

21 allow a deduction under this section after—

22 (1) September 30, 2000;

23 (2) the thirtieth consecutive day on which the

24 price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil on the
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1 New York Mercantile Exchange closes above $18 per

2 barrel; or

3 (3) lessees have deducted a total of $123,000,000

4 under this section—

5 whichever occurs first.

6 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—For necessary expenses

7 of the Department of the Interior under this section,

8 $2,000,000 is appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,

9 to remain available until expended.

10 (e) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount

11 made available to carry out this section—

12 (1) shall be available only to the extent an offi13 cial budget request for $125,000,000, that includes

14 designation of the entire amount of the request as an

15 emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

17 as amended, is transmitted by the President to the

18 Congress; and

19 (2) is designated by the Congress as an emer20 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

21 such Act.

22 (f) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.—An additional amount of

23 $125,000,000 is rescinded as provided in section 3002 of

24 this Act.
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1 TITLE II—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

2 CHAPTER 1

3 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

4 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,

8 Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ to support increased de9 tention requirements for criminal and illegal aliens,

10 $80,000,000, which shall remain available until September

11 30, 2000.

12 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

13 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

14 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

15 For the necessary expenses of additional research,

16 management, and enforcement activities in the Northeast

17 Multispecies fishery, and for the acquisition of shoreline

18 data for nautical charts, $3,880,000, to remain available

19 until expended: Provided, That from unobligated balances

20 in this account available under the heading ‘‘CLIMATE AND

21 GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH’’, $2,000,000 shall be made

22 available for regional applications programs at the Univer23 sity of Northern Iowa consistent with the direction in the

24 report to accompany Public Law 105–277.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

2 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

3 ENFORCEMENT

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar5 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $23,000,000, for

6 additional counterdrug research and development activi7 ties: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the

8 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

9 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def10 icit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such

11 amount shall be available only to the extent an official

12 budget request that includes designation of the entire

13 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de14 fined in such Act is transmitted by the President to the

15 Congress.

16 THE JUDICIARY

17 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex20 penses,’’ $921,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 CHAPTER 2

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL

4 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel,

6 Army’’, $2,900,000.

7 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per9 sonnel, Army’’, $7,300,000.

10 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per12 sonnel, Air Force’’, $1,000,000.

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte16 nance, Army’’, $50,000,000.

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte19 nance, Navy’’, $16,000,000.

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte22 nance, Air Force’’, $8,000,000.
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte4 nance, Defense-Wide’’, $21,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is

5 available only for the CINC initiative fund.

6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte8 nance, Army National Guard’’, $20,000,000.

9 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Humani11 tarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid’’, $37,500,000.

12 NEW HORIZONS EXERCISE TRANSFER FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For emergency expenses incurred by United States

15 military forces to participate in the New Horizons Exercise

16 programs to undertake relief, rehabilitation, and restora17 tion operations and training activities in response to disas18 ters within the United States Southern Command area of

19 responsibility; $46,000,000, to remain available for transfer

20 until September 30, 1999: Provided, That the Secretary of

21 Defense may transfer these funds to operation and mainte22 nance accounts: Provided further, That the funds trans23 ferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the

24 same purposes and for the same time period, as the appro25 priation to which transferred: Provided further, That the
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1 transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addi2 tion to any other transfer authority contained in Public

3 Law 105–262.

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

5 SEC. 2201. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise

6 made available in the Department of Defense Appropria7 tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262) for ‘‘Operation and

8 maintenance, defense-wide’’, up to $8,000,000 may be made

9 available for the award of a grant to a consortium of non10 profit, higher education institutions for the purpose of cre11 ating a computer network among such institutions to en12 hance teaching and learning opportunities in science, tech13 nology and communications.

14 SEC. 2202. (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACAD15 EMY.—Section 4344(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code,

16 is amended by striking ‘‘five persons’’ and inserting ‘‘10

17 persons’’.

18 (b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section

19 6957(b)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘five per20 sons’’ and inserting ‘‘10 persons’’.

21 (c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section

22 9344(b)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘five per23 sons’’ and inserting ‘‘10 persons’’.

24 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this

25 section shall apply with respect to students from a foreign
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1 country entering the United States Military Academy, the

2 United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air

3 Force Academy on or after May 1, 1999.

4 SEC. 2203. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—

5 Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of

6 Defense is authorized to make payments for the settlement

7 of the claims arising from the deaths caused by the accident

8 involving a United States Marine Corps EA–6B aircraft

9 on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy.

10 (b) DEADLINE FOR EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—The

11 Secretary shall make the decision to exercise the authority

12 in subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of

13 enactment of this Act.

14 (c) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding any

15 other provision of law, of the amounts appropriated or oth16 erwise made available for the Department of the Navy for

17 operation and maintenance for fiscal year 1999 or other

18 unexpended balances from prior years, the Secretary shall

19 make available $40,000,000 only for emergency and ex20 traordinary expenses associated with the settlement of the

21 claims arising from the accident described in subsection (a).

22 (d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of the pay23 ment under this section in settlement of the claims arising

24 from the death of any person associated with the accident

25 described in subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000,000.
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1 (e) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Any amount paid to

2 a person under this section is intended to supplement any

3 amount subsequently determined to be payable to the person

4 under section 127 or chapter 163 of title 10, United States

5 Code, or any other provision of law for administrative set6 tlement of claims against the United States with respect

7 to damages arising from the accident described in sub8 section (a).

9 (f) CONSTRUCTION.—The payment of an amount

10 under this section may not be considered to constitute a

11 statement of legal liability on the part of the United States

12 or otherwise as evidence of any material fact in any judicial

13 proceeding or investigation arising from the accident de14 scribed in subsection (a).

15 SEC. 2204. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 law, a military technician (dual status) (as defined in sec17 tion 10216 of title 10, United States Code) performing ac18 tive duty without pay while on leave from technician em19 ployment under section 6323(d) of title 5, United States

20 Code, may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be

21 authorized a per diem allowance under this title, in lieu

22 of commutation for subsistence and quarters as described

23 in section 1002(b) of title 37, United States Code.

24 SEC. 2205. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRCRAFT MULTI25 YEAR LEASING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. (a) AUTHORITY
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1 TO LEASE.—Effective on or after October 1, 1999, the Sec2 retary of the Air Force may obtain transportation for oper3 ational support purposes, including transportation for com4 batant Commanders in Chief, by lease of aircraft, on such

5 terms and conditions as the Secretary may deem appro6 priate, consistent with this section, through an operating

7 lease consistent with OMB Circular A–11.

8 (b) MAXIMUM LEASE TERM FOR MULTI-YEAR

9 LEASE.—The term of any lease into which the Secretary

10 enters under this section shall not exceed ten years from

11 the date on which the lease takes effect.

12 (c) COMMERCIAL TERMS.—The Secretary may include

13 terms and conditions in any lease into which the Secretary

14 enters under this section that are customary in the leasing

15 of aircraft by a nongovernmental lessor to a nongovern16 mental lessee.

17 (d) TERMINATION PAYMENTS.—The Secretary may, in

18 connection with any lease into which the Secretary enters

19 under this section, to the extent the Secretary deems appro20 priate, provide for special payments to the lessor if either

21 the Secretary terminates or cancels the lease prior to the

22 expiration of its term or the aircraft is damaged or de23 stroyed prior to the expiration of the term of the lease. In

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1 total value of such payments shall not exceed the value of

2 one year’s lease payment.

3 (e) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Not4 withstanding any other provision of law—

5 (1) an obligation need not be recorded upon en6 tering into a lease under this section, in order to pro7 vide for the payments described in subsection (d); and

8 (2) any payments required under a lease under

9 this section, and any payments made pursuant to

10 subsection (d), may be made from—

11 (A) appropriations available for the per12 formance of the lease at the time the lease takes

13 effect;

14 (B) appropriations for the operation and

15 maintenance available at the time which the

16 payment is due; and

17 (C) funds appropriated for those payments.

18 (f) OTHER AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—The authority

19 granted to the Secretary of the Air Force by this section

20 is separate from and in addition to, and shall not be con21 strued to impair or otherwise affect, the authority of the

22 Secretary to procure transportation or enter into leases

23 under a provision of law other than this section.
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1 CHAPTER 3

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

3 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

4 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

5 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian

7 Programs’’, $1,136,000, to remain available until expended

8 for suppression of western spruce budworm: Provided, That

9 such funds shall be derived by transfer of funds provided

10 in previous appropriations acts under the heading ‘‘Forest

11 Service, Wildland Fire Management’’.

12 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

13 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

14 Of the funds provided under this heading in prior Ap15 propriations Acts for the Automated Land and Mineral

16 Record System, $1,000,000 shall be available until expended

17 to meet increased workload requirements stemming from the

18 anticipated higher volume of Applications for Permits to

19 Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided, That unless

20 there is an agreement in place between the coal mining op21 erator and the gas producer, the funds made available here22 in shall not be used to approve Applications for Permits

23 to Drill for well sites that are located within an area cov24 ered by: (1) an existing coal lease, or (2) an existing coal

25 mining permit, or (3) an existing Lease by Application for

26 a coal mining lease, or (4) a future Lease by Application
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1 for an area adjacent to and within one mile of an area

2 covered by (1), (2), or (3) above. Nothing in this paragraph

3 shall be construed or operate as a restriction on current re4 sources appropriated to the Department of the Interior.

5 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

6 INDIANS

7 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Trust Pro9 grams’’, $6,800,000, to remain available until expended for

10 activities pursuant to the Trust Management Improvement

11 Project High Level Implementation Plan.

12 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

13 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related Re15 sources’’ for emergency repairs to the Headgate Rock Hy16 droelectric Project, $5,000,000 is appropriated pursuant to

17 the Snyder Act (25 U.S.C.), to be expended by the Bureau

18 of Reclamation, to remain available until expended.

19 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

20 FOREST SERVICE

21 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

22 Of the funds made available under this heading for

23 fire operations in previous Acts of Appropriation (exclusive

24 of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction), $100,000,000

25 shall be transferred to the Knutson-Vandenberg fund estab-
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1 lished pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–319 (16

2 U.S.C. 576 et. seq.) within 10 days of passage of this Act.

3 CHAPTER 4

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

5 SERVICES

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘general departmental

9 management’’, $1,400,000, to reduce the backlog of pending

10 nursing home appeals before the Departmental Appeals

11 Board.

12 RELATED AGENCY

13 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

14 For an additional amount for the Corporation for

15 Public Broadcasting, to remain available until expended,

16 $18,000,000: Provided, That such funds be made available

17 to National Public Radio, as the designated manager of the

18 Public Radio Satellite System, for acquisition of satellite

19 capacity.

20 CHAPTER 5

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,

24 Army National Guard’’ to cover the incremental costs aris25 ing from the consequences of Hurricane Georges,
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1 $14,500,000, as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2854, to remain

2 available until September 30, 2003.

3 CHAPTER 6

4 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

5 DEVELOPMENT

6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 Of amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for sala9 ries and expenses under the Salaries and Expenses account

10 in title II of Public Law 105–276, $3,400,000 shall be

11 transferred to the Community Development Block Grants

12 account in title II of Public Law 105–276 for grants for

13 service coordinators and congregate services for the elderly

14 and disabled: Provided, That in distributing such amount,

15 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall give

16 priority to public housing agencies that submitted eligible

17 applications for renewal of fiscal year 1995 elderly service

18 coordinator grants pursuant to the Notice of Funding

19 Availability for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal Year

20 1998, as published in the Federal Register on June 1, 1998.

21 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 Under this heading in Public Law 105–276, add the

24 words, ‘‘to remain available until September 30, 2000,’’

25 after ‘‘$81,910,000,’’.
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1 CHAPTER 7

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

4 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

5 CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Gen7 eral’’, $500,000 shall be available for technical assistance

8 related to shoreline erosion at Lake Tahoe, Nevada caused

9 by high lake levels pursuant to section 219 of the Water

10 Resources Development Act of 1992.

11 CHAPTER 8

12 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

13 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

14 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

15 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug

18 Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

19 Program, an additional $750,000 is appropriated for drug

20 control activities which shall be used specifically to expand

21 the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking

22 Area for the State of New Mexico to include Rio Arriba

23 County, Santa Fe County, and San Juan County, New

24 Mexico, which are hereby designated as part of the South25 west Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the
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1 State of New Mexico, and an additional $500,000 is appro2 priated for national efforts related to methamphetamine re3 duction efforts.

4 CHAPTER 9

5 DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATED AGENCY

6 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

7 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

8 For necessary expenses for the United States Commis9 sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by

10 title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

11 (Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain available

12 until expended: Provided, That the amount of the rescission

13 under chapter 2 of title III of this Act under the heading

14 ‘‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS’’ is

15 hereby increased by $3,000,000.

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE

17 SEC. 2301. The Department of the Interior and Re18 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in

19 division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and

20 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

21 Law 105–277)) is amended under the heading ‘‘Forest Serv22 ice, Reconstruction and Construction’’ by inserting before

23 the final period the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That not24 withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro25 priated for Forest Service construction of a new forestry
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1 research facility at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama,

2 shall be available for a direct payment to Auburn Univer3 sity for this purpose, but no more than $4,000,000 shall

4 be available for such payment prior to October 1, 1999: Pro5 vided further, That if within the life of the facility the

6 USDA Forest Service needs additional space for collabo7 rative laboratory activities on the Auburn University cam8 pus, Auburn University shall provide such laboratory space

9 within the new facility constructed with these funds, free

10 of any charge for rent’’.

11 SEC. 2302. None of the funds made available under

12 this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the

13 Interior to issue and finalize the rule to revise 43 C.F.R.

14 Part 3809, published on February 9, 1999 at 64 Fed. Reg.

15 6421 or the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on

16 Surface Management Regulations for Locatable Mineral

17 Operations, published in February, 1999, unless the Sec18 retary has provided a period of not less than 120 days for

19 accepting public comment on the proposed rule after the re20 port of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on

21 Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands, authorized and re22 quired by the Department of the Interior and Related Agen23 cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A,

24 section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency

25 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
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1 277)) is submitted to the appropriate federal agencies, the

2 Congress, and the Governors of the affected states in accord3 ance with the requirements of that Act.

4 SEC. 2303. CIVIL LIBERTIES PUBLIC EDUCATION

5 FUND. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in

6 addition to any funds appropriated for this purpose, the

7 Attorney General may transfer from any funds available

8 to the Department of Justice not more than $4,300,000 to

9 the Fund established under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988

10 (50 U.S.C. App. 1989b et seq.) for the purpose of paying

11 restitution to individuals (1) who are eligible for restitution

12 under such Act and have filed timely claims for the restitu13 tion, or (2) who are found eligible under the settlement

14 agreement in the case of Carmen Mochizuki et al. vs. United

15 States (Case No. 97–294C, United States Court of Federal

16 Claims) and filed timely claims covered by the agreement.

17 SEC. 2304. Division A, section 101(a), title XI, section

18 1122(c) is amended by inserting after ‘‘basis’’ ‘‘: Provided,

19 That no administrative costs shall be charged against this

20 program which would have been incurred otherwise’’.

21 SEC. 2305. None of the funds in this or any other Act

22 shall be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with re23 spect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes, in24 cluding a rulemaking derived from proposed rules published

25 in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal Register
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1 36030, and 62 Federal Register 3742 (1997) until October

2 1, 1999, or until there is a negotiated agreement on the

3 rule.

4 SEC. 2306. Of the $2,200,000 appropriated in Public

5 Law 105–276 in accordance with H.R. Conference Report

6 No. 105–769 to meet sewer infrastructure needs associated

7 with the 2002 Winter Olympic Games shall be awarded to

8 Wasatch County, UT, for both water and sewer.

9 SEC. 2307. For the remainder of fiscal year 1999, no

10 funds may be used by the Department of the Interior to

11 implement Secretarial Order 3208, issued January 5, 1999,

12 regarding the ‘‘Reorganization of the Office of the Special

13 Trustee for American Indians’’. Fiscal year 1999 funds ap14 propriated for purposes of reforming trust funds manage15 ment practices shall continue to be administered as if the

16 Order had not been issued.

17 SEC. 2308. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT

18 PROGRAM. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sec19 tion 48103 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by

20 section 110(b)(1) of title I of division C of the Omnibus

21 Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

22 Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277), is amended by striking

23 ‘‘$1,205,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘October 1,

24 1998’’and inserting ‘‘$1,607,000,000 for the 8-month period

25 beginning October 1, 1998.’’.
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1 (b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of

2 title 49, United States Code, as amended by section

3 110(b)(2) of title I of division C of the Omnibus Consoli4 dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,

5 1999 (Public Law 105–277), is amended by striking

6 ‘‘March 31, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31, 1999’’.

7 (c) LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION.—

8 The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

9 Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted in section 101(g) of

10 Public Law 105–277, is amended as follows: Under the

11 heading ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Airports, (Liquidation of Con12 tract Authorization), (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)’’,

13 delete the last proviso, and insert the following in lieu there14 of: ‘‘: Provided further, That not more than $1,300,000,000

15 of funds limited under this heading may be obligated before

16 the enactment of a bill extending contract authorization for

17 the Grants-in-Aid for airports program beyond May 31,

18 1999.’’.

19 SEC. 2309. (a) Section (a) of section 149, division C

20 of Pubic Law 105–277 is amended by striking ‘‘April 1,

21 1999’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.

22 (b) Section (b) of section 149, division C of Public Law

23 105–277 is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 1999’’ each time

24 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30,

25 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2310. (a) Section 339(b)(3) of the Consolidated

2 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1989(b)(3) is

3 amended—

4 (1) by striking the comma and the remainder of

5 paragraph (3) following the comma; and

6 (2) by inserting a period after ‘‘(1)’’.

7 (b) Section 353(c)(3)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and

8 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2001(c)(3)(C)) is amend9 ed by striking ‘‘100 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘110 percent’’.

10 SEC. 2311. PROHIBITION ON TREATING ANY FUNDS

11 RECOVERED FROM TOBACCO COMPANIES AS AN OVERPAY12 MENT FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICAID. (a) AMENDMENT TO

13 SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 1903(d)(3) of the Social

14 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(d)(3)) is amended—

15 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and

16 (2) by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(B)(i) Subparagraph (A) and paragraph (2)(B)

18 shall not apply to any amount recovered or paid to

19 a State as part of the comprehensive settlement of No20 vember 1998 between manufacturers of tobacco prod21 ucts, as defined in section 5702(d) of the Internal

22 Revenue Code of 1986, and State Attorneys General,

23 or as part of any individual State settlement or judg24 ment reached in litigation initiated or pursued by a

25 State against one or more such manufacturers.
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1 ‘‘(ii) Except as provided in subsection (i)(19), a

2 State may use amounts recovered or paid to the State

3 as part of a comprehensive or individual settlement,

4 or a judgment, described in clause (i) for any expend5 itures determined appropriate by the State.’’.

6 (b) PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE

7 EXPENSES INCURRED IN PURSUING TOBACCO LITIGA8 TION.—Section 1903(i) of the Social Security Act (42

9 U.S.C. 1396b(i)) is amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (18), by striking the period

11 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

12 (2) by inserting after paragraph (18) the fol13 lowing new paragraph:

14 ‘‘(19) with respect to any amount expended on

15 administrative costs to initiate or pursue litigation

16 described in subsection (d)(3)(B).’’.

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend18 ments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid

19 to a State prior to, on, or after the date of enactment of

20 this Act.

21 SEC. 2312. EXTENSION OF AVIATION INSURANCE PRO22 GRAM. Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is

23 amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 1999.’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘May 31, 1999.’’.
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1 SEC. 2313. TITLE 49 RECODIFICATION CORRECTION.

2 Effective December 31, 1998, section 4(k) of the Act of July

3 5, 1994 (Public Law 103–272, 108 Stat. 1370), as amended

4 by section 7(a)(3)(D) of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public

5 Law 103–429, 108 Stat. 4329), is repealed.

6 SEC. 2314. Notwithstanding any other provision of

7 law, the taking of a Cook Inlet beluga whale under the ex8 emption provided in section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal

9 Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)) between the date of the

10 enactment of this Act and October 1, 2000 shall be consid11 ered a violation of such Act unless such taking occurs pursu12 ant to a cooperative agreement between the National Marine

13 Fisheries Service and Cook Inlet Marine Mammal Council.

14 SEC. 2315. Funds provided in the Department of Com15 merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen16 cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277, divi17 sion A, section 101(b)) for the construction of correctional

18 facility in Barrow, Alaska shall be made available to the

19 North Slope Borough.

20 SEC. 2316. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS

21 PRODUCERS. The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (15

22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the

23 following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 603. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS PRO2 DUCERS.

3 ‘‘If the Commission orders any refund of any rate or

4 charge made, demanded, or received for reimbursement of

5 State ad valorem taxes in connection with the sale of nat6 ural gas before 1989, the refund shall be ordered to be made

7 without interest or penalty of any kind.’’.

8 SEC. 2317. Section 328 of the Department of the Inte9 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

10 Law 105–277, division A, section 1(e), title III) is amended

11 by striking ‘‘none of the funds in this Act’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘none of the funds provided in this Act to the Indian Health

13 Service or Bureau of Indian Affairs’’.

14 SEC. 2318. (a) LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR

15 CLUB WHEAT PRODUCERS.—In making loan deficiency

16 payments available under section 135 of the Agricultural

17 Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) to producers of club

18 wheat, the Secretary of Agriculture may not assess a pre19 mium adjustment on the amount that would otherwise be

20 computed for club wheat under the section to reflect the pre21 mium that is paid for club wheat to ensure its availability

22 to create a blended specialty product known as western

23 white wheat.

24 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—As soon as prac25 ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec26 retary of Agriculture shall make a payment to each pro-
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1 ducer of club wheat that received a discounted loan defi2 ciency payment under section 135 of the Agricultural Mar3 ket Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) before that date as a

4 result of the assessment of a premium adjustment against

5 club wheat. The amount of the payment for a producer shall

6 be equal to the difference between—

7 (1) the loan deficiency payment that would have

8 been made to the producer in the absence of the pre9 mium adjustment; and

10 (2) the loan deficiency payment actually received

11 by the producer.

12 (c) FUNDING SOURCE.—The Secretary shall use funds

13 available to provide marketing assistance loans and loan

14 deficiency payments under subtitle C of the Agricultural

15 Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et seq.) to make the

16 payments required by subsection (b).

17 SEC. 2319. GLACIER BAY. (a) DUNGENESS CRAB

18 FISHERMEN.—Section 123(b) of the Department of the Inte19 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (sec20 tion 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277) is

21 amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (1)—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘February 1, 1999’’ and in24 serting ‘‘June 1, 1999’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘1996’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘1998’’; and

3 (2) by striking ‘‘the period January 1, 1999,

4 through December 31, 2004, based on the individual’s

5 net earnings from the Dungeness crab fishery during

6 the period January 1, 1991, through December 31,

7 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘for the period beginning Janu8 ary 1, 1999 that is equivalent in length to the period

9 established by such individual under paragraph (1),

10 based on the individual’s net earnings from the Dun11 geness crab fishery during such established period’’.

12 (b) OTHERS AFFECTED BY FISHERY CLOSURES AND

13 RESTRICTIONS.—Section 123 of the Department of the Inte14 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (sec15 tion 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277), as

16 amended, is amended further by redesignating subsection

17 (c) as subsection (d) and inserting immediately after sub18 section (b) the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘(c) OTHERS AFFECTED BY FISHERY CLOSURES AND

20 RESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized

21 to provide such funds as are necessary for a program devel22 oped with the concurrence of the State of Alaska to fairly

23 compensate United States fish processors, fishing vessel crew

24 members, communities, and others negatively affected by re25 strictions on fishing in Glacier Bay National Park. For the
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1 purpose of receiving compensation under the program re2 quired by this subsection, a potential recipient shall provide

3 a sworn and notarized affidavit to establish the extent of

4 such negative effect.’’.

5 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 123 of the Department

6 of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

7 1999 (section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277),

8 as amended, is amended further by inserting at the end the

9 following new subsection:

10 ‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.—The

11 Secretary of the Interior shall publish an interim final rule

12 for the federal implementation of subsection (a) and shall

13 provide an opportunity for public comment on such interim

14 final rule. The effective date of the prohibitions in para15 graphs (2) through (5) of section (a) shall be 60 days after

16 the publication in the Federal Register of a final rule for

17 the federal implementation of subsection (a). In the event

18 that any individual eligible for compensation under sub19 section (b) has not received full compensation by June 15,

20 1999, the Secretary shall provide partial compensation on

21 such date to such individual and shall expeditiously provide

22 full compensation thereafter.’’.

23 (d) Of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘National

24 Park Service, Construction’’ in Public Law 105–277,
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1 $3,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until Octo2 ber 1, 1999.

3 SEC. 2320. WHITE RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT #47–1.

4 From any unobligated funds that are available to the Sec5 retary of Education to carry out section 306(a)(1) of the

6 Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1996, the

7 Secretary shall provide not more than $239,000, under such

8 terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appro9 priate, to the White River School District #47–1, White

10 River, South Dakota, to be used to repair damage caused

11 by water infiltration at the White River High School, which

12 shall remain available until expended.

13 SEC. 2321. (a) The treatment provided to firefighters

14 under section 628(f) of the Treasury and General Govern15 ment Appropriations Act, 1999 (as included in section

16 101(h) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and

17 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

18 Law 105–277)) shall be provided to any firefighter who—

19 (1) on the effective date of section 5545b of title

20 5, United States Code—

21 (A) was subject to such section; and

22 (B) had a regular tour of duty that aver23 aged more than 60 hours per week; and

24 (2) before December 31, 1999, is involuntarily

25 moved without a break in service from the regular
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1 tour of duty under paragraph (1) to a regular tour

2 of duty that—

3 (A) averages 60 hours or less per week; and

4 (B) does not include a basic 40-hour work5 week.

6 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply to firefighters described

7 under that subsection as of the effective date of section 5545b

8 of title 5, United States Code.

9 (c) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe

10 regulations necessary to implement this section.

11 SEC. 2322. SENSE OF THE SENATE: EXPRESSING THE

12 SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT A PENDING SALE OF WHEAT

13 AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES TO IRAN BE AP14 PROVED. (a) The Senate finds:

15 (1) That an export license is pending for the sale

16 of United States wheat and other agricultural com17 modities to the nation of Iran.

18 (2) That this sale of agricultural commodities

19 would increase United States agricultural exports by

20 about $500,000,000, at a time when agricultural ex21 ports have fallen dramatically.

22 (3) That sanctions on food are counterproductive

23 to the interest of United States farmers and to the

24 people who would be fed by these agricultural exports.
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1 (b) Now therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that

2 the pending license for this sale of United States wheat and

3 other agricultural commodities to Iran be approved by the

4 administration.

5 SEC. 2323. PROHIBITION. (a) Notwithstanding any

6 other provision of law, prior to eight months after Congress

7 receives the report of the National Gambling Impact Study

8 Commission, the Secretary of the Interior shall not—

9 (1) promulgate as final regulations, or in any

10 way implement, the proposed regulations published on

11 January 22, 1998, at 63 Fed. Reg. 3289; or

12 (2) issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for, or

13 promulgate, or in any way implement, any similar

14 regulations to provide for procedures for gaming ac15 tivities under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25

16 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), in any case in which a State as17 serts a defense of sovereign immunity to a lawsuit

18 brought by an Indian tribe in a Federal court under

19 section 11(d)(7) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(7)) to

20 compel the State to participate in compact negotia21 tions for class III gaming (as that term is defined in

22 section 4(8) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(8))).

23 (3) approve class III gaming on Indian lands by

24 any means other than a Tribal-State compact entered

25 into between a State and a tribe.
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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

2 (1) The terms ‘‘class III gaming’’, ‘‘Secretary’’,

3 ‘‘Indian lands’’, and ‘‘Tribal-State compact’’ shall

4 have the same meaning for the purposes of this section

5 as those terms have under the Indian Gaming Regu6 latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).

7 (2) The ‘‘report of the National Gambling Im8 pact Study Commission’’ is the report described in

9 section 4(b) of Public Law 104–169 (18 U.S.C. sec.

10 1955 note).

11 SEC. 2324. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF SENATE RE12 GARDING SEQUENTIAL BILLING POLICY FOR HOME

13 HEALTH PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. (a)

14 FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following:

15 (1) Section 4611 of the Balanced Budget Act of

16 1997 included a provision that transfers financial re17 sponsibility for certain home health visits under the

18 medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Se19 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) from part A to

20 part B of such program.

21 (2) The sole intent of the transfer described in

22 paragraph (1) was to extend the solvency of the Fed23 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section

24 1817 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i).
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1 (3) The transfer described in paragraph (1) was

2 supposed to be ‘‘seamless’’ so as not to disrupt the

3 provision of home health services under the medicare

4 program.

5 (4) The Health Care Financing Administration

6 has imposed a sequential billing policy that prohibits

7 home health agencies under the medicare program

8 from submitting claims for reimbursement for home

9 health services provided to a beneficiary unless all

10 claims for reimbursement for home health services

11 that were previously provided to such beneficiary have

12 been completely resolved.

13 (5) The Health Care Financing Administration

14 has also expanded medical reviews of claims for reim15 bursement submitted by home health agencies, result16 ing in a significant slowdown nationwide in the proc17 essing of such claims.

18 (6) The sequential billing policy described in

19 paragraph (4), coupled with the slowdown in claims

20 processing described in paragraph (5), has substan21 tially increased the cash flow problems of home health

22 agencies because payments are often delayed by at

23 least 3 months.
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1 (7) The vast majority of home health agencies

2 under the medicare program are small businesses that

3 cannot operate with significant cash flow problems.

4 (8) There are many other elements under the

5 medicare program relating to home health agencies,

6 such as the interim payment system under section

7 1861(v)(1)(L) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)(L)),

8 that are creating financial problems for home health

9 agencies, thereby forcing more than 2,200 home health

10 agencies nationwide to close since the date of enact11 ment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

12 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen13 ate that the Health Care Financing Administration

14 should—

15 (1) evaluate and monitor the use of the sequen16 tial billing policy (as described in subsection (a)(4))

17 in making payments to home health agencies under

18 the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social

19 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.);

20 (2) ensure that—

21 (A) contract fiscal intermediaries under the

22 medicare program are timely in their random

23 medical review of claims for reimbursement sub24 mitted by home health agencies; and
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1 (B) such intermediaries adhere to Health

2 Care Financing Administration instructions

3 that limit the number of claims for reimburse4 ment held for such review for any particular

5 home health agency to no more than 10 percent

6 of the total number of claims submitted by the

7 agency; and

8 (3) ensure that such intermediaries are consid9 ering and implementing constructive alternatives,

10 such as expedited reviews of claims for reimburse11 ment, for home health agencies with no history of bill12 ing problems who have cash flow problems due to ran13 dom medical reviews and sequential billing.

14 SEC. 2325. A payment of $800,000 from the total

15 amount of $1,000,000 for construction of the Pike’s Peak

16 Summit House, as specified in Conference Report 105–337,

17 accompanying the Department of the Interior and Related

18 Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1998, Public

19 Law 105–83, and payments of $2,000,000 for the Borough

20 of Ketchikan to participate in a study of the feasibility and

21 dynamics of manufacturing veneer products in Southeast

22 Alaska and $200,000 for construction of the Pike’s Peak

23 Summit House, as specified in Conference Report 105–825

24 accompanying the Department of the Interior and Related

25 Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999 (as con-
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1 tained in division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consoli2 dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,

3 1999 (Public Law 105–277)), shall be paid in lump sum

4 and shall be considered direct payments, for the purposes

5 of all applicable law except that these direct grants may

6 not be used for lobbying activities.

7 SEC. 2326. Section 617 of the Department of Com8 merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agen9 cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as added by section 101(b)

10 of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency

11 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

12 277)) is amended—

13 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting in

14 lieu thereof the following:

15 ‘‘(a) None of the funds made available in this Act or

16 any other Act hereafter enacted may be used to issue or

17 renew a fishing permit or authorization for any fishing ves18 sel of the United States greater than 165 feet in registered

19 length, of more than 750 gross registered tons, or that has

20 an engine or engines capable of producing a total of more

21 than 3,000 shaft horsepower as specified in the permit ap22 plication required under part 648.4(a)(5) of title 50, Code

23 of Federal Regulations, part 648.12 of title 50, Code of Fed24 eral Regulations, and the authorization required under part

25 648.80(d)(2) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to en-
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1 gage in fishing for Atlantic mackerel or herring (or both)

2 under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

3 Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), unless the re4 gional fishery management council of jurisdiction rec5 ommends after October 21, 1998, and the Secretary of Com6 merce approves, conservation and management measures in

7 accordance with such Act to allow such vessel to engage in

8 fishing for Atlantic mackerel or herring (or both).’’; and

9 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection

10 (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.

11 SEC. 2327. The Corps of Engineers is directed to repro12 gram $800,000 of the funds made available to that agency

13 in fiscal year 1999 for the operation of the Pick-Sloan

14 project to perform the preliminary work needed to transfer

15 Federal lands to the tribes and State of South Dakota, and

16 to provide the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne

17 River Sioux Tribe with funds to begin protecting invaluable

18 Indian cultural sites, under the Cheyenne River Sioux

19 Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and State of South Dakota

20 Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Act.

21 SEC. 2328. GLACIER BAY. No funds may be expended

22 by the Secretary of the Interior to implement closures or

23 other restrictions of subsistence or commercial fishing or

24 subsistence gathering in Glacier Bay National Park, except

25 the closure of Dungeness crab fisheries under section 123(b)
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1 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap2 propriations Act, 1999 (section 101(e) of division A of Pub3 lic Law 105–277), until such time as the State of Alaska’s

4 legal claim to ownership and jurisdiction over submerged

5 lands and tidelands in the affected area has been resolved

6 either by a final determination by the judiciary or by a

7 settlement between the parties to the lawsuit.

8 TITLE III—RESCISSIONS AND OFFSETS

9 CHAPTER 1

10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

11 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

12 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

13 (RESCISSION)

14 Of the amounts made available under this heading in

15 division A, section 101(a), title IV of Public Law 105–277,

16 $521,000,000 are rescinded.

17 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

18 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION FUND

19 Of the amount made available under the heading

20 ‘‘EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM’’ in chapter 1 of

21 title II of the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Re22 scissions Act (Public Law 105–174; 112 Stat. 68), $700,000

23 are rescinded.
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1 CHAPTER 2

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 (RESCISSION)

5 Of the unobligated balances available under this head6 ing, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

7 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of the unobligated balances available under this head12 ing, excluding funds appropriated for equipment and facili13 ties, $40,000,000 are rescinded.

14 CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND

15 PROGRAM DIRECTION

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the unobligated balances available under this head18 ing, excluding funds appropriated for equipment and facili19 ties, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

20 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

21 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

22 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES

23 (RESCISSION)

24 Of the unobligated balances available under this head25 ing, $1,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUCTION

2 Of the unobligated balances available under this head3 ing, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED

5 AGENCIES

6 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

7 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

8 (RESCISSION)

9 Of the unobligated balances available under this head10 ing, excluding funds appropriated for arrearages,

11 $22,000,000 are rescinded.

12 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

13 ACTIVITIES

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of the unobligated balances available under this head16 ing, excluding funds appropriated for arrearages,

17 $21,000,000 are rescinded.

18 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

19 (RESCISSION)

20 Of the unobligated balances available under this head21 ing, $1,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 CHAPTER 3

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the funds provided in Public Law 105–262, the fol7 lowing funds are hereby rescinded as of the date of enact8 ment of this Act from the following account: Under the

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

10 $217,700,000.

11 CHAPTER 4

12 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

13 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

14 OTHER BILATERAL ASSISTANCE

15 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the funds made available for Haiti under this head18 ing in Public Law 105–118 and in the Omnibus Consoli19 dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,

20 1999 (Public Law 105–277), $10,000,000 are rescinded.

21 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

22 STATES

23 (RESCISSION)

24 Of the funds made available for Bosnia and

25 Herzegovina under this heading in Public Law 105–118

26 and in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
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1 mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277),

2 $10,000,000 are rescinded.

3 ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

4 FORMER SOVIET UNION

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the funds made available for Russia under this

7 heading in Public Law 103–306, Public Law 105–118 and

8 in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental

9 Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277),

10 $10,000,000 are rescinded.

11 MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

15 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

16 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

17 (RESCISSION)

18 Of the funds made available under this heading in the

19 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap20 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277), $60,000,000

21 are rescinded.

22 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

23 (RESCISSION)

24 Of the funds made available under this heading in the

25 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap-
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1 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277), $10,000,000

2 are rescinded.

3 CHAPTER 5

4 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

5 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

6 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Of the amounts appropriated under this heading in

9 previous appropriations acts, $6,800,000 are rescinded.

10 CHAPTER 6

11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

12 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

13 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

14 SERVICE OPERATIONS

15 Under this heading in section 101(f) of Public Law

16 105–277, delete ‘‘$3,132,076,000’’ and insert

17 ‘‘$3,114,676,000’’; and delete ‘‘$180,933,000’’ and insert

18 ‘‘$163,533,000’’.

19 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

20 EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT

21 (RESCISSION)

22 Of the funds made available under this heading in sec23 tion 101(f) of Public Law 105–277, $8,000,000 are re24 scinded.
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1 CHAPTER 7

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

3 BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART IV

4 (RESCISSION)

5 Of the funds made available under this heading in

6 Public Law 105–237, $14,500,000 are rescinded.

7 CHAPTER 8

8 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

9 DEVELOPMENT

10 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

11 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

12 (DEFERRAL)

13 Of the funds made available under this heading in

14 Public Law 105–276 for use in connection with expiring

15 or terminating section 8 contracts, $350,000,000 shall not

16 become available until October 1, 1999.

17 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS

19 (RESCISSION)

20 Of the unobligated balances available under this head21 ing in the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescis22 sions Act (Public Law 105–174), $63,600,000 are rescinded.

23 Of the unobligated balances available under this head24 ing in division B, of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer25 gency Supplemental Appropriations, 1999 (Public Law

26 105–277), $250,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCY

2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

4 (RESCISSION)

5 Of the funds made available in Public Law 105–277,

6 $10,000,000 for research associated with the Climate

7 Change Technology Initiative are rescinded.

8 CHAPTER 9

9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

10 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

11 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

12 CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

13 (RESCISSION)

14 Of the amounts made available under this heading in

15 Public Law 105–245 for the Lackawanna River, Scranton,

16 Pennsylvania, $5,500,000 are rescinded.

17 CHAPTER 10

18 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

21 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Of the funds made available under this heading in di24 vision A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup25 plemental Appropriations, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)

26 $1,250,000 are rescinded.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE

2 SEC. 3001. (a) Division B, title V, chapter 1 of the

3 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap4 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) is repealed.

5 (b) Section 832(a) of the Western Hemisphere Drug

6 Elimination Act (Public Law 105–277) is amended—

7 (1) in the first sentence—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’

9 and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’; and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘the Agricultural Research

11 Service of the Department of Agriculture’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘the Department of State’’;

13 (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘(without re14 gard to any requirement in law relating to public no15 tice or competition)’’ after ‘‘to contract’’; and

16 (3) by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘Any record related to a contract entered into, or to an

18 activity funded, under this subsection shall be exempted

19 from disclosure as described in section 552(b)(3) of title 5,

20 United States Code.’’.

21 SEC. 3002. Of the funds appropriated with an emer22 gency designation in division B of Public Law 105–277,

23 other than those appropriated to the Department of De24 fense—Military, $343,000,000 are rescinded: Provided,

25 That these reductions shall be applied proportionally to
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1 each appropriation account and budget activity being re2 duced by this section: Provided further, That within 30

3 days of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of

4 Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees

5 on Appropriations a listing of the amounts by account of

6 the reductions made pursuant to this section.

7 SEC. 3003. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise

8 made available for fiscal year 1999 for the non-defense dis9 cretionary category, $100,000,000 are rescinded as a result

10 of revised economic assumptions from inflation adjusted ac11 counts: Provided, That within 30 days of enactment of this

12 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

13 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a listing

14 of the amounts by account of the reductions made pursuant

15 to this section.

16 SEC. 3004. GAO AND INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.

17 The Inspector General of the Department of Housing and

18 Urban Development and the Comptroller General of the

19 United States shall conduct an audit of the Department of

20 Housing and Urban Development to assess the extent the

21 Department has been in compliance with the Department

22 of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989

23 over the last two years. The Inspector General of the Depart24 ment of Housing and Urban Development and the Comp25 troller General of the United States shall issue a prelimi-
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1 nary report to the Congress on this assessment within 6

2 months and a final report within 12 months.

3 TITLE IV—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

4 SEC. 4001. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

5 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro6 priations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section

7 101(a) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup8 plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

9 277)) is amended:

10 (1) in title III, under the heading ‘‘Rural Com11 munity Advancement Program (Including Transfer of

12 Funds)’’, by inserting ‘‘1926d,’’ after ‘‘1926c,’’; by in13 serting ‘‘, 306(a)(2), and 306D’’ after ‘‘381E(d)(2)’’

14 the first time it appears in the paragraph; and by

15 striking ‘‘, as provided in 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7

16 U.S.C. 1926C’’,

17 (2) in title VII, in section 718 by striking ‘‘this

18 Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘annual appropria19 tions Acts’’,

20 (3) in title VII, in section 747 by striking ‘‘302’’

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘203’’, and

22 (4) in title VII, in section 763(b)(3) by striking

23 ‘‘section 402(d) of Public Law 94–265’’ and inserting

24 in lieu thereof ‘‘section 116(a) of Public Law 104–

25 297’’.
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1 SEC. 4002. The Foreign Operations, Export Financ2 ing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as

3 contained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus Con4 solidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

5 Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)) is amended:

6 (1) in title II under the heading ‘‘Burma’’ by

7 striking ‘headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and’

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘headings ‘‘Child Sur9 vival and Disease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Sup10 port Fund’’, and’,

11 (2) in title V in section 587 by striking ‘‘199–

12 339’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘99–399’’,

13 (3) in title V in subsection 594(a) by striking

14 ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

15 ‘‘subsection (c)’’,

16 (4) in title V in subsection 594(b) by striking

17 ‘‘subparagraph (a)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘subsection (a)’’, and

19 (5) in title V in subsection 594(c) by striking

20 ‘‘521 of the annual appropriations Act for Foreign

21 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro22 grams’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘520 of this

23 Act’’.

24 SEC. 4003. Subsection 1706(b) of title XVII of the

25 International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r–
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1 262r–2), as added by section 614 of the Foreign Operations,

2 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations

3 Act, 1999, is amended by striking ‘‘June 30’’ and inserting

4 in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30’’.

5 SEC. 4004. The Department of the Interior and Re6 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in

7 division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and

8 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

9 Law 105–277)) is amended:

10 (1) in the last proviso under the heading

11 ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Adminis12 trative Provisions’’ by striking ‘‘section 104(c)(50)(B)

13 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

14 1361–1407)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section

15 104(c)(5)(B) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

16 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407)’’.

17 (2) under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Indian Af18 fairs, Operation of Indian Programs’’, by striking

19 ‘‘$94,010,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

20 ‘‘$94,046,000’’, by striking ‘‘$114,871,000’’ and in21 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$114,891,000’’, by striking

22 ‘‘$387,365,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

23 ‘‘$389,307,000’’, and by striking ‘‘$52,889,000’’ and

24 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$53,039,000’’.
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1 (3) in section 354(a) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C.

2 544(a)(2))’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘16 U.S.C.

3 544b(a)(2))’’.

4 (4) The amendments made by paragraphs (1),

5 (2), and (3) of this section shall take effect as if in6 cluded in Public Law 105–277 on the date of its en7 actment.

8 SEC. 4005. The Departments of Labor, Health and

9 Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appro10 priations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section

11 101(f) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup12 plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

13 277)) is amended:

14 (1) in title I, under the heading ‘‘Federal Unem15 ployment Benefits and Allowances’’, by striking ‘‘dur16 ing the current fiscal year’’ and inserting in lieu

17 thereof ‘‘from October 1, 1998, through September 30,

18 1999’’;

19 (2) in title II under the heading ‘‘Office of the

20 Secretary, General Departmental Management’’ by

21 striking ‘‘$180,051,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

22 ‘‘$188,051,000’’;

23 (3) in title II under the heading ‘‘Children and

24 Families Services Programs, (Including Rescissions)’’

25 by striking ‘‘notwithstanding section 640(a)(6), of the
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1 funds made available for the Head Start Act,

2 $337,500,000 shall be set aside for the Head Start

3 Program for Families with Infants and Toddlers

4 (Early Head Start): Provided further, That’’;

5 (4) in title II under the heading ‘‘Office of the

6 Secretary, General Departmental Management’’ by

7 inserting after the first proviso the following: ‘‘Pro8 vided further, That of the funds made available under

9 this heading for carrying out title XX of the Public

10 Health Service Act, $10,831,000 shall be for activities

11 specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which

12 $9,131,000 shall be for prevention service demonstra13 tion grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the

14 Social Security Act, as amended, without application

15 of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX:’’;

16 (5) in title III under the heading ‘‘Special Edu17 cation’’ by inserting before the period at the end of

18 the paragraph the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That

19 $1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds provided

20 by Public Law 105–78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of

21 the Act to provide information on diagnosis, interven22 tion, and teaching strategies for children with disabil23 ities’’;
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1 (6) in title II under the heading ‘‘Public Health

2 and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ by striking

3 ‘‘$322,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$180,000’’;

4 (7) in title III under the heading ‘‘Education

5 Reform’’ by striking ‘‘$491,000,000’’ and inserting in

6 lieu thereof ‘‘$459,500,000’’;

7 (8) in title III under the heading ‘‘Vocational

8 and Adult Education’’ by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ the

9 first time that it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘$14,000,000’’, and by inserting before the period at

11 the end of the paragraph the following: ‘‘: Provided

12 further, That of the amounts made available for the

13 Perkins Act, $4,100,000 shall be for tribally controlled

14 postsecondary vocational institutions under section

15 117’’;

16 (9) in title III under the heading ‘‘Higher Edu17 cation’’ by inserting after the first proviso the fol18 lowing: ‘‘Provided further, That funds available for

19 part A, subpart 2 of title VII of the Higher Education

20 Act shall be available to fund awards for academic

21 year 1999–2000 for fellowships under part A, subpart

22 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and condi23 tions of part A, subpart 1:’’;

24 (10) in title III under the heading ‘‘Education

25 Research, Statistics, and Improvement’’ by inserting
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1 after the third proviso the following: ‘‘Provided fur2 ther, That of the funds appropriated under section

3 10601 of title X of the Elementary and Secondary

4 Education Act of 1965, as amended, $1,000,000 shall

5 be used to conduct a violence prevention demonstra6 tion program: Provided further, That of the funds ap7 propriated under section 10601 of title X of the Ele8 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as

9 amended, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Center for

10 Educational Technologies to conduct a feasibility

11 study and initial planning and design of an effective

12 CD ROM product that would complement the book,

13 We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution:’’;

14 (11) in title III under the heading ‘‘Reading Ex15 cellence’’ by inserting before the period at the end of

16 the paragraph the following: ‘‘: Provided, That up to

17 one percent of the amount appropriated shall be

18 available October 1, 1998 for peer review of applica19 tions’’;

20 (12) in title V in section 510(3) by inserting

21 after ‘‘Act’’ the following: ‘‘or subsequent Departments

22 of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,

23 and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts’’; and
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1 (13)(A) in title VIII in section 405 by striking

2 subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the fol3 lowing:

4 ‘‘(e) OTHER REFERENCES TO TITLE VII OF THE

5 STEWART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—

6 The table of contents of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

7 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended—

8 ‘‘(1) by striking the items relating to title VII of

9 such Act, except the item relating to the title heading

10 and the items relating to subtitles B and C of such

11 title; and

12 ‘‘(2) by striking the item relating to the title

13 heading for title VII and inserting in lieu thereof the

14 following:

15 ‘‘TITLE VII—EDUCATION AND TRAINING’’.

16 (B) The amendments made by paragraph

17 (13)(A) of this section shall take effect as if included

18 in Public Law 105–277 on the date of its enactment.

19 SEC. 4006. The last sentence of section 5595(b) of title

20 5, United States Code (as added by section 309(a)(2) of the

21 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, Public Law

22 105–275) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(1)(G)’’ and inserting

23 in lieu thereof ‘‘(a)(1)(C)’’.

24 SEC. 4007. Division B, title II, chapter 5 of the Omni25 bus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
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1 tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) is amended under

2 the heading ‘‘Capitol Police Board, Security Enhance3 ments’’ by inserting before the period at the end of the para4 graph ‘‘: Provided further, That for purposes of carrying

5 out the plan or plans described under this heading and con6 sistent with the approval of such plan or plans pursuant

7 to this heading, the Capitol Police Board shall transfer the

8 portion of the funds made available under this heading

9 which are to be used for personnel and overtime increases

10 for the United States Capitol Police to the heading ‘‘Capitol

11 Police Board, Capitol Police, Salaries’’ under the Act mak12 ing appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal

13 year involved, and shall allocate such portion between the

14 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the

15 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in such

16 amounts as may be approved by the Committee on Appro17 priations of the House of Representatives and the Com18 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate’’.

19 SEC. 4008. Division B, title 1, chapter 3 of the Omni20 bus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria21 tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) is amended under

22 the heading ‘‘Family Housing, Navy and Marine Corps’’

23 by striking the word ‘‘Hurricane’’ and inserting in lieu

24 thereof ‘‘Hurricanes Georges and’’.
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1 SEC. 4009. The Department of Transportation and Re2 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in

3 division A, section 101(g) of the Omnibus Consolidated and

4 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

5 Law 105–277), is amended in title I under the heading

6 ‘‘Capital Investment Grants (Including Transfer of

7 Funds)’’ within the project description of project number

8 127, by inserting the words ‘‘and bus facilities’’ after the

9 word ‘‘replacements’’, and within the project description of

10 project number 261 by striking the words ‘‘Multimodal Cen11 ter’’ and inserting ‘‘buses and bus related facilities’’.

12 SEC. 4010. The Department of Transportation and Re13 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in

14 division A, section 101(g) of the Omnibus Consolidated and

15 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

16 Law 105–277), is amended in title I under the heading

17 ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways (Limitation on Obligations)

18 (Highway Trust Fund)’’ by striking ‘‘not more than

19 $38,000,000 shall be available for the implementation and

20 execution of the Ferry Boat and Ferry Terminal Facility

21 Program’’, and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘not more than

22 $59,290,000 shall be available for the implementation and

23 execution of the Ferry Boat and Ferry Terminal Facility

24 Program’’.
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1 SEC. 4011. (a) AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT.—The

2 American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of Public Law

3 105–277) is amended—

4 (1) in section 202(b) by inserting a comma after

5 ‘‘United States Code’’;

6 (2) in section 207(d)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘Fishery

7 Conservation and Management’’;

8 (3) in section 208(b)(1) by striking ‘‘615085’’

9 and inserting ‘‘633219’’;

10 (4) in section 213(c)(1) by striking ‘‘title’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘subtitle’’; and

12 (5) in section 213(c)(2) by striking ‘‘title’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘subtitle’’.

14 (b) TITLE 46.—Section 12122(c) of title 46, United

15 States Code, is amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘state16 ment or representations’’.

17 SEC. 4012. Section 113 of the Department of Justice

18 Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(b) of division A of

19 Public Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘section

20 102(2) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act

21 of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(b)

22 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance

23 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(b))’’.
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1 SEC. 4013. DENALI COMMISSION. The Denali Commis2 sion Act of 1998 (title III of division C of Public Law 105–

3 277) is amended—

4 (1) in section 303(b)(1)(D) by striking in two

5 instances ‘‘Alaska Federation or Natives’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘Alaska Federation of Natives’’;

7 (2) in section 303(c) by striking ‘‘Members’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘The Federal Cochairperson shall serve for

9 a term of four years and may be reappointed. All

10 other members’’;

11 (3) in section 306(a) by inserting after the first

12 sentence the following: ‘‘The Federal Cochairperson

13 shall be compensated at the annual rate prescribed for

14 level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315

15 of title 5, United States Code.’’;

16 (4) in section 306(c)(2) by striking ‘‘Chairman’’

17 and inserting ‘‘Federal Cochairperson’’;

18 (5) by inserting at the end of section 306 the fol19 lowing new subsections:

20 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND RECORDS.—The

21 Commission is hereby prohibited from using more than 5

22 percent of the amounts appropriated under the authority

23 of this Act or transferred pursuant to section 329 of the

24 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap25 propriations Act, 1999 (section 101(g) of division A of this
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1 Act) for administrative expenses. The Commission and its

2 grantees shall maintain accurate and complete records

3 which shall be available for audit and examination by the

4 Comptroller General of his or her designee.

5 ‘‘(h) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Section 8G(a)(2) of the

6 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3, section

7 8G(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘the Denali Commission,’

8 after ‘the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,’.’’; and

9 (6) in section 307(b) by inserting immediately

10 before ‘‘The Commission’’ the following: ‘‘Funds

11 transferred to the Commission pursuant to section

12 329 of the Department of Transportation and Related

13 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(g) of

14 division A of this Act) shall be available without fur15 ther appropriation and until expended.’’.

16 SEC. 4014. Section 3347(b) of title 5, United States

17 Code, as added by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of

18 1998, is amended by striking ‘‘provision to which subsection

19 (a)(2) applies’’ and inserting ‘‘provision to which sub20 section (a)(1) applies’’.

21 SEC. 4015. Of the amount appropriated under the

22 heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT’’

23 in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and

24 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen25 cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–276),
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1 $1,300,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘STATE AND TRIBAL

2 ASSISTANCE GRANTS’’ account for a grant for water and

3 wastewater infrastructure projects in the State of Idaho.

4 SEC. 4016. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

5 of this Act, none of the amounts provided by this Act are

6 designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu7 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

9 (b) An additional amount of $2,250,000,000 is re10 scinded as provided in section 3002 of this Act.

11 SEC. 4017. Notwithstanding any other provision of

12 this Act, none of the amounts provided by this Act are des13 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur14 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

16 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS

17 SEC. 5001. (a) DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED.—Subject to

18 subsection (c), the President may dispose of the material

19 in the National Defense Stockpile specified in the table in

20 subsection (b).

21 (b) TABLE.—The total quantity of the material au22 thorized for disposal by the President under subsection (a)

23 is as follows:
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Authorized Stockpile Disposal

Material for disposal Quantity

Zirconium ore ............................................................................. 17,383 short dry tons

1 (c) MINIMIZATION OF DISRUPTION AND LOSS.—The

2 President may not dispose of material under subsection (a)

3 to the extent that the disposal will result in—

4 (1) undue disruption of the usual markets of

5 producers, processors, and consumers of the material

6 proposed for disposal; or

7 (2) avoidable loss to the United States.

8 (d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISPOSAL AUTHOR9 ITY.—The disposal authority provided in subsection (a) is

10 new disposal authority and is in addition to, and shall not

11 affect, any other disposal authority provided by law regard12 ing the material specified in such subsection.

13 (e) NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE DEFINED.—In

14 this section, the term ‘‘National Defense Stockpile Trans15 action Fund’’ means the fund in the Treasury of the United

16 States established under section 9(a) of the Strategic and

17 Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(a)).

18 SEC. 5002. (a) AVAILABILITY OF SETTLEMENT

19 AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

20 amount received by the United States in settlement of the

21 claims described in subsection (b) shall be available as spec22 ified in subsection (c).
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1 (b) COVERED CLAIMS.—The claims referred to in this

2 subsection are the claims of the United States against Hunt

3 Building Corporation and Ellsworth Housing Limited

4 Partnership relating to the design and construction of an

5 828-unit family housing project at Ellsworth Air Force

6 Base, South Dakota.

7 (c) SPECIFIED USES.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the

9 amount referred to in subsection (a) shall be available

10 as follows:

11 (A) Of the portion of such amount received

12 in fiscal year 1999—

13 (i) an amount equal to 3 percent of

14 such portion shall be credited to the Depart15 ment of Justice Working Capital Fund for

16 the civil debt collection litigation activities

17 of the Department with respect to the claims

18 referred to in subsection (b), as provided for

19 in section 108 of Public Law 103–121 (107

20 Stat. 1164; 28 U.S.C. 527 note); and

21 (ii) of the balance of such portion—

(I) an amount equal to 7 22 ⁄8 of such

23 balance shall be available to the Sec24 retary of Transportation for purposes

25 of construction of an access road on
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1 Interstate Route 90 at Box Elder,

2 South Dakota (item 1741 of the table

3 contained in section 1602 of the Trans4 portation Equity Act for the 21st Cen5 tury (Public Law 105–178; 112 Stat.

6 320)); and

(II) an amount equal to 1 7 ⁄8 of

8 such balance shall be available to the

9 Secretary of the Air Force for purposes

10 of real property and facility mainte11 nance projects at Ellsworth Air Force

12 Base.

13 (B) Of the portion of such amount received

14 in fiscal year 2000—

15 (i) an amount equal to 3 percent of

16 such portion shall be credited to the Depart17 ment of Justice Working Capital Fund in

18 accordance with subparagraph (A)(i); and

19 (ii) an amount equal to the balance of

20 such portion shall be available to the Sec21 retary of Transportation for purposes of

22 construction of the access road described in

23 subparagraph (A)(ii)(I).

24 (C) Of any portion of such amount received

25 in a fiscal year after fiscal year 2000—
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1 (i) an amount equal to 3 percent of

2 such portion shall be credited to the Depart3 ment of Justice Working Capital Fund in

4 accordance with subparagraph (A)(i); and

5 (ii) an amount equal to the balance of

6 such portion shall be available to the Sec7 retary of the Air Force for purposes of real

8 property and facility maintenance projects

9 at Ellsworth Air Force Base.

10 (2) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

11 ACCESS ROAD.—

12 (A) LIMITATION.—The amounts referred to

13 in subparagraphs (A)(ii)(I) and (B)(ii) of para14 graph (1) shall be available as specified in such

15 subparagraphs only if, not later than September

16 30, 2000, the South Dakota Department of

17 Transportation enters into an agreement with

18 the Federal Highway Administration providing

19 for the construction of an interchange on Inter20 state Route 90 at Box Elder, South Dakota.

21 (B) ALTERNATIVE AVAILABILITY OF

22 FUNDS.—If the agreement described in subpara23 graph (A) is not entered into by the date referred

24 to in that subparagraph, the amounts described

25 in that subparagraph shall be available to the
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1 Secretary of the Air Force as of that date for

2 purposes of real property and facility mainte3 nance projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base.

4 (3) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—

5 (A) ACCESS ROAD.—Amounts available

6 under this section for construction of the access

7 road described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(I) are in

8 addition to amounts available for the construc9 tion of that access road under any other provi10 sion of law.

11 (B) PROPERTY AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE

12 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, amounts available under this section

14 for property and facility maintenance projects at

15 Ellsworth Air Force Base shall remain available

16 for expenditure without fiscal year limitation.

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple18 mental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999’’.

Passed the House of Representatives March 24,

1999.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate March 25, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.