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Calendar No. 279

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1596

[Report No. 106–161]

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing

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

commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 16, 1999

Mr. BOND from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

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

30, 2000, and for other purposes.
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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

2 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

3 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

4 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

5 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex6 aminations as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters

7 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or

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

9 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur10 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,

11 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre12 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran13 teed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’

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

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

16 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61;

17 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;

18 76 Stat. 1198), $21,568,364,000, to remain available

19 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $38,079,000

20 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen21 eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary

22 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

23 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in

24 the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters

25 51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifi-
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1 cally provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appro2 priation: Provided further, That such sums as may be

3 earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reim4 bursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving fund’’ to augment

5 the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing

6 home care provided to pensioners as authorized.

7 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

8 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

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

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

11 and 61, $1,469,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

13 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

14 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

15 program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98–77,

16 as amended.

17 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

18 For military and naval insurance, national service life

19 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet20 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as

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

22 Stat. 487, $28,670,000, to remain available until ex23 pended.
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1 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

6 authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Pro7 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

8 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con9 gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur10 ther, That during fiscal year 2000, within the resources

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

12 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing

13 loans.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

15 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $156,958,000,

16 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro17 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

18 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

23 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

25 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin26 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct loan program, $214,000, which may

3 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

4 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

5 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the cost of direct loans, $57,000, as authorized

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

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

10 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

12 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin13 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,531,000.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

15 carry out the direct loan program, $415,000, which may

16 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

17 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

18 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

22 loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub23 chapter V, as amended, $520,000, which may be trans24 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

25 operating expenses’’.
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1 GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR

2 HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the

5 Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of

6 modifying loans, of guaranteed loans as authorized by 38

7 U.S.C. chapter 37 subchapter VI, $48,250,000, to remain

8 available until expended: Provided, That no more than five

9 loans may be guaranteed under this program prior to No10 vember 11, 2001: Provided further, That no more than fif11 teen loans may be guaranteed under this program: Pro12 vided further, That the total principal amount of loans

13 guaranteed under this program may not exceed

14 $100,000,000: Provided further, That not to exceed

15 $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for

16 ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ may be

17 expended for the administrative expenses to carry out the

18 guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter

19 37, subchapter VI.

20 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

21 MEDICAL CARE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op24 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili25 ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and

26 outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De-
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1 partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat2 ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Depart3 ment; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and

4 equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental

5 thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department;

6 administrative expenses in support of planning, design,

7 project management, real property acquisition and disposi8 tion, construction and renovation of any facility under the

9 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; oversight,

10 engineering and architectural activities not charged to

11 project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing fa12 cilities in the several hospitals and homes under the juris13 diction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, ei14 ther by contract or by the hire of temporary employees

15 and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances there16 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State

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

18 and legal expenses of the Department for collecting and

19 recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized

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

21 Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to

22 exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as re23 ferred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5), $18,406,000,000, plus

24 reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made avail25 able under this heading, $635,000,000 is for the equip-
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1 ment and land and structures object classifications only,

2 which amount shall not become available for obligation

3 until August 1, 2000, and shall remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2001: Provided further, That of the funds

5 made available under this heading, not to exceed

6 $900,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001:

7 Provided further, That of the funds made available under

8 this heading, not to exceed $27,907,000 may be trans9 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

10 operating expenses’’: Provided further, That the Depart11 ment shall conduct by contract a program of recovery au12 dits with respect to payments for hospital care; and, not13 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by

14 setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall be

15 available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes

16 for which funds are appropriated under this heading and

17 the purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the

18 amount collected as a result of an audit carried out by

19 the contractor: Provided further, That all amounts so col20 lected under the preceding proviso with respect to a des21 ignated health care region (as that term is defined in 38

22 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of payments

23 to the contractor, to that region.

24 In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–

25 33 establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
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1 ical Care Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited

2 to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be trans3 ferred to this account, to remain available until expended

4 for the purposes of this account.

5 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

6 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

7 medical and prosthetic research and development as au8 thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until

9 September 30, 2001, $316,000,000, plus reimbursements.

10 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

13 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

14 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad15 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi16 ties, $60,703,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, That

17 project technical and consulting services offered by the

18 Facilities Management Service Delivery Office, including

19 technical consulting services, project management, real

20 property administration (including leases, site acquisition

21 and disposal activities directly supporting projects), shall

22 be provided to Department of Veterans Affairs compo23 nents only on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will

24 remain available until September 30, 2000.
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1 GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized

4 by Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be trans5 ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such

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

7 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

9 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin10 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000.

11 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

12 the direct loan programs, $54,000, which shall be trans13 ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’, as authorized by

14 Public Law 102–54, section 8.

15 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

16 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

17 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

18 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

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

20 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas21 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General

22 Services Administration for security guard services, and

23 the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em24 ployee mail, $912,594,000: Provided, That funds under

25 this heading shall be available to administer the Service

26 Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act: Pro-
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1 vided further, That travel expenditures for the immediate

2 Office of the Secretary shall not exceed $100,000.

3 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op6 eration of the National Cemetery Administration, not oth7 erwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances

8 therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; pur9 chase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial

10 operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles,

11 $97,256,000: Provided, That of the amount made avail12 able under this heading, not to exceed $117,000 may be

13 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

14 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

19 as amended, $43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount

20 made available under this heading, not to exceed $30,000

21 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

22 for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

23 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

24 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

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

26 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the
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1 purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,

2 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,

3 United States Code, including planning, architectural and

4 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period

5 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro6 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite

7 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and

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

9 $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were

10 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

11 $70,140,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That except for advance planning of projects (in13 cluding market-based assessments of health care needs

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

15 through the advance planning fund and the design of

16 projects funded through the design fund, none of these

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

18 considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary

19 process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap20 propriation for fiscal year 2000, for each approved project

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

22 documents contract by September 30, 2000; and (2) by

23 the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,

24 2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly

25 report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any
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1 approved major construction project in which obligations

2 are not incurred within the time limitations established

3 above: Provided further, That no funds from any other ac4 count except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli5 gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving

6 a project which was approved in the budget process and

7 funded in this account until one year after substantial

8 completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department

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

10 respect to that part only.

11 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

12 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

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

14 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan15 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance

16 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip17 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of

18 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

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

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

21 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,

22 United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project

23 is less than $4,000,000, $175,000,000, to remain avail24 able until expended, along with unobligated balances of

25 previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations

26 which are hereby made available for any project where the
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1 estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That

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

3 to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction

4 or for the use of the Department which are necessary be5 cause of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster

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

7 prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.

8 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

9 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38

10 U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected, to remain avail11 able until expended, which shall be available for all author12 ized expenses except operations and maintenance costs,

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

14 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

15 FACILITIES

16 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct

17 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re18 model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and

19 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care

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

21 $90,000,000, to remain available until expended.

22 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

23 CEMETERIES

24 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

25 or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38
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1 U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for

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

7 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans8 ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.

9 SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart10 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for salaries

11 and expenses shall be available for services authorized by

12 5 U.S.C. 3109.

13 SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De14 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations

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

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

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

18 construction of any new hospital or home.

19 SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De20 partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos21 pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene22 ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits

23 to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under

24 5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless re25 imbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ ac-
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1 count at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of

2 Veterans Affairs.

3 SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart4 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for ‘‘Com5 pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and

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

7 for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to

8 be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year

9 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1999.

10 SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the

11 Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 shall

12 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding

13 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X

14 of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law

15 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust

16 fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation

17 and pensions’’.

18 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 law, during fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Veterans

20 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance

21 Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur22 ance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Gov23 ernment Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reim24 burse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the

25 cost of administration of the insurance programs financed
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1 through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement

2 shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated

3 in an insurance program in fiscal year 2000, that are

4 available for dividends in that program after claims have

5 been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been

6 set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administra7 tion of an insurance program exceeds the amount of sur8 plus earnings accumulated in that program, reimburse9 ment shall be made only to the extent of such surplus

10 earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall deter11 mine the cost of administration for fiscal year 2000, which

12 is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance pro13 gram and to the provision of any total disability income

14 insurance included in such insurance program.

15 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

16 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

17 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

18 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For activities and assistance to prevent the involun21 tary displacement of low-income families, the elderly and

22 the disabled because of the loss of affordable housing

23 stock, expiration of subsidy contracts (other than con24 tracts for which amounts are provided under another

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

26 other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for
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1 other purposes, $11,051,135,000, to remain available until

2 expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided

3 under this heading, $10,855,135,000, of which

4 $6,655,135,000 shall be available on October 1, 1999 and

5 $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000,

6 shall be for assistance under the United States Housing

7 Act of 1937 (‘‘The Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use

8 in connection with expiring or terminating section 8 sub9 sidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers (including renewals)

10 as provided under the ‘‘Preserving Existing Housing In11 vestment’’ account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs

12 and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

13 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–204)

14 for families eligible for assistance under such Act, and

15 contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the

16 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided

17 further, That the Secretary may determine not to apply

18 section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act to housing vouchers during

19 fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the total

20 amount provided under this heading, $156,000,000 shall

21 be for section 8 rental assistance under the Act including

22 assistance to relocate residents of properties: (1) that are

23 owned by the Secretary and being disposed of; or (2) that

24 are discontinuing section 8 project-based assistance; for

25 relocation and replacement housing for units that are de-
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1 molished or disposed of from the public housing inventory

2 (in addition to amounts that may be available for such

3 purposes under this and other headings); for the conver4 sion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8;

5 for funds to carry out the family unification program; and

6 for the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts

7 to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant

8 to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agen9 cy: Provided further, That of the total amount provided

10 under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made available

11 to nonelderly disabled families affected by the designation

12 of a public housing development under section 7 of such

13 Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance with

14 section 651 of the Housing and Community Development

15 Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occu16 pancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658

17 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines

18 that such amount is not needed to fund applications for

19 such affected families, to other nonelderly disabled fami20 lies: Provided further, That no funds under this heading

21 may be used for Regional Opportunity Counseling: Pro22 vided further, That all balances for the section 8 rental

23 assistance, section 8 counseling, new construction sub-re24 habilitation, relocation/replacement/demolition, section 23

25 conversions, rental and disaster vouchers, loan manage-
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1 ment set-aside, section 514 technical assistance, and pro2 grams previously funded within the ‘‘Annual Contribu3 tions’’ account shall be transferred to this account, to be

4 available for the purposes for which they were originally

5 appropriated: Provided further, That all balances pre6 viously recaptured in the ‘‘Section 8 Reserve Preserva7 tion’’ account shall be transferred to this account, to be

8 available for the purposes for which they were originally

9 appropriated: Provided further, That the unexpended

10 amounts previously appropriated for special purpose

11 grants within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted

12 Housing’’ account shall be recaptured and transferred to

13 this account, to be available for assistance under the Act

14 for use in connection with expiring or terminating section

15 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That of the amounts

16 previously appropriated for property disposition within the

17 ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ account, up

18 to $79,000,000 shall be transferred to this account, to be

19 available for assistance under the Act for use in connection

20 with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts:

21 Provided further, That of the unexpended amounts pre22 viously appropriated for carrying out the Low-Income

23 Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act

24 of 1990 and the Emergency Low-Income Housing Preser25 vation Act of 1987, other than amounts made available
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1 for rental assistance, within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for

2 Assisted Housing’’ and ‘‘Preserving Existing Housing In3 vestments’’ accounts, shall be recaptured and transferred

4 to this account, to be available for assistance under the

5 Act for use in connection with expiring or terminating sec6 tion 8 subsidy contracts.

7 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to

10 carry out capital and management activities for public

11 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the

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

13 U.S.C. 1437), $2,555,000,000, to remain available until

14 expended: Provided, That of the total amount, up to

15 $100,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under

16 section 9(d) of such Act, and technical assistance for the

17 inspection of public housing units, contract expertise, and

18 training and technical assistance directly or indirectly,

19 under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to as20 sist in the oversight and management of public housing

21 related to capital activities for lease adjustments to section

22 23 projects: Provided further, That no funds may be used

23 under this heading for the purposes specified in section

24 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as in ef25 fect immediately before enactment of this Act: Provided

26 further, That all balances for debt service for Public and
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1 Indian Housing and Public and Indian Housing Grants

2 previously funded within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for

3 Assisted Housing’’ account shall be transferred to this ac4 count, to be available for the purposes for which they were

5 originally appropriated.

6 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For payments to public housing agencies for the oper9 ation and management of public housing, as authorized

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

11 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $2,900,000,000, to re12 main available until expended: Provided, That no funds

13 may be used under this heading for the purposes specified

14 in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,

15 as in effect immediately before enactment of this Act.

16 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

17 For grants to public housing agencies and Indian

18 tribes and their tribally designated housing entities for use

19 in eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized

20 by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, for grants for federally as21 sisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909,

22 and for drug information clearinghouse services author23 ized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to remain

24 available until expended: Provided, That of the total

25 amount provided under this heading, up to $5,000,000

26 shall be solely for technical assistance, training, and pro-
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1 gram assessment for or on behalf of public housing agen2 cies, resident organizations, and Indian tribes and their

3 tribally designated housing entities (including up to

4 $250,000 for the cost of necessary travel for participants

5 in such training): Provided further, That of the amount

6 provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be used

7 in connection with efforts to combat violent crime in public

8 and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home Pro9 gram administered by the Inspector General of the De10 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided

11 further, That of the amount under this heading,

12 $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of Inspector

13 General for Operation Safe Home: Provided further, That

14 of the amount under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be

15 available for a program named the New Approach Anti16 Drug program which will provide competitive grants to en17 tities managing or operating public housing developments,

18 federally assisted multifamily housing developments, or

19 other multifamily housing developments for low-income

20 families supported by non-Federal governmental entities

21 or similar housing developments supported by nonprofit

22 private sources in order to provide or augment security

23 (including personnel costs), to assist in the investigation

24 and/or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and

25 around such developments, and to provide assistance for
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1 the development of capital improvements at such develop2 ments directly relating to the security of such develop3 ments: Provided further, That grants for the New Ap4 proach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive

5 basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of

6 Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989:

7 Provided further, That the term ‘‘drug-related crime’’, as

8 defined in 42 U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other

9 types of crime as determined by the Secretary: Provided

10 further, That none of the funds under this heading may

11 be awarded pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability

12 which contains substantive program changes unless such

13 program changes have been subject to review under notice

14 and comment rulemaking: Provided further, That, notwith15 standing section 5130(c) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of

16 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary may determine

17 not to use any such funds to provide public housing youth

18 sports grants.

19 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

20 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

21 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition,

22 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based

23 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24

24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, $500,000,000

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That for

26 purposes of environmental review pursuant to the National
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1 Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a grant under this

2 heading or under prior appropriations Acts for use for the

3 purposes under this heading shall be treated as assistance

4 under title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937

5 and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec6 retary to implement section 26 of such Act: Provided fur7 ther, That none of such funds shall be used directly or

8 indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards to

9 settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly per10 mitted herein.

11 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

12 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro13 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American

14 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996

15 (NAHASDA) (Public Law 104–330), $620,000,000, to

16 remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall

17 be used by the National American Indian Housing Council

18 and up to $2,000,000 by the Secretary to support the in19 spection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, train20 ing, and technical assistance in the oversight and manage21 ment of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, in22 cluding up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided, That

23 of the amount provided under this heading, $6,000,000

24 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes

25 and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of

26 NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including
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1 the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations,

2 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional

3 Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That

4 these funds are available to subsidize the total principal

5 amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of

6 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Pro7 vided further, That for administrative expenses to carry

8 out the guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from

9 amounts in the first proviso, which shall be transferred

10 to and merged with the appropriation for departmental

11 salaries and expenses, to be used only for the administra12 tive costs of these guarantees.

13 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

16 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development

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

18 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in19 cluding the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de20 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

21 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are

22 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of

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

24 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

25 the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from

26 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for departmental

2 salaries and expenses, to be used only for the administra3 tive costs of these guarantees.

4 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

5 For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel6 opment to be established in the Department of Housing

7 and Urban Development, $25,000,000, to remain available

8 until expended: Provided, That of the amount under this

9 heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be used to develop capac10 ity at the State and local level for developing rural housing

11 and for rural economic development and for maintaining

12 a clearinghouse of ideas for innovative strategies for rural

13 housing and economic development and revitalization: Pro14 vided further, That of the amount under this heading, at

15 least $22,000,000 which amount shall be awarded by June

16 1, 2000 to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies,

17 State community and/or economic development agencies,

18 local rural nonprofits and community development cor19 porations to support innovative housing and economic de20 velopment activities in rural areas: Provided further, That

21 all grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis as speci22 fied in section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.

23 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

24 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

25 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per26 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS
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1 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901),

2 $225,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

4 the funds under this heading shall be awarded on a pri5 ority basis to renew and maintain existing programs fund6 ed under this heading: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary may use up to 1 percent of the funds under this

8 heading for technical assistance.

9 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For grants to States and units of general local gov12 ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided

13 for, to carry out a community development grants pro14 gram as authorized by title I of the Housing and Commu15 nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’

16 herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,800,000,000, to remain

17 available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

18 $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith19 standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall

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

21 $2,000,000 shall be available to support Alaska Native

22 serving institutions and native Hawaiian serving institu23 tions as defined under the Higher Education Act, as

24 amended, $1,800,000 shall be available as a grant to the

25 National American Indian Housing Council, and

26 $45,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107
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1 of the Act: Provided further, That all funding decisions

2 under section 107 except as specified herein shall be sub3 ject to a reprogramming request unless otherwise specified

4 in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in

5 the committee report accompanying this Act: Provided fur6 ther, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made

7 with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant made

8 available in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance

9 Council or the National American Indian Housing Coun10 cil, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the

11 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as

12 amended) shall be expended for ‘‘Planning and Manage13 ment Development’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in

14 regulations promulgated by the Department: Provided fur15 ther, That all balances for the Economic Development Ini16 tiative grants program, the John Heinz Neighborhood De17 velopment program, grants to Self Help Housing Oppor18 tunity program, and the Moving to Work Demonstration

19 program previously funded within the ‘‘Annual Contribu20 tions for Assisted Housing’’ account shall be transferred

21 to this account, to be available for the purposes for which

22 they were originally appropriated.

23 Of the amount made available under this heading,

24 $25,000,000 shall be made available for ‘‘Capacity Build25 ing for Community Development and Affordable Hous-
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1 ing,’’ for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activi2 ties as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration

3 Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect imme4 diately before June 12, 1997, with not less than

5 $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural areas, in6 cluding tribal areas.

7 Of the amount made available under this heading, the

8 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use

9 up to $45,000,000 for supportive services for public hous10 ing residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United

11 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and not less

12 than $10,000,000 for grants for service coordinators and

13 congregate services for the elderly and disabled residents

14 of public and assisted housing: Provided further, That

15 amounts made available for congregate services and serv16 ice coordinators for the elderly and disabled under this

17 heading and in prior fiscal years may be used by grantees

18 to reimburse themselves for costs incurred in connection

19 with providing service coordinators previously advanced by

20 grantees out of other funds due to delays in the granting

21 by or receipt of funds from the Secretary, and the funds

22 so made available to grantees for congregate services or

23 service coordinators under this heading or in prior years

24 shall be considered as expended by the grantees upon such

25 reimbursement. The Secretary shall not condition the
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1 availability of funding made available under this heading

2 or in prior years for congregate services or service coordi3 nators upon any grantee’s obligation or expenditure of any

4 prior funding.

5 Of the amount made available under this heading,

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, $42,500,000

7 shall be available for YouthBuild program activities au8 thorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez

9 National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such

10 activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any

11 funds made available under this heading: Provided, That

12 local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to

13 leverage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a pri14 ority for YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That up

15 to $2,500,000 may be used for capacity buildings efforts.

16 Of the amount made available under this heading,

17 $110,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco18 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety

19 of economic development efforts, including $95,000,000

20 for making individual grants for targeted economic invest21 ments in accordance with the terms and conditions speci22 fied for such grants in the committee report accompanying

23 this Act.

24 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as au25 thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community
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1 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, in2 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de3 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

4 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are

5 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of

6 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000,

7 notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding

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

9 and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided fur10 ther, That in addition, for administrative expenses to carry

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

12 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

13 departmental salaries and expenses.

14 The Secretary is directed to transfer the administra15 tion of the small cities component of the Community De16 velopment Block Grant Program for fiscal year 2000 and

17 all fiscal years thereafter to the State of New York. No

18 funds under this heading may be made available to grant19 ees until the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop20 ment transfers the administration of the Small Cities com21 ponent of the Community Development Block Grants pro22 gram to the State of New York.

23 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

24 For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by

25 section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Develop26 ment Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelop-
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1 ment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and

3 Urban Development shall make these grants available on

4 a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the De5 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act

6 of 1989.

7 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

8 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

9 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na10 tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as

11 amended, $1,600,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds

13 shall be available for Housing Counseling under section

14 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968:

15 Provided further, That all Housing Counseling program

16 balances previously appropriated in the ‘‘Housing Coun17 seling Assistance’’ account shall be transferred to this ac18 count, to be available for the purposes for which they were

19 originally appropriated.

20 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

21 For the emergency shelter grants program (as au22 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

23 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the

24 supportive housing program (as authorized under subtitle

25 C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabili26 tation single room occupancy program (as authorized
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1 under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend2 ed) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441

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

4 the shelter plus care program (as authorized under sub5 title F of title IV of such Act), $1,020,000,000, to remain

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

7 percent of these funds shall be used for permanent hous8 ing, and all funding for services must be matched by 25

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

10 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall

11 conduct a review of any balances of amounts provided

12 under this heading in this or any previous appropriations

13 Act that have been obligated but remain unexpended and

14 shall deobligate any such amounts that the Secretary de15 termines were obligated for contracts that are unlikely to

16 be performed and award such amounts during this fiscal

17 year: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of the funds

18 appropriated under this heading may be used for technical

19 assistance: Provided further, That all balances previously

20 appropriated in the ‘‘Emergency Shelter Grants,’’ ‘‘Sup21 portive Housing,’’ ‘‘Supplemental Assistance for Facilities

22 to Assist the Homeless,’’ ‘‘Shelter Plus Care,’’ ‘‘Section

23 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy,’’ and

24 ‘‘Innovative Homeless Initiatives Demonstration’’ ac25 counts shall be transferred to and merged with this ac-
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1 count, to be available for any authorized purpose under

2 this heading.

3 HOUSING PROGRAMS

4 HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

5 For assistance for the purchase, construction, acqui6 sition, or development of additional public and subsidized

7 housing units for low income families not otherwise pro8 vided for, $904,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That $710,000,000 shall be for capital

10 advances, including amendments to capital advance con11 tracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section

12 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for

13 project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for

14 project rental assistance, for the elderly under such section

15 202(c)(2), and for supportive services associated with the

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

17 coordinators and continuation of existing congregate serv18 ices grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and

19 for other eligible elderly persons residing in the neighbor20 hood in which such projects are located on an exception

21 basis, and of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for

22 grants for conversion of existing section 202 projects, or

23 portions thereof, to assisted living or related use, subject

24 to the provision that the Secretary shall select existing sec25 tion 202 projects to receive such assistance on a competi-
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1 tive basis based on a set of conditions that take into ac2 count the need for and quality of the proposed alterations,

3 the extent to which the application demonstrates the abil4 ity to complete the alterations promptly and successfully,

5 past history of successful deliverance of services to the el6 derly, and such other factors as the Secretary deems ap7 propriate: Provided further, That of the amount under this

8 heading, $194,000,000 shall be for capital advances, in9 cluding amendments to capital advance contracts, for sup10 portive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized

11 by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford12 able Housing Act, for project rental assistance, for amend13 ments to contracts for project rental assistance, and sup14 portive services associated with the housing for persons

15 with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act:

16 Provided further, That the Secretary may designate up to

17 25 percent of the amounts earmarked under this para18 graph for section 811 of such Act for tenant-based assist19 ance, as authorized under that section, including such au20 thority as may be waived under the next proviso, which

21 assistance is five years in duration: Provided further, That

22 the Secretary may waive any provision of such section 202

23 and such section 811 (including the provisions governing

24 the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and

25 tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is
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1 not necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs,

2 or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate

3 or administer projects assisted under these programs, and

4 may make provision for alternative conditions or terms

5 where appropriate.

6 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

7 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un9 committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep10 tember 30, 1999, and any collections made during fiscal

11 year 2000, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy

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

13 Housing Act, as amended.

14 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

15 FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 During fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee

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

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

21 principal of $120,000,000,000.

22 During fiscal year 2000, obligations to make direct

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

24 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed

25 $100,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall

26 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con-
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1 nection with sales of single family real properties owned

2 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual

3 Mortgage Insurance Fund.

4 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

5 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000,

6 of which not to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred

7 to the appropriation for departmental salaries and ex8 penses; not to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to

9 the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. In

10 addition, for administrative contract expenses,

11 $160,000,000: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed

12 loan commitments exceed $49,664,000,000 on or before

13 April 1, 2000, an additional $1,400 for administrative

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

15 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a

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

17 in no case shall funds made available by this proviso ex18 ceed $16,000,000.

19 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

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

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

24 guarantee modifications (as that term is defined in section

25 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend26 ed), $153,000,000, including not to exceed $153,000,000
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1 from unobligated balances previously appropriated under

2 this heading, to remain available until expended: Provided,

3 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin4 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to

5 $18,100,000,000: Provided further, That any amounts

6 made available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost

7 (as such term is defined in section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are

9 obligations of the funds established under section 238 or

10 519 of the National Housing Act that have not been obli11 gated or that are deobligated shall be available to the Sec12 retary of Housing and Urban Development in connection

13 with the making of such guarantees and shall remain

14 available until expended, notwithstanding the expiration of

15 any period of availability otherwise applicable to such

16 amounts.

17 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

19 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed

20 $50,000,000; of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be

21 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi22 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for23 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed

24 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern25 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family
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1 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in2 sured under such Act.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,

5 $211,455,000 (including not to exceed $147,000,000 from

6 unobligated balances previously appropriated under this

7 heading), of which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to

8 the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses;

9 and of which $18,321,000 shall be transferred to the ap10 propriation for the Office of Inspector General. In addi11 tion, for administrative contract expenses necessary to

12 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,

13 $144,000,000: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed

14 loan commitments exceed $7,263,000,000 on or before

15 April 1, 2000, an additional $19,800 for administrative

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

17 in additional guaranteed loan commitments over

18 $7,263,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any in19 crement below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds

20 made available by this proviso exceed $14,400,000.

21 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

22 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

23 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 During fiscal year 2000, new commitments to issue

26 guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the
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1 National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)),

2 shall not exceed $200,000,000,000.

3 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

4 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

5 $15,383,000, of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be

6 transferred to the appropriation for departmental salaries

7 and expenses.

8 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

9 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

10 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro11 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

12 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

13 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

14 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ15 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec16 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

17 $35,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

18 2001.

19 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

20 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

21 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth22 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil

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

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

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1 $40,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

2 2001, of which $20,000,000 shall be to carry out activities

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

4 made available under this heading shall be used to lobby

5 the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Gov6 ernment in connection with a specific contract, grant or

7 loan.

8 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

9 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

10 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author11 ized by sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead12 Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $80,000,000 to re13 main available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall

14 be for a Healthy Homes Initiative, which shall be a pro15 gram pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing

16 and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include

17 research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, in18 cluding education and outreach concerning lead-based

19 paint poisoning and other housing-related environmental

20 diseases and hazards: Provided, That all balances for the

21 Lead Hazard Reduction Programs previously funded in

22 the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing and Com23 munity Development Block Grant accounts shall be trans24 ferred to this account, to be available for the purposes for

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1 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary administrative and non-administrative

5 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel6 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex7 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex8 penses, $985,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be

9 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

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

11 of the Government National Mortgage Association,

12 $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ‘‘Community Devel13 opment Block Grants Program’’ account, $150,000 shall

14 be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Title VI Indian Federal

15 Guarantees Program’’ account, and $200,000 shall be

16 provided by transfer from the ‘‘Indian Housing Loan

17 Guarantee Fund Program’’ account: Provided, That the

18 Secretary is prohibited from using any funds under this

19 heading or any other heading in this Act from employing

20 more than 77 schedule C and 20 noncareer Senior Execu21 tive Service employees: Provided further, That the Sec22 retary is prohibited from using funds under this heading

23 or any other heading in this Act to employ more than

24 9,300 employees, including any contract employees work25 ing on site in the Department: Provided further, That the

26 Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this head-
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1 ing or any other heading in this Act after February 1,

2 2000 to employ any external community builders or to

3 convert any external community builder to career em4 ployee after August 1, 1999: Provided further, That the

5 Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this head6 ing or any other heading in this Act to employ more than

7 14 employees in the Office of Public Affairs: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds

9 in excess of $1,000,000 under this heading or any other

10 heading in this Act to pay for travel.

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

15 as amended, $95,910,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be

16 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

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

18 the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the

19 ‘‘Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing’’ ac20 count: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have

21 independent authority over all personnel issues within the

22 Office of Inspector General: Provided further, That of the

23 amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made

24 available for the Inspector General to enter in contracts

25 for independent financial audits of programs at the De26 partment of Housing and Urban Development, including
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1 audits of internal financial accounts: Provided further,

2 That the amount made available under the previous pro3 viso shall remain available for obligation until September

4 30, 2001.

5 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi9 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $16,000,000,

10 to remain available until expended, to be derived from the

11 Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided,

12 That not to exceed such amount shall be available from

13 the General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary

14 to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the

15 receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, That

16 the General Fund amount shall be reduced as collections

17 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final

18 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not

19 more than $0.

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 FINANCING ADJUSTMENT FACTORS

22 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au23 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts

24 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured

25 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart

26 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of
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1 1988 (Public Law 100–628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall

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

3 the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or

4 cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the

5 Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies

6 or local governments or local housing agencies with

7 projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

8 Development for which settlement occurred after January

9 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding

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

11 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and

12 not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide

13 project owners with incentives to refinance their project

14 at a lower interest rate.

15 FAIR HOUSING AND FREE SPEECH

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

17 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2000 to investigate

18 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise

19 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ20 ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action,

21 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or

22 preventing action by a government official or entity, or

23 a court of competent jurisdiction.

24 ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY

25 SEC. 203. Section 204 of the Departments of Vet26 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
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1 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, is

2 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1997, 1998 and 1999’’

3 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’.

4 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

5 GRANTS

6 SEC. 204. (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 854(c)(1)(A)(ii)

7 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.

8 12903(c)(1)(A))(ii), is amended by inserting after ‘‘clause

9 (i)’’ a comma and ‘‘or States that received an allocation

10 under this clause in a prior fiscal year’’.

11 (b) MINIMUM GRANT REPEALER.—Section 854(c)(2)

12 of such Act is repealed.

13 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—Section 856 of such

14 Act is amended by adding the following new subsection

15 at the end: ‘‘(h) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For pur16 poses of environmental review, decisionmaking, and action

17 pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of

18 1969 and other provisions of law that further the purposes

19 of such Act, a grant under this subtitle shall be treated

20 as assistance for a special project that is subject to section

21 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition

22 Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and shall be sub23 ject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to imple24 ment such section.’’.
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1 FHA MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE CREDIT DEMONSTRATIONS

2 SEC. 205. Section 542 of the Housing and Commu3 nity Development Act of 1992 is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking ‘‘during fis5 cal year 1999’’, and inserting ‘‘in each of fiscal

6 years 1999 and 2000’’, and

7 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) by

8 striking ‘‘during fiscal year 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘in

9 each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’.

10 CLARIFICATION OF OWNER’S RIGHT TO PREPAY

11 SEC. 206. (a) PREPAYMENT RIGHT.—Notwith12 standing section 211 of the Housing and Community De13 velopment Act of 1987 or section 221 of the Housing and

14 Community Development Act of 1987 (as in effect pursu15 ant to section 604(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National

16 Affordable Housing Act), subject to subsection (b), with

17 respect to any project that is eligible low-income housing

18 (as that term is defined in section 229 of the Housing

19 and Community Development Act of 1987)—

20 (1) the owner of the project may prepay, and

21 the mortgagee may accept prepayment of, the mort22 gage on the project, and

23 (2) the owner may request voluntary termi24 nation of a mortgage insurance contract with respect

25 to such project and the contract may be terminated
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1 notwithstanding any requirements under sections

2 229 and 250 of the National Housing Act.

3 (b) CONDITIONS.—Any prepayment of a mortgage or

4 termination of an insurance contract authorized under

5 subsection (a) may be made—

6 (1) only to the extent that such prepayment or

7 termination is consistent with the terms and condi8 tions of the mortgage on or mortgage insurance con9 tract for the project;

10 (2) only if the owner of the project involved

11 agrees not to increase the rent charges for any

12 dwelling unit in the project during the 60-day period

13 beginning upon such prepayment or termination;

14 and

15 (3) only if the owner of the project provides no16 tice of intent to prepay or terminate, in such form

17 as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop18 ment may prescribe, to each tenant of the housing,

19 the Secretary, and the chief executive officer of the

20 appropriate State or local government for the juris21 diction within which the housing is located, not less

22 than 150 days, but not more than 270 days, before

23 such prepayment or termination, except that such

24 requirement shall not apply to a prepayment or ter25 mination that—
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1 (A) occurs during the 150-day period im2 mediately following the date of the enactment of

3 this Act;

4 (B) is necessary to effect conversion to

5 ownership by a priority purchaser (as defined in

6 section 231(a) of the Low-Income Housing

7 Preservation and Resident Ownership Act of

8 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4120(a)), or

9 (C) will otherwise ensure that the project

10 will continue to operate, at least until the matu11 rity date of the loan or mortgage, in a manner

12 that will provide rental housing on terms at

13 least as advantageous to existing and future

14 tenants as the terms required by the program

15 under which the loan or mortgage was made or

16 insured prior to the proposed prepayment or

17 termination.

18 FUNDING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING

19 SEC. 207. No funds in this Act or any other Act may

20 hereafter be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban

21 Development to determine allocations or provide assist22 ance for operating subsidies or modernization for certain

23 State and city funded and locally developed public housing

24 or assisted housing units, as described in section

25 9(n)(1)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, un26 less such unit was so assisted before October 1, 1998.
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1 FHA ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT EXPENSE AUTHORITY

2 SEC. 208. Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12

3 U.S.C. 1702) is amended by inserting the following new

4 sentence after the first proviso: ‘‘For the purposes of this

5 section, the term ‘‘nonadministrative’’ shall not include

6 contract expenses that are not capitalized or routinely de7 ducted from the proceeds of sales, and such expenses shall

8 not be payable from funds made available by this Act.’’.

9 FULL PAYMENT OF CLAIMS

10 SEC. 209. (a) Section 541 of the National Housing

11 Act is amended (1) by amending the heading to read as

12 follows: ‘‘PARTIAL PAYMENT OF CLAIMS ON DEFAULTED

13 MORTGAGES AND IN CONNECTION WITH MORTGAGE RE14 STRUCTURING’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘partial pay16 ment of the claim under the mortgage insurance

17 contract’’ and inserting, ‘‘partial or full payment of

18 claim under one or more mortgage insurance con19 tracts’’.

20 (b) Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing

21 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 is amended by add22 ing a new subsection (a)(6) to read as follows: ‘‘(6) The

23 second mortgage under this section may be a first mort24 gage if no restructured or new first mortgage will meet

25 the requirement of paragraph (1)(A).’’.
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1 AVAILABILITY OF INCOME MATCHING INFORMATION

2 SEC. 210. (a) Section 3(f) of the United States Hous3 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section

4 508(d)(1) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility

5 Act of 1998, is further amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1)—

7 (A) after the first appearance of ‘‘public

8 housing agency’’, by inserting ‘‘, or the owner

9 responsible for determining the participant’s eli10 gibility or level of benefits,’’; and

11 (B) after ‘‘as applicable’’, by inserting ‘‘,

12 or to the owner responsible for determining the

13 participant’s eligibility or level of benefits’’; and

14 (2) in paragraph (2)—

15 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’;

16 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the

17 period and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and

18 (C) by inserting at the end the following

19 new subparagraph:

20 ‘‘(C) for which project-based assistance is pro21 vided under section 8, section 202, or section 811.’’.

22 (b) Section 904(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney

23 Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.

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1 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is further

2 amended in paragraph (4)—

3 (1) by inserting after ‘‘public housing agency’’

4 the first time it appears the following: ‘‘, or the

5 owner responsible for determining the participant’s

6 eligibility or level of benefits,’’; and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘the public housing agency

8 verifying income’’ and inserting ‘‘verifying income’’.

9 ELIMINATION OF SECRETARY PUBLIC HOUSING SET10 ASIDE FUNDS

11 SEC. 211. Subsection (k) of section 9 of the United

12 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended by the Quality

13 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is hereby

14 deleted and the following subsections are redesignated, ac15 cordingly.

16 TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF VET17 ERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL18 OPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA19 TIONS ACT, 1998

20 SEC. 212. (a) EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRUC21 TURING.—Section 514(h)(1) of the Departments of Vet22 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

23 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is amend24 ed to read as follows:

25 ‘‘(1) the primary financing for the project was pro26 vided by a unit of State government or a unit of general
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1 local government (or an agency or instrumentality of ei2 ther) and the primary financing involves mortgage insur3 ance under the National Housing Act, such that the imple4 mentation of a mortgage restructuring and rental assist5 ance sufficiency plan under this Act would be in conflict

6 with applicable law or agreements governing such financ7 ing;’’.

8 TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO FHA SINGLE FAMILY

9 MORTGAGE LIMITS

10 SEC. 213. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section

11 203(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.

12 1709(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘may not

13 be less than’’ the following: ‘‘the greater of the dollar

14 amount limitation in effect for the area on the date of

15 enactment of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and

16 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen17 cies Appropriations Act, 1999’’.

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

19 this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

20 LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING

21 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this title

22 under the heading of the Public Housing Operating Fund

23 shall be used to pay compensation of an individual, either

24 as direct costs or any proration of an indirect cost, at a

25 rate in excess of $125,000, unless the Secretary of Hous26 ing and Urban Development certifies that such compensa-
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1 tion should be increased on an individual basis due to spe2 cial circumstances.

3 LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION FOR YOUTHBUILD

4 SEC. 215. None of the funds appropriated in this title

5 for the Youthbuild program shall be used to pay com6 pensation of an individual, either as direct costs or any

7 proration of an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of

8 $125,000, unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban De9 velopment certifies that such compensation should be in10 creased on an individual basis.

11 ADJUSTMENTS TO INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR UNUSUALLY

12 HIGH OR LOW FAMILIES INCOMES IN ASSISTED HOUSING

13 SEC. 216. Section 16 of the United States Housing

14 Act of 1937 is amended—

15 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before

16 the period the following: ‘‘; except that the Secretary

17 may establish income ceilings higher or lower than

18 30 percent of the area median income on the basis

19 of the Secretary’s findings that such variations are

20 necessary because of unusually high or low family

21 incomes’’; and

22 (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the

23 period the following: ‘‘; except that the Secretary

24 may establish income ceilings higher or lower than

25 30 percent of the area median income on the basis

26 of the Secretary’s findings that such variations are
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1 necessary because of unusually high or low family

2 incomes’’.

3 GAO REIMBURSEMENT

4 SEC. 217. The Comptroller General of the United

5 States shall certify to the Congress on a quarterly basis

6 on the cost of time attributable to the failure of the De7 partment of Housing and Urban Development to cooper8 ate in any investigation being conducted by the General

9 Accounting Office with regard to the activities of the De10 partment. Within 30 days of such certification, the Sec11 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall reim12 burse the General Accounting Office for such costs from

13 the Salaries and Expenses account of the Department of

14 Housing and Urban Development.

15 HOME TECHNICAL CORRECTION

16 SEC. 218. Section 212(a)(1) of the Cranston-Gon17 zalez National Affordable Housing Act is amended in the

18 first sentence by inserting after ‘‘community housing de19 velopment organizations,’’ the following: ‘‘to preserve

20 housing assisted or previously assisted with section 8 as21 sistance,’’.

22 EXEMPTION FOR ALASKA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM

23 REQUIREMENT OF RESIDENT ON BOARD

24 SEC. 219. Public housing agencies in the states of

25 Alaska and Mississippi shall not be required to comply
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1 with section 2(b) of the United States Housing Act of

2 1937, as amended, during fiscal year 2000.

3 ADMINISTRATION OF THE CDBG PROGRAM BY NEW YORK

4 STATE

5 SEC. 220. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De6 velopment shall transfer on October 1, 1999 the adminis7 tration of the Small Cities component of the Community

8 Development Block Grants program, as established in the

9 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, to the

10 State of New York to be administered by the Governor.

11 RENEWAL OF SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED CONTRACTS

12 SEC. 221. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any

13 other provision of law and except as provided in subsection

14 (b) of this section, the Secretary may use amounts avail15 able for the renewal of assistance under section 8 of the

16 United States Housing Act of 1937, upon the termination

17 or expiration of a contract for assistance under section 8

18 (other than a contract for tenant-based assistance and

19 notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan manage20 ment assistance), to provide assistance under section 8 of

21 such Act for a covered project (as defined under section

22 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform

23 and Affordability Act) under this section at rent levels

24 that do not exceed comparable market rents for the mar25 ket area.
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1 (b) MANDATORY RENEWALS.—The Secretary shall

2 offer to renew at up to rent levels that do not exceed com3 parable market rents for the market area any contract for

4 assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing

5 Act of 1937 (other than a contract for tenant-based assist6 ance and notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan

7 management assistance) that has expired for any covered

8 project (as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multi9 family Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act)—

10 (1) in a low-vacancy area; or

11 (2) where a predominant number of units are

12 occupied by elderly families, disabled families, or el13 derly and disabled families.

14 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKET RENTS.—The Sec15 retary shall establish for units assisted with project-based

16 assistance in covered projects (as defined under section

17 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform

18 and Affordability Act) adjusted rent levels that are equiva19 lent to rents based on appraisals that are derived from

20 comparable properties if the market rent determination is

21 based on not less than 2 comparable properties, including,

22 if there are no comparable properties in the sane market

23 area, 2 properties that have been certified by the Secretary

24 as similar to the covered properties as to neighborhood

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1 appeal, age, property size, apartment mix, physical con2 figuration, property and unit amenities, utilities, and other

3 relevant characteristics, provided that the comparable

4 projects are not receiving project-based assistance.

5 (d) 10-YEAR CONTRACTS.—Notwithstanding any

6 other provision of law, the Secretary and owner of any

7 covered project (as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the

8 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability

9 Act) may agree to up to a 10-year contract renewal for

10 assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing

11 Act of 1937 (other than a contract for tenant-based assist12 ance and notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan

13 management assistance) under which payments shall be

14 subject to the annual availability of appropriations.

15 ENHANCED VOUCHER AUTHORITY

16 SEC. 222. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the United

17 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended

18 by inserting after subsection (s) the following new sub19 section:

20 ‘‘(t) ENHANCED VOUCHERS.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Enhanced voucher assist22 ance under this subsection for a family shall be

23 voucher assistance under subsection (o), except that

24 under such enhanced voucher assistance—

25 ‘‘(A) subject only to subparagraph (D), the

26 assisted family shall pay as rent no less than
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1 the amount the family was paying on the date

2 of the eligibility event for the project in which

3 the family was residing on such date;

4 ‘‘(B) during any period that the assisted

5 family continues residing in the same unit in

6 which the family was residing on the date of the

7 eligibility event for the project, if the rent for

8 the dwelling unit of the family in such project

9 exceeds the applicable payment standard estab10 lished pursuant to subsection (o) for the unit,

11 the amount of rental assistance provided on be12 half of the family shall be determined using a

13 payment standard that is equal to the rent for

14 the dwelling unit (as such rent may be in15 creased from time to time), subject to para16 graph (10)(A) of subsection (o);

17 ‘‘(C) subparagraph (B) of this paragraph

18 shall not apply and the payment standard for

19 the dwelling unit occupied by the family shall be

20 determined in accordance with subsection (o)

21 if—

22 ‘‘(i) the assisted family moves, at any

23 time, from such project; or

24 ‘‘(ii) the voucher is made available for

25 use by any family other than the original
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1 family on behalf of whom the voucher was

2 provided; and

3 ‘‘(D) if the income of the assisted family

4 declines to a significant extent, the percentage

5 of income paid by the family for rent shall not

6 exceed the greater of 30 percent or the percent7 age of income paid at the time of the eligibility

8 event for the project.

9 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY EVENT.—For purposes of this

10 subsection, the term ‘eligibility event’ means, with

11 respect to a multifamily housing project, the prepay12 ment of the mortgage on such housing project, the

13 voluntary termination of the insurance contract for

14 the mortgage for such housing project, or the termi15 nation or expiration of the contract for rental assist16 ance under section 8 of the United States Housing

17 Act of 1937 for such housing project, that, under

18 paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 515(c) or section

19 524(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform

20 and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f

21 note) or section 223(f) of the Low-Income Housing

22 Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of

23 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)), results in tenants in such

24 housing project being eligible for enhanced voucher

25 assistance under this subsection.
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1 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF ENHANCED VOUCHERS

2 PROVIDED UNDER OTHER AUTHORITY.—

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any

4 other provision of law, any enhanced voucher

5 assistance provided under any authority speci6 fied in subparagraph (D) shall be treated, and

7 subject to the same requirements, as enhanced

8 voucher assistance under this subsection.

9 ‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER AUTHOR10 ITY.—The authority specified in this subpara11 graph is the authority under—

12 ‘‘(i) the 10th, 11th, and 12th provisos

13 under the ‘Preserving Existing Housing

14 Investment’ account in title II of the De15 partments of Veterans Affairs and Hous16 ing and Urban Development, and Inde17 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act,

18 1997 (Public Law 104–204; 110 Stat.

19 2884), pursuant to such provisos, the first

20 proviso under the ‘Housing Certificate

21 Fund’ account in title II of the Depart22 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing

23 and Urban Development, and Independent

24 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public

25 Law 105–65; 111 Stat. 1351), or the first
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1 proviso under the ‘Housing Certificate

2 Fund’ account in title II of the Depart3 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing

4 and Urban Development, and Independent

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public

6 Law 105–276; 112 Stat. 2469); and

7 ‘‘(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section

8 515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing

9 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42

10 U.S.C. 1437f note), as in effect before the

11 enactment of this Act.

12 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

13 There are authorized to be appropriated for each of

14 fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such

15 sums as may be necessary for enhanced voucher as16 sistance under this subsection.’’.

17 (b) ENHANCED VOUCHERS UNDER MAHRAA.—Sec18 tion 515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform

19 and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is

20 amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol21 lowing new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(4) ASSISTANCE THROUGH ENHANCED VOUCH23 ERS.—In the case of any family described in para24 graph (3) that resides in a project described in sec25 tion 512(2)(B), the tenant-based assistance provided
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1 shall be enhanced voucher assistance under section

2 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42

3 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).’’.

4 (c) ENHANCED VOUCHERS FOR CERTAIN TENANTS

5 IN PREPAYMENT AND VOLUNTARY TERMINATION PROP6 ERTIES.—Section 223 of the Low-Income Housing Preser7 vation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12

8 U.S.C. 4113) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new subsection:

10 ‘‘(f) ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR CER11 TAIN TENANTS.—

12 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In lieu of benefits under

13 subsections (b), (c), and (d), and subject to the

14 availability of appropriated amounts, each family de15 scribed in paragraph (2) shall be offered enhanced

16 voucher assistance under section 8(t) of the United

17 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).

18 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family described

19 in this paragraph is a family that is—

20 ‘‘(A) a low-income family or a moderate-in21 come family;

22 ‘‘(B) an elderly family, a disabled family,

23 or residing in a low-vacancy area; and

24 ‘‘(C) residing in eligible low-income hous25 ing on the date of the prepayment of the mort-
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1 gage or voluntary termination of the insurance

2 contract.’’.

3 (d) ENHANCED VOUCHERS FOR EXPIRING CON4 TRACTS.—Section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Hous5 ing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C.

6 1437f note) is amended by adding at the end the following

7 new subsection:

8 ‘‘(b) ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR COV9 ERED RESIDENTS.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a contract

11 for project-based assistance under section 8 for a

12 covered project that is not renewed under subsection

13 (a) of this section (or any other authority), to the

14 extent that amounts for assistance under this sub15 section are provided in advance in appropriation

16 Acts, upon the date of the expiration of such con17 tract the Secretary—

18 ‘‘(A) shall make enhanced voucher assist19 ance under section 8(t) of the United States

20 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t))

21 available on behalf of each covered resident of

22 the covered project; and

23 ‘‘(B) may make enhanced voucher assist24 ance under such section available on behalf of

25 any other low-income family who, upon the date
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1 of such expiration, is residing in an assisted

2 dwelling unit in the covered project.

3 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub4 section, the following definitions shall apply:

5 ‘‘(A) ASSISTED DWELLING UNIT.—The

6 term ‘assisted dwelling unit’ means a dwelling

7 unit that—

8 ‘‘(i) is in a covered project; and

9 ‘‘(ii) is covered by rental assistance

10 provided under the contract for project11 based assistance for the covered project.

12 ‘‘(B) COVERED PROJECT.—The term ‘cov13 ered project’ means any housing that—

14 ‘‘(i) consists of more than 4 dwelling

15 units;

16 ‘‘(ii) is covered in whole or in part by

17 a contract for project-based assistance

18 under—

19 ‘‘(I) the new construction or sub20 stantial rehabilitation program under

21 section 8(b)(2) of the United States

22 Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect be23 fore October 1, 1983),
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1 ‘‘(II) the property disposition

2 program under section 8(b) of the

3 United States Housing Act of 1937,

4 ‘‘(III) the moderate rehabilitation

5 program under section 8(e)(2) of the

6 United States Housing Act of 1937

7 (as in effect before October 1, 1991);

8 ‘‘(IV) the loan management as9 sistance program under section 8 of

10 the United States Housing Act of

11 1937,

12 ‘‘(V) section 23 of the United

13 States Housing Act of 1937 (as in ef14 fect before January 1, 1975),

15 ‘‘(VI) the rent supplement pro16 gram under section 101 of the Hous17 ing and Urban Development Act of

18 1965, or

19 ‘‘(VII) section 8 of the United

20 States Housing Act of 1937, following

21 conversion from assistance under sec22 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban

23 Development Act of 1965,
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1 which contract will under its own terms ex2 pire during the period consisting of fiscal

3 years 2000 through 2004;

4 ‘‘(iii) is not housing for which resi5 dents are eligible for enhanced voucher as6 sistance pursuant to section 223(f) of the

7 Low-Income Housing Preservation and

8 Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12

9 U.S.C. 4113(f)); and

10 ‘‘(iv) is not housing for which resi11 dents are eligible for enhanced voucher as12 sistance pursuant to paragraphs (3) and

13 (4) of section 515(c) of the Multifamily

14 Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability

15 Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note).

16 ‘‘(C) COVERED RESIDENT.—The term ‘cov17 ered resident’ means a family who—

18 ‘‘(i) upon the date of the expiration of

19 the contract for project-based assistance

20 for a covered project, is residing in an as21 sisted dwelling unit in the covered project;

22 and

23 ‘‘(ii) as a result of a rent increase oc24 curring after the date of such contract ex25 piration is subject to a rent for such unit
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1 that exceeds 30 percent of adjusted in2 come.’’.

3 HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES

4 SEC. 223. The Secretary may contract with State or

5 local housing finance agencies that have been selected as

6 a Participating Administrative Entity under the Multi7 family Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of

8 1997 for determining the market rental rates of a covered

9 project as defined under such Act.

10 SECTION 202 EXEMPTION

11 SEC. 224. Notwithstanding section 202 of the Hous12 ing Act of 1959 or any other provision of law, Peggy A.

13 Burgin may not be disqualified on the basis of age from

14 residing at Clark’s Landing in Groton, Vermont.

15 DARLINTON PRESERVATION AMENDMENT

16 SEC. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of

17 law, upon prepayment of the FHA-insured Section 236

18 mortgage, the Secretary shall continue to provide interest

19 reduction payment in accordance with the existing amorti20 zation schedule for Darlinton Manor Apartments, a 100-

21 unit project located at 606 North 5th Street, Bozemen,

22 Montana, which will continue as affordable housing pursu23 ant to a use agreement with the State of Montana.

24 SECTION 236 IRP REFORM

25 SEC. 226. Section 236(g) of the National Housing

26 Act is amended, in the last sentence, by inserting ‘‘or a
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1 project owner with a mortgage formerly insured under this

2 section (if such mortgage is held by the Secretary and

3 such project owner is current with respect to the mortgage

4 obligation),’’ before ‘‘may retain’’.

5 RISK-SHARING PRIORITY

6 SEC. 227. Section 517(b)(3) of the Departments of

7 Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,

8 and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is

9 amended by inserting after ‘‘1992.’’ the following: ‘‘The

10 Secretary shall give a priority to risk-shared financing

11 under section 542(c) of the Housing and Community De12 velopment Act of 1992 for any mortgage restructuring,

13 rehabilitation financing, or debt refinancing included as

14 part of a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance

15 sufficiency plan if the terms and conditions will result in

16 reduced risk of loss to the federal government.’’.

17 TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

18 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

21 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

22 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun23 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of

24 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

25 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

26 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for
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1 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

2 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun3 tries, when required by law of such countries,

4 $26,467,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That the American Battle Monuments Commission

6 may borrow up to $65,000,000 from the Treasury of the

7 United States for the construction of the World War II

8 memorial in the District of Columbia on such terms and

9 conditions as required by the Secretary of the Treasury.

10 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur13 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including

14 hire of passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by

15 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed

16 the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for

17 senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $6,500,000:

18 Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Inves19 tigation Board shall have not more than three career Sen20 ior Executive Service positions.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

4 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 For grants, loans, and technical assistance to quali6 fying community development lenders, and administrative

7 expenses of the Fund, including services authorized by 5

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

9 the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES–3,

10 $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

11 2001, of which $12,000,000 may be used for the cost of

12 direct loans, and up to $1,000,000 may be used for admin13 istrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program:

14 Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost

15 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

16 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur17 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli18 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex19 ceed $32,000,000: Provided further, That not more than

20 $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this head21 ing may be used for programs and activities authorized

22 in section 114 of the Community Development Banking

23 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994.
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1 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

4 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at

6 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv7 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,

8 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi9 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to

10 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex11 penses, $49,500,000.

12 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

13 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

14 OPERATING EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na17 tional and Community Service (referred to in the matter

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

19 programs, activities, and initiatives under the National

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

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

22 et seq.), $423,500,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2000: Provided, That not more than

24 $27,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses

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

26 12671(a)(4)): Provided further, That not more than
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1 $2,500 shall be for official reception and representation

2 expenses: Provided further, That not more than

3 $70,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limi4 tation, shall be transferred to the National Service Trust

5 account for educational awards authorized under subtitle

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

7 not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for national

8 service scholarships for high school students performing

9 community service: Provided further, That not more than

10 $224,500,000 of the amount provided under this heading

11 shall be available for grants under the National Service

12 Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of

13 the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities

14 including the AmeriCorps program), of which not more

15 than $40,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse,

16 or support any national service program authorized under

17 section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)):

18 Provided further, That not more than $7,500,000 of the

19 funds made available under this heading shall be made

20 available for the Points of Light Foundation for activities

21 authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661

22 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be available

23 for national service programs run by Federal agencies au24 thorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

25 12571(b)): Provided further, That to the maximum extent
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1 feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle C of title I of

2 the Act shall be provided in a manner that is consistent

3 with the recommendations of peer review panels in order

4 to ensure that priority is given to programs that dem5 onstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and sustain6 ability: Provided further, That not more than $18,000,000

7 of the funds made available under this heading shall be

8 available for the Civilian Community Corps authorized

9 under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611

10 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than

11 $43,000,000 shall be available for school-based and com12 munity-based service-learning programs authorized under

13 subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.):

14 Provided further, That not more than $28,500,000 shall

15 be available for quality and innovation activities author16 ized under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C.

17 12853 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than

18 $5,000,000 shall be available for audits and other evalua19 tions authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C.

20 12639): Provided further, That to the maximum extent

21 practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly

22 the level of matching funds and in-kind contributions pro23 vided by the private sector, shall expand significantly the

24 number of educational awards provided under subtitle D

25 of title I, and shall reduce the total Federal costs per par-
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1 ticipant in all programs: Provided further, That of

2 amounts available in the National Service Trust account

3 from previous appropriations acts, $80,000,000 shall be

4 rescinded.

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

8 as amended, $5,000,000.

9 COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses for the operation of the

12 United States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized

13 by 38 U.S.C. 7251–7298, $11,450,000, of which

14 $910,000, shall be available for the purpose of providing

15 financial assistance as de scribed, and in accordance with

16 the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this

17 heading in Public Law 102–229.

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

19 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

22 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

23 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na24 tional Cemetery, including the purchase of one passenger

25 motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed
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1 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses,

2 $12,473,000, to remain available until expended.

3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For science and technology, including research and

7 development activities, which shall include research and

8 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ9 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of

10 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for per11 sonnel and related costs and travel expenses, including

12 uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5

13 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

14 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

15 diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen16 ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of

17 laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating ex18 penses in support of research and development; construc19 tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of

20 facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,

21 $642,483,000, which shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2001: Provided, That the obligated balance of

23 sums available in this account shall remain available

24 through September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations

25 made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further,

26 That the obligated balance of funds transferred to this ac-
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1 count in Public Law 105–276 shall remain available

2 through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations

3 made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.

4 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

5 For environmental programs and management, in6 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for

7 personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including

8 uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5

9 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

11 diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen12 ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger

13 motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air14 craft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci15 eties or associations which issue publications to members

16 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers

17 who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, re18 habilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

19 $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official

20 reception and representation expenses, $1,885,000,000,

21 which shall remain available until September 30, 2001:

22 Provided, That the obligated balance of such sums shall

23 remain available through September 30, 2008 for liqui24 dating obligations made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001:

25 Provided further, That personnel compensation and bene26 fits costs shall not exceed $900,000,000: Provided further,
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1 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be

2 used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or or3 ders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation

4 for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was

5 adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the

6 Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations

7 Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not

8 been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to

9 ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of

10 the United States Constitution, and which has not entered

11 into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: Provided

12 further, That notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136r and 15

13 U.S.C. 2609, beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter,

14 grants awarded under section 20 of the Federal Insecti15 cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, and

16 section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amend17 ed, shall be available for research, development, moni18 toring, public education, training, demonstrations, and

19 studies.

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

23 General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction,

24 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili25 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $32,409,000, to

26 remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
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1 That the sums available in this account shall remain avail2 able through September 30, 2008 for liquidating obliga3 tions made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided fur4 ther, That the obligated balance of funds transferred to

5 this account in Public Law 105–276 shall remain available

6 through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations

7 made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al10 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,

11 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,

12 $25,930,000, to remain available until expended.

13 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen16 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil17 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec18 tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

19 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita20 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

21 per project; not to exceed $1,400,000,000 (of which

22 $100,000,000 shall not become available until September

23 1, 2000), including $650,000,000 as appropriated under

24 this heading in Public Law 105–276, notwithstanding the

25 language in the sixth proviso under this heading of such

26 Act which conditions the availability of such funds for obli-
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1 gation upon enactment by August 1, 1999 of specific

2 Superfund reauthorization legislation, and the seventh

3 proviso; all of which is to remain available until expended,

4 consisting of $700,000,000, as authorized by section

5 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law

7 101–508, and $700,000,000 as a payment from general

8 revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for pur9 poses as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amend10 ed by Public Law 101–508: Provided, That funds appro11 priated under this heading may be allocated to other Fed12 eral agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of

13 CERCLA: Provided further, That $10,753,100 of the

14 funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred

15 to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to re16 main available until September 30, 2001: Provided further,

17 That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any

18 other provision of law, $70,000,000 of the funds appro19 priated under this heading shall be available to the Agency

20 for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to

21 carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4),

22 and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of SARA:

23 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment

25 under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator
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1 of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies,

2 evaluations or activities, including, without limitation, bio3 medical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring,

4 and referral to accredited health care providers: Provided

5 further, That in performing any such health assessment

6 or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator

7 of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section

8 104(i)(6)(A): Provided further, That $38,000,000 of the

9 funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred

10 to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain

11 available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That

12 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall

13 be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis14 ease Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles

15 pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year

16 2000.

17 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under20 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec21 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza22 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

23 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

24 $75,000 per project, $71,556,000, to remain available

25 until expended.
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1 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ4 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

5 Pollution Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from

6 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and to remain available

7 until expended.

8 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For environmental programs and infrastructure as10 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv11 ing funds and performance partnership grants,

12 $3,250,000,000, to remain available until expended, of

13 which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitalization

14 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under

15 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

16 amended; $825,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants

17 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec18 tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended,

19 except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe

20 Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made

21 available under this heading in this Act, or in previous

22 appropriations acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator

23 for health effects studies on drinking water contaminants;

24 $50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan25 ning, design, construction and related activities in connec26 tion with the construction of high priority water and
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1 wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex2 ico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border

3 commission; $30,000,000 shall be for grants to the State

4 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infra5 structure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages;

6 $100,000,000 shall be for making grants for the construc7 tion of wastewater and water treatment facilities and

8 groundwater protection infrastructure in accordance with

9 the terms and conditions specified for such grants in Sen10 ate Report 106–161 accompanying this Act (S. 1596);

11 $885,000,000 shall be for grants, including associated

12 program support costs, to States, federally recognized

13 tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu14 tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol15 lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac16 tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set

17 forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for

18 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for

19 particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi20 ties; and $10,000,000 for competitive grants to States and

21 federally-recognized Indian tribes to develop and imple22 ment integrated information systems to improve environ23 mental decisionmaking, reduce the burden on regulated

24 entities and improve the reliability of information available

25 to the public: Provided, That notwithstanding section
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1 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

2 amended, the limitation on the amounts in a State water

3 pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a

4 State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts

5 included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal

6 year 2000 and hereafter where such amounts represent

7 costs of administering the fund, to the extent that such

8 amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Adminis9 trator, accounted for separately from other assets in the

10 fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including

11 administration: Provided further, That beginning in fiscal

12 year 2000 and thereafter, notwithstanding section 518(f)

13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Adminis14 trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for

15 any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make

16 grants to Indian Tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and

17 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That the $2,200,000

18 appropriated in Public Law 105–276 in accordance with

19 House Report No. 105–769, for a grant to the Charleston,

20 Utah Water Conservancy District, as amended by Public

21 Law 106–31, shall be awarded to Wasatch County, Utah,

22 for water and sewer needs: Provided further, That the

23 funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law

24 105–276 for the City of Fairbanks, Alaska, water system
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1 improvements shall instead be for the Matanuska-Susitna

2 Borough, Alaska, water and sewer improvements.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad5 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall

6 not award any funds under any heading in this Act to

7 a non-profit organization as defined by section 501(c)(3)

8 of the Internal Revenue Code unless such organization has

9 certified that it has not used federal funds to engage in

10 litigation against the United States.

11 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

12 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

14 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na15 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

16 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire

17 of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by

18 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception

19 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

20 rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,201,000.

21 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

22 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

23 For necessary expenses to continue functions as24 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office

25 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi26 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality
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1 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No.

2 1 of 1977, $2,675,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

3 any other provision of law, no funds other than those ap4 propriated under this heading shall be used for or by the

5 Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environ6 mental Quality: Provided further, That notwithstanding

7 section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of

8 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed

9 by the President, by and with the advice and consent of

10 the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all powers,

11 functions, and duties of the Council.

12 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

17 General Act of 1978, as amended, $34,666,000, to be de18 rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso19 ciation Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

20 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

21 DISASTER RELIEF

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert

24 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

25 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwith26 standing 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be trans2 ferred to ‘‘Emergency Management Planning and Assist3 ance’’ for the consolidated emergency management per4 formance grant program.

5 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as author7 ized by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re8 lief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such

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

10 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

12 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin13 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

15 the direct loan program, $420,000.

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

18 including hire and purchase of motor vehicles as author19 ized by 31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor,

20 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as author21 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not

22 to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum

23 rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C.

24 5376; expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and

25 individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emer26 gency preparedness; transportation in connection with the
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1 continuity of Government programs to the same extent

2 and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary of

3 a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to

4 exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex5 penses, $180,000,000.

6 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

9 as amended, $8,015,000.

10 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

12 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

13 Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec14 tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),

15 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As16 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake

17 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C.

18 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control

19 Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the

20 Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.

21 App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National

22 Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404–405),

23 and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $255,850,000:

24 Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation

25 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131 (b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C.

26 5196 (e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available
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1 under this heading shall be available until expended for

2 project grants: Provided further, That beginning in fiscal

3 year 2000 and thereafter, and notwithstanding any other

4 provision of law, the Director of FEMA is authorized to

5 provide assistance from funds appropriated under this

6 heading, subject to terms and conditions as the Director

7 of FEMA shall establish, to any State for multi-hazard

8 preparedness and mitigation through consolidated emer9 gency management performance grants: Provided further,

10 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, FEMA

11 shall extend its cooperative agreement for the Jones Coun12 ty, Mississippi Emergency Operating Center, and the

13 $250,000 obligated as federal matching funds for that

14 Center shall remain available for expenditure until Sep15 tember 30, 2001.

16 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

17 To carry out an emergency food and shelter program

18 pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77, as amended,

19 $110,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed

21 three and one-half percent of the total appropriation.

22 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND

23 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year

24 2000, as authorized by Public Law 105–276, shall not be

25 less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the

26 Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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1 (FEMA) necessary for its radiological emergency pre2 paredness program for the next fiscal year. The method3 ology for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair

4 and equitable; and shall reflect costs of providing such

5 services, including administrative costs of collecting such

6 fees. Fees received pursuant to this section shall be depos7 ited in the Fund as offsetting collections and will become

8 available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2000, and

9 remain available until expended.

10 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For activities under the National Flood Insurance

13 Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,

14 as amended, not to exceed $24,333,000 for salaries and

15 expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood insur16 ance operations, and not to exceed $78,710,000 for flood

17 mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses

18 under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act,

19 which amount shall be available for transfer to the Na20 tional Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2001.

21 In fiscal year 2000, no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000

22 for operating expenses; (2) $456,427,000 for agents’ com23 missions and taxes; and (3) $50,000,000 for interest on

24 Treasury borrowings shall be available from the National

25 Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Commit26 tees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 2000, flood insur-
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1 ance rates shall not exceed the level authorized by the Na2 tional Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994.

3 Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law

5 104–208, is further amended by striking ‘‘1999’’ and in6 serting ‘‘2000’’.

7 The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National

8 Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C.

9 4127(c)), is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’

10 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.

11 NATIONAL INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT FUND

12 To liquidate the indebtedness of the Director of the

13 Federal Emergency Management Agency resulting from

14 prior borrowing pursuant to the Urban Property Protec15 tion and Reinsurance Act of 1968, as amended (12 U.S.C.

16 1749bbb et seq.), $3,730,100.

17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

18 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND

19 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

20 Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

21 $2,622,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa22 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev23 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

24 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

25 Center activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000.

26 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this
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1 fund during fiscal year 2000 in excess of $7,500,000 shall

2 remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi3 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

4 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

5 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided

8 for, in support of the International Space Station, includ9 ing development, operations and research support; mainte10 nance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabili11 tation, and modification of real and personal property, and

12 acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author13 ized by law; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and

14 operation of mission and administrative aircraft,

15 $2,482,700,000, to remain available until September 30,

16 2001: Provided, That funds under this heading may be

17 used to support eligible activities under the Launch Vehi18 cles and Payload Operations account, subject to re19 programming approval of such transfer by the Senate and

20 House Appropriations Committees.

21 LAUNCH VEHICLES AND PAYLOAD OPERATIONS

22 For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided

23 for, in support of the space shuttle program, including

24 safety and performance upgrades, space shuttle oper25 ations, and payload utilization and operations, and serv26 ices; maintenance; construction of facilities including re-
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1 pair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal

2 property, and acquisition or condemnation of real prop3 erty, as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control

4 and communications activities including operations, pro5 duction, and services; and purchase, lease, charter, main6 tenance and operation of mission and administrative air7 craft, $3,156,000,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2001: Provided, That none of the funds under

9 this heading may be used to support the development or

10 operations of the International Space Station other than

11 the costs of space shuttle flights utilized for space station

12 assembly.

13 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

15 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and

16 technology research and development activities, including

17 research, development, operations, and services; mainte18 nance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabili19 tation, and modification of real and personal property, and

20 acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author21 ized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and commu22 nications activities including operations, production, and

23 services; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and

24 operation of mission and administrative aircraft,

25 $5,424,700,000, to remain available until September 30,

26 2001.
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1 MISSION SUPPORT

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

3 in carrying out mission support for human space flight

4 programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro5 grams, including research operations and support; space

6 communications activities including operations, production

7 and services; maintenance; construction of facilities in8 cluding repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facili9 ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to

10 existing facilities, facility planning and design, environ11 mental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or con12 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program

13 management; personnel and related costs, including uni14 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

15 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter,

16 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative

17 aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and

18 representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33

19 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehi20 cles, $2,495,000,000, to remain available until September

21 30, 2001.

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

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

25 as amended, $20,000,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

3 funds appropriated for ‘‘International Space Station’’,

4 ‘‘Launch vehicles and payload operations’’, ‘‘Science, aero5 nautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this ap6 propriations Act, when any activity has been initiated by

7 the incurrence of obligations for construction of facilities

8 as authorized by law, such amount available for such activ9 ity shall remain available until expended. This provision

10 does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mission

11 support’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, reha12 bilitation and modification of facilities, minor construction

13 of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and

14 facility planning and design.

15 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

16 funds appropriated for ‘‘International Space Station’’,

17 ‘‘Launch vehicles and payload operations’’, ‘‘Science, aero18 nautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this ap19 propriations Act, the amounts appropriated for construc20 tion of facilities shall remain available until September 30,

21 2002.

22 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

23 funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of

24 Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act

25 for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the
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1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall re2 main available until September 30, 2000 and may be used

3 to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs

4 associated with personnel relocation, and for other serv5 ices, to be provided during the next fiscal year.

6 Except for activities identified for fiscal year 2000

7 or prior fiscal years as part of the budget for the Inter8 national Space Station, NASA shall terminate any discrete

9 program or activity that exceeds either its annual or ag10 gregate budget by fifteen percent as provided in NASA’s

11 budget justifications.

12 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

13 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

14 During fiscal year 2000, the administrative expenses

15 of the Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2000 shall

16 not exceed $257,000.

17 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

18 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

19 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National

20 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.

21 1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal

22 of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized

23 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft

24 and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui25 sition of aircraft; $3,007,300,000, of which not to exceed
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1 $253,630,000 shall remain available until expended for

2 Polar research and operations support, and for reimburse3 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science

4 support and logistical and other related activities for the

5 United States Antarctic program; the balance to remain

6 available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That re7 ceipts for scientific support services and materials fur8 nished by the National Research Centers and other Na9 tional Science Foundation supported research facilities

10 may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further,

11 That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less

12 than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for

13 included program activities, all amounts, including floors

14 and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those pro15 gram activities or their subactivities shall be reduced pro16 portionally: Provided further, That $60,000,000 of the

17 funds available under this heading shall be made available

18 for a comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes

19 for economically significant crop: Provided further, That

20 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail21 able to the National Science Foundation in this or any

22 prior Act may be obligated or expended by the National

23 Science Foundation to enter into or extend a grant, con24 tract, or cooperative agreement for the support of admin25 istering the domain name and numbering system of the
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1 Internet after September 30, 1998: Provided further, That

2 no funds in this or any other Act shall be used to acquire

3 or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability built

4 or retrofitted by a shipyard located in a foreign country

5 if such a vessel of United States origin can be obtained

6 at a cost no more than 50 per centum above that of the

7 least expensive technically acceptable foreign vessel bid:

8 Provided further, That, in determining the cost of such

9 a vessel, such cost be increased by the amount of any sub10 sidies or financing provided by a foreign government (or

11 instrumentality thereof) to such vessel’s construction: Pro12 vided further, That if the vessel contracted for pursuant

13 to the foregoing is not available for the 2002–2003 austral

14 summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any origin may be

15 leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for that sea16 son and each season thereafter until delivery of the new

17 vessel.

18 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

19 For necessary expenses of major construction

20 projects pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act

21 of 1950, as amended, including award-related travel,

22 $70,000,000, to remain available until expended.

23 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

25 engineering education and human resources programs and

26 activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation
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1 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ2 ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, award-related

3 travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of

4 Columbia, $688,600,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2001: Provided, That to the extent that the

6 amount of this appropriation is less than the total amount

7 authorized to be appropriated for included program activi8 ties, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified

9 in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their

10 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: Provided fur11 ther, That $55,000,000 shall be available for the purpose

12 of establishing an office of innovation partnerships.

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out

15 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended

16 (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

17 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed

18 $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses;

19 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

20 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of

21 Columbia; reimbursement of the General Services Admin22 istration for security guard services; $150,000,000: Pro23 vided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries

24 and expenses’’ in fiscal year 2000 for maintenance and

25 operation of facilities, and for other services, to be pro26 vided during the next fiscal year.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

3 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of

4 1978, as amended, $5,550,000, to remain available until

5 September 30, 2001.

6 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

7 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

8 CORPORATION

9 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor10 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

11 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora12 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $60,000,000.

13 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys16 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

17 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

18 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for

19 civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official

20 reception and representation expenses; $25,250,000: Pro21 vided, That during the current fiscal year, the President

22 may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31

23 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action to be nec24 essary in the interest of national defense: Provided further,

25 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
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1 expended for or in connection with the induction of any

2 person into the Armed Forces of the United States.

3 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS

4 SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and

5 III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no

6 specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi7 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

8 set forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for

9 the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does not

10 apply to accounts that do not contain an object classifica11 tion for travel: Provided further, That this section shall

12 not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials

13 of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

14 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

15 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart16 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec17 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter18 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

19 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

20 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen21 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to

22 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

23 forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if

24 appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts

25 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such
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1 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor2 respondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the

3 estimates in the same proportion.

4 SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the

5 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

6 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

7 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

8 of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5

9 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and

10 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

11 SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and

12 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora13 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of

14 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

15 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

16 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for

17 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso18 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed19 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ20 ing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof,

21 Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within

22 the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

23 Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
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1 SEC. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

4 SEC. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

5 expended—

6 (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or

7 employee of the United States unless—

8 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

9 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de10 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

11 services for which such expenditure is being

12 made; or

13 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

14 such certification, and without such a voucher

15 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

16 and

17 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

18 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

19 exempt by law from such audit.

20 SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to

21 any department or agency may be expended for the trans22 portation of any officer or employee of such department

23 or agency between their domicile and their place of em24 ployment, with the exception of any officer or employee
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1 authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or

2 5 U.S.C. 7905.

3 SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may

4 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re5 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re6 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

7 by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost

8 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in9 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

10 in the research.

11 SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,

12 directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse13 ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether

14 retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more

15 than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of

16 the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by

17 law.

18 SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act

19 shall be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise com20 pensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or

21 adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the au22 thority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission pur23 suant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act

24 (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
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1 SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under exist2 ing law, or under an existing Executive Order issued pur3 suant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

4 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

5 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are:

6 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in7 spection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

8 list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months

9 prior to the date on which the list is made available to

10 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

11 not been completed by such date. The list required by the

12 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

13 include a narrative description of the work to be per14 formed under each such contract.

15 SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no

16 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

17 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

18 to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41

19 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such

20 executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such

21 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula22 tions promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report

23 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval24 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

25 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from
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1 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

2 such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the

3 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and

4 (B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to

5 such contract.

6 SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section

7 406, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart8 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide

9 a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to

10 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

11 SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to

12 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

13 to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.

14 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

15 less than 22 miles per gallon.

16 SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I

17 of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of

18 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

19 $300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re20 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress

21 and a period of 30 days has expired following the date

22 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap23 propriations.

24 SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,

25 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
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1 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

2 should be American-made.

3 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering

4 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail5 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

6 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

7 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by

8 the Congress.

9 SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

10 may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to

11 grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office

12 of Management and Budget Circular A–21.

13 SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

14 year 2000 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

15 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

16 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this

17 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity,

18 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official

19 to which the funds are made available that the program,

20 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal

21 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private

22 property rights, or unfunded mandates.

23 SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Depart24 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub25 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as
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1 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi2 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority

3 available to each such corporation or agency and in accord

4 with law, and to make such contracts and commitments

5 without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by

6 section 104 of the Act as may be necessary in carrying

7 out the programs set forth in the budget for 2000 for such

8 corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: Pro9 vided, That collections of these corporations and agencies

10 may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commit11 ments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act

12 (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assist13 ance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), ex14 cept that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage in15 surance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or

16 where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to pro17 tect the financial interest of the United States Govern18 ment.

19 SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the

20 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)),

21 funds made available pursuant to authorization under

22 such section for fiscal year 2000 may be used for imple23 menting comprehensive conservation and management

24 plans.
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1 SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to na3 tional service education awards shall mean any loan made

4 directly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Post5 secondary Education, in addition to other meanings under

6 section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service

7 Act.

8 SEC. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds

9 made available by this or any other Act or previous Acts

10 for the United States/Mexico Foundation for Science may

11 be used for the endowment of such Foundation: Provided,

12 That funds from the U.S. Government shall be matched

13 in equal amounts with funds from Mexico: Provided fur14 ther, That the accounts of such Foundation shall be sub15 ject to U.S. Government administrative and audit require16 ments concerning grants and requirements concerning

17 cost principles for nonprofit organizations.

18 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available in this

19 Act may be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.

20 SEC. 424. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act,

21 no part of any appropriation for the Department of Hous22 ing and Urban Development shall be available for any ac23 tivity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti24 mates submitted for the appropriations.
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1 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act may be used for purposes of lobbying or litigating

3 against, including any related activity or cost, any Federal

4 entity or official or be used to provide any compensation

5 for any lobbying or litigation activity. Any funds received

6 under this Act shall be maintained in an account separate

7 from any funds used for litigating or lobbying. Notwith8 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds

9 made available in this Act (or any subsequent Act that

10 makes available appropriations for programs funded under

11 this Act) shall be made available for a period of five years

12 to any entity or person that violates the requirements of

13 the preceding two sentences.

14 SEC. 426. None of the funds provided in this Act may

15 be obligated after February 15, 2000, unless each depart16 ment, agency, corporation, and commission that receives

17 funds herein provides detailed justifications to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations for all salary and expense ac19 tivities for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, including per20 sonnel compensation and benefits, consulting costs, profes21 sional services or technical service contracts regardless of

22 the dollar amount, contracting out costs, travel and other

23 standard object classifications for all headquarters offices,

24 regional offices, or field installations and laboratories, in25 cluding the number of full-time equivalents per office, and
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1 the personnel compensation, benefits and travel costs for

2 each Secretary, Assistance Secretary or Administrator.

3 SEC. 427. Section 810(a) of the Fair Housing Act

4 (42 U.S.C. 3610(a)) is amended by adding the following

5 at the end of subsection (iii): ‘‘Before filing a complaint

6 arising under section 3604(c) of this Act, a prospective

7 complainant shall serve on each prospective respondent a

8 written notice that identifies the alleged violation in suffi9 cient detail to allow remedial action by the prospective re10 spondent. If the prospective respondent acts to cease pub11 lication of the alleged item in violation within 72 hours

12 of receipt of the notice or prior to the next publication,

13 whichever is greater, no administrative action arising from

14 section 3606(c) may be brought by the prospective com15 plainant, acting for himself or on behalf of an aggrieved

16 person.’’.

17 SEC. 428. Section 813(a) of the Fair Housing Act

18 (42 U.S.C. 3613(a)) is amended by adding the following

19 new paragraph at the end:

20 ‘‘(4) An aggrieved person may not commence a

21 civil action arising from Section 3604(c) unless the

22 prospective complainant, acting for himself or on be23 half of an aggrieved person, serves written notice on

24 the prospective respondent identifying the alleged

25 violation in sufficient detail to allow remedial action
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1 by the prospective respondent and the prospective

2 respondent failed to take remedial action within 72

3 hours of receipt of the notice or prior to the next

4 publication, whichever is greater.’’.

5 SEC. 429. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NOT RE6 SPONSIBLE FOR CLEAN-UP OF METHAMPHETAMINE LAB7 ORATORIES. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

8 no state or local law enforcement agency shall be respon9 sible under any Federal law for any costs associated with

10 the clean-up or remediation of any premises used for the

11 manufacture or production of methamphetamine.

12 SEC. 430. No funds in this Act shall be made avail13 able for any activity or the publication or distribution of

14 literature that in any way tends to promote public support

15 or opposition to any legislative proposal on which congres16 sional action is not complete.

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Vet18 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

19 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Calendar No. 279

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1596

[Report No. 106–161]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

boards, commissions, corporations, and officesfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,and for other purposes.

SEPTEMBER 16, 1999

Read twice and placed on the calendar