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Calendar No. 290

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1650

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human

Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 28, 1999

Mr. SPECTER, 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 Labor, Health

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and

for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and

6 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending

7 September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

2 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

3 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

4 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment

5 Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor

6 vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of build7 ings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property

8 for training centers as authorized by the Workforce In9 vestment Act; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist10 ance Act; the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; and

11 the School-to-Work Opportunities Act; $2,750,694,000

12 plus reimbursements, of which $1,380,266,000 is available

13 for obligation for the period July 1, 2000 through June

14 30, 2001; of which $1,250,965,000 is available for obliga15 tion for the period April 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001;

16 of which $53,463,000 is available for the period July 1,

17 2000 through June 30, 2003, for necessary expenses of

18 construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps

19 centers; and of which $55,000,000 shall be available from

20 July 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001, for carrying

21 out activities of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act:

22 Provided, That $60,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec23 tion 166 of the Workforce Investment Act, and

24 $7,000,000 shall be for carrying out the National Skills

25 Standards Act of 1994: Provided further, That no funds
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1 from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal

2 services at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further,

3 That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of such

4 Act may be used for demonstration projects that provide

5 assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent

6 workers: Provided further, That funding appropriated

7 herein for Dislocated Worker Employment and Training

8 Activities under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce In9 vestment Act of 1998 may be distributed for Dislocated

10 Worker Projects under section 171(d) of the Act without

11 regard to the 10 percent limitation contained in section

12 171(d) of the Act.

13 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment

14 Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor

15 vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of build16 ings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property

17 for training centers as authorized by the Workforce In18 vestment Act; $2,720,315,000 plus reimbursements, of

19 which $2,637,120,000 is available for obligation for the

20 period October 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; and of

21 which $83,195,000 is available for the period October 1,

22 2000 through June 30, 2003, including $80,195,000 for

23 necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and ac24 quisition of Job Corps centers.
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1 In addition to the amounts appropriated under this

2 heading in Public Law 105–277 to carry out the provi3 sions of section 402 of the Job Training Partnership Act,

4 an additional $1,551,000 is made available for obligation

5 from October 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000.

6 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

7 AMERICANS

8 To carry out the activities for national grants or con9 tracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit

10 organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a)

11 of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,

12 or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently au13 thorized, $343,356,000.

14 To carry out the activities for grants to States under

15 paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older

16 Americans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older

17 worker activities as subsequently authorized, $96,844,000.

18 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

19 For payments during the current fiscal year of trade

20 adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part

21 I; and for training, allowances for job search and reloca22 tion, and related State administrative expenses under part

23 II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade

24 Act of 1974, as amended, $415,150,000, together with

25 such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the
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1 subsequent appropriation for payments for any period sub2 sequent to September 15 of the current year.

3 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

4 SERVICE OPERATIONS

5 For authorized administrative expenses,

6 $196,952,000, together with not to exceed

7 $3,161,121,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000

8 which may be used for amortization payments to States

9 which had independent retirement plans in their State em10 ployment service agencies prior to 1980), which may be

11 expended from the Employment Security Administration

12 account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the

13 cost of administering section 1201 of the Small Business

14 Job Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner15 Peyser Act, as amended, section 461 of the Job Training

16 Partnership Act, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the

17 Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Na18 tionality Act, as amended, and of which the sums available

19 in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of

20 the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504),

21 and the sums available in the allocation for necessary ad22 ministrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–

23 8523, shall be available for obligation by the States

24 through December 31, 2000, except that funds used for

25 automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by

26 the States through September 30, 2002; and of which
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1 $196,952,000, together with not to exceed $778,283,000

2 of the amount which may be expended from said trust

3 fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July

4 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, to fund activities under

5 the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including the cost

6 of penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E)

7 made available to States in lieu of allotments for such pur8 pose, and of which $151,333,000 shall be available only

9 to the extent necessary for additional State allocations to

10 administer unemployment compensation laws to finance

11 increases in the number of unemployment insurance

12 claims filed and claims paid or changes in a State law:

13 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In14 sured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2000 is pro15 jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,638,000,

16 an additional $28,600,000 shall be available for obligation

17 for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including

18 a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000)

19 from the Employment Security Administration Account of

20 the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That

21 funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish

22 a national one-stop career center network may be obli23 gated in contracts, grants or agreements with non-State

24 entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under

25 this Act for activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser
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1 Act, as amended, and title III of the Social Security Act,

2 may be used by the States to fund integrated Employment

3 Service and Unemployment Insurance automation efforts,

4 notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed

5 under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87.

6 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

7 OTHER FUNDS

8 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust

9 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the

10 Social Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung

11 Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1)

12 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and

13 for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust

14 Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United

15 States Code, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits

16 and allowances’’ account, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2001, $356,000,000.

18 In addition, for making repayable advances to the

19 Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal

20 year after September 15, 2000, for costs incurred by the

21 Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal

22 year, such sums as may be necessary.

23 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

24 For expenses of administering employment and train25 ing programs, $103,208,000, including $6,578,000 to sup26 port up to 75 full-time equivalent staff, to administer wel-
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1 fare-to-work grants, together with not to exceed

2 $46,132,000, which may be expended from the Employ3 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy4 ment Trust Fund.

5 PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare

8 Benefits Administration, $99,831,000.

9 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

10 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

11 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author12 ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist13 ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364,

14 within limits of funds and borrowing authority available

15 to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make

16 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

17 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern18 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.

19 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program

20 through September 30, 2000, for such Corporation: Pro21 vided, That not to exceed $11,352,000 shall be available

22 for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided

23 further, That expenses of such Corporation in connection

24 with the termination of pension plans, for the acquisition,

25 protection or management, and investment of trust assets,
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1 and for benefits administration services shall be consid2 ered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes here3 of, and excluded from the above limitation.

4 EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand7 ards Administration, including reimbursement to State,

8 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec9 tion services rendered, $341,047,000, together with

10 $1,740,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund

11 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the

12 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Pro13 vided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the development of

14 an alternative system for the electronic submission of re15 ports as required to be filed under the Labor-Management

16 Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and

17 for a computer database of the information for each sub18 mission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily

19 searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further,

20 That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, re21 tain, and spend, until expended, in the name of the De22 partment of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid

23 to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms

24 of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91–0027 of

25 the United States District Court for the District of the
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1 Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided fur2 ther, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab3 lish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and

4 deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications

5 and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the

6 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29

7 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications

8 and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and

9 Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C.

10 1801 et seq.).

11 SPECIAL BENEFITS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex14 penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during

15 the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5,

16 chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of ben17 efits as provided for under the head ‘‘Civilian War Bene18 fits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act,

19 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro20 priation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War

21 Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per22 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required

23 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’

24 Compensation Act, as amended, $79,000,000 together

25 with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to

26 the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of
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1 compensation and other benefits for any period subse2 quent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That

3 amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of

4 title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary of Labor to

5 reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the

6 time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed,

7 disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of re8 imbursements unobligated on September 30, 1999, shall

9 remain available until expended for the payment of com10 pensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That

11 in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation

12 from the Postal Service and from any other corporation

13 or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title

14 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share

15 of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary

16 determines to be the cost of administration for employees

17 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2000:

18 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this

19 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad20 ministration, $21,849,000 shall be made available to the

21 Secretary as follows: for the operation of and enhancement

22 to the automated data processing systems, including docu23 ment imaging and medical bill review, in support of Fed24 eral Employees’ Compensation Act administration,

25 $13,433,000; for program staff training to operate the
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1 new imaging system, $1,300,000; for the periodic roll re2 view program, $7,116,000; and the remaining funds shall

3 be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Pro4 vided further, That the Secretary may require that any

5 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits

6 under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33

7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice and

8 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu9 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe.

10 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, such

13 sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability

14 Trust Fund, to remain available until expended, for pay15 ment of all benefits authorized by section 9501 (d)(1), (2),

16 (4) and (7), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as

17 amended; and interest on advances as authorized by sec18 tion 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the following

19 amounts shall be available from the Fund for fiscal year

20 2000 for expenses of operation and administration of the

21 Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by section

22 9501 (d)(5) of that Act: $28,676,000 for transfer to the

23 Employment Standards Administration, ‘‘Salaries and Ex24 penses’’; $21,144,000 for transfer to Departmental Man25 agement, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $318,000 for transfer

26 to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
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1 eral’’; and $356,000 for payments into Miscellaneous Re2 ceipts for the expenses of the Department of Treasury.

3 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety

6 and Health Administration, $388,142,000, including not

7 to exceed $83,501,000 which shall be the maximum

8 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g)

9 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which grants

10 shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occu11 pational safety and health programs required to be in12 curred under plans approved by the Secretary under sec13 tion 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of

14 1970; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,

15 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may

16 retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute

17 course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be col18 lected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety

19 and health training and education grants: Provided, That,

20 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor

21 is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30,

22 2000, to collect and retain fees for services provided to

23 Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may uti24 lize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29

25 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international lab-
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1 oratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of

2 equipment and products used by workers in the workplace:

3 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

4 under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to

5 prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule,

6 regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and

7 Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any person who

8 is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain

9 a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer employ10 ees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under

11 this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to admin12 ister or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order

13 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

14 with respect to any employer of ten or fewer employees

15 who is included within a category having an occupational

16 injury lost workday case rate, at the most precise Stand17 ard Industrial Classification Code for which such data are

18 published, less than the national average rate as such

19 rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting

20 through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance

21 with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except—

22 (1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, con23 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train24 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
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1 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in

2 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita3 tion for violations found during such inspection, and

4 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor5 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for

6 any willful violations found;

7 (3) to take any action authorized by such Act

8 with respect to imminent dangers;

9 (4) to take any action authorized by such Act

10 with respect to health hazards;

11 (5) to take any action authorized by such Act

12 with respect to a report of an employment accident

13 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re14 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees,

15 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga16 tion authorized by such Act; and

17 (6) to take any action authorized by such Act

18 with respect to complaints of discrimination against

19 employees for exercising rights under such Act: Pro20 vided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not

21 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming op22 eration which does not maintain a temporary labor

23 camp and employs ten or fewer employees.
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1 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and

4 Health Administration, $230,873,000, including purchase

5 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection

6 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles; including not to exceed $750,000

8 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety

9 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training

10 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to

11 be available for mine safety and health education and

12 training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and,

13 in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration

14 may retain up to $1,000,000 in fees collected for the ap15 proval and certification of equipment, materials, and ex16 plosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for

17 such activities; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands,

18 buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public

19 and private sources and to prosecute projects in coopera20 tion with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the

21 Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to

22 promote health and safety education and training in the

23 mining community through cooperative programs with

24 States, industry, and safety associations; and any funds

25 available to the Department may be used, with the ap-
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1 proval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine

2 rescue and survival operations in the event of a major dis3 aster.

4 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta7 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State,

8 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv9 ices rendered, $353,781,000, of which $6,986,000 shall be

10 for expenses of revising the Consumer Price Index and

11 shall remain available until September 30, 2001, together

12 with not to exceed $55,663,000, which may be expended

13 from the Employment Security Administration account in

14 the Unemployment Trust Fund.

15 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage18 ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including

19 up to $7,250,000 for the President’s Committee on Em20 ployment of People With Disabilities, and including the

21 management or operation of Departmental bilateral and

22 multilateral foreign technical assistance, $247,001,000;

23 together with not to exceed $310,000, which may be ex24 pended from the Employment Security Administration ac25 count in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That
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1 no funds made available by this Act may be used by the

2 Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review in any United

3 States court of appeals of any decision made by the Bene4 fits Review Board under section 21 of the Longshore and

5 Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921)

6 where such participation is precluded by the decision of

7 the United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of

8 Workers’ Compensation Programs v. Newport News Ship9 building, 115 S. Ct. 1278 (1995), notwithstanding any

10 provisions to the contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Fed11 eral Rules of Appellate Procedure: Provided further, That

12 no funds made available by this Act may be used by the

13 Secretary of Labor to review a decision under the

14 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33

15 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and that has

16 been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more

17 than 12 months: Provided further, That any such decision

18 pending a review by the Benefits Review Board for more

19 than one year shall be considered affirmed by the Benefits

20 Review Board on the one-year anniversary of the filing

21 of the appeal, and shall be considered the final order of

22 the Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United

23 States courts of appeals: Provided further, That these pro24 visions shall not be applicable to the review or appeal of

25 any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act
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1 (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.): Provided further, That notwith2 standing any other provision of this Act, up to $10,000

3 of funding appropriated under title I of this Act for sala4 ries and expenses may be used for receiving and hosting

5 officials of foreign states and official foreign delegations

6 in furtherance of Departmental functions or activities.

7 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT

8 AND TRAINING

9 Not to exceed $185,613,000 may be derived from the

10 Employment Security Administration account in the Un11 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38

12 U.S.C. 4100–4110A, 4212, 4214 and 4321–4327, and

13 Public Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obli14 gation by the States through December 31, 2000.

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

18 General Act of 1978, as amended, $48,095,000, together

19 with not to exceed $3,830,000, which may be expended

20 from the Employment Security Administration account in

21 the Unemployment Trust Fund.

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS

23 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title

24 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation

25 of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
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1 as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level

2 III.

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre5 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and

6 Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are

7 appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Depart8 ment of Labor in this Act may be transferred between ap9 propriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased

10 by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided,

11 That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of

12 Congress are notified at least fifteen days in advance of

13 any transfer.

14 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

15 HUMAN SERVICES

16 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

17 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

18 For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX,

19 and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section

20 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act,

21 title V and section 1820 of the Social Security Act, the

22 Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amend23 ed, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as

24 amended, and the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act

25 of 1998, $4,365,498,000, of which $150,000 shall remain

26 available until expended for interest subsidies on loan
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1 guarantees made prior to fiscal year 1981 under part B

2 of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and of which

3 $10,000,000 shall be available for the construction and

4 renovation of health care and other facilities, and of which

5 $25,000,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding sec6 tion 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available

7 for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility

8 grants program under section 1820 of such Act: Provided,

9 That the Division of Federal Occupational Health may

10 utilize personal services contracting to employ professional

11 management/administrative and occupational health pro12 fessionals: Provided further, That of the funds made avail13 able under this heading, $250,000 shall be available until

14 expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long

15 Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, That in addi16 tion to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health

17 Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be col18 lected for the full disclosure of information under the Act

19 sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the Na20 tional Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available

21 until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further,

22 That no more than $5,000,000 is available for carrying

23 out the provisions of Public Law 104–73: Provided further,

24 That of the funds made available under this heading,

25 $222,432,000 shall be for the program under title X of
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1 the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary

2 family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts

3 provided to said projects under such title shall not be ex4 pended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall

5 be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be ex6 pended for any activity (including the publication or dis7 tribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote

8 public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or

9 candidate for public office: Provided further, That

10 $536,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance

11 Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health

12 Service Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

13 other provision of law, funds made available under this

14 heading may be used to continue operating the Council

15 on Graduate Medical Education established by section 301

16 of Public Law 102–408: Provided further, That of the

17 funds made available under this heading, $50,000,000

18 shall remain available for the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief

19 Fund until November 11, 2003: Provided further, That

20 fees collected for the full disclosure of information under

21 the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Pro22 gram,’’ authorized by section 221 of the Health Insurance

23 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, shall be suffi24 cient to recover the full costs of operating the Program,
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1 and shall remain available to carry out that Act until ex2 pended.

3 MEDICAL FACILITIES GUARANTEE AND LOAN FUND

4 FEDERAL INTEREST SUBSIDIES FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES

5 For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section

6 1602 of the Public Health Service Act, $1,000,000, to7 gether with any amounts received by the Secretary in con8 nection with loans and loan guarantees under title VI of

9 the Public Health Service Act, to be available without fis10 cal year limitation for the payment of interest subsidies.

11 During the fiscal year, no commitments for direct loans

12 or loan guarantees shall be made.

13 HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur16 pose of the program, as authorized by Title VII of the

17 Public Health Service Act, as amended. For administra18 tive expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program,

19 including section 709 of the Public Health Service Act,

20 $3,688,000.

21 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

22 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation

23 Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for

24 claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with

25 respect to vaccines administered after September 30,

26 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public
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1 Health Service Act, to remain available until expended:

2 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not

3 to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available from the Trust

4 Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

5 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

6 DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

7 To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX

8 and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101,

9 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal

10 Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21 and

11 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,

12 title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and sec13 tion 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;

14 including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign

15 countries; and hire, maintenance, and operation of air16 craft, $2,751,838,000 of which $39,800,000 shall remain

17 available until expended for equipment and construction

18 and renovation of facilities, and in addition, such sums

19 as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall

20 be credited to this account: Provided, That in addition to

21 amounts provided herein, up to $109,573,000 shall be

22 available from amounts available under section 241 of the

23 Public Health Service Act, to carry out the National Cen24 ter for Health Statistics surveys: Provided further, That

25 none of the funds made available for injury prevention and
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1 control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2 may be used to advocate or promote gun control: Provided

3 further, That the Director may redirect the total amount

4 made available under authority of Public Law 101–502,

5 section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Direc6 tor may so designate: Provided further, That the Congress

7 is to be notified promptly of any such transfer.

8 In addition, $51,000,000, to be derived from the Vio9 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sec10 tions 40151 and 40261 of Public Law 103–322.

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

12 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act with respect to cancer,

15 $3,286,859,000.

16 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub18 lic Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung,

19 and blood diseases, and blood and blood products,

20 $2,001,185,000.

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL

22 RESEARCH

23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub24 lic Health Service Act with respect to dental disease,

25 $267,543,000.
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND

2 KIDNEY DISEASES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub4 lic Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and diges5 tive and kidney disease, $1,130,056,000.

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

7 AND STROKE

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub9 lic Health Service Act with respect to neurological dis10 orders and stroke, $1,019,271,000.

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

12 DISEASES

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infec15 tious diseases, $1,786,718,000.

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub18 lic Health Service Act with respect to general medical

19 sciences, $1,352,843,000.

20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN

21 DEVELOPMENT

22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub23 lic Health Service Act with respect to child health and

24 human development, $848,044,000.
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1 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub3 lic Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and

4 visual disorders, $445,172,000.

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

6 SCIENCES

7 For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV

8 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ9 mental health sciences, $436,113,000.

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub12 lic Health Service Act with respect to aging,

13 $680,332,000.

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND

15 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

16 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub17 lic Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and mus18 culoskeletal and skin diseases, $350,429,000.

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER

20 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

21 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub22 lic Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other

23 communication disorders, $261,962,000.
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub3 lic Health Service Act with respect to nursing research,

4 $90,000,000.

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND

6 ALCOHOLISM

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub8 lic Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and

9 alcoholism, $291,247,000.

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub12 lic Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse,

13 $682,536,000.

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub16 lic Health Service Act with respect to mental health,

17 $969,494,000.

18 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub20 lic Health Service Act with respect to human genome re21 search, $337,322,000.

22 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub24 lic Health Service Act with respect to research resources

25 and general research support grants, $655,988,000: Pro26 vided, That none of these funds shall be used to pay recipi-
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1 ents of the general research support grants program any

2 amount for indirect expenses in connection with such

3 grants: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be for

4 extramural facilities construction grants, of which

5 $30,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2000, and

6 remain available through September 30, 2001.

7 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND

8 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

9 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub10 lic Health Service Act with respect to complementary and

11 alternative medicine, $56,214,000 to be available for obli12 gation through September 30, 2001.

13 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

14 For carrying out the activities at the John E.

15 Fogarty International Center, $43,723,000.

16 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub18 lic Health Service Act with respect to health information

19 communications, $210,183,000, of which $4,000,000 shall

20 be available until expended for improvement of informa21 tion systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2000, the Li22 brary may enter into personal services contracts for the

23 provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or con24 structed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes

25 of Health.
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1 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of

4 the Director, National Institutes of Health, $299,504,000:

5 Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase

6 of not to exceed twenty-nine passenger motor vehicles for

7 replacement only: Provided further, That the Director may

8 direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made available

9 in this or any other Act to all National Institutes of

10 Health appropriations to activities the Director may so

11 designate: Provided further, That no such appropriation

12 shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by any such

13 transfers and that the Congress is promptly notified of

14 the transfer: Provided further, That NIH is authorized to

15 collect third party payments for the cost of clinical services

16 that are incurred in National Institutes of Health research

17 facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the

18 National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Pro19 vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage20 ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after

21 the fiscal year in which they are deposited.

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of

24 equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Insti25 tutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property,

26 $100,732,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

4 For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public

5 Health Service Act with respect to substance abuse and

6 mental health services, the Protection and Advocacy for

7 Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of

8 the Public Health Service Act with respect to program

9 management, $2,750,700,000, of which $100,000,000

10 shall become available on October 1, 2000 and remain

11 available until September 30, 2001.

12 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

13 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

14 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public

15 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by

16 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family

17 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical

18 care of dependents and retired personnel under the De19 pendents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for

20 payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Secu21 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be re22 quired during the current fiscal year.

23 AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH

24 HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH

25 For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public

26 Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social
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1 Security Act, $19,504,000; in addition, amounts received

2 from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and

3 interagency agreements, and the sale of data tapes shall

4 be credited to this appropriation and shall remain avail5 able until expended: Provided, That the amount made

6 available pursuant to section 926(b) of the Public Health

7 Service Act shall not exceed $191,751,000.

8 HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION

9 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

10 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles

11 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $86,087,393,000,

12 to remain available until expended: Provided, That begin13 ning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, for expenses in14 curred by Medicaid under title XXI of the Social Security

15 Act, Medicaid may accept as reimbursement in advance

16 amounts from the ‘‘State Children’s Health Insurance

17 Fund,’’ such amounts to remain available as provided

18 under title XXI.

19 For making, after May 31, 2000, payments to States

20 under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last

21 quarter of fiscal year 2000 for unanticipated costs, in22 curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be

23 necessary.

24 For making payments to States or in the case of sec25 tion 1928 on behalf of States, under title XIX of the So-
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1 cial Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001,

2 $30,589,003,000, to remain available until expended.

3 Payment under title XIX may be made for any quar4 ter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in

5 effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such

6 quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.

7 PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

8 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and

9 the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust

10 Funds, as provided under sections 217(g) and 1844 of the

11 Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the So12 cial Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Pub13 lic Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses incurred

14 pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act,

15 $69,289,100,000.

16 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

17 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles

18 XI, XVIII, XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles

19 XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and

20 the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of

21 1988, not to exceed $1,991,321,000, to be transferred

22 from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Sup23 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized

24 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with

25 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the

26 Public Health Service Act and such sums as may be col-
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1 lected from authorized user fees and the sale of data,

2 which shall remain available until expended, and together

3 with administrative fees collected relative to Medicare

4 overpayment recovery activities, which shall be transferred

5 to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC)

6 account and remain available until expended: Provided,

7 That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701

8 from organizations established under title XIII of the Pub9 lic Health Service Act shall be credited to and available

10 for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro11 vided further, That $18,000,000 appropriated under this

12 heading for the managed care system redesign shall re13 main available until expended: Provided further, That

14 funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated

15 to increase Medicare provider audits and implement the

16 Department’s corrective action plan to the Chief Financial

17 Officer’s audit of the Health Care Financing Administra18 tion’s oversight of Medicare: Provided further, That the

19 Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to

20 collect, in aggregate, $95,000,000 in fees in fiscal year

21 2000 from Medicare∂Choice organizations pursuant to

22 section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eli23 gible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under sec24 tion 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D)

25 of that Act.
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1 HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN

2 GUARANTEE FUND

3 For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section

4 1308 of the Public Health Service Act, any amounts re5 ceived by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan

6 guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service

7 Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the

8 payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year

9 1999, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees

10 shall be made.

11 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

12 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT

13 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

14 For making payments to States or other non-Federal

15 entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the

16 Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24

17 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001,

18 $650,000,000, to remain available until expended.

19 For making payments to each State for carrying out

20 the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children

21 under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the ef22 fective date of the program of Temporary Assistance to

23 Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such

24 sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the

25 amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures
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1 under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this ap2 propriation and under such title IV–A as amended by the

3 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili4 ation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under

5 section 116(b) of such Act.

6 For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,

7 payments to States or other non-Federal entities under

8 titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security

9 Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for

10 the last three months of the current year for unanticipated

11 costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as

12 may be necessary.

13 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

14 For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni15 bus Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000, to be

16 available for obligation in the period October 1, 2000

17 through September 30, 2001.

18 For making payments under title XXVI of such Act,

19 $300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are hereby des20 ignated by the Congress to be emergency requirements

21 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget

22 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur23 ther, That these funds shall be made available only after

24 submission to the Congress of a formal budget request by

25 the President that includes designation of the entire

26 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
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1 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

2 Control Act of 1985.

3 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

4 For making payments for refugee and entrant assist5 ance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration

6 and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu7 cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422),

8 $423,000,000, to remain available through September 30,

9 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant to sec10 tion 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act under

11 Public 105–78 for fiscal year 1998 and under Public Law

12 105–277 for fiscal year 1999 shall be available for the

13 costs of assistance provided and other activities through

14 September 30, 2001.

15 For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Re16 lief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–320), $7,500,000, to

17 remain available until expended.

18 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

19 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

20 For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the

21 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child

22 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990), to be23 come available on October 1, 2000 and remain available

24 through September 30, 2001, $1,182,672,000: Provided,

25 That $19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource

26 and referral and school-aged child care activities.
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1 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

2 For making grants to States pursuant to section

3 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,050,000,000: Pro4 vided, That (1) notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such

5 Act, as amended, the amount specified for allocation under

6 such section for fiscal year 2000 shall be $1,050,000,000

7 and (2) notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section

8 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified

9 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State

10 programs pursuant to title XX of such Act for fiscal year

11 2000 shall be 5 percent.

12 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

13 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the

14 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental

15 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head

16 Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,

17 the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of

18 Public Law 95–266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption

19 and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–89), the

20 Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of

21 title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 1115 of the

22 Social Security Act; for making payments under the Com23 munity Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the So24 cial Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105–285;

25 and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out

26 said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of
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1 the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24

2 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

3 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, sec4 tion 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980,

5 section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public

6 Law 105–320), sections 40155, 40211 and 40241 of Pub7 lic Law 103–322 and section 126 and titles IV and V of

8 Public Law 100–485, $6,682,635,000, of which

9 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

10 2001, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive

11 payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the

12 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670–679); of which

13 $500,000,000 shall be for making payments under the

14 Community Services Block Grant Act; and of which

15 $5,267,000,000 shall be for making payments under the

16 Head Start Act, of which $1,900,000,000 shall become

17 available October 1, 2000 and remain available through

18 September 30, 2001: Provided, That to the extent Com19 munity Services Block Grant funds are distributed as

20 grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided

21 under the Act, and have not been expended by such entity,

22 they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the

23 next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent

24 with program purposes.
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1 In addition, $105,000,000, to be derived from the

2 Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund for carrying out sec3 tions 40155, 40211 and 40241 of Public Law 103–322.

4 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

5 For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security

6 Act, $295,000,000.

7 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION

8 ASSISTANCE

9 For making payments to States or other non-Federal

10 entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,

11 $4,312,300,000.

12 For making payments to States or other non-Federal

13 entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for

14 the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, $1,538,000,000.

15 ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

16 AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

17 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro18 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and

19 section 398 of the Public Health Service Act,

20 $928,055,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section

21 308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amend22 ed, the amounts available to each State for administration

23 of the State plan under title III of such Act shall be re24 duced not more than 5 percent below the amount that was

25 available to such State for such purpose for fiscal year

26 1995: Provided further, That in considering grant applica-
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1 tions for nutrition services for elder Indian recipients, the

2 Assistant Secretary shall provide maximum flexibility to

3 applicants who seek to take into account subsistence, local

4 customs, and other characteristics that are appropriate to

5 the unique cultural, regional, and geographic needs of the

6 American Indian, Alaska and Hawaiian Native commu7 nities to be served.

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for

11 general departmental management, including hire of six

12 sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of

13 the Public Health Service Act, and the United States-Mex14 ico Border Health Commission Act, $193,203,000, to15 gether with $6,517,000, to be transferred and expended

16 as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security

17 Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Sup18 plemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That

19 of the funds made available under this heading for car20 rying out title XX of the Public Health Service Act,

21 $10,569,000 shall be for activities specified under section

22 2003(b)(2), of which $9,131,000 shall be for prevention

23 service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2) of

24 title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without

25 application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title
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1 XX: Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be available

2 to the Office of the Surgeon General, within the Office

3 of Public Health and Science, to prepare and disseminate

4 the findings of the Surgeon General’s report on youth vio5 lence, and to coordinate with other agencies throughout

6 the Federal government, through the establishment of a

7 Federal Coordinating Committee, activities to prevent

8 youth violence.

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

12 General Act of 1978, as amended, $35,000,000.

13 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

14 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil

15 Rights, $18,845,000, together with not to exceed

16 $3,314,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized

17 by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the

18 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental

19 Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

20 POLICY RESEARCH

21 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro22 vided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social

23 Security Act, $15,000,000.

24 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FUND

25 For expenses necessary to support activities related

26 to countering potential biological, disease and chemical
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1 threats to civilian populations, $175,000,000: Provided,

2 That this amount is distributed as follows: Centers for

3 Disease Control and Prevention, $120,000,000, of which

4 $30,000,000 shall be for the Health Alert Network; Office

5 of the Secretary, $30,000,000, and Office of Emergency

6 Preparedness, $25,000,000. In addition, for expenses nec7 essary for the Global Health Initiative: $75,000,000: Pro8 vided, That this amount is distributed as follows: Centers

9 for Disease Control and Prevention, $49,000,000, of

10 which $35,000,000 shall be for international HIV/AIDS

11 programs, $9,000,000 shall be for malaria programs, and

12 $5,000,000 shall be for global micronutrient malnutrition

13 programs; National Institutes of Health, $26,000,000, of

14 which $15,000,000 shall be for international HIV/AIDS

15 programs, $6,000,000 shall be for malaria programs, and

16 $5,000,000 shall be for global micronutrient malnutrition

17 programs. In addition, $150,000,000 for carrying out the

18 Department’s Year 2000 computer conversion activities,

19 $35,000,000 for minority AIDS prevention and treatment

20 activities, $20,000,000 for buildings and facilities at the

21 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and

22 $20,000,000 for the National Institutes of Health chal23 lenge grant program.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be

3 available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception

4 and representation expenses when specifically approved by

5 the Secretary.

6 SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through

7 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public

8 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to

9 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided

10 by the Agency for International Development, the United

11 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the

12 World Health Organization.

13 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this

14 Act may be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Pub15 lic Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National In16 stitutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law

17 103–43.

18 SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

19 for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance

20 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall

21 be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant

22 or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Ex23 ecutive Level III.

24 SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

25 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public
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1 Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided

2 for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made

3 by any office located in the Department of Health and

4 Human Services, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and

5 submission of a report to the Committee on Appropria6 tions of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned

7 uses of such funds.

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre10 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are

12 appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Depart13 ment of Health and Human Services in this Act may be

14 transferred between appropriations, but no such appro15 priation (except the Public Health and Social Services

16 Emergency Fund) shall be increased by more than 3 per17 cent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropria18 tions Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified

19 at least fifteen days in advance of any transfer.

20 SEC. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of

21 Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS

22 Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes,

23 centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified

24 by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining

25 to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the

26 Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
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1 SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act

2 for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re3 search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as

4 jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Direc5 tor of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made avail6 able to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ account. The Di7 rector of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from

8 such account amounts necessary to carry out section

9 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.

10 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

11 may be made available to any entity under title X of the

12 Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the

13 award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family

14 participation in the decision of minors to seek family plan15 ning services and that it provides counseling to minors on

16 how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in

17 sexual activities.

18 SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

19 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be

20 used to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the

21 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth22 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or23 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that

24 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide

25 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall
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1 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita2 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially

3 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv4 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth5 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi6 care program’s coverage for such services and a

7 Medicare+Choice organization described in this section

8 shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain

9 information about all Medicare covered services.

10 SEC. 211. (a) MENTAL HEALTH.—Section 1918(b)

11 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–7(b))

12 is amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS FOR STATES.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to fiscal year

15 2000, the amount of the allotment of a State under

16 section 1911 shall not be less than the amount the

17 State received under section 1911 for fiscal year

18 1998.’’.

19 (b) SUBSTANCE ABUSE.—Section 1933(b) of the

20 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–33(b)) is

21 amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS FOR STATES.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to fiscal year

24 2000, the amount of the allotment of a State under

25 section 1921 shall not be less than the amount the
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1 State received under section 1921 for fiscal year

2 1999 increased by 30.65 percent of the percentage

3 by which the amount allotted to the States for fiscal

4 year 2000 exceeds the amount allotted to the States

5 for fiscal year 1999.

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro8 vided in subparagraph (B), a State shall

9 not receive an allotment under section

10 1921 for fiscal year 2000 in an amount

11 that is less than an amount equal to 0.375

12 percent of the amount appropriated under

13 section 1935(a) for such fiscal year.

14 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—In applying sub15 paragraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure

16 that no State receives an increase in its al17 lotment under section 1921 for fiscal year

18 2000 (as compared to the amount allotted

19 to the State in the fiscal year 1999) that

20 is in excess of an amount equal to 300 per21 cent of the percentage by which the

22 amount appropriated under section

23 1935(a) for fiscal year 2000 exceeds the

24 amount appropriated for fiscal year

25 1999.’’.
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1 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, no provider of services under title X of the Public

3 Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law

4 requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child

5 molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.

6 SEC. 213. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION

7 PROVISIONS.—The Foreign Operations, Export Financ8 ing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990

9 (Public Law 101–167) is amended—

10 (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—

11 (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking

12 ‘‘1997, 1998, and 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘1997,

13 1998, 1999, and 2000’’; and

14 (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘October

15 1, 1999’’ each place it appears and inserting

16 ‘‘October 1, 2000’’; and

17 (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in

18 subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’

19 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.

20 SEC. 214. None of the funds provided in this Act or

21 in any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year

22 2000 may be used to administer or implement in Arizona

23 or in the Kansas City, Missouri or in the Kansas City,

24 Kansas area the Medicare Competitive Pricing Dem25 onstration Project (operated by the Secretary of Health
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1 and Human Services under authority granted in section

2 4011 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law

3 105–33)).

4 SEC. 215. Of the funds appropriated for the National

5 Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2000, $3,000,000,000

6 shall not be available for obligation until September 29,

7 2000.

8 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

9 OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

10 EDUCATION REFORM

11 For carrying out activities authorized by titles III

12 and IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the

13 School-to-Work Opportunities Act, and sections 3122,

14 3132, 3136, and 3141, parts B, C, and D of title III,

15 and part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary

16 Education Act of 1965, $1,655,600,000, of which

17 $459,500,000 shall be for the Goals 2000 Act, of which

18 $114,875,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000 and

19 remain available through September 30, 2001, and

20 $344,625,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000

21 and remain available through September 30, 2001, and

22 $55,000,000 for the School-to-Work Opportunities Act

23 shall become available on July 1, 2000 and remain avail24 able through September 30, 2001, and of which

25 $87,000,000 shall be for section 3122: Provided, That
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1 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall

2 be obligated or expended to carry out section 304(a)(2)(A)

3 of the Goals 2000 Act, except that no more than

4 $1,500,000 may be used to carry out activities under sec5 tion 314(a)(2) of that Act: Provided further, That section

6 315(a)(2) of the Goals 2000 Act shall not apply: Provided

7 further, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the amount

8 available under section 3132 shall be set aside for the out9 lying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their relative

10 need as determined by the Secretary in accordance with

11 the purposes of the program: Provided further, That if any

12 State educational agency does not apply for a grant under

13 section 3132, that State’s allotment under section 3131

14 shall be reserved by the Secretary for grants to local edu15 cational agencies in that State that apply directly to the

16 Secretary according to the terms and conditions published

17 by the Secretary in the Federal Register.

18 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

19 For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec20 ondary Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the

21 Higher Education Act, $8,750,986,000, of which

22 $2,520,823,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000,

23 and shall remain available through September 30, 2001,

24 and of which $6,204,763,000 shall become available on

25 October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through Sep26 tember 30, 2001, for academic year 2000–2001: Provided,
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1 That $6,894,000,000 shall be available for basic grants

2 under section 1124: Provided further, That up to

3 $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec4 retary on October 1, 1999, to obtain updated local-edu5 cational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau

6 of the Census: Provided further, That $1,158,397,000

7 shall be available for concentration grants under section

8 1124A: Provided further, That $8,900,000 shall be avail9 able for evaluations under section 1501 and not more than

10 $8,500,000 shall be reserved for section 1308, of which

11 not more than $3,000,000 shall be reserved for section

12 1308(d): Provided further, That grant awards under sec13 tions 1124 and 1124A of title I of the Elementary and

14 Secondary Education Act shall be made to each State and

15 local educational agency at no less than 100 percent of

16 the amount such State or local educational agency received

17 under this authority for fiscal year 1999: Provided further,

18 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, grant

19 awards under section 1124A of title I of the Elementary

20 and Secondary Education Act shall be made to those local

21 educational agencies that received a Concentration Grant

22 under the Department of Education Appropriations Act,

23 1998, but are not eligible to receive such a grant for fiscal

24 year 2000: Provided further, That each such local edu25 cational agency shall receive an amount equal to the Con-
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1 centration Grant the agency received in fiscal year 1998,

2 ratably reduced, if necessary, to ensure that these local

3 educational agencies receive no greater share of their hold4 harmless amounts than other local educational agencies:

5 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not take into

6 account the hold harmless provisions in this section in de7 termining State allocations under any other program ad8 ministered by the Secretary in any fiscal year: Provided

9 further, That $120,000,000 shall be available under sec10 tion 1002(g)(2) to demonstrate effective approaches to

11 comprehensive school reform to be allocated and expended

12 in accordance with the instructions relating to this activity

13 in the statement of the managers on the conference report

14 accompanying Public Law 105–78 and in the statement

15 of the managers on the conference report accompanying

16 Public Law 105–277: Provided further, That in carrying

17 out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall sup18 port only approaches that show the most promise of ena19 bling children served by title I to meet challenging State

20 content standards and challenging State student perform21 ance standards based on reliable research and effective

22 practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and

23 parental involvement.

24 IMPACT AID

25 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to

26 federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the
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1 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,

2 $892,000,000, of which $725,000,000 shall be for basic

3 support payments under section 8003(b), $50,000,000

4 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under

5 section 8003(d), $75,000,000, to remain available until

6 expended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f),

7 $7,000,000 shall be for construction under section 8007,

8 $30,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under

9 section 8002 and $5,000,000 to remain available until ex10 pended shall be for facilities maintenance under section

11 8008.

12 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

13 For carrying out school improvement activities au14 thorized by titles II, IV, V–A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII

15 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

16 (‘‘ESEA’’); the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist17 ance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and part B

18 of title VIII of the Higher Education Act; $2,886,634,000,

19 of which $1,151,550,000 shall become available on July

20 1, 2000, and remain available through September 30,

21 2001, and of which $1,239,750,000 shall become available

22 on October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through

23 September 30, 2001 for academic year 2000–2001: Pro24 vided, That of the amount appropriated, $335,000,000

25 shall be for Eisenhower professional development State

26 grants under title II–B and up to $750,000 shall be for
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1 an evaluation of comprehensive regional assistance centers

2 under title XIII of ESEA: Provided further, That

3 $1,200,000,000 shall be for teacher assistance to local

4 educational agencies only if specifically authorized by sub5 sequent legislation.

6 READING EXCELLENCE

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Ex8 cellence Act, $65,000,000, which shall become available on

9 July 1, 2000 and shall remain available through Sep10 tember 30, 2001 and $195,000,000 shall become available

11 on October 1, 2000 and remain available through Sep12 tember 30, 2001.

13 INDIAN EDUCATION

14 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent

15 not otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary

16 and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended,

17 $77,000,000.

18 OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND MINORITY

19 LANGUAGES AFFAIRS

20 BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION

21 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro22 vided, bilingual, foreign language and immigrant edu23 cation activities authorized by parts A and C and section

24 7203 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu25 cation Act of 1965, without regard to section 7103(b),

26 $394,000,000: Provided, That State educational agencies
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1 may use all, or any part of, their part C allocation for

2 competitive grants to local educational agencies.

3 OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE

4 SERVICES

5 SPECIAL EDUCATION

6 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities

7 Education Act, $6,035,646,000, of which $3,834,587,000

8 shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2000, and

9 shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and

10 of which $2,201,059,000 shall become available on Octo11 ber 1, 2000 and shall remain available through September

12 30, 2001, for academic year 2000–2001.

13 REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

14 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro15 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech16 nology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center

17 Act, $2,692,872,000.

18 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH

19 DISABILITIES

20 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

21 For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as

22 amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $10,100,000.

23 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

24 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf

25 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act

26 of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $48,151,000, of which
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1 $2,651,000 shall be for construction and shall remain

2 available until expended: Provided, That from the total

3 amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use

4 funds for the endowment program as authorized under

5 section 207.

6 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

7 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School,

8 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial

9 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of

10 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301

11 et seq.), $85,500,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for

12 construction and shall remain available until expended:

13 Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni14 versity may at its discretion use funds for the endowment

15 program as authorized under section 207.

16 OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

17 VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

18 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro19 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Edu20 cation Act, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act,

21 and title VIII–D of the Higher Education Act of 1965,

22 as amended, and Public Law 102–73, $1,676,750,000, of

23 which $3,500,000 shall remain available until expended,

24 and of which $1,658,150,000 shall become available on

25 July 1, 2000 and shall remain available through Sep26 tember 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amounts made
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1 available for the Perkins Act, $4,600,000 shall be for trib2 ally controlled vocational institutions under section 117:

3 Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be for carrying

4 out Section 118 of such act for all activities conducted

5 by and through the National Occupational Information

6 Coordinating Committee: Provided further, That of the

7 amounts made available for the Adult Education and

8 Family Literacy Act, $14,000,000 shall be for national

9 leadership activities under section 243 and $6,000,000

10 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under sec11 tion 242: Provided further, That $19,000,000 shall be for

12 Youth Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000, which shall

13 become available on July 1, 2000, and remain available

14 through September 30, 2001, shall be used in accordance

15 with section 601 of Public Law 102–73 as that section

16 was in effect prior to enactment of Public Law 105–220.

17 OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

18 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

19 For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part

20 C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of

21 1965, as amended, $9,498,000,000, which shall remain

22 available through September 30, 2001 and of which

23 $1,176,400,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000

24 and remain available through September 30, 2001.
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1 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall

2 be eligible during award year 2000–2001 shall be $3,325:

3 Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act,

4 if the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the

5 payment schedule for such award year, that the amount

6 included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards

7 in such award year, and any funds available from the fis8 cal year 1999 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are

9 insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which stu10 dents are eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of

11 the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be

12 reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a

13 fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a

14 schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this

15 purpose.

16 FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out

18 guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B,

19 of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $48,000,000.

20 HIGHER EDUCATION

21 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro22 vided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and

23 VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,

24 and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act

25 of 1961; $1,404,631,000, of which $12,000,000 for inter26 est subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Edu-
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1 cation Act, shall remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That funds available for part A, subpart 2 of title

3 VII of the Higher Education Act shall be available to fund

4 awards for academic year 2000–2001 for fellowships

5 under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under

6 the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided

7 further, That not more than 0.75 percent of the funds ap8 propriated to carry out title II of the Higher Education

9 Act may be used to conduct activities evaluating that pro10 gram.

11 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

12 For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.

13 121 et seq.), $219,444,000, of which not less than

14 $3,530,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pur15 suant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public

16 Law 98–480), of which $3,530,000 shall remain available

17 until expended.

18 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

19 PROGRAM

20 For Federal administrative expenses authorized

21 under section 121 of the Higher Education Act, $737,000

22 to carry out activities related to existing facility loans en23 tered into under the Higher Education Act.
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1 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

2 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to sec4 tion 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act

5 shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined

6 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

7 of such bonds shall not exceed zero.

8 For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori9 cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro10 gram entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the

11 Higher Education Act, as amended, $207,000.

12 OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND

13 IMPROVEMENT

14 EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT

15 For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu16 cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im17 provement Act of 1994, including part E; the National

18 Education Statistics Act of 1994, including sections 411

19 and 412; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, and

20 K and section 10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII

21 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,

22 as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103–227,

23 $468,867,000: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be avail24 able to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive

25 school reform, to be allocated and expended in accordance
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1 with the instructions relating to this activity in the state2 ment of managers on the conference report accompanying

3 Public Law 105–78: Provided further, That the funds

4 made available for comprehensive school reform shall be5 come available on July 1, 2000, and remain available

6 through September 30, 2001, and in carrying out this ini7 tiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only

8 approaches that show the most promise of enabling chil9 dren to meet challenging State content standards and

10 challenging State student performance standards based on

11 reliable research and effective practices, and include an

12 emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement:

13 Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds provided

14 for the national education research institutes shall be allo15 cated notwithstanding sections 912(m)(1)(B)–(F) and

16 931(c)(2)(B)–(C) of Public Law 103–227.

17 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

18 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

19 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro20 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in21 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co22 lumbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles,

23 $378,184,000.
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1 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil

3 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department

4 of Education Organization Act, $71,200,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector

7 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department

8 of Education Organization Act, $34,000,000.

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS

10 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be

11 used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for

12 the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in

13 order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school

14 system, or for the transportation of students or teachers

15 (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation)

16 in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any

17 school or school system.

18 SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act

19 shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans20 portation of any student to a school other than the school

21 which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student

22 requiring special education, to the school offering such

23 special education, in order to comply with title VI of the

24 Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section

25 an indirect requirement of transportation of students in26 cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan
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1 involving the reorganization of the grade structure of

2 schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools,

3 or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus4 tering. The prohibition described in this section does not

5 include the establishment of magnet schools.

6 SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may

7 be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol8 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre11 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and

12 Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are

13 appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act

14 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such

15 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent

16 by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations

17 Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at

18 least fifteen days in advance of any transfer.

19 NATIONAL TESTING

20 SEC. 305. (a) IN GENERAL.—Part C of the General

21 Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.) is

22 amended by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘SEC. 447. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED TEST24 ING.

25 ‘‘(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any

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1 subsection (b), no funds provided to the Department of

2 Education or to an applicable program, may be used to

3 pilot test, field test, implement, administer or distribute

4 in any way any federally sponsored national test in read5 ing, mathematics, or any other subject that is not specifi6 cally and explicitly provided for in authorizing legislation

7 enacted into law.

8 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to

9 the Third International Mathematics and Science Study

10 or other international comparative assessments developed

11 under the authority of section 404(a)(6) of the National

12 Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9003(a)(6)

13 et seq.) and administered to only a representative sample

14 of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations.’’.

15 (b) AUTHORITY OF NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GOV16 ERNING BOARD.—Subject to section 447 of the General

17 Education Provisions Act, the exclusive authority over the

18 direction and all policies and guidelines for developing vol19 untary national tests pursuant to contract RJ97153001

20 previously entered into between the United States Depart21 ment of Education and the American Institutes for Re22 search and executed on August 15, 1997, and subse23 quently modified by the National Assessment Governing

24 Board on February 11, 1998, shall continue to be vested

25 in the National Assessment Governing Board established
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1 under section 412 of the National Education Statistics Act

2 of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9011).

3 TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES

4 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

5 DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING

6 EXPENSES

7 For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na8 tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions

9 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend10 ed, $293,261,000.

11 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

12 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad13 casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of

14 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita15 tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2002,

16 $350,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to

17 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall

18 be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms

19 of entertainment for Government officials or employees:

20 Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this

21 paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any

22 program or activity from which any person is excluded,

23 or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the

24 basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: Pro25 vided further, That any grantee or entity that receives
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1 funds in this or any other Act shall be prohibited from

2 selling, exchanging or otherwise transferring, either di3 rectly or indirectly, the names of current or former mem4 bers or donors to any political organization: Provided fur5 ther, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or

6 any other Act shall be awarded to any grantee or entity

7 that sells, exchanges or transfers, either directly or indi8 rectly, the names of current or former members or donors

9 to any political organization: Provided further, That not10 withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds

11 appropriated for fiscal years 2000 or 2001 in the Depart12 ments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Edu13 cation and Related Agencies Acts of fiscal years 1998 and

14 1999, shall be awarded to any grantee or entity of the

15 Corporation for Public Broadcasting that sells, exchanges

16 or transfers, either directly or indirectly, the names of cur17 rent or former members or donors to any political organi18 zation.

19 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation

22 and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested

23 in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29

24 U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger

25 motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Man-
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1 agement Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and

2 for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the

3 functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,

4 Public Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $36,834,000, in5 cluding $1,500,000, to remain available through Sep6 tember 30, 2001, for activities authorized by the Labor7 Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a):

8 Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees

9 charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training ac10 tivities and other conflict resolution services and technical

11 assistance, including those provided to foreign govern12 ments and international organizations, and for arbitration

13 services shall be credited to and merged with this account,

14 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur15 ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available

16 only for education, training, and professional development

17 of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc18 tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf

19 of the United States gifts of services and real, personal,

20 or other property in the aid of any projects or functions

21 within the Director’s jurisdiction.
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1 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

2 COMMISSION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety

5 and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),

6 $6,159,000.

7 OFFICE OF LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Li10 brary Services Act, $154,500,000.

11 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of

14 the Social Security Act, $7,015,000, to be transferred to

15 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance

16 and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust

17 Funds.

18 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND

19 INFORMATION SCIENCE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the National Commission

22 on Libraries and Information Science, established by the

23 Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended),

24 $1,300,000.
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1 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the National Council on

4 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation

5 Act of 1973, as amended, $2,400,000.

6 NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL

7 For expenses necessary for the National Education

8 Goals Panel, as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals

9 2000: Educate America Act, $2,250,000.

10 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela13 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the

14 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29

15 U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, $210,193,000: Pro16 vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available

17 to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or

18 used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc19 tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of

20 agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the

21 Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended

22 by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amend23 ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25,

24 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em25 ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of
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1 ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main2 tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at

3 least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby

4 is used for farming purposes.

5 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

8 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–

9 188), including emergency boards appointed by the Presi10 dent, $9,100,000: Provided, That unobligated balances at

11 the end of fiscal year 1999 not needed for emergency

12 boards shall remain available for other statutory purposes

13 through September 30, 2000.

14 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

15 COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety

18 and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661),

19 $8,500,000.

20 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

21 FEDERAL WINDFALL SUBSIDY

22 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac23 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re24 tirement Act of 1974, $175,000,000, which shall include

25 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2000 pursuant
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1 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi2 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount

3 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the

4 amount by which the product of recipients and the average

5 benefit received exceeds $175,000,000: Provided, That the

6 total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 ap7 proximately equal amounts on the first day of each month

8 in the fiscal year.

9 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

10 ACCOUNTS

11 For payment to the accounts established in the

12 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad

13 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated

14 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September

15 30, 2001, which shall be the maximum amount available

16 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–

17 76.

18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement

20 Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act

21 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act,

22 $90,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined

23 by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and

24 from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur25 ance administration fund.
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1 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector

3 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as

4 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as

5 amended, not more than $5,400,000, to be derived from

6 the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy7 ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds

8 made available in any other paragraph of this Act may

9 be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such

10 transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, of11 fice supplies, communications facilities or services, mainte12 nance services, or administrative services for the Office;

13 used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel

14 of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of

15 the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service

16 provided, or expense incurred, by the Office.

17 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

18 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

19 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors

20 Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust

21 funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and

22 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,764,000.

23 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

24 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety

25 and Health Act of 1977, $383,638,000, to remain avail26 able until expended.
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1 For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year,

2 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Fed3 eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs in4 curred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may

5 be necessary.

6 For making benefit payments under title IV of the

7 Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first

8 quarter of fiscal year 2001, $124,000,000, to remain

9 available until expended.

10 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

11 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se12 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212

13 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of

14 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu15 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur16 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act,

17 $21,553,085,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State

19 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State

20 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.

21 From funds provided under the previous paragraph,

22 not less than $100,000,000 shall be available for payment

23 to the Social Security trust funds for administrative ex24 penses for conducting continuing disability reviews.

25 In addition, $200,000,000, to remain available until

26 September 30, 2001, for payment to the Social Security
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1 trust funds for administrative expenses for continuing dis2 ability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law

3 104–121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105–33. The

4 term ‘‘continuing disability reviews’’ means reviews and

5 redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of

6 the Social Security Act, as amended.

7 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,

8 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So9 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the

10 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

11 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the

12 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year

13 2001, $9,890,000,000, to remain available until expended.

14 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas16 senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for offi17 cial reception and representation expenses, not more than

18 $6,188,871,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec19 tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one

20 or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That

21 not less than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security

22 Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal23 ances at the end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for fiscal

24 year 2000 shall remain available until expended to invest

25 in the Social Security Administration computing network,

26 including related equipment and non-payroll administra-
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1 tive expenses associated solely with this network: Provided

2 further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this

3 heading for expenditures for official time for employees

4 of the Social Security Administration pursuant to section

5 7131 of title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or

6 support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli7 cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section

8 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of

9 the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general

10 fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after

11 such expenditures are made.

12 From funds provided under the first paragraph, not

13 less than $200,000,000 shall be available for conducting

14 continuing disability reviews.

15 In addition to funding already available under this

16 heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,

17 $405,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

18 2001, for continuing disability reviews as authorized by

19 section 103 of Public Law 104–121 and section 10203 of

20 Public Law 105–33. The term ‘‘continuing disability re21 views’’ means reviews and redeterminations as defined

22 under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act as

23 amended.

24 In addition, $80,000,000 to be derived from adminis25 tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment
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1 collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Secu2 rity Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which

3 shall remain available until expended. To the extent that

4 the amounts collected pursuant to such section 1616(d)

5 or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2000 exceed $80,000,000, the

6 amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2001 only to the

7 extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

8 From amounts previously made available under this

9 heading for a state-of-the-art computing network, not to

10 exceed $100,000,000 shall be available for necessary ex11 penses under this heading, subject to the same terms and

12 conditions.

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

17 General Act of 1978, as amended, $15,000,000, together

18 with not to exceed $51,000,000, to be transferred and ex19 pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social

20 Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In21 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance

22 Trust Fund.

23 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of

24 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred

25 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social

26 Security Administration, to be merged with this account,
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1 to be available for the time and purposes for which this

2 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans3 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on

4 Appropriations of the House and Senate.

5 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute

8 of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of

9 Peace Act, $13,000,000.

10 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and

12 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer

13 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts

14 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this

15 Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for

16 the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for

17 which they were originally appropriated.

18 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in

19 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

20 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

21 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained

22 in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog23 nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or

24 propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or

25 use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
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1 vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat

2 legislation pending before the Congress or any State legis3 lature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State

4 legislature itself.

5 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this

6 Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any

7 grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi8 ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation

9 or appropriations pending before the Congress or any

10 State legislature.

11 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education

12 are each authorized to make available not to exceed

13 $15,000 from funds available for salaries and expenses

14 under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception

15 and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal

16 Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make

17 available for official reception and representation expenses

18 not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for ‘‘Sala19 ries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation

20 Service’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation

21 Board is authorized to make available for official reception

22 and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from

23 funds available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, National Medi24 ation Board’’.
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1 SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 this Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be

3 used to carry out any program of distributing sterile nee4 dles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal

5 drug unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services

6 determines that such programs are effective in preventing

7 the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal

8 drugs.

9 SEC. 506. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

10 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con11 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip12 ment and products purchased with funds made available

13 in this Act should be American-made.

14 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

15 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti16 ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each

17 Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall

18 provide to such entity a notice describing the statement

19 made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

20 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

21 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

22 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

23 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear24 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

25 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
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1 to the United States that is not made in the United

2 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con3 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

4 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli5 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

6 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

7 SEC. 507. When issuing statements, press releases,

8 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu9 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or

10 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal

11 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to

12 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re13 search grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the

14 total costs of the program or project which will be financed

15 with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal

16 funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and

17 dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program

18 that will be financed by nongovernmental sources.

19 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under

20 this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which

21 funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended

22 for any abortion.

23 (b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act,

24 and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds

25 are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for
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1 health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abor2 tion.

3 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the

4 package of services covered by a managed care provider

5 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange6 ment.

7 SEC. 509. (a) The limitations established in the pre8 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion—

9 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of

10 rape or incest; or

11 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a

12 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness,

13 including a life-endangering physical condition

14 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that

15 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman

16 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.

17 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con18 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality,

19 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds

20 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid

21 matching funds).

22 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con23 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro24 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a

25 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
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1 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a

2 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching

3 funds).

4 SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in

5 this Act may be used for—

6 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos

7 for research purposes; or

8 (2) research in which a human embryo or em9 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub10 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that

11 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45

12 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public

13 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).

14 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human

15 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected

16 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of

17 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization,

18 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or

19 more human gametes or human diploid cells.

20 SEC. 511. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR

21 PROMOTION OF LEGALIZATION OF CONTROLLED SUB22 STANCES.—None of the funds made available in this Act

23 may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization

24 of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of

25 the schedules of controlled substances established by sec-
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1 tion 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.

2 812).

3 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation in subsection (a)

4 shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence

5 of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other

6 substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are

7 being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.

8 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this

9 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew

10 a contract with an entity if—

11 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with

12 the United States and is subject to the requirement

13 in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code,

14 regarding submission of an annual report to the Sec15 retary of Labor concerning employment of certain

16 veterans; and

17 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as

18 required by that section for the most recent year for

19 which such requirement was applicable to such enti20 ty.

21 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this

22 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand23 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42

24 U.S.C. 1320d–2(b)) providing for, or providing for the as25 signment of, a unique health identifier for an individual
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1 (except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a

2 health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifi3 cally approving the standard.

4 SEC. 514. Section 520(c)(2)(D) of the Departments

5 of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,

6 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, as

7 amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31,

8 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1999’’.

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor,

10 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related

11 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Calendar No. 290

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1650

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal yearending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1999

Read twice and placed on the calendar