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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1596 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

  
  
  
  
  
                                                       Calendar No. 279
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1596

                          [Report No. 106-161]

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 16, 1999

 Mr. Bond from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
     original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL

 
   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized 
by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); 
pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 
U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial 
benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-
service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial 
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article IV 
of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and 
for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 
2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 
122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), $21,568,364,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $38,079,000 of 
the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating 
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in implementing 
those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 
53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided as 
the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall 
be reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment the 
funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
to pensioners as authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 
34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,469,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any 
court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from 
litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by 
section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 
70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $28,670,000, to remain available until 
expended.

         veterans housing benefit program fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2000, within the resources available, not to exceed 
$300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for 
specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $156,958,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

                  education loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $214,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $57,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,531,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $415,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $520,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``General operating expenses''.

  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement 
Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaranteed loans 
as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37 subchapter VI, $48,250,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than five loans 
may be guaranteed under this program prior to November 11, 2001: 
Provided further, That no more than fifteen loans may be guaranteed 
under this program: Provided further, That the total principal amount 
of loans guaranteed under this program may not exceed $100,000,000: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts 
appropriated by this Act for ``General operating expenses'' and 
``Medical care'' may be expended for the administrative expenses to 
carry out the guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
37, subchapter VI.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              medical care

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, 
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department; 
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; 
funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; administrative expenses 
in support of planning, design, project management, real property 
acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any 
facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to 
project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in 
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 
hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State 
homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal 
expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed 
the Department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to 
exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 
U.S.C. 8110(a)(5), $18,406,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $635,000,000 is for the 
equipment and land and structures object classifications only, which 
amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, 2000, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$900,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $27,907,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``General operating expenses'': Provided further, 
That the Department shall conduct by contract a program of recovery 
audits with respect to payments for hospital care; and, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the 
result of such audits shall be available, without fiscal year 
limitation, for the purposes for which funds are appropriated under 
this heading and the purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the 
amount collected as a result of an audit carried out by the contractor: 
Provided further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding 
proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as that term 
is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of 
payments to the contractor, to that region.
    In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 establishing the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund, such sums 
as may be deposited to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be 
transferred to this account, to remain available until expended for the 
purposes of this account.

                    medical and prosthetic research

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
73, to remain available until September 30, 2001, $316,000,000, plus 
reimbursements.

      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research 
activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of 
capital policy activities, $60,703,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, 
That project technical and consulting services offered by the 
Facilities Management Service Delivery Office, including technical 
consulting services, project management, real property administration 
(including leases, site acquisition and disposal activities directly 
supporting projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans 
Affairs components only on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will 
remain available until September 30, 2000.

                   general post fund, national homes

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by Public Law 
102-54, section 8, which shall be transferred from the ``General post 
fund'': Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $70,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ``General 
post fund'', as authorized by Public Law 102-54, section 8.

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas 
employee mail, $912,594,000: Provided, That funds under this heading 
shall be available to administer the Service Members Occupational 
Conversion and Training Act: Provided further, That travel expenditures 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall not exceed $100,000.

                    national cemetery administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of the 
National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial 
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $97,256,000: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $117,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``General operating expenses''.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

                      construction, major projects

    For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, 
United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction 
costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 
$4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in 
a previous major project appropriation, $70,140,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of 
projects (including market-based assessments of health care needs which 
may or may not lead to capital investments) funded through the advance 
planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design 
fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not 
been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal 
year 2000, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the 
awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 2000; 
and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 
2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major 
construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the 
time limitations established above: Provided further, That no funds 
from any other account except the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be 
obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project 
which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account 
until one year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof 
with respect to that part only.

                      construction, minor projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction 
costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 
of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project 
is less than $4,000,000, $175,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, 
minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available for any 
project where the estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, 
That funds in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any 
of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of 
the Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures 
necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.

                         parking revolving fund

    For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109, 
income from fees collected, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available for all authorized expenses except operations and 
maintenance costs, which will be funded from ``Medical care''.

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-
8137, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended.

        grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries

    For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving 
State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for ``Compensation 
and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and 
indemnities'' may be transferred to any other of the mentioned 
appropriations.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for salaries and expenses shall be 
available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ``Construction, major 
projects'', ``Construction, minor projects'', and the ``Parking 
revolving fund'') shall be available for the purchase of any site for 
or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examination 
of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing 
such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5 
U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost 
is made to the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for ``Compensation and pensions'', 
``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' 
shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations 
required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1999.
    Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 shall be available to pay prior 
year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts 
resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public 
Law 100-86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 
accounts they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal 
year 2000, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National 
Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating 
expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the insurance 
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement 
shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an 
insurance program in fiscal year 2000, that are available for dividends 
in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus 
earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only 
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2000, which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance 
program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance 
included in such insurance program.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        housing certificate fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled 
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy 
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided under 
another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or 
other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other 
purposes, $11,051,135,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$10,855,135,000, of which $6,655,135,000 shall be available on October 
1, 1999 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000, shall 
be for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (``The 
Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with expiring or 
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers 
(including renewals) as provided under the ``Preserving Existing 
Housing Investment'' account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204) for families eligible for assistance 
under such Act, and contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of 
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act 
to housing vouchers during fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, $156,000,000 shall be for 
section 8 rental assistance under the Act including assistance to 
relocate residents of properties: (1) that are owned by the Secretary 
and being disposed of; or (2) that are discontinuing section 8 project-
based assistance; for relocation and replacement housing for units that 
are demolished or disposed of from the public housing inventory (in 
addition to amounts that may be available for such purposes under this 
and other headings); for the conversion of section 23 projects to 
assistance under section 8; for funds to carry out the family 
unification program; and for the relocation of witnesses in connection 
with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to 
a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$40,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled families 
affected by the designation of a public housing development under 
section 7 of such Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance 
with section 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly families 
in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the 
Secretary determines that such amount is not needed to fund 
applications for such affected families, to other nonelderly disabled 
families: Provided further, That no funds under this heading may be 
used for Regional Opportunity Counseling: Provided further, That all 
balances for the section 8 rental assistance, section 8 counseling, new 
construction sub-rehabilitation, relocation/replacement/demolition, 
section 23 conversions, rental and disaster vouchers, loan management 
set-aside, section 514 technical assistance, and programs previously 
funded within the ``Annual Contributions'' account shall be transferred 
to this account, to be available for the purposes for which they were 
originally appropriated: Provided further, That all balances previously 
recaptured in the ``Section 8 Reserve Preservation'' account shall be 
transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes for which 
they were originally appropriated: Provided further, That the 
unexpended amounts previously appropriated for special purpose grants 
within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account shall 
be recaptured and transferred to this account, to be available for 
assistance under the Act for use in connection with expiring or 
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That of the 
amounts previously appropriated for property disposition within the 
``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account, up to 
$79,000,000 shall be transferred to this account, to be available for 
assistance under the Act for use in connection with expiring or 
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That of the 
unexpended amounts previously appropriated for carrying out the Low-
Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 and 
the Emergency Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, other than 
amounts made available for rental assistance, within the ``Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing'' and ``Preserving Existing Housing 
Investments'' accounts, shall be recaptured and transferred to this 
account, to be available for assistance under the Act for use in 
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts.

                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized 
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1437), $2,555,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out activities under section 9(d) of such Act, and technical 
assistance for the inspection of public housing units, contract 
expertise, and training and technical assistance directly or 
indirectly, under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to 
assist in the oversight and management of public housing related to 
capital activities for lease adjustments to section 23 projects: 
Provided further, That no funds may be used under this heading for the 
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as in effect immediately before enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That all balances for debt service for Public and Indian 
Housing and Public and Indian Housing Grants previously funded within 
the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account shall be 
transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes for which 
they were originally appropriated.

                     public housing operating fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), 
$2,900,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
funds may be used under this heading for the purposes specified in 
section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect 
immediately before enactment of this Act.

             drug elimination grants for low-income housing

    For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and their 
tribally designated housing entities for use in eliminating crime in 
public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants 
for federally assisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
11909, and for drug information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be solely for technical assistance, training, and 
program assessment for or on behalf of public housing agencies, 
resident organizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally designated 
housing entities (including up to $250,000 for the cost of necessary 
travel for participants in such training): Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be used in 
connection with efforts to combat violent crime in public and assisted 
housing under the Operation Safe Home Program administered by the 
Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
Provided further, That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall be provided to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe 
Home: Provided further, That of the amount under this heading, 
$20,000,000 shall be available for a program named the New Approach 
Anti-Drug program which will provide competitive grants to entities 
managing or operating public housing developments, federally assisted 
multifamily housing developments, or other multifamily housing 
developments for low-income families supported by non-Federal 
governmental entities or similar housing developments supported by 
nonprofit private sources in order to provide or augment security 
(including personnel costs), to assist in the investigation and/or 
prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and around such 
developments, and to provide assistance for the development of capital 
improvements at such developments directly relating to the security of 
such developments: Provided further, That grants for the New Approach 
Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive basis as specified in 
section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989: Provided further, That the term ``drug-related crime'', as 
defined in 42 U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other types of crime 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading may be awarded pursuant to a Notice of Funding 
Availability which contains substantive program changes unless such 
program changes have been subject to review under notice and comment 
rulemaking: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 5130(c) of 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary may 
determine not to use any such funds to provide public housing youth 
sports grants.

     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)

    For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants 
to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, $500,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for purposes of environmental review pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a grant under this heading or under 
prior appropriations Acts for use for the purposes under this heading 
shall be treated as assistance under title I of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and shall be subject to the regulations issued by 
the Secretary to implement section 26 of such Act: Provided further, 
That none of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by 
granting competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay 
judgments, unless expressly permitted herein.

                  native american housing block grants

    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Public Law 104-330), $620,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be used 
by the National American Indian Housing Council and up to $2,000,000 by 
the Secretary to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 
contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the oversight 
and management of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including 
up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available for the 
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title 
VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including the costs 
of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Provided further, That 
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 
up to $200,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for departmental 
salaries and expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of 
these guarantees.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$71,956,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the first 
paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses, to be used only 
for the administrative costs of these guarantees.

                 rural housing and economic development

    For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development to be 
established in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amount under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be used to develop 
capacity at the State and local level for developing rural housing and 
for rural economic development and for maintaining a clearinghouse of 
ideas for innovative strategies for rural housing and economic 
development and revitalization: Provided further, That of the amount 
under this heading, at least $22,000,000 which amount shall be awarded 
by June 1, 2000 to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State 
community and/or economic development agencies, local rural nonprofits 
and community development corporations to support innovative housing 
and economic development activities in rural areas: Provided further, 
That all grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in 
section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901), $225,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds under this 
heading shall be awarded on a priority basis to renew and maintain 
existing programs funded under this heading: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may use up to 1 percent of the funds under this heading for 
technical assistance.

                   community development block grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For grants to States and units of general local government and for 
related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out a community 
development grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 
U.S.C. 5301), $4,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2002: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be 
available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council, $2,000,000 
shall be available to support Alaska Native serving institutions and 
native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the Higher 
Education Act, as amended, $1,800,000 shall be available as a grant to 
the National American Indian Housing Council, and $45,500,000 shall be 
for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act: Provided further, That 
all funding decisions under section 107 except as specified herein 
shall be subject to a reprogramming request unless otherwise specified 
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the committee 
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 
percent of any grant made with funds appropriated herein (other than a 
grant made available in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance 
Council or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a grant 
using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for ``Planning 
and Management Development'' and ``Administration'' as defined in 
regulations promulgated by the Department: Provided further, That all 
balances for the Economic Development Initiative grants program, the 
John Heinz Neighborhood Development program, grants to Self Help 
Housing Opportunity program, and the Moving to Work Demonstration 
program previously funded within the ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall 
be made available for ``Capacity Building for Community Development and 
Affordable Housing,'' for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for 
activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (Public Law 103-120), as in effect immediately before June 12, 
1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural 
areas, including tribal areas.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may use up to $45,000,000 for supportive 
services for public housing residents, as authorized by section 34 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and not less than 
$10,000,000 for grants for service coordinators and congregate services 
for the elderly and disabled residents of public and assisted housing: 
Provided further, That amounts made available for congregate services 
and service coordinators for the elderly and disabled under this 
heading and in prior fiscal years may be used by grantees to reimburse 
themselves for costs incurred in connection with providing service 
coordinators previously advanced by grantees out of other funds due to 
delays in the granting by or receipt of funds from the Secretary, and 
the funds so made available to grantees for congregate services or 
service coordinators under this heading or in prior years shall be 
considered as expended by the grantees upon such reimbursement. The 
Secretary shall not condition the availability of funding made 
available under this heading or in prior years for congregate services 
or service coordinators upon any grantee's obligation or expenditure of 
any prior funding.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $42,500,000 shall be available for 
YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and 
such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds 
made available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit 
funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding: Provided 
further, That up to $2,500,000 may be used for capacity buildings 
efforts.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $110,000,000 shall 
be available for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) 
to finance a variety of economic development efforts, including 
$95,000,000 for making individual grants for targeted economic 
investments in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for 
such grants in the committee report accompanying this Act.
    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by 
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation 
on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That in 
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.
    The Secretary is directed to transfer the administration of the 
small cities component of the Community Development Block Grant Program 
for fiscal year 2000 and all fiscal years thereafter to the State of 
New York. No funds under this heading may be made available to grantees 
until the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development transfers the 
administration of the Small Cities component of the Community 
Development Block Grants program to the State of New York.

                       brownfields redevelopment

    For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for 
Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make these grants available on a competitive basis as 
specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Reform Act of 1989.

                  home investment partnerships program

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,600,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds shall 
be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That all Housing 
Counseling program balances previously appropriated in the ``Housing 
Counseling Assistance'' account shall be transferred to this account, 
to be available for the purposes for which they were originally 
appropriated.

                       homeless assistance grants

    For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as authorized under 
subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless 
individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program (as authorized under 
subtitle F of title IV of such Act), $1,020,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of 
these funds shall be used for permanent housing, and all funding for 
services must be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall conduct a review of any balances of amounts provided under this 
heading in this or any previous appropriations Act that have been 
obligated but remain unexpended and shall deobligate any such amounts 
that the Secretary determines were obligated for contracts that are 
unlikely to be performed and award such amounts during this fiscal 
year: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used for technical assistance: Provided 
further, That all balances previously appropriated in the ``Emergency 
Shelter Grants,'' ``Supportive Housing,'' ``Supplemental Assistance for 
Facilities to Assist the Homeless,'' ``Shelter Plus Care,'' ``Section 8 
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy,'' and ``Innovative 
Homeless Initiatives Demonstration'' accounts shall be transferred to 
and merged with this account, to be available for any authorized 
purpose under this heading.

                            Housing Programs

                    housing for special populations

    For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or 
development of additional public and subsidized housing units for low 
income families not otherwise provided for, $904,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $710,000,000 shall be for 
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, 
for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and 
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the elderly 
under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive services associated 
with the housing of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service 
coordinators and continuation of existing congregate services grants 
for residents of assisted housing projects, and for other eligible 
elderly persons residing in the neighborhood in which such projects are 
located on an exception basis, and of which amount $50,000,000 shall be 
for grants for conversion of existing section 202 projects, or portions 
thereof, to assisted living or related use, subject to the provision 
that the Secretary shall select existing section 202 projects to 
receive such assistance on a competitive basis based on a set of 
conditions that take into account the need for and quality of the 
proposed alterations, the extent to which the application demonstrates 
the ability to complete the alterations promptly and successfully, past 
history of successful deliverance of services to the elderly, and such 
other factors as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, 
That of the amount under this heading, $194,000,000 shall be for 
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, 
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 
for project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for project 
rental assistance, and supportive services associated with the housing 
for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of 
the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of such Act 
for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that section, 
including such authority as may be waived under the next proviso, which 
assistance is five years in duration: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive any provision of such section 202 and such section 
811 (including the provisions governing the terms and conditions of 
project rental assistance and tenant-based assistance) that the 
Secretary determines is not necessary to achieve the objectives of 
these programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, 
operate or administer projects assisted under these programs, and may 
make provision for alternative conditions or terms where appropriate.

                         flexible subsidy fund

                          (transfer of funds)

    From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted balances 
of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1999, and any collections 
made during fiscal year 2000, shall be transferred to the Flexible 
Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration

             fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    During fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $120,000,000,000.
    During fiscal year 2000, obligations to make direct loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing 
amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not to exceed 
$324,866,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental 
salaries and expenses; not to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to 
the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. In addition, for 
administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000: Provided, That to the 
extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $49,664,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2000, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro-rata amount for any amount 
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $16,000,000.

             fha--general and special risk program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 
519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), 
including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as that term is 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended), $153,000,000, including not to exceed $153,000,000 from 
unobligated balances previously appropriated under this heading, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, of up to $18,100,000,000: Provided further, That any 
amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as 
such term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974) of guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds established 
under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act that have not been 
obligated or that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development in connection with the making of such 
guarantees and shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding 
the expiration of any period of availability otherwise applicable to 
such amounts.
    Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as 
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National 
Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of which not to exceed 
$30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the sale 
of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 
for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the 
sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000 (including not to 
exceed $147,000,000 from unobligated balances previously appropriated 
under this heading), of which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; and of which 
$18,321,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of 
Inspector General. In addition, for administrative contract expenses 
necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 
$144,000,000: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments 
exceed $7,263,000,000 on or before April 1, 2000, an additional $19,800 
for administrative contract expenses shall be available for each 
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments over 
$7,263,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any increment below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso 
exceed $14,400,000.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    During fiscal year 2000, new commitments to issue guarantees to 
carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
mortgage-backed securities program, $15,383,000, of which not to exceed 
$9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental 
salaries and expenses.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), 
including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 
1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $35,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which 
$20,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
561: Provided, That no funds made available under this heading shall be 
used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         lead hazard reduction

    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by sections 
1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 
1992, $80,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for a Healthy Homes Initiative, which shall be a 
program pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, 
and demonstration efforts, including education and outreach concerning 
lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related environmental 
diseases and hazards: Provided, That all balances for the Lead Hazard 
Reduction Programs previously funded in the Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing and Community Development Block Grant accounts shall 
be transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes for 
which they were originally appropriated.

                     Management and Administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided 
for, including not to exceed $7,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $985,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
$9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government National 
Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community 
Development Block Grants Program'' account, $150,000 shall be provided 
by transfer from the ``Title VI Indian Federal Guarantees Program'' 
account, and $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian 
Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program'' account: Provided, That the 
Secretary is prohibited from using any funds under this heading or any 
other heading in this Act from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 
noncareer Senior Executive Service employees: Provided further, That 
the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading or any 
other heading in this Act to employ more than 9,300 employees, 
including any contract employees working on site in the Department: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds 
under this heading or any other heading in this Act after February 1, 
2000 to employ any external community builders or to convert any 
external community builder to career employee after August 1, 1999: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds 
under this heading or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 
14 employees in the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary is prohibited from using funds in excess of $1,000,000 
under this heading or any other heading in this Act to pay for travel.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$95,910,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various 
funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 shall be 
provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the 
``Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing'' account: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all 
personnel issues within the Office of Inspector General: Provided 
further, That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be 
made available for the Inspector General to enter in contracts for 
independent financial audits of programs at the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, including audits of internal financial accounts: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under the previous 
proviso shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992, $16,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such amount shall be available from 
the General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 
the Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount shall be 
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not 
more than $0.

                       administrative provisions

                      financing adjustment factors

    Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in 
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act 
of 1988 (Public Law 100-628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, 
or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance 
agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which 
settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such 
section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.

                      fair housing and free speech

    Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act may be 
used during fiscal year 2000 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more 
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal 
action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a government official or entity, or a court of 
competent jurisdiction.

                     enhanced disposition authority

    Sec. 203. Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1997, is amended by striking ``fiscal years 1997, 1998 and 1999'' 
and inserting ``fiscal years 1999 and 2000''.

           housing opportunities for persons with aids grants

    Sec. 204. (a) Eligibility.--Section 854(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A))(ii), is amended by 
inserting after ``clause (i)'' a comma and ``or States that received an 
allocation under this clause in a prior fiscal year''.
    (b) Minimum Grant Repealer.--Section 854(c)(2) of such Act is 
repealed.
    (c) Environmental Review.--Section 856 of such Act is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end: ``(h) Environmental 
Review.--For purposes of environmental review, decisionmaking, and 
action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 
other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant 
under this subtitle shall be treated as assistance for a special 
project that is subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing 
Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and shall be 
subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
section.''.

             fha multifamily mortgage credit demonstrations

    Sec. 205. Section 542 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking ``during fiscal year 
        1999'', and inserting ``in each of fiscal years 1999 and 
        2000'', and
            (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) by striking 
        ``during fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``in each of fiscal 
        years 1999 and 2000''.

                clarification of owner's right to prepay

    Sec. 206. (a) Prepayment Right.--Notwithstanding section 211 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 or section 221 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (as in effect pursuant to 
section 604(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act), subject to subsection (b), with respect to any project that is 
eligible low-income housing (as that term is defined in section 229 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987)--
            (1) the owner of the project may prepay, and the mortgagee 
        may accept prepayment of, the mortgage on the project, and
            (2) the owner may request voluntary termination of a 
        mortgage insurance contract with respect to such project and 
        the contract may be terminated notwithstanding any requirements 
        under sections 229 and 250 of the National Housing Act.
    (b) Conditions.--Any prepayment of a mortgage or termination of an 
insurance contract authorized under subsection (a) may be made--
            (1) only to the extent that such prepayment or termination 
        is consistent with the terms and conditions of the mortgage on 
        or mortgage insurance contract for the project;
            (2) only if the owner of the project involved agrees not to 
        increase the rent charges for any dwelling unit in the project 
        during the 60-day period beginning upon such prepayment or 
        termination; and
            (3) only if the owner of the project provides notice of 
        intent to prepay or terminate, in such form as the Secretary of 
        Housing and Urban Development may prescribe, to each tenant of 
        the housing, the Secretary, and the chief executive officer of 
        the appropriate State or local government for the jurisdiction 
        within which the housing is located, not less than 150 days, 
        but not more than 270 days, before such prepayment or 
        termination, except that such requirement shall not apply to a 
        prepayment or termination that--
                    (A) occurs during the 150-day period immediately 
                following the date of the enactment of this Act;
                    (B) is necessary to effect conversion to ownership 
                by a priority purchaser (as defined in section 231(a) 
                of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
                Ownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4120(a)), or
                    (C) will otherwise ensure that the project will 
                continue to operate, at least until the maturity date 
                of the loan or mortgage, in a manner that will provide 
                rental housing on terms at least as advantageous to 
                existing and future tenants as the terms required by 
                the program under which the loan or mortgage was made 
                or insured prior to the proposed prepayment or 
                termination.

                   funding of certain public housing

    Sec. 207. No funds in this Act or any other Act may hereafter be 
used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine 
allocations or provide assistance for operating subsidies or 
modernization for certain State and city funded and locally developed 
public housing or assisted housing units, as described in section 
9(n)(1)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, unless such unit 
was so assisted before October 1, 1998.

             fha administrative contract expense authority

    Sec. 208. Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1702) is 
amended by inserting the following new sentence after the first 
proviso: ``For the purposes of this section, the term 
``nonadministrative'' shall not include contract expenses that are not 
capitalized or routinely deducted from the proceeds of sales, and such 
expenses shall not be payable from funds made available by this Act.''.

                         full payment of claims

    Sec. 209. (a) Section 541 of the National Housing Act is amended 
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows: ``partial payment of 
claims on defaulted mortgages and in connection with mortgage 
restructuring''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``partial payment of the 
        claim under the mortgage insurance contract'' and inserting, 
        ``partial or full payment of claim under one or more mortgage 
        insurance contracts''.
    (b) Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 is amended by adding a new subsection (a)(6) 
to read as follows: ``(6) The second mortgage under this section may be 
a first mortgage if no restructured or new first mortgage will meet the 
requirement of paragraph (1)(A).''.

              availability of income matching information

    Sec. 210. (a) Section 3(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section 508(d)(1) of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is further amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) after the first appearance of ``public housing 
                agency'', by inserting ``, or the owner responsible for 
                determining the participant's eligibility or level of 
                benefits,''; and
                    (B) after ``as applicable'', by inserting ``, or to 
                the owner responsible for determining the participant's 
                eligibility or level of benefits''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by inserting at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(C) for which project-based assistance is provided under 
        section 8, section 202, or section 811.''.
    (b) Section 904(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544), as amended by section 
508(d)(2) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, 
is further amended in paragraph (4)--
            (1) by inserting after ``public housing agency'' the first 
        time it appears the following: ``, or the owner responsible for 
        determining the participant's eligibility or level of 
        benefits,''; and
            (2) by striking ``the public housing agency verifying 
        income'' and inserting ``verifying income''.

        elimination of secretary public housing set-aside funds

    Sec. 211. Subsection (k) of section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, as amended by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility 
Act of 1998, is hereby deleted and the following subsections are 
redesignated, accordingly.

technical correction to the departments of veterans affairs and housing 
  and urban development, and independent agencies appropriations act, 
                                  1998

    Sec. 212. (a) Exemptions From Restructuring.--Section 514(h)(1) of 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(1) the primary financing for the project was provided by a unit 
of State government or a unit of general local government (or an agency 
or instrumentality of either) and the primary financing involves 
mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act, such that the 
implementation of a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance 
sufficiency plan under this Act would be in conflict with applicable 
law or agreements governing such financing;''.

       technical correction to fha single family mortgage limits

    Sec. 213. (a) In General.--Section 203(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting after 
``may not be less than'' the following: ``the greater of the dollar 
amount limitation in effect for the area on the date of enactment of 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 1999.

             limitation on compensation for public housing

    Sec. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this title under the 
heading of the Public Housing Operating Fund shall be used to pay 
compensation of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration 
of an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of $125,000, unless the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development certifies that such 
compensation should be increased on an individual basis due to special 
circumstances.

               limitation on compensation for youthbuild

    Sec. 215. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the 
Youthbuild program shall be used to pay compensation of an individual, 
either as direct costs or any proration of an indirect cost, at a rate 
in excess of $125,000, unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development certifies that such compensation should be increased on an 
individual basis.

 adjustments to income eligibility for unusually high or low families 
                      incomes in assisted housing

    Sec. 216. Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before the period 
        the following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish 
        income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area 
        median income on the basis of the Secretary's findings that 
        such variations are necessary because of unusually high or low 
        family incomes''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the period 
        the following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish 
        income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area 
        median income on the basis of the Secretary's findings that 
        such variations are necessary because of unusually high or low 
        family incomes''.

                           gao reimbursement

    Sec. 217. The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
certify to the Congress on a quarterly basis on the cost of time 
attributable to the failure of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to cooperate in any investigation being conducted by the 
General Accounting Office with regard to the activities of the 
Department. Within 30 days of such certification, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall reimburse the General Accounting 
Office for such costs from the Salaries and Expenses account of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

                       home technical correction

    Sec. 218. Section 212(a)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act is amended in the first sentence by inserting 
after ``community housing development organizations,'' the following: 
``to preserve housing assisted or previously assisted with section 8 
assistance,''.

 exemption for alaska and mississippi from requirement of resident on 
                                 board

    Sec. 219. Public housing agencies in the states of Alaska and 
Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section 2(b) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, during fiscal year 2000.

          administration of the cdbg program by new york state

    Sec. 220. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
transfer on October 1, 1999 the administration of the Small Cities 
component of the Community Development Block Grants program, as 
established in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, to 
the State of New York to be administered by the Governor.

              renewal of section 8 project-based contracts

    Sec. 221. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 
Secretary may use amounts available for the renewal of assistance under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, upon the 
termination or expiration of a contract for assistance under section 8 
(other than a contract for tenant-based assistance and notwithstanding 
section 8(v) of such Act for loan management assistance), to provide 
assistance under section 8 of such Act for a covered project (as 
defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act) under this section at rent levels that do 
not exceed comparable market rents for the market area.
    (b) Mandatory Renewals.--The Secretary shall offer to renew at up 
to rent levels that do not exceed comparable market rents for the 
market area any contract for assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (other than a contract for tenant-based 
assistance and notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan 
management assistance) that has expired for any covered project (as 
defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act)--
            (1) in a low-vacancy area; or
            (2) where a predominant number of units are occupied by 
        elderly families, disabled families, or elderly and disabled 
        families.
    (c) Establishment of Market Rents.--The Secretary shall establish 
for units assisted with project-based assistance in covered projects 
(as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act) adjusted rent levels that are equivalent 
to rents based on appraisals that are derived from comparable 
properties if the market rent determination is based on not less than 2 
comparable properties, including, if there are no comparable properties 
in the sane market area, 2 properties that have been certified by the 
Secretary as similar to the covered properties as to neighborhood 
(including risk of crime), type of location, access, street appeal, 
age, property size, apartment mix, physical configuration, property and 
unit amenities, utilities, and other relevant characteristics, provided 
that the comparable projects are not receiving project-based 
assistance.
    (d) 10-Year Contracts.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary and owner of any covered project (as defined under 
section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act) may agree to up to a 10-year contract renewal for 
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(other than a contract for tenant-based assistance and notwithstanding 
section 8(v) of such Act for loan management assistance) under which 
payments shall be subject to the annual availability of appropriations.

                       enhanced voucher authority

    Sec. 222. (a) In General.--Section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by inserting after subsection 
(s) the following new subsection:
    ``(t) Enhanced Vouchers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Enhanced voucher assistance under this 
        subsection for a family shall be voucher assistance under 
        subsection (o), except that under such enhanced voucher 
        assistance--
                    ``(A) subject only to subparagraph (D), the 
                assisted family shall pay as rent no less than the 
                amount the family was paying on the date of the 
                eligibility event for the project in which the family 
                was residing on such date;
                    ``(B) during any period that the assisted family 
                continues residing in the same unit in which the family 
                was residing on the date of the eligibility event for 
                the project, if the rent for the dwelling unit of the 
                family in such project exceeds the applicable payment 
                standard established pursuant to subsection (o) for the 
                unit, the amount of rental assistance provided on 
                behalf of the family shall be determined using a 
                payment standard that is equal to the rent for the 
                dwelling unit (as such rent may be increased from time 
                to time), subject to paragraph (10)(A) of subsection 
                (o);
                    ``(C) subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall not 
                apply and the payment standard for the dwelling unit 
                occupied by the family shall be determined in 
                accordance with subsection (o) if--
                            ``(i) the assisted family moves, at any 
                        time, from such project; or
                            ``(ii) the voucher is made available for 
                        use by any family other than the original 
                        family on behalf of whom the voucher was 
                        provided; and
                    ``(D) if the income of the assisted family declines 
                to a significant extent, the percentage of income paid 
                by the family for rent shall not exceed the greater of 
                30 percent or the percentage of income paid at the time 
                of the eligibility event for the project.
            ``(2) Eligibility event.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `eligibility event' means, with respect to a 
        multifamily housing project, the prepayment of the mortgage on 
        such housing project, the voluntary termination of the 
        insurance contract for the mortgage for such housing project, 
        or the termination or expiration of the contract for rental 
        assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937 for such housing project, that, under paragraphs (3) and 
        (4) of section 515(c) or section 524(b) of the Multifamily 
        Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 
        U.S.C. 1437f note) or section 223(f) of the Low-Income Housing 
        Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 
        4113(f)), results in tenants in such housing project being 
        eligible for enhanced voucher assistance under this subsection.
            ``(3) Treatment of enhanced vouchers provided under other 
        authority.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, any enhanced voucher assistance 
                provided under any authority specified in subparagraph 
                (D) shall be treated, and subject to the same 
                requirements, as enhanced voucher assistance under this 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Identification of other authority.--The 
                authority specified in this subparagraph is the 
                authority under--
                            ``(i) the 10th, 11th, and 12th provisos 
                        under the `Preserving Existing Housing 
                        Investment' account in title II of the 
                        Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
                        Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
                        Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204; 
                        110 Stat. 2884), pursuant to such provisos, the 
                        first proviso under the `Housing Certificate 
                        Fund' account in title II of the Departments of 
                        Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
                        Development, and Independent Agencies 
                        Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-65; 
                        111 Stat. 1351), or the first proviso under the 
                        `Housing Certificate Fund' account in title II 
                        of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
                        Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
                        Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 
                        105-276; 112 Stat. 2469); and
                            ``(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 
                        515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
                        Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
                        1437f note), as in effect before the enactment 
                        of this Act.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2000, 
        2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such sums as may be necessary for 
        enhanced voucher assistance under this subsection.''.
    (b) Enhanced Vouchers Under MAHRAA.--Section 515(c) of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Assistance through enhanced vouchers.--In the case of 
        any family described in paragraph (3) that resides in a project 
        described in section 512(2)(B), the tenant-based assistance 
        provided shall be enhanced voucher assistance under section 
        8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
        1437f(t)).''.
    (c) Enhanced Vouchers For Certain Tenants in Prepayment and 
Voluntary Termination Properties.--Section 223 of the Low-Income 
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 
4113) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Certain Tenants.--
            ``(1) Authority.--In lieu of benefits under subsections 
        (b), (c), and (d), and subject to the availability of 
        appropriated amounts, each family described in paragraph (2) 
        shall be offered enhanced voucher assistance under section 8(t) 
        of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).
            ``(2) Eligible families.--A family described in this 
        paragraph is a family that is--
                    ``(A) a low-income family or a moderate-income 
                family;
                    ``(B) an elderly family, a disabled family, or 
                residing in a low-vacancy area; and
                    ``(C) residing in eligible low-income housing on 
                the date of the prepayment of the mortgage or voluntary 
                termination of the insurance contract.''.
    (d) Enhanced Vouchers for Expiring Contracts.--Section 524 of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(b) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Covered Residents.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a contract for project-
        based assistance under section 8 for a covered project that is 
        not renewed under subsection (a) of this section (or any other 
        authority), to the extent that amounts for assistance under 
        this subsection are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, 
        upon the date of the expiration of such contract the 
        Secretary--
                    ``(A) shall make enhanced voucher assistance under 
                section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
                (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)) available on behalf of each 
                covered resident of the covered project; and
                    ``(B) may make enhanced voucher assistance under 
                such section available on behalf of any other low-
                income family who, upon the date of such expiration, is 
                residing in an assisted dwelling unit in the covered 
                project.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        following definitions shall apply:
                    ``(A) Assisted dwelling unit.--The term `assisted 
                dwelling unit' means a dwelling unit that--
                            ``(i) is in a covered project; and
                            ``(ii) is covered by rental assistance 
                        provided under the contract for project-based 
                        assistance for the covered project.
                    ``(B) Covered project.--The term `covered project' 
                means any housing that--
                            ``(i) consists of more than 4 dwelling 
                        units;
                            ``(ii) is covered in whole or in part by a 
                        contract for project-based assistance under--
                                    ``(I) the new construction or 
                                substantial rehabilitation program 
                                under section 8(b)(2) of the United 
                                States Housing Act of 1937 (as in 
                                effect before October 1, 1983),
                                    ``(II) the property disposition 
                                program under section 8(b) of the 
                                United States Housing Act of 1937,
                                    ``(III) the moderate rehabilitation 
                                program under section 8(e)(2) of the 
                                United States Housing Act of 1937 (as 
                                in effect before October 1, 1991);
                                    ``(IV) the loan management 
                                assistance program under section 8 of 
                                the United States Housing Act of 1937,
                                    ``(V) section 23 of the United 
                                States Housing Act of 1937 (as in 
                                effect before January 1, 1975),
                                    ``(VI) the rent supplement program 
                                under section 101 of the Housing and 
                                Urban Development Act of 1965, or
                                    ``(VII) section 8 of the United 
                                States Housing Act of 1937, following 
                                conversion from assistance under 
                                section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
                                Development Act of 1965,
                        which contract will under its own terms expire 
                        during the period consisting of fiscal years 
                        2000 through 2004;
                            ``(iii) is not housing for which residents 
                        are eligible for enhanced voucher assistance 
                        pursuant to section 223(f) of the Low-Income 
                        Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 
                        Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)); and
                            ``(iv) is not housing for which residents 
                        are eligible for enhanced voucher assistance 
                        pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 
                        515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
                        Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
                        1437f note).
                    ``(C) Covered resident.--The term `covered 
                resident' means a family who--
                            ``(i) upon the date of the expiration of 
                        the contract for project-based assistance for a 
                        covered project, is residing in an assisted 
                        dwelling unit in the covered project; and
                            ``(ii) as a result of a rent increase 
                        occurring after the date of such contract 
                        expiration is subject to a rent for such unit 
                        that exceeds 30 percent of adjusted income.''.

                        housing finance agencies

    Sec. 223. The Secretary may contract with State or local housing 
finance agencies that have been selected as a Participating 
Administrative Entity under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 for determining the market rental rates of a 
covered project as defined under such Act.

                         section 202 exemption

    Sec. 224. Notwithstanding section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or 
any other provision of law, Peggy A. Burgin may not be disqualified on 
the basis of age from residing at Clark's Landing in Groton, Vermont.

                    darlinton preservation amendment

    Sec. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 
prepayment of the FHA-insured Section 236 mortgage, the Secretary shall 
continue to provide interest reduction payment in accordance with the 
existing amortization schedule for Darlinton Manor Apartments, a 100-
unit project located at 606 North 5th Street, Bozemen, Montana, which 
will continue as affordable housing pursuant to a use agreement with 
the State of Montana.

                         section 236 irp reform

    Sec. 226. Section 236(g) of the National Housing Act is amended, in 
the last sentence, by inserting ``or a project owner with a mortgage 
formerly insured under this section (if such mortgage is held by the 
Secretary and such project owner is current with respect to the 
mortgage obligation),'' before ``may retain''.

                         risk-sharing priority

    Sec. 227. Section 517(b)(3) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended by inserting after ``1992.'' the 
following: ``The Secretary shall give a priority to risk-shared 
financing under section 542(c) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 for any mortgage restructuring, rehabilitation financing, 
or debt refinancing included as part of a mortgage restructuring and 
rental assistance sufficiency plan if the terms and conditions will 
result in reduced risk of loss to the federal government.''.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and 
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$26,467,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
American Battle Monuments Commission may borrow up to $65,000,000 from 
the Treasury of the United States for the construction of the World War 
II memorial in the District of Columbia on such terms and conditions as 
required by the Secretary of the Treasury.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$6,500,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board shall have not more than three career Senior Executive Service 
positions.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

              community development financial institutions

                          fund program account

    For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying community 
development lenders, and administrative expenses of the Fund, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES-3, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which 
$12,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to 
$1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $32,000,000: Provided further, 
That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for programs and activities authorized in section 
114 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act 
of 1994.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' 
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $49,500,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                national and community service programs

                           operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading as the 
``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, activities, and initiatives 
under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in 
the matter under this heading as the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et 
seq.), $423,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
Provided, That not more than $27,000,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)): Provided further, That not more than $2,500 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not more than $70,000,000, to remain available without 
fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service 
Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle D of 
title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 shall be available for national service scholarships for 
high school students performing community service: Provided further, 
That not more than $224,500,000 of the amount provided under this 
heading shall be available for grants under the National Service Trust 
program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps 
program), of which not more than $40,000,000 may be used to administer, 
reimburse, or support any national service program authorized under 
section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided 
further, That not more than $7,500,000 of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be made available for the Points of Light 
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for national service programs run by Federal agencies 
authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): 
Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds 
appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be provided 
in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer review 
panels in order to ensure that priority is given to programs that 
demonstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: 
Provided further, That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available for the Civilian 
Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $43,000,000 
shall be available for school-based and community-based service-
learning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $28,500,000 
shall be available for quality and innovation activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): 
Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
audits and other evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of 
matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private 
sector, shall expand significantly the number of educational awards 
provided under subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total 
Federal costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, That 
of amounts available in the National Service Trust account from 
previous appropriations acts, $80,000,000 shall be rescinded.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,000,000.

                       Court of Veterans Appeals

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251-7298, $11,450,000, 
of which $910,000, shall be available for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance as de scribed, and in accordance with the process 
and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 
102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, 
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' 
and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $12,473,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         science and technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior 
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of research 
and development; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$642,483,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2001: 
Provided, That the obligated balance of sums available in this account 
shall remain available through September 30, 2008 for liquidating 
obligations made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That 
the obligated balance of funds transferred to this account in Public 
Law 105-276 shall remain available through September 30, 2007 for 
liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.

                 environmental programs and management

    For environmental programs and management, including necessary 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or 
at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $1,885,000,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That 
the obligated balance of such sums shall remain available through 
September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
2000 and 2001: Provided further, That personnel compensation and 
benefits costs shall not exceed $900,000,000: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to propose or 
issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of 
implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto 
Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the 
Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework 
Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the 
Senate for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, 
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has 
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C. 2609, 
beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, grants awarded under 
section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 
as amended, and section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, as 
amended, shall be available for research, development, monitoring, 
public education, training, demonstrations, and studies.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$32,409,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, 
That the sums available in this account shall remain available through 
September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
2000 and 2001: Provided further, That the obligated balance of funds 
transferred to this account in Public Law 105-276 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made 
in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.

                        buildings and facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $25,930,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     hazardous substance superfund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 
including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; not to 
exceed $1,400,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become available 
until September 1, 2000), including $650,000,000 as appropriated under 
this heading in Public Law 105-276, notwithstanding the language in the 
sixth proviso under this heading of such Act which conditions the 
availability of such funds for obligation upon enactment by August 1, 
1999 of specific Superfund reauthorization legislation, and the seventh 
proviso; all of which is to remain available until expended, consisting 
of $700,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public 
Law 101-508, and $700,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 
517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That $10,753,100 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to 
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law, 
$70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR) to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 
111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of SARA: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 
studies, evaluations or activities, including, without limitation, 
biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and 
referral to accredited health care providers: Provided further, That in 
performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 
activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the 
deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A): Provided further, That $38,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to 
the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of 40 
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during 
fiscal year 2000.

              leaking underground storage tank trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage 
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not 
to exceed $75,000 per project, $71,556,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                           oil spill response

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection 
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and 
to remain available until expended.

                   state and tribal assistance grants

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including 
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance 
partnership grants, $3,250,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $825,000,000 shall be for 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 
under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except 
that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
as amended, none of the funds made available under this heading in this 
Act, or in previous appropriations acts, shall be reserved by the 
Administrator for health effects studies on drinking water 
contaminants; $50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
planning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities 
in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with 
the appropriate border commission; $30,000,000 shall be for grants to 
the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $100,000,000 
shall be for making grants for the construction of wastewater and water 
treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in 
Senate Report 106-161 accompanying this Act (S. 1596); $885,000,000 
shall be for grants, including associated program support costs, to 
States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single 
media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 
activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making grants under 
section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and 
data collection activities; and $10,000,000 for competitive grants to 
States and federally-recognized Indian tribes to develop and implement 
integrated information systems to improve environmental decisionmaking, 
reduce the burden on regulated entities and improve the reliability of 
information available to the public: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution 
control revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by 
such fund in fiscal year 2000 and hereafter where such amounts 
represent costs of administering the fund, to the extent that such 
amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted 
for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible 
purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided further, That 
beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator is 
authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under 
section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian Tribes pursuant to 
section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That the 
$2,200,000 appropriated in Public Law 105-276 in accordance with House 
Report No. 105-769, for a grant to the Charleston, Utah Water 
Conservancy District, as amended by Public Law 106-31, shall be awarded 
to Wasatch County, Utah, for water and sewer needs: Provided further, 
That the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-276 
for the City of Fairbanks, Alaska, water system improvements shall 
instead be for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, water and sewer 
improvements.

                        administrative provision

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall not award any funds under any 
heading in this Act to a non-profit organization as defined by section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code unless such organization has 
certified that it has not used federal funds to engage in litigation 
against the United States.

                   Executive Office of the President

                office of science and technology policy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia, $5,201,000.

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 1 of 1977, $2,675,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds other than those appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for or by the Council on Environmental Quality 
and Office of Environmental Quality: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as 
chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the 
Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $34,666,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the 
Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$300,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to 
``Emergency Management Planning and Assistance'' for the consolidated 
emergency management performance grant program.

            disaster assistance direct loan program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as authorized by section 
319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, $420,000.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343; 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance 
of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the 
work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the 
continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same 
manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 
U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $180,000,000.

                    office of the inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $8,015,000.

              emergency management planning and assistance

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et 
seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 
2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 
1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 
1978, $255,850,000: Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster 
mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131 (b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196 
(e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available until expended for project grants: Provided further, 
That beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, and notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Director of FEMA is authorized to 
provide assistance from funds appropriated under this heading, subject 
to terms and conditions as the Director of FEMA shall establish, to any 
State for multi-hazard preparedness and mitigation through consolidated 
emergency management performance grants: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, FEMA shall extend its 
cooperative agreement for the Jones County, Mississippi Emergency 
Operating Center, and the $250,000 obligated as federal matching funds 
for that Center shall remain available for expenditure until September 
30, 2001.

                   emergency food and shelter program

    To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant to 
title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $110,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed three and one-half percent of the total appropriation.

                radiological emergency preparedness fund

    The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2000, as 
authorized by Public Law 105-276, shall not be less than 100 percent of 
the amounts anticipated by the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) necessary for its radiological emergency 
preparedness program for the next fiscal year. The methodology for 
assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable; and 
shall reflect costs of providing such services, including 
administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections 
and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2000, 
and remain available until expended.

                     national flood insurance fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, not to exceed 
$24,333,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation 
and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed $78,710,000 for flood 
mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 
of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount shall be available 
for transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30, 
2001. In fiscal year 2000, no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for 
operating expenses; (2) $456,427,000 for agents' commissions and taxes; 
and (3) $50,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be 
available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice 
to the Committees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 2000, flood 
insurance rates shall not exceed the level authorized by the National 
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994.
    Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C. 
4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208, is further amended by 
striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
    The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 2000''.

                  national insurance development fund

    To liquidate the indebtedness of the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency resulting from prior borrowing pursuant to 
the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1749bbb et seq.), $3,730,100.

                    General Services Administration

                    consumer information center fund

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,622,000, to be 
deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, That the 
appropriations, revenues and collections deposited into the fund shall 
be available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center 
activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropriations, 
revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 2000 
in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be 
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                      international space station

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in support 
of the International Space Station, including development, operations 
and research support; maintenance; construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $2,482,700,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided, That funds under this heading may be used 
to support eligible activities under the Launch Vehicles and Payload 
Operations account, subject to reprogramming approval of such transfer 
by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees.

                 launch vehicles and payload operations

    For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in support 
of the space shuttle program, including safety and performance 
upgrades, space shuttle operations, and payload utilization and 
operations, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal 
property, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as 
authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
activities including operations, production, and services; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $3,156,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided, That none of the funds under this heading 
may be used to support the development or operations of the 
International Space Station other than the costs of space shuttle 
flights utilized for space station assembly.

                  science, aeronautics and technology

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science, aeronautics and technology research and 
development activities, including research, development, operations, 
and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,424,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.

                            mission support

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out 
mission support for human space flight programs and science, 
aeronautical, and technology programs, including research operations 
and support; space communications activities including operations, 
production and services; maintenance; construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel 
expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$2,495,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$20,000,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch vehicles and 
payload operations'', ``Science, aeronautics and technology'', or 
``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, when any activity has 
been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of 
facilities as authorized by law, such amount available for such 
activity shall remain available until expended. This provision does not 
apply to the amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' pursuant to 
the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modification of 
facilities, minor construction of new facilities and additions to 
existing facilities, and facility planning and design.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch vehicles and 
payload operations'', ``Science, aeronautics and technology'', or 
``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, the amounts 
appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain available 
until September 30, 2002.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector 
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and related 
costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall remain available until September 30, 2000 and may 
be used to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs 
associated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be 
provided during the next fiscal year.
    Except for activities identified for fiscal year 2000 or prior 
fiscal years as part of the budget for the International Space Station, 
NASA shall terminate any discrete program or activity that exceeds 
either its annual or aggregate budget by fifteen percent as provided in 
NASA's budget justifications.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility

    During fiscal year 2000, the administrative expenses of the Central 
Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2000 shall not exceed $257,000.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and the Act 
to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881); 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of 
aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; 
acquisition of aircraft; $3,007,300,000, of which not to exceed 
$253,630,000 shall remain available until expended for Polar research 
and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies 
for operational and science support and logistical and other related 
activities for the United States Antarctic program; the balance to 
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in 
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $60,000,000 of 
the funds available under this heading shall be made available for a 
comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for economically 
significant crop: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the National Science Foundation in this 
or any prior Act may be obligated or expended by the National Science 
Foundation to enter into or extend a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement for the support of administering the domain name and 
numbering system of the Internet after September 30, 1998: Provided 
further, That no funds in this or any other Act shall be used to 
acquire or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability built 
or retrofitted by a shipyard located in a foreign country if such a 
vessel of United States origin can be obtained at a cost no more than 
50 per centum above that of the least expensive technically acceptable 
foreign vessel bid: Provided further, That, in determining the cost of 
such a vessel, such cost be increased by the amount of any subsidies or 
financing provided by a foreign government (or instrumentality thereof) 
to such vessel's construction: Provided further, That if the vessel 
contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for the 2002-
2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any origin may be 
leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for that season and each 
season thereafter until delivery of the new vessel.

                        major research equipment

    For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant to 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including 
award-related travel, $70,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     education and human resources

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering 
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-
1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, award-related 
travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$688,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, 
That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in 
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $55,000,000 
shall be available for the purpose of establishing an office of 
innovation partnerships.

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875); 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $150,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2000 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$5,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $60,000,000.

                        Selective Service System

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed 
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $25,250,000: Provided, 
That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems 
such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be expended for or in connection with the induction of any person into 
the Armed Forces of the United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this Act 
are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been 
placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not 
exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget estimates 
submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does 
not apply to accounts that do not contain an object classification for 
travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards 
of the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in 
connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with 
major disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the President 
under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act; to travel performed by the Offices of 
Inspector General in connection with audits and investigations; or to 
payments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the 
budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles I, 
II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates initially 
submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for travel may 
correspondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the estimates 
in the same proportion.
    Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Selective Service System shall be available in the current fiscal year 
for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a 
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
    Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended--
            (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee 
        of the United States unless--
                    (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is 
                part of, a voucher or abstract which describes the 
                payee or payees and the items or services for which 
                such expenditure is being made; or
                    (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
                certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, 
                is specifically authorized by law; and
            (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the 
        General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from 
        such audit.
    Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency may be expended for the transportation of any officer or 
employee of such department or agency between their domicile and their 
place of employment, with the exception of any officer or employee 
authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
    Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for 
payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share 
in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals not 
specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the extent of 
cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest 
of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
    Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, directly or 
through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of the 
salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a 
grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
    Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein 
affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056 et seq.).
    Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an existing law, the 
obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts 
which are: (1) a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of 
all contracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the date 
on which the list is made available to the public and of all contracts 
on which performance has not been completed by such date. The list 
required by the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall 
include a narrative description of the work to be performed under each 
such contract.
    Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended by 
any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for 
services unless such executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into 
such contract in full compliance with such Act and the regulations 
promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant 
to such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and 
manuals, and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially 
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to 
such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the contract 
pursuant to which the report was prepared; and (B) the contractor who 
prepared the report pursuant to such contract.
    Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none of the 
funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be 
obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or 
agency.
    Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger 
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated miles 
per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.
    Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act 
shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property if the 
estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary 
submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Congress and a period of 30 days has expired following the date on 
which the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for indirect costs, 
except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21.
    Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2000 
for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: 
Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be 
used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent 
expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of 
other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage 
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans 
or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest 
of the United States Government.
    Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made available 
pursuant to authorization under such section for fiscal year 2000 may 
be used for implementing comprehensive conservation and management 
plans.
    Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 
``qualified student loan'' with respect to national service education 
awards shall mean any loan made directly to a student by the Alaska 
Commission on Postsecondary Education, in addition to other meanings 
under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act.
    Sec. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made available by 
this or any other Act or previous Acts for the United States/Mexico 
Foundation for Science may be used for the endowment of such 
Foundation: Provided, That funds from the U.S. Government shall be 
matched in equal amounts with funds from Mexico: Provided further, That 
the accounts of such Foundation shall be subject to U.S. Government 
administrative and audit requirements concerning grants and 
requirements concerning cost principles for nonprofit organizations.
    Sec. 423. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.
    Sec. 424. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no part of any 
appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall 
be available for any activity in excess of amounts set forth in the 
budget estimates submitted for the appropriations.
    Sec. 425. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for purposes of lobbying or litigating against, including any related 
activity or cost, any Federal entity or official or be used to provide 
any compensation for any lobbying or litigation activity. Any funds 
received under this Act shall be maintained in an account separate from 
any funds used for litigating or lobbying. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act (or any 
subsequent Act that makes available appropriations for programs funded 
under this Act) shall be made available for a period of five years to 
any entity or person that violates the requirements of the preceding 
two sentences.
    Sec. 426. None of the funds provided in this Act may be obligated 
after February 15, 2000, unless each department, agency, corporation, 
and commission that receives funds herein provides detailed 
justifications to the Committees on Appropriations for all salary and 
expense activities for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, including 
personnel compensation and benefits, consulting costs, professional 
services or technical service contracts regardless of the dollar 
amount, contracting out costs, travel and other standard object 
classifications for all headquarters offices, regional offices, or 
field installations and laboratories, including the number of full-time 
equivalents per office, and the personnel compensation, benefits and 
travel costs for each Secretary, Assistance Secretary or Administrator.
    Sec. 427. Section 810(a) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3610(a)) is amended by adding the following at the end of subsection 
(iii): ``Before filing a complaint arising under section 3604(c) of 
this Act, a prospective complainant shall serve on each prospective 
respondent a written notice that identifies the alleged violation in 
sufficient detail to allow remedial action by the prospective 
respondent. If the prospective respondent acts to cease publication of 
the alleged item in violation within 72 hours of receipt of the notice 
or prior to the next publication, whichever is greater, no 
administrative action arising from section 3606(c) may be brought by 
the prospective complainant, acting for himself or on behalf of an 
aggrieved person.''.
    Sec. 428. Section 813(a) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3613(a)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end:
            ``(4) An aggrieved person may not commence a civil action 
        arising from Section 3604(c) unless the prospective 
        complainant, acting for himself or on behalf of an aggrieved 
        person, serves written notice on the prospective respondent 
        identifying the alleged violation in sufficient detail to allow 
        remedial action by the prospective respondent and the 
        prospective respondent failed to take remedial action within 72 
        hours of receipt of the notice or prior to the next 
        publication, whichever is greater.''.
    Sec. 429. Law Enforcement Agencies Not Responsible for Clean-Up of 
Methamphetamine Laboratories. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no state or local law enforcement agency shall be responsible 
under any Federal law for any costs associated with the clean-up or 
remediation of any premises used for the manufacture or production of 
methamphetamine.
    Sec. 430. No funds in this Act shall be made available for any 
activity or the publication or distribution of literature that in any 
way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000''.

                                                       Calendar No. 279

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1596

                          [Report No. 106-161]

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                                 A BILL

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

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                           September 16, 1999

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar
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