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Calendar No. 540

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2536

[Report No. 106–288]

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 10, 2000

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

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

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,

and for other purposes.

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

3 DIVISION A

4 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag6 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

2 ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes,

3 namely:

4 TITLE I

5 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

6 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

10 of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment

11 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $27,914,000, of which,

12 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be

13 available only for the development and implementation of

14 a common computing environment: Provided, That not to

15 exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for offi16 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise

17 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided

18 further, That the funds made available for the develop19 ment and implementation of a common computing envi20 ronment shall only be available upon prior notice to the

21 Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:

22 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or

23 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay

24 the salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department

25 of Agriculture to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public
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1 Law 104–127: Provided further, That none of the funds

2 made available by this Act may be used to enforce section

3 793(d) of Public Law 104–127.

4 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

5 CHIEF ECONOMIST

6 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in7 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit

8 analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the

9 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the

10 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and

11 including employment pursuant to the second sentence of

12 section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

13 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment

14 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,462,000.

15 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

16 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi17 sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen18 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

19 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em20 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,421,000.

21 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

23 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

24 second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of

25 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

26 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,765,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In3 formation Officer, including employment pursuant to the

4 second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of

5 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000

6 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,046,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi9 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec10 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

11 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

12 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,171,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

17 the programs funded by this Act, $629,000.

18 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

19 PAYMENTS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu22 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

23 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis24 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri25 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities
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1 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for

2 the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of

3 Agriculture buildings, $182,747,000, to remain available

4 until expended: Provided, That in the event an agency

5 within the Department should require modification of

6 space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a

7 share of that agency’s appropriation made available by

8 this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share

9 of this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation, but

10 such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds

11 made available for space rental and related costs to or

12 from this account.

13 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri16 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental

17 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.

18 9601, et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recov19 ery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., $15,700,000, to remain

20 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations

21 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz22 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any

23 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re24 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and

25 non-Federal lands.
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For Departmental Administration, $36,840,000, to

4 provide for necessary expenses for management support

5 services to offices of the Department and for general ad6 ministration and disaster management of the Department,

7 repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies

8 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for

9 the practical and efficient work of the Department, includ10 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

11 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of

12 which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5

13 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

14 reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for

15 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re16 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

17 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

18 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

19 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of

20 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available

21 until expended.

22 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

23 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

26 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to
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1 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro2 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison

3 within the executive branch, $3,568,000: Provided, That

4 no other funds appropriated to the Department by this

5 Act shall be available to the Department for support of

6 activities of congressional relations: Provided further, That

7 not less than $2,202,000 shall be transferred to agencies

8 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency

9 level.

10 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

11 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

12 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

13 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the

14 coordination of information, work, and programs author15 ized by Congress in the Department, $8,873,000, includ16 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

17 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of

18 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ19 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000

20 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.

21 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

24 General, including employment pursuant to the second

25 sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
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1 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978,

2 $66,867,000, including such sums as may be necessary for

3 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies

4 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In5 spector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed

6 $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ7 ing not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper8 ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to

9 be expended under the direction of the Inspector General

10 pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Pub11 lic Law 97–98.

12 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

14 Counsel, $31,080,000.

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

16 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

18 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco19 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

20 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul21 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service,

22 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex23 tension Service, $556,000.
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1 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

4 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as

5 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7

6 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $67,038,000: Pro7 vided, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged

8 with the appropriation for ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service,

9 Food Program Administration’’ for studies and evalua10 tions: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

11 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

12 of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

13 2225).

14 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

15 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

16 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

17 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta18 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur19 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7

20 U.S.C. 1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and other laws,

21 $100,615,000, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be avail22 able until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Pro23 vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em24 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

25 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
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1 not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment

2 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

3 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re6 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem7 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

8 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco9 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui10 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in11 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex12 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,

13 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall

14 be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of

15 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent

16 of the total value of the land or interests transferred out

17 of Federal ownership, $871,593,000: Provided, That ap18 propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary

19 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

20 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

21 not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment

22 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria23 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and

24 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed

25 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
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1 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

2 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair

3 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro4 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not

5 exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses

6 which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for

7 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not

8 to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one

9 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent

10 of the current replacement value of the building or

11 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

12 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

13 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

14 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria15 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements

16 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including

17 an easement to the University of Maryland to construct

18 the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion

19 shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided fur20 ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re21 placement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April

22 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds

23 may be received from any State, other political subdivi24 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab25 lishing or operating any research facility or research
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1 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized

2 by law.

3 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

4 be available to carry out research related to the produc5 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod6 ucts.

7 In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to

8 charge fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for

9 any permit, easement, lease, or other special use author10 ization for the occupancy or use of land and facilities (in11 cluding land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural

12 Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by

13 law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and

14 shall remain available until expended for authorized pur15 poses.

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve18 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip19 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

20 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

21 where not otherwise provided, $56,330,000, to remain

22 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That

23 funds may be received from any State, other political sub24 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es25 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re26 search Service, as authorized by law.
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1 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

2 EXTENSION SERVICE

3 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

6 for other expenses, including $180,545,000 to carry into

7 effect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–

8 i); $21,932,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re9 search (16 U.S.C. 582a–a7); $30,676,000 for payments

10 to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Uni11 versity (7 U.S.C. 3222), of which $1,000,000 shall be

12 made available to West Virginia State College in Institute,

13 West Virginia; $62,207,000 for special grants for agricul14 tural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $13,721,000 for special

15 grants for agricultural research on improved pest control

16 (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $121,350,000 for competitive research

17 grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $5,109,000 for the support of

18 animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195);

19 $750,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and

20 products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $650,000 for grants for re21 search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act

22 of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and

23 Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain avail24 able until expended; $1,000,000 for the 1994 research

25 program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), to remain available until
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1 expended; $3,000,000 for higher education graduate fel2 lowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available

3 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher

4 education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1));

5 $1,000,000 for a higher education multicultural scholars

6 program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until

7 expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $3,500,000 for an education

8 grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7

9 U.S.C. 3241); $3,000,000 for a program of noncompeti10 tive grants, to be awarded on an equal basis, to Alaska

11 Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions

12 to carry out higher education programs (7 U.S.C. 3242);

13 $1,000,000 for a secondary agriculture education program

14 and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(h));

15 $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322);

16 $9,500,000 for sustainable agriculture research and edu17 cation (7 U.S.C. 5811); $9,500,000 for a program of ca18 pacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges

19 eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890

20 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee Univer21 sity, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b);

22 $1,552,000 for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursu23 ant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382; and

24 $16,402,000 for necessary expenses of Research and Edu25 cation Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall
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1 be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,

2 $494,744,000.

3 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

4 be available to carry out research related to the produc5 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod6 ucts.

7 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

8 For the Native American institutions endowment

9 fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301

10 note), $7,100,000: Provided, That hereafter, any distribu11 tion of the adjusted income from the Native American in12 stitutions endowment fund is authorized to be used for

13 facility renovation, repair, construction, and maintenance,

14 in addition to other authorized purposes.

15 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

16 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

17 Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern

18 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop19 erative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be

20 distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and

21 under section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retire22 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension

23 agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative exten24 sion agents and State extension directors, $276,548,000;

25 payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions

26 under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
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1 $3,500,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu2 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

3 of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest manage4 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,783,000;

5 payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d)

6 of the Act, $3,400,000; payments to upgrade research, ex7 tension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant col8 leges, including Tuskegee University, as authorized by sec9 tion 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b),

10 $12,400,000, to remain available until expended; pay11 ments for the rural development centers under section

12 3(d) of the Act, $908,000; payments for youth-at-risk pro13 grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,000,000; pay14 ments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable

15 Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,192,000; payments

16 for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the

17 Act, $2,500,000; payments for sustainable agriculture

18 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,000,000; pay19 ments for rural health and safety education as authorized

20 by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661

21 note, 2662), $2,628,000; payments for cooperative exten22 sion work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the sec23 ond Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and

24 Tuskegee University, $26,843,000, of which $1,000,000

25 shall be made available to West Virginia State College in
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1 Institute, West Virginia; and for Federal administration

2 and coordination including administration of the Smith3 Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C.

4 341–349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3,

5 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate and provide

6 program leadership for the extension work of the Depart7 ment and the several States and insular possessions,

8 $12,107,000; in all, $426,504,000: Provided, That funds

9 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act

10 of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of the Act of June

11 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any State, the District of

12 Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Mi13 cronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior

14 to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources

15 for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

16 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

17 For the integrated research, education, and extension

18 competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis19 trative expenses, $43,541,000, as follows: payments for

20 the water quality program, $13,000,000; payments for the

21 food safety program, $15,000,000; payments for the na22 tional agriculture pesticide impact assessment program,

23 $4,541,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection Act

24 risk mitigation program for major food crop systems,

25 $6,000,000; payments for crops affected by the Food

26 Quality Protection Act implementation, $2,000,000; and
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1 payments for the methyl bromide transition program,

2 $3,000,000, as authorized under section 406 of the Agri3 cultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act

4 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626).

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

6 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

7 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

8 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro9 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by

10 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection

11 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain

12 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,

13 $635,000.

14 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

18 those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21

19 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradi20 cate pests and plant and animal diseases; to carry out in21 spection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to dis22 charge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture

23 under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C.

24 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as authorized

25 by law, $458,149,000, of which $4,105,000 shall be avail26 able for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases,
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1 animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds

2 to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Pro3 vided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or admin4 ister a brucellosis eradication program for the current fis5 cal year that does not require minimum matching by the

6 States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this

7 appropriation shall be available for field employment pur8 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or9 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

10 $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

11 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

12 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

13 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall

14 be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi15 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the

16 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec17 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds

18 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart19 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail20 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi21 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani22 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance

23 with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 102 of

24 the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended bal25 ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes
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1 in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such

2 transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria3 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.

4 2250 for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and

5 improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of

6 altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not

7 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the

8 building.

9 In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to collect

10 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist11 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political

12 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

13 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such

14 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such

15 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,

16 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such

17 fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available

18 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro19 viding such assistance, goods, or services.

20 Of the total amount available under this heading in

21 fiscal year 2001, $87,000,000 shall be derived from user

22 fees deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection

23 User Fee Account.

24 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

25 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte26 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
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1 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as

2 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as

3 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $9,870,000, to remain avail4 able until expended.

5 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

6 MARKETING SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

8 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis9 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au10 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination

11 of payments to States, including field employment pursu12 ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or13 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed

14 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

15 $64,696,000, including funds for the wholesale market de16 velopment program for the design and development of

17 wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major met18 ropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro19 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

20 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve21 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

22 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current

23 replacement value of the building: Provided further, That

24 $639,000 may be transferred to the Expenses and Re25 funds, Inspection and Grading of Farm Products fund ac-
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1 count for the cost of the National Organic Production Pro2 gram and that such funds shall remain available until ex3 pended.

4 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

5 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31

6 U.S.C. 9701).

7 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

8 Not to exceed $60,730,000 (from fees collected) shall

9 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra10 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

11 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may

12 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification

13 to the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of

14 Congress.

15 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

16 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au19 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com20 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

21 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the

22 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

23 Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise

24 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $13,438,000

25 for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
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1 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing

2 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

3 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

4 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

5 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

6 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul7 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

8 $1,200,000.

9 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

13 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin14 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying

15 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products,

16 and the standardization activities related to grain under

17 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field

18 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

19 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

20 not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.

21 3109, $27,269,000: Provided, That this appropriation

22 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the

23 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but

24 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

25 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

26 value of the building.
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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE

2 EXPENSES

3 Not to exceed $42,557,000 (from fees collected) shall

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

5 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac6 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

8 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com9 mittee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

12 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

13 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In14 spection Service, $460,000.

15 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

16 For necessary expenses to carry out services author17 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry

18 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection

19 Act, $678,011,000, of which no less than $578,544,000

20 shall be available for Federal food inspection; and in addi21 tion, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees

22 collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as author23 ized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided,

24 That this appropriation shall not be available for shell egg

25 surveillance under section 5(d) of the Egg Products In-
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1 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further, That

2 this appropriation shall be available for field employment

3 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

4 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

5 $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

6 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

7 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter8 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

9 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

10 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

11 value of the building.

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

13 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

15 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural

16 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for

17 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv18 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity

19 Credit Corporation, $589,000.

20 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis24 tration and implementation of programs administered by

25 the Farm Service Agency, $828,385,000: Provided, That

26 the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities,
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1 and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity

2 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro3 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That

4 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized

5 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac6 count: Provided further, That these funds shall be avail7 able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of

8 section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

9 2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for

10 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

11 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

12 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul13 tural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),

14 $3,000,000.

15 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

18 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing

19 such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have

20 been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from

21 commercial markets because it contained residues of

22 chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal

23 Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,

24 or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to

25 any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from

26 commercial markets because of: (1) the presence of prod-
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1 ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination

2 is not due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of

3 chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first

4 sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j),

5 if such chemicals or toxic substances were not used in a

6 manner contrary to applicable regulations or labeling in7 structions provided at the time of use and the contamina8 tion is not due to the fault of the farmer, $450,000, to

9 remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro10 vided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall

11 be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer whose

12 milk was removed from commercial markets as a result

13 of the farmer’s willful failure to follow procedures pre14 scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further,

15 That this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity

16 Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary

17 is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authori18 ties of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose

19 of making dairy indemnity disbursements.

20 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di24 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

25 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

26 Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
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1 $559,373,000, of which $431,373,000 shall be for guaran2 teed loans; operating loans, $2,397,842,000, of which

3 $1,697,842,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

4 loans and $200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

5 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

6 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,028,000; for emergency insured loans,

7 $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis8 asters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as

9 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

11 the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of

12 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm

13 ownership loans, $15,986,000, of which $2,200,000 shall

14 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $84,680,000, of

15 which $23,260,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

16 loans and $16,320,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

17 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

18 25 U.S.C. 488, $166,000; and for emergency insured

19 loans, $6,133,000 to meet the needs resulting from nat20 ural disasters.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

22 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

23 $269,454,000, of which $265,315,000 shall be transferred

24 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

25 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural

2 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership

3 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be

4 transferred among these programs with the prior approval

5 of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of

6 Congress.

7 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

8 For administrative and operating expenses, as au9 thorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re10 form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $65,597,000: Provided,

11 That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official re12 ception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7

13 U.S.C. 1506(i).

14 CORPORATIONS

15 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

16 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

17 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor18 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

19 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

20 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

21 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

22 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current

23 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here24 inafter provided.
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1 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

2 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the

3 Federal Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be nec4 essary, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

5 2209b).

6 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

7 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

8 For fiscal year 2001, such sums as may be necessary

9 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

10 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,

11 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15

12 U.S.C. 713a–11).

13 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

14 MANAGEMENT

15 For fiscal year 2001, the Commodity Credit Corpora16 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site inves17 tigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and mainte18 nance expenses to comply with the requirement of section

19 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

20 Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and

21 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

22 Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961.
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1 TITLE II

2 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

4 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ7 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for

8 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva9 tion Service, $711,000.

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi13 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),

14 including preparation of conservation plans and establish15 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

16 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas17 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

18 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con19 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva20 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

21 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,

22 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials

23 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal

24 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August

25 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
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1 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build2 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,

3 $714,116,000, to remain available until expended (7

4 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $5,990,000 is for

5 snow survey and water forecasting and not less than

6 $9,975,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant

7 materials centers: Provided, That appropriations here8 under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for

9 construction and improvement of buildings and public im10 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost

11 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and

12 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro13 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are

14 erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such

15 land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided

16 further, That this appropriation shall be available for tech17 nical assistance and related expenses to carry out pro18 grams authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colo19 rado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C.

20 1592(c)): Provided further, That this appropriation shall

21 be available for employment pursuant to the second sen22 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

23 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available

24 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,

25 That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em-
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1 ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning

2 work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–2).

3 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

4 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves5 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa6 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan7 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and

8 Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.

9 1001–1009), $10,705,000: Provided, That this appropria10 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec11 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

12 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $110,000 shall be

13 available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

14 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas16 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op17 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

18 rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,

19 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

20 Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.

21 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of

22 April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance

23 with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the

24 Department, $99,443,000, to remain available until ex25 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000

26 may be available for the watersheds authorized under the
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1 Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C.

2 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, That this appro3 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

4 second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of

5 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall

6 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro7 vided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appro8 priation is available to carry out the purposes of the En9 dangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), in10 cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act

11 to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit12 able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con13 struction: Provided further, That of the funds available for

14 Emergency Watershed Protection activities, $4,000,000

15 shall be available for Mississippi and Wisconsin for finan16 cial and technical assistance for pilot rehabilitation

17 projects of small, upstream dams built under the Water18 shed and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.,

19 section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1994; Public Law

20 78–534; 58 Stat. 905), and the pilot watershed program

21 authorized under the heading ‘‘FLOOD PREVENTION’’

22 of the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954

23 (Public Law 83–156; 67 Stat. 214).

24 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

25 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

26 projects for resource conservation and development and
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1 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

2 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act

3 (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27,

4 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and the Agriculture and Food

5 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $36,265,000, to re6 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided,

7 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

8 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

9 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

10 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

11 3109.

12 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

14 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author15 ized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

16 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and re17 lated expenses, $6,325,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, as authorized by that Act.

19 TITLE III

20 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

22 DEVELOPMENT

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

24 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer

25 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the

26 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative
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1 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department

2 of Agriculture, $605,000.

3 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and

6 grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c,

7 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H, 381N, and

8 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

9 Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $749,284,000, to remain available

10 until expended, of which $53,225,000 shall be for rural

11 community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of

12 such Act; of which $634,360,000 shall be for the rural

13 utilities programs described in sections 381E(d)(2),

14 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which

15 $61,699,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera16 tive development programs described in section

17 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That of the total

18 amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall

19 be for loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized

20 Native American Tribes, including grants for drinking and

21 waste disposal systems pursuant to Section 306C of such

22 Act: Provided further, That the Federally Recognized Na23 tive American Tribes are not eligible for any other rural

24 utilities program set aside under the Rural Community

25 Advancement Program: Provided further, That of the

26 amount appropriated for rural community programs,
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1 $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Community De2 velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds

3 shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of

4 private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu5 nity development organizations, and low-income rural

6 communities to undertake projects to improve housing,

7 community facilities, community and economic develop8 ment projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such

9 funds shall be made available to qualified private and pub10 lic (including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing

11 to carry out a program of technical assistance: Provided

12 further, That such intermediary organizations shall pro13 vide matching funds from other sources in an amount not

14 less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the

15 amount appropriated for the rural business and coopera16 tive development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall

17 be made available for a grant to a qualified national orga18 nization to provide technical assistance for rural transpor19 tation in order to promote economic development; and

20 $2,000,000 shall be for grants to Mississippi Delta Region

21 counties: Provided further, That of the amount appro22 priated for rural utilities programs, not to exceed

23 $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems

24 to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico

25 borders, including grants pursuant to section 306C of
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1 such Act; not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water

2 and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages

3 in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with up

4 to one percent available to administer the program and

5 up to one percent available to improve interagency coordi6 nation; not to exceed $16,215,000 shall be for technical

7 assistance grants for rural waste systems pursuant to sec8 tion 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed $9,500,000

9 shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza10 tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical as11 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That

12 of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed

13 $42,574,650 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for

14 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu15 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag16 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of

17 which $34,704,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs

18 described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; and of which

19 $8,435,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative

20 development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of

21 such Act.

22 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of administering Rural Devel25 opment programs as authorized by the Rural Electrifica26 tion Act of 1936; the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
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1 opment Act; title V of the Housing Act of 1949; section

2 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative

3 Marketing Act of 1926 for activities related to marketing

4 aspects of cooperatives, including economic research find5 ings, authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of

6 1946; for activities with institutions concerning the devel7 opment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for

8 cooperative agreements: $130,371,000: Provided, That

9 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur10 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or11 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

12 $1,000,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C.

13 3109: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may

14 be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to

15 non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any bal16 ances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities

17 Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business18 Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall

19 be transferred to and merged with this account.

20 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

21 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di24 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

25 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the
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1 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,300,000,000

2 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the

3 Secretary, of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for unsub4 sidized guaranteed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504

5 housing repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guar6 anteed multi-family housing loans; $114,321,000 for sec7 tion 515 rental housing; $5,152,000 for section 524 site

8 loans; $7,503,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of

9 which up to $1,250,000 may be for multi-family credit

10 sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing

11 land development loans.

12 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

13 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of

14 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section

15 502 loans, $215,060,000, of which $38,400,000 shall be

16 for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing re17 pair loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing

18 guaranteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing,

19 $56,326,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired prop20 erty, $613,000; and section 523 self-help housing land de21 velopment loans, $279,000: Provided, That of the total

22 amount appropriated in this paragraph, $13,832,000 shall

23 be available through June 30, 2001, for authorized em24 powerment zones and enterprise communities and commu-
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1 nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural

2 Economic Area Partnership Zones.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

5 $409,233,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

6 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries

7 and Expenses’’.

8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

9 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re10 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

11 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or

12 payments for eligible households as authorized by section

13 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $680,000,000;

14 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au15 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt

16 incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental

17 assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:

18 Provided, That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000

19 shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eli20 gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of

21 the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for ad22 vances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to

23 cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in

24 purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of

25 the Act: Provided further, That agreements entered into

26 or renewed during fiscal year 2001 shall be funded for
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1 a 5-year period, although the life of any such agreement

2 may be extended to fully utilize amounts obligated.

3 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

4 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

5 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

6 1490c), $34,000,000, to remain available until expended

7 (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount ap8 propriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June

9 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones and enter10 prise communities and communities designated by the Sec11 retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership

12 Zones.

13 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

14 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing

15 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation

16 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation

17 made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42

18 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $44,000,000,

19 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the

20 total amount appropriated, $5,000,000 shall be for a

21 housing demonstration program for agriculture, aqua22 culture, and seafood processor workers: Provided further,

23 That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall

24 be available through June 30, 2001, for authorized em25 powerment zones and enterprise communities and commu-
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1 nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural

2 Economic Area Partnership Zones.

3 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts,

5 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $28,750,000,

6 to remain available until expended for direct farm labor

7 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and

8 contracts.

9 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE

10 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, as author13 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.

14 9812(a)), of which $2,036,000 shall be for Federally Rec15 ognized Native American Tribes; and of which $4,072,000

16 shall be for the Mississippi Delta Region Counties (as de17 fined by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs,

18 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de19 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

20 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to

21 subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di22 rect loans of $38,256,000: Provided further, That of the

23 total amount appropriated, $3,216,000 shall be available

24 through June 30, 2001, for the cost of direct loans for

25 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
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1 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag2 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

4 the direct loan programs, $3,640,000 shall be transferred

5 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop6 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.

7 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author11 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

12 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

13 and job creation projects, $15,000,000.

14 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of

15 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,911,000.

17 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of

18 credit payments in fiscal year 2001, as authorized by sec19 tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

20 $3,911,000 shall not be obligated and $3,911,000 are re21 scinded.

22 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

23 For rural cooperative development grants authorized

24 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and

25 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $6,000,000, of

26 which $1,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agree-
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1 ments for the appropriate technology transfer for rural

2 areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000

3 of the total amount appropriated shall be made available

4 to cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri5 mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro6 ducers.

7 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

8 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

9 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

12 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.

13 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica14 tion loans, $121,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni15 cations loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural tele16 communications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural

17 electric loans, $295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to

18 section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $1,700,000,000 and

19 rural telecommunications, $120,000,000; and

20 $500,000,000 for Treasury rate direct electric loans.

21 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi23 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

24 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and

25 936), as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,871,000; and

26 cost of municipal rate loans, $20,503,000: Provided, That
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1 notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Elec2 trification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed

3 7 percent per year.

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

5 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

6 $34,716,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

7 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries

8 and Expenses’’.

9 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

12 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail13 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

14 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

15 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern16 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car17 rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2001

18 and within the resources and authority available, gross ob19 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be

20 $175,000,000.

21 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi23 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec24 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,590,000.

25 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

26 carry out the loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be
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1 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

2 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.

3 DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

4 For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized

5 by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $27,000,000, to remain avail6 able until expended, to be available for loans and grants

7 for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural

8 areas, of which $2,000,000 may be available for a pilot

9 program to finance broadband transmission and local dial10 up Internet service in areas that meet the definition of

11 ‘‘rural area’’ contained in section 203(b) of the Rural

12 Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 924(b)): Provided, That the

13 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of

14 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

15 TITLE IV

16 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

18 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

20 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer

21 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

22 for the Food and Nutrition Service, $570,000.
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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

5 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section

6 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771

7 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $9,541,539,000, to

8 remain available through September 30, 2002, of which

9 $4,413,960,000 is hereby appropriated and

10 $5,127,579,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds

11 available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935

12 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That, except as specifically

13 provided under this heading, none of the funds made avail14 able under this heading shall be used for studies and eval15 uations: Provided further, That of the funds made avail16 able under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be for

17 school breakfast pilot projects, including the evaluation re18 quired under section 18(e) of the National School Lunch

19 Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available

20 under this heading, $500,000 shall be for a School Break21 fast Program startup grant pilot program for the State

22 of Wisconsin: Provided further, That up to $4,511,000

23 shall be available for independent verification of school

24 food service claims.
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17

5 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),

6 $4,052,000,000, to remain available through September

7 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds made available

8 under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua9 tions: Provided further, That of the total amount available,

10 the Secretary shall obligate $15,000,000 for the farmers’

11 market nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment

12 of this Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers’

13 market nutrition program from any funds not needed to

14 maintain current caseload levels: Provided further, That

15 notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, up to

16 $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified

17 in section 17(h)(10)(B), no less than $6,000,000 of which

18 shall be used for the development of electronic benefit

19 transfer systems: Provided further, That none of the funds

20 in this Act shall be available to pay administrative ex21 penses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced

22 policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to

23 carry out the program: Provided further, That none of the

24 funds provided in this account shall be available for the

25 purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the
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1 cost containment and competitive bidding requirements

2 specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That

3 none of the funds provided shall be available for activities

4 that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Govern5 ment departments or agencies unless authorized by section

6 17 of such Act.

7 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

9 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $21,221,293,000, of which

10 $100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in

11 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary

12 to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of

13 the funds made available under this heading shall be used

14 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds

15 provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec16 tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

17 this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration

18 or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro19 vided further, That funds made available for Employment

20 and Training under this heading shall remain available

21 until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the

22 Food Stamp Act.

23 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

25 supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a)

26 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
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1 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); and the Emergency Food Assistance

2 Act of 1983, $140,300,000, to remain available through

3 September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of these funds

4 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor5 poration for commodities donated to the program.

6 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of

8 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973;

9 special assistance for the nuclear affected islands as au10 thorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free As11 sociation Act of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the

12 Older Americans Act of 1965, $141,081,000, to remain

13 available through September 30, 2002.

14 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

15 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes16 tic food programs funded under this Act, $116,807,000,

17 of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying

18 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula19 tions, improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting

20 in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud

21 and other violations of law and of which not less than

22 $4,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the

23 Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided,

24 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

25 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

26 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
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1 $150,000 shall be available for employment under 5

2 U.S.C. 3109.

3 TITLE V

4 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

5 PROGRAMS

6 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

10 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

11 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development

12 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi13 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec14 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed

15 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses

16 pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956

17 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $113,424,000: Provided, That the Serv18 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro19 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen20 cies, public and private organizations and institutions

21 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural

22 food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and

23 the foreign assistance programs of the United States

24 Agency for International Development.
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1 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

2 be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or

3 tobacco products.

4 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the

8 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of

9 1954, and the Food For Progress Act of 1985, including

10 the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts,

11 $114,186,000, to remain available until expended.

12 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

13 the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the

14 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro15 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $1,850,000,

16 of which $1,035,000 may be transferred to and merged

17 with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service,

18 Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $815,000 may be

19 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

20 ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.

21 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL

22 GRANTS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth25 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in26 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
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1 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, $20,322,000, to

2 remain available until expended, for ocean freight differen3 tial costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities

4 under title I of said Act: Provided, That funds made avail5 able for the cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean

6 freight differential may be used interchangeably between

7 the two accounts with prior notice to the Committee on

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

9 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLES II AND III GRANTS

10 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth11 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in12 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De13 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, $837,000,000, to

14 remain available until expended, for commodities supplied

15 in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of

16 said Act.

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com21 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,

22 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $3,820,000; to cover common

23 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com24 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity

25 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which

26 $3,231,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
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1 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries

2 and Expenses’’, and of which $589,000 may be trans3 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm

4 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.

5 TITLE VI

6 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

9 SERVICES

10 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad13 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

14 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related

15 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and

16 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are

17 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space

18 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscella19 neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,

20 authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be ac21 counted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to ex22 ceed $25,000; $1,216,796,000, of which not to exceed

23 $149,273,000 in prescription drug user fees authorized by

24 21 U.S.C. 379(h) may be credited to this appropriation

25 and remain available until expended: Provided, That fees
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1 derived from applications received during fiscal year 2001

2 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2001 limitation: Provided

3 further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop,

4 establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized

5 by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total

6 amount appropriated: (1) $292,934,000 shall be for the

7 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related

8 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2)

9 $313,143,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation

10 and Research and related field activities in the Office of

11 Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $12,534,000

12 shall be available for grants and contracts awarded under

13 section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3)

14 $141,368,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua15 tion and Research and for related field activities in the

16 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $59,349,000 shall be for

17 the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field

18 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)

19 $164,762,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra20 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of21 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $35,842,000 shall be for

22 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)

23 $25,855,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other

24 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis25 tration; (8) $104,954,000 shall be for payments to the
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1 General Services Administration for rent and related

2 costs; and (9) $78,589,000 shall be for other activities,

3 including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of

4 Management and Systems; the Office of the Senior Asso5 ciate Commissioner; the Office of International and Con6 stituent Relations; the Office of Policy, Legislation, and

7 Planning; and central services for these offices: Provided

8 further, That funds may be transferred from one specified

9 activity to another with the prior approval of the Com10 mittee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

11 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by

12 42 U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to re13 main available until expended.

14 In addition, export certification user fees authorized

15 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re16 main available until expended.

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten19 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili20 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

21 where not otherwise provided, $31,350,000, to remain

22 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

23 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

24 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

26 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
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1 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

2 the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the

3 District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed

4 $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

5 $67,100,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for official

6 reception and representation expenses.

7 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

8 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

9 Not to exceed $36,800,000 (from assessments col10 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal

11 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated

12 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses

13 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this

14 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re15 ceiverships.

16 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

17 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,

18 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart19 ment of Agriculture for fiscal year 2001 under this Act

20 shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those

21 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 389 passenger

22 motor vehicles, of which 385 shall be for replacement only,

23 and for the hire of such vehicles.

24 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart25 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
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1 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

2 5902).

3 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria4 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re5 search and service work authorized by sections 1 and 10

6 of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; com7 monly known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of

8 title II and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946

9 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United

10 States Code, shall be available for contracting in accord11 ance with such Acts and chapter.

12 SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the

13 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

14 growth capital for data services and National Finance

15 Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided,

16 That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of

17 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap18 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis19 trator.

20 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

21 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

22 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec23 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con24 ditions, fruit fly program, boll weevil program, up to 10

25 percent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000
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1 for costs associated with colocating regional offices; Food

2 Safety and Inspection Service, field automation and infor3 mation management project; Cooperative State Research,

4 Education, and Extension Service, funds for competitive

5 research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) and funds for the Na6 tive American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Serv7 ice Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to

8 county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle9 income country training program, and up to $2,000,000

10 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely

11 for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international

12 currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the

13 Foreign Agricultural Service.

14 SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in

15 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

16 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

17 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria18 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

19 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

20 and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act

21 of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known

22 as the Agricultural Act of 1954).

23 SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

24 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

25 agreements or similar arrangements between the United
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1 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu2 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of

3 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar4 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

5 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro6 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

7 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com8 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro9 priations are provided in this Act.

10 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail11 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

12 Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space

13 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri14 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

15 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail16 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri17 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards

18 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

19 Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal

20 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith21 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re22 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

23 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants

24 awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research,

25 Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay
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1 full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under

2 section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).

3 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid5 ered estimates, not limitations.

6 SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri7 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

8 available in fiscal year 2001 shall remain available until

9 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2001 for

10 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

11 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac12 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications

13 loans program account; the Rural Housing Insurance

14 Fund Program Account; and the rural economic develop15 ment loans program account.

16 SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,

17 United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural

18 Marketing Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stock19 yards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health In20 spection Service; and the food safety activities of the Food

21 Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative agree22 ments to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural

23 Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and

24 Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health

25 Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection
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1 Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural

2 marketing programs, to carry out programs to protect the

3 Nation’s animal and plant resources, or to carry out edu4 cational programs or special studies to improve the safety

5 of the Nation’s food supply.

6 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of

7 law, the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into coopera8 tive agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of

9 goods or services, including personal services) with a

10 State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or

11 private agency, organization, or any other person, if the

12 Secretary determines that the objectives of the agreement

13 will (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agree14 ment in carrying out the programs administered by the

15 Natural Resources Conservation Service; and (2) all par16 ties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of

17 these objectives.

18 SEC. 715. None of the funds in this Act may be used

19 to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the

20 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub21 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele22 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been

23 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any

24 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or

25 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
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1 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any

2 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele3 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current

4 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set

5 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed6 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990.

7 SEC. 716. Of the funds made available by this Act,

8 not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary

9 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,

10 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department

11 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego12 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi13 tively awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding

14 is authorized to carry out the purposes of the National

15 Drought Policy Commission.

16 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

17 may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat

18 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul19 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).

20 SEC. 718. No employee of the Department of Agri21 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or

22 office funded by this Act to any other agency or office

23 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi24 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by
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1 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses

2 of the employee for the period of assignment.

3 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture

5 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to

6 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or

7 responses to questions that are a result of information re8 quested for the appropriations hearing process.

9 SEC. 720. None of the funds made available to the

10 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac11 quire new information technology systems or significant

12 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor13 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa14 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa15 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That

16 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the

17 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this

18 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa19 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committee

20 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

21 SEC. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,

22 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen23 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation

24 or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any

25 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
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1 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

2 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

3 through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new

4 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

5 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any

6 project or activity for which funds have been denied or

7 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga8 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out

9 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per10 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committee on

11 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified

12 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

13 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro14 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies

15 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or

16 expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any ac17 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

18 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

19 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

20 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram21 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which22 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,

23 projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding

24 for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers

25 of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
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1 (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in

2 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro3 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un4 less the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of

5 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re6 programming of funds.

7 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be

9 used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry

10 out the transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2001 funds

11 under section 793 of Public Law 104–127 (7 U.S.C.

12 2204f).

13 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

15 salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi16 ronmental quality incentives program authorized by chap17 ter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act

18 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of

19 $174,000,000.

20 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used

22 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out

23 the transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2001 funds under

24 the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the
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1 Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7

2 U.S.C. 7621).

3 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out

5 any commodity purchase program that would prohibit eli6 gibility or participation by farmer-owned cooperatives.

7 SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

9 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a conserva10 tion farm option program, as authorized by section 1240M

11 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).

12 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available to the

13 Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used

14 to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the

15 Food and Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis

16 in St. Louis, Missouri.

17 SEC. 728. None of the funds made available to the

18 Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used

19 to reduce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Adminis20 tration District Office below the operating and full-time

21 equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change

22 the Detroit District Office to a station, residence post or

23 similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts as24 signed to the Detroit District Office: Provided, That this

25 section shall not apply to Food and Drug Administration
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1 field laboratory facilities or operations currently located

2 in Detroit, Michigan, except that field laboratory per3 sonnel shall be assigned to locations in the general vicinity

4 of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements

5 between the Food and Drug Administration and other lab6 oratory facilities associated with the State of Michigan.

7 SEC. 729. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated

8 by this Act or any other Act may be used to:

9 (1) carry out the proviso under 7 U.S.C.

10 1622(f); or

11 (2) carry out 7 U.S.C. 1622(h) unless the Sec12 retary of Agriculture inspects and certifies agricul13 tural processing equipment, and imposes a fee for

14 the inspection and certification, in a manner that is

15 similar to the inspection and certification of agricul16 tural products under that section, as determined by

17 the Secretary: Provided, That this provision shall

18 not affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out

19 the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et

20 seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21

21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection

22 Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).

23 SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

24 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and

25 expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria-
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1 tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis2 sion to the Congress of the United States for programs

3 under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit4 tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related

5 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction

6 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that

7 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission

8 of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies

9 which additional spending reductions should occur in the

10 event the users fees proposals are not enacted prior to the

11 date of the convening of a committee of conference for

12 the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.

13 SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act shall be used to establish

15 an Office of Community Food Security or any similar of16 fice within the United States Department of Agriculture

17 without the prior approval of the Committee on Appro18 priations of both Houses of Congress.

19 SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used

21 to carry out provision of section 612 of Public Law 105–

22 185.

23 SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used to declare

25 excess or surplus all or part of the lands and facilities
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1 owned by the Federal Government and administered by

2 the Secretary of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or

3 to transfer or convey such lands or facilities, without the

4 specific authorization of Congress.

5 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act or any other Act shall

7 be used for the implementation of a Support Services Bu8 reau or similar organization.

9 SEC. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 law, for any fiscal year, in the case of a high cost, isolated

11 rural area of the State of Alaska that is not connected

12 to a road system—

13 (1) in the case of assistance provided by the

14 Rural Housing Service for single family housing

15 under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

16 1471 et seq.), the maximum income level for the as17 sistance shall be 150 percent of the average income

18 level in metropolitan areas of the State;

19 (2) in the case of community facility loans and

20 grants provided under paragraphs (1) and (19), re21 spectively, of section 306(a) of the Consolidated

22 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.

23 1926(a)) and assistance provided under programs

24 carried out by the Rural Utilities Service, the max25 imum income level for the loans, grants, and assist-
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1 ance shall be 150 percent of the average income level

2 in nonmetropolitan areas of the State;

3 (3) in the case of a business and industry guar4 anteed loan made under section 310B(a)(1) of the

5 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7

6 U.S.C. 1932(a)(1)), to the extent permitted under

7 that Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—

8 (A) guarantee the repayment of 90 percent

9 of the principal and interest due on the loan;

10 and

11 (B) charge a loan origination and servicing

12 fee in an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the

13 amount of the loan; and

14 (4) in the case of assistance provided under the

15 Rural Community Development Initiative for fiscal

16 year 2000 carried out under the rural community

17 advancement program established under subtitle E

18 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

19 Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.), the median household

20 income level, and the not employed rate, with respect

21 to applicants for assistance under the Initiative shall

22 be scored on a community-by-community basis.

23 SEC. 736. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro24 vision of law, no housing or residence in a foreign country

25 purchased by an agent or instrumentality of the United
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States, for the purpose of housing the agricultural attache ́ 1 ,

2 shall be sold or disposed of without the approval of the

3 Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Depart4 ment of Agriculture, including property purchased using

5 foreign currencies generated under the Agricultural Trade

6 Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law

480) and used or occupied by agricultural attache ́ 7 s of the

8 Foreign Agricultural Service: Provided, That the Depart9 ment of State/Office of Foreign Buildings may sell such

10 properties with the concurrence of the Foreign Agricul11 tural Service if the proceeds are used to acquire suitable

12 properties of appropriate size for Foreign Agricultural

Service agricultural attache ́ 13 s: Provided further, That the

14 Foreign Agricultural Service shall have the right to occupy

15 such residences in perpetuity with costs limited to appro16 priate maintenance expenses.

17 SEC. 737. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the De18 partment of Agriculture may be used to employ individuals

19 to perform services outside the United States as deter20 mined by the agencies to be necessary or appropriate for

21 carrying out programs and activities abroad; and such em22 ployment actions, hereafter referred to as Personal Service

23 Agreements (PSA), are authorized to be negotiated, the

24 terms of the PSA to be prescribed and work to be per25 formed, where necessary, without regard to such statutory
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1 provisions as related to the negotiation, making and per2 formance of contracts and performance of work in the

3 United States: Provided, That individuals employed under

4 a PSA to perform such services outside the United States

5 shall not, by virtue of such employment, be considered em6 ployees of the United States government for purposes of

7 any law administered by the Office of Personnel Manage8 ment: Provided further, That such individuals may be con9 sidered employees within the meaning of the Federal Em10 ployee Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.: Provided

11 further, That Government service credit shall be accrued

12 for the time employed under a PSA should the individual

13 later be hired into a permanent U.S. Government position

14 if their authorities so permit.

15 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this

16 Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a

17 state Rural Development office unless or until cost effec18 tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been

19 determined.

20 SEC. 739. Of any shipments of commodities made

21 pursuant to Section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of

22 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture

23 shall, to the extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal

24 in value to not less than $25,000,000 shall be made avail25 able to foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects
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1 of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Im2 mune Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the

3 provision of—

4 (1) agricultural commodities to—

5 (A) individuals with Human Immuno6 deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi7 ciency Syndrome in the communities, and

8 (B) households in the communities, par9 ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil10 dren; and

11 (2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro12 vide other assistance (including assistance under

13 microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create

14 or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals

15 in the communities, particularly individuals caring

16 for orphaned children.

17 DIVISION B

18 The following sums are appropriated, out of any

19 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

20 fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur21 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER

3 EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

4 CHAPTER 1

5 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

6 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex9 penses’’, $39,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount

10 shall be available only to the extent an official budget re11 quest for $39,000,000, that includes designation of the en12 tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement

13 as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

15 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en16 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer17 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

18 such Act.

19 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

20 For an additional amount for the Federal Crop In21 surance Corporation Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide

22 premium discounts to purchasers of crop insurance rein23 sured by the Corporation (except for catastrophic risk pro24 tection coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2)

25 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
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1 Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

2 1999 (Public Law 105–277): Provided, That the entire

3 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

4 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

6 as amended.

7 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

8 For an additional amount for the Rural Community

9 Advancement Program, $50,000,000 to provide grants

10 pursuant to the Rural Community Facilities Grant Pro11 gram for areas of extreme unemployment or economic de12 pression, subject to authorization: Provided, That the en13 tire amount shall be available only to the extent an official

14 budget request for $50,000,000, that includes designation

15 of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re16 quirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans18 mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,

19 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

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

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

23 For an additional amount for the Rural Community

24 Advancement Program, $30,000,000 to provide grants

25 pursuant to the Rural Utility Service Grant Program for
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1 rural communities with extremely high energy costs, sub2 ject to authorization: Provided, That the entire amount

3 shall be available only to the extent an official budget re4 quest for $30,000,000, that includes designation of the en5 tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement

6 as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

8 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en9 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer10 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

12 1985, as amended.

13 For an additional amount for the Rural Community

14 Advancement Program, $50,000,000, for the cost of direct

15 loans and grants of the rural utilities programs described

16 in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

17 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), as provided in 7

18 U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C for distribution

19 through the national reserve for applications associated

20 with a risk to public heath or the environment or a natural

21 emergency: Provided, That of the amount provided by this

22 paragraph, $10,000,000 may only be used in counties

23 which have received an emergency designation by the

24 President or the Secretary after January 1, 2000, for ap25 plications responding to water shortages resulting from
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1 the designated emergency: Provided further, That the en2 tire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be

3 available only to the extent that an official budget request

4 for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire

5 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

6 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

8 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en9 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer10 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

11 such Act.

12 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

13 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For additional gross obligations for the principal

15 amount of direct loans as authorized by title V of the

16 Housing Act of 1949 for section 515 rental housing to

17 be available from funds in the rural housing insurance

18 fund to meet needs resulting from Hurricanes Dennis,

19 Floyd, or Irene, $40,000,000.

20 For the additional cost of direct loans for section 515

21 rental housing, including the cost of modifying loans, as

22 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

23 of 1974, to remain available until expended, $15,872,000:

24 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the

25 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For an additional amount for rental assistance agree5 ments entered into or renewed pursuant to section

6 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 for emergency needs

7 resulting from Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or Irene,

8 $13,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con10 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

11 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

13 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

14 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

15 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 For additional five percent rural electrification loans

17 pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural Elec18 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $113,250,000.

19 For the additional cost, as defined in section 502 of

20 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost

21 of modifying loans, of five percent rural electrification

22 loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936

23 (7 U.S.C. 935), $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire

24 amount shall be available only to the extent an official

25 budget request for $1,000,000, that includes designation

26 of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
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1 quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans3 mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,

4 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

5 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251

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

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

8 SEC. 1101. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Com9 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i),

10 an additional $35,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, shall be provided through the Commodity Credit

12 Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for technical assistance

13 activities performed by any agency of the Department of

14 Agriculture in carrying out the Conservation Reserve Pro15 gram and the Wetlands Reserve Program funded by the

16 Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided, That the entire

17 amount shall be available only to the extent an official

18 budget request for $35,000,000, that includes designation

19 of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re20 quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans22 mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,

23 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

24 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

25 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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1 SEC. 1102. The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Live2 stock Assistance’’ in chapter 1, title I of H.R. 3425 of

3 the 106th Congress, enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of Pub4 lic Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1536) is amended by striking

5 ‘‘during 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘from January 1, 1999,

6 through February 7, 2000’’: Provided, That the entire

7 amount necessary to carry out this section shall be avail8 able only to the extent that an official budget request for

9 the entire amount, that includes designation of the entire

10 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

11 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

13 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en14 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer15 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

16 such Act.

17 SEC. 1103. The issuance of regulations by the Sec18 retary of Agriculture to implement section 104 of H.R.

19 3425 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section

20 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1536) shall

21 be made without regard to—

22 (1) the notice and comment provisions of sec23 tion 553 of title 5 United States Code;

24 (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of

25 Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg.
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1 13804) relating to notices of proposed rulemaking;

2 and

3 (3) chapter 35 of title 44 United States Code.

4 SEC. 1104. With respect to any 1999 crop year loan

5 made by the Commodity Credit Corporation to a coopera6 tive marketing association established under the laws of

7 North Carolina, and to any person or entity in North

8 Carolina obtaining a 1999 crop upland cotton marketing

9 assistance loan, the Corporation shall reduce the amount

10 of such outstanding loan indebtedness in an amount up

11 to 75 percent of the amount of the loan applicable to any

12 collateral (in the case of cooperative marketing associa13 tions of upland cotton producers and upland cotton pro14 ducers, not to exceed $5,000,000 for benefits to such asso15 ciations and such producers for up to 75 percent of the

16 loss incurred by such associations and such producers with

17 respect to upland cotton that had been placed under loan)

18 that was produced in a county in which either the Sec19 retary of Agriculture or the President of the United States

20 declared a major disaster or emergency due to the occur21 rence of Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd or Irene if the Corpora22 tion determines that such collateral suffered any quality

23 loss as a result of said hurricane: Provided, That if a per24 son or entity obtains a benefit under this section with re25 spect to a quantity of a commodity, no marketing loan
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1 gain or loan deficiency payment shall be made available

2 under the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform

3 Act of 1996 with respect to such quantity: Provided fur4 ther, That no more than $81,000,000 of the funds of the

5 Corporation shall be available to carry out this section:

6 Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available

7 only to the extent an official budget request for

8 $81,000,000, that includes designation of the entire

9 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

10 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

12 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en13 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer14 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

15 such Act.

16 SEC. 1105. Hereafter, for the purposes of the Live17 stock Indemnity Program authorized in Public Law 105–

18 18, the term ‘‘livestock’’ shall have the same meaning as

19 the term ‘‘livestock’’ under section 104 of Public Law

20 106–31.

21 SEC. 1106. The Secretary shall use the funds, facili22 ties and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation

23 to make and administer supplemental payments to dairy

24 producers who received a payment under section 805 of

25 Public Law 106–78 in an amount equal to thirty-five per-
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1 cent of the reduction in market value of milk production

2 in 2000, as determined by the Secretary, based on price

3 estimates as of the date of enactment of this Act, from

4 the previous five-year average: Provided, That the Sec5 retary shall make payments to producers under this sec6 tion in a manner consistent with the payments to dairy

7 producers under section 805 of Public Law 106–78: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary shall make a determina9 tion as to whether a dairy producer is considered a new

10 producer for purposes of section 805 by taking into ac11 count the number of months such producer has operated

12 as a dairy producer in order to calculate a payment rate

13 for such producer: Provided further, That the entire

14 amount necessary to carry out this section shall be avail15 able only to the extent that an official budget request for

16 the entire amount, that includes designation of the entire

17 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

18 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

20 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en21 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer22 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

23 such Act.

24 SEC. 1107. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the funds, facili-
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1 ties and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation

2 to administer and make payments to: (a) compensate

3 growers whose crops could not be sold due to Mexican fruit

4 fly quarantines in San Diego and San Bernadino/Riverside

5 counties in California since their imposition on August 14,

6 1998, and September 22, 1999, respectively; (b) com7 pensate growers in relation to the Secretary’s ‘‘Declara8 tion of Extraordinary Emergency’’ on March 2, 2000, re9 garding the plum pox virus; (c) compensate growers for

10 losses due to Pierce’s disease; (d) compensate growers for

11 losses incurred due to infestations of grasshoppers and

12 mormon crickets; and (e) compensate commercial pro13 ducers for losses due to citrus canker: Provided, That the

14 entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be

15 available only to the extent that an official budget request

16 for the entire amount, that includes designation of the en17 tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement

18 as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

20 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en21 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer22 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

23 such Act.

24 SEC. 1108. (a) Section 141 of the Agricultural Mar25 ket Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘and

2 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2001’’; and

3 (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2000’’ each

4 place it appears and inserting ‘‘2001’’.

5 (b) Section 142(e) of the Agricultural Market Transi6 tion Act (7 U.S.C. 7252(e)) is amended by striking

7 ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.

8 (c) The entire amount necessary to carry out this sec9 tion shall be available only to the extent that an official

10 budget request for the entire amount, that includes des11 ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer12 gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and

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

14 transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided,

15 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

16 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

17 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

18 SEC. 1109. The Secretary shall use the funds, facili19 ties and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation

20 in an amount equal to $450,000,000 to make and admin21 ister payments for livestock losses using the criteria estab22 lished to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program

23 (except for application of the national percentage reduc24 tion factor) to producers for 2000 losses in a county which

25 has received an emergency designation by the President
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1 or the Secretary after January 1, 2000, and shall be avail2 able until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the Sec3 retary shall give consideration to the effect of recurring

4 droughts in establishing the level of payments to producers

5 under this section: Provided further, That the entire

6 amount necessary to carry out this section shall be avail7 able only to the extent that an official budget request for

8 $450,000,000, that includes designation of the entire

9 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

10 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

12 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en13 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer14 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

15 such Act.

16 SEC. 1110. In lieu of imposing, where applicable, the

17 assessment for producers provided for in subsection (d)(8)

18 of 7 U.S.C. 7271 (Section 155 of the Agricultural Market

19 Transition Act), the Secretary shall, as necessary to offset

20 remaining loan losses for the 1999 crop of peanuts, borrow

21 such amounts as would have been collected under 7 U.S.C.

22 7271(d)(8) from the Commodity Credit Corporation. Such

23 borrowing shall be against all excess assessments to be col24 lected under subsection 7 U.S.C. 7271(g) for crop year

25 2000 and subsequent years. For purposes of the preceding
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1 sentence, an assessment shall be considered to be an ‘‘ex2 cess’’ assessment to the extent that it is not used or will

3 not be used, under the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 7271(d),

4 to offset losses on peanuts for the crop year in which the

5 assessment is collected. The Commodity Credit Corpora6 tion shall retain its own account sums collected under 7

7 U.S.C. 7271(g) as needed to recover the borrowing pro8 vided for in this section to the extent that such collections

9 are not used under 7 U.S.C. 7271(d) to cover losses on

10 peanuts: Provided, That the entire amount necessary to

11 carry out this section shall be available only to the extent

12 an official budget request for the entire amount, that in13 cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as

14 an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

15 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

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

17 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by

18 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to

19 section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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1 CHAPTER 2

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

4 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

5 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘General investiga7 tions’’ to complete preconstruction engineering and design

8 of an emergency outlet from Devils Lake, North Dakota,

9 to the Sheyenne River, $4,500,000, to remain available

10 until expended: Provided, That the work shall include an

11 Environmental Impact Statement and the international

12 coordination required to comply with the Boundary Wa13 ters Treaty of 1909: Provided further, That the entire

14 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

15 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

17 as amended.

18 FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,

19 ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS20 SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE

21 For an additional amount for emergency repairs and

22 dredging due to the effects of drought and other condi23 tions, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended,

24 which shall be available only to the extent an official budg25 et request for a specific dollar amount that includes des26 ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
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1 gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and

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

3 transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided,

4 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

5 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

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

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

9 For an additional amount for emergency repairs and

10 dredging due to storm damages, $35,000,000, to remain

11 available until expended, of which such amounts for eligi12 ble navigation projects which may be derived from the

13 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law

14 99–662, shall be derived from that Fund: Provided, That

15 the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an

16 emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)

17 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

18 Act of 1985, as amended.

19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

20 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

21 For an additional amount necessary to carry out the

22 programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Devel23 opment Act of 1965, as amended, $11,000,000, to remain

24 available until expended, which shall be available only to

25 the extent an official budget request for $11,000,000, that

26 includes designation of the entire amount of the request
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1 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

2 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

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

4 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the

5 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec6 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

8 CHAPTER 3

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

10 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

11 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands

13 and Resources’’, $17,172,000 to remain available until ex14 pended, of which $15,687,000 shall be used to address res15 toration needs caused by wildland fires and $1,485,000

16 shall be used for the treatment of grasshopper and Mor17 mon Cricket infestations on lands managed by the Bureau

18 of Land Management: Provided, That the entire amount

19 is designated by the Congress as an emergency require20 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced

21 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

22 amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall

23 be available only to the extent an official budget request

24 for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of

25 the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
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1 ment as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the Presi2 dent to the Congress.

3 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man5 agement’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppres7 sion activities: Provided, That the entire amount is des8 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

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

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

11 Provided further, That this amount shall be available only

12 to the extent that an official budget request for a specific

13 dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire

14 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

15 defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to

16 the Congress.

17 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

18 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage20 ment’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for

21 support of the preparation and implementation of plans,

22 programs, or agreements, identified by the State of Idaho,

23 that address habitat for freshwater aquatic species on non24 federal lands in the State voluntarily enrolled in such

25 plans, programs, or agreements, of which $200,000 shall

26 be made available to the Boise, Idaho field office to par-
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1 ticipate in the preparation and implementation of the

2 plans, programs or agreements, of which $300,000 shall

3 be made available to the State of Idaho for preparation

4 of the plans, programs, or agreements, including data col5 lection and other activities associated with such prepara6 tion, and of which $1,000,000 shall be made available to

7 the State of Idaho to fund habitat enhancement, mainte8 nance, or restoration projects consistent with such plans,

9 programs, or agreements.

10 In addition, for an additional amount for ‘‘Resource

11 Management’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, which amount shall be made available to the Na13 tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation to carry out a com14 petitively awarded grant program for State, local, or other

15 organizations in the State of Maine to fund on-the-ground

16 projects to further Atlantic salmon conservation or res17 toration efforts in coordination with the State of Maine

18 and the Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation Plan, includ19 ing projects to (1) assist in land acquisition and conserva20 tion easements to benefit Atlantic salmon; (2) develop irri21 gation and water use management measures to minimize

22 any adverse effects on salmon habitat; and (3) develop and

23 phase in enhanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape

24 of Atlantic salmon: Provided, That, of the amounts appro25 priated under this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be made
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1 available to the Atlantic Salmon Commission for salmon

2 restoration and conservation activities, including installing

3 and upgrading weirs and fish collection facilities, con4 ducting risk assessments, fish marking, and salmon genet5 ics studies and testing, and developing and phasing in en6 hanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape of Atlantic

7 salmon, and $500,000 shall be made available to the Na8 tional Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of Atlantic

9 salmon: Provided further, That the amounts appropriated

10 under this paragraph shall not be subject to section

11 10(b)(1) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Es12 tablishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)): Provided further,

13 That the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall give

14 special consideration to proposals that include matching

15 contributions (whether in currency, services, or property)

16 made by private persons or organizations or by State or

17 local government agencies, if such matching contributions

18 are available: Provided further, That funds made available

19 under this paragraph shall be provided to the National

20 Fish and Wildlife Foundation not later than 15 days after

21 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That

22 the entire amount made available under this heading is

23 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

24 under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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1 CONSTRUCTION

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

3 $8,500,000, to remain available until expended, to repair

4 or replace buildings, equipment, roads, bridges, and water

5 control structures damaged by natural disasters and con6 duct critical habitat restoration directly necessitated by

7 natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is des8 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

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

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

11 Provided further, That $3,500,000 shall be available only

12 to the extent that an official budget request that includes

13 designation of the entire amount as an emergency as de14 fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con15 trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi16 dent to the Congress.

17 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

18 CONSTRUCTION

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

20 $5,300,000, to remain available until expended, to repair

21 or replace visitor facilities, equipment, roads and trails,

22 and cultural sites and artifacts at national park units

23 damaged by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire

24 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

25 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
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1 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

2 as amended: Provided further, That $1,300,000 shall be

3 available only to the extent that an official budget request

4 that includes designation of the entire amount as an emer5 gency as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency

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

7 by the President to the Congress.

8 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

9 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga11 tions, and Research’’, $1,800,000, to remain available

12 until expended, to repair or replace stream monitoring

13 equipment and associated facilities damaged by natural

14 disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated

15 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant

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

17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

18 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

19 ENFORCEMENT

20 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

22 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Pub23 lic Law 95–87, as amended, $9,821,000, to remain avail24 able until expended, of which $6,222,000, not subject to

25 section 705(a) of the Act, shall be available for regulatory
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1 program enhancements for the surface mining regulatory

2 program of the State of West Virginia: Provided, That the

3 balance of the funds shall be made available to the State

4 to augment staffing and provide relative support expenses

5 for the State’s regulatory program: Provided further, That

6 the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an

7 emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)

8 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

9 Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire

10 amount shall be available only to the extent an official

11 budget request for $9,821,000, that includes designation

12 of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re13 quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans15 mitted by the President to the Congress.

16 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

17 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian

19 Programs’’, $1,200,000, to remain available until ex20 pended, for repair of the portions of the Yakama Nation’s

21 Signal Peak Road that have the most severe damage: Pro22 vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con23 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

24 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
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1 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex2 tent that an official budget request that includes designa3 tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency

4 requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans6 mitted by the President to the Congress.

7 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

8 FOREST SERVICE

9 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys11 tem’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages

12 from wind storms, $5,759,000, to remain available until

13 expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated

14 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant

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

16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro17 vided further, That the entire amount shall be available

18 only to the extent an official budget request for a specific

19 dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire

20 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

21 defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to

22 the Congress.

23 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man25 agement’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages

26 from wind storms, $1,620,000, to remain available until
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1 expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated

2 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant

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

4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro5 vided further, That the entire amount shall be available

6 only to the extent an official budget request for a specific

7 dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire

8 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

9 defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to

10 the Congress.

11 RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reconstruction and

13 Maintenance’’ for emergency expenses resulting from

14 damages from wind storms, $1,870,000, to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is

16 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

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

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

19 Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available

20 only to the extent an official budget request for a specific

21 dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire

22 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

23 defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to

24 the Congress.
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1 CHAPTER 4

2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

3 SERVICES

4 HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION

5 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage7 ment’’, $15,000,000 to be available through September

8 30, 2001: Provided, That the entire amount is designated

9 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant

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

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro12 vided further, That the entire amount provided shall be

13 available only to the extent an official budget request that

14 includes designation of the entire amount of the request

15 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

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

18 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

19 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home

21 Energy Assistance’’ for emergency assistance under sec22 tion 2602(e) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

23 of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)), $600,000,000, to remain

24 available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount

25 is hereby designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

3 as amended: Provided further, That this amount shall be

4 available only to the extent an official budget request for

5 a specific dollar amount that includes designations of the

6 entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement

7 as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

8 Control Act, as amended, is transmitted by the President

9 to the Congress.

10 CHAPTER 5

11 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

12 JOINT ITEMS

13 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

14 SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS

15 For an additional amount for costs associated with

16 security enhancements, as appropriated under chapter 5

17 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and

18 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub19 lic Law 105–277), $11,874,000, to remain available until

20 expended, of which—

21 (1) $10,000,000 shall be for security enhance22 ments in connection with the initial implementation

23 of the United States Capitol Police master plan:

24 Provided, That notwithstanding such chapter 5, such

25 funds shall be available for facilities located within
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1 or outside of the Capitol Grounds, and such security

2 enhancements shall be subject to the approval of the

3 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of

5 the Senate; and

6 (2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhance7 ments to the buildings and grounds of the Library

8 of Congress:

9 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the

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

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

13 CAPITOL POLICE

14 SALARIES

15 For an additional amount for costs of overtime,

16 $2,700,000, to be available to increase, in equal amounts,

17 the amounts provided to the House of Representatives and

18 the Senate: Provided, That the entire amount is des19 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

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

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

22 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

23 FIRE SAFETY

24 For an additional amount for expenses for fire safety,

25 $17,480,000, to remain available until expended, of which
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1 $7,039,000 shall be for ‘‘Capitol Buildings and Grounds—

2 Capitol Buildings—Salaries and Expenses’’; $2,314,000

3 shall be for ‘‘Senate Office Buildings’’; $4,213,000 shall

4 be for ‘‘House Office Buildings’’; $3,000 shall be for

5 ‘‘Capitol Power Plant’’; $26,000 shall be for ‘‘Botanic

6 Garden—Salaries and Expenses’’; and $3,885,000 shall

7 be for ‘‘Architect of the Capitol—Library Buildings and

8 Grounds—Structural and Mechanical Care’’: Provided,

9 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

10 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

11 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

14 SEC. 1501. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch

15 Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amend16 ed by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and

17 inserting ‘‘$14,500,000’’.

18 (b) Section 201 of such Act is amended—

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Pursuant’’, and

20 (2) by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to so22 licit, receive, accept, and hold amounts under section

23 307E(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

24 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in excess of the $14,500,000

25 authorized under subsection (a), but such amounts (and
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1 any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the Archi2 tect without approval in appropriation Acts as required

3 under section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C.

4 216c(b)(3)).’’.

5 SEC. 1502. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION.

6 (a) ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED.—Section 127(d)(2) of di7 vision A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency

8 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

9 277; 19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended by adding at the

10 end the following new subparagraph:

11 ‘‘(I) The impact of the merchandise trade

12 and current account balances on the national

13 security of the United States, including in par14 ticular an assessment of the significance to na15 tional security of persistent and substantial bi16 lateral trade deficits and the need of a fully in17 tegrated national security, trade, and industrial

18 base trade-impact adjustment policy.’’.

19 (b) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF FINAL RE20 PORT.—Section 127(e)(1) of division A of the Omnibus

21 Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria22 tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 19 U.S.C. 2213

23 note) is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘15 months’’.
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1 CHAPTER 6

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND

3 RELATED AGENCIES

4 RELATED AGENCIES

5 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex8 penses,’’ $24,739,000, for emergency expenses associated

9 with the investigation of the Egypt Air 990 and Alaska

10 Air 261 accidents, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That such funds shall be available for wreckage lo12 cation and recovery, facilities, technical support, testing,

13 and wreckage mock-up: Provided further, That the entire

14 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency

15 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

17 as amended.

18 CHAPTER 7

19 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

20 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For an additional amount, $24,900,000 for the Sec23 retary of the Treasury to establish and operate an in-serv24 ice firearms training facility for the U.S. Customs Service

25 and other agencies, to remain available until expended:
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1 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to designate

2 a lead agency to oversee the development, implementation

3 and operation of the facility and to conduct training: Pro4 vided further, That the Director of the U.S. Fish and

5 Wildlife Service shall without compensation and at the

6 earliest practicable date, initiate a permanent, no-cost

7 transfer of property owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

8 Service, identified as the Sleepy Hollow Partnership &

9 Marcus Enterprises tract, (44,-R), 327.46 acres, Harpers

10 Ferry Magisterial District, Jefferson County, West Vir11 ginia, together with a forty-five foot right-of-way over the

12 lands of Valley Blox, Inc. as described in the deed from

13 Joel T. Broyhill Enterprises, Inc. to Sleepy Hollow Part14 nership, et al., in a Deed dated March 29, 1989 and re15 corded in the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office in Deed

16 Book 627, Page 494, to the United States Department

17 of the Treasury: Provided further, That the total amount

18 made available under this section is designated by the

19 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec20 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

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

22 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex23 tent that an official budget request that includes designa24 tion of the entire amount as an emergency requirement

25 as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
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1 Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the

2 President to the Congress.

3 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex5 penses’’ for enforcement of existing gun laws,

6 $93,751,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That the entire amount in this section is designated

8 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant

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

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro11 vided further, That the entire amount shall be available

12 only to the extent that an official budget request for a

13 specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the en14 tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement

15 as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President

16 to the Congress.

17 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

18 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

19 POLICY AND OPERATIONS

20 For an additional amount, $3,300,000 to remain

21 available until expended for the Salt Lake 2002 Winter

22 Olympic and Paralympic Games doping control program.
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1 CHAPTER 8

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

3 DEVELOPMENT

4 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

5 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

6 For an additional amount for the HOME investment

7 partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the

8 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act

9 (Public Law 101–625), as amended, $25,000,000: Pro10 vided, That these funds shall be provided to states with

11 designated disaster areas caused by Hurricane Floyd for

12 the purpose of providing temporary assistance in obtaining

13 rental assistance and for the construction of affordable re14 placement rental housing for very low-income families dis15 placed by flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd: Provided

16 further, That the entire amount is designated by the Con17 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

18 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

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

20 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex21 tent that an official budget request for a specific dollar

22 amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of

23 the request as an emergency requirement as defined in

24 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
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1 of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to

2 the Congress.

3 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

4 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

5 DISASTER RELIEF

6 Of the unobligated balances made available under the

7 second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency

8 Management Agency, Disaster Relief’’ in Public Law 106–

9 74, in addition to other amounts made available, up to

10 $50,000,000 may be used by the Director of the Federal

11 Emergency Management Agency for the buyout of repet12 itive loss properties which are principal residences that

13 have been made uninhabitable by floods in areas which

14 were declared federal disasters in fiscal year 1999 and

15 2000: Provided, That such properties are located in a 100-

16 year floodplain: Provided further, That no homeowner may

17 receive any assistance for buyouts in excess of the pre18 flood fair market value of the residence (reduced by any

19 proceeds from insurance or any other source paid or owed

20 as a result of the flood damage to the residence): Provided

21 further, That each state shall ensure that there is a con22 tribution from non-Federal sources of not less than 25

23 percent in matching funds (other than administrative

24 costs) for any funds allocated to the State for buyout as25 sistance: Provided further, That all buyouts under this sec-
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1 tion shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified

2 under 42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)(2)(B): Provided further, That

3 none of the funds made available for buyouts under this

4 paragraph may be used in any calculation of a State’s sec5 tion 404 allocation: Provided further, That the Director

6 shall report quarterly to the House and Senate Commit7 tees on Appropriations on the use of all funds allocated

8 under this paragraph and certify that the use of all funds

9 are consistent with all applicable laws and requirements:

10 Provided further, That no funds shall be allocated for

11 buyouts under this paragraph except in accordance with

12 regulations promulgated by the Director: Provided further,

13 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex14 tent an official budget request, that includes designation

15 of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re16 quirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans18 mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,

19 That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as

20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

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

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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1 CHAPTER 9

2 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE

3 SEC. 1901. For an additional amount for ‘‘Health

4 Resources and Services Administration, Health Resources

5 and Services’’, $3,500,000, for the Saint John’s Lutheran

6 Hospital in Libby, Montana, for construction and renova7 tion of health care and other facilities and an additional

8 amount for the ‘‘Economic Development Administration’’,

9 $8,000,000, only for a grant to the City of Libby, Mon10 tana: Provided, That the entire amounts in this section

11 are designated by the Congress as an emergency require12 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

14 amended: Provided further, That the entire amounts pro15 vided within this section shall be available only to the ex16 tent an official budget request that includes designation

17 of the entire amounts of the request as an emergency re18 quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans20 mitted by the President to the Congress.

21 SEC. 1902. For an additional amount for ‘‘Oper22 ations, Research, and Facilities’’, for emergency expenses

23 for fisheries disaster relief pursuant to section 312(a) of

24 the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage25 ment Act, as amended, for the Pribilof Island and East
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1 Aleutian area of the Bering Sea, $10,000,000 to remain

2 available until expended: Provided, That in implementing

3 this section, notwithstanding section 312(a)(3), the Sec4 retary shall immediately make available as a direct pay5 ment $2,000,000 to the States of Alaska, Washington,

6 and Oregon for distribution of emergency aid to individ7 uals with family incomes below 185 percent of the federal

8 poverty level who have suffered a direct negative impact

9 from the fisheries resource disaster and $3,000,000 for

10 Bering Sea ecosystem research including $1,000,000 for

11 the State of Alaska to develop a cooperative research plan

12 to restore the crab fishery: Provided further, That the Sec13 retary of Commerce declares a fisheries failure pursuant

14 to section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con15 servation and Management Act, as amended: Provided fur16 ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress

17 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

18 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

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

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

22 of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re23 quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans25 mitted by the President to the Congress.
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1 SEC. 1903. For an additional amount for the District

2 of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, $4,485,000

3 for the reimbursement of certain costs incurred by the

4 District of Columbia as host of the International Monetary

5 Fund and World Bank Organization Spring Conference

6 in April 2000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be

7 available only to the extent an official budget request for

8 $4,485,000, that includes designation of the entire

9 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

10 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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

12 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en13 tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer14 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of

15 such Act.

16 TITLE II

17 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND

18 OFFSETS

19 CHAPTER 1

20 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

21 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

22 From amounts appropriated under this heading in

23 Public Law 106–78 not needed for federal food inspection,

24 up to $6,000,000 may be used to liquidate obligations in25 curred in previous years, to the extent approved by the
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1 Director of the Office of Management and Budget based

2 on documentation provided by the Secretary of Agri3 culture.

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

5 SEC. 2101. Section 381A(1) of the Consolidated

6 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009(1)) is

7 amended as follows:

8 ‘‘(1) RURAL AND RURAL AREA.—The terms

9 ‘rural and rural area’ mean, subject to 306(a)(7), a

10 city or town that has a population of 50,000 inhab11 itants or less, other than an urbanized area imme12 diately adjacent to a city or town that has a popu13 lation in excess of 50,000 inhabitants, except for

14 business and industry projects or facilities described

15 in section 310(B)(a)(1), a city or town with a popu16 lation in excess of 50,000 inhabitants and its imme17 diately adjacent urbanized area shall be eligible for

18 funding when the primary economic beneficiaries of

19 such projects or facilities are producers of agri20 culture commodities.’’.

21 SEC. 2102. Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro23 vide financial and technical assistance to the Long Park

24 Dam in Utah from funds available for the Emergency Wa25 tershed Program, not to exceed $4,500,000.
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1 SEC. 2103. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro3 vide financial and technical assistance to the Kuhn Bayou

4 (Point Remove) Project in Arkansas from funds available

5 for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed

6 $3,300,000.

7 SEC. 2104. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro9 vide financial and technical assistance to the Snake River

10 Watershed project in Minnesota from funds available for

11 the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed

12 $4,000,000.

13 CHAPTER 2

14 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

15 RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

16 PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

17 TRUST FUND

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to Radiation

19 Exposure Compensation Trust Fund’’, $7,246,000.

20 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

21 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

22 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Develop24 ment Assistance Programs’’, $8,000,000 for public works
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1 grants for communities affected by hurricanes and other

2 natural disasters.

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex5 penses’’, $300,000 to administer public works grants for

6 communities affected by hurricanes and other natural dis7 asters.

8 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

11 For an additional amount for the account entitled

12 ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, $5,500,000.

13 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

14 PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST

15 ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES

16 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Presidential Advi17 sory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United

18 States’’, as authorized by Public Law 105–186, as amend19 ed, $1,400,000, to remain available until March 31, 2001,

20 for the direct funding of the activities of the Commission:

21 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the

22 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

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

25 That the entire amount provided shall be available only

26 to the extent an official budget request that includes des-
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1 ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer2 gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and

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

4 transmitted by the President to the Congress.

5 CHAPTER 3

6 ENERGY PROGRAMS

7 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

8 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Uranium enrichment

10 decontamination and decommissioning fund’’,

11 $58,000,000, to be derived from the Fund, to remain

12 available until expended.

13 CHAPTER 4

14 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

15 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

16 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ18 ment Services’’, $40,000,000, to be available for obligation

19 for the period April 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, to

20 be distributed by the Secretary of Labor to States for

21 youth activities in the local areas containing the 50 cities

22 with the largest populations, as determined by the latest

23 available Census data, in accordance with the formula cri24 teria for allocations to local areas contained in section

25 128(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Investment Act: Pro-
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1 vided, That the amounts distributed to the States shall

2 be distributed within each State to the designated local

3 areas without regard to section 127(a) and (b)(1) and sec4 tion 128(a) of such Act.

5 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 The matter under this heading in the Departments

8 of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,

9 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en10 acted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–

11 113) is amended by striking ‘‘including not to exceed

12 $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health

13 and Safety Academy’’ and inserting ‘‘and, in addition, not

14 to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine

15 Health and Safety Academy’’.

16 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

17 SERVICES

18 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

19 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION

20 ASSISTANCE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States

22 for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance’’ for payments

23 for fiscal year 2000, $35,000,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

2 AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 The matter under this heading in the Departments

4 of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,

5 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en6 acted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–

7 113) is amended by inserting after ‘‘$934,285,000’’ the

8 following: ‘‘, of which $2,200,000 shall be for the Anchor9 age, Alaska Senior Center, and shall remain available until

10 expended’’.

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

12 HUMAN SERVICES

13 SEC. 2401. Section 206 of the Departments of Labor,

14 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related

15 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law

16 by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–113) is amended

17 by inserting before the period at the end the following:

18 ‘‘: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to

19 funds appropriated under the heading ‘Centers for Disease

20 Control and Prevention—Disease Control, Research, and

21 Training’, funds made available to the Centers for Disease

22 Control and Prevention under the heading ‘Public Health

23 and Social Services Emergency Fund’, or any other funds

24 made available in this Act to the Centers for Disease Con25 trol and Prevention’’.
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1 SEC. 2402. Section 216 of the Departments of Labor,

2 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law

4 by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–113) is repealed.

5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

6 HIGHER EDUCATION

7 Funds appropriated under this heading in Public

8 Law 105–78 to carry out title X–E of the Higher Edu9 cation Act shall be available for obligation by the states

10 through September 30, 2000, and funds appropriated in

11 Public Law 105–277 to carry out title VIII–D of the

12 Higher Education Amendments of 1998 shall be available

13 for obligation by the states through September 30, 2001.

14 EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT

15 The matter under this heading in the Departments

16 of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,

17 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en18 acted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–

19 113) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘North Babylon Community

21 Youth Services for an educational program’’ and in22 serting ‘‘Town of Babylon Youth Bureau for an edu23 cational program’’;

24 (2) by striking ‘‘to promote participation among

25 youth in the United States democratic process’’ and
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1 inserting ‘‘to expand access to and improve advanced

2 education’’;

3 (3) by striking ‘‘Oakland Unified School Dis4 trict in California for an African American Literacy

5 and Culture Project’’ and inserting ‘‘California State

6 University, Hayward, for an African-American Lit7 eracy and Culture Project carried out in partnership

8 with the Oakland Unified School District in Cali9 fornia’’; and

10 (4) by striking ‘‘$900,000 shall be awarded to

11 the Boston Music Education Collaborative com12 prehensive interdisciplinary music program and

13 teacher resource center in Boston, Massachusetts’’

14 and inserting ‘‘$462,000 shall be awarded to the

15 Boston Symphony Orchestra for the teacher re16 source center and $370,000 shall be awarded to the

17 Boston Music Education Collaborative for an inter18 disciplinary music program, in Boston, Massachu19 setts’’.

20 RELATED AGENCIES

21 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

22 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin24 istration’’, $500,000, to be available through September

25 30, 2001.
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1 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin4 istrative Expenses’’, $50,000,000, to be available through

5 September 30, 2001.

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

7 SEC. 2403. Section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)), as amended by section 806(b)

9 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Serv10 ices, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations

11 Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of

12 Public Law 106–113) is amended—

13 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking

14 ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’;

15 (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking

16 ‘‘$900,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’; and

17 (3) in subparagraph (H), by striking

18 ‘‘$300,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’.

19 SEC. 2404. (a) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF

20 1998.—The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (20

21 U.S.C. 2841) is amended—

22 (1) in section 503—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘under Public Law 88–210

24 (as amended; 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.)’’ each

25 place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof,
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1 ‘‘under Public Law 105–332 (20 U.S.C. 2301

2 et seq.)’’; and

3 (B) by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec5 tion, for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall not consider

6 the expected levels of performance under Public Law 105–

7 332 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and shall not award a grant

8 under subsection (a) based on the levels of performance

9 for that Act.’’.

10 (b) CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL

11 EDUCATION ACT OF 1998.—Section 111 (a)(1)(C) of the

12 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act

13 of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2321) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal

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

15 2001’’.

16 CHAPTER 5

17 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND

18 RELATED AGENCIES

19 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

20 OPERATIONS

21 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAYS TRUST FUND)

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations’’,

24 $77,000,000, of which $50,400,000 shall be derived by

25 transfer from the unobligated balances of ‘‘Facilities and

26 Equipment’’, and $26,600,000 shall be derived from funds
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1 transferred to the Department of Transportation for year

2 2000 conversion of Federal information technology sys3 tems and related expenses pursuant to Public Law 105–

4 277, to be available until September 30, 2001.

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

6 SEC. 2501. Under the heading ‘‘Discretionary

7 Grants’’ in Public Law 105–66, ‘‘$4,000,000 for the Salt

8 Lake City regional commuter system project;’’ is amended

9 to read ‘‘$4,000,000 for the transit and other transpor10 tation-related portions of the Salt Lake City regional com11 muter system and Gateway Intermodal Terminal;’’.

12 SEC. 2502. Notwithstanding any other provision of

13 law, the Commandant shall transfer $8,000,000 identified

14 in the conference report accompanying Public Law 106–

15 69 for ‘‘Unalaska, AK—pier’’ to the City of Unalaska,

16 Alaska for the construction of a municipal pier and other

17 harbor improvements: Provided, That the City of Un18 alaska enter into an agreement with the United States to

19 accommodate Coast Guard vessels and support Coast

20 Guard operations at Unalaska, Alaska.

21 SEC. 2503. From amounts previously made available

22 in Public Law 106–69 (Department of Transportation and

23 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) for ‘‘Re24 search, Engineering, and Development’’, $600,000 shall

25 be available only for testing the potential for ultra-wide-
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1 band signals to interfere with global positioning system

2 receivers by the National Telecommunications and Infor3 mation Administration (NTIA): Provided, That the results

4 of said test be reported to the House and Senate Commit5 tees on Appropriations not later than six months from the

6 date of enactment of this act.

7 SEC. 2504. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 law, there is appropriated to the Federal Highway Admin9 istration for transfer to the Utah Department of Trans10 portation, $35,000,000 for Interstate 15 reconstruction;

11 such sums to remain available until expended: Provided,

12 That the Utah Department of Transportation shall make

13 available from state funds $35,000,000 for transportation

14 planning, and temporary and permanent transportation

15 infrastructure improvements for the Salt Lake City 2002

16 Olympic Winter Games: Provided further, That the specific

17 planning activities and transportation infrastructure

18 projects identified for state funding shall be limited to the

19 following projects included in the Olympic Transportation

20 Concept Plan approved by the Secretary of Transpor21 tation:

22 (1) Planning

23 (2) Venue Load and Unload

24 (3) Transit Bus Project

25 (4) Bus Maintenance Facilities
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1 (5) Olympic Park & Ride Lots

2 (6) North-South Light Rail Park & Ride Lot

3 Expansion.

4 SEC. 2505. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 law, the Secretary of Transportation may hereafter use

6 Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief funds

7 as authorized under 23 U.S.C. 125, to reconstruct or mod8 ify to a higher elevation roads that are currently impound9 ing water within a closed basin lake greater than fifty

10 thousand acres: Provided, That the structures on which

11 the roadways are to be built shall be constructed to appli12 cable approved United States Army Corps of Engineers

13 design standards.

14 CHAPTER 6

15 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

16 DEVELOPMENT

17 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

18 Amounts made available under this heading in title

19 II of Public Law 106–74 shall first be made available to

20 renew all expiring rental contracts under the supportive

21 housing program (as authorized under subtitle C of title

22 IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act,

23 as amended), and the shelter plus care program (as au24 thorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act): Pro25 vided, That a request for such funding be submitted in
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1 accordance with the eligibility requirements established by

2 the Secretary pursuant to a notice of funding availability

3 for fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That the Secretary

4 may make funds available as necessary to renew all grants

5 for rental assistance under subtitle C of title IV of the

6 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as

7 amended, for permanent housing for homeless persons

8 with disabilities or subtitle F of such Act where a request

9 for funding was submitted in accordance with the eligi10 bility requirements established by the Secretary pursuant

11 to the notice of funding availability for fiscal year 1999

12 covering such programs but not approved; and the grant

13 request was made by an entity that received such a grant

14 pursuant to the notice of funding availability for a pre15 vious fiscal year and the funding under such previous

16 grant expiries during calendar year 2000: Provided fur17 ther, That each grant awarded under this heading shall

18 be certified by the Secretary as needed to meet the needs

19 of the homeless in the community in which the grant was

20 made and that the financial accounts of each grantee are

21 determined to meet all applicable accounting require22 ments.
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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 FHA-GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘FHA General and

4 special risk program account’’ for the cost of guaranteed

5 loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the Na6 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), in7 cluding the cost of loan modifications (as that term is de8 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

9 1974, as amended), $49,000,000, to remain available until

10 expended.

11 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

12 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

14 Of the amounts made available under this heading

15 in Public Law 106–74, the $20,000,000 provided for the

16 Office of the Inspector General is rescinded. For an addi17 tional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’,

18 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

19 2001: Provided, That these funds shall be made available

20 under the same terms and conditions as authorized for

21 the funds under this heading in Public Law 106–74.

22 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

23 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Human Space Flight’’

25 to provide for urgent upgrades to the space shuttle fleet,
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1 $25,800,000, to remain available until September 30,

2 2001.

3 MISSION SUPPORT

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Mission Support’’ to

5 provide for needed augmentation of personnel,

6 $20,200,000, to remain available until September 30,

7 2001.

8 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

9 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Education and human

11 resources’’, $1,000,000.

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

13 SEC. 2601. Title V, Subtitle C, section 538 of Public

14 Law 106–74, is amended by striking ‘‘during any period

15 that the assisted family continues residing in the same

16 project in which the family was residing on the date of

17 the eligibility event for the project, if’’ and inserting in

18 lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the assisted family may elect

19 to remain in the same project in which the family was

20 residing on the date of the eligibility event for the project,

21 and if, during any period the family makes such an elec22 tion and continues to reside,’’.

23 SEC. 2602. None of the funds appropriated under

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

25 Housing and Urban Development to hire any staff for the

26 replacement of any position that is designated or was for-
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1 merly designated as an external community builder posi2 tion within the Department of Housing and Urban Devel3 opment: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated

4 under this or any other Act shall be used to hire any staff

5 above a GS–12 grade level until the Secretary has sub6 mitted an employment staffing plan to the House and Sen7 ate Committees on Appropriations that reflects the staff8 ing and capacity needs of the Department: Provided fur9 ther, That the Secretary may hire staff above a GS–12

10 level on a finding of special need and that the finding of

11 special need has been certified as such by the Office of

12 Personnel Management.

13 SEC. 2603. None of the funds appropriated under

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

15 Housing and Urban Development to prohibit or debar any

16 entity (and the individuals comprising that entity) that is

17 responsible for convening and managing a continuum of

18 care process (convenor) in a community for purposes of

19 the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act from

20 participating in that capacity unless the Secretary has

21 published in the Federal Register a description of all cir22 cumstances that would be grounds for prohibiting or de23 barring a convenor from administering a continuum of

24 care process and the procedures for a prohibition or debar25 ment: Provided, That these procedures shall include a re-
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1 quirement that a convenor shall be provided with timely

2 notice of a proposed prohibition or debarment, an identi3 fication of the circumstances that could result in the pro4 hibition or debarment, an opportunity to respond to or

5 remedy these circumstances, and the right for judicial re6 view of any decision of the Secretary that results in a pro7 hibition or debarment.

8 SEC. 2604. Section 175 of Public Law 106–113 is

9 amended by striking out ‘‘as a grant for Special Olympics

10 in Anchorage Alaska to develop the Ben Boeke Arena and

11 Hilltop Ski Area,’’ and insert in lieu thereof the following

12 ‘‘to the Organizing Committee for the 2001 Special Olym13 pics World Winter games to be used in support of related

14 activities in Alaska,’’.

15 SEC. 2605. Of the amount made available under the

16 fourth undesignated paragraph under the ‘‘Community

17 Planning and Development—Community Development

18 Block Grants’’ in title II of the Departments of Veterans

19 Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde20 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law

21 106–74; 113 Stat. 1062) for neighborhood initiatives for

22 specified grants, the $500,000 to be made available (pur23 suant to the related provisions of the joint explanatory

24 statement in the conference report to accompany such Act

25 (House Report No. 106–379, 106th Congress, 1st ses-
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1 sion)) to the City of Yankton, South Dakota, for the res2 toration of the downtown area and the development of the

3 Fox Run Industrial Park shall, notwithstanding such pro4 visions, be made available to such city for activities to fa5 cilitate economic development, including infrastructure

6 improvements.

7 SEC. 2606. (a) TECHNICAL REVISION TO PUBLIC

8 LAW 106–74.—Title II of Public Law 106–74 is

9 amended—

10 (1) under the heading ‘‘Urban Empowerment

11 Zones’’, by striking ‘‘$3,666,000’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘$3,666,666’’; and

13 (2) under the heading ‘‘Community Develop14 ment Block Grants’’ under the fourth undesignated

15 paragraph, by striking ‘‘$23,000,000’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘$22,750,000’’.

17 (b) TECHNICAL REVISION TO PUBLIC LAW 106–

18 113.—Section 242(a) of Appendix E of Public Law 106–

19 113 is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘seventh’’ and inserting ‘‘sixth’’;

21 and

22 (2) by striking ‘‘$250,175,000’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘$250,900,000’’.

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made

25 by—
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1 (1) subsection (a) shall be construed to have

2 taken effect on October 20, 1999; and

3 (2) subsection (b) shall be construed to have

4 taken effect on November 29, 1999.

5 SEC. 2607. SECTION 235 RESCISSION. Section

6 208(3) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous7 ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies

8 Appropriations Act, 2000 is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘235(r)’’ and inserting ‘‘235’’;

10 (2) by inserting after ‘‘104 Stat. 2305)’’ the

11 following: ‘‘for payments under section 235(r) of the

12 National Housing Act’’; and

13 (3) by striking ‘‘for such purposes’’.

14 SEC. 2608. PUBLIC HOUSING ADVISORY COM15 MITTEE. Section 2(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act

16 of 1937 is amended—

17 (a) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph

18 (A);

19 (b) by striking the period at the end of sub20 paragraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; or’’;

21 and

22 (c) by adding the following new subparagraph

23 (C):

24 ‘‘(C) that is a state housing finance agency

25 that is responsible for administering public
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1 housing or section 8 in a state, except that the

2 state housing finance agency shall establish an

3 advisory committee of persons who are resi4 dents of such public housing or who are as5 sisted under such section 8. This advisory com6 mittee shall meet not less than quarterly and

7 shall advise the state housing finance agency on

8 issues that directly impact the public housing or

9 section 8 that is administered by the state

10 housing finance agency.’’.

11 CHAPTER 7

12 OFFSETS

13 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

14 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

15 Of the funds transferred to ‘‘Office of the Chief In16 formation Officer’’ for year 2000 conversion of Federal

17 information technology systems and related expenses pur18 suant to Division B, Title III of Public Law 105–277,

19 $2,435,000 of the unobligated balances are hereby can20 celed.

21 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

22 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 (RESCISSION)

25 Of the amounts made available under this heading

26 for General Administration, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
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1 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (RESCISSION)

4 Of the unobligated balances available under this

5 heading, $1,147,000 are rescinded.

6 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

8 (RESCISSION)

9 Of the unobligated balances available under this

10 heading for the Civil Division, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

11 ASSET FORFEITURE FUND

12 (RESCISSION)

13 Of the unobligated balances available under this

14 heading, $13,500,000 are rescinded.

15 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (RESCISSION)

18 Of the unobligated balances available under this

19 heading for the Information Sharing Initiative,

20 $15,000,000 are rescinded.

21 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS

24 (RESCISSION)

25 Of the unobligated balances available under this

26 heading for Washington headquarters operations, includ-
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1 ing all unobligated balances available for the Office of the

2 Chief of the Border Patrol, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

3 CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND

4 PROGRAM DIRECTION

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the unobligated balances available under this

7 heading for Washington headquarters operations,

8 $5,000,000 are rescinded.

9 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of the unobligated balances available under this

12 heading for Washington headquarters operations,

13 $5,000,000 are rescinded.

14 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

15 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the amounts made available under this heading

18 for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, $500,000 are re19 scinded from the Management and Administration activ20 ity.

21 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Of the unobligated balances available under this

24 heading for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program,

25 $82,399,000 are rescinded.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

2 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

4 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the unobligated balances available under this

7 heading for the Advanced Technology Program,

8 $4,500,000 are rescinded.

9 RELATED AGENCIES

10 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (RESCISSION)

13 Of the unobligated balances available under this

14 heading, $5,000,000 are rescinded from the New Markets

15 Venture Capital Program.

16 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (RESCISSION)

18 Of the unobligated balances available under this

19 heading for the New Markets Venture Capital Program,

20 $1,500,000 are rescinded.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

2 SERVICES

3 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

4 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY

5 FUND

6 Of the funds transferred to ‘‘Public Health and So7 cial Services Emergency Fund’’ for year 2000 conversion

8 of Federal information technology systems and related ex9 penses pursuant to Division B, Title III of Public Law

10 105–277, $26,452,000 of the unobligated balances is here11 by canceled. In addition, of the funds appropriated for the

12 Department’s year 2000 computer conversion activities

13 under this heading in the Department of Health and

14 Human Services Appropriations Act, 2000, as enacted by

15 section 1000(a)(4) of the Consolidated Appropriations

16 Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113), $98,048,000 is hereby

17 canceled.

18 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

19 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

20 SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

21 (RESCISSION)

22 Of the amounts made available under this heading

23 in Public Law 106–58 for the national media campaign,

24 $3,300,000 are hereby rescinded.
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1 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND RELATED

3 EXPENSES

4 Under this heading in division B, title III of Public

5 Law 105–277, strike ‘‘$2,250,000,000’’ and insert

6 ‘‘$2,015,000,000’’.

7 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

8 DEVELOPMENT

9 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

10 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

11 (RESCISSION)

12 Of the amounts recaptured under this heading from

13 funds appropriated during fiscal year 2000 and prior

14 years, $128,000,000 is hereby rescinded.

15 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER

16 (RESCISSION)

17 SEC. 2701. (a) Of the unobligated balances available

18 on October 1, 2000 from appropriations made in fiscal

19 year 2000 and prior years, in the nondefense, general pur20 pose category to the departments and agencies of the Fed21 eral Government for Information Technology programs

22 and activities, $325,000,000 are rescinded.

23 (b) Within 30 days after the date of the effective date

24 of this section, the Director of the Office of Management

25 and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropria26 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
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1 listing of the amounts by account of the reductions made

2 pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

3 (c) Subsection (a) shall be effective on October 1,

4 2000.

5 CHAPTER 8

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE

7 SEC. 2801. For purposes of Section 201 of the Drug

8 Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, com9 monly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act (35 U.S.C. 156),

10 a patent which claims an elemental biologic used in manu11 facturing a product shall be eligible for an extension of

12 its term on the same terms and conditions as other pat13 ents eligible under such Section, except that: (1) under

14 35 U.S.C. 156(a)(4), the product manufactured using

15 such elemental biologic, rather than such elemental bio16 logic, shall have been subject to a regulatory review period

17 before its commercial marketing or use; and (2) an appli18 cation for extension of term may be submitted within the

19 sixty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of

20 this section or within the sixty-day period beginning on

21 the date the patent becomes eligible for extension under

22 this section. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘ele23 mental biologic’’ means a genetically engineered cell, or

24 method of making thereof, used in manufacturing five or

25 more new drugs, antibiotic drugs, or human biological
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1 products, each subject to a regulatory review period before

2 commercial marketing or use and each receiving permis3 sion under the provision of law under which the applicable

4 regulatory review period occurred for commercial mar5 keting or use. To be eligible to apply for a term extension

6 under this section, the owner of record of a patent claim7 ing an elemental biologic must: (1) be a non-profit organi8 zation as defined by section 201 of title 35; (2) not itself

9 commercially sell the product, and have made reasonable

10 efforts to promote utilization of the patented invention in

11 commercial markets by licensing, on a non-exclusive, roy12 alty free or reasonable royalty basis, rights to make, use,

13 offer to sell, or sell the invention; and (3) share any royal14 ties with the inventor, and after payment of expenses (in15 cluding payments to inventors) incidental to administra16 tion of inventions, invest the balance of any royalties or

17 income earned from the invention in scientific research or

18 education. This section shall apply to any patent not yet

19 expired at the time of enactment of this section and to

20 any patent issued thereafter. A timely applicant shall be

21 entitled to a decision by the Commissioner of Patents and

22 Trademarks granting or denying the application prior to

23 such expiration of the patent, or if the Commissioner can24 not render such decision prior to such expiration, an ex-
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1 tension under section 156(e)(2), Title 35 United States

2 Code, prior to expiration of the patent.

3 SEC. 2802. At the end of the first paragraph under

4 the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis5 tration, Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ in title II

6 of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress as enacted by section

7 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113, add the following: ‘‘:

8 Provided further, That the vessel RAINIER shall use

9 Ketchikan, Alaska as its home port’’.

10 SEC. 2803. Notwithstanding any other provision of

11 law Section 109 of the Commerce, Justice, and State, the

12 Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 1995,

13 Public Law 103–317 (28 U.S.C. 509 note) is repealed.

14 SEC. 2804. Notwithstanding any other provision of

15 law, not later than 15 days after the date of enactment

16 of this Act the Department of Justice shall transfer back

17 to any Department or Agency all funds provided to the

18 Department of Justice as reimbursement for the costs of

19 tobacco litigation: Provided, That the Department of Jus20 tice shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on

21 the amounts reimbursed, by Department and Agency, and

22 the date when the reimbursements are completed.

23 SEC. 2805. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Communica24 tions Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ in title V of

25 H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section
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1 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113, delete

2 ‘‘$210,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$215,800,000’’; in the first

3 and third provisos delete ‘‘$185,754,000’’ and insert

4 ‘‘$191,554,000’’ in each such proviso.

5 SEC. 2806. Under the heading ‘‘Telecommunications

6 carrier compliance fund’’ in title I of H.R. 3421 of the

7 106th Congress, as enacted by section 1000(a)(1) of Pub8 lic Law 106–113, strike ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and insert

9 ‘‘$115,000,000’’.

10 SEC. 2807. At the end of the paragraph under the

11 heading ‘‘Justice prisoner and alien transportation system

12 fund, United States Marshals Service’’ in title I of H.R.

13 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section

14 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113, add the following: ‘‘In

15 addition, $13,500,000, to remain available until expended,

16 shall be available only for the purchase of two Sabreliner17 class aircraft.’’.

18 SEC. 2808. Title IV of the Departments of Com19 merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related

20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as contained in Public

21 Law 106–113) is amended in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Dip22 lomatic and consular programs’’ by inserting after the

23 fourth proviso: ‘‘Provided further, That of the amount

24 made available under this heading, $5,000,000, less any

25 costs already paid, shall be used to reimburse the City of
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1 Seattle and other Washington state jurisdictions for secu2 rity costs incurred in hosting the Third World Trade Or3 ganization Ministerial Conference:’’.

4 SEC. 2809. Of the discretionary funds appropriated

5 to the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En6 forcement Assistance Program in fiscal year 2000,

7 $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Violent Offender

8 Incarceration and Truth In Sentencing Incentive Grants

9 Program to be used for the construction costs of the

10 Hoonah Spirit Camp, as authorized under section

11 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act.

12 SEC. 2810. Title I of the Departments of Commerce,

13 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies

14 Appropriations Act, 2000 (as contained in Public Law

15 106–113) is amended in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Federal

16 Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses’’ by in17 serting after the third proviso the following new proviso:

18 ‘‘: Provided further, That in addition to amounts made

19 available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be available

20 for the creation of a new site for the National Domestic

21 Preparedness Office outside of FBI Headquarters and the

22 implementation of the ‘Blueprint’ with regard to the Na23 tional Domestic Preparedness Office’’.

24 SEC. 2811. Of the funds made available in fiscal year

25 2000 for the Department of Commerce, $1,000,000 shall
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1 be derived from the account entitled ‘‘General Administra2 tion’’ and $500,000 from the account entitled ‘‘Office of

3 the Inspector General’’ and made available for the Com4 mission on Online Child Protection as established under

5 Title XIII of Public Law 105–825, and extended by subse6 quent law.

7 TITLE III

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIVISION

9 SEC. 3101. No part of any appropriation contained

10 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond

11 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

12 SEC. 3102. Notwithstanding the provisions of 10

13 U.S.C. 125(a), 3013, 3014, 3015, and 3016, none of the

14 funds made available in this or any other Act may be used

15 to restructure, reorganize, abolish, transfer, consolidate,

16 or otherwise alter or modify, the organizational or man17 agement oversight structure; existing delegations; or func18 tions or activities, applicable to the Army Corps of Engi19 neers.

20 SEC. 3103. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 law, no funds provided in this or any other Act may be

22 used to further reallocate Central Arizona Project water

23 or to prepare an Environmental Assessment, Environ24 mental Impact Statement, or Record of Decision providing

25 for a reallocation of Central Arizona Project water until
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1 further act of Congress authorizing and directing the Sec2 retary of the Interior to make allocations and enter into

3 contracts for delivery of Central Arizona Project water.

4 SEC. 3104. Funds appropriated in this or any other

5 Act and hereafter may not be used to pay on behalf of

6 the United States or a contractor or subcontractor of the

7 United States for posting a bond or fulfilling any other

8 financial responsibility requirement relating to closure or

9 post-closure care and monitoring of the Waste Isolation

10 Pilot Plant. The State of New Mexico or any other entity

11 may not enforce against the United States or a contractor

12 or subcontractor of the United States, in this or any sub13 sequent fiscal year, a requirement to post bond or any

14 other financial responsibility requirement relating to clo15 sure or post-closure care and monitoring of the Waste Iso16 lation Pilot Plant. Any financial responsibility requirement

17 in a permit or license for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

18 on the date of enactment of this section may not be en19 forced against the United States or its contractors or sub20 contractors at the Plant.

21 SEC. 3105. None of the funds made available under

22 this Act or any other Act shall be used by the Secretary

23 of the Interior, in this or the succeeding fiscal year, to

24 promulgate final rules to revise or amend 43 C.F.R. Sub25 part 3809, except that the Secretary may finalize amend-
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1 ments to that Subpart that are limited to only the specific

2 regulatory gaps identified at pages 7 through 9 of the Na3 tional Research Council report entitled ‘‘Hardrock Mining

4 on Federal Lands’’ and that are consistent with existing

5 statutory authorities. Nothing in this section shall be con6 strued to expand the existing statutory authority of the

7 Secretary.

8 SEC. 3106. No funds may be expended in fiscal year

9 2000 by the Federal Communications Commission to con10 duct competitive bidding procedures that involve mutually

11 exclusive applications where one or more of the applicants

12 in a station, including an auxiliary radio booster or trans13 lator station or television translator station, licensed under

14 section 397(6) of the Communications Act, whether broad15 casting on reserved or non-reserved spectrum.

16 SEC. 3107. Using previously appropriated and avail17 able funds, the Secretary shall develop and implement a

18 process which pays interim compensation by June 15,

19 2000, to all persons and entities eligible for compensation

20 under section 123 of title I, section 101(e) of Public Law

21 105–277, as amended.

22 SEC. 3108. OREGON INLET, NORTH CAROLINA,

23 FLOOD CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—

24 (1) JOINT DESIGNATION.—Not later than 60

25 days after the date of enactment of this Act—
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1 (A) the Secretary of the Interior and the

2 Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief

3 of Engineers, shall jointly designate tracts of

4 land for the jetty and sand transfer system for

5 the Oregon Inlet on the Coast of North Caro6 lina, approximately 85 miles south of Cape

7 Henry and 45 miles north of Cape Hatteras (as

8 described on page 12 of the Report of the

9 House of Representatives numbered 91–1665),

10 authorized under the River and Harbor Act of

11 1970 and the Flood Control Act of 1970 (Pub12 lic Law 91–611; 84 Stat. 1818); and

13 (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall

14 transfer administrative jurisdiction over the

15 tracts of land referred to in subparagraph (A)

16 to the Secretary of the Army.

17 (2) FAILURE TO JOINTLY DESIGNATE.—If the

18 Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the

19 Army fail to jointly designate the tracts of land re20 ferred to in paragraph (1)(A) by the date that is 60

21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the

22 Secretary of the Army shall designate the tracts of

23 land pursuant to a description prepared by the Sec24 retary of the Army, in consultation with the Chief

25 of Engineers, and shall provide notice to the Sec-
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1 retary of the Interior of the designation. Upon re2 ceipt of the notice, the Secretary of the Interior shall

3 transfer administrative jurisdiction over the tracts of

4 land to the Secretary of the Army.

5 (b) SIZE.—

6 (1) LIMITS.—Except as provided in paragraph

7 (2), the quantity of acreage in the tracts of land re8 ferred to in subsection (a) shall not exceed—

9 (A) with respect to the tract in the Cape

10 Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area,

11 93 acres; and

12 (B) with respect to the tract in the Pea Is13 land National Wildlife Refuge, 33 acres.

14 (2) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary of the Army

15 and the Secretary of the Interior jointly designate

16 the tracts of land pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A),

17 the area of each tract may exceed the acreage speci18 fied for the tract in paragraph (1).

19 (c) MODIFICATION OF SIZE IN EVENT OF FAILURE

20 TO JOINTLY DESIGNATE.—Notwithstanding subsection

21 (b)(1), if, after designating the tracts of land pursuant

22 to subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the Army determines

23 that any tract is inadequate for the construction, oper24 ation, and maintenance of a jetty and sand transfer sys25 tem for the Oregon Inlet, the Secretary of the Army may
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1 designate, not earlier than 60 days after providing notice

2 of a designation to the Secretary of the Interior under sub3 section (a)(2), an additional tract of land adjacent to the

4 inadequate tract.

5 SEC. 3109. Notwithstanding any other provision of

6 law, the Indian Health Service is authorized to improve

7 municipal, private or tribal lands with respect to the new

8 construction of the clinic for the community of King Cove,

9 Alaska authorized under section 353 of Public Law 105–

10 277 (112 Stat. 2681–303).

11 SEC. 3110. Section 306 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th

12 Congress, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of

13 Public Law 106–113, is hereby repealed.

14 TITLE IV—FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR THE

15 WORLD ACT

16 SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.

17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Food and Medicine

18 for the World Act’’.

19 SEC. 4002. DEFINITIONS.

20 In this title:

21 (1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term

22 ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given the

23 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of

24 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
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1 (2) AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘ag2 ricultural program’’ means—

3 (A) any program administered under the

4 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance

5 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);

6 (B) any program administered under sec7 tion 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7

8 U.S.C. 1431);

9 (C) any program administered under the

10 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601

11 et seq.);

12 (D) the dairy export incentive program ad13 ministered under section 153 of the Food Secu14 rity Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a–14);

15 (E) any commercial export sale of agricul16 tural commodities; or

17 (F) any export financing (including credits

18 or credit guarantees) provided by the United

19 States Government for agricultural commod20 ities.

21 (3) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint reso22 lution’’ means—

23 (A) in the case of section 4003(a)(1), only

24 a joint resolution introduced within 10 session

25 days of Congress after the date on which the
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1 report of the President under section

2 4003(a)(1) is received by Congress, the matter

3 after the resolving clause of which is as follows:

4 ‘‘That Congress approves the report of the

5 President pursuant to section 4003(a)(1) of the

6 Food and Medicine for the World Act, trans7 mitted on lllllll.’’, with the blank

8 completed with the appropriate date; and

9 (B) in the case of section 4006(1), only a

10 joint resolution introduced within 10 session

11 days of Congress after the date on which the

12 report of the President under section 4006(2) is

13 received by Congress, the matter after the re14 solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That

15 Congress approves the report of the President

16 pursuant to section 4006(1) of the Food and

17 Medicine for the World Act, transmitted on

18 lllllll.’’, with the blank completed

19 with the appropriate date.

20 (4) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de21 vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in

22 section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos23 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).

24 (5) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the

25 meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the
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1 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.

2 321).

3 (6) UNILATERAL AGRICULTURAL SANCTION.—

4 The term ‘‘unilateral agricultural sanction’’ means

5 any prohibition, restriction, or condition on carrying

6 out an agricultural program with respect to a for7 eign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the

8 United States for reasons of foreign policy or na9 tional security, except in a case in which the United

10 States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilat11 eral regime and the other member countries of that

12 regime have agreed to impose substantially equiva13 lent measures.

14 (7) UNILATERAL MEDICAL SANCTION.—The

15 term ‘‘unilateral medical sanction’’ means any prohi16 bition, restriction, or condition on exports of, or the

17 provision of assistance consisting of, medicine or a

18 medical device with respect to a foreign country or

19 foreign entity that is imposed by the United States

20 for reasons of foreign policy or national security, ex21 cept in a case in which the United States imposes

22 the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and

23 the other member countries of that regime have

24 agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
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1 SEC. 4003. RESTRICTION.

2 (a) NEW SANCTIONS.—Except as provided in sections

3 4004 and 4005 and notwithstanding any other provision

4 of law, the President may not impose a unilateral agricul5 tural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a for6 eign country or foreign entity, unless—

7 (1) not later than 60 days before the sanction

8 is proposed to be imposed, the President submits a

9 report to Congress that—

10 (A) describes the activity proposed to be

11 prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and

12 (B) describes the actions by the foreign

13 country or foreign entity that justify the sanc14 tion; and

15 (2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution

16 stating the approval of Congress for the report sub17 mitted under paragraph (1).

18 (b) EXISTING SANCTIONS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), the President shall terminate any unilat21 eral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanc22 tion that is in effect as of the date of enactment of

23 this Act.

24 (2) EXEMPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not

25 apply to a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilat26 eral medical sanction imposed—
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1 (A) with respect to any program adminis2 tered under section 416 of the Agricultural Act

3 of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);

4 (B) with respect to the Export Credit

5 Guarantee Program (GSM–102) or the Inter6 mediate Export Credit Guarantee Program

7 (GSM–103) established under section 202 of

8 the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.

9 5622); or

10 (C) with respect to the dairy export incen11 tive program administered under section 153 of

12 the Food Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C.

13 713a–14).

14 SEC. 4004. EXCEPTIONS.

15 Section 4003 shall not affect any authority or re16 quirement to impose (or continue to impose) a sanction

17 referred to in section 4003—

18 (1) against a foreign country or foreign

19 entity—

20 (A) pursuant to a declaration of war

21 against the country or entity;

22 (B) pursuant to specific statutory author23 ization for the use of the Armed Forces of the

24 United States against the country or entity;
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1 (C) against which the Armed Forces of the

2 United States are involved in hostilities; or

3 (D) where imminent involvement by the

4 Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities

5 against the country or entity is clearly indicated

6 by the circumstances; or

7 (2) to the extent that the sanction would pro8 hibit, restrict, or condition the provision or use of

9 any agricultural commodity, medicine, or medical de10 vice that is—

11 (A) controlled on the United States Muni12 tions List established under section 38 of the

13 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778);

14 (B) controlled on any control list estab15 lished under the Export Administration Act of

16 1979 or any successor statute (50 U.S.C. App.

17 2401 et seq.); or

18 (C) used to facilitate the development or

19 production of a chemical or biological weapon or

20 weapon of mass destruction.

21 SEC. 4005. COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TER22 RORISM.

23 Notwithstanding section 4003 and except as provided

24 in section 4007, the prohibitions in effect on or after the

25 date of the enactment of this Act under section 620A of
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1 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) on

2 providing, to the government of any country supporting

3 international terrorism, United States Government assist4 ance, including United States foreign assistance, United

5 States export assistance, or any United States credits or

6 credit guarantees, shall remain in effect for such period

7 as the Secretary of State determines under such section

8 620A that the government of the country has repeatedly

9 provided support for acts of international terrorism.

10 SEC. 4006. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.

11 Any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral

12 medical sanction that is imposed pursuant to the proce13 dures described in section 4003(a) shall terminate not

14 later than 2 years after the date on which the sanction

15 became effective unless—

16 (1) not later than 60 days before the date of

17 termination of the sanction, the President submits to

18 Congress a report containing—

19 (A) the recommendation of the President

20 for the continuation of the sanction for an addi21 tional period of not to exceed 2 years; and

22 (B) the request of the President for ap23 proval by Congress of the recommendation; and
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1 (2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution

2 stating the approval of Congress for the report sub3 mitted under paragraph (1).

4 SEC. 4007. STATE SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL TER5 RORISM.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of this title, the export of agricultural commodities,

8 medicine, or medical devices to the government of a coun9 try that has been determined by the Secretary of State

10 to have repeatedly provided support for acts of inter11 national terrorism under section 620A of the Foreign As12 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) shall only be

13 made—

14 (1) pursuant to one-year licenses issued by the

15 United States Government for contracts entered into

16 during the one-year period and completed with the

17 12-month period beginning on the date of the sign18 ing of the contract, except that, in the case of the

19 export of items used for food and for food produc20 tion, such one-year licenses shall otherwise be no

21 more restrictive than general licenses; and

22 (2) without benefit of Federal financing, direct

23 export subsidies, Federal credit guarantees, or other

24 Federal promotion assistance programs.
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1 (b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The applicable depart2 ment or agency of the Federal Government shall submit

3 to the appropriate congressional committees on a quar4 terly basis a report on any activities undertaken under

5 subsection (a)(1) during the preceding calendar quarter.

6 (c) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than two years

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, and every two

8 years thereafter, the applicable department or agency of

9 the Federal Government shall submit a report to the ap10 propriate congressional committees on the operation of the

11 licensing system under this section for the preceding two12 year period, including—

13 (1) the number and types of licenses applied

14 for;

15 (2) the number and types of licenses approved;

16 (3) the average amount of time elapsed from

17 the date of filing of a license application until the

18 date of its approval;

19 (4) the extent to which the licensing procedures

20 were effectively implemented; and

21 (5) a description of comments received from in22 terested parties about the extent to which the licens23 ing procedures were effective, after the applicable

24 department or agency holds a public 30-day com25 ment period.
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1 SEC. 4008. CONGRESSIONAL EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.

2 Consideration of a joint resolution relating to a report

3 described in section 4003(a)(1) or 4006(1) shall be subject

4 to expedited procedures as determined by the House of

5 Representatives and as determined by the Senate.

6 SEC. 4009. EFFECTIVE DATE.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

8 (b), this title takes effect on the date of enactment of this

9 Act.

10 (b) EXISTING SANCTIONS.—In the case of any unilat11 eral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction

12 that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act,

13 this title takes effect 180 days after the date of enactment

14 of this Act.

15 This Division may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Year 2000

16 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Natural

17 Disasters Assistance’’.

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De19 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

Calendar No. 540

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2536

[Report No. 106–288]

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and

Related Agencies programs for the fiscal yearending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

MAY 10, 2000

Read twice and placed on the calendar