In the Senate of the United States,
August 2, 2001.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2620) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Departments of Veteran Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13,
18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf
of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15,
51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits,
emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-serv-
ice credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on
commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the
provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil
Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106,
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548;
43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198),
$24,944,288,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $17,940,000 of the amount appro-
priated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’
and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary expenses in implementing
those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act
of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding
source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensa-
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tion and pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa-
tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolv-
ing fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical
facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as
authorized.
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and
61, $2,135,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program services
and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide
under section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, other
than under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5) and (11) of that sec-
tion, shall be charged to the account: Provided further, That
funds shall be available to pay any court order, court award
or any compromise settlement arising from litigation in-
volving the vocational training program authorized by sec-
tion 18 of Public Law 98–77, as amended.
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES
For military and naval insurance, national service life
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat.
487, $26,200,000, to remain available until expended.
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VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized
by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal
year 2002, within the resources available, not to exceed
$300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized
for specially adapted housing loans.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $164,497,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by
38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct loans not to exceed $3,400.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $64,000, which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses’’.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $72,000, as authorized by
38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,301,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $274,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub-
chapter V, as amended, $544,000, which may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General oper-
ating expenses’’.
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GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR
HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated
by this Act for ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical
care’’ may be expended for the administrative expenses to
carry out the guaranteed loan program authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili-
ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment
in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the department;
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto
for beneficiaries receiving care in the department; adminis-
trative expenses in support of planning, design, project
management, real property acquisition and disposition,
construction and renovation of any facility under the juris-
diction or for the use of the department; oversight, engineer-
ing and architectural activities not charged to project cost;
repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the
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several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract
or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of ma-
terials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State homes as authorized by
38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal expenses of the
department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the
department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and
the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et
seq., $21,379,742,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That
of the funds made available under this heading,
$675,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures
object classifications only, which amount shall not become
available for obligation until August 1, 2002, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, not
to exceed $900,000,000 shall be available until September
30, 2003: Provided further, That, in addition to other funds
made available under this heading for non-recurring main-
tenance and repair (NRM) activities, $30,000,000 shall be
available without fiscal year limitation to support the NRM
activities necessary to implement Capital Asset Realign-
ment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities: Provided
further, That from amounts appropriated under this head-
ing, additional amounts, as designated by the Secretary no
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later than September 30, 2002, may be used for CARES
activities without fiscal year limitation: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct by con-
tract a program of recovery audits for the fee basis and
other medical services contracts with respect to payments
for hospital care; and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b),
amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of
such audits shall be available, without fiscal year limita-
tion, for the purposes for which funds are appropriated
under this heading and the purposes of paying a contractor
a percent of the amount collected as a result of an audit
carried out by the contractor: Provided further, That all
amounts so collected under the preceding proviso with re-
spect to a designated health care region (as that term is
defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net
of payments to the contractor, to that region.
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–33
establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Care Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to
such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred
to this account, to remain available until expended for the
purposes of this account.
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
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ized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until
September 30, 2003, $390,000,000, plus reimbursements.
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in the administration of the
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities,
$67,628,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That technical
and consulting services offered by the Facilities Manage-
ment Field Service, including project management and real
property administration (including leases, site acquisition
and disposal activities directly supporting projects), shall
be provided to Department of Veterans Affairs components
only on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will re-
main available until September 30, 2002.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services
Administration for security guard services, and the Depart-
ment of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail,
$1,194,831,000: Provided, That expenses for services and as-
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sistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(1), (2), (5)
and (11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to en-
able entitled veterans (1) to the maximum extent feasible,
to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable
employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in
daily living, shall be charged to this account: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading,
not to exceed $60,000,000 shall be available until September
30, 2003: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, the Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion may purchase up to four passenger motor vehicles for
use in their Manila, Philippines operation: Provided fur-
ther, That travel expenses for this account shall not exceed
$15,665,000.
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor;
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations;
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $121,169,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $48,308,000.
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CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103,
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States
Code, including planning, architectural and engineering
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition,
where the estimated cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more
or where funds for a project were made available in a pre-
vious major project appropriation, $155,180,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $60,000,000 shall be for
Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES)
activities; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be
for costs associated with land acquisitions for national
cemeteries in the vicinity of Sacramento, California; Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania; and Detroit, Michigan: Provided,
That except for advance planning activities (including
market-based and other assessments of needs which may
lead to capital investments) funded through the advance
planning fund, design of projects funded through the design
fund, and planning and design activities funded through
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the CARES fund (including market-based and other assess-
ments of needs which may lead to capital investments),
none of these funds shall be used for any project which has
not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process:
Provided further, That funds provided in this appropria-
tion for fiscal year 2002, for each approved project (except
those for CARES activities and the three land acquisitions
referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding
of a construction documents contract by September 30,
2002; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract
by September 30, 2003: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall promptly report in writing to the Committees
on Appropriations any approved major construction project
in which obligations are not incurred within the time limi-
tations established above: Provided further, That no funds
from any other account except the ‘‘Parking revolving
fund’’, may be obligated for constructing, altering, extend-
ing, or improving a project which was approved in the
budget process and funded in this account until one year
after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by
the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any
part thereof with respect to that part only.
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning
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and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest-
ments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance
or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims an-
alysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construc-
tion costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes
set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106,
8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States
Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than
$4,000,000, $178,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ appropriations which are hereby
made available for any project where the estimated cost is
less than $4,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be for Cap-
ital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) ac-
tivities: Provided, That from amounts appropriated under
this heading, additional amounts may be used for CARES
activities: Provided further, That funds in this account
shall be available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the depart-
ment which are necessary because of loss or damage caused
by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss
by such causes.
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PARKING REVOLVING FUND
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected and $4,000,000
from the General Fund, both to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available for all authorized expenses
except operations and maintenance costs, which will be
funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care
to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS
CEMETERIES
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,
or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2002 for
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’,
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and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2002 for salaries and ex-
penses shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109.
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for
‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be avail-
able for the purchase of any site for or toward the construc-
tion of any new hospital or home.
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to
veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5
U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless reim-
bursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ account
at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2002 for ‘‘Compensation
and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans in-
surance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment
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of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded
by law against the corresponding prior year accounts with-
in the last quarter of fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2002 shall be
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X
of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–
86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund ac-
counts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38
U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund
(38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life
Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ‘‘General
operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administration
of the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the
surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance program in
fiscal year 2002, that are available for dividends in that
program after claims have been paid and actuarially deter-
mined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That
if the cost of administration of an insurance program ex-
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ceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that
program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent
of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal
year 2002, which is properly allocable to the provision of
each insurance program and to the provision of any total
disability income insurance included in such insurance
program.
SEC. 108. For fiscal year 2002 only, funds available
in any Department of Veterans Affairs appropriation or
fund for salaries and other administrative expenses shall
also be available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Man-
agement and the Office of Employment Discrimination
Complaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates
which will recover actual costs. Payments may be made in
advance for services to be furnished, based on estimated
costs. Amounts received shall be credited to the General Op-
erating Expenses account for use by the office that provided
the service. Total resources available to these offices for fis-
cal year 2002 shall not exceed $28,550,000 for the Office
of Resolution Management and $2,383,000 for the Office of
Employment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication.
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the Fran-
chise Fund pilot program authorized to be established by
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section 403 of Public Law 103–356 until October 1, 2002:
Provided, That the Franchise Fund, established by Title I
of Public Law 104–204 to finance the operations of the
Franchise Fund pilot program, shall continue until October
1, 2002.
SEC. 110. (a) STUDY OF VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION.—
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a study
of the benefits and costs of using viscosupplementation as
a means of treating degenerative knee diseases in veterans
instead of, or as a means of delaying, knee replacement.
The study shall consider the benefits and costs of the proce-
dure for veterans and the effect of the use of the procedure
on the provision of medical care by the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on the study carried out under subsection
(a). The report shall set forth the results of the study, and
include such other information regarding the study, includ-
ing recommendations as a result of the study, as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.
(c) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out the study
under subsection (a) using amounts available to the Sec-
retary under this title under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL AND
PROSTHETIC RESEARCH’’.
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SEC. 111. (a) ELIGIBILITY OF NORTH DAKOTA VET-
ERANS CEMETERY FOR AID REGARDING VETERANS CEME-
TERIES.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall treat the
North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota,
as a veterans cemetery owned by the State of North Dakota
for purposes of making grants to States in expanding or
improving veterans cemeteries under section 2408 of title
38, United States Code.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply with re-
spect to grants under section 2408 of title 38, United States
Code, that occur on or after that date.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act for ‘‘Medical care’’ appropriations of
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for
the realignment of the health care delivery system in Vet-
erans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12) until 60
days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that
the Department has: (1) consulted with veterans organiza-
tions, medical school affiliates, employee representatives,
State veterans and health associations, and other interested
parties with respect to the realignment plan to be imple-
mented; and (2) made available to the Congress and the
public information from the consultations regarding pos-
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sible impacts on the accessibility of veterans health care
services to affected veterans.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involun-
tary displacement of low-income families, the elderly and
the disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock,
expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for
which amounts are provided under another heading in this
Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in
housing assistance arrangements, and for other purposes,
$15,658,769,000 and amounts that are recaptured in this
account to remain available until expended: Provided, That
of the total amount provided under this heading,
$15,506,746,000, of which $11,306,746,000 shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2001 and $4,200,000,000 shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2002 shall be for assistance under the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (‘‘the Act’’
herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437): Provided further, That the fore-
going amounts shall be for use in connection with expiring
or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for amendments
to section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers (in-
cluding amendments and renewals) under any provision of
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law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the
Act (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), contract administrators, and con-
tracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That
amounts available under the first proviso under this head-
ing shall be available for section 8 rental assistance under
the Act: (1) for the relocation and replacement of housing
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act
of 1996; (2) for the conversion of section 23 projects to as-
sistance under section 8; (3) for funds to carry out the fam-
ily unification program; (4) for the relocation of witnesses
in connection with efforts to combat crime in public and
assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law enforce-
ment or prosecution agency; (5) for tenant protection assist-
ance, including replacement and relocation assistance; and
(6) for the 1-year renewal of section 8 contracts at current
rents for units in a project that is subject to an approved
plan of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing
Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Pres-
ervation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, no less than $13,400,000 shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund for the development and mainte-
nance of information technology systems: Provided further,
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That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$40,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled
families affected by the designation of a public housing de-
velopment under section 7 of the Act, the establishment of
preferences in accordance with section 651 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly families
in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent
the Secretary determines that such amount is not needed
to fund applications for such affected families, to other non-
elderly disabled families: Provided further, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, $98,623,000 shall be
made available for incremental vouchers under section 8 of
the Act on a fair share basis to those public housing agencies
that have no less than 97 percent occupancy rate: Provided
further, That amounts available under this heading may
be made available for administrative fees and other expenses
to cover the cost of administering rental assistance pro-
grams under section 8 of the Act: Provided further, That
the fee otherwise authorized under section 8(q) of such Act
shall be determined in accordance with section 8(q), as in
effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided
further, That $615,000,000 are rescinded from unobligated
balances remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
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ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted hous-
ing’’ for fiscal year 2002 and prior years: Provided further,
That, after the amount is rescinded under the previous pro-
viso, to the extent an additional amount is available for
rescission from unobligated balances remaining for funds
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment under this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual con-
tributions for assisted housing’’ for fiscal year 2002 and
prior years, such amount shall be made available on a pro-
rata basis, no sooner than September 1, 2002, and shall
be transferred for use under the ‘‘Research and Related Ac-
tivities’’ account of the National Science Foundation, and
shall be transferred for use under the ‘‘Science, Aeronautics
and Technology’’ account of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, and shall be transferred for use
under the ‘‘HOME investment partnership program’’ ac-
count of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment for the production of mixed-income housing for which
this amount shall be used to assist the construction of units
that serve extremely low-income families, and shall be
transferred for use under the ‘‘Housing for Special Popu-
lations’’ account of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
have until September 30, 2002, to meet the rescissions in
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the preceding provisos: Provided further, That any obligated
balances of contract authority that have been terminated
shall be canceled.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to
carry out capital and management activities for public
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437), $2,943,400,000, to remain available until September
30, 2003, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be for carrying
out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, up to $500,000
shall be for lease adjustments to section 23 projects and no
less than $43,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of in-
formation technology systems: Provided, That no funds may
be used under this heading for the purposes specified in sec-
tion 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended: Provided further, That of the total amount, up
to $75,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development to make grants to public hous-
ing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting from
emergencies and natural disasters in fiscal year 2002.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
For payments to public housing agencies for the oper-
ation and management of public housing, as authorized by
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section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $3,384,868,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That no
funds may be used under this heading for the purposes spec-
ified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian
tribes and their tribally designated housing entities for use
in eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized
by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, for grants for federally assisted
low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for
drug information clearinghouse services authorized by 42
U.S.C. 11921–11925, $300,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be solely for tech-
nical assistance, technical assistance grants, training, and
program assessment for or on behalf of public housing agen-
cies, resident organizations, and Indian tribes and their
tribally designated housing entities (including up to
$150,000 for the cost of necessary travel for participants
in such training) for oversight, training and improved
management of this program; $2,000,000 shall be available
to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for the operating
and start-up costs of clubs located in or near, and primarily
serving residents of, public housing and housing assisted