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propriations of his intent to exercise such authority: Pro-
vided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this paragraph may be transferred to ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment’’, to remain available until September 30, 2000, to
be used for administrative costs of USAID in addressing
the effects of those hurricanes, of which up to $1,000,000
may be used to contract directly for the personal services
of individuals in the United States: Provided further, That
of the funds made available under this heading, not less
than $2,000,000 should be made available to support the
clearance of landmines and other unexploded ordnance in
Nicaragua and Honduras: Provided further, That, of the
amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
up 
to
$10,000,000 may be made available to establish and sup-
port a scholarship fund for qualified low-to-middle income
students to attend Zamorano Agricultural University in
Honduras: Provided further, That up to $1,500,000 of the
funds appropriated by this heading may be transferred to
‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Devel-
opment, Office of Inspector General’’, to remain available
until expended, to be used for costs of audits, inspections,
and other activities associated with the expenditure of funds
appropriated by this heading: Provided further, That
$500,000 of the funds appropriated by this heading shall
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be made available to the Comptroller General for purposes
of monitoring the provision of assistance using funds ap-
propriated by this heading: Provided further, That any
funds appropriated by this heading that are made available
for nonproject assistance shall be obligated and expended
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and to the notification procedures
relating to the reprogramming of funds under section 634A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1):
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be obligated and expended subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $611,000,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the Agency for Inter-
national Development should undertake efforts to promote
reforestation, with careful attention to the choice, place-
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ment, and management of species of trees consistent with
watershed management objectives designed to minimize fu-
ture storm damage, and to promote energy conservation
through the use of renewable energy and energy-efficient
services and technologies: Provided further, That reforest-
ation and energy initiatives under this heading should be
integrated with other sustainable development efforts: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, up to $10,000,000 may be used to build permanent
single family housing for those who are homeless as a result
of the effects of hurricanes in Central America and the Car-
ibbean.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, for
an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’ for necessary expenses for international disaster re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, pursuant
to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request for $35,000,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
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the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry
out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as amended, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes: to provide assistance to Jordan,
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That the entire amount made available for fiscal
year 1999 herein is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Control
Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes, $50,000,000, to become available upon enactment
of this Act and to remain available until September 30,
2001, which shall be for grants only for Jordan: Provided,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be non-
repayable, notwithstanding section 23(b) and section 23(c)
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of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That the
entire amount made available for fiscal year 1999 herein
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, for
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Debt 
Restructuring’’,
$41,000,000, to remain available until expended and subject
to the terms and conditions under the same heading in the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1999, as included in Public
Law 105–277, section 101(d): Provided, That up to
$25,000,000 may be used for a contribution to the Central
America Emergency Trust Fund, administered by the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development:
Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 1201. The value of articles, services, and military
education and training authorized as of November 15, 1998,
to be drawn down by the President under the authority of
section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, shall not be counted against the ceiling limitation
of that section.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$12,612,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
damage due to rain, winds, ice, snow, and other acts of
nature, and to replace and repair power generation equip-
ment: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the amount provided shall be available only to the ex-
tent that an official budget request that includes designation
of the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
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OTHER RELATED AGENCY
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For an additional amount for ‘‘Holocaust Memorial
Council’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended,
for the Holocaust Museum to address security needs: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the amount provided shall be available only to the ex-
tent that an official budget request that includes designation
of the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 4
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR UNMET NEEDS
For 
‘‘Disaster 
Assistance 
for 
Unmet 
Needs’’,
$313,600,000, which shall remain available until September
30, 2001, for use by the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (Director) only for disaster relief,
buyout assistance, long-term recovery, and mitigation in
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communities affected by Presidentially-declared natural
disasters designated during fiscal years 1998 and 1999,
only to the extent those activities are not reimbursable by
or for which funds are not made available by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (under its ‘‘Disaster Re-
lief’’ program), the Small Business Administration, or the
Army Corps of Engineers: Provided, That in administering
these funds the Director shall allocate these funds to States
to be administered by each State in conjunction with its
Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief
program: Provided further, That each State shall provide
not less than 25 percent in non-Federal public matching
funds or its equivalent value (other than administrative
costs) for any funds allocated to the State under this head-
ing: Provided further, That the Director shall allocate these
funds based on the unmet needs arising from a Presi-
dentially-declared disaster as identified by the Director as
those which have not or will not be addressed by other Fed-
eral disaster assistance programs and for which it is deemed
appropriate to supplement the efforts and available re-
sources of States, local governments and disaster relief orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Director shall estab-
lish review groups within FEMA to review each request by
a State of its unmet needs and certify as to the actual costs
associated with the unmet needs as well as the commitment
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and ability of each state to provide its match requirement:
Provided further, That the Director shall implement all
mitigation and buyout efforts in a manner consistent with
the requirements of section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided
further, That the Director shall publish a notice in the Fed-
eral Register governing the allocation and use of the funds
under this heading, including provisions for ensuring the
compliance of the states with the requirements of this pro-
gram: Provided further, That 10 days prior to distribution
of funds, the Director shall submit a list to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations, setting forth the pro-
posed uses of funds and the most recent estimates of unmet
needs: Provided further, That the Director shall submit
quarterly reports to the Committees regarding the actual
projects and needs for which funds have been provided
under this heading: Provided further, That to the extent any
funds under this heading are used in a manner inconsistent
with the requirements of the program established under this
heading and any rules issued pursuant thereto, the Director
shall recapture an equivalent amount of funds from the
State from any existing funds or future funds awarded to
the State under this heading or any other program admin-
istered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
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only to the extent an official budget request, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISION, THIS TITLE
SEC. 1401. EMERGENCY STEEL LOAN GUARANTEE
PROGRAM. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited
as the ‘‘Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999’’.
(b) 
CONGRESSIONAL
FINDINGS.—Congress 
finds
that—
(1) the United States steel industry has been se-
verely harmed by a record surge of more than
40,000,000 tons of steel imports into the United
States in 1998, caused by the world financial crisis;
(2) this surge in imports resulted in the loss of
more than 10,000 steel worker jobs in 1998, and was
the imminent cause of 3 bankruptcies by medium-
sized steel companies, Acme Steel, Laclede Steel, and
Geneva Steel;
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(3) the crisis also forced almost all United States
steel companies into—
(A) reduced volume, lower prices, and fi-
nancial losses; and
(B) an inability to obtain credit for contin-
ued operations and reinvestment in facilities;
(4) the crisis also has affected the willingness of
private banks and investment institutions to make
loans to the U.S. steel industry for continued oper-
ation and reinvestment in facilities;
(5) these steel bankruptcies, job losses, and finan-
cial losses are also having serious negative effects on
the tax base of cities, counties, and States, and on the
essential health, education, and municipal services
that these government entities provide to their citi-
zens; and
(6) a strong steel industry is necessary to the
adequate defense preparedness of the United States in
order to have sufficient steel available to build the
ships, tanks, planes, and armaments necessary for the
national defense.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Board’’ means the Loan Guarantee
Board established under subsection (e);
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(2) the term ‘‘Program’’ means the Emergency
Steel Guaranteed Loan Program established under
subsection (d); and
(3) the term ‘‘qualified steel company’’ means
any company that—
(A) is incorporated under the laws of any
State;
(B) is engaged in the production and man-
ufacture of a product defined by the American
Iron and Steel Institute as a basic steel mill
product, including ingots, slab and billets, plates,
flat-rolled steel, sections and structural products,
bars, rail type products, pipe and tube, and wire
rod; and
(C) has experienced layoffs, production
losses, or financial losses since the beginning of
the steel import crisis, after January 1, 1998.
(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF EMERGENCY STEEL GUARAN-
TEED LOAN PROGRAM.—There is established the Emergency
Steel Guaranteed Loan Program, to be administered by the
Board, the purpose of which is to provide loan guarantees
to qualified steel companies in accordance with this section.
(e) LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—There
is established a Loan Guarantee Board, which shall be com-
posed of—
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(1) the Secretary of Commerce, who shall serve
as Chairman of the Board;
(2) the Secretary of Labor; and
(3) the Secretary of the Treasury.
(f) LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.—
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Program may guarantee
loans provided to qualified steel companies by private
banking and investment institutions in accordance
with the procedures, rules, and regulations established
by the Board.
(2) TOTAL
GUARANTEE
LIMIT.—The aggregate
amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding at any
one time under this section may not exceed
$1,000,000,000.
(3) INDIVIDUAL GUARANTEE LIMIT.—The aggre-
gate amount of loans guaranteed under this section
with respect to a single qualified steel company may
not exceed $250,000,000.
(4) MINIMUM GUARANTEE AMOUNT.—No single
loan in an amount that is less than $25,000,000 may
be guaranteed under this section.
(5) TIMELINES.—The Board shall approve or
deny each application for a guarantee under this sec-
tion as soon as possible after receipt of such applica-
tion.
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(6) ADDITIONAL COSTS.—For the additional cost
of the loans guaranteed under this subsection, includ-
ing the costs of modifying the loans as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 661a), there is appropriated $140,000,000 to
remain available until expended.
(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR LOAN GUARANTEES.—A loan
guarantee may be issued under this section upon applica-
tion to the Board by a qualified steel company pursuant
to an agreement to provide a loan to that qualified steel
company by a private bank or investment company, if the
Board determines that—
(1) credit is not otherwise available to that com-
pany under reasonable terms or conditions sufficient
to meet its financing needs, as reflected in the finan-
cial and business plans of that company;
(2) the prospective earning power of that com-
pany, together with the character and value of the se-
curity pledged, furnish reasonable assurance of repay-
ment of the loan to be guaranteed in accordance with
its terms;
(3) the loan to be guaranteed bears interest at a
rate determined by the Board to be reasonable, taking
into account the current average yield on outstanding
obligations of the United States with remaining peri-
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ods of maturity comparable to the maturity of such
loan; and
(4) the company has agreed to an audit by the
General Accounting Office, prior to the issuance of the
loan guarantee and annually while any such guaran-
teed loan is outstanding.
(h) TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
OF LOAN GUARAN-
TEES.—
(1) LOAN
DURATION.—All loans guaranteed
under this section shall be payable in full not later
than December 31, 2005, and the terms and condi-
tions of each such loan shall provide that the loan
may not be amended, or any provision thereof
waived, without the consent of the Board.
(2) LOAN SECURITY.—Any commitment to issue
a loan guarantee under this section shall contain such
affirmative and negative covenants and other protec-
tive provisions that the Board determines are appro-
priate. The Board shall require security for the loans
to be guaranteed under this section at the time at
which the commitment is made.
(3) FEES.—A qualified steel company receiving
a guarantee under this section shall pay a fee in an
amount equal to 0.5 percent of the outstanding prin-
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cipal balance of the guaranteed loan to the Depart-
ment of the Treasury.
(i) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall submit to the Congress annually, a full report
of the activities of the Board under this section during fiscal
years 1999 and 2000, and annually thereafter, during such
period as any loan guaranteed under this section is out-
standing.
(j) SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For
necessary expenses to administer the Program, $5,000,000
is appropriated to the Department of Commerce, to remain
available until expended, which may be transferred to the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Trade Development of
the International Trade Administration.
(k) TERMINATION OF GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—The
authority of the Board to make commitments to guarantee
any loan under this section shall terminate on December
31, 2001.
(l) REGULATORY ACTION.—The Board shall issue such
final procedures, rules, and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out this section not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(m) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount
made available to carry out this section—
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(1) is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)); and
(2) shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment (as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985) is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
SEC. 1402. PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Act’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) consumption of foreign oil in the United
States is estimated to equal 56 percent of all oil con-
sumed, and that percentage could reach 68 percent by
2010 if current prices prevail;
(2) the number of oil and gas rigs operating in
the United States is at its lowest since 1944, when
records of this tally began;
(3) if prices do not increase soon, the United
States could lose at least half its marginal wells,
which in aggregate produce as much oil as the United
States imports from Saudi Arabia;
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(4) oil and gas prices are unlikely to increase for
at least several years;
(5) declining production, well abandonment, and
greatly reduced exploration and development are
shrinking the domestic oil and gas industry;
(6) the world’s richest oil producing regions in
the Middle East are experiencing increasingly greater
political instability;
(7) United Nations policy may make Iraq the
swing oil producing nation, thereby granting Saddam
Hussein tremendous power;
(8) reliance on foreign oil for more than 60 per-
cent of our daily oil and gas consumption is a na-
tional security threat;
(9) the level of United States oil security is di-
rectly related to the level of domestic production of oil,
natural gas liquids, and natural gas; and
(10) a national security policy should be devel-
oped that ensures that adequate supplies of oil are
available at all times free of the threat of embargo or
other foreign hostile acts.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Loan
Guarantee Board established by subsection (e).
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(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the
Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program
established by subsection (d).
(3) QUALIFIED
OIL
AND
GAS
COMPANY.—The
term ‘‘qualified oil and gas company’’ means a com-
pany that—
(A) is incorporated under the laws of any
State;
(B) is—
(i) an independent oil and gas com-
pany (within the meaning of section
57(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986); or
(ii) a small business concern under sec-
tion 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632) that is an oil field service company
whose main business is providing tools,
products, personnel, and technical solutions
on a contractual basis to exploration and
production operators who drill, complete,
produce, transport, refine and sell hydro-
carbons and their byproducts as their main
commercial business; and
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(C) has experienced layoffs, production
losses, or financial losses since the beginning of
the oil import crisis, after January 1, 1997.
(d) EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS GUARANTEED LOAN
PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Emer-
gency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program, the
purpose of which shall be to provide loan guarantees
to qualified oil and gas companies in accordance with
this section.
(2) LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD.—There is estab-
lished to administer the Program a Loan Guarantee
Board, to be composed of—
(A) the Secretary of Commerce, who shall
serve as Chairperson of the Board;
(B) the Secretary of Labor; and
(C) the Secretary of the Treasury.
(e) AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Program may guarantee
loans provided to qualified oil and gas companies by
private banking and investment institutions in ac-
cordance with procedures, rules, and regulations es-
tablished by the Board.
(2) TOTAL
GUARANTEE
LIMIT.—The aggregate
amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding at any
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one time under this section shall not exceed
$500,000,000.
(3) INDIVIDUAL GUARANTEE LIMIT.—The aggre-
gate amount of loans guaranteed under this section
with respect to a single qualified oil and gas company
shall not exceed $10,000,000.
(4) MINIMUM GUARANTEE AMOUNT.—No single
loan in an amount that is less than $250,000 may be
guaranteed under this section.
(5) EXPEDITIOUS ACTION ON APPLICATIONS.—
The Board shall approve or deny an application for
a guarantee under this section as soon as practicable
after receipt of an application.
(f) REQUIREMENTS
FOR LOAN GUARANTEES.—The
Board may issue a loan guarantee on application by a
qualified oil and gas company under an agreement by a
private bank or investment company to provide a loan to
the qualified oil and gas company, if the Board determines
that—
(1) credit is not otherwise available to the com-
pany under reasonable terms or conditions sufficient
to meet its financing needs, as reflected in the finan-
cial and business plans of the company;
(2) the prospective earning power of the com-
pany, together with the character and value of the se-
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curity pledged, provide a reasonable assurance of re-
payment of the loan to be guaranteed in accordance
with its terms;
(3) the loan to be guaranteed bears interest at a
rate determined by the Board to be reasonable, taking
into account the current average yield on outstanding
obligations of the United States with remaining peri-
ods of maturity comparable to the maturity of the
loan; and
(4) the company has agreed to an audit by the
General Accounting Office before issuance of the loan
guarantee and annually while the guaranteed loan is
outstanding.
(g) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOAN GUARANTEES.—
(1) LOAN
DURATION.—All loans guaranteed
under this section shall be repayable in full not later
than December 31, 2010, and the terms and condi-
tions of each such loan shall provide that the loan
agreement may not be amended, or any provision of
the loan agreement waived, without the consent of the
Board.
(2) LOAN SECURITY.—A commitment to issue a
loan guarantee under this section shall contain such
affirmative and negative covenants and other protec-
tive provisions as the Board determines are appro-
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priate. The Board shall require security for the loans
to be guaranteed under this section at the time at
which the commitment is made.
(3) FEES.—A qualified oil and gas company re-
ceiving a loan guarantee under this section shall pay
a fee in an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the out-
standing principal balance of the guaranteed loan to
the Department of the Treasury.
(h) REPORTS.—During fiscal year 1999 and each fis-
cal year thereafter until each guaranteed loan has been re-
paid in full, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the
Congress a report on the activities of the Board.
(i) SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For
necessary expenses to administer the Program, $2,500,000
is appropriated to the Department of Commerce, to remain
available until expended, which may be transferred to the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Trade Development of
the International Trade Administration.
(j) TERMINATION OF GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—The
authority of the Board to make commitments to guarantee
any loan under this section shall terminate on December
31, 2001.
(k) REGULATORY ACTION.—Not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall issue
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such final procedures, rules, and regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.
(l) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount
made available to carry out this section—
(1) is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)); and
(2) shall be available only to the extent that the
President submits to the Congress a budget request
that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement.
SEC. 1403. DEDUCTION FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUC-
TION. (a) DEDUCTION.—Subject to the limitations in sub-
section (c), the Secretary of the Interior shall allow lessees
operating one or more qualifying wells on public land to
deduct from the amount of royalty otherwise payable to the
Secretary on production from a qualifying well, the amount
of expenditures made by such lessees after April 1, 1999
to—
(1) increase oil or gas production from existing
wells on public land;
(2) drill new oil or gas wells on existing leases
on public land; or
(3) explore for oil or gas on public land.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘lessee’’ means any person to whom
the United States issues a lease for oil and gas explo-
ration, production, or development on public land, or
any person to whom operating rights in such lease
have been assigned;
(2) the term ‘‘public land’’ has the same mean-
ing given such term in section 103(e) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1702(e)); and
(3) the term ‘‘qualifying well’’ means any well
for the production of natural gas, crude oil, or both
that is on public land and—
(A) has production that is treated as mar-
ginal production under section 631A(c)(6) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
(B) has been classified as a qualifying well
by the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of
maximizing the benefits of this section.
(c) SUNSET.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not
allow a deduction under this section after—
(1) September 30, 2000;
(2) the thirtieth consecutive day on which the
price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil on the
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New York Mercantile Exchange closes above $18 per
barrel; or
(3) lessees have deducted a total of $123,000,000
under this section—
whichever occurs first.
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—For necessary expenses
of the Department of the Interior under this section,
$2,000,000 is appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,
to remain available until expended.
(e) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount
made available to carry out this section—
(1) shall be available only to the extent an offi-
cial budget request for $125,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress; and
(2) is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
(f) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.—An additional amount of
$125,000,000 is rescinded as provided in section 3002 of
this Act.
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TITLE II—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,
Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ to support increased de-
tention requirements for criminal and illegal aliens,
$80,000,000, which shall remain available until September
30, 2000.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
For the necessary expenses of additional research,
management, and enforcement activities in the Northeast
Multispecies fishery, and for the acquisition of shoreline
data for nautical charts, $3,880,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That from unobligated balances
in this account available under the heading ‘‘CLIMATE AND
GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH’’, $2,000,000 shall be made
available for regional applications programs at the Univer-
sity of Northern Iowa consistent with the direction in the
report to accompany Public Law 105–277.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $23,000,000, for
additional counterdrug research and development activi-
ties: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in such Act is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses,’’ $921,000, to remain available until expended.
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CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel,
Army’’, $2,900,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Army’’, $7,300,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Air Force’’, $1,000,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’’, $50,000,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy’’, $16,000,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, $8,000,000.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, $21,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is
available only for the CINC initiative fund.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army National Guard’’, $20,000,000.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Humani-
tarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid’’, $37,500,000.
NEW HORIZONS EXERCISE TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For emergency expenses incurred by United States
military forces to participate in the New Horizons Exercise
programs to undertake relief, rehabilitation, and restora-
tion operations and training activities in response to disas-
ters within the United States Southern Command area of
responsibility; $46,000,000, to remain available for transfer
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That the Secretary of
Defense may transfer these funds to operation and mainte-
nance accounts: Provided further, That the funds trans-
ferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the
same purposes and for the same time period, as the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That the
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transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority contained in Public
Law 105–262.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 2201. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available in the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262) for ‘‘Operation and
maintenance, defense-wide’’, up to $8,000,000 may be made
available for the award of a grant to a consortium of non-
profit, higher education institutions for the purpose of cre-
ating a computer network among such institutions to en-
hance teaching and learning opportunities in science, tech-
nology and communications.
SEC. 2202. (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACAD-
EMY.—Section 4344(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘five persons’’ and inserting ‘‘10
persons’’.
(b) UNITED
STATES
NAVAL
ACADEMY.—Section
6957(b)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘five per-
sons’’ and inserting ‘‘10 persons’’.
(c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section
9344(b)(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘five per-
sons’’ and inserting ‘‘10 persons’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply with respect to students from a foreign
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country entering the United States Military Academy, the
United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air
Force Academy on or after May 1, 1999.
SEC. 2203. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—
Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of
Defense is authorized to make payments for the settlement
of the claims arising from the deaths caused by the accident
involving a United States Marine Corps EA–6B aircraft
on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy.
(b) DEADLINE FOR EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—The
Secretary shall make the decision to exercise the authority
in subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(c) SOURCE
OF PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, of the amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available for the Department of the Navy for
operation and maintenance for fiscal year 1999 or other
unexpended balances from prior years, the Secretary shall
make available $40,000,000 only for emergency and ex-
traordinary expenses associated with the settlement of the
claims arising from the accident described in subsection (a).
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of the pay-
ment under this section in settlement of the claims arising
from the death of any person associated with the accident
described in subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000,000.
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(e) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Any amount paid to
a person under this section is intended to supplement any
amount subsequently determined to be payable to the person
under section 127 or chapter 163 of title 10, United States
Code, or any other provision of law for administrative set-
tlement of claims against the United States with respect
to damages arising from the accident described in sub-
section (a).
(f) CONSTRUCTION.—The payment of an amount
under this section may not be considered to constitute a
statement of legal liability on the part of the United States
or otherwise as evidence of any material fact in any judicial
proceeding or investigation arising from the accident de-
scribed in subsection (a).
SEC. 2204. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a military technician (dual status) (as defined in sec-
tion 10216 of title 10, United States Code) performing ac-
tive duty without pay while on leave from technician em-
ployment under section 6323(d) of title 5, United States
Code, may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be
authorized a per diem allowance under this title, in lieu
of commutation for subsistence and quarters as described
in section 1002(b) of title 37, United States Code.
SEC. 2205. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRCRAFT MULTI-
YEAR LEASING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. (a) AUTHORITY
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TO LEASE.—Effective on or after October 1, 1999, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may obtain transportation for oper-
ational support purposes, including transportation for com-
batant Commanders in Chief, by lease of aircraft, on such
terms and conditions as the Secretary may deem appro-
priate, consistent with this section, through an operating
lease consistent with OMB Circular A–11.
(b) MAXIMUM
LEASE
TERM
FOR
MULTI-YEAR
LEASE.—The term of any lease into which the Secretary
enters under this section shall not exceed ten years from
the date on which the lease takes effect.
(c) COMMERCIAL TERMS.—The Secretary may include
terms and conditions in any lease into which the Secretary
enters under this section that are customary in the leasing
of aircraft by a nongovernmental lessor to a nongovern-
mental lessee.
(d) TERMINATION PAYMENTS.—The Secretary may, in
connection with any lease into which the Secretary enters
under this section, to the extent the Secretary deems appro-
priate, provide for special payments to the lessor if either
the Secretary terminates or cancels the lease prior to the
expiration of its term or the aircraft is damaged or de-
stroyed prior to the expiration of the term of the lease. In
the event of termination or cancellation of the lease, the
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total value of such payments shall not exceed the value of
one year’s lease payment.
(e) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law—
(1) an obligation need not be recorded upon en-
tering into a lease under this section, in order to pro-
vide for the payments described in subsection (d); and
(2) any payments required under a lease under
this section, and any payments made pursuant to
subsection (d), may be made from—
(A) appropriations available for the per-
formance of the lease at the time the lease takes
effect;
(B) appropriations for the operation and
maintenance available at the time which the
payment is due; and
(C) funds appropriated for those payments.
(f) OTHER AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—The authority
granted to the Secretary of the Air Force by this section
is separate from and in addition to, and shall not be con-
strued to impair or otherwise affect, the authority of the
Secretary to procure transportation or enter into leases
under a provision of law other than this section.
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CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’, $1,136,000, to remain available until expended
for suppression of western spruce budworm: Provided, That
such funds shall be derived by transfer of funds provided
in previous appropriations acts under the heading ‘‘Forest
Service, Wildland Fire Management’’.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
Of the funds provided under this heading in prior Ap-
propriations Acts for the Automated Land and Mineral
Record System, $1,000,000 shall be available until expended
to meet increased workload requirements stemming from the
anticipated higher volume of Applications for Permits to
Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided, That unless
there is an agreement in place between the coal mining op-
erator and the gas producer, the funds made available here-
in shall not be used to approve Applications for Permits
to Drill for well sites that are located within an area cov-
ered by: (1) an existing coal lease, or (2) an existing coal
mining permit, or (3) an existing Lease by Application for
a coal mining lease, or (4) a future Lease by Application
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for an area adjacent to and within one mile of an area
covered by (1), (2), or (3) above. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed or operate as a restriction on current re-
sources appropriated to the Department of the Interior.
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN
INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Trust Pro-
grams’’, $6,800,000, to remain available until expended for
activities pursuant to the Trust Management Improvement
Project High Level Implementation Plan.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related Re-
sources’’ for emergency repairs to the Headgate Rock Hy-
droelectric Project, $5,000,000 is appropriated pursuant to
the Snyder Act (25 U.S.C.), to be expended by the Bureau
of Reclamation, to remain available until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
Of the funds made available under this heading for
fire operations in previous Acts of Appropriation (exclusive
of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction), $100,000,000
shall be transferred to the Knutson-Vandenberg fund estab-
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lished pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–319 (16
U.S.C. 576 et. seq.) within 10 days of passage of this Act.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘general departmental
management’’, $1,400,000, to reduce the backlog of pending
nursing home appeals before the Departmental Appeals
Board.
RELATED AGENCY
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For an additional amount for the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, to remain available until expended,
$18,000,000: Provided, That such funds be made available
to National Public Radio, as the designated manager of the
Public Radio Satellite System, for acquisition of satellite
capacity.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,
Army National Guard’’ to cover the incremental costs aris-
ing 
from 
the 
consequences 
of 
Hurricane 
Georges,
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$14,500,000, as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2854, to remain
available until September 30, 2003.
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Of amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for sala-
ries and expenses under the Salaries and Expenses account
in title II of Public Law 105–276, $3,400,000 shall be
transferred to the Community Development Block Grants
account in title II of Public Law 105–276 for grants for
service coordinators and congregate services for the elderly
and disabled: Provided, That in distributing such amount,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall give
priority to public housing agencies that submitted eligible
applications for renewal of fiscal year 1995 elderly service
coordinator grants pursuant to the Notice of Funding
Availability for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal Year
1998, as published in the Federal Register on June 1, 1998.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Under this heading in Public Law 105–276, add the
words, ‘‘to remain available until September 30, 2000,’’
after ‘‘$81,910,000,’’.
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CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Gen-
eral’’, $500,000 shall be available for technical assistance
related to shoreline erosion at Lake Tahoe, Nevada caused
by high lake levels pursuant to section 219 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1992.
CHAPTER 8
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
Program, an additional $750,000 is appropriated for drug
control activities which shall be used specifically to expand
the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area for the State of New Mexico to include Rio Arriba
County, Santa Fe County, and San Juan County, New
Mexico, which are hereby designated as part of the South-
west Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the
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State of New Mexico, and an additional $500,000 is appro-
priated for national efforts related to methamphetamine re-
duction efforts.
CHAPTER 9
DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATED AGENCY
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
(Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the amount of the rescission
under chapter 2 of title III of this Act under the heading
‘‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS’’ is
hereby increased by $3,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE
SEC. 2301. The Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in
division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105–277)) is amended under the heading ‘‘Forest Serv-
ice, Reconstruction and Construction’’ by inserting before
the final period the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated for Forest Service construction of a new forestry
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research facility at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama,
shall be available for a direct payment to Auburn Univer-
sity for this purpose, but no more than $4,000,000 shall
be available for such payment prior to October 1, 1999: Pro-
vided further, That if within the life of the facility the
USDA Forest Service needs additional space for collabo-
rative laboratory activities on the Auburn University cam-
pus, Auburn University shall provide such laboratory space
within the new facility constructed with these funds, free
of any charge for rent’’.
SEC. 2302. None of the funds made available under
this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the
Interior to issue and finalize the rule to revise 43 C.F.R.
Part 3809, published on February 9, 1999 at 64 Fed. Reg.
6421 or the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on
Surface Management Regulations for Locatable Mineral
Operations, published in February, 1999, unless the Sec-
retary has provided a period of not less than 120 days for
accepting public comment on the proposed rule after the re-
port of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on
Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands, authorized and re-
quired by the Department of the Interior and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A,
section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
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277)) is submitted to the appropriate federal agencies, the
Congress, and the Governors of the affected states in accord-
ance with the requirements of that Act.
SEC. 2303. CIVIL LIBERTIES PUBLIC EDUCATION
FUND. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in
addition to any funds appropriated for this purpose, the
Attorney General may transfer from any funds available
to the Department of Justice not more than $4,300,000 to
the Fund established under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
(50 U.S.C. App. 1989b et seq.) for the purpose of paying
restitution to individuals (1) who are eligible for restitution
under such Act and have filed timely claims for the restitu-
tion, or (2) who are found eligible under the settlement
agreement in the case of Carmen Mochizuki et al. vs. United
States (Case No. 97–294C, United States Court of Federal
Claims) and filed timely claims covered by the agreement.
SEC. 2304. Division A, section 101(a), title XI, section
1122(c) is amended by inserting after ‘‘basis’’ ‘‘: Provided,
That no administrative costs shall be charged against this
program which would have been incurred otherwise’’.
SEC. 2305. None of the funds in this or any other Act
shall be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking with re-
spect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes, in-
cluding a rulemaking derived from proposed rules published
in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal Register
123
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(3) in section 354(a) by striking ‘‘16 U.S.C.
544(a)(2))’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘16 U.S.C.
544b(a)(2))’’.
(4) The amendments made by paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) of this section shall take effect as if in-
cluded in Public Law 105–277 on the date of its en-
actment.
SEC. 4005. The Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section
101(f) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277)) is amended:
(1) in title I, under the heading ‘‘Federal Unem-
ployment Benefits and Allowances’’, by striking ‘‘dur-
ing the current fiscal year’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘from October 1, 1998, through September 30,
1999’’;
(2) in title II under the heading ‘‘Office of the
Secretary, General Departmental Management’’ by
striking ‘‘$180,051,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$188,051,000’’;
(3) in title II under the heading ‘‘Children and
Families Services Programs, (Including Rescissions)’’
by striking ‘‘notwithstanding section 640(a)(6), of the