In the Senate of the United States,
May 16, 1997.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1469) entitled ‘‘An Act making emergency sup-
plemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters,
and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in
Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 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, to pro-
vide supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
SUPPLEMENTALS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
Army’’, $306,800,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
Navy’’, $7,900,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
Marine Corps’’, $300,000: Provided, That such amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
Air Force’’, $29,100,000: Provided, That such amount is
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designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Contingency
Operations Transfer Fund’’, $1,312,900,000: Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds only
to operation and maintenance accounts within this title:
Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be merged
with and shall be available for the same purposes and for
the same time period, as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer
authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided
further, That such amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended.
OPLAN 34A/35 POW PAYMENTS
For payments to individuals under section 657 of Pub-
lic Law 104–201, $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
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REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
RESERVE MOBILIZATION INCOME INSURANCE FUND
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Reserve Mobiliza-
tion Income Insurance Fund’’, $72,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 101. Upon determination by the Secretary of De-
fense that such action is necessary in the national interest,
he may, with the approval of the Office of Management and
Budget, transfer not to exceed $100,000,000 of working cap-
ital funds of the Department of Defense and funds made
available in Public Law 104–208 to the Department of De-
fense only for obligations incurred for United States par-
ticipation in the Bosnia Stabilization Force (SFOR) and
for the continuation of enforcing the no-fly zones in north-
ern and southern Iraq (except military construction) be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au-
thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher prior-
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ity items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case
where the item for which funds are requested has been de-
nied by Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in
this Act: Provided further, That this transfer authority is
in addition to transfer authority provided in section 8005
of Public Law 104–208 (110 Stat. 3009–88).
SEC. 102. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense shall be obligated or expended to transfer
management, development, and acquisition authority over
the elements of the National Missile Defense Program from
the Military Services until the contract for a Lead System
Integrator for the National Missile Defense Program is
awarded: Provided, That the Joint Requirements Oversight
Council, with the advisement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
is directed to conduct an analysis and submit recommenda-
tions as to the recommended future roles of the Services with
respect to the management, technical development, cost,
schedule, and acquisition plan for the elements in the Na-
tional Missile Defense Program and to certify that the Lead
System Integrator contract will conform to these rec-
ommendations: Provided further, That the analysis and rec-
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ommendations shall be submitted to the Congressional De-
fense Committees within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 103. In addition to the amounts provided in Pub-
lic Law 104–208, $50,000,000 is appropriated under the
heading ‘‘Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civil Aid’’:
Provided, That, from the funds available under that head-
ing, the Secretary of Defense shall make a grant in the
amount of $50,000,000 to the American Red Cross for reim-
bursement for disaster relief and recovery expenditures.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer up
to $23,000,000 to ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine
Corps’’ from the following accounts in the specified
amounts, to be available only for reimbursing costs incurred
for repairing damage caused by hurricanes, flooding, and
other natural disasters during 1996 and 1997 to real prop-
erty and facilities at Marine Corps facilities (including
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Cherry Point, North Caro-
lina; and the Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridge-
port, California);
‘‘Military Personnel, Marine Corps’’, $4,000,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,
$11,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine
Corps, 1996/1998’’, $4,000,000; and
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‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps, 
1996/1998’’,
$4,000,000.
SEC. 105. For an additional amount for ‘‘Family
Housing, Navy and Marine Corps’’ to cover the incremental
Operation and Maintenance costs arising from hurricane
damage to family housing units at Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion Cherry Point, North Carolina, $6,480,000, as author-
ized by Section 2854 of Title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 106. REPORT ON COST AND SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR
MILITARY ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BOSNIA.
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING RE-
PORT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Defense may be
obligated or expended for operations or activities of the
Armed Forces relating to Bosnia 60 days after enactment
unless the President submits to Congress the report de-
scribed in subsection (b): Provided, That none of the funds
made available under this Act may be obligated or expended
for operations or activities of the Armed Forces relating to
Bosnia ground deployment after June 30, 1998.
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report referred to in
subsection (a) shall include the following:
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(1) A detailed description of the estimated cumu-
lative cost of all United States activities relating to
Bosnia after December 1, 1995, including—
(A) the cost of all deployments, training ac-
tivities, and mobilization and other preparatory
activities of the Armed Forces; and
(B) the cost of all other activities relating to
United States policy toward Bosnia, including
humanitarian assistance, reconstruction assist-
ance, aid and other financial assistance, the re-
scheduling or forgiveness of bilateral or multilat-
eral aid, in-kind contributions, and any other
activities of the United States Government.
(2) A detailed accounting of the source of funds
obligated or expended to meet the costs described in
paragraph (1), including—
(A) in the case of expenditures of funds of
Department of Defense, a breakdown of such ex-
penditures by military service or defense agency,
line item, and program; and
(B) in the case of expenditures of funds of
other departments and agencies of the United
States, a breakdown of such expenditures by de-
partment or agency and by program.
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SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 3612(a) of title 22,
United States Code, the incumbent may continue to serve
as the Secretary of Defense designee on the Board of the
Panama Canal Commission if he retires as an officer of
the Department of Defense, until and unless the Secretary
of Defense designates another person to serve in this posi-
tion.
SEC. 108. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO
ENTER INTO LEASE OF BUILDING NO. 1, LEX-
INGTON BLUE GRASS STATION, LEXINGTON,
KENTUCKY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASE.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may enter into an agreement for the lease
of Building No. 1, Lexington Blue Grass Station, Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, and any real property associated with the
building, for purposes of the use of the building by the De-
fense Finance and Accounting Service. The agreement shall
meet the requirements of this section.
(b) TERM.—(1) The agreement under this section shall
provide for a lease term of not to exceed 50 years, but may
provide for one or more options to renew or extend the term
of the lease.
(2) The agreement shall include a provision specifying
that, if the Secretary ceases to require the leased building
for purpose of the use of the building by the Defense Finance
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and Accounting Service before the expiration of the term
of the lease (including any extension or renewal of the term
under an option provided for in paragraph (1)), the re-
mainder of the lease term may, upon the approval of the
lessor of the building, be satisfied by the Secretary or an-
other department or agency of the Federal Government (in-
cluding a military department) for another purpose similar
to such purpose.
(c) CONSIDERATION.—(1) The agreement under this
section may not require rental payments by the United
States under the lease under the agreement.
(2) The Secretary or other lessee, if any, under sub-
section (b)(2) shall be responsible under the agreement for
payment of any utilities associated with the lease of the
building covered by the agreement and for maintenance and
repair of the building.
(d) IMPROVEMENT.—The agreement under this section
may provide for the improvement of the building covered
by the agreement by the Secretary or other lessee, if any,
under subsection (b)(2).
(e) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—The Sec-
retary may not pay the costs of any utilities, maintenance
and repair, or improvements under this lease under this
section in any fiscal year unless funds are appropriated
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or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense
for such payment in such fiscal year.
TITLE II—NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER
EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 1
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund Program Account’’ for the additional cost
of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1928–1929, including the cost of modifying such loans as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, resulting from flooding and other natural disasters,
$28,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$18,000,000 shall be available for emergency insured loans
and $10,000,000 shall be available for subsidized guaran-
teed operating loans: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $28,000,000 that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
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Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That such
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Conserva-
tion Program’’ for expenses, including carcass removal, re-
sulting from flooding and other natural disasters,
$77,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $77,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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 fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i)
of such Act.
TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
An amount of $9,500,000 is provided for assistance to
small orchardists to replace or rehabilitate trees and vine-
yards damaged by natural disasters, of which $500,000
may be available through the Forestry Incentives Program
for replanting of trees damaged by tornadoes in 1997: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request of $9,500,000, that
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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 such amount is designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
DISASTER RESERVE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Effective only for losses in the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1996, through the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary may use up to $50,000,000 from proceeds
earned from the sale of grain in the disaster reserve estab-
lished in the Agricultural Act of 1970 to implement a live-
stock indemnity program for losses from natural disasters
subject to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration in a
manner similar to catastrophic loss coverage available for
other commodities under 7 U.S.C. 1508(b): Provided, That
in administering a program described in the preceding sen-
tence, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, utilize
gross income and payment limitations conditions estab-
lished for the Disaster Reserve Assistance Program for the
1996 crop year: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, beginning on October 1, 1997,
grain in the disaster reserve established in the Agricultural
Act of 1970 shall not exceed 20 million bushels: Provided
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further, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmit-
ted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of
such Act.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations’’ to repair damages to the waterways
and watersheds, including debris removal that would not
be authorized under the Emergency Watershed Program, re-
sulting from flooding and other natural disasters, including
those in prior years, $171,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for
$171,000,000, 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 Congress as an emergency require-
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ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That if the Secretary determines that the cost
of land and farm structures restoration exceeds the fair
market value of an affected agricultural land, the Secretary
may use sufficient amounts, not to exceed $20,000,000, from
funds provided under this heading to accept bids from will-
ing sellers to provide floodplain easements for such cropland
inundated by floods.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Housing Insur-
ance Fund Program Account’’, $250,000, for the cost of sec-
tion 515 direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and
other natural disasters, to remain available until September
30, 1998: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Any unobligated balances remaining in the Rural
Housing Insurance Fund program account from prior
years’ disaster supplementals shall be available until ex-
pended for Section 502 housing loans, Section 504 loans
and grants, and Section 515 loans to meet emergency needs
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resulting from natural disasters: Provided, That such unob-
ligated balances shall be available only to the extent an offi-
cial budget request 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 is transmitted by the President to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That such unobligated balances are
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Housing Assist-
ance Program’’, for emergency expenses resulting from
flooding and other natural disasters, $4,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1998, for very low-income
housing repair grants and domestic farm labor grants: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for $4,000,000,
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
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That funds made available in Public Law 104–180 for
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Community Facility Grants for the Rural Housing Assist-
ance Program may be provided to any community other-
wise eligible for a Community Facility Loan for expenses
directly or indirectly resulting from flooding and other nat-
ural disasters.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL UTILITIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Utilities Assist-
ance Program’’, for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees,
and grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for
emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natu-
ral disasters, $6,500,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1998: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $6,500,000, 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 Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
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CHAPTER 2
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
STATE, 
THE 
JUDICIARY, 
AND 
RELATED
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Development
Assistance Programs’’ for emergency expenses from flooding
and other natural disasters, $54,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not more than $6,800,000
shall be used for planning and technical assistance grants,
and not more than $2,900,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
Within amounts available for ‘‘Operations, Research
and Facilities’’ for Satellite Observing Systems, not to ex-
ceed $7,000,000 is available until expended to continue the
salmon fishing permit buyback program implemented
under the Northwest Economic Aid Package to provide dis-
aster assistance pursuant to section 312 of the Magnuson-
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Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for $7,000,000,
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 Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount is designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for
emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natu-
ral disasters, $10,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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CHAPTER 3
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS-
SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control, Mis-
sissippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Ken-
tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee’’ for
emergency expenses due to flooding and other natural disas-
ters, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget Emergency Act of
1985, as amended.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Main-
tenance, General’’ for emergency expenses due to flooding
and other natural disasters, $137,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the total appro-
priated, the amount for eligible navigation projects which
may be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
pursuant to Public Law 99–662, shall be derived from that
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fund: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is
directed to use from available balances of the funds appro-
priated herein to perform such emergency dredging and
snagging and clearing of the Truckee River, Nevada, and
the San Joaquin River channel, California, as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary as the result of the Janu-
ary 1997 flooding in Nevada and California; and dredging
of shoaling which has occurred downstream from the Fed-
eral Chena River Flood Control Facility: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i)
of the Balanced Budget Emergency Act of 1985, as amend-
ed.
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and
Coastal Emergencies’’ due to flooding and other natural dis-
asters, $390,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget Emergency Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That with $5,000,000
of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army
is directed to initiate and complete preconstruction engi-
neering and design and associated Environmental Impact
Statement for an emergency outlet from Devils Lake, North
Dakota to the Sheyenne River, at full Federal expense: Pro-
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vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this
paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be used for the project consist-
ing of channel restoration and improvements on the James
River authorized by section 401(b) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662; 100 Stat.
4128) if the Secretary of the Army determines that the need
for such restoration and improvements constitutes an emer-
gency.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance’’, $7,355,000, to remain available until expended, to
repair damage caused by floods and other natural disasters:
Provided, That of the total appropriated, the amount for
program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation
Fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended.
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CHAPTER 4
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
CONSTRUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ to re-
pair damage caused by floods and other natural disasters,
$4,796,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$4,403,000 is to be derived by transfer from unobligated
balances of funds, under the heading, ‘‘Oregon and Califor-
nia Grant Lands,’’ made available as supplemental appro-
priations in Public Law 104–134: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Oregon and California
Grant Lands’’ to repair damage caused by floods and other
natural disasters, $2,694,000, to remain available until ex-
pended and to be derived from unobligated balances of funds
under the heading, ‘‘Oregon and California Grant Lands,’’
made available as supplemental appropriations in Public
Law 104–134: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
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ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’, $8,350,000, of which $3,350,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998, is for fish replacement and
for technical assistance made necessary by floods and other
natural disasters and for restoration of public lands dam-
aged by fire, and of which $5,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1999, is for payments to private land-
owners for the voluntary use of private land to store water
in restored wetlands: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$91,000,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
damage caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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pair or replacement of concession use facilities at Yosemite
National Park if the Secretary determines, after consulting
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
that the repair or replacement of those facilities cannot be
postponed until completion of an agreement with the Yo-
semite Concessions Services Corporation or any responsible
third party to satisfy its repair or replacement obligations
for the facilities, or (2) the Federal portion, if any, of the
costs of repair or replacement of such concession use facili-
ties: Provided further, That nothing herein should be con-
strued as impairing in any way the rights of the United
States against the Yosemite Concession Services Corpora-
tion or any other party or as relieving the Corporation or
any other party of its obligations to the United States: Pro-
vided further, That prior to any final agreement by the Sec-
retary with the Corporation or any other party concerning
its obligation to repair or replace concession use facilities,
the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior shall certify
that the agreement fully satisfies the obligations of the Cor-
poration or third party: Provided further, That nothing
herein, or any payments, repairs, or replacements made by
the Corporation or a third party in fulfillment of the Cor-
poration’s obligations to the United States to repair and
replace damaged facilities, shall create any possessory inter-
est for the Corporation or such third party in such repaired
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or replaced facilities: Provided further, That any payments
made to the United States by the Corporation or a third
party for repair or replacement of concession use facilities
shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury or,
where facilities are repaired or replaced by the Corporation
or any other third party, an equal amount of appropria-
tions for ‘‘Construction’’ shall be rescinded.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research’’, $4,650,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998, to repair or replace damaged equip-
ment and facilities caused by floods and other natural dis-
asters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’, $14,317,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1998 for emergency response activities, including
emergency school operations, heating costs, emergency wel-
fare assistance, and to repair and replace facilities and re-
sources damaged by snow, floods, and other natural disas-
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ters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$6,249,000, to remain available until expended, to make re-
pairs caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated herein and in Public Law 104–208 to the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs for repair of the Wapato irrigation
project shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis.
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys-
tem’’ for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and
other natural disasters, $39,677,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
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to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reconstruction and
Construction’’ for emergency expenses resulting from flood-
ing and other natural disasters, $27,685,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Serv-
ices’’ for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and
other natural disasters, $1,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Facili-
ties’’ for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and
other natural disasters, $2,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
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ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 5
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief
Program for emergency expenses resulting from flooding
and other disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125,
$650,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended, of which
$374,000,000 shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That 23 U.S.C.
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125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects relating to the Decem-
ber 1996 and 1997 flooding.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
EMERGENCY RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND REPAIR
For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight
rail lines of regional and short line railroads damaged by
the floods in September 1996, and in March and April
1997, $24,000,000, to be awarded subject to the discretion
of the Secretary on a case-by-case basis: Provided, That
funds provided under this head shall be available for reha-
bilitation of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other fa-
cilities which are part of the general railroad system of
transportation, and primarily used by railroads to move
freight traffic: Provided further, That railroad rights-of-
way, bridges, and other facilities owned by class I railroads,
passenger railroads, or by tourist, scenic, or historic rail-
roads are not eligible for funding under this section: Pro-
vided further, That these funds shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount 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
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That all funds made available under this head are to re-
main available until September 30, 1997.
RELATED AGENCY
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ for emergency expenses resulting from the crash of
TWA Flight 800, and for assistance to families of victims
of aviation accidents as authorized by Public Law 104–264,
$14,100,000: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 6
SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop-
ment block grants fund’’ as authorized under title I of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
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$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000
for emergency expenses resulting from the flooding in the
upper Midwest and other disasters in fiscal year 1997 and
such natural disasters designated 30 days prior to the start
of fiscal year 1997, so long as the emergency expenses are
for those community development activities related to recov-
ery efforts and for immediate recovery needs not reimburs-
able by the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Pro-
vided, That in administering these amounts, the Secretary
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any
provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary
administers in connection with the obligation by the Sec-
retary or the use by the recipient of these funds, except for
statutory requirements related to civil rights, fair housing
and nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor stand-
ards, upon a finding that such waiver is required to facili-
tate the use of such funds, and would not be inconsistent
with the overall purpose of the statute: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register governing the
use of community development block grant funds in con-
junction with any program administered by the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for buyouts
for structures in disaster areas: Provided further, That for
any funds under this head used for buyouts in conjunction
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with any program administered by the Director of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, each state or unit of
general local government requesting funds from the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for buyouts
shall submit a plan to the Secretary which must be ap-
proved by the Secretary as consistent with the requirements
of this program: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit quar-
terly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations on all disbursement and use of funds for or
associated with buyouts: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’,
$3,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $2,100,000,000
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shall not become available until the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency submits to the Congress a
legislative proposal to control disaster relief expenditures
including the elimination of funding for certain revenue
producing facilities: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, up to $20,000,000 may
be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Pro-
gram for the cost of direct loans as authorized under section
417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That such transfer may be made to subsidize gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to
exceed $21,000,000 under section 417 of the Stafford Act:
Provided further, That any such transfer of funds shall be
made only upon certification by the Director of the Federal
emergency Management Agency that all requirements of sec-
tion 417 of the Stafford Act will be complied with: Provided
further, That the entire amount of the preceding proviso
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmit-
ted by the President to Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
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requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
CHAPTER 7
SUBCOMMITTEE 
ON 
LABOR, 
HEALTH 
AND
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
For expenses necessary to support research on environ-
mental risk factors associated with breast cancer,
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the Secretary shall award such funds on a competitive
basis: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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TITLE III—OTHER SUPPLEMENTALS
CHAPTER 1
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund Program Account’’ for the additional cost
of direct operating loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929,
including the cost of modifying such loans as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
$12,600,000, to remain available until expended.
FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Special Supple-
mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-
dren (WIC)’’ as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. et seq.),
$58,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
1998: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate such funds
through the existing formula or, notwithstanding sections
17 (g), (h), or (i) of such Act and the regulations promul-
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gated thereunder, such other means as the Secretary deems
necessary.
CHAPTER 2
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
STATE, 
THE 
JUDICIARY, 
AND 
RELATED
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’, $100,000,000, to remain available
until expended, for payment of United States arrearages
owed to the United Nations: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act
for payment of United States arrearages to the United Na-
tions may be obligated or expended unless such obligation
or expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment of
a subsequent Act.
CHAPTER 3
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For an additional amount to the District of Columbia
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, $31,150,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1998, and which
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shall be deposited into an escrow account of the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, pursuant to section 205 of Public Law
104–8 (109 Stat. 131), and shall be disbursed from such
escrow account pursuant to the instructions of the Author-
ity, and in accordance with a plan approved by the Author-
ity: Provided, That $22,350,000 shall be used to carry out
a program of school facility emergency repair of public
schools located in the District of Columbia, and $8,800,000
shall be used for pay raises within the Metropolitan Police
Department.
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
For an additional amount for public safety,
$8,800,000, which shall be deposited into an escrow account
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Authority, pursuant to section 205
of Public Law 104–8 (109 Stat. 131), and shall be disbursed
from such escrow account pursuant to the instructions of
the Authority, and in accordance with a plan approved by
the Authority: Provided, That $8,800,000 shall be used for
pay raises within the Metropolitan Police Department.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
For an additional amount for capital outlay for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, $22,350,000, which
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shall be deposited into an escrow account of the District
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management As-
sistance Authority, pursuant to section 205 of Public Law
104–8 (109 Stat. 131), and shall be disbursed from such
escrow account pursuant to the instructions of the Author-
ity, and in accordance with a plan approved by the Author-
ity: Provided, That this amount shall be used to carry out
a program of school facility emergency repair of public
schools located in the District of Columbia.
GENERAL PROVISION
Funds provided under this chapter shall be deemed to
be grants for the purposes of Section 141 of Public Law
104–194 (110 Stat. 2374), the District of Columbia Appro-
priations Act, 1997.
CHAPTER 4
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to make
repairs, construct facilities, and provide visitor transpor-
tation and for related purposes at Yosemite National Park.
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CHAPTER 5
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for expenses of the ‘‘Office
of the Secretary of the Senate’’, to carry out the provisions
of section 8 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1997, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2000, to be derived by transfer from funds previously appro-
priated from fiscal year 1997 funds under the heading
‘‘SENATE’’, subject to the approval of the Committee on
Appropriations.
CHAPTER 6
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’,
$6,473,000, for necessary expenses directly related to sup-
port activities in the TWA Flight 800 crash investigation,
to remain available until expended.
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RETIRED PAY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Retired Pay’’,
$4,200,000.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-in-aid for Air-
ports’’, $15,520,000: Provided, That, the President may
make available funds for making grants to reimburse State
and local agencies for unanticipated disaster costs associ-
ated with recovery, investigation, security, forensic and
medical examination of evidence, air support, and logistical
support efforts directly related to the 1996 TWA Flight 800
and ValuJet Flight 592 tragedies: Provided further, That
not to exceed $12,420,000 shall be available under this pro-
vision for reimbursement to State and local agencies for the
TWA Flight 800 tragedy: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $3,100,000 shall be available under this provision for
reimbursement to State and local agencies for the ValuJet
Flight 592 tragedy.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The limitation under this heading in Public Law 104–
50 and in Public Law 104–205 is increased by
$933,193,000: Provided, That such additional authority
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shall remain available during fiscal year 1997: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
such additional authority shall be distributed to ensure that
States receive amounts that they would have received had
the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1994 income statement
not been understated prior to the revision on December 24,
1996; and that notwithstanding any other provision of law,
an amount of obligational authority in addition to the
amount distributed above, shall be made available by this
Act and shall be distributed to assure that States receive
obligational authority that they would have received had
the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1995 income statement
not been revised on December 24, 1996: Provided further,
That such additional authority shall be distributed to en-
sure that no State shall receive an amount in fiscal year
1997 that is less than the amount a State received in fiscal
year 1996: Provided further, That $3,600,000 of the addi-
tional allocation for Utah shall be utilized on planning,
preliminary engineering and design for projects critical to
the 2002 Winter Olympics: Provided further, That $450,000
of the additional allocation for the State of New Mexico
shall be provided to continue the Santa Teresa border tech-
nologies project: Provided further, That the additional
amounts made available to the State of Alabama shall be
utilized for right-of-way acquisition and construction of the
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Warrior Loop project: Provided further, That $12,600,000
of the additional allocation for the State of Kentucky shall
be utilized to complete the William H. Natcher Bridge in
Maceo, Kentucky: Provided further, That the additional
amounts made available to the State of California may be
provided for a project to repair or reconstruct any portion
of a federal aid primary route in San Mateo, California,
which was destroyed as a result of a combination of storms
and a mountain slide in the winter of 1982–1983: Provided
further, That the additional amounts made available in this
paragraph for the State of South Carolina shall be provided
for the Highway 17 Cooper River Bridges replacement
project, Charleston, South Carolina: Provided further, That
$100,000 of the additional allocation for the State of Iowa
shall be provided for planning and environmental work on
the 86th Street Highway Project in Polk County: Provided
further, That $400,000 of the additional allocation for the
State of Illinois shall be provided for costs associated with
the replacement of Gaumer’s Bridge in Vermilion County,
Illinois.
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CHAPTER 7
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY AND GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount under the heading ‘‘Depart-
mental Offices, Salaries and Expenses’’, $1,950,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Treasury may utilize the law
enforcement services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of
the State of Colorado, the County of Denver, and the City
of Denver, with their consent, and shall reimburse the State
of Colorado, the County of Denver, and the City of Denver
for the utilization of such law enforcement services, person-
nel (for salaries, overtime, and benefits), equipment, and
facilities for security arrangements for the Denver Summit
of Eight being held June 20 through June 22, 1997, in Den-
ver, Colorado.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For an additional amount for the Postal Service Fund
for revenue forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant
to subsection (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States
Code, $5,383,000.
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CHAPTER 8
SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and
pensions’’, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current
fiscal year, $753,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the
construction of a multi-story parking garage at the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs medical center in Cleveland, Ohio,
in the amount of $12,300,000, and there is authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 1997 for the Parking Revolv-
ing Fund account, a total of $12,300,000 for this project.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
$1,000,000 appropriated for special purpose grants in Pub-
lic Law 102–139, for a parking garage in Ashland, Ken-
tucky, $500,000 shall be made available instead for use in
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acquiring parking in Ashland, Kentucky and $500,000
shall be made available instead for the restoration of the
Paramount Theater in Ashland, Kentucky.
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For capacity building for community development and
affordable housing, as authorized by section 4 of the HUD
Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120),
$30,200,000, to remain available until expended, and to be
derived by transfer from the Homeownership and Oppor-
tunity for People Everywhere Grants account: Provided,
That Habitat for Humanity and Youthbuild participate
under this section: Provided further, That at least
$10,000,000 of the funding under this head be used in rural
areas, including tribal areas.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public
Law 104–204, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall make a grant of $1,500,000 to the National
Academy of Public Administration no later than June 15,
1997 for an evaluation of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development: Provided, That the $1,500,000 shall be
from salaries and expenses designated for non-career Senior
Executive Service and other non-career personnel.
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CHAPTER 9
SUBCOMMITTEE 
ON 
LABOR, 
HEALTH 
AND
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM
Public Law 104–208, under the heading ‘‘Health Edu-
cation Assistance Loans Program’’ is amended by inserting
after ‘‘$140,000,000’’ the following: ‘‘: Provided further,
That the Secretary may use up to $499,000 derived by
transfer from insurance premiums collected from guaran-
teed loans made under Title VII of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act for the purpose of carrying out section 709 of that
Act’’.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 104–208, there is rescinded an amount equal
to the total of the funds within each State’s limitation for
fiscal year 1997 that are not necessary to pay such State’s
allowable claims for such fiscal year.
Section 403(k)(3)(F) of the Social Security Act (as in
effect on October 1, 1996) is amended by adding after the
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‘‘,’’ the following: ‘‘reduced by an amount equal to the total
of those funds that are within each State’s limitation for
fiscal year 1997 that are not necessary to pay such State’s
allowable claims for such fiscal year (except that such
amount for such year shall be deemed to be $1,000,000,000
for the purpose of determining the amount of the payment
under subsection (1) to which each State is entitled),’’.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
Public Law 104–208, under the heading titled ‘‘Chil-
dren and Families Services Programs’’ is amended by in-
serting after the reference to ‘‘part B(1) of title IV’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and Section 1110’’.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For additional amounts to carry out subpart 2 of part
A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, $198,176,000, of which $153,253,000 shall be
for Basic Grants and $44,923,000 shall be for Concentra-
tion Grants, which shall be allocated, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, only to those States, and counties
within those States, that would otherwise receive, from
funds available under the Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 1997, smaller allocations for Grants to Local
Educational Agencies than they would have received had
those allocations been calculated entirely on the basis of
child poverty counts from the 1990 census: Provided, That
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the Secretary of Education shall use these additional funds
to provide those States with the allocations they would have
received had the allocations under that Appropriations Act
been calculated entirely on the basis of the 1990 census data:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall ratably reduce
the allocations to states under the preceding proviso for ei-
ther Basic Grants or Concentration Grants, or both, as the
case may be, if the funds available are insufficient to make
those allocations in full: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall allocate, to such counties in each such State,
additional amounts for Basic Grants and Concentration
Grants that are in the same proportion, respectively, to the
total amounts allocated to the State, as the differences be-
tween such counties’ initial allocations for Basic Grants
and Concentration Grants, respectively (compared to what
they would have received had the initial allocations been
calculated entirely on the basis of 1990 census data), are
to the differences between the State’s initial allocations for
Basic Grants and Concentration Grants, respectively (com-
pared to the amounts the State would have received had
the initial allocations been calculated entirely on the basis
of 1990 census data): Provided further, That the funds ap-
propriated under this paragraph shall become available on
October 1, 1997 and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1998, for academic year 1997–98: Provided fur-
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ther, That the additional amounts appropriated under this
paragraph shall not be taken into account in determining
State allocations under any other program administered by
the Secretary.
Public Law 104–208, under the heading titled ‘‘Edu-
cation For the Disadvantaged’’ is amended by striking
‘‘$1,298,386,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$713,386,000’’ in lieu
thereof.
CHAPTER 10
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 302. Of the funds currently contained within the
‘‘Counterterrorism Fund’’ of the Department of Justice,
$3,000,000 is provided for allocation by the Attorney Gen-
eral to the appropriate unit or units of government in
Ogden, Utah, for necessary expenses, including enhance-
ments and upgrade of security and communications infra-
structure, to counter any potential terrorism threat related
to the 2002 Winter Olympic games to be held in Utah.
SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in any
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1997 may be used by the
Department of Commerce to make irreversible plans or
preparation for the use of sampling or any other statistical
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method (including any statistical adjustment) in taking the
2000 decennial census of population for purposes of the ap-
portionment of Representatives in Congress among the
States.
SEC. 304. Section 5803 of Public Law 104–208 (110
Stat. 3009–522) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 305. DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION; SUS-
QUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION.—The Secretary of
the Interior or his designee shall serve as the alternate mem-
ber of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission appointed
under the Susquehanna River Basin Compact (Public Law
91–575) and the alternate member of the Delaware River
Basin Commission appointed under the Delaware River
Basin Compact (Public Law 87–328).
SEC. 306. Section 2.2 of Public Law 87–328 (75 Stat.
688, 691) is amended by striking the words ‘‘during the
term of office of the President’’ and inserting ‘‘at the pleas-
ure of the President’’.
SEC. 307. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134 is
amended as follows: Under the heading ‘‘Title III—General
Provisions’’ amend sections 315(c)(1)(A) and 315(c)(1)(B)
by striking in each of those sections ‘‘104%’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘100%’’; by striking in each of those sections
‘‘1995’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1994’’; and by strik-
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ing in each of those sections ‘‘and thereafter annually ad-
justed upward by 4%,’’.
SEC. 308. Section 101(d) of Public Law 104–208 is
amended as follows: Under the heading ‘‘Administrative
Provisions, Indian Health Service’’ strike the seventh pro-
viso and insert the following in lieu thereof: ‘‘: Provided
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the
Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and
services to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including
payment in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the
reimbursements received therefrom, along with the funds re-
ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self Deter-
mination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent
appropriation account which provided the funding, said
amounts to remain available until expended’’.
SEC. 309. No funds provided by this Act, an Act mak-
ing Appropriations for the Department of Defense for Fiscal
Year 1997 (Public Law 104–208), any other Act making
appropriations for any agency of the Federal Government
for Fiscal Year 1997, or any other Act hereafter enacted
may be used by any agency of the Federal Government to
promulgate or implement any rule, regulation, policy,
statement, or directive issued after October 1, 1993 regard-
ing the recognition, validity, or management of any right
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of way established pursuant to Revised Statutes 2477 (43
U.S.C. 932).
SEC. 310. COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACT OF 1973 IN CONNECTION WITH FLOOD
CONTROL PROJECTS.
(a) CONSULTATION AND CONFERENCING.—As provided
by regulations issued under the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for emergency situations, formal con-
sultation or conferencing under section 7(a)(2) or section
7(a)(4) of the Act for any action authorized, funded or car-
ried out by any Federal agency to repair a Federal or non-
Federal flood control project, facility or structure may be
deferred by the Federal agency authorizing, funding or car-
rying out the action, if the agency determines that the re-
pair is needed to respond to an emergency causing an im-
minent threat to human lives and property in 1996 or
1997. Formal consultation or conferencing shall be deferred
until the imminent threat to human lives and property has
been abated. For purposes of this section, the term repair
shall include preventive and remedial measures to restore
the project, facility or structure to remove an imminent
threat to human lives and property.
(b) REASONABLE
AND PRUDENT MEASURES.—Any
reasonable and prudent measures specified under section 7
of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) to mini-
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mize the impact of an action taken under this section shall
be related both in nature and extent to the effect of the ac-
tion taken to repair the flood control project, facility or
structure.
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
fiscal year 1995 funds awarded under State-administered
programs of the Department of Education and funds
awarded for fiscal year 1996 for State-administered pro-
grams under the Rehabilitation Act of the Department of
Education to recipients in Presidentially declared disaster
areas are available to those recipients for obligation until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That for the purposes of as-
sisting those recipients, the Secretary’s waiver authority
under section 14401 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 shall be extended to all State-adminis-
tered programs of the Department of Education. This spe-
cial waiver authority applies only to funds awarded for fis-
cal years 1995, 1996 and 1997.
SEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Education may waive or modify any statu-
tory or regulatory provision applicable to the student finan-
cial aid programs under title IV of said Act that the Sec-
retary deems necessary to assist individuals and other pro-
gram participants who suffered financial harm from natu-
ral disasters and who, at the time the disaster struck were
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operating, residing, attending an institution of higher edu-
cation, or employed within these areas on the date which,
the President declared the existence of a major disaster (or,
in the case of an individual who is a dependent student,
whose parent or stepparent suffered financial harm from
such disaster, and who resided, or was employed in such
an area at that time): Provided further, That such author-
ity shall be in effect only for awards for award year 1997–
1998.
SEC. 313. None of the funds provided in this Act or
in any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year
1997 may be used to administer or implement in Denver,
Colorado, the Medicare Competitive Pricing/Open Enroll-
ment Demonstration, as titled in the April 1, 1997, Final
Request for Proposals (RFP).
SEC. 314. Section 105(f) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(f) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘The limitation on the mini-
mum rate of gross compensation under this subsection shall
not apply to any member or civilian employee of the Cap-
itol Police whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.’’.
SEC. 315. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, with the approval of the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at
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Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to provide
additional facilities, services, equipment, and office space
for use by a Senator in that Senator’s State in connection
with a disaster or emergency declared by the President
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act. Expenses incurred by the Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under this section
shall be paid from the appropriation account, within the
contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon
vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate with the approval of the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate.
(b) This section is effective on and after the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 316. Title I of the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public
Law 104–205) is amended under the heading ‘‘Federal
Transit Administration—Discretionary Grants’’ by strik-
ing ‘‘$661,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$661,000’’.
SEC. 317. Section 325 of Title III of the Department
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–205) is amended by deleting
all text following ‘‘Provided, That such funds shall not be
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subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction.’’.
SEC. 318. Section 410(j) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking the period after ‘‘1997’’ and
inserting ‘‘, and an additional $500,000 for fiscal year
1997.’’.
SEC. 319. Section 45301(a)(1) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that neither take off
from, nor land in, the United States.’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof: ‘‘or general aviation aircraft that neither take off
from, nor land in, the United States except that such fees
shall not be imposed on overflights operated by citizens of
a country contiguous to the United States if (A) both the
origin and destination of such flights are within that other
contiguous country and (B) that same country exempts
similar categories of flights operated by citizens of the Unit-
ed States.’’.
SEC. 320. The Administrator of General Services is
authorized to obligate the funds appropriated in Public
Law 104–208 for construction of the Montgomery, Alabama
courthouse.
SEC. 321. RESTRICTION ON FUNDS USED TO ENFORCE
ELECTRONIC FUNDS TAX TRANSFER SYSTEM.—None of the
funds made available by this Act or any other Act may
be used to impose or collect any penalty under the Internal
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Revenue Code of 1986 which is imposed solely by reason
of a failure to use the electronic fund transfer system estab-
lished under section 6302(h) of such Code if such failure—
(1) is by a person which is first required to use
such system by reason of clause (i)(IV) or (ii)(IV) of
section 6302(h)(2)(C) of such Code, and
(2) occurs during the period beginning on July
1, 1997, and ending on December 31, 1997.
SEC. 322. Section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act of 1994, Public Law 103–355, is repealed
effective the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 323. PUBLIC NOTICE
OF CONTRACTING
BY
HUD.—The Secretary shall publish quarterly in the Fed-
eral Register a list of all contracts and task orders issued
under such contracts in excess of $250,000 which were en-
tered into during the quarter by the Secretary, the Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association, and the Office of Fed-
eral Housing Enterprise Oversight (or by any officer of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, or the Office of
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight acting in his or her
capacity to represent the Secretary or these entities). Each
listing shall identify the parties to the contract, the term
and amount of the contract and the subject matter and re-
sponsibilities of the parties to the contract.
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SEC. 324. SECTION 8 NOTICE PROVISION.—Section
8(c)(9) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘Not less than one year prior to termi-
nating any contract’’ and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Not less than 120 days prior to terminating any
contract’’.
SEC. 325. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall—
(1) make available under section 2604(g) of the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623(g)), $45,000,000 in assistance described
in such Act to victims of flooding and other natural
disasters for the fiscal year 1997; and
(2) make the assistance available from funds ap-
propriated to carry out such Act prior to the date of
enactment of this section.
SEC. 326. The funds appropriated in Public Law 104–
204 to the Environmental Protection Agency under the
State and Tribal Assistance Grants Account for grants to
States and federally recognized tribes for multi-media or
single media pollution prevention, control and abatement
and related activities, $674,207,000, may also be used for
the direct implementation by the Federal Government of a
program required by law in the absence of an acceptable
State or tribal program.
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SEC. 327. After the period for filing claims pursuant
to the Uniform Relocation Act is closed, and from amounts
previously appropriated for the Center for Ecology Research
and Training (CERT), the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) shall obligate the maximum amount of funds
necessary to settle all outstanding CERT-related claims
against it. To the extent that unobligated balances remain
from such amounts previously appropriated, EPA is au-
thorized beginning in fiscal year 1997 to make grants of
such funds to the city of Bay City, Michigan, for the pur-
pose of EPA-approved environmental remediation and re-
habilitation of publicly owned real property included in the
boundaries of the CERT project.
SEC. 328. None of the funds made available in the For-
eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs,
1997 (as contained in Public Law 104–208) may be made
available for assistance to Uruguay unless the Secretary of
State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that all
cases involving seizure of United States business assets have
been resolved.
SEC. 329. EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPA-
TION IN DREDGING.—Section 722(a) of the Small Business
Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (15
U.S.C. 644 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1997’’.
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SEC. 330. COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMA-
TION 
ON 
PRICES 
RECEIVED 
FOR 
BULK
CHEESE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall collect and disseminate, on a weekly basis, statistically
reliable information, obtained from cheese manufacturing
areas in the United States on prices received and terms of
trade involving bulk cheese, including information on the
national average price for bulk cheese sold through spot and
forward contract transactions. To the maximum extent
practicable, the Secretary shall report the prices and terms
of trade for spot and forward contract transactions sepa-
rately.
(b) CONFIDENTIALITY.—All information provided to,
or acquired by, the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be
kept confidential by each officer and employee of the De-
partment of Agriculture except that general weekly state-
ments may be issued that are based on the information and
that do not identify the information provided by any per-
son.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 150 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the
Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Appro-
priations, of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Com-
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mittee on Appropriations, of the Senate, on the rate of re-
porting compliance by cheese manufacturers with respect to
the information collected under subsection (a). At the time
of the report, the Secretary may submit legislative rec-
ommendations to improve the rate of reporting compliance.
(d) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The authority
provided by subsection (a) terminates effective April 5,
1999.
SEC. 331. The first sentence of section 542(c)(4) of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 is
amended by striking out ‘‘on not more than 12,000 units
during fiscal year 1996’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘on
not more than 12,000 units during fiscal year 1996 and
not more than an additional 7,500 units during fiscal year
1997’’.
SEC. 332. Section 45301(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon
‘‘and at least $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 and every
year thereafter’’.
SEC. 333. MICHAEL GILLICK CHILDHOOD CANCER RE-
SEARCH.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) during the period from 1980 to 1988, Ocean
County, New Jersey, had a significantly higher rate
of childhood cancer than the rest of the United States,
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including a rate of brain and central nervous system
cancer that was nearly 70 percent above the rate of
other States;
(2) during the period from 1979 to 1991—
(A) there were 230 cases of childhood cancer
in Ocean County, of which 56 cases were in
Dover Township, and of those 14 were in Toms
River alone;
(B) the rate of brain and central nervous
system cancer of children under 20 in Toms
River was 3 times higher than expected, and
among children under 5 was 7 times higher than
expected; and
(C) Dover Township, which would have had
a nearly normal cancer rate if Toms River was
excluded, had a 49 percent higher cancer rate
than the rest of the State and an 80 percent
higher leukemia rate than the rest of the State;
and
(3)(A) according to New Jersey State averages, a
population the size of Toms River should have 1.6
children under age 19 with cancer; and
(B) Toms River currently has 5 children under
the age of 19 with cancer.
(b) STUDY.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
shall conduct dose-reconstruction modeling and an ep-
idemiological study of childhood cancer in Dover
Township, New Jersey, which may also include the
high incidence of neuroblastomas in Ocean County,
New Jersey.
(2) GRANT TO NEW JERSEY.—The Administrator
may make 1 or more grants to the State of New Jer-
sey to carry out paragraph (1).
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$6,000,000 for fiscal years 1998 through 2000.
SEC. 334. Section 101 of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371) is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(d) GOOD SAMARITAN EXEMPTION.—It shall not be
a violation of this Act to take a marine mammal if—
‘‘(1) such taking is imminently necessary to
avoid serious injury, additional injury, or death to a
marine mammal entangled in fishing gear or debris;
‘‘(2) reasonable care is taken to ensure the safe
release of the marine mammal, taking into consider-
ation the equipment, expertise, and conditions at
hand;
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‘‘(3) reasonable care is exercised to prevent any
further injury to the marine mammal; and
‘‘(4) such taking is reported to the Secretary
within 48 hours.’’.
SEC. 335. EMERGENCY USE OF CHILD CARE FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, during the period beginning on April 30, 1997,
an ending on July 30, 1997, the Governors of the States
described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) may, subject
to subsection (c), use amounts received for the provision of
child care assistance or services under the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 et
seq.) and under part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to provide emergency child care
services to individuals described in paragraph (2) of sub-
section (b).
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) OF STATES.—A State described in this para-
graph is a State in which the President, pursuant to
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), has
determined that a major disaster exists, or that an
area within the State is determined to be eligible for
disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of
damage related to flooding in 1997.
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(2) OF INDIVIDUALS.—An individual described
in this subsection is an individual who—
(A) resides within any area in which the
President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), has determined
that a major disaster exists, or within an area
determined to be eligible for disaster relief under
other Federal law by reason of damage related to
flooding in 1997; and
(B) is involved in unpaid work activities
(including the cleaning, repair, restoration, and
rebuilding of homes, businesses, and schools) re-
sulting from the flood emergency described in
subparagraph (A).
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to assistance
provided to individuals under this section, the qual-
ity, certification and licensure, health and safety,
nondiscrimination, and other requirements applicable
under the Federal programs referred to in subsection
(a) shall apply to child care provided or obtained
under this section.
(2) AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—The total amount uti-
lized by each of the States under subsection (a) dur-
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ing the period referred to in such subsection shall not
exceed the total amount of such assistance that, not-
withstanding the enactment of this section, would oth-
erwise have been expended by each such State in the
affected region during such period.
(d) PRIORITY.—In making assistance available under
this section, the Governors described in subsection (a) shall
give priority to eligible individuals who do not have access
to income, assets, or resources as a direct result of the flood-
ing referred to in subsection (b)(2)(A).
SEC. 336. RELIEF TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS FOR
FLOODING LOSS CAUSED BY DAM ON LAKE
REDROCK, IOWA.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for assistance under
this section, an agricultural producer must—
(1)(A) be an owner or operator of land who
granted an easement to the Federal Government for
flooding losses to the land caused by water retention
at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa; or
(B) have been an owner or operator of land that
was condemned by the Federal Government because of
flooding of the land caused by water retention at the
dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa; and
(2) have incurred losses that exceed the estimates
of the Secretary of the Army provided to the producer
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‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part
II’’, $35,391,000;
‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part
III’’, $75,638,000;
‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part
IV’’, $22,971,000:
Provided, That of the funds appropriated in the Military
Construction Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–
196), amounts are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts in the specified amounts:
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $1,000,000;
‘‘Military Construction, Navy’’, $2,000,000;
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $3,000,000;
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-wide’’,
$49,000,000.
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1502(a) and 31
U.S.C. 1553(a), funds appropriated in Public Law 101–
511, Public Law 102–396, and Public Law 103–139, under
the heading ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, that were obli-
gated and expended to settle claims on the MK–50 torpedo
program may continue to be obligated and expended to set-
tle those claims.
SEC. 403. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense in this or any other Act shall be available
to pay the cost of operating a National Missile Defense