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titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security
Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for
the last three months of the current year for unanticipated
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as
may be necessary.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000,
to be available for obligation in the period October 1,
2000, through September 30, 2001.
For making payments under title XXVI of such Act,
$300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be emergency requirements pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
That these funds shall be made available only after sub-
mission to Congress of a formal budget request by the
President 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.
The $1,100,000,000 provided in the first paragraph
under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section
101(f) of division A of Public Law 105–277) is hereby
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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: Provided,
That such funds shall be available only if the President
submits to the Congress one official budget request for
$1,100,000,000 that includes designation of the entire
amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to such
section: Provided further, That such funds shall be distrib-
uted in accordance with section 2604 of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623),
other than subsection (e) of such section.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For making payments for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422),
$416,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated pursu-
ant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act under Public Law 105–78 for fiscal year 1998 and
under Public Law 105–277 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
available for the costs of assistance provided and other ac-
tivities through September 30, 2001.
For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Re-
lief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–320), $7,500,000.
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SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section
2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,909,000,000: Pro-
vided, That (1) notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such
Act, as amended, the amount specified for allocation under
such section for fiscal year 2000 shall be $1,909,000,000
and (2) notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section
404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified
under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State
programs pursuant to title XX of such Act for fiscal year
2000 shall be 4.25 percent.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head
Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of
Public Law 95–266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption
and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–89), the
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of
title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 1115 of the
Social Security Act; for making payments under the Com-
munity Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the So-
cial Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105–285;
and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out
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said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of
the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24
U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, sec-
tion 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980,
section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public
Law 105–320), sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Pub-
lic Law 103–322 and section 126 and titles IV and V of
Public 
Law 
100–485, 
$6,135,216,000, 
of 
which
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive
payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670–679); of which
$568,555,000 shall be for making payments under the
Community Services Block Grant Act; and of which
$4,760,000,000 shall be for making payments under the
Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become
available October 1, 2000, and remain available through
September 30, 2001: Provided, That to the extent Com-
munity Services Block Grant funds are distributed as
grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided
under the Act, and have not been expended by such entity,
they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the
next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent
with program purposes.
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In addition, $105,000,000, to be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund for carrying out sec-
tions 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103–322.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under sec-
tion 429A(e), part B of title IV of the Social Security Act
shall be reduced by $6,000,000.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under sec-
tion 413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act shall be reduced
by $15,000,000.
FAMILY PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security
Act, $295,000,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,
$4,307,300,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for
the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, $1,538,000,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and
sections 339A, 398, and 399 of the Public Health Service
Act, $881,976,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
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tion 308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
amended, the amounts available to each State for adminis-
tration of the State plan under title III of such Act shall
be reduced not more than 5 percent below the amount that
was available to such State for such purpose for fiscal year
1995: Provided further, That in considering grant applica-
tions for nutrition services for elder Indian recipients, the
Assistant Secretary shall provide maximum flexibility to
applicants who seek to take into account subsistence, local
customs, and other characteristics that are appropriate to
the unique cultural, regional, and geographic needs of the
American Indian, Alaska, and Hawaiian Native commu-
nities to be served.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six
sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of
the Public Health Service Act, and the United States-Mex-
ico Border Health Commission Act, $221,936,000, of
which $50,000,000 shall become available on October 1,
2000, and shall remain available until September 30,
2001, together with $5,851,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and
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the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That $450,000 shall be for a contract with the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the pro-
posed tuberculosis standard promulgated by the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration: Provided further,
That said contract shall be awarded not later than sixty
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
said study shall be submitted to the Congress not later
than twelve months after the award of the contract.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $29,000,000: Provided,
That, for the current fiscal year, not more than
$100,000,000 may be made available under section
1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395i(k)(3)(A)) from the Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Control Account of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund for purposes of the activities of the Office of Inspec-
tor General with respect to the Medicare and Medicaid
programs.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, $17,338,000, together with not to exceed
$3,314,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the
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Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social
Security Act, $14,000,000.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by
law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family
Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical
care of dependents and retired personnel under the De-
pendents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for
payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be re-
quired during the current fiscal year.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY
FUND
For expenses necessary to support activities related
to countering potential biological, disease and chemical
threats to civilian populations, $201,833,000: Provided,
That this amount is distributed as follows: Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, $118,000,000; Office of
the Secretary, $30,000,000; Office of Emergency Pre-
paredness, $24,600,000; and National Institutes of
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Health, $29,233,000. In addition, $150,000,000 for car-
rying out the Department’s Year 2000 computer conver-
sion activities, $20,000,000 for carrying out polio eradi-
cation activities, and $20,000,000 to support the Ricky
Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act: Provided, That the en-
tire amount under this heading is hereby designated by
Congress to be emergency requirements 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 entire amount under this heading shall be made
available only after submission to Congress of a formal
budget request by the President that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That no funds shall be obligated until the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services submits an operating
plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception
and representation expenses when specifically approved by
the Secretary.
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SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National In-
stitutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law
103–43.
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided
for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made
by any office located in the Department of Health and
Human Services, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and
submission of a report to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned
uses of such funds.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are
appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
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ment of Health and Human Services in this Act may be
transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any
such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Commit-
tees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least fif-
teen days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 206. The Director of the National Institutes of
Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS
Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes,
centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified
by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining
to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the
Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
SEC. 207. Of the amounts made available in this Act
for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re-
search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as
jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Direc-
tor of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made avail-
able to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ account. The Di-
rector of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from
such account amounts necessary to carry out section
2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 208. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be made available to any entity under title X of the
Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the
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award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family
participation in the decision of minors to seek family plan-
ning services and that it provides counseling to minors on
how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in
sexual activities.
SEC. 209. The final rule entitled ‘‘Organ Procure-
ment and Transplantation Network’’, promulgated by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 2, 1998
(63 FR 16295 et seq.) (relating to part 121 of title 42,
Code of Federal Regulations), shall not become effective
before October 1, 2000.
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be
used to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the
Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-
erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-
ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that
it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-
tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially
sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-
ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-
care program’s coverage for such services and a
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TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION REFORM
For carrying out activities authorized by sections
3122, 3132, and 3136, and part I of title X of the Elemen-
tary 
and 
Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965,
$800,100,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for section
3122: Provided, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the
amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside for
the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their
relative need as determined by the Secretary in accordance
with the purposes of the program: Provided further, That
if any State educational agency does not apply for a grant
under section 3132, that State’s allotment under section
3131 shall be reserved by the Secretary for grants to local
educational agencies in that State that apply directly to
the Secretary according to the terms and conditions pub-
lished by the Secretary in the Federal Register.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the
Higher 
Education 
Act, 
$8,417,897,000, 
of 
which
$1,524,134,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000,
and shall remain available through September 30, 2001,
and of which $6,204,763,000 shall become available on
October 1, 2000, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2001, for academic year 2000–2001: Provided,
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That $6,574,000,000 shall be available for basic grants
under section 1124: Provided further, That up to
$3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec-
retary on October 1, 1999 to obtain updated local-edu-
cational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau
of the Census: Provided further, That $1,158,397,000
shall be available for concentration grants under section
1124A, $7,500,000 shall be available for evaluations
under section 1501 and not more than $8,500,000 shall
be reserved for section 1308, of which not more than
$3,000,000 shall be reserved for section 1308(d): Provided
further, That $120,000,000 shall be available under sec-
tion 1002(g)(2) to demonstrate effective approaches to
comprehensive school reform to be allocated and expended
in accordance with the instructions relating to this activity
in the statement of the managers on the conference report
accompanying Public Law 105–78 and in the statement
of the managers on the conference report accompanying
Public Law 105–277: Provided further, That in carrying
out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall sup-
port only approaches that show the most promise of ena-
bling children served by title I to meet challenging State
content standards and challenging State student perform-
ance standards based on reliable research and effective
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practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and
parental involvement.
IMPACT AID
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
$907,200,000, of which $737,200,000 shall be for basic
support payments under section 8003(b), $50,000,000
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under
section 8003(d), $76,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f),
$7,000,000 shall be for construction under section 8007,
$32,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under
section 8002 and $5,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended shall be for facilities maintenance under section
8008.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles IV, V–A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and part B of title VIII of the
Higher 
Education 
Act; 
$3,115,188,000, 
of 
which
$1,018,300,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000,
and remain available through September 30, 2001, and
of which $1,638,000,000 shall become available on Octo-
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ber 1, 2000, and shall remain available through September
30, 2001, for academic year 2000–2001: Provided, That
of the amount appropriated, $385,000,000 shall be for
title VI: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated, $1,800,000,000 shall be for the Teacher Em-
powerment Act, if such legislation is enacted.
READING EXCELLENCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Ex-
cellence Act, $200,000,000, which shall become available
on July 1, 2000, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
INDIAN EDUCATION
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent
not otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$66,000,000.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, bilingual, foreign language and immigrant edu-
cation activities authorized by parts A and C and section
7203 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, without regard to section 7103(b),
$380,000,000: Provided, That State educational agencies
may use all, or any part of, their part C allocation for
competitive grants to local educational agencies.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, $5,833,146,000, of which $1,981,885,000
shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2000, and
shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and
of which $3,608,000,000 shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2000, and shall remain available through September
30, 2001, for academic year 2000–2001.
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech-
nology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center
Act, $2,687,150,000.
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as
amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $9,000,000.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act
of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $48,151,000, of which
$2,651,000 shall be for construction and remain available
until expended: Provided, That from the total amount
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for
the endowment program as authorized under section 207.
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GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School,
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301
et seq.), $85,980,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for
construction and shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni-
versity may at its discretion use funds for the endowment
program as authorized under section 207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Edu-
cation Act and the Adult Education and Family Literacy
Act, $1,582,247,000, of which $533,147,000 shall become
available on July 1, 2000, and shall remain available
through 
September 
30, 
2001, 
and 
of 
which
$1,045,000,000 shall become available on October 1,
2000, and shall remain available through September 30,
2001, for academic year 2000–2001: Provided, That of the
amounts made available for the Perkins Act, $4,100,000
shall be for tribally controlled vocational institutions under
section 117: Provided further, That, of the amounts made
available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy
Act, $7,000,000 shall be for national leadership activities
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under section 243 and $6,000,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Institute for Literacy under section 242.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, part
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $9,249,000,000, which shall remain
available through September 30, 2001, and of which
$2,286,000,000 shall become available on October 1,
2000, and shall remain available through September 30,
2001.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
be eligible during award year 2000–2001 shall be $3,275:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act,
if the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the
payment schedule for such award year, that the amount
included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards
in such award year, and any funds available from the fis-
cal year 1999 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are
insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which stu-
dents are eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of
the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be
reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a
fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a
schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this
purpose.
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For an additional amount for ‘‘STUDENT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE’’ for payment of allocations to institutions of
higher education for Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants for award years 1999–2000 and
2000–2001, made under title IV, part A, subpart 3, of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Education may waive
or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable
to the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grant program and the determination of need for such
grants, that the Secretary deems necessary to assist indi-
viduals who suffered financial harm resulting from the
hurricanes, and the flooding associated with the hurri-
canes, that struck the eastern United States in August
and September 1999, and who, at the time of the disaster
were residing, attending an institution of higher edu-
cation, or employed within an area affected by such a dis-
aster on the date which the President declared the exist-
ence 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 re-
sided, or was employed in such an area at that time): Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 437 of the
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) and
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section 553 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary
shall, by notice in the Federal Register, exercise this au-
thority, through publication of waivers or modifications of
statutory and regulatory provisions, as the Secretary
deems necessary to assist such individuals: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 413D of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, allocations from such additional
amount shall not be taken into account in determining in-
stitutional allocations under such section in future years:
Provided further, That the entire amount made available
under this paragraph is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, and that the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out
guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B,
of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $46,482,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII
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of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
1961; $1,151,786,000, of which $12,000,000 for interest
subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act, shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds available for part A, subpart 2 of title
VII of the Higher Education Act shall be available to fund
awards for academic year 2000–2001 for fellowships
under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under
the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided
further, That $4,000,000 is for data collection and evalua-
tion activities for programs under the Higher Education
Act, including such activities needed to comply with the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.
121 et seq.), $219,444,000, of which not less than
$3,530,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pur-
suant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public
Law 98–480) and shall remain available until expended.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses authorized
under section 121 of the Higher Education Act, $698,000
to carry out activities related to existing facility loans en-
tered into under the Higher Education Act.
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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to sec-
tion 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act
shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the
Higher Education Act, as amended, $96,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im-
provement Act of 1994, including part E; the National
Education Statistics Act of 1994, including sections 411
and 412; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, and
K and section 10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103–227,
$390,867,000: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be avail-
able to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive
school reform to be allocated and expended in accordance
with the instructions relating to this activity in the state-
ment of managers on the conference report accompanying
Public Law 105–78 and in the statement of the managers
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on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105–
277: Provided further, That the funds made available for
comprehensive school reform shall become available on
July 1, 2000, and remain available through September 30,
2001, and in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and
the States shall support only approaches that show the
most promise of enabling children to meet challenging
State content standards and challenging State student
performance standards based on reliable research and ef-
fective practices, and include an emphasis on basic aca-
demics and parental involvement: Provided further, That
$10,000,000 of the funds provided for the national edu-
cation research institutes shall be allocated notwith-
standing section 931(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 103–227.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles,
$362,000,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $66,000,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $31,242,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation)
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any
school or school system.
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student
requiring special education, to the school offering such
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools,
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
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tering. The prohibition described in this section does not
include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may
be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are
appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act
may be transferred between appropriations, but no such
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent
by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at
least fifteen days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 305. (a) From the funds appropriated for pay-
ments to local educational agencies under section 8003(f)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA) for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Education
shall distribute supplemental payments for certain local
educational agencies, as follows:
(1) First, from the amount of $74,000,000, the
Secretary shall make supplemental payments to the
following agencies under section 8003(b) of the
ESEA:
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(A) Local educational agencies that re-
ceived assistance under section 8003(f) for fis-
cal year 1999; and
(i) in fiscal year 1997 had at least 40
percent federally connected children de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1) in average
daily attendance; and in fiscal year 1997
had an adopted operations tax rate which
was at least 95 percent of the state aver-
age operations tax rate; or
(ii) whose boundary is coterminous
with the boundary of a federal military in-
stallation.
(B) Local educational agencies that re-
ceived assistance under section 8003(f) for fis-
cal year 1999; and in fiscal year 1997 had at
least 30 percent federally connected children de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily
attendance; and in fiscal year 1997 had an
adopted operations tax rate which was at least
125 percent of the State average operations tax
rate.
(C) Any eligible local educational agency
that in fiscal year 1997, which had at least
25,000 children in average daily attendance, at
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least 50 percent federally connected children de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily
attendance, and at least 6,000 children de-
scribed in sections 8003(a)(1) (A) and (B) in
average daily attendance.
(2) From the remaining $2,000,000 and any
amounts available after making payments under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall then make sup-
plemental payments to local educational agencies
that are not described in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, but that meet the requirements of para-
graphs (2) and (4) of section 8003(f) of the ESEA
for fiscal year 2000.
(b) In calculating the amounts of supplemental pay-
ments for agencies described in subparagraphs (1) (A) and
(B) and paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary
shall use the formula contained in section 8003(b)(1)(C)
of the ESEA, except that—
(1) eligible local educational agencies may count
all children described in section 8003(a)(1) in com-
puting the amount of those payments;
(2) maximum payments for any of those agen-
cies that use local contribution rates identified in
section 8003(b)(1)(C) (i) or (ii) shall be computed
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by using four-fifths instead of one-half of those
rates;
(3) the learning opportunity threshold percent-
age of all such agencies under section 8003(b)(2)(B)
shall be deemed to be 100;
(4) for an eligible local educational agency with
35 percent or more of its children in average daily
attendance described in either subparagraph (D) or
(E) of section 8003(a)(1) in fiscal year 1997, the
weighted student unit figure from its regular basic
support payment shall be recomputed by using a fac-
tor of 0.55 for such children;
(5) for an eligible local educational agency with
fewer than 100 children in average daily attendance
in fiscal year 1997, the weighted student unit figure
from its regular basic support payment shall be re-
computed by multiplying the total number of chil-
dren described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of
1.75; and
(6) for an eligible local educational agency
whose total number of children in average daily at-
tendance in fiscal year 1997 was at least 100, but
fewer than 750, the weighted student unit figure
from its regular basic support payment shall be re-
computed by multiplying the total number of chil-
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dren described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of
1.25.
(c) For a local educational agency described in sub-
section (a)(1)(C) above, the Secretary shall use the for-
mula contained in section 8003(b)(1)(C) of the ESEA, ex-
cept that the weighted student unit total from its regular
basic support payment shall be recomputed by using a fac-
tor of 1.35 for children described in 8003(a)(1) (A) and
(B) and its learning opportunity threshold percentage
shall be deemed to be 100.
(d) For each eligible local educational agency, the cal-
culated supplemental basic support payment shall be re-
duced by subtracting the agency’s regular fiscal year 2000
section 8003(b) basic support payment.
(e) The actual supplemental basic support payment
that local educational agencies receive shall be treated
under section 8009 in the same manner as payments
under section 8003(f).
(f) If the sums described in subsections (a)(1) and
(2) above are insufficient to pay in full the calculated sup-
plemental basic support payments for the local educational
agencies identified in those subsections, the Secretary
shall ratably reduce the supplemental basic support pay-
ment to each local educational agency.
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(g) After making payments to all eligible local edu-
cational agencies described in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a), the Secretary shall use any remaining funds from
paragraph (1) for making payments to the eligible local
educational agencies described in paragraph (2) of that
subsection.
(h) After making payments to all eligible local edu-
cational agencies described in paragraph (2) of subsection
(a), the Secretary shall use any remaining funds from
paragraph (2) for making payments to the eligible local
educational agencies described in paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) if the amount available under paragraph (1)
is insufficient to fully fund all eligible local educational
agencies.
(i) After making payments to all eligible local edu-
cational agencies as described in subsections (g) and (h),
the Secretary shall use any remaining funds to increase
basic support payments under section 8003(b) for fiscal
year 2000 for all eligible students.
SEC. 306. (a) Section 1204(b)(1)(A) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6364(b)(1)(a)) is amended—
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon;
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(2) by striking clause (v) and adding the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and
eighth such years; and
‘‘(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent such year.’’.
(b) Section 1208(b) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) CONTINUING
ELIGIBILITY.—In awarding
subgrant funds to continue a program under this
part after the first year, the State educational agen-
cy shall review the progress of each eligible entity in
meeting the goals of the program referred to in sec-
tion 1207(c)(1)(A) and shall evaluate the program
based on the indicators of program quality developed
by the State under section 1210.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking the last
sentence.
SEC. 307. Title III of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in divi-
sion A, section 101(f) of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub-
lic Law 105–277)), is amended under the heading ‘‘EDU-
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CATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT’’ by
striking ‘‘at the former LaSalle Academy’’.
SEC. 308. The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended in Section 458 (a)(1)
by 
striking 
‘‘$735,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$617,000,000’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the United States
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the United States Naval
Home, to be paid from funds available in the Armed
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $68,295,000, of
which $12,696,000 shall remain available until expended
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at
the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the
United States Naval Home: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a single contract or
related contracts for development and construction, to in-
clude construction of a long-term care facility at the
United States Naval Home, may be employed which collec-
tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur-
ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the
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clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–
18 and 252.232–7007, Limitation of Government Obliga-
tions.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $274,959,000.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of
1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2002,
$340,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms
of entertainment for Government officials or employees:
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this
paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any
program or activity from which any person is excluded,
or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the
basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to the amounts provided
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above, $10,000,000 shall be for digitalization, only if spe-
cifically authorized by subsequent legislation enacted by
September 30, 2000.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested
in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29
U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Man-
agement Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and
for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,
Public Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $34,620,000, in-
cluding $1,500,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2001, for activities authorized by the Labor-
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a):
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training ac-
tivities and for arbitration services shall be credited to and
merged with this account, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
ices shall be available only for education, training, and
professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
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ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts
of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid
of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-
tion.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
$6,060,000.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act, $149,500,000.
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of
the Social Security Act, $7,015,000, to be transferred to
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science, established by the
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Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended
by Public Law 102–95), $1,000,000.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, $2,344,000.
NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
For expenses necessary for the National Education
Goals Panel, as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act, $2,100,000.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29
U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, $174,661,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or
used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the
Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amend-
ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25,
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1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em-
ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main-
tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at
least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby
is used for farming purposes: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available by this Act shall be used in
any way to promulgate a final rule (altering 29 CFR part
103) regarding single location bargaining units in rep-
resentation cases.
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–
188), including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $8,400,000: Provided, That unobligated balances at
the end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for emergency
boards shall remain available for other statutory purposes
through September 30, 2001.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661),
$8,100,000.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $175,000,000, which shall include
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2000 pursuant
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the
amount by which the product of recipients and the average
benefit received exceeds $175,000,000: Provided, That the
total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 ap-
proximately equal amounts on the first day of each month
in the fiscal year.
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS
For payment to the accounts established in the
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September
30, 2001, which shall be the maximum amount available
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–
76.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement
Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act
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and 
the 
Railroad 
Unemployment 
Insurance 
Act,
$90,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund.
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, not more than $5,400,000, to be derived from
the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy-
ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds
made available in any other paragraph of this Act may
be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such
transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, of-
fice supplies, communications facilities or services, mainte-
nance services, or administrative services for the Office;
used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel
of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of
the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service
provided, or expense incurred, by the Office.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust
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funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,764,000.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, $383,638,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Fed-
eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs in-
curred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may
be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first
quarter of fiscal year 2001, $124,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act,
$21,474,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.
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From funds provided under the previous paragraph,
not less than $100,000,000 shall be available for payment
to the Social Security trust funds for administrative ex-
penses for conducting continuing disability reviews.
In addition, $200,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001, for payment to the Social Security
trust funds for administrative expenses for continuing dis-
ability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law
104–121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105–33. The
term ‘‘continuing disability reviews’’ means reviews and
redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of
the Social Security Act, as amended.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year
2001, $9,890,000,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than
$5,996,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one
or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That
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not less than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security
Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances at the end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for fiscal
year 2000 shall remain available until expended to invest
in the Social Security Administration computing network,
including related equipment and non-payroll administra-
tive expenses associated solely with this network: Provided
further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this
heading for expenditures for official time for employees
of the Social Security Administration pursuant to section
7131 of title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or
support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli-
cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of
the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general
fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after
such expenditures are made.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph,
notwithstanding the provision under this heading in Public
Law 105–277 regarding unobligated balances at the end
of fiscal year 1999 not needed for such fiscal year, an
amount not to exceed $50,000,000 from such unobligated
balances shall, in addition to funding already available
under this heading for fiscal year 2000, be available for
necessary expenses.
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From funds provided under the first paragraph, not
less than $200,000,000 shall be available for conducting
continuing disability reviews.
In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$405,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, for continuing disability reviews as authorized by
section 103 of Public Law 104–121 and section 10203 of
Public Law 105–33. The term ‘‘continuing disability re-
views’’ means reviews and redeterminations as defined
under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act as
amended.
In addition, $80,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Secu-
rity Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which
shall remain available until expended. To the extent that
the amounts collected pursuant to such section 1616(d)
or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2000 exceed $80,000,000, the
amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2001 only to the
extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
From amounts previously made available under this
heading for a state-of-the-art computing network, not to
exceed $100,000,000 shall be available for necessary ex-
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penses under this heading, subject to the same terms and
conditions.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $12,000,000, together
with not to exceed $44,000,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social
Security Administration, to be merged with this account,
to be available for the time and purposes for which this
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate.
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute
of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of
Peace Act, $12,160,000.
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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this
Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for
the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for
which they were originally appropriated.
SEC. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog-
nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before the Congress or any State legis-
lature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State
legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation
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or appropriations pending before the Congress or any
State legislature.
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education
are each authorized to make available not to exceed
$15,000 from funds available for salaries and expenses
under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception
and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make
available for official reception and representation expenses
not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for ‘‘Sala-
ries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation
Board is authorized to make available for official reception
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from
funds available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, National Medi-
ation Board’’.
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be
used to carry out any program of distributing sterile nee-
dles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal
drug.
SEC. 506. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
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ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti-
ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement
made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 507. When issuing statements, press releases,
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal
funds included in this Act, including but not limited to
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State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the
total costs of the program or project which will be financed
with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal
funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and
dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program
that will be financed by nongovernmental sources.
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which
funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended
for any abortion.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act,
and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds
are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for
health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abor-
tion.
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the
package of services covered by a managed care provider
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment.
SEC. 509. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion—
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of
rape or incest; or
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(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness,
including a life-endangering physical condition
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality,
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid
matching funds).
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching
funds).
SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used for—
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos
for research purposes; or
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that
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allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45
CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human
embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected
as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of
the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization,
parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or
more human gametes or human diploid cells.
SEC. 511. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR
PROMOTION OF LEGALIZATION OF CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES.—None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization
of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of
the schedules of controlled substances established by sec-
tion 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
812).
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation in subsection (a)
shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence
of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other
substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are
being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
a contract with an entity if—
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(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with
the United States and is subject to the requirement
in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code,
regarding submission of an annual report to the Sec-
retary of Labor concerning employment of certain
veterans; and
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as
required by that section for the most recent year for
which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
ty.
SEC. 513. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the
end of fiscal year 2000 from appropriations made avail-
able for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2000 in this
Act, shall remain available through December 31, 2000,
for each such account for the purposes authorized: Pro-
vided, That the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations shall be notified at least fifteen days prior to the
obligation of such funds.
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320d–2(b)) providing for, or providing for the as-
signment of, a unique health identifier for an individual
(except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a
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health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifi-
cally approving the standard.
TITLE VI—EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND
INTERVENTIONS FOR NEWBORNS AND IN-
FANTS WITH HEARING LOSS
SEC. 601. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of
this section only, the following terms in this section are
defined as follows:
(1) HEARING
SCREENING.—Newborn and in-
fant hearing screening consists of objective physio-
logic procedures to detect possible hearing loss and
to identify newborns and infants who, after re-
screening, require further audiologic and medical
evaluations.
(2) 
AUDIOLOGIC
EVALUATION.—Audiologic
evaluation consists of procedures to assess the status
of the auditory system; to establish the site of the
auditory disorder; the type and degree of hearing
loss, and the potential effects of hearing loss on
communication; and to identify appropriate treat-
ment and referral options. Referral options should
include linkage to State IDEA part C coordinating
agencies or other appropriate agencies, medical eval-
uation, 
hearing 
aid/sensory 
aid 
assessment,
audiologic rehabilitation treatment, national and
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local consumer, self-help, parent, and education or-
ganizations, and other family-centered services.
(3) MEDICAL EVALUATION.—Medical evaluation
by a physician consists of key components including
history, examination, and medical decision making
focused on symptomatic and related body systems
for the purpose of diagnosing the etiology of hearing
loss and related physical conditions, and for identi-
fying appropriate treatment and referral options.
(4) MEDICAL
INTERVENTION.—Medical inter-
vention is the process by which a physician provides
medical diagnosis and direction for medical and/or
surgical treatment options of hearing loss and/or re-
lated medical disorder associated with hearing loss.
(5) AUDIOLOGIC REHABILITATION.—Audiologic
rehabilitation (intervention) consists of procedures,
techniques, and technologies to facilitate the recep-
tive and expressive communication abilities of a child
with hearing loss.
(6) EARLY INTERVENTION.—Early intervention
(e.g., nonmedical) means providing appropriate serv-
ices for the child with hearing loss and ensuring that
families of the child are provided comprehensive,
consumer-oriented information about the full range
of family support, training, information services,
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communication options and are given the oppor-
tunity to consider the full range of educational and
program placements and options for their child.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to
clarify the authority within the Public Health Service Act
to authorize statewide newborn and infant hearing screen-
ing, evaluation and intervention programs and systems,
technical assistance, a national applied research program,
and interagency and private sector collaboration for policy
development, in order to assist the States in making
progress toward the following goals:
(1) All babies born in hospitals in the United
States and its territories should have a hearing
screening before leaving the birthing facility. Babies
born in other countries and residing in the United
States via immigration or adoption should have a
hearing screening as early as possible.
(2) All babies who are not born in hospitals in
the United States and its territories should have a
hearing screening within the first 3 months of life.
(3) Appropriate audiologic and medical evalua-
tions should be conducted by 3 months for all
newborns and infants suspected of having hearing
loss to allow appropriate referral and provisions for
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audiologic rehabilitation, medical and early interven-
tion before the age of 6 months.
(4) All newborn and infant hearing screening
programs and systems should include a component
for audiologic rehabilitation, medical and early inter-
vention options that ensures linkage to any new and
existing statewide systems of intervention and reha-
bilitative services for newborns and infants with
hearing loss.
(5) Public policy in regard to newborn and in-
fant hearing screening and intervention should be
based on applied research and the recognition that
newborns, infants, toddlers, and children who are
deaf or hard-of-hearing have unique language, learn-
ing, and communication needs, and should be the re-
sult of consultation with pertinent public and private
sectors.
(c) STATEWIDE NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING
SCREENING, EVALUATION
AND
INTERVENTION
PRO-
GRAMS AND SYSTEMS.—Under the existing authority of
the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration, shall make
awards of grants or cooperative agreements to develop
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statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, evalua-
tion and intervention programs and systems for the fol-
lowing purposes:
(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of
statewide newborn and infant hearing screening,
evaluation and intervention programs and systems.
Early intervention includes referral to schools and
agencies, including community, consumer, and par-
ent-based agencies and organizations and other pro-
grams mandated by part C of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, which offer programs
specifically designed to meet the unique language
and communication needs of deaf and hard of hear-
ing newborns, infants, toddlers, and children.
(2) To collect data on statewide newborn and
infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention
programs and systems that can be used for applied
research, program evaluation and policy develop-
ment.
(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, DATA MANAGEMENT,
AND APPLIED RESEARCH.—
(1) CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PRE-
VENTION.—Under the existing authority of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act, the Secretary, acting through
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
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Prevention, shall make awards of grants or coopera-
tive agreements to provide technical assistance to
State agencies to complement an intramural pro-
gram and to conduct applied research related to
newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation
and intervention programs and systems. The pro-
gram shall develop standardized procedures for data
management and program effectiveness and costs,
such as—
(A) to ensure quality monitoring of new-
born and infant hearing loss screening, evalua-
tion, and intervention programs and systems;
(B) to provide technical assistance on data
collection and management;
(C) to study the costs and effectiveness of
newborn and infant hearing screening, evalua-
tion and intervention programs and systems
conducted by State-based programs in order to
answer issues of importance to State and na-
tional policymakers;
(D) to identify the causes and risk factors
for congenital hearing loss;
(E) to study the effectiveness of newborn
and infant hearing screening, audiologic and
medical evaluations and intervention programs
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and systems by assessing the health, intellectual
and social developmental, cognitive, and lan-
guage status of these children at school age;
and
(F) to promote the sharing of data regard-
ing early hearing loss with state-based birth de-
fects and developmental disabilities monitoring
programs for the purpose of identifying pre-
viously unknown causes of hearing loss.
(2) NATIONAL
INSTITUTES
OF
HEALTH.—
Under the existing authority of the Public Health
Service Act, the Director of the National Institutes
of Health, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Institute on Deafness and Other Communica-
tion Disorders, shall for purposes of this section,
continue a program of research and development on
the efficacy of new screening techniques and tech-
nology, including clinical studies of screening meth-
ods, studies on efficacy of intervention, and related
research.
(e) COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the existing authority
of the Public Health Service Act, in carrying out
programs under this section, the Administrator of
the Health Resources and Services Administration,
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the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health shall collaborate and consult with
other Federal agencies; State and local agencies, in-
cluding those responsible for early intervention serv-
ices pursuant to title XIX of the Social Security Act
(Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis
and Treatment Program); title XXI of the Social Se-
curity Act (State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram); title V of the Social Security Act (Maternal
and Child Health Block Grant Program); and part
C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
consumer groups of and that serve individuals who
are deaf and hard-of-hearing and their families; ap-
propriate national medical and other health and edu-
cation specialty organizations; persons who are deaf
and hard-of-hearing and their families; other quali-
fied professional personnel who are proficient in deaf
or hard-of-hearing children’s language and who pos-
sess the specialized knowledge, skills, and attributes
needed to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns,
infants, toddlers, children, and their families; third-
party payers and managed care organizations; and
related commercial industries.
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(2) POLICY DEVELOPMENT.—Under the exist-
ing authority of the Public Health Service Act, the
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, and the Director of the
National Institutes of Health shall coordinate and
collaborate on recommendations for policy develop-
ment at the Federal and State levels and with the
private sector, including consumer, medical and
other health and education professional-based orga-
nizations, with respect to newborn and infant hear-
ing screening, evaluation and intervention programs
and systems.
(3) STATE EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS; DATA COL-
LECTION.—Under the existing authority of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act, the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration and
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention shall coordinate and collaborate in assist-
ing States to establish newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and
systems under subsection (c) and to develop a data
collection system under subsection (d).
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(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to preempt any State law.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) STATEWIDE NEWBORN AND INFANT HEAR-
ING SCREENING, EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS.—For the purpose of car-
rying out subsection (c) under the existing authority
of the Public Health Service Act, there are author-
ized to the Health Resources and Services Adminis-
tration appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000
for fiscal year 2000, $8,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2002.
(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, DATA
MANAGE-
MENT, AND APPLIED RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.—For the purpose
of carrying out subsection (d)(1) under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, there are
authorized to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 
appropriations 
in 
the 
amount 
of
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $7,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2002.
(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, DATA
MANAGE-
MENT, AND APPLIED RESEARCH; NATIONAL INSTI-
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TUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION
DISORDERS.—For the purpose of carrying out sub-
section (d)(2) under the existing authority of the
Public Health Service Act, there are authorized to
the National Institute on Deafness and Other Com-
munication Disorders appropriations for such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2000 through 2002.
TITLE VII—CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1999
SEC. 701. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Child Pro-
tection Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 702. (a) COMPUTER SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
REQUIRED.—Any elementary or secondary school or pub-
lic library that has received under any program or activity
of any Federal agency any funds for the acquisition or
operation of any computer that is accessible to minors and
that has access to the Internet shall—
(1) install software on that computer that is de-
termined (in accordance with subsection (b)) to be
adequately designed to prevent minors from obtain-
ing access to any obscene information or child por-
nography using that computer; and
(2) ensure that such software is operational
whenever that computer is used by minors, except
that such software’s operation may be temporarily
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interrupted to permit a minor to have access to in-
formation that is not obscene, is not child pornog-
raphy, or is otherwise unprotected by the Constitu-
tion under the direct supervision of an adult des-
ignated by such school or library.
(b) DETERMINATION OF ADEQUATE DESIGN.—For
any elementary or secondary school or public library with-
in the jurisdiction of any State, the determinations re-
quired for purposes of subsection (a)(1) shall be made by
an agency or official designated by the chief executive offi-
cer of such State. For any elementary or secondary school
or public library that is not within the jurisdiction of any
State, the determinations required for purposes of sub-
section (a)(1) shall be made by the Secretary of Edu-
cation.
(c) CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATIONS.—
(1) USE OF GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS
ACT REMEDIES.—Whenever the head of any Federal
agency has reason to believe that any recipient of
funds under any program or activity is failing to
comply substantially with the requirements of sub-
section (a), the head of such agency may—
(A) withhold further payments under that
program or activity,
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(B) issue a complaint to compel compliance
through a cease and desist order, or
(C) enter into a compliance agreement
with a recipient to bring it into compliance,
in same manner as the Secretary of Education is au-
thorized to take such actions under sections 455,
456, and 457, respectively, of the General Education
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234d).
(2) RECOVERY OF FUNDS PROHIBITED.—The
actions authorized by paragraph (1) are the exclu-
sive remedies available with respect to a violation of
subsection (a), and the head of any Federal agency
shall not seek a recovery of funds from the recipient.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) ELEMENTARY
OR
SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—
The term ‘‘elementary or secondary school’’ means
an elementary school or a secondary school as such
terms are defined in section 14101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8801).
(2) PUBLIC
LIBRARY.—The term ‘‘public li-
brary’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘library’’ by
section 213 of the Library Services and Technology
Act (20 U.S.C. 9122).
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(3) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ in-
cludes any hardware, software, or other technology
attached or connected to, installed in, or otherwise
used in connection with a computer.
(4) ACCESS TO INTERNET.—A computer shall
be considered to have access to the Internet if such
computer is equipped with a modem or is connected
to a computer network which has access to the
Internet.
(5) ACQUISITION OR OPERATION.—An elemen-
tary or secondary school or public library shall be
considered to have received under a program or ac-
tivity of any Federal agency any funds for the acqui-
sition or operation of any computer if such funds are
used in any manner, directly or indirectly—
(A) to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire
or obtain the use of such computer, or
(B) to obtain services, supplies, software,
or other actions or materials to support, or in
connection with, the operation of such com-
puter.
(6) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’
by section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.
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(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,
and the Republic of Palau.
(8) CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY.—The term ‘‘child
pornography’’ has the meaning provided in section
2256(8) of title 18, United States Code.
TITLE 
VIII—INFLATION 
ADJUSTMENTS 
TO
MANDATORY JURISDICTION THRESHOLDS
OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SEC. 801. Section 14(c)(1) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act (29 U.S.C. 164(c)(1)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(c)(1)(A) MANDATORY JURISDICTION.—The Board
shall assert jurisdiction over any labor dispute involving
any class or category of employers over which it would
assert jurisdiction under the standards prevailing on Au-
gust 1, 1959, with the financial threshold amounts ad-
justed for inflation under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.—The Board, begin-
ning on October 1, 1999, and not less often than every
5 years thereafter, shall adjust each of the financial
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threshold amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) for in-
flation, using as the base period the later of (i) the most
recent calendar quarter ending before the financial thresh-
old amount was established, or (ii) the calendar quarter
ending June 30, 1959. The inflation adjustments shall be
determined using changes in the Consumer Price Index
for all urban consumers published by the Department of
Labor and shall be rounded to the nearest $10,000. The
Board shall prescribe any regulations necessary for mak-
ing the inflation adjustments.’’.
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 901. INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF EARNED INCOME
CREDIT REFUNDS; TERMINATION OF AD-
VANCE 
PAYMENTS 
OF 
EARNED 
INCOME
CREDIT.
(a) INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF EARNED INCOME
CREDIT REFUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6402 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to authority to
make credits or refunds) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(l) INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF EARNED INCOME
CREDIT REFUNDS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Earned income credit re-
funds shall be paid in 12 substantially equal install-
ments with—
‘‘(A) the first installment payable without
regard to this subsection,
‘‘(B) the second installment payable not
later than the 90th day after the first install-
ment is paid, and
‘‘(C) the remaining installments payable at
monthly intervals over the 10 months following
the month in which the second installment is
paid.
‘‘(2) EARNED INCOME CREDIT REFUNDS.—For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘earned income
credit refund’ means, with respect to any taxable
year, the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the credit allowed by section 32 for
such year (determined without regard to section
32(n)), or
‘‘(B) the overpayment for such year deter-
mined after the reductions under subsections
(c), (d), and (e) and without regard to the cred-
it under section 31.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION IF EARNED INCOME CREDIT
REFUND IS $600 OR LESS.—Paragraph (1) shall not
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apply to any earned income credit refund which does
not exceed $600 for the taxable year.
‘‘(4) INTEREST.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title, interest shall not be allowed
or paid on—
‘‘(A) any earned income credit refund pay-
able in installments under this subsection, or
‘‘(B) any such installment under this sub-
section which is paid within 45 days after the
due date for the payment of such installment.’’
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a)
of section 6402 of such Code is amended by striking
‘‘(c) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c), (d), and (l)’’.
(b) TERMINATION
OF
ADVANCE
PAYMENTS
OF
EARNED INCOME CREDIT.—Section 3507 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply
after September 30, 1999.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTIFICATES
IN
EF-
FECT.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to earned in-
come eligibility certificates in effect on September
30, 1999, and to renewals of such certificates which
are so in effect.’’
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1998.
SEC. 902. The General Accounting Office is directed
to conduct a study of the impact on EITC recipients with
respect to a disbursement over 12 months versus the cur-
rent one-time, lump-sum, payment.
SEC. 903. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ORIGINA-
TION FEES.
Section 455(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1087e(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), the Sec-
retary shall’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For
purposes of subsection (a)(1), this subsection is one
of many provisions of this part that specifies a term,
condition, or benefit of a loan under this part that
is different than the terms, conditions, and benefits
of loans made to borrowers under sections 428,
428B, and 428H of this title.’’.
SEC. 904. MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE FUND
PREMIUMS.—Section 203(c)(2)(A) of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(c)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any
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other provision of this section or section 205, in the case
of a mortgage executed after the date of the enactment
of this sentence, the entire premium charge collected pur-
suant to this subparagraph shall be considered to be
earned by the Secretary at the time of insurance, and no
portion of the premium charge collected may be refunded
to the mortgagor as unearned.’’.
TITLE X—DISASTER RELIEF FOR FARMERS
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
From funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation,
$508,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Agri-
culture to provide assistance to producers for crop and
livestock losses incurred as a result of the hurricanes, and
the flooding associated with the hurricanes, that struck
the eastern United States in August and September 1999:
Provided, That, of the entire amount made available,
$494,000,000 shall be available for crop loss assistance
to such producers, which shall be provided in the same
manner as the Secretary provided assistance under section
1102(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105–
277): Provided further, That, of the entire amount made
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available, $14,000,000 shall be available to provide assist-
ance, in a manner determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary, to such producers for livestock losses: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount made available under this
paragraph is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
and that the entire amount shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request for the entire amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3037
[Report No. 106–370]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses.
OCTOBER 7, 1999
Reported from the Committee on Appropriations, com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed