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emergency planning, preparedness, and response. Begin-
ning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall
promulgate through rulemaking fees to be assessed and col-
lected, applicable to persons subject to FEMA’s radiological
emergency preparedness regulations. The aggregate charges
assessed pursuant to this section during fiscal year 1999
shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts antici-
pated by FEMA necessary for its radiological emergency
preparedness program for such fiscal year. The methodology
for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equi-
table; and shall reflect costs of providing such services, in-
cluding administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees re-
ceived pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the
Fund as offsetting collections and will become available for
authorized purposes on October 1, 1999, and remain avail-
able until expended.
For necessary expenses of the Fund for fiscal year
1999, $12,849,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended, not to exceed $22,685,000 for salaries and ex-
penses associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance
operations, and not to exceed $78,464,000 for flood mitiga-
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tion, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount
shall be available for transfer to the National Flood Mitiga-
tion Fund until September 30, 2000. In fiscal year 1999,
no funds in excess of (1) $47,000,000 for operating expenses,
(2) $343,989,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes, and
(3) $60,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall
be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund with-
out prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations. For
fiscal year 1999, flood insurance rates shall not exceed the
level authorized by the National Flood Insurance Reform
Act of 1994.
Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance
Act (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law
104–208, is further amended by striking ‘‘1998’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘1999’’.
Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4026), is amended by striking
‘‘September 30, 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
Section 1336 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4056), is amended by striking
‘‘September 30, 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C.
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4127(c)), is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1998’’ and
inserting ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$2,419,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Information
Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, revenues
and collections deposited into the fund shall be available
for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center ac-
tivities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropria-
tions, revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during
fiscal year 1999 in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in
the fund and shall not be available for expenditure except
as authorized in appropriations Acts.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
support of the International Space Station, including devel-
opment, operations and research support; maintenance;
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation,
and modification of real and personal property, and acqui-
sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by
law; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and oper-
ation 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft,
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$2,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2000.
LAUNCH VEHICLES AND PAYLOAD OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
the conduct and support of the space shuttle program, in-
cluding safety and performance upgrades, space shuttle op-
erations, and payload utilization and operations, and serv-
ices; maintenance; construction of facilities including re-
pair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal
property, and acquisition or condemnation of real property,
as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and
communications activities including operations, produc-
tion, and services; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $3,241,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds provided under
this heading may be utilized to support the development
or operations of the International Space Station other than
costs of space shuttle flights utilized for space station assem-
bly.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
the conduct and support of space science, earth science, life
and microgravity science, and academic programs, includ-
ing research, development, operations, and services; mainte-
nance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabili-
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tation, and modification of real and personal property, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized
by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft, $4,257,400,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That
none of the funds provided under this heading may be uti-
lized to support the development or operations of the Inter-
national Space Station.
AERONAUTICS, SPACE TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
the conduct and support of aeronautics, space transpor-
tation, and technology research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, and services;
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
habilitation, and modification of real and personal prop-
erty, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as
authorized by law; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $1,305,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds provided under
this heading may be utilized to support the development
or operations of the International Space Station.
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MISSION SUPPORT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
carrying out mission support for international space sta-
tion, space shuttle, science and technology, aeronautics,
space transportation and technology programs, including
research operations and support; space communications ac-
tivities including operations, production, and services;
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
habilitation, and modification of facilities, minor construc-
tion of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,
facility planning and design, environmental compliance
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real
property, as authorized by law; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel ex-
penses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and oper-
ation of mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed
$35,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $2,491,600,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That none
of the funds provided under this heading may be utilized
to support the development or operations of the Inter-
national Space Station.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $20,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘International Space Station’’,
‘‘Launch Vehicles and Payload Operations’’, ‘‘Science and
Technology’’, ‘‘Aeronautics, Space Transportation and
Technology’’, or ‘‘Mission Support’’ by this appropriations
Act, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence
of obligations for construction of facilities as authorized by
law, such amount available for such activity shall remain
available until expended. This provision does not apply to
the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mission support’’ pursuant
to the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modifica-
tion of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and
additions to existing facilities, and facility planning and
design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘International Space Station’’,
‘‘Launch Vehicles and Payload Operations’’, ‘‘Science and
Technology’’, ‘‘Aeronautics, Space Transportation and
Technology’’, or ‘‘Mission Support’’ by this appropriations
Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities
shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
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Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of
Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall remain
available until September 30, 1999 and may be used to
enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs asso-
ciated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to
be provided during the next fiscal year.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 1999, gross obligations of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di-
rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by the
National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12
U.S.C. 1795), shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided, That
administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility
in fiscal year 1999 shall not exceed $176,000: Provided fur-
ther, That $1,000,000, together with amounts of principal
and interest on loans repaid, to be available until expended,
is available for loans to community development credit
unions.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft and
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition
of aircraft; $2,725,000,000, of which not to exceed
$228,530,000 shall remain available until expended for
Polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science
support and logistical and other related activities for the
United States Antarctic program; the balance to remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That receipts
for scientific support services and materials furnished by
the National Research Centers and other National Science
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to
this appropriation: Provided further, That to the extent that
the amount appropriated is less than the total amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for included program activities,
all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the
authorizing Act for those program activities or their sub-
activities shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further,
That $50,000,000 of the funds available under this heading
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shall be made available for a comprehensive research initia-
tive on plant genomes for economically significant crop.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses of major construction projects
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
as amended, $94,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and en-
gineering education and human resources programs and ac-
tivities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $683,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided,
That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation
is less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated
for included program activities, all amounts, including
floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those
program activities or their subactivities shall be reduced
proportionally.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000
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for official reception and representation expenses; uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia; reimbursement of the General Services Administration
for security guard services and headquarters relocation;
$136,950,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into
under ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ in fiscal year 1999 for
maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other serv-
ices, to be provided during the next fiscal year.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $5,200,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 2000.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $60,000,000.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System,
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
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ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; $24,940,000: Provided,
That during the current fiscal year, the President may ex-
empt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C.
1341, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the
interest of national defense: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for
or in connection with the induction of any person into the
Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and
III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no
specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures
for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set
forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for the ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision does not apply
to accounts that do not contain an object classification for
travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply
to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local
boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System;
to travel performed directly in connection with care and
treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with major
disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the
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President under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel
performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection
with audits and investigations; or to payments to inter-
agency motor pools where separately set forth in the budget
schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles
I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget esti-
mates initially submitted for such appropriations, the ex-
penditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the
amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the same pro-
portion.
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development and the Selective Service System shall
be available in the current fiscal year for purchase of uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis,
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, Govern-
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ment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan
banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
SEC. 404. 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. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended—
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or
employee of the United States unless—
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or
is part of, a voucher or abstract which describes
the payee or payees and the items or services for
which such expenditure is being made, or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to
such certification, and without such a voucher or
abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by
the General Accounting Office or is specifically ex-
empt by law from such audit.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency may be expended for the trans-
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portation of any officer or employee of such department or
agency between his domicile and his place of employment,
with the exception of any officer or employee authorized
such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C.
7905.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipi-
ents that do not share in the cost of conducting research
resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by the
Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by
the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the
grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse-
ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether
retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more
than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of
the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by
law.
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate,
non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudica-
tory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section
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7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et
seq.).
SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing
law or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant
to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any ap-
propriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting
service shall be limited to contracts which are (1) a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, and
(2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of all con-
tracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the
date on which the list is made available to the public and
of all contracts on which performance has not been com-
pleted by such date. The list required by the preceding sen-
tence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a nar-
rative description of the work to be performed under each
such contract.
SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred
to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such
executive agency (1) has awarded and entered into such
contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula-
tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report
prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval-
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uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report
prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from
or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to
such contract, to contain information concerning (A) the
contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such
contract.
SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406,
none of the funds provided in this Act to any department
or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a per-
sonal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any offi-
cer or employee of such department or agency.
SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.
2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of
less than 22 miles per gallon.
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I
of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real
property if the estimated annual rental is more than
$300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a report
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress and
a period of 30 days has expired following the date on which
the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations.
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SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able 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.
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to
grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–21.
SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1999 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which
the funds are made available that the program, project, or
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights,
or unfunded mandates.
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SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject
to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended,
are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each
such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and
to make such contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the budget for 1999 for such corporation or agency
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in
support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or
prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall
not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United
States Government.
SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds
made available pursuant to authorization under such sec-
tion for fiscal year 1999 and prior fiscal years may be used
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for implementing comprehensive conservation and manage-
ment plans.
SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national
service education awards shall mean any loan made di-
rectly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Post-
secondary Education, in addition to other meanings under
section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service
Act.
SEC. 422. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act,
no part of any appropriation for the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall be available for any ac-
tivity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates
submitted for the appropriations.
SEC. 423. (a) Each entity that receives a grant from
the Federal Government for purposes of providing emer-
gency shelter for homeless individuals shall—
(1) ascertain, to the extent practicable, whether
or not each adult individual seeking such shelter from
such entity is a veteran; and
(2) provide each such individual who is a vet-
eran such counseling relating to the availability of
veterans benefits (including employment assistance,
health care benefits, and other benefits) as the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs considers appropriate.
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(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development shall jointly coordinate
the activities required by subsection (a).
(c) Entities referred to in subsection (a) shall notify
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the number and identity
of veterans ascertained under paragraph (1) of that sub-
section. Such entities shall make such notification with such
frequency and in such form as the Secretary shall specify.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
entity referred to subsection (a) that fails to meet the re-
quirements specified in that subsection shall not be eligible
for additional grants or other Federal funds for purposes
of carrying out activities relating to emergency shelter for
homeless individuals.
SEC. 424. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDA-
TION. (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES.—Section 202
of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36
U.S.C. 5201) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) primarily—
‘‘(A) to encourage, accept, and administer
private gifts of property for the benefit of the Na-
tional Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial and the an-
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nual memorial service associated with the memo-
rial; and
‘‘(B) to, in coordination with the Federal
Government and fire services (as that term is de-
fined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203)), plan,
direct, and manage the memorial service referred
to in subparagraph (A)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and Fed-
eral’’ after ‘‘non-Federal’’;
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘State and local’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) to provide for a national program to assist
families of fallen firefighters and fire departments in
dealing with line-of-duty deaths of those firefighters;
and
‘‘(6) to promote national, State, and local initia-
tives to increase public awareness of fire and life safe-
ty in coordination with the United States Fire Ad-
ministration.’’.
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(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FOUNDATION.—Section
203(g)(1) of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Act (36 U.S.C. 5202(g)(1)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) appointing officers or employees;’’.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.—Sec-
tion 205 of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act
(36 U.S.C. 5204) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 10-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of the Departments of Veter-
ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, the Ad-
ministrator may—
‘‘(1) provide personnel, facilities, and other re-
quired services for the operation of the Foundation;
and
‘‘(2) request and accept reimbursement for the
assistance provided under paragraph (1).
‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Any amounts received under
subsection (a)(2) as reimbursement for assistance shall be
deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriations
then current and chargeable for the cost of providing that
assistance.
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‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no Federal personnel or stationery may be used
to solicit funding for the Foundation.’’.
SEC. 425. INELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED
OF MANUFACTURING OR PRODUCING METHAMPHETAMINE
FOR CERTAIN HOUSING ASSISTANCE. Section 16 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF
MANUFACTURING OR PRODUCING METHAMPHETAMINE ON
THE PREMISES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a public housing agency shall establish standards for
occupancy in public housing dwelling units and assistance
under section 8 that—
‘‘(1) permanently prohibit occupancy in any
public housing dwelling unit by, and assistance under
section 8 for, any person who has been convicted of
manufacturing or otherwise producing methamphet-
amine on the premises in violation of any Federal or
State law; and
‘‘(2) immediately and permanently terminate the
tenancy in any public housing unit of, and the assist-
ance under section 8 for, any person who is convicted
of manufacturing or otherwise producing meth-
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amphetamine on the premises in violation of any
Federal or State law.’’.
SEC. 426. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING MAXIMUM
TRAVEL DISTANCE FOR VETERANS TO HEALTH CARE FA-
CILITIES. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that it should
be the goal of the Department of Veterans Affairs to serve
all veterans at health care facilities within 250 miles of
their homes, and to minimize travel distances if specialized
services are not available at a health care facility operated
by the Veterans Health Administration within 250 miles
of a veteran’s home.
(b) Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on the estimated costs
to and impact on the health care system administered by
the Veterans Health Administration of making specialty
care available to all veterans within 250 miles of their
homes.
SEC. 427. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be obligated after February 15, 1999, unless each depart-
ment, agency, corporation, and commission that receives
funds herein provides detailed justifications to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations for all salary and expense activities
for fiscal years 1999 through 2003, including personnel
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compensation and benefits, consulting costs, professional
services or technical service contracts regardless of the dollar
amount, contracting out costs, travel and other standard
object classifications for all headquarters offices, regional of-
fices, or field installations and laboratories, including the
number of full-time equivalents per office, and the personnel
compensation, benefits and travel costs for each Secretary,
Assistant Secretary or Administrator.
SEC. 428. COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTABILITY STUDY
FOR FEDERALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH. (a) STUDY.—The
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in
consultation with the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, may enter into an agreement with the National
Academy of Sciences for the Academy to conduct a com-
prehensive study to develop methods for evaluating feder-
ally-funded research and development programs. This study
shall—
(1) recommend processes to determine an accept-
able level of success for federally-funded research and
development programs by—
(A) describing the research process in the
various scientific and engineering disciplines;
(B) describing in the different sciences what
measures and what criteria each community uses
to evaluate the success or failure of a program,
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(2) in the case of the review of a project pro-
posal, are not seeking funds in competition with the
proposal.
SEC. 429. INSURANCE; INDEMNIFICATION; LIABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may provide liabil-
ity insurance for, or indemnification to, the developer of
an experimental aerospace vehicle developed or used in exe-
cution of an agreement between the Administration and the
developer.
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section, the insurance and indemnification
provided by the Administration under subsection (a)
to a developer shall be provided on the same terms
and conditions as insurance and indemnification is
provided by the Administration under section 308 of
the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42
U.S.C. 2458b) to the user of a space vehicle.
(2) INSURANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A developer shall obtain
liability insurance or demonstrate financial re-
sponsibility in amounts to compensate for the
maximum probable loss from claims by—
(i) a third party for death, bodily in-
jury, or property damage, or loss resulting
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from an activity carried out in connection
with the development or use of an experi-
mental aerospace vehicle; and
(ii) the United States Government for
damage or loss to Government property re-
sulting from such an activity.
(B) MAXIMUM
REQUIRED.—The Adminis-
trator shall determine the amount of insurance
required, but, except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), that amount shall not be greater than
the amount required under section 70112(a)(3)
of title 49, United States Code, for a launch. The
Administrator shall publish notice of the Admin-
istrator’s determination and the applicable
amount or amounts in the Federal Register
within 10 days after making the determination.
(C) INCREASE IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS.—The
Administrator may increase the dollar amounts
set forth in section 70112(a)(3)(A) of title 49,
United States Code, for the purpose of applying
that section under this section to a developer
after consultation with the Comptroller General
and such experts and consultants as may be ap-
propriate, and after publishing notice of the in-
crease in the Federal Register not less than 180
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days before the increase goes into effect. The Ad-
ministrator shall make available for public in-
spection, not later than the date of publication of
such notice, a complete record of any correspond-
ence received by the Administration, and a tran-
script of any meetings in which the Administra-
tion participated, regarding the proposed in-
crease.
(D) SAFETY REVIEW REQUIRED BEFORE AD-
MINISTRATOR
PROVIDES
INSURANCE.—The Ad-
ministrator may not provide liability insurance
or indemnification under subsection (a) unless
the developer establishes to the satisfaction of the
Administrator that appropriate safety proce-
dures and practices are being followed in the de-
velopment of the experimental aerospace vehicle.
(3) NO INDEMNIFICATION WITHOUT CROSS-WAIV-
ER.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator may not indemnify a developer of an experi-
mental aerospace vehicle under this section unless
there is an agreement between the Administration
and the developer described in subsection (c).
(4) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES.—If
the Administrator requests additional appropriations
to make payments under this section, like the pay-
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ments that may be made under section 308(b) of the
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42
U.S.C. 2458b(b)), then the request for those appro-
priations shall be made in accordance with the proce-
dures established by subsections (d) and (e) of section
70113 of title 49, United States Code.
(c) CROSS-WAIVERS.—
(1) ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE.—
The Administrator, on behalf of the United States,
and its departments, agencies, and instrumentalities,
may reciprocally waive claims with a developer and
with the related entities of that developer under which
each party to the waiver agrees to be responsible, and
agrees to ensure that its own related entities are re-
sponsible, for damage or loss to its property for which
it is responsible, or for losses resulting from any in-
jury or death sustained by its own employees or
agents, as a result of activities connected to the agree-
ment or use of the experimental aerospace vehicle.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
(A) CLAIMS.—A reciprocal waiver under
paragraph (1) may not preclude a claim by any
natural person (including, but not limited to, a
natural person who is an employee of the United
States, the developer, or the developer’s sub-
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contractors) or that natural person’s estate, sur-
vivors, or subrogees for injury or death, except
with respect to a subrogee that is a party to the
waiver or has otherwise agreed to be bound by
the terms of the waiver.
(B) LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE.—A recip-
rocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not ab-
solve any party of liability to any natural per-
son (including, but not limited to, a natural per-
son who is an employee of the United States, the
developer, or the developer’s subcontractors) or
such a natural person’s estate, survivors, or
subrogees for negligence, except with respect to a
subrogee that is a party to the waiver or has oth-
erwise agreed to be bound by the terms of the
waiver.
(C) INDEMNIFICATION
FOR
DAMAGES.—A
reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not
be used as the basis of a claim by the Adminis-
tration or the developer for indemnification
against the other for damages paid to a natural
person, or that natural person’s estate, survivors,
or subrogees, for injury or death sustained by
that natural person as a result of activities con-