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licensure, health and safety, nondiscrimination, and other
requirements applicable under the Federal programs referred
to in subsection (a) shall apply to child care provided or obtained
under this section.
(2) AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—The total amount utilized by each
of the States under subsection (a) during the period referred
to in such subsection shall not exceed the total amount of
such assistance that, notwithstanding the enactment of this
section, would otherwise have been expended by each such
State in the affected region during such period.
(d) PRIORITY.—In making assistance available under this sec-
tion, the Governors described in subsection (a) shall give priority
to eligible individuals who do not have access to income, assets,
or resources as a direct result of the flooding referred to in sub-
section (b)(2)(A).
EXTENSION OF SSI REDETERMINATION PROVISIONS
SEC. 6005. (a) Section 402(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1612(a)(2)(D)(i)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘the date which is 1 year
after such date of enactment,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
1997,’’; and
(2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘the date of the redeter-
mination with respect to such individual’’ and inserting
‘‘September 30, 1997,’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective
as if included in the enactment of section 402 of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
CHAPTER 7
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for expenses of the ‘‘Office of the
Secretary of the Senate’’, to carry out the provisions of section
8 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997, $5,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2000, to be derived by
transfer from funds previously appropriated from fiscal year 1997
funds under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’, subject to the approval of
the Committee on Appropriations.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS
For payment to Marissa, Sonya, and Frank (III) Tejeda, chil-
dren of Frank Tejeda, late a Representative from the State of
Texas, $133,600.
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OTHER AGENCY
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, Botanic
Garden’’, $33,500,000, to remain available until expended, for emer-
gency repair and renovation of the Conservatory.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 7
SEC. 7001. Section 105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(f)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘The limitation on the minimum rate of gross
compensation under this subsection shall not apply to any member
or civilian employee of the Capitol Police whose compensation is
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.’’.
SEC. 7002. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or regulation, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate is authorized to provide additional facilities, services,
equipment, and office space for use by a Senator in that Senator’s
State in connection with a disaster or emergency declared by the
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act. Expenses incurred by the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate under this section shall be paid
from the appropriation account, within the contingent fund of the
Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon vouchers signed by the Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate with the approval of the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
(b) This section is effective on and after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 7003. (a) Section 2 of Public Law 100–71 (2 U.S.C. 65f)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) Upon the written request of the Secretary of the Senate,
with the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
there shall be transferred any amount of funds available under
subsection (a) specified in the request, but not to exceed $10,000
in any fiscal year, from the appropriation account (within the contin-
gent fund of the Senate) for expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of the Senate to the appropriation account for the expense allowance
of the Secretary of the Senate. Any funds so transferred shall
be available in like manner and for the same purposes as are
other funds in the account to which the funds are transferred.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective
with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning on or
after October 1, 1996.
SEC. 7004. The Comptroller General may use available funds,
now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the acquisition of
severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and
ends in the next fiscal year and to enter in multiyear contracts
for the acquisition of property and nonaudit-related services, to
the same extent as executive agencies under the authority of sec-
tions 303L and 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
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CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, $1,600,000,
for necessary expenses directly related to support activities in the
TWA Flight 800 crash investigation, to remain available until
expended.
RETIRED PAY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Retired Pay’’, $9,200,000.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program
for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural
disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125, $650,000,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That 23 U.S.C.
125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects resulting from the December
1996 and January 1997 flooding in the western States.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The limitation under this heading in Public Law 104–205 is
increased by $694,810,534: Provided, That such additional authority
shall remain available during fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority
provided herein above shall be distributed to ensure that States
receive an amount they would have received had the Highway
Trust Fund fiscal year 1994 income statement not been understated
prior to the revision on December 24, 1996: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $318,077,043 of the
amount provided herein above shall be distributed to assure that
States receive obligation authority that they would have received
had the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1995 income statement
not been revised on December 24, 1996: Provided further, That
the remaining authority provided herein above shall be distributed
to those States whose share of Federal-aid obligation limitation
under section 310 of Public Law 104–205 is less than the amount
such States received under section 310(a) of Public Law 104–50
in fiscal year 1996 in a ratio equal to the amounts necessary
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to bring each such State to the Federal-aid obligation limitation
distributed under section 310(a) of Public Law 104–50.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
EMERGENCY RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND REPAIR
For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight rail lines
of regional and short line railroads or a State entity damaged
by floods, $18,900,000, to be awarded subject to the discretion
of the Secretary on a case-by-case basis: Provided, That up to
$900,000 shall be solely for damage incurred in West Virginia
in September 1996 and $18,000,000 shall be solely for damage
incurred in the Northern Plains States in March and April 1997:
Provided further, That funds provided under this head shall be
available for rehabilitation of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and
other facilities which are part of the general railroad system of
transportation, and primarily used by railroads to move freight
traffic: Provided further, That railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and
other facilities owned by class I railroads are not eligible for funding
under this head unless the rights-of-way, bridges or other facilities
are under contract lease to a class II or class III railroad under
which the lessee is responsible for all maintenance costs of the
line: Provided further, That railroad rights-of-way, bridges and other
facilities owned by passenger railroads, or by tourist, scenic, or
historic railroads are not eligible for funding under this head:
Provided further, That these funds shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That
all funds made available under this head are to remain available
until September 30, 1997.
RELATED AGENCY
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, for
emergency expenses resulting from the crashes of TWA Flight 800,
ValuJet Flight 592, and Comair Flight 3272, and for assistance
to families of victims of aviation accidents as authorized by Public
Law 104–264, $29,859,000, of which $4,877,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more
than $10,330,000 shall be provided by the National Transportation
Safety Board to the Department of the Navy as reimbursement
for costs incurred in connection with recovery of wreckage from
TWA Flight 800 and shall be credited to the appropriation contained
in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, which is
available for the same purpose as the appropriation originally
charged for the expense for which the reimbursements are received,
to be merged with, and to be available for the same purpose as
the appropriation to which such reimbursements are credited: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the amount provided to the National Transportation Safety
Board, not more than $6,059,000 shall be made available to the
State of New York and local counties in New York, as reimburse-
ment for costs incurred in connection with the crash of TWA Flight
800: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the amount provided, not more than $3,100,000 shall
be made available to Metropolitan Dade County, Florida as
reimbursement for costs incurred in connection with the crash
of ValuJet Flight 592: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, of the amount provided, not more than
$300,000 shall be made available to Monroe County, Michigan
as reimbursement for costs incurred in connection with the crash
of Comair Flight 3272.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 8
SEC. 8001. Title I of the Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–205)
is amended under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration—
Discretionary Grants’’ by striking ‘‘$661,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$661,000’’.
SEC. 8002. Section 325 of title III of the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997
(Public Law 104–205) is amended by deleting all text following:
‘‘Provided, That such funds shall not be subject to the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion.’’.
SEC. 8003. Section 410(j) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by striking the period after ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘, and
an additional $500,000 for fiscal year 1997.’’.
SEC. 8004. Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘and 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1996, and
1997’’.
CHAPTER 9
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount under the heading ‘‘Departmental
Offices, Salaries and Expenses’’, $1,950,000: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Treasury may utilize the law enforcement services,
personnel, equipment, and facilities of the State of Colorado, the
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County of Denver, and the City of Denver, with their consent,
and shall reimburse the State of Colorado, the County of Denver,
and the City of Denver for the utilization of such law enforcement
services, personnel (for salaries, overtime, and benefits), equipment,
and facilities for security arrangements for the Denver Summit
of Eight being held June 20 through June 22, 1997, in Denver,
Colorado subject to verification of appropriate costs.
COUNTER-TERRORISM AND DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $16,000,000 shall be available until September 30,
1998 to develop further the Automated Targeting System.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For an additional amount for the Postal Service Fund for reve-
nue forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsection
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $5,383,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 9
SEC. 9001. The Administrator of General Services is authorized
to obligate the funds appropriated in Public Law 104–208 for
construction of the Montgomery, Alabama courthouse.
SEC. 9002. None of the funds appropriated or made available
in this Act or any other Act may be used by the General Services
Administration to implement section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–355) prior to the date
of adjournment of the first session of the 105th Congress.
SEC. 9003. (a) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and
the Department of the Treasury shall not award a contract for
Solicitation No. BEP–97–13(TN) or Solicitation No. BEP–96–13(TN)
until the General Accounting Office (GAO) has completed a com-
prehensive analysis of the optimum circumstances for government
procurement of distinctive currency paper. The GAO shall report
its findings to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
no later than August 1, 1998.
(b) The contractual term of the distinctive currency paper
‘‘bridge’’ contract shall not exceed 24 months, and the contract
shall not be effective until the Secretary of the Department of
the Treasury certifies that the price under the terms of any ‘‘bridge’’
contract is fair and reasonable and that the terms of any ‘‘bridge’’
contract are customary and appropriate according to Federal
procurement regulations. In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on the price
and profit levels of any ‘‘bridge’’ contract at the time of certification.
SEC. 9004. (a) Chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding after subchapter V the following:
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND
EMERGENCIES
‘‘§ 6391. Authority for leave transfer program in disasters
and emergencies
‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section—
‘‘(1) ‘employee’ means an employee as defined in section
6331(1); and
‘‘(2) ‘agency’ means an Executive agency.
‘‘(b) In the event of a major disaster or emergency, as declared
by the President, that results in severe adverse effects for a substan-
tial number of employees, the President may direct the Office
of Personnel Management to establish an emergency leave transfer
program under which any employee in any agency may donate
unused annual leave for transfer to employees of the same or
other agencies who are adversely affected by such disaster or emer-
gency.
‘‘(c) The Office shall establish appropriate requirements for
the operation of the emergency leave transfer program under sub-
section (b), including appropriate limitations on the donation and
use of annual leave under the program. An employee may receive
and use leave under the program without regard to any requirement
that any annual leave and sick leave to a leave recipient’s credit
must be exhausted before any transferred annual leave may be
used.
‘‘(d) A leave bank established under subchapter IV may, to
the extent provided in regulations prescribed by the Office, donate
annual leave to the emergency leave transfer program established
under subsection (b).
‘‘(e) Except to the extent that the Office may prescribe by
regulation, nothing in section 7351 shall apply to any solicitation,
donation, or acceptance of leave under this section.
‘‘(f) The Office shall prescribe regulations necessary for the
administration of this section.’’.
(b) The analysis for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
‘‘6391. Authority for leave transfer program in disasters and emergencies.’’.
CHAPTER 10
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’,
$928,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the construc-
tion of a multi-story parking garage at the Department of Veterans
Affairs medical center in Cleveland, Ohio, in the amount of
$12,300,000, and there is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
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year 1997 for the Parking Revolving Fund account, a total of
$12,300,000 for this project.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the $1,000,000
appropriated for special purpose grants in Public Law 102–139,
for a parking garage in Ashland, Kentucky, $500,000 shall be
made available instead for use in acquiring parking in Ashland,
Kentucky and $500,000 shall be made available instead for the
restoration of the Paramount Theater in Ashland, Kentucky.
PRESERVING EXISTING HOUSING INVESTMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Preserving existing housing
investment’’, to be made available for use in conjunction with prop-
erties that are eligible for assistance under the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 or the Emer-
gency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, $3,500,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to such
amount shall be for a project in Syracuse, New York, the processing
for which was suspended, deferred or interrupted for a period
of nine months or more because of differing interpretations, by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and an owner,
concerning the timing of the ability of an uninsured section 236
property to prepay, or by the Secretary and a State rent regulatory
agency concerning the effect of a presumptively applicable State
rent control law or regulation on the determination of preservation
value under section 213 of such Act, if the owner of such project
filed a notice of intent to extend the low-income affordability restric-
tions of the housing on or before August 23, 1993, and the Secretary
approved the plan of action on or before July 25, 1996.
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For ‘‘Capacity building for community development and afford-
able housing’’, as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration
Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120), $30,200,000, to remain available
until expended, and to be derived by transfer from the Homeowner-
ship and Opportunity for People Everywhere Grants account: Pro-
vided, That at least $10,000,000 of the funding under this head
be used in rural areas, including tribal areas.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community development block
grants fund’’, as authorized under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, $500,000,000, of which $250,000,000
shall become available for obligation on October 1, 1997, all of
which shall remain available until September 30, 2000, for use
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only for buyouts, relocation, long-term recovery, and mitigation
in communities affected by the flooding in the upper Midwest and
other disasters in fiscal year 1997 and such natural disasters des-
ignated 30 days prior to the start of fiscal year 1997, except those
activities reimbursable or for which funds are made available by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Small Business
Administration, or the Army Corps of Engineers: Provided, That
in administering these amounts, the Secretary may waive, or specify
alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or regula-
tion that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation
by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds, except
for statutory requirements related to civil rights, fair housing and
nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor standards, upon a
finding that such waiver is required to facilitate the use of such
funds, and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose
of the statute: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall publish a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister governing the use of community development block grants
funds in conjunction with any program administered by the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for buyouts for
structures in disaster areas: Provided further, That for any funds
under this head used for buyouts in conjunction with any program
administered by the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, each State or unit of general local government
requesting funds from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment for buyouts shall submit a plan to the Secretary which must
be approved by the Secretary as consistent with the requirements
of this program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development and the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall submit quarterly reports to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all disbursements
and uses of funds for or associated with buyouts: Provided further,
That for purposes of disasters eligible under this head the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development may waive, on a case-by-case
basis and upon such other terms as the Secretary may specify,
in whole or in part, the requirements that activities benefit persons
of low- and moderate-income pursuant to section 122 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974, and may waive, in whole
or in part, the requirements that housing qualify as affordable
housing pursuant to section 290 of the HOME Investment Partner-
ships Act: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be avail-
able only to the extent an official budget request, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 104–
204, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall enter
into a contract with the National Academy of Public Administration
not to exceed $1,000,000 no later than one month after enactment