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‘‘(2) require the owner or operator to take such
actions as are necessary to remedy any failure to
comply with the contract.
‘‘(c) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—The authority to
provide relief under this section shall be in addition to any
other authority provided in this or any other Act.
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to a
pattern of conduct in which an authorized representative
of the Secretary takes actions or provides advice with re-
spect to an owner or operator that the representative and
the owner or operator know are inconsistent with applicable
law (including regulations).
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY OF RELIEF.—Relief under this
section shall be available for contracts in effect on January
1, 2000 and for all subsequent contracts.’’.
SEC. 750. AVAILABILITY
OF DATA
ON IMPORTED
HERBS. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
the Treasury shall publish and otherwise make available
(including through electronic media) data collected monthly
by each Secretary on herbs imported into the United States.
DIVISION B
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I
NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $59,400,000, to be available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That this amount shall be used for the boll
weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for
debt retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for $59,400,000, that includes des-
ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
ADMINISTRATION
For an additional amount for the Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration, $600,000 for com-
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pletion of a biotechnology reference facility: Provided, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for $600,000, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A)
of that Act.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For an additional amount for the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide pre-
mium discounts to purchasers of crop insurance reinsured
by the Corporation (except for catastrophic risk protection
coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2) of the Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub-
lic Law 105–277): Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations’’, to repair damages to the water-
ways and watersheds, including the purchase of floodplain
easements, resulting from natural disasters, $70,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
shall be used for activities identified by July 18, 2000: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for $70,000,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the Rural Community
Advancement Program, $50,000,000 to provide grants pur-
suant to the Rural Community Facilities Grant Program
for areas of extreme unemployment or economic depression,
subject to authorization: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the en-
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tire 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 re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
For an additional amount for the Rural Community
Advancement Program, $30,000,000 to provide grants pur-
suant to the Rural Utility Service Grant Program for rural
communities with extremely high energy costs, subject to
authorization: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for
$30,000,000, 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 des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
For an additional amount for the Rural Community
Advancement Program, $50,000,000, for the cost of direct
loans and grants of the rural utilities programs described
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in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), as provided in 7 U.S.C.
1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C for distribution through the
national reserve for applications associated with a risk to
public heath or the environment or a natural emergency:
Provided, That of the amount provided by this paragraph,
$10,000,000 may only be used in counties which have re-
ceived an emergency designation by the President or the
Secretary after January 1, 2000, for applications respond-
ing to water shortages resulting from the designated emer-
gency: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $50,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
For an additional amount for the rural community
advancement program under subtitle E of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.),
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide
loans under the community facility direct and guaranteed
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loans program and grants under the community facilities
grant program under paragraphs (1) and (19), respectively,
of section 306(a) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) with respect
to areas in the State of North Carolina subject to a declara-
tion of a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.) as a result of Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Dennis,
or Hurricane Irene: Provided, That the $50,000,000 shall
be available only to the extent that the President submits
to Congress an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement for the purposes
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.): Provided further, That the
$50,000,000 is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For additional five percent rural electrification loans
pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $111,111,000.
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For the additional cost, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost
of modifying loans, of five percent rural electrification loans
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935), $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest for $1,000,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251 (b)(2)(A) of such Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 1101. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i),
an additional $35,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be provided through the Commodity Credit
Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for technical assistance ac-
tivities performed by any agency of the Department of Agri-
culture in carrying out the Conservation Reserve Program
and the Wetlands Reserve Program funded by the Com-
modity Credit Corporation: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for $35,000,000, that includes designation of
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the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment 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 the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such
Act.
SEC. 1102. The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Live-
stock Assistance’’ in chapter 1, title I of H.R. 3425 of the
106th Congress, enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of Public
Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1536) is amended by striking
‘‘during 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘from January 1, 1999,
through February 7, 2000’’: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1103. Hereafter, for the purposes of the Livestock
Indemnity Program authorized in Public Law 105–18, the
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term ‘‘livestock’’ shall have the same meaning as the term
‘‘livestock’’ under section 104 of Public Law 106–31.
SEC. 1104. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
make and administer supplemental payments to dairy pro-
ducers who received a payment under section 805 of Public
Law 106–78 in an amount equal to thirty-five percent of
the reduction in market value of milk production in 2000,
as determined by the Secretary, based on price estimates
as of the date of enactment of this Act, from the previous
five-year average and on the base production of the producer
used to make a payment under section 805 of Public Law
106–78: Provided, That the Secretary shall make payments
to producers under this section in a manner consistent with
and subject to the same limitations on payments and eligi-
ble production as the payments to dairy producers under
section 805 of Public Law 106–78: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall make a determination as to whether a
dairy producer is considered a new producer for purposes
of section 805 by taking into account the number of months
such producer has operated as a dairy producer in order
to calculate a payment rate for such producer: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this
section shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designa-
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tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
SEC. 1105. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the funds, facili-
ties and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation
to administer and make payments to: (a) compensate grow-
ers whose crops could not be sold due to Mexican fruit fly
quarantines in San Diego and San Bernardino/Riverside
counties in California since their imposition on November
16, 1999, and September 10, 1999, respectively; (b) com-
pensate growers in relation to the Secretary’s ‘‘Declaration
of Extraordinary Emergency’’ on March 2, 2000, regarding
the plum pox virus; (c) compensate growers for losses due
to Pierce’s disease; and (d) compensate growers for losses
incurred due to infestations of grasshoppers and mormon
crickets: Provided, That the entire amount necessary to
carry out this section shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for the entire amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
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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 pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1106. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
make and administer supplemental payments to dairy pro-
ducers who received a payment under section 805 of Public
Law 106–78 in an amount equal to 35 percent of the reduc-
tion in market value of milk production in 2000, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, based on price estimates as of the
date of enactment of this Act, from the previous 5-year aver-
age and on the base production of the producer used to make
a payment under section 805 of Public Law 106–78: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be available until September
30, 2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make
payments to producers under this section in a manner con-
sistent with and subject to the same limitations on pay-
ments and eligible production as, the payments to dairy
producers under section 805 of Public Law 106–78: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make provisions for
making payments, in addition, to new producers: Provided
further, That for any producers, including new producers,
whose base production was less than twelve months for pur-
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poses of section 805 of Public Law 106–78, the producer’s
base production for the purposes of payments under this
section may be, at the producer’s option, the production of
that producer in the 12 months preceding the enactment
of this section or the producer’s base production under the
program operated under section 805 of Public Law 106–
78 subject to such limitations as apply to other producers:
Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to carry
out this section shall be available only to the extent that
an official budget request for the entire amount, that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1107. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in
an amount equal to $450,000,000 to make and administer
payments for livestock losses using the criteria established
to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program (except
for application of the national percentage reduction factor)
to producers for 2000 losses in a county which has received
an emergency designation by the President or the Secretary
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after January 1, 2000, and shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided, That the Secretary shall give
consideration to the effect of recurring droughts in estab-
lishing the level of payments to producers under this section:
Provided further, That of the $450,000,000 amount, the Sec-
retary shall use not less than $5,000,000 to provide assist-
ance for emergency haying and feed operations in the State
of Alabama: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able by this section, up to $40,000,000 may be used to carry
out the Pasture Recovery Program: Provided further, That
the payments to a producer made available through the Pas-
ture Recovery Program shall be no less than 65 percent of
the average cost of reseeding: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $450,000,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1108. In using amounts made available under
section 801(a) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
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priations Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106–
78), or under the matter under the heading ‘‘CROP LOSS
ASSISTANCE’’ under the heading ‘‘COMMODITY CREDIT COR-
PORATION FUND’’ of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, as
enacted by section 1001(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113 (113
Stat. 1536, 1501A–289), to provide emergency financial as-
sistance to producers on a farm that have incurred losses
in a 1999 crop due to a disaster, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall consider nursery stock losses caused by Hurri-
cane Irene on October 16 and 17, 1999, to be losses to the
1999 crop of nursery stock: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement under the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is transmitted by the President to
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount nec-
essary to carry out this section is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
SEC. 1109. Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may permit the enrollment of not to
exceed 1,075,000 acres in the wetlands reserve program:
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Provided, That notwithstanding section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended, shall be provided through the Commodity Credit
Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for technical assistance ac-
tivities performed by any agency of the Department of Agri-
culture in carrying out this section: Provided further, That
the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for the entire amount, that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1110. In addition to other compensation paid by
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary shall compensate
or otherwise seek to make whole, from funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, not to exceed $4,000,000, the
owners of all sheep destroyed from flocks under the Sec-
retary’s declarations of July 14, 2000 for lost income, or
other business interruption losses, due to actions of the Sec-
retary with respect to such sheep: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
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only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1111. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law (including the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agree-
ments Act) the Secretary of Agriculture shall use not more
than $40,000,000 of Commodity Credit Corporation funds
for a cooperative program with the State of Florida to re-
place commercial trees removed to control citrus canker and
to compensate for lost production: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement under the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(2 U.S.C. et seq.), is transmitted by the President to Con-
gress: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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SEC. 1112. For an additional amount for the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to the
State of South Carolina in capitalizing the South Carolina
Grain Dealers Guaranty Fund, $2,500,000: Provided, That,
these funds shall only be available if the State of South
Carolina provides an equal amount to the South Carolina
Grain Dealers Guaranty Fund: Provided further, That the
entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for the entire amount, that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1113. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of Ag-
riculture to carry out section 211 of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law
106–224) unless—
(1) the Secretary permits funds made available
under section 211(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protec-
tion Act of 2000 to be used to provide financial or
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technical assistance to farmers and ranchers for the
purposes described in section 211(b) of that Act; and
(2) notwithstanding section 387(c) of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (16
U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary permits funds made
available under section 211 of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public
Law 106–224) to be used to provide additional fund-
ing for the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program estab-
lished under that section 387 in such sums as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to carry out that Program.
(b) The entire amount necessary to carry out this sec-
tion shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such
Act.
SEC. 1114. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums
as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion (not to exceed $450,000,000) to make emergency finan-
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cial assistance available to producers on a farm that have
incurred losses in a 2000 crop due to a disaster, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall make as-
sistance available under this section in the same manner
as provided under section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note;
Public Law 105–277), including using the same loss thresh-
olds as were used in administering that section.
(c) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this sec-
tion may be made available for losses due to damaging
weather or related condition (including losses due to scab,
sclerotinia, aflotoxin, and other crop diseases) associated
with crops that are, as determined by the Secretary—
(1) quantity losses (including quantity losses as
a result of quality losses);
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(d) CROPS COVERED.—Assistance under this section
shall be applicable to losses for all crops, as determined by
the Secretary, due to disasters.
(e) CROP INSURANCE.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance
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under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.).
(f) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.—The Secretary
may use such sums as are necessary of funds made available
under this section to make livestock indemnity payments
to producers on a farm that have incurred losses during
calendar year 2000 for livestock losses due to a disaster,
as determined by the Secretary.
(g) HAY LOSSES.—The Secretary may use such sums
as are necessary of funds made available under this section
to make payments to producers on a farm that have in-
curred losses of hay stock during calendar year 2000 due
to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
(h) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
(2) DESIGNATION.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as
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an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
SEC. 1115. SPECIALTY CROPS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The
Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are nec-
essary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
make emergency financial assistance available to producers
of fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, that incurred losses during the
1999 crop year due to a disaster, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
(b) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this sec-
tion may be made available for losses due to a disaster asso-
ciated with specialty crops that are, as determined by the
Secretary—
(1) quantity losses;
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Assistance under this section shall
be applicable to losses for all specialty crops, as determined
by the Secretary, due to disasters.
(d) CROP INSURANCE.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.).
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(e) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
(2) DESIGNATION.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
SEC. 1116. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a payment in
the amount $7,200,000 to the State of Hawaii from the
Commodity Credit Corporation for assistance to an agricul-
tural transportation cooperative in Hawaii, the members
of which are eligible to participate in the Farm Service
Agency administered Commodity Loan Program and have
suffered extraordinary market losses due to unprecedented
low prices.
SEC. 1117. APPLE MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE AND
QUALITY LOSS PAYMENTS FOR APPLES AND POTATOES.—
(a) APPLE MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide relief for
loss of markets for apples, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall use $100,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make payments to apple pro-
ducers.
(2) PAYMENT QUANTITY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the payment quantity of apples for which
the producers on a farm are eligible for pay-
ments under this subsection shall be equal to the
average quantity of the 1994 through 1999 crops
of apples produced by the producers on the farm.
(B) MAXIMUM
QUANTITY.—The payment
quantity of apples for which the producers on a
farm are eligible for payments under this sub-
section shall not exceed 1,600,000 pounds of ap-
ples produced on the farm.
(b) QUALITY LOSS PAYMENTS FOR APPLES AND POTA-
TOES.—In addition to the assistance provided under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall use $60,000,000 of funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to
apple producers, and potato producers, that suffered quality
losses to the 1999 and 2000 crop of potatoes and apples,
respectively, due to, or related to, a 1999 or 2000 hurricane,
fireblight or other weather related disaster.
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(c) NONDUPLICATION
OF PAYMENTS.—A producer
shall be ineligible for payments under this section with re-
spect to a market or quality loss for apples or potatoes to
the extent that the producer is eligible for compensation or
assistance for the loss under any other Federal program,
other than the Federal crop insurance program established
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.).
(d) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
(2) DESIGNATION.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS-
SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For an additional amount for emergency repairs and
dredging due to the effects of drought and other conditions,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest for a specific dollar amount that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For an additional amount for emergency repairs and
dredging due to storm damages, $35,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which such amounts for eligible
navigation projects which may be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 99–662,
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shall be derived from that Fund: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
For an additional amount necessary to carry out the
programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Develop-
ment Act of 1965, as amended, $11,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request for $11,000,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands
and Resources’’, $17,172,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $15,687,000 shall be used to address res-
toration needs caused by wildland fires and $1,485,000
shall be used for the treatment of grasshopper and Mormon
Cricket infestations on lands managed by the Bureau of
Land Management: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for
support of the preparation and implementation of plans,
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programs, or agreements, identified by the State of Idaho,
that address habitat for freshwater aquatic species on non-
federal lands in the State voluntarily enrolled in such
plans, programs, or agreements, of which $200,000 shall be
made available to the Boise, Idaho field office to participate
in the preparation and implementation of the plans, pro-
grams or agreements, of which $300,000 shall be made
available to the State of Idaho for preparation of the plans,
programs, or agreements, including data collection and
other activities associated with such preparation, and of
which $1,000,000 shall be made available to the State of
Idaho to fund habitat enhancement, maintenance, or res-
toration projects consistent with such plans, programs, or
agreements: Provided, That the entire amount made avail-
able is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$8,500,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
or replace buildings, equipment, roads, bridges, and water
control structures damaged by natural disasters and con-
duct critical habitat restoration directly necessitated by
natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That $3,500,000 shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request that includes des-
ignation of the entire amount as an emergency as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$5,300,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
or replace visitor facilities, equipment, roads and trails,
and cultural sites and artifacts at national park units dam-
aged by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That $1,300,000 shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request that includes
designation of the entire amount as an emergency as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress.
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’, $1,200,000, to remain available until expended,
for repair of the portions of the Yakama Nation’s Signal
Peak Road that have the most severe damage: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage-
ment’’, $15,000,000 to be available through September 30,
2001: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount provided shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 5
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
JOINT ITEMS
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS
For an additional amount for costs associated with se-
curity enhancements, as appropriated under chapter 5 of
title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105–277), $11,874,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which—
(1) $10,000,000 shall be for security enhance-
ments in connection with the initial implementation
of the United States Capitol Police master plan: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding such chapter 5, such
funds shall be available for facilities located within or
outside of the Capitol Grounds, and such security en-
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hancements shall be subject to the approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate; and
(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements
to the buildings and grounds of the Library of Con-
gress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For an additional amount for costs of overtime,
$2,700,000, to be available to increase, in equal amounts,
the amounts provided to the House of Representatives and
the Senate: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 1501. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended
by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘$14,500,000’’.
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(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Pursuant’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to so-
licit, receive, accept, and hold amounts under section
307E(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in excess of the $14,500,000
authorized under subsection (a), but such amounts (and
any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the Architect
without approval in appropriation Acts as required under
section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).’’.
CHAPTER 6
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE
SEC. 1601. In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available in Public Law 106–58 to the De-
partment of the Treasury, Department-wide Systems and
Capital Investments Programs, $123,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, for maintaining and
operating the current Customs Service Automated Commer-
cial System: Provided, That the funds shall not be obligated
until the Customs Service has submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations an expenditure plan which has been ap-
proved by the Treasury Investment Review Board, the De-
partment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management
and Budget: Provided further, That none of the funds may
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be obligated to change the functionality of the Automated
Commercial System itself: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $123,000,000, that includes designation
of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount made available under this section is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
TITLE II
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND OFFSETS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
From amounts appropriated under this heading in
Public Law 106–78 not needed for federal food inspection,
up to $6,000,000 may be used to liquidate obligations in-
curred in previous years, to the extent approved by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget based on
documentation provided by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 2101. Section 381A(1) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009(1)) is amended
as follows:
‘‘(1) RURAL
AND RURAL AREA.—The terms
‘rural and rural area’ mean, subject to 306(a)(7), a
city or town that has a population of 50,000 inhab-
itants or less, other than an urbanized area imme-
diately adjacent to a city or town that has a popu-
lation in excess of 50,000 inhabitants, except for busi-
ness and industry projects or facilities described in
section 310(B)(a)(1), a city or town with a popu-
lation in excess of 50,000 inhabitants and its imme-
diately adjacent urbanized area shall be eligible for
funding when the primary economic beneficiaries of
such projects or facilities are producers of agriculture
commodities.’’.
SEC. 2102. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Long Park
Dam in Utah from funds available for the Emergency Wa-
tershed Program, not to exceed $4,500,000.
SEC. 2103. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Kuhn Bayou
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(Point Remove) Project in Arkansas from funds available
for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed
$3,300,000.
SEC. 2104. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Snake River
Watershed project in Minnesota from funds available for the
Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed $4,000,000.
SEC. 2105. None of the funds made available in this
Act or in any other Act may be used to recover part or
all of any payment erroneously made to any oyster fisher-
man in the State of Connecticut for oyster losses under the
program established under section 1102(b) of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
contained in section 101(a) of Division A of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)), and the regulations
issued pursuant to such section 1102(b).
SEC. 2106. Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) LOANS TO POULTRY FARMERS.—
‘‘(A) INABILITY TO OBTAIN INSURANCE.—
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the Sec-
retary may make a loan to a poultry farm-
er under this subtitle to cover the loss of a
chicken house for which the farmer did not
have hazard insurance at the time of the
loss, if the farmer—
‘‘(I) applied for, but was unable,
to obtain hazard insurance for the
chicken house;
‘‘(II) uses the loan to rebuild the
chicken house in accordance with in-
dustry standards in effect on the date
the farmer submits an application for
the loan (referred to in this paragraph
as ‘current industry standards’);
‘‘(III) obtains, for the term of the
loan, hazard insurance for the full
market value of the chicken house; and
‘‘(IV) meets the other requirements
for the loan under this subtitle.
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—Subject to the limita-
tion contained in section 324(a)(2), the
amount of a loan made to a poultry farmer
under clause (i) shall be an amount that
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will allow the farmer to rebuild the chicken
house in accordance with current industry
standards.
‘‘(B) LOANS TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT IN-
DUSTRY STANDARDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the Sec-
retary may make a loan to a poultry farm-
er under this subtitle to cover the loss of a
chicken house for which the farmer had haz-
ard insurance at the time of the loss, if—
‘‘(I) the amount of the hazard in-
surance is less than the cost of rebuild-
ing the chicken house in accordance
with current industry standards;
‘‘(II) the farmer uses the loan to
rebuild the chicken house in accordance
with current industry standards;
‘‘(III) the farmer obtains, for the
term of the loan, hazard insurance for
the full market value of the chicken
house; and
‘‘(IV) the farmer meets the other
requirements for the loan under this
subtitle.
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‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—Subject to the limita-
tion contained in section 324(a)(2), the
amount of a loan made to a poultry farmer
under clause (i) shall be the difference
between—
‘‘(I) the amount of the hazard in-
surance obtained by the farmer; and
‘‘(II) the cost of rebuilding the
chicken house in accordance with cur-
rent industry standards.’’.
SEC. 2107. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Sea Island Health Clinic located on Johns Island,
South Carolina, shall remain eligible for assistance and
funding from the Rural Development Community facilities
programs administered by the Department of Agriculture
until such time new population data is available from the
2000 Census.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DOMESTIC
ENHANCEMENTS)
METHAMPHETAMINE LAB CLEANUP ASSISTANCE FOR STATE
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
For an additional amount for drug enforcement ad-
ministration, $5,000,000 for the Drug Enforcement Agency
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to assist in State and local methamphetamine lab cleanup
(including reimbursement for costs incurred by State and
local governments for lab cleanup since March 2000): Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request for $5,000,000, that in-
cludes 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 is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION TRUST
FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to Radiation
Exposure Compensation Trust Fund’’, $7,246,000.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
For an additional amount for the account entitled
‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, $3,000,000.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST
ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Presidential Advi-
sory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United
States’’, as authorized by Public Law 105–186, as amended,
$1,400,000, to remain available until March 31, 2001, for
the direct funding of the activities of the Commission: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount provided shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $40,000,000, to be available for obligation
for the period April 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, to be
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distributed by the Secretary of Labor to States for youth
activities in the local areas containing the 50 cities with
the largest populations, as determined by the latest avail-
able Census data, in accordance with the formula criteria
for allocations to local areas contained in section
128(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Investment Act: Provided,
That the amounts distributed to the States shall be distrib-
uted within each State to the designated local areas without
regard to section 127(a) and (b)(1) and section 128(a) of
such Act.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 2401. Under the heading ‘‘Discretionary Grants’’
in Public Law 105–66, ‘‘$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake City
regional commuter system project;’’ is amended to read
‘‘$4,000,000 for the transit and other transportation-related
portions of the Salt Lake City regional commuter system
and Gateway Intermodal Terminal;’’.
SEC. 2402. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Commandant shall transfer $8,000,000 identified
in the conference report accompanying Public Law 106–
69 for ‘‘Unalaska, AK—pier’’ to the City of Unalaska, Alas-
ka for the construction of a municipal pier and other harbor
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improvements: Provided, That the City of Unalaska enter
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate
Coast Guard vessels and support Coast Guard operations
at Unalaska, Alaska.
SEC. 2403. From amounts previously made available
in Public Law 106–69 (Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) for ‘‘Research,
Engineering, and Development’’, $600,000 shall be avail-
able only for testing the potential for ultra-wideband signals
to interfere with global positioning system receivers by the
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA): Provided, That the results of said test be
reported to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not later than six months from the date of enact-
ment of this act.
SEC. 2404. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there is appropriated to the Federal Highway Admin-
istration for transfer to the Utah Department of Transpor-
tation, $35,000,000 for Interstate 15 reconstruction; such
sums to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Utah Department of Transportation shall make avail-
able from state funds $35,000,000 for transportation plan-
ning, and temporary and permanent transportation infra-
structure improvements for the Salt Lake City 2002 Olym-
pic Winter Games: Provided further, That the specific plan-
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ning activities and transportation infrastructure projects
identified for state funding shall be limited to the following
projects included in the Olympic Transportation Concept
Plan approved by the Secretary of Transportation:
(1) Planning
(2) Venue Load and Unload
(3) Transit Bus Project
(4) Bus Maintenance Facilities
(5) Olympic Park & Ride Lots
(6) North-South Light Rail Park & Ride Lot
Expansion.
SEC. 2405. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Transportation may hereafter use Fed-
eral Highway Administration Emergency Relief funds as
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 125, to reconstruct or modify
to a higher elevation roads that are currently impounding
water within a closed basin lake greater than fifty thousand
acres: Provided, That the structures on which the roadways
are to be built shall be constructed to applicable approved
United States Army Corps of Engineers design standards.
SEC. 2406. Amtrak is authorized to obtain services
from the Administrator of General Services, and the Ad-
ministrator is authorized to provide services to Amtrak,
under sections 201(b) and 211(b) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(b)
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and 491(b)) for fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year there-
after until the fiscal year that Amtrak operates without
Federal operating grant funds appropriated for its benefit,
as required by sections 24101(d) and 24104(a) of title 49,
United States Code.
CHAPTER 5
OFFSETS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Of the funds transferred to ‘‘Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer’’ for year 2000 conversion of Federal infor-
mation technology systems and related expenses pursuant
to Division B, Title III of Public Law 105–277, $2,435,000
of the unobligated balances are hereby canceled.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $1,147,000 are rescinded.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for the Civil Division, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
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ASSET FORFEITURE FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $13,500,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for the Information Sharing Initiative, $15,000,000 are
rescinded.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for Washington headquarters operations, including all
unobligated balances available for the Office of the Chief
of the Border Patrol, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND
PROGRAM DIRECTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are
rescinded.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are
rescinded.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading for
the Bureau of Justice Assistance, $500,000 are rescinded
from the Management and Administration activity.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
Of the funds appropriated for the Department’s year
2000 computer conversion activities under this heading in
the Department of Health and Human Services Appropria-
tions Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(4) of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113),
$40,000,000 is hereby canceled.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND RELATED
EXPENSES
Under this heading in division B, title III of Public
Law 
105–277, 
strike 
‘‘$2,250,000,000’’ 
and 
insert
‘‘$2,015,000,000’’.
CHAPTER 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
SEC. 2601. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Communica-
tions Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ in title V of
H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section
1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113, delete ‘‘$210,000,000’’
and insert ‘‘$215,800,000’’; in the first and third provisos
delete ‘‘$185,754,000’’ and insert ‘‘$191,554,000’’ in each
such proviso.
SEC. 2602. At the end of the paragraph under the
heading ‘‘Justice prisoner and alien transportation system
fund, United States Marshals Service’’ in title I of H.R.
3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section 1000(a)(1)
of Public Law 106–113, add the following: ‘‘In addition,
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available only for the purchase of two Sabreliner-class air-
craft.’’.
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SEC. 2603. Title IV of the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2000 (as contained in Public Law 106–
113) is amended in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Diplomatic
and consular programs’’ by inserting after the fourth pro-
viso: ‘‘Provided further, That of the amount made available
under this heading, $5,000,000, less any costs already paid,
shall be used to reimburse the City of Seattle and other
Washington state jurisdictions for security costs incurred
in hosting the Third World Trade Organization Ministerial
Conference:’’.
SEC. 2604. Of the discretionary funds appropriated to
the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance Program in fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000
shall be transferred to the Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth In Sentencing Incentive Grants Program to be
used for the construction costs of the Hoonah Spirit Camp,
as authorized under section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title
II of the 1994 Act.
SEC. 2605. Title I of the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2000 (as contained in Public Law 106–
113) is amended in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses’’ by inserting after
the third proviso the following new proviso: ‘‘: Provided fur-