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(2) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Making ex-
ceptions, with respect to institutions or other entities
for which the agency is the primary Federal regu-
lator, to—
(A) any publication requirement with re-
spect to establishing branches or other deposit-
taking facilities; or
(B) any similar publication requirement.
(b) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.—A qualifying regu-
latory agency shall publish in the Federal Register a state-
ment that—
(1) describes any action taken under this sec-
tion; and
(2) explains the need for the action.
(c) QUALIFYING REGULATORY AGENCY DEFINED.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying regu-
latory agency’’ means—
(1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System;
(2) the Comptroller of the Currency;
(3) the Director of the Office of Thrift Super-
vision;
(4) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(5) the Financial Institutions Examination
Council;
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(6) the National Credit Union Administration;
and
(7) with respect to chapter 53 of title 31, Unit-
ed States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury.
(d) EXPIRATION.—Any exception made under this
section shall expire not later than February 28, 1998.
SEC. 50005. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
(a) FINANCIAL SERVICES.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit
Union Administration should encourage depository insti-
tutions to meet the financial services needs of their com-
munities and customers located in areas affected by the
1997 flooding of the Red River of the North, the Min-
nesota River, and the tributaries of such rivers.
(b) APPRAISAL STANDARDS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that each Federal financial institutions regu-
latory agency should, by regulation or order, make excep-
tions to the appraisal standards prescribed by title XI of
the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforce-
ment Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3331 et seq.) for trans-
actions involving institutions for which the agency is the
primary Federal regulator with respect to real property
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located within a disaster area pursuant to section 1123
of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and En-
forcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3352), if the agency
determines that the exceptions can reasonably be expected
to alleviate hardships to the public resulting from such dis-
aster that outweigh possible adverse effects.
SEC. 50006. OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.
No provision of this title shall be construed as limit-
ing the authority of any department or agency under any
other provision of law.
TITLE VI—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH
RESPECT TO EDUCATION
SEC. 60001. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DIS-
CLOSURES REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO
GRADUATION RATES.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 485 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘June
30’’ and inserting ‘‘August 31’’; and
(2) in subsection (e)(9), by striking ‘‘August
30’’ and inserting ‘‘August 31’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a)
are effective upon enactment.
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(2) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—No institu-
tion shall be required to comply with the amendment
made by subsection (a)(1) before July 1, 1998.
SEC. 60002. DATE EXTENSION.
Section 1501(a)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491(a)(4)) is amended
by striking ‘‘January 1, 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1,
1999’’.
SEC. 60003. TIMELY FILING OF NOTICE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Education shall deem Kansas and New Mexico
to have timely submitted under section 8009(c)(1) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7709(c)(1)) the States’ written notices of intent
to consider payments described in section 8009(b)(1) of
the Act (20 U.S.C. 7709(b)(1)) in providing State aid to
local educational agencies for school year 1997–1998, ex-
cept that the Secretary may require the States to submit
such additional information as the Secretary may require,
which information shall be considered part of the notices.
SEC. 60004. HOLD HARMLESS PAYMENTS.
Section 8002(h)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(h)(1)) is amend-
ed—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ after
the semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 1997 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2000
shall not be less than 85 percent of the amount
such agency received for fiscal year 1996 under
subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 60005. DATA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8003(f)(4) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7703(f)(4)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘expenditure,’’ after ‘‘rev-
enue,’’; and
(B) by striking the semicolon and inserting
a period;
(2) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘shall use’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall use’’; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (B).
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years after
fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 60006. PAYMENTS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROPERTY.
Section 8002(i) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(i)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(i) PRIORITY PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(b)(1)(B), and for any fiscal year beginning with fis-
cal year 1997 for which the amount appropriated to
carry out this section exceeds the amount so appro-
priated for fiscal year 1996—
‘‘(A) the Secretary shall first use the ex-
cess amount (not to exceed the amount equal to
the difference of (i) the amount appropriated to
carry out this section for fiscal year 1997, and
(ii) the amount appropriated to carry out this
section for fiscal year 1996) to increase the
payment that would otherwise be made under
this section to not more than 50 percent of the
maximum amount determined under subsection
(b) for any local educational agency described
in paragraph (2); and
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‘‘(B) the Secretary shall use the remainder
of the excess amount to increase the payments
to each eligible local educational agency under
this section.
‘‘(2) 
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY
DE-
SCRIBED.—A local educational agency described in
this paragraph is a local educational agency that—
‘‘(A) received a payment under this section
for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(B) serves a school district that contains
all or a portion of a United States military
academy;
‘‘(C) serves a school district in which the
local tax assessor has certified that at least 60
percent of the real property is federally owned;
and
‘‘(D) demonstrates to the satisfaction of
the Secretary that such agency’s per-pupil reve-
nue derived from local sources for current ex-
penditures is not less than that revenue for the
preceding fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 60007. TIMELY FILING UNDER SECTION 8003.
The Secretary of Education shall treat as timely filed,
and shall process for payment, an amendment to an appli-
cation for a fiscal year 1997 payment from a local edu-
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cational agency under section 8003 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 if—
(1) that agency is described in subsection (a)(3)
of that section, as amended by section 376 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1997 (Public Law 104–201);
(2) that agency was not described in that sub-
section prior to that amendment; and
(3) the Secretary received the amendment to
the agency’s application prior to the enactment of
this Act.
TITLE VII—FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
STATE OPTION TO ISSUE FOOD STAMP BENEFITS TO
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS MADE INELIGIBLE BY WEL-
FARE REFORM
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2016) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘nec-
essary, and’’ the following: ‘‘(except as provided in
subsection (j))’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) STATE OPTION TO ISSUE BENEFITS TO CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS
MADE
INELIGIBLE
BY
WELFARE
RE-
FORM.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a State agency may, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary, issue benefits under this Act
to an individual who is ineligible to participate in the
food stamp program solely as a result of section
6(o)(2) of this Act or section 402 or 403 of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612 or 1613).
‘‘(2) STATE PAYMENTS TO SECRETARY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than the
date the State agency issues benefits to individ-
uals under this subsection, the State agency
shall pay the Secretary, in accordance with pro-
cedures established by the Secretary, an
amount that is equal to—
‘‘(i) the value of the benefits; and
‘‘(ii) the costs of printing, shipping,
and redeeming coupons, and other Federal
costs, incurred in providing the benefits, as
determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(B) CREDITING.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code,
payments received under subparagraph (A)
shall be credited to the food stamp program ap-
propriation account or the account from which
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the costs were drawn, as appropriate, for the
fiscal year in which the payment is received.
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—To be eligible to issue bene-
fits under this subsection, a State agency shall com-
ply with reporting requirements established by the
Secretary to carry out this subsection.
‘‘(4) PLAN.—To be eligible to issue benefits
under this subsection, a State agency shall—
‘‘(A) submit a plan to the Secretary that
describes the conditions and procedures under
which the benefits will be issued, including eligi-
bility standards, benefit levels, and the meth-
odology the State agency will use to determine
amounts due the Secretary under paragraph
(2); and
‘‘(B) obtain the approval of the Secretary
for the plan.
‘‘(5) VIOLATIONS.—A sanction, disqualification,
fine, or other penalty prescribed under Federal law
(including sections 12 and 15) shall apply to a viola-
tion committed in connection with a coupon issued
under this subsection.
‘‘(6) INELIGIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RE-
IMBURSEMENT.—Administrative and other costs in-
curred in issuing a benefit under this subsection
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shall not be eligible for Federal funding under this
Act.
‘‘(7) EXCLUSION
FROM
ENHANCED
PAYMENT
ACCURACY SYSTEMS.—Section 16(c) shall not apply
to benefits issued under this subsection.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
17(b)(1)(B)(iv) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(2) in subclause (VI), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(VII) waives a provision of sec-
tion 7(j).’’.
TITLE VIII—2000 DECENNIAL CENSUS
The Department of Commerce is directed within thir-
ty days of enactment of this Act to provide to the Congress
a comprehensive and detailed plan outlining its proposed
methodologies for conducting the 2000 decennial Census
and available methods to conduct an actual enumeration
of the population. This plan description shall specifically
include:
(1) a list of all statistical methodologies that
may be used in conducting the Census;
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(2) an explanation of these statistical meth-
odologies;
(3) a list of statistical errors which may occur
as a result of the use of each statistical methodol-
ogy;
(4) the estimated error rate down to the census
tract level;
(5) a cost estimation showing cost allocations
for each census activity plan; and
(6) an analysis of all available options for
counting hard-to-enumerate individuals, without uti-
lizing sampling or any other statistical methodology,
including efforts like the Milwaukee Complete Count
project. The Department of Commerce is also di-
rected within thirty days of enactment of this Act to
provide to the Congress an estimate and explanation
of the error rate at the census block level based
upon the 1995 test data.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘1997 Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural
Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Includ-
ing Those in Bosnia’’.
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