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1980 (Public Law 96–422), $415,000,000: Provided, That funds
appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act under Public Law 104–134 for fiscal year 1996
shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and other
activities conducted in such year and in fiscal years 1997 and
1998.
CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990), in addition to amounts already appro-
priated for fiscal year 1998, $65,672,000; and to become available
on October 1, 1998 and remain available through September 30,
1999, $1,000,000,000: Provided, That of funds appropriated for each
of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, $19,120,000 shall be available for
child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities,
of which for fiscal year 1998 $3,000,000 shall be derived from
an amount that shall be transferred from the amount appropriated
under section 452(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(j))
for fiscal year 1997 and remaining available for expenditure: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided for fiscal year 1998,
$50,000,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized
under section 658G of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981 (The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990),
such funds to be in addition to the amounts required to be reserved
by States under such section 658G.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the
Social Security Act, $2,299,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 2003(c) of such Act, as amended, the amount specified
for allocation under such section for fiscal year 1998 shall be
$2,299,000,000.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance
and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (including section 105(a)(2) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act), the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974,
title II of Public Law 95–266 (adoption opportunities), the Aban-
doned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of title IV and
sections 413, 429A and 1110 of the Social Security Act; for making
payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and
for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and
titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act,
the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and National-
ity Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of
1980, and section 126 and titles IV and V of Public Law 100–
485, $5,682,916,000, of which $542,165,000 shall be for making
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payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, and
of which $4,355,000,000 shall be for making payments under the
Head Start Act: Provided, That of the funds made available for
the Head Start Act, $279,250,000 shall be set aside for the Head
Start Program for Families with Infants and Toddlers (Early Head
Start): Provided further, That to the extent Community Services
Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to
an eligible entity as provided under the Act, and have not been
expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for
carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity
consistent with program purposes.
In addition, $93,000,000, to be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sections 40155, 40211 and
40241 of Public Law 103–322.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1998 under section 429A(e),
part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall be reduced
by $6,000,000.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1998 under section 413(h)(1)
of the Social Security Act shall be reduced by $15,000,000.
FAMILY PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security Act,
$255,000,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities,
under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, $3,200,000,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities,
under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter
of fiscal year 1999, $1,157,500,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $865,050,000: Provided,
That notwithstanding section 308(b)(1) of such Act, the amounts
available to each State for administration of the State plan under
title III of such Act shall be reduced not more than 5 percent
below the amount that was available to such State for such purpose
for fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
to carry out section 303(a)(1) of such Act, $4,449,000 shall be
available for carrying out section 702(a) of such Act and $4,732,000
shall be available for carrying out section 702(b) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That in considering grant applications for nutrition
services for elder Indian recipients, the Assistant Secretary shall
provide maximum flexibility to applicants who seek to take into
account subsistence, local customs, and other characteristics that
are appropriate to the unique cultural, regional, and geographic
needs of the American Indian, Alaska and Hawaiian Native commu-
nities to be served.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general
departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for
carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public Health Service
Act, and the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act,
$171,631,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until
expended, together with $5,851,000, to be transferred and expended
as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from
the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical
Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading for carrying out title XVII of the Public Health
Service Act, $1,500,000 shall be available until expended for extra-
mural construction.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $31,921,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
$16,345,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, to be trans-
ferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the
Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $14,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available
for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception and representation
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through assign-
ment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service
to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs
through and with funds provided by the Agency for International
Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emer-
gency Fund or the World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may
be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Public Health Service
Act or section 1503 of the National Institutes of Health Revitaliza-
tion Act of 1993, Public Law 103–43.
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the
National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration shall be used to pay the salary
of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism,
at a rate in excess of $125,000 per year.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service
Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for
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other taps and assessments made by any office located in the
Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the Secretary’s
preparation and submission of a report to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned
uses of such funds.
SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be obligated or expended for the Federal Council on Aging under
the Older Americans Act or the Advisory Board on Child Abuse
and Neglect under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Health and Human Services in this
Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such
transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in advance
of any transfer.
SEC. 208. The Director of the National Institutes of Health,
jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may
transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, centers, and divisions
from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding
for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Pro-
vided, That the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
SEC. 209. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the
National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to
the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the
Director of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research,
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ account.
The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from
such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3)
of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 210. Funds appropriated in this Act for the National
Institutes of Health may be used to provide transit subsidies in
amounts consistent with the transportation subsidy programs
authorized under section 629 of Public Law 101–509 to non-FTE
bearing positions including trainees, visiting fellows and volunteers.
SEC. 211. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services
may in accordance with this section provide for the relocation
of the Federal facility known as the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease
Center (located in the vicinity of Carville, in the State of Louisiana),
including the relocation of the patients of the Center.
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in relocating the Center the
Secretary may on behalf of the United States transfer to the State
of Louisiana, without charge, title to the real property and improve-
ments that as of the date of the enactment of this Act constitute
the Center. Such real property is a parcel consisting of approxi-
mately 330 acres. The exact acreage and legal description used
for purposes of the transfer shall be in accordance with a survey
satisfactory to the Secretary.
(2) Any conveyance under paragraph (1) is not effective unless
the deed or other instrument of conveyance contains the conditions
specified in subsection (d); the instrument specifies that the United
States and the State of Louisiana agree to such conditions; and