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for local elementary school students, $3,000,000 shall be awarded
to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to expand school-based men-
toring, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago Public School
System to support a substance abuse pilot program in conjunction
with Elgin and East Aurora School Systems, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the University of Virginia Center for Governmental
Studies for the Youth Leadership Initiative, $800,000 shall be
awarded to the Institute for Student Achievement at Holmes Middle
School and Annandale High School in Virginia for academic enrich-
ment programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Mountain Arts
Center for educational programming, $1,500,000 shall be awarded
to the University of Louisville for research in the area of academic
readiness, $500,000 shall be awarded to the West Ed Regional
Educational Laboratory for the 24 Challenge and Jumping Levels
Math Demonstration Project, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Cen-
tral Michigan University for a charter schools development and
performance institute, $950,000 shall be awarded to the Living
Science Interactive Learning Model partnership in Indian River,
Florida for a science education program, $825,000 shall be awarded
to the North Babylon Community Youth Services for an educational
program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Los Angeles County
Office of Education/Educational Telecommunications and Tech-
nology for a pilot program for teachers, $650,000 shall be awarded
to the University of Northern Iowa for an institute of technology
for inclusive education, $500,000 shall be awarded to Youth Crime
Watch of America to expand a program to prevent crime, drugs
and violence in schools, $892,000 shall be awarded to Muhlenberg
College in Pennsylvania for an environmental science program,
$560,000 shall be awarded to the Western Suffolk St. Johns-LaSalle
Academy Science and Technology Mentoring Program, $4,000,000
shall be awarded to the National Teaching Academy of Chicago
for a model teacher recruitment, preparation and professional
development program, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Univer-
sity of West Florida for a teacher enhancement program, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to Delta State University in Mississippi for innova-
tive teacher training, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska
Humanities Forum, Inc., in Anchorage, Alaska, $250,000 shall be
awarded to An Achievable Dream in Newport News, Virginia to
improve academic performance of at-risk youths, $250,000 shall
be awarded to the Rock School of Ballet in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, to expand its community-outreach programs for inner-city
children and underprivileged youth in Camden, New Jersey and
southern New Jersey, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University
of Maryland Center for Quality and Productivity to provide a link
for the Blue Ribbon Schools, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Continuing Education Center and Teachers’ Institute in South
Boston, Virginia to promote participation among youth in the United
States democratic process, $1,000,000 shall be for the National
Museum of Women in the Arts to expand its ‘‘Discovering Art’’
program to elementary and secondary schools and other educational
organizations, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska Department
of Education’s summer reading program, $400,000 shall be awarded
to the Partners in Education, Inc., to foster successful business-
school partnerships, $250,000 shall be for the Kodiak Island Bor-
ough School District for development of an environmental education
program, $2,000,000 shall be for the Reach Out and Read Program
to expand literacy and health awareness for at-risk families,
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$1,000,000 shall be for the Virginia Living Museum in Newport
News, Virginia for an educational program, $450,000 shall be for
the Challenger Learning Center in Hardin County, Kentucky for
technology assistance and teacher training, $250,000 shall be for
the Crawford County School System in Georgia for technology and
curriculum support, $500,000 shall be for the Berrien County School
System in Georgia for technology development, $35,000 shall be
for the Louisville Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club Diversion
Enhancement Program, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Philadel-
phia Orchestra’s Philly Pops to operate the Jazz in the Schools
program in the Philadelphia school district, $500,000 for the Mis-
sissippi Delta Education for a teacher incentive program initiative,
$500,000 shall be for enhanced teacher training in reading in the
District of Columbia, and $100,000 shall be awarded to the Project
2000 D.C. mentoring project: Provided further, That of the funds
available for section 10601 of title X of such Act, $2,000,000 shall
be awarded to the Center for Educational Technologies for produc-
tion and distribution of an effective CD-ROM product that would
complement the ‘‘We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution’’
curriculum: Provided further, That, in addition to the funds for
title VI of Public Law 103–227 and notwithstanding the provisions
of section 601(c)(1)(C) of that Act, $1,000,000 shall be available
to the Center for Civic Education to conduct a civic education
program with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and,
consistent with the civics and Government activities authorized
in section 601(c)(3) of Public Law 103–227, to provide civic education
assistance to democracies in developing countries. The term ‘‘devel-
oping countries’’ shall have the same meaning as the term ‘‘devel-
oping country’’ in the Education for the Deaf Act.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two passenger
motor vehicles, $370,184,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization
Act, $71,200,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General,
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education
Organization Act, $34,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used
for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase
of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial
imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation
of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such
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transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation
of any school or school system.
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be
used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any
student to a school other than the school which is nearest the
student’s home, except for a student requiring special education,
to the school offering such special education, in order to comply
with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose
of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students
includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving
the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing
of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade
restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in
this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer
and meditation in the public schools.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Education in this Act may be transferred between appro-
priations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more
than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least
15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 305. (a) From the funds appropriated for payments to
local educational agencies under section 8003(f ) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) for fiscal year
2000, the Secretary of Education shall distribute supplemental pay-
ments for certain local educational agencies, as follows:
(1) First, from the amount of $74,000,000, the Secretary
shall make supplemental payments to the following agencies
under section 8003(f ) of ESEA:
(A) Local educational agencies that received assistance
under section 8003(f ) for fiscal year 1999—
(i) in fiscal year 1997 had at least 40 percent
federally connected children described in section
8003(a)(1) in average daily attendance; and in fiscal
year 1997 had a tax rate for general fund purposes
which was at least 95 percent of the State average
tax rate for general fund purposes; or
(ii) whose boundary is coterminous with the
boundary of a Federal military installation.
(B) Local educational agencies that received assistance
under section 8003(f ) for fiscal year 1999; and in fiscal
year 1997 had at least 30 percent federally connected chil-
dren described in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily attend-
ance; and in fiscal year 1997 had a tax rate for general
fund purposes which was at least 125 percent of the State
average tax rate for general fund purposes.
(C) Any eligible local educational agency that in fiscal
year 1997, which had at least 25,000 children in average
daily attendance, at least 50 percent federally connected
children described in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily
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attendance, and at least 6,000 children described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 8003(a)(1) in average
daily attendance.
(2) From the remaining $2,000,000 and any amounts avail-
able after making payments under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall then make supplemental payments to local educational
agencies that are not described in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, but that meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) and
(4) of section 8003(f ) of ESEA for fiscal year 2000.
(3) After making payments to all eligible local educational
agencies described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall use any remaining funds from paragraph (2) for
making payments to the eligible local educational agencies
described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the amount
available under paragraph (1) is insufficient to fully fund all
eligible local educational agencies.
(4) After making payments to all eligible local educational
agencies as described in paragraphs 1 through 3, the Secretary
shall use any remaining funds to increase basic support pay-
ments under section 8003(b) for fiscal year 2000 for all eligible
applicants.
(b) In calculating the amounts of supplemental payments for
agencies described in subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B) and paragraph
(2) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall use the formula contained
in section 8003(b)(1)(C) of ESEA, except that—
(1) eligible local educational agencies may count all children
described in section 8003(a)(1) in computing the amount of
those payments;
(2) maximum payments for any of those agencies that
use local contribution rates identified in section 8003(b)(1)(C)
(i) or (ii) shall be computed by using four-fifths instead of
one-half of those rates;
(3) the learning opportunity threshold percentage of all
such agencies under section 8003(b)(2)(B) shall be deemed to
be 100;
(4) for an eligible local educational agency with 35 percent
or more of its children in average daily attendance described
in either subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 8003(a)(1) in fiscal
year 1997, the weighted student unit figure from its regular
basic support payment shall be recomputed by using a factor
of 0.55 for such children;
(5) for an eligible local educational agency with fewer than
100 children in average daily attendance in fiscal year 1997,
the weighted student unit figure from its regular basic support
payment shall be recomputed by multiplying the total number
of children described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of 1.75;
and
(6) for an eligible local educational agency whose total
number of children in average daily attendance in fiscal year
1997 was at least 100, but fewer than 750, the weighted student
unit figure from its regular basic support payment shall be
recomputed by multiplying the total number of children
described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of 1.25.
(c) For a local educational agency described in subsection
(a)(1)(C) above, the Secretary shall use the formula contained in
section 8003(b)(1)(C) of ESEA, except that the weighted student
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unit total from its regular basic support payment shall be recom-
puted by using a factor of 1.35 for children described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of section 8003(a)(1) and its learning opportunity
threshold percentage shall be deemed to be 100.
(d) For each eligible local educational agency, the calculated
supplemental section 8003(f ) payment shall be reduced by sub-
tracting the agency’s fiscal year 2000 section 8003(b) basic support
payment.
(e) If the sums described in subsections (a)(1) and (2) above
are insufficient to pay in full the calculated supplemental payments
for the local educational agencies identified in those subsections,
the Secretary shall ratably reduce the supplemental section 8003(f )
payment to each local educational agency.
SEC. 306. (a) Section 1204(b)(1)(A) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6364(b)(1)(a)) is
amended—
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(2) by striking clause (v) and adding the following:
‘‘(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth
such years; and
‘‘(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent such year.’’.
(b) Section 1208(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—In awarding subgrant funds
to continue a program under this part after the first year,
the State educational agency shall review the progress of each
eligible entity in meeting the goals of the program referred
to in section 1207(c)(1)(A) and shall evaluate the program based
on the indicators of program quality developed by the State
under section 1210.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking the last sentence.
SEC. 307. (a) Notwithstanding sections 401( j) and 435(a)(2)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a( j) and
1085(a)(2)) and subject to the requirements of subsection (b), the
Secretary of Education shall—
(1) recalculate the official fiscal year 1996 cohort default
rate for Jacksonville College of Jacksonville, Texas, on the
basis of data corrections confirmed by the Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan Corporation; and
(2) restore the eligibility of Jacksonville College to partici-
pate in the Federal Pell Grant Program for the 1999–2000
award year and succeeding award years.
(b) Jacksonville College shall implement a default management
plan that is satisfactory to the Secretary of Education.
(c) For purposes of determining its Federal Pell Grant Program
eligibility, Jacksonville College shall be deemed to have withdrawn
from the Federal Family Education Loan program as of October
6, 1998.
SEC. 308. An amount of $14,500,000 from the balances of
returned reserve funds, formerly held by the Higher Education
Assistance Foundation, that are currently held in Higher Education
Assistance Foundation Claims Reserves, Treasury account number
91X6192, and $12,000,000 from funds formerly held by the Higher
Education Assistance Foundation, that are currently held in trust,
shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
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SEC. 309. Of the funds provided in title III of this Act, under
the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’, for title VII, part B of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Snelling
Center for Government at the University of Vermont for a model
school program, $750,000 shall be awarded to Texas A&M Univer-
sity, Corpus Christi, for operation of the Early Childhood Develop-
ment Center, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Southeast Missouri
State University for equipment and curriculum development associ-
ated with the University’s Polytechnic Institute, $800,000 shall
be awarded to the Washington Virtual Classroom Consortium to
develop, equip and implement an ecosystem curriculum, $500,000
shall be provided to the Puget Sound Center for Technology for
faculty development activities for the use of technology in the class-
room, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Center for the Advancement
of Distance Education in Rural America, $3,000,000, to be available
until expended, shall be awarded to the University Center of Lake
County, Illinois and $1,000,000, to be available until expended,
shall be awarded to the Oregon University System for activities
authorized under title III, part A, section 311(c)(2), of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, $500,000 shall be awarded
to Columbia College Illinois for a freshman retention program,
$1,500,000 shall be awarded to the University of Hawaii at Manoa
for a Globalization Research Center, $2,000,000 shall be awarded
to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for technology infra-
structure, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the I Have a Dream
Foundation, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to a demonstration pro-
gram for activities authorized under part G of title VIII of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $1,500,000 shall be
awarded to the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy at the
University of Washington, $200,000 shall be awarded to North
Dakota State University for the Career Program for Dislocated
Farmers and Ranchers, $350,000 shall be awarded to North Dakota
State University for the Tech-based Industry Traineeship Program,
$1,500,000 shall be awarded to Washington State University for
the Thomas S. Foley Institute to support programs in congressional
studies, public policy, voter education, and to ensure community
access and outreach, $200,000 shall be awarded to Minot State
University for the Rural Communications Disabilities Program,
$300,000 shall be awarded to Bryant College for the Linking Inter-
national Trade Education Program (LITE), $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to Concord College, West Virginia for a technology center
to further enhance the technical skills of West Virginia teachers
and students, $200,000 shall be awarded to Peirce College in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for education and training programs,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Philadelphia Zoo for educational
programs, $800,000 shall be awarded to Spelman College in Georgia
for educational operations, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Philadelphia University Education Center for technology education,
$725,000 shall be awarded to Lock Haven University for technology
innovations, $250,000 for Middle Georgia College for an advanced
distributed learning center demonstration program, $1,000,000 for
the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, to
improve teacher capabilities in technology, $1,000,000 for Elmira
College in New York for a technology enhancement initiative,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Consortium on Higher Education for education programs, $400,000
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shall be awarded to Lehigh University Iacocca Institute for edu-
cational training, $250,000 shall be awarded to Lafayette College
for arts education, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Lewis and Clark
College for the Crime Victims Law Institute, $1,650,000 for Rust
College in Mississippi for technology infrastructure, $500,000 for
the University of Notre Dame for a teacher quality initiative, and
$2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Western Governors University
for a distance learning initiative.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home
to operate and maintain the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s
Home and the United States Naval Home, to be paid from funds
available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund,
$68,295,000, of which $12,696,000 shall remain available until
expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants
at the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the United
States Naval Home: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for develop-
ment and construction, to include construction of a long-term care
facility at the United States Naval Home, may be employed which
collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further,
That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘avail-
ability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18 and 252.232–7007,
Limitation of Government Obligations.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and
Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $295,645,000: Provided,
That none of the funds made available to the Corporation for
National and Community Service in this Act for activities author-
ized by part E of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
of 1973 shall be used to provide stipends to volunteers or volunteer
leaders whose incomes exceed the income guidelines established
for payment of stipends under the Foster Grandparent and Senior
Companion programs: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso
shall not apply to the Seniors for Schools program.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which
shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the
fiscal year 2002, $350,000,000: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertain-
ment for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available
or used to aid or support any program or activity from which
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any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or
sex: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts provided
above, $10,000,000 shall be for digitalization, only if specifically
authorized by subsequent legislation enacted by September 30,
2000.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183),
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary
for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C.
175a); and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out
the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public
Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $36,834,000, including $1,500,000,
to remain available through September 30, 2001, for activities
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29
U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and
other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including
those provided to foreign governments and international organiza-
tions, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged
with this account, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available
only for education, training, and professional development of the
agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service
is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States
gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid
of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health
Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $6,159,000.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library Services
Act, $163,250,000, of which $19,356,000 shall be awarded to
national leadership projects, notwithstanding section 221(a)(1)(B):
Provided, That of the amount provided, $700,000 shall be awarded
to the Library and Archives of New Hampshire’s Political Tradition
at the New Hampshire State Library, $1,000,000 shall be awarded
to the Vermont Department of Libraries in Montpelier, Vermont,
$750,000 shall be awarded to consolidation and preservation of
archives and special collections at the University of Miami Library
in Coral Gables, Florida, $1,900,000 shall be awarded to exhibits
and library improvements for the Mississippi River Museum and
Discovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa, $750,000 shall be awarded
to the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska,
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$750,000 shall be awarded to the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem,
Massachusetts, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Bishop Museum
in Hawaii, $200,000 shall be awarded to Oceanside Public Library
in California for a local cultural heritage project, $1,000,000 shall
be awarded to the Urban Children’s Museum Collaborative to
develop and implement pilot programs dedicated to serving at-
risk children and their families, $150,000 shall be awarded to
the Troy State University Dothan in Alabama for archival of a
special collection, $450,000 shall be awarded to Chadron State
College in Nebraska for the Mari Sandoz Center, and $350,000
shall be awarded to the Alabama A&M University Alabama State
Black Archives Research Center and Museum.
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social
Security Act, $7,015,000, to be transferred to this appropriation
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of July
20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended), $1,300,000.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended, $2,400,000.
NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
For expenses necessary for the National Education Goals Panel,
as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals 2000: Educate America
Act, $2,250,000.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management
Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141–167), and other
laws, $199,500,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural
laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural
laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935
(29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Rela-
tions Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f ) of
the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said