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(2) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1431);
(3) titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.); and
(4) the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7
U.S.C. 1736o).
(b) SPECIALTY CROPS.—The Secretary shall use not
more than $50,000,000 of the funds specified in sub-
section (a) to carry out this section to provide assistance
to producers of fruits and vegetables.
TITLE VIII—CONSERVATION
RESERVE
SEC. 801. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FULL ENROLL-
MENT OF LAND IN THE CONSERVATION RE-
SERVE.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of
Agriculture should promptly enroll in the conservation re-
serve the full 36,400,000 acres authorized under section
1231(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3831(d)).
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4827 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 
Received 
An Act 
To amend the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area 
and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to 
rename the Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation 
Area.
tribute to contamination at the real property,
including, as appropriate, investigation reports
for such sites or facilities; records of activities
likely to cause or contribute to contamination at
the real property, including landfill and other
disposal location records, underground storage
tank records, hazardous waste handler and gen-
erator records and spill reporting records; and
such other reasonably ascertainable Federal,
State, and local government environmental
records which could reflect incidents or activi-
ties which are likely to cause or contribute to
contamination at the real property.
‘‘(E) A visual site inspection of the real
property and all facilities and improvements on
the real property and a visual inspection of im-
mediately adjacent properties, including an in-
vestigation of any hazardous substance use,
storage, treatment, and disposal practices on
the property.
‘‘(F) Any specialized knowledge or experi-
ence on the part of the landowner.
‘‘(G) The relationship of the purchase
price 
to 
the 
value 
of 
the 
property 
if
uncontaminated.
$54,600,000: Provided further, That for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to 
$200,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the adminis-
trative costs of these guarantees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $71,956,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from 
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of 
these guarantees.
SARA, as amended by Public Law 101–508: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be allo-
cated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 
111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That $11,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the ‘‘Office of inspector general’’ appropria-
tion to remain available until September 30, 2001: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of 
CERCLA or any other provision of law, $70,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg-
istry to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 
111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) 
of SARA: Provided further, That $35,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Science and technology’’ appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles 
pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 
2000. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec-
tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
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(2) an explanation of the rationale of the Ad-
ministrator for lowering the construction site thresh-
old from 5 acres to 1 acre, including—
(A) an explanation, in light of recent court
decisions, of why a 1-acre measure is any less
arbitrarily determined than a 5-acre measure;
and
(B) all qualitative information used in de-
termining an acre threshold for a construction
site;
(3) 
documentation 
demonstrating 
that
stormwater runoff is generally a problem in commu-
nities with populations of 50,000 to 100,000 (includ-
ing an explanation of why the coverage of the regula-
tion is based on a census-determined population in-
stead of a water quality threshold); and
(4) information that supports the position of the
Administrator that the Phase II stormwater program
should be administered as part of the National Pollut-
ant Discharge Elimination System under section 402
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1342).
(b) PHASE I REGULATIONS.—No later than 120 days
after enactment of this Act, the Environmental Protection
Agency shall submit to the Senate Environment and Public
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Works Committee a report containing a detailed expla-
nation of the impact, if any, that the Phase I program has
had in improving water quality in the United States (in-
cluding a description of specific measures that have been
successful and those that have been unsuccessful).
(c) FEDERAL REGISTER.—The reports described in
subsections (a) and (b) shall be published in the Federal
Register for public comment.
SEC. 437. PESTICIDE TOLERANCE FEES. None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act
shall be used to promulgate a final regulation to implement
changes in the payment of pesticide tolerance processing fees
as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or any similar pro-
posals. The Environmental Protection Agency may proceed
with the development of such a rule.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MCINNIS CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION 
AREA. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The Colorado Canyons National Con-
servation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 460mmm et seq.) is amended in sec-
tion 2(b) by striking ‘‘Colorado Canyons’’ and inserting 
‘‘McInnis Canyons’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of such Act is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ 
and inserting ‘‘McInnis’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ 
and inserting ‘‘McInnis’’. 
(c) COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION 
AREA.—Section 4 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COLORADO’’ 
and inserting ‘‘MCINNIS’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Colorado 
Canyons’’ and inserting ‘‘McInnis Canyons’’. 
(d) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8(a) of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘Colorado Canyons’’ and inserting 
‘‘McInnis Canyons’’.
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(e) SHORT TITLE.—Section 1 of such Act is amended 
by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ and inserting ‘‘McInnis’’. 
(f) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the ‘‘Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area’’ shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘McInnis 
Canyons National Conservation Area’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect on January 1, 
2005. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2000, within the resources
available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing
loans.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $156,958,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized
by 38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin-
cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $214,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $57,000, as authorized
by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin-
cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,531,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $415,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub-
chapter V, as amended, $520,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General
operating expenses’’.
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VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili-
ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat-
ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and
equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental
thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department;
administrative expenses in support of planning, design,
project management, real property acquisition and disposi-
tion, construction and renovation of any facility under the
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; oversight,
engineering and architectural activities not charged to
project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing fa-
cilities in the several hospitals and homes under the juris-
diction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, ei-
ther by contract or by the hire of temporary employees
and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State
homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative
and legal expenses of the Department for collecting and
recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized
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under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical
Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to
exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as re-
ferred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5), $19,006,000,000, plus
reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $635,000,000 is for the equip-
ment and land and structures object classifications only,
which amount shall not become available for obligation
until August 1, 2000, and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–
33 establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Care Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited
to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be trans-
ferred to this account, to remain available until expended
for the purposes of this account.
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until
September 30, 2001, $326,000,000, plus reimbursements.
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in the administration of the
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
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ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi-
ties, $61,200,000 plus reimbursements, to remain avail-
able until September 31, 2001: Provided, That project
technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities
Management Service Delivery Office, including technical
consulting services, project management, real property ad-
ministration (including leases, site acquisition and dis-
posal activities directly supporting projects), shall be pro-
vided to Department of Veterans Affairs components only
on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will remain
available until September 30, 2000.
GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized
by Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be trans-
ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin-
cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $54,000, which shall be trans-
ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’, as authorized by
Public Law 102–54, section 8.
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary operating expenses of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including
uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General
Services Administration for security guard services, and
the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em-
ployee mail, $886,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided, That funds under this heading
shall be available to administer the Service Members Occu-
pational Conversion and Training Act.
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of the National Cemetery Administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances
therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; pur-
chase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial
operations;
and
hire
of
passenger
motor
vehicles,
$97,000,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $38,500,000.
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CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,
8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,
United States Code, including planning, architectural and
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and
site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is
$4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were
made available in a previous major project appropriation,
$34,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That except for advance planning of projects includ-
ing market-based assessments of health care needs which
may or may not lead to capital investments funded
through the advance planning fund and the design of
projects funded through the design fund, none of these
funds shall be used for any project which has not been
considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary
process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap-
propriation for fiscal year 2000, for each approved project
shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction
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documents contract by September 30, 2000; and (2) by
the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,
2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly
report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any
approved major construction project in which obligations
are not incurred within the time limitations established
above: Provided further, That no funds from any other ac-
count except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli-
gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving
a project which was approved in the budget process and
funded in this account until 1 year after substantial com-
pletion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of
Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with
respect to that part only.
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan-
ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance
or guarantee period services costs associated with equip-
ment guarantees provided under the project, services of
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,
8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,
United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project
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is less than $4,000,000, $102,300,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, along with unobligated balances of
previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations
which are hereby made available for any project where the
estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That
funds in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs
to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction
or for the use of the Department which are necessary be-
cause of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster
or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to
prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.
PARKING REVOLVING FUND
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall be available for all author-
ized expenses except operations and maintenance costs,
which will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care
to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137,
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS
CEMETERIES
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,
or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 2408, $11,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’,
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for salaries
and expenses shall be available for services authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations
for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be
available for the purchase of any site for or toward the
construction of any new hospital or home.
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
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ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits
to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under
5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless re-
imbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ ac-
count at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for ‘‘Com-
pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and
‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available
for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to
be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 shall
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X
of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law
100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust
fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation
and pensions’’.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance
Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur-