I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3425
Making miscellaneous appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 17, 1999
Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making miscellaneous appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That 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:
TITLE I—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For additional gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by
7 U.S.C. 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund to meet the needs re-
sulting from natural disasters, as follows: farm ownership
loans, $590,578,000, of which $568,627,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $1,404,716,000, of
which $302,158,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $702,558,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; and for emergency loans, $547,000,000.
For the additional cost of direct and guaranteed loans
to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters, includ-
ing the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain avail-
able until expended, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$4,012,000, of which $3,184,000 shall be for guaranteed
loans; operating loans, $89,596,000, of which $4,260,000
shall 
be 
for 
unsubsidized 
guaranteed 
loans 
and
$61,895,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; and
for emergency loans, $84,949,000.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Con-
servation Program’’ for expenses resulting from natural
disasters, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for crop loss assistance au-
thorized by section 801 of Public Law 106–78,
$186,000,000: Provided, That this assistance shall be
under the same terms and conditions as in section 801
of Public Law 106–78.
SPECIALTY CROP ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for specialty crop assist-
ance authorized by section 803(c)(1) of Public Law 106–
78, $2,800,000: Provided, That the definition of eligible
persons in section 803(c)(2) of Public Law 106–78 shall
include producers who have suffered quality or quantity
losses due to natural disasters on crops harvested and
placed in a warehouse and not sold.
LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for livestock assistance au-
thorized by section 805 of Public Law 106–78,
$10,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture
may use this additional amount to provide assistance to
persons who raise livestock owned by other persons for in-
come losses sustained with respect to livestock during
1999 if the Secretary finds that such losses are the result
of natural disasters.
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 resulting from natural disasters,
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For additional gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the
rural housing insurance fund to meet the needs resulting
from natural disasters, as follows: $50,000,000 for loans
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary;
$15,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; and
$5,000,000 for section 514 farm labor housing.
For the additional cost of direct loans to meet the
needs resulting from natural disasters, including the cost
of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain available until
expended, as follows: section 502 loans, $4,265,000; sec-
tion 504 loans, $4,584,000; and section 514 farm labor
housing, $2,250,000.
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For the additional cost of grants and contracts for
domestic farm labor and very low-income housing repair
made available by the Rural Housing Service, as author-
ized by 42 U.S.C. 1474 and 1486, to meet the needs re-
sulting from natural disasters, $14,500,000, to remain
available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding section 196 of the Agri-
cultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7333), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall provide up to $20,000,000 in
assistance under the noninsured crop assistance program
under that section, without any requirement for an area
loss, to producers located in a county with respect to which
a natural disaster was declared by the Secretary, or a
major disaster or emergency was declared by the President
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
SEC. 102. Section 814 of Public Law 106–78 is
amended by inserting the following after ‘‘year’’: ‘‘(and
2001 crop year for citrus fruit, avocados in California, and
macadamia nuts)’’.
SEC. 103. Of the funds made available under section
802 of Public Law 106–78 not otherwise needed to fully
implement that section, the Secretary of Agriculture may
use up to $4,700,000 to carry out title IX of Public Law
106–78.
SEC. 104. (a) Of the funds made available under sec-
tion 802 of Public Law 106–78 (excluding any funds au-
thorized by this Act to carry out title IX of Public Law
106–78) and under section 1111 of Public Law 105–277
not otherwise needed to fully implement those sections, the
Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance to pro-
ducers or first-handlers for the 1999 crop of cottonseed.
(b) Of the funds made available under section 802
of Public Law 106–78 and section 1111 of Public Law
105–277 not otherwise needed to fully implement those
sections (excluding any funds authorized by this Act to
carry out title IX and to provide assistance to producers
or first-handlers for the 1999 crop of cottonseed under
subsection (a) of this section), the Secretary may provide
funds to carry out subsection (c) of this section.
(c) The Agricultural Market Transition Act is amend-
ed by inserting after section 136 (7 U.S.C. 7236), the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 
136A. 
SPECIAL 
COMPETITIVE 
PROVISIONS 
FOR
EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.
‘‘(a) 
COMPETITIVENESS
PROGRAM.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, during the period be-
ginning on October 1, 1999, and ending on July 31, 2003,
the Secretary shall carry out a program to maintain and
expand the domestic use of extra long staple cotton pro-
duced in the United States, to increase exports of extra
long staple cotton produced in the United States, and to
ensure that extra long staple cotton produced in the
United States remains competitive in world markets.
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS
UNDER
PROGRAM; TRIGGER.—
Under the program, the Secretary shall make payments
available under this section whenever—
‘‘(1) for a consecutive 4-week period, the world
market price for the lowest priced competing growth
of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United
States quality and location and for other factors af-
fecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as deter-
mined by the Secretary, is below the prevailing
United States price for a competing growth of extra
long staple cotton; and
‘‘(2) the lowest priced competing growth of
extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United States
quality and location and for other factors affecting
the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined
by the Secretary, is less than 134 percent of the
loan rate for extra long staple cotton.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary shall
make payments available under this section to domestic
users of extra long staple cotton produced in the United
States and exporters of extra long staple cotton produced
in the United States who enter into an agreement with
the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the
program under this section.
‘‘(d) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Payments under this sec-
tion shall be based on the amount of the difference in the
prices referred to in subsection (b)(1) during the fourth
week of the consecutive 4-week period multiplied by the
amount of documented purchases by domestic users and
sales for export by exporters made in the week following
such a consecutive 4-week period.
‘‘(e) FORM OF PAYMENT.—Payments under this sec-
tion shall be made through the issuance of cash or mar-
keting certificates, at the option of eligible recipients of
the payments.’’.
SEC. 105. The entire amount necessary to carry out
this chapter and the amendments made by this chapter
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 re-
quirement 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
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
CHAPTER 2
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
Of the unobligated balances made available under the
second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Disaster Relief’’ in Public Law 106–
74, in addition to other amounts made available, up to
$215,000,000 may be used by the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency for the buyout of home-
owners (or the relocation of structures) for principal resi-
dences that have been made uninhabitable by flooding
caused by Hurricane Floyd and surrounding events and
are located in a 100-year floodplain: Provided, That no
homeowner may receive any assistance for buyouts in ex-
cess of the fair market value of the residence on Sep-
tember 1, 1999 (reduced by any proceeds from insurance
or any other source paid or owed as a result of the flood
damage to the residence): Provided further, That each
State shall ensure that there is a contribution from non-
Federal sources of not less than 25 percent in matching
funds (other than administrative costs) for any funds allo-
cated to the State for buyout assistance: Provided further,
That all buyouts under this section shall be subject to the
terms 
and 
conditions 
specified 
under 
U.S.C.
5170c(b)(2)(B): Provided further, That none of the funds
made available for buyouts under this paragraph may be
used in any calculation of a State’s section 404 allocation:
Provided further, That the Director shall report quarterly
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
on the use of all funds allocated under this paragraph and
certify that the use of all funds are consistent with all
applicable laws and requirements: Provided further, That
the Inspector General for the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall establish a task force to review all uses
of funds allocated under this paragraph to ensure compli-
ance with all applicable laws and requirements: Provided
further, That no funds shall be allocated for buyouts under
this paragraph except in accordance with regulations pro-
mulgated by the Director: Provided further, That the Di-
rector shall promulgate regulations not later than Decem-
ber 31, 1999, pertaining to the buyout program which
shall include eligibility criteria, procedures for prioritizing
projects, requirements for the submission of State and
local buyout plans, an identification of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency’s oversight responsibilities,
procedures for cost-benefit analysis, and the process for
measuring program results: Provided further, That the Di-
rector shall report to Congress not later than December
31, 1999, on the feasibility and justification of reducing
buyout assistance to those who fail to purchase and main-
tain flood insurance: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request, 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
TITLE II—OTHER APPROPRIATIONS MATTERS
SEC. 201. Section 733 of Public Law 106–78 is
amended by striking after ‘‘Missouri’’ ‘‘, or the Food and
Drug Administration Detroit, Michigan, District Office
Laboratory; or to reduce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and
Drug Administration District Office below the operating
and full-time equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999;
or to change the Detroit District Office to a station, resi-
dence post or similarly modified office; or to reassign resi-
dence posts assigned to the Detroit District Office’’.
SEC. 202. None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by Public Law 106–78 or
any other Act for fiscal year 2000 shall be used to reduce
the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration
District Office below the operating and full-time equiva-
lent staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change the De-
troit District Office to a station, residence post or simi-
larly modified office; or to reassign residence posts as-
signed to the Detroit District Office: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to Food and Drug Administration
field laboratory facilities or operations currently located
in Detroit, Michigan, if the full-time equivalent staffing
level of laboratory personnel as of July 31, 1999, is as-
signed to locations in the general vicinity of Detroit,
Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements between the
Food and Drug Administration and other laboratory facili-
ties associated with the State of Michigan.
SEC. 203. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use funds provided
for rural housing assistance grants in Public Law 106–
78 for a pilot project to provide home ownership for farm
workers and workers involved in the processing of farm
products in Salinas, California, and the surrounding area.
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agree-
ments Act), the Secretary of Agriculture shall use not
more than $9,000,000 of Commodity Credit Corporation
funds for a cooperative program with the State of Florida
to replace commercial trees removed to control citrus can-
ker until the earlier of December 31, 1999, or the date
crop insurance coverage is made available with respect to
citrus canker; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall use
not more than $7,000,000 of Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion funds to replace non-commercial trees (known as
dooryard citrus trees), owned by private homeowners, and
removed to control citrus canker.
SEC. 205. (a) CONTINUATION OF REVENUE INSUR-
ANCE PILOT.—Section 508(h)(9)(A) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h)(9)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000’’ and inserting
‘‘1997 through 2001’’.
(b) EXPANSION OF CROP INSURANCE PILOTS.—In
the case of any pilot program offered under the Federal
Crop Insurance Act that was approved by the Board of
Directors of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on
or before September 30, 1999, the pilot program may be
offered on a regional, whole State, or national basis for
the 2000 and 2001 crop years notwithstanding section
553 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 206. SALES CLOSING DATES FOR CROP INSUR-
ANCE.—Section 508(f )(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance
Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(f )(2)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
the first sentence;
(2) by striking the last sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED
DATES.—Except as
provided in subparagraph (C), the Corporation
shall establish, for an insurance policy for each
insurable crop that is planted in the spring, a
sales closing date that is 30 days earlier than
the corresponding sales closing date that was
established for the 1994 crop year.
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—If compliance with sub-
paragraph (B) results in a sales closing date for
an agricultural commodity that is earlier than
January 31, the sales closing date for that com-
modity shall be January 31 beginning with the
2000 crop year.’’.
SEC. 207. The Secretary of Agriculture may use not
more than $1,090,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to provide emergency assistance to producers
on farms located in Harney County, Oregon, who suffered
flood-related crop and forage losses in 1999 and several
previous years and are expected to suffer continuing eco-
nomic losses until the floodwaters recede. The amount
made available under this section shall be available for
such losses for such years as determined appropriate by
the Secretary to compensate such producers for hay,
grain, and pasture losses due to the floods and for related
economic losses.
SEC. 208. TILLAMOOK RAILROAD DISASTER RE-
PAIRS. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available for rural development programs of the
United States Department of Agriculture by Public Law
106–78, there are appropriated $5,000,000 which may be
made available to repair damage to the Tillamook Railroad
caused by flooding and high winds (FEMA Disaster Num-
ber 1099–DR–OR) notwithstanding any other provision of
law.
SEC. 209. At the end of section 746 of Public Law
106–78, insert the following before the period: ‘‘: Pro-
vided, That the Congressional Hunger Center may invest
such funds and expend the income from such funds in a
manner consistent with this section: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated pursuant to this section may be paid directly
to the Congressional Hunger Center.’’.
SEC. 210. The Secretary of Agriculture may repro-
gram funds appropriated by Public Law 106–78 for the
cost of rural electrification and telecommunications loans
to provide up to $100,000 for the cost of guaranteed loans
authorized by section 306 of the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936.
SEC. 211. Section 755(b) of Public Law 106–78 is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 212. Section 602(b)(2) of the Small Business
Reauthorization Act of 1997 (15 U.S.C. 657a note) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘;’’; and
(3) by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(K) the Department of Commerce;
‘‘(L) the Department of Justice; and
‘‘(M) the Department of State.’’.
SEC. 213. (a) REVISED SCHEDULE FOR COMPETI-
TIVE BIDDING OF SPECTRUM.—(1) Section 337(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337(b)) is
amended by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘shall commence assignment of licenses for pub-
lic safety services created pursuant to subsection (a) no
later than September 30, 1998.’’.
(2) Commencing on the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall ini-
tiate the competitive bidding process previously required
under section 337(b)(2) of the Communications Act of
1934 (as repealed by the amendment made by paragraph
(1)).
(3) The Federal Communications Commission shall
conduct the competitive bidding process described in para-
graph (2) in a manner that ensures that all proceeds of
such bidding are deposited in accordance with section
309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
309(j)(8)) not later than September 30, 2000.
(4)(A) To expedite the assignment by competitive
bidding of the frequencies identified in section 337(a)(2)
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
337(a)(2)), the rules governing such frequencies shall be
effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Reg-
ister without regard to sections 553(d), 801(a)(3), 804(2),
and 806(a) of title 5, United States Code.
(B) Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, section
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), and sections
3507 and 3512 of title 44, United States Code, shall not
apply to the rules and competitive bidding procedures gov-
erning the frequencies described in subparagraph (A).
(5) Notwithstanding section 309(b) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(b)), no application
for an instrument of authorization for the frequencies de-
scribed in paragraph (4) may be granted by the Federal
Communications Commission earlier than 7 days following
issuance of public notice by the Commission of the accept-
ance for filing of such application or of any substantial
amendment thereto.
(6) Notwithstanding section 309(d)(1) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(d)(1)), the Fed-
eral Communications Commission may specify a period
(which shall be not less than 5 days following issuance
of the public notice described in paragraph (5)) for the
filing of petitions to deny any application for an instru-
ment of authorization for the frequencies described in
paragraph (4).
(b) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget and the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall each submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report which shall—
(A) set forth the anticipated schedule (including
specific dates) for—
(i) preparing and conducting the competi-
tive bidding process required by subsection (a);
and
(ii) depositing the receipts of the competi-
tive bidding process;
(B) set forth each significant milestone in the
rulemaking process with respect to the competitive
bidding process; and
(C) include an explanation of the effect of each
requirement in subsection (a) on the schedule for the
competitive bidding process and any post-bidding ac-
tivities (including the deposit of receipts) when com-
pared with the schedule for the competitive bidding
and any post-bidding activities (including the deposit
of receipts) that would otherwise have occurred
under section 337(b)(2) of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337(b)(2)) if not for the enact-
ment of subsection (a).
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commis-
sion shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report which shall set forth for each spectrum auc-
tion held by the Commission since January 1, 1998, infor-
mation on—
(A) the time required for each stage of prepara-
tion for the auction;
(B) the date of the commencement and of the
completion of the auction;
(C) the time which elapsed between the date of
the completion of the auction and the date of the
first deposit of receipts from the auction in the
Treasury; and
(D) the amounts, summarized by month, of all
subsequent deposits in a Treasury receipt account
from the auction.
(3) Not later than October 31, 2000, the Federal
Communications Commission shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report which shall—
(A) describe the course of the competitive bid-
ding process required by subsection (a) through Sep-
tember 30, 2000, including the amount of any re-
ceipts from the competitive bidding process depos-
ited in the Treasury as of September 30, 2000; and
(B) if the course of the competitive bidding
process has included any deviations from the sched-
ule set forth under paragraph (1)(A), an explanation
for such deviations from the schedule.
(4) Each report required by this subsection shall be
prepared by the agency concerned without influence of any
other Federal department or agency.
(5) In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following:
(A) The Committees on Appropriations, the
Budget, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate.
(B) The Committees on Appropriations, the
Budget, and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives.
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supersede the requirements placed on the
Federal 
Communications 
Commission 
by 
section
337(d)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
337(d)(4)).
(d) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS.—Section
8124 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2000 is repealed.
SEC. 214. (a) Section 8175 of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79) is
amended by striking section 8175 and inserting the fol-
lowing new section 8175:
‘‘SEC. 8175. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Department of Defense shall make progress pay-
ments based on progress no less than 12 days after receiv-
ing a valid billing and the Department of Defense shall
make progress payments based on cost no less than 19
days after receiving a valid billing: Provided, That this
provision shall be effective only with respect to billings re-
ceived during the last month of the fiscal year.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), to which such
amendment relates.
SEC. 215. (a) Section 8176 of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79) is
amended by striking section 8176 and inserting the fol-
lowing new section 8176:
‘‘SEC. 8176. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Department of Defense shall make adjustments
in payment procedures and policies to ensure that pay-
ments are made no earlier than one day before the date
on which the payments would otherwise be due under any
other provision of law: Provided, That this provision shall
be effective only with respect to invoices received during
the last month of the fiscal year.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), to which such
amendment relates.
SEC. 216. The Office of Net Assessment in the Office
of the Secretary of Defense, jointly with the United States
Pacific Command, shall submit, through the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Policy), a report to Congress no later
than 270 days after the enactment of this Act which ad-
dresses the following issues: (1) A review of the oper-
ational planning and other preparations of the United
States Department of Defense, including but not limited
to the United States Pacific Command, to implement the
relevant sections of the Taiwan Relations Act since its en-
actment in 1979; and (2) a review of evaluation of all gaps
in relevant knowledge about the People’s Republic of Chi-
na’s capabilities and intentions as they might affect the
current and future military balance between Taiwan and
the People’s Republic of China, including both classified
United States intelligence information and Chinese open
source writing. The report shall be submitted in classified
form, with an unclassified summary.
SEC. 217. The Secretary of Defense, jointly with the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit a report to
Congress no later than 90 days after the enactment of
this Act assessing the adequacy of medical research activi-
ties currently underway or planned to commence in fiscal
year 2000 to investigate the health effects of low-level
chemical exposures of Persian Gulf military forces while
serving in the Southwest Asia theater of operations. This
report shall also identify and assess valid proposals (in-
cluding the cost of such proposals) to accelerate medical
research in this area, especially those aimed at studying,
diagnosing, and developing treatment protocols for Gulf
War veterans with multi-system symptoms and multiple
chemical intolerances.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 218. In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available in Public Law 106–79,
$100,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department
of the Army and shall be made available only for transfer
to titles II, III, IV, and V of Public law 106–79 to meet
readiness needs: Provided, That these funds may be used
to initiate the fielding and equipping, to include leasing
of vehicles for test and evaluation, of two prototype bri-
gade combat teams at Fort Lewis, Washington: Provided
further, That funds transferred pursuant to this section
shall be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period as the appropriation
to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer
authority provided in this section is in addition to any
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this section may be obligated or expended until 30
days after the Chief of Staff of the Army submits a de-
tailed plan for the expenditure of the funds to the congres-
sional defense committees.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 219. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law
106–79, $500,000 shall be transferred from ‘‘Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army’’ to ‘‘Operation
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’: Provided, That funds
transferred pursuant to this section shall be merged with
and be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriation to which transferred.
SEC. 220. EXEMPTION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT
FACILITIES OWNED
OR OPERATED
BY
THE UNITED
STATES. No form of financial responsibility requirement
shall be imposed on the Federal Government or its con-
tractors as to the operation of any waste management fa-
cility which is designed to manage transuranic waste ma-
terial and is owned or operated by a department, agency,
or instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal
Government and subject to regulation by the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) or by a State pro-
gram authorized under that Act.
SEC. 221. (a) That portion of the project for naviga-
tion, Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, authorized by the
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1907, House Document 438,
59th Congress, 2nd Session, described by the following:
N148,697.62, E548,281.70, thence running south 9 de-
grees 42 minutes 14 seconds east 720.92 feet to a point
N147,987.01, E548,403.21, thence running south 80 de-
grees 17 minutes 45.2 seconds west 313.60 feet to a point
N147,934.15, E548,094.10, thence running north 8 de-
grees 4 minutes 50 seconds west 776.9 feet to a point
N148,703.30, E547,984.90, thence running south 88 de-
grees 54 minutes 13 seconds east 296.85 feet returning
to a point N148,697.62, E548,281.70 shall no longer be
authorized after the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) 
The 
area 
described 
by 
the 
following:
N150,482.96, E548,057.84, thence running south 6 de-
grees 9 minutes 49 seconds east 1300 feet to a point
N149,190.47, E548,197.42, thence running south 9 de-
grees 42 minutes 14 seconds east 500 feet to a point
N148,697.62, E548,281.70, thence running north 88 de-
grees 54 minutes 13 seconds west 377.89 feet to a point
N148,704.85, E547,903.88, thence running north 8 de-
grees 4 minutes 52 seconds west 1571.83 feet to a point
N150,261.08, E547,682.92, thence running north 59 de-
grees 22 minutes 58 seconds east 435.66 feet returning
to a point N150,482.96, E548,057.84 shall be redesig-
nated as an anchorage area.
(c) 
The 
area 
described 
by 
the 
following:
N147,427.22, E548,464.05, thence running south 2 de-
grees 10 minutes 32 seconds east 273.7 feet to a point
N147,153.72, E548,474.44, thence running south 5 de-
grees 18 minutes 48 seconds west 2375.34 feet to a point
N144,788.59, E548,254.48, thence running south 73 de-
grees 11 minutes 48 seconds west 93.40 feet to a point
N144,761.59, E548,165.07, thence running north 2 de-
grees 10 minutes 39 seconds west 2589.81 feet to a point
N147,349.53, E548,066.67, thence running north 78 de-
grees 56 minutes 16 seconds east 404.9 feet returning to
a point N147,427.22, E548,464.05 shall be redesignated
as an anchorage area.
SEC. 222. There is hereby appropriated to the De-
partment of the Interior $1,250,000 for the acquisition
of lands in the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, to be
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
SEC. 223. For a payment to Virginia C. Chafee,
widow of John H. Chafee, late a Senator from Rhode Is-
land, $136,700.
SEC. 224. Paragraph (5) of section 201(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5)(A) The Director shall receive compensa-
tion at an annual rate of pay that is equal to the
lower of—
‘‘(i) the highest annual rate of compensa-
tion of any officer of the Senate; or
‘‘(ii) the highest annual rate of compensa-
tion of any officer of the House of Representa-
tives.
‘‘(B) The Deputy Director shall receive com-
pensation at an annual rate of pay that is $1,000
less than the annual rate of pay received by the Di-
rector, as determined under subparagraph (A).’’.
SEC. 225. In addition to amounts otherwise made
available in Public Law 106–69 (Department of Transpor-
tation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) to
carry out 49 United States Code, 5309(m)(1)(C),
$1,750,000 is made available from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund for Twin Cities, Min-
nesota metropolitan buses and bus facilities; $750,000 is
made available from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund for Santa Clarita, California bus
maintenance facility; $1,000,000 is made available from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for
a Lincoln, Nebraska bus maintenance facility; and
$2,500,000 is made available from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund for Anchorage, Alaska
2001 Special Olympics Winter Games buses and bus facili-
ties: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, $2,000,000 of the funds available in fiscal year
2000 under section 1101(a)(9) of Public Law 105–178,
as amended, for the National corridor planning and devel-
opment and coordinated border infrastructure programs
shall be made available for the planning and design of a
highway corridor between Dothan, Alabama and Panama
City, Florida: Provided further, That under ‘‘Capital In-
vestment Grants’’ in Public Law 106–69, item number 66
shall be amended by striking ‘‘Colorado Association of
Transit Agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘Colorado buses and bus
facilities’’, item number 107 shall be amended by striking
‘‘Kansas Public Transit Association buses and bus facili-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘Kansas buses and bus facilities’’, the
figure in item number 92 shall be amended to read
‘‘3,340,000’’, item number 251 shall be amended by in-
serting after ‘‘buses’’ the following: ‘‘and bus facilities’’,
and there shall be inserted after item number 279 under
‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ the following:
‘‘280.
Iowa ........................
Mason City, bus facility .............................
160,000’’:
Provided further, That Public Law 105–277, 112 Stat.
2681–458, item number 243 shall be amended by insert-
ing after the word ‘‘buses’’ the following: ‘‘and bus facili-
ties’’.
SEC. 226. No funds made available in Public Law
106–69 or any other Act shall be used to decommission
or otherwise reduce operations of U.S. Coast Guard
WYTL harbor tug boats.
SEC. 227. Section 351 of Public Law 106–69 is
amended by striking ‘‘provided’’ and inserting ‘‘appro-
priated or limited’’.
SEC. 228. For purposes of section 5117(b)(5) of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, for fiscal
years 1998, 1999 and 2000 the cost-sharing provision of
section 5001(b) shall not apply.
SEC. 229. Section 366 of the Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106–69) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and subject to subsection (b),’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under this section’’.
SEC. 230. Section 408 of the Woodrow Wilson Memo-
rial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 631) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—
Notwithstanding sections 134(g)(2)(B), 134(h)(3)(D) and
135(f)(2)(D) of title 23, United States Code, the Project
may be included in a metropolitan long-range transpor-
tation plan, a metropolitan transportation improvement
program, and a State transportation improvement pro-
gram under sections 134 and 135, respectively, of that
title.’’.
SEC. 231. (a) EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT MODIFICA-
TION OR DISPOSAL, SCHEDULED HEAVY MAINTENANCE,
OR
LEASING-RELATED
FLIGHTS.—Section 47528 is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ in subsection
(a) and inserting ‘‘subsection (b) or (f)’’;
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the
following:
‘‘(4) An air carrier operating Stage 2 aircraft
under this subsection may transport Stage 2 aircraft
to or from the 48 contiguous States on a non-rev-
enue basis in order—
‘‘(A) to perform maintenance (including
major alterations) or preventative maintenance
on aircraft operated, or to be operated, within
the limitations of paragraph (2)(B); or
‘‘(B) conduct operations within the limita-
tions of paragraph (2)(B).’’; and
(3) adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(f) AIRCRAFT MODIFICATION, DISPOSAL, SCHED-
ULED HEAVY MAINTENANCE, OR LEASING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall permit
a person to operate after December 31, 1999, a
Stage 2 aircraft in nonrevenue service through the
airspace of the United States or to or from an air-
port in the contiguous 48 States in order to—
‘‘(A) sell, lease, or use the aircraft outside
the contiguous 48 States;
‘‘(B) scrap the aircraft;
‘‘(C) obtain modifications to the aircraft to
meet Stage 3 noise levels;
‘‘(D) perform scheduled heavy maintenance
or significant modifications on the aircraft at a
maintenance facility located in the contiguous
48 States;
‘‘(E) deliver the aircraft to an operator
leasing the aircraft from the owner or return
the aircraft to the lessor;
‘‘(F) prepare or park or store the aircraft
in anticipation of any of the activities described
in subparagraphs (A) through (E); or
‘‘(G) divert the aircraft to an alternative
airport in the contiguous 48 States on account
of weather, mechanical, fuel, air traffic control,
or other safety reasons while conducting a flight
in order to perform any of the activities de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (F).
‘‘(2) PROCEDURE
TO
BE
PUBLISHED.—The
Secretary shall establish and publish, not later than
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act a
procedure to implement paragraph (1) of this sub-
section through the use of categorical waivers, ferry
permits, or other means.’’.
(b) NOISE STANDARDS
FOR EXPERIMENTAL AIR-
CRAFT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 47528(a) of title 49
is amended by inserting ‘‘(for which an airworthi-
ness certificate other than an experimental certifi-
cate has been issued by the Administrator)’’ after
‘‘civil subsonic turbojet’’.
(2) FAR MODIFIED.—The Federal Aviation
Regulations, contained in Part 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, that implement section 47528
and related provisions shall be deemed to incor-
porate this change on the effective date of this Act.
(3) OTHER.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, none of the funds in this or any other
Act may be used to implement or otherwise enforce
Stage 3 noise limitations in title 49 United States
Code, section 47528(a) for aircraft operating under
an experimental airworthiness certification issued by
the Department of Transportation.
SEC. 232. In addition to amounts provided to the
Federal Railroad Administration in Public Law 106–69,
for necessary expenses for engineering, design and con-
struction activities to enable the James A. Farley Post Of-
fice in New York City to be used as a train station and
commercial center, to become available on October 1 of
the fiscal year specified and to remain available until ex-
pended: fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000; fiscal year 2002,
$20,000,000; fiscal year 2003, $20,000,000.
SEC. 233. (a) Section 203(p)(1)(B)(ii) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 484(p)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 2000.’’.
(b) During the period beginning January 1, 2000,
and ending July 31, 2000, the Administrator may convey
any property for which an application for the transfer of
property is under consideration and pending on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 234. Effective on November 15, 1999, or the
last day of the 1st session of the 106th Congress, which-
ever is later, in addition to amounts otherwise provided
to address the expenses of Year 2000 conversion of Fed-
eral information technology systems, not to exceed 10 per-
cent of any appropriation for salaries and expenses made
available to an agency for fiscal year 2000 in this or any
other Act may be used by the agency for implementation
of agency business continuity and contingency plans in
furtherance of Year 2000 compliance by Federal agencies:
Provided, That such amounts may be transferred between
agency accounts: Provided further, That the transfer au-
thority provided in this section is in addition to any other
transfer authority provided in this or any other Act: Pro-
vided further, That notice of any transfer under this sec-
tion shall be transmitted to House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations, the Senate Special Committee on the
Year 2000 Technology Problem, the House Committee on
Science, and the House Committee on Government Re-
form 10 days in advance of such transfer: Provided fur-
ther, That, under circumstances reasonably requiring im-
mediate action, such notice shall be transmitted as soon
as possible but in no case more than 5 days after such
transfer: Provided further, That the authority granted in
this section shall expire on February 29, 2000.
SEC. 235. Title III of Public Law 106–58, under the
heading ‘‘Office of Administration, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, is amended by inserting after ‘‘infrastructure’’
the following: ‘‘: Provided, That the funds for the capital
investment plan shall remain available until September 30,
2001’’.
SEC. 236. POSTPONEMENT
OF DATE
OF TERMI-
NATION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. Section 3003(a)(1) of the Federal Reports Elimi-
nation and Sunset Act of 1995 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note) is
amended by striking ‘‘4 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘May 15, 2000’’.
SEC. 237. In addition to amounts appropriated to the
Office of National Drug Control Policy, $3,000,000 is ap-
propriated: Provided, That this amount shall be made
available by grant to the United States Olympic Com-
mittee for its anti-doping program within 30 days of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 238. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the
following item: ‘‘Commissioner of Customs, Department of
the Treasury’’.
(2) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting at the end the following item: ‘‘Com-
missioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this subsection shall take effect on January 1, 2000.
SEC. 239. (a) Section 101(d)(3) of title I of division
C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277,
112 Stat. 2681–584, 585) is amended by inserting ‘‘not’’
after ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)
shall’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be
effective as if included in the enactment of section 101
of title I of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999.
SEC. 240. For necessary expenses of the United
States Secret Service, an additional $10,000,000 is appro-
priated for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. In addition, for the
purposes of meeting additional requirements of the United
States Secret Service for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer
$21,000,000 to the United States Secret Service out of
all the funds available to the Department of the Treasury
no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority provided in this section
is in addition to any other transfer authority contained
elsewhere in this or any other Act: Provided further, That
such transfers pursuant to this section be taken from pro-
grams, projects, and activities as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and subject to the advance approval
of the Committee on Appropriations.
SEC. 241. Section 404(b) of the Government Manage-
ment Reform Act of 1994 (31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amend-
ed by striking: ‘‘December 31, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘April
30, 2000’’.
SEC. 242. (a) The seventh paragraph under the head-
ing ‘‘Community Development Block Grants’’ in title II
of H.R. 2684 (Public Law 106–74) is amended by striking
the figure making individual grants for targeted economic
investments and inserting ‘‘$250,175,000’’ in lieu thereof.
(b) The statement of the managers of the committee
of conference accompanying H.R. 2684 (Public Law 106–
74; House Report No. 106–379) is deemed to be amended
under the heading ‘‘Community Development Block
Grants’’ to include in the description of targeted economic
development initiatives the following:
‘‘—$500,000 to Saint John’s County, Florida
for water, wastewater, and sewer system improve-
ments;
‘‘—$1,000,000 to the City of San Dimas, Cali-
fornia for structural improvements, earthquake rein-
forcement, and compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, to the Walker House;
‘‘—$2,000,000 to the City of Youngstown in
Youngstown, Ohio for site acquisition, planning, ar-
chitectural design, and preliminary construction ac-
tivities of a convocation/community center;
‘‘—$875,000 to Chippewa County, Wisconsin
for development of the Lake Wissota Business Park;
‘‘—$1,500,000 to Lake Marion Regional Water
Agency in South Carolina, for continued develop-
ment of water supply needs;
‘‘—$650,000 to Santa Fe County, New Mexico,
for the Santa Fe Regional Water Management and
River Restoration Strategy (including activities of
partner governments and agencies);
‘‘—$650,000 to the Dunbar Community Center
in Springfield, Massachusetts to expand its facili-
ties’’.
TITLE III—FISCAL YEAR 2000 OFFSETS AND
RESCISSIONS
SEC. 301. (a) GOVERNMENT-WIDE RESCISSIONS.—
There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.38 percent
of the discretionary budget authority provided (or obliga-
tion limit imposed) for fiscal year 2000 in this or any
other Act for each department, agency, instrumentality,
or entity of the Federal Government.
(b) RESTRICTIONS.—In carrying out the rescissions
made by subsection (a),—
(1) no program, project, or activity of any de-
partment, agency, instrumentality, or entity may be
reduced by more than 15 percent (with ‘‘programs,
projects, and activities’’ as delineated in the appro-
priations Act or accompanying report for the rel-
evant account, or for accounts and items not in-
cluded in appropriations Acts, as delineated in the
most recently submitted President’s budget),
(2) no reduction shall be taken from any mili-
tary personnel account, and
(3) the reduction for the Department of De-
fense and Department of Energy Defense Activities
shall be applied proportionately to all Defense ac-
counts.
(c) REPORT.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall include in the President’s budget
submitted for fiscal year 2001 a report specifying the re-
ductions made to each account pursuant to this section.
SEC. 302. Section 7 of the Federal Reserve Act (12
U.S.C. 289) is amended as follows:
(1) by striking subsection (a)(3); and
(2) by inserting the following new subsection
(b):
‘‘(b) TRANSFER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal reserve banks
shall transfer from the surplus funds of such banks
to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System for transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury
for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury, a
total amount of $3,752,000,000 in fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATED
BY
FED.—Of the total
amount required to be paid by the Federal reserve
banks under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2000, the
Board shall determine the amount each such bank
shall pay in such fiscal year.
‘‘(3) REPLENISHMENT OF SURPLUS FUND PRO-
HIBITED.—During fiscal year 2000, no Federal re-
serve bank may replenish such bank’s surplus fund
by the amount of any transfer by such bank under
paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 303. (a) Section 453( j) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 653( j)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(6) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DISCLO-
SURE
FOR
ENFORCEMENT
OF
OBLIGATIONS
ON
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT LOANS AND GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) FURNISHING
OF
INFORMATION
BY
THE
SECRETARY
OF
EDUCATION.—The Sec-
retary of Education shall furnish to the Sec-
retary, on a quarterly basis or at such less fre-
quent intervals as may be determined by the
Secretary of Education, information in the cus-
tody of the Secretary of Education for compari-
son with information in the National Directory
of New Hires, in order to obtain the informa-
tion in such directory with respect to individ-
uals who—
‘‘(i) are borrowers of loans made
under title IV of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 that are in default; or
‘‘(ii) owe an obligation to refund an
overpayment of a grant awarded under
such title.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
TO
SEEK
MINIMUM
INFORMATION
NECESSARY.—The Secretary of
Education shall seek information pursuant to
this section only to the extent essential to im-
proving collection of the debt described in sub-
paragraph (A).
‘‘(C) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—
‘‘(i) INFORMATION COMPARISON; DIS-
CLOSURE
TO
THE
SECRETARY
OF
EDU-
CATION.—The Secretary, in cooperation
with the Secretary of Education, shall
compare information in the National Di-
rectory of New Hires with information in
the custody of the Secretary of Education,
and disclose information in that Directory
to the Secretary of Education, in accord-
ance with this paragraph, for the purposes
specified in this paragraph.
‘‘(ii) CONDITION
ON
DISCLOSURE.—
The Secretary shall make disclosures in ac-
cordance with clause (i) only to the extent
that the Secretary determines that such
disclosures do not interfere with the effec-
tive operation of the program under this
part. Support collection under section
466(b) shall be given priority over collec-
tion of any defaulted student loan or grant
overpayment against the same income.
‘‘(D) USE OF INFORMATION BY THE SEC-
RETARY
OF
EDUCATION.—The Secretary of
Education may use information resulting from
a data match pursuant to this paragraph
only—
‘‘(i) for the purpose of collection of
the debt described in subparagraph (A)
owed by an individual whose annualized
wage level (determined by taking into con-
sideration information from the National
Directory of New Hires) exceeds $16,000;
and
‘‘(ii) after removal of personal identi-
fiers, to conduct analyses of student loan
defaults.
‘‘(E) DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMATION
BY
THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—
‘‘(i) DISCLOSURES PERMITTED.—The
Secretary of Education may disclose infor-
mation resulting from a data match pursu-
ant to this paragraph only to—
‘‘(I) a guaranty agency holding a
loan made under part B of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 on
which the individual is obligated;
‘‘(II) a contractor or agent of the
guaranty agency described in sub-
clause (I);
‘‘(III) a contractor or agent of
the Secretary; and
‘‘(IV) the Attorney General.
‘‘(ii) PURPOSE OF DISCLOSURE.—The
Secretary of Education may make a disclo-
sure under clause (i) only for the purpose
of collection of the debts owed on defaulted
student loans, or overpayments of grants,
made under title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965.
‘‘(iii) RESTRICTION
ON
REDISCLO-
SURE.—An entity to which information is
disclosed under clause (i) may use or dis-
close such information only as needed for
the purpose of collecting on defaulted stu-
dent loans, or overpayments of grants,
made under title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965.
‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT OF HHS COSTS.—
The Secretary of Education shall reimburse the
Secretary, in accordance with subsection (k)(3),
for the additional costs incurred by the Sec-
retary in furnishing the information requested
under this subparagraph.’’.
(b) PENALTIES FOR MISUSE OF INFORMATION.—
Section 402(a) of the Child Support Performance and In-
centive Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 669) is amended in the
matter added by paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or any other
person’’ after ‘‘officer or employee of the United States’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall become effective October 1, 1999.
SEC. 304. Section 110 of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) After making any calculation necessary to imple-
ment this section for fiscal year 2001, the amount avail-
able under paragraph (a)(1) shall be increased by
$128,752,000. The amounts added under this subsection
shall not apply to any calculation in any other fiscal year.
‘‘(f) For fiscal year 2001, prior to making any dis-
tribution under this section, $22,029,000 of the allocation
under paragraph (a)(1) shall be available only for each
program authorized under chapter 53 of title 49, United
States Code, and title III of Public Law 105–178, in pro-
portion to each such program’s share of the total author-
ization in section 5338 (other than 5338(h)) of such title
and sections 3037 and 3038 of such Public Law, under
the terms and conditions of chapter 53 of such title.
‘‘(g) For fiscal year 2001, prior to making any dis-
tribution under this section, $399,000 of the allocation
under paragraph (a)(1) shall be available only for motor
carrier safety programs under sections 31104 and 31107
of title 49, United States Code; $274,000 for NHTSA op-
erations and research under section 403 of title 23, United
States Code; and $787,000 for NHTSA highway traffic
safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United States
Code.’’.
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31,
United States Code, and section 1006(h) of title 37,
United States Code, the basic pay and allowances that ac-
crues to members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and
Air Force for the pay period ending on September 30,
2000, shall be paid, whether by electronic transfer of
funds or otherwise, no earlier than October 1, 2000.
SEC. 306. The pay of any Federal officer or employee
that would be payable on September 29, 2000, or Sep-
tember 30, 2000, for the preceding applicable pay period
(if not for this section) shall be paid, whether by electronic
transfer of funds or otherwise, on October 1, 2000.
SEC. 307. Under the terms of section 251(b)(2) of
Public Law 99–177, an adjustment for rounding shall be
provided for the first amount referred to in section
251(c)(4)(A) of such Act equal to 0.2 percent of such
amount.
TITLE IV—CANYON FERRY
RESERVOIR, MONTANA
SEC. 401. DEFINITION OF INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY PUR-
CHASER.
Section 1003 of title X of division C of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–711) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through
(12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively;
and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY PURCHASER.—The
term ‘individual property purchaser’, with respect to
an individual cabin site described in section 1004(b),
means a person (including CFRA or a lessee) that
purchases that cabin site.
SEC. 402. SALE OF PROPERTIES.
Section 1004 of title X of division C of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 1999, is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(2) (112 Stat. 2681–713),
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(B) APPRAISAL.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The appraisal
under subparagraph (A) shall be based on
the Canyon Ferry Cabin Site appraisal
with a completion date of March 29, 1999,
and amended June 11, 1999, with an ef-
fective date of valuation of October 15,
1998, for the Bureau of Reclamation, on
the conditions stated in this subparagraph.
‘‘(ii) MODIFICATIONS.—The contract
appraisers that conducted the original ap-
praisal having an effective date of valu-
ation of October 15, 1998, for the Bureau
of Reclamation shall make appropriate
modifications to permit recalculation of the
lot values established in the original ap-
praisal into an updated appraisal, the
function of which shall be to provide mar-
ket values for the sale of each of the 265
Canyon Ferry Cabin site lots.
‘‘(iii) CHANGES IN PROPERTY CHAR-
ACTERISTICS.—If there are any changes in
the characteristic of a property that form
part of the basis of the updated appraisal
(including a change in size, easement con-
siderations, or updated analyses of the
physical characteristics of a lot), the con-
tract appraisers shall make an appropriate
adjustment to the updated appraisal.
‘‘(iv) UPDATING.—Subject to the ap-
proval of CFRA and the Secretary, the fair
market values established by the apprais-
ers under this paragraph may be further
updated periodically by the contract ap-
praisers through appropriate market anal-
yses.
‘‘(v) RECONSIDERATION.—The Bu-
reau of Reclamation and the 265 Canyon
Ferry cabin owners have the right to seek
reconsideration, before commencement of
the updated appraisal, of the assumptions
that the appraisers used in arriving at the
fair market values derived in the original
appraisal.
‘‘(vi) CONTINUING
VALIDITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law,
the October 15, 1998, Canyon Ferry Cabin
Site original appraisal, as provided for in
this paragraph, shall remain valid for use
by the Bureau of Reclamation in the sale
process for a period of not less than 3
years from the date of completion of the
updated appraisal.’’;
(2) in subsection (d) (112 Stat. 2681–713)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(D), by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(iii) REMAINING LEASES.—
‘‘(I) 
CONTINUATION
OF
LEASES.—The remaining lessees shall
have a right to continue leasing
through August 31, 2014.
‘‘(II) RIGHT TO CLOSE.—The re-
maining leases shall have the right to
close under the terms of the sale at
any time before August 31, 2014. On
termination of the lease either by ex-
piration under the terms of the lease
or by violation of the terms of the
lease, all personal property and im-
provements will be removed, and the
cabin site shall remain in Federal
ownership.’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘or if no one (in-
cluding CFRA) bids,’’ after ‘‘bid’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D)—
(I) by striking ‘‘12 months’’ and
inserting ‘‘36 months’’; and
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘If the requirement of the
preceding sentence is not met, CFRA
may close on all remaining cabin sites
or up to the 75 percent requirement.
If CFRA does not exercise either such
option, the Secretary shall conduct
another sale for the remaining cabin
sites to close immediately, with pro-
ceeds distributed in accordance with
section 1008.’’;
(3) by striking subsection (e) (112 Stat. 2681–
714) and inserting the following:
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—
‘‘(1) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDING.—The Sec-
retary shall allocate all funding necessary to conduct
the sales process for the sale of property under this
title.
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—Any reasonable ad-
ministrative costs incurred by the Secretary (includ-
ing the costs of survey and appraisals incident to the
conveyance under subsection (a)) shall be propor-
tionately reimbursed by the property owner a the
time of closing.’’; and
(4) by striking subsection (f) (112 Stat. 2681–
714) and inserting the following:
‘‘(f) TIMING.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) immediately begin preparing for the sales
process on enactment of this Act; and
‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, begin conveying the property
described in subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 403. MONTANA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
TRUST.
Section 1007(b) of title X of division C of the Omni-
bus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–715), is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘trust
manager’’ and inserting ‘‘trust manager (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘trust man-
ager’)’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘agency
Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency Board (referred
to in this section as the ‘Joint State-Federal
Agency Board’)’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘Ad-
visory Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board
(referred to in this section as the ‘Citizen Advi-
sory Board’)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) RECREATION TRUST AGREEMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Trust, acting through
the trust manager, in consultation with the Joint
State-Federal Agency Board and the Citizen Advi-
sory Board, shall enter into a legally enforceable
agreement with CFRA (referred to in this section as
the ‘Recreation Trust Agreement’).
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The Recreation Trust Agree-
ment shall provide that—
‘‘(A) on receipt of proceeds of the sale of
a property under section 1004, the Trust shall
loan up to $3,000,000 of the proceeds to
CFRA;
‘‘(B) CFRA shall deposit all funds bor-
rowed under subparagraph (A) in the Canyon
Ferry-Broadwater County Trust;
‘‘(C) CFRA and the individual purchasers
shall repay the principal of the loan to the
Trust as soon as reasonably practicable in ac-
cordance with a repayment schedule specified in
the loan agreement; and
‘‘(D) until such time as the principal is re-
paid in full, CFRA and the individual pur-
chasers shall make an annual interest payment
on the outstanding principal of the loan to the
Trust at an interest rate determined in accord-
ance with paragraph (4)(C).
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF INTEREST PAYMENTS.—
All interest payments received by the Trust under
paragraph (2)(D) shall be treated as earnings under
subsection (d)(2).
‘‘(4) FIDUCIARY
RESPONSIBILITY.—In negoti-
ating the Recreation Trust Agreement, the trust
manager shall act in the best interests of the Trust
to ensure—
‘‘(A) the security of the loan;
‘‘(B) timely repayment of the principal;
and
‘‘(C) payment of a fair interest rate, of not
less than 6 nor more than 8 percent per year,
based on the length of the term of a loan that
is comparable to the term of a traditional home
mortgage.
‘‘(g) RESTRICTION ON DISBURSEMENT.—Except as
provided in subsection (f), the trust manager shall not dis-
burse any funds from the Trust until August 1, 2001, as
provided for in the Recreation Trust Agreement, unless
Broadwater County, at an earlier date, certifies that the
Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust has been fully
funded in accordance with this title.
‘‘(h) CONDITION TO SALE.—No closing of property
under section 1004 shall be made until the Recreation
Trust Agreement is entered into under subsection (f)’’.
SEC. 404. CANYON FERRY-BROADWATER COUNTY TRUST.
Section 1008(b) of title X of division C of the Omni-
bus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–718), is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) AGREEMENT.—
‘‘(A) CONDITION TO SALE.—No closing of
property under section 1004 shall be made until
CFRA and Broadwater County enter into a le-
gally enforceable agreement (referred to in this
paragraph as the ‘ Contributions Agreement’)
concerning contributions to the Trust.
‘‘(B) 
CONTENTS.—The 
Contributions
Agreement shall require that on or before Au-
gust 1, 2001, CFRA shall ensure that
$3,000,000 in value is deposited in the Canyon
Ferry-Broadwater County Trust from 1 or
more of the following sources:
‘‘(i) Direct contributions made by the
purchasers on the sale of each cabin site.
‘‘(ii) Annual contributions made by
the purchasers.
‘‘(iii) All other monetary contribu-
tions.
‘‘(iv) In-kind contributions, subject to
the approval of the County.
‘‘(v) All funds borrowed by CFRA
under section 1007(f).
‘‘(vi) Assessments made against the
cabin sites made under a county park dis-
trict or any similar form of local govern-
ment under the laws of the State of Mon-
tana.
‘‘(vii) Any other contribution, subject
to the approval of the County.’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) 
ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING
SOURCE.—If
CFRA agrees to form a county park district under
section 7–16–2401 et seq., of the Montana Code An-
notated, or any other similar form of local govern-
ment under the laws of the State of Montana, for
the purpose of providing funding for the Trust pur-
suant to the Contributions Agreement, CFRA and
Broadwater County may amend the Contributions
Agreement as appropriate, so long as the monetary
obligations of individual property purchases under
the Contributions Agreement as amended are sub-
stantially similar to those specified in paragraph
(1).’’; and
(4) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘until the condition stated in
paragraph (1) is met’’.
SEC. 405. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
Title X of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
is amended—
(1) in section 1001 (112 Stat. 2681–710), by
striking ‘‘section 4(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
1004(b)’’;
(2) in section 1003 (112 Stat. 2681–711)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section
8’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1008’’;
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘section
7’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1007’’;
(C) in paragraph (8)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘section 4(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘1004(b)’’;
and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘section 4(b)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 1004(b)(1)(B)’’; and
(D) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section
4’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104’’; and
(3) in section 1004 (112 Stat. 2681–712)—
(A) in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii)(II), by
striking ‘‘section 4(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
1004(a)’’; and
(B) in subsection (d)(2)(G), by striking
‘‘section 6’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1006’’.
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL DEBT RELIEF
SEC. 501. ACTIONS TO PROVIDE BILATERAL DEBT RELIEF.
(a) CANCELLATION OF DEBT.—Subject to the avail-
ability of amounts provided in advance in appropriations
Acts, the President shall cancel all amounts owed to the
United States (or any agency of the United States) by
any country eligible for debt reduction under this section,
as a result of loans made or credits extended prior to June
20, 1999, under any of the provisions of law specified in
subsection (b).
(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of law re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act.
(2) The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2751 et seq.).
(3) Section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration Charter Act, section 201 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5621), or section 202
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 5622), or predecessor provi-
sions under the Food for Peace Act of 1966.
(4) Title I of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.).
(c) OTHER DEBT REDUCTION AUTHORITIES.—The
authority provided in this section is in addition to any
other debt relief authority and does not in any way limit
such authority.
(d) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—A country that is per-
forming satisfactorily under an economic reform program
shall be eligible for cancellation of debt under this section
if—
(1) the country, as of December 31, 2000, is el-
igible to borrow from the International Development
Association;
(2) the country, as of December 31, 2000, is
not eligible to borrow from the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development; and
(3)(A) the country has outstanding public and
publicly guaranteed debt, the net present value of
which on December 31, 1996, was at least 150 per-
cent of the average annual value of the exports of
the country for the period 1994 through 1996; or
(B)(i) the country has outstanding public and
publicly guaranteed debt, the net present value of
which, as of the date the President determines that
the country is eligible for debt relief under this sec-
tion, is at least 150 percent of the annual value of
the exports of the country; or
(ii) the country has outstanding public and pub-
licly guaranteed debt, the net present value of which,
as of the date the President determines that the
country is eligible for debt relief under this section,
is at least 250 percent of the annual fiscal revenues
of the country, and has minimum ratios of exports
to Gross Domestic Product of 30 percent, and of fis-
cal revenues to Gross Domestic Product of 15 per-
cent.
(e) PRIORITY.—In carrying out subsection (a), the
President should seek to leverage scarce foreign assistance
and give priority to heavily indebted poor countries with
demonstrated need and the capacity to use such relief ef-
fectively.
(f) EXCEPTIONS.—A country shall not be eligible for
cancellation of debt under this section if the government
of the country—
(1) has an excessive level of military expendi-
tures;
(2) has repeatedly provided support for acts of
international terrorism, as determined by the Sec-
retary of State under section 6(j)(1) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2405(j)(1)) or section 620A(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a));
(3) is failing to cooperate on international nar-
cotics control matters; or
(4) (including its military or other security
forces), engages in a consistent pattern of gross vio-
lations of internationally recognized human rights.
(g) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—A country which is
otherwise eligible to receive cancellation of debt under this
section may receive such cancellation only if the country
has committed, in connection with a social and economic
reform program—
(1) to enable, facilitate, or encourage the imple-
mentation of policy changes and institutional re-
forms under economic reform programs, in a manner
that ensures that such policy changes and institu-
tional reforms are designed and adopted through
transparent and participatory processes;
(2) to adopt an integrated development strategy
of the type described in section 1624(a) of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act, to support pov-
erty reduction through economic growth, that in-
cludes monitorable poverty reduction goals;
(3) to take steps so that the financial benefits
of debt relief are applied to programs to combat pov-
erty (in particular through concrete measures to im-
prove economic infrastructure, basic services in edu-
cation, nutrition, and health, particularly treatment
and prevention of the leading causes of mortality)
and to redress environmental degradation;
(4) to take steps to strengthen and expand the
private sector, encourage increased trade and invest-
ment, support the development of free markets, and
promote broad-scale economic growth;
(5) to implement transparent policy making and
budget procedures, good governance, and effective
anticorruption measures;
(6) to broaden public participation and popular
understanding of the principles and goals of poverty
reduction, particularly through economic growth,
and good governance; and
(7) to promote the participation of citizens and
nongovernmental organizations in the economic pol-
icy choices of the government.
(h) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—Except
as the President may otherwise determine for reasons of
national security, a cancellation of debt under this section
shall not be considered to be assistance for purposes of
any provision of law limiting assistance to a country. The
authority to provide for cancellation of debt under this sec-
tion may be exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any similar provi-
sion of law.
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
cost (as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990) of the cancellation of any debt under
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to
the President such sums as may be necessary for each of
the fiscal years 2000 through 2004, which shall remain
available until expended.
(j) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.—Not later
than December 31 of each year, the President shall pre-
pare and transmit to the Committees on Banking and Fi-
nancial Services, Appropriations, and International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives, and the Committees
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Foreign Rela-
tions, and Appropriations of the Senate a report, which
shall be made available to the public, concerning the can-
cellation of debt under subsection (a), and a detailed de-
scription of debt relief provided by the United States as
a member of the Paris Club of Official Creditors for the
prior fiscal year.
SEC. 502. ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF MULTI-
LATERAL DEBT RELIEF.
Title XVI of the International Financial Institutions
Act (22 U.S.C. 262p–262p–5) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 1623. IMPROVEMENT OF THE HEAVILY INDEBTED
POOR COUNTRIES INITIATIVE.
‘‘(a) IMPROVEMENT OF THE HIPC INITIATIVE.—In
order to accelerate multilateral debt relief and promote
human and economic development and poverty alleviation
in heavily indebted poor countries, the Congress urges the
President to commence immediately efforts, with the Paris
Club of Official Creditors, as well as the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development (World Bank), and other ap-
propriate multilateral development institutions to accom-
plish the following modifications to the Heavily Indebted
Poor Countries Initiative:
‘‘(1) FOCUS
ON
POVERTY
REDUCTION, GOOD
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, AND PARTICIPATION
OF CITIZENS.—A country which is otherwise eligible
to receive cancellation of debt under the modified
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative may re-
ceive such cancellation only if the country has com-
mitted, in connection with social and economic re-
form programs that are jointly developed, financed,
and administered by the World Bank and the
IMF—
‘‘(A) to enable, facilitate, or encourage the
implementation of policy changes and institu-
tional reforms under economic reform pro-
grams, in a manner that ensures that such pol-
icy changes and institutional reforms are de-
signed and adopted through transparent and
participatory processes;