exceed $3,750,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2001, commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, as
amended, shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 without prior
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and Senate in accordance with
section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2001, commitments to guarantee loans under sec-
tion 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958,
as amended, shall not exceed $500,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses.
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b)
of the Small Business Act, as amended, $140,400,000, to
remain available until expended: 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.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program, $136,000,000, which may be
transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries
and Expenses, of which $500,000 is for the Office of In-
spector General of the Small Business Administration for
audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan
program and shall be transferred to and merged with ap-
propriations for the Office of Inspector General; of which
$125,646,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan
making and servicing to carry out the direct loan program;
and of which $9,854,000 is for indirect administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That any amount in excess of
$9,854,000 to be transferred to and merged with appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect adminis-
trative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming of
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business
Administration in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute,
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572 (106 Stat. 4515–
4516)), $4,500,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby.
SEC. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States avail-
able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a
program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or ac-
tivities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions,
or activities presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States available
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to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for
obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or
projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re-
duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects
as approved by Congress; unless the Appropriations Com-
mittees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than
emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization
of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration in shipyards located outside of the United
States.
SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
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(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti-
ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement
made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any
guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission covering harassment based on religion, when it is
made known to the Federal entity or official to which such
funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ
in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by