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assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental
assistance, for the elderly under such section 202(c)(2), and
for supportive services associated with the housing of which
amount $50,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and
continuation of existing congregate services grants for resi-
dents of assisted housing projects, and for other eligible el-
derly persons residing in the neighborhood in which such
projects are located on an exception basis, and of which
amount $50,000,000 shall be for grants for conversion of
existing section 202 projects, or portions thereof, to assisted
living or related use, subject to the provision that the Sec-
retary shall select existing section 202 projects to receive
such assistance on a competitive basis based on a set of con-
ditions that take into account the need for and quality of
the proposed alterations, the extent to which the application
demonstrates the ability to complete the alterations prompt-
ly and successfully, past history of successful deliverance of
services to the elderly, and such other factors as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate: Provided further, That of the
amount under this heading, $201,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital advances, including amendments to capital advance
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act, for project rental assist-
ance, for amendments to contracts for project rental assist-
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ance, and supportive services associated with the housing
for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811
of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may des-
ignate up to 25 percent of the amounts earmarked under
this paragraph for section 811 of such Act for tenant-based
assistance, as authorized under that section, including such
authority as may be waived under the next proviso, which
assistance is five years in duration: Provided further, That
the Secretary may waive any provision of such section 202
and such section 811 (including the provisions governing
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and
tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is
not necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs,
or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate or
administer projects assisted under these programs, and may
make provision for alternative conditions or terms where
appropriate.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncom-
mitted balances of excess rental charges as of September 30,
1999, and any collections made during fiscal year 2000,
shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as author-
ized by section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as
amended.
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FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee
loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the Na-
tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan
principal of $120,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 2000, obligations to make direct
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the Na-
tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$100,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be
for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connec-
tion with sales of single family real properties owned by
the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mort-
gage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That no amounts
made available to provide housing assistance with respect
to the purchase of any single family real property owned
by the Secretary or the Federal Housing Administration
may discriminate between public and private elementary
and secondary school teachers.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of
which not to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred to the
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; not
to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropria-
tion for the Office of Inspector General. In addition, for
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administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000: Provided,
That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed
$49,664,000,000 on or before April 1, 2000, an additional
$1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be avail-
able for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any
amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made
available by this proviso exceed $16,000,000.
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tions 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee
modifications (as that term is defined in section 502 of the
Congressional 
Budget 
Act 
of 
1974, 
as 
amended),
$153,000,000, including not to exceed $153,000,000 from
unobligated balances previously appropriated under this
heading, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to
$18,100,000,000: Provided further, That any amounts made
available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as
such term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are obliga-
tions of the funds established under section 238 or 519 of
the National Housing Act that have not been obligated or
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that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development in connection with the
making of such guarantees and shall remain available until
expended, notwithstanding the expiration of any period of
availability otherwise applicable to such amounts.
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed
$50,000,000; of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for
bridge financing in connection with the sale of multifamily
real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured under such Act; and of which not to exceed
$20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern-
mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family
real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured under such Act: Provided further, That no amounts
made available to provide housing assistance with respect
to the purchase of any single family real property owned
by the Secretary or the Federal Housing Administration
may discriminate between public and private elementary
and secondary school teachers.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,
$211,455,000 (including not to exceed $147,000,000 from
unobligated balances previously appropriated under this
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heading), of which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; and
of which $18,321,000 shall be transferred to the appropria-
tion for the Office of Inspector General. In addition, for
administrative contract expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed and direct loan programs, $144,000,000: Pro-
vided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments ex-
ceed $7,263,000,000 on or before April 1, 2000, an addi-
tional $19,800 for administrative contract expenses shall be
available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan
commitments over $7,263,000,000 (including a pro rata
amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but in no case
shall funds made available by this proviso exceed
$14,400,000.
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 2000, new commitments to issue
guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the
National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)),
shall not exceed $200,000,000,000.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed 
mortgage-backed 
securities 
program,
$15,383,000, of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be
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transferred to the appropriation for departmental salaries
and expenses.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including
carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section
1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,
$35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
of which $20,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu-
ant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds made
available under this heading shall be used to lobby the exec-
utive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in
connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-
Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $80,000,000 to re-
main available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall
be for a Healthy Homes Initiative, which shall be a pro-
gram pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include research,
studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including edu-
cation and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning
and other housing-related environmental diseases and haz-
ards: Provided, That all balances for the Lead Hazard Re-
duction Programs previously funded in the Annual Con-
tributions for Assisted Housing and Community Develop-
ment Block Grant accounts shall be transferred to this ac-
count, to be available for the purposes for which they were
originally appropriated.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative and non-administrative
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed
$7,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$985,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from
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the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration,
$9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government
National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be pro-
vided from the ‘‘Community Development Block Grants
Program’’ account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer
from the ‘‘Title VI Indian Federal Guarantees Program’’
account, and $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from
the ‘‘Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program’’ ac-
count: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited from
using any funds under this heading or any other heading
in this Act from employing more than 77 schedule C and
20 noncareer Senior Executive Service employees: Provided
further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds
under this heading or any other heading in this Act to em-
ploy more than 9,300 employees, including any contract
employees working on site in the Department: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds
under this heading or any other heading in this Act after
February 1, 2000 to employ any external community build-
ers or to convert any external community builder to career
employee after August 1, 1999: Provided further, That the
Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading
or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 14
employees in the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further,
That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds in excess
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of $1,000,000 under this heading or any other heading in
this Act to pay for travel: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may not reduce the staffing level at any Department
of Housing and Urban Development State or local office.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $95,910,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be pro-
vided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration and $10,000,000 shall be provided from the
amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the ‘‘Drug
Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing’’ account:
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have inde-
pendent authority over all personnel issues within the Office
of Inspector General: Provided further, That of the amount
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available for
the Inspector General to enter in contracts for independent
financial audits of programs at the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, including audits of internal fi-
nancial accounts: Provided further, That the amount made
available under the previous proviso shall remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2001.
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OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $19,493,000, to
remain available until expended, to be derived from the
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided,
That not to exceed such amount shall be available from the
General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to
incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re-
ceipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the
General Fund amount shall be reduced as collections are
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not
more than $0.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
FINANCING ADJUSTMENT FACTORS
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988
(Public Law 100–628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be re-
scinded, or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the
Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or cash
recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury
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shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local gov-
ernments or local housing agencies with projects approved
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for
which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accord-
ance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the
budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with in-
centives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
FAIR HOUSING AND FREE SPEECH
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2000 to investigate
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including
the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action,
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or
preventing action by a government official or entity, or a
court of competent jurisdiction.
ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY
SEC. 203. Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by
striking ‘‘fiscal years 1997, 1998 and 1999’’ and inserting
‘‘fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’.
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HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
GRANTS
SEC. 204. (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 854(c)(1)(A)(ii)
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.
12903(c)(1)(A))(ii), is amended by inserting after ‘‘clause
(i)’’ a comma and ‘‘or States that received an allocation
under this clause in a prior fiscal year’’.
(b) MINIMUM GRANT REPEALER.—Section 854(c)(2) of
such Act is repealed.
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—Section 856 of such
Act is amended by adding the following new subsection at
the end: ‘‘(h) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For purposes of
environmental review, decisionmaking, and action pursu-
ant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
other provisions of law that further the purposes of such
Act, a grant under this subtitle shall be treated as assistance
for a special project that is subject to section 305(c) of the
Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of
1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and shall be subject to the regula-
tions issued by the Secretary to implement such section.’’.
FHA MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE CREDIT DEMONSTRATIONS
SEC. 205. Section 542 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking ‘‘during fis-
cal year 1999’’, and inserting ‘‘in each of fiscal years
1999 and 2000’’, and
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(2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) by
striking ‘‘during fiscal year 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘in
each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’.
CLARIFICATION OF OWNER’S RIGHT TO PREPAY
SEC. 206. (a) PREPAYMENT RIGHT.—Notwithstanding
section 211 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1987 or section 221 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987 (as in effect pursuant to section
604(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act), subject to subsection (b), with respect to any
project that is eligible low-income housing (as that term is
defined in section 229 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1987)—
(1) the owner of the project may prepay, and the
mortgagee may accept prepayment of, the mortgage
on the project, and
(2) the owner may request voluntary termination
of a mortgage insurance contract with respect to such
project and the contract may be terminated notwith-
standing any requirements under sections 229 and
250 of the National Housing Act.
(b) CONDITIONS.—Any prepayment of a mortgage or
termination of an insurance contract authorized under sub-
section (a) may be made—
(1) only to the extent that such prepayment or
termination is consistent with the terms and condi-
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tions of the mortgage on or mortgage insurance con-
tract for the project;
(2) only if the owner of the project involved
agrees not to increase the rent charges for any dwell-
ing unit in the project during the 60-day period be-
ginning upon such prepayment or termination; and
(3) only if the owner of the project provides no-
tice of intent to prepay or terminate, in such form as
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
may prescribe, to each tenant of the housing, the Sec-
retary, and the chief executive officer of the appro-
priate State or local government for the jurisdiction
within which the housing is located, not less than 150
days, but not more than 270 days, before such pre-
payment or termination, except that such requirement
shall not apply to a prepayment or termination
that—
(A) occurs during the 150-day period imme-
diately following the date of the enactment of
this Act;
(B) is necessary to effect conversion to own-
ership by a priority purchaser (as defined in sec-
tion 231(a) of the Low-Income Housing Preser-
vation and Resident Ownership Act of 1990 (12
U.S.C. 4120(a)), or
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(C) will otherwise ensure that the project
will continue to operate, at least until the matu-
rity date of the loan or mortgage, in a manner
that will provide rental housing on terms at
least as advantageous to existing and future ten-
ants as the terms required by the program under
which the loan or mortgage was made or insured
prior to the proposed prepayment or termi-
nation.
FUNDING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING
SEC. 207. No funds in this Act or any other Act may
hereafter be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development to determine allocations or provide assistance
for operating subsidies or modernization for certain State
and city funded and locally developed public housing or as-
sisted housing units, as described in section 9(n)(1)(B) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937, unless such unit
was so assisted before October 1, 1998.
FHA ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT EXPENSE AUTHORITY
SEC. 208. Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1702) is amended by inserting the following new
sentence after the first proviso: ‘‘For the purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘nonadministrative’’ shall not include
contract expenses that are not capitalized or routinely de-
ducted from the proceeds of sales, and such expenses shall
not be payable from funds made available by this Act.’’.
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FULL PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
SEC. 209. (a) Section 541 of the National Housing Act
is amended—
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows:
‘‘PARTIAL PAYMENT OF CLAIMS ON DEFAULTED MORT-
GAGES
AND
IN
CONNECTION
WITH
MORTGAGE
RE-
STRUCTURING’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘partial pay-
ment of the claim under the mortgage insurance con-
tract’’ and inserting, ‘‘partial or full payment of
claim under one or more mortgage insurance con-
tracts’’.
(b) Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 is amended by adding
a new subsection (a)(6) to read as follows: ‘‘(6) The second
mortgage under this section may be a first mortgage if no
restructured or new first mortgage will meet the require-
ment of paragraph (1)(A).’’.
AVAILABILITY OF INCOME MATCHING INFORMATION
SEC. 210. (a) Section 3(f) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section
508(d)(1) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility
Act of 1998, is further amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) after the first appearance of ‘‘public
housing agency’’, by inserting ‘‘, or the owner re-
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sponsible for determining the participant’s eligi-
bility or level of benefits,’’; and
(B) after ‘‘as applicable’’, by inserting ‘‘, or
to the owner responsible for determining the par-
ticipant’s eligibility or level of benefits’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
period and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(C) by inserting at the end the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) for which project-based assistance is pro-
vided under section 8, section 202, or section 811.’’.
(b) Section 904(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Home-
less Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544),
as amended by section 508(d)(2) of the Quality Housing
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is further amended
in paragraph (4)—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘public housing agency’’
the first time it appears the following: ‘‘, or the owner
responsible for determining the participant’s eligi-
bility or level of benefits,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the public housing agency
verifying income’’ and inserting ‘‘verifying income’’.
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ELIMINATION OF SECRETARY PUBLIC HOUSING SET-ASIDE
FUNDS
SEC. 211. Subsection (k) of section 9 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended by the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is hereby
deleted and the following subsections are redesignated, ac-
cordingly.
TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 1998
SEC. 212. (a) EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRUCTURING.—
Section 514(h)(1) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(1) the primary financing for the project was pro-
vided by a unit of State government or a unit of general
local government (or an agency or instrumentality of ei-
ther) and the primary financing involves mortgage insur-
ance under the National Housing Act, such that the imple-
mentation of a mortgage restructuring and rental assist-
ance sufficiency plan under this Act would be in conflict
with applicable law or agreements governing such financ-
ing;’’.
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TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO FHA SINGLE FAMILY
MORTGAGE LIMITS
SEC. 213. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(b)(2)(A)(ii)
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)(ii))
is amended by inserting after ‘‘may not be less than’’ the
following: ‘‘the greater of the dollar amount limitation in
effect for the area on the date of enactment of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
1999’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this
section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING
SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this title
under the heading of the Public Housing Operating Fund
shall be used to pay compensation of an individual, either
as direct costs or any proration of an indirect cost, at a
rate in excess of $125,000, unless the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development certifies that such compensation
should be increased on an individual basis due to special
circumstances.
LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION FOR YOUTHBUILD
SEC. 215. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for the Youthbuild program shall be used to pay compensa-
tion of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
of an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of $125,000, unless
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the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development certifies
that such compensation should be increased on an indi-
vidual basis.
ADJUSTMENTS TO INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR UNUSUALLY
HIGH OR LOW FAMILIES INCOMES IN ASSISTED HOUSING
SEC. 216. Section 16 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before
the period the following: ‘‘; except that the Secretary
may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30
percent of the area median income on the basis of the
Secretary’s findings that such variations are nec-
essary because of unusually high or low family in-
comes’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the
period the following: ‘‘; except that the Secretary may
establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30 per-
cent of the area median income on the basis of the
Secretary’s findings that such variations are nec-
essary because of unusually high or low family in-
comes’’.
GAO REIMBURSEMENT
SEC. 217. The Comptroller General of the United
States shall certify to the Congress on a quarterly basis on
the cost of time attributable to the failure of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development to cooperate in any
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investigation being conducted by the General Accounting
Office with regard to the activities of the Department. With-
in 30 days of such certification, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall reimburse the General Ac-
counting Office for such costs from the Salaries and Ex-
penses account of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
HOME TECHNICAL CORRECTION
SEC. 218. Section 212(a)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act is amended in the first
sentence by inserting after ‘‘community housing develop-
ment organizations,’’ the following: ‘‘to preserve housing as-
sisted or previously assisted with section 8 assistance,’’.
EXEMPTION FOR ALASKA AND MISSISSIPPI FROM
REQUIREMENT OF RESIDENT ON BOARD
SEC. 219. Public housing agencies in the states of Alas-
ka and Mississippi shall not be required to comply with
section 2(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended, during fiscal year 2000.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CDBG PROGRAM BY NEW YORK
STATE
SEC. 220. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall transfer on October 1, 1999 the administra-
tion of the Small Cities component of the Community De-
velopment Block Grants program, as established in the
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Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, to the
State of New York to be administered by the Governor.
RENEWAL OF SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED CONTRACTS
SEC. 221. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law and except as provided in subsection
(b) of this section, the Secretary may use amounts available
for the renewal of assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, upon the termination or expi-
ration of a contract for assistance under section 8 (other
than a contract for tenant-based assistance and notwith-
standing section 8(v) of such Act for loan management as-
sistance), to provide assistance under section 8 of such Act
for a covered project (as defined under section 524(b)(2) of
the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability
Act) under this section at rent levels that do not exceed com-
parable market rents for the market area.
(b) MANDATORY RENEWALS.—The Secretary shall
offer to renew at up to rent levels that do not exceed com-
parable market rents for the market area any contract for
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (other than a contract for tenant-based assistance
and notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan man-
agement assistance) that has expired for any covered project
(as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily As-
sisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act)—
(1) in a low-vacancy area; or
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(2) where a predominant number of units are oc-
cupied by elderly families, disabled families, or elder-
ly and disabled families.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKET RENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish for units assisted with project-based
assistance in covered projects (as defined under section
524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act) adjusted rent levels that are equivalent
to rents based on appraisals that are derived from com-
parable properties if the market rent determination is based
on not less than 2 comparable properties, including, if there
are no comparable properties in the sane market area, 2
properties that have been certified by the Secretary as simi-
lar to the covered properties as to neighborhood (including
risk of crime), type of location, access, street appeal, age,
property size, apartment mix, physical configuration, prop-
erty and unit amenities, utilities, and other relevant char-
acteristics, provided that the comparable projects are not
receiving project-based assistance.
(d) 10-YEAR CONTRACTS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary and owner of any covered
project (as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multi-
family Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act)
may agree to up to a 10-year contract renewal for assist-
ance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
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1937 (other than a contract for tenant-based assistance and
notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan manage-
ment assistance) under which payments shall be subject to
the annual availability of appropriations.
ENHANCED VOUCHER AUTHORITY
SEC. 222. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended
by inserting after subsection (s) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(t) ENHANCED VOUCHERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Enhanced voucher assistance
under this subsection for a family shall be voucher as-
sistance under subsection (o), except that under such
enhanced voucher assistance—
‘‘(A) subject only to subparagraph (D), the
assisted family shall pay as rent no less than the
amount the family was paying on the date of the
eligibility event for the project in which the fam-
ily was residing on such date;
‘‘(B) during any period that the assisted
family continues residing in the same unit in
which the family was residing on the date of the
eligibility event for the project, if the rent for the
dwelling unit of the family in such project ex-
ceeds the applicable payment standard estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (o) for the unit, the
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amount of rental assistance provided on behalf of
the family shall be determined using a payment
standard that is equal to the rent for the dwell-
ing unit (as such rent may be increased from
time to time), subject to paragraph (10)(A) of
subsection (o);
‘‘(C) subparagraph (B) of this paragraph
shall not apply and the payment standard for
the dwelling unit occupied by the family shall be
determined in accordance with subsection (o)
if—
‘‘(i) the assisted family moves, at any
time, from such project; or
‘‘(ii) the voucher is made available for
use by any family other than the original
family on behalf of whom the voucher was
provided; and
‘‘(D) if the income of the assisted family de-
clines to a significant extent, the percentage of
income paid by the family for rent shall not ex-
ceed the greater of 30 percent or the percentage
of income paid at the time of the eligibility event
for the project.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY EVENT.—For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘eligibility event’ means, with re-
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spect to a multifamily housing project, the prepay-
ment of the mortgage on such housing project, the vol-
untary termination of the insurance contract for the
mortgage for such housing project, or the termination
or expiration of the contract for rental assistance
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 for such housing project, that, under paragraphs
(3) and (4) of section 515(c) or section 524(b) of the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Afford-
ability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) or section
223(f) of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C.
4113(f)), results in tenants in such housing project
being eligible for enhanced voucher assistance under
this subsection.
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF ENHANCED VOUCHERS PRO-
VIDED UNDER OTHER AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any enhanced voucher as-
sistance provided under any authority specified
in subparagraph (D) shall be treated, and subject
to the same requirements, as enhanced voucher
assistance under this subsection.
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‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER AUTHOR-
ITY.—The authority specified in this subpara-
graph is the authority under—
‘‘(i) the 10th, 11th, and 12th provisos
under the ‘Preserving Existing Housing In-
vestment’ account in title II of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban 
Development, 
and 
Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public
Law 104–204; 110 Stat. 2884), pursuant to
such provisos, the first proviso under the
‘Housing Certificate Fund’ account in title
II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998 (Public Law 105–65; 111 Stat. 1351),
or the first proviso under the ‘Housing Cer-
tificate Fund’ account in title II of the De-
partments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105–276; 112 Stat. 2469); and
‘‘(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section
515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42
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U.S.C. 1437f note), as in effect before the
enactment of this Act.
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of
fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such
sums as may be necessary for enhanced voucher as-
sistance under this subsection.’’.
(b) ENHANCED VOUCHERS UNDER MAHRAA.—Sec-
tion 515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform
and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is
amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) ASSISTANCE THROUGH ENHANCED VOUCH-
ERS.—In the case of any family described in para-
graph (3) that resides in a project described in section
512(2)(B), the tenant-based assistance provided shall
be enhanced voucher assistance under section 8(t) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(t)).’’.
(c) ENHANCED VOUCHERS FOR CERTAIN TENANTS IN
PREPAYMENT
AND
VOLUNTARY
TERMINATION
PROP-
ERTIES.—Section 223 of the Low-Income Housing Preser-
vation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12
U.S.C. 4113) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
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‘‘(f) ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN
TENANTS.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In lieu of benefits under sub-
sections (b), (c), and (d), and subject to the avail-
ability of appropriated amounts, each family de-
scribed in paragraph (2) shall be offered enhanced
voucher assistance under section 8(t) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family described in
this paragraph is a family that is—
‘‘(A) a low-income family or a moderate-in-
come family;
‘‘(B) an elderly family, a disabled family,
or residing in a low-vacancy area; and
‘‘(C) residing in eligible low-income housing
on the date of the prepayment of the mortgage or
voluntary termination of the insurance con-
tract.’’.
(d) ENHANCED
VOUCHERS
FOR
EXPIRING
CON-
TRACTS.—Section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(b) ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR COVERED
RESIDENTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a contract for
project-based assistance under section 8 for a covered
project that is not renewed under subsection (a) of
this section (or any other authority), to the extent
that amounts for assistance under this subsection are
provided in advance in appropriation Acts, upon the
date 
of 
the 
expiration 
of 
such 
contract 
the
Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall make enhanced voucher assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)) avail-
able on behalf of each covered resident of the cov-
ered project; and
‘‘(B) may make enhanced voucher assistance
under such section available on behalf of any
other low-income family who, upon the date of
such expiration, is residing in an assisted dwell-
ing unit in the covered project.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the following definitions shall apply:
‘‘(A) ASSISTED DWELLING UNIT.—The term
‘assisted dwelling unit’ means a dwelling unit
that—
‘‘(i) is in a covered project; and
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‘‘(ii) is covered by rental assistance
provided under the contract for project-
based assistance for the covered project.
‘‘(B) COVERED PROJECT.—The term ‘cov-
ered project’ means any housing that—
‘‘(i) consists of more than 4 dwelling
units;
‘‘(ii) is covered in whole or in part by
a contract for project-based assistance
under—
‘‘(I) the new construction or sub-
stantial rehabilitation program under
section 8(b)(2) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect before
October 1, 1983),
‘‘(II) the property disposition pro-
gram under section 8(b) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937,
‘‘(III) the moderate rehabilitation
program under section 8(e)(2) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (as
in effect before October 1, 1991),
‘‘(IV) the loan management assist-
ance program under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937,
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‘‘(V) section 23 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (as in ef-
fect before January 1, 1975),
‘‘(VI) the rent supplement pro-
gram under section 101 of the Housing
and Urban Development Act of 1965,
or
‘‘(VII) section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, following
conversion from assistance under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1965,
which contract will under its own terms ex-
pire during the period consisting of fiscal
years 2000 through 2004;
‘‘(iii) is not housing for which resi-
dents are eligible for enhanced voucher as-
sistance pursuant to section 223(f) of the
Low-Income 
Housing 
Preservation 
and
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12
U.S.C. 4113(f)); and
‘‘(iv) is not housing for which residents
are eligible for enhanced voucher assistance
pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of sec-
tion 515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted
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Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note).
‘‘(C) COVERED RESIDENT.—The term ‘cov-
ered resident’ means a family who—
‘‘(i) upon the date of the expiration of
the contract for project-based assistance for
a covered project, is residing in an assisted
dwelling unit in the covered project; and
‘‘(ii) as a result of a rent increase oc-
curring after the date of such contract expi-
ration is subject to a rent for such unit that
exceeds 30 percent of adjusted income.’’.
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES
SEC. 223. The Secretary may contract with State or
local housing finance agencies that have been selected as a
Participating Administrative Entity under the Multi-
family Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
1997 for determining the market rental rates of a covered
project as defined under such Act.
SECTION 202 EXEMPTION
SEC. 224. Notwithstanding section 202 of the Housing
Act of 1959 or any other provision of law, Peggy A. Burgin
may not be disqualified on the basis of age from residing
at Clark’s Landing in Groton, Vermont.
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DARLINTON PRESERVATION AMENDMENT
SEC. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
upon prepayment of the FHA-insured Section 236 mort-
gage, the Secretary shall continue to provide interest reduc-
tion payment in accordance with the existing amortization
schedule for Darlinton Manor Apartments, a 100-unit
project located at 606 North 5th Street, Bozemen, Montana,
which will continue as affordable housing pursuant to a
use agreement with the State of Montana.
SECTION 236 IRP REFORM
SEC. 226. Section 236(g) of the National Housing Act
is amended, in the last sentence, by inserting ‘‘or a project
owner with a mortgage formerly insured under this section
(if such mortgage is held by the Secretary and such project
owner is current with respect to the mortgage obligation),’’
before ‘‘may retain’’.
RISK-SHARING PRIORITY
SEC. 227. Section 517(b)(3) of the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended
by inserting after ‘‘1992.’’ the following: ‘‘The Secretary
shall give a priority to risk-shared financing under section
542(c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1992 for any mortgage restructuring, rehabilitation financ-
ing, or debt refinancing included as part of a mortgage re-
structuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan if the
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terms and conditions will result in reduced risk of loss to
the federal government.’’.
TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries;
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage
space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance
of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required
by law of such countries, $26,467,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the American Battle Monu-
ments Commission may borrow up to $65,000,000 from the
Treasury of the United States for the construction of the
World War II memorial in the District of Columbia on such
terms and conditions as required by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including
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hire of passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for
senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $6,500,000: Pro-
vided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board shall have not more than three career Senior Execu-
tive Service positions.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For grants, loans, and technical assistance to quali-
fying community development lenders, and administrative
expenses of the Fund, including services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $80,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which
$12,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and
up to $1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses
to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That the
cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $32,000,000: Provided
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further, That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made
available under this heading may be used for programs and
activities authorized in section 114 of the Community De-
velopment Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses,
$49,500,000.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in the matter
under this heading as the ‘‘Corporation’’) in carrying out
programs, activities, and initiatives under the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the mat-
ter under this heading as the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501 et
seq.), $423,500,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2000: Provided, That not more than $27,000,000 shall
be available for administrative expenses authorized under
section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)): Pro-
vided further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $70,000,000, to remain available
without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the
National Service Trust account for educational awards au-
thorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12601 et seq.), of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available for national service scholarships for high school
students performing community service: Provided further,
That not more than $224,500,000 of the amount provided
under this heading shall be available for grants under the
National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle
C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating
to activities including the AmeriCorps program), of which
not more than $40,000,000 may be used to administer, re-
imburse, or support any national service program author-
ized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more than
$7,500,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be made available for the Points of Light Foundation
for activities authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be
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available for national service programs run by Federal
agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That to the maximum
extent feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle C of title
I of the Act shall be provided in a manner that is consistent
with the recommendations of peer review panels in order
to ensure that priority is given to programs that dem-
onstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and sustain-
ability: Provided further, That not more than $18,000,000
of the funds made available under this heading shall be
available for the Civilian Community Corps authorized
under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et
seq.): Provided further, That not more than $43,000,000
shall be available for school-based and community-based
service-learning programs authorized under subtitle B of
title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further,
That not more than $28,500,000 shall be available for qual-
ity and innovation activities authorized under subtitle H
of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for
audits and other evaluations authorized under section 179
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That to the
maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall increase
significantly the level of matching funds and in-kind con-
tributions provided by the private sector, shall expand sig-
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nificantly the number of educational awards provided
under subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total Federal
costs per participant in all programs: Provided further,
That of amounts available in the National Service Trust
account from previous appropriations acts, $80,000,000
shall be rescinded.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $5,000,000.
COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United
States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 7251–7298, $11,450,000, of which $910,000, shall be
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance
as de scribed, and in accordance with the process and re-
porting procedures set forth, under this heading in Public
Law 102–229.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase of one passenger
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motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses,
$12,473,000, to remain available until expended.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for personnel
and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms,
or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent
to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory equipment
and supplies; other operating expenses in support of re-
search and development; construction, alteration, repair, re-
habilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project, $642,483,000, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the obli-
gated balance of sums available in this account shall re-
main available through September 30, 2008 for liquidating
obligations made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided
further, That the obligated balance of funds transferred to
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this account in Public Law 105–276 shall remain available
through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations
made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level po-
sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase
of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations
which issue publications to members only or at a price to
members lower than to subscribers who are not members;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not
to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, $1,897,000,000, which shall remain available
until September 30, 2001, and of which not less than
$12,000,000 shall be derived from pro rata transfers of
amounts made available under each other heading under
the heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’’ and
shall be available for the Montreal Protocol Fund: Provided,
That the obligated balance of such sums shall remain avail-
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able through September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations
made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That
personnel compensation and benefits costs shall not exceed
$900,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act shall be used to propose or issue
rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of im-
plementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997,
in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for ad-
vice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, sec-
tion 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of
the Protocol: Provided further, That notwithstanding 7
U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C. 2609, beginning in fiscal year
2000 and thereafter, grants awarded under section 20 of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as
amended, and section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control
Act, as amended, shall be available for research, develop-
ment, monitoring, public education, training, demonstra-
tions, and studies.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration,
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repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to
exceed $75,000 per project, $32,409,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the sums avail-
able in this account shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal
years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That the obligated
balance of funds transferred to this account in Public Law
105–276 shall remain available through September 30, 2007
for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and
2000.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,
$25,930,000, to remain available until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections
111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and
for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and ren-
ovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; not
to exceed $1,400,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not
become available until September 1, 2000), including
$650,000,000 as appropriated under this heading in Public
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Law 105–276, notwithstanding the language in the sixth
proviso under this heading of such Act which conditions the
availability of such funds for obligation upon enactment by
August 1, 1999 of specific Superfund reauthorization legis-
lation, and the seventh proviso; all of which is to remain
available until expended, consisting of $700,000,000, as au-
thorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by
Public Law 101–508, and $700,000,000 as a payment from
general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for
purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as
amended by Public Law 101–508: Provided, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be allocated to other
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of
CERCLA: Provided further, That $10,753,100 of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain
available until September 30, 2001: Provided 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 available to the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to carry
out activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and
111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of SARA: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under section
104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may
conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations or ac-
tivities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing,
clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to ac-
credited health care providers: Provided further, That in
performing any such health assessment or health study,
evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall
not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A): Pro-
vided further, That $38,000,000 of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and
Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 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
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section
205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita-
tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per
project, $71,556,000, to remain available until expended.
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OIL SPILL RESPONSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability trust fund, and to remain available until ex-
pended.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving
funds and performance partnership grants, $3,250,000,000,
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which
$1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;
$825,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except that,
notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made available
under this heading in this Act, or in previous appropria-
tions acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator for health
effects studies on drinking water contaminants; $50,000,000
shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design,
construction and related activities in connection with the
construction of high priority water and wastewater facili-
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ties in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after
consultation with the appropriate border commission;
$30,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to
address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $100,000,000
shall be for making grants for the construction of waste-
water and water treatment facilities and groundwater pro-
tection infrastructure in accordance with the terms and
conditions specified for such grants in Senate Report 106–
161 accompanying this Act (S. 1596); $885,000,000 shall
be for grants, including associated program support costs,
to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies,
tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control
and abatement and related activities, including activities
pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in
Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section
103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring
and data collection activities; and $10,000,000 for competi-
tive grants to States and federally-recognized Indian tribes
to develop and implement integrated information systems
to improve environmental decisionmaking, reduce the bur-
den on regulated entities and improve the reliability of in-
formation available to the public: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution
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Control Act, as amended, the limitation on the amounts in
a State water pollution control revolving fund that may
be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply
to amounts included as principal in loans made by such
fund in fiscal year 2000 and hereafter where such amounts
represent costs of administering the fund, to the extent that
such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Admin-
istrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including
administration: Provided further, That beginning in fiscal
year 2000 and thereafter, notwithstanding section 518(f) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator
is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal
year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian
Tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act:
Provided further, That the $2,200,000 appropriated in Pub-
lic Law 105–276 in accordance with House Report No.
105–769, for a grant to the Charleston, Utah Water Conser-
vancy District, as amended by Public Law 106–31, shall
be awarded to Wasatch County, Utah, for water and sewer
needs: Provided further, That the funds appropriated under
this heading in Public Law 105–276 for the City of Fair-
banks, Alaska, water system improvements shall instead be
for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, water and
sewer improvements.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall
not award any funds under any heading in this Act to a
non-profit organization as defined by section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code unless such organization has cer-
tified that it has not used federal funds to engage in litiga-
tion against the United States.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in
the District of Columbia, $5,201,000.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned
to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En-
vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im-
provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of
1977, $2,675,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, no funds other than those appro-
priated under this heading shall be used for or by the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental
Quality: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions,
and duties of the Council.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $34,666,000, to be derived from
the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insur-
ance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwithstanding
42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to
‘‘Emergency Management Planning and Assistance’’ for the
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consolidated emergency management performance grant
program.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as authorized
by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding 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 principal amount of
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program, $420,000.
EMERGENCY Y2K ASSISTANCE
For expenses related to Year 2000 conversion costs for
counties and local governments, $100,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the Di-
rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
carry out a Year 2000 conversion local government emer-
gency grant and loan program for the purpose of providing
emergency funds through grants or loans of not to exceed
$1,000,000 for each county and local government that is
facing Year 2000 conversion failures after January 1, 2000
that could adversely affect public health and safety: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available to a county
or local government under this provision, 50 percent shall
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be a grant and 50 percent shall be a loan which shall be
repaid to the Federal Emergency Management Agency at
the prime rate within 5 years of the loan: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided under this heading may
be transferred to any county or local government until 15
days after the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency has submitted to the House and Senate Com-
mittees 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 a proposed allocation and plan for that county or local
government to achieve Year 2000 compliance for systems
directly related to public health and safety programs: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That of the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Funds
Appropriated to the President’’ in title III of Division B
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of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations 
Act, 
1999 
(Public 
Law 
105–277),
$100,000,000 are rescinded
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized
by 31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of
attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at meet-
ings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness;
transportation in connection with the continuity of Govern-
ment programs to the same extent and in the same manner
as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under
10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $180,000,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $8,015,000.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act
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of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduc-
tion Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as
amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sec-
tions 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947,
as amended (50 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan
No. 3 of 1978, $255,850,000: Provided, That for purposes
of pre-disaster mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131 (b)
and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196 (e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the
funds made available under this heading shall be available
until expended for project grants: Provided further, That
beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Director of FEMA
is authorized to provide assistance from funds appropriated
under this heading, subject to terms and conditions as the
Director of FEMA shall establish, to any State for multi-
hazard preparedness and mitigation through consolidated
emergency management performance grants: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
FEMA shall extend its cooperative agreement for the Jones
County, Mississippi Emergency Operating Center, and the
$250,000 obligated as federal matching funds for that Cen-
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ter shall remain available for expenditure until September
30, 2001.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program
pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77, as amended,
$110,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed three
and one-half percent of the total appropriation.
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2000,
as authorized by Public Law 105–276, shall not be less than
100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) nec-
essary for its radiological emergency preparedness program
for the next fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and
collection of fees shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect
costs of providing such services, including administrative
costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this
section shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collec-
tions and will become available for authorized purposes on
October 1, 2000, and remain available until expended.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended, not to exceed $24,333,000 for salaries and ex-
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penses associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance
operations, and not to exceed $78,710,000 for flood mitiga-
tion, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount
shall be available for transfer to the National Flood Mitiga-
tion Fund until September 30, 2001. In fiscal year 2000,
no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for operating ex-
penses; (2) $456,427,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes;
and (3) $50,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings
shall be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund
without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.
For fiscal year 2000, flood insurance rates shall not exceed
the level authorized by the National Flood Insurance Re-
form Act of 1994.
Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance
Act (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law
104–208, is further amended by striking ‘‘1999’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2000’’.
The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4127(c)), is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.
NATIONAL INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT FUND
To liquidate the indebtedness of the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency resulting from
prior borrowing pursuant to the Urban Property Protection
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and Reinsurance Act of 1968, as amended (12 U.S.C.
1749bbb et seq.), $3,730,100.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$2,622,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Information
Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, revenues
and collections deposited into the fund shall be available
for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center ac-
tivities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropria-
tions, revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during
fiscal year 2000 in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in
the fund and shall not be available for expenditure except
as authorized in appropriations Acts.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
in support of the International Space Station, including
development, operations and research support; mainte-
nance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabili-
tation, and modification of real and personal property, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized
by law; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and oper-
ation 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft,
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$2,482,700,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That funds under this heading may be used
to support eligible activities under the Launch Vehicles and
Payload Operations account, subject to reprogramming ap-
proval of such transfer by the Senate and House Appropria-
tions Committees.
LAUNCH VEHICLES AND PAYLOAD OPERATIONS
For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
in support of the space shuttle program, including safety
and performance upgrades, space shuttle operations, and
payload utilization and operations, and services; mainte-
nance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabili-
tation, and modification of real and personal property, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized
by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft, $3,156,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
none of the funds under this heading may be used to support
the development or operations of the International Space
Station other than the costs of space shuttle flights utilized
for space station assembly.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and tech-
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nology research and development activities, including re-
search, development, operations, and services; maintenance;
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation,
and modification of real and personal property, and acqui-
sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by
law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft, $5,424,700,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2001.
MISSION SUPPORT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
carrying out mission support for human space flight pro-
grams and science, aeronautical, and technology programs,
including research operations and support; space commu-
nications activities including operations, production and
services; maintenance; construction of facilities including
repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
cilities, facility planning and design, environmental com-
pliance and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation
of real property, as authorized by law; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902;
travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and
operation of mission and administrative aircraft; not to ex-
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ceed $35,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,495,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2001.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $20,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘International Space Station’’,
‘‘Launch vehicles and payload operations’’, ‘‘Science, aero-
nautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this ap-
propriations Act, when any activity has been initiated by
the incurrence of obligations for construction of facilities
as authorized by law, such amount available for such activ-
ity shall remain available until expended. This provision
does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mission
support’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, rehabili-
tation and modification of facilities, minor construction of
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and facil-
ity planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘International Space Station’’,
‘‘Launch vehicles and payload operations’’, ‘‘Science, aero-
nautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this ap-
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propriations Act, the amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of facilities shall remain available until September 30,
2002.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of
Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall remain
available until September 30, 2000 and may be used to
enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs asso-
ciated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to
be provided during the next fiscal year.
Except for activities identified for fiscal year 2000 or
prior fiscal years as part of the budget for the International
Space Station, NASA shall terminate any discrete program
or activity that exceeds either its annual or aggregate budg-
et by fifteen percent as provided in NASA’s budget justifica-
tions.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 2000, the administrative expenses
of the Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2000 shall
not exceed $257,000.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft and
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition
of aircraft; $3,007,300,000, of which not to exceed
$253,630,000 shall remain available until expended for
Polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science
support and logistical and other related activities for the
United States Antarctic program; the balance to remain
available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That receipts
for scientific support services and materials furnished by
the National Research Centers and other National Science
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to
this appropriation: Provided further, That to the extent that
the amount appropriated is less than the total amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for included program activities,
all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the
authorizing Act for those program activities or their sub-
activities shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further,
That $60,000,000 of the funds available under this heading
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shall be made available for a comprehensive research initia-
tive on plant genomes for economically significant crop:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available to the National Science Founda-
tion in this or any prior Act may be obligated or expended
by the National Science Foundation to enter into or extend
a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for the support
of administering the domain name and numbering system
of the Internet after September 30, 1998: Provided further,
That no funds in this or any other Act shall be used to
acquire or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capa-
bility built or retrofitted by a shipyard located in a foreign
country if such a vessel of United States origin can be ob-
tained at a cost no more than 50 per centum above that
of the least expensive technically acceptable foreign vessel
bid: Provided further, That, in determining the cost of such
a vessel, such cost be increased by the amount of any sub-
sidies or financing provided by a foreign government (or
instrumentality thereof) to such vessel’s construction: Pro-
vided further, That if the vessel contracted for pursuant to
the foregoing is not available for the 2002–2003 austral
summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any origin may be
leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for that season
and each season thereafter until delivery of the new vessel.
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MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses of major construction projects
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
as amended, including award-related travel, $70,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and en-
gineering education and human resources programs and ac-
tivities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, award-related trav-
el, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $688,600,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That to the extent that the amount of this
appropriation is less than the total amount authorized to
be appropriated for included program activities, all
amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au-
thorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivi-
ties shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That
$55,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of estab-
lishing an office of innovation partnerships.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000
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for official reception and representation expenses; uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia; reimbursement of the General Services Administration
for security guard services; $150,000,000: Provided, That
contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’ in fiscal year 2000 for maintenance and operation
of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during
the next fiscal year.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $5,550,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $60,000,000.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System,
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
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ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; $25,250,000: Provided,
That during the current fiscal year, the President may ex-
empt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C.
1341, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the
interest of national defense: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for
or in connection with the induction of any person into the
Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and
III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no
specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures
for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set
forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for the ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision does not apply
to accounts that do not contain an object classification for
travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply
to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local
boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System;
to travel performed directly in connection with care and
treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with major
disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the
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President under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel
performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection
with audits and investigations; or to payments to inter-
agency motor pools where separately set forth in the budget
schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles
I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget esti-
mates initially submitted for such appropriations, the ex-
penditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the
amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the same pro-
portion.
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development and the Selective Service System shall
be available in the current fiscal year for purchase of uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis,
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, Govern-
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ment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan
banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
SEC. 404. 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. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended—
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or
employee of the United States unless—
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or
is part of, a voucher or abstract which describes
the payee or payees and the items or services for
which such expenditure is being made; or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to
such certification, and without such a voucher or
abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by
the General Accounting Office or is specifically ex-
empt by law from such audit.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency may be expended for the trans-
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portation of any officer or employee of such department or
agency between their domicile and their place of employ-
ment, with the exception of any officer or employee author-
ized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C.
7905.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipi-
ents that do not share in the cost of conducting research
resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by the
Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by
the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the
grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse-
ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether
retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more
than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of
the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by
law.
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate,
non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudica-
tory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section
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7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et
seq.).
SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing
law, or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant
to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any ap-
propriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting
service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter
of public record and available for public inspection; and
(2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of all con-
tracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the
date on which the list is made available to the public and
of all contracts on which performance has not been com-
pleted by such date. The list required by the preceding sen-
tence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a nar-
rative description of the work to be performed under each
such contract.
SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred
to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such
executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such
contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula-
tions promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report
prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval-
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uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report
prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from
or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to
such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the
contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such
contract.
SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406,
none of the funds provided in this Act to any department
or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a per-
sonal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any offi-
cer or employee of such department or agency.
SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.
2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of
less than 22 miles per gallon.
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I
of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real
property if the estimated annual rental is more than
$300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a report
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress and
a period of 30 days has expired following the date on which
the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations.
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SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able 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.
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to
grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–21.
SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2000 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which
the funds are made available that the program, project, or
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights,
or unfunded mandates.
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SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject
to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended,
are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each
such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and
to make such contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the budget for 2000 for such corporation or agency
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in
support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or
prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall
not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United
States Government.
SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds
made available pursuant to authorization under such sec-
tion for fiscal year 2000 may be used for implementing
comprehensive conservation and management plans.
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SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national
service education awards shall mean any loan made di-
rectly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Postsec-
ondary Education, in addition to other meanings under
section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service
Act.
SEC. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made
available by this or any other Act or previous Acts for the
United States/Mexico Foundation for Science may be used
for the endowment of such Foundation: Provided, That
funds from the U.S. Government shall be matched in equal
amounts with funds from Mexico: Provided further, That
the accounts of such Foundation shall be subject to U.S.
Government administrative and audit requirements con-
cerning grants and requirements concerning cost principles
for nonprofit organizations.
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.
SEC. 424. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act,
no part of any appropriation for the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall be available for any ac-
tivity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates
submitted for the appropriations.
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SEC. 425. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for purposes of lobbying or litigating
against, including any related activity or cost, any Federal
entity or official. Any funds received under this Act shall
be maintained in an account separate from any funds used
for litigating or lobbying. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, none of the funds made available in this Act
(or any subsequent Act that makes available appropriations
for programs funded under this Act) shall be made available
for a period of five years to any entity or person that vio-
lates the requirements of the preceding two sentences.
SEC. 426. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be obligated after February 15, 2000, unless each depart-
ment, agency, corporation, and commission that receives
funds herein provides detailed justifications to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations for all salary and expense activities
for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, including personnel
compensation and benefits, consulting costs, professional
services or technical service contracts regardless of the dollar
amount, contracting out costs, travel and other standard
object classifications for all headquarters offices, regional of-
fices, or field installations and laboratories, including the
number of full-time equivalents per office, and the personnel
compensation, benefits and travel costs for each Secretary,
Assistance Secretary or Administrator.
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SEC. 427. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NOT RE-
SPONSIBLE FOR CLEAN-UP OF METHAMPHETAMINE LAB-
ORATORIES. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no state or local law enforcement agency shall be responsible
under any Federal law for any costs associated with the
clean-up or remediation of any premises used for the manu-
facture or production of methamphetamine.
SEC. 428. No funds in this Act shall be made available
for any activity or the publication or distribution of lit-
erature that is designed to promote public support or oppo-
sition to any legislative proposal on which congressional ac-
tion is not complete.
SEC. 429. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount made available under the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public
Law 101–507) for a special purpose grant under section
107 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 to the County of Hawaii for the purpose of an envi-
ronmental impact statement for the development of a water
resource system in Kohala, Hawaii, that is unobligated on
the date of enactment of this Act, may be used to fund water
system improvements, including exploratory wells, well
drillings, pipeline replacements, water system planning
and design, and booster pump and reservoir development.