H. R. 3579
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1998, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’,
$184,000,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’,
$22,300,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Marine
Corps’’, $5,100,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’,
$10,900,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
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Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Navy’’,
$4,100,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Army’’, $1,886,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Navy’’, $48,100,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Air Force’’, $27,400,000: Provided, That such amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide’’, $1,390,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide’’, $125,528,000, for emergency expenses resulting
from natural disasters in the United States: Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds to current applicable
operation and maintenance and working capital funds appropria-
tions, to be merged with and available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in
this provision is in addition to any transfer authority available
to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that
an official budget request for $125,528,000, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Army Reserve’’, $650,000: Provided, That such amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Air Force Reserve’’, $229,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Army National Guard’’, $175,000: Provided, That such amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Contingency Operations
Transfer Fund’’, $1,814,100,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may
transfer these funds to fiscal year 1998 appropriations for operation
and maintenance, working capital funds, the Defense Health Pro-
gram, procurement, and research, development, test and evaluation:
Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be merged with
and shall be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriation to which transferred, except that
funds made available for or transferred to classified programs shall
remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided further, That
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition
to any other transfer authority contained in Public Law 105–56.
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REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
NAVY WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Navy Working Capital Fund’’,
$23,017,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
DEFENSE-WIDE WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense-Wide Working Capital
Fund’’, $1,000,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’,
$1,900,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SECTION 1. In addition to the amounts provided in Public
Law 105–56, $36,500,000 is appropriated under the heading ‘‘Over-
seas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid’’: Provided, That from
the funds made available under that heading, the Secretary of
Defense shall make a grant in the amount of $16,500,000 to the
American Red Cross for Armed Forces emergency services: Provided
further, That from the funds made available under that heading,
the Secretary of Defense shall make a grant in the amount of
$20,000,000 to the American Red Cross for reimbursement for disas-
ter relief and recovery expenditures at overseas locations: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for $36,500,000, that includes
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 pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 2. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes
of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
414).
SEC. 3. In addition to the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense under Public Law 105–56, there is hereby appro-
priated $47,000,000 for the ‘‘Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance
Fund’’, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that
an official budget request for $47,000,000, that includes 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.
SEC. 4. The President is urged to encourage other nations
who are allies and friends of the United States to contribute to
the burden being borne by the United States in preventing the
government of Iraq from using Weapons of Mass Destruction, which
pose a threat to the world community. The President is also urged
to seek financial, in-kind and other contributions to help defray
the costs being incurred by the United States in this operation.
For this purpose, a special account shall be established in the
Treasury which will accept such financial contributions, and from
which funds will be subject to obligation through the normal appro-
priations process. The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with
the Secretary of State, shall provide a report to the Congress
within 60 days after enactment as to the status of this effort,
and shall make a comprehensive account of the efforts made and
results obtained to share the burden of the common defense. The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report
to the Congress within 30 days as to the establishment of such
burden-sharing account in the Department of the Treasury.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 5. (a) QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT ON MILITARY HEALTH
CARE.—The Secretary of Defense shall appoint an independent
panel of experts to evaluate recent measures taken by the Acting
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the Surgeons
General of the Army, Navy and Air Force to improve the quality
of care provided by the Military Health Services System.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—(1) The panel shall be composed of nine
members appointed by the Secretary of Defense. At least five of
those members shall be persons who are highly qualified in the
medical arts, have experience in setting health care standards,
and possess a demonstrated understanding of the military health
care system and its unique mission requirements. The remaining
members shall be persons who are current beneficiaries of the
Military Health Services System.
(2) The Secretary shall designate one member to serve as
chairperson of the panel.
(3) The Secretary shall appoint the members of this panel
not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act.
(c) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE PANEL.—The panel shall review the
Department of Defense Access and Quality Improvement Initiative
announced in early 1998 (together with other related quality
improvement actions) to assess whether all reasonable measures
have been taken to ensure that the Military Health Services System
delivers health care services in accordance with consistently high
professional standards. The panel shall specifically assess actions
of the Department to accomplish the following objectives of that
initiative and related management actions:
(1) upgrade professional education and training require-
ments for military physicians and other health care providers;
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(2) establish ‘‘Centers of Excellence’’ for complicated sur-
gical procedures;
(3) make timely and complete reports to the National
Practitioner Data Bank and eliminate associated reporting
backlogs;
(4) assure that Military Health Services System providers
are properly licensed and have appropriate credentials;
(5) reestablish the Quality Management Report to aid in
early identification of compliance problems;
(6) improve communications with beneficiaries to provide
comprehensive and objective information on the quality of care
being provided;
(7) strengthen the National Quality Management Program;
(8) ensure that all laboratory work meets professional
standards; and
(9) ensure the accuracy of patient data and information.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date on which
the panel is established, the panel shall submit to the Secretary
a report setting forth its findings and conclusions, and the reasons
therefor, and such recommendations it deems appropriate. The Sec-
retary shall forward the report of the panel to Congress not later
than 15 days after the date on which the Secretary receives it,
together with the Secretary’s comments on the report.
(e) PANEL ADMINISTRATION.—(1) The members of the panel
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, at rates authorized by law for employees of agencies
while away from their homes or regular places of business in
the performance of services for the panel.
(2) Upon request of the chairperson of the panel, the Secretary
of Defense may detail to the panel, on a nonreimbursable basis,
personnel of the Department of Defense to assist the panel in
carrying out its duties. The Secretary of Defense shall furnish
to the panel such administrative and support services as may
be requested by the chairman of the panel.
(f) PANEL FINANCING.—Of the funds appropriated in Public
Law 105–56 for ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy’’, $4,700,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, to be available through fiscal year 1999, only for administra-
tive costs of this panel and for the express purpose of initiating
or accelerating any activity identified by the panel that will improve
the quality of health care provided by the Military Health Services
System.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 6. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 105–56, under
the heading ‘‘Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense’’
for Operation and maintenance, $40,000,000 shall be transferred
to ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’.
SEC. 7. (a) Congress urges the President to seek concurrence
among the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) on arrangements that set forth—
(1) the benchmarks for achieving a sustainable peace proc-
ess that are detailed in the report accompanying the certifi-
cation that was made by the President to Congress on March
3, 1998;
(2) estimated target dates for achieving the benchmarks;
and
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(3) a process for NATO to review progress toward achieving
the benchmarks.
(b) The President shall submit to Congress—
(1) not later than June 30, 1998, a report on efforts to
gain agreement on arrangements described in subsection (a),
and such report should include an explanation of the Adminis-
tration’s view of whether it would promote United States
interests to adopt firm schedules or deadlines for achieving
such benchmarks; and
(2) semiannually after that report, so long as United States
ground combat forces continue to participate in the Stabilization
Force for Bosnia (SFOR), a report on the progress made toward
achieving the benchmarks referred to in subsection (a)(1),
including any developments which may affect the ability of
the relevant parties to achieve the benchmarks in a timely
manner.
(c) The Congress urges the President to ensure that efforts
to meet the estimated target dates described in this section do
not jeopardize the safety of United States Armed Forces in Bosnia.
(d) The enactment of this section does not reflect approval
or disapproval of the benchmarks submitted by the President in
the certification to Congress transmitted on March 3, 1998.
SEC. 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the
case of a person who is selected for training in a State program
conducted under the National Guard Challenge Program and who
obtains a general education diploma in connection with such train-
ing, the general education diploma shall be treated as equivalent
to a high school diploma for purposes of determining the eligibility
of the person for enlistment in the Armed Forces.
SEC. 9. In addition to the amounts provided in Public Law
105–56, $179,000,000 is appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’: Provided, That
the additional amount shall be made available for enhancements
to selected theater missile defense programs to counter enhanced
ballistic missile threats: Provided further, That of the additional
amount appropriated, $45,000,000 shall be made available only
for the purpose of adjusting the cost-share of the parties under
the Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Ministry
of Defence of Israel for the Arrow Deployability Program: Provided
further, That of the additional amount appropriated, $38,000,000
shall be made available only for the Sea-Based Wide Area Defense
(Navy Upper-Tier) Program: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $179,000,000, that includes 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 section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 10. (a)(1) The Secretary of Defense may enter into a
lease or acquire any other interest in the parcels of land described
in paragraph (2). The parcels consist in aggregate of approximately
90 acres.
(2) The parcels of land referred to in paragraph (1) are the
following land used for the commercial production of cranberries:
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(A) The parcels known as the Mashpee bogs, located on
the Quashnet River adjacent to the Massachusetts Military
Reservation, Massachusetts.
(B) The parcels known as the Falmouth bogs, located on
the Coonamessett River adjacent to the Massachusetts Military
Reservation, Massachusetts.
(3) The term of any lease or other interest acquired under
paragraph (1) may not exceed two years.
(4) Any lease or other real property interest acquired under
paragraph (1) shall be subject to such other terms and conditions
as are agreed upon jointly by the Secretary and the person or
entity entering into the lease or extending the interest.
(b) Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1998, up to $2,000,000
may be available to acquire interest under subsection (a).
SEC. 11. In addition to the amounts provided in Public Law
105–56, $272,500,000 is appropriated under the heading ‘‘Aircraft
Procurement, Navy’’: Provided, That the additional amount shall
be made available only for the procurement of eight F/A–18 aircraft
for the United States Marine Corps: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $272,500,000, that includes 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 section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 12. Funds appropriated in fiscal year 1997, 1998 and
hereafter for the Pacific Disaster Center may be obligated to carry
out such missions as the Secretary of Defense may specify for
disaster information management supporting mitigation, prepared-
ness, response and recovery from this Federal facility and assuring
critical infrastructure availability and humanitarian assistance at
the Federal, State, local and regional levels in the geographic area
of responsibility of the Commander in Chief, Pacific and beyond
in support of the Global Disaster Information Network as appro-
priate.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 13. Of the funds provided in Public Law 105–56 for
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $300,000
shall be transferred to ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make grants from
the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ account in the
total amount of not to exceed $300,000 to the Outdoor Odyssey
at Roaring Run to initiate a youth development and leadership
program.
SEC. 14. Notwithstanding section 7306 of title 10 United States
Code, and any other provision of law, of the funds made available
to the Department of the Navy by Public Law 105–56, $3,000,000
may be used only for disposal of residual fuel contained on the
U.S.S. Alabama.
SEC. 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated for the Defense Health Program for fiscal year 1998
may be used to provide health benefits under section 1086 of title
10, United States Code, to a person who is described in paragraph
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(1) of subsection (d) of such section, would be eligible for health
benefits under such section in the absence of such paragraph (1),
and satisfies the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (2) of such subsection (d), if the Secretary of Defense
considers that the provision of health benefits under such section
is appropriate to ensure health care coverage for such a person
who may have been unaware of the termination of the person’s
eligibility for such health benefits.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 16. In addition to the amounts provided in Public Law
105–56, $28,000,000, to remain available until expended, is appro-
priated and shall be available for deposit in the International Trust
Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Mine Clearance, and Assistance
to Mine Victims in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the ‘‘Fund’’) and other
land mine-affected countries in the region: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request, for a specific dollar amount, that includes a designation
of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended, is transmitted to the Congress by the President:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That the amount des-
ignated as an emergency shall be transferred to the Department
of State for administration: Provided further, That such amount
may be deposited in the Fund in two equal annual installments,
upon emergency designation, only if the President certifies annually
to the Congress of the United States that such amounts could
be used effectively and for objectives consistent with ongoing efforts
to carry out humanitarian demining activities in and around Bosnia:
Provided further, That such amount may be deposited in the Fund
only to the extent of deposits of matching amounts in that Fund
by other governments, entities, or persons.
SEC. 17. It is the sense of the Congress that none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may
be made available for the conduct of offensive operations by United
States Armed Forces against Iraq for the purpose of obtaining
compliance by Iraq with United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tions relating to inspection and destruction of weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq unless such operations are specifically author-
ized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 18. CAVALESE, ITALY AIR TRAGEDY.—The United States
Congress expresses regret and extends its deepest sympathies to
the families of the victims for the tragic incident involving Marine
Corps aircraft near Cavalese, Italy on February 3, 1998. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall make available on a timely basis all legal
and other technical assistance necessary to facilitate the expeditious
processing and resolution of legitimate claims for wrongful death,
loss of business and profits, and property damage under the proce-
dures set forth under the NATO Status of Forces Agreement. The
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any claim to replace the
destroyed funicular system before the upcoming winter tourist sea-
son be considered on a priority basis.
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CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army
National Guard’’ to cover costs arising from storm related damage,
$3,700,000, to be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount that includes 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, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing, Navy and
Marine Corps’’ to cover costs arising from Typhoon Paka related
damage, $15,600,000: Provided, That such amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing, Navy and
Marine Corps’’ to cover costs arising from El Nin˜o related damage,
$2,500,000, to be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount that includes 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, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
FAMILY HOUSING, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing, Air Force’’
to cover costs arising from Typhoon Paka related damage,
$1,500,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing, Air Force’’
to cover costs arising from El Nin˜o related damage, $900,000,
to be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount that includes 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, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART III
For an additional amount for ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure
Account, Part III’’ to cover costs arising from El Nin˜o related
damage, $1,020,000, to be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes
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, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 20. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, using
amounts appropriated in Public Law 104–196 for ‘‘Military
Construction, Navy’’, for the military construction project for North
Island Naval Air Station, California, and contributions (if any)
provided by the State of California and local governments to support
that project, the Secretary of the Navy, in cooperation with local
governments, shall carry out beach replenishment in connection
with that project using sand obtained from any location. The con-
tributions (if any) provided by the State of California and local
governments shall be available only for beach replenishment activi-
ties performed after the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE II—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For additional gross obligations for the principal amount of
emergency insured loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929, to
be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund,
for losses in fiscal year 1998 resulting from natural disasters,
$87,400,000.
For the additional cost of emergency insured loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $21,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for $21,000,000,
that includes 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 section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Conservation
Program’’ 
for 
expenses 
resulting 
from 
natural 
disasters,
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$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $30,000,000, that includes 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 section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Conservation
Program’’ to provide cost-sharing assistance to maple producers
to replace taps and tubing that were damaged by ice storms in
northeastern States in 1998, $4,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for $4,000,000,
that includes 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 section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
An amount of $14,000,000 is provided for assistance to replace
or rehabilitate trees, excluding trees used for pulp and/or timber,
and vineyards damaged by natural disasters: Provided, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $14,000,000, that includes 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 section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
LIVESTOCK DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Effective only for losses incurred beginning on November 27,
1997, through the date of enactment of this Act, $4,000,000 to
implement a livestock indemnity program to compensate producers
for losses of livestock (including ratites) due to natural disasters
designated pursuant to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration
requested during such a period in a manner similar to catastrophic
loss coverage available for other commodities under 7 U.S.C.
1508(b): Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request for $4,000,000, that
includes 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 section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
H. R. 3579—13
DAIRY PRODUCTION DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Effective only for natural disasters beginning on November
27, 1997, through the date of enactment of this Act, $6,800,000
to implement a dairy production indemnity program to compensate
producers at a payment rate of $4.00 per hundredweight for losses
of milk that had been produced but not marketed or for diminished
production (including diminished future production due to mastitis)
due to natural disasters designated pursuant to a Presidential
or Secretarial declaration requested during such period: Provided,
That payments for diminished production shall be determined on
a per head basis derived from a comparison to a like production
period from the previous year, the disaster period is 180 days
starting with the date of the disasters and the payment rate shall
be $4.00 per hundredweight of milk: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $6,800,000, that includes 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 section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations’’ to repair damages to the waterways and watersheds
resulting from natural disasters, $80,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for $80,000,000,
that includes 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 section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
CHAPTER 2
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999,
for a grant to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for surrogate radio
broadcasting to the Iraqi people: Provided, That such broadcasting
shall be designated ‘‘Radio Free Iraq’’: Provided further, That within
30 days of enactment into law of this Act the Broadcasting Board
of Governors shall submit a detailed report to the appropriate
committees of Congress on plans to establish a surrogate broadcast-
ing service to Iraq: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire