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SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds authorized under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2002, $29,542,304 shall
be set aside for the project as authorized under title IV of
the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, as
amended: Provided, That, if funds authorized under these
provisions have been distributed then the amount so speci-
fied shall be recalled proportionally from those funds dis-
tributed to the States under section 110(b)(4)(A) and (B)
of title 23, United States Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
fiscal year 2002, funds available for environmental stream-
lining activities under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23,
United States Code, may include making grants to, or en-
tering into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
transactions, with a Federal agency, State agency, local
agency, authority, association nonprofit or for-profit cor-
poration, or institution of higher education.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United
States Code, for fiscal year 2002, and made available for
the National motor carrier safety program, $5,896,000 shall
be for State commercial driver’s license program improve-
ments.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United
States Code, for fiscal year 2002, and made available for
border infrastructure improvements, up to $2,300,000 shall
be made available to carry out section 1119(d) of the Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the amounts appropriated for in fiscal year 2002 for the
Research 
and 
Special 
Programs 
Administration,
$3,170,000 of funds provided for research and special pro-
grams shall remain available until September 30, 2004;
and $22,786,000 of funds provided for the pipeline safety
program derived from the pipeline safety fund shall remain
available until September 30, 2004.
SEC. 113. Item 1497 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(112 Stat. 312), relating to Alaska, is amended by inserting
‘‘and construct capital improvements to intermodal marine
freight and passenger facilities and access thereto’’ before
‘‘in Anchorage’’.
SEC. 114. Of the funds made available in H.R. 2299,
the Fiscal Year 2002 Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, of funds made avail-
able for the Transportation and Community and System
Preservation Program, $300,000 shall be for the US–61
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Woodville widening project in Mississippi and, of funds
made available for the Interstate Maintenance program,
$5,000,000 shall be for the City of Renton/Port Quendall,
WA project.
SEC. 115. Section 652(c)(1) of Public Law 107–67 is
amended by striking ‘‘Section 414(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
tion 416(c)’’.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
SEC. 116. Of the amounts made available under both
this heading and the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ in
title II of Public Law 107–73, not to exceed $20,000,000
shall be for the recordation and liquidation of obligations
and deficiencies incurred in prior years in connection with
the provision of technical assistance authorized under sec-
tion 514 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘section 514’’), and for new obli-
gations for such technical assistance: Provided, That of the
total amount provided under this heading, not less than
$2,000,000 shall be made available from salaries and ex-
penses allocated to the Office of General Counsel and the
Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring in
the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under this
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heading, no more than $10,000,000 shall be made available
for new obligations for technical assistance under section
514: Provided further, That from amounts made available
under this heading, the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development (‘‘HUD Inspector
General’’) shall audit each provision of technical assistance
obligated under the requirements of section 514 over the last
4 years: Provided further, That, to the extent the HUD In-
spector General determines that the use of any funding for
technical assistance does not meet the requirements of sec-
tion 514, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(‘‘Secretary’’) shall recapture any such funds: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated under title II of Public
Law 107–73 and subsequent appropriations acts for the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development shall be
made available for four years to any entity (or any subse-
quent entity comprised of significantly the same officers)
that has been identified as having violated the requirements
of section 514 by the HUD Inspector General: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
funding for technical assistance under section 514 shall be
available for carryover from any previous year: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall implement the provisions
under this heading in a manner that does not accelerate
outlays.
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DIVISION E—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
TITLE I—HOMESTAKE MINE CONVEYANCE
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Homestake Mine Con-
veyance Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the United States is among the leading na-
tions in the world in conducting basic scientific re-
search;
(2) that leadership position strengthens the econ-
omy and national defense of the United States and
provides other important benefits;
(3) the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota,
owned by the Homestake Mining Company of Cali-
fornia, is approximately 8,000 feet deep and is situ-
ated in a unique physical setting that is ideal for car-
rying out certain types of particle physics and other
research;
(4) the Mine has been selected by the National
Underground Science Laboratory Committee, an
independent panel of distinguished scientists, as the
preferred site for the construction of the National Un-
derground Science Laboratory;
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(5) such a laboratory would be used to conduct
scientific research that would be funded and recog-
nized as significant by the United States;
(6) the establishment of the laboratory is in the
national interest, and would substantially improve
the capability of the United States to conduct impor-
tant scientific research;
(7) for economic reasons, Homestake intends to
cease operations at the Mine in 2001;
(8) on cessation of operations of the Mine,
Homestake intends to implement reclamation actions
that would preclude the establishment of a laboratory
at the Mine;
(9) Homestake has advised the State that, after
cessation of operations at the Mine, instead of closing
the entire Mine, Homestake is willing to donate the
underground portion of the Mine and certain other
real and personal property of substantial value at the
Mine for use as the National Underground Science
Laboratory;
(10) use of the Mine as the site for the labora-
tory, instead of other locations under consideration,
would result in a savings of millions of dollars for the
Federal Government;
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(11) if the Mine is selected as the site for the lab-
oratory, it is essential that closure of the Mine not
preclude the location of the laboratory at the Mine;
(12) Homestake is unwilling to donate, and the
State is unwilling to accept, the property at the Mine
for the laboratory if Homestake and the State would
continue to have potential liability with respect to the
transferred property; and
(13) to secure the use of the Mine as the location
for the laboratory, and to realize the benefits of the
proposed laboratory, it is necessary for the United
States to—
(A) assume a portion of any potential fu-
ture liability of Homestake concerning the Mine;
and
(B) address potential liability associated
with the operation of the laboratory.
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
(2) AFFILIATE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘affiliate’’
means any corporation or other person that con-