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Technology Education Act, and no State shall be required
to operate such a Council.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, part
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $9,046,407,000, which shall remain
available through September 30, 1999.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
be eligible during award year 1998–1999 shall be $3,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act,
if the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the
payment schedule for such award year, that the amount
included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards
in such award year, and any funds available from the fis-
cal year 1997 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are
insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which stu-
dents are eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of
the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be
reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a
fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a
schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this
purpose.
FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out
guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B,
of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $47,688,000.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, parts A and B of title III, without regard to section
360(a)(1)(B)(ii), titles IV, V, VI, VII, and IX, and part
A and subpart 1 of part B of title X of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, as amended, the Mutual Educational
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and Public Law 102-
423; $909,893,000, of which $13,700,000 for interest
subsidies under title VII of the Higher Education Act shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
available for part D of title IX of the Higher Education
Act shall be available to fund noncompeting continuation
awards for academic year 1998-1999 for fellowships
awarded originally under part C of title IX of said Act,
under the terms and conditions of part C: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding sections 419D, 419E, and
419H of the Higher Education Act, scholarships made
under title IV, part A, subpart 6 shall be prorated to
maintain the same number of new scholarships in fiscal
year 1998 as in fiscal year 1997.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.
121 et seq.), $210,000,000: Provided, That from the
amount available, the University may at its discretion use
funds for the endowment program as authorized under the
Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480).
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COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to facility loans entered into under title VII,
part C and section 702 of the Higher Education Act, as
amended, $698,000.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to sec-
tion 724 of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act
shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title VII, part B of the
Higher Education Act, as amended, $104,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im-
provement Act of 1994, including part E; the National
Education Statistics Act of 1994; section 2102, sections
3136 and 3141 and parts A, B, I, and K and section
10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$508,752,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by
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$1,500,000): Provided, That $50,000,000 of the amount
provided for section 10101 of part A of title X of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act shall be for grants
to local educational agencies to demonstrate effective ap-
proaches to comprehensive school reform: Provided, That
such approaches show the most promise of enabling chil-
dren to meet challenging State content standards and
challenging State student performance standards which
shall include an emphasis on basic academics and parental
involvement based on proven research and pratices.
LIBRARIES
For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act, $142,000,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles,
$329,479,000 (increased by $100,000).
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $55,449,000.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $30,242,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation)
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any
school or school system.
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student
requiring special education, to the school offering such
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools,
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
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tering. The prohibition described in this section does not
include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may
be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
SEC. 304. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be obligated or expended to carry out section 621(b)
of Public Law 101–589.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 305. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are
appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Education in this Act may be transferred between
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in
advance of any transfer.
SEC. 306. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, from funds appropriated under the Fund for the Im-
provement of Education, the Secretary of Education shall
make an award, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000,
to the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate and sub-
mit a preliminary report by June 30, 1998 and a final
report by August 31, 1998 to the Committee on Appro-
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priations and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives on the follow-
ing items with respect to the Administration’s proposed
national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math:
(1) the technical quality of the work performed under the
test development contract(s), linking activities, and con-
tract(s) for providing the tests to States and school dis-
tricts; (2) the adequacy of the administration of the field
tests; (3) the validity and reliability of the data produced
by the field tests; (4) the reasonableness and validity of
the contractors’ design for linking test results to student
performance levels; and (5) the degree to which the tests
can be expected to provide valid and useful information
to the public: Provided, That in no event may the Depart-
ment of Education proceed to administer any final version
of the tests, until such time as a final National Academy
of Sciences report is completed.
SEC. 307. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any institution of higher education which receives
funds under title III of the Higher Education Act, except
for grants made under section 326, may use up to twenty
percent of its award under part A or part B of the Act
for endowment building purposes authorized under section
331. Any institution seeking to use part A or part B funds
for endowment building purposes shall indicate such inten-
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tion in its application to the Secretary and shall abide by
departmental regulations governing the endowment chal-
lenge grant program.
SEC. 308. AMENDMENTS
TO ELIGIBLE LENDER
DEFINITION.—Section 435(d)(1) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085) is amended—
(1) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
of subparagraph (A) the following: ‘‘; and in deter-
mining whether the making or holding of loans to
students and parents under this part is the primary
consumer credit function of the eligible lender, loans
made or held as trustee or in a trust capacity for
the benefit of a third party shall not be considered’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (I);
(3) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(K) a wholly owned subsidiary of a pub-
licly-held holding company which, as of the date
of enactment of this subparagraph, through one
or more subsidiaries (i) acts as a finance com-
pany, and (ii) participates in the program au-
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thorized by this part pursuant to subparagraph
(C).’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the United States
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the United States Naval
Home, to be paid from funds available in the Armed
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $71,777,000 (re-
duced by $1,500,000), of which $16,325,000 (reduced by
$1,500,000) shall remain available until expended for con-
struction and renovation of the physical plants at the
United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the Unit-
ed States Naval Home.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $227,547,000.
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CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of
1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2000,
$300,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms
of entertainment for Government officials or employees:
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this
paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any
program or activity from which any person is excluded,
or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the
basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested
in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29
U.S.C. 171–180, 182, and 183), including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and for expenses necessary for the
Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C.
175a); and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry
out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform
Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $33,481,000,
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including $1,500,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1999, for activities authorized by the Labor-
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a):
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training ac-
tivities and for arbitration services shall be credited to and
merged with this account, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
ices shall be available only for education, training, and
professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
ized to accept on behalf of the United States gifts of serv-
ices and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any
projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
$6,060,000.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science, established by the
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Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended
by Public Law 102–95), $1,000,000.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, $1,793,000.
NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
For expenses necessary for the National Education
Goals Panel, as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act, $2,000,000.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29
U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, $174,661,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or
used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the
Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amend-
ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25,
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1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em-
ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main-
tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at
least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used
in any way to promulgate a final rule (altering 29 CFR
part 103) regarding single location bargaining units in
representation cases.
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–
188), including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $8,400,000: Provided, That unobligated balances at
the end of fiscal year 1998 not needed for emergency
boards shall remain available for other statutory purposes
through September 30, 1999.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661),
$7,900,000.
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PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1845(a)
of the Social Security Act, $3,258,000, to be transferred
to this appropriation from the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT ASSESSMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1886(e)
of the Social Security Act, $3,257,000, to be transferred
to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $206,000,000, which shall include
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 1998 pursuant
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the
amount by which the product of recipients and the average
benefit received exceeds $206,000,000: Provided, That the
total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 ap-
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proximately equal amounts on the first day of each month
in the fiscal year.
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS
For payment to the accounts established in the
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated
checks, $50,000, to remain available through September
30, 1999, which shall be the maximum amount available
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–
76.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement
Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act
and 
the 
Railroad 
Unemployment 
Insurance 
Act,
$87,228,000 (reduced by $1,500,000), to be derived in
such amounts as determined by the Board from the rail-
road retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the
railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, not more than $5,000,000, to be derived from
the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy-
ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds
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made available in any other paragraph of this Act may
be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such
transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, of-
fice supplies, communications facilities or services, mainte-
nance services, or administrative services for the Office;
used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel
of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of
the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service
provided, or expense incurred, by the Office: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available in this para-
graph may be used for any audit, investigation, or review
of the Medicare Program.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust
funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,308,000.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, $426,090,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Fed-
eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs in-
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curred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may
be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 1977 for the first
quarter of fiscal year 1999, $160,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act,
$16,170,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph,
not less than $100,000,000 shall be available for payment
to the Social Security trust funds for administrative ex-
penses for conducting continuing disability reviews.
In addition, $175,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1999, for payment to the Social Security
trust funds for administrative expenses for continuing dis-
ability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law
104–121 and Supplemental Security Income administra-
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tive work as authorized by Public Law 104–193. The term
‘‘continuing disability reviews’’ means reviews and redeter-
minations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act, as amended, and reviews and redeter-
minations authorized under section 211 of Public Law
104–193.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year
1999, $8,680,000,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than
$5,938,040,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one
or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That
not less than $1,600,000 shall be for the Social Security
Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances at the end of fiscal year 1998 not needed for fiscal
year 1998 shall remain available until expended for a
state-of-the-art computing network, including related
equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associ-
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ated solely with this network: Provided further, That reim-
bursement to the trust funds under this heading for ex-
penditures for official time for employees of the Social Se-
curity Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5,
United States Code, and for facilities or support services
for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations,
or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title
shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with inter-
est, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise ap-
propriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are
made.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph,
not less than $200,000,000 shall be available for conduct-
ing continuing disability reviews.
In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$245,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999, for continuing disability reviews as authorized by
section 103 of Public Law 104–121 and Supplemental Se-
curity Income administrative work as authorized by Public
Law 104–193. The term ‘‘continuing disability reviews’’
means reviews and redeterminations as defined under sec-
tion 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act as amended,
and reviews and redeterminations authorized under sec-
tion 211 of Public Law 104–193.
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In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$200,000,000, which shall remain available until ex-
pended, to invest in a state-of-the-art computing network,
including related equipment and non-payroll administra-
tive expenses associated solely with this network, for the
Social Security Administration and the State Disability
Determination Services, may be expended from any or all
of the trust funds as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of
the Social Security Act.
In addition, $35,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Secu-
rity Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which
shall remain available until expended. To the extent that
the amounts collected pursuant to such section 1616(d)
or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 1998 exceed $35,000,000, the
amounts shall be available in fiscal year 1999 only to the
extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $10,164,000, together
with not to exceed $42,260,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
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Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social
Security Administration, to be merged with this account,
to be available for the time and purposes for which this
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate.
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute
of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of
Peace Act, $11,160,000.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this
Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for
the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for
which they were originally appropriated.
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SEC. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog-
nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before the Congress or any State legis-
lature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State
legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation
or appropriations pending before the Congress or any
State legislature.
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education
are each authorized to make available not to exceed
$15,000 from funds available for salaries and expenses
under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception
and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make
available for official reception and representation expenses
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not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for ‘‘Sala-
ries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation
Board is authorized to make available for official reception
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from
funds available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, National Medi-
ation Board’’.
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be
used to carry out any program of distributing sterile nee-
dles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
SEC. 506. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
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agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 507. When issuing statements, press releases,
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal
funds included in this Act, including but not limited to
State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the
total costs of the program or project which will be financed
with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal
funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and
dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program
that will be financed by nongovernmental sources.
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
this Act shall be expended for any abortion.