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MISSION SUPPORT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying
out mission support for human space flight programs and science,
aeronautical, and technology programs, including research oper-
ations and support; maintenance; construction of facilities includ-
ing revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of new
facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and
design, environmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition
or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel ex-
penses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $40,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to
exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, $2,608,700,000 to remain available until September 30, 2002.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in car-
rying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$23,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science, aeronautics and
technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this appropriations Act, when
any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for
construction of facilities as authorized by law, such amount avail-
able for such activity shall remain available until expended. This
provision does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mission
support’’ pursuant to the authorization for minor revitalization and
construction of facilities, and facility planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science, aeronautics and
technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this appropriations Act, the
amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain
available until September 30, 2003.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’,
amounts made available by this Act for personnel and related costs
and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration shall remain available until September 30, 2001 and may
be used to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs as-
sociated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be pro-
vided during the next fiscal year. Funds for announced prizes oth-
erwise authorized shall remain available, without fiscal year limi-
tation, until the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the joint explana-
tory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this
Act, no part of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’
may be used for the development of the International Space Station
in excess of the amounts set forth in the budget estimates sub-
mitted as part of the budget request for fiscal year 2001.
No funds in this or any other Appropriations Act may be used
to finalize an agreement prior to December 1, 2001 between NASA
and a nongovernment organization to conduct research utilization
and commercialization management activities of the International
Space Station.
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 2001, gross obligations of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member
credit unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not ex-
ceed $1,500,000,000: Provided, That administrative expenses of the
Central Liquidity Facility shall not exceed $296,303: Provided fur-
ther, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Community Devel-
opment Revolving Loan Fund, of which $650,000, together with
amounts of principal and interest on loans repaid, shall be avail-
able until expended for loans to community development credit
unions, and $350,000 shall be available until expended for tech-
nical assistance to low-income and community development credit
unions.
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; authorized travel;
maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight serv-
ices for research support; acquisition of aircraft; $3,350,000,000, of
which not to exceed $275,592,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for Polar research and operations support, and for reim-
bursement 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, 2002: Provided, That receipts for scientific support
services and materials furnished by the National Research Centers
and other National Science Foundation supported research facili-
ties may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That
to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than the total
amount authorized to be appropriated for included program activi-
ties, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au-
thorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $65,000,000
of the funds available under this heading shall be made available
for a comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for eco-
nomically significant crops: Provided further, That no funds in this
or any other Act shall be used to acquire or lease a research vessel
with ice-breaking capability built or retrofitted by a shipyard lo-
cated in a foreign country if such a vessel of United States origin
can be obtained at a cost no more than 50 per centum above that
of the least expensive technically acceptable foreign vessel bid: Pro-
vided further, That, in determining the cost of such a vessel, such
cost be increased by the amount of any subsidies or financing pro-
vided by a foreign government (or instrumentality thereof ) to such
vessel’s construction: Provided 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.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant
to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, in-
cluding authorized travel, $121,600,000, to remain available until
expended.
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EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering
education and human resources programs and activities 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, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, $787,352,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002: 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 authorizing Act for those pro-
gram activities or their subactivities shall be reduced proportion-
ally: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available for the
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 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia; reimbursement of the General Services Adminis-
tration for security guard services; $160,890,000: Provided, That
contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ in fis-
cal year 2001 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 General as au-
thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$6,280,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for
use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–
8107), $90,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a homeowner-
ship program that is used in conjunction with section 8 assistance
under the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That of the
amount made available, $2,500,000 shall be for an endowment to
establish the George Knight Scholarship Fund for the Neighbor-
hood Reinvestment Training Institute.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civilian employees; and not to exceed
$1,000 
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expenses;
$24,480,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the
President may exempt 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 connec-
tion 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
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been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may
not exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget estimates
submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this provision
does not apply to accounts that do not contain an object classifica-
tion 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 bene-
ficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed
in connection with major disasters or emergencies declared or de-
termined by the 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 interagency 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 estimates initially submitted for such
appropriations, the expenditures for travel may correspondingly ex-
ceed the amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the same
proportion.
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the administra-
tive expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment and the Selective Service System shall be available in the
current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor,
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or sec-
tion 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without re-
gard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making pay-
ment for services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Re-
serve 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 certifi-
cation, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifi-
cally authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the Gen-
eral Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from
such audit.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency may be expended for the transportation of any offi-
cer or employee of such department or agency between their domi-
cile and their place of employment, with the exception of any officer
or employee authorized 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 recipients that do not
share in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals
not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the ex-
tent of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of
interest of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the re-
search.