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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3579
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1998
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat 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 pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Conserva-
tion Program’’ for expenses resulting from ice storms,
flooding, and other natural disasters, $20,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
An amount of $4,700,000 is provided for assistance
to replace or rehabilitate trees and vineyards damaged by
natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget re-
quest of $4,700,000, that includes designation of the en-
tire 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 en-
tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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 Agri-
cultural Credit Insurance Fund, for losses in fiscal year
1998 resulting from ice storms, flooding and other natural
disasters, $87,000,000.
For the additional cost of emergency insured loans,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section
502
of
the
Congressional
Budget
Act
of
1974,
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 re-
quest as an emergency requirement as defined in the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
LIVESTOCK DISASTER ASSISTANCE FUND
Effective only for losses incurred beginning on No-
vember 27, 1997, through the date of enactment of this
Act, $4,000,000, to implement a livestock indemnity pro-
gram to compensate producers for losses of livestock (in-
cluding ratites) due to natural disasters designated pursu-
ant to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration requested
during such 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 re-
quest of $4,000,000, that includes designation of the en-
tire 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 en-
tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
DAIRY PRODUCTION INDEMNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Effective only for losses incurred beginning on No-
vember 27, 1997, through the date of enactment of this
Act, $6,800,000 to implement a dairy production indem-
nity program to compensate producers for losses of milk
that had been produced but not marketed or for dimin-
ished production (including diminished future production
due to mastitis) due to natural disasters designated pursu-
ant to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration requested
during such period: Provided, That payments for dimin-
ished 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 disaster 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 of $6,800,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the re-
quest as an emergency requirement as defined in the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations’’ to repair damages to the water-
ways and watersheds resulting from ice storms, flooding,
tornadoes and other natural disasters, $65,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $65,000,000, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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 Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant 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 des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant 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 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 Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant 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 des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant 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 Main-
tenance, Army’’, $2,586,000: Provided, That such amount
is designated 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 of this amount, $700,000 shall 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 require-
ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to Congress.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance,
Navy’’,
$53,800,000:
Provided,
That
such
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That of this amount,
$5,700,000 shall 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 Congress.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps’’, $26,810,000: Provided, That
such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency 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 a specific dollar amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force’’, $49,200,000: Provided, That such
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That of this amount,
$21,800,000 shall 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 Congress.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,390,000: Provided, That such
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army Reserve’’, $650,000: Provided, That such
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $229,000: Provided, That
such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army National Guard’’, $5,925,000: Provided,
That such amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That of this amount,
$5,750,000 shall 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 Congress.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air National Guard’’, $975,000: Provided, That
such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency 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 a specific dollar amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Contingency
Operations Transfer Fund’’, $1,829,900,000: Provided,
That such amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency 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 Program, 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 trans-
ferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer
authority contained in Public Law 105–56.
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 201. No part of any appropriation contained in
this chapter shall remain available for obligation beyond
the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 202. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414).
SEC. 203. In addition to the amounts appropriated
to the Department of Defense under Public Law 105–56,
there is hereby appropriated $37,000,000 for the ‘‘Reserve
Mobilization Income Insurance Fund’’, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated
by Congress as an emergency requirement 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 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 Congress.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 204. (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 set-
ting 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 Mili-
tary 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 re-
view the Department of Defense Access and Quality Im-
provement 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 profes-
sional standards. The panel shall specifically assess ac-
tions of the Department to accomplish the following objec-
tives of that initiative and related management actions:
(1) Upgrade professional education and train-
ing requirements for military physicians and other
health care providers;
(2) Establish ‘‘Centers of Excellence’’ for com-
plicated surgical procedures;
(3) Make timely and complete reports to the
National Practitioner Data Bank and eliminate as-
sociated reporting backlogs;
(4) Assure that Military Health Services Sys-
tem providers are properly licensed and have appro-
priate 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 Manage-
ment Program;
(8) Ensure that all laboratory work meets pro-
fessional standards; and
(9) Ensure the accuracy of patient data and in-
formation.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the
date on which the panel is established, the panel shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a report setting forth its findings and
conclusions, and the reasons therefor, and such rec-
ommendations it deems appropriate. The Secretary 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 reg-
ular 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 non-
reimbursable basis, personnel of the Department of De-
fense to assist the panel in carrying out its duties. The
Secretary of Defense shall furnish to the panel such ad-
ministrative 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’’, $5,000,000 shall be transferred
to ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, to be available through fis-
cal year 1999, only for administrative 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.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For emergency repairs due to flooding and other nat-
ural disasters, $84,457,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts for eligible navigation
projects which may be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 99–662, shall
be derived from that Fund: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent 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 Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated 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.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related
Resources’’ to repair damage caused by floods and other
natural disasters, $4,520,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall 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 Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 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
SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Army shall not au-
thorize, permit, or undertake any activity to stabilize,
cover, or permanently alter the site where the Kennewick
Man remains were discovered prior to the final disposition
of the lawsuit entitled Bonnichsen, et al. v. United States,
et al. and designated as United States District Court, Dis-
trict of Oregon CV No. 96–1481, unless such district
court makes a determination that such activity is reason-
able and necessary in light of potential adverse impacts
on scientific investigation of the site or other relevant con-
siderations. For the purposes of this section, the term
‘‘site’’ means any land, beach, or river bank within 100
yards of the location where any portion of the Kennewick
Man remains were discovered.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For
an
additional
amount
for
‘‘Construction’’,
$28,938,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
damage caused by floods and other acts of nature: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated 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 of such amount, $25,000,000 shall 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 such Act is transmitted by the President to
Congress.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, to re-
pair damage caused by floods and other acts of nature,
$8,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated 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 such
amount shall 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 such Act is transmit-
ted by the President to Congress.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research’’ for emergency expenses resulting
from floods and other acts of nature, $1,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That such amount shall 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 require-
ment as defined in such Act is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Private
Forestry’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages
from ice storms, tornadoes and other natural disasters,
$48,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated 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 of such amount, $28,000,000 shall 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 such Act is transmitted by the President to
Congress.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys-
tem’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages
from ice storms, tornadoes and other natural disasters,
$10,461,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated 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 of such amount, $5,461,000 shall 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 such Act is transmitted by the President to
Congress.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION
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
Nino 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 Congress: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated 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.
FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing,
Navy and Marine Corps’’ to cover costs arising from Ty-
phoon Paka related damage, $15,600,000: Provided, That
such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced 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
Nino related damage, $1,000,000, 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 Congress: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated 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.
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 des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant 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 Nino related dam-
age, $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 Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 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.
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief
Program for emergency expenses resulting from floods
and other natural disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C.
125, $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated 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 of such
amount, $35,000,000 shall 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 re-
quest as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That any obligations for the Emergency Relief
Program shall not be subject to the prohibition against
obligations in section 2(e)(3)(A) and (D) of the Surface
Transportation Extension Act of 1997: Provided further,
That 23 U.S.C. 125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects re-
sulting from flooding during the fall of 1997 through the
winter of 1998 in California.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
EMERGENCY RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND REPAIR
For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight
rail lines of regional and short line railroads or a State
entity damaged by floods, $9,000,000, to be awarded to
the States subject to the discretion of the Secretary on
a case-by-case basis: Provided, That not more than
$2,650,000 shall be solely for damage incurred in the
Northern Plains States in March and April 1997: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $6,350,000 shall be
solely for damage incurred as a result of El Nino in the
fall of 1997 through the winter of 1998: Provided further,
That funds provided under this head shall be available for
rehabilitation of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other
facilities which are part of the general railroad system of
transportation, and primarily used by railroads to move
freight traffic: Provided further, That railroad rights-of-
way, bridges, and other facilities owned by class I railroads
are not eligible for funding under this head, unless the
rights-of-way, bridges, or other facilities are under con-
tract lease to a class II or class III railroad under which
the lessee is responsible for all maintenance costs of the
line:
Provided
further,
That
railroad
rights-of-way,
bridges, and other facilities owned by passenger railroads
or by tourist, scenic, or historic railroads are not eligible
for funding under this head: Provided further, That these
funds shall be available only to the extent an official budg-
et request for a specific dollar amount, that includes des-
ignation of the entire amount 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: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That all funds made
available under this head are to remain available until
September 30, 1998.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Block Grants Fund’’, as authorized under title I of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
$20,000,000, which shall remain available until September
30, 2001, for use in States affected by the January, 1998
Northeast ice storm for which a Presidential disaster dec-
laration under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act has been issued, to
assist in the long-term recovery and mitigation from the
effects of that ice storm: Provided, That such funds may
be used for eligible activities, except those activities by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Small
Business Administration: Provided further, That in admin-
istering these amounts, the Secretary may waive, or speci-
fy alternative requirements for any provision of any stat-
ute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connec-
tion with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by
the recipient of these funds, except for statutory require-
ments related to civil rights, fair housing and non-
discrimination, the environment, and labor standards,
upon a finding that such waiver is required to facilitate
the use of such funds: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request of $20,000,000, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the budget request as an emer-
gency 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 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.
TITLE II
RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 105–78, $75,000,000 are rescinded: Pro-
vided, That, to the extent necessary to carry out such re-
scission, the Secretary of Education shall deobligate funds
that have been obligated but have not been expended.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
Of the available contract authority balances under
this heading, $610,000,000 (reduced by $243,600,000)
are rescinded.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 105–
66, none of the funds in this or any other Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $1,425,000,000 (in-
creased by $243,600,000) in fiscal year 1998 for grants-
in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise
compatibility planning and programs, notwithstanding
section 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
SECTION 8 RESERVE PRESERVATION ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts recaptured under this heading during
fiscal year 1998 and prior years, $2,193,600,000 are re-
scinded: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall recapture $2,193,600,000 in
amounts heretofore maintained as section 8 reserves made
available to housing agencies for tenant-based assistance
under the section 8 existing housing certificate and hous-
ing voucher programs.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS
OPERATING EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 105–65, $250,000,000 are rescinded.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT
SEC. 3001. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY
OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAQ
SEC. 3002. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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
Resolutions relating to inspection and destruction of weap-
ons of mass destruction in Iraq unless such operations are
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON SPENDING OFFSETS FOR
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 3003. (a) FINDINGS.—The House of Represent-
atives finds that—
(1) the House has worked diligently to balance
the Federal budget for the first time in 30 years;
(2) the House is committed to fiscal responsibil-
ity and continued balanced budgets and will not
allow Washington to return to the days of deficit
spending;
(3) the House is committed to ensuring that the
current level of Federal discretionary spending does
not increase as a result of any emergency supple-
mental appropriations; and
(4) reducing spending to offset emergency sup-
plemental appropriations will send a clear message
to the American people that the Congress is serious
about preventing uncontrolled Federal spending.
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE.—It is the sense of the
House of Representatives that any emergency supple-
mental appropriations considered in the 105th Congress
shall not result in an increased level of total Federal dis-
cretionary spending.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘1998 Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act’’.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for re-
covery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping
efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and
for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPRO-
PRIATIONS FOR RECOVERY FROM NATURAL
DISASTERS, AND FOR OVERSEAS PEACE-
KEEPING EFFORTS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
CHAPTER 1
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Admin-
istration’’, $2,000,000.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel’’, $235,000.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund Program Account’’, for the cost of direct
and guaranteed loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929,
including the cost of modifying such loans as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as fol-
lows: farm ownership loans, $3,574,197, of which $966,197
shall be for guaranteed loans; direct operating loans,
$3,162,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $222,000.
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund Program Account’’ for the cost of direct
and guaranteed loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–29, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for losses
resulting from ice storms, flooding, tornadoes and other nat-
ural disasters as follows: operating loans, $8,600,000, of
which $5,400,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans;
emergency insured loans, $21,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amounts shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $29,600,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Con-
servation Program’’ for expenses resulting from ice storms,
flooding, 
tornadoes 
and 
other 
natural 
disasters,
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $60,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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 fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
For necessary expenses to carry out the emergency con-
servation program authorized under sections 401, 402, and
404 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201,
2202, 2204) to provide cost-sharing assistance to maple pro-
ducers to replace taps and tubing that were damaged by
ice storms in northeastern States in 1998, $4,480,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $4,480,000, that includes designation 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: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such
Act.
TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
An amount of $8,700,000 is provided for assistance to
replace or rehabilitate trees and vineyards damaged by nat-
ural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is avail-
able only to the extent that an official budget request for
$8,700,000, 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 des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
LIVESTOCK DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Effective only for losses incurred beginning on Novem-
ber 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 due to natural
disasters designated pursuant to a Presidential or Secretar-
ial 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 in es-
tablishing a program described in the preceding sentence,
the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, utilize gross
income and payment limitations conditions established for
the Disaster Reserve Assistance Program for the 1996 crop
year: Provided further, 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 de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
DAIRY PRODUCTION DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Effective only for natural disasters beginning on No-
vember 27, 1997, through the date of enactment of this Act,
$10,000,000 to implement a dairy production indemnity
program to compensate producers for losses of milk that had
been produced but not marketed or for diminished produc-
tion (including diminished future production due to masti-
tis) due to natural disasters designated pursuant to a Presi-
dential or Secretarial declaration requested during such pe-
riod: Provided, That payments for diminished production
shall be determined on a per head basis derived from a com-
parison 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 hun-
dredweight of milk: Provided further, That in establishing
this program, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable,
utilize gross income and payment limitations established
for the Disaster Reserve Assistance Program for the 1996
crop year: Provided further, That the entire amount is
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $10,000,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement 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 ice storms, flooding, torna-
does and other natural disasters, $100,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $100,000,000, 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 re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Of the amounts made available under this head in
Public Law 105–86, funds for employment and training
shall remain available until expended as authorized by sec-
tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’
from fees collected pursuant to section 736 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, not to exceed $25,918,000,
to remain available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISION, CHAPTER 1
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
permanent employees of county committees employed dur-
ing fiscal year 1998 pursuant to 8(b) of the Soil Conserva-
tion and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall
be considered as having Federal Civil Service status only
for the purpose of applying for United States Department
of Agriculture Civil Service vacancies.
CHAPTER 2
SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE
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 des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant 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 des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant 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 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 des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant 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 Mainte-
nance, 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 Mainte-
nance, Navy’’, $33,272,000: 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 Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, $21,509,000: Provided, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement 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 Mainte-
nance, Defense-wide’’, $1,390,000: Provided, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement 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 ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-wide’’, $44,000,000, for emergency expenses
resulting from natural disasters in the United States: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for $44,000,000,
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 sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds to current
applicable operation and maintenance appropriations, to
be merged with and available for the same purposes and
for the same time period as the appropriation to which
transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided in this provision is in addition to any transfer
authority available to the Department.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army Reserve’’, $650,000: Provided, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement 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 Mainte-
nance, Air Force Reserve’’, $229,000: Provided, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, 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 Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit 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’’, $1,556,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $46,000,000 shall be
available for classified programs: Provided, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement 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, and
the Defense Health Program: Provided further, That the
funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be avail-
able for the same purposes and for the same time period
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading, or made
available by transfer of such funds, to any intelligence agen-
cy or activity of the United States Government shall be
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for pur-
poses of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 414): Provided further, That the transfer author-
ity provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority contained in Public Law 105–56.
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 des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant 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 the ‘‘Defense Health
Program’’, $1,900,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 2
SEC. 201. In addition to the amounts provided in Pub-
lic Law 105–56, $36,500,000 is appropriated under the
heading ‘‘Overseas 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 reimburse-
ment for disaster relief and recovery expenditures at over-
seas 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 en-
tire 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 re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 202. The Secretary of the Army shall comply with
the memorandum of agreement entitled ‘‘Yakima Training
Center Proposed Land Acquisition: Recreational Mitigation
Requirements’’ that was entered into between the Washing-
ton State Parks and Recreation Commission and the De-
partment of the Army (with the Commanding General of
I Corps, United States Army, acting for the Department
of the Army) on September 27, 1991.
SEC. 203. 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 com-
munity. 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 Treas-
ury which will accept such financial contributions, and
from which funds will be subject to obligation through the
normal appropriations 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 comprehen-
sive 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 bur-
den-sharing account in the Department of the Treasury.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 204. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law
105–56, under the heading ‘‘Chemical Agents and Muni-
tions Destruction, Defense’’ for Operation and mainte-
nance, $40,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’.
SEC. 205. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Department of the Army is hereby prohibited from mov-
ing forward with civilian personnel reductions at all Army
Test Ranges resulting from proposed reductions in their fis-
cal year 1999 budget, until such time as the Congress has
the opportunity to consider the merits of such action during
the fiscal year 1999 defense appropriations process. Where
civilian personnel are concerned, the Army is required to
offer such Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay (VSIP) and
Voluntary Early Retirement Authority benefits as are cur-
rently being offered, should such benefits be necessary at a
future date.
SEC. 206. (a) Congress urges the President to enter
into an agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation (NATO) that sets forth—
(1) the benchmarks that are detailed in the re-
port accompanying the certification that was made
by the President to Congress on March 3, 1998;
(2) a schedule for achieving the benchmarks; and
(3) a process for NATO to carry out a formal re-
view of each failure, if any, to achieve any such
benchmark on schedule.
(b) The President shall submit to Congress—
(1) not later than June 30, 1998, a report on the
results of the efforts to obtain an agreement described
in subsection (a); and
(2) semiannually after that report, a report on
the progress made toward achieving the benchmarks
referred to in subsection (a)(1), including a discussion
of each achievement of a benchmark referred to in
that subsection, each failure to achieve a benchmark
on schedule, and the results of NATO’s formal review
of each such failure.
(c) The enactment of this section does not reflect ap-
proval or disapproval of the benchmarks submitted by the
President in the certification to Congress transmitted on
March 3, 1998.
SEC. 207. 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 Chal-
lenge Program and who obtains a general education di-
ploma in connection with such training, the general edu-
cation 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. 208. In addition to the amounts provided in Pub-
lic Law 105–56, $151,000,000 is appropriated under the
heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, De-
fense-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 procurement of items and equipment required for a
third Arrow missile defense battery: Provided further, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that
an official budget request for $151,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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 fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 209. (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 ag-
gregate 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:
(A) The parcels known as the Mashpee bogs, lo-
cated on the Quashnet River adjacent to the Massa-
chusetts Military Reservation, Massachusetts.
(B) The parcels known as the Falmouth bogs, lo-
cated on the Coonamessett River adjacent to the Mas-
sachusetts 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. 210. (a) Section 924(j) of Public Law 104–201
(110 Stat. 2628) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(j) DURATION OF PANEL.—The Panel shall exist until
September 30, 1998, and shall terminate at the end of the
day on such date.’’.
(b) The National Defense Panel established under sec-
tion 924 of Public Law 104–201 shall be deemed to have
continued in existence after the Panel submitted its report
under subsection (e) of such section until the Panel termi-
nates under subsection (j) of such section as amended by
subsection (a).
SEC. 211. In addition to the amounts provided in Pub-
lic 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 pro-
curement of eight F/A–18 aircraft for the United States Ma-
rine 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 de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
CHAPTER 3
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For emergency repairs due to flooding and other natu-
ral disasters, $8,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is author-
ized and directed to obligate and expend the funds appro-
priated under this heading to proceed with engineering and
design and construction to repair and upgrade the Archusa
Dam and appurtenant structures located in Quitman, Mis-
sissippi if the Secretary of the Army certifies that such re-
pair is necessary to provide flood control benefits down-
stream of the dam: Provided further, That a non-Federal
sponsor shall enter into a binding agreement with the Sec-
retary wherein the non-Federal sponsor shall pay 50 per-
cent of the cost of the project, provide all lands, easements,
rights of way, relocations, and dredged material disposal
areas required for the project, and pay 100 percent of the
costs of operation, maintenance, repair, replacement or re-
habilitation of the project: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for $8,000,000, that includes designation 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: Provided further,
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.
An additional amount for emergency levee and water-
way repairs at Elba and Geneva, Alabama, $25,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army is authorized and directed to obligate
and expend the funds appropriated for the Elba and Gene-
va, Alabama levees and waterway repair to proceed with
engineering and design and reconstruction if the Secretary
of the Army certifies that such work is necessary to provide
flood control benefits in the vicinity of Elba and Geneva,
Alabama: Provided further, That the Corps of Engineers
shall not be responsible for the future costs of operation,
repair, replacement or rehabilitation of the project: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request of $25,000,000,
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 sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
An additional amount for emergency river and shore-
line repairs along the Missouri River in South Dakota to
be conducted at full Federal expense, $2,500,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of
the Army is authorized and directed to obligate and expend
the funds appropriated for South Dakota emergency river
and shoreline repair if the Secretary of the Army certifies
that such work is necessary to provide flood-related benefits:
Provided further, That the Corps of Engineers shall not be
responsible for the future costs of operation, repair, replace-
ment or rehabilitation of the project: Provided further, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request of $2,500,000, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmit-
ted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such
Act.
An additional amount for emergency levee repairs at
Suisun Marsh, California to be conducted at full Federal
expense, $1,100,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and
directed to obligate and expend the funds appropriated for
the Suisun Marsh, California levee repair to proceed with
engineering and design and reconstruction if the Secretary
of the Army certifies that such work is necessary to provide
flood control benefits in the vicinity of Suisun Marsh, Cali-
fornia: Provided further, That the Corps of Engineers shall
not be responsible for the future costs of operation, repair,
replacement or rehabilitation of the project: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request of $1,100,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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 fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
An additional amount for emergency maintenance
dredging at Apra Harbor, Guam to be conducted at full
Federal expense, $1,400,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is author-
ized and directed to obligate and expend the funds appro-
priated for the Apra Harbor, Guam emergency mainte-
nance dredging if the Secretary of the Army certifies that
such work is in the national interest: Provided further, That
the Corps of Engineers shall not be responsible for the future
costs of operation, repair, replacement or rehabilitation of
the project: Provided further, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent an official budget request
of $1,400,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
An additional amount for emergency construction to
repair the Mackville Dam in Hardwick, Vermont, $500,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army may obligate and expend the funds ap-
propriated for repair of the Mackville Dam if the Secretary
of the Army certifies that the repair is necessary to provide
flood control benefits: Provided further, That the Corps of
Engineers shall not be responsible for the future costs of op-
eration, repair, replacement or rehabilitation of the project:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request of $500,000
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
cit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)) is transmit-
ted by the President to Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of that Act.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For emergency repairs due to flooding and other natu-
ral disasters, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts for eligible navigation
projects which may be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 99–662, shall
be derived from that Fund, and the remainder shall be de-
rived by transfer from the ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal
Emergencies’’ account: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest for $30,000,000, that includes designation of the en-
tire 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 re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for atomic energy defense
weapons activities, including the purchase, construction,
and acquisition of plant and capitol equipment, and other
necessary expenses, $4,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to be derived from funds appropriated in the En-
ergy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998, or
prior year Acts, as follows: $4,000,000 from ‘‘Other Defense
Activities’’.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
Such additional amounts as necessary, not to exceed
$5,408,000, to cover increases in the estimated amount of
cost of Work For Others notwithstanding the provisions of
the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511, et seq.): Provided,
That such increases in cost of Work For Others are offset
by revenue increases of the same or greater amount derived
from fees authorized by sections 31 and 33 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2051 and 2053), to remain
available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 3
SEC. 301. Section 303 of the Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–62),
does not apply to the worker transition plan for the Pinellas
Plant site.
SEC. 302. Section 2 of the Emergency Drought Relief
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–318; 110 Stat. 3862) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘(c) EXTENSION OF PERIODS FOR REPAYMENT.—Not-
withstanding any provision of the Reclamation Project Act
of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et seq.), the Secretary of the Inte-
rior—
‘‘(1) shall extend the period for repayment by the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River
Authority under contract No. 6–07–01–x0675, relat-
ing to the Nueces River reclamation project, Texas,
until—
‘‘(A) August 1, 2029 for repayment pursu-
ant to the municipal and industrial water sup-
ply benefits portion of the contract; and
‘‘(B) until August 1, 2044 for repayment
pursuant to the fish and wildlife and recreation
benefits portion of the contract, and
‘‘(2) shall extend the period for repayment by the
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority under
contract No. 14–06–500–485 relating to the Canadian
River reclamation project, Texas, until October 1,
2021.’’.
SEC. 
303. 
ACTION
WITH
RESPECT
TO
THE
KENNEWICK MAN DISCOVERY SITE.—Before final disposi-
tion of the civil action, Bonnichsen v. United States, CV
No. 96–1481 (D. Ore.), the Army Corps of Engineers shall
not authorize, permit, or undertake any action to stabilize,
cover, or permanently alter the land (including land sub-
merged by water) within 100 yards of the place where any
part of the Kennewick Man remains was found unless the
court determines that such an action is reasonable and nec-
essary in light of any potential adverse impact on scientific
investigation of the site and other relevant considerations.
CHAPTER 4
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$1,837,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
damage caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for $1,837,000,
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 sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$32,818,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
damage caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for $32,818,000,
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 sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ to re-
pair damage caused by floods and other natural disasters,
$9,506,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $9,506,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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 fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research’’ for emergency expenses resulting from
floods and other natural disasters, $1,198,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $1,198,000, that includes designation of the en-
tire 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 re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Royalty and Offshore
Minerals Management’’ to meet increased demand and
workload requirements stemming from higher than antici-
pated leasing activity in the Gulf of Mexico, $6,675,000,
to remain available until expended, to be derived from in-
creased receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect
on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for
Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities per-
formed by the Minerals Management Service over and above
the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from addi-
tional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative ac-
tivities established after September 30, 1993.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Abandoned Mine
Reclamation Fund’’, $3,163,000, to be derived by transfer
from amounts available in Public Law 105–83 under the
heading, ‘‘Regulation and Technology’’, and to be subject
to the same terms and conditions of the account to which
transferred.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’, $1,050,000, to remain available until expended,
for the cost of document collection and production, includ-
ing electronic imaging, required to support litigation in-
volving individual Indian trust fund accounts.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$700,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
damage caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for $700,000, 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 sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Bureau
of Indian Affairs’’, $365,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for replacement of fixtures and testing for and re-
mediation of Polylchlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Bureau
of Indian Affairs schools and administrative facilities: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for $365,000, 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 sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Trust Pro-
grams’’, $4,650,000, to remain available until expended, for
the cost of document collection and production, including
electronic imaging, required to support litigation involving
individual Indian trust fund accounts.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Private For-
estry’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages from
ice storms, tornadoes and other natural disasters,
$48,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $48,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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 fur-
ther, 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.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For an additional amount for the ‘‘National Forest
System’’ for emergency expenses resulting from damages
from ice storms, tornadoes and other natural disasters,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $10,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency 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 fur-
ther, 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.
For an additional amount for the ‘‘National Forest
System’’ for expenses associated with payments to states as
specified in subsection (b)(2) of section 405 of this chapter
of this Act, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland and Fire
Management’’ for wildland and fire management oper-
ations to be carried out to rectify damages caused by the
windstorms in Texas on February 10, 1998, $2,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only at the discretion of the Chief
of the National Forest Service: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $2,000,000 that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmit-
ted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve
facility development and operations and program manage-
ment activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.),
$207,500,000, to remain available until expended, and the
sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve required
by Public Law 105–83 shall be prohibited: Provided, That
the entire amount shall be available and the oil sale prohib-
ited only to the extent that an official budget request for
$207,500,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Serv-
ices’’, $100,000, to remain available until expended, for sui-
cide prevention counseling.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 4
SEC. 401. Construction of the Trappers Loop connector
road, and any related actions, by any Federal or state agen-
cy or other entity are deemed to be non-discretionary ac-
tions authorized and directed by Congress under Title III,
section 304(e)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 4093).
SEC. 402. Neither the issuance by the United States
of an easement on and across National Forest lands for the
Boulder City Pipeline (also known as Lakewood Pipeline)
nor the acceptance of such easement by the City of Boulder,
Colorado, nor the relocation of such pipeline on such ease-
ment, shall cause, be construed as, or result in the abandon-
ment, termination, relinquishment, revocation, limitation,
or diminution of any rights claimed by such city pursuant
to or as a result of any prior grant, including the Act of
July 26, 1866 (43 U.S.C. 661) and the Acts authorizing
the conveyance of such city of the Silver Lake Watershed.
The alignment of the relocated pipeline shall be considered
neither more nor less within the scope of any prior grants
than the alignment of the pipeline existing prior to the
issuance of such easement.
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, may hereafter directly transfer to Indian tribes in
North and South Dakota portable housing units at the
Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota that have
been declared excess by the Department of Defense and re-
quested for transfer by the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 404. PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT. (a)
SHORT
TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Petroglyph National Monument Boundary Adjustment
Act’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the purposes for which Petroglyph National
Monument (referred to in this section as ‘‘the monu-
ment’’) was established continue to be valid;
(2) it is of mutual benefit to the trustee institu-
tions of the New Mexico State Trust lands and the
National Park Service for land exchange negotiations
to be completed with all due diligence, resulting in the
transfer of all State Trust lands within the bound-
aries of the monument to the United States in accord-
ance with State and Federal law;
(3) because the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
has acquired substantial acreage within the monu-
ment boundaries, purchased with State and munici-
pal funds, the consolidation of land ownership and
jurisdiction under the National Park Service will re-
quire the consent of the city of Albuquerque, and op-
tions for National Park Service acquisition that are
not currently available;
(4) corridors for the development of Paseo del
Norte and Unser Boulevard are depicted on the map
referred to in section 102(a) of the Petroglyph Na-
tional Monument Establishment Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), and the align-
ment of the roadways was anticipated by Congress be-
fore the date of enactment of the Act;
(5) it was the expectation of the principal pro-
ponents of the monument, including the cities of Albu-
querque and Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and the Na-
tional Park Service, that passage of the Petroglyph
National Monument Establishment Act of 1990 (Pub-
lic Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) would allow
the city of Albuquerque—
(A) to utilize the Paseo del Norte and Unser
Boulevard corridors through the monument; and
(B) to design and construct infrastructure
within the corridors with the cultural and natu-
ral resources of the monument in mind;
(6) the city of Albuquerque has not provided for
the establishment of rights-of-way for the Paseo del
Norte and Unser Boulevard corridors under the Joint
Powers Agreement (JPANO 78–521.81–277A), which
expanded the boundary of the monument to include
the Piedras Marcadas and Boca Negra units, pursu-
ant to section 104 of the Petroglyph National Monu-
ment Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–
313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note);
(7) the National Park Service has identified the
realignment of Unser Boulevard, depicted on the map
referred to in section 102(a) of the Petroglyph Na-
tional Monument Establishment Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), as serving a park
purpose in the General Management Plan/Develop-
ment Concept Plan for Petroglyph National Monu-
ment;
(8) the establishment of a citizens’ advisory com-
mittee prior to construction of the Unser Boulevard
South project, which runs along the eastern boundary
of the Atrisco Unit of the monument, allowed the citi-
zens of Albuquerque and the National Park Service to
provide significant and meaningful input into the
parkway design of the road, and that similar proceed-
ings should occur prior to construction within the
Paseo del Norte corridor;
(9) parkway standards approved by the city of
Albuquerque for the construction of Unser Boulevard
South along the eastern boundary of the Atrisco Unit
of the monument would be appropriate for a road
passing through the Paseo del Norte corridor;
(10) adequate planning and cooperation between
the city of Albuquerque and the National Park Serv-
ice is essential to avoid resource degradation within
the monument resulting from storm water runoff, and
drainage conveyances through the monument should
be designed and located to provide sufficient capacity
for effective runoff management; and
(11) the monument will best be managed for the
benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-
tions with cooperation between the city of Albuquer-
que, the State of New Mexico, and the National Park
Service.
(c) PLANNING AUTHORITY.—
(1) STORM WATER DRAINAGE.—Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director
of the National Park Service (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’), and the city of Albuquerque,
New Mexico, shall enter into negotiations to provide
for the management of storm water runoff and drain-
age within the monument, including the design and
construction of any storm water corridors, convey-
ances, and easements within the monument bound-
aries.
(2) ROAD DESIGN.—
(A) If the city of Albuquerque decides to
proceed with the construction of a roadway with-
in the area excluded from the monument by the
amendment made by subsection (d), the design
criteria shall be similar to those provided for the
Unser Boulevard South project along the eastern
boundary of the Atrisco Unit, taking into ac-
count topographic differences and the lane, speed
and noise requirements of the heavier traffic load
that is anticipated for Paseo del Norte, as ref-
erenced in section A–2 of the Unser Middle
Transportation Corridor Record of Decision pre-
pared by the city of Albuquerque dated December
1993.
(B) At least 180 days before the initiation
of any road construction within the area ex-
cluded from the monument by the amendment
made by subsection (d), the city of Albuquerque
shall notify the Director of the National Park
Service (hereinafter ‘‘the Director’’), who may
submit suggested modifications to the design
specifications of the road construction project
within the area excluded from the monument by
the amendment made by subsection (d).
(C) If after 180 days, an agreement on the
design specifications is not reached by the city of
Albuquerque and the Director, the city may con-
tract with the head of the Department of Civil
Engineering at the University of New Mexico, to
design a road to meet the design criteria referred
to in subparagraph (A). The design specifica-
tions developed by the Department of Civil Engi-
neering shall be deemed to have met the require-
ments of this paragraph, and the city may pro-
ceed with the construction project, in accordance
with those design specifications.
(d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY; BOUNDARY ADJUST-
MENT; ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MONU-
MENT.—
(1) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—Section 103(a) of
the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act
of 1990 (Public Law 101–313, 16 U.S.C. 431 note) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘, except that lands or in-
terests therein owned by the State or a political
subdivision thereof may be acquired only by do-
nation or exchange’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) LAND OWNED BY THE STATE OR A POLITI-
CAL SUBDIVISION.—No land or interest in land owned
by the State or a political subdivision of the State
may be acquired by purchase before—
‘‘(A) the State or political subdivision hold-
ing title to the land or interest in land identifies
the land or interest in land for disposal; and
‘‘(B)(i) all private land within the monu-
ment boundary for which there is a willing seller
is acquired; or
‘‘(ii) 2 years have elapsed after the
date on which the Secretary has made a
final offer (for which funds are available) to
acquire all remaining private land at fair
market value.’’.
(2) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 104(a) of
the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act
of 1990 (Public Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) is
amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively,
and indenting appropriately;
(B) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), effective as of
the date of enactment of this subparagraph—
‘‘(i) the boundary of the monument is adjusted
to exclude the Paseo Del Norte corridor in the Piedras
Marcadas Unit described in Exhibit B of the docu-
ment described in subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(ii) the inclusion of the Paseo Del Norte cor-
ridor within the boundary of the monument before the
date of enactment of this paragraph shall have no ef-
fect on any future ownership, use, or management of
the corridor.
‘‘(B) The document described in this subparagraph is
the document entitled ‘Petroglyph National Monument
Roadway/Utility Corridors’, dated October 30, 1997, on file
with the Secretary of the Interior and the mayor of the city
of Albuquerque, New Mexico.’’.
(e) ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MONU-
MENT.—Section 105 of the Petroglyph National Monument
Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–313, 16 U.S.C.
431 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) BOCA NEGRA AND PIEDRAS MARCADAS UNITS.—
If the binding agreement providing for the expansion of the
monument pursuant to section 104 is amended, in accord-
ance with the terms of the agreement, to transfer to the Na-
tional Park Service responsibility for operation, mainte-
nance, and repair of any or all property within the Boca
Negra or Piedras Marcadas unit of the monument, the Sec-
retary may employ, at a comparable grade and salary
within the National Park Service, any willing employees
of the city assigned to the unit.’’.
(f) DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD.—The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
allow the use of the access road to the Double Eagle II Air-
port in existence on the date of enactment of this Act for
visitor access to the monument.
SEC. 405. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MORATORIUM.
(a)(1) The Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture, in his sole discretion, may offer any timber sales
that were previously scheduled to be offered in fiscal year
1998 or fiscal year 1999 even if such sales would have been
delayed or halted as a result of any moratorium on con-
struction of roads in roadless areas within the National
Forest System adopted as policy or by regulation that
would otherwise be applicable to such sales.
(2) Any sales authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(1)
shall—
(A) comply with all applicable laws and regula-
tions and be consistent with applicable land and re-
source management plans, except any regulations or
plan amendments which establish or implement the
moratorium referred to in subsection (a)(1); and
(B) be subject to administrative appeals pursu-
ant to part 215 of title 36 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations and to judicial review.
(b)(1) For any previously scheduled sales that are not
offered pursuant to subsection (a)(1), the Chief may, to the
extent practicable, offer substitute sales within the same
State in fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year 1999. Such sub-
stitute sales shall be subject to the requirements of subsection
(a)(2).
(2)(A) The Chief shall pay as soon as practicable after
fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999 to any State in which
sales previously scheduled to be offered that are referred to
in, but not offered pursuant to, subsection (a)(1) would have
occurred, 25 percentum of any receipts from such sales
that—
(i) were anticipated from fiscal year 1998 or fis-
cal year 1999 sales in the absence of any moratorium
referred to in subsection (a)(1); and
(ii) are not offset by revenues received in such
fiscal years from substitute projects authorized pursu-
ant to subsection (b)(1).
(B) After reporting the amount of funds required to
make any payments required by subsection (b)(2)(A), and
the source from which such funds are to be derived, to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the Chief shall make any payments
required by subsection (b)(2)(A) from—
(i) the $2,000,000 appropriated for the purposes
of this section in chapter 4 of this Act; or
(ii) in the event that the amount referred to in
subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) is not sufficient to cover the
payments required under subsection (b)(2), from any
funds appropriated to the Forest Service in fiscal
year 1998 or fiscal year 1999, as the case may be,
that are not specifically earmarked for another pur-
pose by the applicable appropriation Act or a com-
mittee or conference report thereon.
(C) Any State which receives payments required by
subsection (b)(2)(A) shall expend such funds only in the
manner, and for the purposes, prescribed in section 500 of
title 16 of the United States Code.
(c)(1) During the term of the moratorium referred to
in subsection (a)(1), the Chief shall prepare, and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on, each of the follow-
ing—
(A) a study of whether standards and guidelines
in existing land and resource management plans com-
pel or encourage entry into roadless areas within the
National Forest System for the purpose of construct-
ing roads or undertaking any other ground-disturbing
activities;
(B) an inventory of all roads within the Na-
tional Forest System and the uses which they serve,
in a format that will inform and facilitate the devel-
opment of a long-term Forest Service transportation
policy; and
(C) a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the
economic and social effects of the moratorium referred
to in subsection (a)(1) on county, State, and regional
levels.
(2) The Chief shall fund the study, inventory and anal-
ysis required by subsection (c)(1) in fiscal year 1998 from
funds appropriated for Forest Research in such fiscal year
that are not specifically earmarked for another purpose in
the applicable appropriation Act or a committee or con-
ference report thereon.
SEC. 406. PROVISION
OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE
SERVICES FOR ALASKA NATIVES. Section 203(a) of the
Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act (Public Law
105–143; 111 Stat. 2666) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘other than community based
alcohol services,’’ after ‘‘Ketchikan Gateway Bor-
ough,’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
such contract or compact shall provide services to all
Indian and Alaska Native beneficiaries of the Indian
Health Service in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough
without the need for resolutions of support from any
Indian tribe as defined in the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b(e)).’’.
SEC. 407. Section 326(a) of the Act making Appro-
priations for the Department of the Interior and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998 and
for other purposes (Public Law 105–83; 111 Stat. 1543)
is amended by striking ‘‘with any Alaska Native village or
Alaska Native village corporation’’ and inserting ‘‘to any
Indian tribe as defined in the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e))’’.
SEC. 408. The Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of the Interior shall report to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations and the Senate Commit-
tee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure not
later than April 20, 1998, on the proposed use by the New
York City Police Department for air and sea rescue and
public safety purposes of the facility that is to be vacated
by the United States Coast Guard at Floyd Bennett Field
located in the city of New York.
SEC. 409. PROHIBITION. Notwithstanding section
11(d)(7)(B)(vii) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25
U.S.C. 2710(d)(7)(B)(vii)), the Secretary of the Interior
shall not—
(1) promulgate as final regulations, the proposed
regulations published on January 22, 1998, at 63
Fed. Reg. 3289; or
(2) issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for, or
promulgate, any similar regulations to provide for
procedures for gaming activities under the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), in
any case in which a State asserts a defense of sov-
ereign immunity to a lawsuit brought by an Indian
tribe in a Federal court under section 11(d)(7) of that
Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(7)) to compel the State to
participate in compact negotiations for class III gam-
ing (as that term is defined in section 4(8) of that Act
(25 U.S.C. 2703(8))).
CHAPTER 5
SUBCOMMITTEE 
ON 
LABOR, 
HEALTH 
AND
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
For an additional amount for the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and
Training’’, $9,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $9,000,000, that includes designation of the en-
tire 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 re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
GENERAL PROVISION, CHAPTER 5
SEC. 501. SCHOOL SECURITY. (a) SHORT TITLE.—
This section may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Schools Security Act
of 1998’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide for school security training and technology, and for
local school security programs.
(c) SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General,
the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of En-
ergy shall enter into an agreement for the establish-
ment at the Sandia National Laboratories in part-
nership with the National Law Enforcement And
Corrections Technology Center—Southeast of a center
to be known as the ‘‘School Security Technology Cen-
ter’’. The School Security Technology Center shall be
administered by the Attorney General.
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The School Security Tech-
nology Center shall be a resource to local educational
agencies for school security assessments, security tech-
nology development, technology availability and im-
plementation, and technical assistance relating to im-
proving school security.
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection $2,250,000 for each of the fiscal years
1999, 2000, and 2001.
(d) LOCAL SCHOOL SECURITY PROGRAMS.—Subpart
1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 4119. Local School Security Programs
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated
under subsection (c), the Secretary of Education shall
award grants on a competitive basis to local educational
agencies to enable the agencies to acquire security tech-
nology, or carry out activities related to improving security
at the middle and high schools served by the agencies, in-
cluding obtaining school security assessments, and technical
assistance for the development of a comprehensive school se-
curity plan from the School Security Technology Center.
The Secretary shall give priority to local educational agen-
cies showing the highest security needs as reported by the
agency to the Secretary in application for funding made
available under this section.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this part shall
not apply to this section.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001.’’.
(e) SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOL ADVISORY PANEL.
There shall be established a panel comprised of the Sec-
retary of Education, the Attorney General, and the Sec-
retary of Energy, or their designees to develop a proposal
to further improve school security. Such proposal shall be
submitted to the Congress within 18 months of the date of
enactment of this Act.
CHAPTER 6
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol Buildings Sal-
aries and Expenses’’, $7,500,000, to remain available until
expended, to begin emergency repairs and rehabilitation of
the Capitol Dome: Provided, That this additional amount
shall be available for obligation without regard to section
3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.
CAPITOL GROUNDS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the design, installation and
maintenance of the Capitol Square Perimeter Security
Plan, $20,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be transferred
to the Capitol Police Board ‘‘General Expenses’’ for phys-
ical security measures associated with the Capitol Square
Perimeter Security Plan, to remain available until ex-
pended, subject to the review and approval by the appro-
priate House and Senate authorities: Provided, That this
additional amount shall be available for obligation without
regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.
CHAPTER 7
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,
Navy’’, $17,428,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $17,428,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construc-
tion’’, $5,891,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $5,891,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing, Navy
and Marine Corps’’, $18,100,000: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $18,100,000, that includes designation 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: Provided further, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement 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’’, $2,400,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $2,400,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, 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.
CHAPTER 8
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
DEVELOPMENT
For an additional amount for transportation plan-
ning, research, and development activities and grants,
$6,900,000, to remain available until expended.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAYS TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for Operations for expenses
relating to the Year 2000 computer hardware and software
problems, $47,200,000.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAYS TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for Facilities and Equip-
ment for expenses relating to the Year 2000 computer hard-
ware and software problems, $108,800,000.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief
Program for emergency expenses resulting from flooding
and other natural disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125,
$259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent an offi-
cial budget request for $259,000,000, that includes designa-
tion 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 by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That any obligations for the
Emergency Relief Program shall not be subject to the prohi-
bition against obligations in section 2(e)(3) (A) and (D)
of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997: Pro-
vided further, That no announcement of any allocation of
funds provided under this section shall be made prior to
15 days after the notification of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House and Senate Trans-
portation Appropriations Subcommittees, the Senate Envi-
ronment and Public Works Committee, and the House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: Provided
further, That if sufficient carryover balances for the nec-
essary expenses for administration, operation (including
motor carrier safety program operations), and research of
the Federal Highway Administration are not available, and
pending the reauthorization of the Federal-aid highway
program, the Secretary of Transportation may borrow such
sums as may be necessary for such expenses from the unobli-
gated balances of discretionary allocations for the Federal-
aid highway program made available by this Act: Provided
further, That 23 U.S.C. 125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects
resulting from the Fall 1997 and Winter 1998 flooding in
the western States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
EMERGENCY RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND REPAIR
For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight
rail lines of regional and short line railroads or a State
entity damaged by floods, $10,600,000, to be awarded sub-
ject to the discretion of the Secretary on a case-by-case basis:
Provided, That not to exceed $5,250,000 shall be solely for
damage incurred in the Northern Plains States in March
and April 1997 and in California in January 1997 and
in West Virginia in September 1996: Provided further, That
not less than $5,350,000 shall be solely for damage incurred
in Fall 1997 and Winter 1998 storms: Provided further,
That funds provided under this head shall be available for
rehabilitation of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other
facilities which are part of the general railroad system of
transportation, and primarily used by railroads to move
freight traffic: Provided further, That railroad rights-of-
way, bridges, and other facilities owned by class I railroads
are not eligible for funding under this head unless the
rights-of-way, bridges, or other facilities are under contract
lease to a class II or class III railroad under which the
lessee is responsible for all maintenance costs of the line:
Provided further, That railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and