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as amended, $33,666,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance
Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC
Resolution Fund.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000
may be transferred to ‘‘Emergency Management Planning and
Assistance’’ for the consolidated emergency management perform-
ance grant program: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading in this and prior appropriations Acts and under
section 404 of the Stafford Act to the State of California, $2,000,000
shall be for a pilot project of seismic retrofit technology at California
State University, San Bernardino; $6,000,000 shall be for a seismic
retrofit project at Loma Linda University Hospital; and $2,000,000
shall be for a seismic retrofit project at the University of Redlands,
Redlands, California: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading in this and prior appropriations Acts
and under section 404 of the Stafford Act to the State of Florida,
$1,000,000 shall be for a hurricane protection project for the St.
Petersburg campus of South Florida University, and $2,500,000
shall be for a windstorm simulation project at Florida International
University, Miami: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading in this and prior appropriations Acts and
under section 404 of the Stafford Act to the State of North Carolina,
$1,000,000 shall be for a logistical staging area concept demonstra-
tion involving warehouse facilities at the Stanly County Airport:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading in this and prior appropriations Acts and under section
404 of the Stafford Act to the State of Louisiana, $500,000 shall
be for wave monitoring buoys in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana
coast.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster relief’’, $2,480,425,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 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 the Congress.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as authorized by section
319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these
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funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program, $420,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C.
1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C.
5376; expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and individuals
at meetings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness;
transportation in connection with the continuity of Government
programs to the same extent and in the same manner as permitted
the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632;
and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation
expenses, $180,000,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$8,015,000.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry
out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.),
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections
107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended
(50 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978,
$267,000,000: Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131(b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) and
(i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available until expended for project grants: Provided fur-
ther, That beginning in fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year there-
after, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director
of FEMA is authorized to provide assistance from funds appro-
priated under this heading, subject to terms and conditions as
the Director of FEMA shall establish, to any State for multi-hazard
preparedness and mitigation through consolidated emergency
management performance grants: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, FEMA is authorized to and
shall extend its cooperative agreement for the Jones County, Mis-
sissippi Emergency Operating Center, and the funds which were
obligated as Federal matching funds for that Center shall remain
available for expenditure until September 30, 2001.
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RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2000, as
authorized by Public Law 105–276, shall not be less than 100
percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its
radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal
year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall
be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of providing such
services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees
received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fund
as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized
purposes on October 1, 2000, and remain available until expended.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant
to title III of Public Law 100–77, as amended, $110,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That total administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 31⁄2 percent of the total appropriation.
FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND
For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $5,000,000, and such additional sums
as may be provided by State or local governments or other political
subdivisions for cost shared mapping activities under section
1360(f )(2), to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT FUND
Notwithstanding the provisions of 12 U.S.C. 1735d(b) and 12
U.S.C. 1749bbb–13(b)(6), any indebtedness of the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency resulting from the Director
borrowing sums under such sections before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act to carry out title XII of the National Housing
Act shall be canceled, and the Director shall not be obligated
to repay such sums or any interest thereon, and no further interest
shall accrue on such sums.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, not to
exceed $24,333,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood
mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed
$78,710,000 for flood mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for
expenses under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act,
which amount shall be available for transfer to the National Flood
Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2001. In fiscal year 2000,
no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for operating expenses; (2)
$456,427,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes; and (3) $50,000,000
for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the
National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 2000, flood insurance rates
shall not exceed the level authorized by the National Flood Insur-
ance Reform Act of 1994.
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Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act (42
U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104–208, is further
amended by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is amended
by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
2000’’.
NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)–(C) and 1366(f ) of the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, $20,000,000
to remain available until September 30, 2001, for activities designed
to reduce the risk of flood damage to structures pursuant to such
Act, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the National Flood
Insurance Fund.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,622,000, to be
deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided,
That the appropriations, revenues, and collections deposited into
the fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Consumer
Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000.
Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this fund
during fiscal year 2000 in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in
the fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as author-
ized in appropriations Acts.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of human space flight research and develop-
ment activities, including research, development, operations, and
services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair,
rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law;
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities
including operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease,
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $5,510,900,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That $40,000,000 of the amount provided in this
paragraph shall be available to the space shuttle program only
for preparations necessary to carry out a life and micro-gravity
science mission, to be flown between STS–107 and December 2001.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology research
and development activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities