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Committee on Appropriations of the Senate not later than
September 30, 2001. This report shall include—
‘‘(1) an outline of a timetable for restructuring
the workforce at NASA Headquarters and field Cen-
ters;
‘‘(2) annual Full Time Equivalent (FTE) targets
by broad occupational categories and a summary of
how these targets reflect the respective missions of
Headquarters and the field Centers;
‘‘(3) a description of personnel initiatives, such
as relocation assistance, early retirement incentives,
and career transition assistance, which NASA will
use to achieve personnel reductions or to rebalance the
workforce; and
‘‘(4) a description of efficiencies in operations
achieved through the use of the voluntary separation
incentive.’’; and
(d) in subsection (j), by deleting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
SEC. 429. Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2000’’, and
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.
SEC. 430. All Departments and agencies funded under
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of
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‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct
of their business practices and public service activities.
SEC. 431. Title III of the National Aeronautics and
Space Act of 1958, Public Law 85–568, is amended by add-
ing the following new section at the end:
‘‘SEC. 312. (a) Appropriations for the Administration
for fiscal year 2002 and thereafter shall be made in three
accounts, ‘Human space flight’, ‘Science, aeronautics and
technology’, and an account for amounts appropriated for
the necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
Appropriations shall remain available for 2 fiscal years.
Each account shall include the planned full costs of the Ad-
ministration’s related activities.
‘‘(b) To ensure the safe, timely, and successful accom-
plishment of Administration missions, the Administration
may transfer amounts for Federal salaries and benefits;
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; in-
formation technology services; publishing services; science,
engineering, fabricating and testing services; and other ad-
ministrative services among accounts, as necessary.
‘‘(c) The Administrator, in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, shall deter-
mine what balances from the ‘Mission support’ account are
to be transferred to the ‘Human space flight’ and ‘Science,
aeronautics and technology’ accounts. Such balances shall
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be transferred and merged with the ‘Human space flight’
and ‘Science, aeronautics and technology’ accounts, and re-
main available for the period of which originally appro-
priated.’’.
TITLE V—FILIPINO VETERANS’ BENEFITS
IMPROVEMENTS
SEC. 501. (a) RATE OF COMPENSATION PAYMENTS
FOR
FILIPINO
VETERANS
RESIDING
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES.—(1) Section 107 of title 38, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Payments’’ in the second sen-
tence of subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in subsection (c), payments’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) In the case of benefits under subchapters II and
IV of chapter 11 of this title paid by reason of service de-
scribed in subsection (a) to an individual residing in the
United States who is a citizen of, or an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence in, the United States, the
second sentence of subsection (a) shall not apply.’’.
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall
apply to benefits paid for months beginning on or after that
date.
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(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE OF DISABLED
FILIPINO VETERANS RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES.—
Section 1734 of such title is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary,’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) An individual who is in receipt of benefits under
subchapter II or IV of chapter 11 of this title paid by reason
of service described in section 107(a) of this title who is
residing in the United States and who is a citizen of, or
an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the
United States shall be eligible for hospital and nursing
home care and medical services in the same manner as a
veteran, and the disease or disability for which such benefits
are paid shall be considered to be a service-connected dis-
ability for purposes of this chapter.’’.
(c) HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS RESIDING IN THE
PHILIPPINES.—Section 1724 of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) Within the limits of an outpatient clinic in the
Republic of the Philippines that is under the direct jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary, the Secretary may furnish a veteran
who has a service-connected disability with such medical
services as the Secretary determines to be needed.’’.
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TITLE VI—DEBT REDUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE
PUBLIC DEBT
For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year
2001 into the account established under section 3113(d) of
title 31, United States Code, to reduce the public debt,
$5,172,730,916.14.
DIVISION B
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
SEC. 1001. Such amounts as may be necessary are
hereby appropriated for programs, projects, or activities
provided for in H.R. 4733, the Energy and Water Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2001, to the extent and in the
manner provided for in the conference report and joint ex-
planatory statement of the committee of conference (House
Report 106–907) as filed in the House of Representatives
on September 27, 2000, as if enacted into law, except:
(1) that such conference report shall be consid-
ered as not including those provisions in section 103
of the conference report on H.R. 4733 as filed in the
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000;
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(2) that such conference report on H.R. 4733
filed in the House of Representatives on September
27, 2000 shall be considered as providing $1,000,000
for the Upper Susquehanna River Basin, New York,
investigation within available funds under General
Investigations in Title I;
(3) that such conference report on H.R. 4733
filed in the House of Representatives on September
27, 2000 shall be considered as appropriating
$1,717,199,000 for Construction, General under Title
I, including $8,400,000 for the Elba, Alabama, flood
control project; $10,800,000 for the Geneva, Alabama,
flood control project; $1,000,000 for the Metropolitan
Louisville, 
Beargrass 
Creek, 
Kentucky, 
project;
$3,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, environmental
infrastructure project authorized by section 502(f)(32)
of Public Law 106–53; and $2,000,000 for the Black
Fox, Murfree and Oaklands Springs Wetlands, Ten-
nessee, project;
(4) that such conference report on H.R. 4733
filed in the House of Representatives on September
27, 2000 shall be considered as including the fol-
lowing at the end of Title I:
‘‘SEC. 106. The Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to construct the locally
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preferred plan for flood control, environmental restoration
and recreation, Murrieta Creek, California, described as Al-
ternative 6, based on the Murrieta Creek Feasibility Report
and Environmental Impact Statement dated October 2000,
at a total cost of $89,850,000, with an estimated Federal
cost of $57,735,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of
$32,115,000.
‘‘SEC. 107. Within available funds, the Secretary of
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed
to continue construction of the Rio Grand de Manati flood
control project at Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, which was ini-
tiated under the authority of the Section 205 program prior
to being specifically authorized in the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1999.’’;
(5) that such conference report on H.R. 4733
filed in the House of Representatives on September
27, 2000 shall be considered as providing that
$19,158,000 of the amount appropriated under the
Central Utah Project Completion Account under Title
II shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Account;
(6) that such conference report on H.R. 4733
filed in the House of Representatives on September
27, 2000 shall be considered as not including those
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provisions in section 211, and shall be considered as
including the following new section 211:
‘‘SEC. 211. Section 106 of the San Luis Rey Indian
Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 100–675, 102
Stat. 4000 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘ ‘(f) REQUIREMENT TO FURNISH WATER, POWER CA-
PACITY AND ENERGY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, in order to fulfill the trust responsibility to
the Bands, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner
of Reclamation, shall permanently furnish annually the fol-
lowing:
‘‘ ‘(1) WATER.—16,000 acre-feet of the water con-
served by the works authorized by title II, for the ben-
efit of the Bands and the local entities in accordance
with the settlement agreement: Provided, That during
construction of said works, the Indian Water Author-
ity and the local entities shall receive 17 percent of
any water conserved by said works up to a maximum
of 16,000 acre-feet per year. The Indian Water Au-
thority and the local entities shall pay their propor-
tionate share of such costs as are provided by section
203(b) of title II or are agreed to by them.
‘‘ ‘(2) POWER
CAPACITY
AND
ENERGY.—Begin-
ning on the date when conserved water from the works
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authorized by title II first becomes available, power
capacity and energy through the Yuma Arizona Area
Aggregate Power Managers (Yuma Area Contractors),
at no cost and at no further expense to the United
States, the Indian Water Authority, the Bands, and
the local entities, in amounts sufficient to convey the
water conserved pursuant to paragraph (1) from Lake
Havasu through the Colorado River Aqueduct and to
the places of use on the Bands’ reservations or in the
local entities’ service areas in accordance with the set-
tlement agreement. The Secretary, through a coter-
minus exhibit to Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.
6–CU–30–P1136, shall enter into an agreement with
the Yuma Area Contractors which shall provide for
furnishing annually and permanently said power ca-
pacity and energy by said Yuma Area Contractors at
no cost and at no further expense to the United
States, the Indian Water Authority, the Bands, and
the local entities. The Secretary shall authorize the
Yuma Area Contractors to utilize federal project use
power provided for in Bureau of Reclamation Con-
tracts numbered 6–CU–30–P1136, 6–CU–30–P1137,
and 6–CU–30–P1138 for the full range of purposes
served by the Yuma Area Contractors, including the
purpose of supplying the power capacity and energy
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to convey the conserved water referred to in para-
graph (1), for so long as the Yuma Area Contractors
meet their obligation to provide sufficient power ca-
pacity and energy for the conveyance of said con-
served water. If for any reason the Yuma Area Con-
tractors do not provide said power capacity and en-
ergy for the conveyance of said conserved water, then
the Secretary shall furnish said power capacity and
energy annually and permanently at the lowest rate
assigned to project use power within the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Reclamation in accordance with Ex-
hibit E ‘‘Project Use Power’’ of the Agreement between
Water and Power Resources Service, Department of
the Interior, and Western Area Power Administra-
tion, Department of Energy (March 26, 1980).
‘‘ ‘SEC. 106A. ANNUAL REPAYMENT INSTALLMENTS.
During the period of planning, design and construction of
any of the works authorized by title II of Public Law 100–
675 and during the period that the Indian Water Authority
and the local entities referred to in said Act receive up to
16,000 acre feet of the water conserved by said works, the
annual repayment installments provided in Section 102(b)
of Public Law 93–320 shall continue to be nonreimbursable.
Nothing in this Section shall affect the National obligation
set forth in Section 101(c) of Public Law 93–320.’.’’; and
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(7) that such conference report shall be consid-
ered as not including those provisions in section 605
of the conference report on H.R. 4733 as filed in the
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000.
SEC. 1002. In publishing this Act in slip form and
in the United States Code, the Archivist of the United States
shall include after the date of approval at the end an appen-
dix setting forth the text of the bill referred to in section
1001.
DIVISION C
In lieu of a statement of the managers that would oth-
erwise accompany a conference report for a bill making ap-
propriations for Federal agencies and activities provided
for in this Act, reports that are filed in identical form by
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior
to adjournment of the One Hundred Sixth Congress shall
be considered by the Office of Management and Budget, and
the agencies responsible for the obligation and expenditure
of funds provided in this Act, as having the same standing,
force and legislative history as would a statement of the
managers accompanying a conference report.
Titles I–IV of division A of this Act may be cited as
the ‘‘Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
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Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate October 12 (legislative day, Sep-
tember 22), 2000.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.