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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 Con-
gress.
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 natural disas-
ters, $105,185,000, to remain available until expended, of which
such amounts for eligible navigation projects which may be derived
from the Harbor Maintenance 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 Con-
gress: 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.
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 expended, 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 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.
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CHAPTER 4
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: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request
that includes designation 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 requirement pursu-
ant to section 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: Provided, That of such amount,
$29,130,000 shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request that includes designation 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 requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ to repair 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
that includes designation 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 requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investigations, 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
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extent that an official budget request that includes designation
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 requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, $1,065,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $700,000 is to repair
damage caused by floods and other natural disasters, and $365,000
is for replacement of fixtures and testing for and remediation of
Polylchlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Bureau of Indian Affairs
schools and administrative facilities: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request that includes designation of the entire amount as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency 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 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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 avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, $28,000,000
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request
that includes designation 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 requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit 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, $10,461,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, $5,461,000
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request
that includes designation 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
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is designated by the 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.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’
for emergency expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on
National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on
or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection
agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over
National Forest System lands, in response to damages caused by
windstorms in Texas, $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request that includes
designation 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 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
The paragraph under this heading in Public Law 105–83 is
amended by inserting before the period ‘‘: Provided further, That
the drawdown and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
shall be prohibited to the extent that such actions are determined
by the President to be imprudent in light of current market condi-
tions and that an official budget request for a prohibition of the
drawdown and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
and including a designation of the entire request and the
$207,500,000 of revenue foregone 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 section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act’’.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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 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
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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 request 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 obliga-
tions 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 resulting from flooding during the fall
of 1997 through the winter of 1998 in California: Provided further,
That if sufficient carryover balances for the necessary expenses
for administration and operation (including motor carrier safety
program operations) of the Federal Highway Administration, the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Bureau
of Transportation Statistics are not available, and pending the
reauthorization of the Federal-aid highways program, the Secretary
of Transportation may borrow such sums as may be necessary
for such expenses from the unobligated balances of discretionary
allocations for the Federal-aid highways program made available
by this Act.
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 that occurred between and including September 1996
and March 1998, $9,800,000, to be awarded to the States subject
to the discretion of the Secretary on a case-by-case basis: Provided,
That funds provided under this heading 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
heading 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 other
facilities owned by passenger railroads, or by tourist, scenic, or
historic railroads are not eligible for funding under this heading:
Provided further, That these funds shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount,
that includes designation 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 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: Provided further, That all
funds made available under this heading are to remain available
until September 30, 1998.
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CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community development block
grants’’, as authorized under title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, $130,000,000, which shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001, for use only for disaster relief,
long-term recovery, and mitigation in communities affected by Presi-
dentially-declared natural disasters designated during fiscal year
1998, except for those activities reimbursable by or for which funds
are made available by the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
the Small Business Administration, or the Army Corps of Engineers:
Provided, That in administering these amounts and except as pro-
vided in the next proviso, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development (the Secretary) may waive or specify alternative
requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation that
the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by
the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds, except
for statutory requirements related to civil rights, fair housing and
nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor standards, upon a
finding that such waiver is required to facilitate the use of such
funds and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of
the statute: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the
requirements that activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-
income, except that at least 50 percent of the funds under this
heading must benefit primarily persons of low- and moderate-
income unless the Secretary makes a finding of compelling need:
Provided further, That all funds under this heading shall be allo-
cated by the Secretary to States to be administered by each State
in conjunction with its Federal Emergency Management Agency
program or its community development block grants program or
by the entity designated by its Chief Executive Officer to administer
the HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Provided further,
That each State shall provide not less than 25 percent in non-
Federal public matching funds or its equivalent value (other than
administrative costs) for any funds allocated to the State under
this heading: Provided further, That, in conjunction with the Direc-
tor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary
shall allocate funds based on the unmet needs identified by the
Director as those which have not or will not be addressed by
other Federal disaster assistance programs: Provided further, That,
in conjunction with the Director, the Secretary shall utilize annual
disaster cost estimates in order that the funds under this heading
shall be available, to the maximum extent feasible, to assist States
with all Presidentially declared disasters designated during this
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish a
notice in the Federal Register governing the allocation and use
of the community development block grants funds made available
under this heading for disaster areas: Provided further, That 10
days prior to distribution of funds, the Secretary and the Director
shall submit a list to the House and Senate Appropriations Sub-
committees on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, setting forth
the proposed uses of funds and the most recent estimates of unmet
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needs (including all uses of waivers and the reasons therefore):
Provided further, That the Secretary and the Director shall submit
quarterly reports to the Subcommittees regarding the actual
projects, localities and needs for which funds have been provided:
Provided further, That these reports shall be based upon quarterly
reports submitted to HUD and the Director by each State receiving
funds under this heading: Provided further, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined by 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 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster relief ’’, $1,600,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for a specific 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
further, That the entire amount appropriated herein 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.
CHAPTER 7
RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C. 48103
as amended, $241,000,000 are rescinded.
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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, $2,347,190,000 are rescinded.
TITLE III—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
During fiscal year 1998, not to exceed $543,000 from funds
available to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide compensation
to agriculture producers and other persons under section 105(b)
of the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150dd(b)) may be available
for payments to any person who had wheat stored in a storage
facility that was subject to an emergency action notice issued by
the Secretary relating to the presence or presumed presence of
Karnal bunt to compensate the person for economic losses incurred
as a result of the effect of the notice on the operation of the
storage facility (including wheat plowed under in calendar year
1996) after issuance of an emergency action notice due to Karnal
bunt. The determination by the Secretary of the amount of any
compensation to be paid under this section shall be final.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Administration’’,
$2,000,000.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the General Coun-
sel’’, $235,000.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
For expenses necessary to recapitalize the revolving fund estab-
lished under section 7(j)(1) of the United States Grain Standards
Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(1)), $1,500,000.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For additional gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929,
to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance
Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, $43,320,000, of which
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$25,000,000 shall be available for guaranteed loans; operating loans,
$105,000,000, of which $35,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaran-
teed loans; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as author-
ized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $18,814,000.
For the additional cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$3,356,000, of which $967,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operat-
ing loans, $7,973,000, of which $3,374,000 shall be for subsidized
guaranteed loans; and for boll weevil eradication program loans
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $222,000.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, funds for employment and training shall remain avail-
able until expended as authorized by section 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: Provided, That fees derived from applications
received during fiscal year 1998 shall be credited to the appropria-
tion current in the year in which fees are collected and subject
to the fiscal year 1998 limitation.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 1001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, perma-
nent employees of county committees employed during fiscal year
1998 pursuant to 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot-
ment 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.
SEC. 1002. Notwithstanding any other provision of law regard-
ing a competitive research, education, or extension grant program
of the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary may use grant
program funds, as necessary, to supplement funds otherwise avail-
able for program administration, to pay for the costs associated
with peer review of grant proposals under the program.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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
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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—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 2001. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no
fully allocated funding policy shall be applied to projects for which
funds were identified in the Conference Report (House Report 105–
271) accompanying the Energy and Water Development Appropria-
tions Act, 1998, Public Law 105–62 (111 Stat. 1320 et seq.), under
the Construction, General; Operation and Maintenance, General;
and Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, appropriation
accounts: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake these projects
using continuing contracts, as authorized in section 10 of the Rivers
and Harbors Act of September 22, 1922 (33 U.S.C. 621).
SEC. 2002. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Chief of Engineers, is directed to use available funds, up to the
maximum amount authorized per project under section 205 of the
Flood Control Act of 1948, as amended, to provide a level of
enhanced flood protection at Elba, Alabama.
SEC. 2003. 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.—Notwithstanding
any provision of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C.
485 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior—
‘‘(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, relating to the Nueces River rec-
lamation project, Texas, until—
‘‘(A) August 1, 2029 for repayment pursuant to the
municipal and industrial water supply 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. 2004. Section 303 of the Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–62), does not apply to
the worker transition plan for the Pinellas Plant site.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the National Park
System’’, $340,000, to remain available until expended, to provide
for public access at Katmai National Park and Preserve and for
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litigation costs related to the disposition of an allotment within
the Park.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Royalty and Offshore Minerals
Management’’ to meet increased demand and workload require-
ments stemming from higher than anticipated leasing activity in
the Gulf of Mexico, $6,675,000, to remain available until expended,
to be derived from increased receipts resulting from increases to
rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collec-
tions 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 additional fees
for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities 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 Tech-
nology’’, 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, including electronic imaging,
required to support litigation involving individual Indian trust fund
accounts.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’,
$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 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Services’’,
$100,000, to remain available until expended, for suicide prevention
counseling.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 3001. Section 330C(c) of subpart I of part D of title
III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.),
as amended by section 4922 of Public Law 105–33, is further
amended by inserting ‘‘, to remain available until expended,’’ after
the words ‘‘fiscal years 1998 through 2002, $30,000,000’’.
SEC. 3002. Construction of the Trappers Loop connector road,
and any related actions, by any Federal or state agency or other
entity are deemed to be non-discretionary actions 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. 3003. 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 easement, shall cause, be construed as,
or result in the abandonment, termination, relinquishment, revoca-
tion, 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 align-
ment 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. 3004. 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 requested for transfer by the Department of the
Interior: Provided, That the Department of the Interior shall not
be responsible for rehabilitation of the portable housing units or
remediation of any potentially hazardous substances.
SEC. 3005. 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 monument’’) was established
continue to be valid;
(2) it is of mutual benefit to the trustee institutions 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 boundaries of the monument to the United
States in accordance with State and Federal law;
(3) because the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has
acquired substantial acreage within the monument boundaries,
purchased with State and municipal funds, the consolidation
of land ownership and jurisdiction under the National Park
Service will require the consent of the city of Albuquerque,
and options 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 National Monument Establishment
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Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), and
the alignment of the roadways was anticipated by Congress
before the date of enactment of the Act;
(5) it was the expectation of the principal proponents of
the monument, including the cities of Albuquerque and Rio
Rancho, New Mexico, and the National Park Service, that pas-
sage of the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act
of 1990 (Public 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 natural 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, pursuant 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 realign-
ment of Unser Boulevard, depicted on the map referred to
in section 102(a) of the Petroglyph National Monument
Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C.
431 note), as serving a park purpose in the General Manage-
ment Plan/Development Concept Plan for Petroglyph National
Monument;
(8) the establishment of a citizens’ advisory committee prior
to construction of the Unser Boulevard South project, which
runs along the eastern boundary of the Atrisco Unit of the
monument, allowed the citizens of Albuquerque and the
National Park Service to provide significant and meaningful
input into the parkway design of the road, and that similar
proceedings 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 appro-
priate for a road passing through the Paseo del Norte corridor;
(10) adequate planning and cooperation between the city
of Albuquerque and the National Park Service 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 suffi-
cient capacity for effective runoff management; and
(11) the monument will best be managed for the benefit
and enjoyment of present and future generations with coopera-
tion between the city of Albuquerque, 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 section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), and the city
of Albuquerque, New Mexico, shall enter into negotiations to
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provide for the management of storm water runoff and drainage
within the monument, including the design and construction
of any storm water corridors, conveyances, and easements
within the monument boundaries.
(2) ROAD DESIGN.—
(A) If the city of Albuquerque decides to proceed with
the construction of a roadway within 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 account topo-
graphic differences and the lane, speed and noise require-
ments of the heavier traffic load that is anticipated for
Paseo del Norte, as referenced 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 excluded 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 sug-
gested 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 contract 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 specifications
developed by the Department of Civil Engineering shall
be deemed to have met the requirements of this paragraph,
and the city may proceed with the construction project,
in accordance with those design specifications.
(d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY; BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; ADMINIS-
TRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MONUMENT.—
(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 inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘, except that lands or interests therein
owned by the State or a political subdivision thereof may
be acquired only by donation or exchange’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) LAND OWNED BY THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SION.—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 holding 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 monument boundary
for which there is a willing seller is acquired; or
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‘‘(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 subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appro-
priately;
(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 document described in subpara-
graph (B); and
‘‘(ii) the inclusion of the Paseo Del Norte corridor within
the boundary of the monument before the date of enactment
of this paragraph shall have no effect on any future ownership,
use, or management of the corridor.
‘‘(B) The document described in this subparagraph is the docu-
ment entitled ‘Petroglyph National Monument Roadway/Utility Cor-
ridors’, 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 MONUMENT.—
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 accordance with the terms of the
agreement, to transfer to the National Park Service responsibility
for operation, maintenance, and repair of any or all property within
the Boca Negra or Piedras Marcadas Unit of the monument, the
Secretary 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 Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall allow the use
of the access road to the Double Eagle II Airport in existence
on the date of enactment of this Act for visitor access to the
monument.
SEC. 3006. COUNTY PAYMENT MITIGATION—TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM MORATORIUM. (a)(1) This section provides compensation
for loss of revenues that would have been provided to counties
if no road moratorium, as described in subsection (a)(2), were imple-
mented or no substitute sales offered as described in subsection
(b)(1). This section does not endorse or prohibit the road building
moratorium nor does it affect the applicability of existing law to
any moratorium.
(2) The Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture,
in his sole discretion, may offer any timber sales that were sched-
uled October 1, 1997, or thereafter, 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 (resulting from the Federal
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Register proposal of January 28, 1998, pages 4351–4354) on
construction of roads in roadless areas within the National Forest
System adopted as policy or by regulation that would otherwise
be applicable to such sales.
(3) Any sales offered pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall—
(A) comply with all applicable laws and regulations and
be consistent with applicable land and resource management
plans, except any regulations or plan amendments which estab-
lish or implement the moratorium referred to in subsection
(a)(2); and
(B) be subject to administrative appeals pursuant to part
215 of title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations and to
judicial review.
(b)(1) For any previously scheduled sales that are not offered
pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the Chief may, to the extent prac-
ticable, offer substitute sales within the same State in fiscal year
1998 or fiscal year 1999. Such substitute sales shall be subject
to the requirements of subsection (a)(3).
(2)(A) The Chief shall pay as soon as practicable after fiscal
year 1998 and fiscal year 1999 to any State in which sales pre-
viously scheduled to be offered that are referred to in, but not
offered pursuant to, subsection (a)(2) would have occurred, 25 per-
cent of any anticipated receipts from such sales that—
(i) were scheduled from fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year
1999 sales in the absence of any moratorium referred to in
subsection (a)(2); and
(ii) are not offset by revenues received in such fiscal years
from substitute projects authorized pursuant 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 Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Chief
shall make any payments required by subsection (b)(2)(A) from
any funds available to the Forest Service in fiscal year 1998 or
fiscal year 1999, subject to approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that
are not specifically earmarked for another purpose by the applicable
appropriation Act or a committee 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, United States
Code.
(c)(1) During the term of the moratorium referred to in sub-
section (a)(2), the Chief shall prepare and submit to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
a report on each of the following—
(A) a study of whether standards and guidelines in existing
land and resource management plans compel or encourage entry
into roadless areas within the National Forest System for the
purpose of constructing roads or undertaking any other ground-
disturbing activities;
(B) an inventory of all roads within the National Forest
System and the uses which they serve, in a format that will
inform and facilitate the development of a long-term Forest
Service transportation policy; and
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(C) a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the economic
and social effects of the moratorium referred to in subsection
(a)(2) on county, State, and regional levels.
SEC. 3007. 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 serv-
ices,’’ after ‘‘Ketchikan Gateway Borough,’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new sentence:
‘‘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 Ketch-
ikan Gateway Borough without the need for resolutions of
support from any Indian tribe as defined in the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b(e)).’’.
SEC. 3008. Section 326(a) of the Act making Appropriations
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-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e))’’.
SEC. 3009. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall
be used to issue a notice of final rulemaking prior to October
1, 1998 with respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty pur-
poses, including without limitation a rulemaking derived from pro-
posed rules published in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal
Register 36030, and 62 Federal Register 3742 (1997).
CHAPTER 4
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.
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program management’’,
$2,200,000.
Title II of Public Law 105–78 is amended under this heading
by striking the fourth proviso and inserting the following new
proviso: ‘‘Provided further, That $20,000,000 appropriated under
this heading for the transition to a single Part A and Part B
processing system and $20,000,000 to be used only to the extent
needed for Year 2000 century date change conversion requirements
of external contractor systems shall remain available until
expended:’’.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘general depart-
mental management’’ in Public Law 105–78 to carry out title XX
of the Public Health Service Act, $10,831,000 shall be for activities
specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which $9,131,000 shall be
for prevention service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2)
of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without application
of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Public Law 105–78, under the heading ‘‘special education’’ is
amended by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘: Provided
further, That $600,000 of the funds provided under section 672
of the Act shall be for the Early Childhood Development Project
of the National Easter Seal Society for the Mississippi Delta Region,
which funds shall be used to provide training, technical support,
services, and equipment to address personnel and other needs’’.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 4001. (a) If a State child health plan under title XXI
of the Social Security Act is approved on or after October 1, 1998,
and before October 1, 1999, for purposes of such title (including
allotments under section 2104(b) of such title) the plan shall be
treated as having been approved with respect to amounts allotted
under such title for fiscal year 1998, as well as for fiscal year
1999.
(b) The appropriation in section 2104(a)(1) of such title for
fiscal year 1998 shall remain available to be obligated through
September 30, 1999.
SEC. 4002. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Department of Health and Human Services shall permit the submis-
sion of public comments until August 31, 1998, on the final rule
entitled ‘‘Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’’ pub-
lished by the Department in the Federal Register on April 2, 1998
(63 Fed. Reg. 16295 et seq.), and such rule shall not become effective
before October 1, 1998, after the end of such comment period.
CHAPTER 5
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS
For payment to Lois G. Capps, widow of Walter H. Capps,
late a Representative of the State of California, $133,600.
For payment to Mary Bono, widow of Sonny Bono, late a
Representative of the State of California, $136,700.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol Buildings Salaries and
Expenses’’, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, to begin
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 mainte-
nance of the Capitol Square perimeter security plan, $20,000,000
(of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be transferred upon request
of the Capitol Police Board to the Capitol Police Board, ‘‘Capitol
Police’’, ‘‘General Expenses’’ for physical security measures associ-
ated with the Capitol Square perimeter security plan) to remain
available until expended, subject to the review and approval by
the appropriate 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 6
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL
For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council, includ-
ing the independent assessment of Amtrak, authorized under sec-
tions 202, 203, and 409 of Public Law 105–134, $2,450,000, to
remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That not
to exceed $400,000 shall be transferred to the Department of
Transportation Inspector General for the new responsibilities associ-
ated with section 409(c) of Public Law 105–134.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Facilities and Equipment’’ for
expenses relating to Year 2000 computer hardware and software
problems, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999.
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RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for emergency transportation activi-
ties, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
of these funds, $400,000 shall be available only for costs associated
with construction and establishment of an emergency transportation
response center in Arab, Alabama, $550,000 shall be available
only for costs associated with purchase and establishment of a
mobile emergency response system to be administered jointly by
the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Emer-
gency Management Agency, and $50,000 shall be for Research
and Special Programs Administration administrative costs associ-
ated with these projects.
RELATED AGENCY
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for nec-
essary expenses resulting from the crash of TWA Flight 800,
$5,400,000: Provided, That the entire amount is available only
for costs associated with rental of the facility in Calverton, New
York, of which not to exceed $500,000 is for security expenses:
Provided further, That no funds or unobligated balances are avail-
able to provide for or permit flight operations at the Calverton
airfield.
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 6001. Of the balances available to the Federal Transit
Administration from previous appropriations Acts, $1,000,000 shall
be made available for a comprehensive transportation investment
analysis of the primary urban corridor from Ewa to east Honolulu,
Hawaii: Provided, That these funds shall remain available until
September 30, 2001.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
AUTOMATION ENHANCEMENT
YEAR 2000 CENTURY DATE CHANGE CONVERSION
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury
for Year 2000 century date change conversion requirements,
$35,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, for
Year 
2000 
century 
date 
change 
conversion 
requirements,
$5,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 7001. Federal Employee Voluntary Early Retirement. (a)
CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Effective for purposes of the
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending
on September 30, 1999, paragraph (2) of section 8336(d) of title
5, United States Code, shall be applied as if it had been amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(2)(A) has been employed continuously, by the agency in
which the employee is serving, for at least the 31-day period
ending on the date on which such agency requests the deter-
mination referred to in subparagraph (D);
‘‘(B) is serving under an appointment that is not time
limited;
‘‘(C) has not been duly notified that such employee is to
be involuntarily separated for misconduct or unacceptable
performance;
‘‘(D) is separated from the service voluntarily during a
period in which, as determined by the Office of Personnel
Management (upon request of the agency) under regulations
prescribed by the Office—
‘‘(i) such agency (or, if applicable, the component in
which the employee is serving) is undergoing a major
reorganization, a major reduction in force, or a major trans-
fer of function; and
‘‘(ii) a significant percentage of the employees serving
in such agency (or component) will be separated or subject
to an immediate reduction in the rate of basic pay (without
regard to subchapter VI of chapter 53, or comparable provi-
sions); and
‘‘(E) as determined by the agency under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office, is within the scope of the offer of voluntary
early retirement, which may be made on the basis of—
‘‘(i) one or more organizational units;
‘‘(ii) one or more occupational series or levels;
‘‘(iii) one or more geographical locations;
‘‘(iv) other similar nonpersonal factors the Office deter-
mines appropriate; or
‘‘(v) any appropriate combination of such factors;’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Effective for
purposes of the period beginning on the date of enactment of this
Act and ending on September 30, 1999, subparagraph (B) of section
8414(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, shall be applied as if
it had been amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B)(i) has been employed continuously, by the agency in
which the employee is serving, for at least the 31-day period
ending on the date on which such agency requests the deter-
mination referred to in clause (iv);
‘‘(ii) is serving under an appointment that is not time
limited;
‘‘(iii) has not been duly notified that such employee is
to be involuntarily separated for misconduct or unacceptable
performance;
‘‘(iv) is separated from the service voluntarily during a
period in which, as determined by the Office of Personnel
Management (upon request of the agency) under regulations
prescribed by the Office—
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‘‘(I) such agency (or, if applicable, the component in
which the employee is serving) is undergoing a major
reorganization, a major reduction in force, or a major trans-
fer of function; and
‘‘(II) a significant percentage of the employees serving
in such agency (or component) will be separated or subject
to an immediate reduction in the rate of basic pay (without
regard to subchapter VI of chapter 53, or comparable provi-
sions); and
‘‘(v) as determined by the agency under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office, is within the scope of the offer of voluntary
early retirement, which may be made on the basis of—
‘‘(I) one or more organizational units;
‘‘(II) one or more occupational series or levels;
‘‘(III) one or more geographical locations;
‘‘(IV) other similar nonpersonal factors the Office deter-
mines appropriate; or
‘‘(V) any appropriate combination of such factors;’’.
SEC. 7002. Notwithstanding section 2164 of title 10, United
States Code, the Department of Defense shall permit the two
dependent children of deceased United States Customs Senior Spe-
cial Agent Manuel Zurita attending the Antilles Consolidated School
System at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, to complete their primary
and secondary education at this school system without cost to
such children or any parent, relative, or guardian of such children.
The United States Customs Service shall reimburse the Department
of Defense for reasonable educational expenses to cover these costs.
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’,
$550,000,000, to remain available until expended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, eligible recipients
of the funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency
in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants account since fiscal
year 1997 and hereafter for multi-media or single media grants,
other than Performance Partnership Grants authorized pursuant
to Public Law 104–134 and Public Law 105–65, for pollution preven-
tion, control, and abatement and related activities have been and
shall be those entities eligible for grants under the Agency’s organic
statutes.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
No requirements set forth in any carbon monoxide Federal
implementation plan (FIP) that are based on the Clean Air Act
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as in effect prior to the 1990 amendments to such Act may be
imposed in the State of Arizona.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall transfer from amounts made available for
NASA in Public Law 105–65 under the heading, ‘‘Mission support’’,
$53,000,000 to ‘‘Human space flight’’ for Space Station activities,
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes
of such account: Provided, That the total amount available for
Space Station activities in fiscal year 1998 shall be up to
$2,441,300,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 8001. Section 206 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–65; October 27, 1997)
is amended by inserting the following before the final period: ‘‘,
and for loans and grants for economic development in and around
18th and Vine’’.
SEC. 8002. HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to
the amount allocated for fiscal year 1998, and the amounts that
would otherwise be allocated for fiscal year 1999, to the City of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on behalf of the Philadelphia, PA–NJ
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (in this section referred to
as the ‘‘metropolitan area’’), under section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall adjust such amounts by allocating
to the State of New Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan
area’s amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported
in the portion of the metropolitan area that is located in New
Jersey.
(b) The State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to
the State under this section to carry out eligible activities under
section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904)
in the portion of the metropolitan area that is located in New
Jersey.
SEC. 8003. RATIFICATION OF INTERNET INTELLECTUAL INFRA-
STRUCTURE FEE. (a) The 30 percent portion of the fee charged
by Network Solutions, Inc. between September 14, 1995 and March
31, 1998 for registration or renewal of an Internet second-level
domain name, which portion was to be expended for the preserva-
tion and enhancement of the intellectual infrastructure of the Inter-
net under a cooperative agreement with the National Science
Foundation, and which portion was held to have been collected
without authority in William Thomas et al. v. Network Solutions,
Inc. and National Science Foundation, Civ. No. 97–2412, is hereby
legalized and ratified and confirmed as fully to all intents and
purposes as if the same had, by prior Act of Congress, been specifi-
cally authorized and directed.
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(b) The National Science Foundation is authorized and directed
to deposit all money remaining in the Internet Intellectual Infra-
structure Fund into the Treasury and credit that amount to its
Fiscal Year 1998 Research and Related Activities appropriation
to be available until expended for the support of networking activi-
ties, including the Next Generation Internet.
CHAPTER 9
RESCISSIONS AND OFFSET
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $223,000 are rescinded.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $350,000 are rescinded.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $25,000 are rescinded.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $38,000 are rescinded.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $502,000 are rescinded.
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $1,080,000 are rescinded.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available for the cost of the unsubsidized
guaranteed operating loans under this heading in Public Law 105–
86, $8,273,000 are rescinded.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $378,000 are rescinded.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $846,000 are rescinded.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–86, $114,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $1,188,000 are rescinded.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $2,500,000 are rescinded.
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UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–18, $250,000 are rescinded.
CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $1,188,000 are rescinded.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $1,638,000 are rescinded.
BUREAU OF MINES
MINES AND MINERALS
(RESCISSION)
The following amounts, totaling $1,605,000, are rescinded from
funds made available under this heading: in Public Law 103–
332, $1,255,000; in Public Law 103–138, $60,000; in Public Law
102–381, $173,000; and in Public Law 102–154, $117,000.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, $837,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–83, $148,000 are rescinded.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–83, $59,000 are rescinded.
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NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–83, $1,094,000 are rescinded.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–83, $148,000 are rescinded.
RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–83, $30,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under the Health Professions
Education Fund appropriation account, $11,200,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 101–516 and subsequently obligated, $2,500,000 shall be
deobligated and are hereby rescinded.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
Of the budgetary resources provided for ‘‘Small Community
Air Service’’ by Public Law 101–508 for fiscal years prior to fiscal
year 1998, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
FACILITIES, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in previous
appropriations Acts, $500,000 are rescinded.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C. 48103
as amended, $54,000,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
CONRAIL LABOR PROTECTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in previous
appropriations Acts, $508,234 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 104–208, as amended by Public Law 105–18, $6,000,000 are
rescinded.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, CUSTOMS P–3 DRUG INTERDICTION
PROGRAM
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102–393, $4,470,000 are rescinded.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 105–61, $30,330,000 are rescinded.
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 9001. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in Public Law 105–86 shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out a conservation farm option
program as authorized by section 335 of Public Law 104–127 in
excess of $11,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
SEC. 10001. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 10002. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this or any prior Act may be obligated or expended
by the Patent and Trademark Office to plan for the lease of new
facilities until 30 days after the submission of a report, to be
delivered not later than May 15, 1998, to the Committees on Appro-
priations, on the space plans and detailed cost estimate for the
build-out of the new facilities: Provided, That such funds shall
be made available only in accordance with section 605 of Public
Law 105–119.
SEC. 10003. Section 203 of the National Sea Grant College
Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1122) is amended by—
(1) striking paragraph (5) and redesignating paragraphs
(6) through (17) as paragraphs (5) through (16);
(2) redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (F) of para-
graph (7), as redesignated, as subparagraphs (D) through (G);
and
(3) inserting after subparagraph (B) of paragraph (7), as
redesignated, the following:
‘‘(C) Lake Champlain (to the extent that such resources
have 
hydrological, 
biological, 
physical, 
or 
geological
characteristics and problems similar or related to those
of the Great Lakes);’’.
SEC. 10004. (a) Any agency listed in section 404(b) of the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, Public Law 105–119,
may transfer any amount to the Department of State, subject to
the limitations of subsection (b) of this section, for the purpose
of making technical adjustments to the amounts transferred by
section 404 of such Act.
(b) Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall not
exceed $12,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,500,000 may be
transferred from the United States Information Agency, of which
not to exceed $3,600,000 may be transferred from the Defense
Intelligence Agency, of which not to exceed $1,600,000 may be
transferred from the Defense Security Assistance Agency, of which
not to exceed $900,000 may be transferred from the Peace Corps,
and of which not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred from
any other single agency listed in section 404(b) of Public Law
105–119.
(c) A transfer of funds pursuant to this section shall not require
any notification or certification to Congress or any committee of
Congress, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
SEC. 10005. Section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public
Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–171) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for purposes’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal
years 1998 and 1999’’; and
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
‘‘(b) ALIENS COVERED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An alien described in this subsection
is an alien who—
‘‘(A) is the son or daughter of a qualified national;
‘‘(B) is 21 years of age or older; and
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‘‘(C) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance of
the alien’s parent for resettlement under the Orderly
Departure Program.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED NATIONAL.—For purposes of paragraph (1),
the term ‘qualified national’ means a national of Vietnam who—
‘‘(A)(i) was formerly interned in a reeducation camp
in Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam; or
‘‘(ii) is the widow or widower of an individual described
in clause (i); and
‘‘(B)(i) qualified for refugee processing under the
reeducation camp internees subprogram of the Orderly
Departure Program; and
‘‘(ii) on or after April 1, 1995, is accepted—
‘‘(I) for resettlement as a refugee; or
‘‘(II) for admission as an immigrant under the
Orderly Departure Program.’’.
SEC. 10006. The President shall instruct the United States
Representatives to the World Trade Organization to seek the adop-
tion of procedures that will ensure broader application of the prin-
ciples of transparency and openness in the activities of the organiza-
tion, including by urging the World Trade Organization General
Council to—
(1) permit appropriate meetings of the Council, the Ministe-
rial Conference, dispute settlement panels, and the Appellate
Body to be made open to the public; and
(2) provide for timely public summaries of the matters
discussed and decisions made in any closed meeting of the
Conference or Council.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHIEF OF POLICE
SEC. 10007. (a) EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.—Paragraph 2 of sec-
tion 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to the Metropolitan
police of the District of Columbia’’, approved February 28, 1901
(D.C. Code, sec. 4–104), and any other provision of law affecting
the employment of the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department
of the District of Columbia shall not apply to the Chief of the
Department to the extent that such paragraph or provision is
inconsistent with the terms of an employment agreement entered
into between the Chief, the Mayor of the District of Columbia,
and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manage-
ment Assistance Authority.
(b) APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL DURING CONTROL YEAR.—
(1) APPOINTMENT.—During a control year, the Chief of the
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
shall be appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia
as follows:
(A) Prior to appointment, the District of Columbia
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the
‘‘Authority’’) may submit recommendations for the appoint-
ment to the Mayor.
(B) In consultation with the Authority and the Council
of the District of Columbia, the Mayor shall nominate
an individual for appointment and notify the Council of
the nomination.
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(C) After the expiration of the 7-day period which
begins on the date the Mayor notifies the Council of the
nomination under subparagraph (B), the Mayor shall notify
the Authority of the nomination.
(D) The nomination shall be effective subject to
approval by a majority vote of the Authority.
(2) REMOVAL.—During a control year, the Chief of the
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
may be removed by the Authority or by the Mayor with the
approval of the Authority.
(3) CONTROL YEAR DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term
‘‘control year’’ has the meaning given such term in section
305(4) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Assistance Act of 1995.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effective as of April
21, 1998.
SEC. 10008. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN IRAQ.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds made
available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in Public
Law 105–118, $5,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
to the Iraqi democratic opposition for such activities as organization,
training, communication and dissemination of information, develop-
ing and implementing agreements among opposition groups, compil-
ing information to support the indictment of Iraqi officials for
war crimes, and for related purposes: Provided, That within 30
days of enactment into law of this Act the Secretary of State
shall submit a detailed report to the appropriate committees of
Congress on plans to establish a program to support the democratic
opposition in Iraq.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘1998 Supplemental Appropria-
tions and Rescissions Act’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.