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the birthing facility. Babies born in other countries and residing
in the United States via immigration or adoption should have
a hearing screening as early as possible.
(2) All babies who are not born in hospitals in the United
States and its territories should have a hearing screening
within the first 3 months of life.
(3) Appropriate audiologic and medical evaluations should
be conducted by 3 months for all newborns and infants sus-
pected of having hearing loss to allow appropriate referral
and provisions for audiologic rehabilitation, medical and early
intervention before the age of 6 months.
(4) All newborn and infant hearing screening programs
and systems should include a component for audiologic
rehabilitation, medical and early intervention options that
ensures linkage to any new and existing statewide systems
of intervention and rehabilitative services for newborns and
infants with hearing loss.
(5) Public policy in regard to newborn and infant hearing
screening and intervention should be based on applied research
and the recognition that newborns, infants, toddlers, and chil-
dren who are deaf or hard-of-hearing have unique language,
learning, and communication needs, and should be the result
of consultation with pertinent public and private sectors.
(c) STATEWIDE NEWBORN
AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING,
EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS.—Under
the existing authority of the Public Health Service Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration, shall make awards
of grants or cooperative agreements to develop statewide newborn
and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs
and systems for the following purposes:
(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of statewide new-
born and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention
programs and systems. Early intervention includes referral to
schools and agencies, including community, consumer, and
parent-based agencies and organizations and other programs
mandated by part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, which offer programs specifically designed to meet
the unique language and communication needs of deaf and
hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, toddlers, and children.
(2) To collect data on statewide newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems
that can be used for applied research, program evaluation and
policy development.
(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, DATA MANAGEMENT, AND APPLIED
RESEARCH.—
(1) CENTERS
FOR
DISEASE
CONTROL
AND
PREVENTION.—
Under the existing authority of the Public Health Service Act,
the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, shall make awards of grants
or cooperative agreements to provide technical assistance to
State agencies to complement an intramural program and to
conduct applied research related to newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems.
The program shall develop standardized procedures for data
management and program effectiveness and costs, such as—
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(A) to ensure quality monitoring of newborn and infant
hearing loss screening, evaluation, and intervention pro-
grams and systems;
(B) to provide technical assistance on data collection
and management;
(C) to study the costs and effectiveness of newborn
and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention
programs and systems conducted by State-based programs
in order to answer issues of importance to State and
national policymakers;
(D) to identify the causes and risk factors for congenital
hearing loss;
(E) to study the effectiveness of newborn and infant
hearing screening, audiologic and medical evaluations and
intervention programs and systems by assessing the health,
intellectual and social developmental, cognitive, and lan-
guage status of these children at school age; and
(F) to promote the sharing of data regarding early
hearing loss with State-based birth defects and develop-
mental disabilities monitoring programs for the purpose
of identifying previously unknown causes of hearing loss.
(2) NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.—Under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, the Director of
the National Institutes of Health, acting through the Director
of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders, shall for purposes of this section, continue a program
of research and development on the efficacy of new screening
techniques and technology, including clinical studies of
screening methods, studies on efficacy of intervention, and
related research.
(e) COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the existing authority of the Public
Health Service Act, in carrying out programs under this section,
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, and the Director of the National Institutes
of Health shall collaborate and consult with other Federal
agencies; State and local agencies, including those responsible
for early intervention services pursuant to title XIX of the
Social Security Act (Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis and Treatment Program); title XXI of the Social
Security Act (State Children’s Health Insurance Program); title
V of the Social Security Act (Maternal and Child Health Block
Grant Program); and part C of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act; consumer groups of and that serve individuals
who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and their families; appro-
priate national medical and other health and education spe-
cialty organizations; persons who are deaf and hard-of-hearing
and their families; other qualified professional personnel who
are proficient in deaf or hard-of-hearing children’s language
and who possess the specialized knowledge, skills, and
attributes needed to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns,
infants, toddlers, children, and their families; third-party
payers and managed care organizations; and related commercial
industries.
(2) POLICY DEVELOPMENT.—Under the existing authority
of the Public Health Service Act, the Administrator of the
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Health Resources and Services Administration, the Director
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
Director of the National Institutes of Health shall coordinate
and collaborate on recommendations for policy development
at the Federal and State levels and with the private sector,
including consumer, medical and other health and education
professional-based organizations, with respect to newborn and
infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs
and systems.
(3) STATE EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION.—Under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, the Administrator
of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
shall coordinate and collaborate in assisting States to establish
newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and interven-
tion programs and systems under subsection (c) and to develop
a data collection system under subsection (d).
(f ) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to preempt any State law.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) STATEWIDE NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING,
EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS.—For
the purpose of carrying out subsection (c) under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, there are authorized
to the Health Resources and Services Administration appropria-
tions in the amount of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2002.
(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, 
DATA
MANAGEMENT, 
AND
APPLIED RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVEN-
TION.—For the purpose of carrying out subsection (d)(1) under
the existing authority of the Public Health Service Act, there
are authorized to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2002.
(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, 
DATA
MANAGEMENT, 
AND
APPLIED
RESEARCH; NATIONAL
INSTITUTE
ON
DEAFNESS
AND
OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.—For the purpose of car-
rying out subsection (d)(2) under the existing authority of the
Public Health Service Act, there are authorized to the National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
appropriations for such sums as may be necessary for each
of the fiscal years 2000 through 2002.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
DIVISION C
RESCISSIONS AND OFFSETS
SEC. 1001. (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD
RESCISSIONS.—There is
hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.97 percent of—
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(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation
established) for fiscal year 2000 for any discretionary account
in any fiscal year 2000 appropriation law;
(2) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation
established) in any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2000
for any discretionary account in any prior fiscal year appropria-
tion law; and
(3) the budget authority provided in any fiscal year 2000
appropriation law that would have been estimated as increasing
direct spending for fiscal year 2000 under section 252 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
were it included in a law other than an appropriation law
and not designated as an emergency requirement.
(b) PROPORTIONATE APPLICATION.—Any rescission made by sub-
section (a) shall be applied proportionately—
(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget
authority described in subsection (a)(3); and
(2) within each such account and item, to each program,
project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities
as delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying report
for the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item,
or for accounts and items not included in appropriation Acts,
as delineated in the most recently submitted President’s
budget).
(c) SUBSEQUENT APPROPRIATION LAWS.—In the case of any fiscal
year 2000 appropriation law enacted after the enactment of this
section, any rescission required by subsection (a) shall take effect
immediately after the enactment of such law.
(d) OMB REPORTS.—Within 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section (or, if later, 30 days after the date of the
enactment of any fiscal year 2000 appropriation law), the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate a report specifying the amount of each rescission made
pursuant to this section.
(e) SAME PERCENTAGE REDUCTION APPLICABLE
TO PAY
FOR
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In determining rates of pay for service
performed in any fiscal year beginning after September 30,
1999, the rate of pay for a Member of Congress shall be deter-
mined as if the fiscal year 2000 pay adjustment (taking effect
in January 2000) had resulted in a rate equal to—
(A) the rate of pay that would otherwise have taken
effect for the position involved beginning in January 2000
(if this section had not been enacted), reduced by
(B) the same percentage as specified in subsection (a).
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection—
(A) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ refers to any posi-
tion under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1)
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.
31(1)(A)–(C)); and
(B) the term ‘‘fiscal year 2000 pay adjustment’’ means
the adjustment in rates of pay scheduled to take effect
in fiscal year 2000 under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)).
SEC. 1002. (a) Section 453( j) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 653( j)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(6) INFORMATION
COMPARISONS
AND
DISCLOSURE
FOR
ENFORCEMENT
OF
OBLIGATIONS
ON
HIGHER
EDUCATION
ACT
LOANS AND GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) FURNISHING OF INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARY
OF EDUCATION.—The Secretary of Education shall furnish
to the Secretary, on a quarterly basis or at such less
frequent intervals as may be determined by the Secretary
of Education, information in the custody of the Secretary
of Education for comparison with information in the
National Directory of New Hires, in order to obtain the
information in such directory with respect to individuals
who—
‘‘(i) are borrowers of loans made under title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that are in default;
or
‘‘(ii) owe an obligation to refund an overpayment
of a grant awarded under such title.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
TO
SEEK
MINIMUM
INFORMATION
NECESSARY.—The Secretary of Education shall seek
information pursuant to this section only to the extent
essential to improving collection of the debt described in
subparagraph (A).
‘‘(C) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—
‘‘(i) INFORMATION COMPARISON; DISCLOSURE TO THE
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Secretary of Education, shall compare
information in the National Directory of New Hires
with information in the custody of the Secretary of
Education, and disclose information in that Directory
to the Secretary of Education, in accordance with this
paragraph, for the purposes specified in this para-
graph.
‘‘(ii) CONDITION
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary
shall make disclosures in accordance with clause (i)
only to the extent that the Secretary determines that
such disclosures do not interfere with the effective
operation of the program under this part. Support
collection under section 466(b) shall be given priority
over collection of any defaulted student loan or grant
overpayment against the same income.
‘‘(D) USE
OF
INFORMATION
BY
THE
SECRETARY
OF
EDUCATION.—The Secretary of Education may use informa-
tion resulting from a data match pursuant to this para-
graph only—
‘‘(i) for the purpose of collection of the debt
described in subparagraph (A) owed by an individual
whose annualized wage level (determined by taking
into consideration information from the National Direc-
tory of New Hires) exceeds $16,000; and
‘‘(ii) after removal of personal identifiers, to con-
duct analyses of student loan defaults.
‘‘(E) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARY
OF EDUCATION.—
‘‘(i) DISCLOSURES
PERMITTED.—The Secretary of
Education may disclose information resulting from a
data match pursuant to this paragraph only to—
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‘‘(I) a guaranty agency holding a loan made
under part B of title IV of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 on which the individual is obligated;
‘‘(II) a contractor or agent of the guaranty
agency described in subclause (I);
‘‘(III) a contractor or agent of the Secretary;
and
‘‘(IV) the Attorney General.
‘‘(ii) PURPOSE OF DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary of
Education may make a disclosure under clause (i) only
for the purpose of collection of the debts owed on
defaulted student loans, or overpayments of grants,
made under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965.
‘‘(iii) RESTRICTION
ON
REDISCLOSURE.—An entity
to which information is disclosed under clause (i) may
use or disclose such information only as needed for
the purpose of collecting on defaulted student loans,
or overpayments of grants, made under title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965.
‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT OF HHS COSTS.—The Secretary
of Education shall reimburse the Secretary, in accordance
with subsection (k)(3), for the additional costs incurred
by the Secretary in furnishing the information requested
under this subparagraph.’’.
(b) PENALTIES FOR MISUSE OF INFORMATION.—Section 402(a)
of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 (112
Stat. 669) is amended in the matter added by paragraph (2) by
inserting ‘‘or any other person’’ after ‘‘officer or employee of the
United States’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall become effective October 1, 1999.
SEC. 1003. Section 110 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) After making any calculation necessary to imple-
ment this section for fiscal year 2001, the amount available
under paragraph (a)(1) shall be increased by $328,655,000.
The amounts added under this subsection shall not apply
to any calculation in any other fiscal year.
‘‘(f) For fiscal year 2001, prior to making any distribu-
tion under this section, $56,231,000 of the allocation under
paragraph (a)(1) shall be available only for each program
authorized under chapter 53 of title 49, United States
Code, and title III of Public Law 105–178, in proportion
to each such program’s share of the total authorizations
in section 5338 (other than 5338(h)) of such title and sec-
tions 3037 and 3038 of such Public Law, under the terms
and conditions of chapter 53 of such title.
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‘‘(g) For fiscal year 2001, prior to making any distribu-
tion under this section, $1,019,000 of the allocation under
paragraph (a)(1) shall be available only for motor carrier
safety programs under sections 31104 and 31107 of title
49, United States Code; $698,000 for NHTSA operations
and research under section 403 of title 23, United States
Code; and $2,008,000 for NHTSA highway traffic safety
grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.